her name is kelly ayotte because it may be more appropriate she's on the vp veepstakes. the first one is about her maybe and then the next one about her democratic opponent paul holds. . >> u.s. senate candidate kelly ayotte uses this ad to attack bill binny for being too liberal. >> >> the purpose of this ad is to help define binny during a time when he is spending heavily with his own advertising focused on his background in business and creating jobs. halfway through this ad, ayotte makes three claims about his stands on immigration, bank bailouts and taxes. let's break down each claim. >> i'm not going to pander to you. i don't believe in the arizona law. >> so is the claim true or false? it is false. supporting the concept of amnesty or letting illegal immigrants become legal immigrants without any punishment for breaking the law is a big no, no in republican primaries. but binny has consistently said he opposes amnesty including in the union leader op-ed he wrote. for their claim, the ayotte campaign points to this sentence which said plastics entrepreneur bill bin

but note this ad where ayotte does get it right. >> binnie is open to a european added value tax. >> one thing you see on there that was helpful, i go to a ton of events. often i can't get a camera there. i know these events exist. what's been so helpful is youtube. if i can get the candidate in his own words in the referencing, it's very helpful. >> good, good. great work all. do you want to -- do you have one more that you want to show? >> we can show another one if you have time. >> yeah, let's go ahead and do it real quick. >> you can do the -- whichever one you want i guess. paul hodes was the opponent, actually, i want to do paul hodes because it was a third party ad but i want to do guns because it's kelly ayotte. you probably care about her actually, not the guy who lost. >> which one do you want? >> i guess the second one. yeah, second one. >> i'm bill binnie. >> in this ad from u.s. senate candidate bill binnie bob clegg questions can the conservative credentials of his opponent former attorney general kelly ayotte. >> soft on illegals and soft on guns. >> the ad makes two

senator ayotte, do you have a statement you would like to make at this time? >> thank you, madam chair. i thank you for calling this important hearing on the current readiness of u.s. forces in review of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and future years defense program. i foremost want to thank the witnesses that are before us today as we confront challenges around the world. i know that each of you have been tremendous leaders. and all of the soldiers that serve below you deserve our respect and admiration. and i thank you all for what you're doing in very difficult times, both fiscally and also with the national security challenges we face. so thank you. on march 23rd of 1983, president ronald reagan delivered an important speech in the oval office. and in his speech he said he what seems to have been lost in all of this debate is the simple truth of how a defense budget is arrived at. it isn't done by deciding to spend a certain number of dollars. we start by considering what must be done to maintain peace and review all the possible t

. >> senator ayotte. we will begin the testimony now. and first we will hear from general lloyd austin, vice chief of staff of the united states army. welcome, general austin. >> good morning. chairman mccaskill, ranking member ayotte, senator inhofe, thanks for the opportunity to appear here today to discuss the current readiness of your united states army. i've submitted a statement for the record, and i look forward to answering your questions. these continue to be challenging times for our nation's military, and we've been at war now for over a decade. in fact, at no other time in history have america's servicemen and women fought for so long a period with an all volunteer force. and as you are well aware, we are still heavily engaged in operations in afghanistan. we recognize that our military and interagency efforts there are extremely important. in spite of the heavy demands placed on our personnel and equipment, i'm pleased to report that ours remains a remarkably resilient force. our soldiers are continuing to do an outstanding

just so you know, the politics will be -- i hear it already, no disrespect, senator ayotte. we have to do it now to save the military. that's what's going to happen. we will be yelling can at each other, who is more pro defense, who is not? i love the military. i will tell you that. none of us are going to see the military degrade its capacity but we are going to protect this country economically and do it the right way so that all of us are successful in the long term. i get frustrated when i hear this it because it is a three-prong attack. we have to be serious and honest with the public. >> okay. we'll end with the rant. i want you to know i would have a strong rebuttal. i'm worried about our defense base, too, because they have to make decisions of front so we can wait until december but those decisions are being made here. >> we should have made the decision last year and talked about all three pieces, but we don't and you know that because it's politics as usual around this place. >> first of all, let me stel in here and say maybe is the time i should do my rebuttal of

ayotte and members of law enforcement opposed the bill and democratic governor john lynch vetoed it thus preventing it from becoming law. the second claim from clegg involves a series of arrests five years ago. >> she even stopped our local police from arresting illegals when they broke the law. >> so is it true or false? this one is false. in 2005, a new ip sich police chief made national headlines when he arrested illegal immigrants and charged them with trespassing in the country. a district court judge threw out the charge and rule the that it was unconstitutional for local police to enforce federal law. ayotte didn't appeal the ruling and issued a statement saying law officials should not make future arrests for criminal trespassing based solely on the defendant's immigration status. if we're getting into semantics in a highly produced 30-second ad, every word counts, ayotte didn't actually stop anyone from making arrests if they wanted to continue making arrests. it should be noted that that new ip sich police chief is now supporting ayotte and issued a statement saying he disagree

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senator ayotte, sths a tryout? would you like to be the on the ticket?t's an honor to be mentioned in that vein, but my focus is on serving new hampshire. there's so many good candidates out there. senator portman in ohio. we have a lot of great messages. >> she has to send, first of all, is he comfortable with that individual. is that person ready to serve for president of the united states. what does that person have in the ticket not only in terms of geography and qualifications and knowledge of the issues. >> are you ready to be vice president? >> i have great experience as a attorney general. i'm proud of that experience. i would say i have some would say better experience than barack obama when he was a senator having been the chief law enforcement officer of my state to serve on the senate armed services committee. again, what it comes down to me for me, it's serving new hampshire. >> another hot topic this week, is endorsements for romney appearing somewhat weak. newt gingrich and tom bow kau saying if it's a choice between a idea log and mitt ro

. >> let me end on this and i appreciate the senator ayotte's comments in her questioning to you, but i want to for the record, you know, automatic cuts, if i was sitting in front of another group here, maybe my veterans committee, the va would say some similar things. if i was sitting in front of the infrastructure groups, road, water, sewer guys would say everyone is having a pinch here. the thing that congress is missing -- to the larger audience, you don't have to respond to this -- we always talk about in order to replace these cuts we have to have more cuts. the reality is you cannot cut your way out of this problem. there's no possible way. after two decades of poor management aren't this place, republican and democrat, presidents there and past, we have a deficit and a debt that is staggering. everyone's to blame. the question is, are we going to do the right thing here? when i was mayor and we had the same problem, a three-prong attack. you're going to cut budgets, deal with revenues and you're going to invest in the right infrastructure. whatever that might be. in my case i

excuse me, senator ayotte. >> thank you, madam chair. appreciate you raising the issue of guam. i think it's an important one, with what we need to do in markup. i wanted to ask each of you and i raised it in my opening statement. we know that defense sequestration is coming in january if the congress doesn't fail to act to come up with other responsible budget savings, and i am a strong advocate for us doing that. we've heard from each of the services, as well as from our secretary of defense, the devastating impact of defense sequestration including hollowing out our forces along with all the other consequences, but what i would like each of you to address for me is timing because i'm worried there's a general feeling around here that we can kick this can until december to make the decision on how to avoid defense sequestration and undermining our national security. i met with a group of our defense industrial base the other day and they pointed out to me there are things that they are going to be required to do, for example, issue layoff notices under the warn act and other l

senator ayotte? >> thank you, madam chair. i wanted to ask each of you in the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the conclusion of the chairman's risk assessment that he submitted to us. he says that the services will need to, quote, conceive of a new risk paradigm. can you help me about what that means, if we are conceiving of a new risk paradigm? >> well, i think as you create a new strategy, certainly you look for ways to balance the risk that you're going to accept. and of course you focus on the most dangerous aims and then also you consider the most likely things that are going to occur. and so i think what the chairman is getting to with that, at least my read of this, is that, you know, each time that you revamp your strategy you're going to have to look at things through the lens of kind of the context of today and what the threat offers in the future. >> general, just as a follow-up on that, just listening to it from my perspective, i assume that's what we did whenever we would issue a risk assessment. so, when i

senator ayotte. >> thank you madam chair. i wanted to ask each of you and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the conclusion of the chairman's risk assessment that was submitted to us. it says that the services will need to quote conceive of a new risk paradigm. can you help me about what that means if we are conceiving of a new risk paradigm? >> well i think, as you create a new strategy certainly you look for ways to balance the risks that you are going to accept and of course you focus on the most dangerous things, and then also you considered the most likely things that are going to occur. and so, i think what the chairman is getting too with that, at least my read of this, is that each time that you revamp your strategy you are going to have to look at things through the lens of the context of today and what the threat offers in the future. >> general as a follow up on that, just listening to it from my perspective, i assume that is what we did whenever we would issue a risk assessment, so when i hear the word new

we have a -- when senator ayott was talking about the new risk paradigm. i used to chair this committee. i was chairman of the readiness subcommittee. and i have been wrong -- i always thought that risk equals lives. doesn't it? you increase, if you are willing to increase your, your -- your risk, you are willing to accept more loss of lives, am i wrong? >> senator, i think you are right. it is in part lives, in part the accomplishment of the mission in loss of equipment. what you want to do you want a force with capability, capacities, allows you to accomplish the mission. minimum loss, life or equipment. that's what we need to have. >> i understand that. i love all you guys. and i agree that is a problem. but we are changing right now. general breedlove, i am reading floum yo from your statement. as we reduce our force,ability missions, but will no longer have capacity, engaging in two wars and respondi ining to humanitarian crisis will not be possible. i appreciate, you had pretty strong statements in there. when you were talking about the age of, your

ayotte and her staff, along with my staff, for working on this issue. i look forward to advancing this legislation in the senate and to continuing to recognize the important role that small businesses play in our economy. thank you very much, mr. president. i yield the floor. and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. brown: thank you. i ask unanimous consent to expense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: and i ask unanimous consent to address the house as if in morning business for no more than 10 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. last week the vice president of the united states was in my state in ohio in the youngstown area in northeast ohio and he saw what i've been seeing in my state for the last several months and he heard what i've been hearing from so many ohioans in the last several months. he went to the lordstown auto assembly plant which makes the chevy cruze and he saw what we've been seei

ayotte didn't appeal the ruling. she said law enforcement officials shouldn't make arrests based solely on a persons immigration status. if we are getting into semantics here in the ad. she didn't actually stop anyone from making arrests if they wanted to continue making arrests. that police chief is supporting ayotte and issued a statement against the ad. >> so maybe that line on your bio is right. maybe most of it is false. [laughter] thank you all for doing that. gosh, a whole bunch of follow up questions. one of the things i would like -- and greg you may want to address. what about the viewership? what about the impact on the viewer? is your audience recentives to this? >> do they get a reaction out it have? >> what did they do to your numbers, your ratings? >> i will get to the rate ngs a second. a lot of what we do people don't react to. i to stories and don't get a single e-mail about it. a couple of stories a week i will do something, and i will get people going to my e-mail address or because they communica

. >>> ayotte out of new hampshire might close the gap with women a president whose 2012 campaign motto no longer promises hope or change. >> we're not going back. we're moving this country forward. >> reporter: forward. that is a battle cry for a president fighting for another four years. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> else wra, u.s. drone strike killed another top al qaeda in yes man. he stepped out of his vehicle in southern yemen. he was one of al qaeda's most senior leaders linked to several terrorist attacks. he was on the fbi's most wanted list in his role in if the bombing of the uss cole in 2000 that killed 11 american soldiers and wounded 39 others. >>> there will be a trial set for five charged in the 9/11 attacks. nbc's correspondent michael isikoff reports from cuba. >> reporter: in guantanamo bay it was a difficult day for a military judge and a painful one. accused master find khalik sheikh mohammed were brought into court. charged with killing more than 3,000 people. but mohammed and his co-defendants were defiant, repeatedly refusing to answer the judge's questi

senator toomey, senator kerry, senator ayotte, i appreciate the opportunity to present testimony on consumer privacy alongside our newest commissioner as well as my friend cam kerry. the commission commends the recent privacy efforts by the department of commerce as well as the bipartisan leadership your committee has shown on consumer privacy issues. though most of my remarks today will concern privacy policy and especially do not track, the ftc is primarily an enforcement agency and commissioner ohlhausen will describe our recent enforcement efforts. mr. chairman, imagine a cash-strapped college student working part-time to keep up with tuition payments. to make ends meet, she applies online for a loan and obtains it at a favorable rate. but she also goes online because her father suffers from depression, so she wants to research symptoms and potential treatments. soon after, in the mail, she receives another loan offer. this time from a payday lender at a much higher rate. in the evening, she spends time relaxing by catching up with friends' posts on a social network. while online, she no

. >> reporter: freshman senator kelly ayotte of new hampshire might help close the gap with women. >> i have, some would say, better experience than barack obama had when he was a senator and ran. >> reporter: a president whose 2012 campaign motto no longer promises hope or change. >> and we're not going back. we're moving this country forward. >> reporter: forward. that is the battle cry for a president fighting for another four years. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> elsewhere, a u.s. drone strike has killed another top al qaeda leader in yemen. officials say the missile hit fahd al quso as he stepped out of his vehicle in southern yemen. he was one of al qaeda's most senior leaders linked to several terrorist attacks. he was on the fbi's most wanted list for his role in the bombing of the "uss cole" in 2000, which killed 17 american sailors and wounded 39 others. >>> well, after years of delay, a tentative trial date has been set for next year for the five terror defendants charged in the september 11th attacks. an arraignment hearing was held this weekend, featuring even mor

republican candidates likely being discussed, newt gingrich, marco rubio, and new hampshire kelly ayotte. >>> nothing short of a scary real life nightmare for a 15-year-old girl over the weekend surviving an attack by a shark. she was with paddleboaters 200 yards from shore when the shark appeared yesterday morning. the shark started to attack, bit her board several times, and mind blowing the girl wasn't hurt at all. marine patrols have been checking the water since the encounter. so far, no signs of sharks. >>> domino's pizza is adding a new item to the menu. gluten free crust. the announcement makes them the first pizza chain to offer that choice. they will cost about $3 more than traditional pizzas. others are following suit. pf changs added seven more gluten free items to the current menu of 25. and anheuser-busch has gluten free. >>> let's check in with meteorologist christina loren to find out how spectacular it's going to be. >> warm enough to where you are outdoors, you want to be drinking plenty of water for the next couple days. temperatures are pretty warm, especially for thi

i will call upon senator globuchar, then senator cantw l cantwell, warner and ayott. >> all right. thank you very much. welcome to our two new commissioners. i wanted to applaud you for your recent action on wire line cramming. that's something we've had a lot issues with in our state. i wonder 23 you could elaborate a little, mr. chairman maybe commissioner mcdonnell on how you are going to investigate this, and what your plans are, and why you think it's a problem. >> our work was informed about the excellent work this staff did, the hearing that the committee held, and the complaintses that we received at the sec about cramming and wire line. we found same as the committee staff report did, that with respect to wire line, there was evidence of consumer abuse, and we needed to act, and we did, unanimously at the commission, putting in place a set reforms that we expect will decrease cramming. we also continue to take enforcement seriously, we announced over the last year, a series of enforcement actions with fines, that will continue. and we'll continue to look at the space. we'v

i think he's got somebody like kelly ayotte in new hampshire, rob portman, marco rubio. you look at a suzan martinez, m daniel. >> pretty big field. >> we have a deep bench. >> you brought up the senate. i want to ask you about a particular senate primary race in indiana. it's the battle of richard murdoch, a tea party backed candidate, senator dick luger who has been in the senate for decades. i mean, i think at least six elections. so in the senate that's decades. it now appears that luger is ten points behind. our latest poll showing 38% dick lugar, 38% richard mourdock. >> mourdock has been campaigning very hard. he representing the tea party change momentum. my hunch is he is going to win. i think it's one of those place where is people want more change and they're not comfortable -- and they have a governor who has brought tremendous changes. they have a real model of change. >> are you a supporter of mourdock? >> i have not gotten involved in primaries. >> if the seat in indiana comes in play in the general election -- >> oh, it won't. whoever wins will win the --

. >> so does that "meet the press" moment mean senator kelly ayotte is interested or not?dent joe biden didn't do much to clarify questions when they came up about 2016. >> you or secretary clinton? >> i think we may run as a team. i'm only joking obviously. i don't know. i don't know whether i'm going to run and hill tri doesn't know whether she is going to run. >> there is a lot of truth in humor, mr. vice president. >> vice president biden appearing more open to running than secretary clinton at least publicly. i went to a small high school. the teacher that comes to mind for me is my high school math teacher, dr. gilmore. i mean he could teach. he was there for us, even if we needed him in college. you could call him, you had his phone number. he was just focused on making sure we were gonna be successful. he would never give up on any of us. you do a lot of no.aking? look i'm going through the rapids. okay... i'll take it. sync your card with facebook, foursquare and twitter for savings. that's the membership effect of american express. on my journey across america, i

you have somebody like kelly ayotte in new hampshire. mitch daniel. you have marco rubio. you have rob portman, you have bobby jindal, suzanna martinez-- go down the list and you'll find an enormous depth of talent in the republican party that wasn't there 12 years ago. >> schieffer: you didn't mention newt gingrich. >> you have known me a long time. would you pick me to be presidential vice president nominee. it would be inconceivable. >> schieffer: mr. speak ethank you for coming on and answering the questions when we posed them i want to turn now to congresswoman michele bachmann. a lot of talk about mitt romney is not reaching women in this campaign, miss bachmann. you've endorsed him. what does he need to do? what does he need to say to women? well, first of all, they a myth and it's not true because obama's-- >> schieffer: what's a myth? >> the myth is there is a republican war on women. there's not a republican war on women. that's coming from the obama reelection team because everything they do right now is-- any word that you hear will go through the grid of obama