al franken, you saw that quote, from 2003. that's five years before he ran. so sudden. she didn't take the time to start showing up back in the state, and really establishing herself there. it was all parachuting back in. >> in other countries, other forms of democracy, the place matters so little, you'll take like a party will identify like a promising up and comer and find a district. >> we're a bigger country than most countries with a stronger state identity and the country that started out as a federation of states and not like national identity first. i did want to state liz cheney experiment will be my new band name. but also, again, liz cheney's problem is she wants people to sort of back date her residency literally. she's not doing the hillary clinton thing, or the al franken thing of saying, yes, i'm moving there. that's what i've done. i've moved here. >> and here's why -- >> i think you're right about -- benjy is right about the fact she hadn't laid the ground work there. cheney establishment is very strong and they hadn't gotten people on board.

al franken? >> al franken?ra and al franken minnesota. >> i want those guys to go camping in international falls with no sleeping bags outside. that's what i want. finally sara holly in fort meyers, florida. did you notice all our correspondents are women this evening, i hope you did. sarah says as a mother of three i was mad as hell watching lady gaga and municipality special i turned it off. i i missed it lady gaga and the municipalities. >> nobody watched it. >> nobody watched it. >> started at 9:30 p.m. if you are appealing to kids, that outfit i'm not letting my kids watch this thing thrnches is a municipality behind it. >> for weird people who want to see lady gaga be weird with the municipalities? >> i don't know. the whole concept escaped me but got very low ratings, right? >> the year before it was good. this year not so much. why would you put on the municipalities at 9:30 at night. >> lady gaga and the municipalities. not quite getting the cinergy. >> i'm glad you didn't watch. >> but i wanted to. >>

al franken? >> al franken?entura. >> jesse ventura and al franken minnesota. >> i want those guys to go camping in international falls with no sleeping bags outside. that's what i want. finally sara holly in fort meyers, florida. did you notice all our correspondents are women this evening, i hope you did. sarah says as a mother of three i was mad as hell watching lady gaga and municipality special i turned it off. i i missed it lady gaga and the municipalities. >> nobody watched it. >> nobody watched it. >> started at 9:30 p.m. if you are appealing to kids, that outfit i'm not letting my kids watch this thing thrnches is a municipality behind it. >> for weird people who want to see lady gaga be weird with the municipalities? >> i don't know. the whole concept escaped me but got very low ratings, right? >> the year before it was good. this year not so much. why would you puon the municipalities at 9:30 at night. >> lady gaga a the municipalities. not quite getting the cinergy. >> i'm glad you didn't watch. >> b

. >> senator al franken, minnesota, out for re-election in 2014 so he decided to pen a poem to say, hey's part of it. it's on his facebook page. twas the week before christmas and all through the state attention was focused on one single date, our fund-raising goal that we've set with such care? i dropped by his office, talking about campaign headquarters, i dropped in to check on that chatter but seeing his face i said, matt, what's the matter? he said rove and kochs could go on the attack and the funds to follow. i'm going to stop right there. bet y you're going to the chapel. >> yeah. >> you're going to get married. >> he did such a great thing. my boyfriend -- he's not my boyfriend. he's my fiancee. >> congratulations. >> yes. i'm still on cloud nine from it all. >> you went to an island. >> we went to a tropical island. he got down on bended knee. it was lovely. all right. enough about me. >> that's buzz for you right there. >> "way too early" starts right now. >> congrats. >>> this week we learned you can judge a book by its cover. a large number of conservatives on thursday criti

in 2008, they successfully represented al franken in his statewide victory of just 312 votes. back to this race, the recount is set to wrap up on december 18 statewide. then the action will shift to richmond when a special court will review and certify election results. they should have that done by december 19, quite possibly going into december 20. >> the virginia governor elect is reaching out to his assessors for advice and help with his transition. he said he speaks to a mcdonnell on a daily basis and has spoken with former governors and current u.s. senators mark, tim kaine and jim gilmore. he will be sworn in on january 11. >> another member of the d.c. council is considering a run for mayor. willnounced today they form an exploratory committee. if he runs coming says he will make education and poverty the centerpieces of his campaign. firstame the council's openly gay member when he was elected in 1897. he left the republican party and became an independent in 2004. he has until june to decide whether to run in the general election. if he does, he will face the republi

in the senate you're seeing in individuals like al franken really pushing for it. you can expect something a little bit beyond what we're seeing now which is voluntary guidelines. remember, there's always a question of jurisdiction. the googles, the facebook so going to have to comply with european regulators as well as u.s. regulators. >> times, thank you very much indeed. art european correspondent joining us from berlin. >> we have another company story for you. will buy hundred 27 shopping malls for a 2 billion euro deal. where exactly are the stores that they are buying? >> 63 of them are in spain but also in france. seven are coming from italy. it is pretty fascinating. these sites are fromklep klepierre. they are buying them back after having sold them earlier. will hold 42% of the company. leadingt to become a shopping mall owner not just your individual small sites. they want to help the hypermarket part of the business because they have the largest stores. they haven't been working and tesco is doing the same in u.k. making a morbid destination for shoppe

my is that an exaggeration no that's a sense you are trying to do and you know some people like al franken and myself are actually working on a bill right now to try to deal specifically labeling of dairy which is really important in the upper midwest so you know the country of origin they want to go just the opposite direction that many of us are trying to do so that people know they have food safety and security incredible and i saw an article and it was over a economy in crisis or that less than one percent of imported fish is actually inspected i mean we just don't have the resources and yet something like sixty percent of the fish now served in the u.s. i mean an enormous amounts of food are coming to this country and alec is saying no you don't even have the right to know what country it came from if you want some of it if you've heard some of the stories about how it's treated in these countries before it comes here you'd probably never eat that product again and it's literally that bad to some of them but that's where alec is working ok so that number one number two undermining wor

that an exaggeration no that's essential what they're trying to do and you know some people like al franken and myself are actually working on a bill right now to try to deal specifically labeling of dairy which is really important in the upper midwest so you know the country of origin they want to go just the opposite direction that many of us are trying to do so that people know they have food safety and security incredible and i saw an article that goes over a economy in crisis or less than one percent of imported fish is actually inspected i mean we just don't have the resources and yet something like sixty percent of the fish now serve in the u.s. i mean an enormous amounts of food are coming to this country and alec is saying no you don't even have the right to know what country it came from if you want some of it if you've heard some of the stories about how it's treated in these countries before it comes here you'd probably never eat that product again it's literally that bad some of that's where alec is working ok so that number one number two undermining worker. rights they want t

senator al franken who is a big privacy advocate in congress did send a letter voicing his concerns to the commerce department. his point is that this data is permanent. it is not like credit cards or bank account numbers. want to get into the wrong hands it is not very easy for you to change your face. it is something he is voicing concerns about at this point. a number of lawmakers also back in the spring expressed some concerns over global glass and facial recognition with that. they did take that off the table and say they did not included, but hackers are trying to grade some work around there. it will take a hot topic. >> thank you for that update, we will be watching. google is expanding its arsenal of robots with the new acquisition to find out why boston dynamics and a wildcat robot is a smart target for the search giant. you on "bloomberg west," can always watch a streaming on your phone, tablet, and a bloomberg.tv. ♪ ," ihis is "bloomberg west am emily chang. google is grabbing another company for its robotics arsenal. the search giant acquiring dynamics,te -- austin known f

my gut right now is that it's colorado, but don't sleep on michigan and you never know with al franken number nine in our top ten is going to be, oh, boy, a little bit of an issue here. is georgia senate. probably the best recruit of the cycle is michelle nunn. if that gets nasty and the tea partier wins and becomes unelectable, that messes up the republicans entire math to get to six. coming in at number eight is alaska. mark has done a lot of good groundwork to save his seat. could be a crazy primary there. joe miller, if you remember him from 2010, is supposedly in the race there. the question is, is there 50% for any democratic candidate? seven and six are two governors races wee watching. john kasich, scott walker. both have an eye on running for president. they're both governors of states where president obama carried. they might think they're presidential candidates, but they'll have to win re-election in order to get there. coming in at number five and number four, two senate races, north carolina. this is probably the senate seat that i think the democrats have the best chance

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. >> meanwhile former snl star and currently minnesota senator al franken appears to be running low ones. he e-mailed out this poem to raise some cash for his re-election bid. the week before christmas and all through the state, attention was focused on one single date. our fundraising goal that we've set with such case by 1231 all the cash needs to be there. senator franken, he was funny once. ♪ [ male announcer ] you can't let a cold keep you up tonight. vicks nyquil -- powerful nighttime 6-symptom cold & flu relief. ♪ mom swaps my snack for a piÑa colada yoplait. and when mom said i was going out too much, i swapped it for staying in. [ shouts ] guess who's going out tomorrow. [ female announcer ] swap one snack a week for a yoplait. it is so good. >>> so one man that does not get a break for christmas is the man that makes it happen, santa claus, st. nick, scrambling his team at the north pole to get ready for the holiday. we should note for our viewers we did request a black santa, a happy black santa, instead we got a sad racially ambiguous santa. our apologies. nbc's bob reddel

well, senator al franken wrote a poem to help raise money.ristmas and all through the state attention was focused on one single date. our fund-raising goal that we've set with such care, by 12/31, all the cash must be there, end quote. again, his words. franken is a favorite to win a second term. >>> today's tweet of the day for you comes from country singer scotty mccreery. up early and headed home to start my christmas shopping. last-minute shopping is what it's all about. makes it interesting. and we'll get some strategies, by the way, to help you scotty for last-minute shoppers like you coming up next. ll help me ga beach in miami and they'll be stuck at the cube farm. the citi thankyou preferred card. now earn 2x the points dining out, with no annual fee. go to citi.com/thankyoucards >>> it's christmas crunch time, you know that. and if you're hoping to score a bargain, you still might be in luck here. store traffic was down friday and saturday by 7% over last year. analytics firm said that translates to a drop in sales to 4% to 6% from

senator al franken is organizing a senate secret santa.st three years and this year 65 senators are exchanging gifts. >>> and leave it to jimmy kimmel to uncover the latest video sensation starring toronto mayor rob ford. >> the west toronto church of god invited mayor ford to their church. not only did he show up, he wound up on the altar singing with the choir. we have videotape fortunately. he's the one on the right. look at the -- i call that move, i'm the only white person in a gospel choir shuffle. >> the gift that keeps on giving. that wraps up this hour of "jansing & co." i'm chris jansing. thomas roberts is up next. hey, thomas, you want to show us your shuffle. >> yes, exercise does a body good, right? could you see that? >> i saw it. i am afraid, very afraid. >> you're shocked, i know. all right, chris, thanks so much. the agenda next hour, does a judge's ruling on the nsa data surveillance program vindicate edward snowden. we'll ask senator bernie sanders of vermont about that. >>> then chris christie's bridge to nowhere. quest

park, machines mince, the hometown of chicago bears mark tressman the cohen brothers and senator al frankenrm onstein and from alexandria, virginia, santa's last stop before washington, d.c., it's johnstanton. now the host of "up against the clock," steve kornacki. >> oh, thank you, bill wolf. thank you, stoitd audience. thank you to everyone tuning in at home. welcome to an all new holiday edition of "up against the clock." a very exciting group of contestants. congressman had inlnadlor. a special welcome to you. norm, welcome to the show. you know the rules by now. you have three round of play, each questions will get harder as we go along, bring in any time. you will be penalized for a wrong answer. there are some instant bonuses scattered throughout these questions as always i will remind our live studio audience to please remain absolutely silent during these proceedings. respectory contestants as they concentrate w. that, i will ask you, contestants, are you ready? >> yes. >> we will '100 second on the clock. this is the 100 point round. it begins with this. after all ruling by its su

and of course senator al franken of minnesota who shepherded the companion bill in the senate. i also want to thank karen diver, the chairwoman of the fond du lac band and her colleagues on the reservation business committee, as well as their natural resources management team, reggie, steve, and jack. finally thank you to gregory, the carlton county land commissioner, and the entire carlton county board of commissioners and their staff for their diligence and good faith in negotiating the agreement. we are prepared to ratify here today and of course last but not least my legislative staff assistant, will mitchell. mr. speaker, this bill, h.r. 2650, provides the legally required approval by the congress for an exchange of land between the fond du lac band and the carlton county in my eighth congressional district of minnesota. by way of brief background, federal land allotment policies in the early 20th century played havoc with an 1854 treaty that set aside the 101,000 acres of reservation land exclusively for the fond du lac band. i would like to point out to my colleagues tha