you heard from senators hurricane and gillibrand. how to use see it day to day? >> we all share the same data and the same intelligence. we are on the same pace. we are also on the same page with the strategic goal to prevent iran from being nuclear. between the floor and the ceiling of the problem, there are those places where we are not in the same place. we should be closer on how to prevent iran from being nuclear. 2012 passed with giving more time for negotiation, for sanctions, for reaching an agreement for diplomacy. the time is running out in 2013. there are things that makes it different on iran when it comes to policy. it is a different trigger. maybe it is not enough trust. even though we come with different from us, we are the rally is coming with the holocaust. we are 6 million israelis missing to mahmoud ahmadinejad calling for the humiliation of israel. we taken seriously. you came with another trauma. the name is iraq. we do not want to go to another war. this is not a war. this is a one night operation and we should speak on it. >> senator mccain

you've heard from senators mccain and gillibrand from the u.s. perspective, what about from the israeli perspective? how to you see it day-to-day? >> i think we all share the same data, the same intelligence. we are on the same page when it comes to the problem and we are on the same page on the goal, the tra tiegic goal to prevent -- the strategic goal to pretcht iran from being nuclear. but between the floor and the ceiling of the problem, there are doors and windows that we are not in the same place. we should be much closer on how to prevent iran from being nuclear. because 2012 passed with giving more time for negotiations, for functions, for reaching an agroment, for diplomacy. and the time is running out in 2013. what makes us different on iran when it comes to policy, it's different trauma, maybe not enough trust. we have to develop that even though we come with different traumas, you know, we are the israelis coming with the holocaust, we are six million israelis listening to ahmadinejad calling to the anilings of israel, we take it very

[applause] >> senator gillibrand let me pickup on where senator mccain left off. it's true there can be no daylight between the u.s. and israel in dealing with iran but what about the international community? we have seen some of the work you do with helping israel in the u.n.. what can the u.s. congress and administration do to reduce this perception that israel and america are added along? >> is a member of congress we have used that platform as a way to not only show our commitment to israel but to make a statement that our fundamental securities are intertwined in our national security is intertwined with israel. for example we have a resolution that basically said we will stand by israel both economically and militarily with regard to iran. when the u.n. made statements -- >> it's all right to clap. >> when the u.n. makes a statement we have to stand up to them so whether it a we are standing against durbin to or turbine three, whether it's decline for standing up for israel's right not only to prevent the flotilla from crossing but to have the duty to do so.

i think they demonstrate good faith of the chairman and s enator gillibrand. gillibrand's bill originally would have made it a federal crime to transfer two or more guns if that person knew that the result would be a violation of state or local law. that would have given states and localities a one-way incentive to address new gun control measures and force the cost of prosecution and incarceration on the federal government. it also would have created for the first time a situation in which violation of state criminal law was an element of federal offense. she took that provision out at my request. i raised similar concerns about the language in the chairman's bill and you also removed that language. senator gillibrand also accepted major and minor drafting suggestions, including clarifying what intent was necessary to commit a crime, penalties, changing the gift exception, altering the directive for the sentencing commission, and others. chairman has also made changes to his bill at my request compared to when senate s. 54 was originally introduced, it is now

as a politico piece by alex isentast laid out this week, the apparatus that recruited gillibrand and gabby giffords, a tough on immigration, pro gun, pro business moderate who wan in arizona border district by casting herself as a centrist. now being a moderate means running against the president. bloomberg is hard at work waving his purity wand around the country. last month he spent $2 million waging war on a pro gun democrat in illinois. obama made no secret of his desire to take back the republican-controlled house and his re-election seems to have injected a new confidence in the administration and the democratic party. one that's willing to ignore that many of the districts' dems want to win lean right. will 2014 democratic candidates cave to the pressure of obama/bloomberg and the democratic apparatus as compliantly as gillibrand did or will the leftward plunge prove too perilous? one word is certain, if leftward becomes leftward no in 2014, kirsten gillibrand will get to working on reversing again. >>> good afternoon, it's tuesday march the 12th. paul ryan says if at first yo

i think they demonstrate good faith of the chairman and senator gillibrand. so, for instance, senator gillibrand's bill originally would have made it a federal crime to transfer two or more guns if that person knew that result would be a violation of state or local law. that would have given states and localities a one-way incentive to address new gun control measures and force the cost of prosecution and incarceration on the federal government. it also would have created for the first time a situation in which violation of state criminal law was an element of federal offense. she took that provision out at my request. i raised similar concerns about the language in the chairman's bill, and you also removed that language. senator gillibrand also accepted major and minor drafting suggestions including clarifying what intent was necessary to commit a crime, harmonizing penalties, changing the gift exception, altering the directive for sense, for the sentencing commission and others. the chairman has also made changes to his bill at my request compared to when s

caller: when i saw kirsten gillibrand i said, great.i would love her -- when she said that general overturn the conviction, that never should have happened. i would wish at some point they could force the military to take a sexual trauma out, because that was even done to me. it was not as bad as some of the women, but it was pretty bad. there was no psychological counseling, because once you fall after a certain date in vietnam, you don't have the counseling, you cannot go to counseling. and 35 years later they say you can go to the va for that. most of us are hitting a 59 or 60, so. host: merideth shiner? guest: it's interesting. it speaks to what the role of congress might be a, to continue oversight as the number of these women increase and kind of issues they face. some issues may be exactly same as men and some may be different. that's why you are seeing some of the lawmakers, male or female, waiting and observing judgment on how to measure the success of women in combat, how to impose oversight on that, because they just don't kn

kirsten gillibrand and anu bhagwadi.le under him or under her, as sexual opportunities that they can exploit because of their command situation, is this something that is new? or is it just newly understood? >> it's not new, that's for sure. chris, we have the greatest military in the world and i'm grateful for the courage of those who served. but in these instances, we're talking about predators. they're criminals who are targeting their victims and we're talking about 19,000 sexual assaults and rapes each year. more than half against men. and of that, only 2,400 are actually reported. of that, only 240 go to trial. of that, only about 190 are actually convicted. so you're talking about 1 in 100 convictions for these kinds of crimes. and what we're looking for in this hearing is we're looking for a way to make sure that justice is served. because we have to change the dynamics, we have did change the culture, we have to make it possible for men and women who are victims to actually report these cases so we can have conv

senator bloomen bliewmen >> thank you senator gillibrand. i want to thank you and other members on the panel. i think senator mccaskill, senatorsha shaheen, senator gillibrand. i have been privileged to be involved in some of the work that has proceeded this hearing. i think the hearing is critically important because it highlights why we're here today, which is that in the aftermath and the wake of ten years of war, we want to assure we have in our military, the best, brightest, and bravest. obviously actual assault is one of the primary obstacle to attracting and obtaining good people to the military. it's not just the victims, although we deeply respect and care for the or -- how horrific experience you have encountered it's the national interest that brings us here today. it's the interest of our extraordinary military. it also brings us here today. they have common -- demonstrated they are aghast by the problem and acting to do something about it. not just defense secretary hague l, i believe many of the leaders in the military they wil

and senator gillibrand, i have a question along those lines.ow much progress has been made over the past four decades. but what does it also mean about what still what needs to be done in terms of voting rights, preserving voting rights for all people? >> congressman lewis has authored this bill about voting rights. we had 200,000 people in florida, joe, that didn't get to vote in the last election because of lines. we had, in the last election previous, we had 3 million people who had voter registration problems and weren't able to vote. so if we could register online, be able to vote early, we could change some of the dynamics that result in long lines and people being denied the right to vote. so we want to basically renew and revive the civil rights movement in terms of making sure every american gets to vote. >> so you're telling me 200,000 voters didn't vote in florida. so mitt romney could have won? is that what we're saying here? >> who knows? but i doubt those were voters that would have supported mitt romney. >> i might have lost my b

>> thank you, senator gillibrand. yes, i do. it's really a two pronged system that needs to be changed. we have the pipeline of accused being prosecuted and hopefully convicted, but also the retaliation that so many service members face in the process which can't just be dealt with through the criminal justice system within the military. yes, absolutely. independent prosecutor being given the position of authority, convenienting authority will dramatically shift the way victims approach whether or not to report, victims carry a piece of that as well. but we have to remember, sort of look at it as kind of a cynical way of thinking about sexual assault being in the military always focused on prosecution and victims care. we need to do something on the front to prevent it from happening at all. and right now there is no deterrent way in the military to prevent these crimes. >> do you think that if we have more convictions and justice is served that that will signal changes in the military? that if you do commit these crimes you wil

gillibrand: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mrs. gillibrand: i rise today to talk about an issue that every mother in america is thinking about. every parent in america who saw what happened in connecticut bleeds for this issue. we have to do something in our country about senseless gun crime. we have to do something about making sure criminals do not have easy access to weapons to shoot down our children and loved ones in areas that should be the safest places for them. we have seen these mass deaths, whether it's at a school, whether it's at a university, whether it's in a movie theater, whether it's in a community center. these crimes are happening over and over and over again. now, i can tell you when i was first appointed to the u.s. senate in 2009, i realized that our state of new york suffers from grave gun crime all across our state. we have gang violence, we have gun trafficking, we have straw purchasing, networks of weapons flowing into our state. 85% of the weapons used in crimes in my state come from out of state, and 90

because i think senator gillibrand's point is a really good one. if it's about the good of the whole, i don't know that we're doing a very good job since this problem is as pervasive as it is and is getting worse and not necessarily better. >> senator, i think you have a very good point. it is entirely possible, and it is entirely possible that there is a disconnect between the rationale for this authority which is the good of the whole and how it has come to be utilized. that is one of the things that i i will need to consider in making my preliminary assessment, but it is, it is a serious issue, and it requires a lot of -- it requires a very serious response and hard thinking, and i i commit to you that i will think hard about that. i think it's a very good point. >> my time is out. i've got -- let me first make sure has everybody seen invisible war on the panel? general ary, i would certainly like for you later what, if any, action for the good and discipline of the whole unit was, happened to any command at the military barracks here in washing

i think they demonstrate good faith of the chairman and senator gillibrand. for instance, senator gillibrand's bill originally would have made it a federal crime to transfer two or more guns if that person knew that the result would be a violation of state or local law. that would have given states and localities a one-way incentive to address new gun control measures and force the cost of prosecution and incarceration on the federal government. it also would have created for the first time a situation in which violation of state criminal law was an element of federal offense. she took that provision out at my request. i raised similar concerns about the language in the chairman's bill and you also removed that language. senator gillibrand also accepted major and minor drafting suggestions, including clarifying what intent was necessary to commit a crime, harmonizing penalties, changing the gift exception, altering the directive for the sentencing commission, and others. chairman has also made changes to his bill at my request compared to when senate s. 54 wa

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host: the senator from new york and that exchange prompted this headline, "senator kirsten gillibrand ripped into top pentagon lawyers at senate subcommittee hearing." guest: the most interesting thing i found is the senate used to be the place where this conversation was completely absent. it was mostly happening in the house which i think you actually see a little bit in kirsten gillibrand who came from the house who was mediately put on the subcommittee by nancy pelosi. it's a subcommittee that deals with -- caucus, i should say -- that deals with vy license in the military in the house. in the senate you really didn't hear people talking about it. and so when the documentary "the invisible war" was made, if you remember then defense secretary leon panetta, when he was talking about changes in policy and reporting and dealing with sexual assault in the military, cited this documentary as one of the prime reasons that he was really like brought to knowledge of this issue. they tried to find senators to talk on the record so the camera for this movie and no one would. if you saw lawm

i considered gillibrand point as good when.t's about the good of all, i don't know that it's doing a very good job since this problem is as pervasive as it is and it's getting worse and not necessarily better. >> senator, i think you have a very good point. it is entirely possible and it is entirely possible that there is a disconnect between the rationale for this authority, which is the good of the whole, and how it has come to be utilized. that is one of the things that i wanted to consider in making my preliminary assessment, but it is a serious issue, and it requires a lot of -- it requires a lot of serious response, and hard thinking. and i commit to you that i will think hard about that. i think it's a very good point. >> my time is up. let me first just make sure, has everybody seen -- geneal ary, i would certainly like from you later, what, if any, action for the good and disciplined of the whole unit was happening to any command at the military barracks here in washington as a result of the incident? you don't have to

senator bloom and. >> thank you, senator gillibrand.of the panel who have been working for some time on this issue. i think senator mccaskill, senator shaheen, senator gillibrand obviously and i've been privileged to be a bug of some of the work has preceded this hearing. the hearing is critically important because it really highlights why we're here today, which is in the aftermath of the week of 10 years of war, we want to assure we continue to have in our military the best, the brightest and bravest. obviously sexual assault is one of the primary and predominant obstacles to retract the member training could people to our military. so it's not just the vic guns, although we deeply respect and care for her for horrific experience you've encountered. it is the national interest that brings us here today. it is the interest of her extraordinary military but also brings us here today. they have demonstrated they are aghast and disgusted by this problem and are acting to do something about it. not just defense secretary hagel, but i belie

it's a bipartisan group of senators, including senator kirsten gillibrand, senator susan collins and senator mark kirk. chairman leahy's legislation combined the straw purchasing bill that he and i introduced earlier this year together with a bill that senators gillibrand and kirk had been working on. we sat down with senator collins and crafted a new bill, the stop illegal trafficking of firearms act. it's important legislation and the need is very clear. i've met a number of times in recent months with law enforcement leaders in chicago and across my state. i asked them what congress can do to help protect our communities and our children, and the one thing i kept hearing over and over again which we needed to crack down on straw purchases. time after time law enforcement agencies saw criminals and gang members commit crimes with guns that they purchased through others. a typical straw purchase happens when someone who legally can purchase a weapon and pass a background check buys a gun on behalf of sun who cannot pass that same background check. whep -- the purchaser falsely claim

i think they demonstrate good faith of the chairman and senator gillibrand. for instance, senator gillibrand's bill originally would have made it a federal crime to transfer two or more guns if that person knew that the result would be a violation of state or local law. that would have given states and localities a one-way incentive to address new gun control measures and force the cost of prosecution and incarceration on the federal government. it also would have created for the first time a situation in which violation of state criminal law was an element of federal offense. she took that provision out at my request. i raised similar concerns about the language in the chairman's bill and you also removed that language. senator gillibrand also accepted major and minor drafting suggestions, including clarifying what intent was necessary to commit a crime, harmonizing penalties, changing the gift exception, altering the directive for the sentencing commission, and others. chairman has also made changes to his bill at my request compared to when senate s. 54 wa

. >> good afternoon madame chair gillibrand and members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to discuss the coast guard efforts to prevent and respond to sexual assault in our service and good afternoon to you, a ranking member gramm. i share the, on its commitment to the safety and well-being of each of our service members. ensuring the coast guard personnel have a collaborative cohesive work environment that allows them to accomplish their mission, protecting those on the sea, protecting americans from threats delivered by the sea and protecting the sea itself. eliminating incidents of sexual assault within the coast guard was a significant central theme of the, wants state of the coast guard address delivered three weeks ago. sexual assault is intolerable and the coast guard and its devastating to its victims and it has broad repercussions throughout the service we do everything we can to prevent sexual assault to investigating the obligation, to holding people accountable through military justice and other actions and to

i think they demonstrate good and senator senatoe gillibrand. d's bill wouldrang' have given states and localities a one-way incentive to a dress new gun control measures and force prosecution and prosecution -- and incarceration of the federal government and created for the first time a situation in which violation of state criminal law was an element of federal offense. she took that provision out at my request. i raised similar concerns about the language in the chairman's bill. senator gillibrand also made major and minor suggestions, clarifying what was intended to commit a crime, the gift exception, altering the directive for the sense -- for the sentencing commission and others. the chairman has also made changes to his bill at my request compared to when senate s 54 was originally introduced. it is now addressed only at straw purchasers, not only at all transfers on behalf of another. this allows people to buy for people as part of a legitimate business. it preserves private sales. now the bill goes to actual straw purchasers. those who

. >> kristen gillibrand right now.panetta used this to put new rules into place and chuck hagel is looking into this case that we mentioned earlier. what do you think? does the legislation have a thought? >> i think it will be an early test for chuck hagel. this was a big issue for some of the key senators who are here, like barbara boxer, claire mccaskill, those senators really made this an issue for hagel and he said, look, i am going to make this a priority in terms of looking at whether or not the military justice system needs to be reformed. and now he's got -- now he's got a decision to make because pressure is certainly going to build from this hearing today and legislatively the question will be whether or not hagel and others in the obama administration will put the political -- their political capital on the line to change this system when there's a the a lot of resistance to do just that. >> manu and shira, thank you for being with us. >> thanks. >> thank you. >>> mitt romney is expected to reemerge this wee

whether these are being decided on an individual basis or whether this is considered because senator gillibrand's point is a good one. if it is the good of the whole, i don't know are doing a very good job with this problem is as pervasive and getting worse and not necessarily better. >> senator, i think you have a very good point. it is entirely possible that there is a disconnect between the rationale for this authority, which is the good of the whole and how it has come to be utilized. that is one of the things i will need to consider in making my preliminary assessment, but it is a serious issue. and it requires a very serious response and hard thinking and i commit to you i will think hard about that. i think it's a very good point. >> mai tai missile. the me first make sure, has everyone seen on the panel? i would certainly like from you later what if any action for the good indiscipline of the whole unit happened to any command that the military barracks in washington as a result of the incident. you don't have to tell me now, but i am dying to know kukla released, what was dismissed. clea

on a more serious note yesterday, senator kirsten gillibrand from north carolina and others working onures they are using 19,000 cases of sexual assault in the military a year and because of the overwhelming percentage of men in the military as opposed to women, 10,000 of those sexual assault cases are actually men being sexually assaulted, but the one case that was the focus of this hearing yesterday is just an outraging case over in italy where a fighter pilot was accused by a woman of having molested her. there -- the commanding general there appointed a jury. the jury heard the case. heard the facts, convicted him found him guilty stripped him of his rank, sentenced him to a year in prison and the commanding general said i disagree with that verdict. let the guy off. he still is a fighter pilot, still has his full honors still getting the full salary and basically is a free man. senator gillibrand saying how can you say you have got this matter under control when the whole system of military justice can be up ended by the officer in command of that base. >> if the convening authori

plus she is not tied to the deaths of the officers but may hold clues to gunman gillibrand goulet's background and history. >>> meanwhile, santa cruz police officers were back at work today for the first time since tuesday's shooting. sheriff's deputies stood at attention in a show of support as officers returned to the streets. they were allowed time off to mourn their fellow officers gunned down by jeremy goulet. the city had been protected by the sheriff's office. meanwhile the memorial day weekend outside the police station inches to grow. >>> -- meanwhile the memorial outside the police station continues to grow. >> it's all about the officers to support them and let them know we love them and -- [ crying ] >> -- our hearts are with them this morning. >> there is late word tonight about the memorial for the fallen officers. that memorial has been moved from santa cruz to the hp pavilion in san jose. officials say the change of venue is necessary to accommodate the overwhelming support from the community. it will be at noon next thursday and we'll have live coverage on kpix 5. >>> there ha

. >> woodruff: senator kirsten gillibrand-- chairing the subcommittee-- got a mixed response, when she asked if an outside prosecutor would help in reporting crimes, by moving the process outside the chain of command. >> an independent prosecutor would have made a world of difference. it would have gotten reporting outside chain of command and not enabled my commanding officer to sweep this under the rug. >> had i actually gone through with a full investigation while serving, i would have had to live with the men who were abusive toward me. that's not anything i would have ever wanted to go through. independent prosecutor aside. the challenge is partially changing the culture within the military with how women are viewed. >> woodruff: later, defense department officials acknowledged the military culture must change. major general gary patton directs the sexual assault prevention and response office. >> underpinning all efforts is need for culture change. where sexist behavior are not tolerated, condoned. i believe we will know change when prevention of sexual assault is as scrutinized

. >> good afternoon, madam chair gillibrand and distinguished members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to discuss the coast guard's efforts to prevent and respond to sexual assault in our service and good afternoon to you, too, ranking member graham. i share the commandant's commitment to the safety and well-being of each of our service members, ensuring that coast guard personnel have a collaborative, cohesive work environment that allows them to accomplish their mission -- protecting those on the sea, protecting america from threats delivered by sea and protecting the sea itself. illuminating incidents of sexual assault within the coast guard was a significant significant theme of the commandant's state of the coast guard address delivered three weeks ago. sexual assault is intolerable in the coast guard. it is devastating to its victims. it has broad repercussions throughout the service. we are committed to doing everything we can to prevent sexual assault, to investigating every allegation, to holding people accountable through mil

new york senator gillibrand who chaired the senate panel blasted the military's handling of sexual assault. >> i am extremely disturbed based on the last round of question and answer that each of you believe that convening authority is what maintains discipline and order within your ranks. if that is your view, i don't know how you can say having 19,000 sexual assaults and rapes a year is discipline and order. i appreciate the work you're doing. i honestly do. but it is not enough. your achievingour choosin discipline and order, i am sorry to say you are wrong. >> a trial has begun in ohio for two football players accused of raping a classmate last august. the young men possibly urinated on the girl's unconscious body, later chronicling their actions on social media sites. during opening statements, prosecutors said the victim was too drunk to make a decision on her welfare and vowed to introduce the suspects' social media postings as evidence. attorneys for the late internet freedom activist aaron swartz have filed a justice department ethics complaint over his prosecution. he took its ow

. >>> back in 2006, kirsten gillibrand was getting her feet wet in state politics.oderate democrat who campaigned as a common sense centrist. she had no in order to win her congressional election in the largely rural upstate new york district 20 that had been a republican strong hold for all but four years since 1913. and elected george w. bush twice. well, serving her upstate constituents on immigration and guns she sounded more like a texas conservative than a new york liberal. she opposed efforts to extend state driver's licenses to illegal immigrants and earned herself an "a" rating from the nra. sponsoring a bill to dwleet gel background check information after 24 hours. then she was appointed to hillary clinton's senate seat in 2008. on the day of her appointle, mayor michael bloomberg publicly criticized her for her staunch opposition to gun control. suddenly the moderate kirsten of 2006 needed a makeover and quick if she was going to make it in bloomberg's new york. so a new and improved kirsten, one that was more politically palatable to new york liberal

sleets bipartisan discussions and then look at them one by one so this is great, this gillibrand-kirk first step and then background checks. hopefully a bipartisan manchin-coburn effort and then vote on it and then tricky stuff whether it's high capacity magazines or assault weapon ban. all of these things should be on the table and an honest to god discussion about it. we should do the research and then put it to a vote just like the president said. i mean, i have no issue with that at all and i think most of the american people like to see how the legislators believe and think about these issues. >> rob, are you and other reform advocates concerned about momentum flagging for the types of gun control reform that is we are talking about? of course, the energy very high after newtown. sustained a lot longer than what people had initially predicted but it seem like now there's been political capital spent on the sequester, media focus shifted to the sequester and continuing resolution and the batt bugt battles. >> that's why we have sandy hook promise to keep the window open until we h

cuomo, the senator of new york, miss gillibrand, the senator of massachusetts. all the women as well. >> amy klobuchar. >> she did a fantastic job last night. >> hillary clinton's numbers are very strong given where we're at this moment with the partisanship in this country. she's gaining a lot of support from independents. she would have generational support among young women. i think it if she decided to run, she's probably the only one who could put together the broad coalition the democrats need to win. >> just because you worked for her, i'm assuming you would support her in 2016? >> well, i think -- nobody's asked me for my support right now, but i'll say this, which is, you know, donna's right about this, which is her -- if she ran, if she ran, there basketball a transformational effect as there was a transformational effect with then senator obama when he ran in terms of female empowerment. absolutely. and we saw it in 2008 as well. that was a very, very close race if you look at the popular vote during the primaries. i think what these polls tell us rig

. >> and you know, on wednesday, senator kirsten gillibrand gave you a hug and your face is so expressives specific time, and it is so personal as you have described so far, but when you went on camera to demand action here, and something that you would not have had to do in civilian court, and how does saying this in public affect you? >> it affects me in so many different ways, because now people recognize me and say, oh, that is a shame that you had to go through that, but i'm not the only one who goes through it. there are many men and women who are right now, as we speak, going through this very same thing. nothing has changed. this is the -- all of the way back through vietnam era, we have women and men who have been sexual sexually assaulted and sexually abused and sexually harassed and raped, so it is just puts my face as the face of, you nknow, someone they can recognize and say, hey, you know, i experienced it as well. >> you had a certain feeling going into there giving your testimony and a certain feeling after you gave the testimony, and talk about that. >> going into themp t

you will be interviewing kiersten gillibrand. watch it at youtube.com/buzzfeed.zfeed.com. guys, thank you so much. really appreciate it. it was a lot of fun. i'm peter ogborn sit fog for bill press. going to take a quick break and be right back for one quick last segment. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." live on your radio and current tv. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." live on your radio and current tv. >> peter: it is the "bill press show." the "full court press." my name is peter ogborn sitting in for bill today. many thanks to our guests that joined us today. igor volsky, cindy boren the lee brothers, very lively conversation over what the definition of grits are. we just finished up with john stanton and roger gastman. seriously, if you're in the d.c. area, check out the corcoran. i haven't been yet to this pump me up ex

one, i want to con grandchild late and salute senator gillibrand and two, thank the working family'sick leave bill and in new york city, under the leadership of the working family's parties as i become the next mayor. >> the mayoral candidate refused to bring to vote for over 1,000 days for paid sick leave. she wants to leave the city, five paid sick days. i think they deserve it. i think it's at outrage. >> the anniversary of the new town shootings and nra is scared of moms and staffers throughout. mothers, moms rising, mother demand a plan. they called the fairfax county police on us. >> on the moms. >> the nra scared of moms. who knew? >> my thanks to ben gellous of the naacp. # thank you for joining us today. tomorrow we'll have kyrste kyrsten sinema. plus, the iraq that we made. i'm really looking forward to the discussion. coming up next, it's the one and only melissa harris perry. but today joy reid is in for melissa. she will get into the incredible sexual assault case in steubenville, ohio. that is joy reid sitting in for melissa harris-perry. we'll see you right here tomorr

she sat down with kirsten jigil brandt gillibrand from new york. she's talking to a lot of different media people who might help her. the name i hear is j.b. porschp. she's been working close with emily's list. my sense of it and the reporting i did is she decided she wanted to get into politics around the time she went up to har vrd to get a graduate degree in public administration in 2009. this is something she thinks is in her blood and something she thinks is her destiny. she's living in tennessee. i heard she was looking at running in tennessee. that didn't play the way she wanted it to or the cards didn't fall the way she wanted it to, so she returned to look at her home, which is kentucky. she was born in california, but she was reared in kentucky, a big u.k. basketball fan. and, you know, she's a roll of the dice fordom car democrats. she'll be an unpredictable foe if she ends up running. >> howard fineman on this afternoon breaking news for us. thank you. we appreciate it. >> of course. thank you very much. >> goldie, let's start with you.

earlier this week i was joined by senator collins, senator durbin, gillibrand, and senator kirk in thentroduction revised legislation to combat the straw purchasing and trafficking of firearms. others have joined us in that bill including senator clow chew char, senator king, and i'll plan when we get on it i'll offer a substitute we find the provisions with the text of the leahy-collins bill. i reach out to the senators, those discussions bore fruit. the substitute incorporates a pending bills provision, and its creation of a specific crime for straw purchasing designed to prevent criminals from using straw purchasers who can pass a background check and then hand those firearms to the criminals. straw purchasers circumvent the purpose of the background check system, and we have found many everything from drug gangs to others who have used guns that the gang members could not have bought but the straw purchaser has. straw purchasing is done only to get a gun in the hands of somebody who is prohibited from having one. i think we need a meaningful solution to this problem. as substitute

>> caller: i want to ad kristin gillibrand to the dianne feinstein hearings.d not only shouldn't be you, you are not doing a very good job. >> stephanie: good for her. i got to meet her. she is awesome. >> that's right. >> stephanie: twenty-nine minutes after the hour. right back on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. ♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller. >> i can't believe i'm actually meeting you. you know, the news is so much better with you on it. >> stephanie: thank you. ♪ our house in the middle of the street in america ♪ >> stephanie: mark pocan took tammy baldwin's seat. good morning, representative. >> good morning, stephanie. >> steph

this services committee is chaired by senator kirsten gillibrand. >> thank you all for joining us. it's an honor and a privilege to chair this hearing of the personnel subcommittee this morning. i want to thank ranking member of the subcommittee, senator lindsey graham, for his support and in working with me to move this hearing forward as quickly as possible. i know that all of our colleagues on the armed services committee share our deep commitment to improving the quality of life and men and women who serve in our all-volunteer force on active duty or in the national guard and reserves, their families, military retirees, and department of defense personnel. and that is why this hearing today is so important to me personally. and to thousands of servicemembers and their families across this country. the issue of sexual violence in the military is not new and it has been allowed to go on in the shadows for far too long. the scourge of sexual violence in the military should be intolerable and infuriating to all of us. our best, brightest and bravest join our armed forces for all th

. >> first of all, let me thank senator gillibrand not only for the focus on the issue and convening this hearing, but also for the passion and commitment you bring to the issue which i share. and let me begin by saying that you have all given very thoughtful and informed answers, and if i might say border like answers which is to say caution and careful. this issue really demands immediate action. not just tinkering around the edges of young in my first visit to afghanistan. i've been there three times. my mission was to find out what could be done to protect our military men and women against the ied that continued to cause more than half of all of our casualty. and we have since dealt with that problem more effectively through a combination of body armor, better equipment to detect them, a -- range of actions. when i first visited camp, i was shown what the marine corps. was doing in the absence of the body armor about measures that took time to do. they have rigged up ten-foot long pole with what looked like the end of a coat hanger. which they used very effectively to detect roa

captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> on monday, vice president biden, kirsten gillibrand and others speaking about u.s.- israel relations part of the american israel public affairs committee annual meeting. live coverage begins at 9:30 a.m. monday morning on c-span2. the house and senate are back on monday. they will begin work on a stopgap bill to keep the government fend in -- funded through the end of the year. the continuing resolution is expected to come up for debate and a vote later in the week. live coverage dollhouse in c- span. -- live coverage of the house on c-span. the senate voting on district court nominations. also coming up for a vote, john brennan to be the director of the cia. next, testifying on the impact of the automatic spending cuts known as sequestration. this portion from the house appropriations committee is just over two hours. >> the hearing will come to order. to our witnesses today, after a long time in the congress dealing with national security, i continue to be a tremendously impressed with the leadership of america's military. you repres

gillibrand: madam president? so many good things about caitlin halligan have already been said.she's a woman of great intellect, has a history of laudable achievements and a record of outstanding public service and she deserves the full support of the senate today. caitlin has an exceptional career as an attorney and i'm confident that that she will make an excellent judge. she's currently the general counsel at the new york city district attorney's office, an office that investigates and prosecutes 100,000 criminal cases annual in manhattan. she served as our solicitor general. she was awarded best united states supreme court brief while she served there. she has overwhelming support from law enforcement, from the new york association of police chiefs, from the state sheriff's association, the national district attorney's association, the new york women in law enforcement, along with community leaders, women's bar association, the national conference of women's bar associations, and the united states women's chamber of commerce. the bottom line is she is a well-qualified judge

i know, senator gillibrand has been helpful. when a woman -- when the investigator, the prosecution, the defense, the jury, and the community is appointed and controlled by her superior, we make no progress. and as glad as i am that women are permitted in combat, my first fear was there will be more rapes. because there will be additional attempts to control women who have the capacity to progress in our military. so i appreciate your bringing it up. and we are better than that. i mean, i know women in the military who don't go to the bathroom in the middle of the night because sexual assault in the bathroom is so common. it's unacceptable in the united states of america. so thank you for bringing it up. thank you. >> you are going to be a part of the solution. you brought it up. you now have the responsibility. [laughter] >> hi. miami epidemiologist. >> cool. i love epidemiologies. it's fun. >> yeah! i got the slam deng education about malaria by one of the greatest epidemiologist in the world. >> that's good. it it's numbers a

. -- senator kirsten gillibrand is one of our. and gabrielle giffords to everyone knows. she brings so much that to congress. she is very young. she's been in politics and she was 21. we have all of these non- traditional candidates that not only bring diversity of gender but also diversity of experience. they bring different things to congress. i will tell you what this problem is. the problem is that if we have all the money in the world, and au pair were to come in and say i love you -- loveoprah were to come in and say i'm going to be a million dollars, we literally would not have that candidates to give the money to. that is a crazy problem. it is because the number of women under 40 who run for congress is teeny tiny. some have 50 great candidates. and really good years you have five candidates. -- on a really good years we would have five candidates appeared as but the board and have. half of them continue to run a wolf pack. the rest of us came to running start. want to grow this pipeline of women who would become candidates. nobody was really talking to young wom

see i want to thank the senator gillibrand to having the hearing 47 or 49% feel intimidated to come forward because they think they may face reprisal, something that is obviously wrong. having said that, the purpose of military justice is to instill good order and again is so that when they are called upon to rain gauge the enemy and to train and deploy together they can do so in the most effective fashion possible. the military's unique place is not a democracy but a place where you're asked to do extraordinarily difficult things and you have to count on the people to your right and to your left to be there when you need them and vice versa. in the military we have a crime for a commander to have a personal relationship, sexual in nature or otherwise, overly familiar relationship that can be consensual -- though that would be consensual. it's called fraternization and we probably should look at that policy as well to make sure that we are dealing with fraternization cases in an appropriate fashion. .. >> i cannot think of a more devastating blow to unite them to have someone assaulted. if

senator kiersten gillibrand is one of ours. gabrielle giffords to everyone knows. she brings so much that to congress. she is very young. she's been in politics and she was 21. we have all of these non- traditional candidates that not only bring diversity of gender but also diversity of experience. they bring different things to congress. i will tell you what this problem is. the problem is that if we have all the money in the world, if oprah were to come in and say i'm going to give you million dollars, we literally would not have that candidate to give the money to. that is a crazy problem. it is because the number of women under 40 who run for congress is teeny tiny. some have 50 great candidates. on a really good year we would have five. i divided up the board. half of them continue to run a wolf pack. the rest of us came to running start. want to grow this pipeline of women who would become candidates. nobody was really talking to young women about running for office. we decided to not work with candidates which most bridger trying to get women into politics.