those chuck schumer comments first, jamie. he says that the democrats blew the opportunity that the american people gave them by focusing on the wrong problem, health care. are other democrats feeling that way? >> right. so i think we're seeing two different things. we're seeing two different types of splits. one ideological and tactical differences emerge. and what we see with the chuck schumer comments, i think, are tactical differences. they believe the president wasted an opportunity after his election, wasted his political capital in pushing the health care bill through congress which they say only affected a small number of people who were uninsured when they could have used their political capital, the white house could have used its political capital pushing other policies. but now after this disastrous 2014 election with the president not having another term, you're seeing democrats come out and saying say that openly, most notely as you mentioned, chuck schumer. jon: don't you think, though, that health care would ha

or is chuck schumer trying to distance himself as he looks to his own future in 2016? >> first of all, chuck schumer is the gruber of the senate. he must think we're stupid. he was the leader of the senate at the time obamacare was put through. now he's claiming it's about timing, it's not about timing, it's about deceit. and knows obama is a lame duck and he's not. he thinks this is going to help him distance himself for re-election 2016. this is all about self-preservation and if pure and simple politics where chuck schumer is trying rewrite a little history to point to it two years from now. look what i said about obamacare, and look, and i admit we made a mistake and misfocused. he made a mistake, he has to take responsibility. ashley: juan, schumer saying the democratic party in 2016, he says we will have to run on big government. not run away from it. do you think that's right? >> exactly right. ashley: appeals to more middle class people. >> you have to say you're serving the people. you have to make the case that government is not the evil but that, in fact, go

or is chuck schumer trying to distance himself as he looks to his own future in 2016? >> first of all, chuck schumer is the gruber of the senate. he must think we're stupid. he was the leader of the senate at the time obamacare was put through. now he's claiming it's about timing, it's not about timing, it's about deceit. and knows obama is a lame duck and he's not. he thinks this is going to help him distance himself for re-election 2016. this is all about self-preservation and if pure and simple politics where chuck schumer is trying rewrite a little history to point to it two years from now. look what i said about obamacare, and look, and i admit we made a mistake and misfocused. he made a mistake, he has to take responsibility. juan, schumer saying the democratic party in 2016, he says we will have to run on big government. not run away from it. do you think that's right? >> exactly right. ashley: appeals to more middle class people. >> you have to say you're serving the people. you have to make the case that government is not the evil but that, in fact, government

schumer hits the white house on obamacare. democrats top message man to consumer criticizes his own party for not focusing on the economy. joining a list of prominent democrats who have abandoned ship since the election. rich is in with the latest. >> evening, charles. his party made a mistake overhauling the country's health care system. new york's chuck schumer said voters elected democrats to fix the economy. the party should have focused on a broader program instead of turning to obamacare since most americans had insurance. >> the huge change mandated such a small change to the electorate made no sense. the average middle class person thought, the democrats aren't paying enough to attention when we focused on health care. >> an administrative person responded calling obamacare a major step forward for the country. officials are speeching more candidly than that. >> funny, i don't remember chuck schumer giving that advice when he was privately and publicly championing the private care act in 2010. websites and other retail

press club recently hosted new york senator charles schumer. he gave his thoughts on what went wrong for democrats in the midterm elections and discussed his party's agenda moving forward. this is an hour and 40 minutes. >> good morning mr. senator. >> good morning, everybody. i am bob wheeler. it is a high honor for us to have senator, democratic policy chair chuck schumer, charles, a key member of the leadership, who will give a series of three speeches, kicking it off today, to diagnose what went wrong for democrats in the 2014 election and what they must do to be successful in 2016 and beyond. in the current congress, senator schumer is a member of the senate judiciary committee and chair of the key subcommittee on immigration, borders and security and citizenship, which will oversee president obama's executive order on immigration. he also chairs the senate rules committee. he is a member of the finance committee and the banking, housing, and urban affairs committee. he will keep his leadership role at the senate's democratic policy chair

chuck schumer voted for obamacare. but when you hear his comments, you will understand why it is a hard pill for democrats to swallow. from the bad weather to the unrest in ferguson, a kind of impact will the negative impacts on holiday shopping season (vo) watching. waiting. for that moment, where right place meets right time. and when i find it- i go for it. (announcer) at scottrade, we share your passion for trading. that's why we give you the edge, with innovative charting and trading features, plus powerful mobile apps so you're always connected, wherever you are. because at scottrade, our passion is to power yours. the mercedes-benz winter event is back, with the perfect vehicle that's just right for you, no matter which list you're on. [ho, ho, ho, ho] no matter which list you're on. lease the 2014 cla250 for $329 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. adam: unrest in ferguson, ebola reaches the united states, and isis terrorists. bad news is abundant. so what is the potential or distressing headlines to ne

harry reid and chuck schumer and i were talking on a very regular basis while this was going down. and i think walt's right. the process was the problem and the bill was the problem. there was an easier, quicker bill that everybody could have -- we could have passed and we'd gotten it done with. >> what's that? >> what we should have passed is a bill that allowed people under 65 to sign up for medicare i if we'd done that -- i signed up for medicare a couple of years ago when i turned 65. tooked me ten minutes on the website. meanwhile the other website was collapsing and caused a huge problem. the way this was handled, into the white house went the insurance companies, the lawyers, the doctors, the hospitals, the drug companies. everyone got their deal. incredibly publicly. you can't do that, especially if you're the president of change. >> i guess the argument from the white house on that would be, look, how many presidents tried and failed to get health care reform through over 100 years before it finally was signed into law in 2010. some of the failures are basically if you don

. ♪ >> on tonight's mainstage, chuck schumer singing the own mama care blues. and the dnc might just get no sleep till brooklyn. but first, the fallout from last night in ferguson, missouri for some the grand jury declined to indict officer wilson in the shooting of michael brown and the city erupted in protests and looting and fires and ways to teargas. al sharpton appeared in a press conference with micro-down -- with michael brown's family. the way he approached -- under criticism was the way he approached the proceedings and how he announced the decision last night. next i've never seen a prosecutor holder -- >> i've never seen a prostitute or hold a press conference to discredit the victim. [applause] where he went out of his way to go point by point in discrediting michael brown who could not defend himself. lexmark there are many questions about this case, but i will focus on this one right now. do you think mcculloch the way he handled this thing from start to finish made things worse? >> yes, having the thing at night, they said they did not want to ha

they will be joined by charles schumer, democrat from new york. we will see you back here tomorrow. >> it is a high honor for us to have senator, democratic policy chair chuck schumer, charles, a key member of the leadership, a series of three speeches, kicking it off today, what they must do to be successful in 2016 and beyond. in the current congress, senator schumer is a member of the senate judiciary committee and chair of the key subcommittee on immigration, borders and security and citizenship, which will oversee president obama's executive order on immigration. he also chairs the senate rules committee. rolell keep his leadership at the senate's democratic policy chair in the current congress. his committees will be determined as we get closer into the next congress. as a member of the house for 18 years -- and that is where senator schumer and i first that, in full disclosure -- representing brooklyn and queens, was a leading sponsor of the violence against women act and the brady bill. he sponsored the hate crimes prevention act and spons

you didn't hear schumer talking about how this affected people. talking about how this hurts him and his party. >> more to come on that, right? that's it for the panel. stay tuned to find out what's really in a name before thanksgiving. @oyu0x?hy@p although we are not quite sure he actually knows o'del's name. broke twitter, right? every athlete whether it's gymnastics or the nba. we now know your name lynnelle beckham jr. >> i have got to say great moment for the new york bryant's. amazing. great one handed catch patti labelle. >> all you have got to do is spell it right next. thanks for watching, everybody. happy thanksgiving my best to you and your family at home. i'm bill hemmer live in washington. no online show tonight. greta goes "on the record" right now here on the fox news channel. this is a fox news alert. new pro-says over the ferguson grand jury decision. today, the protest moving to st. louis. hundreds of demonstrators storming city hall. [shouting] and police in riot gear rushing in to break up the crowd. hello, everyone, i'm kimbe

. ♪ >> on tonight's mainstage, chuck schumer singing the own mama care blues. and the dnc might just get no sleep till brooklyn. but first, the fallout from last night in ferguson, missouri for some the grand jury declined to indict officer wilson in the shooting of michael brown and the city erupted in protests and looting and fires and ways to teargas. al sharpton appeared in a press conference with micro-down -- with michael brown's family. the way he approached -- under criticism was the way he approached the proceedings and how he announced the decision last night. next i've never seen a prosecutor holder -- >> i've never seen a prostitute or hold a press conference to discredit the victim. [applause] where he went out of his way to go point by point in discrediting michael brown, who could not defend himself. >> mark, there are many questions about this case, but i will focus on this one right now. do you think mcculloch, the way he handled this thing from start to finish made things worse? >> yes, having the thing at night, they said they did not want to

did you hear senator chuck schumer yesterday? >> we took their mandate and put all of our focus on the wrong problem, health care reform. now, the plight of uninsured americans and the hardships caused by unfair insurance company practices certainly needed to be addressed, but it wasn't the change we were hired to make. americans were crying out for the end to the recession, for better wages and more jobs, not changes in health care. >> not, of course, i the good senator of new york had anything to do with it, because i remember, senator, when you said this -- >> when people learn what's actually in the bill and all the good it does, it is going to become more and more popular. >> i think there's a broad consensus that we should do something on health care. >> it is good for america. >> we will get a great handle on costs. it will take awhile, but it will do the job. >> good for the american people. >> we will pass this bill. >> we will finish this great unfinished business. >> you see, this is what i love about tape, digital tap

adam: have you been talking to senator schumer lately? i got to let you go. appreciate your being here. all the best to you and happy holiday, happy thanksgiving. here's the lineup for the rest of the hour. leva four year low which means you'll save a lot of money at the gas pump but how much? we will discuss. it is black friday. it is the best day to shop and guess the best deals. one retailer says it is black friday everyday and charlie gasparino brings us more on senator sunday, senator schumer and the democratic defection. you can bet he is fired up about this. more varney after this break. >> stocks hitting all-time highs, travelers, visa benefiting from the modest rally and the markets will close early today at 1:00 p.m. less than an hour to get your trades in before the weekend. knowledge different type of black friday experience involving at d.j. throughout the night and fashion shows all we can. jeff flock joins me from the chicago fashion outlet in illinois. did you have a good time? jeff: people are standing in line everywhere. that is the line for

senator schumer? >> thank you, bob. it is great to be back here at the press club. happy thanksgiving. i hope you are all with friends and family and have a good one. i will start off with a little thanksgiving story. i was born on thanksgiving day, 1950, november 23. my mom went into labor at about 5:00 a.m., and in those days of course things were a lot different. drove the moms into the hospital, and then the moms -- the dads drove the moms into the hospital, and the moms were whisked upstairs while the dads waited in the waiting room, smoked cigars, and waited for the blessed event. my mom's obstetrician was on -- in a hospital on 29th street and 7th avenue. it was run by a french order of nuns. it has been subsequently closed. in any case, he got to the hospital about 8:00, 8:30, took my mom upstairs, and my dad went to the waiting room. being the adventurous soul he was, he realized it was thanksgiving, only four blocks from the thanksgiving day parade. he watched it for three hours. at the end of it, he saw a friend of his and they went into a local pub to ce

>> senator schumer, i wanted to ask you a topic of the day. can i ask you a question about the president's executive order on immigration? i wondered if that order will incentivize people to come to the country illegally even though the president has said specifics of who would be eligible. it has -- >> i don't think it will. no. >> let's go over to this side area -- this side. >> senator, i wanted to ask about the likely revision due talked about in your speech. -- provision you talked about in your speech. how do you define "likely"? you can look at what will get past or what is political. that because of the way i described my politics, if we come up with a strong agenda, will have a large victory in 2016 premises -- reminiscent of 2008. we have to be prepared to act on things that matter and will lift middle-class incomes. we're not the same as roosevelt, but a great model. these are a mess. -- things are a mess. a bigger mess than knows -- then what people know. realize the anguish of voters. the great thing about america is our optimism

on obamacare, do we believe what chuck schumer is saying? he was pushing obamacare, just giving cover for the next couple of years so when they feel like running against it when something bad happens like the employer mandate kicks in, he can say it totally stinks. pelosi, this is her baby. she pushed it through. >> behind the scenes, chuck schumer and pelosi having fun with this whole thing. playing good cop bad cop. they see this is not working well and the public is not happy with what is going on. this is the political game. the bottom line is americans are the ones who have to pay more, they are suffering even though the stock market seems to be playing. the pocket is empty. they are not out there shopping. >> democrat is to not focus on the common. we're going to take them? >> they have no answers, they know that. let's move on. as many of us watched the three nfl games yesterday, quite a few parents have been thinking about their kids wh played youth spor. more and more parents are worried about the risk of injuries especially concuss

i wouldn't put that past himmal at all. >> the white house already attacking schumer. >> that speech was stunning to say obamacare was a mistake. but what he also said, the democrats are the party of government. we have to make clear to the american people how government works. i can't wait to see how he does that. >> we have to take one more break. when we come back, hits and misses of the week. hey! i guess we're going to need a new santa ♪(the music builds to a climax.) more people are coming to audi than ever before. see why now is the best time. audi will cover your first month's payment on select models at the season of audi sales event. visit audioffers.com today. what would help is simply being able to recognize a fair price. that's never really been possible. but along comes a radically new way to buy a car, called truecar. now it is. truecar has pricing data on every make and model, so all you have to do is search for the car you want, there it is. now you're an expert in less than a minute. this is how car buying was always meant to be. this is truecar. ♪ >>> time for

oh yes, chuck schumer will not get him invited to thanksgiving at the white house. we will have that up next (vo) rush hour around here starts at 6:30 a.m. - on the nose. but for me, it starts with the opening bell. and the rush i get, lasts way more than an hour. (announcer) at scottrade, we share your passion for trading. that's why we've built powerful technology to alert you to your next opportunity. because at scottrade, our passion is to power yours. i have a cold. i took nyquil but i'm still stuffed up. nyquil cold and flu liquid gels don't unstuff your nose. really? alka-seltzer plus night rushes relief to eight symptoms of a full blown cold including your stuffy nose. (breath of relief) oh, what a relief it is. thanks. anytime. thank you. ordering chinese food is a very predictable experience. i order b14. i get b14. no surprises. buying business internet, on the other hand, can be a roller coaster white knuckle thrill ride. you're promised one speed. but do you consistently get it? you do with comcast business. and often even more. it's reliable. just like

you've been roommates with senator schumer. [laughter] >> yeah, we were all kind of bachelors back here and our wives are back in the district two became back to washington where all kind of living separately and george miller had a house up on the hill and george miller brewing friends, we go out to dinner and he finally said why don't we all kind of stay together? so we all moved into george miller's house cinemas a congressman, myself, our landlord come at chuck schumer and a guy named marty russo from illinois. chuck schumer and i were on the bottom floor and he slept on the couch and i had a bad that i moved into one corner of the room downstairs. this was truly animal house. this is really animal house. chuck was the kind of person -- chuck would munch on anything. my son ever want to know why zero what combat can stay with me. we didn't have any serial. most of the time we ate out. so he would buy cereal for himself and schumer before he would go to bed would eat the cereal. my son would always wake up and say what happe

senator schumers comments, it was senator chuck schumer in 2010 he was the one that said that obamacare would be a positive thing for middle class families, he also said it would be a liability to vote against obamacare but in fact it was a liability for the democrats who voted for observecare as evidenced by the 2014 midterm election. and look, middle class families aren't better off. if you look at insurance premiums are set to increase by double-digits in 2015. and americans have soundly rejected obamacare in the 2014 and 2010 elections. as senator schumer pointed out the 85% of americans were happy with their health care before obamacare and also only 5% of voters lacked insurance before the implementation of obamacare. this isn't what americans wanted. >> okay. all right. ladies, stick around. i know, maria shaking her head. she's got more to say. you're going to get your chance. >> staying with us over the break. because you know, we're turning attention to 2016. they have a lot to say. >> there is a poll that says only one republican hopeful can beat hillary clinton one-on-one. a

schumer is the political guru of the senator democrats. this is significant. if he's saying it's okay to rewrite obamacare, a lot of things become possible over the next couple of years. as he raises money around this town, people will say what about dodd-frank too? >> it's all about 2016. it's also about hillary clinton. they're trying to find ways to distance themselves from this administration, which is going out in two years. and schumer knows they have a shot at winning back the senate in 2016 by the arithmetic. that's what they're gearing up for. this has nothing to do with the truth. melissa: it's going to be really hard. no. i know everybody knew the truth all along. they decided to go along with what they wanted to say, which in many cases were lies. how do you distance yourself from hillary clinton on health care when she was the original original architect of health care. >> that's what they're trying to do. melissa: tough to do. >> one virtue of the fact that their plan failed unlike obama who owns all the problems of the us health care system, she

chuck schumer was an advocate for the affordable care act. does he forget they helped save the auto industry? past the jobs act obama signed, they had a couple of jobs bills and a number of things to help middle income americans, has he forgotten all that? apparently so. bill: if you listen to what he said, he voted for it, by the way. he voted for the formal cataract. former speechwriter says funny, don't member chuck schumer giving that advice when he was privately and publicly championing the formal cataract in 2010. the broader point is but he didn't just stop at obamacare, guys. he talked about the stimulus, he talked about the partial success of the stimulus. that kind of language has not come from democrats ever. >> absolutely not because it was an abject failure. the president and chuck schumer and others agree when we had a nation financial collapse, the crisis of jobs, crisis of confidence, and what do they do, they jammed through obamacare. as it currently exists, he knows that and he knows obamacare will not be any better today th

dave: i really don't care what is in chuck schumer's heart. i prefer not to know. i do know one thing in his heart, he wants to get reelected. noticed the election results and has a lot of people in business in new york that could vote him out of office if he doesn't become pro-business and won't along with republicans on these pro-business measures? >> i do believe he will. he is frustrated with obama in general. he broke the company line sets to speak and publicly criticized obama's focus on obamacare. it was interesting to see that. we haven't seen that happening years. the bigger picture is i don't think any major changes will take place until we get a president who is really aligned with the so-called -- dave: if you have all republicans going for tax simplification, bringing down the corporate tax rate, repatriation of capital and a few democrats that would be enough to override a presidential veto. >> i hope you are right but that is what the small businesses need. >> when chuck schumer is coming to bat for this. dave: finally a real feel good story. and rec

heather: democratic senator chuck schumer taking some heat after he takes aim at obamacare. >> to aim a huge change in mandate at such a small percentage of the electorate made no political sense. so when democrats focused on health care, the average middle class person thought the democrats are not paying enough attention to me. heather: that didn't sit too well with house minority leader nancy pelosi, and she is firing back at senator schumer. ed: going to want to hear more about that. plus a grateful woman thanking her dad for the gift of life. >> i call him my superhero now. he said one time your mom and i gave you life 35 years ago, so i'm giving you life again. i'm an idaho potato farmer and our big idaho potato truck is still missing. so my buddy here is going to help me find it. here we go. woo who, woah, woah, woah. it's out there somewhere spreading the word about america's favorite potatoes: heart healthy idaho potatoes and the american heart association's go red for women campaign. if you see it i hope you'll let us know. always look for the grown in idaho seal. heather: t

schumer is calling it a major mistake. it sounds like he's running for reelection. >> you think? good morning, steve and elisabeth and brian. new york's senior senator chuck schumer had been a vocal advocate of obamacare but now says it was not what the majority of americans wanted add not good political strategy for democrats. schumer contends after president obama won the presidency in 2008 and democrats controlled the house and senate, his party made a mistake by pursuing obamacare two years into the president's first term because the american people didn't want it. >> we took their mandate and put all of our focus on the wrong problem. health care reform. now the plight of uninsured americans and the hardships caused by unfair insurance company practices certainly needed to be addressed, but it wasn't the change we were hired to make. americans were crying out for the end to the recession, for better wages and more jobs. not changes in health care. >> the white house has not commented on senator schumer's comments, but one of the president's top advisors is defending the pres

. >> senator chuck schumer's comments sparking a furor. we have kelly and the panel discussing the about-face on that issue coming up. ♪ music ...the getaway vehicle! for all the confidence you need. td ameritrade. you got this. zapped it, right to our house. and that's how they got it here. so, santa has a transporter? for the big stuff ... and it's a teleporter. cool. the magic of the season is here, at the lexus december to remember sales event. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> a couple of minutes left in the trading session before thanksgiving. here's what the dow did. admittedly hovered. traders leaving early. we are seeing buying come in here on the close and the dow with a gain of 17 points. see if it holds. going to watch oil very carefully with the opec meeting. we were talking about that with our guest. price around $73 now. plenty of people saying $70 could be the floor and maybe higher after that. there are still plenty of people like derrick who feel it goes lower after this. gold is the other one to watch. we talked w

listen to what chuck schumer had to say about obamacare. roll the tape. >> we took their mandate and put all of our focus on the wrong problem. health care reform. charles: what he is saying to me, we went with obama's ego. the middle of the recession. something that did nothing for the job market. >> i have been saying this for a long time. think about all of the stupid things that obama did. i covered the financial crisis. we were in desperate shape. he tried to raise taxes. he did obamacare. he did dodd-frank. it's schizophrenic. it made no sense. charles: harry reid cut a deal with the gop. >> obama will say no to that. he understands the tide of the country is turning against him. this property is polling so far to the left. >> remember why he is wrong. it is not just obamacare. these guys came in and raise taxes. the democratic party, by the way, his friends on wall street have been warning him for years. it will not run forever. >> i think it is good news. we have been debating whether or not obama will pull a bill clinton. i will be

senator schumer returns to his policy chair. in addition, senator debbie stabenow was elected vice chair. a new congress convenes in january. we have senator schumer back. we will return for the remainder of his remarks. >> i hope she runs. if she runs, she will win a huge majority. she is just right for the times. >> yahoo! news. can you hear me? >> i can. thank you, i appreciate that. it was announced there would be at they can see at the top of the pentagon. the first thing the republican majority might do is to confirm a nominee. one thing we have heard is that sequestration threat have unduly affected the military. i am wondering if you are new republicane majority may roll back those cuts without talking about cuts to social programs that were paired with them. >> the budget deficit is in better shape than it was three or four years ago. they don't have the velocity to make the same magnitude of cuts on the defense and nondefense side. democrats believe in 50-50. the president feels strongly in 50-50. should they try to vi

listen to chuck schumer, new york senator talk iing this wee about obamacare. >> but unfortunately, democratics blew the opportunity the american people gave them. we took their mandate and put all of our focus on the wrong problem. health care reform. now, the plight of uninsured americans and the hardships caused by unfair insurance company practices certainly feeded to be addressed, but it wasn't the change we were hired to make. >> whoa, nelly. the wrong problem health care reform? . >> it illustrates how hillary clinton won't be able to run on obama's record because there isn't much of one and what he considers his accomplishments are being denounced by his own party. >> is schumer front run ining hillary clinton? i'm going to attack obamacare and basically, pave the way for hillary clinton to be able to separate herself from obamacare. >> i think he is in her camp and would do what it takes. >> the white house already -- >> oh, yeah, it's -- >> but he also said the democrats are the party of government and we have to make it clear how government works. >> we have to take one more break. w

well in politico chuck schumer rise tested by liberals. at issue who might replace harry reid if he steps aside in 2016. schumer looked like a lock but they say elizabeth warren is one to watch. >>> the obamas stepped out for a pizza lunch with them the teens from the standing rock reservation. >>> the new york times magazine cover is getting some laughs. it shows chris christie posing for a selfie with a scared looking baby. christie tweeted back dear new york times, it is more like this. you be the judge. and that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> 21 minutes past the hour. it's friday. that means i'm joined by the hill reporter. good morning. >> happy friday, thank you for having me. >> republicans are pushing back hard on the president's immigration's policy. saying it is up to congress to make laws. legally who is right here? >> that's -- it depends who you ask. republicans are saying that this is a gross overreach of power and power grab on behalf of king obama as they're calling him. but the president and the administrat

why is chuck schumer saying this now right before thanksgiving? >> i think thanksgiving, republican or democrat, we ought for thankful for anyone willing to break the script. i think on this specific issue this is what he feels like. i think there are people like senator schumer who want to be relevant beyond the president's political career and are willing to call a spade a spade now. >> anything out of a politicians mouth is always to me calculated. he's reading off notes as he's standing at the national press club. he was on the front lines in 2008 and 2009 praising obamacare. what changed? >> i think he's one of the few people in washington -- i mean this -- who is willing to admit a mistake. i wish on my side of the aisle that speaker boehner would admit that last year it was probably a mistake not to allow a vote on the house floor on the senate version of the immigration bill. i think we probably would have never seen executive action from the preresident had speaker boehner done this. it is a healthier refresh for american politics for peo

schumer - you cannot talk about boyer obama care and leave out the economy. it has a negative effect, and the american people see that. >> here is where just ka and i disagree. the republican party, with the midterm election, what they did, you have to give them credit, they were disciplined. they did not have loony tune candidates talking about issues out there on the fringe, offending women, offending americans. they were disciplined. i'll give them that much. everything was obama's fault. and it worked. it's naturally going to be president obama said himself, these are my policies on the ballot this year. of course it will be a referendum on the current people in power. any election is that. you know that. >> the president said it himself. >> with obama care, billions signed up. there are millions of american hoping to get help when it comes to that. >> going back to the policy itself, if they had created a better system, they didn't attack malpractice, many things. for them to - there were so many problems rolling out, you can't say it was bad timing. so

why is chuck schumer doing this? >> to all respect of the senator, he is full of it. he was one of the leading cheerleaders for obama care. he led the legislative effort in the senate to ram this down the throats of the american people. he told us repeatedly the more you see of obama care, the more you're all going to love it, which, of course, turned out to be patently false. what he is doing now is putting distance between obama care, which is highly toxic. the american people never liked it. they hate it now more than ever that they're having direct experience with it, and they backloaded all of the nasty stuff like the irs enforce it, and that's going to kick in next year. he realizes he has a political problem, and so do the democrats. he is putting distance between the party and obama care -- >> what about hillary clinton? >> that is the big one of all because, remember, new york state, hillary was a senator. she was served with him. they're very los. he is trying now to distance her from obama care. >> we call it the get-away day, but it could be more of a gett

i think schumer's comments frustrated a lot of people at the white house. host: writing about the infighting taking place today. good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to ask your guests, he is saying the democrats pushed back against schumer and other topics. is trying to -- but you have got to remember, the democrats did not lose because of obama. they lost because the young voters did not stand tall. the hispanic voters did not stand tall. some of the african-americans did not stand tall. law heldh-care republicans and democrats. the obama legacy has helped both parties. the republicans have been obstructionists since obama came into office. america's not blind or dumb. minorities are not done. -- are not dumb. we see this clearly. host: thank you for the call. to that point, the lowest turnout in 70 years. >> correct. the caller said, they did not stand tall here it why didn't they? why didn't they show up for president obama the first time around? at all? there a lot of it is the reflection of the leader and the person at top. there are multi

it is a high honor for us to have senator democratic policy chair, chuck schumer, charles schumer, a key member of the leadership, who will give the first of a series of three speeches. he is taking it off today to diagnose what was wrong for democrats in the 2014 election and what they must do to be successful in 2016 and beyond. in the current congress, senator schumer is a member of the senate judiciary committee and the subcommittee on immigration. order security of that is in schiphol oversee president obama's executive order and immigration. he also chairs the senate rules committee and the number of the senate finance committee and the baking, urban affairs committee. he will keep his leadership brought the senate democratic policy chair the current congress. his committees will be cared for and as we get closer. as member where we met from 1980 to 98, he offered the omnibus crime bill was the leading sponsor in the brady bill. he cowrote the assault weapons ban is sponsored by a preservation act. he also sponsored legislation that requires banks and credit card companies to p

how chuck schumer just proved to a lot of democrats that we can't trust you go ahead and put your bag right here. have a nice flight! traveling can feel like one big mystery. you're never quite sure what is coming your way. but when you've got an entire company who knows that the most on-time flights are nothing if we can't get your things there too. it's no wonder more people choose delta than any other airline. you're down with crestor. yes! when diet and exercise aren't enough, adding crestor lowers bad cholesterol up to 55%. crestor is not for people with liver disease, or women who are nursing, pregnant, or may become pregnant. tell your doctor all medicines you take. call your doctor if you have muscle pain or weakness, feel unusually tired, have loss of appetite, upper belly pain, dark urine, or yellowing of skin or eyes. these could be signs of serious side effects. i'm down with crestor! make your move. ask your doctor about crestor. ♪ (holiday mhey! is playing) i guess we're going to need a new santa ♪(the music builds to a climax.) more people are coming to audi than ev

i think chuck schumer is right. however, the answer they came up with, the formal cataract is really unusual. when it passed in march 2010 it had been on the books for a few days, 40% of american people were favorable of it, today 38 favorable, 53 unfavorable. never been a major social change in america whether the civil rights act, social security act or medicare less popular effort past then when it passed. can't the issue of health care, 26% of the american people trust in republican party more and 39% trusted the democratic party more. traditionally that advantage has been 20 or 30 points to democrats advantage. people were not trust the democrats as much as they had historically done. still 39% for the democrats so what has a huge political advantage for democrats 2003 points advantage has now been essentially eroded away to a very small advantage with many people saying i don't trust either party but more of a parity between the two parties then we have ever in history. jon: informa the affordable cart passed

and this is the schumer story, i promise you. yesterday at the national press club, in order to win in the future, democrats have to make themselves in the pro-government party and show people government can work. but he went a step further, suggesting democrats went on the wrong path when they began focusing so intently on health care after implementing the stimulus. >> unfortunately, democrats blew the opportunity the american people gave them. we took their pan date and put all of our focus on the wrong problem. health care reform. now, the plight of uninsured americans and the hardships caused by unfair insurance practices certainly needed to be addressed, but it wasn't the change we were hired to make. americans were crying out for the end to the recession, for better wages and more jobs, not changes in health care. the affordable care act was aimed at the 36 million americans who were not covered. it's been reported a third of the uninsured are even registered to vote. in 2010 only about 40% of those registered voted. so ev

former white house aide who defends the president on everything from benghazi to health care slams schumer on twitter declaring that the senator wants the president to care more about helping democrats than sick people. ashley? >> ed henry, thank you very much for that thank you very much. the obamacare architect who claimed a lack of transparency was key to getting the president's health care law passed agreed to testify before congress next month. m.i.t. professor jonathan gruber will appear before the house oversight committee december 9th. >>> the department of veterans affairs announcing a central scandal over long wait times. the veterans needing medical care. sharon hellman in phoenix was fired monday. nearly seven months after she and two high-ranking officials were put on administrative leave. during that time, hellman was being paid which means she collected more than $90,000 in salary. we're coming right back. >>> the verdict is in, a grand jury says officer darren wilson won't be charged with killing michael brown. our top legal analysts break down the grand jury process, the l

on the east coast chuck schumer publicly admitted how foolish and tone deaf he and colleagues were and the hasty passage of the aca. while people were reeling from being sauced in the gut from the depression. he and freedom haters decided to log onto the economic conflagration as the economy went uin

. >> new york senator charles schumer said the recent quarantine of an ebola patient in new york cost $20 million. dr. craig spencer was isolated after being diagnosed with ebola on september 23rd. the federal government should reimbursereimburse new york. >> cities need oknow that there will be reimbursements there so they don't skimp on what is needed to be done. they do this already for tuberculosis. there is no reason they should not do it for ebola. >> senator schumer stated new york city is spending millions to screen against ebola and the city's efforts are protecting the entire country. >>> 200 immigrants are safe from libya, a portuguese vessel rescued the boat, about 45 miles off the coast of libya. taken to sicily. portugal is among 19 countries working to rescue people trying to make the dangerous crossing from africa to italy. >>> thousands rescued in the mediterranean have been children often orphans. close this week because funding promised by the government hasn't come true. sue torin reports from messina, an island off the coast of italy. >> all these youngsters made

senator chuck schumer spoke out today about the huge cost of that doctor's treatment. >> now as everyone knows, the president requested $6 billion in funding for ebola. well, i think congress can afford to send $20 million plus future expenses to new york city and other localities who are on the front lines in protecting the citizens of this region and the citizens of the country against ebola because what new york city does not only action our city but helps protect the whole kcountry. >> schumer says bellevue hospital where dr. spencer was quarantined should be included in that compensation. >>> all right. this is your last weekend to vote for your cnn hero of the year. the family of this week's honoree ran a mortuary business that has been a staple of her baltimore community for three generations. now she helps those in grief focus on getting past the trauma. meet annette greer. >>> chicken nuggets, french fries, honey mustard and a milkshake. my daddy ordered the same thing as me. that is my daddy. >> my son's father, he was murdered. their bond, it was just a bond that a the lot of

then charms schumer is saying it was a make take for democrats to pass obamacare. that drew a response from nancy pelosi. some folk not so happy that being some democrats. let's take a listen to what senator schumer had to say. >> unfortunately democrats blew the opportunity the american people gave them. we took our mandate and put all our focus on the wrong problem. healthcare reform. the plight of uninsured americans and the hardships caused by unfair insurance practices needed to be addressed but it wasn't what we were hired to make. the 14 million number, she is reefing to what? >> she is reefing to the individual who will be covered by obamacare who need more help. they need to come together and unite, right? what's real i going on is democrats are trying to explain why president obama's presidency didn't work. the subtle background noise is thoik like the macy's day ba balloons is coming count avenue. they know she is nearly inevitable. what did president obama do wrong and who will be in control of the party and who will apply the pressure on clinton as she

senator schumer marched in the climate march. if he votes for the pipeline, he's never invited again. what are some of the senators feeling? >> democrats are feeling pressure from the environmentalists who want to tie keystone to climb at change and make an argument by allowing them to go forward it would exacerbate the level of greenhouse gas emissions the the earth is already experiencing. for any democrats that want to be taken seriously now or in the future, there is a lot of pressure there. and part of senator schumer's office, says he is voting no against the pipeline. >> last week, 31 democrats to vote for his measure, what happens to congressman cassidy's measure if san tosenator mary landrieu's passes. >> well, that's the actual bill that will be sent to the president's desk. so cassidy name on it not mary landrieu. but she said it doesn't matter to her as long as the bill reaches the president's desk. >> you mention hoid this is playing in louisiana. here is the headline and role call. keystone dominates senate run off.

harry reid, senator schumer, and the president said either my way or the highway. you have to first secure the border. that is the starting position of the house. the president seems to not to want to start there. i think we can make progress on immigration. >> with those 5 million people with the post according them appropriate funds. what is your solution to the status of those undocumented workers in particular? >> i would like to know how many numbers we had. we don't know that for certain. i think the american people are clear the first thing you do a secure the border. i think that was the mistake back in 1986. the border was not secured which led to our problems today. the president has run into a little problem it is called the constitution. he proceeds to order amnesty by executive action, he will run into some constitutional problems him and he will certainly run until political problems. if he does this this week, he has waited six years, until the last election to do something that would be very very unpopular. >> you are our second republican just to n

. >> chuck schumer is always looking -- >> unusually quiet. >> a reform democrat, lots of other people have been quite the week of the midterms. the biggest, hillary clinton who has not spoken about the causes of the failures. if you are young reform minded democrats you cannot say the democratic party gets it. >> i would pay a lot of money to ask them what they really thought the problem was last tuesday. >> in a little 2016 news rand paul met today with his strategist at a hotel in washington dc to talk about a possible run for the white house. he has not announced anything about 2016 but he is keeping up his attacks on the person who would be his opponent should he become the republican nominee. an interview with e he alluded to her age. he thinks if she does run she will win the nomination. but i don't think it is for certain. >> i asked him about running. he said the physical strain was something he was aware of. this is not the first time he has attacked hillary clinton. does he pay a price in any way for these continual attacks or is it a free shot? >> it is a free shot. it is n

. >> chuck schumer is always looking -- >> unusually quiet. >> a reform democrat, lots of other people have been quite the week of the midterms. the biggest, hillary clinton, who has not spoken about the causes of the failures. if you are young reform minded democrats you cannot say the democratic party gets it. >> i would pay a lot of money to ask them what they really thought the problem was last tuesday. >> in a little 2016 news rand paul met today with his strategist at a hotel in washington dc to talk about a possible run for the white house . he has not announced anything about 2016 but he is keeping up his attacks on the person who would be his opponent should he become the republican nominee. an interview with e he alluded to her age. he thinks the whole show if he does -- if she does run she will win the nomination. but i don't think it is for certain. >> i asked him about running. he said the physical strain was something he was aware of. this is not the first time he has attacked hillary clinton. does he pay a price in any way for these continual attacks or is it a free shot

the current makeup of the senate leadership is reed, durbin, chuck schumer. progressives often felt their voices were not heard loudly enough to those individuals specifically, warren being the firebrand within the liberal cause that she's will try to down play concerns. also, the idea is to give that group some fresh blood. harry reid as you saw during mid terms was effectively portrayed by republicans in red states where democrats are running as a boogie man, if you will. by having elizabeth warren there, someone who is harder to take shots at, mainly because of her populous story, and because she is somebody that's not afraid to go into rural areas and go after working class white voters that democrats had problems with, she's a rare democrat who can speak to working class white voters as well as be very much elevated by progressives. they want her at the table and communicating the party's message on television more frequently than she is. she is not in front of the cameras all the time. the joke is the most dangerous place to be in washington is between

stay tuned for amy schumer's first television show and comedy [cheers and applause] >> jon: welcome to the daily show. my name's jon stewart. our guest tonight from the theory of everything incredible performance eddie redmayne will be joining us on the program tonight. but first, you may remember democrats took a bit of a ball smashing. [laughter] in the midterm election but one democratic senator still has a chance. >> senator landrieu is facing against republican challenger bill cast de. >> proponents poll show him up by 16 points and another show him up by about 20. >> jon: so, up by 20 points. senator an landrieu races cassidy like a skier might face a run off election with an avalanche. there's still time for one last hail mary landrieu. >> the pipeline has been six years in the making but the timing of the house and senate votes were politics pure and simple. the house will bass introduced by louisiana republican bill cassidy. the senate bill by louisiana democrat mary landrieu. >> jon: oh my god, it's so embarrassing. they both wore the same transparent ploy to congress. that's