bachus currently chairs a powerful senate finance committee. he's the chairman of the joint committee on taxation. bachus would replace gary locke, the former washington governor said last month he would leave his post early next year to rejoin his wife and three children in seattle. locke's 2 1/2 year tenure has been marked by increased tensions in china. bachus has taken tough stances on china's trade infractions. in july, he and three other lawmakers rose to president obama to urge him to curb electal property and practices that dis -- against u.s. companies. bachus led the fight in the 1990s to get china admitted to the w.t.o. and to get bilateral trade relations with beijing. one of his first tests may be to manage security issues. a u.s. guided missile cruiser and chile even war ship narrowly missed each other in the east china sea. if bachus gets the job, montana's governor would appoint a replacement to serve the rest of his term. if a democrat is appointed, it wouldn't change the balance in the senate. >> we'll see how the politics pan

senator max bachus was widely seen as the best hope for a change to the tax code. what was your decision to nominate him to be ambassador to china -- >> it says that max bachus will be an outstanding ambassador to china, and i'd like a swift confirmation, and my expectation and hope is that if both senate democrats -- or if democrats and republicans in the house and senate are serious about tax reform, it's not going depends on one guy. it's going to depend on all of us working together, and my office is ready, willing, and eager to engage both parties in having a conversation about how to simply identify the tax code, make it fair, to make it work, create more jobs and do right by middle-class americans. jackie combs. >> thank you, mr. pratt. how do you say it in hawai'i -- >> -- looking back at the year, i'd like to ask you what your reaction was to the nonpartisan group that said the lie of the year was your statement that if you like your healthcare plan, you can keep and it related to the healthcare problems, the fallout seems to be making democrats a little r

will you bachus? and germany gave what is known to be a blank check. said to austria, hungary, do what you want to do. we will back you even if it means russia coming in to defend serbia. >> who had the biggest army then? >> they were clearly russia's. but the most effective was germany. germany had a very strong military tradition. it had highly trained officers, very good armament. and a very good network which is what you needed to move the troops around. russia had the numbers, didn't have nearly the organization or the military capacity. they weren't nearly as good. >> the note at the end of the book, it connects somewhat to this era. john f. kennedy was under intense pressure from his own military to take action at the risk of an all-out war. he learned that from the bay of pigs that the military were not always right, but also he had read "the guns of august" by barbara duckman. >> i found that so fascinating. i was trying to think of the parallel between the decision makers in 1914. it seems to me, really, my own times, the closest was the cuba

like, the implacable opposition, actually, if they had come in in that bachus -- there are points ofwhere they could have don strategic innovations when the white house wanted nothing more than a republican co-sponsor and -- >> you're asking for an amazing amount of calibration on that recklessness, because the point that brought them up to that point and cowed many groups on the left in terms of demanding more was supposedly because there was no votes there, because -- >> that's the other side of it. >> here, look. in terms of the republican party, you have, you know, serious, used to be people you could talk to, used to be people you could deal with, so terrified of being primaried. i know you think they're all, like, worthless, but i'm saying, some of them you could get some stuff done with. so, i do think in terms of the long-term damage of their party and the ability to get things done, but also the ability for them to just gum up the system, like with the sequester, like with the shutdown, because they're so terrified. and remember, originally, they thought they could control t

. >>> it looks like president obama will pick montana senator mac bachus to be his next ambassador toif confirmed he would replace gary locke who is stepping down. the nomination could be announced as early as today. >>> the bart board has more contract disputes to deal with this morning. one of them involves language with one of the smaller unions about a cost-saving provision. a tentative agreement has a different starting date for the smaller union that are for two larger ones. the board is also dealing with a disspewed part of the contract for bigger unions. >>> and a young vallejo cancer patient is taking a page from the famous batkid to crew say the for safer streets in her community. volunteers are putting together a wonder girl superhero adventure for 10-year-old monica romo. she will be reading an essay she wrote about her concern over how to make vallejo safer. >> reporter: i'm kiet do live at the busiest target in san jose. 40million credit cards have possibly been stolen from the company. this affects anybody who shops in person at the store from november 27 to december 15

except senator bachus and congressman camp have agreed on -- senator baucus and congressman camp have agreed on fast track. there was quite enormous opposition. to me what's news about the fast track situation in the u.s. is why these two guys who are the chairmen of the committees of jurisdiction haven't introduced any trade authority legislation despite their saying since easter of last year that they had a deal almost ready and it was going to go in at any moment. and so all these months have gone by which begs the question -- given what the house looks like on fast track, assuming the bill goes in tomorrow, there are four days left in the house. othing is going to get done. so next year when we're going to have crazy season kick in over the summer over the mid term elections, in six months is the republican house going to give the democratic president they just really love and respect fast track trade authority that took president bush two years, incredible blood, sweat and tears and lots of political deals to get accomplished by one vote? so to me what's fairly news worthy is the

i appreciate his cooperation as they do senator chairman of bachus is cooperation. i returned to senator toomey for his and senator isakson and others are welcome to do the same. retirement security as we know from reading his jury asked dr and other stories from the new deal on has traditionally been thought of as the three-legged stool. social security can't employer-provided pension and investment. the first leg of the store, social security guarantees a modest but stable income during retirement years, but not just for retirement security. social security provides basic financial security and unexpected tragedy and provides a vital safety net to the disabled widows in woodworth, something traditional retirement plans often unable to provide. the other two legs of the three-legged stool, personal savings and pension plans build upon the bedrock of social security and off families maintain the standard of living that they approach the standard of living while they were working to protect seniors, but also allows families resources to buy homes to start families an

bachus, bauc -- bachmann, campbell, coble, onein, latham, and democrat, madison.adison -- matheson. matheson barely beat his opponent in 2012, the saratoga springs mayor. she is running again for that seat. that will turn out for republicans in the fourth district of utah. richard and texas, democratic caller. who is your representative, and do your senators represent your views? representative in the , farenthal. navy veteran. the only place they could find a cut was on the backs of veterans. we were promised that if we stayed and did our job, the cost of living increase. they are cutting our cost of living increase by 1%. take you want to see them care of the pension issues on the budget. going to hurt military retention and it is going to hurt recruiting. then all a promise and of the sudden, they stashed it away from us -- they snatch it away. there are other places they could cut besides on the back of veteran to have worked for this country. host: have you made this case to your senators? or two-year members of congress? -- or to your members of congress? ca

the reason why bachus was scared to run he thought schweitzer would run against him.chweitzer pull the plug on that senate bid so quickly. now there's some sort of presidential bid. its interesting he's trying to establish liberal credentials. schweitzer being a progressive has not always been the case. he's a populist. there's a different between being a populist and a progressive. >> you have some experience with running an insurgent presidential candidate. do you think schweitzer is a plausible democratic candidate for 2016 and if he is what would you tell him to do to get his campaign going own make it plausible if he wanted to give it a go this next time around? >> he, as you know, he's a very talented and entertaining guy. whether he's a plausible candidate or not is a big question. you know, he is anti-gun control, very strongly on the nra side of that issue. he has strong detractors in the environmental community because of the nature of his support for drilling and other aspects of the oil industry which is part of the economy in that part of the country. he

except senator bachus and congressman camp have agreed on -- senator baucus and congressman camp haveon fast track. there was quite enormous opposition. to me what's news about the fast track situation in the u.s. is why these two guys who are the chairmen of the committees of jurisdiction haven't introduced any trade authority legislation despite their saying since easter of last year that they had a deal almost ready and it was going to go in at any moment. and so all these months have gone by which begs the question -- given what the house looks like on fast track, assuming the bill goes in tomorrow, there are four days left in the house. nothing is going to get done. so next year when we're going to have crazy season kick in over the summer over the mid term elections, in six months is the republican house going to give the democratic president they just really love and respect fast track trade authority that took president bush two years, incredible blood, sweat and tears and lots of political deals to get accomplished by one vote? so to me what's fairly news worthy is the prospe