and i think that will be an avenue for joe manchin to come back into this debate.d he has made the case that if something, another tragedy were to happen and we just avoided one with this school shooting where nobody died thanks to that very calm and composed school employee, i think, you know, he makes the point that folks are going to try to come back and ban assault rifles and ban high-capacity magazines. some of the things that senator blumenthal was talking about which is a much more liberal approach to gun control, he's argued that's why we need to take a more common sense approach, like his bill with senator toomey that would make expand background checks and get to the issue of mentally ill and criminals not having guns. >> thanks so much to both of you. >> thank you, chris. >> of course, we want to remind you about the president's speech later today in buffalo. we'll have it live at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. >>> meantime, we've got the first exclusive interview with hannah anderson. setting the record straight about those phone calls the day she was kidnapp

senator joe manchin was one of the democrats that met with the epa chief in the white house.im how he would characterize the moting with the epa chief mccarthy in >> it was a direct. it was very respectful and it was productive i believe, uma. i was very plosed with the meeting. it was the first time we had the head of the epa and miguel rodriguez from the white house. they understand where we are coming from and we are able to be specific on the problems we are having and they created and what it will do to the coal industry in west virginia and this country and the reloyability to the energy that we depend on. >> do you think that you met headway in getting the folks that you have to convince there to back off a bit from the regulation in >> i hope so. be responsible and reasonable and look at the facts. uma, there is 8 billion tons of coal in the world. we burn 1 billion in america. if the president and this administration believes that reducing and eliminating the use of coal in america it will clean up the global environment, i don't think it stops in north america. ther

we'll talk to pat but chan an for reaction and west virginia senator joe manchin said the white white is waging a war on coal. we'll sit down with the senator and have all of the headlines coming up in 20 minutes. stay with us. you sign up and you are a full if you are on social security and low income and disable. >> nothing phony about the story. now report people are signing up and getting fro phone service subsidized for tax servicine though they don't need. mexican billionaire is reportedly making a fortune off of this u.s. government program. is it time to disconnect it good. >> yes, it is a $2.2 billion program and we who pay our phone bills pay a tax every month to pay for the program. and one thing that gets missed with the obama care infamous woman talking about social security, disability and welfare and running off the list and on top subsidizing cell phones for the people. having a cell phone is not a right. james o'keefe did an undercover investigation showing that people not qualified for the phones are selling them back and getting drug money. it is past time the fraud

west virginia senator joe manchin put out a statement saying, "i'm deeply concerned by the use of chemical in syria against innocent people. but after a decade of war in the middle east there needs to be compelling evidence that there is an imminent threat to security of the american people or the allies before any military action is taken. i do not believe that this situation meets that threshol threshold." both house speaker john boehner and harry reed would have to call congress back to session early. so far it's not looking like they will do so. >> uma: molly, thank you. with still no word on president obama's course of action in syria, international support is waning. the biggest ally great britain is sitting this out so it means the u.s. would go it alone or almost alone. a senior fellow at the stanford university and expert on the middle east. he is joining with us the insight. >> uma: many people have concerns about the overall mission here. even though john kerry spelled out the evidence they believe is there to back up the claims that assad used the chemical whens against his own

. >> now tonight democratic senator joe manchin is nanged the president call both chambers of congress back to work, debate this and get a congressional authorization. officials in both parties say that's highly unlikely to the president tonight alone mulling this, harris. >> harris: the story unfolding late today and ed, before i let you go, i want to echo. so things i'm reading online to get your thoughts about this. people are saying if the prime minister of great britain went to his parliament to get a vote, shouldn't the president of the united states go to congress what word are we hearing from the white house on that issue? >> well, the white house has repeatedly said look, we have been consulting with congress but they are not actually getting congress' approval. on one hand they're right because, you know, we had the president yesterday calling directly speaker john boehner. calling senate minority leader mitch mcconnell briefing them on the latest. giving them some ideas at least of what his options may be. let's remember that barack obama as a candidate for office in 2008 di

joe manchin of west virginia came out last might and said, mr. president, you cannot move forward with any military force without first getting a debate and vote in the house and senate. now, what is the likelihood of that? highly unlikely because we talked to officials in both parties and got lawmakers scattered around the country and world. on their august recess right now. it is an important matter and have to cancel plans and come back. monumental effort. more poimportantly the white hoe has not signaled they want to have that debate. they want to have conference calls with law makers and loop them in with what they are doing but don't want to bring it up for a vote. if you look at what happened before the british parliament a couple nights ago, her not too sure in the building behind me they can get this through the house and senate right now. will would be significant democratic opposition to this democratic president. the final point i will make on that is you are right about the timing of this being significant because the briefings i hav

senator joe manchin released a statement says there needs to be compelling evidence that there's an immeant threat to the american people. i do not believe that this situation meets that threshold. and he's not alone. more than 160 house members, democrats and republicans, are urging the president to get authorization from congress before striking syria. but the administration is moving ahead. friday the white house declassified intelligence on the august 21st attack. senior administration officials say bashir al assad's forces targeted 12 different neighborhoods with deadly chemical weapons. according to the intelligence report as early as three days before the morning of the attack, regime operatives prepared chemical munitions and the day of the incident the syrian government launched a rocket, an artillery attack with multiple attacks with chemical filled rockets targeting people on the ground killing 4,129 people including 426 children. secretary of state john kerry believes u.s. credibility is on the line if nothing is done. >> this is the indiscriminate inconceivable horror of chemic

if the background checks bill, the compromise that joe manchin and pat toomey, if that comes back up,ou favor background checks, universal mandatory background checks for anybody trying to buy a gun? if you have a criminal history and you're not getting a gun. >> that's correct. >> i would support background checks for criminal history checks. >> you would support background checks. if there is a nominee for the supreme court that comes up, would you apply, i know you're opposed to abortion, would you apply the same standard that you just sort of outlined. you would shut down the whole federal government over obama care. would you vote no on supreme court nominee because that nominee favors roe? >> you're asking me if i would personally shut down the government. i am 1 of 100 votes. i will vote in things that i believe in. if i'm the one vote that will make that decision, so be it. suddenly i'm the one single vote. so, the answer is, yes, i will vote the way i feel is necessary and the things i believe in. if that happens to be one of the votes that results in shutting down the govern

. >> joe manchin hillary clinton being urged to run here by the daughter of a former republican presidentbarbara bush. the headline is -- ralph is on the independent line. who do you see as the future political leader you follow? caller: thank you for taking my call. at this time, the most moderate, not because i am in the new york area, but christie would be second as vice president. dr. ben carsey, who i know will never be elected, when he described in the country, when he looks at a human being, he cut them open, and they are not black or white. there is just blood. with the intelligence, he would be the better president. christie, as a seasoned veteran, would bring democrats back on board. he is more middle-of-the-road to me. >> you think he would bring democrats to vote for them -- for him? caller: if you could work all around northern jersey antigenic city -- he really is devoted to and passionate. you cannot take that away. at the same time, i really wish dr. ben carson, who is very honest and intelligent, would really run and really be the best candidate out there. also, once agai

. >> joe manchin hillary clinton being urged to run here by the daughter of a former republican president, barbara bush. the headline is -- ralph is on the independent line. who do you see as the future political leader you follow? caller: thank you for taking my call. at this time, the most moderate, not because i am in the new york area, but christie would be second as vice president. dr. ben carsey, who i know will never be elected, when he described in the country, when he looks at a human being, he cut them open, and they are not black or white. there is just blood. with the intelligence, he would be the better president. christie, as a seasoned veteran, would bring democrats back on board. he is more middle-of-the-road to me. >> you think he would bring democrats to vote for them -- for him? you could work all around northern jersey antigenic city -- he really is devoted to and passionate. you cannot take that away. wishe same time, i really dr. ben carson, who is very honest and intelligent, would really run and really be the best candidate out there. also, once again, he would be

senator joe manchin as well. so they allow this to work. of special interest is a broad bipartisan interest. who is the better thought leader that brian crawford on this at this time. you know, continuing to lead the public discussion about these social issues. that is a number of people who are interested in this. there is discussion and engagement within the public and private academic communities and most importantly by those familiar with this. the general response has been positive. >> thank you very much. i am a great admirer and it strikes me that it feels like we are building a hammer at a time and we don't expect the next worst look like those. the energy and investment that seems to be going through this kind of innovation, one in the future we don't always know how to experience it. what we really need to think about is investing in some kind of multilateral engaged strategy that makes other kinds of institutional changes about this. if we convey this to our congressional leadership, and the best way to do it is to just do a bett

manchin, the joe democrat from west virginia, thanking those who came to the roundtable in lewisburgtoday and voiced their concerns and common sense ideas. you can find more of those tweets from members on our twitter page, twitter.com/c- span. just click on list, you will find them. let's go back to the phone. here is orlando and michael. thanks for waiting. >> my comment is basically i'm in a very bad situation myself. the laws in florida leave you in a very bad situation with work injuries. i ended up settling a case, and at this point, now, i have issues with my spine, and i have issues with dizziness, and i have no insurance. i have no idea what to do at this point. >> to you know if the new healthcare law will help your situation at all? >> because i do not have insurance at all, i am in a particularly bad situation. i have dizzy spells. i lose consciousness, and i have no insurance. i have called all over the place to try to get help, and i cannot get that help. >> michael, good luck to you. we go to will on our republican line, who is in san antonio, texas. good evening. >> g