now, bob menendez is not the most famous senator in the country, but bob menendez is very, very senior in the senate and very powerful. he is chairman of the foreign relations committee. here's the thing, though. there are only 16 standing committees in the u.s. senate. so 16 committees, 16 chairs. senator menendez is the chair of one of the committees. today, an amazing thing happened. when the chairs of ten other committees wrote to harry reid today and told him, no. no, don't do it. don't do what bob menendez is asking you to do. do not call for a vote on this bill. and some of these senators, as you can see, are not exactly dennis kucinich, right? these include some real iran hawks. but these ten committee chairman, democratic senators, who chair committees in the senate, wrote to reid today saying, do not do it. the sanctions bill is a mistake, and we, ten of your 16 chairman, want to be asked about this thing, if you are even thinking about doing anything on this, it's a really bad move. from the letter, quote, at this time, as negotiations are ongoing, we believe that the new sa

bob menendez.ake an act of god to get through bob menendez to change sanctions on cuba without cuba changing their repressive regime on the cuban people. let's also remember that today is international human rights day. there are people still getting repressed, harassed and jailed in cuba for wanting to express their human rights and express freedom freely what they feel and be the centers of this government. i commend president obama, because in his speech, though he did give the handshake, i think what's also meaningful is what he said in his speech, where he said that there are rulers, there are leaders, who say they are in solidarity with what mandela stood for in the latter part of his life, and yet do not allow the scent of freedom in their own countries. i would say he was talking directly to raul and fidel castro at that point. >> john, marco rubio, the senator from florida, also cuban american like bob menendez, the democratic senator from new jersey, rubio put out a statement, if the pres

bob menendez.'s a whole bunch of democrats who co-sponsored this legislation in addition to a lot of republicans. >> somebody buy the president a gift subscription for christmas to the financial times and he will read every week about the companies that are making investment commitments long term to iran. the french car makers, for example. the point of these sanctions menendez and others are pointing to is to say -- they're not for iran. to say to them you understand if the iranians defect, those investments will be worthless in six months so don't make any commitments until you know that this deal is really working. don't make them today, wait six months. that is exactly the kind of pressure that will lead us to success. the president's approach is exactly wrong and his attitude toward the people who are right. >> even the democrats think it's good when you're running for office or if you're in office, they didn't really have substantive policy reasons to support this legislation but bob menendez

so i would tell you, i know bob menendez well, if conditions do not change in cuba.ers are not released and democratic elections are not scheduled, you would have to go through the cold, dead body of bob menendez to get policy change, and that's the reality. >> that's not true. hold on just a second, if you don't mind. listen, she's right about legislation. this congress is not going to lift the embargo. that's right. there are steps the obama administration has taken to ease travel restrictions and they can take steps, and i think they signalled their plan to take steps before he leaves office. john kerry and barack obama gave speeches signaling they will move toward the relations. is that a good idea or bad? we will debate that but that's the direction they are moving. >> i think david is right there are modest steps administration can take. the embargo used to be an executive order but qualified into law under helm's burten and lifting the actual embargo requires an act of congress and i think that is going to be a very difficult road for any administration while

we'll talk t two critics of the top senators on foreign relations committee, senator bob menendez and bob corker. we'll talk politics with wisconsin governor scott walker. and ask about his new book on his controversial actions against unions and his message for his party and the nation. some republicans think he could be candidate for the white house in 2016. we'll get analysis from former obama white house chief of staff bill daly and bill crystal editor of "the weekly standard." then look at presidents, past, present and future. the authors of three new books, author of "the bully pulpit. and peter baker author of "days of fire." there are no leftovers here, this is ""face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. cbs news political director john dickerson. >> dickerson: there are two breaking stories this morning first a metro north commuter train derailed in new york city. so far four people have died and more than 60 are injured. some of them critically. no word yet on what caused the derailment. also today the ob

so i would tell you i know bob menendez quite well. if conditions do not change in cuba, if political prisoners are not released, if democratic elections are not scheduled, i think you're going to have to go through the cold dead body of bob menendez to get policy change. and that is the reality. >> that's not true. that's not true. hold on just a second if you don't mind. listen. she's right about legislation. this congress is not going to lift the embargo. that's absolutely right. but there are steps the obama administration has already taken to ease some travel restrictions, and they can take steps and i think they've signaled their plan to take steps before he leaves office. john kerry and barack obama ha both given speeches signalling they're going to move toward a thaw in relations. is that a good idea or bad idea? we can debate that, but i think that's the direction in which the direction is moving. >> i guess one thing is clear -- >> i think david is right. there e modest steps that the administration can take. the embargo used

jurado federal en la florida no hay evidencia para presentar cargos contra el senador demÓcrata bob menÉndez causa contra el donante, el mÉdico dominicano salomÓn melgen. dijo a telemundo su oficina krx no fe nai nada que aÑadir a la decisiÓn del jurado. >>> las cocina de los restaurantes de comida rÁpida, los empleados se fueron a la calle para protestar y exigir que les paguen mÁs con la miseria que les pagan, no tienen ni para comer en los restaurantes de comida rÁpida donde trabajan. isolda peguero reporta desde new york. >>> se movilizaron costa a costa. para denunciar lo que dicen son sueldos de miseria. >>> 15 dÓlares la hora, estamos hartos de ganar 5, 65 en mÁs de 100 ciudades incluyendo detroit, considero lina del norte y los Ángeles. miles de trabajadores restaurantes de comida rÁpida. abandonaron hoy sus puestos de trabajo en una protesta nacional para exigir mejores salarios y derechos sindicales. >>> da ma riso pÉrez, madre soltera, que gana 7 dÓlares la hora en un mcdonal's de new york. dice que apenas subsiste. >>> ahora mismo vivo con mi papÁ, no tengo la posibilidad biened

you have democrats including the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee bob menendez chuck schumer of new york saying it is a good idea to increase sanctions an. >> you have the rare occurrence where you have the iranian and american presidents making the same argument saying if you put the sanctions on now, that's going to scuttle the path to diplomacy. the u.s. administration say it's going to damage our credibility not just with iran but more importantly with their european partners and obama made the case this weekend at the saban forum here in washington that it would encourage in fact our european partners to go their own way in, effect fraying the sanctions by adding these new sanctions unilaterally here. >> jim sciutto will be watching this hearing. we'll see what happens, what the secretary of state has to say. he'll make the case. hold off, give the six-month opportunity a chance to succeed. we'll see how he does. thanks very much for that. meanwhile, world leaders joined with south africans from all walks of life today to honor nelson mandela. ♪ >> the four-hour

defying the white house, a group of 26 senators are prepping an iran sanctions bill led by senator bob menendezo increase pressure on iran as it fails its obligations of its nuclear deal. the president would veto if enacted. >>>. chris christie is expected to sign a version of the dream act into law. it would allow students instate tuition but would not receive financial aid. >>> 1.3 million people stand to lose their unemployment benefit was a christmas. the budget deal fails to extend the emergency unemployment compensation program. here's what jeff merkley told chris hayes. >> i have a slim hope that the senate and house will come to their sense because delivering 1.3 million lumps of coal across the country, kicking people when they are down is certainly absolutely wrong. >> and the reverend al sharpton interviewed michelle obama where she shared a personal story about her daughter's brush with meningitis at just four months old. >> but if we hadn't had insurance and access to a pediatrician and access to a hospital where we deny have to worry about the cost of care, if we had waited overni

so i would tell you i know bob menendez quite well.ions do not change in cuba, if political prisoners are not released, if democratic elections are not scheduled, i think you're going to have to go through the cold dead body of bob menendez to get policy change. and that is the reality. >> that's not true. that's not true. hold on just a second if you don't mind. listen. she's right about legislation. this congress is not going to lift the embargo. that's absolutely right. but there are steps the obama administration has already taken to ease some travel restrictions, and they can take steps and i think they've signaled their plan to take steps before he leaves office. john kerry and barack obama have both given speeches signalling they're going to move toward a thaw in relations. is that a good idea or bad idea? we can debate that, but i think that's the direction in wit administration is moving. >> i guess one thing is clear -- >> i think david is right. there are modest steps that the administration can take. the embargo used to be

. >> democrat new jersey senator bob menendez suggesting new regulations may be needed to protect consumersbut john, when the government gets involved in the private sector, is that when the consumer really pays? >> you think? this is like going to the town drunk and asking him how to get sober. otis campbell doesn't teach sobriety campbells. a government that can't build a website, you want to talk to em about hacking? 47% of the fraud in the united states is despite 24% of the usage. computer chips would help that. that's what we need to go to. as far as the ups, they hired 55,000 part-time workers, 23 extra jets, they still underestimated demand. the market will deal with them. congress dealing with them, good lord, get your own house in order, guys. >> all right. what do you say to that, david? >> i think it's ridiculous, a company, target or ups or any other, has to wait for a congressman or senator to say hey, how about tend to your customers, protect them against breaches on private data and give them a refund when you don't deliver on the promises that you said you would commit to w

we'll talk t two critics of the top senators on foreign relations committee, senator bob menendez andob corker. we'll talk politics with wisconsin governor scott walker. and ask about his new book on his controversial actions against unions and his message for his party and the nation. some republicans think he could be candidate for the white house in 2016. we'll get analysis from former obama white house

immediately calling for ups to give customers refunds for room late customer deliveries and to bob menendezt involved in the target mass. he wants the ftc to investigate

immediately calling for ups to give customers refunds for room late customer deliveries and to bob menendez wants the government involved in the target mass. he wants the ftc to investigate and have mre teeth to deal with it. we have executive editor gretchen hugh says keep the politicians out of it they may get worse. what you make of this news that the politicians are getting involved? >> i think it is political grandstanding try to take a vintage of the issue that is top of the ne and also insert their issue into a bigger government policy. what we have sen is the senators need to look in the year and remembered what they promised the people including obamacare debtor just worse off and have bigger broken promise they and not delivering a christmas gift. liz: i hereby you are saying but there is late breaking news that target house says that's actually the pin numbers that you use to access they could have taken that code. but senator mendez says this breach is scary wants the for him to get that involved with the target problem? >> i don't see how we will solve the issue. with identity

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negotiations with iran, and could make it more likely we have a war with iran there are democrats, like 0 bob menendez, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, who disagreement saying, current sanctions brought iran to the table and a credible threat of future sanctions will require iran to act in good faith at the negotiating table. i'm told that top aides have been calling democratic senators urging them not to introduce the legislation. they obviously did not listen, which leads to the question whether or not the president is struggling, lower in the polls, struggling to keep democrats on board. take a listen. >> what does it say about the president's standing with his own party. >> there's overwhelming support in the country, and in the congress for diplomatic resolution to this conflict. its the far preferrable choice that we resolve this challenge with iran with our international allies diplomatically. peacefully. even as we leave all options for resolving it on the table, including the use of military force. >> you hear right there. he said that this legislation, which the president

are on the other side of this issue for him within his own party, chuck schumer, mark warner, bob menendezit was a gratuitous remark not in his own interest. >> i want to quickly mention the nsa. ed henry tried to press him on the balance that he is taking in talking about this and the change he has made in talking about it steve what was your take your answers and how he took it. >> struck me what he not do. make a strong case in defense of the programs absolutely essential for keeping us safe. sort of mentioned in the middle of one of his rambling answers. did he not do that which suggests to me that in the context of this ruling from judge leon in the context of this review from the panel, that there are going to be big changes coming to the nsa. some of those changes, one might argue are not necessary, some might be good. what we heard from the president, when he he was first confronted with this issue he said he wanted there to be a national conversation on this. well, to a certain extent we have had one. we haven't participated very much. >> he talked about. tried to separate himself

. >> bob menendez suggest new regulations may be needed to protect consumers but dan mitchell says that will do the opposite. dan, the teeth, the good senator, my senator, from new jersey, says give the fcc more teeth. do we want to give government more teeth? >> we want government to fulfill its proper role which is to help track down the thieves, and then we want the court system, which is part of government to handle any liability issues that arise against target because people lost money. that is the proper role of government. for senator menendez to do a bit of grand-standing here and get himself on tv, which i guess he succeeded with, what does that actually do? we start adding fines on top of the cost that target is already going to suffer? who does that help? doesn't help workers at target. it doesn't help consumers. we'll pay higher prices and dent help target shareholders. so let's just keep government within its proper confines of dealing with this mess. let's not politicize it. >> didn't target happen this the right way? showing the free market can handle their own mess? tar

nuclear deal with iran to make the world safer but top fellow democrats like chuck schumer and bob menendezre defying the president by pushing for more sanctions against iran. >> thank you very much. joing us for more on this former foreign policy adviser to mitt romney and former adviser to the u.s. ambassador to the united nations. good to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> what do you make of this situation? you watch the video, it's 13 minutes long. you never know what duress is going on. certainly the facts are the facts. this man says he went to pakistan because he wanted to help his government. now feels his government has nothing to do with helping him. >> well, when you watch the video it is heart breaking. your heart breaks for not only him but his family. yet the obama administration is doing the right thing. we cannot negotiate with al qaeda. by negotiating with terrorist groups you encourage them to take americans. so by negotiating at all you really create a dynamic where all of our national security is diminished. what needs to happen is exactly what the obama team is doing

nuclear program, basically, and i just got off the phone with a democrat, close to president, bob menendezf the senate foreign relations committee, he tell mets this shows the true intentions of iran. they want to move toward building nuclear weapons. that's the opposite of the spirit of the talks, diplomatic talks. he is warning that this could be a big problem. that squares with what republican, mark kirk, cosponsor of a bill that would have tough new sanctionses against iran, is saying today. kirk telling fox earlier today, quote, the american people are rightfully distrustful of iran's true nuclear intention and today's news demonstrates why congress needs to pass a nuclear weapon free iran act to protect of protect us from iranian detection. if we want a world without iranian nuclear weapons we need to send the message bad faith will be met with tough sanctions. what they're saying is they have legislation that now has 47 cosponsors, in both parties, who basically want to give diplomacy a chance here but in case iran does pull out of these talks, and that they're showing signs of that

senior senate aide involved in drafting this bill that senators mark kirk, republican, senator bob menendez, a democrat, very involved on the iran issue, will introduce a bill today that would apply new sanctions to iran and here's how it's described. i'm quoting from the aide. it will give the president up to a year potentially to negotiate with iran before sanctions must kick, though sanctions would come back sooner if iran cheats on the deal, plans a terror attack against the u.s. or launches a look-range ballistic missile. a change in here from previous bills, there had been a six-month delay discussed to allow the six-month interim agreement with iran to proceed before sanctions come in. what's significant, and you and i have talked about this a number of times, iran has made it very clear they don't want any new sanctions imposed. the iranian foreign minister said a week ago if that happened, any new sanctions would kill an interim deal. the administration's pushing hard on this, pushing back to keep this from happening. i'm told by the senior senate aide they have a quarter of the se

wonder about the deal back and forth between president obama and members of his own congress like bob menendez got the potential collision of a lot of different time lines. the president, i think, is realistic to say there's a possibility of a deal but the deal can long move forward long-term if iranians are willing to do things. if he understands that from colliding time lines politically you've got congressional members from both parties pursuing sanctions. you've got israelis against this deal. i think the one important thing the president has in his pocket, so to speak, the american people are supportive of a deal because they are so incredibly war weary. they understand if -- i think everyone understands if we can't figure out a diplomatic solution to the iran problem, that puts much more front and center having the use of force become a much more realistic problem. i have to tell you watching the polls in syria around that debate, there's going to be just that, if not more, when people get a little bit of an understanding of what the use of force against iran might look like in the broad

joining me, new jersey senator bob menendez. senator, good to see you. let's talk about the unemployment benefits expiring tomorrow. it is a tough thing for the state of new jersey. i believe you guys are getting hit the worst, over 90,000 people affected come this it time tomorrow morning. what's happening with you, the democratic leadership in the senate in terms of talking with republicans on how to get something done? >> well, it is huge for new jersey. as you said, over 90,000, 250,000 or more if we don't extend it into next year. and about 1.3 million nationwide, which is why we tried to get unemployment insurance extension as part of the budget deal but were rejected by the house republicans. and it's why on january 6th, the day that we go back into session in the senate, we'll have our first vote on extending unemployment insurance. and it is my hope that we'll get a strong bipartisan vote for it because it's important, even in an economy that it's recovering. and we see all the statistical information, all of the economic reports, showing that w

washington, este, tengamos por ejemplo los dos senadores por el senado de allÁ de nueva jersey a bob menÉndez, que se supone que nos estÁn representando, claro que apoyan la reforma migratoria, pero por quÉ no se involucran con el pueblo, por quÉ no van a marchar con el pueblo, por quÉ no salen a hacer, a encadenarse a las puertas de la casa blanca, a hacer lo que nos pusieron el ejemplo los afroamericanos, a quÉ le tienen temor, por que no hacen mÁs ruido, ¿les da vergÜenza identificarse con los inmigrantes? que los vean luchando codo a codo, ¿cuÁl es problema que no se unan al movimiento? dirÍa yo que fue esa una de las fallas principales de este aÑo. >> clarisa, lo que sÍ he visto si bien no han sido los congresistas, sÍ han sido los dreamers quienes han tomado la iniciativa y han hecho cosas sumamente valiosas y con mucha valentÍa, los dreamers estÁn dando la cara y estÁn muchas veces haciendo lo que los polÍticos no estÁn haciendo, ¿quÉ se tiene que hacer en el 2014 para que el resultado, el 14, sea distinto al 13? >> bueno, yo creo que lo primero y lo principal es enfocarnos en quiÉn es

>> reporter: leading democrat, senator bob menendez of new jersey who sits on the banking committee thatday and chairs the foreign relations committee agreed the deal grants the iran the right to enrich and said the obama's administration negotiating posture here leaves him, quote, nervous. to the point where menendez warned that the senate may seek through a resolution to bind the administration's hand in the setting of the final terms for iran's nuclear program. jon? jon: james rosen at the state department in washington. james, thank you. jenna: secretary of state john kerry arguing the nuclear deal should be separated from efforts to bring home americans missing or knowingly being held in iran. robert levinson, a former fbi investigator, traveling in the country as a private businessman, missing nearly 2500 days at this point. iranian american, amir hekmadi held on espionage charses. he was arrested, former marine and translator was arrested while visiting his grandmother. said abedini a christian pastor serving an eight year prison sentence in connection with his religious believes.

and that's because you have very powerful democrats behind these new sanctions against iran, bob menendezm new jersey, he's the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, chuck schumer of new york, also a powerful leader this the democratic party. so these are the president's allies who have been warning him that they're very skeptical that iran is serious about ending its nuclear weapons program. that's why president obama at his year-end news conference a week ago basically got a tough question about all of this and said this: >> i'm keeping all options on the table. but if i can do it diplomatically, that's how we should do it. and i would think that would be the preference of everybody up on capitol hill, because that sure is the preference of the american people. >> reporter: it's unclear that that's the presence of the american people to just go the diplomatic route. we actually asked a question in the latest fox news poll, asked whether or not the president has been tough enough with iran, 68% saying not tough enough, 12% saying he's been about right, 5% saying the preside

certainly the republicans, but also the democratic chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, bob menendezxpressing support for the new sanctions bill. that's a problem for the administration. and when you look at the sanctions they're proposing they run directly counter to many elements in the interim deal that was just negotiated two weeks ago in geneva, particularly on this issue of uranium enrichment. the president reiterating this weekend he's comfortable with iran having a modest, monitored enrichment program in the country. senators disagree. they want is done, stopped, completely and that's a problem going forward. secretary kerry is going to have a tough case to make. jim shooto, reporting live from washington. thank you. >>> checking our top stories at 17 minutes past, text messages sent by the so-called cliff bride around the time of her husband's death could prove to be a motive for murder. prosecution continues its case in the trial of jordan graham. prosecutors say graham was unhappy in the eight days she was married to cody johnson and pushed him off a cliff in glacier natio

the supporters of this new anti-iran sanctions legislation like bob menendez, the democratic senatormmittee, and others, they say the only thing that brought the iranians to this negotiating table, to this moment right now, were the earlier sanctions, keep the pressure on. you don't buy that argument. >> well, pressure has been put on and that's one reason they have come to the negotiating table. but right now, we have to get them on board on all sorts of problems. one is iraq. we need their help there. we need their cooperation on syria with chemical weapons and we've got to give these guys a chance. we can always put the sanctions on six months from now, a year from now, but in the meantime, this is a golden opportunity. >> i want to talk about nsa surveillance but you believe that rouhani, the new president, is much more moderate than ahmadinejad. >> it's not so much him, it's the entire regime wants this. the iranians have really been hurting the last couple years. they don't have a choice. you know, except to reintegrate into the international community. yes, sanctions have work

senator bob menendez, a democrat from new jersey, joins us with more. good to see you, senator.de of an atlantic city target. what action, exactly, are you calling for from the government and from these companies? >> well, what we've done is written to the federal trade commission chair and asked her, number within, what are they doing about target's breach? and, secondly, do they have the full authorities under the law to enforce ensuring that companies are living to the higher standards in terms of their security systems so, in fact, data breaches are less likely to take place and customers' personal identity information is protected. because in 2006, in another incident with marshal and tjmaxx, they entered into a settlement, but they didn't have fines or penalties, and that may be necessary if they don't have it under the law to provide them with that option so that they can ultimately send a very clear message to the industry that you have to live up to the highest standards to protect your customers. >> so accountability is one thing, senator, but are you suggesting at all

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