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franken has voted for the obama agenda 100% of the time. obamacare, franken said yes. raising the debt limits so obama can spend even more, franken said yes. al farnken and barack obama, their spending is bankrupting america. >> the political action committee led by karl rove is accusing begich hiding behind his own television ads. >> begich votes with barack obama 97% of the time in washington. that's just not true alaska. >>> and in tennessee where there is a republican primary election ahead. lamar alexander and president bush. >> president obama created this crisis only after lamar alexander photoed for amnesty. he is responsible. >> alexander is responsible? the senate bill never got a vote in the house. in wisconsin where union busting republican governor scott walker is seeking re-election and is floating the idea of running for president obama. democrats are running ads for attacking him for what they call a criminal scheme. the ads also highlight. >> here in the u.s. we're dead last. what does scott walker do the next day? he launches more attack ads. he is no

thank you, chairman franken and ranking members. i appreciate the opportunity to submit testimony today. i'm president of a think tank focusing on policies to support technological innovation. this proposed legislation addresses two very distinct and unrelated issues. one is commercial use of geolocation by third partying. the second is the use of that information by individuals, particularly around stalk, since these issues are separate and unrelated, i'll address them separately. the issue of limiting the collection of geolocation by third parties in our view would stifle innovation in an area that is rapidly evolving. we've seen in the last few years tremendous growth in location based services and importantly the u.s. has led in this. the top ten internet companies in the world, eight are american. this is in part because our approach to regulation in this fast-moving digital age has really been to not regulate ahead of time, unlike europe, which is home to none of those ten internet firms, they have embraced the principle to re

what's his name the comedian al franken al franken they fought that thing and fought that thing for months and months because they could filibuster the president and finally after four months al franken got seated and then. obama had a filibuster proof senate for seven months that was in july in january and by the way in there was the christmas vacation of the thanksgiving vacation in the summer vacation and then in january and the crowds care not in january. seated and he lost his filibuster go back so he had three seventy four days is that really we have to look at why so many young people are think seeing the americas they got a soggy south this economy saw ansi pelosi passed a bill out of the house of representatives that would have said to corporations in america we're taking away your tax incentives to move jobs overseas and we're going to give you a tax incentive to bring them back republicans filibustered in the sun it's why it's because it would have improved the economy it would have given young people job opportunities but it's such a narrow focus is just say it's republican obs

franken: go out there. now, remember, we're friends of the dead for a long time. oh, this is great, tom. this is great. we're going out in front of the dead audience

>> good afternoon, chairman franken and ranking member flake. my name is jessica rich and i'm the director of the bureau of consumer protection at the ftc. i very much appreciate the opportunity to present the testimony on consumer protection involving geolocation and to offer some initial views on the draft of the privacy protection cap -- act. protecting consumer's privacy is a key focus of our effort and we commend the committee for focus on this issue. products and services that use geolocation data make consumers lives easier and more efficient, as you noted, chairman franken. get turn by turn directions to their destinations, find the closest bank might check the weather when they are traveling, among many other examples. at the same time, increasing collection, use, and disclosure of data present serious privacy concerns. for this reason, the commission considers precise geolocation data to be sensitive, warranting opt-in consent prior to collection from a consumer's mobile device. why is this data so sensitive? canvice's geolocation pres

>> good afternoon, chairman franken and ranking member flake. my name is jessica rich and i'm the director of the bureau of consumer protection at the federal trade commission. i very much appreciate this opportunity to present the commission's testimony on consumer protection issues involving geolocation information and to offer initial views on the privacy protection act. protecting consumers privacy is a key focus of the commission's efforts and we commend the committee for its continued attention to this really important issue. products and services that use geolocation data make consumers' lives easier and more efficient as you've noted, chairman franken. consumers can get turn by turn directions to their destinations, find the closest bank, check the weather when they're traveling, among many other examples. at the same time, the increasing collection, use, and disclosure of this data prevents serious privacy concerns. for this reason, the commission considers gee wro location data to be sensitive, warranting opted consent prior to collect

and as well, our sponsors of this legislation, i want to salute senators warren and franken, who are our two lead sponsors. the bottom line is very simple, mr. president. it is amazing to think that there are 40 million americans and their families at a time when interest rates are about at a record low who are paying 7% to 14% on their student loans. it is amazing to think that the average student graduates with over $30,000 of loans on his or her back. and it is amazing to think that so many of our young people are living at home because they can't afford not to because of student loans. 36% of all individuals between 18 and 31 live with their parents, the highest percentage in four decades. now why should people be paying more? and even more outrageous, guess who's making the profit much of the time? sometimes it's the private banks. that's bad enough. but sometimes it's the federal government. for the federal government to charge people nearly double the ongoing rate for their student loans, so unfair. so we democrats are hoping to give people a fair shot, a fair shot at being ab

>> good afternoon, chairman franken and ranking member flake. my name is jessica rich and i'm the director of the bureau of consumer protection at the federal trade commission. i very much appreciate this opportunity to present the commission's testimony on consumer protection issues involving geolocation information and to offer some initial views on the draft location privacy protection act. protecting consumers' privacy is a key focus of commission's efforts and we commend the committee for its continued attention to this really important issue. products and services that use geolocation data make consumers' lives easier and more efficient as you've noted, chairman franken. consumers can get turn by turn directions to their destinations, find the closest bank, check the weather when they are traveling, among many other examples. at the same time, the increasing collection, use, and disclosure of this data presents serious privacy concerns. for this reason, the commission considers precise geolocation data to be sensitive, warranting opt-in co

we will talk to al franken, who opposes what the fcc plans to do.lso, i have got a weaver and the only cure is more world cup. the u.s. soccer team says it is ok to ditch work for the big game. stay "in the loop here: -- loop." ♪ >> you are watching "in the loop" live on bloomberg television. now that net neutrality has gone viral because of john oliver, more and more critics are speaking out about proposed new fcc. for the there is even occupy google, which called for taking action on july 15. the internet senator, al franken. senator, thank you for joining us. i want you to weigh in on the aereo decision yesterday. what is your reaction? >> i thought leo hindery covered it very well. they are violating copyright law. and were taking something selling it that was not theirs. ,t was a decision by the court but i will give you an example of copywritten material. can i call you betty? you can call me al. we just stole from paul simon. it is very different because we cannot just do a song. we actually did something else. we added to it. but no, i think

i love your show franken food where do i see it and where sit. >> spike tv premiers june between they sunday from 10:00 to 10:30, 10:30 to 11:00. >> clips looks great, so much fun. you are like franken stein of food. >> we are trying to get people to be real creative in the kitchen. you don't have to be a chef. get out there, have some fun, put stuff together. fit sucks, spit it out, start again. that is what we do on the show. we take the bucket, it becomes good and we start again. >> what did you bring in. this is chicken and waffle. >> this is a chick stick, which is basically chicken and waffles on a stick. then we have what is called -- >> hold on it looks like little sail boats. >> they are awesome. they have a apple mix to dip tonight with mapel syrup. >> is what inside waffle. >> fried chicken. >> can we try it. >> absolutely. >> take one out. >> that is green apple. >> yes, you would take the stick out and you can dip the whole thing, just like that, you like doing stuff like this. >> it is so good. >> wait a minute, what did you put that in. >> that is an apple compost with

and then this morning, el franken and i and secretary tom perez, our secretary of labor was here.om, stand up. [ applause ] we stopped by a community organization that helps with a lot of job programs and job placement programs. and this program in particular was focussed on young moms. and it was interesting talking to them because these are teenage mothers, 16 to 18, and it was a great pleasure for me to be able to say to all of them that, you know, my mom was a teenage mom. she was 18 when she had me. and to be able to say to all of them that you're in this country, it is possible for the child of the teenage mom, a single mom, to end up being president of the united states. i think it maybe gave them something to think about. [ applause ] so you guys have been great hosts, minnesota. you're welcome! you're welcome. i love you back. [ cheers and applause ] so i want to give you a sense of how this -- how this visit came up. as some of you know every day we get tens of thousands of corp. response at the white house. we have a big office and every night the folks who manage the o

al franken came out, we'll see if the others come out.hat fight with george stephanopoulos. chip away at it. how different was he when he said he was going to change washington, make democrats and republicans work together on big things. now his goal is to chip away at it. >> this sounds nothing like the obama you heard in 2008 campaign. i think part of that is just the reality that being the president of a country where you have this type of economic recovery, all of these factors at play, it's a hard thing to work at. and i think that's something he's had to come around to. and this is different than the obama, i think, than we heard in 2012 on the campaign trail. >> polarized politics with the republicans. >> of course. >> everybody stay put. tomorrow's news today is next. as our reporters get out ahead of the big political stories just around the corner. are feeling the love, too. by offering things like on-the-spot data upgrades -- an idea that reduced overcharge complaints by 98%. no matter how fast your business needs to adapt, if

senator franken, senator begich, myself and others have seen this work in our home communities.we have seen community colleges, learned from manufacturers what are the actual today relevant modern manufacturing skills they need and then deliver customized training coarses that make a difference in the skills, in the lives, in the college affordability and access of those who seek to join today's manufacturing work force. a fourth bill, the on the job training act cosponsored by senators shaheen and cochran contributed the idea that we need to invest in on the job training. because of senator shaheen's leadership on this bill, it will now make new and important investments so that workers learn what they need to know in the job that needs to be filled rather than an academic setting and then search for a job that might match the skills they learn on the job training in this bill sponsored by shaheen and cochran is an important contribution to modernizing america's workplace skills. the last of the sectors act cosponsored by senators brown and collins is a provision that helps mee

>> good afternoon, chairman franken and distinguished members. i'm representing our member, the minnesota coalition for battered women and i work with the arizona coalition against domestic violence and the connecticut coalition. in fact, all 56 coalitions. i founded the safety net technology project in 2002 to support survivors, train police and work with policymakers on thoughtful innovation. we work closely with many technology companies, including verizon, google. we serve on the facebook safety advisory board. since 2002, we have presented over 900 trainings to more than 65,000 practitioners. my colleagues are with me today. and i want to say for the record that we love technology. we affectionately think of ourselves as the geeks of the domestic violent movement. the previous panel covered the statistics at length so i'll skip that. i want to say stalkers use location tracking services and smartphone applications. phone spy ware is one of the most problematic. location is one of the most dangerous and is currently the loophole. this does no

even democrats such as al franken don't want tsunis to represent in oslo. >> you seem very, very illeem to kind of melt down a little bit. and i think what you want from a diplomat is someone who is good under pressure. >> franken and fellow minnesotan democrat amy klobuchar say norwegians take up barrage and voted to vote against the nomination. brianna keilar is filling in for wolf blitzer in "the situation room" today. >> thanks, jake. happening now, breaking news. anthrax scare, dozens of people may have been exposed to live potentially deadly bacteria. and back to iraq. president obama is ready to send hundreds of military advisors to help iraq's military but he insists u.s. troops will not be returning to combat. sound familiar? and terrorists heating up as isis militants leave a trail of death in iraq. there are new concerns that they will team up with another al qaeda

franken: thank you, mr. president. i rise today to speak in proud support of the work force innovation and opportunity act and to urge my colleagues to support it. this is an extremely important piece of legislation and one that i was happy to work on in the help committee. it's also long overdue. we haven't reauthorized the work force investment act since 1998. it's clear that the law isn't working for a 2014 economy. we know it isn't working because we have a large and growing skills gap. now, what is the skills gap? well, recent studies have shown that between one-third and a half of manufacturers in my state have at least one job that they can't fill because they can't find a worker with the right skills or the job. that skills gap in minnesota, but of course it isn't just minnesota. this is a nationwide phenomenon, and any colleague that i talk to on the floor says that's the case in his or her state. a 2011 survey by deloitte found that there were 600,000 manufacturing jobs nationwide that were unfilled because o

this fantasy live shot i wanted to do when the anchor would say we now go to capitol hill and bob frankenis all mean and i would turn to the camera and say absolutely nothing. and i think this is close to being one of those things. >> well, thanks for telling us nothing today. appreciate it bob. >> call me seinfeld. >> all right. have a good one. bill karins and richard lui are coming back with first buzz. we're talking about a pothole and epic traffic jam. could this be the future of space travel? stick around for details. we learned that technology allows us to be craft oriented. no one's losing their job. there's no beer robot that has suddenly chased them out. the technology is actually creating new jobs. siemens designed and built the right tools and resources to get the job done. if ...hey breathing's hard... know the feeling? copd includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. spiriva is a once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that helps open my obstructed airways for a full 24 hours. spiriva helps me breathe easier. spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powder does

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that means i am joined by syndicated columnist bob franken who is a pretty good singer himself. >> in't a bad basketball player in my time but not 6'6" like deblasio. >> learning something new about you. >> however he should not forget that we have the president showing that he is working out. so, you know who knows? maybe instead of politicians they should try being athletes. >> i don't know about that. we'll move on to politics. senior obama administration officials showed senators a private video of an ailing sergeant bowe bergdahl. the goal was to show his condition was serious enough to warrant swift action. how convincing was that? >> apparently not very. the senators came out from both parties, by the way, quite upset at what they perceive to be the president ignoring the law in proceeding with the release and with releasing, as part of the deal those five very high-ranking taliban from guantanamo bay. what is really amazing to me is that we're hearing now from the administration that they expected some controversy overall this but they didn't expect it to be so much. and to m

al franken came out and see if the others go to colorado or alaska or arkansas.ther point before we move on, what struck me in the bite with george stephanopolous, chip away from it. how different than 2008 the transformational inspirational i'm going to make democrats and republicans work together on big things. now his goal is to chip away at it? >> this is so incremental. it sounds nothing like the obama in 2008 campaign. part of that is the reality that you have the factors at play, it's a hard thing to work at and i think that's something he's had to come around to. this is different from the obama i think we heard in 2012 on the campaign trail. >> in addition to the economy, polarized politics. he said the sun rises and they'd disagree. >>> stay put, as our reporters get you on the political stories just around the corner. seize the summer with up to 40% off hotels from travelocity. >>> and before we go, let's go around the table and ask our great reporters to get you out ahead of the coming political news. >> the sexual assault catch us, you heard congress

we did hear some tough questions from senator al franken but we heard more broad concerns bemoaning the state of the saying wedscape. cannot consider this plan in a vacuum. it has been a to the executives to say why this is different, why he argues this is going to be it for consumers. here are some of the stats. he says content costs will be lowered by 20% for subscribers and there will be 1.6 billion in cost synergies and it will expand rock band to 15 million locations especially in earl areas -- rural areas. that is the sekk -- sell. they do compete when it comes to pay tv. there is some overlap. the consumer groups are predicting prices will go up, not down. we heard from the tv writers guild about how this will mean less competition. fewer outlets to sell their programming. that was the back-and-forth but not a lot of strong opposition. >> thank you, megan hughes. sherman, if this deal is approved, what does this really mean for consumers? x it is good and bad and i will are an why. if you wireless subscriber and you want direct tv. then you are going to pay less money for the bun

i am joined now by syndicated columnist bob franken. always good to see you, bob.good morning. >> good morning, although i'm following quite the act with bart gelman, a friend of mine and one of the most distinguished reporters there is. he's the one, by the way, who's exposed much of the ed snowden material in the "washington post." >> that was a great interview on "rachel maddow" last night. >> it was. >> the president told leaders on capitol hill he will keep them in the loop on the situation in iraq, but will he act with congress -- he didn't ask for syria -- will he use military might for iraq? >> the consensus after the meeting was that he would probably not go to congress to seek congressional approval, but what he is suggesting is is that he will keep the leadership, at least, in the loop, as you just said, and they would then have the obligation to report to their members. but apparently, he is not going to be hamstrung by any political fight over this. >> does the u.s., though, bob, run the risk of looking weak if the president doesn't act? >> well, the u

shale gas franken technology so-called broken technology. is very kind side of the position of russian government which. also see the negative consequences of these kind of took no notice or environment. so this is kind of maybe the reason why why it was such a reaction from from the office so many took. yes let's just talk a little bit more not because so he was prompted to make the allegation has he produced any evidence then to back it up. well there was no any evidence and we can see that it was a private opinion without real serious background but this is. a kind of continuation off do political debate here at the end you know. where they want to it's full we can understand to talk dependence on fossil fuel or implication so this is kind of a result of this kind. because now he's looking to escape from these kind of defendants it does lead to a question why is ramos and even concerned about the anti fracking movement nato is after all of the fence alliance isn't it. well frank in the. united states to be out of. gas. globally in the wor

and number three on the list, franken farms. using more and more big data, technology-type things to produce better and better crops and manage their systems more efficiently. we've taken a close look at that to tie into scott cohn's top states for business, which i know you'll be talking about with him later. >> and i'm trying to glean a clue from this alone, allen. >> well, you know, we're constantly upgrading how we figure out the top states for business. agricultural research is now going to be included in the innovation category for how we do the calculations. >> nice. >> so, this is our feature on franken farms, rounds it out. and stay tuned for top states tomorrow. it's going to be a big one. >> i think it's iowa. based upon that food thing -- >> based on franken farms alone? >> on the food conversation. they're part of the bread basket of the u.s., and iowa, i saw in the commercial, was one of the states that might be one of the scott cohn top states. i don't know, i'm just saying. >> i'm going to laugh if that's right.

. >> i am al franken the end to right-wing dominance the beginning of the battle for truth, for justicef battle in. ♪ america itself not to be grandiose. john: please. now he is the senator. he would die debate we she just yelled. i'd never found much openness in the liberal media why i left abc and happily came here we're liberals and conservatives are eager to debate. that is our show everybody. >>> a roiraq on the brink. is our economy on the line. the chaos already hitting oil prices and lots of stocks here. just how bad could it get? hi, everyone. this is bulls and bears. here they are. the bulls and bears this week. okay. do you think the chaos escalating in iraq could rock us in the u.s.? >> i do. i do. i think there's two facets. one is the oil prices. you know, which is kind of in the headlines right now. that's le

the closest that we got -- al franken. >> bundles are good for consumers if they offer actual cost savingst if they are structured to hide the true costs of each service or force people to buy products they do not want. this would increase the bundling power. i am not sure that is what consumers want. my constituents feel they are getting a raw deal. >> generally we heard more of a bemoaning of the merger landscape in general. certified broad brush. -- sort of a broad brush. minnesota's other senators saying what will be the tipping point when it comes to consolidation saying we cannot consider this in a vacuum. those of the sorts of things we heard from lawmakers today. >> so much consolidation happening so quickly. i can see why this is the realm of the fcc. maybe the ftc. does congress have any real say here? >> not really. they do oversee the regulators but this is really going to be a decision that is left up to the fcc. also the department of justice. they will review any antitrust laws that will be violated. the fcc and the doj are the players to watch. these congressional hearings

. >> i am al franken the end to right-wing dominance the beginning of the battle for truth, for justice of battle in. ♪ america itself not to be grandiose. john: please. now he is the senator. he would die debate we she just yelled. i'd never found much openness in the liberal media why i left abc and happily came here we're liberals and conservatives are eager to debate. that is our show call. the rest is history. kennedy: scandals, like a swarm in locus. the president has been frhtened by scandals. from spine to lying, guns to the irs and ungodly. what we have decided to put together, a list of these landmines. see which ones will tear apart his legacy. obama scandal countdown. this is "the independents."

. >> senator al franken from minnesota has been criticized as being too close to president obama. >> in alaska where democratic senator mark begich is facing a top re-election, a political action committee led by republican strategist karl rove is accusing begich of hiding behind his own television ads. >> pegich takes all the credit on tv put votes president obama 97% of the time in washington. that's just no alaska. >> and in tennessee a tea party candidate is lumping together republican senator lamar alexander and president obama. >> there is a crisis in america. thousands of illegal aliens are overrunning our border. president obama created this crisis only after lamar. >> he never got a vote in the house. democrats are run be ads for what democrats call a criminal scheme. >> wisconsin ranking 37th in the country for job creation. >> here in the midwest we're dead last. so what does politician scott walker do? he launches attack ads. >> finally to oklahoma for a republican who ran in a congressional primary and lost is challenging the outcome claiming that the winner is actually

. >> i am al franken the end to right-wing dominance the beginning of the battle for truth, for justice of battle in. ♪ america itself not to be grandiose. john: please. now he is the senator. he would die debate we she just yelled. i'd never found much openness in the liberal media why i left abc and happily came here we're liberals and conservatives are eager to debate. are eager to debate. that is our show [ dave gentry ] hello. i'm dave gentry. welcome to "small stocks. and big money" [ intro music ] [ intro music ] [ intro music ] [ intro music ] [ dave ] for all of our new vie. and for those of you who are already members of the redchip nation thank you for being part of the in the world. now first. our qu phil frost. the micro-cap billionaire, and the chairman

eastern and we will year from senator al franken who is a big proponent for the comcast time warner deal may hear more from him this afternoon. >> we can only hope. thank you very much. google io kicks off tomorrow but what will be unveiled at their annual developers conference in san francisco? that is next on "bloomberg west." ♪ it is 26 minutes after the hour which means bloomberg television is "on the markets." we are at huge session lows area of the s&p 500 is turning lower by 1/10 of one percent and the nasdaq is impoverished -- is in positive territory. the data has been better. new on sales is up the most in 22 years. the stock market is not listening so we have a lot of headroom at the moment. a couple of stops to -- stocks to look at -- the pharmaceutical company ce rtex is up. ♪ "bloombergwatching west." google is kicking off its annual two-day developers concert, google io tomorrow. designers and developers and marketers will be involved with the apple operating system -- the google operating system. ofre is a possibility products being announced. what do you expect? >> i thi

. >> i am al franken the end to right-wing dominance the beginning of the battle for truth, for justiceca itself not to be grandiose. john: please. now he is the senator. he would die debate we she just yelled. i'd never found much openness in the liberal media why i left abc and happily came here we're liberals and conservatives are eager to debate. that is our showts in iraq. stay tuned. showts in iraq. >>> president obama considers military options in iraq as al qaeda-led fighters take over cities and set their sights on baghdad. >> we will not be sending u.s. troops back into combat in iraq. i had asked my national security team to prepare a range of other options. >> three years after u.s. troops left iraq we'll discuss how to stop the islamic jihadist with house intelligence committee chair mike rogers. plus, with the obama white house caught flat-footed in iraq. >> it's not like we haven't seen this problem coming for over a year. what's the president doing? taking a nap. >> our sunday

. >> i am al franken the end to right-wing dominance the beginning of the battle for truth, for justice of battle in. ♪ america itself not to be grandiose. john: please. now he is the senator. he would die debate we she just yelled. i'd never found much openness in the liberal media why i left abc and happily came here we're liberals and conservatives are eager to debate. that is our show china. have a great weekend. we will see on monday christine lagarde. >> our top story tonight, chaos in iraq and its effect on the world economy. we will bring you up to speed. radical islamist insurgents have been terrorizing northern iraq. on cents in april to help the iraqi army. the air force is now conducting airstrikes against insurgent positions. and that the white house today, president obama ruled out sending american troops back into combat there and said it will take several days for the u.s. to intervene. let's get straight our panel tonight. with us now,

. >> i am al franken, an end to the right wing dominance of talk radio, the beginning of the battle forle for justi justice, a battle indeed for america itself not to be grandiose. >> please. pretty grandiose. senator frank en. he wouldn't debate me. he just yelled. my point is that i never found much openness in the liberal media. that's why i left abc and happily came here where liberals and conservatives are earring gar to debate. that's our show. see you next week. is our show canc kelly, thank you for joining us. i'm megyn kelly. this is "the kelly file." >> we met at a dance, he was the first person who ever kissed me. i almost fainted from excitement. >> he packed up mother and me and moved out to odessa, texas. and i always have admired him for his pioneering spirit. >> our dad is probably the sweetest person you would meet. he is very kind and good and old

. >> i am al franken the end to right-wing dominance the beginning of the battle for truth, for justicef battle in. ♪ america itself not to be grandiose. john: please. now he is the senator. he would die debate we she just yelled. i'd never found much openness in the liberal media why i left abc and happily came here we're liberals and conservatives are eager to debate. that is our show. see you next week. hands of one of the best ever, lou dobbs. lou: good evening, everybody, these are dire times. president obama's policies on immigration have led to an orchestrated march on our southern border with tens of thousands of unaccompanied children. and policies in iraq have led to a march on baghdad by radical islamists who are now an army, an army that is conquering cities, large numbers of iraqis are now either fleeing that army or under the control of the islamic state of iraq and the lavante, the isl. swaths of northern iraq and eastern

. >> reporter: minnesota senator al franken represents a large scandinavian constituency. a letter to secretary kerry this month telling him that he will vote against confirmation. >> mr. tsunis' performance in his confirmation hearing was disturbing to the norwegian american community in minnesota and actually to norwegians. >> reporter: tsunis' stumbles caused an uproar in franken's home state where 20% of the population is norwegian. >> he has no background and no knowledge of norway or the norwegian relationship. >> reporter: scandinavian mike davis, a minnesota attorney is leading the local opposition to tsunis' nomination. he started an online petition calling on the president to withdraw tsunis' name successfully lobbied both of minnesota's senators and wrote a personal letter to obama's chief of staff, minnesota native denis mcdonough. >> we would like to see the nomination withdrawn by the white house and give us the opportunity to have the best nominee possible for -- to represent the united states in norway. >> reporter: the state department stands by all the pr

thank you, chairman franken, and thank you to the witnesses for being here. i was in north carolina, mr. mckissick, and was able to speak dinner and hear about all the things that you have talked about today in terms of the effect of the big money in north carolina and some of the policies that we have seen and what was of particular concern was getting rid of the same-day registration. whether we elected a republican jesse venturer, and independence, the fact that we have people participate matters, and the fact that that in northcut back carolina matters a lot. i was interested in hearing mr. abrams talk about how this should not be about bad policies, and i would agree. what we're trying to get at here a line heree is between what is corruption and what is not corruption and what this leads to. this is not defined in the supreme court case. for me is the basis for why we have to look at this constitutional amendment. i don't think anyone thinks the idea of a proposed 28th amendment in the constitution lightly, but we know there have been times in our histo

impact a handful of ad actors that designer operate products sold crimes.itate terrifying senator franken, thank you for your tireless efforts to end violence against women. thank you for your long support of the violence against women act. >> thank you. seven minute rounds for questioning. detective, you mentioned that you are investigating an attempted murder where the victim was being tracked by a stocking cap -- stalking app that advertised itself as parental monitoring software. we had a public hearing to debate this bill teat of years ago and i read on the website that it was named e-phone tracker. suspect your spouse is cheating? track every text, call, every move they make using our easy cell phone spy software. there's a lot of press about it after that hearing. we checkedame day the website again and this is what it looked like. is your child exposed to sexting? all the stuff about your spouse was gone. is a common for apps to disguise themselves like this? >> absolutely. they will typically advertise themselves as being a family tracker or to track your employees. >> why don't

first, on friday, veterans joined the granddaughter of dwight d eisenhower and the great grandson of franken delano roosevelt to reflect on events of 70 years ago. this is just under an hour. ♪ ♪ the national anthem, played by a brass band] ♪ ♪ >> please be seated. chaplain? today, the eyes of the world were upon the soldiers, sailors, and air man for battle. thehey did on that day, at vet has of their commander, we once again beseech the blessings of almighty god on this great and noble undertaking. let us pray. creator god, we pause this moment to recognize your presence here, and to seek your blessing on this gathering of theand women, who represent greatest of generations, a generation who showed us fidelity, knowing full well and firsthand the very high cost of freedom, and the true meaning of valor. it is in a spirit of love and community that we gather yet again on this day of days to remember the lives lost and the lives forever changed. so, may we also remember your great love for us. may we remember that there is no greater demonstration of love than choosing to lay down your life

one of my favorite examples of this was in 2009, al franken made a big show of explaining the fourthmendment to david chris, then the head of the justice department's national security division. chris was in disbelief. he could not believe he was being humiliated by franken, who turned around and voted for the bill russell feingold said had been produced by the prosecutors committee. there is showmanship for the cameras. and the cameras are off, the sausage making happens, legislators acted very differently. congress would often -- to the extent that congress is going to do something, they would rather be seen as to something that necessarily do something. not actually a joke. it is funny and it is a sad hashtag #lol way. when gettinges something is better than nothing, half-full is better than none. youe are times when i think want to say you're getting half a loaf we are trying to look like you are working. most recent reform bill, which almost every civil liberties group has said it is inadequate and has withdrawn their endorsement of, which you saw on the debate in the house floo

intelligence agency and military have supported the taliban for years, and now they have created a frankene -- frankenstein monitor. >> is this the beginning of more attacks? >> i'm afraid it could be. in scope and in -- and in force these attacks are continuing, and the taliban appears to be gaining strength -- >> and -- >> and this doesn't argue well for afghan either. >> and no sign the government can get this under control. what does the government need to do? >> they need to make a fundamental strategic decision. it has tried for years through the isi, which is the intelligence agency which is part of the pakistani army has tried to separate good taliban, from bad taliban, good terrorists from bad terrorists. i understand why they want to do that. they don't want an afghanistan dominated or too friendly to india, but by supporting the taliban for years, arming them, and giving them refuge, they have created a pakistani, frankenstein monster, and you can't separate these out. you have to make a decision, what is more important the future of pakistan itself or these idealogical groups w

. >> bob franken the old cnn reporter talked about how administration doesn't like to have outside photographers at big event, what he used the word propaganda. the espionage act has been used eight times by the obama administration, three times by the bush administration. reporters have found themselves in the cross hairs of those espionage act prosecution including the associated press getting its phone records looked at. reporters getting their credit card charges loa looked at. the list is long. >> yes. this is not a problem unique to the federal government. we're seeing state governments local governments all over the place playing hide the football, numerous occasions of police officers arresting reports or photographers, standing across the street, exercising their right to see what's going on because the court doesn't want to have a record of it. what you have in the u.s. is not the kind of brutal let's go out and murder the journalist stuff like we see in russia. you have much more subtle, much like you see in singapore where nobody sees the knife and our democracy is really trettenned