his name is ed markey. ed markey is currently a member of the house from massachusetts. and what ed markey is doing right now to prepare for a potentially very difficult, very high stakes battle for this very high profile senate seat, a race that stand alone on the political calendar in the springtime, a race that will get a ton of national attention. what is ed markey doing now to get ready for that? he is picking a huge fight with the single most profitable industry on the face of the earth, woo-hoo! ed markey is known in washington for essentially being the sheriff of the oil industry. he is the top democrat in the house on energy issue, and he has been really confrontational with the oil industry, particularly on safety issues. at a time when lots and lots of his colleagues in congress have been quietly and happily awash in oil money. but ed markey has just been a bulldog on the oil industry over the years, particularly on public safety. during the deepwater horizon disaster in 2010, for example, it was ed markey who brought national attention to the fact that the bi

his name is ed markey. ed markey is currently a member of the house from massachusetts. and what ed markey is doing right now to prepare for a potentially very difficult, very high stakes battle for this very high profile senate seat, a race that stand alone on the political calendar in the springtime, a race that will get a ton of national attention. what is ed markey doing now to get ready for that? he is picking a huge fight with the single most profitable industry on the face of the earth, woo-hoo! ed markey is known in washington for essentially being the sheriff of the oil industry. he is the top democrat in the house on energy issue, and he has been really confrontational with the oil industry, particularly on safety issues. at a time when lots and lots of his colleagues in congress have been quietly and happily awash in oil money. but ed markey has just been a bulldog on the oil industry over the years, particularly on public safety. during the deepwater horizon disaster in 2010, for example, it was ed markey who brought national attention to the fact that the bi

his name is ed markey. ed markey is currently a member of the house from massachusetts. and what ed markey is doing right now to prepare for a potentially very difficult, very high stakes battle for this very high profile senate seat, a race that stand alone on the political calendar in the springtime, a race that will get a ton of national attention. what is ed markey doing now to get ready for that? he is picking a huge fight with the single most profitable industry on the face of the earth, woo-hoo! ed markey is known in washington for essentially being the sheriff of the oil industry. he is the top democrat in the house on energy issue, and he has been really confrontational with the oil industry, particularly on safety issues. at a time when lots and lots of his colleagues in congress have been quietly and happily awash in oil money. but ed markey has just been a bulldog on the oil industry over the years, particularly on public safety. during the deepwater horizon disaster in 2010, for example, it was ed markey who brought national attention to the fact that the bi

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ya, ed markey still lives here. here that you would have to debate him on policy, if you screw up the -- you know, courage, to run against him. and debating ed markey on policy would be like debating a freaking professor. and you know how that goes. >>> my intention is to run for united states senate, but it is still at the preliminary stages. i'm going to let things happen that should happen. the focus right now, frankly for all of new jersey should be the two senators supporting them in the fiscal cliff negotiation sandy relief debt ceiling. we should be supporting frank lautenberg, and bob menendez, and me, i have a job to do here in new york. >> and in the latest poll, 42% of the voters say they would vote for cory booker, 20% would into a scooter that talks to the cloud? ♪ or turn 30-million artifacts... ♪ into a high-tech masterpiece? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. introducing a revolutionary new mascara. clump crusher...crusher. 200% more volume.

intention of running in the primary against ed markey.nd you heard it here first, which is to say you're hearing it right now. scott brown probably wouldn't even run against ed markey. scott brown would be much happier running for governor when duval patrick leaves office next year, a race scott brown would have a much better chance of winning, and a job he would love. i mean, love, compared to the senate which according to my sources he doesn't really like. so it is settled. ed markey will be the next elected senator from massachusetts. but who, who is the governor going to appoint in the meantime? the pointed senator will have crucial work to do on the next debt ceiling crisis, on the next round of budget negotiations with republicans. all of that action will be focused in the senate finance committee, which has jurisdiction not over just the debt ceiling but over medicaid, medicare social security which republicans want to put into play. ideally the appointed senator would take john kerry's seat on the senate finance committee, and ide

. >> lastly, really quick before we go, real quick, ed markey, your colleague, can he beat scott brown>> i think so, and the issue is this, in 2010, scott brown was a very decent guy, but a member of this very right-wing party. he's got this problem in massachusetts, especially since in 2010 it was his election that really harolderalded a lot of problems for president obama. massachusetts vote ed overwhel overwhelmingly for president obama. running as a representative for the republican party in the senate to ask for a repudiation of barack obama is a problem. >> going to be fascinating. >> this is not just ed markey on the ballot. this is president obama and ed markey, and i think the people of massachusetts are unlikely to, in effect, reverse their vote of just a couple months ago. >> it's an all boston college race with scott brown and ed markey, the school you represented for over, i believe, 30 years. >> 32. >> thanks for being on the show. we appreciate it. >> thank you, luke. >>> we'll be right back here on msnbc, the place for politics. don't go anywhere. >>> i'm luke russert l

if he does run against ed markey, there does have to be a primary.e primary will take place on april 30th. interesting question, right? would a primary for that seat help the democrats' chances of sending another democrat to serve alongside elizabeth warren in the senate, or would it hurt the chances? and who would have a better chance at winning, ed markey or stephen lynch? on the republican sid of things, there is still no word as to whether or not this guy on the right here intends to run again after elizabeth warren beat him by eight points back in november. still no word from scott brown other than -- which scott brown tweeted late at night on scott brown, 2010 in that special election is the only time since ed brook in 1972 that massachusetts has elected a republican to the senate. and not since 1994 in the gingrich landslide when two slipped in have massachusetts elected a republican to federal office of any kind. >> and there is a reason why. and the state is getting more blue, not less blue over time. >> right. >> let me ask you about a broa

ed markey is running nomnation in liberal state. picking up green group nominations.me day the league of conservation voters. i think more about that, than anything else. for him to be shocked people respond to tax policy is itself shocking. melissa: if you tax something, it is meant to discourage whatever behavior that is. shell responded and said while we're aware of the tax environment wherever we operate the driver for our operational decisions is going to be governed by safety. the tax policy in question i would add, by the way is that they were think of drilling on the outer continental shelf, there you would pay regular federal corporate income tax of 35%. otherwise, they were paying the alaska production tax which can be as high as 75%. i say if they were moving it for tax reasons they should just own it and get out in front of it. what is wrong with that? so you're moving it to go drill in a spot or keep it in a spot that is going to provide a better tax environment for you. this is company. isn't that what they're supposed to do? >> it is but also, remember

i also want to endorse your view that ed markey will be the from the accident senator.e worked together before that in the legislature. and i would like to think of this as some kind of a relay team. there is the interim. and i would have one difference with you, and i understand the motivations. but i think the two-step process makes sense. that is, i think it is better to have an election than an appointment to the senate. tip o'neill says it is one body that you can't get to unless you have an election. so i think the two-step process works. the rule that you can't be appointed, it can't be made legal, setting the senate qualifications and not allowing for any modification of them. but given that as i said on december 28th, i didn't really want that job. when people asked me do you want the senate appointment, i said i just retired. it is kind of like being told a week before graduation you have to go to summer school. but i care deeply about social security and medicare. they are the two most successful anti-poverty legislations in america. and to deny the cost of l

if he does run against ed markey, there does have to be a primary. the primary will take place on april 30th. interesting question, right? would a primary for that seat help the democrats' chances of sending another democrat to serve alongside elizabeth warren in the senate, or would it hurt the chances? and who would have a better chance at winning, ed markey or steven lynch? on the republican sid of things, there is still no word as to whether or not this guy on the right here intends to run again after elizabeth warren beat him by eight points back in november. still no word from scott brown other than -- which scott brown tweeted late at night on saturday in the midst of a spring of misspelled and combative late night tweets where he picked late night fights on twitter, he then deleted the late-night tweets and refused to talk about them. he has avoided all comments on what is going on there. scott brown has finally become the most popular thing about him online. joining us now is steve kornacki, senior writer for salon. it is great to see you. >

he is a conservative and will face ed markey, a liberal democrat. side, there isan talk that former massachusetts brown may run for the seat. a special election is set for june 25. >> obama is making the case for immigration reform. in lasigh school today. that includes passing a background check, paying taxes, paying a penalty, english, and then going line behindof the trying tolks who are come here legally. areome republicans tighter border security before citizenship are addressed. >> if you live in montgomery could behe this your the labels. >> you will want to stay this story tonight from germantown. >> one person in particular is rash ofble for this robberies. an army county police want you look isa very close computer-generated sketch of the suspect. has been on a theft robbery spree in this neighborhood, committing 10 crimes and just last month. elizabeth, who recently moved is stunned at the brazen nature of these crimes. >> i have a young child and i now hear all different times of .he day idea.no >> investigator said the suspect women and

ed markey looks like the person who will emerge as the democratic kabd candidate.s always difficult for a member of congress because they are only known in their neck of the woods so to speak to gain statewide influence. it's difference also than a presidential election when scott brown had a difficult time beating elizabeth warren because about 200,000 barack obama voters would have had had to vote for scott brown. most people thought scott brown would hold out and run for governor but i think seeing these poll numbers has pushed him back into wanting to run for his old job. >> we want to remind everybody, john kerry, sailing to confirmation yesterday, 94-3, with only senators ted cruz and john cornyn against him. the official resignation coming on friday. this is really interesting now, elizabeth warren just sworn in this month becomes the senior senator for massachusetts. has her profile been upped more than it already was? because that was an election we watched nationally. >> clearly her profile has been pretty strong especially with progressives coming in, wh

. >>> what do mark sanford, chris christie and ed markey all have in common?ey're among the candidates in races to watch for 2013. good morning. 12k3w good morning. >> mark sanford has been gone since 2009, but he put out a statement yesterday saying i am running because our country's future is at stake. how good are his chances? >> they're actually not that bad. mark sanford represented a lot of this terrorist when he was in the house for six years in the 19 # 0s. he has a national fundraising network and from eight years as governor, his name id is through the roof. he actually has an upper hand in this primary. the question will be whether voters are willing to forget some of his previous transgressions, whether hiking in the an des or not. >>> democrats have lined up behind ed markey, so is scott brown going to throw his hat in the ring. >> it's possible. scott brown is faced with a choice, he can either run for the senate seat or try running for the governor again. it's really a tough decision for him because if he loses another state wide race, it's goin

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congressman ed markey who hopes to limit their use said in a recent news release that quote many drones are designed to carry surveillance equipment including video cameras infrared thermal imagers radar and wireless networks but the capability of collecting sensitive information from the skies above. congress however has ordered the f.b.i. to ease restrictions to allow domestic drones to proliferate without any of the necessary laws to protect privacy oh to talk about how privacy can be protected in the dawning of the drones i'm joined now by amy's tapan of the legal counsel of the electronic privacy information center or epic thank you so much aiming for coming in thank you for having me so it really seems like two thousand and thirteen as i said is shaping out to be the year of the drones flying over the u.s. i mean living here in d.c. can we expect drones to be flying over on inauguration day well the funny thing is you probably can't because there are limits about when germs can be used in d.c. but if you look at anywhere else where people gather any other time that they're you kno

willrly conservative lynch face representative ed markey, a liberal democrat.will take place april 30. on the republicans side, that former massachusetts senator scott aswn will run for the seat well. a special election is june 25. >> back to new orleans, or the ready for is getting this weekend. >> and john gonzalez is doing but bragging down there. i have saw his posts last night. a rough life. >> a little rough. the jambalaya maybe a little heavy for me. of us back home are for the baltimore ravens. there's one forty-niner that see have ake to game, this guy behind us, davis, a former maryland terrapin. this super bowl is such a spectacle. i cannot imagine a better city such a massive event, new orleans. we spoke with a lot of fans who baltimore.om some of them tell us they just the week to experience the days before the super bowl circus that was media day. were thousands of world andd characters i don't know how to describe. there are fans that do have to its common defense that to win coveted super bowl tickets and some still looking for tickets. told onl

i now look forward to the election of ed markey to providing the support he deserves.elber, i don't understand what happened. this is the very first time a massachusetts governor did not follow my advice, i advised him to choose barney frank rn. but i have to say it is the only time i gave advice, so i'm only 0 for 1. >> yeah that is better than 0 for 10, the leverage, you sometimes seriouslily, and jokingly, but also the campaign chain committee, a couple of groups were trying to get in on the process. the governor will do what they want. i don't have a beef with mo, i don't know how cool he is. it is pretty traditional to pick one of your former aides rather than go from the broader community. >> yeah, it does open up certain questions, but you can't see him standing there with that appointment

i now look forward to the election of ed markey to providing the support he deserves.ng me now, msnbc's ari melber, i don't understand what happened. this is the very first time a massachusetts governor did not follow my advice, i ad

brown, that is, taking on ed markey, who is a possible opponent.esterday on the jim and marjorie show, their last program of last year, brown questioned markey's residency. >> you have to check the travel record. i see most of the delegation. i have never seen ed on the airplane, ever. >> senator kerry, by the way, is back, the long-time massachusetts congressman, markey and a whole bunch of others rallied around him. scott brown is supposedly wondering whether to become governor or attempt to be not someone who loses two senate seats in less than a year. south carolina governor nikki haley announced the special election to fill soon to be scott's house seat will be may 7th. scott officially resigned from the house yesterday. >>> and finally, school students from sandy hook elementary, they will return to class this morning. it's been nearly a month since a gunman shot and killed 26 very small children and the adults in that school still being treated as a crime scene. so students will go to class at a refurbished school in a neighboring town. poli

ed markey, 19-terms, only democrat thus far that wants the seat.lose to scott brown said that brown is leaning strongly towards running and will likely enter the race next week. david carr, how about appointing your chief of staff to fill a vacant senate seat, is that a good idea? >> if i were, say, the mayor of new york city, i might turn toward the deputy mayor and say, you know what, i'm about done, and i know you know where all the buttons are, howard, please, take over and run this. >> new york city can only hope, howard. >> big shoes, big shoes. don't want to fill those big shoes. >> who's your call, brown, ma h markey? >> i think he'll lightly support brown again. he's been the kind ever, in our opinion, the kind of moderate republican we need more of in the senate. again, friends of ours in the left will not be happy about that, but if we're talking about the value of bipartisanship, having a republican is a good thing. >> i don't think scott brown is a moderate republican. we've had this passionate conversation about the lineup, but let me

we have now obtained a letter, exclusively, sent to the president of shell, to ed markey, who will likelye the democratic nominee for john kerry's senate seat, for now, he is the top dog on energy issues. he writes "conversations with alaska at the national weather service don't back up shell's claims regarding the weather forecast. while shell cited a two-week good window of weather, the national marine forecast only extends for five days, not two weeks. shell's rig operations only happen for two weeks" shell has not appear to do consult at all, after november. if they had been in touch with the weather service, they would have learned what actually was forecasted winds reaching 25 knots and seas reaching five feet. shell says they only moved this rig because of a two-week window of good weather. but the national weather service doesn't even give two weeks for weather, and what they did was the horribly bad weather -- what explains their rush to move that rig when they did? well, in this letter, congressman markey raises another potentially explosive issue. quoting "it does appear that t

and former senator scott brown is already slamming congressman ed markey. technically they aren't even rivals yet, though they will probably run against each other for senate in massachusetts. on a radio show brown asked if markey even lived in massachusetts anymore, claiming he's never seen him on the plane leaving washington. markey's state residence is in his childhood home in massachusetts but his wife is a doctor in suburban washington, d.c. and mile-per-hour mus read today is really a must see. the white house photographer, pete souza, released his year in photos, including some really great shots of the president on his travels through the year. this is one where he dared someone to eat a piece of his pie and the kid does it. and here he's taking a dip in the ocean to celebrate new years in hawaii. you can find this at facebook/jansingco. careful of sharks! >>> 31 past the hour. welcome back. shortly after the new congress swears in at noon, republicans will decide whether a bruised and battered john boehner should get another two years as speaker. w

the top democrat on the natural resources committee congressman ed markey is sharing his concern saying oil companies keep saying they can conquer the artic but the artic keeps disagreeing with the oil companies. drill expansion could prove disaster russ for this sensitive environment. the an at that time is home to harbor seals, sea lions and two endangered species, jon. >> jon: there are critics that want the whole operation shut down. >> they argue this is just the latest mishap experience by shell's ships off the coast of alaska. including a small engine fire. an accidental anchor drag and coast guard findings more than a dozen safety and pollution violations. and officials from shell says the rig is holding up well. it recently had $292 million of improvements done, jon. >> jon: anna coinman in our newsroom. thank you. exxon mobil could have kept almost 1,000 gallons of oil from spilling into the yellow stone river if workers had reacted faster. that's the finding have a department of transportation report. a pipeline under the river in montana broke in july of 2011. the spill dama

a new poll showed him with a double digit lead over the potential democratic lead, ed markey, brown seemed to hint at a run tweeting yes, get ready, perhaps a response to the popular democratic party rallying slogan these days, are you ready? the massachusetts special election kicks off what will be a busy two-year cycle. 21 democrats, 14s republican senate seats up for grabses in 2014, four-long time senators announcing they won't be seeking re-election in addition to kerry. there's jay rockefeller, saxby chambliss and iowa's tom hark. the republican party story is the same. what the primaries look like? do republicans coalesce around a more electable candidate in a state, whether it's a minnesota, whether it's an iowa or does the more conservative candidate win? do the special interest conservative groups get involved? can carl robe get involved in clear primaries as he hinted he wants to do? democrats are most concerned about clearing the field and have shown an ability to do that. and they're also trying to deal with their own potential retirements and recruitments, something they've d

but ed markey has declared, the dscc, the political arm of the senate democrats, they are now backingr. markey, the congressman from massachusetts of like 30 years. and so, you know, patrick could put neither of those men. if he puts in markey, you have a sitting senator, the power of incumbency matters from fund-raising and from being able to be called senator. he could do a wild shot. he could put a kennedy back in the senate. you now have barney frank's old seat, the position is being held by a kennedy, joe kennedy iii. so you just never know what patrick's going to do. but it ought to make for some fun fireworks. >> all right. so tomorrow we shall know, the appointment for the interim senator coming there. msnbc contributor, jimmy williams. >> thanks a lot. >> thank you, sir. i appreciate it. >>> so we have this, another member of the obama administration stepping down to report. transportation secretary ray lahood announcing this morning that he would not be staying for the second term. now, the president said lahood made travel safer throughout the country. in an e-mail to d.o.t