>> we're here for the coon dinner. what else? it's delicious. i came 1,000 miles.ste of raccoon. i've heard about it. must be an arkansas delicacy. >> you can't just go down to walmart and pick up some coon. >> the raccoon, is it good? >> yes, it is very good. >> i want to spit it out. >> what's left people take home for dinner tomorrow. ♪ >>> perfery bacon jr. joins us from little rock. we have the communications director with the pro-hillary clinton group, also an arkansas native. she knows politics in her state very, very well. maybe raccoon, too. political columnist at the guardian. ja jamelle bouie is back with us. we have a plate of delicious starbucks pastries at our table. i would not be afraid to eat these. raccoon a little different. the first question, did you eat the raccoon? >> of course i did, steve. i'm here. i do not recommend it. i tried toef a second piece to try it out and it was really a little stringy. it's a worse version of deer. it does not taste like chicken like a lot of other things do. it is not a meat i recommend it. >> they say it tast

this is a lesson i learned from coon's back is we need to question a concern logic of progress. and second is we need to rethink the abstract we way we tack about genes and shifting from code and shifting to people and person's and their bodies. i argue we need to correct for the limited frame through which medical ethics can and has addressed genomics into public health. the eugenics movement marked r c racism movements in the late 20th century. mendel's peace studies were important to this. his work introduced the nation of recessive traits producing anxiety because you could be passing on recessive genes to your children. during this era, they held efforts should be held to propagating desirable traits. in the 1920s, the passive of reactionary sterilization and immigration laws were passed. the dominant news between eug i eugenics and genomics is the former is between 1900-1930 and any residual effects are attributed to a few sciences searching for the inferority of women or people who want quote unquote designer children. this is an example of heredities capable of switching

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coons: i ask proceedings under the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coons: i ask unanimous consent the privileges of the floor be granted to julius ferlazi for the pend answery of this congress. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coons: madam president, 50 years ago today president lyndon johnson challenged a joint session of congress and the american people to begin a war on poverty. unfortunately, president johnson said many americans today live on the outskirts of hope. our task, he said, is to help replace their despair with opportunity. since president johnson first issued that call, congress and our nation have taken important steps to build and sustain a circle of protection around the most vulnerable in our society. that protection isn't as complete or as strong as it can and should be, but through programs like unemployment insurance which we are considering this week in this congress we are more able to catch our neighbors when they fall and support them as they work to get back to the

senator coons, none of this sounds like he's reaching out to republicans.his has even the pa tiee teen yaf of bipartisan. >> i'm hoping he will reach out his and and say here what's we can do together to advance further wages. if he says here's what i'm going to do for infrastructure by way of executive action -- we actually got a bipartisan budget deal done. we actually got -- and i serve on the appropriations committee as well the budget committee, we put together and got enacted a bipartisan appropriations plan. i understand the conferees on the farm bill are about to deliver to the house and senate for the first time in five years a bipartisan farm bill that cuts spending, invests in growth and lays the five-year authorization foundation for growth in our agriculture sector. i really hope he's going to build on that tonight. >> under the circumstances, i agree with you. it's just that -- what you just said. i got to wait until the speech, i got to hear the whole speech. it just doesn't sound the last 48, 72 hours, he wants bipartisan leadership. the cou

. >> it's not just eating coon, it was barbecued. >> how was the brisket? how was the raccoon?e for the dinner, what else? it's delicious, i came 1,000 miles. actually, we're here to support our friend mark pryor. >> looking forward to our first taste of raccoon. heard about it, must be an arkansas delicacy. >> can't just go down to walmart and pick up some coon. >> now you'll be able to see michelle obama's stunning red dress from the second inaugural in person. it goes on display at the smithsonian tomorrow. it is traditional for all first lady's dresses from the first inaugurations to be part of an exhibit, but this is the first time a second inaugural gown has been put on display, so take that fact to your dinner party tonight. >>> that's going to wrap up this hour of "jansing and co." richard luiy will be up next. see you tomorrow. ♪ we're gonna be late. ♪ ♪ ♪ oh are we early? [ male announcer ] commute your way with the bold, all-new nissan rogue. ♪ [ female announcer ] we eased your back pain, you turned up the fun. tylenol® provides strong pain relief while being gentle

[applause] >> senator chris coons from delaware, thank you for joining us. we'll get started right away. tell us about, we were talking about this back stage, you were at the white house a couple of weeks ago, you talked to the president before his state of the union, what was the message that you delivered to him there and how did he respond when he gave his speech last night? >> manu, what i wanted to challenge the president to do is speak directly to the american people in the state of the union last night about the broad pack -- about the package of bipartisan manufacturing bills that are introduced, could be brought to the floor and could be passed. i spoke about the manufacturing jobs for american initiative and went through the caucus and said there's always a great bill on community colleges that al franken is leading. on skills and skill certification that kay hagan is leading. on cutting read tape for manufacturing that shaheen is leading. earlier that day the president had been in north carolina. to announce the law firm of the second of these adv

. ~ coons. i hope we support with the you caring.org for the sophia memorial. i just wanted to add that there is a connection with uber and ride sharing companies with the lou spaeerctionv and the hitting of the mom and young brother as well. and i just wanted to say that today i'll be looking closely with my office at the various factors of the regulation of new -- this new so-called ride sharing private sector companies like uber side car and lift so that we can understand more of what the legal liabilities and regulations should be in a city like ours. with the rise of ride sharing services, i think it's really critical that we look at public safety in this era of new industries emerging. there are questions that some have raised if the driver -- and i'll just say that i'll wait for the facts to come out, but companies like uber have been slow to answer questions after the incident happened. and while private ride sharing services can play an important role in under served areas like the west side and the richmond, i think public safety really shouldn't be d

. >> help, my name is mark coon brown, as to have day, january 3rd, 2014 year of our lord, i have officiallyto the ring to run for governor of the great state of tennessee. we are one nation, under god, not above god. and just like the purity of this apple -- well i don't know where i was going with that. i guarantee you there will be changes made, changes you'll like. you call me, i promise i'll answer the phone. >> that is a powerful statement from a real american. elect that man and give him back his raccoon. now let's go right to the late show where david letterman is happy to see congress is finally back at work. >> congress if, we care and i notice very little difference, congress out of session for six weeks. let's check in and see how things went the first day back after the six week break. take a look. >> sit down and shut up. >> sit down and shut up. >> shut up. shut up. >> put a cork in it. >> jack ass. >> piece of garbage. >> sit down and shut your mouth, you're driving everyone crazy. >> that's why we have to elect more leaders. >> i love the fact he didn't do a second take. i d

coons: i ask proceedings under the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. coons: i rise today to speak about a bill introduced today, a bipartisan bill, a bill that will strengthen america's innovation economy. over the last 60 years, our national laboratories have served as leading centers of research and discovery in america. today, in fact, we have 17 d.o.e. labs charged with three broad missions -- science, energy and national security. and although they've grown and changed since their founding to encompass broader ranges of work and are successful in carrying out their primary missions, they're not fully optimized to take part in today's innovation culture. that's a problem. because in this century of rapid change america's best competitive advantage we mains our capacity to innovate. so over the coming months i'll be talking about a few things that congress can do in a bipartisan way to streamline and jump-start our nation's hubs of discovery so that we can thrive as a 21st century innovation

a number of them senators including chris coons who is now a senator from delaware, from delaware. so you know danny molloy the governor of connecticut. so one of the great things that happened because of the clinton years in the 1990s as a whole generation of leaders sort of adopted this politics. it it's not always obvious and the congressional level to be honest with you. washington is so dominated by the interest groups and debates but around the country where people have to deliver services you have this breed of young elected officials that i think those well for the country and i hope the same is true on the republican side even though i'm not familiar with that. >> host: "the new democrats and the return to power" is the name of the book and al from is the author. democrats only during the segment. susan from virginia. hi season. >> caller: hi, good morning. i am a very conservative fiscal person and a democrat and i would like to see more of our parties focus on emerging minorities in this country that don't have a voice, especially at you know the local elections where th

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. >> that's mark coon rippy brown who had his raccoon taken away from him by the health department after. he got a bunch of petitions going. that didn't work. he's announced for governor so he becomes governor, then he can get his raccoon back. >> are they doe mess city dated? >> this is part of my new year's resolution. to drive bob more crazy, greg too. i have five extra calendars. if you go to my website, you have a chance to write a poem about your dog. this picture. you can also see the jasper year in review which is fun. don't miss it. >> you're up, my man. >> you know what, let's have a resurrected phrase, shall we? >> don't rip it. >> the resurrected phrase is fresh. in the gold old days, if kids gave you any lip your mom or somebody would say, don't get fresh with me, whack, and slap you across the face. problem is, kids are walking around all day, they're fresh. they're fresh. we need to say -- you see a kid acting up, don't get fresh, and then whack them. >> thank god you're not a parent. >> i don't know. >> i remember fresh but why fresh? why is fresh bad? >> no, i'm saying f

[inaudible conversations] >> the great chris coons. >> and i will bring that back to him. [inaudible conversations] >> yeah. i think i probably owe you guys something. >> where's the rest of you? >> well, i'll bring it to brookings on friday. [laughter] i mean, both of you guys are big parts of the story, but i've got almost a whole chapter on you. >> you're kidding? >> no, i'm not kidding. >> you're crazy. >> i i did our breakfast in january of 1989 which was, you know -- >> a really famous breakfast. i remember that breakfast. >> you know, there are really fascinating dates. one is july 14, 1987. nobody would ever know anything about it, but it's the day that clinton decided not to run in '88. but that breakfast, those are two of the hidden days of movement. >> i understand. >> all right. >> comrade, it'll be a pleasure to see you on friday. book's already signed. >> but i'll sign it, i want to really personalize it. >> i just wanted to pay my respects. i though you're not dead. [laughter] >> that's right. almost. >> not dead yet. >> yeah, not yet. [inaudible conversatio

steven coon is the chairman of the religious studies development he folk to us by skype. >> avenues great instructor. he had lived in japan for 20 years. and he had all of that experience plus an interest in ka lying rave. avid sports fan. and he was just a very warm kind individual. he drew people in. >>reporter: including some in the jap necessary community of san francisco. freed has lived in gentleman pap for 20 years. according to his friends his connection with that community was important to him. on the third sunday of every month he said mass at st. francis savior catholic church to members of the japanese catholic society. outside saint mary cathedral people reacted to his death. >> people react quickly now. so you just didn't know. could it happen to anybody. >>reporter: now the church in eureka a part of the catholic diocese of santa rosa. i spoke to them this afternoon. fine relevant services for father freed will be held either monday or tuesday. the in the newsroom, abc 7 news. >>> l we have more ahead tonight on 7 news at 9:00. new details emerging now about the driver accu

turning blue, but what's interesting here is how little luck the democrats have had finding a chris coons indiana, taking advantage of the tea party. they don't have places in south carolina and any of those, mississippi, if the tea party guys win. that's it for this edition of "the daily rundown." have a good weekend. chris jansing is next. crust that's made from scratch. or mix vegetables with all white meat chicken and homemade gravy. but marie callender's does. just sit down and savor. marie callender's. it's time to savor. her long day of pick ups and drop offs begins with arthritis pain... and a choice. take up to 6 tylenol in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. all aboard. ♪ when my son was born, i remember, you know, picking him up and holding him against me. it wasn't just about me anymore. i had to quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. chantix didn't have nicotine in it, and that was important to me. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hos

new jersey governor chris christie who may be run for president in 2013 knew about traffic sabotage coont districted the governor's assertion. the story is about shutting down traffic lanes into the george washington bridge to punish a new jersey mayor who didn't support reelection. today the governor was conciliatory to apologize by the people of new jersey. i am responsible for what happened. i am sad to report people of new jersey that we fell short. ultimately, i i am responsible for what happens under my watch. the god and the bad. >> the governor says he did not know there was sabotage going on and that his staff lied to him. now, the stories of national interest because christie is widely seen as a prominent public con ternd. the "new york times" as you see it there has been hammering him as a bully. that was the headline of editorial today. the bully has been duped. joining us now you from washington with analysis, laura ingraham. so, at his press conference today as you just heard, governor wanted to appear like a standup guy, he took responsibility. he did say listen, i didn't

\[applause] >> senator chris coons from delaware, thank you for joining us. we'll get started right away. tell us about, we were talking about this back stage, you were at the white house a couple of weeks ago, you talked to the president before his state of the union, what was the message that you delivered to him there and how did he respond when he gave his speech last night? >> manu, what i wanted to challenge the president to do is speak directly to the american people in the state of the union last night about the broad pack about the package of bipartisan manufacturing bills that are introduced, could be brought to the floor and could be passed. i spoke about the manufacturing jobs for american initiative and went through the caucus and said there's always a great bill on community colleges that al franken is leading. on skills and skill certification that kay hagan is leading. on cutting read tape for manufacturing that shaheen is leading. earlier that day the president had been in north carolina. to announce the law firm of the second of these advanc

market price occurs at free market environment, not in managed coon my.'t the stock market been moving up as a result of the fed maintaining artificially low interest rates? >> no emphatically not. emphatically the stock market has been doing well because because commodity prices do not show any hint of inflation. they do not show any hint of deflation. that is the best environment fo% the stock market. the fed can not to around manipulating short-term interest rates and benefit anything or anybody. david: fascinating stuff. december job number was very disappointing. we were expecting something around 200. it came in at 74,000. janet yellen as we know approves of sort of soft policies over the past year of bond buying. do you think if we have weak jobs report for january the fed will discontinue its tapering? >> no, no. i think the monthly jobs report numbers at close of calendar year and particularly with weather-related circumstances, we can have readings that the fed should not worry about. david: rather r regardless what january's jobs number is we'l

. >> senator coons, we appreciate you being on msnbc. >> thank you. >> when the president's remarks happen, we'll bring them to you live. we're expecting him at 11:40 eastern a.m. time. we have a lot more to talk about here on msnbc. >>> still ahead, hundreds of newlywed couples left in limbo in the state of utah. >> it's unfortunate that many utah citizens have been put into this legal limbo. >> we're going to talk about what's next now that the supreme court has halted same-sex marriages in that state for now. >>> also ahead, this is a tough one, lindsey vonn will not be flying down the hill at sochi. why the olympian won't be participating in this year's olympic games. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] that's why there's ocuvite to help protect your eye health. as you age, your eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. ocuvite is a vitamin made just for your eyes from the eye care experts as bausch + lomb. ocuvite has a unique formula that's just not found in any leading multivitamin. your eyes are unique, so help protect your eye health with ocuvit

let me bring in stephanie coons, who contributed to the shriver report.> only 25% of families have fathers and breadwinners and stay at home moms compared to the vast majority in the '50s. clearly, the landscape has changed dramatically, but public policy hasn't kept up, has it? >> public policy hasn't kept up, work policies haven't kept up. through most of history, women have been co-providers of their families, yet america designed all its work policies, its unemployment policies on the basis of the idea there would be guys whose wages would rise every year, who would have steady employment, and they would support women and children. and that's just not the way the world is now. 70% of american kids are raised in households where every single adult in that household is employed, yet we are the one country out of 181 countries recently studied that does not have parental leave policies. sick days, paid sick days, many women have to choose between losing their job or sending their kids, leaving their kids home alone sick. it's just insane. >> the reality

speaker o'neill meant, whether you're looking at a state representative or state senate race or a state, coon aggressional race, senator's race. governor's race, every jurisdiction, every race is largely independent. what's the population like in that area? what are the voting patterns and voting history? who are the candidates? what kind of campaigns do they have. what resources money and otherwise do they have. what are local issues and circumstance that could influence that race? but the idea that each one of these contests are sort of stovepiped is the current phrase we use, french freestanding independent of all the others. a lot of elections really are like that but there are lot that aren't and from time to time we have these sort of, a lot of people call wave elections, where all politics isn't local and it's where there, almost like there is an invisible hand that sort of pushing up or forward the candidates of one party and pulling down the candidates of the other and you can go back through history, you know, 1958, 1966, '64, six at this six, '80, '74. now it used to be a little ov

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we'll coone more. okay, good. [laughter] yeah. we're going do four questions. >> my name is rodney priewt. i'm a displaced teacher. i stood on the stage at the auditorium and helped convince the teachers to walk out. i joined you in front of full torns on the river to deal with them. one thing i will say, i used to be head of one of the committees then i resigned. i felt like we were doing anything. until this city addresses race and call it as it is, nothing positive will happen in this city. that mayor will be re-elected. because many of the grassroots protesters do not vote. i'm one of the black displaced teachers until recently nothing has been put out in the media that has named us by name. as a black male teacher, we're collateral damage. until this city addresses race, nothing is going happen. and this city is a microcause m of the entire country. [applause] as long as you have politics, that is deliberately vague trying to cover everybody, the people that need to vote will never vote. thank you. [applause] thank you. thank

working with senator warner, my primary cosponsor, but senators coons, kaine and klobuchar, as well as blunt and rubio, we address four key factors that influence an entrepreneur's chance for success. taxes, regulations, innovation, and access to talent. it's become all too common here that we're denied the opportunity to have a vote on things that many of us find common agreement on and start-up 3.0 is one of those. in fact, i offered along with senator warner this start-up 3.0 as an amendment to the unemployment insurance extension bill. start-up 3.0 makes commonsense changes to the tax code to encourage investment in start-ups. to address the burdensome government regulations, it requires federal agencies to determine whether the cost of regulations outweigh the benefits and encourages federal agencies to give consideration to the impact of proposed legislation, ladies and gentlemen, would regulations. a good idea is successful to starting a good business and to get ideas out of the laboratory and into the market this legislation improves the so taxpayer funded innovation can be tur

you coon make the same argument about a policeman carrying a gun. what happens if he turns it on innocent civilians? same thing carrying a nightstick. what happens if he hits somebody at random or the army launching a missile. the fact we need those weapons to defend ourself and if they're not being abused the thing to do is to make sure they're being effectively used. >> interesting enough some argument about the nsa and potential abuses is already being in used in court today. the alleged christmas bomber in portland, oregon, a man who put a would-be bomb on side of the road thought it would explode in a crowd of people. he was arrested and charged. his lawyer is asking for new trial, he wants prosecutors all materials derived from surveillance activities because they think it came from the nsa. with this argument how it is being use now how do the courts? what is the right decision? >> i think they find there is no nsa information here and this lawyer is taking advantage after current flap in order to try to make a point for his client. jenna: ul

reid of nevada, reed of rhode island, klobuchar, warren, durbin, whitehouse, markey, baldwin, leahy, coons, mikulski, murray, warner, hirono, murphy, harkin and brown. mr. reid: note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. portman: madam president, i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: is there objection? a senator: i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: is there objection. without objection. mr. reid: madam president, i have the floor here. the presiding officer: the majority leader. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. portman: i thank you, madam president, for recognizing me. i've been trying to be recognized before the majority leader decided to what we call around here fill the tree, which means taking away the opportunity for amendments to be offered, although there will be an attempt i believe in

. >> senator coons. >> thank you senator klobuchar and thank you a attorney general holder for your testimony today in your service. i wanted to first focus on an area of shared concern and interest. the department of service questioning as a broad range of of -- i have one of particular interest is strengthening the vita connections between federal state and local law enforcement and in your opening statement you emphasized her gratitude for the appropriations this year which makes possible strengthening that relationship. in delaware in particular the justice initiative is one example of this partnership that snake in a difference and sustained federal support might be critical to ensure that newly enacted state reforms translate into a reduced recidivism to save lives and save dollars. can you comment on the outset why it's important for the federal government to invest in state and local law enforcement training information-sharing and funding assistance? >> one to try to increase the capacity of our state and local partners. the reality is the vast majority of criminal law enforcement is

i yield myself as much time as i may coon soum. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. grijalva: thank you, mr. speaker. on january 12 -- in january, 2012, when keith went miss, finding him was all his familied. investigators presumed he'd been murdered and his remains were somewhere in the lake immediate recreation area, which is administered by the national park service. after several month passed, they were unable to recover the remains and gave up the search. his family, wanting what any family would want, reached out to a private, nonprofit search and rescue outfit for assistance. unfortunately, it took 15 months for professional search and rescue company to acquire the permits and insurance to conduct the search. however, within two hour of received the necessary credentials, mr. goldberg's body was recovered. h.r. 2166 will help speed up the process for granting private, good smaretan search and rescue companies access to federal lands. it strikes a fair balance between guarantees safety and sufficient lia

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murray: and, madam president, i ask unanimous consent that rose matuso, a fellow in senator coons' office, be given floor privileges for wednesday, january 29. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: i ask unanimous consent to spea speak for as muh time as i may consume. for no longer than 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: tonight the president of the united states will come before the congress and make his state of the union address. that is an annual ritual that we go through around here every year, and i've been through state of the union speeches through multiple administrations. i sort of liken them to somebody making new year's resolutions at the beginning of the new year, filled with lots of rhetoric and promises, most of which gets left on the cutting room floor when the speech concludes. but that being said, it is something that gives the president opportunity to lay out his joandz for the coming year. -- his agenda for the coming year. rumor has it that this year the president's speech is going to focus on income equality and economic

. >> as i call upon senator coons, let me thank you, as the chair of the africa subcommittee, senator flake, as ranking member has done some tremendous work over the last year your. .. the last year. at this time they're recognizing. i would like to thank the witnesses for sharing their insights today. 2011 i led a resolution welcoming the independence of south sudan, and urging that its leaders address some of of the long standing challenges in order to put them on a path towards long-term stability. and just three years down from the date of the referendum, as you mentioned. secretary, deeply dispinted by the senseless violence, by the expanding i want to commend you and the administration for your response and the leadership that the investor has shown, and for the ability to step up to the plate quickly. start, if you would for me, madam secretary, with a summary as to why south sudan matters to the united states and why it matters to the people of the state. >> thank you for that question. for 30 years the united states has been supporting the people of south sudan even before it

coons: madam president, is the senate currently in a quorum call? the presiding officer: it is. mr. coons: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that proceedings under the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coons: madam president, today, this week, we've come together to consider an omnibus appropriations bill. that's a big mouthful, an omnibus appropriations bill, but i hope to lay out in plain language for our folks back at home and for those in this chamber why that matters, why i'm excited about it and why i support it. this is the first time since i joined this body three years ago that we have considered one, and it's a real step forward. the agreement we came to on the budget and the agreement i hope we will pass on this appropriations bill means no more shutdowns, no more crises, no more auto pilot, at least not for this fiscal year. this bill helps us return to regular order, to the proposition that once election day is over, it's our job as the representatives of the people elected to come together, find common ground, solve bigger pr