claire mccaskil's bill received the votes to move forward. here is the debate. it is about two hours. mrs. gillibrand: i rise today to >>> i rise to speak about the to need to strengthen our military and standby our brave men and women in uniform by passing the bipartisan justice improvement act. i want to thank all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for the seriousness they have approached this issue and the effort they have looked at for the solutions the survivors are asking for. i want to thank my friends from missouri and new hampshire for determination and leadership for fighting for the sexual assault victims. i would like to defer to senner inholfe. mr. inhofe: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. >> madam president?ma. >> senator from oklahoma. >> when the majority leader said congress can't stand by and not do anything, i have to remind them we have been doing this for quite some time. we have been working on the problem of sexual assaults. the reality is congress has been aggressive in instituting reforms to tack

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we have been watching this massive struggle between claire mccaskill angela brandt -- claire mccaskill. jell-o brands everyone wants to curb sexual assault military. this is bipartisan support. >> if it sails through the senate, what does that mean for the house? >> a very good question. the companion bill is sponsored by jackie speier. a democrat. we haven't heard house republicans talk about this. that is going to be a big question. once this passes the senate, what will the house do? a long way to go on this. maybe there is bicameral negotiation on it. he remains to be seen what will happen. >> it is going to be an unusual day and night for the senate. the senate will be in all my. why is that? >> climate change. two senators are going to talk about climate change. this is a partisan battle over what is due on climate change. how to address it. whether it exists. if you look at it, there is the division among democrats on this. the white house considers approving the keystone xl pipeline. critics say it would affect climate change in a negative fashion. the administration has downpl

when joe says to claire mccaskill as they are doing the victory dance in the world series before gameization, that we are going to come out for opening day. well, what do the kids in missouri know? that i'm going to be out on opening day. so we are coming. "morning joe" is coming. >> yea! >> i'm going to be there. mika is going to be there. mike barnicle is all in this morning. he is going to be there. >> are you bringing that pesky allow lou louis? we are because he has that mirror. >> i'll get the paparazzi present. >> willie, if you want to come along. we are going to pile into our bus and "partridge family" bus. >> no rv. no. >> we are heading out opening day april 7th. will you be there? >> i absolutely will be there. you will see how to do opening day. the cardinals, they do everything so well, this organization. we have a very special opening day in cardinals nation, so you're going to see something special. we are going to play the reds that day and hopefully dispatch their fairly decent pitching and, you know, get to see a great game. >> i can't wait. >> i can't wait to be th

>>claire mccaskill joins me now. armed services committee, senator, thank you very much. do you have any insight into this case of general sinclair? there seems to be a lot of difficulty and the allegation now the judge is supporting ang inquiry into pentagon interference with the plea deal. >> this is a case, but keep in mind, andrea, this is one of almost 100 cases in the last two years, where prosecutor said, you know, we don't want to take this case to trial. we don't think the evidence is strong enough or we think there's problems with the evidence and commanders have said, no, we want to get to the bottom of this. this is a serious allegation that happened in this unit. and we need to get to the bottom of it and have the evidence come out. this is another example of that. keep in mind, none of those cases would go to trial under the gillibrand proposal. >> that's the proposal by your fellow senators, kirsten gillibrand which would take cases away from military prosecutors. your point is that the commanders them

the bill, sponsored by michigan senator claire mccaskill, would get rid of the so-called good soldier defense that takes the service record of the accused into account. in cases of dual jurisdiction, when a crime's committed off base, the victim would have a say on whether it's handled by a civilian or military court. >>> happening today in massachusetts, we will get more details about what will be done to keep this year's boston marathon safe. emergency officials are expected to speak about how they will screen the crowds and what spectators will be allowed to carry along the marathon route, 26.2 miles worth of security there. the race is set for april 21st. the bombing at the finish line last year killed 3 and injured more than 260 people. >>> this morning authorities in mexico trying to confirm that a notorious drug lord is really dead after a weekend shoot-out they claim killed nazaroi moreno, head of the knights templar drug cartel. the questions, because this guy was declared dead in 2010 after another gun battle with police. this time, authorities say they have his body and the

we just heard about claire mccaskill half sexual assault bill. following be votes, the task force ventures will be holding their own miter. harry reid expected to speak as part of the task force. you can watch although the afternoon all of the action on the senate floor live on c-span2. not in until tuesday. they're coming in at noon to consider a realization -- a resolution on u.s. sanctions on russia. they will work on a number of bills on suspension of the bills. you can watch live back to president obama's budget request, this is specifically dealing with the defense department budget. defense secretary chuck hagel and the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, martin dempsey, testified for about one hour and 15 minutes. leaven, ranking members of the committee, thank you. thank you for this opportunity. we are presenting our budget for the fiscal year 2015. and to adjust some of the specific questions that the chairman noted, as well as the ranking member, inhoff, about what was behind the decisions that we made as we prepare to this budget. ho

. >> missouri senator claire mccaskill lead it. she has her own legislation which keeps prosecution within the chain of command but allows for more checks and balances. the gillibrand bill's defeat comes as a top army sex crimes prosecutor faces his own accusations. they're investigating claims he groped a female lawyer in 2011 about the sexual assault. the senate votes on the mccaskill bill on monday. man re? >> susan mcginnis in washington, thank you, susan. >>> two more texas abortion clinics shut their door. one was in the rio grande valley. the other the only one between houston and the louisiana border. 19 clinics have closed since texas approved tough new restrictions last summer. that leaves more and more texas women wishing to end a pregnancy with long journeys that sometimes requires passing through an immigration checkpoint. >>> and new jersey governor chris christie made his anti-abortion position clear to members of the political action conference. some of the most passionate and conservative republican leaders gathere

2012 -- the seat that many republicans said was leaning republican or favored republicans, yet claire mccaskill won reelection. how do you put the right candidate to appeal to a broader base in the election? guest: it is critically important. sarah steelman is who i thought would be a strong candidate. we fell short. we tried to get the nomination. we're working very hard to get good candidates. we have four criteria for supporting candidates. one is that they are solid on the economic issues. second, they have grassroots support. they're connected with the people of their state. third, they have examples of moral courage in their history. a willingness to stand up and say the emperor has no clothes. they capable of putting together a successful campaign? do they have the professionalism to run a successful campaign? that is the four criteria. our goal is not to make a stand. host: you talk about the potential candidates in 2016. how do any of them care if hillary clinton is the nominee? guest: there is a lot of hype for hillary. if you look at who has won the presidency in modern times, it has

. >> reporter: missouri senator claire mccaskill led the effort to filibuster the gillibrand bill. mccaskill has her own legislation which keeps prosecution within the chain of command but allows for more checks and balances. the gillibrand bill's defeat comes as a top army sex crimes prosecutor faces his own accusations. the army suspended lieutenant- colonel joseph morris and is investigating claims he groped a female army lawyer in 2011 during a legal conference about sexual assault. susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. >>> two men are in custody suspected of being the can't stop won't stop bandits. they are accused of holding up 20 small stores in san jose since december. surveillance video here from one of the stores shows one bandit firing a warning shot up into the ceiling. >>> across the highway moving toward the apartment buildings now. >> and the arrests happened saturday after a police chase. the sjpd used thermal imaging to track the suspects down. investigators say one of the men was seen leaving the store popping into a getaway car. suspects are identified as jesus b

. >>> less sweeping legislation sponsored by senator claire mccaskill who opposed gillibrand's proposal passed 100-0 in a vote set for next week. the army's top sex crimes prosecutor is under investigation for allegedly groping a female lawyer back in 2011. and in a separate case, an army general is pleading guilty to carrying on an affair with a female captain who accuses him of forcing oral sex and threatening to kill her family if she exposed the adultery. >>> all republican eyes were focused on washington and the conservative political action conference or cpac as it's commonly known. the annual event is the perfect stage for party leaders to test their bona fides with the conservative base, and yesterday the speaker's list was a roster of potential candidates. ted cruz, one of the crowd favorites, was first up and he did not disappoint delivering a speech aimed at the republican establishment. >> the way to do it, the smart way, the washington way is don't stand against obamacare. don't stand against the debt ceiling. don't stand against nothing. i want to tell you something. that

floor and i want to commend the senator from new york and the senator from missouri, senator claire mccaskill, for the leadership and bringing this orton issue to the forefront. i also want to acknowledge the courage and conviction of jennifer noris and ruth moore, two individuals who were sexually assaulted while serving our country. they have made it their mission to change this present system that has not put victims first. through their advocacy, they had helped to shine a light on the crisis and they deserve our gratitude. the senator and i were coming to the floor and we were stopped by a reporter who asked us what has made the difference and i said it has in the leadership of the senator from new york and the senator from missouri. but i also pointed out that the survivors of military assaults that have come forward and then willing to tell their stories and how painful those stories are. madam president, since 2004, i have been in alarm and asking the military to have a response to the growing crisis of sexual assault in the military, including the need to ensure appropriate punishmen

they will next take a final vote on legislation sponsored by claire mccaskill. votes, they will take part in the all-night session to urge action on climate change. hear firstcted to from majority leader harry reid and we will bring live coverage of the u.s. senate on c-span2. tonight, remarks from pennsylvania senator bob casey on the u.s.'s role in afghanistan and the upcoming elections in that country. he currently serves as chairman on central asian affairs and spoke earlier today at an event hosted by the center for american progress. see his comments tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> on this historic day, they open proceedings on the first time to televised coverage. , mr.ision will change speaker. but the good will far outweigh the bad. >> a response of american heroism at its finest. they dive into the water and dragged her to safety. >> my personal opinion is this. >> challenge these people and challenge their americanism. >> we are on the brink of adapting and independence bill. they will henceforth look to as the independence day for those that have be

the vote on final passage was sponsored by claire mccaskill, addressing sexual assault in the military, senators from the task force have approved an all-night section -- session scheduled for the evening. watch live coverage of the senate today as usual on c-span2. the house, when they returned tomorrow, live on c-span. for more details, this morning we spoke with a capitol hill reporter. what can we expect to see a capitol hill today? guest: it is a slow start to the week as is often the case. the highlight, certainly for the c-span audience, will be that the senate plans to not come in until 4:00 this afternoon, but once they start, they plan on spending all night in session. there is a large group of democratic senators, at least 28 members of the democratic caucus so far, who plan on giving for speeches around the clock, basically, on the subject of climate change. this has been in the works for a few weeks. this thursday they finally locked it in and finalized it. they are going to be in session all night, probably until at least 8:00 or 9:00 in the morning on tuesday with speech

in a unanimous 100-0 procedural vote the senate passed the bill sponsored by missouri senator claire mccaskillsecution within the chain of command. it does strip military commanders of their authority to overturn jury verdicts. the two senators had slightly different takes on whether issue had been fully resolved. >> when the sun sets today, this body will have passed 35 major reforms in less than a year. making the military the most victim friendly organization in the world. >> this is not an opportunity to congratulate ourselves on the great reforms we've done. all of the reforms we've passed to date are meaningful and useful, but this problem isn't even close to being solved. >> coming up, $14 million, 15 separate congressional hearings, and 97,542 hours spent on the irs scandal. has congressman darrell issa revealed anything other than his own tyrannical tendencies? ♪ make every day, her day with a full menu of appetizers and entrées crafted with care and designed to delight. fancy feast. love served daily. honestly? i wanted a smartphone that shoots great video. so i got the new nokia lum

that'll be followed by a vote on legislation sponsored by senator claire mccaskill dealing with sexual assaults in the military a. also on the agenda, senate democrats plan an all-night session to talk about climate change and other environmental issues. over in the house, there's no legislative business today. the chamber will gavel in at 2:00 eastern for a pro forma session. the house will return tomorrow at noon with eight suspension bills being considered including a resolution that calls on the u.s. to impose sanctions on russia for its intervention in ukraine. you can watch live coverage of the house on c-span and the senate here on c-span2. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you today as a public service by your television provider. >> host: and fadi chehade is the president and ceo of the internet corporation for assigned names and numberses, also known as ica, this n. what do you do? >> guest: the doe neighbor maim -- domain name system, the numbers which are underneath us which insure that every device on planet has a unique number and

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on an issue we've been covering intensively, conflicting proposals by kirsten gillibrand and claire mccaskill awaited votes on both measures for the way the military handles sexual assault cases. senator mccaskill would eliminate the good soldier defense, which allows perpendicul perpetrators as character as a defense. >>> today the court-martial began for brigadier general jeffrey sinclair, one of the highest ranking officers ever to be tried on sexual assault charges. he immediated guilty to having an improper relationship with a junior officer but not guilty to five other charges, including sexual assault. he be judged by a jury of his peers. he faces life in prison if convicted. whenever you're read. thank you. thank you. i got this. oh, no, i'll get it! let me get it. uh-uh-uh. i don't want you to pay for this. it's not happening, honey. let her get it. she got her safe driving bonus check from allstate last week. and it's her treat. what about a tip? oh, here's one... get an allstate agent. nice! [ female announcer ] switch today and get two safe driving bonus checks a year for driving

. >> that was claire mccaskill of missouri.atlanta is former army specialist bridgette mccoy. and she's a rape survivor who says the senate got it all wrong. specialist mccoy, thanks so much for joining us. i appreciate the courage it must take to talk about these things on television. your story is horrific. you were abused not once but twice during your time in the military. tell us what happened. >> two separate times, basically, i was sexually assaulted by senior enlisted male soldiers in my unit who had direct responsibility that had to report to. at the time, i did not report those two incidences. i was transferred to another duty station. it was fine, i didn't have any challenges from that point forward with any sexual assault or harassment. they moved me back to the unit that i was originally at and the sexual harassment began. and when i reported that to my commanding officer and wrote a written report and stood in front of him and explained what happened, they basically said i misunderstood what was going on, that thi

. >> senator claire mccaskill of missouri has her own legislation keeping prosecution within the chainf command but allows for more checks and balances. >>> a blind man falls in the path of an uncoming commuter train down in -- an oncoming commuter train down in l.a. the train rolled over him but the man fell in just the right spot. juan fernandez reports. >> are you okay? >> no! >> oh, he's alive. >> reporter: alive but injured. the voice that answered with a simple no is that of a 47-year- old blind man who fell off the metro red line platform at wilshire boulevard and vermont avenue. >> yes, someone's down there! >> reporter: look closely and below the gap you can see him moving. christopher who shot this video with his smartphone was on the 6-car train heading downtown when it suddenly came to a stop. >> the driver put the emergency brake on. the train stopped. everyone was pretty shook up about it. >> reporter: was it an abrupt stop? >> it was a screeching stop. >> ambulance on the way!! >> reporter: a crowd quickly formed where the 47-year-old man fell wedged between the ramos. h

senator claire mccaskill, she says as the chairperson of the consumer protection subcommittee, she willn coming weeks, they say complaints to the federal government for about a decade. 260 overall, some of these cars stalled out. eventually a number of these cars the airbags failed to deploy. that led to the the death of soo 13 folks. this is letter to employees. ceo mary barra said our process determining whether or when to recall a vehicle are technical experts that do it independent ever managers so that their decisions are made solely on technical facts and engineering analysis. this was brought to my team a few weeks ago we acted without hesitation to go well beyond the decision by technical experts. so gm is now investigating itself along with possibly the department of justice and congress. also she says she is working with suppliers to try to get parts established so they can actually fit them on these cars. these cars, their production has been discontinued. case of pontiac the line has been discontinued. talking about 2005 to 2007 chevy cobalts, 2007, point back g5 compacts, o

a less controversial bill from senator claire mccaskill advanced to a likely vote next week. >>> the for the future of the republican party. it's going on right now just down the road at cpac of we'll talk about it with the fox all stars when we come back. at od, whatever business you're in, that's the business we're in with premium service like one of the best on-time delivery records and a low claims ratio, we do whatever it takes to make your business our business. od. helping the world keep promises. >>> the reason we have to start talking about what we're for an not continuing to rail against what we're against is because of one simple reason. our ideas are better than their ideas. >> this president, his liberal allies, he don't trust the american people to make decisions for ourselves. >> because their policies fail, they resort to what the left always resorts to, dividing people against each other. >> i think the left is exhausted. our side is energized, and on election day we're going to win. >> how do we win elections, in the contrast between corrupt washington and the ameri

last week, the senate did pass legislation from claire mccaskill who establish new rules on how victimsreated and that bill removed the ability of defendants accused of sexual misconduct to invoke something called the good soldier defense. but senator gillebrand's bill which is considered much stronger, that bill has still continued to be denied a floor vote. in fact, 55 senators backed it in early march. but it was still filibustered by a minority of 34 republicans and 10 democrats as well as one independent. joining us now is susan burke, the attorney who represented so many survivors of military sexual assault, featured in the bottom tear. thanks for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> when you listen to these cases what do they tell you about the need for further reforms? >> well, they tem us the military cannot effectively prosecute rape and sexual assault. they're not good at policing their own. we've got to reform the system if we're going to change these type of dismal results. >> yeah. and let me bring from senator gillebrand's proposal and many of our viewers have seen

he, along with his friend, senator john mccain and the bipartisan coalition with senator claire mccaskillint, managed to successfully filibuster the bill that would reform the military justice system by removing commanders from sexual assault cases. that bill pushed by senator kirsten gillibrand. fell short by a mere five votes. in the wake of its demise, glam has been celebrating with a victory lap, cannot wait to rub it in the faces to nose particularly in his own party who advocated for this. >> people wanting to run for president on our side, i'll remind you of this vote. if you want to be commander in chief, you told me a lot today about who you are as commander in chief, candidate. you were willing to fire every commander in the military for reasons i don't quite understand. >> reasons i don't quite understand. what possible reasons could you want to have to reform the military justice system? maybe it's that in 2012, an estimated 26,000 service members experienced sexual assault or out of all those, only 3,374 were reported. a big reason for that, according to gillibrand is the cha

that helped claire mccaskill win. and a republican making some gaffes. very conservative states, you're going to need a -- you need the republicans to make some mistakes along with a pretty strong minority turnout. that i think can happen. you saw that last psycycle in states like missouri. >> the other side of this is we're seeing republicans be unrelenting when it comes to voting. their strategy is, we're going to fire up our base and do everything we cannot necessarily to depress the democratic base but to make sure the democratic voters can't vote, whether it's early voting, you name it. that's their focus. >> sure. so they don't like the demographic trends, clearly. what they want to do is rig the rules. we saw on the front page of the "new york times" today this is an effort going on all over the country by republicans to deny people their constitutional rights by a party that says it reveres the constitution. so that is clearly a strategy. i think another strategy is the way paul ryan is leading a war on the poor, blaming the poor for not having w

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what i would ask from you, would you support -- subcommittee chairman senator claire mccaskill is holding a roundtable discussion. this is live coverage on c-span3. >> -- welcoming all of you to this discussion. i'm really pleased that you are able to be here today. i know you've come a long way. i appreciate that. this discussion represents the intersection of the subcommittee's ongoing oversight of whistle-blower protections, and the department of energy's contract management. both areas that i have done, and this subcommittee, has done a significant amount of work around both of those issues. after the conclusion of this discussion, we'll proceed to the third subcommittee hearing on these topics that we have actually had in this subcommittee. the focus of today's discussion is the safety culture at hanford, and the allegations of whistle-blower retaliation that resulted when safety and technical concerns were brought to the attention of the department of energy and contractor management. hanford has been in the news again lately because yet another contractor employee at the waste trea

legislation by senator claire mccaskill prohibits the accused of using good military behavior as a defense. >>> all-nightmare thon talks on climate change. senators adjourned a short time ago, more than two dozen speakers called for action after talking for about 15 hours. there are no plans to bring a climate bill to the senate floor this year. >>> former terrorist bombmaker testified in the new york trial of osama bin laden's son-in-law monday. appearing by video from a secret location in england. prosecutors are trying to use his testimony against the son-in-law who is charged with conspireing to kill americans. >>> prosecutors are focusing on the business meetings of the port authority. the latest development in the scandal surrounding a traffic jam near the george washington bridge. >>> video appearance by edward snowden at south by southwest interactive, temporarily receiving asylum in russia spoke with the constitution as a backdrop. it was his first public engagement since leaking classified documents. he told a packed audience he has no regrets and called for more privacy safeguar

subcommittee chairman senator claire mccaskill is holding a roundtable discussion.this is live coverage on c-span3. >> -- welcoming all of you to this discussion. i'm really pleased that you are able to be here today. i know you've come a long way. i appreciate that. this discussion represents the intersection of the subcommittee's ongoing oversight of whistle-blower protections, and the department of energy's contract management. both areas that i have done, and this subcommittee, has done a significant amount of work around both of those issues. after the conclusion of this discussion, we'll proceed to the third subcommittee hearing on these topics that we have actually had in this subcommittee. the focus of today's discussion is the safety culture at hanford, and the allegations of whistle-blower retaliation that resulted when safety and technical concerns were brought to the attention of the department of energy and contractor management. hanford has been in the news again lately because yet another contractor employee at the waste treatment plant, who raised sa

we have been watching this massive intraparty struggle between claire mccaskill angela brand on the floor. in herll has a key ally camp, carl levin, the chairman of the senate armed services committee. joomla! brands measure just fell short. everyone wants to curb sexual assault in the military. it looks like this has bipartisan support and will sail through the upper chamber now that the jell-o brand measure has been seeded. >> sail through the senate, what does that mean for the house? similars oort? >> a very good question. we really have not heard house republicans talk a lot about this. it has been all about the senate . that is a good question. once the bill passes the senate, what will the house do? a long way to go on this one. maybe there is bicameral negotiation, but it remains to be seen. >> for insomniac c-span2 watchers, the senate will be in all night. why is that? >> climate change. two senators are going to be talking about climate change. of course, this is because there has been a partisan battle over what to do on climate change, how to address whether it exists . some

. >> reporter: blocked with a filibuster led by missouri senator claire mccaskill.u are eroding his ability to lead. >> reporter: the vote ends a year of passionate debate that did initiate some reforms. in december congress stripped commanders of their power to overturn jury convictions and made it a crime to retaliate against victims who report abuse. meanwhile, more signs of trouble in the ranks as the senate voted the army confirmed its suspended its top sex crimes prosecutor for allegations of groping. john and marci? >> devin, thank you. a top army commander has pled guilty to three charges which could send him to prison for 15 years. general jeffrey sinclair admitted two inappropriate relationships and adultery with a third. sinclair faces much more serious charges other than sexual assault. that could land him in prison for life. >>> president obama and russian president putin have spent about an hour on the phone discussing the crisis in ukraine. there's been no obvious change as a result but diplomatic efforts continue behind closed doors. here's abc's kar

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other piece of legislation, a unanimous joke from the senate to overcome cloture, sponsored by claire mccaskill. that, essentially, strengthens already existing reforms to how the military handles sexual assault. >> how unusual was it for bills to be coming out of the same committee to begin with? >> caller: sure. it's been an interesting process to watch from the start. the chairwoman of the senate personnel subcommittee, and initially tried to insert language in the defense authorization bill in the markup last spring, but there's fierce opposition from senior lawmakersing including democrats on the panel, and chairman carl levin being one of them. tripped out of the legislation, and the battle was weighed over the last several months, and it came today; almost antiicallimatic, a few hours of debate on it, and then the final vet, but behind the scenes for the last several months, senator mccaskill and others lobby colleagues very hard trying to get support for each of them. >> you talked about members of the military opposing the version of the bill. how actively were uniformed air forces or

and a second vote to move forward on claire mccaskill's bill on military sexual assault.er that the democratic senators on the climate task force will begin speeches that are expected to last throughout the evening and into the early hours of the morning. they will be talking a climate change and you can watch all live here on c-span2. on our companion network c-span, live at 2:30 p.m. we will have senator bob casey talking about elections in afghanistan and the u.s. role in afghanistan and beyond this year after the scheduled troop drawdown. he is a picture of a foreign relations subcommittee that monitors the region. he will be speak at the center for american progress and we will bring his remarks. >> when they built the new 22 story capital in the 1970s, which is tear down the historic capital but a fight ensued basically between politicians and the people of florida, and there was a say the old capital campaign. when the call came out that the architect had planned to demolish the historic sector, but a citizen campaign to save the old capital had prevailed and the t

had three republicans running, and one would have probably beaten the democratic incumbent, claire mccaskill, pretty easily. one probably would have beaten her. but then there was one that was exotic. and so democrats went in and ran tv ads during the republican primary accusing todd aiken is too conservative for missouri. now, in a republican primary throw me that briar patch, you know? [laughter] i mean -- and they were able to basically steer the republican nomination to the one guy that was capable of seizing defeat from the jaws of victory and successfully did so. and so you're going to be seeing some of that going on this time as well. and then mitch mcconnell, let me just talk about that one real quick. mcconnell, if you did a poll today, it'd be probably 45-45, 46-46. it's an extremely close race. and it's not because mcconnell got 53% of the vote last time. now, in a lot of states in 2008 obama was doing really, really well, and john mccain was really hurting, and so that affect the performance of republican candidates. but not so much in kentuckyment obama was not -- kentucky. obam

senator claire mccaskill of missouri is the chair. >>> i'm going to ask the witnesses there now to leave and we're going to ask the department of energy to come up first. they are -- do not want to be at the the same table with you today. i don't really understand >>>> they do not want to be at the same table with you and him we really do not know why. son from the department of energy? who is the person from the department of energy that is testifying? hello? i'll give my opening statement. hopefully they will have shown up by then. this hearing will now come to order. the waste treatment plant is a nuclear facility in washington that is supposed to convert hazardous nuclear waste into a more stable and safe form for permanent disposal. last june i held a hearing on contract management by the department, the waste treatment plant at hanford because the plant, which is under a design and construction construct in terms of how the contracts were given has a litany of cost overruns and schedule delays. today, however, we are here to examine another aspect of the plant. allegations of the d

yesterday senator claire mccaskill said we need to find out who dropped the ball and put millions of americans at risk we also need to make sure that general motors and federal regulators are doing everything they can to prevent more tragedies like this, now and in the future. gm is estimating that the cost or analysts are estimating that the cost for general motors once it's all said and done to deal with all of the repairs, the recall, everything, it will go between 100 and 150 million. we should point out these estimates are all over the map. general motors sent out recall notices to owners earlier this week, saying we'll be giving you a recall of the part within the next month. in the meantime, only use the one key that comes with the car, not a heavy key chain. yesterday, transportation secretary anthony fox was on capitol hill and he was asked about what nhtsa is doing as it tries to get more information from general motors. here's what he had to say. >> the outcome, we're doing a review here to see if there was a time -- once we know that, we'll go from there. >> the transport

2012 -- the seat that many republicans said was leaning republican or favored republicans, yet claire mccaskilln reelection. how do you put the right candidate to appeal to a broader base in the election? guest: it is critically important. sarah steelman is who i thought would be a strong candidate. we fell short. we tried to get the nomination. we're working very hard to get good candidates. we have four criteria for supporting candidates. one is that they are solid on the economic issues. second, they have grassroots support. they're connected with the people of their state. third, they have examples of moral courage in their history. a willingness to stand up and say the emperor has no clothes. fourth are they capable of putting together a successful campaign? do they have the professionalism to run a successful campaign? that is the four criteria. our goal is not to make a stand. host: you talk about the potential candidates in 2016. how do any of them care if hillary clinton is the nominee? guest: there is a lot of hype for hillary. if you look at who has won the presidency in modern times

missouri senator and fell democratic claire mccaskill let the charge to shoot down the bill.comes down to the idea of changing the chain of command. this bill would have stripped senior military commanders of their authority to prosecute all sexual assault giving the power to independent military prosecutors. >> the argument was posed as victims versus commander, who's side are you in. it's not that simple. if you get into the complexities of the military justice system and how these cases handled, i'm confident that the choice the senate made today is the right one. >> i always hope we can do the right thing, deliver military justice that is free from bias and conflicts of interest, but today, too many of the members of the senate have turned their back on these victims. >> there have been some reforms as part of the defense appropriations bill pass said in december, congress made it a crime for the military to retaliate against victims who report abuse. >> this all came on the same day news broke about possible sexual misconduct related to an officer. >> just as the insanit

. >> does anybody want to -- >> sweeping legislation sponsored by senator claire mccaskill who opposedenator gillibrand's motion. the army's top sex crimes prosecutor, let me say this again. the guy in charge of prosecuting sex crimes in the military is now under investigation for groping a female lawyer in 2011. in a second case an army general is pleading guilty to carrying on an affair with a female captain who accuses him of forcing sex. and threatening to kill her family if she exposed the adultery. i would say, gene robinson, as a man who has long understand the chain of command and talked about the importance of it, there are times where maybe it's good to bring somebody in from the outside when you have this sort of rampant abuse inside the military. >> we are talking about a military structure that has been in place like during world war ii. we can update, can't we? >> right. the chain of command is not working here. the chain of command is delivering a terrible result on the sexual assault cases. it seems to be getting worse, not better. it seems clear to me it's time to try

the bill was filibustered in block from moving forward and here's the craziest part senator claire mccaskill who singularly stop the bill dead in its tracks propose an alternative bill that would actually preserve the chain of command from overseeing sexual assault cases but gives victims a formal say to bring their case to civilian court translation keep giving authority to the abusers and leaving the abuse without a voice and it's very sudden. the bleeding the terror a similar very hard to take that or to. do that or how to act with the terror threat there are those. that believe. the shuttle. atlantis . it's no secret that the cia is exactly known for its strict adherence to the galatea when it comes to getting what it wants in a forthcoming senate intelligence committee report concerning the enhanced interrogation techniques that took place in the bush administration were reportedly highlight exactly that say according to a class for the last four years the committee has been working on a forty million dollars sixty three hundred page report the report outlines how the cia and tension on

just last week, the senate unanimously passed a wide-reaching measure authored by senators claire mccaskill and kelly ayotte. >> if you've commit sexual assault, you need to be held accountable for your actions. >> but the bill provides less protection for military assault victims than many wanted and still may not make it through the house. >> i frankly think the agreement that was struck in the house, in the defense authorization bill strikes the correct balance. and so i don't, frankly, see any reason at this point for any further action to be taken. >> there's no indication that general sinclair is totally off the hook. he pleaded guilty to several other charges. no matter the sentence, the victims will claim that the military justice system has failed them again. natalie. >> jim, thank you. >>> palestinian leader mahmoud abbas will be at the white house today for a critical meeting with president obama. on the agenda, the progress in the palestinian peace negotiations. the obama administration is backing off that april 29th deadline for a deal. instead, it is looking to build the frame