joining s is lieutenant colonel bill collins. it's good to have you with us. and as we were watching this unfold, we have secretary of state john kerry making what i consider to be an unexpectedly severe and stern warning tt i not certain that he can back t. what is your reaction first, if we may. >> for some it's great to be with you. i appreciate being invited. i think that president vladimir putin has lahed off whatever secretary john kerry had to say. i don't think the russians think for one minute that this administration is going to do anything at all if they make a mo on the ukraine. having said that, i think that vladimir putin is a smart guy. he's not going to do anything i the short term it really damages his stading. he's riding the crest of a wave right now. there were no incidents. he is really he guy who is moving forwardith their nuclear weapons and everything is on his ride right now. and i don't think that he wants to damage that by using oars at this time, but heis an old kgb operative and that i will take whatever time it takes in my judgmen

joining s is lieutenant colonel bill collins. it's good to have you with us.nd as we were watching this unfold, we have secretary of state john kerry making what i consider to be an unexpectedly severe and stern warning that i am not certain that he can back out. what is your reaction first, if we may. >> for some it's great to be with you. i appreciate being invited. i think that president vladimir putin has laughed off whatever secretary john kerry had to say. i don't think the russians think for one minute that this administration is going to do anything at all if they make a move on the ukraine. having said that, i think that vladimir putin is a smart guy. he's not going to do anything in the short term it really damages his standing. he's riding the crest of a wave right now. there were no incidents. he is really the guy who is moving forward with their nuclear weapons and everything is on his ride right now. and i don't think that he wants to damage that by using oars at this time, but he is an old kgb operative and that i will take whatever time it take

the wheelbase home what you are you'll continue to research and feel finding about the bill collins democratic transition. were you surprised or are you happy though with the democratic achievements and talents today. in my life is a democracy become established died. ii started coming here. in two thousand and two two thousand twenty thousand t of andorra still will but in the stalls you for the old waste cos of me in too many politicians are fighting there's not enough agreement and now pretty much everybody except democracy and the value they don't necessarily accept all of the formal procedures. you see people going outside to proceed years of demonstrating of mobilizing followers to go out and put pressure on the legislature which. in some ways is a good thing because it shows that people are committed and that there were and are trying to create various ways of holding officials accountable. the problem is sometimes those mobilization all models can get out of hand and then they can threaten the institutions of democracy. so there has to be a balance in i think it i want a strike that ba

bill. senator collins outlined some of the provisions. let me go through a couple of them by way of either reiteration or reemphasis. one of them that she mentioned, the 15-year depreciation, which is sometimes referred to as 15-year straight-line depreciation schedule for restaurants. why would we go back to the old policy, which is you would to get your increment or piece -- or benefit i'd call it of depreciation in little slices over 39 years? why not keep it at 15 years so that that business owner knows that in each of those 15 years they're going to have a measure of depreciation? it's a more realistic reflection of the useful economic life of these qualifying assets, and it makes all the sense in the world to have that in place. senator collins also mentioned faster cost recovery. that's reflected directly in a company's bottom line & it frees up cash that can be used to expand business operations and hire new workers. these tax provisions can actual a how folks to have the capacity to hire new workers. this is especially important

to, i think, just about everybody, certainly those people that were originally on the bill, heller, murkowski, collinsthat. i hope more do. we need five republican votes. republicans have complained after that first vote they wouldn't vote on extension of unemployment insurance without reforms to the program so we did that also. we talk about the 20 relevant amendments which did he they didn't agree to. they refused every reasonable offer to move forward on this legislation. i'm beginning to believe there is nothing to get republicans to say yes, with the exception of a few reasonable republicans that have taken the human toll into consideration, republicans simply don't want to extend these benefits. their obstruction has already cost the nation $2.2 billion during the last five weeks, a body blow to small business around the country. every week they delay, another 73,000 americans lose these crucial benefits, benefits that help them keep food on the table and a roof over their heads. i shared a story very, very recently of a 57-year-old woman who was couched surfing, i never heard that term before,

collins on the court last night. he has shown an extraordinary courage and organization. bill deblasio, the new york mayor, commented. and remember a gay dude invented the high 5, and jason collins twoated this out this morning. what a great day, brooklyn nets over my home town lakers. thank you to everyone who has supported me through this journey. >> i tell you what in strictly basketball terms, the nets could use a big guy as they try push into the final playoff spots or maybe a little better. just thought i would drop that in there. >> they didn't win last night though. >> thank you, i appreciate it. a look at the day's top stories and much more when we return. this is al jazeera america. the most important money stories of the day might effect your savings, your job or your retirement. whether it's bail-outs or bond rates this stuff gets complicated. but don't worry. i'm here to take the fear out of finance. every night on my show i break down confusing financial speak and make it real. >> this is al jazeera america. live from new york city. i'm tony hairs. the military i

. >> beyond it put out a statement saying jason collins made history and continued to move the world beyond it. before the big game, bill deblasio new york city mayor tweeted this out: >> jesse tyler ferguson from modern family says: >> right after midnight, collins wrote this: >> now we need him to deliver some more wins. the doggone nets need him to climb up into a better playoff position in the east and maybe avoid the miami heat in the first round. >> he only played 10 minutes last night. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> check of the headlines is next, and then real money with ali velshi. >> coming up, digital video on the almighty power of distribution. netflix cussed a deal with comcast for seamless streaming. >> what might be the most secure smart phone on the planet. all that and more on real money. >> the most important money stories of the day might affect your savings, your job or your retirement. whether its bail-outs or bond rates this stuff get complicated. but don't worry. i'm here to take the fear out of finance. every night on my show i break down confusing financial speak and make it real. >> we are live

bill. >> joan baez. >> the staples, arlo guthrie, judy collins and rambling jack elliott, to my son it was all new andalized that he was right. those folk songs trance agendad time, they dealt with universal human issues and when those artists could not play them anymore they would pass them on. >> and the .. strongest link in the chain, the man who kept the messages alive more than anyone else was pete seeger. >> he carried that music a long, long way. now the music will carry him. >> >> osgood: next -- >> i can't believe i ate the whole thing. >> you ate it, ralph. >> >> osgood: after all the nonstop snacking that super bowl seems to demand, comes the irreconcilable reckoning, mo rocca has been talking about that with an expert. >> super bowl sunday is the second biggest eating day of the year, just after thanksgiving. >> the result for many? super bulge. >> it is very common for people to over indulge on super bowl sunday. first we might have had a few drinks which might impair judgment and portion control. second, when one is around a lot of other people, one might be paying less attention to what

bill today, u.s. will review relations with uganda including its aid programs. >>> the first openly gay player jason collins signing a ten day contract with the brook lynn b . michael eaves is live in new york city about michael how much attention has sam received since he came out? >> he was the most sought after interview here at the combine over the weekend, del. when he did address the media on saturday there was a throng of reporters that were surrounding him. he fielded 35 questions over the course of 12 minutes on saturday. first time he spoke publicly since he announced he is gay a couple of weeks ago. one thing that was very obviously he wants to push forward was the fact that he simply does not want to be known as a gay football player but a football player. on sunday he had a chance to distinguish himself amongst the competition as it relates to the nfl draft. let's give you an idea how he stacked up against the competition. earlier today, sought after events was 40 yard dash. his first two unofficial times were fowp 79 and 4.84. but once they reviewed the tape his official time of 4.91 seconds w

collins for joining with me in offering the individual bills that now come to the floor together as the alert act. and i urge my colleagues to vote for this urgently needed legislation and reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from virginia reserves. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. johnson: thank you, madam speaker. i yield such time to myself as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman -- without objection. mr. johnson: madam speaker, earlier this week we had a declaration that this week would be stop government abuse week. my colleagues on the other side called for us to commemorate his week by the introduction of draconian antisafety legislation that would allow businesses to declare war on the rules that protect americans, including babies, children and the elderly. and that's why, madam speaker, i rise in opposition to h.r. , 04, the achieving less excess in regulation, and requiring transparency act of 2014, also known as the so-called alert act. the alert act is a continuation of the same republican obstruct at all cost paradigm that led to the seq

collins: however the bill interpretation in and ours are different. the bill does nothing achieve these goal bus air and water regulations have been the source of many of the most abusive regulations in history. air regulations inflibted the harms on rob james, avon lake, bob sales and his workers, alan puckett and his workers that i mentioned in my opening statement and discussion yesterday. to remove these areas of the bill would weaken their reforms to low they are cost of federal regulation. in looking that the amendment, in looking at the discussion that was just had, mr. speaker, by the gentleman offering, it goes back to a tired argument that is not worthy of debate on this floor. for the object -- to present an amendment is fipe. to present an amendment to say you don't like the way we're wanting to do that is fine but to retread and rework the idea that i or my children or anybody else's children want to breathe dirty air or dirty watt ore have child seats fall apart -- child restraints be broken or anything else is just not worthy of debate

bill which was very challenging piece of business. she worked with republican senator thad cochran who was constructive in this process. we have representatives frank lucas working with collin peterson. we have a terrific contribution from our own secretary of agriculture, tom bill zack -- vilsack, who deserves a round of applause. congress passed a bipartisan "farm bill" that is going to make a big difference in communities all across this country. i want to recognize one of your congressman who is doing outstanding -- an outstanding job. and somebody who was just a wonderful mentor to me who was -- when i was in the senate, a great public servant not just for your state but for the entire country. carl levin. he is always out there especially when it comes to our men and women in uniform. we are very proud of him. [applause] while we're at it we have a couple of out-of-towners. pat leahy from vermont. there are a lot of dairy farms up there. and from minnesota. all that cold air is blowing from minnesota down into -- despite its name, the the "farm bill" is not just about helping farmers. secretary bill sacked calls it a jobs bill, and innovation bill. and infrastructure

bill. the league is starting to see some of those financial benefits. the brooklyn nets 98 jersey, collins, wears number 98 as a tribute to matthew shepherd, the gay student beaten to death. he will wear that jersey tonight in portland, he had to wear 46 when he played his first game on sunday, but now he wears this number. >> thank you. billions of dollars hidden from the irs, the lega owners illegaf offshore banks. mike viqueria joins us from washington, d.c. >> volumes and volumes of pages. some james bond villains might have nothing on certain swiss bankers. but the accusation is billions of dollars have been hidden in swiss banks causing the u.s. treasury untold millions. >> it's the stuff of countless spy novels but now some senators say it's all too real. as much as $12 billion hid be hn away in swiss bank accounts. none of it taxed. >> what do you say to bankers coming close to home? >> top officials to credit swisse, helped investors evade taxes. kerry brady duggan was contrite. >> credit swissse regrets heartily that we had some swiss based private bankers who appear to have viol

bill. >> and quite a gesture from the first openingly gay basketball player in the nba. how jason collins paid tribute to a student killed because of his sexual or yen station. >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. 6:26 is the time. walmart says it is taking a big step to change how many consumer products are made. walmart will require manufactures to give it a list of chemicals considered dangerous, used in any make up, soaps, and household cleaners by next january. companies must reduce or eliminate them or will be required to list them on labels within a if more years. industry experts companies will change their products rather than lose sales. >>> time 16:-- time is 6:26. former stanford star jason collins who plays for the brooklyn nets during last night's game he paid tribute to matthew shepard. the wyoming college student who was murdered in 1998 because he was gay. during the game he wore number 98 in honor of shepard. >> my friends and family knew why i chose that number and now it's cool to see so many people support it. it's evident by people buying the jersey.

bill, which was a very challenging piece of business. she worked with republican senator thad cochran, who i think was very truktive in this process. we had representatives frank lucas, a republican, working with collina terrific contribution from our own secretary of agriculture, tom vilsack, who deserves a big round of applause. [ applause ] congress passed a bipartisan farm bill that is going to make a big difference in communities all across this country. and just so they don't feel left out, i want to recognize one of your congressman who's doing an outstanding job, dan keelding. and somebody who was just a wonderful mentor to me when i was in the senate and has been just a great public servant not just for your state but for the entire country, carl levitt. he's always out there. especially when it comes to our men and women in uniform. we're very proud of him. and while we're at it, pat leahy from vermont. there are a lot of dairy farms up there. andy klobucar from minnesota. all that cold air is blowing from minnesota down into -- now, despite its name, the farm bill is not just about helping farmers. secretary vilsack calls it a jobs bill, an innovation bill, an infrastructure bill, a resear

as a testimony to this fact, the bill is co-sponsored by three of my democrat colleagues here in the house, representatives mike mcintyre, collin peterson and loretta sanchez. i owe them a debt of gratitude for their efforts in promoting this commonsense bill. 'm especially grateful for representative james lankford a republican co-sponsor of this bill, who has worked tirelessly to promote its passage we have wouldn't be here without his efforts. a common refrain in this is business is that nobody wants to see how the susadge is made, meaning that the process of drafting and passing legislation is so ugly it would repulse people. in this case, i disagree. i'm extremely proud of this bill and extremely proud of the process by which it has been advanced in the house. it has been a pleasure to work with colleagues from both sides of the aisle on this measure and i appreciate their support and counsel. the unfunded mandates reform and a sparency act of 1995 was model for bipartisanship. and my hope is that my bill leaves a similar legacy. i urge all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this rule and the underlying

bill, did it affect your catholic faith in any way, mr. o? just reinforced that i'm following the right light, collin.texas, why do you call kirsten powers but call obenshain, kate. try saying that five times. at that show i nailed down the interview with president obama who attended. also i had a very nice conversation with congresswoman nancy pelosi and her husband at the white house. in that conversation, mrs. pelosi graciously invited me to come to her office on capitol hill to do an interview. she said this in front of multiple witnesses, so of course we followed up and we expected to book a nice chat. but now nancy pelosi is reneging, she is not going to do the interview. so here is the factor tip of the day. when you look someone in the eye and say you're going to do something, do it. if you don't do it, you lose face. respect, because your word is no good. we hope nancy pelosi will change her mind. we hope she incorporates the tip of the day. and that is it for us tonight. please check out the fox news factor website which is different from billo'reilly.com, also we would like you to spout off

bill signed into law coming with harsh penalties. homosexuality is already illegal in uganda. first time offenders face 14 years in prison, aggravated homosexuality life in prison. anyone promoting homosexuality could face jail time. >> jason collins signing a 10 day contract with the brooklyn nets on sunday playing a scoreless 10 minutes. collins is the first professional athlete to come out in north americas for major sports and the nfl draft favorite michael sam could be next. michael eaves is live in indianapolis where the former missouri defensive end is going to test his skills on the field. i wager he has received a lot of attention. >> i'm sorry, del, could you repeat that. >> >> i would say that i would say that this young man from missouri has garner add lot of attention out there. >> yes, he has. on his saturday media availability, del, it was the most well attended of anyone else's media availability during the combine so far. obviously the questions centered around his announcement he is gay. he tried to divert that conversation back to football. he said i want to be known as michael sam the football player, not michael sam the gay football player. this combine is about finding the best as they measure strength, speed

legislature passed the bill thursday and it's drawn strong reactions from opponents who call it state-sanctioned discrimination. >>> meanwhile, history made in the nba, jason collinsly gay man to play in a major u.s. sports league, he took the court last night for the brooklyn nets. he'll wear number 98 in honor of the university of wyoming student killed in an anti-gay hate crime in 1998. >>> michael sam takes the field today, hoping to become the first openly gay football player. this is a chance for teams to check out players before the draft. yesterday he was saying he hopes people will view him as a football player, not as michael sam the gay football player. that's his perspective on all this. >>> finally, a big night here at 30 rock with seth meyers taking the reins of late night. he steps in for jimmy fallon. seth talked about his new role with the "today" show's savannah guthrie. >> you just make the decisions you would make based on your own taste and that leads to what kind of show it will be. i know i won't be doing any singing, that's one thing i can promise, i won't be trying to match the sort of talents of jimmy that way. >> late night airs 12:35 a.

bill 55-43. after macconnell and corning then you sawte, other republicans like susan collins, john mccain come forwardnd vote yes. mccain changing his vote from no to yes. to back up his leadership on that vote. this is what john cornin tweeted out after the house had voted. "all republicans in the senate voted no to increase the debt ceiling. potus and d are clueless to risks of raising debt." that is what the senator had to say. te4d cruz. " both parties are not listening to the american people." that tweet yesterday. "roll call" has the 12 republicans who voted yes on moving forward with the legislation. >> > they all voted no on final passage. bit about what happened on the senate floor. if you tuned into c-span2, you saw happen there. let's go back to democrats only this morning. santa maria, california, you are on the air. caller: hi. it's menan. host: go ahead. caller: i want to raise a point that i have not heard talked about and i believe that medicare and social security should both be means tested. and it has never been raced. for example, i just turned 65. and my health care premium when i

representatives has marked up a bill that would be considered that and be given to the house floor -- and there is incentive to-- incentive in the senate do the same thing with senator collins and donohue from indiana. if there is something that can be adjusted this year, it is changing the definition of full-time employee to 40 hours per week and i think this would help employers and employees. >> we are talking to small next ones and joe is the line for democrats. guest: thanks for taking my call. -- caller: thanks for taking my call. i have a problem with one thing that the guest said, regarding how we should work on affordability rather than expansion. does this mean we should forget about the 50,000 without insurance? do we leave them to die? this is the typical republican viewpoint, let's make it cheaper for the people who have insurance and not to the people who don't because they don't vote enough. this is not what i meant by it, the number one reason people do not purchase health insurance is the cost. if you focus on affordability and the cost of the products, the demand will increase. not mean to say throw everyone out in the cold but i think you would increase h

collins and died in the early morning hours of october 12. at the time matthew had died the president of the united states though clinton had made statements urging passage of the hate crime bill that was stalled in congress. let me just say just a tiny bit about the context. the attack on matthew shepherd shepard happened just four months after the dragging death of james bird junior in jasper texas so there was a hate crime bill that was stalled in congress at the time this attack on matthew happened here in laramie. i will go back to my arrival here. i arrived in the courthouse and asked to look at documents and i started to go through those records and take notes during his first trip. i was fortunate that day calarusso was walking around up in the county attorney's office. i recognized him because i had seen him in news stories and i just approached him and i said would you talk with me for a few minutes about the case and he agreed. i went into his office and we spoke that first day for about 45 minutes. it was very clear that he was sizing up ion tensions not just then but in the months that followed. he told me that he wanted nothing to do with anything that would infl