oh, councilmember zarda, do you accept the nomination? >> yes, i accept the nomination. thank you, yes. >> okay. do we have any other nominations? all right, then. if we don't have a ton of competition, but we'll still do our secret ballot. >> okay. the results of the election, we have four votes for derek and one absentee. >> okay, congratulations, derek. >> thank you very much. (applause) >> i didn't give you an opportunity to speak before the vote. would you like to say a few words now? >> yes, i would. first i'd like to thank my fellow councilmembers for your support. it has been an honor since first starting serving on this council this past fall. i wanted to thank the mayor's office staff for their support. i really want to address you in the crowd, everyone here today, everyone on the bridge line, everybody watching on tv whether this be live or on a repeat. everybody who is watching this on an online stream or watching this as an archive, i want to let everybody know that i'm going to be working very hard with our co-chair and our council to make sure that this c

the i's have it the next nomination is for vice president >> madam president i'd like to nominate you for vice president of the commission. >> did i hear a second and so second. >> are there any other nominations? okay hearing no one all in favor, say i. i >> against. >> all right. let's moved and just for expedientcy. >> thank you. >> congratulations new officers. >> thank you. i'll thank you for the opportunity to make a brief statement first of all, i think all our commissioners commissioner melara thank you but in my two years of learning i'll be able to carry on our mission to support the commission of the department in the work we have to do. we're very fortunate to have your staff and its only apartment but we're going to ask him we ask each of our commissioners to tell us what they want to serve on we've built a strong team in our committee structures the structures have matured where we hear indebted and have at the commission level the highest i levels of information we've received i'd like to have it continued and obviously our two large hospitals have joint committees we h

the miller nomination is confirmed. the question is on the anthony nomination. who yields time? without objection, the time is yielded back. the question is on the anthony nomination, all in favor say aye. all opposed nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes have it. the anthony nomination is confirmed. the question is on the yohannes nomination. who yields time? without objection, all time is yielded back. the question is on the yohannes nomination. all those in favor say aye. opposed nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes have it. the yohannes nomination is confirmed. the senate will be in order. under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table. the president is immediately notified of the senate action. the senate will resume legislative business. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. reed: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senior senator from rhode island is recognized. the senate will be in order. mr. reed: mr. president, i would ask to dispense of the calling of the roll. the presidi

no further motions be in order to the nominations that any statements related to the nominations be printed in the record, and president obama be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to executive session to consider calendars number 760 761 762 763, and 764 and all nominations on the secretary's desk in the coast guard. that the nominations be confirmed en bloc, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate and no further motions be in order to any of the nominations and that the president be immediately notified of the senate's expaks the senate then resume legislative session -- action and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent that we proceed now to s. res. 422. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 422, to authorize written testimony document production and representation i

the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, cheryl h. lippman of tennessee to be united states district judge. mr. reid: mr. president, i have the cloture motion that i would ask be reported. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to tpwroeu a close the debate on the nomination of cheryl h. lippman of tennessee to be united states judge for the western district of tennessee, signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. reid: i ask reading of the names be waived, mr. president. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: might have to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the question. the motion is agreed to. before the motion is agreed to all in favor say aye. opposed, nay. the motion is agreed to. the ayes ha

ready for this nomination fight.the ins and outs of obama care, the negatives yet to come. the things that haven't yet been revealed, perhaps. what about this fight to come? >> well, there probably will be a fight, the fight will be more over obamacare than over sylvia burwell. the here is that they're boasting large numbers but many of them are are in medicaid. not very many of them are newly insured. about 20% of them have not paid. so you have all sorts of shoes to drop on what will happen on obamacare before we know what the final number is. several of the wall street firms are already predicted that they will be well short of the 9 million that some people are talking about. >> and the other question is, some of these states dealing with all of the ins and outs. narrow networks and how people get healthcare as opposed to health insurance. >> that's right. you have a very narrow network. you have got a lot of hospitals and a lot of doctors that do not participate. there is one county in florida with 250,000 child

i am a conservative and if i'm nominated i will govern you as a conservative.in 1984 the republican convention in dallas texas i'm there with howard phillips president chairman of the conservative caucus and dan rather interviews as one night on television. so he asked us about the vice president we explained he is not in our opinion a conservative for this reason, this reason this reason and the next night dan rather has george h.w. bush the vice president on and he says vice president last night i had howard phillips and richard viguerie on and they say you're not a conservative for these various reasons. what do you say? are you conservative? i had to chuckle when i think of his answer. guess dan i am not -- i am a conservative that i am am not a not about it and he certainly wasn't. he was sworn in at noon january 20, 1989. by sundown that very day every reaganites in the reagan administration that could be identified was fired. not in the coming days or weeks. that day in the first five hours by sundown they had politically executed every reaganites. you c

the clerk: nominations, the judiciary, cheryl h. lipman of tennessee to be united states district judge for the western district of tennessee. stanley allen bastian of washington to be united states district judge for the eastern district of washington. manishs. shah of illinois to be united states district judge for the northern district of illinois. daniel d. crabtree of kansas to be united states district judge for the district of kansas. cynthia ann bashant of california to be united states district judge for the southern district of california. jon david levy of maine to be united states district judge for the district of maine. department of defense, robert o. work of virginia to be deputy secretary. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i have not had the opportunity, and it's my fault, to speak to the chairman of the judiciary committee, but hoping that he won't be upset, i ask consent that the two minutes prior to this first vote be yielded back and then i will talk to senator leahy to see how he feels about

valls, the prime minister nominated by the president, francois hollande.he has made no secret of his own presidential ambitions. it alls has never made secret that he plans on running for president one day. he ran against france ocalan during the socialist primary before the -- against francois hollande during the socialist primary before the last election. of the french press has been saying that hollande nominated him somewhat halfheartedly. he didn't want to get rid of is very loyal friend, the former prime minister. he had other candidates in mind. a lot of the media say that along didn't really have -- that allande really didn't have choice, but he set up a mechanism to protect himself from valls, nominated a lot of his very close allies during this week's government reshuffle. >> a lot of people are wondering if manuel valls will become a political rival of francois hollande soon. >> people wonder what is going on in manuel valls' head. you see this very sly look. they wonder if it could be a rivalry similar to -- and nicolas sarkozy. there is a sort

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she was booked on our show and lo and behold today she gets nominated for her tony. >> she's already won twice. >> we planned that. >> yes, we knew it might happen. >> happy for her. so happy for her. affordable mother's day gifts coming up soon. >> and drop a dress size by memorial day. the summer concert series list came out. i always wait for this, because even though we work here, we don't know who is coming. but now we do. the list is crazy awesome. we have -- >> very excited. >> mariah carey. we happen to have tim mcgraw, rascal flats, among many. pharrell, train. ♪ because i'm happy >> he's going to sing that. you know he is. and ed sheeren is here. jennifer hudson, one republic. we have lil' mix. >> i love lil' mix. who is lil' mix. >> you'll love him. neon trees, the list is so long. maroon 5. they're all going to be awesome. get ready in may. may 16th starting with mariah. get on down here. >> what happens right after that is the tonys on another network, but always happy to celebrate broadway, june 8th, incredible hugh jackman will host the tony awards. he put aside a tick

and here is the statement you knew was coming: i think it is time to nominate another reaganite. my question is who should that be? >> thank you, morton. well said. in this very building, dr. lee edwards some years ago had a panel discussion on one of his 20-plus books he has written. i remember frank shakespeare was in the audience. and he said all of the years we have had the conservative movement we have only thrown up one principal conservative and why haven't the republicans done a better job and no one had the answer. i didn't at that time. i am very encouraged, morton, going forward. since 1984, we have seldom had a major top tear conservative running for the republican nomination. we have had good conservatives, but many, if not most, were not top tier. in 2016, i think we will have a traffic jam of limited government constitutional conservatives running for president. without giving away who my favorite candidate is and i can be happy with many of them. what i do is market. and that is what i have done for 50 years. when you have a product or cause if you want to be succ

the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate equally divided in the usual form prior to a vote on the lu nomination. the presiding officer: without objection, all time is yielded back. under the previous order, the question occurs on the lu nomination. all those in favor signify by saying aye. opposed? the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table, the senate will be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate will resume legislative session. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of h.r. 3979, which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 333, h.r. 3979, an act to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 and so forth. the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. kaine: mr. president, i rise to talk about a whole series of issues, including unemployment insura

the nomination is confirmed. the question is on the wu nomination. all in favor say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. the question is on the birx nomination. all in favor say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid on the table. the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate resumes legislative session. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. mr. heinrich: mr. president, i can remember my first job like it was yesterday. i worked as a busboy at a local family restaurant during our small town fair. and while that job only lasted a few days, i still remember how incredibly proud yfs to have earned a few dollars myself. the next year that same family hired me to bus tables and wash dishes year round at their family restaurant. and i soon went

adopting instead of bottom up nomination system that involves both members of the party and the. the new politics alliance for democracy is expected to make a final decision on the nomination system this week. his announcement comes one day after the presidential office of saliva turned down his request to meet with president i can pay for talks on scrapping or top down since the us. the ruling party criticized the opposition party accusing it of playing politics with the issue and overturning numerous places honey can. i don't use. chris fiscal soundness worsened slightly last year something the government is contributing to you arise in the country's national debt and it also projects that the problem will only get worse with the nation's lower birth rate and higher expected welfare spending on ga has to teach us. korea's finance ministry said tuesday that the nation's sovereign debt including that and regional governments came to around four hundred eighty three trillion won or roughly four and sixteen billion us dollars last year. that is up around forty billion dollars from

they've been nominated. hunters all over the world are without ambassadors from the united states. -- countries all over the world. where would we be if we had not changed those rules? it's kind of slow because of the inordinate amount of time that where consulate eating up. no longer that my friend from iowa talks, the more reason is that maybe we should change the rules more than what we did. so unless something changes we are going to vote tomorrow at 5:00, three votes your 5:00 on friday. >> madam president? >> the senator from kentucky. >> i think it's important all of this in context. my good friend of the majority leader broke his word last you a said we have settled the issue of what the rules were going to be for the senate for this congress. he then broke the senate rules in order to change the senate rules, setting a very unfortunate precedent, and continue to abuse the senate rules by using th a device calld filling up the tree to prevent members of the senate from his party and from our party fr

there is no reason to delay the nomination. there is no reason to delay the nomination that would allow the division into the department of labor. the ambassador university professor, researcher so madam president, it's i'm sure a little difficult for people watching this to understand why republicans are demanding that we waste time because that's all it is but i guess the american people have become accustomed to wasting time. that's what they tried to do for five years. we have wasted because of stuff like this. the staff has to be here. we have wasted so much time we could be working on important issues. when republicans come to the floor we want amendments. we spend so much time on this we have wasted thousands of hours during the five years and that is unfortunate when they've been close to establishing so much. so i would ask unanimous consent but at a time until 4:00 today be controlled and at 4:00 all the time be yielded back on the senate and i'm sorry, on the senate proceeded to vote with no intervening action or deb

italy nominates three women to chair some of its biggest companies. on titan aerospace classead the internet. goes on sale for one day only in the u.s.. sale for one on day only in the u.s. francine lacqua is off today. whenever he for you? the hollywood heavyweight behind parts of the caribbean and top gun tells us why his money is still on sequels. cutting edge kitchens. we're going to check out the slick surface that is designed to save you space. check that out. let's get this a more serious matters now. as tensions simmer in eastern ukraine, the effect is being felt on the ukrainian economy. editor david tweed is in berlin. it was a reaction to that, first of all. >> three percentage points is not a small increase. the rather large one. if you look at the markets you can see what a slight reaction. the currencies are dong -- are down. not really much to talk about. investors are saying that they want to see a resolution to this whole situation in ukraine to four they're going to start moving back into that particular droves.nt in very thinly trad

the presiding officer: the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, michelle t. freedland of california to be united states circuit judge for the ninth circuit. mr. reid: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of m. shell t. freedland to be circuit judge. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all in favor say aye. all opposed, say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 613. the presiding o

seven party was quick to pass the criticism but this too will atop the same type of system for nominating candidates for local elections in june political correspondent and field reports and how it may now be politics as usual the main opposition the apologists alliance for democracy announced thursday that the forty will field candidates below a level administration she said how's this for the june vote elections were reversing an earlier pledge to abolish the domination system altogether. the party base that decision after opinion survey as an intra party vote the results reflect fifty percent of the hall from each site. the party member borders and opinion survey fifty three points forty four percent were in favor of the party nomination system well forty six points fifty six. what does it all in all both of the party's co leaders said they would honor the results when you from today i will do my best to win the june local elections we have a rough road ahead but i ask for the support of our party members and we do not bring about reform. we will not win in the next presidential electi

does anyone second the nomination? >> i second it. >> great. are there other nominations?

if you came to me and say you are nominated for a webby. an emmyinute, i have and this is the thrill of my life. i've got a webby nomination. i went to the webby awards. it is a wonderful organization. they are all 21 years old. [laughter] and there are 7000 shows. the titles are lma" nominated for "what we build in the garage." i like to win. you always want to win. so i am numb and -- so i am honored to be a pioneer. when i got my star on the hollywood walk of fame, that was a great thrill. but my greatest thrill is to go to yours. i've known you for a long time and you have always been kind to me. we have a special, indelible thing. i would pick you to replace me at cnn, you or ryan seacrest, one or the other. familiar name, good host, and an easy segue as opposed to what they chose. but when i stood there and you got your star on the hollywood walk of fame, i felt so happy for you. in jewish, we have a great thrill when someone else has something good happen to them. we like it. kvllo. they are better words than in which words. it is to

talk with afghan expert gayle tzemach lemmon and then we will turn to a conversation with grammy nominated hip-hop artist christylez bacon about his new ourand will close conversation tonight with an amazing performance. coming up right now. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> this week officials continue to count ballots from the record number of men and women in afghanistan who went to the polls to vote in an election that may result in the first him credit transfer of power in the country's history. warning me now to talk about what this election may mean for afghanistan is gayle tzemach lemmon, who has written extensively about that country, including a new york times bestseller, "the dressmaker of khair khana. in, what doright you make of what happened, because it seems that people around the world are heralding the way these elections turned out. correction you have had an attack of good news coming out of afghanistan. people really braved all kinds of danger, physical danger for themselves and their families, to go to the ballot box. for

but can he get through a nominating process? >> john heilemann, you are the chronicler of presidential ambition, last couple of books, people running for president. there's all this talk about jeb doesn't want it, i don't think he really wants it. he just traveled across the country to go to vegas to sit in an airplane hangar and talk to a billionaire. you do that because you want to run for president. that's not an undecided act. >> you certainly do it if you want to keep the option wide open that you might want to run for president. he had a lot of personal ambivalence about running in 2012, and that was what kept him out. he wanted to stay in the private sector. he wanted to make money. this is probably his chance if he wants to take it. and in addition to going out to las vegas, he's also been going around the country giving policy speeches and starting to kind of act more and more like a candidate. but i'll come back to one thing david said a second ago and the question you asked. the one big problem for bush it seems to me

i noticed that my nomination was not going very far. it turned out senator dole the majorityo was leader from my state. he said, senators murkowski and stevens do not like your forrester policy. i am thinking, i do not even have a tree in kansas. for history policy? -- forestry policy? i went to see them. one of them said to me, how would you like it if my policy was to eliminate all the planting of wheat in the state of kansas? would you feel like supporting me for secretary of agriculture? i said, i get the point. i went to see bob dole and said, what do i do? he said, just tell them you will be fair, and i will take care of it. he took care of it will stop the point was, they try to block me because they had a reason. but the primary thing that got it through was trust. and you had a senate majority leader who supported me. he was able to persuade them what to do. resident clinton also had close relations on the hill. he should be allowed to block if they want to. in most cases, good judgment will prevail unless you burn bridges befo

i noticed my nomination was not going very far. it turned out that senator dole said we have a problem with some senators. they don't like you're forced policy. i'm thinking, i don't have a tree in kansas. the policy of the clinton-gore administration was not consistent with the view of senators murkowski and stevens. i want to see them, and one of them said to me if how would you like it if my policy was to eliminate all the planting of wheat in the state of kansas? would you support me? i said, i get the point. i went to see bob dole and said, what do i do? tell them you will take care of it. and he took care of it. the point there was they tried to block me because they had a substantive reason. trustrimary thing, it was and he was able to persuade them what to do. president clinton had close relations on the hill. they should be allowed to block if they want to, but in most aces, good judgment will prevail unless you burned bridges before and. >> there is a lot of talk about the appointment rosses. it takes a long time to get c

before she's ever showed up or was nominated.nd republicans are going to try to get out of her promises that she will be more transparent than kathleen sebelius was in the coming months. >> which is no transparent. byron york, thanks very much. >> thank you, gregg. >>> hard to believe but tuesday marks one year since the deadly boston marathon bombing. coming up, we'll go in depth with natgeo in a new docu-drama taking you inside the hunt for the boston bomber. marge: you know, there's a more enjoyable way to get your fiber. try phillips fiber good gummies. they're delicious, and a good source of fiber to help support regularity. wife: mmmm husband: these are good! marge: the tasty side of fiber. from phillips. (agent) i understand. (dad) we've never sold a house before. (agent) i'll walk you guys through every step. (dad) so if we sell, do you think we can swing it? (agent) i have the numbers right here and based on the comps that i've found, the timing is perfect. a a >>> welcome back. tuesday marking one year since the deadly

further, that following disposition of the felton nomination, the senate proceed to the mcsweeney nomination, also under the previous order. further, that following the disposition of the mcsweeney nomination, the senate proceed to executive session to consider calendars number 06, 619 and 522, that there be two minutes for debate equally divided between the two leaders or their designees prior to each vote and upon the use or yielding back of that time, the senate proceed to vote with no intervening action or debate on the nominations in the order that i have listed, that any roll call votes following the first in the series be ten minutes in length, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate, that no further motion be in order to the nominations, that any statements related to these nominations be printed in the record, and that president obama be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. so ordered. mr. reid: madam pre

that's how romney got the nomination.n's. i think he's got this one pretty much totally wrong. i think you look at the republican party and who do they nominate? they nominate the establishment candidate, the one with money. they nominated dole, bush, mccain, romney. will jeb bush have problems on immigration? of course he will. will he be able to give a series of speeches where he lays out the case that going forward the republican party has got to evolve on immigration if it wants to win the white house? i think he can do that. can he talk about common core standards which will also be a way people beat up on him, i think he can do that too and say if we want to compete in the 21st century, we've got to do it with schools that work and kids that learn. i think he can do all that. he's a better politician. he dominated in florida. i would say the question is not weather jeb bush can win or not. i think he can. the question is whether he's going to run. nobody knows. 50/50. >> ben spends a lot of time on wall street. i do

i will now call for nominations. councilmembers may nominate themselves or another member.ncilmember wong. >> yes, i'd like to nominate derek to be a co-chair or candidate. >> thank you. does anyone second the nomination? >> i second it.

now, the senate will take up burwell's nomination. the senate unanimously confirmed her for the budget director post, 94-0. president obama seemed to challenge any potential opposition, saying he assumes not much has changed since that time. g.o.p. opponents of obamacare are already signaling they will ramp up the fight against the law. the republican senator mitch mcconnell says he hopes the nomination is the source of discussion of what is happening. chris wallace is live in washington. ed henry is live in washington but they don't speak so they're on different cameras. ed, the president cheered sebelius and the healthcare law, saying we got all these numbers up. she did a good job. it's working. >> certainly. you saw the secretary struggling to literally turn the pain, but metaphor include they saw this as a chance to say the leadershipping changing, over seven million signups and maybe their getting some momentum behind the law and secretary sebelius talked about all the hard work that went into fixing the miscures and now they're

that she saw the nomination -- sought the nomination. he endorsed francois hollande and became his campaign spokesman. wolman he of the old guard despises him, he has proven popular with voters, consistently topping opinion polls as france's favorite politician. readings -- approval ratings have slipped. he is preparing to speed up economic reforms. weeks before france must present a detailed plans in brussels to deficit.n its >> the naming of the new prime minister comes a day after the socialists lost more than 150 towns and cities to the right or far right. a look atush takes some political reaction to these appointments. is a well-known strategy amongst french presidents. in times of crisis, playing the prime minister. after a crushing weekend at the poll, some say the shakeup isn't enough to save francois hollande's government. clark's the reaction is essentially political suicide. -- >> the reaction is essentially political suicide. we will eventually see a minority in the country. >> accused of amateurism, he is seen as lacking th

he was nominated by george w. bush. and during the george w. bush administration, the marquee legal issues of that era were obviously on national security issues. really fundamental, really big picture questions. can the united states government lock someone up forever without putting him on trial? bush administration tried to create a whole new legal system where you would not be allowed to see the evidence against you, they could use hearsay against you, and they could torture you to say things to be used against you. and the u.s. government did not just offer them as policy suggestions, they started doing this stuff. and then the best lawyers in the country scrambled and ended up working on these new legal questions that were posed by the government's totally radical and unprecedented actions. and to work on those constitutional questions did not mean that you were siding with the defendants or the prisoners in those terrorism cases. it meant you were arguing the points of the law. you were arguing a whole new legal field that had been creat

and i have the great pleasure to introduce kevin gogan who is going to present steven youn's nomination, thank you. [ applause ] >> it is a pleasure to introduce to you steve youn the community out reach worker at washington high school who is known as the asian guy with the pony tail, being a chow could be the most exciting job in the school wellness center because at a moment's notice, the chow needs to know when to send the student back to class and when to get a student in a confidential space fast and when it is okay to have the student stay right where he or she is, last year alone, steve welcomed 850 students of the washington high school student body into the wellness program, he has the largest number of youth out reach workers of any site and organized it to complete over 100 events, classroom presentations films, names rntion projects and quilt displays and affairs. he chanedles it with the calm demeanor and also completed a master's degree with marriage and family therapy and nearly done accruing the hours to take the licensing test. >> as one colleague wrote to me today, st

tell us about the nomination of silvio burwell, president obama nominating the office of budget director. what is your background, and what does she know about health. issues? at ther one year serving office of management and budget and the obama administration, and she can get foundation. prior to that she worked at walmart and the gates foundation, and she worked the entire clinton administration. this is a big economic --agement that ground background. management is more her thing been health care. hs needs rightt hsh now. they need to write the ship on healthcare.gov and the of and will addition of the affordable care act. >> and she gets through the senate, what committees will be holding hearings? when do you expect to see those hearings held? >> shall have to go through the senate finance committee, with overseas and the addition of the entire -- the implementation of the entire staff. ais is probably going to be very different process. the republicans are going to use the confirmation hearing at her vote on the senate floor to litigate the health care law. one significant point t

the question is: is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of daniel d. crabtree of kansas to be the united states district judge for the district of kansas, shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote? if not, the ayes are 57, the nays are 39, and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of cynthia ann bashant of california to be united states district judge for the southern district of california, signed by 18 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of cynthia ann bashant of california to be united states district judge for

. >>> kathleen sebelius resigns and president obama nominates her replacement. >>> what caused a fedex truck to veer across a highway to crash into a bus and killing ten people in california. >> new atonemen developments dee ukraine crisis. we learn today that american, european, russian and ukrainian diplomats will meet next week to search for a solution to the crisis. meanwhile the crimean vice presidential went on a charm defense today. >> exhausted miners return to the surface after a tragic shift. below ground a gas explosion killing nine of their colleague, the risks faced by those trying to make a living. >> the quality of life is low here. it was the same with the last government and the government which is now in place. we don't recognize them, and we think that they're going to make it worse. there will be no better life for us here. >> reporter: coal mine something one of the main industries here in the industrial heartland that is eastern ukraine. it is recorded as one of the most dangerous in the world. people have long complained about working conditions and pay. and some

usually i'm not for hearings or nominations, the nomination process, to actually push forward a politicalgenda. but there's been so much misinformation out there, regarding the affordable care act, and the president made several promises, rich, on what would happen. that the affordable care act would be affordable. if not, it would cut the deficit. it hasn't. people have lost jobs. >> hold on a second, angela. >> and you can keep your insurance plan. >> i don't want you to get away with that. i'm not going to let you get away with that. >> go ahead. >> the misinformation we have seen about the affordable care act is all coming from are your side and the far extreme. death panels, you're not going to be able to go to the doctor. your premiums are going to sky rocket through the roof. all those things are not true. >> it has happened, my friend. >> millions have gotten health care, 3 million on their parents' health care insurance and 7 million folks with now affordable health care coverage and they can finally see a doctor and that is something all americans should celebrate, whether you'r

she was confirmed 96-0 when she was nominated to that post. but it wasn't without some bumps. i want to play a little bit of an interchange between her and gop senator jeff sessions who is now raising concerns he thinks her nomination represents the president wants a political ally in this new post heading up hhs. and he's afraid she won't say no to the president if it's necessary. he says it's in light of context of the questioning about some budget issues. here's a little bit of that exchange. >> so you're proposing that we all -- so you can spend $56 billion more next year alone. >> what we are proposing -- >> yes or no, is that correct? >> we propose -- >> can't you answer that question simply yes or no? do you propose to spend $56 billion more than murray allows. and you're proposing we change ron murray to allow you to do so, yes or no? >> senator, we do propose a change in the law that would be fully paid for that would invest in the things that we believe are necessary for the economic health of the nation. >> you're refusing to answer it. i will answer it. the answer

he told his college girlfriend sometime shortly before lincoln was nominated that insanity has not yet changed its format for me from run the politics. i will occupy myself very pleasantly into early hating both sides and abusing the particular company of the company and happen to be an. when the company is divided i will say with murky she'll a plague on both your houses. this position of dignified neutrality i expect to hold for quite some time unless lincoln is nominated in chicago. that said, pay like his new status did pretty much from the day he arrived there who. anybody who has never met a young house-senate our white house staffer would recognize a certain quality. days after he moved into the white house when he dashed a letter of to his old college girlfriend and providence. he did so on executive mansions stationery and said, if you do choose to write me back will get your letter addressed hobson care of the president washington d.c. so at willard's hotel where he and nikolai would take their data every evening for the most part this unless they dined with the president the

let's say assume she'll get through the nomination. meanwhile this transition, you're right, kathleen sebelius had faced calls for her head ever singles october, and the debacle, her words o words, of e healthcare.gov roll out. let's listen. >> this is the most meaningful work i've ever been a part off. in fact, it's been the cause of my life. i knew it wouldn't be easy. there is a reason that no earlier president was successful in passing health reform. but throughout the legislative battles, the supreme court challenge, a contentious re-election and years of votes to during back the clock we are making progress. >> reporter: and tony, it's interesting. you mentioned it's not only republicans but some democrats were nervous behind the scenes. this has cost democrats. there has been suffering and a danger in the democratic view that they're going to lose control of the senate come november election. many of them wanted to see a clean slate. many of them wanted to them to turn the page. it just sow happens this turns out to be good news

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this guy's been nominated for an academy award two years in a a row.ve him so much. bradley cooper is here tonight! [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: nice, funny, smart. wait, love that guy. >> jimmy: love the movie too. great movie. he and i are going to play an all-star game of charades later on in the show. [ light laughter ] yeah, if you've ever seen him do charades. i've never seen that. and also there might be a a special guest. [ cheers and applause ] and we are going to feature -- also tonight, i'm excited about this. this is always fun. when you think of doing talk shows and you watch talk shows you want to do the animals, like an animal crawls and urinates on you. [ light laughter ] that's a dream that you have. and then the other one is getting young kids to come on and do bits with young kids, especially smart kids. we have young inventors -- they're coming on. [ applause ] some really cool inventions. i'm going to show some of my inventions too. >> steve: okay. >> jimmy: i think they're pretty good. it is better than the cranberry slice on

president's nomination of budget director sylvia burwell to replace her and where obama care goes from here. with two members of the senate committee that will hold confirmation hearings. republican tim scott