conrad's daughter, sammy. he has pled not guilty. conrad has been indicted on 38 counts of possession of child pornography, to which he's pled not guilty. according to authorities, none of the images confiscated from his computer were of sammy. the brothers were arrested and charged these offenses after an even more serious crime occurred. sammy, her mother and an adult female roommate were all stabbed to death inside their home, which was then set on fire. and burned to the ground. >> the homicide investigation when it first started, of course, we thought that they were just eliminating us as suspects. a few hours into the interview, it became very clear that they were looking at us as persons of interest. and that's how we were described on the news. >> though conrad and baron were immediately targeted as suspects, they have not been formally charged with any of the three murders. nor the arson. >> i was devastated. i couldn't believe it. on the news they put me as suspected of three counts of capital murder, stabbing, arson and th

he's also a suspect, along with his brother, conrad, in the stabbing death of sammy.other, rebecca gonzalez and a family friend. the house all three victims lived in was burned to the ground following the murders. at his latest court hearing baron learned of new evidence against him. >> i thought they were going to use pictures against me, which they are but seuusing past statements. really? one of the things that pissed me off is a statement a family member, not so much against us, that he never trusted us around his kids. what do you mean you never trusted us around your kids? we're supposed to be family. if you feel that way, tell me, not the police, when you know this is the type of things being investigated. >> negative statements from family of one of the pressures bearing down on the o cho wa brothers, every time they appear in court there are familiar faces. the mother of former girlfriend and grandmother to sammy. >> if our faces are in the courtroom they know we're being vigilant and we'll be there and make a loud noise the way we can. >> she lost her daught

a year after her accident, anna conrad was skiing again.oday she has a new home, a husband and job as ski safety coordinator for ski mammoth resort. her artificial leg has not slowed her down at all. >> when did you realize you were going to ski again. >> the day they told me i was going to lose my leg. i was shocked but then i thought about it and realized there was nothing i couldn't do. >> if somebody find themselves in a position like you. what would you tell them. >> never lose faith, i never lost

next is senator kent conrad. he will join us on the fiscal cliff talks and reflect on his 26 years in washington, what is wrong with the senate. >>> there are problems here. there are problems in this chamber. as proud as i am of this institution, and i will forever be, i have detected over the 26 years i've been here a change. we spend now too much of our time seeking partisan advantage. and it happens on both sides. and it's all understandable. i understand it. i'm not being critical of individuals. we spend too little time trying to solve problems. >> welcome back to "the ed show." that was north dakota senator kent conrad on the floor of the senate earlier today, reflecting on his 26 years in washington. conrad will leave the senate in january as chairman of the senate budget committee. conrad understands the numbers better than anyone else. and the senator predicted the mess we would find ourselves in with the bush tax cuts a decade ago. take a look. >> the administration told us that we could have a massive

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senator conrad is a budget wonk after my own heart, a numbers guy. someone who's not afraid to get into the weeds and to project in a clear and legible format the minutia, the maddening details of the complex federal budget. i'm not sure i've met anyone in the senate so passionately serious about the numbers and about getting them right as my friend, senator conrad. the first time i met him was more than 15 years ago. he'd come to wilmington for an event that senator joe biden, then senator biden, hosted at the delaware heart museum. there was maybe 200 folks in a big auditorium, and i'll never forget senator biden introducing senator conrad as literally the most serious, most thoughtful, most detail oriented budget leader in washington. so senator conrad stands up and fires up his slide projector or overhead projector, the lights dim, and he launches into a lengthy discourse on the minutia of the federal budget and the deficit of the time. 30 minutes and more than 40 slides later, the lights come back on. i think there were maybe 20 of us left in th

that was kent conrad and judd gregg's idea.well, as we know, the problem was the republicans who supported the legislation, cosponsored it, wouldn't let us get it on the floor. six or seven of them voted against that. the simpson-bowles commission, the obama-boehner talks, two rounds of those, biden, cantor. he was involved in every one of those. the gang of six, the gang of eight. and even though he wasn't personally one of the three people on the super committee, chairman murray, chairperson murray was leaning on him all the time for information. he has been terrific. as chairman of the budget committee, no one could do more than he did. i can remember here he managed the bills we had on getting budgets. he was here, my seat was there, and he wanted me to help him. why? because he didn't have time to deal with procedure. he was dealing with substance. i still joke with him about this. he was so intense, you could see that mind of his working. so he was happy that i was here working with him to get the budgets through. he has

and then we were joined by bob corker and bob conrad. corker said we need to focus

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not the conrad offer but the president's offer. you were a member of the bowles simpson deficit commission and voted for the final report. that proposed almost $3 trillion in spending cuts. president obama's last offer the one that the republicans rejected was less than $1 trillion in spending cuts. we checked. that would be less than 2% of the $44 trillion the government will spend over the next decade. again, is that the bes democrats can do? 2% of all of the spending over the next decade? >> you know, this conversation to me is exactly what is wrong in washington. i mean just listen to the conversation you have is just had. it is he said, she said, blame the other guy. look, i tried to be constructive here and lay out an actual plan to get us nearly $4 trillion by taking the offers that are on the table. speaker boehner and the president were so close and then speaker boehner went off on plan b. i never understood why. had no prospect of succeeding. it did not succeed even in his own caucus. now, the question. >> chris: but you

conrad: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. conrad: mr. president, let me add my words of commendation to those of senator coats for senator lugar. i've often joked with him that he's been my secretary of state while i've served here in the united states senate because you could count on senator lugar to give good, unbiased advice on complicated foreign relations issues. and we will very much miss senator lugar's voice here in the united states senate and also his better half, char lugar, who i think we all know is a bright light. so, senator lugar, it has been an honor and a privilege to serve with you, and i know that your voice will continue to be heard on the important issues of the day. so thank you for your service to our country and to your state, and thank you for being a good friend to me. mr. president, we have this long tradition in the senate of senators giving farewell remarks. i want to alert colleagues that mine will be especially long, so you might want go have lunch and then come back. so i don't consider this my final spe

well, it turned out that my gift giver was senator conrad. so i got a nice little -- a bo book, but most importantly, i got three charts. [laughter] and they were -- they were charts from the 2008 farm bill that we both worked on and which i was chairman of at that time. and i just thought that was a great gift, both to get some of his charts but the charts pertaining to a major piece of legislation that both he and i had worked very closely on because we've been longtime colleagues on the committee on agriculture, nutrition and forestry. he joined that committee as a freshman senator in 1987, just two years after i got here in 1985, and we were in the midst of the worst economic crisis in the farm sector since the great depression. and senator conrad left a major imprint on the agricultural credit act of 1987, advocating strongly for measures to help farm families and rural communities persevere through circumstances beyond their control, to preserve a family farm system of agriculture as well as to preserve small towns and the fabric of rur

it would be a great thing for america. >> senator kent conrad, thank you very much. always good to see you. >> you bet. >> up next, democratic party chair debbie wasserman-schultz, what are the house democrats willing to give up? this is "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. [ male announcer ] this december, remember -- what starts with adding a friend... ♪ ♪ ...could end with adding a close friend. ♪ the lexus december to remember sales event is on, offering some of our best values of the year. this is the pursuit of perfection. now's a good time to think about your options. are you looking for a plan that really meets your needs? and your budget? as you probably know, medicare only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay. and could save you in out-of-pocket medical costs every year. call today to request a free decision guide. with th

that plus senator kent conrad. back. [ penélope ] i found the best cafe in the world. nespresso. where i never have to compromise on anything. ♪ where just one touch creates the perfect coffee. where every cappuccino and latte is only made with fresh milk. and where the staff is exceptionally friendly. ♪ nespresso. what else? >>> all right. welcome back to wk skwk. we're going to talk to democratic senator kent conrad in just a minute. first some breaking news. we are seconds away from third quarter current account data. can you believe it's time for that again, rick? in exactly five seconds rick is standing by at the cme. you ready, rick? >> oh, absolutely. three, two, one, buzzer. 107.5 billion on the third quarter current account balance. which, of course, is a deficit. the last time we were at a number so low, only 107.5 billion. let me see, looks around third quarter of '09. third quarter of '09. so indeed that is a bit of a reversal at least from a chronological standpoint. you know what i find fascinating re

kent conrad is a senator for all of america. he's done a tremendous job in the united states senate. i wish he and lucy and today coata the very best. lastly i want to turn to football coaches which might seem to be a quick turn when you talk about united states senators but in georgia we're having a retirement that was just announced. retirement of bill curry, the head coach of the georgia state panthers. he is a legend in our state not of his time but all time in terms of football. he played football at college park, georgia in high school and went to georgia tech when they were in the southeastern conference. he was a small 200-pound center. went from georgia tech to the green bay packers and played in the first super bowl game as a start are senator, traded to the baltimore colts and played in the famous game when joe namath delivered victory against the colts. he went on to play for other nfl teams until he was hurt in a game on an injure caused by merlin olson. he didn't quit when his career ended in terms of playing footb

and then we were joined by bob corker and bob conrad. corker said we need to focus more on entitlements now, and he will not sign any package that doesn't deal with entitlements at this point. conrad said more, not less, should be included in some sort of a big deal. by big deal, he means over $4 trillion. we are now just 20 days away from the fiscal cliff deadline. we continue to bring both sides of the aisle to sit down together. congressman sander levin is a ranking member of the house ways and means committee. and a republican from new jersey, the vice chairman of the house budget committee and a member of the house financial services committee. gentlemen, thank you both for being here. >> thank you. >> we just sat down with senators conrad and corker. they seem to agree on a lot of areas. one of those areas is they think we need to negotiate up from this point, not down from this point and cut some sort of a deal that is 4 trillion or greater when you add up the tax increases. congressman levin, would you agree with that, going up n

>> tuesday of next week. >> kent conrad joins us now. we're eight days closer to the deadline, you're an eternal optimist, still no agreement, now the president coming out today and signaling to the speaker what's going on here. what do you think is happening behind the scenes in you're closer to it than anyone. >> well, this is not been a good 24 hours. i was really taken aback by speaker boehner going to plan "b," you know, just at the time, i think many people across america thought we were behaving like adults. all of a sudden we resort to the same old tired posturing and playing of partisan political games. you know, the two sides were really relatively close. you could see a way clear to getting an agreement, and then it just all fades to black. it really makes one wonder what is it going to take to get people here to stay focused and to get results? >> what do you think the -- if you could sort of rewind the tape and take it back 24 hours before, as you put it, plan "b," there was an outline of a deal. is it cutting the baby in ha

wednesday night and senator conrad follows at 8:30. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c, december 24, 2012. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable mary l. landrieu, a senator from the state of louisiana, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on thursday, december 27, 2012. >> we're going to go back to our booktv programming now. kevin ryan, president and ceo of covenant house, and tina kelley, former staff writer for "the new york times," talk about their book on teenage homelessness, "almost home." >> some of them making $7 and change an hour. and many of them working overtime to try to make more money but still qualify for programs like s.n.a.p., and so here we are allowing many of our employees -- especially as i

>> i think when you look at senator conrad and what he's done in the past i'm very much in that vein.r for me so i'm looking at something that puts us on the path for fiscal responsibility. we borrow 40 cents of every dollar we spent in this country. the interest on the debt is our third-largest expenditure and our debt has exceeded our gross domestic product. that is unsustainable and i had to chuckle during that discussion about consumption that you had before this hour because it's a little like that. you cannot consume your way out of this problem. you also have to take a look at legitimate investments yet, but we have to cut budgets, look at the revenue side, we have to do everything we can to put ourselves on the path of fiscal responsibility. if we don't we will fail as a country. >> brown: senator elect from north dakota heidi heitkamp, thanks again for joining us. >> suarez: again, the major developments of the day: with talks stalled between president obama and congressional republicans, the house debated speaker boehner's plan-b, for limited tax increases. at congressional

to prevent it. >> brownit was wildly thought your party would have a hard time holding on to kent conrad's conservative tilt. you did it. you did in the part you were distancing yourself from the president certainly over some things like energy and the keystone pipeline, for example. a decision on that is -- a new decision on that is supposed to be coming any time now. do you still think that it should go through? >> i think it should and it will i think once we take a look at what nebska'goi to decide and what the governor in nebraska is going to determine will be the appropriate path for the keystone in nebraska. i think you'll see the last of the legal impediments. it's not just about keystone, however, it's about a legitimate and extensive national energy policy that includes every opportunity we can find. i get asked very often about clean coal. obviously north dakota is a state that's very rich in oil reserves and natural gas reserves but we are also a coal-based state. we do a lot of coal generation, elerical generation from coal. the plant that you were talking about wasn't necessa

. >> reporter: senator kent conrad of north dakota raises concerns about the cost of securing schools the way lapierre proposes. >> we'll have 130,000 elementary and secondary schools in this country. two officers in each would cost $25 billion. where's that money coming from? >> reporter: his senate colleague chuck schumer of new york thinks the nra's position will only help lawmakers who want more stringent gun regulation. >> well, i think he's so extreme and tone deaf he actually helps the cause of us passing sensible gun legislation in congress. >> reporter: friday president obama assembled a task force to reduce gun violence and wants concrete proposals in a month. ideas on the table include an assault weapons ban and limiting the number of bullets a magazine can hold. in washington steve centanni, fox news. >>> a perfect sunday to round out the weekend, but now is the christmas holiday going to shape up? >> a last look at the forecast. gwen? >> today was wonderful, plenty of sunshine and light winds, but things are changing. current temperatures, 37 d.c., 25 manassas, 25 annapol

i remember saying to chris wallace afterwards i thought her toicly senator conrad won the exchange. say no, we're all leaders. rather than saying we depend on the president. seeing it again and thinking about it, the senator was right. it's 535 can't lead at once. john boehner tried to lead a fractious republican congress get nothing help from democrats in the house or in from harry reid, or the president. it turned out he couldn't deliver first. it's up to the president now. the president has the come back. put his proposal on the table. i assume the senate controlled by the democrats could pass it. then the house republicans, fair to say to speaker boehner and house republicans you will let us go over the cliff or swallow and accept something you don't like much. i think the ball is in the president's court. >> doug: juan, others are saying that the ball is in the senate hands right now. >> the scenario most likely is speaker boehner abandoned by the troops. no investment of confidence in him or his negotiating skillnous you look at president obama and the senate. republicans in t

in 30 minutes, senator bob corker and kent conrad.astern, representative scott garrett and sander levin. remember "squawk on the street." >> that's right. "squawk on the street" we have a lot to come, as well. the two senators we're talking with next, two members of the gang of eight now. we'll talk to them. guys we'll send it back to you right now. >> great. thanks, guys. appreciate that. we are now, though, going to flip it over to phil lebeau who is in new york and he's got breaking news. >> as expected we knew that delta was in negotiations to buy 49% stake in virgin atlantic. the deal has been completed. the price is $360 million for that delta will increase its access to heathrow. that's really the key here. 31 daily nonstop flights. that's all part of what goes between the uk and north america for virgin atlantic. the brand remains, guys. make that clear here. the virgin atlantic brand does not go away. what changes is that delta has a 49% stake in the company. there's going to be a press conference later this morning here in n

then, kent conrad who is leaving the senate after five terms. we spoke to both men about their careers. join us tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> as president obama begins his second term in office, what is the most important issue he should consider? >> tell us then they make a short video about your message to the president. >> your chance to win a grand prize of $5,000. $50,000 in total prices. for more information, go to studentcam.org. >> next, kent conrad talks about fiscal cliff negotiations and proposals for a long term deficit reduction. he will be retiring this year after serving in the u.s. senate since 1987. this is about an hour. >> good morning. good to see you all. another day of fiscal cliff or fiscal curve, whatever one wants to term it. what we do know is the law is about to change, all the tax cuts from the bush era are about to expire. across the board spending cuts, some $1.2 trillion over the next ten years. so these are significant changes in law about to occur absent action by the congress and by the preside

senator conrad has been in office for 20 years and chairs the budget committee.view with burden is that endicott wednesday night -- is at 8:00 wednesday night. john boehner with the capitol christmas tree. this year's tree is from the white river national forest in colorado. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> good evening, everyone. and welcome to the 48th annual capitol christmas tree lighting ceremony. i am the architect of the capitol and i am honored to serve as your master of ceremonies tonight. for everyone's safety, we ask that you stay in your seat until the conclusion of the program. this event to officially kick off the holiday season here on capitol hill. and even though the weather doesn't feel like it's december 4, nothing says christmas like the playing of festive holiday carols. i would like to extend a special thank you to the united states air force band under the direction of peter foliard and created this great and festive holiday mood. let's give them a hand, ladi

dan burton and kent conrad. a little snippet from each interview. we will show you now congressman burton. [video clip] >> i would like for people to think, he might have been a bulldog, but he was a man who believed in honesty and integrity of things that were right for this country. regardless of how difficult it was, he kept to those principles. i hope they will look at me like that. i know a lot of people think i am a bad guy and a goofy things, i hope they think i am a man of integrity. host: that will be tonight at 8:00 followed by kent conrad after that. about a half-hour interview with each of them. we will continue to play that thereof the week. here is a headline from "the washington times." much from ohio. good morning. caller: i am positive and helpful -- i am looking for 2013 to be a good year. i retired at the selfridge -- self-employed. i am hoping the if it will be a good year. host: what are you hearing or seeing that makes you more optimistic that some of our other callers? caller: a desire to feel positive. i retired last spring.

. >> this man is elliott robert conrad iii, 56 years old. he was under the influence of something.gets off, little slow, struggles to stay straight. >> what are you doing, man? >> [ inaudible ]. >> stretching out my john deere is off. >> as he's walking towards the officer what's wrong, officer? >> do you get an lwi? lawn mowering while intoxicated. >> he got charged with first offense dui. >> driving under the influence is a broad blanket offense. doesn't matter if you're driving a lawn mower, driving a car. you're still driving. >> i wonder if he had the blades spinning, though. if he did there might be an interesting path on the side of the highway. >> look way up there in the tippy top of that tree. that's a kitten named mitten. and that kitten has been in the top of that tree for a week. >> cats get stuck in trees but that's high up. >> so high up, in fact, that the local animal shelter tried to rescue it, didn't have the right equipment. the local fire department came to help out. they also didn't have the right equipment to get that high. neighbors used a tarp so make a make

conrad, speaking of conrad, he was sure they were going to have a deal. >> yeah. >> everybody was sure>> obama was sure. >> obama was sure, right. >> you know, on monday, i think the white house was, as one person put it, wildly optimistic. i think that changed dramatically. >> al, let's talk about washington, the one tour of washington, we've talked about it a lot on this show, how much things have changed over the past 10, 15 years. they're separate, and i know people that, you know, in sort of the political bubble say, well, you're talking about two completely different things when you talk about negotiating and washington working together, negotiating on this bill and what happened in newtown. but in middle america, nothing happens in a bubble. people are still shattered by that. and anybody that is dragging their feet, fighting, seeming petty less than a week after -- i'm sorry, this is the worst tragedy i can think of as far as just shattering the soul of this country. i say since 9/11, in my lifetime. 9/11 and this. then i guess you'd have to go back to kennedy's assassination.

. >> this is a kick-starter project started by christina conrad from new york and it already has a ton of backers, you can contribute as much as $1500 if you want. >> i'm concerned about where the pockets are. i want the pockets to be more easily accessible in my shirt. to get over there, it's going to be hard. i want my pocket somewhere in this area. >> it's storage, it's a place for you to put your phone when you know you're not going to need it. >> and glow sticks. woo, woo, woo! >>> madonna likes performing with this guy so much she invite himd to go on tour. >> andy lewis. >> see why on the next "right this minute." >>> samantha and alex go skydiving, but there's something more exciting when they hit the ground. >> she doesn't have time to catch her breath before he does something. >> will you marry me. >> he made it a moment she'll never forget. >>> and some last-minute gifts for the techie on your list, like the putty that regular atragts. >> it acts like regular putty, but it is magnetic. >>> our t, it's time for our friday edition of the best of "rtm" where we tell you about a

now to discuss the chances of us getting home for the holidays and getting a deal is senator kent conrade budget chair and involved in all these negotiations for seven years now, senator. is there light at the end of this tunnel? >> i think there is. there needs to be. you know, what a mistake it would be to kick this can down the road. the markets wouldn't accept it. we all know that the most distinguished economists in the country have said if we do that, we're going to go back into recession. we're going to see unemployment rise to over 9%. we're going to see an economic slowdown. that would just be a serious mistake. look, we have a chance to get this right, to do a big package on both sides to negotiate up, so that the republicans accept the president's revenue, the president accepts the republicans' spending cuts, and you put it all together in a package, you save $4 trillion, and you get the debt going down, and i believe you would spur a tremendous economic spurt. >> what are you hearing as to the possibility of a grand bargain? you said earlier that you thought it was even possi

brasso thanks we're going over the cliff and conrad is saying, because he's not happy with the obama pair down plan to extend the tax cuts below $250,000 and extend unemployment. he wants to split the difference between the last offers boehner and the president made before plan b. i think that's a tough road to hoe and what this will come down to is your going to be asking republicans to rejected raising taxes on people below $1 million to now accept -- i mean extended bush tax cuts below $1 million to extend only to 250,000. they would have to take a more dramatic step than the one they rejected. >> the word cliff is dramatic and some say it isn't a cliff, it's a slope. but it will, of course, cut spending and raise taxes. is there a feeling in that town that maybe that's what the government needs to do? >> yes. do they need to raise some revenue? yes. do they need to cut spending? absolutely. but the cliff is not the way. the congressional budget office says if you do this much of both of those things, this quickly will send the economy back into a recession and will raise unemploy

live by german politicians to fund a veteran he is also the grandson of germany's first chancellor conrad at an op good to have you with us. in struggling eurozone nations like greece and portugal angela merkel is seen as a symbol of the tough austerity imposed on the people now during the latest visit to athens of posters compared to the likes of hitler why is the ngo focus so much on this one person. well because some structural reforms are necessary in these countries and it's always bad if such reforms are pushed from outside upon the people it would be much better if the proper government of that country and with the support of the people would come to that conclusion themselves then it wouldn't need anybody from the euro or central institutions or from any representative of any country to be taken as as a scapegoat now meccano pushed through millions of euros worth of concessions to greece and now says greece's creditors might need to take losses is that support for athens the right move from her. well what was agreed in one of the last summit meetings was a cocktail of measures and

it's very worrying they were conducting some experiments on conrad and judging by what we saw indeed i saw that video myself yes talking about it with the two rabbits in the press in there the person just saw that so it's difficult to verify but if it is not a bluff then this is this is very very worrying because judging by the fact of this gas it is a convulsing so it's it's it's so nerve agent and this is a dangerous development perhaps if you could also add the fact that the united states has recently started listing parts of the syrian armed opposition all of the armed opposition in syria as terrorist organizations that say something that probably aware that they're part of the of the armed opposition in syria and probably the dean most powerful of the armed of visitation who are the nasr front probably aren't possession of such materials and probably are planning to use them as they threaten indeed we showing that over your shoulder another video just talking about we got off the web it's a big graphic to show actually maybe we'll cut away from it just a bit. and our other face

senator conrad was elected to the u.s. senate in 1986. >> i have often joked with him that he has been my secretary on state and i have served here int the united states senate because he could count on senator dick lugar to give good and unbiased advice on complicated formulation issues. we will very much missed senator lugar's voice in the united states senate, and also his hal, better half, charlotte, who i bt think we all know is a bright w ceite. senator, it has been an honor and privilege to serve with you, and i know that your voice will continue to be heard on important issues of the day.o i think you for your service to, our country and to your state, and thank you for being a good friend to me. mr. president, we have this long tradition in the senate by alert senators giving farewell remarks and i would like to alert that a my remarks will be especially long. becau you may want to have lunch and then come back. [laughter] i don't consider this my final speech because i'm hopeful that we farm bill. on hopefully we

and that's what judd gregg and kent conrad patterned their legislation. there will be a commission reported. they will report back to us. no amendments, no filibusters. i thought it was a novel, great idea. legislation was drafted. i brought it to the senate floor. seven republicans who cosponsored the legislation wouldn't vote for it. we couldn't get 60 votes to bring it to the floor. so a number of us asked president obama if he would do a commission, and he did. it's the bowles-simpson commission. madam president, the bowles-simpson commission was -- didn't have the potential that the judd gregg-kent conrad work had because they sent us something here, we could amendment it, we can -- we can amend it, filibuster it, but we didn't have to worry about that because they couldn't get enough votes from the commissioner to do that. so that was a failure. then president obama entered into negotiations with the speaker, and they had talks that went on for weeks. they failed. and then they had another round of talks. that failed. joe biden, the vice president o

this is something fellow senator conrad was talking with me this morning about. i know that you are committed and in a sensible way to fix the tax code to get rid of some of these loopholes. the mortgage debt relief act of 2007 which allows borrowers to avoid paying taxes on debt. your biggest problem is you can't get people to come from other states to fill the jobs because they are under water in their mortgages. you are trying to close something that could help your state. you are right on. when we talk about closing loopholes and reforming the tax code in a pro-growth way, the real revenue comes from economic growth. that is what happens in north dakota where we have billions in reserves. we actually cut taxes. but through a code that is certain and fair and makes sense and the revenue comes from economic growth. that is what we need to do as a country. the fundamentals don't change. >> i got a little confused today. trying to distinguish medicare and social security. he is still paying into social security. i'm baffled. is social security really an entitleme

next, retiring senator kent conrad reflects on his career in congress to. it is currently senate budget committee chairman and was first elected to the senate in 1986. this is about half an hour. >> senator conrad, your farewell speech was yesterday. what is that like? >> it has been great. i had the going away party the night before. a lot of my colleagues were there. then the farewell speech, in which i had a chance to reflect on my service here. but also, to challenge my colleagues to finish the job on the grand bargain to get our fiscal house in order. i laid out the specifics of what i thought would be a genuine compromise between the two sides. it was satisfying. >> why did you decide not to run again? >> many reasons. i have served your 26 years. less than 5% of senators in history have served the long. part of it is, i am tired of living out of a suitcase. i missed a% of my wife's birthdays, 80% of our anniversaries. sometimes change is a good thing. after 26 years, i felt the need to have somebody else take these responsibilities. >> some people ha

congressman dan burton and senator kent conrad. mr. burton, an indiana republican, served in congress for 30 years end-1990s chaired the house oversight committee. senator conrad, a north dakota democrat has been in office 20 years and chairs the senate budget committee. our interview with congressman burton is at 8:00 eastern tonight and senator conrad follows at 8:30. the house and senate are back in session tomorrow. the senate is in at 10:00 a.m. eastern for work on two bills, the first would extend provisions of foreign intelligence surveillance act, the others that $60 billion relief package for areas affected by hurricane sandy. the house reconvenes at 2:00 p.m. eastern. house leaders have not release the schedule of legislative activity for tomorrow. live coverage from the house floor on c-span and senate live on c-spanat 2. c-span2. >> united states discovered surveillance flights and the tension builds that we have a quarantine or blockade around cuba and one of the things that happened in that time is a soviet submarine is f

kent conrad of north dakota speaking for more than a hour. seeaid he'd like to negotiators work on a bigger package dealing with taxes and spending. >> good morning. good to see you all. another day of fiscal cliff or fiscal curve, whatever one wants to term it. what we do know is the law is about to change, all the tax cuts from the bush era are about to expire. across the board spending cuts, some $1.2 trillion over the next ten years. so these are significant changes in law about to occur absent action by the congress and by the president. first of all, thank you, bob for that kind introduction. thanks for being so persist nt. nowglad to have the chance to come. in reflecting for my fair well address in the senate, i thought back to what motivated me to run for the united states senate. about 48 years ago i came to washington as a 16-year-old, sat in the gallery and watched a debate occur on civil rights. and i thought at the time some day i'd like to do that. i'd like to represent my state and i'd like to debate the great issues of the da