i'm so happy and delighted to be here with you, senator durbin. i've traveled from coast to coast to visit dozens of cities and communities and listen to immigrant stories. some of my colleagues have told me they're regarded with suspicion. they tell me they're frequently treated differently because of the way they look, sound, or spell their last name. in alabama, i met 20-year-old mart martha, a young woman raised in the u.s. one late afternoon while driving she was pulled over. she was arrested for driving without a license. and jailed so her status could be checked. because her u.s. citizen president was not present, their child was taken from the back of the car and turned over to an agency. -- married, father of two, south carolina, kids, worked hard, owns his own home. he was stopped because he was pulling into his mobile home community. one of three other hispanic residents stopped that evening. he was arrested for driving without a license. he was then placed in deportation proceedings. we can all guess why the police chose to stop gavino

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. >> good morning, senator durbin and ranking member graham. thank you for having me this morning. senator franken, senator bloomenthal. i'm delighted to testify in front of you today. i'm the national director of the american civil liberties union. we are a nonpartisan organization with over a half a billion members, hundreds of thousands of additional activists and supporters, and 53 state offices nationwide dedicated to the principles of equality and justice set forth in the u.s. constitution, and in our laws projecting individual rights. for decades, the aclu has been at the forefront of the fight against all forms of racial profiling. racial profiling is policing based on crass stereotypes instead of facts, evidence, and good police work. racial profiling fuels fear and mistrust between law enforcement and the very communities they are supposed to protect. racial profiling is not only ineffective, it is also unconstitutional and it violates basic norms of human rights, both at home and abroad. my testimony lays out how race, religion, national origin are used as proxies for su

senator durbin, you pointed out that the nation was shocked. if i could ask unanimous consent to put my entire statement in the record, along with the list of the many organizations that are supporting the legislation that i filed, s-1570. as you pointed out, senator durbin, that the nation was shocked by the tragedy that took place in sanford, florida, with the tragic death of 17-year-old trayvon martin. and the question i think most people are asking, and we want justice in this case. and we're pursuing that. and we have the department of justice investigation and we all very much want to see that investigation carried out. not only to make sure that justice is carried forward as far as those responsible for his death, but also as to how the investigation, itself, was handled. but i think the question that needs, to be answered is whether race played a role in trayvon martin being singled out by mr. zimmerman. and that, of course, would be racial profiling. an area that we all believe needs to be -- we need to get rid of that. as far as the l

i'm so happy and delighted to be with you here, senator durbin. i've traveled coast to coast to listen to immigrant stories. some of my colleagues have visited their cities that are here with me today. and immigrants everywhere tell me that they are regarded with suspicion. they tell me they are frequently treated differently, because of the way they look, sound, or spell their last name. in alabama, i met 20-year-old marta, a young woman raised in the u.s. one late afternoon while driving, she was pulled over. she was arrested for driving without a license and jailed so her status could be checked. because her u.s. citizen husband was not present, their alabama-born 2-year-old son was taken from the backseat of her car and turned over to state welfare agency. in south carolina, i meet gabino, who has been in the u.s. for nearly 13 years. he's the married father of two south carolina-born kids who works hard and owns his own home. gabino was stopped because he was pulling into his mobile home community, one of three other hispanic residents stoppe

i thought that is a good standard, durbin. you saw it, too, in your hometown. hold to that standard, and i looked back and remember in my time in the house of representatives of voting for a measure that turned out to have a dramatically negative racial impact. the establishment of the crack cocaine standard and sentencing of 100 to 1. years later i was given an opportunity in this committee to try to make that right, and bring it back to 1 to 1. i couldn't get the job done because of the nature of compromise, it's been reduced to 18 to 1. still a terrible disparity but a dramatic improvement. what happened as result of that bad vote? by black and white congressmen? we lost trust in the african-american community. many people serving on juries said i'm not going to do this. i am just not going to send that woman, that person away for ten or 20 years because of a crack cocaine violation. we lost their trust, officer gale. and i can see it when the judges came and talked to us about it. we moved back to try to establish some trust in that community by doing the r

haley barbour, the former chairman of the republican party, and the senate number 2 democrat dick durbin, and what is the fallout from the bombshell leak about chief justice john roberts, reversing his position to ensure that the court upheld the president's healthcare plan? will it affect the court's future deliberations? cbs news jan crawford who broke the, broke the story has a followup but dickerson and white house correspondent norah o'donnell will join us for analysis on that and more. >> schieffer: and in baseball's all-star break we will talk about america's game with historian doris kearns goodwin, and former all-star harold reynolds and espn's jayson stark. >> we love each other and root for each other until we get to the world series. and then it is every man for himself. >> he got that right. it is all ahead, because this is face the nation. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning, again, it is almost too hot to even fly a kite but some are out there last week on this broadcast, jan crawford

durbin: mr. president, i want to thank my colleagues, senator alexander of tennessee and senator enzi of wyoming, cosponsors of this measure and participants in this cole if i on the floor today -- in this colloquy on the floor today. i'm sorry i wasn't here at the outset but i'm grateful for their participation and comments they made and especially for their commitment to this cause. i think senator enzi and i would both give special thanks to senator alexander who stepped in at a very important moment who helped us craft a part of this bill, helped us craft an argument on this bill and really brought some new approaches to it which have been extremely helpful. the notion of offering this as an amendment is a show of good faith on our part, a show of commitment to the seriousness of this issue and the importance of this issue. the fact that a democrat, two republicans and in fact many democrats and republicans can join together in this bipartisan manner is an indication that this bill really cut

commander in chief, and the confident dick durbin of illinois and one of romney's possible vp picks senator kelly ayotte from new hampshire. >> and mitt romney's company were pioneers in outsourcing jobs. >> barack obama's record is the worst record since the depression. >> and we will talk about those ads with our cnn political analyst ron brownstein and "time" magazine's michael sherer. >>> an incumbent president still in peril, and measuring optimism about the economy has fallen to the lowest level this year, and personal spending cooled as shoppers cut back on items big and small from cars to groceries and the broadest measure of economic health, the gross domestic product grew at an anemic 1.5% in the second quarter. not good news for president obama 100 days away from the

durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, i thank the senator from colorado for his remarks. they were spot on. special thanks to my colleague from rhode island, sheldon whitehouse, for gathering us here this evening. it's almost 8:30 washington time. the chamber is otherwise empty. a few members, senator stabenow of michigan, preparing to speak. this is not really a senate debate. that happens almost never in this body, which is unfortunate. i had hoped that perhaps some members on the other side would come and defend their position, but they haven't. it's their right to go home, and they've done it. we think it's worth a few minutes of our time to come even this late at night to talk about this issue. mr. president, lyndon johnson was a pretty famous senator and president, and he used to say back in the day that when he was looking for advisors, he wishes that he had someone near him who would run for sheriff. what lyndon was saying, president johnson was saying was that the practical experience of politics is so

. >> senator dick durbin is here tonight. the big panel takes on the ridiculous details coming out of mitt romney's koch brother fund-raiser. and a day after this terrifying picture was taken, the beaches were back open in cape cod. >> equwe will be open for busin. >> we'll ask a shark expert if there's anything to worry about. >> you're going to need a bigger boat >> he good to have you with us tonight. thanks for watching. president obama has put the issue of tax fairness front and center in this election. speaking in the east room of the white house, the president asked congress to immediately extend the bush tax cuts for those making less than $250,000 a year. >> the republicans say they don't want to raise taxes on the middle class, i don't want to to raise taxes on the middle class. so we should all agree to extend the tax cuts for the middle class. let's agree to do what we agree on. right? >> now, i'm going to show you some numbers in a few moments. you can be the judge. this really puts the republicans on the spot. t

. >> thank you, chairman durbin. thank you for calling this hearing for your long and passionate and vigilant advocacy for civil rights and for your real leadership in this area for this legislation and for this hearing. in my own role prior to becoming a senator as county executive, i worked hard in the supervision of about a 380-sworn officer department to ensure that we had effective and strong outreach. not just traditional subject to harassment and communities like the african-american and latino communities but also post-9/11 making sure there was better training and outreach in relationship with our muslim community, given some incidents that occurred with our lgbt community making sure we stayed as a policing organization engaged. and accountable. and i just wanted to start, officer gale and chief davis, by thanking you for your leadership in the policing community and for your service to the public. i appreciate your starting by just helping me understand what's the impact on a police force? that practices r

so welcome back. >> thank you very much, senator durbin, members of the subcommittee. i'm grateful for the chance to talk to you today. senator durbin's statement opened by recalling for us president bush's promise that racial profiling, quote, is wrong and we will end it in america. sad to say that that promise remains as yet unfulfilled. instead, we have a continuation of profiling as it existed then with a new overlapping second wave of profiling in the wake of september 11th, as other witnesses have described. directed mostly at arab americans and muslims. now we have a third overlapping wave of profiling, this one against undocumented immigrants. but the context and the mission of whatever these law enforcement actions are does not change the fundamentals. the fundamentals are these. racial profiling does not work to create greater safety or security. instead, racial profiling ethnic profiling, religious profiling mablg all make our security and police less effective and less accurate in doing their very difficult jobs. i would define racial profiling as the use o

senators ron johnson and dick durbin.funniest humans on the planet. >> you couldn't find the light side of human trafficking? >> i would think this election would be tons of material for you. >> it's the best ever. there have been other elections where there's a lot of candidates, but none have always had a shot at the presidency like this one. every republican -- except for jon huntsman, who was too reasonable, and he's not going to get the vice presidential slot. >> own man who speaks mandarin in the white house, right? >> it's a broadway musical. >> what has been the source of all of your jokes? >> the best ones have been romney is a font of mountain. i think he is electile dysfunctional. i really do. and president obama is always good, because no matter what you think of his policies, you have to admire his ability not to get involved in them. [ laughter ] >> we have to take a break. you guys can talk on the commercial break. >>> still ahead, the karate kid is all grown up. we'll talk to ralph macchio about his new do

durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask consent the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: 11 years ago i introduced the dream act to allow a group of students with great potential to contribute more to america. the dream act, in order to qualify they'd earn their way to 0 legal status and they had to come to the united states as children, be long-term u.s. residents, graduate from high school and agree to serve in our military or complete two years of college. these young people literally came to the united the united ss infants and children. they grew up, went to school with our kids and they're the valedictorians, the athletes and even the rotc leaders in schools across america. they didn't make the decision to come here. they were just kids. their parents made the decision. this homeland security secretary janet napolitano said immigrants who were brought here illegally as children lack the intent to v

durbin: 11 years i introduced the dream act. legislation to allow a select group of young immigrant students with great potential to be a bigger part of america. the dream act gives these students a chance to earn their way into legal status. it isn't automatic. they have to come to the united states as children, be long-term residents, have good moral character, graduate from high school, and complete at least two years of college or military service. it has a strong history of bipartisan support over the 11 years. i first introduced it with senator orren hatch of utah, my republican lead sponsor when it was introduced. when the republicans last controlled the congress, the dream act passed the senate on a 62-36 vote with 23 republicans voting yes. it was part of comprehensive immigration reform. unfortunately, that bill didn't pass. the republican support for the dream act diminished for political reasons, and the vast majority of democrats despite our support can't stop a republican filibuster when the bill has been called fo

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i'll talk with dick durbin. rnc chairman comes uncl s ungl his latest attack on the president. richard wofrl is over it with the discussion tonight. share your thoughts on twitter using the hash tag ed show and like us on facebook. we're right back. why let constipation slow you down? try miralax. mirlax works differently than other laxatives. it draws water into your colon to unblock your system naturally. don't wait to feel great. miralax. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." democrats have come out swinging at mitt romney's offshore bank accounts. here's maryland governor martin o'malley. >> the rel vbs is this, that governor romney can't claim that his state actually was great at kraeling jobs while he was governor so he has fallen back and said, vote for me. i was a businessman, i created jobs. talk about going the way of jurep. what went the way of europe were the swiss bank accounts and the american dollars mitt romney stuffed in the offshore bank accounts. >> this is key in this campaign. mitt romney has never been critically questions by any journalists as to why he has

next hour senator dick durbin and congressman joe courtney.th you just a little bit later in this hour to talk to the washington a bureau -- no the london bureau chief about the olympics. but first. >> north korea's dictator has gotten married. the country has confirmed that he recently tied the knot. the "washington post" reports this is the first time in four decades that a first lady has not been kept behind the scenes in that country. no word on how young she is or anything else. >> i thought royal weddings were supposed to be a thing. i found no piers morgan coverage. >> nbc is set to make a lot of money off of the olympics. it has now old $1 billion in advertising for the games. the company is airing more events than ever over 5,000 hours of competition across all of its networks. one big buyer, president obama's recollection campaign, they have already purchased $6.5 million of advertising. no wore on the purchase for the romney campaign. and jon stewart and stevenco bare are staying with comedy central a while longer. stewart will now

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and levon want more transparency from public figures this is what durbin had to say on the senate floor yesterday in reference to a new piece of legislation selectively titled the financial disclosure to reduce tax haven abuse act that's why i introduced the financial disclosure to reduce tax haven abuse act of two thousand and twelve i introduced this months ago it would require candidates for federal office and certain federal employees to disclose any financial interest they or their spouses have in an offshore tax haven we should have a political system work candidate can claim to champion working people while that same person is secretly betting against america through tax of void and sin tax haven abuse. now without this bill the american people will not know whether a candidate is taking advantage of foreign tax havens to avoid paying his or her for sure the irony of all this of course is that while few representatives are calling for more transparency on tax documents so severely dealing with presidential candidates it seems like they aren't willing to do it themselves in fact o

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and joining us this morning is senator dick durbin. i want to put the gdpp fod -- g figures the gross domestic product figure, because it has been up, but not to the point where it can bring down unemployment. that is a 3% growth rate, but we have a 1.5% in the last quarter. no president in modern history has beeen re-elected with these kinds of numbers and what is your concern? >> well, ki say this, more than 26 straight months of private sector job creation, and many of the jobs that we have lost in the public sector the president has appealed to congress to help him to make sure that there are firefighters and teachers and we have had no cooperation from the republicans, because they are determined to keep the unemployment numbers low. >> you know how this works -- >> well, the president accepts responsibility, but he also believes we are on the right track and returning to the economic policies of the bush administration which romney endorses would plunge us back into a recession situation where we are giving tax breaks to the weal

eighteen these are not democrats these are republicans george will michael steele bill kristol dick durbin meanwhile to stick the knife and he of course being the democratic party is promoting his financial disclosure to reduce taxes even abuse act which says that anybody who wants to run for public office and has a foreign swiss bank account basically has to disclose the financial information turns out in iran these two thousand and ten tax returns that he released he didn't release the swiss bank account parts of that he referenced them but he didn't release them so we don't actually know what happened so dick durbin's as my research suggests mitt romney is the first presidential candidate american history with a swiss bank account so it once you try to hide it's becoming fairly obvious shouldn't you release his tax returns i mean gave them to where maybe you shouldn't give a john mccain mccain pick paling. but i think the fourteen million more fourteen million jobless americans really could care less about mitt romney's suppose it's was bank account or his tax returns they were laid off

dick durbin talked about this during transportation news conference today at his father added a littlearance this afternoon the pgm midday news >> health is the number one priority. as a public official reaches a point responsibility to tell people what you are facing and how things are going down of medical attention regaining his strength. we continue to pray that the >> governor pat quinn just signed a tax incentive for hiring veterans. >> want to encourage employers to hire the veterans of they are disciplined to patriotic the dothey know how to work best of the best >> illinois employers tax credit up to $5,000 for hiring a veteran in addition to additional tax credits. veterans jobs fair will be held thursday at university of illinois chicago forum at 9:00 a.m.. president obama calling on congress to pass extension of the bush era tax cuts but not to get rich. surrounded by people described as working americans president wants to tax cuts extended for people earning less than $250,000 each year republicans want to extend it for everybody. president obama says the wealthy do not n

it's not a new issue for senator durbin. he's been on this issue a long time. indeed when president obama was a senator from illinois, he joined in an effort to bring tax haven abuses to light. then-senator obama in 2007 said when he was an original cosponsor of the stop tax haven abuse act, which i introduced with our republican colleague, senator coleman, he said the following: that there's no such they think as a free lunch. someone has to pay always. and when a crooked business or shameless individual does not pay its fair share, the burden gets shifted to others, usually to ordinary taxpayers and working americans, without access to sophisticated tax preparers or corporate loopholes. it was a bipartisan bill. it was aimed at preventing the loss to taxpayers that results from tax avoidance schemes that use secret tax haven jurisdictions such as the cayman islands. the words which i just quoted remain just as true today as they were in 2007. there is indeed no free lunch here. in 2006, our subcommittee on investigations estimated that tax havens cost the tre

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with me is senator durbin and senator kyl of arizona.few minutes with bob costas as we talk about the fallout from that damaging penn state report this week. it's all this morning on "meet the press." be sure to stay tuned after the program for a special press pass conference with actress sigourney weaver on her new miniseries. only here on nbc4. >>> despite met ro's computers this weekend, they're looking for singers and dancers and poets to perform at the metro stations. they will hold the auditions for the metro performs talent programs. it will happen tuesday night from 5:00 to 7:00. selected artists will perform for free from july through september. they'll get invited to perform as part of the music on the mall program. maybe we need to get our band together. >> perhaps. i'll play the sax. >>> well, that's one way to travel. two oregon men strapped themselves into lawn chairs and tried to break a world record. they trusted 350 helium filled balloons to get them 500 miles. they had to stop 30 miles into the journey because of bad we

durbin: mr. president, since last july the veterans administration caregivers program has been providing the families of severely disabled iraq and afghanistan veterans with the support they deserve to care for their loved ones. i'd like to mark the one-year anniversary of this program by taking a few minutes to talk about its impact on families across america. mr. president, the caregivers program was originally conceived by then senator hillary rodham clinton. she came up with this notion to help those caregivers who were staying at home with disabled veterans, many of them parents and spouses, make considerable sacrifices to make sure that their disabled vet has the very best love and care in the place they want to be, right in their home. and sometimes it's a hardship. not just the medical requirements but sometimes the financial requirements. so we passed the caregivers program. originally conceived by senator clinton and the assistance of senator akaka, it became the law of the land. here's

. >> dick durbin, senator durbin, when i was speaking to him yesterday, we should do what not patty murrayuggests, less the tax cuts expire because then afterward you could go ahead and reinstate tax cuts, cut the taxes for people in that category, $250,000 or less. here's what he told me yesterday. >> we have to have this day of reckoning in order to finally break through and have deficit reduction that still creates a growing economy, let's face it. >> does that mean if we have to have a day of reckoning, you would let them expire which would then raise the taxes for the middle class people you don't want to raise taxes on? >> that's a real possibility unless there's an agreement. people should avoid that. i want to work to avoid it. >> what do you think of that strategy? it seems like it could be fraut with risk? >> i think all of our first choice is to have the extension of tax cuts passed now because the markets as well as those middle class families really deserve and need the certainty of extending the tax cuts for them, the middle class families and that's the first choice. if for