senate -- and only the united states senate -- to confirm, advise, and consent appointments by the president of the united states that requires the confirmation of the united states senate. the senate foreign relations committee, which i am honored to serve on and to act as the ranking democrat, has acted, i think, in a very responsible manner in scheduling hearings and taking action on the nominations that have been submitted by president obama. and i want to thank senator corker. he has scheduled these hearings, i think in a very timely way and scheduled markups in our committee so that we can make our recommendations to the full senate. but, mr. president, that's not true of the senate as a body. there are currently 16 -- 16 -- highly qualified nominees that have been recommended for senate confirmation, none of which are controversial, that are awaiting action on the floor of the united states senate. some of these nominees have been waiting as long as ten months, almost a year, for action by the united states senate. and let me repeat that. not one of these

senate majority leader of the mississippi. ray maybe business is our ex-governor. chairman of the appropriations in the united states senate is senator thad cochran. y'all hearing this? congressman thompson is ranking member in the house on homeland security. for my fellow veterans over here, one of the most important pieces of veteran legislation ever was montgomery g.i. bill sponsored by senator montgomery from mississippi. how bus a state with less than 1% of the population have all that power? because we understand relationships which i what i think no labels is all b when somebody from mississippi meets you, they will ask you two questions, where are you from, and who is your family. within five minutes i will know somebody that you know. we don't call it networking. we call it relationship building in mississippi. if the whole country adopts and adapts to that way of thinking being friends with people regardless of party that is how we will move this entire nation

postcard for a couple of years after i signed affidavit, and then right after god elected to the state senate, then i think there was some communication between the carnahan congressional office and the federal election commission. once i got to the state senate, since it has for your terms that would've been very easy for me to run for congress in like an off cycle for me. and so i don't know if i'd do if i was targeted. i know that i asked the card hands to drop the complaint a few days after i lost to him. i remember the meeting like it was yesterday. i told her i will endorse your compiler raise money for you but i will get my volunteers to help you. you think he would drop the complaint? because i knew. and they replied that the missile had already left the site of a. and so i think there is doubtfully a danger to candidates that take on the establishment, a take on powerful people. we have seen lots of instances of this sort of thing, and when you go into public life, to some extent just accept that as, you know, one potential price. but the fact is i committed a crime and even though i

year's higher documentary when i was here in school and it was an aspiring i chose to run for the arkansas state senate here and iran a very progressive gas -- grass-roots campaign against the and the tories the vindictive states senator here in arkansas we were not successful to win the election but we did have a big impact i feel i left very inspired and i'm still involved in what to do more in my campaign prison reform and parole reform played an important role because here in arkansas we have the fastest growing population in the country right now was 17-point 3% growth rate to after we were degreasing the present population. tragic incidents occur within knee-jerk reactionary policies put into place that completely reversed the trend. my question is, hypothetically a young progressive candidate what could they do connect this issue with the voters? is a the embassy message? and was strategy's you have? >>. >> i am glad to hear your so inspired you should come back to try to run again. letting this argument is the best one. i don't necessarily think that is the most inspiring if you have certain ty

the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, in the year of 1789 in the united states senate in a chamber not far from here the senate approved the first 10 amendments to the constitution. the second amendment reads, "well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." the second amendment to the constitution, an amendment which has been honored and debated and litigated over the entire history of the united states. whatever the true intent of our founding fathers in writing that language, that brief sentence, i wonder if they could even imagine what we are dealing with today in the name of the right of people to keep and bear arms? because, you see, mr. president, every day on average in america 297 people are shot -- every day. 89 die every day in america. last saturday i was with my wife in chicago having a cup of coffee and reading over the papers, listening to national public radio, and they reported the roseburg, oregon, shooting at the community college. and they cited a s

the washington post endorses democrat jeremy mcpike for state senate. applauding mcpike's "ideas about getting traffic moving." the post warns republican hal parrish "holds rigid positions against medicaid expansion and common-sense gun safety." and parrish was the deciding v to restrict women's health clinics in manassas, forcing women to go elsewhere for cancer screenings and birth control. jerecpmy m is the better choice. i'm jeremy mcpike, candidate for state senate, and i sponsored this ad. >>> residence in a troubled dc neighborhood have had enough of the violence. >> a murder on dix street near 53rd street northeast. 35-year-old leon junior was shot. it's just the latest killing in a string of recent violence. on tuesday the woman was stabbed in the back on the very same block. expected to survive. and yesterday a woman was killed a mile and a half away. even though they are fed up, no one wants to be seen talking about it. >>> after the father of the slain news reporter sent a message to the state senator about his support for gun owner rights, t

that's the united states senate he's talking about. he has one of the most sought-after jobs on the planet. one of the most sought-after jobs in history. daniel webster's old job, united states senator, henry clay, john f. kennedy, bobby kennedy. it's a dream come true for almost everyone who's ever had that job. but not marco rubio. just like everyone else who's a senator today, marco rubio had to spend years begging for money, massive amounts of money, tens of millions of dollars to then finance a grueling campaign, and in his case, a grueling campaign in a very large state. >> god bless you, thank you and god bless america. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. >> why did he do all that? just for that? that lekd bask in the applause of his campaign victory speech? we now know that marco rubio did not spend years begging people for money to fund his senate campaign so he could get washington and do the work that he loves, representing the 20 million people of the state of florida. he doesn't love that work. he just told us that t

the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mr. burr: madam president, you know, the united states senate functions best when members are free to come to the floor and offer amendments, debate the amendments and have a vote on the amendments. i might even share senator wyden's concerns about that particular piece of legislation. i'm not sure. it's a judiciary issue. the vice chair is on the judiciary committee. it's an amendment that we were not able to pass in the managers' amendment. but as the vice chair and i said at the beginning of this process , we would like the senate to function like it's designed, where every member feels invested, that if they've got a great idea, come down, introduce it as an amendment, debate it and let your colleagues vote up or down against it. if we can't move forward with a process like that, then it's difficult to see how in a reasonable amount of time we're going to complete this agenda. so i would only urge my colleague from oregon, there's nothing to be scared about. this is a -- this is a process we will go through and a nongermane amendment,

the better choice. i'm jeremy mcpike, candidate for state senate, and i sponsored this ad. >>> we have breaking news on e outer loop of the beltway. maryland state police are trying to figure out who hit a trooper's car and then took off. they're searching for who did it. >>> derrick ward at the site of an accident. any new word? >> reporter: the scene is cleared. this is very different from the scene. not too long ago it was around 4:00 a.m. this morning when this happened. we're on the outer loop. you're looking at the outer loop of the beltway near the allen town road exit near andrews air force base. we can clarify a little bit. the car that you see in the video being toed away appears to be the striking vehicle. the trooper's vehicle, which was a marked trooper's krierz wcrui up the road. both vehicles have been toed away. we're told that the driver of the striking scene has left here. there was a brief search that ensued. apparently now they have move off to another phase of the investigation into this, but we're told that the trooper was not injured. we don't know about the condition of the other

the washington post endorses democrat jeremy mcpike for state senate. lauding mcpike's "ideas about getting traffic moving." the post warns republican hal parrish "holds rigid positions against medicaid expansion and common-sense gun safety." and parrish was the deciding vote to restrict women's health clinics in manassas, forcing women to go elsewhere for cancer screenings and birth control. jeremy mcpike is the better choice. i'm jeremy mcpike, candidate for state senate, and i sponsored this ad. narratorjeremy mcpike -ate, who csupports school funding.e, thinks women should make their own health care decisions. and favors background checks on all gun sales. hal parrish? as mayor, he slashed education. fought to block women's health clinics. parrish gets an "a" from the gun lobby - they oppose background checks to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. virginia extreme or mainstream? vote mcpike for virginia. feinblatt: everytown for gun safety action fund sponsored this ad. you may think all people who run for office are pretty much the same.

the prison. jack/ots: governor branstad wants to privatize medicaid. that plan has some iowans and state senator rob hogg asking how this will benefit everyone. hogg is also the chair of the state senate oversight committee. in an email to governor branstad, hogg asks for specific details on his plan. hogg says that he and other iowans doubt that this plan will save money and on behalf of the oversight committee he is formally asking for evidence that privatizing medicaid will save the state millions of dollars. jack: local 5 asked the governor about his plan during his weekly press conference today. under the umbrella of medicaid, is a program called hawk-i. it's an option for families who need insurance for their kids. "22:48:51- why would you consider transferring the administration of that program to out of state companies? 22:49:10 branstad - we're doing what 25 other states have done. going to a manages care system to better coordinate benefits. " jack: the hawk-i board was not asked if it approves of the governor's decision to try and privatize the hawk-i program. some of the board member

the better choice. i'm jeremy mcpike, candidate for state senate, and i sponsored this ad. i'm jeremy mcpike, candidate for state senate, as mayor, parrishrrish cut school funding nearly three million dollars. reading and science scores fell. parrish said no to opening new women's health clinics, denying access to cancer screenings and breast exams. so instead of dealing with the economy and jobs, parrish will join with the richmond extremists to slash education and threaten women's health care. hal parrish -- too extreme for virginia. feinblatt: everytown for gun safety action fund sponsored this ad. >>> he spent his life trying to protect the community. he died at his own house when his stepson got angry about yardwork. now joseph newell's name will be seen by all detectives who work at the same space he once did. chris gordon with the special dedication. >> it is a fitting tribute to his 24 years of service to the community and the metropolitan police department. a plaque with the pictures of slain detective joseph newell now looks over the new office of the investigators

i know that my colleague from -- the senior senator from the r great state of washington is on a short time frame, so before i proceed with my remarks, i'd like to yield the floor to senator murray. mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: mr. president, i am delighted to be here with my colleagues, and i want to thank the senator from north dakota for her exhilaration. we all share that because of the vote last night in the house overwhelmingly in support of ex-im. i'm here today to reiterate my strong support for reauthorization of the export-import bank, and i do p a plawd the members of the house who -- applaud the members of the house who easily passed a reauthorization bill last night. you know, it's actually easy to see why the bill got so much support. it is good for american jobs. it is good for small businesses. and it reduces our national debt. and the fact that republican leadership has let this program go dark for so long, held hostage by political pandering, is outrageous. the longer ex-im is shuttered, the more it hurts

the verdict is reached. stephanie/ots: iowa's governor wants to privatize medicaid. that plan has some iowans and state senator rob hogg asking how this will benefit everyone. hogg is also the chair of the state senate oversight committee. in an email to governrn branstad, hogg asks for specific details on his plan. hogg says that he and other iowans doubt that this plan will save money and on behalf of the oversight committee he is quote, "formally asking you to release the evidence you used to calculate privatizing medicaid will save the state of iowa government $50 million in the first six months of 2016." stephanie: local 5 made it a point to ask the governor about his plan during his weekly press conference today... under the umbrella of medicaid healthcare, is a program called hawk-i. hawk-i is an option for families who need insurance for their kids. "22:48:51 amanda - why would you consider transferring the administration of that program to out of state companies? 22:49:10 branstad - we're doing what 25 other states have done. going to a manages care system to better coordinate benefits. " stephanie: t

the senator is correct. mr. burr: mr. president, i thank senator udall. he's the cosponsor of the permanent reauthorization of the land and water conservation fund. and i came to the united states senate prior to the expiration of the land and water conservation fund in a hope that my colleagues would give it a 60-day extension. it has now expired. a 60-day extension on an expired act isn't even an offer that's on the table. and let me, for my colleagues, just remind you that the land and water conservation fund has been around a long time, 50 years. and there are some that say, well, they got $20 billion in the fund, why don't they just draw on it? it's because they receive about $900 million a year in royalties off of offshore exploration of energy. congress in their infinite wisdom said if we're going to tap our natural resources, we're going to put some of the royalties into that back end of conservation. the unfortunate thing is they've never gotten $900 million a yeer. our appropriators in the congress of the united states has seen fit to give them on average over the life of this fund about $390 million a year. some of my colleague suggested well, there's a fund over, th

and unfortunately in this confidence-building exercise, the united states senate, led by our colleaguesoss the aisle have failed in that confidence-building exercise. what they have done is reinforce the belief that there are members of the united states senate who believe that local jurisdictions can openly defy federal law and that there will be no recourse, no accountability. mr. president, it's frankly hard for me to understand how our democratic colleagues can in good conscience block this legislation given some of the horrific crimes that occurred like that committed against kate steinle of san francisco, but there are many, many, many tragic examples of this happening over and over again in our country, and this was our opportunity to do something about it, but unfortunately for reasons unbeknownst to me, our democratic colleagues will not even allow us to pass a bill which holds jurisdictions who refuse to enforce current federal law, to hold them accountable. mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president, i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the c

the state's growing opiate crisis. the governor appointed a task force to come up with a strategy. the state senate passed a bill that's calling for a screening of students and considers doctors use an alternative. >>> a former hockey coach is due back in court today. prosecutors say 61-year-old robert richardson began sexual assaulting a boy in 1991 when he was just 13. the victim brought the matter to police last year and richardson was indicted last month. in 2005 he was acquitted on similar charges involved another boy whom he met while running a camp at boston university. >>> three family members are facing charges of animal cruelty in west port. police found two dead dogs and a dead lizard in a filthy host infested with fleas. the home belonged to nicole botolo and steven botolo. both are facing six counts of cruelty. a 17-year-old relative has been summoned to court. >>> just ahead, a late night for the bruins out west. >> facing off against the avalanche, could they finally sore their first win? >> the weird play that had blue >>> welcome back. it's 6:52. a late night for bruin s fans. they

shot gramm the state senator. stand-up. what of my talking about? ke everybody else stand up. feel free to grab a pen. or grab a pedal. every ready to play? he officiated the chief of staff wedding and spoke 47 minutes before getting into the boughs. fact or fiction? >> let's see if they can make up some ground with number two. while in moscow will he bought a puppy and named him senator. number three joe biden has said official vice-presidential segue that they codenamed cherry it to fact or fiction? nice try. number four. fact or fiction? fact or fiction. >> you cannot make that crap but. >> you are in the lead. kennedy: maybe playing games is not your strong suit. kennedy: number five during his first foul read joe biden's dr. a trade relations seven where it dracula costume fact or fiction?. kennedy: to a point that these. >> you make up bizarre items. all of your weird things it is too weird not to be true. kennedy: joe biden and ran for a senate seat while still too young to have a senate seat nobody got that right. he was 38 and eligible by th

the better choice. i'm jeremy mcpike, candidate for state senate and i sponsored this ad. >>> and we have an update in fort lauderdale where things are starting to get back to normal at the airport. just hours after a plane caught fire on the runway. 20 people were hurt when the engine on the boeing 767 went up in flames just before takeoff on an air dynamic flight that had been taxiing. it was heading to caracas, venezuela. pilots from another plane saw they saw fuel leaking behind the jet before the fire, but no word yet on what caused it to ignite. >>>? arkansas the faa is looking into a small plane crash that killed four people just after takeoff today. the plane took off from the regional airport 70 miles northwest of little rock. it went down in a rural res deshl area and all four who died were on the plane and investigators say the plane was bound for knoxville tennessee. they don't know yet what went wrong. >> and a former student at an elite prep school was just sentenced to a year in jail for sexually assaulting for younger classmate. owen lebree's conviction made

the most powerful force in my state. the year 2015 has been a very emotional year for those of us in south carolina and i serve as a south carolina state senate where it was especially so. i will share with you some observations about a couple of changes that we saw and understand that change in the south is often coupled with tragedy. it's often crippled with tragedy in the winter of 2015 our session run from january to june and my senate seat and others decided to make bicameral legislation a priority. we met with serious resistance. little action and the bill dwelled in committee. in april, of 2015, a man by the name of walter scott was shot and killed in north charleston, south carolina. the reaction initially was that there had been some resistance and of the officer had had to shoot mr. scott, but a video came out shortly that showed that mr. scott while disobeying the police officer was attempting to flee and frankly, flee in a not very quick manner and was shot in the back and shot multiple times. it was a tragedy. it was a horrific incident in our state's. before that had happened, we would often hear that that is not what happened i

the united states. the fcc fcc calls the decision unlawful. >> because of that there's no competition, no choice, no service. >> republican state senator janice bowling is a supporter of broadband. >> they hold tremendous power and there have been cobbled together efforts in parts of tennessee at a time. dollars have gone to lobbyists to defeat it. very few things have been able to get past it. >> senator bowling will propose legislation in 2016 that will strike the clause from tennessee law which prohibits epb from expanding into rural areas. she tried to produce the law this year but at the last minute there was aing amendment fair and reasonable it was not fair it was not reasonable it was a poison pill. they could have taken over the bill in a matter of seconds. >> we reached out to at&t president joelle phillips. her spokesperson said quote, they should be limited to locations where no precise sector services are available and not likely to be available in a reasonable time frame. government money should not be used to compete with the private sector which has a proven history of funding, building, operating and upgrading broadband netwo

state and so much to me personally. on this occasion on the floor of the united states senate i want to pay tribute to woody woodsite and thank him for everything he's done for his country, his state and his community. may god bless woody woodsite and may god bless the united states of america. mr. lee: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: mr. president, the budget deal before the senate today is not just a horrible piece of legislation that is undeserving of this chamber's support. it also represents the last gasping breath of a disgraced bipartisan beltway establishment on the verge of collapse. the bill is the product of an unfair, dysfunctional and fundamentally undemocratic process, a process that is virtually indistinguishable from what we promised the american people, a g.o.p.-controlled congress would bring to an end. we made that promise precisely because negotiating legislation behind closed doors without input from the majority of members and then rushing it through to final passage without debate or opportunity for amendments violates our party's core principles. it also inev

. >> i want to associate myself to the many that the senator of vermont did and i did it in our state, passed the minimum wage, living wage and went four years in a row without a penny's increase for college tuition is increase for college tuition is. >> people are disgusted with the way that money has corrupt the way that money has corrupted our political process corrupted our political process. intimidating incumbents and empowering wall street every day. >>reporter: former secretary of state butted heads with vermont senator bernie sanders on several issues including capitalism. >> i consider myself part of the casino capitalist process by which so few have so much and so many have so little by which wall street greed and recklessness effects this economy i don't. >> i think what senator sanders is saying certainly makes sense in the inequality. we are not denmark -- i love denmark. but we are the united states of america. >>reporter: the two agreed on one i shall spine the secretary american people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn e-mails. >> thank you. thank you. >>

it all started on 9/11 with the state senate voting to approve it. governor had until wednesday to decide and he did so today. with governor brown's signature, terminally ill californians will be able to legally end their lives using doctor-prescribed drugs. lawmakers passed it last month. >> in the end it kind of comes down to the same thing for everyone. what options do i want at the end of my life? >> reporter: brittany maynard became the face of the death with dignity battle. she chose to end her life with prescribed medication in oregon. but there were many others like her. jennifer glass of san mateo died nearly two months ago without a chance to end her own life with medication. her husband talked to us on the day the state senate approved the bill. >> it's still painful that i've lost her. and it would have been better if -- for me, too, if jennifer had had the death that she wanted if she could have taken a medication very close to the end. >> reporter: those who opposed the bill feared insurance companies may deny life-saving treatments for

and today the state senate voted to override the governor's veto in an attempt to revive the bill and the assembly must vote and they say his stance is all about running for president. >>> crews were called to a vacant home on north 9th at 3:30, they arrived to find heavy fire in the three story home and the fire spread to a neighborhood dwelling and the person was taken to the hospital in stable condition and investigators did not yet determine what sparked the blaze, the newcastle police department received a generous donation that will keep their k-9s safe while patrolling the street. they donate the $1,000 to provide a bulletproof vest for cooper, they were impressed by cooper's drug detecting skills. coming up on "action news," pennsylvania state police are looking for the driver that struck a bicyclist this morning and kept ongoing, and sam bradford assesses his play as the eagles get ready to play the unbeaten carolina panthers. >>> things change in a big way tomorrow and i'm tracking a chill on the way in the accuweather forecast. those stories and more when "action news" cont

i want tow the washington post endorses democrat jeremy mcpike for state senate. applauding mcpike's "ideas about getting traffic moving." the post warns republican hal parrish "holds rigid positions against medicaid expansion and common-sense gun safety." and parrish was the deciding vote to restrict women's health clinics in manassas, forcing women to go elsewhere for cancer screenings and birth control. jeremy mcpike is the better choice. i'm jeremy mcpike, candidate for state senate, and i sponsored this ad. >>> here in georgetown, what's now known as famous for a 1973 film that will be dedicated with the mayor here, the screen writer, and director. we'll have a live report at 6:15. >>> so from houses to historical sites, paranormal investigators work to determine what is causing or can be bunked. >> we have the story from marblehead, massachusetts. >> reporter: the search for ghosts and spirits often ends in mortal disappointment. but every now and then, this happens. >> can you make it go off as high as you can? oh. okay. >> reporter: a crypto- paranormal inv

the assembly passed legislation last time, it came in front of the senate transportation committee, then senator fitzgerald wouldn't sponsor any of the bills. >> scott fitzgerald is leader of the state senate. >> if you had everyone appear before the judge. it would be very difficult for the cyst temperature to deal with that right now. >> what you said if i interpret the numbers correctly. there are so many people drunk out there they can't handle the system. >> if you want to felony conviction not sure what difference that would make. we are traying to take an approach we think would be more measured and the way to do that is get the people clean. >> last time we were all together as a family was in november. >> reporter: beyond the politics often in the debate are the families forced into advocacy. >> you were immediately disrupted in the worst way? >> immediately. >> reporter: judy and paul jenkins lost their daughter jennifer, granddaughter courtney and unborn granddaughter jennifer was carrying in the 200 # accident. the man who killed them mark benson was sentenced to 30 years in prison the his fourth offense for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. he received among the st

, but to recognize the work that my father, state senator fred farr, had done by dedicating highway 1 in california, the big sur highway, as california's first state scenic highway, and perhaps the first state scenic highway in the united states. it was a great day, and what congress did is they ensured that states would be able to have money to enforce this billboard ban. they would give them more money if they would incorporate into their state law and county and city laws billboard bans. but now we have a $7 billion industry out there, the outdoor advertising industry, and it's been fighting highway beautification for over 50 years. they have been unsuccessful at repealing the federal law, but they have made incredible progress in being able to find exemptions for it. they have prevented the 10% penalty that states would receive for not adopting highway beautification. they have encouraged localities to change zoning laws in rural areas, calling them commercial or industrial or anything to bypass the act. and they have been able to loosen the rules

the most powerful force in my state. the year of 2015 has been a very emotional year for those of us in south carolina. i serve in the south carolina state senate where it was especially so. i'm going to share with you observations about a couple of changes that we saw and understand that change in the south is often coupled with tragedy. it's often coupled with tragedy. in the winter of 2015, our sessions run from january to june. my senate seat mate senator pinckney and other democrats decided to make body camera legislation a priority. we met with serious resistance. little action. and then the bills dwelled in committee. in april of 2015, a man by the name of walter scott was shot and killed in north charleston, south carolina. the reaction initially was that there had been some resistance and the officer had had to shoot mr. scott. but a video came out very shortly that showed that mr. scott while disobeying the police officer was attempting to flee and frankly fleeing in a not very quick manner and was shot in the back and shot multiple times. it was a tragedy. it was a horrific incident in our state. before that had happened, we would of

the most powerful force in my state. the year of 2015 has been a very emotional year for those of us in south carolina. i serve in the south carolina state senate where it was especially so. i'm going to share with you observations about a couple of changes that we saw and understand that change in the south is often coupled with tragedy. it's often coupled with tragedy. in the winter of 2015, our sessions run from january to

and the state senator has been arrested. >>> in the east bay, the drive to work was a nightmare for many people on what was a light friday morning commute. taking a look overhead, this is sky fox showing where a fiery crash hit the big rig. at one point both directions of interstate 680 were shut town from the i-40 interchange. six hours later, traffic is still barely returning to normal. the chp expects to fully reopen the northbound lane which has been shut down any minute now. >>> this major wreck happened just before 6:00 this morning. the driver of a big rig was headed north on 680, here in 60 pounds of it gravel. he lost control and skidded on top of the center divide. the crash also sent chunks of concrete trying into the southbound lanes causing as many as ten accidents on the opposite side of the freeway. amazing there were only minor injuries reported in all of it. >> the injuries that were on the southbound side were also a complaint, and that was two to three injuries as well. >> the northbound lanes were closed for about three hours while crews cleaned up the streets. the su

. >> reporter: the state senator who wrote the bill says while current hawes protect people who discuss their own salaries they don't protect those who discuss someone else's and chrissy says she never thought to make. >> are you surprised to hear women in your field make 67 cents on the dollar. >> yes, absolutely. i didn't know there was that big of a gap. >> reporter: she might discuss salary ranges but not exact months. she thinks the law is long overdue. >> they're protected for asking. >>> over in oakland the mayor is teeming up with ed lee to raise minute yum wage, bumping it up by a dollar every year starting in 2017. >>> battle over bathroom breaks on the job. a state agency has set strict limits even if docking worker's pay if they take too long. one employee is saying not so fast. >> reporter: when nature calls, time is of the essence. but managers at a south sacramento dmv office say some employees aren't watching the clock during their trips to the toilet. >> that's terrible. >> reporter: according to the seiu local 1,000 employees union a grievance was filed against a potty

i think it was a mess when the mayor had a press conference a couple days ago, he did not invite the senators and state representatives to the press conference. we need to make them feel like they are part of the solution. happen. what i would do is brinop toghe make them part of the solution so they understand what needs to happen in manchester. in addition, we need to look at treatment and recovery services and make sure those services are in manchester so when folks come at a drug court or are participating, there are treatment anreve oio ab. josh: mayor? mr. gatsas: i continue to hear about the $100,000. $100,000 of the budget at the county level, it was 450 thousand dollars. 100 thousand dollars would not have gotten us started in drug court. just the mechanism to do the testing is $50,000. josh: where did the money come from? ms. craig: it was surplus in the city and i disagree. we need this so bad in manchester, we want to help share the cost, that is how serious we are. we will help the county fund drug courts and we need a drug court now. it is similar to what is being proposed between the sen

i'm jill mccabe, candidate for state senate, and i sponsored this ad. all the mouthwash in the world won't help dick black. because what comes out of his mouth is just offensive. black said gays and lesbians lead "lifestyles that are harmful to the culture of this state." he dismissed rape in the military, calling it "as predictable as human nature." black opposes the use of birth control and voted to force women seeking abortions to have intrusive transvaginal ultrasounds. dick black. so extreme, it's dangerous. >>> after four decades one of these spooky attraction is being remembered my the mayor and dc council one day before hall rene. >> -- they are famous from the 1973 film where a priest falls down the 75 steps after trying to reform an exorcism. tonight thousands showing support for the arts in dc. the film director and screenwriter are also there. they say the stairs help them keep on the map. >> it's just so amazing to think there would be a memorial to this. it's probably the most unofficial attraction in washington dc. >> you know -- you think you ar

he just arrived in the united states senate. you know the other senators were giving him swirlies and running him through the spanking machin he didn't know what to do. jimmy christmas, stop giving him the business. why don't you ask jim webb something. he hasn't tked in like ten minutes. >> webb's anger at being ignored led to an awkward ment where he threw a tantrum and threatened to hold his breath until someone asked a question. >> you know your debate was prty uneventful when the banner headline the next day is, elderly man not having the e-mail. >> the american people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn e-mails. >> thank you, me too. me too.. >> you know. >> that's the laugh of a woman who is thinking, you buffoon. if you had an e-mail scandal i would hang you from the rafters with it. >> and to think, we got another full year of these gems. >> very good point. on behalf of phillip and myself thanks for tuning in. that's what's making news in america this morning.are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning

he's trying to get control of the state senate. republicans control the senate 21-19.ials say they'll be working the phones and knocking on doors all weekend to keep control of the upper chamber. >>> president obama expected to sign the new budge the deal on monday. the senate passed the plan early yesterday morning, avoiding the threat of a default and a partial government shutdown. john boehner made passing the new budget deal his top priority in his final days as speaker before making way for paul ryan. >>> daily fantasy sports site fanduel says a lawsuit filed against it friday by pierre garcon is without merit. the suit says his name appears frequently in ads, including a half hour infomercial in which his name is mentioned 53 times. fanduel says it's allowed by law to use player names. the daily fantasy site has a marketing partnership with the redskins, comcast and nbc sports invested in fanduel. >>> good saturday morning, everyone. jam packed full of sports today. maryland visiting iowa and the wizards looking to make it three in a row. wizards hope their start

senators from both sides of the aisle and senators with very different perspectives have come together to solve an important problem facing our country. this is how the united states senate can work and should work and i'm pleased to be a part of it and do that in my role as chairman of the judiciary committee. finally, i want to extend sincere thanks to my colleagues who joined in this effort of reaching a bipartisan agreement. senator durbin senator cornyn, senator whitehouse, senator lee senator graham, senator schumer senator booker, and senator scott. and i end by thanking the ranking member of the judiciary committee, senator leahy for the great help that he's been not only as my friend but as working on this piece of legislation. i yield the floor. mr. grassley: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk shall call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. hatch: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hatch: mr. president, last week i came to the floor to speak on the subject of religious liberty in america. i explained why religiou

she's a community leader... who will work in the state senate to reduce traffic and use some common sensell mccabe. she's not a politician... and in richmond, she'll work for us. >>> charley rose in rare form on the late show coming up. >> happy early halloween! be careful and be ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ee-e-e-oh-mum-oh-weh ♪ ♪ hush my darling... ♪ ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. ♪ [snoring.] ♪ hush my darling... ♪ [snoring.] ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. ♪ [snoring.] take the roar out of snore. yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. >> jon: welcome stephen colbert! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs ( band playing "late show" theme ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! ( cheers and applause )