he can't talk now, call julian back. >> it's senator leahy.: jay, he went on and on and talked about how the supreme court is supposed to respect the will of the people. it would be extraordinary for the high court not to defer to the congress in this matter. and went on and on and talked about how this is going tow affect the legacy of chief justice roberts. defer to the congress, respect the will of the people, is that the role of the high court here? >> no, the court is supposed to determine whether a law is constitutional or not, that has been established since marberry versus madison the famous supreme court case. there is something here deeper, megyn. the idea that a warning shot would be fired by the chairman of the senate judiciary committee aiming at the chief just teufs the united states as if it's some sort of bullying tactic or in tim tkaeugs technique is outrage just. this is a coequal government. he has been a fantastic chief justice. either going to make a decision based on the law as he sees it, as will his colleagues and this

senator leahy. >> thank you. yesterday we saw on the news a plane had to be landed on its way to charlotte. were those guard jets? >> yes, senator, they were. >> that sort of leads into a question i have. there's a couple of lesser known cuts. not lesser known but lesser cuts proposed to the air national guard and issues that concern me deeply. specifically cuts to air control alert locations. air national guard explosive

so senator leahy? >> thank you, madam chairwoman, and also ranking member roberts. i know you and i discussed this many, many times late last night we did. i was able to go home and go to bed. i know you stayed up working. and i think of the fact that you two worked together, and i looked out the end of this room at the pictures, senator lugar and myself. we chaired -- we each chaired this committee at different times. each rank and members at different times and we are finally getting farm bills, you work together in a bipartisan fashion. i know i -- it was great work wig senator lugar on that and i've worked with senator roberts and you and it's the only way it works. you don't get it perfect, a perfect bill, but you get a bill that can pass. and you get a bipartisan bill, and that's the way the senate used to be. that's the way the senate should be. incidentally when dick and i start wed sat down about where those paintings are. we were that junior. your mark includes an important dairy reform proposal i believe will help our producers and consumers -- excuse me

listen, senator leahy had an opportunity to question chief justice roberts.t's the role of the judiciary committee, to evaluate how an individual is going to make a decision once they go on the court. and the decision's been made by the u.s. senate, persons like chief justice roberts is qualified to serve on the court. and clearly, over a period of time, people are going to favor some decisions, people are not going to like some decisions, but as long as the justices are doing their job and ruling in a way that's consistent and defendable in terms of what the constitution requires, then i think that we have to accept those decisions. megyn: before i let you go, and i have to ask you for a quick answer on this, if you can, some on the right are saying they are concerned that chief justice roberts is not going to go along with the way this case comes out, they believe he might go with the liberals in a possible decision to uphold the law. as you say having been the man to recommend him for the high court to president bush, what is your, what is your anecdotal t

leahy's words. i think that the supreme court is going to invalidate the affordable care act and it should because it's unconstitutional. >> i was sitting 10 feet away from him the day that the individual mandate was argued and i know you were in the courtroom. when justice kennedy started to ask probing questions and express doubts about the mandate and he asked tough questions on both sides. when he asked the first set of questions, senator leahy almost sighed or grimaced at that point, like those who support the law were in a little bit of trouble. there are other who is speculating that maybe the senators -- there may be been a leak that tipped them off to how the justices have voted because we know they have voted. but they are working on the opinion. what do you make of the speculation that there could have been a leak? >> well, you know, i don't know quite what to make about it. leaks at the supreme court are, as you know, shannon, extraordinarily rare. i don't think they had to have a leak t

leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: mr. president, i ask consent the call of the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president, i rise on the senate floor today to pay tribute to mary leahy, director of the central vermont adult basic education. sister, friend, and lifetime educator who is retiring this month. for 40 years, central vermont adult basic education has provided free literacy service for adults and out-of-school youth. 37 of those years, mary leahy has been at the helm in her role as codirector of central vermont adult basic education, mary dedicated herself to preparing lower-skilled workers to meet the demands of the shifting economy. whether attending town halls, community centers, libraries or knocking on doors directly, mary has spread the word. she's recruited members for this program all over the state. i have seen the joy in the face of a grandfather able to read a children's story to

democratic senator patrick leahy. >> of senator leahy i would say prize fighter for the world's poor.of righteous voice, louder than any rock band, actually, that big voice. he's been to a few u2 shows, but i think at heart he's a dead head. >> a dead head, huh? leahy involved with maryland senator, and talking about foreign aid. rumors circulating on the blogs bono is the world's richest musician even more than the beatles is not true. bono explains in an interview, no one tops the beatles. >> this boy is not a billionaire, or going to be richer than any beatle and not just in the sense of money, by the way. the beatles are untouchable. that's just a joke. >> i city think he did okay in the facebook deal, thoenchts i think when we're talking about, am i a billionaire or a multi-millionaire jie think he's going to be okay. and i think he's acknowledged, saying, okay, people. i think i'm -- >> multi-millionaire, billionaire, whatever it is. >> we can wish on a friday. >> yes, we can. kate have a great weekend. you, too. that's all for us. see you monday. "erin burnett "outfront" starts

democratic senator patrick leahy. >> of senator leahy i would say prize fighter for the world's poor.of righteous voice, louder than any rock band, actually, that big voice. he's been to a few u2 shows, but i think at heart he's a dead head. >> a dead head, huh? leahy involved with maryland senator, and talking about foreign aid. rumors circulating on the blogs bono is the world's richest musician even more than the beatles is not true. bono explains in an interview, no one tops the beatles. >> this boy is not a billionaire, or going to be richer than any beatle and not just in the sense of money, by the way.

leahy: mr. president, i will not take more than a few minutes , and i would ask consent that my statement be made as in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: and that my full statement be made part of the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: let me explain to the distinguished senior senator from north dakota and i appreciate husband courtesy, that i would take about four minimum -- appreciate his courtesy, that i would take about four minute. last month when the senate came together and we passed the leahy-crapo violence against women reauthorization act of 2012. now, our legislation took some much-needed steps to help the most vulnerable victims of domestic and sexual violence and it was passed with significant bipartisan support. the leahy-crapo violence against women act was an example of what we accomplish when we put politics aside, when we work to find real solutions to real problems facing real americans. i'm alarmed that the other

senator leahy. >> thank you. yesterday we saw on the news a plane had to be landed on its way to charlotte. were those guard jets? >> yes, senator, they were. >> that sort of leads into a question i have. there's a couple of lesser known cuts. not lesser known but lesser cuts proposed to the air national guard and issues that concern me deeply. specifically cuts to air control alert locations. air national guard explosive ordnance. the air controller. i think it's safe to say from everything we have learned without going into anything we get, it's safe to say that commercial airlines are still a target of terrorists. is that not a fair statement? >> that's correct, senator. our strategy for dealing with threats to the united states have changed. and that's would drive reductions. but i worry that we're just seeing a budget cut, i don't see the threat going out. i think we should have our air control alert locations. it looks like they just handed you a bill to pay, and then you had to make cuts to meet those targ

of the fop auxiliary, members of congress, including speaker boehner, congressman hoyer and senator leahy as well as members of my administration and, most of all, i want to acknowledge and thank the families of those who have fallen. as scripture tells us, blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called sons of god. blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called sons of god. our country's law enforcement officers use force when they have to. they are well armed and they are well trained. but they never forget that theirs is a mission of peace. their job is to keep the peace. to allow all of us to enjoy peace in our neighborhoods and for our families. and today with heavy hearts we honor those who gave their lives in the service of that mission. their families are in our thoughts and prayers as we remember the quiet courage of the men and women we have lost. these are officers like detective john falcon of poughkeepsie, new york. in february, detect falcon responded to a shot fired call on main street. and when he arrived on the scene, he saw a man holding a gun with one hand a

. >> leahy says the pharmacy sells in limited quantities to prevent resale on the streets. other thing. dispensaries in california pay taxes while no exact data exists, last year the state board of equalization says dispensaries generated at least $11.4 million in sales tax. the board acknowledges the actual number is probably much higher. but despite many dispensaries complying with state guidelines, buying, selling, cultivating, or being in possession of marijuana for any reason is still a federal crime. >> people need to realize there's no legal means for anyone to obtain marijuana. >> the dea says it doesn't go after patients or doctors but they do target dispensaries, which they said can be a magnet for crime and illegal drug traffickers. >> we need to look at who's supplying these individuals. where is the marijuana coming from? we're looking at dispensaries who are making huge amounts of money that may being laundered through different means. we look at all those different aspects and determine who's the most egregious of those and try to target those individuals fir

before the california state assembly, judiciary committee, and provided written testimony to senator leahyfor the uniting of american families act. the irc, in making their recommendations to the mayor and board of a supervisors, to improve and enhance the quality of life into the participation of all the grim immigrants in the city and county of san francisco must include the plight of same-sex couples and by-national relationships. at the four of any immigration reform discussion, particularly for this city, the current immigration law fails so many immigrants and families. yes, same-sex relationships stand on prejudicial ground when compared to their heterosexual counterparts. without specific language such as that in the united families act which seeks to have permanent partners, same-sex by dutch national couples will remain victims to the law that compels discrimination against lgbt couples, including the right to sponsor a spouse, and with no right to a k1 same-sex visa. we are advised that took schumer will introduce same-sex reform in january 2010. we are also told that passage by

leahy: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the time run to 5:30 on the nominee which would be approximately 50 minutes but that time be divided in the usual order. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president, i ask that my statement on the judicial nominees be included in the record as if spoken. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: and, mr. president, using the time allocated to the majority, i ask that my remarks be seen as in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president, i was fortunate to be able to attend the argument before the united states supreme court on the constitutionality of the provision in the affordable care act providing that the individual should take personal responsibility for paying for health care by obtaining health insurance or paying a fine. i watched a lot of arguments in the supreme court. obviously my position as chairman of the judiciary committee, i pay close attention, as do all memb

. >> senator leahy? >> aye by proxy. >> senator harkin? >> aye by proxy. >> senator conrad? >> aye. >> senator bachus? >> aye. >> senator nelson? >> aye. >> senator brown? >> aye. >> senator casey? >> aye by proxy. >> senator clobichar? >> aye. >> senator bennett? >> aye. >> senator gillibrand? >> no. >> chairwoman stabenow? >> aye. >> the total tally of senators present is 12 ayes, four nos. >> a majority of the committee being present and having voted in the affirmative, the committee print is ordered and reported to the senate as mae amended. without objection let me say the committee counsel is authorized to make technical and conforming changes consistent with the actions of the committee, and i want to thank everyone again for -- >> madam chair, point of order -- >> yes? >> i think there were five nos. >> yeah. one was by -- >> will the clerk repeat the final tall? >> sure. the total tally -- >> four present. one by proxy. >> i'm sorry, thank you, madam chair. >> let me say in conclusion again, this is a very historic day to have not only the major reforms we have but

senator leahy is out of the senate this morning. but was kind enough to allow me to convene this hearing. and i'm sure will add a statement to the record. i'm going to open the floor to senator graham when he does arrive. for the time being because we have many colleagues here who have busy schedules of their own, i want to turn to the first panel of witnesses. at the outset, i do want to note that i invited the department of justice to participate in today's hearing, but they declined. we are honored to be joined by our colleagues from the senate and the house. in keeping with the practice of this committee, first we will hear from members of the senate, then members of the house, a practice which i loathe in the house, but now that we're running a show i'm afraid that you'll have to live with it, my house colleagues. each member will have three minutes for an opening statement. your complete statement will be included in the record. the first witness is senator cardin. former member of this committee, senate sponsor of s 1670, the

and now i'd like to recognize the chairman of the senate national guard caucus senator leahy. >> thank you. general wyatt, i noticed yesterday we saw on the news where a plane diverted -- had to be commercial jet had to land in bangor on its way to charlotte. it said fighter jets were deployed. were those guard jets? >> yes, senator they were. >> so that leads into a question i have. there's a couple lesser known cuts proposed for the air national guard that concern me deeply. i think it's safe to say from everything we learned without going into anything in the classified briefings we get -- it's safe to say that commercial airlines are still a target of terrorists, is that not a fair statement? >> that's correct, senator. >> and one thing that we could say the threat picture or our strategy for dealing with threats to the united states has changed and thus would drive reductions. i worry that we're addressing a -- i don't see the threat doing down. i think we should have our air control alert locations. and for air national guard explosive ordinance disposal pals under your purview.

now i would like to recognize the chairman of the senate national guard caucus, senator leahy. >> thank you. general, i noticed yesterday we saw in the news where a plane diverted had to be -- commercial jet had to land in bangor. it was on its way to charlotte. fighter jets were deployed. were those guard jets? >> yes, senator, they were. >> well, that sort of leads into a question i have. there's a couple of lesser-known cuts. not lesser cuts but lesser-known cuts proposed for the air national guard with issues that concerned we deeply with with respect to air control alert locations. air national guard explosive ordnance. the air control alert. i think it's safe to say from everything we have learned without going into anything we have from classified briefings, it's safe to say that commercial airlines are still a target of terrorists. is that not a fair statement? >> that's correct, senator. >> and it would be one thing if we could say our threat picture or our strategy for dealing with threats to the united states have changed and that would drive reductions. but i worry that we'r

legislation that's been introduced but would bring some clarity to the situation, in addition, senator leahy cents reform to the electronic amine occasions privacy act the old statute we've been talking about that hasn't been updated for a long time but at least require a warrant for real-time although it doesn't go far enough because it will allow law enforcement to access historical location information without a full war and based on probable cause. i would love to see some of that legislation passed and i think even the law enforcement has an interesting thing with clarity of the law. but it's difficult these days for congress to divert attention to that type of legislation. >> catherine crump, we asked about the san francisco cellphone tower shut down case. is that something that the aclu is looking into? >> it is something that we've looked into. we were really surprised to hear that a city is progressing as san francisco law enforcement agencies would shut down cell phone access and also on the public relations front because this happened during the arab spring for the oppressive regi

so is there any decision about senator leahy's amendment? if not, all those in favor say

same leahy's in siberia right now and he's saying that he's projections for the euro zone haven't changed he still anticipating. that we always go to this in the. epicenter impulse to tear it to gas from this i want to talk about. if i may because despite first quarter net profit rising by six percent they are easy to produce one point six percent a loss is not two thousand and eight but by just over a percent of its profits on the international markets now they want to change this but they want five percent in the next two years now they have made a start to this with the purchase of turkey is a lot just by any spike of the head of growth spoke to us about the deal have a listen. it's a high quality but it won't come cheap with taking advantage of the moment currently banking assets are not too expensive it would have never sold this bank if not for the current turbulence. let's go over to europe and see how the markets are faring now the biggest news reason to do with spain people are talking about the fact that that country could be accessing the euro zone and not greece now you can se

of the fop auxiliary, members of congress including speaker boehner, congressman hoyer, and senator leahyion. and most of all, i want to acknowledge and thank the families of those who have fallen. as scripture tells us, blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of god. blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of god. our country's law enforcement officers use force when they have to. they are well armed and they are well trained. but they never forget that theirs is a mission of peace. their job is to keep the peace, to allow all of us to enjoy peace in our neighborhoods and for our families. and today, with heavy hearts, we honor those who gave their lives in the service of that mission. their families are in our thoughts and prayers, as we remember the quiet courage of the men and women we have lost. these are officers like detective john falcone, of poughkeepsie, new york. in february, detective falcone responded to a shot fired call on main street. and when he arrived on the scene, he saw a man holding a gun with one hand, and a small child with the

. >> chairman leahy, thank you, at thank you director mueller for coming.he chairman paid tribute to police week so i won't repeat those words but i certainly agree with everything the chairman said. it has been six months since our last hearing on a housekeeping matter. the fbi has been improving response time for our requests for information that there is still too long of a wait for some written responses and yesterday afternoon we received some answers to questions for the record from six months ago when the director testified. i want to know what efforts the fbi has undertaken to investigate the serious and grave national security leaks around the recently revealed operation in yemen. national security leaks have unfortunately become the norm with far too much sensitive information being leaked about ongoing operations. they are dangerous and have grave consequences. they threaten sensitive sources and endanger life, and complicate relationships with our allies, so i hope to hear from the director what the fbi is doing to investigate that we can bring

. >> kim says, fanal leahy had -- finally he had enough.hoped a row of seats and told the boys to stop talking and they didn't listen which set him off. >> i didn't mean to do it, but it happened. >> somebody is getting a peabody. i don't know what a peabody is. the perp is uncharged. >> we couldn't show you what happened next because frankly it is -- well, it is arousing in a way depending on how you were raised as a child. we are always looking at screens for our movie heros. our real action hero was in the theater. >> and that was my man lil kim. >> you made a mistake, you don't want to hit the kid. but then again you must have felt like doing it. have you ever told somebody to be quiet and they think they have immunity because they are a kid? >> yes, the snot-nosed jerks and sometimes you wants to see blood. when impulse come back to you, but you can't knock the kid's teeth out. >> we have to draw the line somewhere. >> everybody will know now this 21-year-old guy was with his girlfriend at the "titanic." it reminds me of the where shal

fact that it's questionable whether this arms sale can in fact legally be carried out because of the leahy and then that's a piece of legislation that precludes the sale of lethal equipment and certain other kinds of equipment to security forces of a state been linked to a consistent pattern of human rights violations of course we've got that in spades in bahrain and very well documented. and that's a good point and one that most people out there are not bringing up but there's an interesting you know if we look at the way that. the i guess you could say bigger powers have been trying to deal with the arab spring and with certain uprisings that are going on out there and you and i record spawning about this earlier today is that there is this attempt to try to strike some balance between what now is more of a greater expectation amongst the international community to deal with human rights abusers versus obviously still keeping your national interests in mind and you can see that with syria and russia and china you can see that with the u.s. in bahrain but would you say that that's somethi

this then later on the congress you know these were senators at the time senator grassley and senator leahythey came out that they said no she's the one who reported all these wrongdoings and now we are investigating the f.b.i. i'm from that point on it was this. very shallow headlines of poor whistleblower being gagged poor was full glory being fired look what the little cute girl and basically get was it they just want to make whistleblowers some kind of aberration and they try to do the right thing but the government shut them down but they never get out of the issues what was he exposing why do you think that is the right because we've seen i think we've seen this on many levels right and we do a lot of coverage on whistleblowers on the show we've had many whistleblowers come on the program and they don't get invited on to other shows you know and part of this is nobody reports on the massive war that's been waged by the obama administration specifically by whistleblowers but it's also just seems like it's not an area of interest where you look at your look at get two different areas wh

if you replaced him with bush or cheney do you think we wouldn't lead the show for senator leahy callingnt hearing? i don't know how i feel about this. i understand things are different if you sit in the commander-in-chief chair, you have a different perspectiveful responsible for people. but he can't reconcile what he said as senator to now. we still don't understand who he is. >> eric: andrea, is suspicious how this paper starts on the front page. goes to page ten and 11. >> bob: ooh. >> eric: full page. >> andrea: this is questionable. there are leaks from time to time in different administrations. this level of detail leaked. this is on the heel of peter king questioning how information -- we'll get to it later -- but got out about the pakistani doctor and hollywood got information about the bin laden raid. classified information leaked. they weren't supposed to know how many choppers in bin laden raid or the route. all of this is leaked out. i would say it's for political reasons to make him look tough. >> brian: here is the deal. you cannot criticize gitmo and say it's a bad advert

hopeful leahy contracts a neuro degenerative disease that is in the brain and spinal cord. >> thank you, andy. >> that's mad cow disease. >> that was unnecessary. and it gives me a deja vu. >> what do you mean? >> didn't we do this on monday night's show? >> yes, but we ended up not running the package that night. >> still it seems lame. >> you seem lame. >> well, one leg is shorter than the other, andy. >> i didn't know that. >> well it is because are you a heartless jerk. >> i didn't think either of your legs could be shorter. >> i agree to disagree. >> get out of here. let's start this show. she is so hot she can steam clams by staring at them. i am here with leeann tweeden from "poker after dark." it is a card game. and vanity fair's digital editor. and his hepititis dumped him for courtney love. it is bill schulz. and he leaves audiences gasping for air because he suffocates them with a pillow. he is tom shlou. and he is the troll with the liberal soul. good to see you, pinch. >> intelligence officials tell reporters that recruiting a double agent like the one that foiled the under

his amendment, i ask unanimous consent that the following amendments be in order and made pending: leahyt are at the desk, portman 2145 as modified with the changes that are at the desk, portman 2146 as modified with the changes that are at the desk. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from iowa, mr. harkin, proposes amendments en bloc numbered 2142 as modified, 2145 as modified, and 2146 as modified. mr. harkin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the following pending amendments be agreed to: leahy number 2142 as modified, portman number 2145 as modified, and coburn number 2131 and that the coburn amendment number 2132 be withdrawn. the presiding officer: is there objection? so ordered. mr. harkin: it is my understanding, mr. president, we are ready to act on the portman amendment number 2146 as modified. the presiding officer: is there further debate on the amendment? if not, all in favor say aye. all opposed, nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes have it. the amendment as modified is agreed to. mr. ha

hopeful leahy contracts a -- hopefully he contracts a neuro degenerative disease. that's the mad cow disease, greg. >> look what i found. >> what did you find? >> an actual chess piece. i found it in the garden. >> can't beat that. >> i was hiding by a rock. >> you will get the joke i made. >> what joke? >> never mind jie. go away. let's welcome our guests. she is so hot she leaves scorch marks in assisted of footprints. i am here with the criminal defense attorney remi spencer. and she -- he is so sharp ginzu knives over him. and his head lice recently contracted shingles. it is my repulsive sidekick, bill schulz. and he is doing our show in between his shifts at hot topic and the piercing pagoda. the star of the lifetime series, writer and comedian, jesse joyce. it is called pro joyce. and, that is enough about him, he loves to vent about the 1%. tabooed to see you, pinch. good to see you, pinch. >> tyler kepner stars don madingly who is happy being a dodger. as for his exmustache, dejected. he is alone and hoping john stocil splits and his former mustache will s