al franken's first grandson.e i am sure and for anybody interested in california and major figures of the last century, jim has a piece in the atlantic on jerry brown in california that is one of the most fascinating articles i have read in years. >> i'm trying to start jerry brown 2016 rumors already. >> this month will be a blockbuster month for the supreme court. four major cases are coming down. affirmative action, how far can colleges use race in determining voting admissions. do states with a history of racial discrimination have to get preclearance before they change voting laws and two cases on same-sex marriage. can the federal government define marriage as between a man and woman for the purpose of federal benefits and can states ban same-sex marriage for their residents. >> i wanted to highlight another level of the problem sexual assault in the military as reported in "the new york times." now investigations at the naval academy and sexual assault there. and also other women like the rest of the milit

al franken has crackd the code on how to talk to senators. as though they were six-year-old children. now, that was back in 2010 when senator franken was proposing a crazy new system where rating agencies would no longer be directly paid by the banks in deals they were raising. most americans would say that sounds sensible and obvious. what would the representatives of those americans say? >> house and senate negotiators are voted to strip out senator al franken's credit rating agency amendment. >> john: that's. they say get that [bleep] out of our financial reform bill. so franken didn't get the amendment but he did get the next best thing. a study by the s.e.c. that ultimately proves he was right about there being a conflict of interest. how did they cover that? on the nation's premiere financial news network? >> the franken provision, yes, you know who that is probably named after, required the s.e.c. to conduct a review of the feasibility of a new system in which a public or private utility or board would assign work to the agencies on st

the franken dual -- and the scott title 1 amendment. that's -- is that the one -- that debate will continue on the scott amendment. so i'd like to -- then the first vote will be on the hagan amendment, title 1, amendment 1. is there any follow-up that you need on that, senator hagan? >> go ahead and vote on it. >> all in favor of the hagan amendment say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes have it. hagan amendment is adopted. we'll move to vote on alexander title 1 which is a teacher evaluation and highly qualified teacher amendment. do you have any more to say about that? >> no, i've said plenty. >> would like a roll call on this. >> roll call vote has been -- is requested and the clerk will call the roll on the alexander title 1 amendment number 3. >> senator murray. >> no. >> senator sanders. >> no by proxy. >> senator casey. >> no. >> senator hagan. >> no. >> senator franken. >> no. >> senator bennet. >> no by proxy. >> senator whitehouse. >> no by proxy. >> no. >> senator murphy. >> no. >> senator warren. >>

joining me for our first look at politics is syndicated columnist bob franken. bob, good morning. >> good morning. you realize that washington is entirely a lego construct. >> i didn't know that but you always offer useful tips. >> that does explain a lot. >> president obama is back from europe. he's expected to ruffle some feathers with expansive climate change proposals. it seems like the white house is all over the place with different issues. do they need another fight right now? do they need to stick with just one thing? >> well, it's impossible to

senators mike lee and al franken. i'm going to say that again. senators mike lee and al franken.y've come together to say, well, that they're kind of behind this thing. legal a tea party favorite, franken a prominent lefty. they haven't attached a label to snowden but are backing legislation that would require our government to be more transparent in its surveillance. now, think about this. they want to force the justice department to the declassify court opinions in this instance, court opinions operating under the foreign intelligence act or fisa the foreign intelligence surveillance court, well, that measure probably won't pass but it was worth drafting just to see this odd pairing of senators lee ann franken. don't you think? president obama, well, here he is. lookie there. look there. the difference between senator obama in 2007 and president obama, 2003. do you think this job doesn't carry with it a little weight and burd? senator, well, then senate candidate barack obama accused the bush administration back then of putting forward a "false choice" between national security

even though the united states senate at midnight last night had al franken and we still have al franken but there was room for two funny people prior to frank's death this morning. ank and al, frank lautenberg and al franken always made us smile and often made us laugh. now i guess it's going to be up to us, senator franken to do this along, because they were both really funny together and apart. it's with deep sadness that the senate family is going to say good-bye, are going to do that wednesday morning. exemplary public servant, faithful friend in frank lautenberg. >> the clerk will call the roll. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> on the next "washington journal," foreign policy with christopher smith of new jersey chairman of africa, global rights and international organizations and representative john larson, to take your questions about congressional oversight of the i.r.s. and call in to talk with "christian science monitor"." "jarks journal" is live every -- washington journal is live every day at

al franken and schumer threatened e i.r.s. with legislation if theyidn't act.o ahead. >> yeah, this is a political issue. how can it not be a political issue. for no other reason than you talk about the tax except status for the organizations that identify themselves politically. whether this is a one-sided witch hunt, how farack to washington thisgoe a lot of th remains to be seen. ill's rather unformnate. the bigger issue for me is 501c is an area of murky super secretive area for campaign funding which is what they are not supposed to be. the primary purpose is not supposed to be. all of that is clouded over. party democratic liberal conservative. all of that is crowded over by the scandal. >> but you didn't see -- you didn't see words like progressive or moveon.org, the key words. you didn't see the key words the i.r.s. was using to target groups. no liberal witnesses were presented. progressive group presented the house ways and means h hearing. >> this is political. >> the government unaccountable and not liked by outside oups are going to investige those

joining me now is syndicated columnist bob franken.ood morning. >> good morning. >>> let's start with same-sex marriage, big supreme court rulings on doma and prop 8, still 36 states that ban same-sex marriage across the country, how does the future look like for this. >> when we speak about doma the big issue was the did nigh yal of federal benefits. now the question becomes for the administration, will those who live in states that do not accept gay marriage or prohibit it, will those people who are validly married in other stats.s that's a huge issue. as to the future, even in california, the people who are anti-gay marriage, are looking to make other lawsuits that might delay things. this is hardly resolve. >> lot here to still be resolved. >>> turning to the republicans in the house and in texas, in both places they're pursuing tough abortion measures. they seem to be doubling down. >> certainly in texas but that's no surprise, it is after all texas and we should point out they also had 500th execution there yesterday, so, again,

she may be challenging al franken. >> it was interesting.gree with atlantic wires read talks about there was not article that the republicans wanted her gone out of that particular district. >> jon: moving on to check the checkers. george mason university's center for media and public affairs released a study this week focused on poli fact we related republican claims or pants on fire three times more often than it rated democratic claims. 32% of republican claims were rated as false compared with 11% compared to democrats. do republicans bend the truth more than democrats or is there an agenda at work here? >> first of all, how many times they are looking at republican claims because politifacts love to go against republicans every time they talk. the fact checkers, it's a whole industry here. it's not about checking facts, it's about pushing the agenda. we've seen fact checkers get it wrong constantly. many times it's when they select the facts to be checked, not so much of the fact that they are checking. >> jon: who is checking the check

lee, a tea party favorite, franken a prominent lefty.haven attached a label to snowden but they are backing legislation that would require our government to be mo trsparent in its surveillance. now think about this. they want to force the justice department to declassify court opinionsn n this instance, crt opinions opeting under the foreign intelligence surveillance act or fisa, the foreign intelligence surveillance crt, that measure probably won't work but it was worth drafting juut see this odd pairing of senators lee and franken. don't you think? president obama. well, here he is. looky there. lookhere the difrence between senator obama and 2007 and president oba in 2013. you think this job doesn't carry with it a litle weight and burden? well, then senate candidate barack oma accused the bush administration back th of putting forward a, quote, lse choice beeen national security and our civil will liberties an was very fired up about it but i think it's a pretty se bet that president obama now would not make the samergument because h

she may challenge al franken. >> jon: it would be an interesting race.d give you plenty of stories. >> i agree with you, atlantic wire's read there was into the surveilled article pointing that the republicans wanted her gone out of that particular district. >> jon: moving on to check the chickers. george mason's university center are for public affairs focused on politifax. it found that it related republican claims to be false or pants on fire three times more often than it rated democratic claims during the same period. 32% of republican claims were labeled as false compared with 11% of democratic claims. three to one margin. ridge, to you, do republicans bend the truth more than democrats or is there an agenda at work here? >> first of all you have to look at how many times they are looking at republican claims because politifax love to go after republicans every time they talk. if you have to look at the sample as to how many they are veamgt. the fact checker has become a whole industry here. it's not about checking fact, it's about pushing the agen

joining me for our first look at politics is syndicated columnist bob franken.good morning. >> good morning. you realize that washington is entirely a lego construct. >> i didn't know that but you always offer useful tips. >> that does explain a lot. >> president obama is back from europe. he's expected to ruffle some feathers with expansive climate change proposals. it seems like the white house is all over the place with different issues. do they need another fight right now? do they need to stick with just one thing? >> well, it's impossible to stick with one thing. but there are promises that are made at the beginning of an administration, immigration reform is one. and the climate change moves on climate change are another. this is a big deal as somebody said. where he would ask that the power plants -- not ask but order that power plants that are existing already would have to come in compliance with restrictions on things that cause global warming. >> but so much of what they've been tackling is a big deal from gun reforms to immigration to trying to sell

joining me, syndicated columnist bob franken. bob, good morning.s for being here. >> good morning. >> let's start with this new report about the obama administration collecting call logs from private citizens. what effect do you think this will have on the white house, especially given all the other scandals that they're currently dealing with? >> well, i think that it's just going to reinforce some of the uproar over some of the tactics that have been used in the name of national security. you have an attorney general, for instance, who's under fire, and by complicitly, the president, because of the tactics that have been used. so, i think this is causing this issue to do more than just percolate. >> you mentioned the attorney general, and he told nbc news in an exclusive interview that he will not be stepping down, but do you think that he has the full support of the white house at this point, and has he been too badly damaged to continue on for too much longer? >> well, the second part is hard to answer, but clearly, he has the support of the pr

. >> stephanie: is senator al franken running from the left.lly a liberal. al franken sees intelligence he didn't see before. >> intelligence that would make your hair stand on end -- >> caller: oh, come on, you guys, stop it. >> stephanie: do you trust al franken as a liberal? he said if america sees what i see, then the bad guys are seeing it too. >> caller: can i answer your question? >> stephanie: yes. >> caller: no i don't think franken is enough. i'm a democratic socialist, so -- >> stephanie: but isn't this just american at some point? given what he's seeing this is justified for national security. >> which i think america is pretty much american, isn't it? >> caller: i just can't buy it, you guys. this is outrageous. >> stephanie: do you also agree with jim that something smells funny here? >> yeah, i don't know what to make of the snowden thing. >> caller: i do agree with jim on that point, but -- i think the funny smell is going to surprise us when we see it all. anyway -- have a good day. >> stephanie: you too honey. >> ellsberg had

senators medically and al franken. i want to say that again. senators michael the and al franken.have come together to say, well, that's they are kind of behind this thing. a tea party favorite, a prominent leftie. they have not been tested label to edward snowden, but they are backing legislation that would require our government to be more transparent in its surveillance. think about this. they want to force the justice department to declassify court opinions in this instance. court opinions operating under the foreign intelligence surveillance act are the foreign intelligence surveillance court -- well, that measure probably will pass, but it was worth drafting just to see this odd pairing of senators lee and frank and. don't you think? president obama -- heee he is. look. the difference between senator obama in 2007 and president obama, 2013. you think this job does not carry with a little weight and burden? senator -- then senate candidate barack obama accused the bush administration of putting forward a false choice between national security and our civil liberties. he was v

the franken dual -- and the scott title 1 amendment. that's -- is that the one -- that debate will continue on the scott amendment. so i'd like to -- then the first vote will be on the hagan amendment, title 1, amendment 1. is there any follow-up that you need on that, senator hagan? >> go ahead and vote on it. >> all in favor of the hagan amendment say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes have it. agan amendment is adopted. we'll move to vote on alexander title 1 which is a teacher evaluation and highly qualified teacher amendment. do you have any more to say about that? >> no, i've said plenty. >> would like a roll call on this. >> roll call vote has been -- is requested and the clerk will call the roll on the alexander itle 1 amendment number 3. >> senator murray. >> no. >> senator sanders. >> no by proxy. >> senator casey. >> no. >> senator hagan. >> no. >> senator franken. >> no. >> senator bennet. >> no by proxy. >> senator whitehouse. >> no by proxy. >> no. >> senator murphy. >> no. >> senator warren. >> n

on the one side, franken, who said the program is used to protect us along with republican lindsey graham who says he's sure we should be doing this and president obama who said the programs help us prevent terrorist attacks and also peter king who not only lines up with barack obama and al franken but laments too many republican and conservatives, i'm quoting, have become michael moores. on the other side of the fight you have michael moore. >> when i'm playing video of the president of freedom works, things have gone off the rails. how people feel about nsa surveillance is confusing at this point, some people simply figured out where they're supposed to be on the issue and renounced their previous views. a move the folks at media matters were moved to illustrate and put to music. how people feel about nsa surveillance is confusing at this point, some people simply figured out where they're supposed to be on the issue and renounced their previous views. a move the folks at media matters were moved to illustrate and put to music. >> our techniques are working. we have the nsa program here

it said franken's 312-vote win could have been helped by more than 1,000 felons voting illegally. election officials have denied that, but the group now thinks its voter fraud investigations could have landed it on an irs hit list. >> i did wonder if there might have been something to do with the voter fraud situation we've been involved in, why the irs has singled us out for additional scrutiny. >> reporter: the group said after seven years of in problems the irs sent them a compliance letter in march demanding lots of information, like does the group support candidates or influence public policy. mcgrath responded but also decided to turn the tables on the tax agency. >> we've set up a new website called irs exposed where we're sharing stories about other organizations that have been targeted by the irs, and we are now soliciting for other organizes to tell their story. >> reporter: the wisconsin group media tracker said it waited 15 months for irs approval and never received it. so it simply reapplied under another name, green house solutions. and says the irs said yes to that

>> senator franken has a bill that would create kind of a government agency that was a sign randomly. >> so you break the connection where you're paying the judge's salary? >> i think or just organically in the market there has to be created a new kind of company that's paid in some other way. >> by investors we should note in 2002-2007, the peak years of the boom, the fees for those ratings agencies doubled from $3 billion to $6 billion. they made a pretty penny. >> they made an awesome amount of money. >> thank you for being here. >>> this is what bipartisanship looks like in the house. rejected by the democrats who thought it it didn't spend enough on food stamps and rejected by republicans who thought it spent too much on food stamps. so wof the house?hink it's got a great kitchen, but did you see the school rating? oh, you're right. hey babe, i got to go. bye daddy! ...but what about when my parents visit? ok. i just love this one... and it's next to a park i love it i love it too. here's our new house... daddy! you're not just looking for a house. you're looking for a place for

. >>> let's get to dana millbank, and bob franken, for king features, and joe watkins, republican strategist and former aide to president george h.w. bush. good morning to all of you. >> good morning. >> bob, as we're all keeping tabs on the globe trotting edward snowden, there's still a debate basically whether we're focusing on the wrong thing here. mcclatchy newspapers today reporting that the obama administration has essentially declared war on leakers. from the article, quote, president obama's unprecedented initiative, known as the insider threat program, is sweeping in its reach. it has received scant public attention, even though it extends beyond the u.s. national security democracies to most federal departments and agencies nationwide, including the peace corps, the social security administration, and the education and agriculture departments. bob, you've covered washington for a long time now. how has this administration's treatment of leakers been different from previous administrations? >> well, it's a matter of degree. this administration has had more investigations, about leak

fear from monsanto's genetically modified unkillable mystery wheat or, as i call it, my amber waves franken-grain [ cheers and applause ] see? it's perfectly friendly. just don't make any sudden moves. here to tell us why my wheat is not to be trusted is pulitzer prize winning science journalist from the council on oreign relations, laurie garrett. laurie, thank you so much for joining us. good to see you again. thank you so much for joiningç me. hold on one second. all right. there you go. >> (lauuhing) stephen: okay. all right. now, laurie, how did this wheat get out? did it tunnel out of mmnsanto from behind a rita hayworth poster? how did it get into the field. >> in the latest statement from monsanto hinted that it may have -pbeen sabotaged. >> there are people out there who took their wheat. >> supposedly. that's what mmnsanto is leaking, that that may have been the cause. we don't know. it's very strange because there's no way seeds should survive in the soil for ore than a couple of years >> stephen: how can something that they didn't develop in the last almost nine years at this point,

you agree with al franken on this.r, spy on everybody kind of thing. you've got this -- kind of bush administration holdover about seek cresse and -- about secrecy and spying, they're going to shrug off stuff the vast majority of the american public would go wait a minute, that shouldn't be in there. by the time you get up the administrative chain you're just defending the whole program. when programs in it should have been removed. should have been be stopped. but not all of it. the idea that we're going to go -- i mean go watch "mission impossible," the whole thing is about the nock list getting out. every spy in the world. where are these people? what are they doing? [ explosion ] at a certain point al franken, what they're saying is that the release of valerie plame's information and the release that -- what the nsa program might be oversifting, you know, grabbing like meta data is the same thing and it's not. we should release all of it. and it isn't. that's -- i think that's why you have al franken and people com

there are certain people you trust when you say something, for instance al franken.me♪] >> stephanie: his picture is right there. staring at me. he points out he has availed himself of the briefings. a lot of peement too are talking about stuff they don't know about. anyway he points out as a member of the judiciary committee -- and do i trust this more than what republican mike rogers says? yes, i do. there are things over the years that -- yes, i do i tend to trust him more. he points out he has availed himself of the briefings, and nothing that was made public lately surprised him. he said there are things that are appropriate for me to know that is note appropriate for the bad guys to know. if there are suspicions, we can connect the dots. and that's correctcos what dianne feinstein says. >> uh-huh. >> stephanie: do i understand the concerns about it? absolutely. and people have made some interesting points on both sides of it, but i think there is a difference, and jim, there is a difference between metadata and listening in on people's phone calls and spying an

>> senator franken has a bill that would create kind of a government agency that was a sign randomly.so you break the connection where you're paying the judge's salary? >> i think or just organically in the market there has to be created a new kind of company that's paid in some other way. >> by investors we should note in 2002-2007, the peak years of the boom, the fees for those ratings agencies doubled from $3 billion to $6 billion. they made a pretty penny. >> they made an awesome amount of money. >> thank you for being here. >>> this is what bipartisanship looks like in the house. rejected by the democrats who thought it it didn't spend enough on food stamps and rejected by republicans who thought it spent too much on food stamps. i'm the next american success story. working for a company where over seventy-five percent of store management started as hourly associates. there's opportunity here. i can use walmart's education benefits to get a degree, maybe work in it, or be an engineer, helping walmart conserve energy. even today, when our store does well, i earn quarterly bonuses.

franken: mr. president, before i begin, i'd like to ask unanimous consent that my law clerk rachel hormer be granted floor privileges for the duration of the debate of s. 744. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. franken: mr. president, i rise today to speak in support of the immigration reform bill that we are going to vote on soon. i want to bring a minnesota perspective to the debate. i want to talk about how this bill will help minnesota businesses and agriculture while also helping and protecting minnesota workers. i also want to talk about how this bill will help minnesota families and communities. mr. president, minnesota was admitted to the union in 1858. for the first 30 years after minnesota was founded, no fewer than one-third of minnesotans were immigrants who were born abroad. our state didn't suffer from that. it thrived. our fields were first tilled by swedish immigrants. their crops filled two million acres. our iron mines in the north depended on finnish labor. norwegians

congratulations senator franken. i look forward to that day. no pressure on the kids though. [inaudible] i want to begin by echoing the comments of chairman wyden and the colleague to my left david hayes has been enormous help but mourn partly an enormous help to the american people in his service to this country through department of interior ,-com,-com ma it is very helpful certainly today to have him beside me but more importantly he has been very generous with his wisdom and his experience and i'm going to miss them terribly but he is only a phonecall away and i will make sure i have a hotline to his office. he supports the communities through the hewlett foundation so we will miss him but happy he is with me today. thank you for inviting me to appear before the committee. i've learned a lot in a 7.5 weeks on the job. i've been to many places around the country, many of your states and soul that i want to do is organize my thoughts into a few broad categories. i want to start with energy on shore. onshore oil production on public lands is at its highest level in over a de

>> senator franken has a bill that would create kind of a government agency that was a sign randomly. you break the connection where you're paying the judge's salary? >> i think or just organically in the market there has to be created a new kind of company that's paid in some other way. >> by investors we should note in 2002-2007, the peak years of the boom, the fees for those ratings agencies doubled from $3 billion to $6 billion. they made a pretty penny. >> they made an awesome amount of money. >> thank you for being here. >>> this is what bipartisanship looks like in the house. rejected by the democrats who thought it it didn't spend enough on food stamps and rejected by republicans who thought it spent too much on food stamps. hey. whassup. guten tag. greetings earthlings. what's crackalackin? it's great we express ourselves differently. if we were all the same, life would be boring. so get to know people who aren't like you. you'll appreciate what makes us different. the more you know. it's been that way since the day you met. but your erectile dysfunction - it could be a quest

on the one side, al franken, who said the program is used to protect us along with republican lindseyraham who says he's sure we should be doing this and president obama who said the programs help us prevent terrorist attacks and also peter king who not only lines up with barack obama and al franken but laments that too many republican and conservatives, i'm quoting, have become michael moores. on the other side of the fight you have, of course, well, michael moore who called snowden the hero of the year along with glen beck saying it's a chance for america to regain her moral compass and rand paul calling it an assault on the constitution and al gore calling the programs on scenely outrageous. this is not politics as we understand it. >> human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hyster hysteria! >> this is what it feels like today as i find myself on the same side of an issue as matt kigbby president of freedom works and who i thought put it pretty well. >> it is not about liberals or conservatives. it is about insiders who just say trust us. it is about insider who is wan

senator franken. >> yeah. can i ask did the bp, the moratorium after the bp oil spill, was that, is that really what has caused that dip? i mean, we had a huge thing happen, and there was a moratorium after that. is it okay if i ask that of mr. hayes? >> sure. >> mr. hayes? >> yes, senator. it is true that oil production in the gulf did decline because of the safety issues that arose and the need to upgrade our safety standards. the good news is that there's -- eia recently reported a very strong upward trend now in the gulf. the secretary mentioned a major discovery. there have been ten major new discoveries. there are now more than 50 rigs drilling in the offshore. the lease sales are very strong that we're having, that we've had in the central gulf and the western gulf. so we expect to be back to where we were and further. but there certainly was a time that we did a pause and increased the safety standard and changed the way we did business, and that did affect, we believe temporarily, production of the of

we're joined by bob franken. for being here. >> good morning. >> earlier in the show we mentioned bill clinton has comments about obama being too soft. is it time for obama to be more aggressive? >> what's interesting is that he said president obama might be relying too heavily on the polls. during clinton's presidency his opponents complained about exactly that. his administration was poll driven. it's interesting how things can change. the problem that the obama administration has, we're all well aware of this, is that in syria some of those who are opposing the assad regime are in fact people who are islamic extremists. that could become a problem if they are left with the arms like they were in afghanistan. >> now turning now to some issues closer to home. republican congressman trent franks is catching flak by saying incidences of pregnancies from rape is very low. what's going on with this? didn't they learn their lesson? how can they court women. >> that's a question others are asking. some of the criticis

president at midnight last night, al franken and we still have al franken is there word -- was room for two funny people. frank and -- al franken and frank lautenberg always made us smile and often made us laugh. i guess it's going to be up to senator franken to do this, as they were both really really funny together and apart. it's with deep sadness that the senate family is going to say goodbye. we are going to do that wednesday morning. an exemplary public servant and a faithful friend, senator frank lautenberg. i note the absence of a quorum. >> the clerk will call the roll. >> attribute from senate majority leader harry reid from monday and now live to new york city for the funeral for former new jersey senator frank lautenberg taking place today at the park avenue synagogue. we are expecting remarks from vice president joe biden senator bob menendez of new jersey former secretary of state hillary clinton and the lautenberg family. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ina

and now there's a little connecticut state that has made a promise or a pledge if you will to label franken foods but doesn't have the guts to actually do it because apparently monsanto has this entire country by the balls that's a comforting thought isn't it i don't know about you but i'm sick of all talk no action. it's hard to find the real news when you're drowning in the ways of the mainstream chatter so joining me to give a quick update on the top stories that should be on your radar this week has been test producer amir david what do you have for us today having lots of news for you today first to japan where massive anti-nuclear protests have been taking place just this past weekend tens of thousands of demonstrators came together in tokyo to rally against the government plans to restart the country's now idle nuclear reactors reactors were shut down of course in the wake of the march two thousand and eleven fukushima meltdown but now the government says it's time for those reactors to open the japanese people however are apprehensive about a return to business as usual since the tr

we have a lot of discussion, senator franken and others have introduced bills in the united states senate to address precisely the questions that you are asking, governor, and we have supported them and we continue to look forward -- as a prosecutor i always want more tools. you know, i see a problem out there and i want to have the tools to fix it. we passed a hate crimes law in 2009 that enables us to work with local law enforcement in much more effective ways to combat hate crimes including but not limited to lgbt motivated violence. so we'd love to have more tools. but, you know, with the tools that we currently have, we're doing as much as we can and i think ruslyn's point about the uptick in the number of complaints we're both receiving, i'm not sure that necessarily reflects, as ruslyn correctly pointed out, that there's an uptick in violence. the doctrine of futility often resulted in less complaints being seen. i think there's a commitment in the federal level to doing our level best on these issues. >> tom, you talk about tools. ruslyn, what kind of tools, part of this is raisin

there's a delay between the two franken philadelphia hey frank what's on your mind of a town here to be on with the dearest dearest savior in this nation i just want to say that the other two minutes ago the millennialists are called stanley i tell my daughter i have a twenty one year old and i hear all the time i call generation. you know it lovingly i say that because they when they read the always of each other and. million times never see each other it's very much to change that generation to generate. father because i think that's been happening to. our society for writing this whole generation off. just think about it. we have it talked thanks frank thanks for your comments and. this is you know as i say it's the only generation alive right now that has experienced this you know this this punch in the gut of reaganomics we have over a trillion dollars in student debt i mean historically people who go to college with no debt at all. my wife worked her way through college we're going to waitress in howard johnson's i did so i didn't graduate when i went to college i was i was fil