reaction to the republican side of things, at least tea party side of things new york democrat chuck schumeri'm just give you the chance to respond, what did you think of what senator cruz had to say? >> well, a lot of it sort of alice in wonderland. says the president's policies haven't worked, but he hasn't let them go in to affect. he's blocked just about everyone. i would say this, i have good news on the debt ceiling. i do not believe republic leaders will follow -- let me say that again. i do not believe that republican led leaders will follow ted cruz over the cliff once again. i believe we will pass a clean debt ceiling. that makes sense, we don't want to risk full faith and credit we can debate all these other issues at a different time and place. but i think they learned their lesson with the government shut down, not only did at the time party ratings plummet so did republican party ratings. and i think there's a new way of thinking in the senate and the house among republicans so that we can get more done in 2014 than we did in 2013 not just going to mindlessly follow ted cruz an

joining me is chuck schumer. >> good morning. >> one of the more powerful senators in that body. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning, chuck. >> so respond to roy blunt there. what do you expect? they obviously -- they believe it's going to be a political speech filled with wedge issues in order to help democrats in an election year. what say you, chuck schumer? what do you expect? >> well, look, our politics is turned around, and the big issues of the last two, three years -- deficit, obamacare -- are not the big issue this year. it's middle class. it is how you can get middle class incomes rising again. they've been declining for ten years. it's how you can get more good-paying jobs here, and how the productivity gains, which we've had over the last decade and a half, can help average folks. wages haven't caught up to that. that's not political. that's a necessity. if the incomes keep declining, we'll have a different america that no one will like. this is a very important speech. more important than most, because the whole tech tonic plates beneath our politics is pivoting

key senate democrat chuck schumer responds. with a sochi winter olympics near how homeland security michael mccoal just back from russia will have the latest on security preparations. and we'll talk with two openly gay members of the u.s. olympic delegation, tennis great billy jean king and 1988 gold medalist brian boitana what could they expect. plus analysis on all of this from peg knee noonan of the wall street journal, legendary "washington post" reporter bob woodward, conservative william chris tall of the weekly standard and former white house chief of staff now cbs contributor william daly. 60 years of news because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs >> schieffer: good morning again as you probably know by now there has been another mall shooting yesterday, a 19-year-old police have now identified as darion marcus aguilar of college park, maryland, took a shotgun and two homemade explosive devices in to a suburban mall in maryland, shot and killed two people then apparently turned the gun on himself. p

bill: chuck schumer, what do you think of that? >> chuck schumer is about as out of touch with the majority of the american as people as president obama. the majority of the american people don't want bigger government and more government in their lives. they want less government and less government in their lives. schumer's characterization of the tea party couldn't be more wrong. but he believes that there are enough stupid people out there who will fall for that rhetoric and narrative that he and the president quite frankly and other democrats are perpetuating. the tea party is an attitude that has not gone away, less government, less taxes and more individual responsibility. >> reporter: just look at his word. they convinced americans the explanation for all their ills. if you dramatically shrink government all the problems go away. what would you say to him? >> with all due respect, government is not the solution to all their ills. too much government is the solution to most of our problems. that's what the tea party movement

we'll debate with rising gop star rand paul and top democrat chuck schumer. >>> plus, new york's new mayor came out shovels and swinging. >> when i said i would take aim at the tale of two cities, i meant it. >> that, and all of the week's politics on our powerhouse roundtable. >>> and -- the navy s.e.a.l.s' lone survivor. as hollywood takes on america's hidden heroes, our experts take us inside the special ops of our military. all right here this sunday morning. >>> happy new year, everyone. and for so many of you this morning is a frigid one. half of the country from the great lakes to the gulf coast, from the rockies to the west coast, the national weather service calls the temperatures life-threatening. its record-breaking cold not seen in decades and another arctic storm is on the way. let's get right to gio benitez in chicago. >> reporter: good morning, george. it's so cold here that so many people here are calling chiberia the snow just hammering us, too. now that wind, too. all morning long. take a look, it may look like a gorgeous skating rink, but this is actually a harbor,

. >> in the meantime, senator chuck schumer said any decision to stop the benefits will only hurt republicanse midterms. >> this year, dealing with declining middle class incomes, and not enough job growth, will be the number one issue. and if on the first day of the new session the republican party said they won't extend unemployment extension, the initial round was started by george bush when unemployment was 5.6%, they'll show themselves so far out of the mainstream they'll hurt themselv themselves. >> chuck schumer articulates the very argument against himself, unwittingly perhaps, and that is to say unemployment checks began over five years ago. my goodness, it's been renewed more than ten times. these extensions, bob, were meant to be temporary. but some people have been collecting checks now for the better part of two years. at what point did the government say, hey, enough. >> there are two things here. unemployment rate is at a five-year low. however, long-term unemployment is still sky high. so you have these two competing factors, and what rand paul today said, i think a significan

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you can ask this about anyone who works for, say, an andrew cuomo or chuck schumer or mike bloombergterms of trying to channel their personalities. >> schumer staff members start to talk like chuck schumer. i've seen it happen to people i know. >> they marry each other. >> there's a very strong, particularly strong personalities like chris christie or chuck schumer, you see in their staff, that personality trickles down as people try in an organization to emulate the boss because that's the thing that kind of reflects most kindly on them. you see that. >> what's interesting in a lot of e-mails we've seen, by the way, a lot of them have been redacted which adds to the mystery. you don't know who communicating with david wildstein or bill baroni. what's very interesting about some of them is the sense she clearly is reporting to someone, and the assumption so far is it could be bill stepien, christie's longtime campaign manager who was let go, if you will, by the governor. and, you know, they had a very close working relationship, bridget anne kelly and bill stepien. the question remai

secretary, i raise the question, because senator chuck schumer just said he wants a clean bill, as you do, as well. but if that's impossible to get through the house of representatives where there's a republican majority, he would be opening to finding some offsets, some spending cuts. the question to you as a representative of the president from the obama administration, do you agree with senator schumer that if necessary to pass this three-month extension and help all those people with the president today, you would be willing to cut spending elsewhere? >> well, again, you know, we're willing to do -- we need to work to address this emergency right now. and i think, you know, in the presidency of george bush, congress understood that it was indeed an emergency. it continues to be an emergency for people. and the administration, you know, remains open to finding solutions for this problem. but, you know, people like kathryn hackette and others have already lost their lifeline. and they can't afford to wait three, four, five weeks while you find long-term solutions. that's why it was s

part of it has to do with the workplace, as chuck schumer just said.ssue an executive order raising the government-honored minimum wage above $10 and push the congress to legislate the same rage rate hike for the private sector and push to restore jobless benefits to the long term unemployed. there's more, of course, coming tonight. the gist of it is to help people move up the economic scale. it's not about the safety net tonight, it's about a pathway to something better. i think this is the president's compromise with taking a much tougher stance tonight against what looms now as a vast and growing inequality, economically in this country. the exponential growth of those at the very top and then that 47% still struggling to keep things together in their lives. there's the concern, i guess, on his part that to talk powerfully about inequality is to invite the premise he'd fight for the next three years to raise taxes not just on the better off or best off, but also the better off. that could scare voters. he needs to get improvements in the lives of th

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here is new york senator chuck schumer addressing a progressive think tank yesterday. >> why does theea party, a group that seems to represent a small but extreme part of america, have such an undue power? in the tea party it leads almost a fanatical desire, the rush limbaughs, spreading their propaganda and ultimately unfulfilling politics. route of the know-nothings, the prohibitionists, father cogley. >> you get the picture, and lieutenant colonel west a fox news contributor, and founder of helping our warriors. let me start with you on this, ben, as somebody who supported the tea party. this is the plan, to go after the tea party, to paint them as a bunch of racists and to start talking about how big government helps people. >> yeah, first things first. it was for the center for american progress, which was -- is a big left-leaning progressive kabal, and if you look at that, he started talking about prohibition. and these guys seem to call us what they were in the past, you got prohibitionist, you know, the government knows better, if they take alcohol away, we'll be better. you g

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disincentive to work, and that there are many studies that indicate this. >> meanwhile, democrats like chuck schumer republicans that their strategy could result in a historic backfire. here is schumer on abc's "this week." >> i think it's a little insulting, a bit insulting to american workers when rand paul says that unemployment insurance is a disservice. they want to work. they don't want unemployment benefits. they're just hanging on with unemployment benefits. you cut them off, they may lose the house they have paid for, take their kids out of college. so i would hope he would reconsider past the three-month extension. and if they don't, it's going to be an election in 2014. >> jonathan capehart, on which side does gravity paul fall? the republicans saying it's going to be all financial issues that affect real people. >> this whole thing is about economic security if you want a rebranding, if not income inequality, economic security. and the longer that obama care, the affordable care act is up and running, fully operational, there might be problems here or there. but the longer it goes on, an

chuck schumer addressing a progressive think tank yesterday. >> why does a ptea party a grou that represents have undue power in the almost fanatical desire, rush limbaugh, fox news agrees and spread their propaganda's negative divisive and ultimately unfulfilling politics. route of the no no, the prohibition, father koghlin and hue we long a root toward anger, negativity and even hatred. >> chris haun is former aid of senator schumer and army veteran florida congressman and fox news contributor benjamin smith is former navy seal and founder of helping our warriors.org. let me start with you on this ben as somebody who supported the tea party. this is a plan to go after the tea party and start talking about how big gvrt. helps people. >> first things first. it was for the center for american progress which is a big soros left leaning progressive cabal. if you look at that, he started talking about prohibition these guys seem to call us what they have been in the past. you have prohibitionists that was progressive. the government knows to take alcohol away will be better. koghlin supporting f

. >> chuck schumer blasted that argument. >> it's a bit insulting to american workers when rand paul says that unemployment insurance is a disservice. they want to work. they don't want unemployment benefits. >> in an op-ed on foxnews.com. peter mauricy rote, some of the extended unement ployment benefits paided burg the recession were fnlsed by a special federal levy that hit the low income worst of all. >> the taxes come out of the working poor. it's a hoax, not really a benefit. it's something they're using as a political wedge issue. >> if they get 60 votes in the senate, it still faces a tough vote in the house, where lawmakers want it paid for. with the weather issues, it's tricky about timing of the vote, but if harry reid doesn't have 60 votes tonight, he could maneuver and bring it up for a vote tomorrow. >> mike, thank you. just moments ago, janet yellen, the president's nominee for federal reserve chair, has been confirmed. we don't have the final tally on votes yet, but she has crossed the threshold of the votes needed. janet yellen will be the next federal reserve chair.

senators chuck schumer and rand paul battling it out. >> what i've been saying right along is we have to figure out how we keep people from becoming long term unemployed. >> i think it's a bit insulting to long term workers when rand d paul says, they are just hanging on with unemployment benefits. >> now del the first rote comes today, it's procedural but it needs 5 republicans to join the democrats. so far only one republican is a vocal proponent of getting these reinstated. some are signaling they are interested in this, some ploardz, some from high unemployment states but watch for that critical vote late this afternoon. >> libby what else? >> the confirmation hearing of janet yellen but there are a big list of items that congress comes back and faces del. we saw congress come up with spending solutions but the real detail work of hammering out a dozen appropriations bills is going on right now. committees hard at work getting the final details put on how exactly the money will be spent. and that could come up with some hiccups and some fights too, so watch for that to unfold in t

we saw senator chuck schumer and senator rand paul really incapsulating this debate this week. >> i'mot against having unemployment insurance. i do think, though, the longer you have it that it does provide some disincentive to work and there are many studies that indicate this. we have to figure out how to create jobs and keep people from being long-term unemployed. >> i think it's a little insulting a bit insulting to american workers when rand paul says unemployment benefits is a disservice. they want to work. they don't want unemployment benefits. they're just hanging on with unemployment benefits. five republicans would have to join can with democrats to see it pass. democrats are watching to see if they can get four more republicans on board. >> libby, what about a vote, will we see one this week? >> reporter: we'll see a procedure vote today. that's where you need to get those four republicans who will vote for it if it's to pass the senate. the biggest hurdle is over in the house where house speaker john boehner and other reasons say they want to see this prayed for so they ar

democratic senator chuck schumer says he wants the irs to step up and do more investigation into the tea party groups and others. and you know, for a lot of folks out there risk looking like the irs is a political tool of this administration. do you think that's a legitimate criticism and would it be worthwhile for the president who was so outraged by his own speech that he gave in march of last year about the irs targeting, key benefit by saying yeah, i'm taking action and we're going to move forward? >> well, if he was actually taking action, doing something specific. but i'm not sure that anything is really happening on that front that would rise to the level of mentioning in a state of the union address. you know, i think what chuck schumer did really was sort of outside the bounds of what a member of the senate should be doing, especially in light the fact that the irs has been caught. you know, behaving badly to say the least. you know. to be egging them on to be saying political spectrum to the what they are doing. >> talking about income inequality. what's the number shows us

senator chuck schumer, who has been advocating strongly, we don't need to worry about the deficit anymore, we should focus on this thing, but the problem is, there's this mantra of cut government spending and makes it very difficult and pins the republicans, even republicans who might otherwise be sympathetic, they are pinned into a place where they can't say, yes, let's continue this benefit just because they've got primaries coming up. one of the reasons the house is more difficult is because all of those people have to run for reelection next year and that makes it tough. >> that's one of the points chuck schumer makes. look, this is something that's going to come back to hurt republicans, to bite them at election time, but we have short attention spans, so i wonder if part of the calculation on some of these folks is even folks in districts where there may be a lot of people hurting as a result of this, you know what, a year from now when they go to the voting booth, that's going to be so far in the rearview mirror, it's not going to make any difference. >> i think for republicans, th

senators rand paul and chuck schumer talked about their points. >> i'm not opposed to unemployment insurance. i am opposed to how to pay for it. what i've always said is it needs to be paid for but we also need to do something for long-term unemployed people. we need to create something new that would create jobs. >> the tectonic plates of our politics have changed. for the first five years of the obama administration the two issues that dominated were health care and budget deficit. this year dealing with declining middle class incomes and not enough job growth will be the none one issue. and if on the first day of the new session the republican party says they won't even support unemployment benefit extension, the original round was started by george butch when unemployment was 5.6%, they're going to show themselves so far out of the main street that it will hurt them. >> let's head overseas where there are growing concerns about stability in iraq after extremists took control of two key cities. iraqi officials said they were able to take back parts of ramadi. the progress was made after h

chuck schumer of new york and rand paul of kentucky were on abc this week. >> i'm not against having unemployment insurance but i think it does provide some disincentive to work and there are studies to indicate this. we have to figure out how to create jobs. >> i think it's a little insulting, a bit insulting to american workers when rand paul says that unemployment insurance is a disservice. they want to work. they don't want unemployment benefits. they're just hanging on with unemployment benefits. >> reporter: one key part of unemployment benefits is people have to be looking for a job. that is a requirement. if this is not reinstated they'll still get to the six months that the state and federal government work together to provide but not that much longer package. >> what else is on this senate agenda? >> reporter: the tomorrow one is getting janet yellen the federal reserve chairman. this is one that did not get dealt with over the holiday. and watch for the senate to work through that confirmation today. the weather could play a role in this. they to get enough members back he

. >> a quote from a democrat from a couple of years ago, it might chuck schumer saying, in two years this will be a political advantage, you wait and see. it's obviously not. gwen: still waiting. >> is there any chance that could change by november if the plan starts to work better or is it too short a time to change dramatically? >> at the very least they hope it will be neutralized and the to to will stay opposed but it's the independent whors who may know someone knows someone who actually is on insurance now so they believe if fixed, moreis if i people sign up, it will improve be toot but then it may late in some respects. >> how much of a consensus is side on the republican about focusing on this issue? because it's not across the to sit backhey want and let this self-destruct, right? >> republicans realize that is a big issue but one thing we saw interesting this senate was moving for it on the spending bill, $1.1 trillion spending opportunity toan defund this but republicans have a new sense of discipline. cruz was thinking about gumming up the works and decided against it so

and new york senator chuck schumer talked with raidal madow about the gridlock in congress. >> it isrer and clearer to the american people that gridlock is not being caused by both parties but by one party. the turning away from the middle class is dominated by one party. the refusal to do things that even mainstream republicans did like unemployment insurance, like minimum wage increases even five years ago is hurting them. rick scott is being sued in hopes he'll fill the state's number two spot. a lawsuit filed monday argues the republican is legally obligated to name a lieutenant governor. the state has been without a second in command since fellow republican jennifer carol resigned last year. >>> also in florida, a congressman brought in a power house ethics lawyer. rob walker is a former attorney for the house ethics panel. he is tasked wi eed helping a colleague. he expected back on capitol hill this week. new on msnbc.com this morning, judges ask how bad is too bad for texas women seeking abortions? the fifth circuit is looking into challenges of texas' tough new abt yea borgs

. >>> chuck schumer said he will propose legislation to help fund tracking devices for autistic children. the bill will be called avontae's law to honor a 14-year-old who disappeared after wandering off from school. his remains were discovered three months later. schumer said the legislation is similar to a federal program to track seniors with alzheimer's. >>> the crisis in ukraine does not seem to be easing despite political concessions offered by president yanukovych. today supporters paid tribute to one of their own they say was killed by authorities. britain's channel 4 news reports. >> reporter: today should have been mikhail's 26th birthday. instead, he was given a martyr's funeral. heroes, heroes, they chanted. they carried his body to independence square. >> translator: i think mikhail is a martyr. he accepted an orthodox martyrdom for the future of ukraine. >> reporter: the young man was one of three protesters killed in a week which has changed everything here. among the ranks of those who honored him today, the far-right groups who are gaining support and confidence as the se

new york senator chuck schumer is joining a growing number of politicians demanding more federal scrutinyver railcar safety. >>> four crew members have been killed in a helicopter training depth in england. the helicopter assigned to the 48th fighter wing was flying low over a salt marsh. it was based at a royal air forcetation not far away. it may have been hit by a bird while flying over the marsh. >>> and upcoming vote by former defense secretary robert gates unloads some especially harsh criticisms of the white house. gates is taking aim at president obama over afghanistan but saves his most cutting words for vice president joe biden. here's abc's jonathan karl with all of the details. >> reporter: for two years he was the president's point man on the most important national security decisions, the end of the war in iraq, the escalation of the war in afghanistan. he was there in the situation room the night bin laden was killed. but it turns out robert gates had deep misgivings about the president he served. in a soon-to-be published book now leaking out gates writes that during one w

neil: now over to senator chuck schumer. >> the tea party shut down the government in october.tically shrinks government and our problems will end. it is a fundamentally false but not effectively challenge the premise that is the core weakness of the tea party. one person is tweeting this and another is just a new york politician. >> is declarinwar on the founding fathers. we have one is that the irs is being used as a local tool. neil: gary b. smith and wayne rogers dropping in on the problem. stated this is serious china got a lot of the u.s. celine and speeding up so wha do you make of all of this? are they getting worried as well? talk about a correction i in order to pentagon of bag the tiered with the year drug of last year but i did that the get what happened. >> now we're down almost the last three days almost 500 points. that is what they get after a big run up to say all right ashley market is going down further. forget about china this is a natural reaction to the great 2013. >> but a higher velocity? >> t he is absolutely right. >> maybe if you raise hi pay a little

. >> i do not want to live with chuck schumer. i draw the line there. how are you?n is how is chris christie, right? can he weather this storm is what a lot of people are talking about. the latest thing -- he has the state of the state address. can he not talk about this scandal or does he have to address it yet again is this. >> it's uncomfortable either way. we'll all be watching and wondering is he going on to mention it, is he into to go he allude to it, is there some way that it will affect his agenda for the next year. because it is a hugely important ceremonial speech and yet talk about an elephant nin the room. >> he's already addressed it and what he wants to address is kids spending more time in school. that's what he wants to do. but the question is can he really get past this. and i do have to preface this because 59% polled did say they still approve of him. >> that's right. the numbers do not seem to have fallen much. his approval in state is down about 6% in the poll that just came out this morning. but i think what he has allude to it, nod to it, the

he was elected to the house of representatives at age 29 and now senator chuck schumer needs a new roommate tweet whoever it is must like cold cereal. >>> first there was that crazy traffic jam and tonight there's a new storm brewing for new jersey governor chris christie. it has to do with how he spent millions in superstorm sandy money. >> reporter: it looks like a campaign ad. >> the jersey shore is open. >> reporter: starring the governor and his family. >> because we're stronger than the storm. >> reporter: but it's not. this ad used $4.7 million out of 25 million in superstorm sandy relief fund, federal money to promote tourism at the jersey shore, a campaign to show jersey was back. a new federal investigation will now look deeper to determine if christie running for reelection at the time spent the federal sandy funds improperly to produce the tourism ad starring him and his family. >> taxpayer dollars that could have been used for sandy relief were used for ads promoting the governor because he was in them with his family during an election campaign. >> reporter: the governor's off

distant future i mean i had to spend my entire adult life in politics i worked for my predecessor chuck schumer and then was elected to the city council of a young age and was honored to have a job that's mentioned in the united states constitution representing the people of brooklyn and queens so i've had a pretty good career it as an elected official the things i care about i still care about i mean the challenges facing the middle class and those struggling to make it a challenge to find comprehensive health care for all americans these things i still care about the law i'll be looking for other ways to advance those things but i'm not sure running for office again in the future will be in the cards but do take it one day at a time. and before we get to some current is your wife still very close with him.

climate issues that are affecting this program, that helps middle-class homeowners be able, as chuck schumer said, as senator schumer said to stay in their homes and not lose all the equity that they have literally worked for, not only their entire life but potentially for two generations of work have gone into building equity, sometimes three generations of work have gone into building equity in homes just for a misguided piece of legislation to swipe away from them in the blink of an eye. so i hope that people will vote strongly against the toomey amendment. a vote for the toomey amendment will signal a vote against our efforts for reform. now, he will say that his efforts are here to reform, it will only allow raises of 25% a year. there is no cap on his bill. there are no requirements for the affordability study. there are no requirements for accurate fema mapping. his bill is a red herring and a distraction from what we're trying to do. so our bill, the menendez-isakson bill -- and johnny isakson deserves on the republican side so much credit for organizing his team and for the minority

here is chuck schumer yesterday.lass the republican party says they will not even -- was started round by george bush when unemployment was 5.6%. they will show themselves so far out of the mainstream, it will hurt them in the election. >> john is the ceo and founder -- peter cook is joining us. back from vermont. you had furnace problems when you got home. we are hoping you are warm here at the office. >> 20 below in vermont but no furnace here in bc. -- d.c.. care if theyts have the votes to get this through? >> politically, they feel like winners both ways. if it passes, they can get credit and if it does not pass, they can blame the republicans. republicanseed five to join them. they only have one. is aeal reason there holdup is republicans feel this could be extended if it is offset with something. rand paul responding to chuck schumer. >> i am not opposed to unemployment insurance. i am opposed to having it without paying for it. it is wrong to borrow money from china were to print up money for it. i am not aga

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disaster for the present incumbent democrats, but chuck schumer has said the democrats would be ready on obamacare it would be an asset. it is not. played the we now see do lowe's, beyond what we thought was the bottom not numbers of three birds to go. so republicans would be five is -- should be wise to dusk and the addition not offer some of their own thoughts on obamacare. but the focus should we be on obamacare. lou: if the republicans fofocus on obamacare and the speaker makes it clear he boost toward with the emigration of proposals that i support and i think millions of americans would would, with this of frusation and crashing its economic policies he and republicans is not be able to do much about 23 billion people being unemployed. sublets of that you could hang on the present but the republicans have to have some kind of voice that addresses the unemployed to middle-class that is a shrinking in those aspirations that are being denied. justice a obamacare crashed and there is no news in that spirit but there's so much news that comes out of obamacare it is the centerpiece th