also the leader is in our party from president obama to president clinton to the senior senator bill nelson. we are very excited at the fact that governor kaine and giving comments to the media that i'm a true democrat in the race. that helped us overall and democrats were able to vote in a way that allowed us to win. >tavis: how upset were you when you appeared to be moving rather smoothly to winning the democratic nomination and out of the woodworks comes this guy with a billion dollars trying to deny you the nomination? >> i tell people that i played the david role well. i have been in the position of being underestimated before in the past. my supporters have been underestimated. we will probably have to follow the same track of both having low expectations of our ability to win. we have a ground apparatus unlike any other campaign in the state. mr. greene dropped $26 million. you cannot purchase a primary in florida especially when you have the grass-roots effort. tavis: why do you think that your campaign has been underestimated? you are in a tight race with marco rubio, charlie crist

. >> reporter: democrat bill nelson proposes smaller changes, exempting businesses with fewer than 25 employees from the extra paperwork. nelson's proposal would be paid for with a tax on oil companies. the senate is expected to vote next week on the competing proposals. analysts say it's a preview for the battles to come in the next two years as the administration works to implement the health care reform law, a battle that will leave businesses with few answers about their future costs. stephanie dhue, "nightly business report," washington. >> susie: the president has been looking to small businesses to fuel the economic recovery and hire millions of unemployed workers. but those businesses need to be able to build and expand in order to hire. to do that they often need loans, which have also been increasingly hard to get in this economy. that difficulty has some small business owners getting creative when it comes to financing. jamila trindle explains. >> kind of started to realize the vision-- this is where i wanted to be. >> reporter: but getting from there to here... >> this is

senator bill nelson is aware, and department of interior is as well.s soon as you hear from the federal government as to when you goat dig, let us know. >> i will call the lady that called me this morning. >> buck, i thank you, and, by the way, my colleague josh levs has been making some phone calls as well to figure out where this six-inch rule came from. we were sitting around the editorial meeting saying, where did they get it? >> you can't get a beach umbrella to stay in the ground in less than six inches. they are saying this person is wrong, the superintendent of the national park that beach reports to is now saying that the beach was wrong in having any official come forward and say that you can not go ahead for six inches. they're walking that back. we can see where that came from and why that came out. we contacted so many agencies, beaches and coastal systems of the state of florida. they said there are no state limits on anything like this. they said check the department of interior, and we checked them because we saw an article that pushed

the florida democrat bill nelson tried to raise the threshold to 5,000 bucks. but the amendment failed to pass on today's vote. so what does it mean for the more than 40 million businesses in the united states? gerry willis anchor of the willis report on the fox business network broke it down on "studio b." >> say you run a trucking company out there. every time a trucker fills up with gas, they have to get a receipt. you have to take all of those receipts and figure out which of the gas stations throughout had you to buy more than $600 worth of gas in saying gel year and then you have to trace it back to whoever provided that gas in the first place. it is a mountain of paperwork it will cost about $17 billion. >> shepard: $17 billion. most lawmakers are on the record opposing this provision but republicans and democrats disagree on whether to repeal the provision or just modify it. well, after more than a year an iranian jail american hiker named sarah shourd is finally on her way home. she arrived at the airport in oman earlier today. once the jet stopped, sh

it is a sprawling campus with more than 40 billings, but the nelson building became a crime scene today. >> we have learned that the doctor, who was shot in the upper abdomen, is in stable condition. the hopkins medical campus is getting back to some normalcy to night after a day the hospital will never forget. at one of the best hospitals in the world, one of the worst things happen. >> there were snipers out in front. we were all locked down. >> a host of police, fire, and swat team member swarmed johns hopkins hospital around 11:00 thursday morning. a man police initially a identified as warren davis was discussing his mother's medical condition with her doctor on the eighth four of the nelson building. for some reason, davis gets upset, pulls out a gun and shoots the doctor, later identified as david cohen. >> the doctor collapsed just outside the doorway of the room. mr. davis was last seen running into the room, brandishing a handgun in the direction of his mother, who was confined to the dead. >> we later learned warren davis is an alias. the gunman's real name is paul pardus. of

he joins people like joe lieberman, ben nelson of nebraska, bill nelson of florida, jim webb of virginia, all these are moderate democrats. how do you buck that trend when these people are drib ling out by the day? >> you're exactly right, bill. if the conservative -- the conservative democrats are worried, they understand that what's been driving this conversation for the longest time has been that the white house has not been paying sufficient attention to the economy, that the unemployment numbers remain high, and that most americans are pessimistic about what the future holds, and this is everything from the tax hike to the decifit. but for the moment, what we saw last week was the president going on the offensive and saying where are the ideas, where is the help coming from with republicans and the white house has forced congressman boehner to say he would agree to tax cuts even if it meant the tax cuts for the rich weren't coming through. that as you know sparked a debate with mitch mcconnell, republican leader in the senate, saying that boehner had really stepped out too quickly.

and now, the administrator of nasa, who flew with senator bill nelson.he floor is yours, sir. >> mr. chairman and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. following the president's important speech, nasa is grateful for the guidance received and looks forward to working with you to implement the bold new direction for the agency. given that you have my detailed written statement, i will try to keep my remarks very brief so that i have time for questions. i would first like to the knowledge the incredible contributions of my astronaut colleagues who are on the second panel. both neil and jean, the first and last humans to step foot on the moon have dedicated their lives for the unforgiving pursuit of space exploration and have improved the quality of life for americans and the next generation of explorers and they continue to contribute by providing their remarks on today's important topic of spaceflight. i appreciate their thoughts and ideas and it was very it beneficial to have the opportunity to discuss their

i think on this amendment and senator bill nelson told florida is part of the healthcare law. that's where that 1099 requirement is to raise or expected to raise about $17 million. it is used as a pay for the healthcare bill. i'm not expecting either to gain the 60 votes to move forward. i think that the senate will continue to work on a possible repeal of the 1099 provision as we go along. this is probably pretty small at this point. does that mean this might not have the 60 votes it needs bit end of the week? >> it should have those votes. they'll consider this amendment as long as he is happy with the procedure and process this week, i think they will get the 60. he has said he is just tired of the block that his party has put on the bill and this need that they used to create jobs. thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you. the senator will be our guest coming up. we'll talk about this small business loan. tune in to c-span 2 to watch the vote and debate all this week. new york on the democratic line. good morning. are you going to vote for your current legislatur

. >> bill: the perception that nelson and bayh and others think this is a big crazy warfare gamut. ybe i'm wrong. i have got to see you. >> okay, bill. >> bill: plenty more ahead as the factor moves along this evening. body language maven tonya reiman says i have may have been con temp shus of some of my guests is that possible? dennis miller wants to talk about islamophobia and lady gaga tonight. i tried to talk him out of it but i couldn't. we hope you stay tuned to those reports. oh. hee! [ giggles ] [ male announcer ] the foaming power of antibacterial scrubbing bubbles bathroom cleaner. ♪ it expands into those hard-to-reach places. [ fizzing ] you can even hear it working on dirt, grime, and soap scum, so it's already starting to clean by the time you pick up a sponge. scrubbing bubbles foaming bathroom cleaner. we work hard so you don't have to! [ blows ] and to cover your shower more completely, try mega shower foamer. whoa! [ female announcer ] sc johnson. a family company. >> bill: body language segment tonight, when we last left tonya reiman, this is what was said. >> bill

. >> bill: the perception that nelson and bayh and others think this is a big crazy warfare gamut. wrong. i have got to see you. >> okay, bill. >> bill: plenty more ahead as the factor moves along this evening. body language maven tonya reiman says i have may have been con temp shus of some of my guests is that possible? dennis miller wants to talk about islamophobia and lady gaga tonight. i tried to talk him out of it but i couldn't. we hope you stay tuned to those reports. >> bill: body language segment tonight, when we last left tonya reiman, this is what was said. >> bill: would you tell me if i ever get contemptuous in any way? >> you do. >> bill: when? >> let me get my list of papers out. [ laughter ] >> bill: but i think next week when you come back, people would like to know that, who i have been contemptuous of. >> bill: and here she is ms. reiman. so had you to sift through how many -- we have three to show people. how many did you have to go through. >> there are tons of them out there. >> bill: tons of them. i have been contemptuous. >> slightly. >> bill: some more than

bills. the woman then handed the money over to hernandez as deputies watched. this is sergeant jd nelsont person did go forward and do that, had their record taken care of at basically a third less than what it would have cost. >> reporter: earlier last week, felix chavez was arrested after court officials launched an investigation to see who else may have been involved. >> after we arrested mr. hernandez we did an audit and found discrepancies. >> the alameda court administrators denied our request for an interview. they said according to judicial cannons of et thuks and other restrictions, they were unable to comment on pending cases and related issues. appropriate administrative actions have been taken. both the court and the sheriff's office say they are investigating. >> the investigation on these two people is on going, and to see how far back it goes and how widespread it is. >> now, hernandez is charged with accepting a bribe, embezzlement and grand theft. as you just heard sergeant nelson say, the big question now is just how widespread were these bribes, and are they occurring

party controls congress, bill and it doesn't enjoy a super majority, it means -- the drama becomes an intra party affair and, we have two faces you ought to keep an eye on, ben nelsonnebraska, busted his party on health care and the elena kagan nomination for the supreme court and thinks the bipartisan bill could emerge and suggested he might filibuster legislation that doesn't include those upper income tax brackets and he personally doesn't believe a bill that will do that will make it to the senate floor and joe lieberman, independent of connecticut and caucuses with the democrats and suggested he might be willing to go lang with a bill excludeing the upper income brackets. plenty to watch. bill: sure is, interesting, james rosen, thanks, on the hill now. martha. martha: you heard it, out there, democrats want to extend the tax cuts, only to the middle class, and republicans especially senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, out spoken, right now, saying it really has to be, in his opinion, all, including the rich or nothing. and, former new york senator al dimato joins me to weigh in on that, having spent many years in the building, good to have you here. >> ni

bill. there are some democrats who are backing away from the idea. >> they have backed off. they are meeting with ben nelson, other southern moderates. when you look at the politics of it, look at the electorate. you have a depressed democratic base that once this delivered. the progressive community is almost unanimous saying we have to get rid of these tax breaks for the wealthy. they need to decide those people, but they need the independents, and they are a bit more when she washy on it. again, they are in a tough bus on who to play too. >> how much money are we talking about here? >> this gets into the argument about tax cuts -- the difference it makes in revenues. this is $700 billion over the next 10 years. we are talking about an average $511 increase per year for the high income earners. we are talking about people who don't need this money to survive or pay their rent or buy groceries. >> richard daley has been the mayor of chicago for many years, but he says it is time to go. >> it is time for me, it is time for macondo to move on. improving chicago has been the ongoing work of my life. i loved e

nelson. my commute home to the eastern shore every night only takes an hour but that's more time than congress spends reading massive spending bills, it's crazy. that's why i wrote a law that requires 72 hours to read every bill. i read the big bills and i said no. no to the $3 trillion budget, no to the bank bailout, and no to the health care bill. at home you would never pay a bill without reading it neither should congress. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message because i'm proud to be ranked one of the most independent members of congress. man: we need a sofa. something i can stretch out on! woman: ooh... that will go with those lamps my mother gave us. or we could get some new lamps. or we could get no sofa. negotiating, eh? you got it! how about a nice home for our tv? how about doors to hide that drive-in theater? how about a cowhide rug? yee-haw! and the snacks? get their own place. let the marathon begin! >>> in this morning's consumer alert: the consumer product safety commission says fun stuff incorporated is recalling about 14,000 click arm band bracelets. 7900 click click balls and 14,000 boo boo balls. the com

bill beach. >> why we should not raise taxes. we will go through many aspects of the current debate. i am pleased that ben nelson is joining us to talk about the tax situation we are facing. i am sure everyone knows senator nelson but i would like to give a formal introduction. he was elected to represent nebraska in the u.s. senate in the year 2000. since arriving in the senate in 2001, the nebraska democrat has played a role in passing major tax reductions including the tax cuts which are basically the subject matter of the meeting. this meeting, he announced that he would support continuing current tax rates for all taxpayers. he is a member of the gang of 14. and he is a bipartisan player. in 2008, he joined a group aimed at overcoming a deadlock in the senate and energy legislation. we are very grateful. we will take some questions. please join me in welcoming a senator ben nelson to the podium. [applause] >> good morning and thank you for that introduction. before i began i think it is a matter of disclosure that i should tell you the story of right after i had been elected governor and going out to the mi

nelson now from abc. >> we begin your report with a victory for president obama. senate democrats cleared the way for a billo create a $30 billion fund for small business loans, breaking a republican filibuster. the bill includes $12 million in tax breaks for businesses. toyota has filed papers in federal court to dismiss hundreds of lawsuits claiming sudden accelerations. the auto maker says the lawsuits failed to identify a defect in its vehicles. discounts and tax-free shopping days boosted retail sales last month. if stores had their biggest gains in five months, easing fears of a double-dip recession. sitting in khost could soon get a little uncomfortable. this seat is designed to put more passengers on the plane. just 23 inches of legroom compared to an average of 32 inches by now. that is your "money scope report." i am rob nelson. >> are you supposed to lead forecourts? that looks terrible -- are you supposed to lean forward? at least the weather is comfortable. >> fully open your windows this morning. enjoy the fresh air moving in today. it is comfortable outside this morning. refreshing. at 10 deg

bills. our sources say the woman then handed the money over to hernandez. as deputies watched. >> this is sheriff's spokesman sargeant jd nelson. >> the person did go forward to do that. had their record taken care of at a third less. >> early last week, felix chavez was arrested after there was an investigation to see who else may have been involved. >> and they did an audit and found discrepancis. at this point, mr. chavez was arrested. >> administrators declined our request for an interview and issued a statement and said by and other restrictions were unable to comment in related percent issues and appropriate actions have been taken. both say they're investigating. >> this investigation is owe-to-see how far back it goes. >> and now, hernandez is charged with accepting a bribe, embezzlement and grand theft. chavez is charged with embezzlement and grand theft. as you just heard, the question is how wide spread were the bribes? are they occurring in other court houses? that is the focus of the investigation. >> and this first man to be executed in four years could be put to death wednesday morning. today a judge ruled that

bills. sources say the woman then handed the money over to hernandez. as deputies watched this is sheriff spokesperson nelson. >> the person went forward and did that. had their record taken care of basically at third less than what it would have cost. >>reporter: early last week felix was arrested after court officials launch investigation to see who else may have been involved they did an audit of the books and found discrepancy and at that point mr. chavez also arrested. >>reporter: alameda county court administrators declined our request for interview. they did issue a statement confirming the arrest. but said according to judicial canon of ethic and other restriction were unable to comment on pending cases and related personnel issues. but appropriate administrative actions have been taken. both the court and the sheriffs office say they are investigate. >> investigation on these 2 people is ongoing and to see how far back it goes and how wide spread it is. >>reporter: now hernandez is charged with accepting a bribe embezzlement and grand theft and chavez also charged with the same and as you just heard

bill might look like. at least two democrats, nebraska senator ben nelson and independent senator who caucuses with the democrats, joe lieberman, had said they may be receptive to republican opposition to this, and republicans want to extend the tax cuts, for all the taxpayers, and they say in the midst of the reserves it doesn't make sense to -- recession it doesn't make sense to raise taxes even on the weather. bill: and the lines are drawn here. the democrats are getting together now. how are republicans approaching this, molly? >> reporter: the house minority leader, john boehner calls this a job-killing tax hike and, the senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell said there is, quote, bipartisan opposition to the tax increase. mcconnell introduced a package of tax cuts in the senate, that include, you know, repealing the estate tax and extending the tax cuts and today, bill the white house press secretary robert gibbs, he sent out a tweet, linking to a "washington post" article that says, hey, if mcconnell does this and the package gets through it will cost $4 trillion. so, this is a battle between both sides,

. >> reporter: no bill on the subject has yet been introduced, but senate leaders are already wooing swing voters. among them, nebraska democrat ben nelson who bucked his party before and now says he might join a republican filibuster if top earners are excluded from tax relief and also independent joe lieberman of connecticut who caucuses with democrats, supports the g.o.p. on this issue, but says he could be to a bill drafted along party lines. >> as an independent i don't have to walk down a party line because some party leader tells me i have to. >> reporter: meantime the senate voted overwhelmingly to advance towards final passage a bill that sets aside 30 billion dollars for community banks to lend to small businesses. a measure the g.o.p. leadership derides as another bailout, but democrats and the white house call another critical step along the road to recovery. >> together we hope to work directly with these small business owners to get capital flowing again. these entrepreneurs are not asking for a handout from this government. they're asking for tools and resources to grow themselves. >> and in one other crucial vote. the sen

bill: don't hold tax cuts hostage. those words from democratic senator ben nelson out of nebraska, he's reacting to his party's decision not to vote on extending tax cuts until at least after the midterm elections and possibly beyond. here's nelson: >> raising anyone's taxes, given our fragile economy, would be a move in the wrong direction. the possibility of tax increase social security just one more reason that companies at home and across our country are holding on to cash and are hesitant to invest in new equipment, new production, and new employees. bill: in the meantime, a lot of you might be wondering what will happen to your paycheck next year if tax cuts are not extended. stephen moore, senior economic writer for the wall street journal, good morning to stkpwhraou by hill. -- hi bill. >> bill: if you make $50,000 a year, your taxes will go up $2900, starting when, the third week in january? >> january 1, 20 # one. as soon as that clock hits midnight, the new year brings those tax increases. >> if you're making $100,000 a year, your taxes go up $4500. >> yes. by the way, bill, let me just say one thing about t

bill. we know as well yesterday, senators lieberman and web joined senators conrad, senator bayh and nelsoning they don't want to raise taxes on anybody. we have peter orszag saying now's not the time to raise taxes. so what we say now is speaker pelosi, bring us -- >> under the hypothetical possibility, and it's a very real possibility, if you speak to negotiatifolks at the white e president could veto that and say i'm sticking by my guns and say i only want the tax cuts to stay for the mid class. do you allow taxes to go up for everyone? >> the president's wrong, what happens in that situation, he's taxing small business, he's taxing every individual when it comes to dividends. the president is wrong with the idea that he puts new health care tax on, he has cap and trade looming out there and then he goes out there and raises the taxes on small businesses and he wonders why people aren't being hired. it doesn't have to be that way. you have bipartisan, you have three democrats who are sitting in the house telling the president he's wrong and asking others to join with us. we can have a bi

insurance reform bill by taking two million people out of that pool that are uninsured, that otherwise would be getting health insurance. >> ifill: both johans's amendment and nelson's alternative failed. part of the problem: several of the law's key provisions do not take effect until next week. among them children with pre-existing health conditions will no longer be denied coverage. young adults under the age of 26 will be able to stay on their parents' health plan. insurance plans won't be able to drop coverage when people get sick. and life-time limits on coverage will be lifted. the biggest changes, which would require coverage for tens of millions of americans, won't take effect until 2014. >> ifill: for more on all this, we turn to karen tumulty, a political reporter for the washington post who's been spending time on the campaign trail. and newshour regular susan dentzer is editor-in-chief for the journal "health affairs." she's been spending time tracking the rollout of the new law. karen tumulty, we just sawchuk schumer back in march say i am certain that we're going to be able to run on this. he said it better than i did. what happened had. >> the exact

nelson. so there was a moment before the monica lewinsky scandal discussed in a fine book, "the pact," where newt gingrich and bill clinton, in secret meetings, talked about a coalition that would effect -- affect serious reform. they understood there would be taking political risk that the most conservative elements of the republican party would be angry and the most liberal elements of the democratic party would be very angry. they had enough sway that they could hold some of the more intractable members in between and get compromise done. that sort of comity is probably not present today. it might be made up for by a sense of growing panic about the deficit that political ideologies can not make up for. >> do you panelists have commons for each other? comments for each other? >> one thing that has been lost is an inability to talk about principles and policies in the same voice. the idea of having policies that are steps toward going someplace and actually laying that out. one of the reasons why paul ryan's roadmap for america and is interesting is the concept, not the details. here are the steps we might take

nelson gets -- >> senators -- >> yeah, yeah. so, there was a moment before the scandal of bill clinton was discussed in a book called "the pect" wheren secret meetings newt gingrich and bill clinton talked about a coalition to effect serious entitlement reform and talked about it as a center-out coalition. they knew they would be taking political risks and the most conservative elements would be angry and liberals would be angry at bill clinton, but they felt they had enough sway to hold the more attractable members of them in twine and get a compromise done. that sort of thing is not present today, but it might be made up for by a sense of panic about the growing deficits that may do the work that the configuration of political ideologies cannot. >> thank you. i wonder do the panelists have comments for each other before we open it up? >> i want to ad to bill's point about that. one of the thicks lost in the current political conversation. on both sides of the aisle is an inability to talk about principles and policies in the same voice which is to say the idea of having policies that are steps towards going someplace and actually

bills. our sources say the woman then handed the money over to hernandez as deputies and watched. >> this is sheriff's spokesman sergeant j. d. nelsoned the state can only disqualify those who had committed just three specific crimes. physical child abuse not sexual. elderly abuse. and defrauding public assistance programs. there are still 70000 workers needing background checks. >> when you're talking about a population of people that are extremely vulnerable and that are in their own homes of course it's concerning that people with serious criminal backgrounds could have contact with them. unbelieve by privacy laws prevent authorities telling the elderly and disabled the caregiver has committed a violent or financial crime. >> but the union representing in-homeworkers say out of 400,000 caregivers 200 is a small number. while the crimes do sound scary, john wilkins say two of his providers had criminal pasts and did a good job. >> someone's criminal background does not prevent him from providing good care for an individual like myself. >> the governor has already sent a letter to the legislature demanding a fix to the system. >> i

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