john gillibrand. >> do i have it right? >> it's kc 5. >> kc 5 amendment, without objection, the senator may proceed. >> thank you, madam chairwoman. we know that today under ffab, the emergency food assistance program, we've all seen in our states, probably each has met somebody who used to give food or money but are asking for food from the food banks. we know the kind of pressure they're under. that's why what the chair and senator roberts and others did when the whole issuen tfap, made an important difference. we need to do more i think, madam chair, to address ongoing need of food banks that each of our states are trying to meet. the usda, grants the secretary the ability to not just consider commodity prices in purchase and distribution decisions but also to take into account current need in those communities, in those states. so it just gives the secretary, more flexibilities. i know the secretary when he was there and dealing with these issues how flexibility matters to them and gives the secretary that flexibility i

we'll debate thit this morning with kirsten gillibrand and republican, former presidential candidate and congresswoman michele bachmann. plus, we'll analyze how the gender gap figures into the fall campaign with our roundtable, with us, savannah guthrie, harold ford, republican strategic mike murphy and nbc's chief courthouse correspondent and political director chuck todd. first this morning, i talk to the president's point man on the economy, treasury secretary timothy geithner about jobs, your taxes and the fight over economic fairness in this campaign. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning. the president is in south america for a trade summit this weekend. his visit has been overshadowed by some news and the news is alleged misconduct with prostitutes involving at least 11 secret service agents. the investigation is continuing this morning. we'll have more on this story and reaction as we go through the hour. back at home, tax day is tuesday and with the general election now under way, the economy is still the number one issue to voters. but some troublin

. >> senator gillibrand. >> we've been working with senator chambliss' staff and the secretary's staff and have language that appears to satisfy the members concerns. i can have this copied and circulate fundamental you would like and we can come back to it. >> can do you that quickly or the other option, read it, is it simple? we could read it to the committee? if no one needs to go further than that, at this point we would have an understanding. >> section 10. the secretary considers the purchases of commodities by the ccc or under second 32 in addition to other appropriate considerations the secretary may consider the needs of the states and the demands placed on emergency feeding organizations. and that meets the needs of -- >> any discussion on modification? if not -- senator johanns, would you like to -- >> was that on nutrition? i was -- >> this is on tfap. >> nutrition amendment and it would be, i would just ask that we accept by unanimous consent the modification to the kc amendment number 5. and thank you for working together to work this out. so we have the modification. is

. >> new york senator kristin gillibrand and former presidential candidate michele bachmann will join david gregory for more on this discussion on "meet the press." you can see that this morning at 10:30 right here on nbc 4. >>> former vice president dick cheney is making public appearances for the first time since his heart transplant. cheney spoke at the wyoming republican party convention in cheyenne for well over an hour yesterday. people say that he seemed pretty strong and that he walked on stage without any assistance. cheney had the transplant three weeks ago at inova fairfax hospital. >>> today marks 100 years since the sinking of the titanic. the massive ship left england bound for new york and hit an iceberg overnight on april 15, 1912. it sank less than three hours later. a cruise retracing titanic's doomed voyage reached its destination overnight. the journey sailed to the site where the titanic went down. those on board held a memorial for the disaster victims. we're also seeing tributes to titanic disaster victims right here in washington. in this region a crowd gathere

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gillibrand of acts as a partner of ours. -- gillibrand off -- the look -- phillip randolph is a partner of ours. we are all coming together when it comes to voting rights. from the family perspective, we cannot walk away from this microphone without talking about trayvon. [applause] i am from a big city in florida. i know everybody has been there. it is 20 minutes from sanford, florida. it is an issue of criminal justice. we have our black youth vote, who are led by young leaders, who are coming together next week around the banner of the black youths voted focusing on whether young people are fully engaged around the issue of justice. our target is to focus on the issue of jobs and employment and under employment. there is a major sport -- a major focus for our target on underemployment. a big focus for us will be on the voter rights issue. those who do not believe in inclusion have done a good job studying what happened in 2008. they look at the fact that we alternate on sunday in some places. -- that we alternate -- we voted on sunday in some places. we have to keep fighting. there a

. >> senator gillibrand. >> no. >> chairwoman stabenow. >> aye. >> the total tally of senators present is 12 ayes, four nos. >> a majority of the committee being present and having voted in the affirmative, the committee print is ordered and reported to the senate as amended. i want to -- >> madam chair? >> -- without objection, let me just say the committee counsel is authorized to make technical and conforming changes consistent with the actions of the committee. and i want to thank everyone again for perfect work. >> madam chair? >> yes. >> i think there were five nos. >> yes. >> would the clerk repeat the final tally? >> sure. the total tally -- >> four present. one by proxy. >> i'm sorry. thank you, madam chair. >> let me just say in conclusion, again, this is a very historic day to have not only the major reforms we have but over $23 billion in deficit reduction. i don't know another committee that's worked together in a bipartisan basis to provide something that works for our ranchers, our farmers, consumers, taxpayers, those all across america and at the same time provides the

we'll get more background on all of this in just a couple of minutes and yesterday senator kirsten gillibrand from new york had this to say. >> i rise to join a strong and growing group of my colleagues in support of violence against women act, a common sense bill that since it was first signed into law has always been an issue we can build a consensus around both democrats and republicans alike. the reason for this is quite simple. there is no room for tolerance of violence against women in the home anywhere in our society. when we're talking about the safety of our families, there is simply no space for partisanship. that's why i am calling on my colleagues to not seek to block or delay this important piece of legislation any further. to do so is a disservice to the families so deeply affected by domestic violence every single day. anyone who is guilty of domestic abuse should be held accountable tofullestextent of the law and any victim should be empowered to speak out and have access to help and support. keeping women and families safe is a basic, common sense principle and one that we ha

in peace in response to the gulf nations who are called the rebel fighters to arm themselves so gillibrand had this to say yes. it's clear as day that if the opposition is armed to the chief it will not defeat the syrian armed forces but instead they'll be slaughtered mutual killings for many many years we've heard from these syrian government that they have actually started implementing the conversations for the scorpion and peace plan that they have begun withdrawing the troops from more volatile cities with the troops on moving to the perimeter and in khan the cities we've actually seen some of the troops returning to the army bases but according to this cease fire implementation after a positive beyond the opposition will have forty eight hours in which they will have to cease their own hostilities and what we're hearing from the syrian regime is that while they were committed they needs to be the same kind of commitment coming forth from the opposition in terms of wanting to see this violence end. well apart from still if he's on the ground there's also a media war over syria to fed b

her good friend kirsten gillibrand also. attended also.fords resigned in january 1 year after being shot in the head during an event in tucson. google is launching a new cloud storage service. >> and there's a new vacuum that cleans and modest -- that cleans and counts your calories. rob nelson has more. >> google's drive allows you to store videos and documents and photographs and it is cheaper than another service. appapartially paralyzed man poked up to an electronics computer sends messages to a computer 6 miles away just by thinking them. he directs a small robot to of. a new high-tech vacuum compresses the dirt and makes it easier to discard and it tabulates how many calories you burn. those are your "tech bytes" and i am rob nelson. >> interesting. >> that will give you some incentive to do the housework. >> not a bad day today. cold this morning. warming up nicely this afternoon. unsubtle tomorrow. i think there's more beneficial rain on the way. we could still use some showers around here. giving the gardens and natural drink. fro

we talk about the broader issues surrounding the gender gap and the economy with kirsten gillibrand and i go one-on-one with timothy geithner on the key issues of this election year, jobs, taxes, and eco >> now, traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. -- now, your insta-weather plus forcast with ava marie. >> the heat continues in the second part of the weekend. looking at the current temperatures, it is pretty mild. 62 it b.w.i.. 63 downtown at the inner harbor with low 60's down on the eastern shore including 66 cents ausberry. 63 in westminster. it will only get warmer as we head towards the afternoon. we are starting off today with quite a bit of clouds. there were a couple of showers over night. does the ball cleared out and it will take a while for the skies to clear, as well. expect partly cloudy skies throughout the sunday. high temperatures in the lower 80's in central maryland. the same case along the eastern shore. in the 70. mountains in the 70's, as well. the skies are clearing out in the southern part of the state. south of baltimore, near dc. if the showers are

. >> reporter: for women voters the economy was just about the only thing senator kiersten jill gillibrand michele bachmann agreed on. >> it's the first bill he really signed which allows women to fight for equal pay for equal work. women are still making 78 cents on the dollar. mitt romney? his hero is the government from with us white house just got rid of equal pay laws there. >> the women who stay home and care for their children, the women who choose to go to work both have a common area that they're concerned about and that's the cost of living and that's what's happened under barack obama is that life has gotten increasingly difficult. >> reporter: life may get more difficult for some secret service employees. the chairman of the house oversight committee said on face the nation he wants a comprehensive review after the agency's sex scandal in colombia. >> the question is the whole organization in need of some soul searching, some changes before the president, the vice president, members of the cabinet are in danger? >> reporter: melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. >>> jury selection begin

new york senator kristen gillibrand has proposed legislation speeding removal of canada geese near whereane was struck. richard lui is here. we have the question, is it i their imagination or is there more of them? >> chris, bird strikes skyrocketed, here is 2012, back in 1990, that's more than one every hour. last thursday is a good example. a boeing 757 turned around after an engine sucked in bird. hit by three birds, a bird also struck hillary clinton's plane overseas. this reminds many of the mire kell on the hudson in 2009, both engines shut down after bird strikes then. it landed safely on water. some estimate the likelihood of bird strikes are one in 10,000. why? more flights and quieter jets. however, only one fatal accident for a jet powered strike to date. at least 55 fatal accidents killing 276 people, destroying 108 aircraft since 1912. the cost bird strikes.org estimates $200 million a year in damage, delays, cancellations worldwide. half of that in the u.s. the faa warns this. the snow goose you see here is a big threat. their population has doubled. 80% of their strikes le

we'll debate thit this morning with kirsten gillibrand and republican, former presidential candidateswoman michele bachmann. plus, we'll analyze how the gender gap figures into the fall campaign with our roundtable, with us, savannah guthrie, harold ford, republican strategic mike murphy and nbc's chief courthouse correspondent and political director chuck todd. first this morning, i talk to the president's point man on the economy, treasury secretary timothy geithner about jobs, your taxes and the fight over economic fairness in this campaign. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning. the president is in south america for a trade summit this weekend. his visit has been overshadowed by some news and the news is alleged misconduct with prostitutes involving at least 11 secret service agents. the investigation is continuing this morning. we'll have more on this story and reaction as we go through the hour. back at home, tax day is tuesday and with the general election now under wa

new york senator kyrsten gillibrand, appearing with bachmann, chose to sidestep the abortion questioneemed to be raising, and instead focused on the most recent round of republicans interference with women's choices. >> what's insulting to women is that the republican party in the house of representatives made it part of their agenda that they want bosses to tell women what medicines they're eligible to take. nothing could be more insulting. >> as we reported a little earlier, ann romney told a private audience of rich republicans this weekend just how fake the war on republican moms was last week when she said, "it was my early birthday present for someone to be critical of me as a mother, and that was really a defining moment. and i loved it." and then there is this acknowledgement of reality from mitt romney's 1994 failed senate campaign. >> this is a different world than it was in the 1960s, when i was growing up, when you used to be able to have mom at home and dod at work. now mom and dad both have to work, unless they want to or not, and they usually have to have two jobs. and

as i listened to senator feinstein, senator murray, senator shaheen, senator gillibrand, after i spoke with senator hagan last week about the pending motion to proceed to the vawa reauthorization legislation, i thought how fortunate we all are to serve with them. i remember when nine women senators joined together to contribute to the book "nine and counting" about their paths to the united states senate. these women have served as role models for many other young women and young girls. even as senator clinton has gone on to become our secretary of state and there have been other changes, six of the nine senators who were subjects of the book in 2001 still serve with us today. they've been joined by nine additional women senators from around the country. you know, this book "nine and counting" is kind of a title looking to the future. today, 17 women serve in the united states senate and that is a great step forward. we have further to go, of course. it's a lot better when i came to the senate. we had no women serving. 16 of them have joined from both sides of the aisle to bring their

new york senator kirsten gillibra gillibrand, donald trump and bill clinton have been among the classme change" said there is a 99.4% chan hillahil chance hillary will run for president in four years. maybe president obama isn't a strong enough advocate for women and hillary clinton might benefit from renewed focus on issues like abortion and birth control. ever the politician, the former president's leaving the door open for his wife to take a run. bill clinton says, quote, i believe she's being absolutely honest when she says she doesn't think she'll go back into politics, but if hillary changes her mind and decides to run for president he would, quote, be happy. for her part, hillary clinton says she doesn't want to serve a second term in the obama administration. pardon me. she wants to finish up as secretary of state and take time to reconnect with family and friends, hit the writing and speaking circuit, et cetera. hillary clinton says all of the talk about running for president is flattering, but she's not at all planning to do that. she says she has no desire or intention to r

senator kirsten gillibrand is pushing to make it easier for officials to round up and kill canada geese on a federal wildlife refuge near jfk airport. she's introduced legislation. wildlife advocates are criticizing the measure saying there are other methods to control the geese. >>> parents of a missing 6-year-old girl in arizona say they will never give up searching for her. police say they are scaling back the search new for isabel celis who was reported missing from her family's tucson home last saturday. >> we are here today to me for a safe return of our baby girl isabel. >> we're lacking for you, isa. we love you, and we miss you so much, and we will never give up. we will never give up looking for you. >> police are describing the girl's disappearance as suspicious but haven't identified any suspects in the case. >>> supporters of trayvon martin marking the two-month anniversary of his death. the naacp and other groups now hosting a rally tonight in l.a. civil rights activists are expected to join celebs like magic johnson, stevie wonder, chaka khan and others. he died february

we have michele bachmann and kristin gillibrand talking about the damage done this week and how to keepnable conversation going because we know women in swing states are most likely going to decide this election. >> who else is on the show? >> we're talking to tim geithner about the economy, tax day coming up, this debate over tax fairness this week, which is a big issue. so, he'll talk about why the recovery still feels sluggish despite some good news out there. >> and then you've got a fun "press pass," a real legend. >> yes, bill cosby. he's so interesting, talking about one howard theater we've been talking about here this week, reopening, what it means to the community. but also about the trayvon martin case, about president obama and his performance. wide-ranging discussion with him. >> all right, moderator with "meet the press," david gregory. thanks for joining us. >>> the weather has been absolutely gorgeous. i don't think we could ask for better. >> if you like to sweat a little bit. what's up? >> well, we have a little cloud cover outside this morning but i assure you, you're

and devoted member of our committee and worked hard on -- actually introduced along with senator gillibrandthe two bills that became the stock act, the antiinsider trading by members of congress and worked as the ranking member on the subcommittee that senator carper chairs that has been working focused on saving the united states postal service. so i appreciate his kind words and the stated intention to name a post office for me, and i just hope he names one that is not then closed shortly thereafter. i also thank him for doing his part personally for the post office by continuing to write letters and sign them. i tell you, we all personally do -- i'm using email as much as anyone else. you know, i discovered i'm going to wander a bit here in preparing for this, my last year in the senate, and how you wind things down, that they actually keep our emails on discs. they can be stored in libraries as you would normal memos. we do reserve the right to edit somewhat. but so much of the -- so we're privileged in that way, but so much of the communication that goes on between people on email is e

rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable kirsten gillibrand, a senator from the state of new york, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: the senate is considering a motion to proceed to s. 1925, violence against women reauthorization act. republicans will control the first half-hour. the majority the second half-hour this morning. the republicans will also control the time from 11:30 to 12:30 today. the majority will control the time from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at 2:00 p.m. the senate will resume consideration of the postal reform bill. there will be several roll call votes, six to eight votes, at that time in order to complete the bill. madam president, i am very, very gratified about the work that's been done for the last many months which will culminate today in the passing of this postal bill. it's been extremely difficult. lots of people worked on this, and it's been a bipartisan effort. and it's going to be somethin

gillibrand, a senator from the state of new york, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to s. 1925, the violence against women. the majority will control the first 30 minutes, the republicans the final 30 minutes. filing deadline for first-degree amendments to the postal reform bill is 1:00 this afternoon. i really hope that we can work an agreement out on the postal reform bill. i spoke to senator lieberman last night, the chairman of the committee, and he is hopeful as i am that we can move forward on this legislation. it's a shame if we can't. as we speak, there is more than half a million men and women working for the postal service, 25% of them are returned veterans, and we have 30,000 post offices around the country. we have about eight million people that depend on the post office for their jobs. so to think that we can't move forward on this and be really untoward, something

gillibrand: i rise today to join a strong and growing group of my colleagues in support of the violence against women act, a commonsense bill that since it was first signed into law has always been an issue that we can build a consensus around, both democrats and republicans alike. and the reason for this is quite simple. there is no room for tolerance of violence against women in the home anywhere in our society. when we're talking about the safety of our families, there is simply no space for partisanship. that's why i'm calling on my colleagues to not seek to block or delay this important piece of legislation any further. to do so is a disservice to the families so deeply affected by domestic violence every single day. anyone who is guilty of domestic abuse should be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. any victim of abuse should be empowered to speak out and to have access to help and support. keeping women and families safe is a basic commonsense principle and one that we have easily found agreement on since the bill was first passed, and we should be able to agree on