we are back with senator al franken.most vocal critics of the comcast and time warner cable merger. i don't know if anyone has posed this question to you before, but is there anything that could be done that comcast can do to make you amenable to a merger? to make you say this could go through? senator al franken: i don't think so. unless they divest a tremendous amount of something in this. in terms of conditions i don't think the fcc nor the doj have the resources to force conditions as we have seen in some of the past violations. betty: the you believe this will have a big chilling effect on other megamergers? is up that partly one of your motivations here? it seems as if in business, bigger is better. as part of this also to say we will not let all of this go through? senator al franken: bigger is not better if you have one company controlling 57% of the broadband internet and the country. that is anti-competitive and that means high prices and lower choice for consumers. and if possible, were service from comcast. c

ever wonder what america was thinking electing comedian al franken to the u.s. senate? ever wonder what could be worse? here's franken. >> the incumbent senator current senator there, dan coats, says he is not running next year and, look, when people come to me they say, young people, say how do you become a united states senator and i say well, do about 35, 40 years of comedy and then run for the senate. [ laughter ] i think he should run. i would like -- [ applause ] >> franken liberal comedian -- >> i think letterman would make a perfect democratic candidate. he got a head start sleeping with the interns. there's that. >> there's that. there you go. >> letterman, i mean, enough. we need a letterman, too? senator letterman? >> letterman, boy, his name recognition, got some money and he has always been indiana loving on his show. he would be -- >> not bad choice, for the democrats. yeah. i think it would be really entertaining. the only thing more entertaining for this is if joe biden runs for the presidency. i want to see comedy. >> enter taping. >> franken's not grea

years ago on april 12 1945, only three months after his unprecedented fourth inauguration, president franken roosevelt died well visiting his little white house in warm springs, georgia. up next, an 11 minute newsreel covering the funeral and president harry truman's first address to congress. the national archives recently restore the film. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> from his beloved second-home in georgia, the body of franklin delano roosevelt moved on the first stages of its journey to his final resting place. scores of sufferers sorrowfully bid farewell to their great friend and benefactor. the president's dog follows his beloved master. aboard a special train beginning the 20 four-hour trip to washington, the 31st president of the united states leaves warm springs forever. all along the 700-mile route people gather to honor president roosevelt and his ideals. ♪ slowly, the train backs in the union station in the united aids -- the united states capital awaited by a military guard of , honor and members of the late, great chief executive's family. with justice burns and secretary wallace, harry s trum

there you go franken president. tonight midday's brother will join me with affirmative-action. "rolling stone" has retracted -- retracted the article but i will speak twisted was mentioned in the peace a disagrees with the way he was portrayed. in the stadium with barely functional bathrooms. i am kennedy. kennedy: hey there. rand paul katchis seats to call for a defense budget increase during the big campaign announcement libertarians and conservatives in regards to defense. >> wise enough to avoid unnecessary intervention. kennedy: should embrace and on interventionism to have a a defense budget? "you're crazy, kennedy" per john bolton former ambassador to the wind welcome back. you have said i hope he comes all the way over. i don't think he read a play date but your own special form policy -- policy? >> i believe in redemption whether he is prepared or not remains to be seen because i do think the philosophy is in competition with his ambition and prepare end that remains to be seen. >> there is a difference between redemption and selling out of the true believers those lib

with al franken as a guest letterman expressed his frustration with politics, and franken offered a suggestion>> when people come to me, young people say how do you become a united states senator and i say do about 35, 40 years of comedy and then run for the united states senate. [ applause ] you know, it has worked every time. that's how i think we should run. >> if letterman were to run, a lot of political pros in indiana think he would win and that's today's power politics. >>> one of the country's most famous preachers has died. robert schuler founded the crystal cathedral. and the hour of power was in homes for decades. but in recent years his empire crumbled. the cathedral was sold to the catholic church, and his ministry filed for bankruptcy after being taken over by his chirp. schuler was 88 years old. >>> coming up next, dealing with mandatory water restrictions. but even that might not be enough top end the drought. what it will take to replenish the reservoirs. and plus, a cross-country road trip with the driver in the passenger seat. >> california is in the midst of one of the wors

senator franken: thank you for that response. i understand that last night a court issued a decision that needs to be evaluated regarding families in immigration detention facilities, but i'd like to talk about that issue nonetheless. in the past few years, the department of homeland security has significantly increased its use of family detention centers at an annual cost of nearly $2 billion. family detention centers often separate parents from their children and their recent expansions led to complaints of poor conditions, inadequate services and physical dangers for those detained. such allegations would suggest that family detention centers pose long-term developmental challenges for immigrant children and families. what is your view of the current family detention system? should the use of family detention facilities be expanded or reduced in the future? secretary johnson: before we encountered the situation we had in the rio grande valley last summer, we had among the 34,000 beds for immigration detention only 95 for famil

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it's rare for al franken to say that, that's how easy it is. i just want to give real credit here not just to letterman and franken, but to walmart. it's easy to say they're doing this out of a business interest. actually, they're taking a lead here. this kind of politics used to play out in statehouses across the country, and we didn't know about it, and the corporations didn't have to care about it. thousand they do. we all know about it. >> we're going take a break here. garrett epps, thank you for guiding us on the details of the law tonight. >>> coming up, breaking news. "the new york times" is reporting that jeb bush has changed his position on indiana's religious freedom law. that's next. >>> and a new jersey newspaper tonight is calling on their senator, bob menendez, to resign after being indicted on bribery charges today. the last united states senator indicted on bribery charges resigned only after he was convicted. that senator occupied the same senate seat bob menendez occupies today. taxi. vo: after years of being treated like she

senator franken. >> thank you madam chair. i -- i would just put in a word of caution for the export of lng. minnesota produces no lng, and we like to keep the costs down, and so for generational electricity, for manufacturing, for heating, so there are i believe the energy information agency has said that it would lead to cost rises in the united states if we do export and specially export a significant amount. i -- mr. secretary i'd like to talk about renewable energy production on indian lands. our tribes in minnesota and elsewhere have tremendous renewable energy resources in minnesota, biomass and wind and solar too but in, i mean, if you've been to arizona, you know there's tremendous solar there and with distributed energy as a goal and microgrids as a goal i would like to see the energy team up with indian energy to pilot programs there for micro grids and distributed energy because it would great jobs in indian country and be a wonderful place for us to pilot program -- you know, cutting edge technology and to see whe

senator franken joins us now.are you opposed? >> this is a merger that would create a behemoth. the department of justice has to decide whether this is anti-competitive and it is. and the fcc has to decide whether it's in the public interest, which is it isn't. this is the number one cable company buying the number three able company it's the number one internet provider buying the number three internet provider. they would have 57% of all of broadband internet. this would create one huge behemoth that would create too much power. we need more competition in the sector not less. >> they say they need it so they can compete with people like apple and others who are streaming. >> if you're talking about getting your tv broadband internet is the way to get your tv. people who are cutting the cord to cable, they're going to the internet. and in company would control 57% of all broadband internet in this country. what this would mean to consumers is higher prices less choice and if it's even possible, worse service. >>

we founded air america, we hired al franken and rachel maddow. she was a news reader springfield, massachusetts at the time. and a bunch of other talent. rebecca: it looked like it had everything it needed to succeed. mark: except money. we had a fraudulent chairman. he's in prison now, and he lieded to everybody about how much money the company had. i will agree with the critics on air america on one specific thing. it was very hard to raise money for air america. you had a lot of very wealthy liberal donors who wowould give the democratic candidates and two other liberal causes, but could not find in their heart a way to give to a fourth [indiscernible] that would promote their message. the democrats and hard right find it natural to give to opportunities that will promote their message, and it's great. liberal and progressive and democrats could not get into their mind that they would actually have a consistent, profitable voice to generate their message. republicans have no problem with it. rebecca: you are juggling all these different hats.

. >>> plus we'll talk with minnesota senator al franken why he wants the government to block a mergertime warner. >>> and the ceo of air b in b, brian chesky. >>> i'm alison harmelin. thanks for watching. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> one person is dead, after fire tears through a plumstead township home we will tell you what we necessity about the victim as crews tried to find out what spark that blaze. >>> good morning i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm erika von tiehl. also two homes on the edge of a massive sink hole in florence township, new jersey. what is cause ago this erosion and what crews are doing to try to fix that problem. >>> katie. >>> erika, yet another coal front slate add cross the delaware valley today and it does appear like it will have a clash to work w thunderstorms fire up today and they could solve gust, i'll explain all of the impact that will lie within that, timing break it town and everything you n

i am joined by bob franken.morning. >> good morning. >> you can talk all you want this morning. as we watch the events play out in baltimore, ted cruz is criticizing president obama say saying has inflamed racial tensions. that's quite a statement. >> he's not the first conservative to do that. i think the rationale is he has inflamed racial tensions because he has the audacity to be black. there are many conservatives who don't accept the legitimacy of a black president and he is pandering to hem. >> this weekend he condemned the looters saying they need to be treated like criminals and their action is not a protest or a statement. is cruz looking for more of the president or is this just campaign rhetoric? >> i think what you have this president obama is often a dammed if you don't, dammed if you don't situation. many people in the black community would say he's being a little bit even handed and a little bit too much meaning the president, and that in fact that the protests even though they are certainly not

that was a nine out of >> david letterman is next with senator al franken. >> i'm good enough. >> i (playing "late show" theme ) tonight... plus paul shaffer and the cbs orchestra. i'm mike mcaffe. and now renaissance man, david letterman!

here's what franken had to say. >> what can i do now to make the governor feel uncomfortable?eat there. look, when people come to me they say, young people say how do you back united states senator and i say well do about 35 or 45 years of comedy and run for the senate. and, you know it's worked every time. so i think you should run. >> what do you think? do you think kids out there across america could run? >> i love that. it works every time. dave is kind of a political guy. ? >> he is. >> we shall see. what a fascinating run. i would love a senator letterman. just look at him. >> i think that would be good. this story is for you. soon you can buy two american pie when the original the asking price for 16 pages of the handwritten notes is at least $1 million for his part mcclean says he's selling the manuscript because his wife and children don't seem to have the knack for making money and i seem to have that. >> good enough reason. >> let's go to tv news. variety reports that the former today's show host katie couric is shopping a fictional story. the currently it would fea

time to bring in bob franken who joins us from washington. good morning to you. >> good morning. it's definitely young. let's talk about this. you just made the politically correct comment. >> this could set off a lot today. "the new york times" is reporting hillary clinton may have used her influence as secretary of state to support the interests of donors who made large contributions to the clinton foundation. how so. >> this is a mind numbingly detailed report in the new york times which has to be juxtaposed with another article. the point of the article is that russia has through a series of financial maneuvers, corners about 20% of the uranium facilities in the united states. where it's mined. this followed a long long years of contributions to a variety of the people who were involved in all these transactions to the clinton foundations. so the point is that this all occurred while secretary of state hillary clinton was, in fact, the secretary of state, and is suggestion is that the political opponents are going to make, that there was somehow some ethical line that was cro

we are joined by bob franken.. >> i think that's probably a very appropriate way to describe the candidates. >> let's start with something that is pretty shocking to some people when you look at the numbers. super pacs from raised $31 million for ted cruz. does that surprise you? >> it surprises me yes, but it has to surprise the other candidates who i don't think for a moment thought that he had that kind of fund raising clout. we should point butt, by theout that gives him a lot of money. that means the other candidates are going to have to accelerate their fund raising. he's going to make a battle out of there. >> and i want to switch gears. the white house is creating a gender neutral restroom. it's the theme of inclusiveness. are these issues only ones that a second term president could truly address? >> it's really difficult to gauge because what's happened in the united states is we've had a remarkable reversal on attitudes toward the various communities that have alternative lifestyles and in this particul

. >>> plus we'll talk with minnesota senator al franken about why he wants the government to block ast and time warner. >>> and the ceo of airbnb, brian chesky joins us in the studio. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm alison harmelin. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> linda macdonald is captioning for you in real time. [ laughter ] >>> taking a live look at the bay bridge right now. beautiful shot. never get tired of that every, single morning. good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, april 22. i'm michelle griego. >> it's always fun to cross at quart to 4:00, too, right? [ laughter ] >> well, happy wednesday, everybody. it's 4:30. how about a little traffic and weather? the ladies are in. roberta, good morning. >> i was thinking, you get to cross it at 3:45? how about a quarter to 3? [ laughter ] >> you win! >> ding, ding, ding. >> but the weather does change during that time, as well. in fact, you can see the tip tops of the bay bridge this morning. you cannot see the top of the golden gate bridge because we are sat

. >> just because he's not on the patoit's payroll, doesn't mean other franken veggies won't kill us. there are pesticides that break open a hole in human cells as well. >> it does not create holes in our cells. >> it burns through the cell and creates a hole in your cell. >> what would make a hole in your cell? >> i don't know. i heard that somewhere. >> it's-- yeah. >> so you're telling me these potatoes are not dangerous. >> the potato is just as safe as coconventionally produced potato. >> po-taut-o. really it's not descrus. >> please stop doing that. >> looks dangerous to me. a recent poll shows qeet% of scientists believe g.m.o.s are safe while only 37% of americans believe them. but lucky for us-- i'm not a scientist. i'm not a scientist. i work-- i interview scientists and translate science into english so that everyone can understand. so yeah i've interviewed a lot of scientists, too. sometimes i purposely play dumb so that they explain it in a way that makes it really clear and-- >> i do the same thing. ( laughter ) ( applause ). >> david suzuki a geneticist and tv personali

in washington let's bring in bob franken. in a nicely suit there. nicely-fitted suit.arng to you. >> i wouldn't go that far but at least as far as tv can see. >> you're looking good. >> between that facebook post by michelle balkman and the last comments and we almost need to take a shower. >> it was rough. and wait a second. let's talk about robert menendez. he's one of few sitting senators in indict indict indicted. how strong is the case? >> the prosecutors would say they have a strong case. it's been a year-long investigation that he and his close friend, a an eye doctor who lives in florida involved in some influence pedaling and men endez says he's going to fight but thus far the federal government is proceeding aggressively. >> and menendez is temporarily stepping down as a ranking democrat on the foreign relations committee. let's look at the effects. what could this mean for u.s. foreign policies. >> he joined the. s in his opposition to any emerging deal from with between iran and the united states, and he had also been opposed. he's a cuban immigrant. he has

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this call came from democratic senators al franken, ed marngy,al wisen, liz beng warren and independent bernie sanders. they believe a combined company would lead to higher prices for consumers an fewer choices. executives from the two companies are meeting with regulators tomorrow to talk about the deal. comcast is the parent company of cnbc which produces this program. >>> a trader has been arrested for his alleged role in the 2015 "flash crash." the justice department charged a high frequency trader in the united kingdom which contributed to the "flash crash." the department alleged that the trader profited by $40 million by using an automated trading program to manipulate futured tied to the s&p 500 index. >>> turns out the biggest job index occurred in the states with the largest oil and gas industry. according to the labor department texas lost the most jobs at 25,000, followed by oklahoma and pennsylvania. the drop in the oil prices beginning last summer has caused energy companies to cut back on drilling. unemployment fell in 23 states according to the report. they rose in 12 an

i am joined now by syndicated columnist bob franken. good morning. >> good morning. christie stuck in traffic on the gorge washington bridge. >> you went there. you don't stop. straight out of the gate. george w bush told an audience she's one of jeb bush's biggest problems and that's why you won't see him out there campaigning for him. let's break this down. did he announce jeb is running? >> >> i suppose so but i don't think that there's anything round about about it except jeb bush in a round about way has pretty much said he's going to be running for president. >> you know does the former president have a pretty good point about being more of a liability than an asset for his brother? >> at the moment george w. bush does not have what is regarded as one of the best presidencies in history. i think the bush name would be used against him if he ran, wink, wink. >> and as we reported earlier, new jersey governor took a swipe at jeb bush's foreign and domestic policy but given his rhetoric and background, how strong of a candidate would christy be? >> that's really a

he'd never in his life known anyone like -- franken roosevelt. he did not know franklin roosevelt. franklin roosevelt paid him no attention whatever none. had no interest in him. it was all right for truman to be his running mate because the political bosses met one steamy july night at the white house and said for t president truman was the manhe. he said if that is what you want, fine with me. he would have preferred james bird or -- or henry wallace. but it was not that way. and then came the 1946 election. congressional election. and the republicans swept the country. and truman cambee back, president truman came back from having gone out to independence to vote symbolic election vote on his part, but he took it seriously. and he got to union station in washington and only one member of his official family, white house family or cabinet, or congress came to the station to greet him. and that was dean anderson. of course, truman never, ever forgot that. a friend does not forget. he got off the train alone reading, carrying a book. i've tried for years to find out what book he wa

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up next the late show with david letterman tonight'ss guest is senator al franken.e a good night. we'll see you tomorrow. ( band playing "late show" theme ) tonight... plus paul shaffer and the cbs orchestra. i'm mike mcaffe. and now renaissance man, david letterman!

all franken asked -- betty liu asked the question isn't bigger better. he quickly shot back eger is not better. a big ok -- bigger cable company is not better. you look at the community interest, and the way they are looking may be changing when you recognize the services we get from these companies are very different. not just from the way the regulations are written but even 10 years ago. what we get is very different. the quality of the service and this bead of the download are so great. you wonder if they are looking at this with a different world of rules going forward. alix: we have peter cook. cory johnson bloomberg west editor at large. alex sherman in the newsroom as well as garlic fu at her breaking news desk. thank you so much. counting down to results from amazon, google and microsoft plus starbucks and pandora. the nasdaq climbing above the dot come era. i have every angle of the market covered. i have adam parker. moments ago, mayweather pack yet tickets went on sale to the public. -- themayweather and paquia tickets went on sale. ♪ alix: t

senator franken: thank you for that response. i understand that last night a court issued a decision that needs to be evaluated regarding families in immigration detention facilities, but i'd like to talk about that issue nonetheless. in the past few years, the department of homeland security has significantly increased its use of family detention centers at an annual cost of nearly $2 billion. family detention centers often separate parents from their children and their recent expansions led to complaints of poor conditions, inadequate services and physical dangers for those detained. such allegations would suggest that family detention centers pose long-term developmental challenges for immigrant children and families. what is your view of the current family detention system? should the use of family detention facilities be expanded or reduced in the future? senator johnson: before we encountered the situation we had in the rio grande valley last summer, we had among the 34,000 beds for immigration detention, only 95 for family

democratic senators al franken elizabeth warren, and for more are asking federal regulators to lock comcast'ssed purchase of time warner cable. in a letter to the justice department, the lawmakers say the merger would lead to higher prices and fewer choices for consumers. antitrust regulars are meeting with executives both companies tomorrow. the chipmaker arm holdings says first-quarter sales rose 22% but revenues from licensing were up just 3% as it dealt with an order backlog. here is the company's ceo. >> our forecast for licensing growth in the medium-term is a 5% to 10% -- that's going to be higher in some quarters and lower and others. i'm not at all worried about a slide a bit year on year because it's becoming such a high pace. emily: upgrades for faster 4g phones are helping to used their loyalty growth. this was after the world's biggest wireless carrier said it added 53 million users to its 4g network. blackberry is making an acquisition, reaching a deal to buy the filesharing security startup, watch docs. -- watchdox. it is a key part of the ceo's turnaround plan. let's head back

one of the main critics of the deal is minister the democrat al franken.ing to bloomberg television this morning. >> comcast and time warner cable has the distinction of being the worst and second to the worst in terms of customer service as rated by the customers. all appropriations in the country. mark: that is a look at the top stories we are following on this thursday. the gathering brings together world leaders, industry icons, artist and activist to discuss struggles and cryer -- triumph women all over the globe. joining me is the ambassador for global women issues the ambassador for women. welcome. one of the major things at this year's summit protecting women and children in conflict areas. where is the world failing of this regard and what more needs to be done? >> it is a big problem because so many of our conflicts are involved in perpetrating sexual violence against women. it is a violent tactic with the berries which egypt purpose on the side of the armed combatant. there are plenty of international guidelines for the need to protect women. in

democratic senators outflank and -- al franken, elizabeth moran, and more are asking federal rate disordersderal regulators to block the comcast time warner merger. they say the merger would lead to higher prices and fewer choices for consumers. antitrust regulators are meeting with executives from both companies tomorrow. the chipmaker arm holdings says first-quarter sales rose 22%. they said revenues were up just 3%, as they dealt with in order backlog. here is the ceo. >> we are forecasting licensing growth in the main term, it was 5% to 10%. some quarters away higher, some quarters that will be lower. it is a lumpy business when it comes to licensing technology in the way that we do. i'm not at all worried by the year on year. we are coming off such a high base. emily: upgrades for faster 4g phones are helping to arm boost rule to growth. the company's biggest gain in almost six years. this after the world's biggest ways -- wireless carrier said it added 53 million users to its wireless network in the first quarter. blackberry is making an acquisition, reaching a deal to buy the filesha

senator al franken a democrat from minnesota, argues that the bigger cable company does not make foretter cable company. >> figure is not that there. if you have one company controlling 57% of the broadband internet in the country, that is competitive and that means higher prices, less choice for consumers and if it is possible, worse service. cory: is there anything comcast can do to save the deal or has the train left the station? chief correspondent peter cook joins us as well as andrew short smith, lecture at georgetown law. peter, what is the latest and coming out of the sea -- of d.c.?/ >> we reported back that the antitrust team had reservations about this deal and that they were prepared to recommend that the justice department challenge it. the double ramey for comcast came in meetings yesterday at the fcc. according to people familiar, they learned at that time the company did, the company lawyers, that the fcc would also recommend they go to a hearing on this deal. r gidley, a bigger blow to the challenge posed by the justice department because that hearing process can tak

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. >> but senator al franken had a different idea. >> when people come to me they say young people saysenator and i say 30 40 years of comedy and then run for the senate. i think you should run. i would like for you. >> margie can you see david letterman running? >> i think if he runs he should have billy on his street be his advance guy and staff him wherever he goes because that bit was really hilarious. >> mark? >> i don't think he's going to do it. i think he would get board out of his mind out of his goard going through the legislative process. but to see somebody like him be such an advocate and social commentator and knows more about that than most of the senators do right now. >> maria, he could have it be exciting if he brought paul schafer with him. >> it would be amazing. if he brought the band he could liven it up. seriously, if he were to consider it he'd have not only name recognition but an incredible fundraising machine and this crowded 2015 field when all eyes are on hillary and candidates will have a hard time running for anything. >>> and michelle obama is on the ton

so you can see senator dianne feinstein there you can see senator franken and ayotte.you remember harry reid has to wear sunglasses because of the eye injury he had. he is in the senate today. harry reid is there as he wears the sunglasses as he has to do everywhere. he is wearing the sunglasses on the senate floor. and then look what happens rand paul coming swaggering and pops on his shade and sticks his hand out to harry reid. he leaves him standing there for a second, but boom bipartisan fist bump, sticks on the shade. and harry reid looks at him like, oh fist bump. the way we know it was a bit of a tense moment is because of senator elizabeth warren, that is her in the blue suit there. look how she reacts, she is talking and sees rand paul coming in, and moves like hey, do i need to get in there? are you guys seeing this? i love the body language, i love c-span every single day. and senator elizabeth warren is here for the interview tonight to talk about not the rand paul fist bump but if she wants to i wouldn't stop her. that is still ahead, stay with us. sunday

and doctor arthur franken environmental health expert as drexel says the exposure is limited and theminimal. >> obviously any amount of shall posh your to cancer-causing agents is not desirable, but we live in a world where everybody is exposed to cancer-causing agents every day. >> they say too many unanswered questions about crumb rubber. >> weed fu protect these kids, we need to rule out anything that could harm them. >> until then, worries and the games will continued. stephanie stahl cbs-3 "eyewitness news". wow, very interesting. 8:47 right now. philadelphia's girard park is getting a facelift. local lawmakers join community leaders test park on west shunk street unveiled the plan improvement. the renovations will include all new walkways lighting all throughout the park, and other amenities. >>> carol? >> great, and the kids go get outside. this is the weather to get outside in, our wetters with a already up glad you're up and joining us, as women. let's make little arc shall we through new jersey and finds 49-degree temperature robin says out in mouth laurel this morning, gre

rear admiral mike franken saying the defense department is now, quote, prepared to begin this solemn undertaking. solemn undertaking, indeed, just an amazing story. we will let you know more as we learn more. stay with us. 0 >>> the national portrait gallery in washington, d.c. is a national treasure, a smithsonian museum free to the public. it's yours after all. the national portrait gallery is full of portraits of u.s. presidents like this, it's very strange, one of richard nixon which somewhat incongruously was painted by norman rockwell and has a giant collection of u.s. presidential portraits they hang around the museum with great care. not everything is hanging out at once but gets a turn. they have portraits of other famous americans and famous artists like this awesome self-portrait by joan brown. on the left that's andy warhol's portrait of the artist jamie wyeth. on the right that's artist jamie wyeth's portrait of andy warhol both at the national portrait gallery. it's just grace, amazing portraits of all kinds and then there's this. this exists. there is, in fact, a portr

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you can see senator al franken, senator kelly ayotte. but watch this part.is senator harry reid, with the arrow there. and you remember now that harry reid has to wear sunglasses, even indoors, because of the eye injury he got while he was working out on new year's day, he had to wear the sunglasses even talking to me last week. he's in the senate today, harry reid is there, he is wearing his sunglasses, has he has to do everywhere. he's wearing his sunglasses on the senate floor. and rand paul comes swaggering up to the front of the senate and pops on his shades and sticks his hand out at harry reid, and harry reid leaves him hanging there for a second, but then, boom bipartisan fist bump. look. puts on the shades and sticks his hand out and harry reid looks at him, oh, fist bump. there's this moment where you're not sure what's going to happen like, if that's going to be a fight or what. the way we know it was a bit of a tense moment because of senator elizabeth warren. that's her in the purple/blue thing here. look how she reacts. she's talking to debbie

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