. >> senator dick durbin, thank you for being with us. >> shailagh murray, andrew taylor, let's talk about what we heard from senator durbin. what did you hear from him on financial regulation? >> they expect a pretty clean finish to this bill. it is a remarkable departure for the senate. they were bitterly divided almost over everything. we have a big commitment on the floor of the senate that are passing unanimously or nearly unanimously. many of them have a heavy populous. it seems like they want to make themselves whole after the t.a.rp. -- t.a.r.p. vote. this is coming full circle. you heard some of the frustrations democrats have had with the republican opposition they have confronted in the past -- unfair in their mind. they're not encountering that with this bill. >> it could wrapup by the end of this week? >> senaotr ri -- senator reid wants to finish this as quickly as possible and move on to this litany of other bills. senator mcconnell wants to continue the debate as long as necessary for these amendments to be heard and everybody to have a chance to speak. that is usuall

and follows on twitter. >> senator dick durbin is our guest today on "newsmakers."oday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. "washington journal" continues. host: we're talking about u.s. immigration policy with clarissa martinez. before we get deeper into the policy, tellus your views on the law recently passed in arizona, and how it works into your organization's stance? guest: we legitimately believe that people are frustrated over the broken immigration system. we are terribly frustrated by it. and we agree with the governor that the federal government has not done its job. but we also think it is not an excuse to add even more chaos. we believe that this law, unfortunately, has the function of sanctioning the racial profiling of the latino community in the state. it is 30% of the population. so we are completely opposed to it. host: one of the stories last week, the headline is most citizens of arizona back the new immigration laws. it says that a poll conducted by it says that a poll conducted by the behavior research center and released last wednesday found 52

host: senator dick durbin on our "newsmakers" program. see that after this program tomorrow at 10:00. and then you can see it again at 6:00. springfield, virginia, back to our calls on military pay being too generous according to the pentagon. independent line. ed, good morning. caller: good morning. i have three areas here. there's the service aspect of this which essentially, you know, touches on why people join. if people are joining because they're trying to get rich, i think they're in for the wrong purpose. when it comes to the sacrifice portion of this, yes. that's what the military service is for. there is the likelihood that they may go overseas to an operation where they could be in danger. there's pay associated with that. although, you know, nothing can make up for a life. but there is pay associated to address that. there's also what's considered adequate. the military understands it's not going to make you rich. however, people have to understand that it needs to be adequate. with regards to that, there are a ton of incentiv

with that it is my honor to introduce the assistant majority leader, united states senator dick durbin from illinois. >> thank you, secretary salazar. i want to thank secretary napolitanoo as well. thank you for our other senators who are hosting us here. we put this trip together on short notice. i contacted my colleagues last last week and said we would like to come and see what is going on first hand in the gulf of mexico. the turn out was amazing. we ended up not only with those you see from the state of louisiana, but in addition we have senator jeff bingaman, who is the chairman of the energy committee, senator lazy mccows can i from alaska, and senator white house of rhode island. the reason we came here is to see first hand what has happened. after seeing it and listening in that hall to the men and women whose lives have been affected, that i have come away with a new feeling about bp. bp in my mind no longer stands for british terrell yum. it stands for beyond patience. people have been waiting for 34 days for british petroleum to cap this well and stop this damage that is ha

senate majority whip dick durbin is our guest sunday on newsmakers.e will talk about democratic efforts to pass reform legislation and a look at the political landscape in the midterm elections. that is at 6:00 a.m. eastern. now janet napolitano visits to asheville to hear from state and local officials about the response efforts after present severe flooding. after a look at the flood damage, she spoke at a news conference. joining her were the governor of the state and director of fema. this is about 15 minutes. senators and congress men have been in constant contact. through the process, i have had -- we had a chance to talk several times with the secretary here and she's been very helpful and wanted to come down, wanted to come down today to see things first hand. we have been traveling around this more than. and i think you know most of the pele standing up here but we're certainly available it answer queions. right now i like to turn this over to secretary napolitano to ve you a briefing on what she has seen and answer any questions that you may

it is my honor to introduce the assistant majority leader, dick durbin. >> thank you. i want to thank senator napolitano and our host. we put this trip together on short notice. i contacted my colleagues late last week and said we would like to come and see what is going on. the turnout was amazing. we ended up with not only use it from the state of louisiana but clearly, in addition to that, we have the chairman of the energy committee in the u.s. senate. a senator from alaska that is the ranking member of that committee. and sought to white house from ryland. the reason we came here is to see firsthand what has happened. i can tell you after seeing it and listening to the men and women whose lives are affected that i have come away with a new feeling about bp. in my mind, it no longer stands for british petroleum. it stands for beyond patients. people have been waiting 34 days for british petroleum to cap this well and stop the damage that is happening across the gulf of mexico. there are alternatives that we hear about but what we have heard from this a bit lustrati

. >> senate majority whip dick durbin is our guest sunday, onn c-span is "newsmakers." he will talk about democratic efforts to pass reform legislation and the issues heading into the midterm election. a look now at u.s.-mexico relations. mexico's chief of international affairs gave a speech recently on his country's economy, border security, and combating the drug trade. this is about 45 minutes. >> i would like to thank you for coming in today. i am honored to introduce to you a man with a substantial influence over international matters in a very important region of this world. that is the state of mexico. i am talking about dr. arnulfo valdivia machuca. he is the chief of international affairs in the state of mexico. he is a political adviser to the governor. he has served as an honorary representative of the state of mexico in europe and the united kingdom. he has served as an independent adviser to the secretary of economic development of the state of mexico, the european union, and several mexican political parties. he is currently the president of the regional a

senate majority whip dick durbin is our guest on "newsmakers."lk about the political landscape heading into the midterm elections. that is today at 6:00 p.m. eastern. >> tonight, the entrepreneur ted leonsis on his book, "the business of happiness." we talk about what it means to own a professional sports team. that is tonight. >> the president got on the phone and said to me, "judge, i've been like i would like to announce you as my selection to be the next this is the justice of the united states supreme court." i said to him, "-- caught my breath and started to cry. i said, "thank you, mr. president." "the supreme court" has into this with all of the judges, active and retired. it is available now in hardcover and also as an e-book. >> a look now at developments in the british general election. host: things. we will take a break from the discussion to check with tom baldwin, on the phone from london, the chief reporter at "the *." he will talk to us about the latest developments in the british eleion held last thursday. good morning. guest: he

>> one of the most surprising changes that came through was an amendment from and dick durbin from illinois. he had an amendment that has been unsuccessful. it allows the federal reserve to limit the fees that debit card issuers can charge to retailers for processing a debit card transaction. when you go to the 711, the fed will be able to limit the amount of these that the data card issuer will charge 7-eleven to process the transaction. >> one of lead number of amendments. how are the changes to the regulation bill? what is that going to do when it comes to a final vote? >> it remains to be seen. depending on how the changes are perceived, it could make it harder for people to decide. it seems they are making the bill more extreme. it has the potential to sway people. >> you wrote in one of your articles that the senate democrats have to overcome tension in their own party to win pashas of the bill. >> there has been frustration on how the amendment process has worked out. the senator from north dakota had an exchange with chris dodd on the senate floor on thursday. he expressed his frust

. >> senate majority whip dick durbin is our guest on sunday.e will talk about the effort to pass political -- to pass financial reform legislation, and the political landscape. a look now at u.s. relations with mexico. chief of international affairs gave a speech recently, hosted by the world affairs council of pittsburgh. this is about 45 minutes. >> thank you for coming here today. i am honored to introduce to you a man with a significant influence over very important matters in an important country in the world. he is currently the chief of international affairs in the state of mexico. he has been a political adviser to the governor of the state of mexico. he has served as an honorary representative of the state of mexico in europe, as well as the united kingdom. he has served as an independent adviser to the secretary of economic development of the state of mexico, the european union, and several mexican political parties. is currently the president of the regional advisory council for the national immigration institute in the state of mexi

yesterday, i was fortunate to accompany our assistant majority leader dick durbin and senator lan do you, senator vitter, all of us spent the day in the gulf observing the consequences of this accident and the joint response of our government agencies and b.p. and the many volunteers. it's a sobering reality to see oil begin to impact the shoreline, to know that this well is not yet under control. however, i also saw many people who have been working night and day for weeks to fight this spill and to protect the gulf, and i think we all express our gratitude to them for their extraordinary effort. today we examine the liability, financial responsibility and penalty provisions of the law related to this accident. this is -- there is urgency in our effort. we need to ensure that those harmed by this accident are fully compensated and that a system is in place that properly allocates risks and losses based on what i've learned so far, i believe that we have a system in dire need of repair. current law caps the responsible parties' damages, other than the cleanup costs at $75 million, wh

[unintelligible] >> senate majority leader dick durbin is our guest today on ". "" he will look at the political landscape heading to elections. that is 6:00 p.m. eastern today. >> the outcome of the british elections is still in the air. the conservatives have won 360 seats. the democrats 57 seats. we will show you the statement from the three party leaders. first we will hear from the liberal leader. then prime minister gordon brown. and then the conservative leader. this is a little over 15 minutes. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> thanks for coming in numbers. last night was a disappointment for the democrats. even though more people voted for us than ever before, even though we had a higher proportion of a votes than in it -- than ever before, it is a source of great regret to me that we have lost some really valued friends and colleagues. we have returned to parliament with fewer. many people during the election campaign were excited about the prospect of doing something different. it seems that wh

>> i think one of the most surprising changes that came through was the amendment from dick durbin, the majority whip from illinois. he has an amendment that he is put up for many years that went through this week, and basically allows the federal reserve to limit the fees that debit card issuers can charge to retailers for processing a debit card transaction so you went go to swipe your debit card at the cash register, they will limit the amount of fees that the debit card issuer will charge in the process of a transaction. >> one of a number of amendments considered over the past week. how are these changes to the regulation bill, what is that going to do when the bill comes for a final vote to the floor? >> well i think it is, the to remains to be seen. depending on how these changes are perceived, they could make it harder for people to decide how they are going to vote, if it is seen that these amendments are making the bill more extreme so it has the potential to sway people on how they both. >> you both a moniker articles that senate democrats have to overcome tension in their ow

the dream act, which is bipartisan legislation that has been sponsored in the past by folks like dick durbin and orrin hatch, and this is legislation that would allow these kinds of young people, will graduate from an american high school, who make their grades, who are in college, where not committed any kind of dangerous crime and are waiting for immigration reform to become citizens. many were, -- were brought this country when they're infants. some of the do not speak any other language besides english. host: virginia, an airline for democrats. caller: i agree with the arizona law. if the federal government would pass laws, like if you are born here, you're automatically a citizen. i think it should be changed to say that if you were born here, and both of your parents are legal citizens, that then you are legal. i think there should be a law change that you have to be an american citizen 10 years before you can get any food stamps or welfare assistance. this is our tax money. i want these people out of here. gee, i do think there is a barrier to your plan. -- guest: i do think there is

>> dick durbin had an amendment that he put up for many years that's been successful through this weekral reserve to limit the fees that debit card issuers can charge to retailers for processing a debit card. so when you slash your card, the fed will be able to limit the amount of fees that the debit card issuer would charge 7-eleven to process that transaction. >> one of a number of amendments considered over the past week. how are these changes to the regulations bill -- what's that going to do when the bill comes for a final vote to the floor? >> well, i think it remains to be seen. depending on how these changes are perceived, they could make it harder for people to decide how they're going to vote. if it's seen that these amendments are making the bill more extreme, than it was when it came to floor. so it has the potential to sway people. >> you wrote that the senate democrats have to overcome tension in their own party. >> there's some frustration at how the amendment process has worked out, whether everybody can get their amendment to the floor. the democratic senator from nort

national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> senator dick durbin is the guest sunday at 10:00 a.m. on "newsmakers." >> now, a senate hearing with new york city mayor michael blumberg. the terrorist watch list and gun purchasing is the main topic. this is one hour and 20 minutes. >> i just want to assure you that the last person to appear this late at a hearing because she was held up in traffic was secretary napolitano. so there is good precedent here. we thank all of the witnesses for being here today, and of course i want to begin by extending, i am on behalf i am sure of all the members of our committee, and the entire american family, our special thanks to mayor bloomberg and commissioner kelly, and all who work with you in the the new york city government and lived in that city for your grace and your pressure which remains still about the best definition i know of courage, and for the brilliant law enforcement investigation work that you and your colleagues in federal, state and local law-enforcement communities did to bring faisal shahzad to

>> one of the most surprising changes that came through was an amendment from and dick durbin from illinois had an amendment that has been unsuccessful. it allows the federal reserve to limit the fees that debit card issuers can charge to retailers for processing a debit card transaction. when you go to the 711, the fed will be able to limit the amount of these that the data card will charge 7-eleven to process the transaction. >> one of lead number of amendments. how are the changes to the regulation bill? what is that going to do when it comes to a final vote? >> it remains to be seen. depending on how the changes are perceived, it could make it harder for people to decide. it seems they are making the bill more extreme. it has the potential to sway people. >> you wrote in one of your articles that the senate democrats have to overcome tension in their own party to win pashas of the bill. >> there has been frustration on how the amendment process has worked out. the senator from north dakota had an exchange with chris dodd on the senate floor on thursday. he expressed his frustration that

when we think about the majority leader of the united states senator, dick durbin is here because the eyes of the united states senate is on the eyes of the gulf coast. i want to make it very clear, under the law, bp is the responsible party. bp is charged with tapping the leaking oil well and paint for the response and recovery without limitation. they will be held accountable. -- bp is charged with preparing the leaking oil well -- repai ring the leaking oil well and paying for the response and recovery without limitation. i also have made it clear that we are not standing on the sidelines and letting bp do what bp wants to do. the federal government has mounted the largest response to fight this oil and all of the history of this country. we have deployed more than 1000 vessels, 20,000 park people, we have burned oil off the surface. we have deployed miles and miles of protective boom. we are diggi getting independent numbers from the best scientists and the world that will tell the united states how much of the bp oil has already spilled into the gulf coast. the administration has

>> one of the most surprising was from dick durbin.it basically allows the federal reserve to limit the fees that debit card issuers can charged to retailers for processing transactions. >> that is one of the number of an immense considered over the past week. how are the changes to the regulations bill -- what will it do when it comes for the final vote to the floor? >> that remains to be seen. it depends how the changes are perceived. it could make it harder for people to decide how to vote. if the amendments seem to be making the bill more extreme -- it has the potential to affect how people vote. >> what did you mean by your statement in this article the? >> there is frustration over the process. the democratic senator from north dakota had an exchange with chris dodd on thursday porky expressed from duration -- on thursday where he expressed his bill, that it was not allowed to get to the floor. chris dodd it countered by saying he understood the position of dorgan, but that he needs to get the bill moving. it cannot be weighed do

. >> dick durbin discussed an amendment that allows the federal reserve to limit fees that card issuers can charge retailers for transactions. the federal legal limit to the amount of fees that can be charged. >> one of a number of amendments considered over the past week. these changes to the bill, what will they do when the bill comes forward. >> it remains to be seen. it depends on how it is perceived. it could make it harder for people to decide how to vote. if it makes it more extreme, and the bill could come to the floor. >> in one of your articles, and he wrote that there was some tension in the democratic party about passage of the bill. what did you mean? >> whether everybody can get together. i had an exchange with banking committee chairman chris dodd on the floor thursday who said there are bills that would ban speck of credit defaults swaps. dodd has to get this moving, and we can't let it get laid down. >> talking about amendments, what are going to see next week as the end result? >> an amendment that would allow each state to set a cap on the interest rates charged by cr