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mitch mcconnell sat on his balls so hard, he broke claire mccaskill's neck. we'll be right welcome back. my guest tonight is the bishop of the episcopal diocese of new hampshire. his new book is called god believes in love. straight talk about gay marriage. please welcome to the program bishop gene robinson. >> thank you. i have a present for you. i brought you a dreidel. ( applause ) i read the instructions on the back. it's a gambling dreidel >> jon: they all are. thank you. i don't have but thousands of these. now, do you go to hanukkah celebrations play a little dreidel >> i don't do the gambling thing jon: of course not. gambling. i meant the fun. >> i'm more a seder kind of guy jon: that's not for me. it's come on, just eat. >> it goes on for hours jon: and you're celebrating freedom >> i like that jon: the jews wandered for 40 years but i can't eat now. we'll have a seder sometime. i always leave a seat open. here's what you've done here. you got this book "god believes in love." the timing of it could not be more appropriate. you have the supreme cour
mitch mcconnell sat on his balls so hard, he broke claire mccaskill's neck. we'll be right welcome back. my guest tonight is the bishop of the episcopal diocese of new hampshire. his new book is called god believes in love. straight talk about gay marriage. please welcome to the program bishop gene robinson. >> thank you. i have a present for you. i brought you a dreidel. ( applause ) i read the instructions on the back. it's a gambling dreidel >> jon: they all are. thank you. i...
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senators claire mccaskill and bob corker, coming up next. ts. ts. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. >>> we'll hear more from our roundtable in just a bit. but first, i'm joined by two key voices calling for compromise. tennessee republican bob corker and missouri democrat claire mccaskill. welcome to both of you. senator, what's changed in washington? where is the room for real bipartisan to avert this fiscal cliff? does it exist? >> i think it does. i think we understand that this is about our country first. and it really is a time we need to put politics aside, and it's going to be painful. none of us are going to get the deal that we exactly want. but we have to keep talking to one another. and bob and i have talked this week. i'm talking every day with my republican colleagues.
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senator claire mccaskill, great to have you. this has been -- i've had a lot of fun. do think -- >> let the record reflect i know when to shut my mouth. >> if there's not a deal by the end of the year, there will be a deal the first week in january. and the markets need to be aware this is not going to be, you know, some kind of complete meltdown. we will get a deal. it will come either at the point of the spear when the tax rates all go down or because they see the writing on the wall and there will be compromises democrats will make on entitlement reform. >> i think so. and the president is not playing for re-election. he's playing for the history books. >> and that's a good thing. >> you don't get it by having a meltdown. >> no, you don't. >> no, you don't. >> senator claire mccaskill, thank you very much. cokie roberts of abc news, thank you very much. the morning papers are next on "morning joe." if you are one of the millions of men who have used androgel 1%, there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel
senator claire mccaskill, great to have you. this has been -- i've had a lot of fun. do think -- >> let the record reflect i know when to shut my mouth. >> if there's not a deal by the end of the year, there will be a deal the first week in january. and the markets need to be aware this is not going to be, you know, some kind of complete meltdown. we will get a deal. it will come either at the point of the spear when the tax rates all go down or because they see the writing on the...
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one of the things that claire mccaskill, and senator claire mccaskill was saying today that is that the house is held hostage by a small group of extreme republicans. we know that grover norquist may or may not have influence, but in the end, what is holding them back from a deal right now? >> one thing that is holding them back is that speaker boehner does not have full control over the conference. he has about 50 votes on the far right of the party that did not back his plan b to set a $1 million threshold. at the end of of the day, if a deal is going to be done, it is only going to happen if the center of both parties comes together. if you make any concessions significant to the democratic base, you will have concessions on the far right as well. that coalition is ultimately what got us across the finish line that ended the whole debacle of the credit rating, and here we are again. there is not that much time. if we go over the cliff, democrats are willing to put forth a bill to save the tax cuts, but it is the dysfunction that is the problem and the lack of predictable and the pred
one of the things that claire mccaskill, and senator claire mccaskill was saying today that is that the house is held hostage by a small group of extreme republicans. we know that grover norquist may or may not have influence, but in the end, what is holding them back from a deal right now? >> one thing that is holding them back is that speaker boehner does not have full control over the conference. he has about 50 votes on the far right of the party that did not back his plan b to set a...
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senator claire mccaskill says a make or brake deal comes down to a few lawmakers on topic of raising taxes for the wealthy. >> it remains to be scene whether the republicans being driven by a very extreme group of house members will allow our economy to pert because of their desire to protect multimillionaires in this country. that's what it's going to boil down to. >> any plan would need house speaker john baner to bring it to the floor for a vote. republican representative tom cole says he's confident that boehner can get the votes he needs. >> on the speaker's plan, he had over 200 republican votes, it's not as if he had an awfully strong hand to play, if it's a deal john boehner can accept, it will be passed in a bipartisan manner with a very strong majority. if on the other hand he's neutral or not favorable, his chances will be a lot slimmer. >> lisa desjardins following the fiscal cliff negotiations on capitol hill. do you have any good news for us, lisa? >> reporter: the news is a little better than it was earlier today. we know negotiations are still happening. there was a p
senator claire mccaskill says a make or brake deal comes down to a few lawmakers on topic of raising taxes for the wealthy. >> it remains to be scene whether the republicans being driven by a very extreme group of house members will allow our economy to pert because of their desire to protect multimillionaires in this country. that's what it's going to boil down to. >> any plan would need house speaker john baner to bring it to the floor for a vote. republican representative tom...
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the smartest and best move of the year, was claire mccaskill's move in missouri saying i want to runinst todd aiken, i think he's the one i can beat this year. she quietly helped him get that nomination. the rest is history. not only did it help her race, effect her race and help her race that she had no business winning, but there was obviously a ripple effect that helped democrats nationally. >> chris, the best move of the year? >> i think the best move, joe biden, who answered a question honestly without premeditation and frankly in his "meet the press" interview with david gregory when he was asked about marriage equality. and i think all the reporting afterward, was this a trial balloon, was this pre-planned? no, no, no, joe biden was asked a question and answered with a moral legitimacy and a truthfulness that had these remarkable effects that it pushed the president to come clean about his personal evolution, i think that personally made a difference in the campaign. >> my best move of the campaign, we actually have a little visual assist on this, "washington post" says obama
the smartest and best move of the year, was claire mccaskill's move in missouri saying i want to runinst todd aiken, i think he's the one i can beat this year. she quietly helped him get that nomination. the rest is history. not only did it help her race, effect her race and help her race that she had no business winning, but there was obviously a ripple effect that helped democrats nationally. >> chris, the best move of the year? >> i think the best move, joe biden, who answered a...
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this was what senator claire mccaskill said this morning about how she's being treated. i want to play the sound and talk to you guys about it on the other side. take a listen. >> what has happened to susan rice is terribly unfair. if you really understand what went on. it is terribly unfair that she should be the scapegoat for this. when really the failures, ought to be at the lap of the head of the intelligence community that produced those talking points. that none of these guys will say a word about david petraeus. >> susan, do you agree? do you think she's a scapegoat? >> no, i don't. i think she did her job, i don't think her actions are reasons for her not to get the secretary of state job. but at the same time, she's been so politicized and guess what, things in politics aren't fair. politics is not a sport that is played fairly. she's gotten caught up in this. and let's face it after all the talk that we heard this week, john kerry can sail into that and it's not a political fight that the president has to have. >> how does it play out, really quickly? do you th
this was what senator claire mccaskill said this morning about how she's being treated. i want to play the sound and talk to you guys about it on the other side. take a listen. >> what has happened to susan rice is terribly unfair. if you really understand what went on. it is terribly unfair that she should be the scapegoat for this. when really the failures, ought to be at the lap of the head of the intelligence community that produced those talking points. that none of these guys will...
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financing tv ads with a message asking viewers to call their elected including senator warner and claire mccaskille message from the national education association. >> cutting hundreds of billions of dollars from medicare and medicaid will short-change the people who need it the most. so if you don't want seniors to come up empty, call senator warner and tell him, don't make a bad deal that cuts our care. >> joining me now is the federal government affairs director, chuck loveless. >> good to see you, chris. >> you're targeting four politicians here, senator warner and claire mccaskill and two others. why these four? >> we are very concerned that it could include many cuts in medicare, medicaid, and social security. with regard to the two republican house members, both of them have expressed some interest in including revenues as part of an overall deficit deal so we're trying to encourage them in their thinking in this way. >> these ads are running in those states. you also have a spanish version. you have a national day of action scheduled on monday with 200 events throughout the country. clearl
financing tv ads with a message asking viewers to call their elected including senator warner and claire mccaskille message from the national education association. >> cutting hundreds of billions of dollars from medicare and medicaid will short-change the people who need it the most. so if you don't want seniors to come up empty, call senator warner and tell him, don't make a bad deal that cuts our care. >> joining me now is the federal government affairs director, chuck loveless....
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tennessee republican bob corker and missouri democrat claire mccaskill. welcome to both of you.enator, what's changed in washington? where is the room for real bipartisan to avert this fiscal cliff? does it exist? >> i think it does. i think we understand that this is about our country first. and it really is a time we need to put politics aside, and it's going to be painful. none of us are going to get the deal that we exactly want. but we have to keep talking to one another. and bob and i have talked this week. i'm talking every day with my republican colleagues. what has to happen, though, there has to be a realization that if we do nothing, the republicans are going to have to live with the fact that they are willing to stop a deal all over a tax rate for the top 2% of this country. and, frankly, i'm really hopeful that doesn't happen. and i know bob feels the same way. >> senator, lindsey graham has said in this past week, quote, no republican will vote for higher tax rates. will you? >> well, the negotiations are between the president and speaker boehner. and they will get
tennessee republican bob corker and missouri democrat claire mccaskill. welcome to both of you.enator, what's changed in washington? where is the room for real bipartisan to avert this fiscal cliff? does it exist? >> i think it does. i think we understand that this is about our country first. and it really is a time we need to put politics aside, and it's going to be painful. none of us are going to get the deal that we exactly want. but we have to keep talking to one another. and bob and...
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same time, the democratic senator claire mccaskill of missouri. of the top ten states for gun ownership background check struck a confrontationm posture. >> everyone walks around here, too many, worried about the nra score. they score, they scored whether or not the attorney general was held in content. two words for the nra. score this. >> senior obama advisor david axelrod blasted out e-mail to campaign supporters yesterday that linked them to a video of the president eulogy from the new township victim at two places alongside the video box. visitors were encouraged to donate money. one asking for $5. >> bret: see how that gets reaction all over. james, thank you. republican governor rick snyder vetoed legislation to allow concealed weapons in churches, schools and daycare centers. he said the public venue need clear legal authority to been a the firearms. "if they see fit to do so." still ahead, imagine five days in syrian captivity. the foreign correspondent lived through it. lawmakers await benghazi review. [ whistle blows ] hi victor! mom? i
same time, the democratic senator claire mccaskill of missouri. of the top ten states for gun ownership background check struck a confrontationm posture. >> everyone walks around here, too many, worried about the nra score. they score, they scored whether or not the attorney general was held in content. two words for the nra. score this. >> senior obama advisor david axelrod blasted out e-mail to campaign supporters yesterday that linked them to a video of the president eulogy from...
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. >> harry reid, the democratic senate, senators like claire mccaskill, senators like, you know, kirstenenators like chuck schumer. they can all get rid of the filibuster at the beginning of january. so why don't -- if the filibuster is so evil and if the republicans are so evil for wielding the filibuster, this is very easy. just make the rules in january -- forget filibuster reform. i support getting rid of the entire filibuster. >> i agree. >> let's wipe it out. so why don't we get the democrats to get rid of the fill bust filibuster? >> because people across the country agree 100%. you get outside washington, it's a no-brainer. majority should rule. it's simple. >> right. so why don't democrats, since they're in the majority, get rid of the filibuster? >> the same reason they won't get rid of the prerogatives where minorities can have disproportionate power. everybody's worried when the worm turns, it's going to turn on them. you're right. this ought to be one of the things that's teed up. >> it's not ideological. this is not a right/left issue. >> about power. >> yeah, it's all abou
. >> harry reid, the democratic senate, senators like claire mccaskill, senators like, you know, kirstenenators like chuck schumer. they can all get rid of the filibuster at the beginning of january. so why don't -- if the filibuster is so evil and if the republicans are so evil for wielding the filibuster, this is very easy. just make the rules in january -- forget filibuster reform. i support getting rid of the entire filibuster. >> i agree. >> let's wipe it out. so why...
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>> i was going to go with barack obama, but claire mccaskill, he was written off, nobody thought shehe seat in missouri. and she won the crazy candidate jackpot. and was very smart and strategic on how she parlayed that into a victory. >> alex wagner? >> hillary clinton, for 2016, the term teflon don, she is a teflon woman. >> i want to piggyback, the biggest winner, the biggest loser of george romney, who exited with his reputation in tatters, a couple of generation's ago, and his son who failed to live up by so many ways, brought back the reputation, the history's estimation of george romney comes up in a better place than it was before this election. >> that is a good one, i like that.
>> i was going to go with barack obama, but claire mccaskill, he was written off, nobody thought shehe seat in missouri. and she won the crazy candidate jackpot. and was very smart and strategic on how she parlayed that into a victory. >> alex wagner? >> hillary clinton, for 2016, the term teflon don, she is a teflon woman. >> i want to piggyback, the biggest winner, the biggest loser of george romney, who exited with his reputation in tatters, a couple of generation's...
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claire mccaskill was priding when mcconnell objected to voting on the bill. >> is there an objection to the original request? >> objection is heard. i got whiplash. >> very strange. >> dick durbin reacted to mcconnell's move moments later. >> so this may be a moment in senate history when a senator made a proposal and when given an opportunity for a vote, filibustered his own proposal. i think we have now reached a new spot in the history of the senate we have never seen before. >> let's turn to bernie sanders. i'm laughing at it too, senator. this just goes to show either winging it big time. they don't have a plan other than to get in the way. what's your response to what unfolded on the floor and what we can look forward to in the future? >> i think dick durbin was right. in a time of dysfunctionality, this probably takes the cake when you filibuster your own probably. but the bottom line, this country, as you well know, ed, faces enormous problems. we have people trying to find work. we're trying to deal with global warming and the tremendous problems that that's it going to brin
claire mccaskill was priding when mcconnell objected to voting on the bill. >> is there an objection to the original request? >> objection is heard. i got whiplash. >> very strange. >> dick durbin reacted to mcconnell's move moments later. >> so this may be a moment in senate history when a senator made a proposal and when given an opportunity for a vote, filibustered his own proposal. i think we have now reached a new spot in the history of the senate we have...
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claire mccaskill was senate president at the time. here was her reaction. >> is their objection to the original request? >> yeah. >> objection is heard. i got whiplash. >> i got whiplash. that is the world's greatest deliberative body in action. that is also the kind of thing people who don't know how to see the sailboat in washington. it's all games the two parties are playing to prove they are really committed to beating the other side. that's what they have to do. it's part of the whole dance. their base won't trust them. they won't buy the final deal if they don't think their party has fought as hard as they can. if you watch these games closely, it's easy to get depressed. they are petty and sorrowful and vengeful. but behind all that, if you filter it out, if you look at the offers on the table and the counteroffers and in particular if you look at the red lines that are being proposed by john boehner and president obama, if you look at these very closely, a deal is beginning to take shape. watch this. you remember during the pr
claire mccaskill was senate president at the time. here was her reaction. >> is their objection to the original request? >> yeah. >> objection is heard. i got whiplash. >> i got whiplash. that is the world's greatest deliberative body in action. that is also the kind of thing people who don't know how to see the sailboat in washington. it's all games the two parties are playing to prove they are really committed to beating the other side. that's what they have to do....
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joining us now is senator claire mccaskill, chair of the support subcommittee. thank you for being here. >> it's great to be here. >> you and i have had a lot of interesting conversations over the years about national security. in part, because we have some differences of opinion on it. did i say anything that struck you as a misstatement of the facts? >> it's important to point out that the enemy of today is a much different enemy than the enemy that our country worried about when we were very young, during my parent's generation and their parent's generation. this is an enemy that's all over the world. they have the ability to strike at us as we saw on 9/11. so the necessity that our government be able to have eyes and ears everywhere, learning where terrorists are. having said that, we have to marry that with our constitutional principles. and make sure that we stay true to our constitutional principles. and therein lies the challenge. how do we deal with an enemy that doesn't necessarily represent a country. it represents a philosophy. how do we deal with a
joining us now is senator claire mccaskill, chair of the support subcommittee. thank you for being here. >> it's great to be here. >> you and i have had a lot of interesting conversations over the years about national security. in part, because we have some differences of opinion on it. did i say anything that struck you as a misstatement of the facts? >> it's important to point out that the enemy of today is a much different enemy than the enemy that our country worried about...
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at the same time, democratic senator claire mccaskill of missouri, one of the top ten states for gun ownership background checks struck a different posture. >> everyone walks around, too many, worried about their nra score. they scoreed, nomination. they scored whether or not the attorney general was held in contempt. i have two words for the nra. score this. >> gun advocates argue the ban that feinstein authored and which was the law from 1994 to 2004 failed to prevent the columbine massacre, carried out in part with assault weapons in 1999. shep. >> shepard: james rosen in washington, a lot of americans have apparently decided to go gun shopping before any new restrictions may or may not take affect. colorado officials say the state set a new record for background checks over the weekend. a gun store owner in san diego says saturday was his biggest day in 20 years. officials reported long lines at a gun show in cincinnati that same day. some dealers say lots of shoppers are buying the ar 15 rifle, the model police say adam lanza used on his murderous rampage. >>> who should we shoo
at the same time, democratic senator claire mccaskill of missouri, one of the top ten states for gun ownership background checks struck a different posture. >> everyone walks around, too many, worried about their nra score. they scoreed, nomination. they scored whether or not the attorney general was held in contempt. i have two words for the nra. score this. >> gun advocates argue the ban that feinstein authored and which was the law from 1994 to 2004 failed to prevent the...
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here's what claire mccaskill had to skay. >> i feel sorry for john boehner. he has to deal with the base of the republican party that grover norquist represents. i met him for the first time this morning. nice to meet him. who is he? why is he this guy that has captured so much attention in this? >> so why is he? do you think he's still relevant? >> well, he is, but back to what the congresswoman was saying a little bit earlier, does john boehner have control of his caucus. is he leading his caucus or is his caucus leading him. the reason why you're hearing congressional leaders say they won't negotiate in public because some of these outside external figures do still have some power but they want to keep them at bay as much as possible and so even though we're hearing john boner and harry reid say they are far away from a deal that may not be true because they are negotiating behind closed doors. press conference after press conference we're seeing the market swing back and forth but really i think we may be closer to a deal by the end of the month than thes
here's what claire mccaskill had to skay. >> i feel sorry for john boehner. he has to deal with the base of the republican party that grover norquist represents. i met him for the first time this morning. nice to meet him. who is he? why is he this guy that has captured so much attention in this? >> so why is he? do you think he's still relevant? >> well, he is, but back to what the congresswoman was saying a little bit earlier, does john boehner have control of his caucus. is...
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. >> here's senator bob corker and claire mccaskill.e it is. >> i have just laid out in very painful detail cuts to medicare. i just did it in a 240-page bill that i have shared with the white house, shared with my colleagues. >> if you don't think there's more money to be cut in contracting at the pentagon, you don't understand what has happened at the pentagon. >> as much as i love claire, those are not the painful cuts that have to happen. we have to look at deeper reforms to entitlements. >> it amazes me how republicans can sit there and label the earned benefit programs as the cuts that have to take place when we have been in two wars that weren't paid for and big pharma that took us to where we are. i mean, i think we're missing the conversation in in country. how did we get here? molly, how did we get so far in the hole? what did we do? >> well, we spent money we didn't have, obviously. now we're looking for a way to resolve that. i think what you're hearing, too, part of the nervousness and part of the problem pr republicans is
. >> here's senator bob corker and claire mccaskill.e it is. >> i have just laid out in very painful detail cuts to medicare. i just did it in a 240-page bill that i have shared with the white house, shared with my colleagues. >> if you don't think there's more money to be cut in contracting at the pentagon, you don't understand what has happened at the pentagon. >> as much as i love claire, those are not the painful cuts that have to happen. we have to look at deeper...
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. >> terry, a few moments ago democratic senator claire mccaskill told cnn the feet lies at the hardrepublicans. let's listen. >> you have a group of people in the house of representatives that basically slapped around their own leader and said we won't even consider a tax increase for millionaires, multi-millionaires, billionaires. >> what do you think about that comment? >> democrats have talked for weeks that it was in the best political interest to go over the cliff and perhaps take the republicans with them. for the senator to talk about what republicans are thinking and doing to me is disingenuous. their plan from the very beginning has been to take the nation over the cliff so that they could get the policies they want, and now we're hearing that they are going to do some stop gap measure to do all of the easy things, to do tax relief for a certain group of special americans, to do some amt and doc fix reforms. these are programs that spend more money. the fact of the matter is that this country is going broke. the republicans have taken a pretty unpopular line, i admit it. it
. >> terry, a few moments ago democratic senator claire mccaskill told cnn the feet lies at the hardrepublicans. let's listen. >> you have a group of people in the house of representatives that basically slapped around their own leader and said we won't even consider a tax increase for millionaires, multi-millionaires, billionaires. >> what do you think about that comment? >> democrats have talked for weeks that it was in the best political interest to go over the cliff...
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>> that was senator claire mccaskill on "meet the press."g a good question, who is grover norquist and how does one man who doesn't even get elected by anybody to anything become such a force? as she put it, norquist has come to represent the base of the party and the heart of the opposition to any at the potential fiscal cliff deals speaker boehner can work out with the president. he can't work anything out without this guy's approval. yesterday grover norquist warned of a wave of tea party anger, a tea party two that would dwarf anything we've seen before. let's take a look at the threat from grover. >> understand how ugly the next four years are going to get. everything in obama care that obama didn't want you to focus on or think about, the 90% of his trillion dollar tax increase, was pushed over until after he got himself safely re-elected. all those regulations you're now hearing about, okay, that are being -- those all hit after the election. we got four bad years of regulation taxes, he wants to add higher taxes to that. tea party tw
>> that was senator claire mccaskill on "meet the press."g a good question, who is grover norquist and how does one man who doesn't even get elected by anybody to anything become such a force? as she put it, norquist has come to represent the base of the party and the heart of the opposition to any at the potential fiscal cliff deals speaker boehner can work out with the president. he can't work anything out without this guy's approval. yesterday grover norquist warned of a wave...
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are you going to have some positive people come out and say claire mccaskill, they say how wonderful she is and at the same time what you have got to have is other people. where are the endorsers. i haven't heard from madeleine albright, hillary clinton. she just kind of out there by herself which may be a message. >> i will keep watching that one and everything else. >> mark shield, david brooks, thanks as always. and if you want even more, mark and david keep up the talk on the "doubleheader" recorded in our newsroom. that will be posted at the top of the "rundown" later tonight. >> warner: we'll be back shortly with a look at efforts to pinpoint the age of the grand canyon. but first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support. >> warner: finally tonight, just how old is the grand canyon? the conventional wisdom holds that this natural wonder of the world was shaped by the colorado about five or six million years ago. but there's been a long-running debate over whether it's much older. yesterday, researchers published a stu
are you going to have some positive people come out and say claire mccaskill, they say how wonderful she is and at the same time what you have got to have is other people. where are the endorsers. i haven't heard from madeleine albright, hillary clinton. she just kind of out there by herself which may be a message. >> i will keep watching that one and everything else. >> mark shield, david brooks, thanks as always. and if you want even more, mark and david keep up the talk on the...
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. >> in november, missouri voters shut todd akins' whole thing down by voting for incumbent claire mccaskille senate race by 16 points. establishment republicans publicly shunned aikin after his remarks on legitimate rape, and vowed not to help his campaign. the national republican senatorial committee said in september that it had, quote, no plans to fund aikin's campaign. but according to usa today, the state party reported paying almost exactly that amount, $756,000 to strategic media placement, an ohio firm that akick had used to buy his tv time. a report shows the funds were for w. todd akin. and republicans weren't worrying that he was costing the senate. ann coulter blamed him for being the face of the war on women. >> look, that whole war on women chitchat about that campaign that was being waged against republicans, it was meaningless until todd akin. >> joining me now, msnbc's karen finney. karen, when i found out about this, i let out an audible yelp. i could not believe after all that the nrcs ended up funding todd akin. what did you make of it? >> you know what? business as usua
. >> in november, missouri voters shut todd akins' whole thing down by voting for incumbent claire mccaskille senate race by 16 points. establishment republicans publicly shunned aikin after his remarks on legitimate rape, and vowed not to help his campaign. the national republican senatorial committee said in september that it had, quote, no plans to fund aikin's campaign. but according to usa today, the state party reported paying almost exactly that amount, $756,000 to strategic media...
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want to, over the past hour, we have spoken to two republican senators, i wanted to talk to claire mccaskill, thanks very much for joining us, they just ended their almost two-hour meeting, martin, two hours, what was going on in there behind those door? >> i know you will be shocked to hear that a lot of senators wanted to talk. >> that is shocking. >> everyone wanted to have their same i think the consensus is that we all still want to try to get a deal but some of us are very discouraged that what appears to be on the table now doesn't really do anything to reduce the deficit and this was all supposed to be an exercise in bringing down our deficit and our long-term debt and where we are right now, it doesn't appear that we are getting that done and even more importantly, it appears that republicans are still trying to protect the tippy top as opposed to looking after the greater good of the economy and middle class families. >> as far as you-all were told by the democratic leader, where do you think stands -- things stand right now? >> i think that there is a difference in terms of what w
want to, over the past hour, we have spoken to two republican senators, i wanted to talk to claire mccaskill, thanks very much for joining us, they just ended their almost two-hour meeting, martin, two hours, what was going on in there behind those door? >> i know you will be shocked to hear that a lot of senators wanted to talk. >> that is shocking. >> everyone wanted to have their same i think the consensus is that we all still want to try to get a deal but some of us are...
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claire mccaskill was presiding over the senate when mcconnell objected to voting on the bill. >> is thereion to the original request? >> i'll object. >> objection is heard. i got whiplash. >> very strange. >> dick durbin reacted to mcconnell's unbelievable move moments later. >> so this may be a moment in senate history when a senator made a proposal and when given an opportunity for a vote, on that proposal, filibustered his own proposal. i think we have now reached a new spot in the history of the senate we have never seen before. >> let's turn to vermont senator bernie sanders, independent. i'm laughing at it too, senator. this just goes to show they are winging it big-time. they don't have a plan other than to get in the way. they're just throwing it up there. what's your response to what unfolded on the floor and what we can look forward to in the future? >> i think dick durbin was right. in a time of dysfunctionality, in the senate, and all kinds of absurdity, this probably takes the cake, when you filibuster your own proposal. but the bottom line here, what is serious, this country
claire mccaskill was presiding over the senate when mcconnell objected to voting on the bill. >> is thereion to the original request? >> i'll object. >> objection is heard. i got whiplash. >> very strange. >> dick durbin reacted to mcconnell's unbelievable move moments later. >> so this may be a moment in senate history when a senator made a proposal and when given an opportunity for a vote, on that proposal, filibustered his own proposal. i think we have now...
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. >> and senator claire mccaskill. fantastic. >> ahead on "morning joe" though, the white house says no to the republicans' fiscal cliff plan. it was a terrible plan. nobody has offered a good one yet. we have big dreams. one is for a clean, domestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development comes with some risk, we're committed to safely and responsibly producing natural gas. it's not a dream. america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. when they want. where they want. doing what they want. ameriprise. the strength of a leader in retirement planning. the heart of 10,000 advisors working with you one-to-one. together for your future. ♪ so, the 5.3-liter
. >> and senator claire mccaskill. fantastic. >> ahead on "morning joe" though, the white house says no to the republicans' fiscal cliff plan. it was a terrible plan. nobody has offered a good one yet. we have big dreams. one is for a clean, domestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development comes...
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and my second observation is when claire mccaskill said i met him. he is nice. but who is he?r the radar for 20 years, and have these people signing these pledges, and he is more in touch with those senator, because he is just a lobbyist -- >> stephanie: and the premise of almost every meet the press turned out to be wrong. >> caller: right. >> stephanie: and i couldn't wait to tune in, the meet the press right after the election -- >> caller: right. >> stephanie: we played this over and over david gregory literally asked do you think president obama should bring mitt romney in to negotiate the fiscal cliff. >> caller: i think my brain unattached from my spine when i heard that. [ laughter ] >> caller: i can't -- david gregory should be ashamed of himself, and i really think they need to change it to meet the pushover. and the democrats have to understand that that's how grover got his power is flying under the radar. nobody knows who this guy is. >> stephanie: that's right. >> caller: some of these senator are realigning themselves with him now. >> stephanie: i know. >> calle
and my second observation is when claire mccaskill said i met him. he is nice. but who is he?r the radar for 20 years, and have these people signing these pledges, and he is more in touch with those senator, because he is just a lobbyist -- >> stephanie: and the premise of almost every meet the press turned out to be wrong. >> caller: right. >> stephanie: and i couldn't wait to tune in, the meet the press right after the election -- >> caller: right. >> stephanie:...
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at least raising the capital gains rate would help address this anomaly and susan collins and claire mccaskillwners, legitimate small business owners, relief from this rate. it's upside-down, paying 15%, 20% and small businesses that do create jobs paying 39.6%. i think this is a source of unfairness, it's inefficient and we should be taxing all income at the same rate. >> and a fiscal cliff compromise won't happen with a sway and say with the negotiations. >> right. >> how much do lobbying groups wind up turning the negotiations in a certain way to really make things sort of end up where we just started? sort of going over -- >> again, capital gains is a good, wall street is heavily involved in trying to keep the rates as low as possible. so i think the lower capital gains rate is a good example. i think the lobbying pressure is significant, but also just the pull verifization, the political pull zerization we've seen in our country. no governing middle right now in the country. that -- the center, where you find the compromises and bill consensus to move forward, we just don't have that gove
at least raising the capital gains rate would help address this anomaly and susan collins and claire mccaskillwners, legitimate small business owners, relief from this rate. it's upside-down, paying 15%, 20% and small businesses that do create jobs paying 39.6%. i think this is a source of unfairness, it's inefficient and we should be taxing all income at the same rate. >> and a fiscal cliff compromise won't happen with a sway and say with the negotiations. >> right. >> how...
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senator claire mccaskill came on ask and said that's a great compromise -- megyn: but democrats are saying can't the republicans sign on to that? >> because -- we have. the republicanses, that's what they're doing. they've agreed -- megyn: but they didn't back then. >> sorry? megyn: they didn't at the time. >> we opposed it. the republicans are against doing that. boehner has made a concession on principle. i would say he's capitulated on principle, and barack obama saying in the press conference he's insisting on 100%, he's capitulated. this was the buffett rule, the millionaires' tax. why can't he -- megyn: charles krauthammer is the one who used the term narcissistic last night. >> yep. megyn: and he said, i think he would take issue with your characterization of being an end game frustration. he seemed to think the president is more systematic in this attitude. let's listen to what he said. >> he talks about the other side as being unprincipled, not interested in the national interest, slaves of ideology which he says makes no sense. and as you mentioned, invested in opposing him to th
senator claire mccaskill came on ask and said that's a great compromise -- megyn: but democrats are saying can't the republicans sign on to that? >> because -- we have. the republicanses, that's what they're doing. they've agreed -- megyn: but they didn't back then. >> sorry? megyn: they didn't at the time. >> we opposed it. the republicans are against doing that. boehner has made a concession on principle. i would say he's capitulated on principle, and barack obama saying in...
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claire mccaskill said she is open to that. >> they are not going to tell the white house what they want, they will just say it publicly? >> that's not how you negotiate. >> they are in the stat talking about these thing every single day. and they say it publicly on national tv. bill: hen we have the fiscal cliff. before we go over that cliff we'll pull you back later in the week. martha: there is a potentially dangerous situation taking shape on the west coast. no relief in site as a strong storm has pounded that region. tens of thousands of people are in the dark. we are in the fox extreme weather center with the latest on that pressing situation next. bill: a 95-year-old man left homeless by hurricane sandy but no more. this story will warm your heart just in time for the holiday season. >> he didn't know me from adam and look. see what he did? he's wonderful. [ female announcer ] the humana walmart-preferred rx plan p-d-p gives you a low $18.50 monthly plan premium... and select generic hypertension drugs available for only a penny... so you can focus on what really matters. call hum
claire mccaskill said she is open to that. >> they are not going to tell the white house what they want, they will just say it publicly? >> that's not how you negotiate. >> they are in the stat talking about these thing every single day. and they say it publicly on national tv. bill: hen we have the fiscal cliff. before we go over that cliff we'll pull you back later in the week. martha: there is a potentially dangerous situation taking shape on the west coast. no relief in...
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did you see claire mccaskill's reaction? she said wow i think i just got whiplash.mes brown call you black and proud. i was filling in for bill press, and we were getting everyone is offended and at one point i said -- my point of view is i'm on the side of any israelis and palestinians trying to solve this problem peacefully. and news buster went crazy. because i was pro terror. so the next day i went on the air, and i told bill's staff i was going to try something to get them to write another article. and i said news busters is porn. and they ran it the next day. [ laughter ] >> they are like dana lohse. >> yes. >> stephanie: sexy liberal terrorist, john fugelsang said what? [ screeching ] >> stephanie: my headline was -- inane liberal stephanie miller republican party wants to turn pour people into mulch. [ laughter ] >> and they only want to turn working people into mulch. that is really incorrect. welcome to right to work you goobers. here is what you signed up for. cops and fairmen this includes you in michigan now too. you damn fools here is what you paid for
did you see claire mccaskill's reaction? she said wow i think i just got whiplash.mes brown call you black and proud. i was filling in for bill press, and we were getting everyone is offended and at one point i said -- my point of view is i'm on the side of any israelis and palestinians trying to solve this problem peacefully. and news buster went crazy. because i was pro terror. so the next day i went on the air, and i told bill's staff i was going to try something to get them to write another...