like many members of the house, i have long considered charlie rangel a friend and great public servant. but that is not before us now. we must now consider a report from the ethics committee finding that mr. rangel violated the rules of the house and recommending he be censured for that. i do not disagree he violated the rules of the house in serious way bus under our standards and precedence, his error demands a reprimand, not a censure. some sanction is necessary and appropriate but we should demand a reprimand not a censure. censure has been reserved for corruption, personal corruption, an attempt to gain money, or sexual misconduct. none of that is present here. you heard the discussion of people who were censured for personal financial gain, for bribery, for lying to the committee, and people like mr. gingrich and mr. hanson who committeed -- committed severe infractions but were reprimanded. in this case, the chief counsel for the ethics committee said he saw no evidence of corruption and he did not believe mr. rangel was trying to enrich himself. what happened, according to the

now, i know when i display any sentimental or leniency toward charlie rangel, steve will go ballistic, pointing out as he did a few weeks ago, correctly, that he pays his tacks. everyone does, but charlie didn't, which is true. i'm with steve on the law. but i'm with partial on the quality of mercy. it is not strained. it follows like the gentle rain from heaven and it is twice blessed. et cetera, et cetera. but now i'll let steve correct me and blow a gasket. >> all right. >> let me not be one without mercy and that was as eloquently stated as it could be. the most eloquent statement of a fundamentally wrong position that you could have. look, it's clear what he did, the 11 of 13 counts, as you said, what was to me the most telling as you watched the supporters of charlie rangel attempt to make a case on his behalf, which they failed to do, was that they were referring repeatedly to history and precedent. nobody has been censured in this body for 27 years and wouldn't it be a crime for us to censure charlie rangel for these misdeed which is they acknowledge? and to me, that speaks to

there's another huge story involving this man, congressman charlie rangel last seen before the house ethics committee which found him guilty of 11 rules violations. so after today's tax vote rangel's case will go the house floor where he faces possible censure today. this afternoon. course that would be a very bitter pill for rangel to swallow and a huge stain on his 20 term career in the house. our congressional correspondent, a question to you. i imagine we'll be hearing from congressman rangel a final defense before this vote. will he get a chance, i guess to convince his colleagues, his peers to settle for that lesser punishment which the reprimand instead of censure. >> we can't say definitively. he may have a chance to be on the floor of the house and make his case for why he should get a lesser punishment. has he been behind-the-scenes trying to lobby his supporters, especially members of the black caucus yes. it would be surprising to a lot of people if he was able to succeed and convince the house of representatives that they should give him a reprimand instead of a censure.

i know charlie rangel, and i had an opportunity back in the 1990s when i worked on capitol hill to work and korean veteran and one of the great leaders of all time in the congress of the united states and fighting for the least of these, he has been a champion on so many issues, so it breaks my heart to see the censure of charlie rangel and of course, the first female speaker having to read that. but wolf, let me say this about charlie rangel, he may be 80 years old, but he is one man who will summon the courage and the spirit to continue to fight for people, and his constituents in harlem, so to mr. rangel and his family, it has been a long, long period of time for mr. rangel, but this, too, shall pass. may god be with him. >> let's get the quick reaction from the republican strategist, mary matalin. >> well, it is hard to make a case that lawmakers should not be subjected to the same laws they make, but i don't care what party it is, he is a human being and i'm not a proponent of that public humiliation. he deserved it. he broke the law, but i think that people in public service, they

charlie rangel was a good man. there was no corruption here. what he was found to be was -- >> no personal enrichment. >> no enrichment here. he's not into that. he's strapped on a gun and went over to korea shortly after truman said it was okay for black people to be in the army. strapped on a gun and went over there and saved lives and fought for his country over there in war for us. this is not a corrupted individual. he is guilty of being sloppy on some things, and i'm with republican peter king on this. i don't think the crime fit the punishment here on this, because i think, you know, it's interesting because he had a deal on the table for a reprimand earlier. if they were going to censure him then, why did they put the reprimand deal on the table? i know you know him well. i think there was politics involved. >> cornell, told's censure does not overshadow charlie rangel's long and distinguished service to this nation, but that service does not minimize the 13 counts of corruption against him, many of which were not just negligence and sl

like many members of the house, i have long considered charlie rangel a friend and great public servant. but that is not before us now. we must now consider a report from the ethics committee finding that mr. rangel violated the rules of the house and recommending he be censured for that. i do not disagree he violated the rules of the house in serious way bus under our standards and precedence, his error demands a reprimand, not a censure. some sanction is necessary and appropriate but we should demand a reprimand not a censure. censure has been reserved for corruption, personal corruption, an attempt to gain money, or sexual misconduct. none of that is present here. you heard the discussion of people who were censured for personal financial gain, for bribery, for lying to the committee, and people like mr. gingrich and mr. hanson who committeed -- committed severe infractions but were reprimanded. in this case, the chief counsel for the ethics committee said he saw no evidence of corruption and he did not believe mr. rangel was trying to enrich himself. what happened, according to the

while charlie rangel is a friend and colleague, we disagree on virtually every issue. i can't begin to tell you how many times charlie and i have gone at it and debated over the years. during that entire time, i have never heard anyone question charlie rangel's integrity. nor have i ever seen charlie rangel treat anyone with disrespect. >> shepard: late tonight when rangel was asked if he plans to serve out his full term and run again, the 20 term lawmaker invoked the words of lloyd pepper who served well into his 80's. he said at my age, i don't buy green bananas. shep? >> shepard: james rosen live on capitol hill. thank you. an american war hero, america's top military officer, the two in a battle over whether to let gays serve openly in the armed forces. >> we send these young people into combat. we think they're mature enough to fight and die. i think they're mature enough to make a judgment on who they want to serve or the impact on their battle effectiveness. >> you do not have to agree with me on this issue but don't think for one moment that i haven't carefully

it's easy to say, charlie rangel, he's a crook.red him, but that doesn't solve the government's relationship with money, the industry and the people fundamentally. don't you have an opportunity to address that in this next session? >> i wish i did, but quite frankly, if you take eight out of the allegations of 11 allegations, it all comes from one event and that event was asking people to consider to contribute to the city college of new york. so, it would be hard pressed that had i asked for a waiver, there would be at least three allegations there. my whole point is that i would encourage people to go to the private sector to encourage people to talk about the importance of education and i'm just so frightened with the fact we're not competitive with other countries. and so, my whole thing, overz l overzealo overzealous, breaking the rules, has been education, education, education. how can i take that and turn the congress -- >> but what i would say is with the unique reputation alec wiity that you have, you are in a position to

something else that's going on today is the fact that charlie rangel is probably going to be censured by the house of representatives. there is a story out there that you were going to be called by the ethics committee and people thought oh, he's going to speak on behalf -- good things about charlie rangel. not so much. >> not one way or the other. charlie came up to my office and to many other offices of many people, lots of other people, and he's building some kind of a civic center in a school. he said, could i have $5 million for the civic center? you know what i said? i said no. i use good judgment. it's called judgment. somebody said why did you say no? i said because i have better places to put my money. he wanted that. i didn't see that -- i guess he wrote on congressional stationary to me and others on congressional stationary asking for money for some kind of a center, the rangel center. >> steve: did it feel like a shake down? >> no, it didn't. it really didn't. i feel badly for him. i've known him for a long time, being in new york. but it's too bad what's happened to him.

for a body in motion. >> and now time for charlie rangel to speak on the floor. they are ready to take up a measure on censure where he is called before the colleagues by no less than nancy pelosi and severely talked to. this is a step above getting reprimanded and below getting kicked out. charlie rangel trying to argue for his honor. >> i was wanted and had no thoughts i would be able to survive. but god gave me the strength not only to survive the wounded but to find my way out being tranned for three days i had the strength to lead 40 of my comrades out of that situation and we all are haunted by the fact that so many of my comrades did not survive it. i tell you that story not for sympathy but to let you know that at that time in every sense i made up my mind that i could never complain to god for any events that occur in my life and i would dedicate my life in trying in some meaningful way to improve quality of live for all americans as well as much as i could do for human kind. it is for that ron that i stand to say that i have madey mistakes and i do beli

like many members of the house, i have long considered charlie rangel a friend and great public servant. but that is not before us now. we must now consider a report from the ethics committee finding that mr. rangel violated the rules of the house and recommending he be censured for that. i do not disagree he violated the rules of the house in serious way bus under our standards and precedence, his error demands a reprimand, not a censure. some sanction is necessary and appropriate but we should demand a reprimand not a censure. censure has been reserved for corruption, personal corruption, an attempt to gain money, or sexual misconduct. none of that is present here. you heard the discussion of people who were censured for personal financial gain, for bribery, for lying to the committee, and people like mr. gingrich and mr. hanson who committeed -- committed severe infractions but were reprimanded. in this case, the chief counsel for the ethics committee said he saw no evidence of corruption and he did not believe mr. rangel was trying to enrich himself. what happened, according to the

meanwhile, the case against waters' colleague, charlie rangel is nearing the end, a vote to censure him guilty on 11 violations, including not paying taxes on a vacation home in the dominican republic. the ethics committee voted 9-1 to recommend the house censure him. dana mill bank joins us live from washington along with joe johns. what is -- most people think, okay, that sounds really serious against charlie rangel that they're going to kick him out or he's going to get arrested. it's -- nothing happens. >> no. it's sort of a literally a slap on the wrist and if he does get the censure he'll have to stand there in the well and the speaker of the house will say, congressman rangel you've been a very naughty boy, and then he'll apologize and go on about his business. he's not going to go to prison. he did lose a big prize and that was the chairmanship of the ways and means committee. if they're not going to expel the guy and they're clearly not going to do that, the rest is just about levels of embarrassment. >> joe, what about these -- this thing where these two lead investigators, on

charlie rangel, he's been around. he's alive for 81 years and probably been in congress for 79. ed today. how significant? >> first of all, i feel very sad for charlie. he was a korean war vet. he's somebody who has been around as an able political leader for a long time. on the other hand, i think that the congress should not only censure him but if you look at the total charges against him, since a number of those charges are tax related, i think the house should take him off the ways and means committee. there's something fundamentally wrong about a guy who had years of tax violations serving on the committee that writes taxes and oversees the irs. >> apparently in the last 24 hours or so, mr. rangel has been sending out e-mail blasts to his constituents and people all across the country. contact your member of congress and don't have them vote for censure. give me a reprimand but don't censure me. >> when you look at the total weight of the evidence, that ploy is helpless. the house will censure him. to censure him in the last week of the session, they should insist that he n

the house has just voted to censure congressman charlie rangel. the 80-year-old harlem democrat will stand in the well of the house as the house speaker reads the shine resolution. let's listen. >> the house resolved that representative charles rangel of new york be censured. the representative forthwith present himself in the well of the house for the pronouncement of censure. that representative charles rangel be censured with the public reading of this resolution by speaker, that he pay restitution to the appropriate authority for any unpaid estimated taxes outlined in exhibit 066 on income received from his property in dominican republic and provide proof of payment to the committee. >> the gentleman from new york asks unanimous consent to address the house. without objection? >> so ordered. >> i fully recognize that constitutionally that this body has the full jurisdiction to determine the conduct of one of its members. my predecessor suffered because they didn't allow him to be a member before they decided that he should be expelled. but notw

>> charlie rangel is charlie rangel. rangel.

charlie rangel should be reprimanded, not censured. i have a few comments about the one caller talking about prison reform, nonviolent offenders. they are on point. no offense to my congressman, but i wish he was my congressman. i will sacrifice the rest of my time just to say this, can we count on you to respond positively? we have to do something about it. there is no reason some of these people should be locked up with rapists, pedophiles, you name it. these are people we do not want next door. no offense against homosexuals, but that is wrong in prison. you are putting non-while at people into a room -- god forbid what could happen. thank you, c-span. thank you for your time. guest: as i said, if you give the public a chance to express themselves, they would probably give a simple, straightforward solutions. at the end of the day, the public does not want to get into this debating. they do not have special interests, so they will get to the answer in a straightforward way. if the public understood how much we spend to incarcerate p

we expect by nightfall tonight charlie rangel will have stood in the well of the house and listened in disgrace as speaker nancy pelosi reads the verdict. he was found guilty of eleven violations of house rules stemming from charges that he failed for 17 years to disclose income from avila he owned in the dominican republic, that he used official letterheads to solicit funds, that he used a rent-controlled apartment as his campaign and exhibited conduct unbecoming of the house. the chairman took no evident pleasure in so finding last month. >> i note that the code of government ethics states clearly that a public office is a public trust. it was our responsibility to determine whether representative rangel's conduct met that standard. >> reporter: the loan member of the ethics committee to say he found censure too harsh was butterfield from california who was the loan african-american on the panel. jim clyburn of south carolina indicated this week that he too opposes censure. >> i don't think the violations that he admitted to are that egregious that censure would be in order. a reprim

charlie rangel was on the show yesterday.eople working in chris dodd's office were buying financial stocks the time they were buying the bill. then you wonder why there's one political party that wants to burn the place to the ground and a bunch of people are totally disengaged because they fund mentally believe this is nothing more than a bunch of crap. when they see these stories, this is a corrupt republic run by rich people paying each other off and i'm not going to believe stupid dylan ratigan's nonsense about how this is the democracy because it's not. >> there's another fun little connection. the judge has admitted that becky donatelli was the one -- it's bad all around. one thing good i will say just for the merits itself, clearly, i agree with rick. should have recused himself. however, what i think is important for the merits of the case, it does appear that even some conservative judges disagree with his legal martial rational and i think that's why the white house and department of justice has decided to file beca

also tonight, charlie rangel censured by his own colleagues. he says the punishment was political and that he's not corrupt. we're going to show you the wrong doing that moved his fellow lawmakers to vote against him. you can decide for yourself. keeping them honest. and you cannot almost believe that it's happening here. happening today. girls being lured into forced labor. part two of our shocking series, "american slaves, hiding in plain sight." john walsh joins us to talk about that as well. we begin, though, as always, keeping them honest. after a historic day in the fight over ending don't ask don't tell, critics making that change have plenty of concerns about allowing gays and lesbians to openly serve in the military. we spent the week separating fact from physicifiction and cr new concerns when the old ones are addressed. tonight we want to show you how the top leadership today addressed critics point by point in their own words. joint chiefs chairman mullen and defense secretary gates along with authors of the pentagon study on gays i

while charlie rangel also survived a pants on fire labeling for saying an ethics report on his congressionalp exonerates me. it did no such thing. nor was the florida democratic party truthful when it claimed that former republican congressman bill mccullum, quote, voted to dismantle social security. no, he did not. and while we're at it, that's a lot of lying nominees from florida. hmm. but at any rate none of those others were enough to win lie of the year. this year's winner was not only selected by the editors of politifact, it was also the people's choice. almost 4,000 readers voted. and here to tell us the lie of the year is the editor of politifact, bill adair. bill, and the winner is? >> the claim that the democratic health care bill is a government takeover of health care. >> reporter: a lie repeated far and wide and again and again. >> this is a government takeover of our health care system. >> government takeover. >> government takeover. >> government takeover. >> massive government takeover. >> reporter: and why is this the biggest lie of the year as opposed to all the other lies

. >> reporter: back in washington new york representative charlie rangel became the 23rd congressman u.s. history to be censured for misconduct. the ethics investigation lasted more than two years, and rangel supporters argued unsuccessfully for a lesser reprimand. after the vote rangel addressed his colleagues in congress. >> at no time has it ever entered my mind to enrich myself or to do violence to the honesty that's expected of all of us in this house. ♪ baruch ata >> reporter: and the holidays are in full swing at the white house. the president and first lady welcoming 500 guests to the east room for a hanukkah reception. the menorah, on loan from a new orleans synagogue devastated by hurricane katrina. for "teen kids news" julie banderas, fox news channel in the classroom. >>> let's show a little state pride. here's kristen with some interesting facts about our state flags. ♪ >> reporter: in september 1783 american colonists and members of the british parliament signed the treaty of paris, officially ending the revolutionary war. part of that treaty granted a parcel of land to

was about this time yesterday when we were showing you live pictures of veteran congressman, charlie rangel'ss censured, publicly dressed down in front of his pie peers yesterday. it was a bitter pill after a 20-term career. rangel called the vote very political. our own joe johns who was there, got a couple of questions in to the congressman about that particular comment, that this was political. what did he mean by that? take a listen. >> anything we do in the congress is political. >> do you think that the members of the congress who took this vote tonight were voting what they thought their constituents wanted them to do rather than on the facts? >> i thought i made that abundantly clear. >> you kind of talked around it a little bit. >> i don't want to talk around it. i try to give an analogy. people love adam. they knew it was unconstitutional for them to kick him out before he was allowed to sit but they said that was too complicated to explain to their constituents back home. i really think that most of you know that if it is too complicated to explain, don't do it. there were a lot of

congress, where charlie rangel of new york expressed defiance, almost pride, rather than shame at his censure for cheating on taxes. are we the people solipsists, too? well, that's how i read a recent story documenting the rising number of americans who think it's just fine to default on their debts, but only if it makes economic sense. these strategic defaults are estimated to be 30% of all defaults. that's when a borrower has the means to keep paying their mortgage, but simply chooses not to. in america today, there could be as many as 20 million homes with negative equity, but only about half a million are defaulting strategically. it sure is scary to think what could happen to our financial system if we the people stop playing by the rules-- the moral rules. but i have to say, it does make me awfully proud of those quiet americans, maybe some watching tonight, who are honoring their promises, even if it doesn't make sense to neoclassical economics or congressman rangel. thank you. i'm tim kane. >> tom: that's "nightly business report" for monday, december 13. i'm tom hudson. good

highlighted this week was the congressional black caucus and the anger over the seven sure of charlie rangel. it's a political problem for nancy pelosi and for the white house as well. chris: they think it's preferential? >> they think that the seven sure was out of line. chris: andrea. >> the nail in the coffin of the star treaty ratification could come from wikileaks. the notes. negotiations may be part of the one of the documents. chris: how about the bad-mouthing of clinton? >> that didn't help at all. >> within five years, the euro will be over. now, it will be a euro based upon germany and france as it always should have been and the peripheral countries will fall away. it will be the major crisis for european integration. chris: the big question of the week. the president went to afghanistan this friday. is pressure growing to trim our commitment there? be right back. woman: did you bring the camera phone? man: i did. do you wanna go first? i've been waiting for this all day. ok, this is from... aunt stacey. introducing chase quickdeposit. just photograph the front and back of your ch

the house voted late today to censure 20-term congressman and democratic congressman charlie rangel of new york, the harshest punishment short of expulsion. rangel found guilty of ethics violations for his finances and fund-raising made his case one more time. >> i take full credit and -- for the responsibility of that. i brought it on myself. but i still believe that this body has to be guided by fairness. >> and then the democratic house speaker, nancy pelosi, delivered the rebuke, as rangel stood in the well of the chamber. >>> the suspect known as the king of spam has been nabbed by the fbi. oleg nikolaenko, a 23-year-old russian, allegedly sent 10 billion spam e-mails a day, one-third of the world's spam. hustling everything from fake rolex watches and counterfeit prescription drugs to potions supposed to increase sexual performance. he was arrested in las vegas after a three-year manhunt. >>> and along with spam, there's something else very disturbing to all of us online -- the way companies secretly track you. today, we learned it's even more invasive than we thought. can it be

the wealthiest americans should also keep the tax break. >>> another vote in the punishment for charlie rangelhics committee had found him geti itguilty and recd that he face censure. that's exception l that's essentially a public dressing down. rangel called the punishment excessive and asked to vote against. >>> lots of weather going on. rivers are rising in pennsylvania. roads and schools closed. right now there is a state of emergency in butler county. people are keeping an eye on the water levels, bracing for the worst of it. pittsburgh post gazette says monongahela and ohio rivers are supposed to crest today. not good news. >> all the components of bad weather today. rain, sleet, snow. wind damage in parts of the northeast. now one of the big stories, it's really just capturing the imagination taking place up on parts of the great lakes. lake effect snowfall. you see a chain of that snow just sweeping right across buffalo certainly no stranger to heavy snowfall, but this is certainly something that really tals the ca takes the cake. by the time we get to tomorrow morning, some places cou

it's going to take more than that to keep charlie rangel down.ion is ongoing. a couple of his former aides who was a spokesperson in the straight campaign, his deputy campaign manager testifying before a grand jury here to see if there were any illegal payments made. does this suggest that this investigation is going somewhere? >> well, since it's been going on since last year and a grand jury and they're in secret and people that come out can't talk about it, i just -- bottom line is here i don't know whether they have something but certainly they've been investigating for a long time which tells me there's still more to look at and they believe there's something there that needs to be followed, some thread they're pulling so, you know, again, this is another one of those things where, you know, john, if we go back to that campaign, they were so few people who at least after the story broke of john edwards' affair and later his child, there were so many people that campaigned who were stunned and so it's interesting to me, this must be a follow

the fifth biggest whopper of the year, charlie rangel's claim that the report cleared him -- ron reagan well, we all know charlie. you feel kind of sorry for him, but he got caught with his hand in the cookie jar. if we're going reward that kind of lying, we ought to mention john ensign's parents claiming they gave $90,000 to his mistress just out of the goodness of their hearts. not to keep her quiet or anything. >> i like the way you do this. let's go to mayor brown. speaker brown. charlie is very lovable and likable, but his spin on this thing is world class. that's all i can say. your thoughts. >> i think he genuinely believes that. he still believes that today. if you notice that when he was finally convicted, when he was censured, he said, i'm very pleased with what you've done. i believe i'm innocent. he did not in any way apologize. so he believes it and frankly, when it comes line, you have to separate the person who's uttering the words. if they really believe it, they have a problem. >> i believe it should have been a rep remand and i believe something said by congressman fat

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talking on a day when the house is likely to vote on a revolution of censure of longtime member charlie rangel in the 1970's, you became associated with a package of reforms known as the obey commission. >> i think ethics have increased -- by the ethical standards have increased significantly since i have been here. old-timers who were here before i was used to tell me that cash contributions from party leaders to rank-and-file members were passed around on the house floor. that can't happen anymore. when i came here, we had virtually no financial disclosure. the public had no idea whether there were any conflicts of interest or not. secondly, members of congress could give speeches to interest groups, collect speaking fees for those and we have ended the practice. we ended the practice of being able to use a law practice in order to make money on the side. when we proposed to eliminate income from law, one never came to me and said i don't understand current his law practice did not take any of his tongue. as he rises in seniority, the lobby tosses business is way and he gets a piece of the a

security, eliminates the mortgage tax deduction, and raises some taxes. >>> well, congressman charlie rangelpelosi read the measure, which had been overwhelmingly approved by the house. rangel admitted he made mistakes, including not paying some of his taxes. >>> it was a real-life murder mystery that shocked hollywood, and it has taken another twist this morning. harold smith, a person of interest in the shooting of film publicist ronni chasen, killed himself as police arrived to question him. it may have been an "america's most wanted" tip that led police to smith. chasen was gunned down while driving home from the premiere of the movie "burlesque" two weeks ago. >>> the fbi has arrested a man known as the king of spam. 23-year-old russian oleg nikolaenko allegedly sent 10 billion spam e-mails every day. that's one-third of the world's spam. he's said to have hustled everything from watches to counterfeit prescription drugs to potions supposed to increase sexual performance. he was arrested in las vegas after a three-year manhunt. >> can i just say good? i don't want the spam anymore. >>>

. >>> up next, congressman charlie rangel's punishment by fellow house members and his claim that he doesn't deserve it, that he's not corrupt. we'll give you the facts on what he did, keeping them honest. [ snoring ] [ light snort ] [ male announcer ] cold symptoms tackled. quarterback sacked. vicks nyquil cold and flu. the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep you ever got with a cold... medicine. ♪ >>> keeping them honest tonight, a congressman who broke the rules punished by fellow law makers today. he says it's all about politics but a lot of his democratic colleagues disagreed. so today, charms z charles rangel stood in the well of the house and received the condemnation of his speaker and his colleagues. a man who once ran the committee, that wrote the nation's tax law, censured this afternoon. 333-79. came after the house ethics committee found him guilty on 11 counts. the 20-term new york congressman talked to reporters insisting is he not corrupt. >> i think history would show that a different standard has been used in this case, where i did no

. >> let us apply the same standard of justice to charlie rangel that has been applied to everyone else and which all of us would want applied to ourselves. with that i respectfully urge a vote against censure. >> on this resolution, the yays are 333, the nays are 79. >> woodruff: instead, the recommendation of censure passed by a wide margin. >> will the gentleman from new york mr. rangel kindly appear in the well? >> woodruff: rangel then stood before his peers in the well of the house floor as speaker nancy pelosi formally read the public condemnation. >> the house is resolved the representative charles rangel of new york be censured. the representative charles b. rangel forthwith present himself in the well of the house for the pronouncement of censure. that representative charles b. rangel be censured with the public reading of this resolution by the speaker. and that representative rangel finds the solution to the appropriate taxing authoritys of the u.s. treasury for any unpaid estimated taxes outline in exhibit 066 on income received from this property in dominican republic and

all right. 80-year-old charlie rangel was on the floor of the house of representatives today pleading life. it was an impassioned statement. let's take a listen. >> i was in korea as a young 20-year-old volunteer in the second infantry division and su subzero weather, we were attacked and there were hundreds of casualties, wounded and killed, captured. glares and screams were heard and i was wounded and i had no thoughts that i would be able to survive. >> all right, guys. does he persuade you? should charlie be shown the exit or has he persuaded you he deserves to continue on fighting for central harlem? >> i'm not going to sit there and say that he deserves to be shown the exit but it's an absolute disgrace that he of all people conducted himself in that fashion. he was on the ways and means committee. to consider the way that he tried to evade the taxes and pocket the money, he can say he didn't benefit the way but more importantly than that, you're 80 years old, man. you've been in office for 40 years. you have the president of the united states, the speaker of the house saying, y

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. >> reporter: while since censured democrat charlie rangel also survivored a pants on fire label ford while we're at it, that's a lot of lying nominees from florida. hmm. but at any rate, none of those other prevarications were enough to win lie of the year. this year's winner was not only selected by the editors of politifact, it was also the readers' choice. almost 4,000 voted. here to tell us the lie of the air is the editor of politifact bill, and the winner is? >> the claim that the democratic health care bill is a government takeover of health care. >> a lie repeated far and wide and again and again. >> this is a government takeover of our health care system. >> government takeover. >> this government takeover. >> government takeover. >> massive government takeover. >> reporter: and why is this the biggest lie of the year as opposed to all those other lies? >> it was so pervasive. it was said by the republican leadership, by republicans running for congress, said by republicans running for governor, and it's just not true. this is a plan that uses the private health insurance s

megyn kelly on why congressman charlie rangel is not going to jail for tax evasion while wesley snipeskimmel apparently mocked me this week. can that be possible? we hope you stay tuned to those [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. lord of the carry-on. sovereign of the security line. you never take an upgrade for granted. and you rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay th mid-size price. i deserve this. [ male announcer ] you do, business pro. you do. go national. go like a pro. >> bill: culture warrior segment tonight, bizarre internet situation. couple asking americans whether they should abort their baby. isn't that nice? 30-year-old alicia arnold 19 weeks pregnant and is thinking about terminating her fetus because she is in a bad emotional state according to her blog. husband pete arnold disputes some of this but there is no disputing the fact couple has asked americans to vote on whether the abortion should take place and 2 million people have. with us now the culture warr

megyn kelly on why congressman charlie rangel is not going to jail for tax evasion while wesley snipes apparently mocked me this week. can that be possible? we hope you stay tuned to those reports. whoa! that achy cold needs alka-seltzer plus! it rushes multiple cold fighters, plus a powerful pain reliever, wherever you need it! [ both ] ♪ oh what a relief it is! >> bill: culture warrior segment tonight, bizarre internet situation. couple asking americans whether they should abort their baby. isn't that nice? 30-year-old alicia arnold 19 weeks pregnant and is thinking about terminating her fetus because she is in a bad emotional state according to her blog. husband pete arnold disputes some of this but there is no disputing the fact couple has asked americans to vote on whether the abortion should take place and 2 million people have. with us now the culture warriors "fox & friends" co-anchor gretchen carlson and fox news analyst margaret hoover. number one, this is disgusting. this is a human life we are talking about, is it not? >> this is a potential human life. >> bill: i don't min