franken proposes amendment numbered 282. mr. harkin: i ask that the further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. harkin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that at 2:30 p.m. today, the senate proceed to votes in relation to the following pending amendments in the order lists: endisee amendment number 2812 and franken amendment number 2822, furthering that no second-degree amendments be in order to either amendment prior to the votes. the presiding officer: is there objection to the request sp?without objection. harass harold like to modify my unanimous consent that the second vote be a 10-minute vote. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. harkin: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. franken: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. frank mr. president, i rise in strong support of the child care development and block grant act -- the presiding officer: th

. >> al franken, disgrace that he even got elected in minnesota.00% of the time for barack obama. never deviated. he is a shrill. i mean, i am not even going to call him any more names. now, he is the worse. a guy named mike mcfadden is running against him. i don't know anything about him. how do you see this? >> first of all mcfadden is part of a big field. he has a republican state -- excuse me, state senator running against him. she is well thought of. there is a republican commission. county commissioner. several other people in the race. but mcfadden is thought to be the frontrunner. he is a former investment banker who never left minnesota. interestingly enough, i think several decades ago, almost 20 years ago started a charter school serving some the poorest people, poorest kids in minneapolis saint paul, black, brown, people and has incredible record. he not only underwrote it and served as a chairman of the board. apparently he was the substitute teacher and guy who would sweep out the classroom. interesting profile for a republican. howev

franken: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. mr. franken: thank you, mr. president. thank you, senator boxer. thank you, senator schatz and senator whitehouse for organizing this. first, mr. president, i would like to ask unanimous consent that samuel bachenhower, a fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the 113th congress. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. franken: mr. president, i rise tonight to talk about climate change, along with 25 to 30 of my colleagues who will be speaking through the night. the recent extreme weather events that we've experienced across the united states are a call to action. we in this body need to not just talk about climate change but to take action to address it. if we fail to act, the extreme weather events we have seen will only grow more extreme in the future. this winter has been exceptionally cold in many areas of the united states, including minnesota. some deniers have taken this as a sig

years ago, al franken called me about an award that was mentioned.on the award. later, franken puts out the word and calls me a liar. and never mentions the explanation i gave. he is a liar. i have no problem using the description if the evidence is there. jeff connell, australia, you second guessers make me sick, oreilly, how does it feel, jeff, how does it feel to have sympathy for a man who molested a 6-year-old girl for more than 11 years, how does that feel? roger, get the facts right, o'reilly, president obama has supported fewer than bush and clinton. incredibly wrong, roger, incredibly wrong. and i look forward to your apology e-mail which i will read on monday. in five years, the obama administration has supported nearly 400,000 illegals. in eight years, the bush administration deported 250,000. clinton, 109,000. got it? and lincoln, california, bill we would love to see you and miller in person. when are you coming? working on it, we have dates in honolulu, fargo, rapid city, i can't wait to go there. i haven't been there in a while. now th

i would prefer senator feinstein, senator franken or other people concerned about these issues to lookehensively at the kinds of information that is being held and make a change, make a demand externally on the system to release that. this says one individual, one american gets to decide what particular classified information they should have access and what they shouldn't. i think that's dangerous. >> that simply isn't the case. it's not one individual. it's one individual submitting a foia request and the see gets to rule on the foia request and then i get to sue and then a judge adjudicates the case. i'm going to quote from les aspen who was involved in the 1974 amendments of the freedom of information act, quote, surely we are familiar by now with the extent to which any document tending to embarrass any agency tends to become top secret. the managers of those classification stamps have forfeited presumptions that their actions were reasonable. >> on that note, i have to taken all of our guests because we're out of time. until next time waj and i will see you online at aljazeera.co

i think -- we have -- senator franken will take over at that time if we're still on then, beyond that time, but we're managing a bill on the floor we have to leave for at 10:30. begin, doctor, welcome, and please proceed. >> well, thank you, very much, and i know that you with pressed for time, so i wanted to keep the oral statement relatively short. you know, really, thank you, mr chairman, and members of the committee. for the opportunity to be here to discuss important initiatives fda's been working op with regard to the implementation of several new laws recently passed with this committee's leadership. the food safety modernization act, the food and drug and safety administration act, and drug quality security act. i also realliment to express gratitude to you and members of the committee for championing the passage of the land mark laws. they really all represent remarkable accomplishments done, as you noted, in a bipart san way, and they are spornt -- important to public health that cannot be overstated. we welcome the opportunity to return to the committee to provide a more de

watch, what they call franken watch?basically you have to trust the dealer. simple as that. tough trust who you are dealing with it. internet is good way to do research. >> need to know what you're looking for, that's for sure. >> definitely do your homework. gerri: is there certified dealer? >> you can go to certified dealer. i'm not a rolex certified dealer. i deal with that, that's yes know. there are different cases of where you have to be, you have to know exactly what it is. like some certified dealers may not even know because they're like a worker there. gerri: okay. understood, you're not always dealing with the person who has a really a lost knowledge. >> exactly. gerri: what about buying vintage watches is that even more difficult? >> vintage is even harder. you don't know how many really are out there. it is not that easy, this is okay real, fake, really hard. could be a couple of parts interchanged and nobody can really tell. gerri: my guess is there are really bad copies of rolexes out there that are super

. >> stephen: you're franken stipe.me to warp us about your monster. >> that's not a bad metaphor. i'll take it. >> stephen: of course i did it. you have to be careful. the monster might turn on you and tear you limb from limb. >> i have a daughter now and look at the world and i think do i want her to be in this privileged rich family with the world falling apart and everybody living in insecurity or in a slightly less privileged family -- >> stephen: what's unhealthy about this world? what's the sign of the disease there jaron? >> real wealth is when your-- your wealth is dependent on everybody else's wealth. we'll wealth is a community wealth. if it's just a concentration, that's fake wealth. it falls apart. >> stephen: what are you talking about? i'm at the top of this pyramid right now. i'm at the top of the pyramid, another right now? >> in my circles you're not. i'm sorry, it's true. >> stephen: you don't know, you don't know. ( laughter ) ( applause ) you don't know. maybe i have a secret criminal enterprise. >>

. >> minnesota senator al franken has the same concerns, three years later, reintroducing a bill and aimed at making sure the tracking information that companies gain through data on smartphone apps doesn't end up in the hands of stalkers or violent offenders. senator, thank you very much for being with us. >> thank you, andrea. >> this is technical and you know the details but it is so important. the safety of so many people is at stake. tell me what your argument is and why you think it's been stalled. you got it through committee, didn't get it on the floor. >> that was last congress and this is about the abuse of location tracking technology and it's far more widespread, this gps stalking than people realize. my first hearing on this a couple of years ago, my first testimony i got was from the minnesota coalition of battered women. and they told this story, about a woman in st. louis county in minnesota, northern minnesota, she goes to a courthouse and there's been domestic violence. she goes to a domestic violence program while she's there, she gets a text message from her abuse

. >>> i'm joined now, as always on thursday, by syndicated columnist bob franken.od to see you. zim just looking at that video, and i thought the caption should read kermit the frog shown here m center. >> stop it. let me move to something very serious. intelligence committee chairman dianne feinstein dropped a bombshell on the senate floor this week accusing the cia of spying on staffers investigating the agency's bush era torture program. as for the cia it is asking the justice department to investigate whether senate staffers broke the law by accessing classified information. which version do you believe here? >> well, it's entirely possible that both versions are to believe and be disbelieved. it really comes down, first of all, he-said-she-said. you have a situation where senate staffers perhaps were conducting their own investigation, and they went beyond the perimeters of the cia had decided to set, and then the cia decided it would look into what senate investigators were doing. the only problem with the cia position is that the members of congress are the

actually taken to the road, she's going to raise money for sherrod brown of ohio, and senator al franken out in minnesota. one of the first forays we're seeing her make. some buzz about her possibly running for president in '16. she told me she's not going to do that. >> they always say they're not going to do it, then they go to those very important states. curious. >> we talked about how the senate map is expanding out to blue states. watch for the air war begin to intensify there. americans for prosperity will go pretty heavy out against mark udall in colorado next week. democrats are going to start to begin more heavily in these efforts to define these republicans as extreme, out of the mainstream and unelectable in these states. this is going to be sort of a shift in strategy in the coming weeks. >> no one loves that more than the tv stations. peter. >> louisiana governor bobby jindal has faded a little bit from the 2016 conversation. he was in new hampshire friday speaking at a fun st. patrick's day related event. bobby jindal quietly laying some 2016 groundwork. >> not interesting

no offense to senator franken in any form. >> offense taken, however. [laughter] >> i don't want to consume my time here so -- time here talking about how bad the name is. we will refer to it as genetically engineered fish, specifically salmon. i have very strong concerns and reservations. i don't need to show you pictures of beautiful wild alaskan salmon. i have them here. i will show you a picture of the where the dini has taken from. it is a bottom feeding fish that is injected into a salmon in an effort to cause these fish to grow quicker so they can get to a market more readily. opposenue to strongly fda approval of genetically-engineered salmon. i don't believe that the fda has adequately studied the environmental effects, the economic impact, not only on the wild salmon themselves but our seafood market and let alone the potential health impacts on humans. given the concerns i have and many others have, can you assure me that fda is prepared to deny approval of the sale of ge salmon to consumers if you're agency determines it cannot guarantee tha

senator franken. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to talk about a tool that students can use early on in the process of looking at colleges. the net price calculator. i'm going to introduce some legit creation on that to prove it. that price calculator allows kids, before they are even decided whether to apply to a college, can see how much is actually going to cost. now, we have a free net price calculator available for colleges. some put their own. some are better than others. you know, i think about, a college board a recent survey. more than half of the students ruled out schools based on sticker price without considering the full effect of financial aid, and i think, and it said many of, chose to attend less selective colleges than they were qualified for because they incorrectly believed that are priced out of the other schools. i was wondering if you had any thoughts about the net to calculator and what the department of education can do to incentivize colleges to make these calculations more user-friendly for students?

. >> they have done studies about how franken entre resonates with younger men.sonates with younger men. >> maybe he is still the chairman of the board. room soes the flatiron special? >> i've never been to the flatiron room, so i don't know what i could tell you. >> can you tell me that you met your husband at the flatiron room? >> the flatiron lounge. .> lounge, i beg your pardon close enough for government work. with was an amazing place amazing cocktails. the we have a whiskey collection that includes whiskeys from around the world. >> what is your favorite? >> whiskey is an occasion. that would be a whole other conversation, how about that? green is with the flatiron room. and emma rosenblum is with bloomberg businessweek. ♪ .. .. ♪ ♪ live from pier three in san francisco, welcome to "bloomberg west" where we cover innovation, technology, and the future of business. i am cory johnson. coming up, we will talk to eric schmidt and google ideas representative gerald -- gerald:. build get their take on everything from robots to nsa surveillance. samsung, defeatin

. >> they have done studies about how franken entre resonates with younger men. -- frank sinatra resonateser men. >> maybe he is still the chairman of the board. what makes the flatiron room so special? >> i've never been to the flatiron room, so i don't know what i could tell you. >> can you tell me that you met your husband at the flatiron room? >> the flatiron lounge. >> lounge, i beg your pardon. close enough for government work. >> it was an amazing place with amazing cocktails. the we have a whiskey collection that includes whiskeys from around the world. >> what is your favorite? >> whiskey is an occasion. that would be a whole other conversation, how about that? >> heather green is with the flatiron room. and emma rosenblum is with bloomberg businessweek. ♪

or the eu do in terms of franken's best sanctions, economics or politics? what's the difficulty of sanctions is it is lost economic opportunity for both sides. unless the sanctions hurt you as well, they will not work. the west have shown no appetite for sanctions that hurt the west. i think the idea of targeted sanctions that hit the delete is a good idea but they have to be much more fierce -- that hit the elite is a good idea but they have to be much more fierce. the people at the head of gazprom to be targeted. who like thele head of gazprom invest holdings. why is he not on the list when he has been one of the main architects of putin's policy of extending power in the former soviet union. on "the sunday times" list as the richest man in the united kingdom. there is a dislike of targeting assets which hurt us. , westernthe long term powers have to wean themselves off of energy dependency on russia. i think the main strategic move which should be taken is serious steps to avert energy independence it. u.k. ambassador to lose pakistan, craig murray. >> w

it targets minnesota democrat senator al franken for supporting rule changes that would enable to irs to crack down on the political activities of non-profit groups. likely the first of many ads. chris. >> more on this with the panel. mike, thank you. >>> stocks were down today. the dow lost 99. the s&p 500 was off 13. nasdaq fell 61. >>> president obama meets pope francis for the first time tomorrow. and the visit comes at a moment of significant tension between the president and the catholic church. correspondent shannon bream explains. >> as president obama prepares to meet with pope francis at the vatican, some catholics here at home say they feel more under attack than ever, as evidences by a massive pushback from the administration's health care mandate, requiring numerous catholic linked entities to provide health insurance to employees to provide cost free access to a wide array of contraception. >> there are a number of diocese from the catholic church, catholic charities, most notally the little sisters of the poor, so i think it goes without saying he's in hot water with th

. >> by the way, who feels a little bit old to find out al franken is a grandfather?illionaire donor like this one, tom stire, as he confirmed he has pledged $100 million in seed money for climate causes and to fight the approval of the keystone pipeline. could the climate talk hurt those candidates in tough races or help them secure some key campaign funding? did the all-night attention grabber accomplish another goal? trying to get more attention to the issue itself? i'm joined by one of the participants, senator tim kaine, democrat from virginia. good morning to you, sir. >> chuck, good morning to you with you. >> glasses half full for those climate change activists, seeing 30 democrats doing what you did last night. glass is half empty. they see 20 democrats, including those in the toughest fights in 2014 duck the issue for fear that it could be used against them. how do you assess the politics of this? >> you know, in virginia, chuck, and as i think you have pointed out, virginia might be the best bellwether state in america in terms of the match for the electora

minnesota senator al franken, jeff merkley, and mark warner.all at risk in their states in large measure for their allegiance to the unpopular president. republicans say they haven't seen a map or momentum like this in the senate in nearly two decades, and today, the democratic national chairman send out a plea urging without more money, democrats will lose their majority. >> all right, carl, thank you. >>> the man who put about eight bullets into the white house three years ago will spend 25 years in prison. oscar rumira ortako hernandez was sentenced today. his lawyers argued for just ten years saying he was depressed and thought armageddon was coming. no one was hurt. >>> the final countdown to the official obamacare deadline. we'll talk about the questions that still remain when the fox all stars join me after the break. all promotions! it's red lobster's lobsterfest! the year's largest selection of lobster entrees, like lobster lover's dream. hurry in and sea food differently. go to red lobster.com for ten dollars off with purchase of two

al franken, who has done everything right, three years of living out there, doing his job, keeping hisnational interviews, being a great senator, attentive to all the issues, it's not going to be easy in minnesota. it's not going to be easy in michigan. oregon is not going to be easy. eddie markey has to fight for reelection. everybody has to fight for reelection. i don't know who is safe besides your friend durbin there is not many who say yeah, that guy is probably going to get reelected. isn't that the case? isn't that the way you're looking at it, david? >> i think that's right. i think we should approach it that way. i've been a little dismayed, and i've talked about it, that some folks are already focused on 2016. we've got the fight of our lives in 2014. and each of these candidates is going to have to treat it that way. on michael's point, i do think that we need to localize some of these national elections when congressmen and senators vote against infrastructure for their states. that affects local jobs. the minimum wage in this poll that you mentioned is a huge winner for de

just shy of record territory, i went to bring in a john buckingham, chief investment officer at al frankenho is finding opportunities in this bull market. a lot of people have been fearful that with all of the run-up we saw last year, we might see a tiny upside this year. does that mean you need to be more vigilant about how you approach investing? >> i absolutely think so. we cannot continue to go up 30% every year. the year before, we went up nicely as well, 17%. you do need to be selective and focus on valuation. i know there are concerns about some of the ipos that have come and the .coms. those stocks -- >> what valuation? valuation?'s that that is one of the concerns. easy money has made valuation perhaps too high. some fear that we could be looking at an asset bubble. do you worry about that? >> i do worry about those things. i am focused on individual stocks. so, we do think there are pockets of that ouit there. we are not buying expensive things. ratio, wek at the pe are in the 14-15 range. you do need to be selective. you need to be careful in your shopping. that is why we publis

the author of four books on hazing a professor of franken college in indiana, he joins us now from indianapolishat this means hazing? class it is a good idea for them to ban hazing and i would like to see other groups do it. we have seen with this the national went around its undergraduates, which, year after year, would not approve something like this. what will happen without pledging is that we will not have the semester long hazing that has led to so many of the deaths you describe. >> is it during hazing exercises when these occurred or could adjust the wild partying echo those are two different things. >> i keep track of the 170 plus hazing deaths that happened at the collegiate level in the country. if i kept track of all of the party deaths, automobile related deaths, the number would be off the charts. >> professor, it is one thing for the national organization to make a decision as sae has done in this case. it is another thing altogether for each of the individual chapters to honor that decision. realistically, what are the chances that would happen? >> in the next four years, until

. >> how about al franken? he may have arguably been a better comedian than a u.s.only won by 300 votes in 2008. his approval rating is very low. this state is trending democratic, but he has not matt sale with the voters in the state. if they get a winnable -- if republicans nominate someone who can win as opposed to someone who is too i had lomicily to the right for the state million dollars of the road electorate, he's in jeopardy. >> i'm out of town. but if you were a betting man, put your money on republicans? >> i totally bet on republicans taking the senate in midterms. the question is will they take it by the narrowest of margins or by a comfortable of margins. that we can't know yet. >> john, thanks for being with us. >> thanks. a pleasure. >>> president obama drawing a line in the sand over russia saying, quote, there will be costs regarding military intervention in ukraine. so what does this mean now as russiaeploys armed troops into crimea? >> in violation of you ukraine's sovereignty would be deeply destabilizing which is not in the interests of ukraine

. >> thank you, senator franken. i want to thank you for the opportunity to testify today on behalf of the society of professional journalists and the sunshine government initiative. as you know we are passionate about access to government information. foia helps the drones reveal corruption, expose problems in society, and our citizens to recently journalistic use foia to expose dangers of crime aboard krisher prefigures foia to -- among federal reserve bank presidenpresiden t. they just for you to show a drug companies influence what appears on warning labels. foia makes a difference and it saves lives. but i'm here today to say that foia is terribly, terribly broken and it needs more than just reinvigoration. it really needs resuscitation to you all have worked hard to improve foia. in 2007 open government act, creation of ogis. for that we thank you. off great, but on the ground today people to access to information is actually more and more restrictive restricted than ever. for example, this year the u.s. droppe

i think senator franken said he would take over at that time if we continue on beyond that time, but we are managing a bill on the floor that we have to leave four at 10:30. again, welcome, and please proceed. >> thank you very much, and i know that you are pressed for time, so i wanted to keep my oral statement relatively short. really, thank you, mr. chairman, and members of the committee or the opportunity to be here to discuss with regard to the implementation of several new laws passed. the safety modernization act. job quality and security act. i really want to express my gratitude to you and the committee for championing the balls. they all represent remarkable accomplishments in a bipartisan way. their importance to public health cannot be overstated. we welcome the opportunity to return to provide a more detailed review of the control act which lays a strong foundation for protecting public health. first, the safety. foodborne illness is one of the fda's most important responsibilities. the toll it takes is profound. and 3000 bonuses deaths every year from foodborne illness.

but i wanted to have this hearing, and i will stay here as long as i can, and then i think senator franken will take over the gavel, but we're going to talk about the freedom of information act, all of you refer to it as foia. and as we stream what we do here, i would hope the whole freedom of information act -- i'll call it foia -- we also commemorate the annual celebration of openness in our democratic society called sunshine week, which will be next week. i'll be in vermont talking about it in several places. for almost half a century, the freedom of information act has translated our american values of government openness and accountability into practice, helping guarantee the public's right to get information. so i think it's time we take stock, which is where we are. what progress we have made during the last decades. we tried to improve foia. also examine proposals to reform foia to address new technologies that were not even imagined at the time it was written. and the challenges that remain with citizens seeking information about their government. five years after president obama

al franken beats norm coleman. nobody would've guessed that a couple years out.sed that would happen. soon -- whenever he thought would win. you can't predict the. but what you can say is the map looks very good for republicans. because in addition to the open seat races of montana, south dakota and west virginia which look very good, you have five of the top senate races in the country in states where obama's approval rating ranks among the 10th lowest in the nation. particularly places like arkansas and louisiana and north carolina. >> ralph, let me interrupt you because i want to -- >> yeah, one last thing. job approval more than anything tries midterm performance. what was bill clinton's job approval on election day 1998? most people don't remember this. 66%. even in the middle of impeachment. when bush lost the house and the senate in 2006, where was his job approval? 37. today in the real clear politics average, obama's is 43. his disapproval is 53. and some of the key states, it's even lower and that's the driver. >> are you weeping? >> no. i'm trying to k

senator franken, good morning. >> good morning. >> can you block this?he number one provider of the internet. time warner is the number two provider of cable tv and the number three provider of internet, and think this will be -- consumers will pay more less competition, less innovation and even worse service. >> their argument is they don't overlap in markets. you're laughing. >> i'm laughing because we're supposed to take great comfort from the fact that this is the number one cable company and the number two and they don't compete in any market so they're saying you should be happy that we have these monopolies and now we're going to be one company with twice as many -- much monopoly. >> is the anything they can do to make you comfortable with this bill? >> yeah. what would make it comfortable? >> you know, we're going have hearings in the judiciary committee but i'm against this from everything i've seen. >> that was the question i was thinking. what would make it okay? you wrote the letter. clearly that hasn't changed. the nbc deal went through. >>

you see with chuck schumer and several democratic senators from al franken to max baucus whole number irs to change 501(c) four regulations, and that is what the agency itself has proposed. a number of these groups would have to start naming their donors if they were shifted out of 501(c) four status. it would result in a lot more people being treated the way the koch brothers are, which, the people associated with them now or associated with other groups really don't want because they see what is happened to them in terms of the notoriety they have of their a result political donations. >> let me just clarify one thing. like ourals don't undisclosed donors. they have plenty of undisclosed donors on their side. say, even the donors who are known, like you see who have been in the news a lot, they are treated differently by the media. they get more free me press. the environmental donor who is a billionaire got a friendly profile in the new yorker and the new york times. and the koch brothers come in for a different sort of treatment, which is what scares conservative donors off. i don

as my colleague, senator franken, mentioned, those of us who have kids -- and i have four -- those of us who have grandchildren -- and i have seven beautiful grandchildren -- they will look us in the eye 20 years from now and say, why did you let this happen? didn't you know what was happening? didn't you understand what lack of action would do for our country and the planet? that is the issue that we face. we need to have the courage now to stand up to extremely wealthy and powerful forces in big energy -- and that's the coal companies, that's the oil companies, the gas companies -- and come up with an alternative vision for energy in america. and in that regard, i am proud to have joined with my colleague, the chair of the environmental committee, senator barbara boxer, to introduce last year the climate protection act. and our bill does what at the end of the day every serious person understands must be done, and that is to establish a fee on carbon pollution emissions, an approach, by the way, endorsed not just by progressives but also by moderates and also conservatives like geor

al franken's trying to do something with corporations.ble entities that are intended to destroy the entire world. you know, not thinking maybe some of them create jobs. >> there's always an interesting way of framing his views. >> we had kevin o'leary on. if you hear someone on the left pays you zero, they get incensed. but we are in a competitive world now. we should want our corporations to be able to do better than corporations around the world because we can keep them here and have jobs for everybody. >> i also think we have the biggest market in the world. you want to encourage foreign direct investment, you're going to get piles of it coming into the u.s. if you have the biggest market in the world and they don't have to pay -- >> we could tax you fat cats. we could tax you. >> on distribution. >> yes. >> i think you could end up with a different -- now, there's issues you'd have to work out like pensions own a bunch of it. but at the end of the day, i think the concept is still right. the lesser you make the burden on companies, pr

senator al franken visitor tom udall for my state have been circulating a petition for about a year toney out of politics to repeal the citizens united act. that is a good start and would be a good start. as long as all the prostitutes are inside the beltway and set about here in the rest of the country, we are going to have a problem. guest: the caller has an excellent point, which is this -- these roles, these ethics rules are created and enforced by lawmakers themselves. you have every right to be skeptical of the process that is created by congress to police the behavior of congress. you can't imagine any other circumstance where this is done. normally, you have some sort of independent, outside party that enforces the laws. that is not the case here. i will say, of course, the justice department does have the authority to go and file criminal cases against lawmakers who break the law. is exceptionally rare. there are people who would argue that the problem, the very problem with the office of congressional ethics is that it is too independent, that it is not governed by congress,

. >> i feel like al franken's character. >> do it. do it. >> stuart smiley here. how are you?right then. let's talk about the weather across the bay area. anthony slaughter in for christina loren here. no bad weather to report here at all. temperatures about ten degrees above average. we're going 78 in the south bay, 78 for the east bay, and even in san francisco today, plenty of sunshine. 71 for your daytime highs. >>> gosh darn it. >> i'm smart enough and gosh darn it, people like me. >> they do. like all of you. >> we love you, al. >> willie and i are like -- >> it's getting weird. >> we have analog happiness. >> i need my phone, please. >> what, are you growing a period? >> that's me thinking. you don't see me do it often. >> our stage manager is like, his emoticon is going like this. >> what does this mean? >> there's got to be one for you. >> up next -- >> up next -- there's a lot going on in the world. this morning that could stoke your fears. we've got facts to put those stories in perspective. >> we were so happy. now we go to fear? hat in perspective. activia tummies

also known as j m o's biotech foods transgenic crops genetic engineering and to some detractors as franken foods in two thousand and twelve eighty eight percent of the corn crops in the united states were genetically modified as well as ninety three percent of soy and each year the presence of g m o's in america's food supply increases is this a welcome scientific advance or a danger to our health here to discuss this issue curtis stone chef new york times bestselling author t.v. personality and now restaurant tour. curtis recently opened his first restaurant mod where he focuses on seasonal locally sourced ingredients more open to the public february first in the valley hills mary lou one of the new york times best selling author an actress currently hosts the nationally syndicated marilu henner show a longtime health and wellness advocate she's one of the few private citizens selected to contribute to the receiving of the government's food pyramid professor bob goldberg is a member of the national academy of sciences and professor of molecular biology u.c.l.a. name one of the top twenty