here is senator claire mccaskill now. >> i am so delighted to be with you, senator mccaskill, to talk about your new book. i feel like we should start at the beginning with the title -- "plenty ladylike." it seems like it has a little irony embedded in it, your trademark attitude. what were you thinking with that title? >> i hope a little humor. i want people to know this is a book that will make people laugh or smile hard in several places. a teacher took me aside saying i should not speak up in class because the boys will not like me. i was hurt. and then after my debate in 2012, with todd akin, he told the press i wasn't very lady like. so those instances affirmed in my mind i need to tell girls it is plenty ladylike to be strong. >> host: >> host: your book as a very readable book because it is outspoken and frank. this notion of being ladylike and being a member of the united states senate in the place is pretty much an outlier. people are blown away when i tell them it is only 44 women that have ever served from the entire beginning of time. so not only are women not anywhere cl

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in a letter to senator claire mccaskill who inquired about the heart medication cost, they said, quote there was considerable room to increase the price of both drugs without depleting the funds available from hospitals to payers. even though patients may not feel an immediate impact on drugs used in hospitals, they said that there is a ripple effect vently through higher insurance costs and tax payers through medicare and medicaid. >> all this does is enrich the executives at these companies, and raise the cost of healthcare for everyone. >> al jazeera. >> thanks for watching. i'm stephanie sy. the news continues next live from doha. >> welcome to doha. this is the news hour on al jazeera. a powerful earthquake shakes afghanistan and pakistan at least 190 people are dead. also evidence of genocide coordinated by the myanmar government against the rohingya people, an al jazeera exclusive. >>> a gun battle in southern turkey. suo officers and several

the company said it's also responded to a letter from senator claire mccaskill about two heart drugsn particular, nitropress and isoprel. valeant acquired them earlier this year and raised their prices by more than 200% and 500% according to the senator's letter. october 14th was the deadline the senator gave the company to respond. hospitals say increases such as these will hit them hard. cleveland clinic ceo dr. toby cosgrove recently discussed the impact to his hospital. >> we've seen just seven drugs in our inventory raise our cost $11 million in one year simply by raising the price of drugs that have been around for 30 or 40 or 50 years and are very common use. we've seen 600% increase in these drugs in one year. some of the drugs have had their prices raised eight, nine times in one year's period of time. >> reporter: the clinic says valeant's drugs isoprel and nitropress alone will cost an extra $8.5 million. valeant's not alone in the practice of raising the price of old medicines nor is it the only company in the crosshairs of politicians. turing pharmaceuticals, the private

us now from capitol hill, member of the senate armed services committee, democratic senator claire mccaskill, i will come out any time during the playoffs. >> don't make promises. >> listen, i will wear a cardinals uniform and i will rake light dirt. >> listen, missouri is on fire. we have the royals and the cardinals and it october. so we're talking baseball in missouri. >> it pretty incredible. your tweet was shoring more injuries than most teams could handle, five postseasons in a row, three division titles in a row. grit, determination. that's our cardinals. at some point somebody is going to write an exhaustive book about the cardinals organization. it is the best of the best of the best. it's really extraordinary what they do year in and year out. >> with all the injuries particularly this year it's been tough. but, joe, i thought you were going to have me in to talk about jeb bush's flip not on immigration. >> what flip flop is that? >> pathway to citizenship. he used to favor it, now he's against it. and why? >> i don't know. obviously you've come loaded for bear. go ahead. >> i've b

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state department while the embassy compound was being attacked and i also wanted to say that if claire mccaskill and lenny davis are concerned about the amount of time that secretary clinton has to be in this hearing, they should keep in mind that it's roughly the same amount of time that the compound was unaided, being attacked. >> joan, and for those that really want some detail about the benghazi time line, you can go to factcheck.org and they put a very specific, with times, time line together. if it's something you want as a reference while you're listening today, watching today what hillary clinton and others have to say about what happened in benghazi, you can use this as a reference. to look at what happened, when, what the reaction was. what hillary clinton said when. one part from this time line is they note that at about 10:00 p.m., the secretary of state issued a statement confirming that one state official was killed in the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. her statements which msnbc posted at 10:32 made reference to the video on september 12 obama labels acts as terrorism.

senator claire mccaskill, democrat of missouri, is with us.poken out on behalf of her friend and former colleague, hillary clinton. senator, first of all, what of the public's business did the u.s. senate get accomplished today? >> we confirmed a nominee to -- in fact, an ambassador nominee, and we also finished up some work on cybersecurity. we're going to come back and do amendments first of the week weep actually got some business done this week. >> how much of the hearing did the senate business allow you to see? what did you make of it so far? >> i've seen a lot of it. i think the problem the republican party has is one they have made this political, they've done it all on their own. marco rubio is fund-raising off of this today, stand with trey gowdy, republican party has fundraised off of this including appearances by trey gowdy. they clearly have a narrative. and the facts don't match it, brian. the facts don't match the narrative. and i think it's become very clear today they don't. and besides that, there's nothing new. there is noth

let's go to claire mccaskill, senator, good to see you, congratulations so far. >> thank you. >> let'specifically about some of the points that i think the republicans have made that still are interesting and i want to get your thoughts on them. let's talk about congressman peter roskam who has made a big point about talking about the grander, the larger picture of libya and what a disaster in his view the administration's policy has been and how secretary of state clinton was the architect of the policy. take a listen to this. >> well, congressman, i think it's important to point out there were many in the state department who believed it was very much in america's interests and in furtherance of our values to protect the libyan people. >> summed it up best when you e-mailed your senior staff and you said of this interchange, you said it's good to remind ourselves and the rest of the world that this couldn't have happened without us. and you were right, secretary clinton, our libya policy couldn't have happened without because you were its chief architect. >> a fair hit, you think? >>

in the event that claire mccaskill in missouri or joe manchin in west virginia or jodi highcamp decided to step down or run for some other office, the democrats were very worried about those seats. now that they've all decided to stay on and run to stay in the senate, run as incumbents for re-election, that is as big a coup for the democratic party as their other successful recruitment in the other states. so it may or may not work out well for the democrats in all of these states. but the democrats have gotten everything they want to set up next year's election in all of these states. and this never happens in terms of the democratic party's strategic best guess and them getting everything they wanted. the headline about this in the beltway newspaper "roll call" this week pretty much summed it up. the headline you see there on the left, senate democrats nearly run the table in recruitment. and when democrats run the table, when they get everything they want, when they set themselves up, at least in their own minds to have the best possible shot at the most possible senate seats in a ye

with that, i'd like to turn to our ranking member, senator claire mccaskill. >> thank you, senator collins, chairman collins. retirement security and consumer protection are both large parts of this committee's focus and mission under the leadership of chairman collins. today's hearing presents an opportunity to look at an alarming practice that intersects both of these committee priorities. the defined benefit pension plan is considered the gold standard in terms of retirement security. although, it is not as popular as it once was, those people retiring today with a defined benefit plan are incredibly fortunate. they get a fixed payment for life, so they cannot outlive their savings, and they did not have to figure out how to invest this money or how much to put aside. so they are saved from the burden that they may not have the financial wherewithal to adequately care for themselves throughout retirement. nor do they have to worry about an economic down turn happening right before they cash out. willie sutton explained that he rob banks because that's where the money is. well, these sen

in washington dc, topping the list plenty ladylike by senator claire mccaskill in which she shares storiese time and politics. , national book award winner joyce carol recalls how her childhood shaped her writing income of the lost landscape. in third, national correspondent for the atlantic magazine and recent recipient of a macarthur foundation genius grant looks at the history and current state of black america and, between the world and may. in the senator next-door, amy clover sharp discusses her life and political career. in fracture, msnbc national correspondent joe and read reports on the way racial issues have impacted presidential campaigns. our look at the best selling nonfiction books in washington dc's politics continues with pulitzer prize winner margo jefferson's recount of growing up among the lack upper-class in her memoir, negro land. bryan stevenson is not with just mercy in which he remembers his time as a young criminal defense lawyer. in the price, daigle rossa called the skits the aftermath of facebook founder mark suckers alleged to give one had a million dollars to

be taken seriously and so many races where patty murray is called the mom in tennis shoes or claire mccaskillgives the opponent talking about rape as is somehow the fault of the woman. you know what joe demint, legitimate rape is what they call it. we go back through those things you see that they started to boomerang and it hurts the phone at two says the things that i had someone to work through the opponent called me up prom queen queen and daddy schoolgirl. no one even noticed it because i did make a big deal out of it. the point is either no one notices it is so minor and unnecessary and you don't think you need to bring it up but if you do it him or angst. i think some of that is behind us but the real challenge to me is the thing that so hard to define when you are a minority whether you are a racial minority or a minority woman. only 20 of us in the senate. was i not included in the gang to work on the group because there are no women in it and they wanted to hang out with each other or is it they pick people that they wanted to have in the group? it's really hard to define those thin

with that, i'd like to turn to our ranking member, senator claire mccaskill. >> thank you, senator collins, chairman collins. retirement security and consumer protection are both large parts of this committee's focus and mission under the leadership of chairman collins. today's hearing presents an opportunity to look at an alarming practice that intersects both of these committee priorities. the defined benefit pension plan is considered the gold standard in terms of retirement security. although it is not as popular as it once was, those people retiring today with a defined benefit plan are incredibly fortunate. they get a fixed payment for life, so they cannot outlive their savings. and they did not have to figure out how to invest this money or how much to put aside. they are saved from the burden that they may not have had the financial wherewithal to adequately care for themselves throughout retirement. nor do they have to worry about an economic downturn happening right before they cash out. willie sutton explained that he robbed banks because that's where the money is. well, these s

this morning, they confirm that claire mccaskill, the democratic senator from missouri has asked the company to respond to questions about a couple of its products. they have also received a subpoena from the u.s. attorney for the southern district of manhattan as well as in massachusetts requesting documents with respect to patient assistance programs and request relating to financial support provided by the company for patients, distribution of products and information provided to the centers for medicare and medicaid services. and pricing decisions. valiant, down sharply. don't forget, pershing and valeant. >> $60 billion in market cap after the drop today after the open. it is down just shy of 10%. you mentioned touring pharmaceuticals, which is what whipped this whole issue into a frenzy. our meg tur rrel and drew casey reached out and asked whether the price of darafrim would come down and it hasn't. the company said we will re-evaluate and make it cheaper. >> aggressive price rises have been more than the norm amongst any number of companies. it is not just valiant that does g

with that, i'd like to turn to our ranking member, senator clair mccaskill. >> thank you.ent security and consumer protection are both large parts of this committee's focus and mission under the leadership of chairman collins. this is an opportunity to look at the alarming problem of both of these committee priorities. the defined benefit pension plan is considered the gold standard in terms of retirement security. although it is not as popular a as it once was, those people retiring today with a defined benefit plan are incredibly fortunate. they get a fixed payment for life, so they cannot outlive their savings, and they did not have to figure out how to invest this money or how much to put aside. so they are saved from the burden that they may not have the financial wherewithal to adequately care for themselves throughout retirement. nor do they have to worry about an economic down turn happening right before they cash out. some rob banks because that's where the money is. well, these seniors with defined benefit plans are similarly ripe targets for a different type of

had earlier from savages including patty murray of washington and ed markey of massachusetts, claire mccaskill of missouri and debbie stabenow of michigan. >> madam president i come to the floor today to speak on issues that hit far too close to home for far too many families in washington state and across the country. in roseburg oregon, in blacksburg virginia, a new 10 -- newtown connecticut and seattle washington where a student at seattle pacific university opened fire just a year ago. in marysville washington where a teenager killed four students in the high school cafeteria before turning the gun on himself and in so many other communities too many to list. madam president and the hours and days and weeks after the shootings in my state the community showed incredible resilience and strength but i can tell you anyone who has been affected by gun violence understands all too well that all the strength in the world will never erase the pain of the parent who lost a child or the student who lost friends and teachers. madam president today i echo the questions i have heard from so many peopl

. >> claire mccaskill, and my understanding is that i think that provision that's in the budget agreement is something that the administration proposed in the budget in previous years. i think that's something they put on the table in this current discussion as well. i figured you would say that. thank you senator mccaskill, next up is senator bloomenthal. >> i agree with senator mccaskill, we have had discussed hers and mine at length and i know that you agree that consumer complaints about this intrusive, invasive practice are very well justified. the fact that consumer's union conservatively estimates that $350 million are lost annually to phone scams, generally a lot of them the result of robocalls and the good news is advanced technology's available. and affordable to stop these very intrusive and invasive machine-driven calls and telephone companies ought to make locking options available right away. even advanced over the rule, the telephone companies have the ability to offer that service. and so, i agree with senator mccaskill about the inadvisability of the suggestion made in th

the company saying it's responded to a letter from senator claire mccaskill over drug pricing and access to patients. the company also saying it's been subpoenaed by the attorney generals for massachusetts and southern new york over things including pricing decisions and patient access. now, this concerns two drugs, heart drugs that valeant acquired earlier in year, which prices have been increased by 200% plus 500% plus after the company acquired them. cleveland clinic alone saying these increases are going to cost them more than 8 million. valeant isn't alone in raising prices but it has been highlighted as it's part of the business model. we'll see to see what happens but clearly weighing on the stock. >> thank you very much for that, meg. the world of daily fantasy sports is also under the microscope recently. over the years of inside information to make money. now the fbi looking into the daily fantasy business model. eamon javers joins us with more details. >> hi, mandy. "the wall street journal" and "the new york times" are reporting that the fbi has begun to make inquiries callin

also responding to a letter from senator claire mccaskill asking about the drug price increases on a couple of its drugs, heart drugs, older drugs, the company acquired them earlier this year, raised the price business 200 and 500 plus percent. hospitals like the cleveland clinic saying this is costing them $8.5 million of unexpected extra costs. so they are trying to figure out both what went into those pricing increase decisions but also the attorney general's office is looking into financial support that valeant is providing to patients trying to figure out how that's working. >> so food was really interesting. valeant down 5% but the biotech space which i would think if anything was lapping on the pricing front was affected was rallying. patient access. explain what's going on here and is it just valeant who is trying to pay people to say if you can't afford our drugs we will help you but now it's running into problems with that. >> a lot of companies have please patient assistance program, especially the big ones have these. i talked with bernstein's ronnie gal about this. he sa

senator mark warner, kelly ayotte, claire mccaskill, senator dan coats and barbara mikulski. they're all cosponsors of the amendment that senator collins has offered. and these provisions would strengthen the department of homeland security's ability to share -- shore up, rather, cyber defenses at civilian agencies and to address cyber emergencies across the federal government. i am, again, just incredibly grateful that senator feinstein and senator burr agreed to include our language in the substitute amendment, language that worked its way through our committee. we had hearings on this stuff and had the opportunity to mark up the legislation. it's the way this place is supposed to work and i think without exception, it has bipartisan support coming through our committee. it's the perfect complement of the information sharing bill that we are discussing this week. it makes a good bill i think that much better. and i want to thank the -- the senators for working with me and senator johnson on it. before i close, mr. president, just one more thing. i know the presiding officer

i support claire mccaskill from missouri.hat they need to do is moderate the democratic policies by going after the lies and manipulations of the republicans. the irs is a perfect example. those people were trying to keep those who protect from using tax-free spending to do political work, and instead they got on for concentrating on their politics. that was their job. look at the law. the other thing is with the obamacare, they spent $20 billion telling lies about obama care. there are some things wrong with obamacare it that need to be fixed. they can fix that stuff. they did it with medicare. on other thing is i am minimum -- although i worked all my life -- i am on minimum social security. they are not going to get any increase in social security this year because the price of gasoline went down. i don't even drive and my electric went up 11% and my water bill went up 10%. let's hear one more call from connie in new jersey. you are the last call. caller: i am supporting hillary clinton 100%. , like bernie sanders very muc

here is senator claire mccaskill now. >> i am