. >> woodruff: we're listening to i think the very end of senator charles schumer. i think that's who is on the floor. >> it is. >> families who aren't sure what monday morning will bring but who believe our nation's best days are still ahead. president obama hasn't stopped fighting for those families, and now we need to fight for him. ( applause ) to those like mitt romney who want to take us backward, let us send a strong, strong message in november as we say in brooklyn, fuugataabout outit. >> that's senator charles schumer of new york, another urban area, obviously. next up we are looking for members of the congressional black caucus. and here is the chair, represent itch emanuel cleaver of missouri. ♪ ♪ ( cheers ) >> hello, california! >> ifill: this is congresswoman bass from california. >> i stand before you today, i stand before you today as a proud member of the congressional black caucus and former speaker of the california state assembly ( cheers and applause ) 27 years ago in the face of opposition from those who said states should have the right to disc

este tema continuara, porque el senador de nueva york charles schumer tiene 1 proyecto similar, pero que no eliminaria la loteria de visas. standup: fernando pizarro, washington d.c. al final republicanos y democratas estan de acuerdo en dar visas o tarjetas de residencia a extranjeros con profesiones altamente calificadas. pero el metodo de lograrlo aqui en el capitolio, ya sea eliminando o no la loteria de visas, es algo que todavia esta por verse. desde washington, fernando pizarro, univision. familiares y amigos le dieron el ultimo adios al joven estudiante quien murio cuando estaba caminando a su escuela en el area de capitol heights.. marckel ross de 18-aÑos fue asesinado el pasado once de septiembre en la maÑana... el cuerpo del joven fue hallado en la calle con herida de bala...la policia de prince george continua investigando el homicidio y hasta el momento nadie ha sido arrestado en coneccion con la muerte del joven... a quien no le gusta la sal? es un condimento fundamental en nuestras comidas, pero el consumo excesivo de sodio estaria amenazando la salud de mas niÑos y jo

today boxer and new york senator charles schumer will announce a deal with the four top rental car companiesto end this practice. the effort was inspired by a southern california mother whose daughters were killed when their rental car caught fire and ed in santa cruz in 2004. the car was under rental. the companies include, hetz, budget, dollar, thrifty, enterprise, national and alamo. >>> police raided a camp overnight officers cited 45 people, before midnight, arresting four. this is video showing police dismantling the camp they put up a temporary fence. occupiers admit the camp attracts homeless overnight but worry barricades will prevent them interest exercising their rights during the day. >>> crews will be out fogging for mosquitoes in brentwood to prevent the spread of west nile virus. vector control will spray insecticide in an area roughly boarded -- borders -- the move comes after san francisco confirmed first human case of west nile since 2005 when they started tracking it. officials believe he was infected in the city or another bay area county. a dead bird found at san francis

today boxer and new york senator charles schumer will announce a deal with the four top rental car companiesto end this practice. the effort was inspired by a southern california mother whose daughters were killed when their rental car caught fire and ed in santa cruz in 2004. the car was under rental. the coans include, hetz, budget, dollar, thrifty, enterprise, national and alamo. >>> police raided a camp overnight officers cited 45 people, before midnight, arresting four. this is video showing police dismantling the camp they put up a temporary fence. occupiers admit the camp attracts homeless overnight but worry barricades will prevent them interest exercising their rights during the day. >>> s will be out fogging for mosquitoes in brentwood to prevent the spread of west nile virus. vector control will spray insecticide in an area roughly boarded -- borders -- the move comes after san francisco confirmed first human case of west nile since 2005 when they started tracking it. officials believe he was infected in the city or another bay area county. a dead bird found at san francisco's cit

. >> woodruff: we're listening to i think the very end of senator charles schumer.hink that's who is on the floor. >> it is. >> families who aren't sure what monday morning will bring but who believe our nation's best days are still ahead. president obama hasn't stopped fighting for those families, and now we need to fight for him. ( applause ) to those like mitt romney who want to take us backward, let us send a strong, strong message in november as we say in brooklyn, fuugataabout outit. >> that's senator charles schumer of new york, another urban area, obviously. next up we are looking for members of the congressional black caucus. and here is the chair, represent itch emanuel cleaver of missouri. ♪ ♪ ( cheers ) >> hello, california! >> ifill: this is congresswoman bass from california. >> i stand before you today, i stand before you today as a proud member of the congressional black caucus and former speaker of the california state assembly ( cheers and applause ) 27 years ago in the face of opposition from those who said states should have the right to discrimi

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new york senator charles schumer seemed to enjoy demint's conditional change of heart. >> you know the tide is turning. we shouldn't have to wait for an election for the two sides to come together. but for the republicans it just might do the trick. >> eliot: another shift of position. romney campaign national cochairman tim pawlenty is resigning to become president and chief executive of the financial services roundtable where his job presumably will be to lobby against dodd frank and other financial regulationsment to think it was over a year ago during his aborted campaign for the republican nomition that that pawlenty told bloomberg tv... >> the true message wall street will be get your snout out of the trough just like everybody else. >> eliot: due to one's views especially in washington. it is being reported that pawlenty's paycheck will be in the $1.8 million range per year. for more, let's go to political reporter joe williams and sam seeder, home of ring of fire and the majority report. thank you, both. it seems to me the republican campaign is imploding for a business executi

adam: for instance, politicians like senator charles schumer in new york who about an hour ago in newk put out a statement saying that the federal reserve chairman ben bernanke should do something with the fomc to help boost the labor situation. is that the kind of pressure from congress that influences the fomc or do they ignore people like schumer? >> listen, they pay attention to congress all the time but bernanke is in a tough place. he is catching flak from both sides, both parties on the left and the right. folks on the left like schumer want him to do more quickly, aggressively and as we saw in the republican convention here, the fed is not real popular among conservatives, many conservatives in congress. adam: peter barnes who has been reporting live from jackson hole, thank you very much. >> thank you. adam: i want to introduce you to the managing director of the institute for finance. thank you for joining us. you've been the managing director for 19 years. you're leaving in a few months. you were instrumental in negotiating the with the greek government and ecb and private

. >> new york democratic senator charles schumer rallies tired maryland delegates in the final hours before the fall campaign, a fall campaign that's not just about the president's race. >> we have to get people turned out, get ben cardin reelected, pick up some congressional seats, and i think this convention is doing exactly that. >> eyes the race for governor in 2014, but he says that can wait until after 2012. >> you know, working very hard, love the state of maryland, go terps. >> reporter: after two nights of powerful speeches, delegates say the president himself needs to close the deal with voters, looking forward and rebutting criticism of him. >> i think people are still very excited about barack obama, especially when you look at the alternative. >> he's. >> reporter: both barrels smoking, frank smith says. the preliminary rounds are over here, we're now ready for the main event. >> reporter: and the president speaks about 10:30. >> but john lewis is doing a spectacular job here. >> with his history, how could he not? you know i like to eat. coming up in the next half hour.

joining me is senator charles schumer.iden, you worked with him for all those years in the senate. tell us about the real joe biden, not the guy that "saturday night live" loves to destroy. >> the real joe biden, he's the real deal. he's a kind person. he's a decent person. and best of all, when he was in the senate, there were maybe four or five senators who instinctively knew how to talk to average people without thinking about it. that's in his bones. that's who he is. that's what he believes in. and there's no pretense about him. he was popular in the senate because he was the real deal. >> howard? >> yeah, i watched the club from the outside, and that's absolutely right. you could tell who's liked and who's not, who's trusted and who's not. joe biden was trusted. he's the guy who always took the train from washington back up to wilmington. >> because? >> because that's where he lived. >> and because his two kids were orphaned. >> his kids were orphaned. his first wife died in a tragic accident. he's the kind of guy wh

senator charles schumer unveiling new legislation that would upgrade that offense from a misdemeanora felony. telemarketers who violate the law would be fined $20,000 every time they dial a number that's on that list. schumer says there have been spikes in these calls because the existing fines are not high enough to stop companies. >>> a popular amusement park ride is shutting down. knott's berry farm is closing its wind seeker ride pending an investigation. the safety system has been plagued by problems. in the past two weeks alone visitors were left stranded midair after the ride shut down at several locations, including one in southern california. >> not fun. >> just stick to the chicken. >> 5:19 right now. >>> coming up, new research looks at what causes asthma in kids. we'll tell you about the results. >>> plus check this out. a major catch caught on camera. that's a big one, right? we'll show it to you. good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious? you're a talking bee... honey nut cheerios has whole grain oats that can help lower cholest

joined by senator charles schumer of new york, and barbara boxer of california, to get recalled carsff the road. and it was yesterday that enterprise, the biggest of all the rental car companies, agreed to go along with the proposal that these cars should not be put on the road until these cars are fixed. >> it's good that happened. but it's so sad a tragedy had to happen before the change was made. >> reporter: for the houck family, it's been too long coming. >> thanks so much. we appreciate it. >> i cannot believe it took that long. thanks, brian. >>> now, to the chilling story out of florida, where a high school teacher has been arrested for putting a hit out on a fellow teacher. james pepe was charged yesterday. and abc's linsey davis has the story. >> reporter: students say one minute, james pepe was teaching them a history lesson. and the next minute, he was history. arrested right in the middle of class, after he allegedly tried to hire a hitman. not exactly your textbook murder-for-hire. >> uh, shocked. >> reporter: police in plant city, florida, arrested the 55-year-old high

we also have some information from new york, senator charles schumer is asking the cpsc, take a look some of the packaging looks kind of a candy jar that you might see in a convenience store. he is asking for safer tops maybe along the lines what we see for prescription drugs, also asking for more labeling or different labeling on the packaging to warn parents, as well. >> dr. jo, important advice, thank you so much. >> reporter: thank you. >> tony, over to you. >> thank you much. >>> coming up next in sports, the nats get back to their winning ways and joe flacco leads the ravens to the first monday night football win of the season. it's 8:37. >> we'll be right back. you're going to have jet lag for months. now sink your teeth into that big n' toasted if you're ready to soar. good. exits are here, here, and here. a big day calls for the big n' toasted breakfast sandwich, with fried eggs, cherrywood smoked bacon, and cheese, stacked high on texas toast. grab yours at dunkin' donuts. it's a breakfast favorite. start your big day with a big n' toasted breakfast sandwich from dunkin'. i

speakers in the first hour, then president of the afl-cio, richard trumka, senators patty murray and charles schumer, and representative emanuel cleaver of missouri will be speaking in the 6:00 p.m. hour. in the 7:00 p.m. hour, nancy pelosi, tom vilsack, barbara mikulski, education secretary are the darkened -- are the duncan are some of the speakers. in the 8:00 p.m. hour, steny hoyer, philadelphia and their michael nutter. chris then holland, sandra fluke, and the governor of delaware will be speaking in the 9:00 p.m. hour, and then finally elizabeth warren, running for senate in massachusetts, and former president bill clinton will give the nominating address this evening for barack obama. then there is the traditional roll call of states. that is coming up, with gavel- to-gavel coverage on c-span radio and c-span.org. we have been talking about the role of first ladies. we have a new series beginning on c-span on the first lady's early next year. here is a preview. [video clip] ♪ >> if we turn away from the needs of others, we align ourselves with those forces which are bringing about this suffe

the house democratic leader among speakers tonight, nancy pelosi, new york's charles schumer, and thenn the 10:00 hour, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren will be giving her remarks, and much of the attention on former president bill clinton, as he gives a speech here at the convention. joining me is david, and thank you very much for being with us. >> thank you. great to be with you. >> in your story, you summarize the two this way. you say that bill clinton is hot, barack obama is corp., but they still burn with the same temperature inside. can you expoland? >> yes. they have very different personalities, but they have the same competitive well, and that is what it takes to be president of the united states. sometimes people misinterpret barack obama's cool nature, with him being out of hawaii, being almost to a laid-back and aloof, which is not where he is at, but he has that will personality. bill clinton different. but they have the same. they come from hawaii and southwest arkansas. they both came out of somewhat dysfunctional families, neither one of them knowing their real

[cheers and applause] guided by our distinguished senior united states senator, charles schumer and kirstenrney-general eric schneiderman. we, the empire state of democracy and diversity, we are democrats, we're standing up for working families from the shores of lake erie to long island sound. from the peaks of our north country to the rivers of our southern tier. we are innovators and achievers. we're building a brighter future in cities such as buffalo and rochester. syracuse and binghamton, utica and albany, through the historic hudson valley to new york city. [cheers and applause] or the adirondack forest -- where the adirondack forest stands majestically, niagara falls -- >> new york, you have 384 votes. how do you cast them? >> it rises gloriously with immense pride, we cast all of our throats for the present and future leader of the great nation, president barack obama. >> thank you, new york. 384 votes for barack obama. north carolina. our wonderful host. north carolina, you have 157 votes. how do cast them? >> madame secretary, the great and sovereign state of north carolina, the

andrea mitchell is on the convention floor and i believe she has new york senator charles schumer withdid you think? >> she knocked it out of the park. it was just incredible. i was choked up. it was a great speech. >> what was different about this? because we've heard speeches that are biographical and she certainly communicated the value system of her husband but there was a connection to policy. >> exactly. she linked it. the whole job of this convention is to show the average middle class person that we're going to do more for them than the other side. she did that. because it wasn't just, i love my husband and he's a great guy and great father. mrs. romney did that, too. but she tied it to what average people go through. she talked about the student loans that they had when they got out of school. the romneys wouldn't know what a student loan was if it stared them in the face. she tied about their experience that she and barack climbed. the romney speech was sort of way up there and it was nice but it wasn't close to this. so if this is a metaphor, the rest of the convention, i'm