claire mccaskill bringing this into the room.d to see how this is not politically favorable. i presume, susan, that the greatest antagonist of something like this will be some of the defense hawks who will try to protect defense interests in afghanistan, but i have to figure, those interests have to be diminishing in strength. >> it's the pentagon that's fighting them, no surprise. but what's more interesting and going back a little bit to a previous conversation is that senator coburn also offered up an amendment yesterday. neither amendment, mccaskill or coburn's will go anywhere. >> amendment or bill? >> an amendment now. he offered that we should spend $50,000 per pupil for the kids of military people. now, that's not going to go anywhere, that's not going to have a conversation. >> this is the classic place for hot-spotting. >> it is. >> i cannot think of a better place for hot-spotting than american fracture, jimmy williams. there's a clear data set that can be identified around the weaknesses in infrastructure, and there's

senator claire mccaskill of{ missouri, thank you very much for joining us tonight. appreciate the chance to talk with you about this. >> thank you, rachel, for having me. >> is it your objection that it is a bad idea to even try to build infrastructure in afghanistan, that's not the sort of thing we should be trying, or do you think it's an okay idea but it's just not working? >> it's -- both. we can go to iraq, and the landscape is littered with projects that we built with taxpayer money, empty health care centers that are crumbling, water parks that are twisted piles of rubble. and now we're going down the same road in afghanistan. these large major infrastructure projects, we cannot secure them while we're building them. and the country can't sustain them after we have gone. and that's why this is a tremendous waste of money. we've never been able to show that it has any positive connection to our mission in afghanistan. it's time for to us pull that big infrastructure money out of afghanistan and put it in the united states, where we desperately need it. >> now,

republican susan collins and claire mccaskill say congress can pay for an extension of the tax cut by taxing millionaires a bit more. a will the of democrats like that plan. several republicans say no way. but speaking to a crowd in kansas today, president obama said, just get it done. >> if we don't do that, 160 million american, including most of people here will see their taxes go up. >> and the white house is now using that fancy countdown clock, reminding congress that the time to make the deal is running out. prosecutors at the group, our d.c. say they are occupying or protesting with the group, they are occupying the capital, demanding meetings with key lawmakers. delia goncalves is live outside the capital. have they managed to get any of those meetings? >> no, they did not get any meetings. this is the second time the group has come up to the capital demanding the meeting, though they will be back. this particular group that we followed wanted to meet with senate minority leader. they were only offered meetings with his legislative staffers. that wasn't good enough for this g

coming up, we're going to talk to senators claire mccaskill and pat toomey. also niall ferguson will be here. and in a few minutes donny deutsch. but first, let's go to weather channel meteorologist todd santos for a check on the forecast. todd? >> hey there, mika, very good morning to you. we have 340 days to go till the election, let's start with sunshine. all the way into the southeast, does make for a cool morning for many of us. a lot of areas, upper 30s to low 40s, back down towards d.c. at this hour. there's a look at it for this afternoon. cool down into portions of florida. 55 in miami right now. and i should mention the southwest if you're flying in that direction, we could see gusts in los angeles upwards of 40 plus miles per hour today that will elevate the fire danger, bigger winds in the high-wind warnings into the daytime on fray. we'll check in again with the winds and the forecast of the rest of the country coming up. you're watching "morning joe." we're america's natural gas and here's what we did today: supported nearly 3 million steady job

watch who goes down to the floor of the senate and debates against the claire mccaskill amendment.ee you it will be john mccain and lindsey graham and people who are pro-war. >> got it. go ahead, karen. >> but people have to push for this, dylan. that's the other thing. that's why the occupy and the 99% movement is making people scared, because american people are waking up and saying, wait a second. this is not good enough. we have to take some accountability to the push our leaders to actually lead. we can't say that it is okay, as you talk about, the debate that we deserve, it's not okay to not have that debate. >> that's right. >> and we've got to be the ones to make that happen. >> and we have to educate ourselves to resource mechanisms that are used by whether it's police chiefs or retail conglomerates to apply them to health care, defense, and infrastructure. and that is hot-spotting, it works, we know it works, we can do it. >>> the panel stays. next here, super pacs. they're not just for presidential candidates anymore. the folks that are getting in on the money. these ar

democrat from missouri, claire mccaskill. senator, thanks very much for coming on this morning. >> thank you. >> up next, we're going to dig deeper into our brand new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. republicans aren't confident they have a guy who can beat obama, and we'll look at what newt gingrich could have big problems outside of his core constituency. our pollsters are here to crunch the numbers. plus, new numbers about just how polarized our country has become. what you really think about the tea party and occupy wall street. but first a look ahead at the president's schedule. he's going to ft. bragg down in north carolina in what will be his wrap-up remarks on the troops coming home from iraq. you're watching "the daily run don," only on msnbc. i love the holidays. and with my bankamericard cash rewards credit card, i love 'em even more. i earn 1% cash back everywhere, every time. 2% on groceries. 3% on gas. automatically. no hoops to jump through. that's 1% back on... [ toy robot sounds ] 2% on pumpkin pie. and a

for votes like claire mccaskill in missouri, john tester, mary landrieu the moderate democrats, thath vote for them. >> very tough vote for them. >> bret: that is it for panel. stay tuned for a look at what is coming up tomorrow night right here in sioux city. >> bret: finally tonight, we have a debate tomorrow night. we have been talking about it a bit. all of the campaign news of course we will have tomorrow. thursday is debate day. we will have plenty of debate coverage on "special report." we have a special panel featuring "fox news sunday" host chris wallace. american live host megyn kelly and politics editor chris plus analysis from charles krauthammer and tomorrow night 9:00 p.m. eastern, the big event, must-see tv the final debate with all the candidates on the stage with all the voting in iowa

republican senator susan collins and democratic senator claire mccaskill. their payroll paid for by repealing tax breaks for oil companies and a two-year 10% surtax on million nears which would not hit small business owners who report their business on the personal tax returns. you're making this exception to the millionaire surtax and you're hoping that's going to make it more palatable to conservatives. senator mccaskill, is that enough to get the bipartisan votes you need? >> i hope so. we are trying to find that compromise. it's hard to find around here, because too many people are worried about the politics and not about the policy. we want to make sure people don't have a tax increase next year but want to carve out the small businesses. frankly, you didn't mention the other great parts of the bill that funds infrastructure, roads and bridgework around our country. this is a jobs bill. it truly s. that's what everyone wants to see, a jobs bill. senator collins, i will tell you that democrats and republicans have different ideas on what creates jobs. y

host: widely liked this idea of susan collins and claire mccaskill? >> i keep feeling the -- hearing the argument that the small businesses will be hurt. i think this stipulation that exempts the small business, that is a good distinction. host: as many of you know, only one republican last week, senator susan collins of maine, voted with democrats on a senate bill that mirrored obama's proposal. is in "the washington post" this morning. steve, independent from florida. caller: how are you today? well, when the people who have the most to lose, the 1%, pay for our transgressions of our200's, the iraq war, -- transgressions -- transgressions of the 2000's, the iraq war, when they pay their bill, the rest of the country will listen and maybe we will vote republican. i am and idb. i vote mostly republican. but i will never stand for what happened in the 2000's, and that is not paying for the wars and then the people will have the most to lose, the 1% -- i am not saying i know a lot of these people but i know their style of thinking. we have to pay for th

senator bernie sanders and dick durbin and john tester and claire mccaskill banded together to put aive months. but it's kicking the can down the road. sweetheart deal -- >> bob: i can tell you being up on the hill at the white house, they want to keep -- >> eric: do you know how many letter carriers there are? 600,000. >> greg: you have to tip them. with this holiday, get the card. >> eric: you're back tracking. >> greg: no. no, no. every december i give a christmas card. can i point out in this article, somebody was quoted from the family research council who happened to be in the post office when this happened. coincidence? is it a coincidence? >> dana: i'm going to go to talk about the last topic. coming up, the fed want to ban your cell phone why you drive. at all times. we'll tell you what that is about. first, bob, the producer added music they thought might cheer you up. ♪ ♪ >> bob: very good. excellent! that's what i was trying to sing. it's not a christmas carol, is it? ♪ ♪ >> bob: all these years i thought that was a christmas carol. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> kimberly: no bah humbug here

for votes like claire mccaskill in missouri, john tester, mary landrieu the moderate democrats, that> very tough vote for them. >> bret: that is it for panel. stay tuned for a look at what is coming up tomorrow night right here in sioux city. ok, people. show me the best way to design a vacation on a budget with expedia. make it work. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" together a better deal. that's a hint, antoine. ooh! see what anandra did? booking your flight and hotel at the same time gets you prices hotels and airlines won't let expedia show separately. book it. major wow factor! where you book matters. expedia. >> bret: finally tonight, we have a debate tomorrow night. we have been talking about it a bit. all of the campaign news of course we will have tomorrow. thursday is debate day. we will have plenty of debate coverage on "special report." we have a special panel featuring "fox news sunday" host chris wallace. american live host megyn kelly and politics editor chris plus analysis from charles krauthammer and tomorrow night 9:00 p.m. eastern, the

there's also talk of susan collins and claire mccaskill, two senators, one republican, one democrat,ally ichbt dues a plan that would still have a millionaire's sur tax but put down the payroll tax holiday, keep it at 4.2% where it is right now, not the 3.1% where the president wants to go to so it wouldn't be expensive. there's a whole plethora of ideas out there. what's really going to happen, the payroll tax cut holiday needs to be extended, unemployment benefits which need to be extended by the end of the year. medicare doc fix so doctors don't see a 28% cut in how much medicare pace them. the best idea on capitol hill -- they're going to get coupled together in some sort of package, painstaking negotiations going on between boehner, reid, president obama, 11th hour. >> luke one of the ideas you just mentioned one of the ways of paying for this is to freeze federal employees. does that include my former colleagues on capitol hill? >> it does. >> does that mean that speaker boehner's going to freeze his staff until 2015? if duck durbin had done that to me i'd be i'm out. >> maybe

i mean, you look at claire mccaskill and sue collins. they've come together to figure out how to do the payroll tax and pay for it, which i think is very responsible. we can't keep doing these things and not paying for them. and i think there's certainly a reasonable compromise to be had on the pipeline. those are jobs. those are huge jobs in that area. and much needed. >> you know, it's interesting. it does seem to be the president punting. you had secretary clinton i think it was six months ago essentially saying, yeah, because it's across another country's board teshgs state department had regulation over this, and she was inclined to aprove it. everybody seemed to be for it, then the president didn't want to pick a fight with part of his base, which, by the way, is a familiar thing with what he did yesterday. >> yes. >> kryou know, sort of punting. >> and picking a fight. >> do you think that's smart politics? >> i think unfortunately it's all politics. and that's not what people are looking for right now. people are looking for resu

today it was democrat claire mccaskill. republic susan collins coming forward with what they believe is a compromise plan. but it still has 2% surtax on millionaires. also republic leader in the senate saying democrats are dragging out out. they know this this is not going to pass. take a listen. on the senate floor while tens of millions of working americans go another week wondering whether they are going to see a smaller paycheck: what senator mcconnell was saying there any version of this payroll has surtax on millionaires is basically, excuse me dead on arrival. take the republicans to pass their own version without a tax increase force democrats to the table and finally have a compromise but not until later this month. shep. >> shepard: ed henry on the north lawn. the emergency contraception drug known as plan b will soon be available to anybody who who wants it regardless of age or that's the proposal. right now plan b, the so-called morning after pill is sold behind pharmacy counters only. anybody under 17 needs a p

. >> reporter: democrat senator claire mccaskill is calling for an investigation. capitol hill republicans have already launched their own. >> the fact that the regular procurement process wasn't followed. so that's something we definitely know. there's a lot of political connection here. >> reporter: first a little background. during the bush administration and following 9/11, the idea of terrorists using bioweapons became a real concern. among the threats, smallpox. it hasn't been a threat in decades, and even if it did return, the u.s. still has enough vaccine for everyone in the country. but what to do if terrorists somehow were able to release the smallpox virus before people could be vaccinated. siga, the company controlled by ron perlman, says it now has a drug for that, a drug developed with a lot of taxpayer money and government help. but one of the world's leading smallpox experts, dr. d.a. henderson, says siga's drug simply may not work. >> the question is what will it do in the way of treating a patient who's had a fever and now has a funny rash that co

you have claire mccaskill. case, she sits on the committee reviewing this, she made a very well timed trade involving berkshire-hathaway stock, she got out before the market dropped and she bought berkshire right before the equity buy into goldman-sachs. she did very well. it's very well timed. >> also, a delaware democrat is on the committee. >> interestingly, he was the point man of the obama white house on health care reform while he was doing that and pushing the build through legislature, he was trading health care stock at the same time. nice arrangement. >> spencer bachus is a republican from alabama. >> he's the chairman of the house financial services committee. they have hearings tomorrow. he actually is a very active options trader. so he was shorting the market during the financial crisis after meetings with the treasury secretary and the fed chairman. did so more than 40 times during the financial crisis and did very, very well. he's chairing the hearings. >> this is crazy! rather, democrat gary ac

eastern. >> senators pat toomey and claire mccaskill told reporters about their bill that bans spending earmarked. this is 20 minutes. >> good morning and thanks for coming. i want to thank senator mccaskill for her leadership and the great work she has done on this issue. almost exactly one year ago that she and are joined forces. we wrote an op-ed in usa today urging the adoption of a moratorium on earmarks by both of our respective parties. fortunately we had a number of colleagues that joined in this effort and both parties did in fact adopt such a moratorium much to their credit. our purpose today is to announce we will introduce a bill together and the bill would make a ban on earmarks permanent and would do so in a fashion that closes the loophole that allows the ban to be circumvented the day. i think this is very important for a number of reasons. one is there is an effort under way to go back to earmarking as usual as it used to be and i think that would be a disaster for our country and our congress and we intend to do our best to prevent that and it is important we do it for

there is a bipartisan effort led by republican senator pat toomey and democratic senator claire mccaskillislation to tighten restrictions on earmarks. both of them told fox today, this practice has to stop. listen. >> i was government auditor. i said this is wrong. i am not going to play this game where you go in the back room and sprinkle fairy dust and you all of sudden get all the money for your districts. >> when you're running $1.3 trillion deficits and you have a $15 trillion debt it is time to develop a culture to see how much can we save. i'm delighted to work with senator mccaskill on this. >> reporter: the senator says one of the most memorable moments to pull out a earmark inserted by nancy pelosi. inserted in the bill in the middle of the night. that she said was an awkward moment. jon: yeah. a little bit awkward i'm sure. they find a way to spend that money, don't they? >> reporter: they do. you know the thing is, earmarks have tripled over 15 years to about $32 billion a year. they play an even bigger role than that though because earmarks are used to get lawmakers to vote f

senator susan collins, and i'm very pleased to be here with my friend and colleague, senator claire mccaskill from missouri . every week when i go back home to maine, i hear the same refrains. people tell me that they are so tired of the partisan gridlock in washington. they say to me, why do there have to be democratic proposals or republican proposals? why can't you sit down together and come up with an american proposal? they are frustrated with the economy. they are frustrated that people can't find good jobs, and they want us to work together. they want us to work across the aisle to come up with a bipartisan jobs plan. most of all, they are frustrated that washington cannot set aside partisan bickering long enough to agree on a real real realistic path forward to spur job creation and to boost our economy. well, today, that is exactly what senator mccaskill and i have done. we are introducing a bipartisan jobs creation plan that will help build a bridge to economic recovery. a bipartisan bridge to restore growth and to create jobs. senator mccaskill and i have done what we believe congr

senator claire mccaskill, a democrat from missouri, she says this could basically change the internett the legs out from underneath it. like i said, this is one of the ways that we have a free internet. if some of this legislation goes forward, it could hinder that and basically changed the game . other people have no idea that their information is being tracked. about 60% of the public says, whoa, we do not want these marketers having our information that we do not give them. a mixed bag. tweets --werewer can you touch on that? guest: they are also on her facebook page. they know a lot about -- they are also on your facebook page. they know a lot about us. whether it was the first telegram -- connecting baltimore with the capital -- as is commonly a sense -- this is, in a sense, nothing new. they are picking up on it and using the same technology to commercial marketers are using, which raises a lot of concern. host: let's say you're on the macy's website, looking for holiday gifts. the tracker will indicate he might be interested in something from nordstrom's -- you might be interes

bill nelson must be feeling it, claire mccaskill.he west coast, as well, but it's very tough out there where you have to win with a hybrid electorate. of you got to bring people over from the other side. and he was appealing to republicans. but his voting record on the democratic side was in the 80s. that's pretty democrat. but that makes it troublesome among the caucus voters. blew me away. sounds like the british labor party. but bill nelson, tester, tester's in good shape. i think they're going to hold the senate if they can win with massachusetts. >> right. >> if warren who i really like because i think she's not the martha coakley, they don't have the elite problem with her. she's a regular democrat, if she can keep running in that middle and not forego the kennedy tradition up there like coakley did, i think she can win. and that's a big upset to knock off scott brown. >> there's talk about trying to get john kerry to run again. that's unlikely. looks like that seat will go republican. do you think the senate will go that way?

joining me now, two lawmakers trying to ban earmarks indefinitely, the missouri senator claire mccaskillning to you, senators. >> good morning. >> i have to say, i'm going to be optimistic again about fact that there's a bipartisan effort here. i thought after the super committee that maybe we would never see republicans and democrats coming back for anything. but senator mccaskill, the two of you are together to do what? >> we want to make sure that this is not just a political talking point, that we're going to not do earmarks. we want to put it into the law. we want to make sure there's an enforcement mechanism because as you mentioned, gretchen, we've already seen members say one thing and do another when it comes to earmarks. >> well, you're speaking maybe about betty sutton, democrat from ohio who tried to add $33 million for corrosion protection projects. not sure exactly what that is and on the other side of the fence, congressman duncan hunter, republican from california added $5 million for night vision advance technology. senator toomey, is this the kind of stuff you're talkin

senator claire mccaskill, a democrat from missouri, she says this could basically change the internet, cut the legs out from underneath it. like i said, this is one of the ways that we have a free internet. if some of this legislation goes forward, it could hinder that and basically changed the game . other people have no idea that their information is being tracked. about 60% of the public says, whoa, we do not want these marketers having our information that we do not give them. a mixed bag. tweets --werewer can you touch on that? guest: they are also on her facebook page. they know a lot about -- they are also on your facebook page. they know a lot about us. whether it was the first telegram -- connecting baltimore with the capital -- as is commonly a sense -- this is, in a sense, nothing new. they are picking up on it and using the same technology to commercial marketers are using, which raises a lot of concern. host: let's say you're on the macy's website, looking for holiday gifts. the tracker will indicate he might be interested in something from nordstrom's -- you might be int

be affected by the tax on millionaires -- which the president be willing to support senator claire mccaskill's provision that would subject that 1% of small businesses to -- >> rather than me talk about a compromise that does not exist, i will go back to what i said how thin a read that is to oppose what the american people broadly support. the less than 1% of small businesses that might be affected by asking millionaires and billionaires to pay a little bit more includes a broad definition of small businesses. it includes law partnerships and hedge fund managers that file business income as personal income. these are not mom and pop businesses. partnerships. sub-chapter-something. yes. i did not take the accounting class. victoria? >> 30 al qaeda leaders were takinen all of the playing field in response to questions. is that game on at the beginning of the campaign? >> he acted as an accuser in the conduct of his foreign policy. let us know if you get an answer from those gentlemen. >> i was in here yesterday. i am sorry if you have covered this. as the president issued a directive on the sit