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senator john barrasso, a member of foreign relations commit who questioned secretary clinton will join us tonight from washington. on the debt ceiling extension a deal appears to be in the offing with president obama. he and senate majority leader harry reid signals agreement with house speaker john boehner's debt ceiling legislation that was passed today, we'll take that up with senator barrasso and the a-team tonight. the obama administration and the wake of benghazi told the american people, repeat ed please that u.s. had a strategy, and substantial security present at the consulate. the accountability review boards investigations and subsequent report declared of that not true, that the security measures were in the words of that report, quote, grossly inadequate. our first guest, press secretary clinton on that issue. >> i would ask you today if you believe we had a significant substantial and strong security present in libya at that time? >> on that night, we had the requisite number of ds agents, we can get mired in the back and forth, but i believe we'll be doing more to help p

senator john barrasso attended the inauguration joining us from washington.y imperial washington seems to be a minority opinion. in my being unfair? >> i have been to every inauguration since i was in my dad took me to john kennedy's inauguration this inauguration, i tell you, i am less concerned about what happens one day than i am concerned about what this president plans to do for the next four years as an imperial president with rules and regulations and red tape and the czars, the recess appointments rather than actually realizing this is one of three branches of government. at think he believes he is the king. john: you talk about your father bringing you to these inauguration's which is sort of unusual. john: you talk about your father bringing you to these inaugurations. you are a real job, you were a doctor. now that you are in the senate, is there an imperial attitude of fix it all? >> i think the imperial attitude is coming out of the obama white house, and you just saw this it is related to guns and issues there and we are going to continue to see

senator john barrasso attended the inauguration joining us from washington.y imperial washington seems to be a minority opinion. in my being unfair? >> i have been to every inauguration since i was in my dad took me to john kennedy's inauguration this inauguration, i tell you, i am less concerned about what happens one day than i am concerned about what this president plans to do for the next four years as an imperial president with rules and regulations and red tape and the czars, the recess appointments rather than actually realizing this is one of three branches of government. at think he believes he is the king. john: you talk about your father bringing you to these inauguration's which is sort of unusual. john: you talk about your father bringing you to these inaugurations. you are a real job, you were a doctor. now that you are in the senate, is there an imperial attitude of fix it all? >> i think the imperial attitude is coming out of the obama white house, and you just saw this it is related to guns and issues there and we are going to continue to see

that's where people are are focused that's the big anxiety of this country should maybe senator barrasso should try telling that to the millions of american parents who are now worry about the safety of their children in school or the relatives and loved ones of the more than one thousand americans who have been killed by gun violence just since the newtown massacre. and the very very ugly rush limbaugh's radio show friday limbaugh tried to advance the pro-gun agenda by tarnishing the civil rights movement limbaugh said quote if a lot of african-americans are going to search through their guns in the late or i do use them for self the friends you think they would have needed so no i don't know i'm just asking if rep john lewis who says he was being. side the head of john lowe is it out of god would have been been upside the head on the bridge. the beauty of the american civil rights movement was that it preached progress through . and by the way that approach ultimately worked by arguing that those who fought for equality could have done so better with guns limbaugh has completely discre

school without the fear of becoming a victim to senseless acts of gun it's the bad senator john barrasso interviewed on c.n.n. state of the union this weekend the republican senator told candy crowley that gun safety is not a major issue in america today here's what brasso had to say when asked if congress would pass universal background checks and limits. an ammunition magazine it's. congress would pass a ban on those clips if with can and a universal background check is not going to happen no no i don't think it will and candy that gets beside the major issues that face american families. on the eve of debt and spending that's where people are are focused that's the big anxiety of this country should maybe senator barrasso should try telling that to the millions of american parents who are now worry about the safety of their children in school or the relatives and loved ones of the more than one thousand americans who have been killed by gun violence just since the newtown massacre. and the very very ugly rush limbaugh's radio show friday limbaugh tried to advance the pro-gun agenda by

i am joined now by republican senator john barrasso from wyoming. chairman of the senate republican policy committee and as they might stay in wyoming this is not your first rodeo this inaugural? >> no can kickers this is actually the ninth time i'm seeing a different president come into office. my dad took me to john kennedy's inauguration when i was 8. we come every time, republican and democrat, because of this great country. my dad, as a guy, had to quit school in the ninth grade, fought in the battle of the bull only and spent his life pushing wheel barrels of heavy wet cement. pushing cement now to in one legislation, pushing legislation but we always want any president to succeed, to do well that means america does well and americans do well. it's interesting that you mention that because there was a poll recently that cnn took and the question was do you hope that president obama's mollcies will fail? republicans, 52% said yes. independents, 28% said yes, democrats 4%. so 52% of republicans in this poll said they hope president obama's polic

and i again want to thank senators mccain, schumer, kyl, cardin, alexander, pryor and barrasso for all of the work that they put in on this bipartisan proposal to reform the state -- excuse me, to reform senate procedures. i would ask unanimous consent, mr. president, that the bipartisan proposal that we made to the leadership and which they have embraced in large measure in their own really extraordinarily important effort to offer the senate and the nation a bipartisan approach in getting through this rules more as -- morass. i would ask unanimous consent that our bipartisan proposal be made part of the record, and i would also ask unanimous consent, mr. president, that the balance of my statement giving the history of the so-called constitutional option be inserted in the record at this point as well. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. levin: and i yield the floor. mr. alexander: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: mr. president, i want to thank senator levin for his leadership and senator mccain, senator schumer, cardin, pryor

senator john barrasso joins us where things stand at this very moment.nd whether a deal will get hammer through tonight in the senate. that is coming up. do you ever have too much money? i touched the ball before it went out, coach. come on, alex, the ref did not call that! i touche it's their ball. team! alex. alex, good call. ♪ . adam: all this talk about the fiscal cliff could make you forget there are other hot spots in the world so we're going to turn our attention to the middle east and some potentially troubling news from iran. officials there repor a successful test after surface-to-air missile during military drills taking place near the strait of hormuz. the strait, which the iranians have threatened to close, is a crucial passageway for 20% of the world's oil. what could this an here in the united states? with me now is michael rubin, resident scholar at the american enterprise institute and a happy new year to you, sir. what does it mean for the united states? does it up the ante or is this more bravado from the iranians? >> certainly, adam,

bill: just one more point on this too, listening to barrasso's comment there.nions say we can't afford health insurance coverage for our employees. you hear that from private business too. and if that is the case and if they are eventually dropped from their plan they would then go into the state-run exchanges, correct? >> reporter: right. that have not yet been set up. bill: republicans have argued -- that was the whole argument toward single pair. that would be the initial step. you see how the hropbl i ca logic starts to fit in for the point that barrasso is making. >> sure, there is one sense here that the fact that this is becoming such a big mess that there will be an effort to say, now what, just clear the deck and let's just do single payer. and there are some democrats up on capitol hill that are saying that already. republicans are saying, no, no, no, no, you can't do that, because that's what you fought from the beginning, and you need to start over. bill: we have heard resistance to this clearly. but from unions, this is a new one. we'll see where i

coming up next, republican senator john barrasso joins us. executive vice president of the denver broncos and hall of fame quarterback john elway will be here on set. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. executor of efficiency. you can spot an amateur from a mile away... while going shoeless and metal-free in seconds. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle...and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. now this...will work. [ male announcer ] just like you, business pro. just like you. go national. go like a pro. >>> a beautiful shot of washington. snowing this morning at 25 past the hour. here with us now from capitol hill, republican senator from wyoming and member of the senate foreign relations committee, senator john barrasso. good to have you on the show this morning, sir. >> thanks for having me, mika. >> i see you have a piece in "the wall street journal" on chuck hagel. we'll get to that in j

the republican take with wyoming senator john barrasso, head of the gop policy committee.residential wordsmiths don bayer and michael guesten and the party lines with former wisconsin senator russ feingold, new england, susan page and ron brownstein. i'm candy crowley and this is "state of the union." >>> good morning on an historic sunday here in washington, d.c. president obama will take the oath of office for his second term after this morning in a private ceremony at the white house. the constitution requires that he be sworn in by noon, january 20th. vice president joe biden was sworn in a short time ago, justice sonia sotomayor administering the oath. the president and vice president have just arrived at arlington national cemetery where they will place a wreath at the tomb of the unknown of. we will bring that ceremony to you live when it begins. president obama's public

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senator barrasso. >> thank you, mr. chairman, madam secretary. i want to thank you for your incredible commitment to the country, as first lady and member of this body as and secretary of state. as a doctor i have seen you work yourself to exhaustion, not for your own benefit but for the benefit of the people in this country and the country is grateful for that. i like you agree that we need to make sure this, something like this never happens again. and i have kind of looked at it the challenger explosion where we lost those seven astronauts because of an o-ring and problems there. we didn't see it coming and could have seen it coming and should have seen it coming. as you said, you never saw the security requests. vice president biden and the presidential debate said no one tolls us. i mean, the concern is we should have been seeing these sorts of things. there were the attacks on the british ambassador. there were the attacks on the red cross they pulled out of benghazi. there were attacks on the consulate itself. yet we had no evacuation plan

senator barrasso, thank you so much. always good to have you on the show. >> thanks, martha. bill: you wonder now if those answers will ever come public at any point. >>> phil mickelson is one of the greatest golfers in the world, taking questions on his taxes and that old fair share of his. mickelson explaining why he backed off on gripes that more than 60% of the his income goes to the government. >> my apology is, for talking about it publicly because i shouldn't take advantage of the forum that i have as a professional golfer to try to ignite change over these issues. i love this state. i grew up here. i love it here. and i'm certainly concerned for it. i never had a problem paying my fair share because, i know that there are very few countries in the world that let you do what you do and, live in this environment. bill: there he is. speaking like an american, huh? like that. mickelson's net worth is $180 million. the guy ain't hurting but tiger woods says mickelson was right about taxes especially in california and says high taxes was why woods moved out of the californi

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barrasso of wyoming. mr. brown of ohio. ms. cantwell of washington. the vice president: please raise your right hands. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you god? the group: i do. the vice president: congratulations. [applause] the vice president: the clerk will call the names of the next group. the clerk: mr. cardin of maryland. mr. carper of delaware. mr. casey of pennsylvania. mr. corker of tennessee. the vice president: please raise your right hands. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you take this obligation freel

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gerri: meanwhile, senator jon barrasso joins me. it's always good to have you here, sir.: we have been talking about these new exchanges. somehow they think the other one is less attractive, they want to give anyone a more attractive name. twenty-five states in that they are not playing. what does that tell you? >> whatever the president and federal government wants to call them, they are a disaster. twenty-five states are saying no thank you. it is because the secretary of health and human service can't tell the states what it will cost them to set them up. chris christie in new jersey said no thank you. my home state senator in wyoming has continued to ask for information and he gets form letters and really not the kind of information that any state would want. gerri: well, i'm concerned that the way that the law is written, if you don't play, the federal government comes in and set this thing up for you. will that mean? what will that look like? how will it compare with states doing this themselves? >> well, no matter who sets it up, people will end up paying more for

barrasso: thank you, madam president. i also ask unanimous consent that the period of morning business be extended until 3:30 p.m. today and that all provisions of the previous order remain in effect. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: thank you, madam president madam president, i rise today to, one, welcome you and welcome all of the other new senators who have just joined this body. along with the rest of us, you have all watched the difficult negotiations over the fiscal cliff that dominated the last few weeks of the 112th congress. that debate was an important opportunity to talk to the american people about washington's addiction to spending. we made clear in that debate that no amount of tax increases, no amount, would come close to wiping out washington's debt. so as we begin the 113th congress, we are faced with fresh opportunities to continue that conversation with the american people. this time the debate is over whether to raise the nation's debt limit. last week the president opened negoti

reaction from republican senator barrasso of wyoming. that's all for tonight's "willis report," dvr the show if you can't catch us live. have a great night and see you right back here tomorrow. ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. everyone has a bad day from time to time. this may be such a day for my voice. today, a bad day belonged to the president. the president spent $1.6 million of tax pay every money to fly to nevada and back. nine hours on air force 1 to deliver a 20-minute long speech that had been billed by the white house as a plan on illegal immigration. however, he offered no plan, no substantive proposal, nothing of substance at all to the assembled audience. the president chose to make unremarkable remarks one day after a group of eight senators unvailed their frame work for bipartisan immigration reform. it appears president obama could not reign in the ego and took up immigration reform in a speech that members of the congressional hispanic caucus asked him not to give. republican congressman balart saying of obama's now inten

. >> senator barrasso thank you for being with us tonight. thank you for attending the inaugural so i don't have to. kennedy you went there and interviewed people. what was that like? >> it was cold and crowded and boring. >> they waited 6 hours or more in the crowd to hear this man they love so much. >> an entire group of people that can appropriately be called obama zombies. but they weren't looking for brains they were looking for their hero to worship. >> watching your interviews i got the sense that there are still people who think a president and this president owe specially is magic a politician can solve everything. >> i feel good we have elected obama. >> climate change. climate change. we left chicago there hasn't been any no since winter. this is important. >> what do you think the next four years are going to be like? >> awesome. i think it's going to get better for sure. >> it will get better. >> how so? >> more jobs. >> you think? >> i think so. >> what will drive the improving economy? >> you are asking hard questions on a cold

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we'll ask republican senator john barrasso. >>> plus a sperm donor being forced to pay child support. despite his signing away all parental rights before the baby was born. we'll look at money impact on the baby business everywhere. >>> and this picture will self-detruck in 10 seconds. the snap chat picture sharing app takes smartphones by storm. deletes content explicit or otherwise in just seconds after viewing it. or does it? how users could be literal caught with their pants down. we'll explain that one coming up. even when they say it's not it is always about money melissa: let's get right to a developing story right now. moody's rating agency just warning a short time ago that the fiscal cliff deal does not go far enough. moody's warning it will cut the u.s. credit rating without more deficit reduction. the mark sets celebrating today, not worried about tomorrow, a huge rally with the dow skyrocketing 308 points, the biggest one day gain since september of 2011. here with what more to expect out of washington, republican senator john barosso. great to have you back on the show,

we will talk with new york mayor cory booker, john barrasso, berniece king and steve king, maine senator angus king, texas senator joaquin castro, nick cannon, coahost of "america's g talent" and my conversation with sonia sotomayor is ahead. are you watching a special inauguration edition of "starting point" from our nation's capitol. we begin right now. >> good morning. welcome, everybody. president obama kicked off his second term as leader of the free world. being joined by "early start's" john berman. and our chief national correspondent john king and john berman. we have the turnout, not expected to match the 1.8 million spectators from 2009. about half as many people, in fact, the president's second time taking the oath in 24 hours. fourth time technically as president. you can see there, the president took the oath with his daughters and his wife watching. there is a requirement, of course, that he is sworn in on january 20th. that's why it's done officially, and then done for the public. the vice president joe dieden w -- biden sworn in by chief justice sotomayor. the first lati

along with senator john barrasso and bernice king will join us as well. we also have joaquin castro and also nick cannon. he's performing today for the inauguration. good morning to you. welcome to a special edition of "early start." it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. i'm zoraida sambolin. live here in washington, d.c. for the inauguration of president barack obama. some folks also gathering here. i will be joined by soledad o'brien and john berman who are still making their way through what is a solid wall of security here. so we begin with president obama making history again. publicly taking the oath of office on martin luther king day to begin his second term as the leader of the free world. it will be his second time taking the oath in 24 hours and his fourth time as president. >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> thank you mr. chief justice. thank you so much. thank you, sweetie. >> with the first lady and first daughters looking on, the president made good yesterday on a constitutional requirement that he be sworn in on january 20th. >

and by all means, senator john barrasso even says i've got my wife here.'m sorry, i've gotta -- thanks. i mean, what happened to these advocates for the second amendment -- a distorted interpretation of it -- but what happened to this is like they're all over the place and no place trying to just keep things as they are? >> right. why would you want to talk about gun control in the hallway? that's not the right place to do that when your wife is on the phone. there's that saying, nature hordes a vacuum. there's an absolute vacuum of leadership where they really aren't sure what to stand for. the tea party ideology is now unpopular. the tea party is extremely unpopular. that extremist brand is unpopular. people don't like them. they're understanding for the first time now that the glass has been broken on the terrain yum that they've been living in for the last eight, four years, they're unpopular. and because there's no real leader, the leadership is gone and the national view and the weekly standards, those outlets are now neoconservative. no one really w

to my good friend, senator barrasso, wyoming is a producer state and new mexico is also a producer state. and i found the same experience that the senator kerry talked about in terms of massachusetts, in new mexico, the fastest growing sector in the renewable jobs. and so i think it's a big opportunity for us, we should be pursuing it. i grew with what he -- i agree with what he just said. hypo with can work with each other. we should try to pull together and discuss the facts and really pursue this sector that is going to be so vital to the future, and vital actually to job growth. but john, great to have you here. you earned this. there's no doubt about it. it's great to see tear reisha and -- theresa and van necessary is a. i was walking over here and saw the cutest grandchild. i asked if he was coming in but he was going wait outside. >> he's pretty shy. [laughter] >> i -- in my observation here, my short period on the foreign relations committee, i think a great deal of what good foreign policy about is building person relationship, and building personal relationships with leaders a

john barrasso chairman much the senate policy committee. is that true?o hear a lot about that in the coming weeks. >> no it's not true. the president has maxed out the credit card, he wants a brand-new credit card. this is a president when it came to raise -lg the debt ceiling when he was a senator said it was irresponsible to do so. he said it was because of a failure of leadership. we have a president who is addicted to spending and he needs to just look in the mirror because he is the source of the problem. it's his healthcare law, it's the failed stimulus package, these are things that the president has forced through, the democrats have gone w and it is onwith, and it's one of the reasons we are so deeply in debt. if you're a family and bills are coming in, you take a look at the bills and say, how can we make sure that we pay these bills, but more importantly you want to say how can we make sure we don't have bigger bills to pay in the future. bill: what idea would you support? are you on john boehner's side who says we'll give you a dollar in debt

. >> when president barrasso makes the remark he makes about a part of a country ceasing to be part oft territory, no tricky reference to that remark. and i think that's really very significant because on my reading of the tricky position -- and i was struck just in preparing for the committee on rereading some advice that was produced by the house of commons library about 12 months ago -- they make the point in that document that there is no provision within the treaty on european union that provides for the scenario that president barrasso has cited in that particular paragraph of his letter. >> this really does seem rather bizarre. on the one hand, we have a considered letter from the president of the european community -- commission who, after all, this person is going to side with his, with the attendant legal structure whether scotland, after independency came about, was a member. on the other hand, you have the view of viewers in the ministry and the government which now admits they didn't take legal advice on whether it would remain a member of the union and is only belatedly d

this is how he handled meeting republican wyoming senator john barrasso and his mother. >> hey, ma. >> hey. >> how are you? good to see you. i'm joe biden. well, i -- >> she liked cheney better. >> i'm 60 years old, so take care. watch where you're walking. >> would you take a picture of this? >> tell him. >> now i've got evidence, guys. >>> the new house will vote on part of a hurricane sandy relief bill tomorrow. aid can't come fast enough for those affected by the storm. i'll ask the small business owner how the delay has hurt recovery. >>> and later, connecticut governor dan milloy calls on washington to get its act together on gun laws, but republicans are already saying no to new legislation. you can listen to my radio show on sirius xm radio channel 127 monday through friday noon to 3:00 p.m. share your thoughts with us on facebook and on twitter using the #edshow. we're coming right back. [ male announcer ] coughequence™ #8. waking the baby. [ coughs ] [ baby crying ] ♪ [ male announcer ] robitussin® liquid formula soothes your throat on contact and the active ingredient relie

barrasso of wyoming. mr. brown of ohio. ms. cantwell of washington. the vice president: please raise your right hands. do you solemnly swear that you will suppo and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that you bear true faith and allegiance to the sa; that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you god? the group: i do. the vice president: congratulations. [applause] the vice president: the clerk will call the names of the next group. the clerk: mr. cardin of maryland. mr. carper ofelaware. mr. casey of pennsylvania. mr. corker of tennessee. the vice president: please raise your right hands. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservati