tom daschle. [applause] >> david, thank you very much for that generous introduction. and thank you very much for the opportunity to be your today. it is a real pleasure for me every time i come to the national archives. i moved, i inspired to in for good reason that i think the archives, under a go in the room would agree is a national treasure. and i don't know of another place in the city or maybe anywhere else where the extraordinary opportunities to witness the essence of america is more palpable, more visible and more apparent. herein lies the story of our nation. and i'm very grateful for the extraordinary leadership to david and his strong team provides, and for the opportunity to visit as we do with such routine and casual approach. i don't how many times i've been there, and each and every time it's a memorable experience. david mentioned that the co-author, and there will want to emphasize how much of an enjoyable expense it was to work with charles robbins. he couldn't be here today, but charles is a very gifted and respected writer of many years. and it wa

and senator daschle.ally giving us an overwhelmingly moving tribute and challenge to american agriculture. a lot of fodder for thought. now, the floor is yours. our panelists are going to answer some of your questions. i do not know if we have mike's in the room, yes, no? they are in the back. i am being pointed to the back. if people could line up, we will have a little bit of time before a coffee break for questions. i will tell you what -- let's take a question from one of the students in the front. ok. i think a microphone is coming. if you could bring it up here to this woman here in the front corner. thank you. go ahead. >> maybe i will stand. i hope you can hear me. i am an undergraduate student majoring in agricultural business. my question for all of you on the panel -- about the issues facing agriculture today, innovation, rising population, barriers. what, in your opinion, is the greatest challenge or opportunity, if they are two sides of the same coin, that we are facing today? >> who wants to

ladies and gentlemen, senator tom daschle.pplause] >> thank you, tom, for the very, very generous introduction. it is so nice to be with all of you, give you this morning. and i do mean morning. only at a ag conference can you hear for speakers by 9:00. [laughter] >> tom vilsack just gave us an eloquent and powerful analysis of the risks we face in agriculture, man-made and natural, and it was a reminder yet again, his extraordinary leadership that we have and are secretary of agriculture today. i consider him a very, very dear friend, and unparalleled public servant, someone i admired and immensely for so many reasons, but in particular because of his mentorship of the young daughter of mine, lindsay. so i thank him for all that he does, not only for my family, but for all of us each and every day. i also want to thank kathleen and joe for their thoughtful presentations today. i don't know about you, but i have learned a great deal just in the first hour of this conference. we have a lot more to go. but you talk about dedicat

my question is for tom daschle and tom vilsack.regard to the regulatory process and how that is limited to the new innovations that have come out and implemented, what challenges and are there any plans that have been discussed at this point? it can be impactful and meaningful. >> well, we have begun the process of trying to shorten the amount of time it takes. one of the opportunities we have seized from the fiscal challenges that we face is encouraging folks at usda to look at processing improvement. we have started with a biotech regulatory process. when i came into this office, and took over 190 days to make a decision. today that is less than 365 days. we have taken roughly those days out through process improvement. the second challenge is to grin i see in with everyone -- the second challenge is synchronizing with everyone else. we want to begin the process of synchronizing with china. we completed our process before they even begin their process. we need to agree where to begin. theirill likely end process when we end ours.

>> not the exclusive vehicle, but it's a very effective one. >> tom daschle, nice to see, thanks forom on this front. as you know, he is the author of the new book, "the u.s. senate." you may have to put a new chapter in there when it comes to filibusters and defense secretaries, but it's the u.s. senate, fundamentals of american government. folks, you've got to learn it and this guy has been on all sides of it. all right, our gaggle will be here next. if love really means never having to say you're sorry, then capitol hill is overflowing with love. we'll get into the zeal against deals and the chances for some of this change. but first, white house soup of the day. loaded potato. it's a loaded agenda. don't forget, check out our website, rundown.msnbc.com. we'll be right back. [ whispering ] i've always preferred the crème part of an oreo. [ whispering ] that's crazy, the cookie's the best part. crème. cookie. crème. stop yelling. you stop yelling. [ whispering ] both of you stop yelling. [ whispering ] i'm trying to read. [ male announcer ] choose your side at oreo.com. tens of tho

ladies and gentlemen, senator tom daschle.applause] [applause] >> thank you, for that very generous introduction. it is so nice to be with all of you and to be here this morning. and i do mean, in the morning. only at an agriculture conference can you hear for speakers by 9:00 o'clock. [laughter] tom vilsack just gave us an eloquent and powerful analysis of the risks we face in agriculture. man-made and natural. but it was a reminder of the extraordinary leadership that we have with our secretary of agriculture today. i consider him a very dear friend, and i consider him an unparalleled public service and someone i admire, particularly because of his mentorship and the young daughter of mine, lindsey. so i thank him for all that he does, not only for my family, but for all of us each and everyday. i would also like to thank kathleen and joe for their thoughtful presentations today. i don't know about you, but i have learned a great deal just from the first hour of this conference, and we have a lot more to go. you talk about d

in healthcare, the budget fight and profit potential, as reforms take hold with former senator tom daschle and former health and human services chief donna shalala. >> tom: that and more tonight on "n.b.r." >> susie: february got off to an exuberant start here at the new york stock exchange today. the dow broke through the 14,000 level. it's the first time that's happened since before the financial crisis in 2007. traders say the recent rally in diin individual investors into the market. by the closing bell, the blue chips were up almost 150 points to 14,009. &p 1t add 15 poins. one catalyst pushing stocks higher: decent data about jobs. american businesses added 1,000 jobs last month but the unem1oyment rate edged up to 7.9%. even though the january report r was a bit disappointing, job growth in the priwoou ts months was revised higher. suzanne pratt has more. >> reporter: stuck in neutral. that seems to be the best cliche for the u.s. job market, right now. the nation's unemployment rate has been lurking just around 8% for the last six months. and, the number of news jobs created is bar

in healthcare, the budget fight and profit potential, as reforms take hold with former senator tom daschle and former health and human services chief donna shalala. >> tom: that and more tonight on "n.b.r." >> susie: february got off to an exuberant start here at the new york stock exchange today. the dow broke through the 14,000 level. it's the first time that's happened since before the financial crisis in 2007. traders say the recent rally in stocks could draw in more individual investors into the market. by the closing bell, the blue chips were up almost 150 points to 14,009. the nasdaq jumped 37 and the s&p added 15 points. one catalyst pushing stocks higher: decent data about jobs. american businesses added 157,000 jobs last month but the unemployment rate edged up to 7.9%. even though the january report was a bit disappointing, job growth in the previous two months was revised higher. suzanne pratt has more. >> reporter: stuck in neutral. that seems to be the best cliche for the u.s. job market, right now. the nation's unemployment rate has been lurking just around 8% for the last s

my question is actually for senator daschle and mr. tom bills luck.you made a profound statement regarding the regulatory body in the process and how it is very limiting, and regarding the new innovations coming out. to be implemented regarding the policies and the regulation process. what challenges, and what kind to teach it plans if any have been discussed at this point? it is very cutting edge, regarding to bridge the gap and shorten and convince the process so the fact we can take the innovations we have in the laboratory and it can be impactful and meaningful and substantial into sustainability and continuation of feeding america? >> fortunately, we have begun the process of trying to shorten the amount of time it takes. one of the opportunities we have seized from the fiscal challenges we face is encouraging folks at usda to look at process improvement. and particularly, we started with biotech regulatory process because when i came into the office, it took over 900 days for us to make a decision about a disk -- petition to deregulate a particu

my question is actually for tom daschle and mr. to tom vilsack.you made a very profound statement in regard to the regulatory body ross has come and how that is very limited in regard to the new innovations. i understand that laboratory to be implemented in regard to the policy and regulations process. what challenge is and also -- it's a very cutting edge in regard to how to bridge that gap, how to shorten this process so, in fact, we have the laboratory and it can be impactful and meaningful and substantial and sustainability and the continuation of feeding america. >> well, fortunately we have begun the process of trying to shorten the amount of time it takes. one of the opportunities that we seize from the fiscal challenges that we faced is encouraging folks at usda to look at process improvement, and particularly we started with high-tech regulatory process because when i came into the office, he took over 900 days for us to make a decision about a decision to deregulate the particular technology. today, that is less than 365 days. so we've t

. >> the 85-year daschle pontiff issued a stunning statement -- -- the 85-year-old pontiff issued a stunning statement. >> i am kind of exciting to see the process of another pope. >> he is a conservative and appointed like minded bishops. vatican observers believe this stage is set for another pope similar to benedict. >> we will have another pulp that is even more conservative. >> the number of priests and nuns is shrinking fast. young catholics are leading the faith and large numbers. some feel -- >> i think if the church keeps going the way it is and we have another poke that conservative, they will continue to lose american catholics. >> we will soon know the direction the church will take and what continent the next pope comes from. the cardinals will gather next month to select the next pope. >> we are hearing from the man who currently leads the washington archdiocese as well as the man who succeeded yen. he's was one of the men who will vote on a new pope next month. >> it came as an enormous surprise. i received the news very early this morning in a call from rome. in addition to t

my question is for tom daschle and tom vilsack.n regard to the regulatory process and how that is limited to the new innovations that have come out and implemented, what challenges and are there any plans that have been discussed at this point? it is very cutting g on how to brimming that gap and shorten the process. it can be impactful and meaningful. >> well, we have begun the process of trying to shorten the amount of time it takes. one of the opportunities we have seized from the fiscal challenges that we face is encouraging folks at usda to look at processing improvement. we have started with a biotech regulatory process. when i came into this office, and took over 190 days to make a decision. today that is less than 365 days. we have taken roughly those days out through process improvement. the second challenge is to grin i see in with everyone -- the second challenge is synchronizing with everyone else. we want to begin the process of synchronizing with china. the way they do in china is they wait until we've completed our p

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ladies and gentlemen, tom daschle. [applause] >> thank you.t is so nice to be with all of you and be here this morning. only at a conference can you hear four speakers by 9 a.m. tom gave an eloquent and powerful analysis of the risks we face in agriculture, man- made and natural. it is a reminder yet again of the extraordinary leadership that we have in our agriculture today. i consider him a very dear friend. an unparalleled public servant. someone that i admire for so many reasons, but in particular because of his mentorship of that young daughter of mine, lindsay. i thank him for all he does not only for my family, but for all of us in each and every day. i also want to thank to other people for their thoughtful presentations today. talk about dedicated servants with selfless determination. you have freedom right at this table. i'm honored to be part of this program. [applause] being here, i'm reminded of an open door meeting that i had in a rural part of south dakota. several years ago, in small towns, we do not have choice when it comes t

we spoke with former senator tom daschle and former health and human services secretary donna shalala. shalala is now the president of the university of miami, where we caught up with them today. >> the two of you are veterans of capitol hill budget battles, both in congress and in the white house. how does the budget battle that is ongoing now, different, especially in terms of health care? >> well i think there is a growing realization that the entitlement programs comprise one of the largest parts of our budget and have to be addressed if we're going to get some handle on the deficit problem going forward. >> you're part of the fix the debt organization trying to get congress to concentrate on entitlement reform. you have said in that capacity, in the end we're going to have to eliminate some programs. could some health care programs be included in that? >> both parties realize that they have to reorganize not simply cut deeply these entitlement programs. they serve a population that's very vulnerable. you have to be careful about shifting costs because they affect poor people and

health care costs, donna shalala, former health and human services secretary, and former senator tom daschle. also tomorrow, a look at super bowl ads, ahead of the big game this weekend. ever wonder what goes into making the perfect super bowl ad? our partners at harvard business school. say when it comes to making an effective commercial, there's such thing as being "too entertaining." to find out why, visit, nbr.com and look for the "nbr-u" tab. >> tom: the door business could be a window into the job market. as the economy has swung from recession to slow growth, specialty companies attached to the real estate market have seen business opportunities open again. dash door and closer service is one of those. the company has been around for 58 years working on automatic doors. it's clients are commercial builders and building managers. for instance, the company is fixing this pump that came from an automatic door at miami international airport. it is one of dozens dash door services at the airport, and business is picking up. >> the first few weeks of january 2013 have been explosive. there'

days they were red army the germans and trench the direction of the entire second world war is tom daschle is there for us. the great in modern day volgograd is to mark the end of that terrible battle seventy years ago with a parade by troops the laying of wreaths from various delegations and the assembled crowds here remembering all those people that died there as many as two million the top estimates say there's also a little bit of control we see surrounding the name stalin graft the city is now called volgograd. but the city administration say that they want on certain special days to once again refer to it by its old name stalingrad which is a controversial decision given its connection to that controversial slugger stalin himself but as for this parade today this commemorative events it will forever have the connection the word stalin grad not just with this place but with what happened here. and then on the battle of stalingrad go to world war two section our website and the war with the says and veterans share their stories and experiences plus learn more about the key bottles and

health care costs, donna shalala former health and human services secretary, and former senator tom daschle. also tomorrow, a look at super bowl ads, ahead of the big game this weekend. ever wonder what goes into making the perfect super bowl ad? our partners at harvard business school. say when it comes to making an effective commercial, there's such thing as being "too entertaining." to find out why, visit, nbr.com and look for the "nbr-u" tab. >> tom: the door business could be a window into the job market. as the economy has swung from recession to slow growth specialty companies attached to the real estate market have seen business opportunities open again. dash door and closer service is one of those. the company has been around for 58 years working on automatic doors. it's clients are commercial builders and building managers. for instance, the company is fixing this pump that came from an automatic door at miami international airport. it is one of dozens dash door services at the airport, and business is picking up. >> the first few weeks of january 2013 have been explosive. there's

history tells us. 2004 republicans targeted then tom daschle and they won. 2010, republicans, well, theyldn't wake to take out senate majority leader harry reid. but of course reid survived the challenge from tea partier sharron angle. let's remember, senator mcconnell said his number one priority was to make president obama a one-term president. let's turn to adam green tonight, co-founder of the pccc whose organization has taken out an ad against mitch mcconnell. this ad, adam -- good to have you with us tonight. this slick ad from american crossroads, doesn't it show how seriously republicans are taking judd as a possible candidate? your thoughts. >> it definitely shows that. and after karl rove's 1% win record in 2012, if i were ashley judd, i would be feeling pretty good right now. the law of average says if karl rove spends money attacking you in ads, you're probably good to win. >> how significant would a mcconnell loss to be? your organization has taken out an ad. and if you look at the poll numbers of mitch mcconnell in kentucky done right now done by one of the local newspapers

agriculture secretary tom vilsack and from the senate majority leader tom daschle.the event starts at a chief economist for the department, discussing the effect the recent drought has had on crops. this is two hours and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, everyone. good morning. good morning, everyone. [inaudible conversations] i hear some response. i'm asking everyone to settle in for a great morning now. hi there, everyone. and deputy secretary, kathleen merrigan and i want to welcome you to the 89th agricultural outlook forum. so every time we have a conference like they come the first person who can set up as the job of asking to please silence cell phones. thank you very much. on behalf of the secretary and usca, chief economist, i want to welcome you here to arlington, virginia, especially her international gas and all of those watching the forum by live webcast. we have several representatives from foreign embassies and we welcome you. thank you so much. we're honored to have you with us. organizing this conference with 25 different sessio

politics and working in the house for congressman lee hamilton and in the senate for majority leader tom daschlend later for barack obama. when he decided to make a run for the white house in 2008 he tapped mcdonough to be his foreign policy adviser to the campaign. the president announced him as his pick, mcdonough involved in every major foreign policy decision, including the call to get osama bin laden. >> i actually b

dennis of course worked for tom daschle for many years. he knows people up there.how the kind of rhythms of the hill. i think if you take these issues kind of one at a time, he's got a very, very good chance of getting immigration reform done. the republicans are back on their heels. they've sought compromise. the gang of eight has produced real forward momentum. i'm confident he'll be able to achieve success there. guns is i think tougher. but when you begin that conversation with 93% of americans, including 93% of households that own a gun saying they think there should be mandatory universal background check, i think you can get some thing wills done there. i think that's a little tougher. and then with respect to the fiscal cliff, we saw what happened at the end of the year. he hung tough. he demanded revenue. he got his priorities done. i think it was -- and he came out of if where improving his job approval and the republicans came out of it with their job approval weakened. so i think the next couple of months might be a repeat of that, but at the end of the

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in healthcare, the budget fight and profit potential, as reforms take hold with former senator tom daschlehealth and human services chief donna shalala. >> tom: that and more tonight on "n.b.r." >> susie: february got off to an exuberant start here at the new york stock exchange today. the dow broke through the 14,000 level. it's the first time that's happened since before the financial crisis in 2007. traders say the recent rally in stocks could draw in more individual investors into the market. by the closing bell, the blue chips were up almost 150 points to 14,009. the nasdaq jumped 37 and the s&p added 15 points. one catalyst pushing stocks higher: decent data about jobs. american businesses added 157,000 jobs last month but the unemployment rate edged up to 7.9%.

he worked in the house for congressman lee hamilton and in the senate for majority leader tom daschle and later for barack obama. when the freshman senator decided to make a run for the white house in 2008 he tapped mcdonough to be his foreign policy adviser for the campaign and once president, obama appointed him. the president noted when he announced him as his pick, mcdonough has been involved in every major foreign policy decision including the call to get osama bin laden. >> i thought denis decided to like pull all-nighters. the truth is nobody outworks denis mcdonough. >> here he is. mr. mcdonough, welcome to "meet the press." >> thanks for having me. >> what is your key part of your goal for this job? how do you approach it? >> my approach is focus on something that jim baker told me the other day. reach out to several of the other chiefs of staff. he said as long as you're focused and not on chief, you're going to be okay. i got to tell you i'm working with a staff that is excellent. i'm really honored to be part of it. honored the president has laid this responsibility on me

leave office, they're rarely come back to their own home state because they become lobbyists like daschle, stenholmes, and the like. it gives the public the idea that they go up there, corruption takes place, and they are there to fetter their own nest and profiteer. that is the perception we have of congress now and why they are so hated. it seems like in lobbying, there seems to be a lot of nepotism, wives, sons and daughters. it bodes bad for america. thank you. guest: from the moment a candid it decides to run for office until the moment that they lea ve office and beyond, they will be lobbied by powerful organizations, and nonprofits, and so on. it takes a certain kind of person to be willing to enter into the minefield. she is sitting on something that many americans feel. it is just very difficult to escape the web of the influence that awaits you when you enter congress. host: thought about nepotism. "the washington post" did an article about relatives in the wake of the biggest lobbying scandal in decades, the abramoff scandal. 56 relatives of lawmakers have been paid to influenc

in healthcare, the budget fight and profit potential, as reforms take hold with former senator tom daschle and former health and human services chief donna shalala. >> tom: that and more tonight on "n.b.r." >> susie: february got off to an exuberant start here at the new york stock exchange today. the dow broke through the 14,000 level. it's the first time that's happened since before the financial crisis in 2007. traders say the recent rally in stocks could draw in more individual investors into the market. by the closing bell, the blue chips were up almost 150 points to 14,009. the nasdaq jumped 37 and the s&p added 15 points. one catalyst pushing stocks higher: decent data about jobs. american businesses added 157,000 jobs last month but the unemployment rate edged up to 7.9%.

politics and working in the house for congressman lee hamilton and in the senate for majority leader tom daschle and later for barack obama. when he decided to make a run for the white house in 2008 he tapped mcdonough to be his foreign policy adviser to the campaign. the president announced him as his pick, mcdonough involved in every major foreign policy decision, including the call to get osama bin laden. >> i actually begun to think that denis likes pulling all-nighters. the truth is nobody outworks denis mcdonough. >> here he is. mr. mcdonough, welcome to "meet the press." >> thanks so much for having me, david. >> this is a tough job. you're the fourth one to have it. what is the key, part of your goal for this job as the president has a narrow window? how do you approach it? >> my approach is to focus on something jim baker told me just the other day, actually. reach out to several of the other chiefs of staff in the past and he said as long as you you focused on the staff and not on the chief, you are going to be okay. i'm working with a staff that is excellent. i'm real honored the pres

senators, members of the party, senators mitchell and senator daschle and the members of the party ofd senator dole. the purpose of the policy commission is to come to consensus on issues of great urgency to the united states. whether it is the deficit panel or immigration or dodd-frank were housing challenges. all of us, we originally come together to present a bipartisan or even a nonpartisan solution so that our policymakers in this country can masticate and massage and come to a sound and permanent conclusion. the bpc is as government should work. and all of us who have had the honor of serving on one of these panels certainly appreciates their role. this particular panel will obviously wrestle with the future of the gse. we will hear more about that shortly. the future of single families and housing finance, the fact that it should be limited. the fact that it should be defined and paid for area all of these results were the result of a lot of people. in this case, 21 people spending 16 months vigorously debating the issues. i think you will be very pleased with the consensus of