chuck grassley and i have served together since 1974. i like to tell people that in 1974, that was a big wave of democrats came in. they called us the watergate babies. we came in in a big wave, won a lot of elections and things like that. and in fact, in iowa that year elected a u.s., democratic u.s. senator, and every house seat -- i think there were six at that time, six house seats all went democratic except one, and that was the seat that chuck grassley won that year bucking the trend, bucking the tide in 1974. so it's kind of a funny thing, chuck. i speak to my friend across the aisle here, that a lot of times people this year have said all you watergate babies are gone now, you and max baucus and chris dodd and then on the house side george miller and henry waxman. so this is the last of the watergate babies. i always have to remind them, i say there's one left. who's that, they say? it's a republican. a republican? who's that? my colleague from iowa, chuck grassley is sort of, i say, the last man standing from that class of 1974.

chuck grassley is not a cold heart the conservative. he cares deeply about the people. he cares deeply about the people of iowa. i hope i'm not a bleeding heart liberal. i hope i'm sort of a liberal that believes in individual responsibility. individual responsibility. so my friend has been a very caring conservative through all these years. i think together we've achieved important things for our state: chick -- economic development, rural development, all these things we worked together for iowa. i'm proud of the fact that iowa right now produces 25% of our energy comes from wind energy in iowa and we produced the blades, the turbines and everything in iowa and all these jobs there. that's something we have worked together on through all these years. so again, people ask me about leaving the senate. well, it was my decision. but i said at the time, almost two years ago i said i wasn't running again. i said i will not -- you'll never hear me ever say bad things about the senate or denounce the senate or saying things -- i love the senate. this is a wonderful institutio

grassley and i have served together since 1974. i like to tell people that in 1974, that was a big wave of democrats that came in. they called us the watergate babies. we came in in a big way. one a lot of elections and things like that. year,t, in iowa that elected a u.s. democratic senator in every house seat. i think there were six at that time. six house seats all went democratic except for one. and that was the seat that chuck grassley one -- won. 1974.g the trend in it is kind of a funny thing, chuck, i speak to my friend across the aisle here, that a lot of people this year said all you watergate babies are gone now. you and max baucus and chris dodd. on the house side, george miller, henry waxman. so this is the last of the watergate babies. and i said, no, there is one more. who is that, they say? a republican. my colleague from iowa, chuck is sort of the last man standing from the class of 1974. i think it is a tribute to senator grassley that, through thethese years, he has won hearts and minds of the people of iowa and

grassley: 20, 25 minutes. mr. reid: up to 30 minutes. if there is no further business to come before the senate i ask that it adjourn following -- under the previous order, following the remarks of senator grassley. the presiding officer: without objection. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: before i speak, i have a unanimous consent request for a detailee. i would request unanimous consent that mary fucher a detailee on my staff from the department of justice be granted floor privileges for the remainder of this session of congress. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: in his state of the union address last january, president obama announced what he called a year of action. armed with pen and phone, he promised to take action where congress wouldn't. at the time, i warned that these threats were gathering danger to the separation of powers established in our constitution. the president is now threatening to implement a mass amnesty from our immigration laws by executive fiat. he plans to act w

grassley? >> we got elected the same day. we were sworn in on january 1975. same day. rut he came to the senate fou years before me. in terms of our time here -- >> you are in the house for 10 years before you came to the senate. >> exactly. that is right. i know people say iowa, he is a conservative. he is a liberal. how do they do that? we have always had a good relationship. we do disagree on some things once in a while, but when we work for iowa, our staffs work closely together. you have to remember, iowa is a very close state. the registration is about what was when i first started 40 years ago. democrat, one third republican, one third independent. so i have often said there are a lot of conservative islands, -- iowans, andt of liberal iowaans, the rest are moderates. out the grassley fills conservative and of the spectrum , but does enough things to reach over to moderates. i represent the liberal spectrum and do enough to reach over to moderates. liked that balance. i have always said

welcome senator grassley to the senate judiciary committee. >> you know what senator grassley is? tough as nails. and he's taken a very hard line. the obama administration, i don't know whether you know this, has not been super transparent or cooperative with investigations. >> what do you mean? the most transparent in history. >> totally. totes. the reality though is that grassley is a tough investigator. he will hold them to account. and the other thing is this, all their appointments are going to have to flow right through that judiciary committee. and their ability to fillet these nominees, remember when -- >> just judicial nominees? >> just those nominees. but if we have a supreme court nomination, which there's a very strong chance, chuck grassley will be standing right at the crossroads of history there. and he is a tough iowa farmer. >> half the federal budget on the supreme court is over the age of 75. >> uh-huh. >> hate to get macabre but you never know. what other committees are we looking at? what other extensions on the republican side are important? >> arguably the m

chuck grassley and i have served together since 1974. i like to tell people that in 1974, that was a big wave of democrats came in. we called us, they called us the watergate babies. [laughter] we came in in a big wave. won a lot of elections and things like that. and, in fact, in iowa that year elected a u.s., democratic u.s. senator, and every house seat -- i think there were six at that time, six house seat all went democratic except one. and that was the seat that chuck grassley won that year, bucking the trend, bucking the tide in 1974. so it's kind of a funny thing, chuck, you know, that i speak to my friend across the aisle here that a lot times people this year said, you know, oh, all you watergate, all you watergate babies are gone now, you and max baucus and chris dodd and then on the house side george miller and henry waxman. so this is the last of the watergate babies. i always have to remind them, no, there's one left. well, who's that, they say. and i i say, well, it's a republican. a republican? who's that? i say my collea

in is agreement on this, and there is video of him that surfaced that he's talking about chuck grassley, the beloved senior senator in iowa. here is braley. >> you might have a farmer from iowa who never went to law school, never practiced law serving as the next chair. >> that's not a good thing to say in iowa, even if you're running as an iowa, you don't want to go against chuck grassley. >> and then another gaffe where he said, the house, i can't get my cow serviced now because the gym is closed. if they lose the senate because of bruce braley, they'll have those gaffes to to blame. >> you never complain about not having enough towels in the gym. >> i'i'm david shuster. >> and i'm michael shure. >> thank you for watching. . >> now it is up to the people after billions of dollars, countless campaign ads. >> i'm not barack obama. >> and mud-slinging across the country. americans head to the polls. >> what it's all about to be able to vote. >> voters are deciding who will make the decisions in washington and at home. >> victory is in the air. >> i'm on your sid

let's get somebody who get committee that farmer from iowa chuck grassley. >> senator grassley who congressman braley so rudely insulted. >> right. >> he paid the price. >> in front of a bunch of trial lawyers in texas i would ad. >> is that at all possible that you think president obama call eric holder stay on two more years? >> no. >> not at all. >> holder has been wanting to leave for a while. waiting for a moment when largely -- controversy was largely absent from his life. that was the moment. >> do you know what i think is so different is that harry reid, senate majority leader harry reid did not let bills from the house get a vote in the senate. so president obama never got to say yes or no to the bills. never reached him. everything stopped. so i think that's going to be a big difference. i think we are going to see bills getting voted on. whether veto them or passes the senate. >> mcconnell will try to return to regular order. which means the senate is deliberative body in which members can get up and talk and talk and talk. at the end of the day then it gives him an opportunity to v

after that, mark grassley and tom harkin. another chance to see republican ofernors ask us a range issues including immigration, congressional partisanship, and the tray 16 presidential race. race.6 presidential then "washington journal" future of president obama's immigration proposal. on the iranian nuclear program negotiations which have a deadline this monday. we will take your calls. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> a group of authors have a conversation about the state of race in america and what the future may be like. they discussed the ferguson, missouri case and community responses and make addictions on the impending grand jury decision. they shared their personal stories of expenses with police and law enforcement. this was hosted by the brooklyn historical society. this program contains language some reviewers might find offensive. this is about 90 minutes. [applause]

grassley: okay. on saturday, many children and families around the country are going to celebrate national adoption day. it's a day that many adoptions are finalized, and young people find their forever families. it is very comforting and fit that this day helps kick off the holiday season. families will be formed and strengthened. this thanksgiving many children will celebrate with their new families and not have to worry about their next placement or their next meal. and this month we then give thanks to the men and women who have their dreams come true. since the first national adoption day in the year 2000, nearly 50,000 children have joined forever families during national adoption day. in 2013 alone, adoptions for 4,500 children were finalized through 400 national adoption day events throughout our country. these are impressive numbers, numbers that make us proud to work to accomplish the goals of adoption, proud of the work being done to help children in foster care find loving families. but t

>> senator grassley said he's going to give her a thorough vetting. you can expect republicans are going to look at all the cases she's been involved in. she's been involved in many cases in this country on fraud, public corruption, mafia takedowns. and they're going to look at her speeches. but as one of her former bosses said to me on saturday, this is a woman who's very calm, who doesn't get flustered and rattled. and she's really the soul of a grace under pressure. i think we'll see that in any hearing on capitol hill. >> we will be watching. thank you all for being here. >> thank you. turn the trips you have to take, into one you'll never forget. earn points for every flight and every hotel. expedia plus rewards. [ male announcer ] over time, you've come to realize... [ starter ] ready! [ starting gun goes off ] [ male announcer ] it's less of a race... yeah! [ male announcer ] and more of a journey. and that keeps you going strong. at unitedhealthcare insurance company, we get that. with over 30 years of experience, we'll be there -- ready to go

guest: i think, especially if chuck grassley is going to be looking over his shoulder in 2016 with a republican primary, it does. i do not know if he has to worry about a primary. they love him there. if tom harkin had not retired, he would be easily reelected. chuck grassley, who was the republican on the debate, he made a decision on where he wants to be in the work he wants to do. he has been here so long. it is interesting because there are a lot of agricultural interests in iowa, but chuck grassley feels very strong about this. i think it signals what most people already know -- republicans are not going to be moving a, sort of, broad-based, comprehensive immigration reform bill like the one that passed the senate in 2013 again. you could look for president bill having to do with border bills,y -- targeted maybe having to do with employment revocation and things like that, but you will not see -- employment verification, and things like that, you will not see what the president wants, which is a broad bill. does notck grassley have a republican challenger yet, but "the des moine

grassley wouldn't return my calls so i was stuck with a letter and no context. but my producer and i began finding sources and contacts. one thing led to another. we were able to talk to enough people that we believed this to be true. we hat excellent source. the first story had nobody on camera by name making the allegations but we had plenty of reliable offcamera sources. after the first story, which is in quite an important story and the evening news producer at the time, executive producer, led the show with it, which is unusual, and let it go what is a really long time in television news, something like five minute. he said write the store the way it needs to be made. >> host: usually you have two and a half minutes. >> guest: that cooperate be done that way. after the story, it was an incredible reaction, a pushback from the administration saying all these people were liars, which we now know they were telling at the truth and my report was wrong but we know it's correct. i knew my sources were good. they were internal memos somebody leaked to me with gove

grassley was asking if this is true. having been familiar with how he works he had whistleblowers telling telling him that some insight. of course it piqued their interest. grassley wouldn't return my call so i stuck with the letter and no contacts but my producer and i began getting on line and finding sources of contact. one thing led to another and we were able to talk to enough people that we believed we had excellent sources. the story took off. the first tory have nobody on camera by name making the allegations and reliable off camera sources. we had quite an important story and let go a long time in television news something like five minutes to read the story we wanted to do it. he said write the story than wade needs to be written. the story could never have been done that way. after that story, there was an incredible reaction in the pushback as we call the pushback is a call it of the administration saying all these people were liars which we now know. all my reporting was wrong which we know was all correct b

chuck grassley and i have served together since 1974. i like to tell people that in 1974, that was a big wave of democrats came in. they called us the watergate babies. we came in in a big wave, won a lot of elections and things like that. and in fact, in iowa that year elected a u.s., democratic u.s. senator, and every house seat -- i think there were six at that time, six house seats all went democratic except one, and that was the seat that chuck grassley won that year bucking the trend, bucking the tide in 1974. so it's kind of a funny thing, chuck. i speak to my friend across the aisle here, that a lot of times people this year have said all you watergate babies are gone now, you and max baucus and chris dodd and then on the house side george miller and h

grassley? >> we got elected the same day. we were sworn in on january, 1975. same day. but he came to the senate four years before me. in terms of our time here -- >> you are in the house for 10 years before you came to the senate. >> exactly. and he was only in the house six years. that is right. i know people say iowa, he is a conservative. i am a liberal. how do they do that? we have always had a good elationship. we do disagree on some things once in a while, but when we work for iowa, our staffs work closely together. you have to remember, iowa is a ery close state. the registration is about what it was when i first started 40 years ago. one third democrat, one third republican, one third independent. so i have often said there are a lot of conservative iowans, a lot of liberal iowaans, and the est are moderates. so chuck grassley fills out the onservative end of the spectrum, but does enough things to reach over to moderates. i represent the liberal spectrum and do enough to reach over to

grassley? >> we got elected the same day. we were sworn in on january , 1975. same day. but he came to the senate four years before me. in terms of our time here -- >> you are in the house for 10 years before you came to the senate. >> exactly. and he was only in the house six years. that is right. i know people say iowa, he is a conservative. i am a liberal. how do they do that? we have always had a good relationship. we do disagree on some things once in a while, but when we work for iowa, our staffs work closely together. you have to remember, iowa is a very close state. the registration is about what it was when i first started 40 years ago. one third democrat, one third republican, one third independent. so i have often said there are a lot of conservative iowans, a lot of liberal iowaans, and the rest are moderates. so chuck grassley fills out the conservative and of the -- end of the spectrum, but does enough things to reach over to moderates. i represent the liberal spectrum and do enou

and that's what i think both senator grassley and i have worked together on, to try to make progress. but especially for the people of iowa. and so i thank him for his kind words. i thank you. i know we're not supposed to say this on the senate floor. we're always supposed to speak in the third person. but i never wanted to follow all the rules anyway, so i can speak directly and say, thank you very much, chuck grassley, for friendship, for counsel, for working together through all these years. i'm going to miss that relationship and working on the senate floor, but i will be in iowa. i'll be working again with the harkin institute at the university. i'll be spending a lot of time on disability policy and advancing the cause of people with disabilities in some way, shape, or form -- i don't know exactly house, but in some way, in that way -- and i hope -- i just want to say this to my friend. i hope that at some time, since this is a nonpartisan institute, we have a great board of directors -- in fact, the former chair of the iowan republican party is on the board of the institute --

i've worked with chuck grassley protecting the fuel act. as your next senator, i'm going get up every morning thinking about what i can do to make your toes better and i'm going focus on economic policies that are going to strengthen the that's what because iowans have always depended upon agriculture, in education, in energy. on economy has been based hard-working iowans who get up every day and do what's the job done.et as your senator, i'm going to work hard to make sure your lives are better. i'm here tonight to ask for your help and ask for your vote. thank you. you.ank ms. ernst? >> thank you so much to our hosts this evening. been a pleasure to be here with you. thank you, congressman, very joining me on this stage. tonight i think you have seen very clear differences in this race. i am not a washington politician. up on my family farm in southwest iowa. soldier,ther, i am a and i am an independent leader who cares very deeply about the nation that we are leaving our children and grandchildren. don't support congressman braley's poli

guest: i think, especially if chuck grassley is going to be looking over his shoulder in 2016 with a republican primary, it does. i do not know if he has to worry about a primary. they love him there. if tom harkin had not retired, he would be easily reelected. chuck grassley, who was the republican on the debate, he made a decision on where he wants to be in the work he wants to do. he has been here so long. it is interesting because there are a lot of agricultural interests in iowa, but chuck grassley feels very strong about this. i think it signals what most people already know -- republicans are not going to be moving a, sort of, broad-based, comprehensive immigration reform bill like the one that passed the senate in 2013 again. you could look for president bill having to do with border bills,y -- targeted maybe having to do with employment revocation and things like that, but you will not see -- employment verification, and things like that, you will not see what the president wants, which is a broad bill. does notck grassley have a republican challenger yet, but "the des moine

. >> and his comments about grassley didn't help him. >> for him to say he's a farmer without a long degree, grassley, a long-time politician. >> tune in tonight with our very own one lucky guy along with megyn kelly. while democrats face strong head winds tonight, the possible silver lining for them could be the governor's races where title battles in key states could go the dems' way plus the potential fallout for the president if the democrats lose big tonight. the prediction from one of america's top political analysts that the president will leave his party in shambles. right after the show, catch more from the couch. join us on the web for "outnumbered overtime" by logging on to fox news.com/outnumbered. tweet us your questions, comments, anything you ask. it's a marathon, not a sprint. you can ask him what he eats during the day, how he prepares for the big election. >> there's a lot in the show z. there's more to come. stay with us. 24/7, but there are no branches? 24/7 it's just i'm a little reluctant to try new things. what's wrong with trying new things? feel that in your

specifically comments he made about charles grassley. the most popular politician. comments that were caught on camera in march where he said that if he were to lose this, grassley could become senate judiciary chairman and he's -- she's a veteran, she would be the first woman sent to washington from iowa if she were to win in the house or senate. so there's powerful personality narrative seems to be doing well. what democrats can count on. and this is what they say. they go, look, that one des moines register poll is an outlier, other polls show us closer. and our get out the vote effort is superior to republicans and we believe that accounts for a few points difference. but it's hard to see how get out the vote if it is, in fact, seven to overcome that. >> you mentioned powerful personality. and in terms of that, one of the most, which is bill clinton to come and campaign. >> well, clinton no doubt has been helpful to braley because in the bill clinton way, he can take an opponent's strength and make it a weakness. so ernst talking about cutting pork. she's had ad

, suggesting that grassley, if republicans take control of the united states senate, will be someone who is not a lawyer who will become chairman of the judiciary committee. he had a hard time after that. he's been swimming upstream the whole time because of that and because of president obama's popularity rating here. >>. >> sreenivasan: you're obviously not in washington. i saw is t-o-n at the end. you're in johnston. is gender playing a role, especially when the female candidate is very conservative? >> one of the interesting things about this race is iowa has never elected a woman to congress. so joni ernst, if she does win, will be first woman elected from iowa to congress. she has stressed in her campaign advertising that she is a mother and a soldier, but really gender has not played much in this race, and like in colorado, democrats have pushed some of the issues that they think would be effective with women voters, but really this has come down to a base election where republicans are energized about their candidate and democrats are really trying to save bruce braley. >> sr

grassley would not return my calls back then. i was stuck with a letter and no context. we began getting online and finding sources and contacts. one thing led to another. we were able to talk to enough people that we believed it to be true. the first story had nobody on camera by name making allegations, but we had plenty of reliable off-camera sources. sources. after the first story, quite an important story. the executive producer at the time when the show with it, which is unusual. and let it go for a really long time, something like five minutes. >> two and a two and a half minutes. the story could never have been done that way. after that story there was an incredible reaction, the pushback, as we call it, from the administration saying that all these people were liars, which we now no they were not, all my reporting was wrong, the kind of pushback that tells me i may be onto something. there were internal memos someone leaked with government officials emailing other public relations government officials saying they goodness no one else is picking up on the story.

grassley fulfills the conservative. the conservative end of the thingsm but does enough to reach over to the moderates. i've represent the liberal and reach enough in the moderate. >> how does this through the rearview mirror? i know bob dole once said famously there is only one cure for the defined to be president and that is a wooden stake through the heart. think, first of all, i was ill-prepared to run for president. i have not banned on it for a long time. -- plans on it. it was not something i was geared up to do. i became so upset about bush economic policies, but also the iraq, that ik -- just felt we needed a good, populist voice running. so i was not prepared. quite frankly, i ran a terrible campaign. if i had half a brain i would just campaign in a few states. just campaigns and set up operations. i remember driving down the highway in south carolina on a rainy day and i thought, what am i doing in south carolina. i have no support here. he was running clinton's campaign. here the whole state tied up. why was

senator charles grassley saying he ekt ed lynch to get a fair but thorough vetting. while presumptive senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said her nomination should be considered in the new congress. what could be a high power partisan battle shaping up over a woman the president says has always been more about making a difference than making headlines. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york. >>> in iraq today a series of bombings in and around baghdad killed more than 40 people, just the latest attacks in a wave of violence. at least some being tied to isis militants. it comes one day after the united states announced a significant escalation of its role in iraq authorizing an increase in the number of u.s. troops from 1,400 to almost 3,000. for more on the expanding u.s. mission in iraq, we turn to retired four-star general and nbc news military analyst barry mccaffrey. general, thanks for being with us. these role, they will be training iraqi troops. so my questions to you are, haven't we already done that? and will it make a difference? >> well, it's hard to ima

senator charles grassley saying he expected lynch to get a fair but thorough vetting. while presumptive senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said her nomination should be considered in the new congress. what could be a high power partisan battle shaping up over a woman the president says has always been more about making a difference than making headlines. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york. >>> what is a ride worth? uber wants to raise a billion bucks to further expand their service worldwide. the ride sharing company set its sights on opening up shop in asia, latin america, eastern europe and africa. uber is already the highest valued private company in silicon valley. did you know that? >> yes. >> i did not. now i do. uber officials hope its reputation will help in fund raising and expansion. right now the 5-year-old company is operating in 45 countries. >> wow. pretty incredible. a term now we all use. part of our venacular. it was a sunny saturday. >> it was. record breaking for oakland. 50s to low 60s in san francisco but a chilly 53 in the north bay. right n

democratic nominee, congressman bruce braley, who said dismissive things about the senior senator, chuck grassley, being "just a farmer," being not even a lawyer and running the judiciary committee. gwen: let's talk about kansas. the republicans have figured out a way to get everybody in, and on behalf of pat roberts, as has -- i guess sarah palin has been there, but bob dole has been there. everybody has been campaigning for him, against the independent, gregorman, because? >> because the republicans have sounded the five-alarm fire and brought in every single republican. this shouldn't be happening. but pat roberts was asleep at the switch again, he almost got taken by surprise. so they are trying to get every sort of faction of the republican party, the moderates, the conservatives, the christian conservatives out and fired up about this. but i'm not sure -- it's been a fascinating story. greg orman may have peaked a little soon, we'll see. it takes a campaign organization to get voters out and he's kind of out there on his own. >> and kansas is a fight -- it's an intraparty fight. this is not

people like richard burr of north carolina, dan coates in indiana, there are several others, chuck grassley in iowa, do they run for re-election. if those open seats are there then, of course, democrats have a chance of taking those back. on the democratic side harry reid, 2016, everyone will be waiting for him to make his decision. >> they are all getting memos if you're planning to run go home once in a while and live there. >> what are you saying? >> while john boehner and mitch mcconnell are having lunch with president obama on top of this new era of good feeling ted cruz is still out there and very much going to be sort of accountability enforcer for the base in the senate. i talked to him late election night on phone and i asked him about whether or not the party should try to back off the repeal of the affordable care act or compromise on immigration. he said emphatically not. he said the only way to keep faith with folks that elected them was to stand by tissues that had done so and he said the biggest two issues for his party this cycle were aren't, repealing obamacare and b, stopp

senator grassley is one who looks at all federal programs. this is one which has been around since 1990. every federal program out there should be reviewed. there's nothing different between this one and the rest. they should all be reviewed. that is something we have always done in south dakota. it doesn't matter what kind of program it is. we have taken up time and looked at and done our best to review them. this one can be reviewed as well, and i would support that. as i have shared with other people, there are lots of federal programs out there that need to be reviewed. just take a look at the failed federal policies that are there right now, like obamacare. that has got to be reviewed, it has got to be repealed, it has got be replaced. look at the failure to allow us to build a pipeline, like the keystone xl. look at what is going on in western south dakota and eastern south dakota because of a federal program that says we cannot build that pipeline. if we could build it, we would have farmers and ranchers that could get their grain to m

. >> senator grassley taut me to listen. leadership. >> a lot of people say that. once it gets there, it doesn't seem to work that way. >> everywhere i go i don't like him. he's a soft spoken guy. i'll read the bills before i vote on them. >> even if it's 2,000 whatever. >> if i can't get through it, i'll vote no. >> we had a president that ripped apart our economy, shredded the health care system, and crumbled the national security. if we stand together. and fight the conservative principles, we can do this. we can put our country and economy back together. [ ♪ music ] colorado is so unusual, we are the swingiest of the swing state, there's a reason for that. we divided one-third, one-third. democrats, republicans. the unaffiliated tend to go with the national mood. >> it's a competitive district. it's in the eastern suburbs. based in aurora. the seat is held by incumbent mike coffman. >> it used to be a totally state district. you won the primary. what happened when they redrew the boundaries, they made it competitive. >> there were a lot more voters in it. all

guest: i think, especially if chuck grassley is going to be looking over his shoulder in 2016 with a republican primary, it does. i do not know if he has to worry about a primary. they love him there. if tom harkin had not retired, he would be easily reelected. chuck grassley, who was the republican on the debate, he made a decision on where he wants to be in the work he wants to do. he has been here so long. it is interesting because there are a lot of agricultural interests in iowa, but chuck grassley feels very strong about this. i think it signals what most people already know -- republicans are not going to be moving a, sort of, broad-based, comprehensive immigration reform bill like the one that passed the senate in 2013 again. you could look for president bill having to do with border bills,y -- targeted maybe having to do with employment revocation and things like that, but you will not see -- employment verification, and things like that, you will not see what the president wants, which is a broad bill. does notck grassley have a republican challenger yet, but "the des moine

the party needed new blood and i don't mean a transfusion from chuck grassley, they need more women, they need more blacks. the big zeal is that the people who are coming to the republican party, are coming despite the abuse they get. the way liberals hate black conservatives more than they hate white racists, they are called horrible names, even british jerks like russell brand go after them, it's open season on black conservatives, for women, conservative women, i mean you're not really a woman unless you adored lena dunham. so it takes incredible bravery, those are the trail blazers for the republican party to with stand the abuse that they get from their peers who are generally in their age group or within their group in general, who are not like them. so these are the real brave people and we should salute them. >> it's not easy to run for congress, bob. what do you think? >> i was accused of being too low key in the first block because i was trying to be analytic analytical. you said the first, the first, the first, but it should have started years ago. if you had enough of the

he started off insulting chuck grassley. >> for being a farmer. >> for being a farmer in iowa g.o.p. legend. tough to recover from that, then he had this issue chickens crossing into the yard. it got worse and worse. >> surrogates for getting his name. >> panel, thank you. and remember, the dream of taking regular people, not astronauts, but regular people into space? the rocket ship designed to do just that explodes and at least one person is killed. the latest on the spaceship disaster is exin. plus, a big reunion in the works. texas nurses survived ebola getting ready to see her dog bentley. that's coming up. and check out fantastic new project. greta talk. it's a brand new pod cast launching today on itunes on your phone. log on to itunes right now during the break and subscribe. get the inside scoop with greta talk. it's automatic and easy and best of all, it's free. can you find much more information at greta talk.com. nothing beats america's favorite chocolate chip cookie. nestlé toll house made with real butter, eggs, and brown sugar for that scratch made taste. well now you

grassley would be a major figure in supreme court nominations. he's pro-life and voted against sonya sotomayor for the supreme court. and inhofe, a science denier, he does not believe in climate change at all. he'll be chairing the environment committee. john mccain will chair the armed services committee. and back when he was running for president, he used to sing the song "bomb bomb iran." >> we were misled, there were supposed three protests and then something sprang out of that, an assault sprang out of that and that was easily ascertained that was not the facts. >> with all due respect, the fact is, we had four dead americans. was it because of a protest, was it because of guys out for a walk who decided to go kill some americans. at this point, what difference does it make? >> both you gentlemen have had the honor and the guts to run for office. joe, i want to ask you about the power of the sub committee which ron johnson will control. i've been told that's the only chair on the hill where the chairman and his majority members don't have to

probably charles grassley will be chairman of the committee and hostile to obama and the supreme court nomination, if there is a vacancy, is certainly good for my business but not good for him. >> we'll see a lot of subpoenas and investigations, will they make it miserable as the isis administration has in the house. >> and i know others are talking about that, i don't think it will be that big of a difference because a senate is just a different kind of place in the house traditionally. if they are doing that, it is really game over. can i turn the tables on you. >> before you were going to say something -- >> i was going to say, you talk about charles grassley, the iowa farmer, someone called it. the chairman of the judiciary committee, you are looking at an enormous change of what will be talking about every day, when you go from boxer to inhowever, and having hearings on regulatory overreach and hearings on federal agencies, it will be a different dialogue. >> it will be alternate universe. >> it is. >> one end of pennsylvania avenue and the other. >> john mccain will be head of th

suggesting that it was really important that democrats win the majority and keep it otherwise chuck grassley, the republican senator from iowa would end up being the chairman of the judiciary committee. and braley made a bit of a slur. >>> this is a fox news alert. a mexican judgef jailed u.s. marine andrew tahmooressi. it's been more than six months. he maintained he got lost on a california freeway ramp that sent him across with no way of >>> is it the ad? the ad certainly catapulted her to national prominence where she hadn't been before. >> great ad got her the nomination no question. what got her in contention is she is the new-look gop, marco rubio in 2010. she is the new look which as you say, blue collar, hard working, soldier, mom, all of that stuff. but also don't discount that bruce braley has been a terrible candidate. he was the prohibited front-runner expected to walk away with this. he didn't get there, he ran poorly, she took advantage of it. >> chris, thank you. >>> democrats have long counted on women voters to safe the day. kirsten powers here on why that may not work this

chuck grassley for being a farmer. what a terrible say to say to someone in eye wax you're a farmer. >> you might have a farmer from iowa had a never went to law school, never practiced law, serving as the next chair of the senate gentleman dish area committee. >>> who never went to law school, never practiced law, serving as the next chair of the senate judiciary committee. >> well, that's populism, isn't it? another snafu in iowa came when tom harkin went over republican joni ernst's looks. never do that! suggesting she was, quote, really attractive and she sounds nice. it didn't stop there. >> i don't care if she's as good looking as taylor swift or as nice as mr. rogers, but if she votes like michele bachmann, she's wrong for the state of iowa. >> hillary clinton told crowds in massachusetts that corporations and businesses don't create jobs. >> don't let anyone tell you that, you know, it's corporations and businesses that create jobs. you know that old theory trickle down economics. that has been tried, that has

the expected new chairman of the senate judiciary committee republican senator chuck grassley said of lynch, i have every confidence miss lynch will receive a very fair but more thh vetting. u.s. attorneys are very rarely elevated to this position so i look forward to learning more about her and how she proposes to lead the department. as you said, uma, if she's confirmed, lynch would be the first african-american woman to hold the attorney general position. uma. >> all right, molly, thank you very much. >>> i believe that the president continues to act on his own, he is going to poison the well. when you play with matches, you take the risk of burning yourself. and he's going to burn himself if he continues to go down this path. >> that was house speaker john boehner with his dire prediction just days after the gop's big win this week as it gains control of both the house and senate. president obama is saying that he may just bypass congress and use executive actions on issues like imcombination reform. joining us now, our guest who has reaction to speaker boehner's pronouncements th

i'm sure senator sessions and senator grassley will be moving legislation to try to stop it. i don't think this is the way to go or the tone to set for the new congress. >> juan, what about that? the tone. in this lame duck the white house administration would like to see a lot of things happen including nominations of ambassadors and things taken care of. if this goes forward as soon as next week, it will be like a nuclear bomb on capitol hill. >> i don't know if that's fair to say. i think it will, as jason said, create a rank rouse tone and i think the base of the republican party which has long opposed immigration reform going back to president bush's efforts in '06 will raise their voices and there will be a lot of squealing about it. the fact is the president has waited since the immigration reform package passed the senate back in '13 for the house to take some action. remember the house said they would do it piecemeal, would do it gratd gradually. >> isn't this goading them to taking them on in the budgetary way, in the efforts gore green cards and other things? >> no

then i will republican senator thek grassley discusses upcoming retirement of democratic senator tom harkin. wednesday, governor rick perry said that taxes might sue president barack obama on his plan -- plans over illegal immigration. he spoke at the republican governors association's annual meeting at oka raton, florida. in addition to immigration policy, the governors discussed congressional partisanship, government shutdowns, education and welfare and thein 2016 presidential campaign. this is a little over an hour. >> host of nbc's meet the press, chuck todd. >> as you can see, and i'm going to put this -- these are the only republicans who express an interest in running for president. christie, i assume this means you're not there anymore, i understand. i kid, of course. >> i did not express anything. >> i will kick things off in a minute and one thing i want you do, there able to should be some notecards -- we will pass the questions up and there'll be people at the side and we will go for about an hour and we will -- i hear there is some news that may be made on immigration. i

. >> pete grassley, no one will ever convince president obama to do it, he says. will it be different in the last two years? >> you have a different situation today. you have mitch mcconnell as the potential, and i emphasize potential majority leader. that changes the circumstances and i think that ought to change the tactics. >> you say it would but you think it will, which is the posture of a lot of democrats. the president is unpopular particularly in red states like the one you used to represent, south dakota. why is he unpopular in places like louisiana, kentucky, south dakota? is it is his ideology policies, personality? what is it? set but i think it is history. you look at every one of the midterms of any second term of any president, you have a set of circumstances that is almost predictable. you start with that. second, i do not know if we have had a situation in recent times where the dysfunction washington is as evident and perplexing and frustrating to the american people. unfortunately the president gives the bulk of the responsibility for that, so h