it's likely that her partner, daschle, was. but like many people in the entertainment world of that period, people who had been stung by the great depression and who really wanted to bring some sense of economic security to the country to curb the appetites of rampant, the interests of money, hellman fell into almost naturally a group of people who felt like that. so her best friend, dorothy parker, for example, was a member of the party. numbers of screenwriters whose names you'll know, john howard lawson is the one i'll mention and who we're later going to be blacklisted as hellman herself would be were party members. as for a while was her, the director of the first four of her plays, herman shumlan. so it shouldn't surprise us that hellman sort of rotated into that politics, and she joined the party in 1939, she quit the party in 1941 by all, everything that we can learn. and, but she remained what we sometimes call a fellow traveler. that is, she did not repudiate either the soviet union, but more important for her, she wo

it is an attempt to reduce gun- related crimes in the county could all weapons turned into a wii daschle 2000 -- turned in to dave willie eventually be destroyed. about two thousand girls dolls were on the national today. it is the largest gathering of scouts in history. they were from every single state and several other countries represented. and about 60 people had to be treated for some sort of heat- related illness today. people weren't prepared. >> with the hot weather, it was not a surprise. temperatures were well into the lower-90's. it will be with us a little bit longer. we will see exactly what is going on. mainly clear skies at this hour. mainly clear skies will stick around as we move through the overnight hours. and air temperatures will be quite comfortable. look at the -- and our temperatures will be quite comfortable. look at the highs today. remember what you're doing a year ago today? probably trying to stay cool. the dewpoint is in the lower 60's pinned the wind is out of the south at 7 m.p.h.. 78 degrees and children's hospital in the district. in north arlington, no

you heard from tom daschle saying this is a green light. republicans calling it a defeat, mitch mcconnell saying the cure is worse than the disease. just what this ruling means, i'm with dr. curtis lewis, who is the chief of staff. you make the rounds, you have the patients, you see what the care and what the need is. you're also overseeing all of the medical doctors. what does this ruling mean, this point forward, for this hospital? a hospital that cares in large part for the uninsured and underinsured. >> i think it means a couple of things. one thing, it means that more people have access. and they've estimated there will be millions of people who will now get access to health care, which are having trouble to do so because of lack of insurance. and of course, that impacts us. we've always been in the business for 120 years, grady health system just had its birthday on june 1st, for 120 years serving the atlanta community for the uninsured and underinsured. a lot of these patients now that we've been serving will now get some coverage, w

. >> tom daschle is the former senate majority leader, key player on health care, senior policy advisor at the piper law firm. great to see you again. we are now reduced to checking the possible travel schedules of supreme court justices. no one knows when anyone can leave town because we hear that it is today, no major rulings. thursday could be, next monday, could be next wednesday or thursday, but we all think they're going to get out of town by the 29th of june, and of course, all the tea leaves so far have been that the oral arguments went very badly. do you think there is still a chance the president might win a 6-3 victory and actually have health care sustained or do you think that this could be a divided court with some kept and perhaps the individual mandate thrown out? >> well, andrea, after hearing justice ginsburg's admonition, i will talk and don't know. but even though you don't know doesn't mean you don't talk. i think the bottom line is that everybody understands this is at best 50/50. no one, even the optimists can't predict the court is going to rule unanimously in fa

we were founded in 2007 by the former senate majority leaders, howard baker, tom daschle, bob dole and george mitchell. the bpc brings together all sides regardless of political affiliation or position when tackling a problem and certainly our federal debt is one of the most pressing issues facing our nation today. for the past two years, our bipartisan debt reduction task force led by senator domenici and dr. alice rivlin has been calling upon congress and the president to come together and enact a comprehensive bipartisan debt reduction plan such as the one developed by the debt reduction task force that would reduce our federal debt to 60% of gdp by 2020. clearly, tax reform is the other key piece of the debt reduction puzzle in addition to entitlement reform, and we are pleased to be joined today by senate finance committee chairman baucus and this distinguished panel to discuss tax policy. here to introduce senator baucus is senator domenici, the former senate budget committee chairman and current senior fellow at the bipartisan policy center. thank you. [ applause ] >> i knew it

for ten years in the house and 8 1/2 years in the senate in that election, and remember that tom daschle was defeated, the majority leader in part because of the argument that he had been obstructionist to nominees, right? well, in comes harry reid as the new majority leader and the new york times asked for a comment from joe biden, who said this, "the idea the people are looking at harry to be a spokesperson of the democratic party, that's not a role all majority leaders have filled before." what did he say, majority leader? they hadn't been in a majority for ten years. it's joe biden but he is vice president. or diane feinstein who i like to call the queen mum of the democratic caucus who told "the times" in the same article, "if we keep going on this way we'll be a minority party." now this kind of presumption made perfect sense in 1955 or 1965 or even as late as 1985 to a certain extent. it really doesn't make sense after the 1990s, and so one of the things that you see this is subtext often in liberal writing and analysis of centrist writing even is that there's something unnatural

it will be the first in a secret if i'm not giving away too much, i think former senate leader tom daschle will be working with some wonderful researcher and writer to put together a similar book on how the senate works. and david obey, who recently stepped down from the house, is being contracted to you, i believe, right about how the house works. so we hope to fill what the schools no longer do. so for me, this was, doing the research and working on the manuscript, it really is a refresher course for a little junkies. because nobody selects the president like we did in this country. and the republican primary season and the debates, sort in a case in point. although in egypt to actually stage a presidential debate, and they showed clips from some of the debate in this country to educate the populace. [laughter] i shudder to think that we are exporting some of this, but again, the way we do this is, it's got its drawbacks but it's better than anything else that has been tried. the crowded stage early this year on the republican side, i think only has two possible prospects, and that was m

if i'm not giving away too much, i think former senate leader tom daschle will be working with some wonderful researcher and writer to put together a similar book on how the senate work. and david o'bee who stepped down from the house is being contracted to, i believe, right about how the -- write about how the house works. we hope to fill what the schools no longer do. for me, this this was a doing the research and working on the man script, it is a refresher course for political junk yeses. nobody selects a president like we do in this country. and the republican primary season and the debates is certainly a case in point. although in egypt, they staged a president issue debate and showed clips from some of the debates in this country to educate the populace. which -- length of time [laughter] i shudder to think we're exporting some of this. again, the way we do it, it's got the drawbacks, it's better than anything else that's been tried. the crowded stage early this year on the republican side, i think only had really two plausible perspectives and that was romney who is the obvious nomine

tom daschle was defeated, the majority leader, in part because of the argument that he is an obstructionist to nominees. terry reid comes in and joe biden was asked to come into said this -- he said majority leader's have not filled that role. dianne feinstein said that if we keep going on this way, we will be a minority party. this kind of presumption made perfect sense in 1955 or 1965 or 1985. it does not make sense after the 1990's. you see this subtext often. there's something unnatural about republican majority? this adds to the ferocity of the republicans who say it will not kick the football again. >> thanks, gentlemen. that was very civil, wasn't it? [laughter] i'm supposed to take some questions but i thought i would each of you one quick question. norm, how would you respond to a political party that is about to nominate mitt romney as its presidential nominee and four years earlier, nominated john mccain as its presidential nominee? alice that fit with your idea that this is a bunch of -- how does that fit with your idea that this is a bunch of crazy radicals? steve, i thought i

he beat daschle. he's especially evangelical. >> i like two of your three. i think portman is still in the lead. i would insert pawlenty or bobby jindal. into that second slot. >> isn't pawlenty too much of a moderate? >> i don't think so. i think pawlenty was a good governor. >> terrible candidate for president. three hours. >> that could be true but a different -- >> okay, your number one pick. >> portman. two, pawlenty and thune for three. >> maggie, your picks if you dare to do this. >> i dare to do it. it is not that riveting. the same as michael. i think pawlenty is very much under consideration. >> how did he get to be the hot tomale this week? every one of my producers are are talking about. is that because he's all with the guy he's traveling around? >> a, they wonder whether they can put minnesota in play. whether that's realistic or not. number one, two, mitt romney likes him, trusts him. he's be out there aggressively for him. this is a do no harm situation. >> we can all agree on that. why do we all agree? not trying to get a game changer. why w

tom daschle was defeated, the majority leader, in part because of the argument that he is an obstructionist to nominees. terry reid comes in and joe biden was asked to come into said this -- he said majority not filled that role. dianne feinstein said that if we keep going on this way, we will be a minority party. this kind of presumption made perfect sense in 1955 or 1965 or 1985. it does not make sense after the 1990's. you see this subtext often. there's something unnatural about republican majority? this adds to the ferocity of the republicans who say it will not kick the football again. >> thanks, gentlemen. that was very civil, wasn't it? [laughter] i'm supposed to take some questions but i thought i would each of you one quick question. would you respond to a political party that is about to nominate mitt romney as its presidential nominee and four years earlier, nominated john mccain as its presidential nominee? alice that fit with your idea that this is a bunch of -- how does that fit with your idea that this is a bunch of crazy radicals? steve, i thought i would ask you to address

anything he's done, there's two things about im, he's a good looking guy and charming and he beat tom daschle. where else do you go if you're going to make that argument that he's the -- >> he's a huge packer fan, enough said. that's all we need to know. >> thank you for grading us, no one here brought up marco rubio, which is the most often whispered and yelled about rumored presidential vp pick. >>> but anyway, next survivor incumbent edition, will two long time electeds make it past primary day, as we roll on for tuesday, june 26. >> the president is experiencing severe chest pains, we just got word from south africa a, you need to get to the west wing immediately. >> i'm so sorry. ♪ what started as a whisper every day, millions of people choose to do the right thing. there's an insurance company that does that, too. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? [ male announcer ] you're at the age where you don't get thrown by curveballs. ♪ this is the age of knowing how to get things done. so, why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra.

i spent a lot of time with the likes of olympia snow, tom dach will a -- tom daschle and trent lott.t is happening is congress is so polarized at this point. you're seeing olympia snow say enough is enough. i'm leaving. we saw that with evan bayh. he left congress. what is going on is bipartis bipartisanship is not a bad word. what is a bad word is punting. that's what you see from leaders on capitol hill. keep punting the ball down. we'll deal with it later. that's where we stand now. >> mark, will, norm, great to have a conversation with all three of you. thanks so much. coming up next, partisanship and my way or the highway ideology in congress left one of the strongest serving senators so frustrated she decided not to seek another term. as promised, olympia snow when we return. [ male announcer ] count the number of buttons in your car. now count the number of buttons on your tablet. isn't it time the automobile advanced? introducing cue in the all-new cadillac xts. the simplicity of a tablet has come to your car. ♪ the all-new cadillac xts has arrived. and it's bringing the futu

we talk to former senator tom daschle. >>> the muslim brotherhood declares victory in egypt.el reports on the historic election from cairo and the military push-back. >>> a ground-breaking study describes a life of discrimination for lgbt teens. chad griffin will be here. all that next on "andrea mitchell reports." back from the worst economic depression. almost 4.3 million new jobs we're still not creating them president's jobs plan firefighters, police officers, work. right now. wealthiest americans congress refuses to act. tell congress we can't wait. [ female announcer ] did you know the average person smiles more than 50 times a day? so brighten your smile a healthy way with listerine® whitening plus restoring rinse. it's the only rinse that makes your teeth two shades whiter and two times stronger. ♪ listerine® whitening... power to your mouth. perfect golden color. rich in fiber. my dad taught me, and i taught my son out there. morning, pa. wait... who's driving the...? ♪ 99 bushels of wheat on the farm, 99 bushels of wheat ♪ [ male announcer ] yep, there's 8 filling l

we were founded in 2007 by the former senate majority leaders, howard baker, tom daschle, bob dole, andeorge mitchell. we bring together all sides, regard of political affiliation when tackling a problem. certainly, our federal debt is one of the most pressing issues facing the nation today. for the past two years, our bipartisan debt reduction task force led by senator pete domenici and doctor alice rivlin has been calling upon congress and the president. we would like to reduce the federal debt by 2020. tax reform is the other key piece of the debt reduction come in addition to entitlement reform. we are pleased to be joined today by the senate finance committee chairman baucus, and this is the wish panel on tax policy. here to introduce senator baucus is current senior fellow at bipartisan policy center. [applause] [applause] >> i knew it would take a house member to recognize me. [laughter] i don't know whether he would have applauded for pete domenici or not. there's no reason he shouldn't. i just want to savor longtime we have been talking to our better national debt. it is not ge

today there doesn't seem to be any at all -- but people like a trent lott or a bob dole or a tom daschle and said okay, what do we gotta do here? how do we get it done and how can we work together to get it done? the house and the senate, the same thing. i think denny hest ra was out of that mold. you don't have them today. you don't have them today in john boehner and mitch mcconnell. >> i think john boehner would instinctively like to be a legislator. he's boxed in by his own members. there's leadership he can pursue. his other leaders are ready to take him down. the kind of leadership you can pursue is where are they going and i'll run faster to get out in front of him. the sad part now to me is you look at boehner who when he was first going to become speaker something he never thought would really happen. he was emotionally overcome but he gave a message to his new members coming in. look, we're going to bear some responsibility now. we'll be in the majority. there are things we have to do that we may not want to because it is part of our responsibility in governing. we'll have to s

this where you have ven webber on one side who is a mitt romney supporter of the campaign and tom daschle on the other who is clearly someone who pioneered the health care reform. let's talk a little bit about the money that is involved here. so far, this is the figures that we are talking about. the romney campaign says it has raised $4.2 million since the decision and the obama camp saying it has even earned and raised more. is that where we are headed with this newly reinvigorated campaign? >> yes, by pushing health care into the spotlight, the effect is to energize the base of both sides. reasons overwhelmingly and intensely repulseded by this law. and democrats, richard nixon, and bill clinton and jfk, and obama is the first democratic president to get it through. and it is the most dramatic achievement since medicare and so it is going to be a huge accomplishment. >> yes, and we heard ven webber who made the case that this is a tax increase, and what does the administration and the president need to do to counter message? >> well, the administration has never done a really good job

we were founded in 2007 by the former senate majority leader's howard baker, tom daschle, bob dole and george mitchell. the bp brings together all five regardless of political affiliation or possession when tackling a problem and certainly our federal debt is one of the most pressing issues facing the nation today. the past two years our bipartisan debt reduction task force led by senator domenici and dr. alice rivlin have been calling upon congress and the president to come together and enact a comprehensive bipartisan debt reduction plan such as the one developed by the reduction task force that would reduce the debt 50% of gdp by 2020. clearly tax reform is the of the key piece of the debt reduction puzzle in addition to entitlement reform and we're pleased to be joined today by the senate finance committee chairman bachus and this distinguished panel on tax policy. here to introduce senator baucus and senator domenici the former senate budget committee chairman and senior fellow at the bipartisan policy center. [applause] >> i knew it would take a house member to recognize. [applau

when tom daschle was elected democratic leader of the senate, he won by one vote in a secret ballot. so it's kind of unpredictable. you never know how i will turn out. what happened in 98 is gingrich overrules, it's interesting, even though you replace lender, linder did not want to make impeachment and issue in the concluding week of the 1998 election. i was sure that democratic side. two weeks before the election is that we won't make a big issue out of impeachment. gingrich close that election on the impeachment issue. the republicans lost five seats. that was the first time in more than 100 years that the president's party has lost -- had gained seats in the sixth year of an eight-year term with five seats presoaking creatures in disgrace at that point. yet a lot of other problems internally inside the republican caucus. i can't predict how they'll be a john boehner. if the democrats pick up a lot of seeds and get this to be pretty close, boehner certainly could be in trouble. tom would be more -- >> i think you'll be fine. >> first of all, are you convinced both seek reelection?

when tom daschle was elected democratic leader, the one by one vote in a secret ballot. so it's kind of unpredictable. you never know how these things will turn out. what happened in 98 was that gingrich, interesting, linda was on the right side. lender did not want impeachment an issue in the concluding week of the 1998 election and i was chair on the democratic side. lender and i were on tv two weeks before the election and he said we will not make this a big issue out of in beachwood. he was overruled by gingrich. gingrich close that election on the impeachment issue. the republicans lost five seats. that was the first time in more than 100 years that the president's party had lost, had gained seats in the six-year of an eight year term. gingrich was in disgrace at that point. he had a lot of other problems internally inside the republican caucus. i can't predict how the republicans love you john boehner. if the -- how the republicans will do you john boehner. >> boehner server to be in trouble. tom would be more of -- >> i think you'll be fine. >> are you convinced t

so i would ask my colleague what is the difference between the biden-schumer-levin-daschle letter to president bush in 2003 where they called on the appointment of a special counsel. biden, vice president biden on how the white house should handle libby. i think they should appoint a special prosecutor. in 2003, then-senator biden called for a special counsel on -- 34 senators and then-senator obama requested the appointment of a special counsel to lead the abramoff case. i was involved heavily initially with the abramoff case, and i can tell my colleagues that even though there was severe corruption, there was certainly nothing as far as a breach of national security is concerned, and yet they needed a special counsel, according to then-senator obama, to investigate abramoff but not this serious consequence. so i guess that my unanimous consent resolution will be objected to, but the fact is we need a special counsel because the american people need to know , and i do not believe that anyone who has to report to the attorney general of the united states would be considered as object

takes a look at congress after congress, whether it was george mitchell, bob dole, trent lott, tom daschle, bill frist. combined here we have senator reid 50% more than the others all combined. so here we are, we've come to the floor of the senate to respond to what we heard from the majority leader this morning about obstructionism and what we do see, it is just a page from the majority leader's playbook of the electoral strategy for 2012, from the leader of the majority, "forget passing bills: the democrats just want to play the blame game in 2012." and, mr. president, that's exactly what we saw today. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mrs. shaheen: thank you, mr. president. actually, mr. president, i'm not here to play the blame game. i am here to talk about a place where we in the senate have found real bipartisan consensus and it's an issue that is critical i think to us in the state of new hampshire and to all of the senators here. because in 23 days, our countr country's surface transportatio

2007 by the format -- former senate majority leaders, including bob dole and george mitchell and tom daschle. when tackling the problem, certainly our debt is one of the most pressing issues today. for the past two years, our tax reduction task force has been calling on congress and the president to come together and enact a comprehensive, bipartisan, debt-reduction plan, such as the one developed by the task force that would reduce our debt to a certain amount by 2020. there is another key piece of the puzzle, in addition to the entitlement reform, and we're pleased to be joined today by senator baucus. here to introduce senator baucus is senator domenici, with the policy center. [applause] >> i knew it would take a house member to recognize that. [laughter] i do not know if he would applaud forepeak or not. there is no reason why he should not. i want to sit for a long time now, we have been talking about our national debt. it has not been getting any better. there are some cynics around you do not think it is very serious. we have had this problem before, do not worry. i am not one of tho

and, remember that tom daschle was defeated, the majority leader in part because of the argument that he had been obstructionist to nominees, right? well, in comes harry reid as new majority leader. "new york times" asked for comment from joe biden who said this. that people are looking to harry to being a spokesperson of the democratic party. that is not a role all majority leaders fulfilled before. what did he say, majority leader? hadn't been in the majority 10 years. joe biden, but he is vice president. already dianne feinstein who i like to call the queen mum of the democratic caucus who told "the times" in the same article if we keep going on this way we'll be a minority party. now, this kind of presumption made perfect sense in 1955 or 1965 or even as late as 1985 to a certain extent. it really doesn't make sense after the 1990s. and so one of the things that you see, this is subtext often in liberal righting and liberal analysis, that there is something unnatural about a republican majority. i think this adds to the ferocity, quite properly so in some respects republicans say