i will say this about grassley. he does good eggs haves. launching it with another gentleman, mark kirk. he is a buy has been on steve cohen's tail at sac capital. this guy is serious and going after geithner right now essentially demanding what he knew back in 2007 and 2008 when geithner was new york fed chairman and clearly was briefed and did an investigation on alleged manipulation of bib lore. that is what he is doing. demanding geithner come clean, tell us exactly what you knew. tell us about, did you even think of the consequences of manipulating libor? for example, cities and states, higher borrowing costs because cities and states are involved in complex arrangements if you manipulate the rate down it still hurts them. did he ever think about that? did he think about the consequences? that is all mapped out in the letter. this letter is appearing on fox business network.com we should point out one of the fascinating things in this letter he is essentially calling for tim geithner, treasury secretary, only has a few months, says he

let me get you republican senator chuck grassley.anding geithner come clean about the libor and all. the senate are calling on regulators to create a new "american based index to replace the london bank offer rate." you name it, and a lot of people look at libor and base their interest rates on that. charles gasparino. charles: kind of an interesting low in this whole libor investigation. closed the dismissal of bob diamond. one of the principal players. remember how libor is created. it is a bunch of banks submitting what they think libor should be in a kind of blended together. that becomes the interest rate. it is obviously right for manipulation. you can submit much lower one third that is what they are talking about now. they were low and that investigation. incomes grassley taking on geithner specifically. the president of the new york fed, he knew about this manipulation. guess what, he wrote a little letter to some guy, and e-mail to another guy, did not do much about it. liz: is regulated by london bank. charlie: it is regul

. >> reporter: senator charles grassley of iowa, is the co-sponsor of a bill that would do the opposite. it's called preserve america's family farms act. it would prevent changing the rules for children in agriculture. >> it wouldn't be unusual to put in 14-hour or 18-hour days. there's probably no difference between dad putting it in and a 12-year-old boy putting it in. >> reporter: why is agriculture exempt? that same kid couldn't work in the dunkin' donuts or the family clothing office, or in your office if he or she was 12. >> i think because of the family being involved in it. and working side-by-side with mom and dad. >> reporter: other co-sponsors of the preserving america's family farms act were less eager to talk. jeff denim and devin nunes canceled at the last minute. and representative tom latham of iowa, said he was too busy attending to the needs of his constituents. back in california's central valley, there's little debate about the families on large farms. for them, it may be complicated politically. but it's simple economics. while the parents may not want their childre

. >> iowa senator chuck grassley.tweets sometimes just bizarre and baffling observations, it raises more questions than answered or garbledsyntax. this tweet came up from chuck grassley's official "and said we hit a deer. then we continued to farm. assume deer dead. what? >> we've all been there. >> this is classic. everybody is talk. of course what happens on twitter when a politician does that we got the grassly's dead deer started his own twitter page and asked in all caps why did you kill me? i will haunt usual dreams. and to give you, keep going, one more chuck grassly. i could do these all day. this is classic. this is from about a year and a half ago. tell me if you can make any sense. itc of cedar rapids had their employees around iowa come to headquarters for town meet. large number. lots of issues. nerg big. >> energy big. >> toure can translate. >> thought he was sending a signal. >> he speaks grassly. >> i guess the question i ask is, is chuck grassley on to something here where a key for a politician to u

senator chuck grassley he reported today and he is questioning why medicaid and medicare continue tong drugs that are not approved by the f.d.a. authorities are investigating if the necc illegally acted as drug manufacturers when they their licensing doesn't necessarily allow that grassley says the centers for medicare and medicaid services own rules show that they can cut off funding in cases like this. he went on to say, cms and the fda should explain where weather they used this step and if not, why not. every avenue for explaining how this health crisis occurred in preventing others like it needs exploration. senator grassley pointed to a 2006 case where funding was cut off for compounding inhalers where safety was a concern. shep? >> shepard: elizabeth prann live tonight in atlanta. more fallout from the attack in libya. house republicans are just released new documents that show the u.s. ambassador there chris stevens warned of weak security across that country. and he did so the day of the deadly attack in benghazi. it's new, fox news information. we'll have the details next.

chuck grassley is launching an investigation into the libor manipulations. this is being started by the senator from iowa. they are turning up the heat on the treasury secretary tim geithner. barclays and other big banks and whether or not interest rates were fixed. a lot of this has been sent overseas until now. two senators starting an investigation to libor. let's move on. the economy certainly at a crossroads here with a fiscal cliff looming. our next guest, though, that people underestimate the positive impact we are seeing right now and housing. liz and sound are is in studio. what are we missing on housing? >> we have had a string of numbers. that factor has six years of a study drag on economy. only about 2.5% of gdp. i think people are underestimating the ripple effect to think like confidence. connell: what does it mean for the future? >> the numbers we have seen have been anemic. it is interesting to see how the conversation has turned. brian was very was on with us yesterday. he is very optimistic about the economy, usually. even he yesterday wit

it will grassley word to the next day and a half or so. at bwi, the total rain -- a little bit of a deficit for the month of december. it is looking promising. semin to degrees. that is average for the day. 48 for the menlo -- for the morning low. probably will not see temperatures cooling off much at all. i think it will be rain around for the morning rush hour. 55 in the coolest burster is 62 in a downtown bar to more -- 62 in downtown baltimore. even though we will see clouds and showers for tuesday and parts of wednesday, temperatures will continue to be above normal. wednesday, a few isolated showers. expected to stay mainly cloudy. thursday and friday, some sun. tomorrow, 73-78. in light southeast wind. showers are likely. western maryland, temperatures will stay in the 60's for a couple days. showers are likely to mark. 80% chance. that the minister is as we get further into the week. eastern shore, rain likely to mark. off and on. fog also in the morning. temperatures warm to 79 on the eastern shore. clearing a lid on wednesday. --

senator charles grassley is demanding answers from f.b.i. director robert mueller. the alleged trips to brothels were with prostitutes in the philippines. to reach the washington guardian's complete story on this, go to our website wusa9.com. >>> american university students are being warned about a man fondling women near campus. in the last week four women have been attacked. all of the incidents happened in the 4200 block of massachusetts avenue between the berkshire apartments and ward circle building. the description of the suspect is vague. it's a man between 20 and 30 years of age, about 5'7" to 5'10" tall. he was wearing a dark hoodie and jeans. >>> victims of child pornography may soon be able to receive restitution for the crimes committed against them. a federal appeals court ruled the victim of child pornography may have the right torecover money from people who have been convicted of viewing the abuse they suffered. the decision by the fifth u.s. district court of appeals differs from different rules and possibly sets the stage for a supreme court chall

grassley i was elect and harkin? -- how can iowa elect them? neither of them are up for reelection, but what world to the plate? guest: if i could do that, i would quit this gig and write a political science book and i would go down and live by angie in florida. it is the case that for better than 30 years, it was not just republican and democrat. i suspect the point of this question is that it is grassley and harkin. is safe and fair to say that they both represent the core beliefs of their two parties. this is what we call a truce wednesday. that is how this state operates. -- this is a true swing state. it is not the case when barack obama wins these electoral votes, this will not turn i will blue. -- i know what will not turn blue. his victory will ensure a retention and expansion of the state senate majority which will bring house seats and it is part of a strategy that actually can put us on a possible path to win all four congressional seats. two years from there will be another battle to hold those gains. this is a very independent- min

assume deer dead. [ laughter ] >> so that's how chuck grassley spent his night last night. >> bill: couldn'tre is a pretty clear way to know. but where to begin with that. >> bill: i know. >> we continue to farm. i don't know if they continued on to a farm -- >> stephanie: but who is fred? >> yeah right. i have no idea. no idea. [ laughter ] >> bill: and was he on horseback or -- >> yeah, right. >> bill: all right. peter will be following your tweets maybe on more serious topics this morning. >> @bpshow. >> bill: mitt romney refusing yesterday to stand up and repudiate richard mourdock. still the controversy over what richard mourdock said a few nights ago in a debate with joe donnelly. where he said his faith told him that he could not make an exception in the case -- with abortion -- not even in the case of rape, because he said even rape is part of god's plan and if you get pregnant that is something that god intended. the outrage of that, at first even john mccain came up and said no, this is not what the republican party is all about. but yesterday, there were more republicans who stood

. >> charles grassley of iowa is a co-sponsor of a bill that would do the opposite.ed the preserving america's family farms act. it would prohibit the government from changing rules governing children working in agriculture, rules that date back to 1938. >> wopt be beyond unusual to put in 14 or 18 hour days and there's probably no difference between dad putting it in and a 12-year-old boy putting it in. >> why is agriculture exempt though. >> the same kid couldn't work in a family dunkin' donuts or clothing store or your office if he or she were 12. >> i think because of the family being involved with it and working side by side with mom and dad. >> reporter: other co-sponsors the preserving america's family farms act were less willing to talk. they canceled at the last minute and the press secretary for the by him's main sponsor, tom latham he had he was too busy attending to needs of constituents to talk to us in san francisco. there is little debate among these families working on large farms. for them it may be complicated politically yet it's very simple econom

the news outlet says senator charles grassley is demanding answers from f.b.i. director robert mueller. these claims were raised in a california court case involving those gun smuggling suspects. the alleged trips to brothels with prostitutes in the philippines. you can read more on the guardian story on our website wusa9.com. >>> an update from the national zoo about its female giant panda. the zoo tweeted yesterday that mei xiang has gone outside twice in the last few days. this is some file video of her shortly after she delivered a cub september 16. unfortunately that cub died last sunday. the zoo partially reopened the panda house yesterday. they expect to have it completely open to the public very soon. >>> good morning. it's six minutes after 5:00 if you're just waking up. time for the first your money report. >> jessica doyle is here with today's headlines after a robust finish yesterday. >> if you like the blue chips, it was a good day for it. if you're a tech stock investor, not so much. the market got a boost on positive news from manufacturing after

we're looking at senator chuck grassley of iowa introducing mitt romney during this campaign.onomy. whether or not there will be any new details is another matter. we're getting some insights from our political team here, and what we think is the highlights. i want to bring in our ali velshi to talk about comparing these two visions here. the role of government from mitt romney's perspective and president obama's perspective. they have this five-point plan that romney lays out. it's very generic. energy independence, providing americans with kills skills to succeed, trade that works for america, cutting the deficit, ask championing small businesses. you have the obama plan that talks about very similar ushz. providing american manufacturing, energy made in america, growing small businesses, quality education, cutting the deficit by more than $4 trillion, and, of course, that the whole obama care putting you in charge of your health care, protecting retirement, security. these are all kind of generic talking points. give me the specifics in terms of what is the difference betwe

. >> reporter: senator charles grassley of iowa is a co-sponsor of a bill that would do the opposite.is called the preserving america's family farms act. the bill would prohibit government from rules governing children working in agriculture. rules that date back to 1938. >> it wouldn't be unusual to be putting in 14 or even 18-hour days. there's probably no difference between dad putting it in and a 12-year-old boy putting it in. >> reporter: supporters of this proposed bill admit nothing is likely to happen on capitol hill quickly. as you just saw, any change in these rules face a tough political battle. coming up, we'll go ban to the fields as the harvest winds up in california and we'll deal into the proposed details of this law and how it might affect the children who right now are working in the fields even as we speak. that's tonight at 11:00. >> we look forward to seeing wk that. if you have a tip for investigative union, give us a call. 888-996-tip or send us an e-mail. >>> still ahead, president obama gets a big endorsement. >>> and concern on the east coast after hurricane

. >> reporter: senator charles grassley of iowa is a co-sponsor of a bill that would do the opposite. it's called preserving america's family farms act. the bill would prohibit the government from changing rules governing children working in agriculture. rules that date back to 1938. >> but it wouldn't be unusual to be putting in 14 or even 18-hour days. there's probably no difference between dad putting it in and a 12-year-old boy putting it in. >> reporter: but even supporters of that proposed law admit that nothing is likely to happen on this issue quickly, and any changes face a tough political battle from the opposition. coming up tonight at 11:00 in our special report, we dig into the details of this proposed law to protect children currently working in agriculture and we talk to a representative on the opposite side of this issue about why he thinks the current rules should stay the way they are. that's tonight at 11:00. i'm steven stock, nbc bay area news. >> thanks, steven. >>> 5:22 right now. coming up we'll have a look at the hp pavilion, a live look there. the sharks. they

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as it was for iowa senator charles grassley. >> we will put america on a new path to a new day with a new president, obama -- a new president romney -- pardon me. you know, i want to forget that word. >> reporter: the final stretch of this race could be in for a bumpy ride. not just because of the tough campaign rhetoric, but also because of the weather. the romney campaign was forced to reschedule an event on sunday because of a major storm threatening the east coast this weekend. in the words of one romney advisor, we're keeping an eye on it. wolf. >> jim acosta traveling with the romney campaign. thanks. let's dig a little deeper now with our chief political analyst gloria borger. john's still with us as well. they bill this, gloria, as a major speech on the economy. but i listened to it, i read it, i didn't see any major new initiatives in that speech. >> there weren't any. what it was was mood music for independent voters. essentially saying to them, look, give me another look. he admitted it was interesting. he admitted that, yes, the economy was in a ditch when president obama

. >> senator chuck grassley said this. this point how the agent was killed but because of operation fast and furious, we'll wonder for years if the guns used in any killing along the border were part of an ill-advised gun-walking strategy sanctioned by the federal government. he said that on tuesday. do you think, in fact, there is a good chance that the gun that was used to kill this border agent were walked across the border, in fact, or is he just guessing? >> well, i can't eliminate the possibility. but at this point, it would simply be speculation. >> what happens next in your investigation? when will you be able to give everyone a detailed and defined description of what happened that night? >> well, the crime scene itself is still being processed. they hope to finish that later on today. once we are able to gather all the information gathered at the crime scene and compare that with the interviews of the agents, we may have a better picture of exactly what occurred. >> what a terrible tragedy, certainly, for border

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we're at an event in van meter, iowa, chuck grassley is on stage getting the crowd warmed up to hearnee. and just before that, josh romney was at the podium and he said what a lot of romney family members and even romney himself has been saying out on the campaign trail, and that is how about that debate last week. they do feel that that debate has energized voters, has also given undecided voters who were sort of looking at both candidates sort of a different look, a new look at mitt romney and they think that isle also a reason why the poll numbers are moving his direction. but we had a chance to listen to a senior romney adviser on the campaign plane heading in to iowa. kevin madden was talking to reporters. and we asked him what do you think about the new polls. and he said this is campaign that doesn't get it too high on good days and doesn't get take low on bad days. and so the translation is that they are they're going to ride it out. they're of course happy and they're energized by what they're seeing out here, but they know that they also have to be cautious about this. i ta

like to work really hard to make sure that i provide the kind of constituency services that chuck grassley the people of the state, and i would like to go talk to him and his staff about how they do that. congressman king doesn't work in a bipartisan manner not with people in congress and not even with people in the delegation to the defeated, he would have gone and signed the petition for the farm bill. he instead brought to the floor 43 repeals for the act when he could have been working in a bipartisan fashion and he just wasn't capable of doing it. [applause] [applause] >> , the plan to be bipartisan mrs. vilsack doesn't believe it is the case. how do you respond? king: i wrote the repeal bill to repeal obamacare. [applause] [cheering] and it was bipartisan when we voted on it and passed it in the house and it went over into the senate and i will say every republican in the house and the senate voted for my repeal bill. we needed to get that done and then we could have a bipartisan solution going forward. i'm working on this missouri river bill and i would like to know where she stands

it is a grassley republican and harkin democrat.s how this state operates. this is a purple state. sometimes we -- is not the case that went barack obama wednesday 6 electoral votes, this will not turn iowa blue. that would turn his victory -- and retention and expansion of the state senate majority, which will bring house steeps and be part of a strategy that brings state house seats coming back. it has us on a possible pass to win all four congressional seats. it will be another battle to hold those gains. it is a very independent-minded state. we are not split east and west. it really is in the four corners. senator grassley and senator harkin are the face of this state. caller: good morning. i did not vote for president obama in 2008. and did not vote for mccain and 2008, sarah palin scared me. rd -- at every turn, he has gone for democrats, republicans, independents, he fought very hard to get unemployment benefits for people who were out of work. i saw that. she worked very hard to get bp in their and take care of the people i

two republican senators chuck grassley from iowa and john thune of south dakota say they want more informationis company, a-123 systems was chosen to receive this stimulus money, whether or not there were signs it was struggling, whether they did due diligence before granting this money. we have a statement from the romney campaign saying that the -- at a town hall debate four years ago, then senator obama promised to easily create 5 million green jobs. a-123's bankruptcy is another failure for the president's disastrous strategy of gambling away billions of taxpayer dollars on a strategy of government led growth that simply does not work. while the president said he would double down in the second term, governor romney will return the federal government's focus to its proper role of supporting research and creating an environment where private sector innovation can thrive. i should mention, brooke, this is not a poster child for these republican critics. after all, this firm, a-123 systems, it started with $100,000 in seed money from the government under bush's -- george w. bush's term and al

even chuck grassley said he is carrying water for wall street. that has to stop. >> i would ask -- the question when to the priority. we have so many pressing issues. to put a bill to rack up the deficit and to impose new taxes to fund political campaigns. thinkm not for that and i that is wrongheaded. what does that have to do with creating jobs or educating children? listen to what each of us is saying. there is nothing but insistence that everything is wrong but no prescription on how to fix it from mr. powell. we have to help small businesses by lowering their taxes. we have to make sure regulation to talk overtake the launch but our spirits -- the entrepreneur spirit. make sure that others can have access to health care. we want to make sure that is replaced so that businesses are nerousrdened by that owners la law. >> maybe you would have voted with medicare part d so that medicare people could negotiate the prices for medicare prescription cost instead of keeping that large going to pharmaceutical companies. that increased our deficit by a

senator grassley, thank you for that introduction.overnor branstad and lieutenant governor reynolds, congressman king, appreciate your being here, and the chairman of my campaign for a long time, brian kennedy, thank you for being here, and for all of you braving, it's a little cool and little windy today. thank you for being here, and bringing me such a warm spirit. it's good to be back in iowa. don't think by the way -- [applause] don't think this is the last you are going to see of me and paul ryan because -- [applause] this state may be the state that decides what kind of an america where going to have and what kind of lives are found are going to have so we are counting on you. and the decision you make this november will great -- shape the great things, historic things. and those things will determine the most important and intimate things in our lives, the lives of our homes and our families and loved ones. this is an election about america. this is an election about the american family. now, all elections matter of course, but

even chuck grassley from his own party says that he is carrying the water kowalski and that has to stop. >> moderator: congressman cantor. cantor: you know, first of all, we have so many pressing issues. why in the world would somebody say that that is a priority for the first day in office, to put people into rack up the deficits of more and or impose new taxes to fund political campaigns. using your tax dollars to pay for political campaigns. no, i am not for that, and i think that is wrongheaded. i would also ask, what does that have to do with creating jobs or educating children? that has nothing to do with that. i would ask you again, in the audience, to listen to what each of us is saying. there is nothing but insistence that everything is wrong, but no prescription on how to fix it comes from mr. powell. what i want to say that we need to help small businesses by lowering the taxes, make sure that regulation does not overtake the entrepreneurial spirit, the backlog of this country, and we have not gone to the discussion of obamacare yet, but that is of the utmost importance if we

. >> rockport and aunt charring cross and i passed a reform that -- portman and chuck grassley i passed reform that gave a tremendous amount of power to deal with the irs could remember the cinderella story it with the glass slipper? fischer has created this glass slipper with a pledge to grover norquist did all the things she talks about, you cannot get it in there. that is the problem with her plan. >> senator fischer, 30 seconds. >> i think we were talking about reforming the tax code, and that has to happen, and there is bipartisan support for it. as a visit with business people all across the state, and they welcome that. they understand the complications. what they want to see is certainty. there is so much risk out there for businesses right now. when you have a tax code that is changing, constantly changing, it is hard to make business decisions. i talk to business people who want to hire, create jobs, hire new employees. but because of the uncertainty we are facing with the fiscal cliff, with the tax code that changes constantly, they are concerned. >> as we wind down our time

even chuck grassley from the own party says he's carrying a water for wall street. that has to stop. [applause] >> moderator: congressman cantor? cantor: you know, first of all, i would ask the question went to the priority. again, we have so many pressing issues, why in the world would someone say that is a prior toty for the figs day in office is to put a bill in to rack up the deficit more to impose new taxes to fund political campaigns. using your tax dollars to pay for political campaigns. i'm not for that. i think that is wrong. and i also would ask what cousin it have to to create jobs or effecting children. it has nothing to do with that. i would ask you in the audience to listen to what each of us is saying. there is nothing but insistence that everything is wrong but no prescription how to fix it come from mr. powell. i want to continue to say we have to start helping small business by lowering their taxes and make sure that regulation does not take over entrepreneurial spirit. we haven't got ton the discussion of obamacare. it's the outed most importance

[laughter] on the tax writing committees, only senator grassley and mr. rangel and mr. stark have been through tax reform, so for everybody else it's going to be a brand new experience. >> actually, the good news on the senate side hatch and baucus have been there. >> well, hatch wasn't a member of the committee at the time, but there are a few veterans. >> you need that. and to get that in the key places is helpful. >> i think we're going to take some questions from the audience if there are some. people have mics. here we go. >> i'm lynn from miller and cavalier. do you agree with the consensus of the last panel that it really is not realistic to think of separating individual tax reform from corporate tax reform, assuming corporate tax reform deals with the pass-through issue? >> i personally think that's absolutely right. i mean, you have to look at these comprehensively. businesses are taxed through both the corporate code and the individual code. you have to have a cohesive approach to business taxation, or there's no point getting into this game. um, and it's, yo

i want to provide con stitch went service that chuck grassley provides, and i want to talk to his staffn how they do that. congressman king does not work on a by partisan matter, and if he did, he would have signed the farm bill. he, instead, brought to the floor 33 repeal votes for the affordable care act when he could have been working in a bipartisan fashion on the farm bill. he was not capable of doing it. [applause] >> moderator: congressman, your claim to be bipartisan. she doesn't believe it's the case. how do you respond? king king i wrote the repeal bill to repeal obamacare. [cheers and applause] and it was bipartisan when we voted and passed it in the house, and it went over into the senate, and i will tell you every republican in the house and senate voted for my repeal bill. that needed to be tone to have a bipartisan solution coming forward. i'm working on the missouri river bill, and i want to know where she stands on that and where the secretary of agriculture stands on the bill. >> moderator: thank you, that's your time. mrs. vilsack. you have 0 -- 30 seconds to respond.

senator grassley, thank you for that introduction.nant governor, congressman king, appreciate you being here. the chairman of my campaign far long time, brian kennedy, thank you for being here and for all of you braving the -- well, it's a little cool, a little windy today, thank you for being here and bringing me such a warmth of spirit. it's good to be back in iowa. [applause] don't think this is the last you're going to see of me and paul ryan. this state may be the state that decides what kind of an america we're going to have and what kind of lives our families are going to have. we're counting on you. and the choice you make this november will shape great things. historic things. and those things will determine the most important and intimate things in our lives. in the lives of our homes, our families, our loved ones. this is an election about america. it's an election about the american family. now all leches matter, of course. but this one matters a great deal. over the years of our nation's history, choices our fellow citize