alan simpson, senator from wyoming, nothing else matters if you don't have -- nothing else matters. look up the word integrity in the dictionary you see john glenn's picture. thank you for your kind, wonderful words. thanks for letting me say a few words we >> former astronaut in us senator john glenn has died. senator glenn was born in cambridge, ohio in 1921. after the attack on pearl harbor he quit college to enlist in the u.s. army air corps, he flew 149 combat missions in world war ii and gloria. he joined nasa in 1958 and on february 20, 1962, he became the first american to orbit the earth. john glenn served as us senator from ohio from 1974 to 1999. he died at james cancer hospital at ohio state university. he was 95. >> current government funding ends today, the senate works shortly extending until april 28, 2017. democrats holding up the continuing resolution to fund the government as they push for a 1-year extension of healthcare for thousands of miners and their families, now includes a four month extension is one of the senators behind that, joe mentioned, was scheduled

paul kirk and alan simpson on the board said that's a ridiculous criteria. the only question is who you want to be president. there is a problem here and the problem is no poll asks the american public who they want. it's a very specific question. >> investor question. >> no i haven't. >> no poll is asking the american public who they want to be president. >> what is your question? >> that's a different question. why aren't you abiding by your criteria? >> we are. we been sued in every election cycle other than to fascinate with the question of what the criteria is and whether or not we are following the standard. i must be candid with you. we constantly look at criteria between every single series of debates. there's some on the commission who think it should be higher. some think lower. others have volunteered that everybody on enough ballots to conceivably get to the electrolyte to be included. we decided to go with the league of women voters who in 1980 is at the 15% rule. as the debate most people forget what people forget what the president of the unit

the then head of the commission, or actually it was paul kirk and alan simpson, who was on the board,said that's a ridiculous criteria. the only question that matters is who you want to be president. there is a problem here. the problem is that no poll asks the american public who they want to see. marvin: sir, you asked your question. >> no, i haven't. no poll is asking the american public who they want to be president. every poll asks - >> ask your question. >> every poll asks who would you vote for? why aren't you abiding by your criteria? frank: we are. we have been sued in every election cycle other than 2008 with the question of what the criteria is and whether or not we are following the standards that the commission was set up. i must be candid with you -- we constantly look at the criteria between every single series of debates to determine. there are some of the commission who think it should be higher. some think it should be lower. others think that everybody who is on the ballots and could conceivably get 270 electoral votes could be concluded that -- we decided to go wit

the then head of the commission, or actually it was paul kirk and alan simpson, who was on the board, said that's a ridiculous criteria. the only question that matters is who you want to be president. there is a problem here. the problem is that no poll asks the american public who they ant to see it -- to see. marvin: sir, you asked your question. >> no, i haven't. no poll is asking the american public who they want to be president. every poll asks -->> ask your question. >> every poll asks who would you vote for? why aren't you abiding by euro criteria? -- by your criteria? >> we are. frank:we have been sued in every election cycle other than 2008 with the question of what the criteria is and whether or not we are following the standards that the commission was set up. i must be candid with you -- we constantly look at the criteria between every single series of debates to determine. -- to determine. there are some of the commission who think it should be higher. some think it should be lower. others think that everybody who is on the ballots and could conceivably get 270 electoral

alan simpson, former senator from -- not the late senator. former senator from wyoming. he used to say about integrity, if you have it, nothing else matters. if you don't have it, nothing else matters. when i look up the word integrity in the dictionary, and courage as well, you see john glenn's picture. john glenn's picture. thank you for your kind, wonderful words about john glenn. and thanks for letting me say a few words as well. mr. president, i have been coming to the floor, as the senator from ohio knows, for months, a couple years, actually. i come maybe once a month. the presiding officer and i served together with senator portman on a committee called governmental skeet and homeland affairs. part of our job was to do with homeland security. i started doing something a couple of years ago. instead of coming to the floor to talk about some controversy or things we disagree on with our colleagues across the aisle, i came to the floor for a different purpose. i came to the floor really in order to say thank you, thank you to some of the 220-some thousand men and wo

simpson story playing chris darden, the prosecutor, that's an amazing achievement for an actor. he did a great job in both roles. >> brown: and alan, you picked phoebe wallace. let's take a quick look. >> you know that feeling when a guy you like sends you a text on a tuesday night at 2:00 school if he can come and find you and you open the door for him. oh, hi. >> hey. >> brown: alan, tell us about this show. >> fiber waller bridge created "flee bag." she adapted it from a play she did. of then the best parts of the show are her turning to the camera and not even saying anything, just widening her eyes slightly to let her know how her character is reacting to all of those crazy or degrading or downright tragic things that are happening to her. it starts off as a sex farce and becoming something much deeper and sadder and more profound. i had never heard of her. now i want to see everything she does. she's a major talent. >> brown: in our last minute here, i started off talking about the renaissance, the peak television. what do you see broadly speaking, eric, when you look at the quantity versus quality? where are we today? >> we