lieberman has incorporated that bill and to their bill.eid has to decide whether to pick it up or to try to take this bigger climate bill and put it in together. or to take this picture quantico and put it together. a -- that he passed last year or to take this bigger bill and put it together. host: albany, new york, david, independt line. caller: i agree with the caller just before. let's face it -- let's face it, climate change armists of is a scam. schools are teachi it -- all are ms. ahman -- alarmedisinm ia scam. schools are teaching it. and they put it in our trade policies. host: what about at last point? guest: there is a border adjustments the tanagers are putting into their bill to try to make sure that any bills that come in from -- and the goods that come in from foreign countries, if they do not have equal protection in the united states, they will have to pay a mortar attacks. there is going -- are going to be challenges that since you as country spoke of with the u.s. is doing. and your are actually seeing it come back towar

i hope joe lieberman wakes up tomorrow and regrets what he said.t he's proposing is an odious piece of legislation. the adjective "affiliated" is doing a tremendous amount of work that is a loose criterion of stripping someone of their their citizenship. citizenship doesn't come to play in mirandizing. this zombie argument that miranda only applies to citizens rephis to die, and now we're seeing that they didn't even take that seriously to begin with. now that comes up here they want to get rid of the citizenship. >> washington editor of "the nation" identifying the zombie argument that won't die. for which we are very grateful. thanks, chris, thanks for your time. >> thank you, rachel. >>> there are still thousands of barrels of oil spewing in the gulf of mexico from the deep highsen's well tonight. one critical question, what kind of oil is doing the spewing? of course, it is all bad when you are talking about a spill. i visited the man in charge of figuring out what is polluting the gulf and threatening the shore. together he and i look at actua

joe lieberman and i came together because we knew there had to be a better path forward. we welcome to all good ideas and all stakeholders, including many of those whose thoughts and concerns are reflected in this bill. we put everything on the table and sought practical solutions, made painful confessions, and found common ground. companies, some of them standing here, who have opposed every pass piece of legislation today are now standing with environmentalists to support this bill. ceo's and religious leaders, venture capitalist and consumer advocates, small business and big business, members of the coal industry, transportation and trustee, nuclear industry, farmers and utilities are all real -- united around a common vision for a better energy future. the president and harry reid are with us and i've even heard fellow republicans tell me in private that they are encouraged by what is in this bill and they are anxious to review it and to work on it. there will be those who say this is the wrong political season. but we are here today because we believe that good polic

it should be noted that senator lieberman is a little unclear on his facts here. if you are arrested in the united states of america, the reason you get due process rights, the reason, for example, you get read your miranda rights is not because you are a citizen. foreigners arrested here get due process and read their rights. the reason you get due process in america is because this is america. remember? we called senator lieberman's office for clarification of his call to strip americans of their citizenship without trial or due process, as usual, no one in his office would call us back. which worries me he didn't want to declare me american anymore. joining us is chris hayes. hi mr. hayes. >> ms. maddow, how are you? >> i'm good. i'm on the banks of the mississippi and so far only half the bugs in town know i'm here. >> it is nice to have some co-hosts. that is exactly right. faisal shahzad apparently is talking quite readily to his questioners. right now. he was given his miranda rights yet we are having a lot of outrage on the right he has been mirandized. do

we were hearing a short second ago from senator joe lieberman.ng at the senator from maine, senator collins, as they are speaking opening statements at the homeland security meeting. commissioner ray kelly and mayor bloomberg among those attending the hearing on terrorism was scheduled before the bomb plot in times square. the focus today, no doubt, will be on that attempted attack in new york city. times square as well as more money and resources that many there are pushing for to combat terrorists. the arrest of faisal shahzad, pakistani born naturalized citizen last year is raising new questions about the rights of terror suspects. senator john mccain on imus in the morning. >> don't give this guy his miranda rights until we find out what it's all about. >> they have already given him his miranda rights. >> i think that would be a serious mistake at least until we find out as much information as we can. there are legal ways of delaying that. >> senator lieberman tells fox news he wants to revoke the citizenship of anyone accused of terror acti

caller: by support joe lieberman is reposal 100%. people have to wake up. we are living in a world where we can lose our lives and the moment. we need to cooperate with people that have common sense, like joe lieberman. these callers are unreal. what world do they live in? if you are not guilty of something, you have nothing to hide. this individual trained in pakistan. they already had the plan to do with a bid. -- do what they did. we must support joe lieberman and people like him. look at your children. do you want them to be alive tomorrow or not? host: a couple of stories regarding the financial regulation bill, they might try to push this through by the end of next week. "liquidation funds are now out of the bill, senate democrats have agreed to drop plans, cutting a deal with republicans to produce controls in overhauling regulations. republicans contend it would have been a source for future bailouts. that without the fund they can oppose sales firms alone. $5 billion plan for retirees to take pressure off other employers to keep early retirees on t

i want to thank senator john kerry and to lieberman -- joe lieberman. i want to thank you for your dedicated work in a most inclusive manner to try to address the issues that not only affect our country but people throughout the world. the energy consumption in this area continues to increase and relies on fossil fuels, but cheekily for transportation with motor vehicles. there is accelerating climate change, and there is the carbon pollution that is resulting in greenhouse gases and particulates matter. it is causing global warming. this defect is resulting in changes in the atmosphere, not only to the atmosphere but particularly to what to supplies and related aspects of water throughout the world, and this portends a significant challenge, i believe, to national security. climate change is affecting the available water supplies, and the indicators are that this is going to continue. i was recently down in the and arctic, and there is a lot of ice down there, but the data is becoming pretty impressive that the temperature changes are accelerating, and

that's part of what is prompting lieberman's comments.nd if you were even a natural born citizen and commit what they said could be an act of treason, would you then forfeit your citizenship benefits. and there was a discussion today that -- went into the fact that the citizen could be determined to be an enemy combatant, a classification that gives the government some different avenues to go through prosecution. so these are really tough issues because they go right to the heart of the constitution and right to current day events that have everyone on edge. andrea? >> kelly, thank you very much. roger cressey, let's talk about shahzad's links to pakistan. because there's more and more indication. they don't have hard evidence, obviously, but more and more indication that he was not a lone wolf. >> i think that's right, andrea p p the fact he's admitted to going to a training camp in waziristan, that's not some outward bound boy scout event. what we still don't know, i believe shahzad is going to admit to it and we'll be able to confirm i

guest: that was sort of the trade of the kerry-lieberman partnership. they put limits on power plants and set some goals six years later. it is slightly different in the house bill. they try to curb emissions from power plants, refiners, and other locations together. they are familiar with cap and trade from the 1990 clean air act. think our companies stood up with them yesterday, as they introduced the bill. john kerry said after that now what he thinks will happen is utilities will now be coming to capitol hill to lobby the senators. we think that this provides regulatory certainty in terms of the regulatory changes that are coming down the pike, with respect to a supreme court decision in 2005. there are a host of reasons why energy companies wanted this. host: but on utilities, critics have argued that there will be more cost to consumers. their monthly bill will spike under this type of legislation. guest: what this bill does come of the house bill, is they create a refund system. you get your energy bill, and it will funnel money back to you that

your dear friend, senator joe lieberman wants to strip americans involved in foreign terrorist groupseir citizenship. what do you make of that idea? >> i haven't had a chance to talk to joe about it. i have the highest respect and regard and affection for him. i just like to look at all the ramifications of such a move. as you know, he and i had an amendment that if an act of terror is committed, then that individual should be tried by a military commission, but i have not had a chance to examine his proposal yet. we really need to make sure that individuals are, who commit acts of terror are treated as what they are, terrorists. >> larry: can this be done, senator, frankly, and still keep our freedom and constitutional rights which we hold so dear? >> i believe we can, larry. i think all americans agree that we are under a kind of a threat that we haven't experienced before in our history, but we can still preserve people's rights. there are going to be situations, for example, in new york city, first time i was on your show, i doubt if they had a single surveillance camera in downto

senator lieberman wanted to strip his citizenship.e of that kind of talk especially knowing the authorities say he is giving them all the information they want, at least for now? >> well, senator mccain later clarified that he was saying that we should ask -- we should talk to him first, we should question shahzad just initially to figure out what he's up to. there is actually a public safety exception rule for 48 hours where you can question someone before reading them their miranda rights if you're concerned about an imminent attack. i think basically everyone agrees that as a u.s. citizen apprehended on u.s. soil under current law, he does have the right not to incriminate himself. which mccain later said, he later clarified in a different article. i do think that perhaps we do need to look at stripping citizenship. we would have to change the law. it can't be applied retroactively here. we could look into that. people who are openly working -- we'd have to prove they're working -- they're aligning themselves with terrorist oversea

third, i'm not sure if senator lieberman realizes what he just said. basically, all the federal government would have to do under that law is accuse you of a terrorist act and your rights are gone. let's not forget that every once in a while, we do accuse people of terrorist acts, and we turn out to be wrong. we've had numerous people who were picked up. i don't think we should just say we can toss the rights based on an accusation. further, i think the system as it's set up is very aggressive. gets information out of these people and is working towards protecting this country. again, i think that's focusing on the wrong area in terms of what we need to do to make us safer. >> congressman, i appreciate your time and your perspective today. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >>> in this reignited debate about what rights terror suspects like faisal shahzad should have as an american citizen, my big question today, shouldn't we uphold the laws and the very constitution we're fighting to protect? share your thoughts with me on twitter, on facebook and on e-mai

. >> reporter: in a written statement, joe lieberman said, quote -- quote, i look forward to talking with the admiral to understand why he's leaving his office now and whether he thinks the dni needs more statutory authority than it has. admiral blair issued a statement saying he had no greater honor than to leave the intelligence community and worked tirelessly to provide support for two wars and prevent an attack on the homeland. the last day is friday. craig bosswell, fox news. and who will president obama choose to replace blair? james clapper. he's the pentagon's top official. >>> they now know what sparked a cockpit fire. the plane made an emergency landing at dulles as it headed from new york to los angeles and window heating equipment is being blamed for the fire. passengers say that they could see the flames when the pilot opened the the door. >>> federal agents took a gun before he boarded a flight in boston last night. investigators say they confronted the pilot after he threatened to, quote, harm himself in a spectacular fashion. the pilot was taken to the hospital for ev

i am thinking in the senate about joe;8 lieberman of connecticut, the third-party candidate, ben nelsonraska. he was no. 60. he was the final vote that they vote. senators lincoln and landry, also conservative democrats that took a long time to bring along. we are seeing this again in congress on things like regulatory reform, climate change legislation. it is always difficult getting those centrist democrats on board. some people would say throw the bill out there and let them filibuster it, but president obama wanted to take a different approach. tavis: two quick questions before my time runs out. it is a lot of the land, but how much of this is going to be challenged in the court system? >> i am not a lawyer, but i certainly have spoken to a fair number of constitutional experts withstand the challenges in terms of whether or not it is constitutional. in particular, that individual mandate that we started out talking about, because they say that it is within the purview of the federal government. but we will see that play out. i think honestly, the more serious challenges are politic

lieberman is acting like the process is already here. >> this proposal but it senator lieberman wouldotentially add to its authority. we do already have lawyers to evaluate these issues and who do take action to remove the citizenship of individuals. there are many legal questions associated with this proposed law. >> people in al-qaeda do not fall into that category. >> one of the assumptions behind these actions which can be taken under the immigration and nationality act involves actions that are assumed -- where the individual taking these actions is -- the actions are taken with the voluntary assumption that citizenship will be relinquished. there are very set legal issues inherent not only in the proposal, but in cases that touch on this proposal. >> the only thing about the bill is the lack of terrorist organizations on the list. the taliban is not part of the terrorist organizations. >> all the more reason to look hard habit -- hard at it. >> do you have any observations, comments, or reactions to the elections in the uk? >> we are watching it closely, and we look forward to c

and joe lieberman, the democratic -- independent democratic senator from connecticut, as he likes toaid this yesterday, and it's causing a stir. let me read it to you. "i think it's time for us to look at whether we want to amend that law to apply to american citizens who choose to become affiliated with foreign terrorist organizations, whether they should not also be deprived automatically of their citizenship and therefore be deprived of rights that come with that citizenship when they are apprehended and charged with a terrorist act." the criticism of lieberman is that he's convicting naturalized american citizens before the court actually convicts someone. when you're just charged, you're supposedly innocent until proven guilty. >> wolf, i thought in reading that, he was applying it to all citizens, in effect, and trying to enlarge the law that's on the books now, that if you join a foreign army, you're stripped of your american citizenship, in order to make it easier to avoid the mirandaization of suspects. but i'm sure i'm in league with a lot of other americans. this fella, sh

but senator lieberman, joe, we're talking about a second amendment right.ome of the people pushing this idea are pushing the idea of banning handguns. i don't think banning handguns words, because every criminal but wants a gun seems to be able to get one. i don't believe that taking this concept of gun ownership, and denying it, not after you get your day in court, i think you're going to far here because there's a huge difference between losing your gun rights based on a felony charge that was proven by a court of law and appealed and is a conviction on the book, and being on some west that is at best suspect, and if everyone is that dangerous on the list, those that try to buy a gun, nobody can tell me i can be prosecuted. i've got a lot of concerned that this is not going in the right direction, because we're dealing with a constitutional right, and i am very concerned about the gap in our defenses, but maybe i am not making a good argument to you but it makes perfect sense to me that losing the ability to own a gun which is a constitutional right using

this proposal by senator lieberman would essentially add to that authority. we do already have, within our affairs bureau, lawyers who evaluate these issues and do take action to remove the citizenship of individuals. there are many legal questions associated with this. >> all of the things you mentioned have to do with other states. the taliban and out kited did not fall under that category. what did the leaders tell you about that? >> one of the questions -- one of the assumptions behind these actions which can be taken under the immigration and nationality act in falls actions that are -- or the individual taking the actions -- the actions are taken with the voluntary assumption that citizenship will be relinquished. there are legal issues inherent to the proposal and in cases that touch on this proposal. we are studying all of this. >> it only speaks to terrorist organizations. it would not have applied to the times square bomber, anyway. >> all the more reason to look hard at it. >> the elections in the u.k., any observations or comments or reactions? >>

joe lieberman said that. transform it into what? spain? spain has done this. they have 21% unemployment. can't be spain. tell me, joe, transform us into what? if this bill is so great, why did you change the name? because it's cap and trade, climate bill, we know that is a scam and cap and trade and somebody went and educated people what cap and trade was, crap. now it's the america's power act. it's been tried around the world. it's a complete failure. even the progressive wizard, rogers, admits cap and trade will not help the earth. his words. >> i hope you realize you can eliminate every power plant in america today and take out the higher power generation sector. take out the transportation sector and you wouldn't be near 80% of the level. you would be closer to 60%, you would be closer to 68% bringing the economy to a halt. >> glenn: so we can tall live in tepees and we won't save the earth. we all have to start making tepees, we all have teepee jobs. >> there is no evidence that it would create jobs. it kills jobs. it's two to one, i think it kills jobs.

joe lieberman is one example. they became individuals that exercise outside individuals on the process in shape legislation in that way. for pelosi, what was striking about the way she used her power was the way in which she looked at some of her closest friends in the eye, right down to the wire in november and betrayed her closest friends and allies in the house. the supporters in the abortion rights movement. she had to cut a deal with the catholic bishops to move that bill through the house. that was a striking example of the way in which she used her power, not only to cut a very difficult deal, but to sell it to her allies who are very betrayed by this decision, but she convinced them to go along with it. >> it was policy made the argument that they have to stay with a big bill and not go small as she put it. they had to man up. >> he said while the law is complex, you said, this is made complicated. >> what do you -- people say it is so complicated. if you really wanted something simple, you could blow this

i can say some nice things about you too, senator lieberman, senator collins. thank you for having us today. it is a great opportunity for us to tell the homeland security committee what is going on in our city and why we need some help from washington. as frank and you said today, the government accountability office has recently released data showing that terrorists on the watch list have been able to purchase weapons from licensed dealers well over 1000 times. that is a serious and dangerous breach of national security, and it really raises a very basic question. when gun dealers run background checks, which they have to, by law, sen to the fbi, should not fbi agents have the authority to block these sales to those on the terrorist watch list and deemed too dangerous to fly? i believe they should, and so do 500 mayors who are part of a bipartisan coalition of mayors against illegal guns. right now, the fact is they do not. as senator lautenberg and congressman king have just said, it is time to close this terror gap in our law. at a time when the threat of t

. >> that's the criteria that lieberman -- continues that off of. that's specifically the one he backs off of and will be the last time we revoked someone's citizenship. >> can we find out? >> and the army's that are at war with the u.s. and i, i can go through this. and among the -- the current criteria, you know, someone who is naturalizing in a foreign state after the age of 18, the -- declaring allegiance to a frn state after the age of 18, serving as an officer in the -- in a frn state's military or entering a -- or serving therein, if the fooeign state is engaged in hostilities with the united states after the age of 18, and accepting a foreign government office by a national of that state or -- allegiance is required. we announcing citizenship abroad or renouncing domestic my when the u.s. is, in a state of war. and some of those authorities rest with the department of homeland security as well as to the state department and the last one is -- i think it may be the one that is being thought of, is committing the act of treason against the uni

but i do see maybe an opportunity here that the natural gas act, which is a part of the kerry/lieberman because that will truly reduce dependency on opec oil. so, if we could get that initiated, that would be great. but -- >> are you going to get the money you need for wind power? >> you know, wind power, joe, s is -- people don't understand, i think, that wind power's price off the margin, the margin is natural gas. natural gas is so cheap that it's hard to price and finance a wind deal. and so you've seen -- you'll see this year, i think florida power, they're the largest in the wind business, that their construction will probably be down dramatically, like everybody else, until natural gas prices get above $6. then you can come back and finance the wind. >> mr. pickens, how much natural gas do we have in the united states? >> we're number one in the world. >> and do we get it from -- do we get it from wells in the ocean? do we get it from on land? >> both. >> both. >> but you have more now on shore than you do offshore. but we have -- let me give you a number. jpmorgan came out with

martha: we had the move by senator lieberman, basically you saying you give up your citizenship when you attack your country. it's an interesting argument. we'rewe're going to hear more about that. bill: 55,000 in ten hours. that's remarkable. martha: news is breaking on america's economy, folks. we just got the new weekly jobless claims numbers, 444,000 americans sought first-time unemployment benefits, that is about 7000 less than the week before, and it is the third straight week of a drop, and that's what you want to see in economics, you want to see a trend, you want to see that line moving downward, but that number is still a little bit more than economists were expecting for the week. more evidence that we could be looking at a jobless recovery at this point. right now, 15 million americans remain unemployed, and this number includes those discouraged workers who have stopped looking for work. we're going to get a monthly number soon. bill: we are, tomorrow. the market has taken a big drop this past week, investors growing increasingly concerned, watching the deadly riots unfo

you have lieberman and carry who were working with lindsey graham even though he is not on the bill now. , coming up with a framework that has the potential to get bipartisan support and says that we will still meet oil production but we can see what is out there on the horizon. this is a problem if we do not change how we operate. >> mr. president, the white house announced two days ago that you were going to send members of the national guard to the border. i wonder if you could describe what their target would be and what you are trying to achieve with that. could you clarify their mission? also on arizona, after having criticized the law but has been approved there, would you support the boycott that some organizations are calling for that state? >> i have indicated that i don't approve of the arizona law. i think it is the wrong approach. i understand the frustrations of the people of arizona. many folks along the border that that border has not been entirely secure in a way that we are a tradition of law and immigrants. i do not endorse boycott. s. that is something private citize

joe lieberman chairs the committee. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> there is the president here. we thank all the witnesses for being here today. i want to begin by extending on behalf of all the members of our committee, thanks to all who work with you. -- and lived in that great city. remains the best definition i know of courage and for the brilliance long investment work that you and your colleagues did to bring faisal shahzad him to justice. this was scheduled long ago. its urgency has certainly been made clear by the events of the past four days. our growing understanding of the dimensions of the plot to attack times square and certainly should remind us of a reality i fear we sometimes forget. that is global islamist extremism, terrorists, have declared war on america. they are attacking our homeland with increasing frequency. in fact, they have attempted to carry out more than one dozen attacks on american in just the last year. it can be done by extraordinary law enforcement work. there were failed attempts on christmas day and last saturday night in new york city. here

in working so well with the fbi because if it weren't for the safe streets program that senator lieberman, senator dodd were able to get for us, the safe streets program allows our local police to work with the fbi on a day-to-day basis. i don't think that those connections would have been made in order to apprehend somebody within 60 hours. >> we know the mayor of new york michael bloomberg is saying that his city needs more funds as it is a target. is that a case you're making for bridgeport, connecticut as well? >> absolutely. look, the tri-state area, the metro new york city area, is different than the rest of the country. we are the symbol of so much of what these people who are our enemy detest. as much as we love new york city, they detest new york city and want to make an example of it. we don't forget 9/11. we had many people in southwestern connecticut affected or killed by that terrible disaster. and we aren't forgetting it. lechbs tsyringe -- vigilance of the citizenry calling the police, see something, say something, i don't think we'd be as safe as we are. we are all on our

tomorrow senator joseph lieberman and scott brown of massachusetts, they have co-sponsors, democrat andepublican on the house side will introduce the terrorist ex pat ration act. it will allow a u.s. citizen to lose their citizenship to if they had any hostile acts against the united states of america. good idea? symbolic idea? >> very problematic. we're talking about constitutional rights of american citizens and we do still have a constitution in this country, even as we want to protect us from any kind of terrorist's acts. i think we have a process and that requires due process and the justice department has been able to extract, it seems, quite a significant amount of information from this suspect, using our process. there's no need to strip him of his citizenship rights. i would fear what would happen with the rest of us. >> if somebody has taken acts against the united states, think of this individual has traveled overseas, trained with a foreign entity, taken assignments and guidance, come back to the united states to try to blow up his 23e8 low citizens, i would have no problem

climate change, they need president felipe calderon to recognize there is a bill on the table, the lieberman bill that came out this week and potentially there is a chance for it to pass and play along with that though it looks very unlikely that it will pass, given the polarization and the lead-up to the midterm elections, they need mexico to play along on that side but, in general they dead and in some ways need to pat felipe calderon on the back because they've invested in security and taken on the bush merit initiative and expanded it in ways david and i both talked about and need to validate, this is the way forward with mexico and in general, by being seen together and talking about things in a quite positive way, it is worth this investment. in security and security very broadly defined with socioeconomic factors and the 21st century border and they need to get out of it that this is a good investment for the u.s. and should continue to go on, because many people in the obama administration want to do this, but are trying to convince at times some members of congress that are less sur

i compliment senator kerrey and senator lieberman for the hard work they have put into it.there's no question that they've spent a great deal of time developing the legislation. i have not passed any final judgment. host: senator jeff bingaman is our guest. the numbers are on the screen if you would like to talk about the oil spill, climate change, or other energy issues that we're facing in the u.s.. the first caller for senator bingaman comes from hawaii. please go ahead with your question for senator bingaman. caller: i worked in the energy industry in renewals already, and i have been for many years. my first part is about the possibility of assisting the renewable industry by some type of voucher model that might assist local, investor owned facilities to pursue the concept, including the obligation of buying all renewable energy that is produced once they do the tariff. unfortunately, in hawaii, the local utility will not obligate themselves to buy it. it will really be renewable rfp. that's something we can talk about in the future. more importantly now is the oil sp

>> yesterday, senator kerry and lieberman introduced a comprehensive bill which creates a carbon credit trading regime and also has a bunch of different elements. we are very supportive of the legislation. unfortunately, linsey graham dropped out the bill at the last minute. this remains a top priority. we believe fundamentally that our energy independence and transforming our use of energy is essential to our national security but also to our long- term economy. i'm hoping that it can get past this year. >> it seems like this administration has taken on more big issues in such a short amount of time than any other administration that i am aware of. how many more big issues can we handle? how many more can congress joggle at the same time? a fair number that we had to tackle one not of our choosing. we have a big agenda because these countries have a lot of the issues that we are grappling with. some of this cannot wait to be dealt with. things like afghanistan in which we felt really needed to be a central focused, we are spending a lot of time and attention on that. the economy is fir

also the senate homeland security committee chairman joseph lieberman and the house hall and security- republican peter king. on face the nation, you will hear bob schieffer with john brennan, also the senate -- chris dodd. and on cnn's state of the union, john brennan, richard shelby, and the democratic florida senator bill nelson. you can listen to all five of the sunday morning talk shows starting at noon eastern on c- span radio. nationwide on xm satellite, channel 32. and you can follow us on it and twitter. -- facebook and twitter. dick durbin will be our guest on this morning's "newsmakers". "newsmakers", today on it 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.. >> ted leonsis tonight on his book "the business of happiness." his documentary about the 1937 massacre and what it means to own a sports team. tonight on c-span's "q&a". "washington journal" continues. host: joining us is an aviation policy expert talking about airline mergers. the most recent -- there was a big full-page advertisement in the "the washington post" -- let's fly together. united and continental. did my network just get bett

like senator lieberman said a few moments ago, there are addition reports about the woes o well under water. to me, that is counter intuitive because i thought oil was lighter than water and it goes up to the surface. can you tell us about that? >> i am not familiar with the details of the claim. i understand that noaa put out a press release questioning what that means. this oil does dispersed naturally as it is rising in the water column. not all that makes it to the surface. those particles are very small and they disbursed to the currents and through the water columns and gradually dissipates. i think what we're interested again, if someone has data on a plume to the terms of its extent, we would want to get that data. but we should be conscious -- cautious about defining what kind of plumes route there. >> you have mentioned sor. can you determine sonar to determine where the oil is in the water? >> to a certain extent. we have used it at the sub-a leak. you can tune it to difrent sizes of particles. yes, it is helpful. right at the leak point, it has been helpful. >> and the dis

lieberman: -- mr. udall: mr. president?e chairman on this bipartisan amendment. i take to heart his comments the importance of having access to your credit score. we all have access, as i pointed out, to our credit reports. those are important, but frankly, you ought to understand what's in your credit report. it's the loans, it's the financial obligations you have. it's much harder to get your credit score. we hear a lot about financial literacy, about taking control of your own destiny when it comes to your financial future. this would be an important tool to have in the hands of consumers. the agencies and institutions, mr. chairman, that develop these scores are saying, as i said in my speech, that this is unfair and unfounded. but they found, frankly, when they made the credit reports available on a onetime basis annually for free, it actually created more traffic and more business. and i would predict when you get your score that one time each year for free, you're going to want to check over time on that score and th

like senator lieberman said a few moments ago, there are additional reports about the woes of well underwater. to me, that is counter intuitive because i thought oil was lighter than water and it goes up to the surface. can you tell us about that? >> i am not familiar with the details of the claim. i understand that noaa put out a press release questioning what that means. this oil does dispersed naturally as it is rising in the water column. not all that makes it to the surface. those particles are very small and they disbursed to the currents and through the water columns and gradually dissipates. i think what we're interested again, if someone has data on a plume to the terms of its extent, we would want to get that data. but we should be conscious -- cautious about defining what kind of plumes route there. >> you have mentioned sonar. can you determine sonar to determine where the oil is in the water? >> to a certain extent. we have used it at the sub-sea leak. you can tune it to different sizes of particles. yes, it is helpful. right at the leak point, it has been helpful. >> and th

i would not be surprised if when senators kerry and lieberman release their bill on wednesdayf climate change is mentioned ther pretty far down in the presss release. energy security and economic growth and job creation will be the headline pieces. >> not much of a disagreement a with trevor. i'd probably rate it a little bit higher in the u.s. i think the polls always ask the question differently, but generally, the numbers had been about 75% of americans thought a it was either serious ors had be somewhat serious question two o years ago, and now the number's around 58%.io but when you actually drill now down, are you willing to is actually pay something for thato the numbers get sort of scary n where trevor is. that said, i tend to be a bit of an optimist on these things. there's two things drivingn action in the unite.mist one. is that -- united states.nu one is that there are quite anue large number of l moderately-inclined legislators on the republican side thatatel actually understand the scientific challenge despite alt the climategate stuff about the e-mail files from last yea

joe lieberman was a democrat. shuster actually wanted to work msnbc. 25 years ago baseball fans and this town could only dream that they would have a major league team. actually, they still dream of having a major league team. 25 years ago eliot spitzer's idea of a four sum involved golf. despite the gains we have made in the last 25 years, it is not always easy being a woman, particularly a mother, in the public eye. with since birth date is tomorrow, i will do my part and recycle a story from my gridiron routine. i have many funny true stories about my children as i am short speaker pelosi could tell. -- short speaker policy could tell. -- sure speaker pelosi could tell. my son had to write a paper about what his mother did. i sat him down to explain what a big deal i was. i told him i was in charge of the prosecutor's office, that i had hundreds of lawyers who work for me, and that we put all of the bad guys in jail. you can probably explain how busy your mother is because she is the best prosecutor in kansas c

. >> and we were in a bill with lieberman, they want to put forth this idea that extends that says ifou join forces with the enemy you lose your citizenship. they want to take it further. if you join ranks with plotting against the united states with terrorists you lose your citizenship. another point. >> gregg: the complaint, due process violation, no, there would have to be a trial to deprive you and you would have due process rights. >> you are the expert. >> gregg: sort of. >> more and more women, department of veteran affairs and improving health care for all the female vets who have served with honor. casey stegall is live in los angeles. what specifically vuz the va done to try to help female veterans. >> reporter: first and foremost they are doing a lot of research the explosion of the female veteran population, 15% of all veterans are female. that is about 1.5 million total across all branches of the u.s. military. so the u.s. department of veteran affairs is doing a lot of research. unfortunately, they are noticing disturbing trends in women. more women veterans are who home

i agree with you and senator lieberman on this. my view of the supreme court decision is that you can declare, in emergencies, and enemy combatants. if they have moved the battlefield from afghanistan or pakistan to the united states, which should find legislation to refine that. as far as i'm concerned, he was an enemy combatants when he came here. >> let me set the record straight. the fourth circuit held that pedilla, an american citizen, could be held as an enemy combatants. the supreme court has ruled that americans can be held overseas as enemy combatants. i do not believe the supreme court would allow the congress to write a law that says the homeland is a battlefield. i cannot imagine the supreme court sang the homeland is not part of the battlefield. when it comes to an american citizen, they have a responsibility under the constitution. once you go own that road, you should be viewed not as a common criminal but as a military threat. you cannot try an american citizen in front of a military commission. i helped write that

important piece of the story, i believe that climate change legislation being crafted by kerry and liebermannd graham, which includes more offshore drilling is now dead for this session. >> gregg: i get that but congressman, is it wrong to let a company that was reckless for a catastrophe to happen, now perhaps be reckless in the cleanup? >> the company needs to be held accountable. this is something that hasn't happened to this magnitude before. i don't know if we acted quickly enough. with the company, i think the president has done everything he can to bring resources on the problem. i think until we figured out what happened here and how you prevent this from happening again, whether the company or government being responsible, i don't think congress is going to vote for more drilling in the gulf. >> gregg: there is an inherent risk in drilling for oil in deep waters, when you consider there are 3500 rigs operating out there, hasn't the industry's track record been pretty good? >> it's been exceptionally good. the one thing i would suggest is that we double check right now if there is an

there was another one released this week, the so-called kerry- lieberman bill. how is it different? guest: the bill i have reported out of the energy committee is not a climate change bill. it an energy bill. the committee's jurisdiction does not extend to putting limits on greenhouse gas emissions. that is something that would be done through the environment committee. our bill did not try to do that. it did not put in place a cap and trade system, or any type of limitr requirement for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. senator kerry has put forward bill that tries to do most of the kinds of things we did in our bill, but also tries to put in place a cap and trade system, or a limit on greenhouse gas emissions and a requirement that those emissions be reduced in future. host: do you support it? guest: i am still reading it. i think there are 1000 pas or close to it. i compliment senator kerrey and senator liebern for the hard work they have put into it. the's no question that they've spent a great deal of time developing the legislation. i have not passed any final judgment. host:

the only thing it doesn't have is the kerry-lieberman label on it. i would suggest if we're looking for that bipartisan energy bill that we can advance, we need to move to a bill that is ready to go, a bill that has that bipartisan support and a bill that can really work to move this nation further towards the energy security that we're looking for. >> as you have heard, one of the topics discussed at the luncheon was the need for immigration reform. yesterday, a current student and one former student at the university of texas at el paso were murdered in juarez just across the river from el paso, texas. you add that to. 23,000,000 people who have been killed -- 23,000 people who have been killed in the cartel wars since fwicks. you can see why because of -- since 2006. you can see because of the spill overeffect and the impact on american families, border security is more of an issue than perhaps it has been at any other point in time. objection. mr. leahy: mr. president, i support congressional action to move past the policies that discriminate aga

president, i ask unanimous consent the committee-reported amendments be withdrawn, that a lieberman substitute amendment which is at the desk be agreed to, the bill as amended be read a third time and passed, that a title amendment which is at the desk be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate, and any statements related to the bill be placed in the record at the appropriate place as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. dodd: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the judiciary committee be discharged from further consideration of s. res. 410 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 410, supporting and recognizing the goals and ideals of r.v. centennial celebration month to commemorate 100 years of enjoyment of recreation vehicles in the united states. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged and theenate will proceed with the measure. mr. dodd: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the resol

i am heartened by the good work that has been done by senator kerry and lieberman to prevent the worst consequences of climate change and millions of new jobs are possible if we rise to this challenge. this follows the passage of comprehensive legislation through the house. i intend to work with members of both parties to pass a bill this year. [applause] i will take every sensible and sensible action that i can take using my authority as president to move our country in the right direction. that is what we have done today and that is what we will continue to do in the days, weeks, months ahead. peggy very much for being here. [applause] -- thank you so much for being here. there you go. [applause] >> thank you. tell everyone i said hello. good job. >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain in your seats. the president has departed. i thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] ♪ >> sonia sotomayor on t confirmation process. >> you have to look at their life's work. that would be a clear reflection of who they

senator lieberman and republican scott brown proposed stripping terrorist suspects of american citizenship. next is a call from eugene, ore. on the line. caller: [obscenity [ host: one issues that officials are vigorously pursuing -- someone as financially sponsoring the man to buy the suv. the next telephone call is from connecticut, ruth, on the democrats' line. caller: what got me to make a phone call was the previous caller who said that the republicans always managed to get the democrats on the offensivdefensive. i think it is absurd. the taliban in pakistan, involved in trying to do damage -- but i think that we handled it. the fbi, new york -- the whole thing, in an incredible way. the democrats have to figure out how to stop these republicans who win 9/11 happen, the democrats did not attack george bush for not stopping 9/11 when there was clearly information they ignored. it is just insane what is going on. the fact that for some years in a country we would not criticize the people in power when things happened to national defense. host: the twin stories, one of which follows up h

that list includes senator lugar, bond, cochran, brown of massachusetts, schumer, lieberman, levin, hagan, brown of ohio, shaheen, mccaskill, lautenberg, menendez, burris and begich. and i hope that more will join us in cosponsoring this amendment and vote for it when it comes up for a vote. mr. president, i want to thank you for your attention and interest for your support. i yield the -- mr. president, i would ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to executive session to consider en bloc the following nominations on the executive calendar numbers 832, 833, 834, and 835. that the nominations be confirmed en bloc, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table be considered made and laid upon the table en bloc, any statements relating to the nomination appear at the appropriate place in the record as if read, the president be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. the senate will stand adjourned until trsday, 9:30 a.m., may >> more cameras. good afternoon, welcome to the department of sta

senator joe lieberman chairs the committee. >> good afternoon. the hearing will come to order.vate and public sector response. to what is rapidly and ominously becoming the worst oil spill in america's history. we do so as part of the responsibility to oversee the operations of government and in this case, specifically, the incident management operations of the department of homeland security and the united states coast guard. we're not here to determine how the explosion of the oil will happened -- elwell happen. those are critically important questions. other congressional committees and private groups have began to explore those questions. . . our focus today is o preparedness and response. the preparedness and response of our government and the private businesses in of all to this accident -- and private businesses iolved with this accident and the oil spill after it occurred. with the companies and government agencies prepared for a deep blow up like this one? how have they performed in response? those are the big questions that we hope to begin to answer this afternoon. w

the lieberman experiment was a representation of colonialism. the people of pennsylvania have put our inspector under a microscope and recognize that he is a right wing republican. he is not a socialist democrat. we have a real democrat, an admiral in the navy. to utilize the nancy pelosi similarities and say we have a raging liberal, with a naval flight officer. i guarantee that sustak will be the next senator in the state of pennsylvania. guest: that is the perspective of somebody that is very happy about the progress of sustak. pennsylvania has been a very competitive state for decades. it is a state that cannot be considered a democratic stronghold. he will have a tough race. his first challenge will be to replenish its campaign war chest. he has been sitting on a fundraising machine for months. he starts out with a huge fund- raising advantage. he has been able to moderate and appeal to the middle in a way that a former chairman may not be able to do. he endorsed sonia sotomayor is a supreme court nominee. he has been speaking favorably abo

he -- unlike when lieberman was bounced by his party, there's really not an opportunity for him to run as an independent. that deadline passed and he said he would support the party's nominee, whoever it is after the june primary. >> robert, we thank you for your time this afternoon. you could follow roberts and he's at the utah sthat race and follow it is for the salt lake tribune. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> now here are the remarks by senator robert bennett and the two men that will face off in the primary on june 22nd, mike lee and tim bridgewater. they're speaking at the convention in utah. this is about 20 minutes. >> my fellow -- my fellow republicans, today the countdown is on. we are 178 days away from taking back congress and retiring harry reid. no r no more taxes, no more irresponsible spending and in more trampling of states' rights or telling terrorists you have a right to remain silent. no more apologies for the greatest nation on earth. do you want to take back our country? then vote tim bridge water as the next senator. the job won't get done by entrinche