harkin: mr. president, i, too, want to spend just a couple of moments reflecting upon my long friendship and association with senator carl levin from michigan. much has been said here about carl, the person and the senator. let me just say this -- i don't know of anyone in this body who has exhibited more of an intellectual honesty, a calm demeanor, a sense of fierce loyalty and perseverance. i don't know anyone who exhibits those qualities more than carl levin. carl embodies the best of what i think it means to be both a citizen and a united states senator. barbara and carl and ruth and i have enjoyed many meals together over the years, great conversations about everything, and i just want to say to my friend carl, i hope that michigan and iowa are not so far apart that we can't continue to get together in the future, and i will say, carl, right now i hope that -- i hope that you don't hold it against me for all of the times that the hawkeyes will beat the wolverines in the future. don't let tha

but tom harkin has been tireless. he worked to triple the funding for the center for disease control. in fact, in the obamacare, he is the one that had -- that was responsible for the prevention title in that bill. he has spent his career coming to the defense of the defenseless. a long-time defender of human rights, tom has worked to fight child labor, both domestically and abroad. he has been awarded recognition for the elimination of child labor. now, tom harkin also has had -- in my estimation -- i have spent much of my life on the senate floor -- much of my work life on the senate floor. i remember. i would look and see one of his staff come to the floor. i thought oh, no. i knew we were in for some trouble. his name was richard bender. i really have such admiration for senator harkin's staff, but it's epitomized with richard bender walking in this door because i knew that harkin was going to do something that we had not planned. sometimes it took a lot longer to get things done because of bender and harkin, but

but tom harkin has been tireless. he worked to triple the funding for the centers of disease control. in obamacare, he is the one responsible for the prevention guideline in that bill. coming tois career the defense of the defenseless. a longtime defender of human rights, he has worked to fight child labor will domestically and abroad. tom harkin has also had, in my estimation -- i have spent much of my life here on the senate remember, i i can would look and i would see one of his staff come to the floor and i thought oh, no, i knew we were in for some trouble. his name was richard bender. i have such admiration for senator harkin's staff, but it is up to richard bender walking in this door because i knew harkin was going to be doing something we had not planned. it took a lot longer to get things done. but in the end, it was always better for our country. after a lifetime of service, tom will pop -- tom will finally be able to spend his post senate time in another direction still involved in a form of public service

harkin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. harkin: mr. president, i see my friend from tennessee is sheer on the floor. i just wanted to take just a few minutes on another subject. mr. president, today, december 3, is international disability rights day -- international disability rights day. it is observed around the globe as a day to think about, consider, and support more full inclusion of people of disabilities in all aspects of our societies, to provide the support and accommodations for people with disabilities to get a good education and to get employment and to be able to enjoy all the aspects of life with their families and their friends in all societies around the world. this day commemorates this fight for equality and opportunity and access for people with disabilities all around the globe. in 150 countries and the european union, they have ratified the united nations convention on the rights of people with disabilities. a day to celebrate a future of inc

harkin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. harkin: mr. president, first let me thank my friend and colleague for his characteristic lifetime casket -- lifetime characteristic of him being gracious and very generous in his remarks. chuck grassley and i have served together since 1974. i like to tell people that in 1974, that was a big wave of democrats came in. they called us the watergate babies. we came in in a big wave, won a lot of elections and things like that. and in fact, in iowa that year elected a u.s., democratic u.s. senator, and every house seat -- i think there were six at that time, six house seats all went democratic except one, and that was the seat that chuck grassley won that year bucking the trend, bucking the tide in 1974. so it's kind of a funny thing, chuck. i speak to my friend across the aisle here, that a lot of times people this year have said all you watergate babies are gone now, you and max baucus and chris dodd and then on the house side

harkin: mr. president, almost two years ago i announced i was not going to seek a sixth i was not going to seek a sixth >> almost two years ago i

it involves senator tom harkin, one of bureaucraobamacare's aut.i look back and say we should have either done it the correct way or not done anything at all. that is not what he was saying when they were pushing this. take a listen. >> i don't care how many times the minority wants to drag it out and slow it down to try to kill this bill. this bill will pass the united states senate, stand strong for the american people. now is not the time to go wobbly in the knees. >> the wind is at our back. i think people now see that this is actually going happen. we're actually going to pass a health care bill. >> this is a great achievement. >> and now achievement he regrets. why the sudden change of heart among democrats increasingly ripping the health care law. something is going on. >> yeah, there is. i just got to take a second and say i'm disappointed by what happened in new york. i think it will now validate the false narrative and undo the truth of what happened in ferguson. that's my take. but anyway, let tell me you what is happening. democratic pa

>> you listen to tom harkin, thanks, tom.for that information that everybody besides the democrats had actually, a lot of democrats knew it, gruber you into it, everybody knew it wouldn't lower cost and most people knew it would hurt middle class americans, now what? now what do we do? if he said we should have focused on helping middle class americans, doesn't that imply obamacare is hurting middle class americans? and that is where republicans need to go with their messaging. the facts back that up. all these two are trying to do, these senators are give their party political cover. i find it knaus sitting. >> you think so. >> yeah. especially schumer. >> i think it makes things worse for them. i think it makes worse for democrats. >> i don't see how it gives them political cover. i think it gives them credibility, especially schumer falling on his sword. you know why? he is hearing from constituents, whatever you want to say about chuck schumer he is my senator. he was my congressman. he is out. he goes to all the local, l

harkin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. harkin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that zachary gross, katie crabtree and emily barto, internlz with the senate health, education, labor, and pensions committee be granted floor privileges for the remainder of today's session and that caitlin boon, a detailee with the committee, also be granted floor privileges for today's session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. harkin: mr. president, i speak today at this time in support of the nomination of lauren mcferran to fill an approaching vacancy on the national labor relations board. i was heartened by the recent cloture vote in support of the mcferran nomination and urge my colleagues in just a short while to vote in favor of her confirmation. miss mcferran is well-known to most of us as a senior staffer on this committee, on the help committee, where she has long served as chief labor counsel and more recently as deputy staff director. she's been nomina

outgoing democratic senator and obamacare co-author tom harkin telling the hill, quote -- harkin's comments a week after the senate's third ranking democrat senator charles schumer called obamacare a mistake. >> we took their mandate and put all of our focus on the wrong problem. health care reform, but it wasn't the change we were hired to make. americans were crying out for the end to the recession, for better wages and more jobs. not changes in health care. >> one small bit of good news, health care spending in the u.s. grew last year at a rate of 3.6%. that amounts to about 2.9 trillion dollars or $9200 per person. that increase was actually slower than the 4.1% growth we saw in 2012. we're coming right back. >>> the incoming senate majority leader gets audience with the president as the house republicans try to close out the lame-duck session without shutting down the go friday night, buddy. you are gonna need a wingman. and with my cash back, you are money. forget him. my airline miles will take your game worldwide. what i'm really looking for is -- i got two words for you -- re-wards

reticent to have a i was fully -- you, red to be shown up by but a really bothers me that more or harkin is even funny. line was evin spacey great. a question -- is let me put this in the record, it is a question for dr. crew at nih.his it occurred to me that would be useful to understand whether alzheimer's ce of is increasing, or such as the factor of us living longer? i do not know the answer. have significant consequences. are you expecting greater cost future as a result of longevity? then, scientifically, under research bases, has alzheimer's been with us to the degree that it is today? in the past, is it that we now live longer, therefore the evidence exists. question know that's a for you or not, but before i forgot my question, i wanted to make sure i got it out. >> i can say something about that. in two ways, we looked in our data to see if there was any in prevalence -- you're quite right -- one needs to be quite careful in increased increased age o in population. it would suggest that as the population ages, we may see less prevalence than had been forecast. forecasts are bas

so that could explain the likes of chuck schumer and harkin. it is interesting. used to think it is unthinkable to repeal. but you could get a coalition of those you think their lucky stars. >> whatever you think about obamacare it has wiped out a generation of democrats they control the house and the senate now they lost them both. some said it will become the popular and that's why i think shivers remarks were so key. neil: so if you sprinkle those crumbs there is something interesting going on but with chuck schumer who is as much a cheerleader when to harkin on his way out, big is going on. i don't know what to. what is next? >> republican leaders know they have the votes to override the presidential veto. but there may be more of a willingness from the democrats to change obamacare to get rid of the medical device tax. >> with another revenue source. >> it is hard to find money but that would be a huge victory for the g.o.p.. and these democrats voted on obamacare. but in future years they may say i did not vote for that. good to see you. more moments are co

the co-author tom harkin. now saying that what we did is we muddled through and we got a system that is complex and convoluted and probably need some correction. but it's just really complicated and it doesn't have to be that complicated. to which that i say do you think? and so now i'm talking to steve moore and he says democrats did rush to pass this law. and you argue that they knew very well what was coming down the pipe. >> i was one of those few people and that gives me an advantage over some of the senators were opening their eyes of true confessions and thing that we didn't know it was going to be this complicated or that it would raise costs and i think that there is an important political lesson here, which is when you try to restructure 16% of the u.s. economy in the multibillion-dollar industry with hundreds of pages and regulations and members of congress not reading it, without a single republican voting for it, maybe you should suspect that something is wrong. >> why are they doing it now? harki

i was fully prepared to be shown up by you, but it bothers me that senator harkin is even more funny. [laughter] >> that kevin spacey line was great. >> so i don't know whether i will ask you a question or not. i will start with dr. hurd. the record.his into it is really a question for nih. as i was listening to testimony, it occurred to me it would be useful to understand whether the prevalence of alzheimer's is increasing, or is that just a factor of us living longer? i don't know the answer to that. i assume it has significant consequences. are you expecting greater cost in the future as a result of longevity? scientifically, on a research basis, has alzheimer's been with us to the degree it is today in the past, but now that we live longer, therefore -- it's not that we are physiologically changing, just we live longer and the evidence exists? i don't know if that's a question for you or not. but before i forget my question, i wanted to make sure i got it. >> i can say something about it. to see ifin our data we saw any trend or prevalence adjusted for age. you are exactly right.

i was fully prepared to be shown up by you, but it really bothers me that senator harkin is even more funny. [laughter] that kevin spacey line was great. >> i don't know if i will ask you a question or not. i will start with dr. herd. let me put into this record. it is really a question for dr. collins and his crew at nih. herdwas listening to dr. testify, it occurred to me it would be useful to understand if the prevalence of alzheimer's is increasing or is that just a factor of us living longer? i don't know the answer to that, but i assume that has significant cost consequences. are you expecting greater costs in the future as a result of longevity? and just scientifically on a research basis, has alzheimer's been with us to the degree it is today into the past? livedjust we have now longer and it is not that we are physiologically changing, it is just we live longer and therefore the evidence exists? i do not know that is a question for you are not. before i forgot my question, i went to make sure i got it in front of dr. collins. >> i can say something about ways.n teague of we l

iowa democratic senator tom harkin is retiring at the end of his germ. of his term.terms in the senate. tooktly, charles grassley to the floor to pay tribute to senator harkin, who then joined him for a conversation about iowa politics. this is about 20 minutes. rise today to celebrate the 75th birthday of my friend and longtime colleague f >> i rise today to celebrate the 75th a few weeks. at the end of the 113th congress, senator harkin will then close a chapter on public service that spans more than a half-century, including four decades in congress. he also served 27 years in the united states navy and u.s. naval reserves. ten years in the house of representatives and 30 years here in the united states senate. now, i think anybody looking at that would say that is a remarkable and distinguished record of public service. after 40 years of representing iowans in congress, my friend tom soon will leave behind the halls of the u.s. capitol. he also will leave behind a legacy of fiery floor speeches, passionately delivered on behalf of individuals with disabilities. a

. >> the opportunity to learn on aquarous still harkin back to jack costeau's callipso. >> the days of callipso, my grandfather's ship was the staging ground and the character, i guess, for 50 years of ocean exploration and a lot of the vision that he had of things to come has come to fruition, and we are using those things today. >> fab yen stresses the fact there is an urgent need for more ocean research insisting less explored. >> as a matter of fact, aquarous's has been at that time is the station that the nasa astronauts use to train before they go into outer space because it's so similar to the conditions that they are going to be subject to. space exploration and inner space exploration are of paramount importance to be able to further our knowledge of all of those acknowledges and those things that ail us. >> it adjusting back to a land atmosphere setting a new record for the longest stationary research mission understand water. fabbien continues his calling to bring more awareness to the importance of ocean research. assumptions. >> people have a passion for the occasions. aga

i'm going to miss tom harkin. kay hagan, my colleague from north carolina, she has done an amazing job. in her short time in the senate, her one term in the senate, she really made a name for herself when it came to public service. she stepped up time and again and took tough votes, and i know it because as whip i asked her to take some of them on some important issues that have really made this a better and stronger nation. i thank kay chaik for being my colleague. mark begich of alaska, i can't imagine how a senator from alaska handles that commute back and forth, but he did it. i've said the other day when we spoke p his service that many people don't realize his father was a congressman before him and died in a plane crash with hale boggs when they were flying back to alaska to appear at an event. that plane was lost and never recovered. when mark begich came from alaska to serve in the united states, he completed the journey his father never could complete. his six years of service to alaska have been extraor

you had tom harkin, the retiring senator from iowa. one of the more liberal members of congress saying this was a poorly drafted law and we should never have passed it. but, more importantly, paul, you have this statistic, which is of the 60 democrats who voted to pass this law, 30 of them are now gone. >> but why are they admitting this now? is this just facing reality? most of these guys, they still have to defend obama care? >> they do. except i think they understand that there is great political liability of defending it full throatedly and what this is is a message to some of the rank and fall file that may be for their own future survival they need it be more free to maybe make some changes in modifications of the law which is something that republicans are planning to do. >> okay. joe, we also had jonathan gruber, the famer jonathan gruber consultant to obama care testifying on capitol hill about his comments about the american public being too stupid to understand the arguments and, therefore, helping it pass. what do you make

i will talk about college affordability as well, a great passion of senator harkin, myself and i know many members of the senate. we increased the maximum pell grant by a hundred dollars. we reform the pell grants to give students a chance to be able to go to both college and get their g.e.d., where for many single mothers, this has been a tremendous problem. where they dropped out but they now know they've got to earn and they're ready to learn. but in order to go to the community college, they have to have their g.e.d. they were not eligible and they're doing it both. it also restores the community college efforts to be able to fund scholarships from their own endowments. i'd like to take a moment to speak about jobs. we need to create jobs in the united states of america and what we did in focusing on jobs is that we funded -- we funded infrastructure. guess what? we put in money in the federal checkbook for the highway trust fund, the harbor maintenance fund so that our harbors could be dredged, so that our roads and our bridges would be safe, and also included more money for dam

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the brt concerns follow second thoughts by hey iowa senator tom harkins who feels the law was made two complicated to satisfy centrists, quote, we should have done it it the correct way or not done it all. >> i've given a 20-page speech, i hope you read it that's all i'm going to stay on that issue. >> reporter: a health economist said obama care passed in part because of the stu piedity of the american voter. former hhs secretary kathleen sebelius says jonathan gruber wasn't plugged in enough to know. >> maybe he was in a large room, he could have been in on a phone call, but in terms of small meetings discussing policy, that never happened. >> reporter: white house officials continue to spotlight the number of people newly insured under the affordable care act, asked if they were worth the political cost. josh ernest said without a doubt. though clearly some democratic lawmakers do have doubt. >> wendell goler, live on the north lawn, for it's hard to believe for the last time. wendell starts a well deserved retirement tomorrow. wendell, good luck to you, we will miss you greatly. ma

harkin: mr. president, almost two years ago i announced i was not going to seek a sixth i was not going to seek a sixth >> almost two years ago i analysis would not seek a sixth serve in the united states senate. that decision and announcement did not seem difficult for hard at that time. two years was a long time off. since then i have been busy having hearings and meetings and legislation through committee to work on appropriations. but now, knowing this would be my final formal speech on the floor of the u.s. senate, now knowing it a few days i will load hundreds of boxes of my record of 40 years of 10 in the house and 30 into the senate to hold that off to the american institute of public policy in des moines and i was, -- i was now seeing my office stripped almost bare and the shelves cleaned, now when i will soon cast my last votes , and now i would no longer be engaged in the legislative battle in no longer be summoned by the senate bills, now i am just number 1,763 of all of the senators

many harkining back to the marches that happened here in d.c. during the '60s. one woman i spoke to said her father marched in the civil rights marches of the '60s. she called him and said i'm proud of you. really that says, especially from the majority of young people here in the group that there's a sense that they are picking up the baton from the previous generation who started this march. that march really does continue. >>> a u.n. conference on climate change approved a draft for the 2015 agreement. according to the lima account, it was signed with no objection. negotiators around the world have been in discussions throughout the night in peru. that's after talks came to a stop on saturday over disagreement over how to split costs. 2015 plan is expected to commit every nation to cutting green house gas emissions. >>> police in india say a man created a pro isis twitter account. coming up, what his father has to say a about his arrest. >>> and call it a paradigm for shoe lovers. we will take you inside the larger shoe store in the world try zyrtec-d® to pow

senator tom harkin introduced the act, in response, bangladeshi garment companies fired about 50,000t human rights group found many went into prostitution. this doesn't help them. >> so laws are important, but on their own, you're right. they're not going to solve the problem. >> we shouldn't kid ourselves, the main driver is economic growth and it's people escaping poverty that decreases child labor, that's what globalization and economic freedom is about. >> look at the u.s. again, there aren't hundreds of thousands of children working in factories at age 12. nature fields. the reason why is it's legal when. it's allowed parents are much more likely to put their children into hazardous conditions. >>. >> this engine of economic growth that comes to economic freedoms that's what's curing us. we need to embrace it. >> sure, it's going to lead to reduction in child labor. you look at any poor country, not all are working, poverty and child labor are not synonymous. there are ways to support children in poor countries without them going to work. john: thank you. we'll find better ways

the united states senate, senator tom harkin, is retiring. but during these years that he has served, he's never let up in championing the little guy and the little gal to make sure we had access to health care, access to education, and really looking out for our constituen constituents. i am so proud that working with i am so proud that working with >> i am so proud that we were able to find this plan which passed the senate overwhelmingly. by adding over $75 million more, that means that they will be able to ensure that thousands of children will be able to qualify for daycare and it will be safe and it will be affordable. and i will talk about college affordability as well. this includes senator harkin and myself and many members of the senate. we will increase this by $100, reforming this to get a chance to go to college and get their ged and for many single mothers this has been a tremendous problem. they now know they have to learn and in order to go to the community college they have to have their ged and they were not eligible. it als

i think that is what schumer's comments and tom harkin's comments are about. they see president obama as a political loser and they're trying to get coverage to distance themselves from this bill but also from whoever the democratic nominee is, to give that person coverage as well. >> yeah, i'm not sure i'm agreeing that they are running full flight away from obamacare at this point. but in the end, the democrats lost. they put their heels in yesterday. john boehner didn't have the votes from his party that has the majority. but even before the new senate has come in that is republican, the democrats tried to put up a fight but didn't have enough support to do it. i don't think it will be they're going to be the party of no. they have not demonstrated -- >> i think left and right should agree, this is a horrifying process, dropping the bill and voting on it thursday. >> and that is the way they always do. that is why they got to change. anyway, panel, if you will stay with us, we have more to talk about in just moments. >>> and fox news alert, california, look

janet harkins, north wildwood, new jersey.ly, i drove to boston to see the bolder fresher show on saturday night and loved it. never laughed so hard. hope you were laughing with us, janet, not at us. and you saw the final bolder fresher show. next year we're rebranding. it will be the don't be a pinhead tour for miller and myself. tickets remain for dallas on march 14th, rio rancho, new mexico outside albuquerque april 11th. our only new york appearance may 2nd. tickets make great christmas and hanukkah gifts. finally tonight, "the factor" tip of the day, a couple years ago we sent jesse watters -- banned all christmas displays in sympathy of global warming or something. well, this year they did the same thing. so we thought we'd like to give you a little refresher on great barrington. >> growing up here in great barrington main street was the winter wonderland. it was just beautiful. and what we have today is really very sad. >> i didn't see any lights. did i miss something? >> our lights have not been the best over the years

you had chuck schumer on the democratic side, you have now tom harkin, the longtime democratic senatoriowa criticizing the focus they put on obamacare. >> yeah. a longtime champion of health care reform. schumer's argument, i think, is a little more strategic politically. when we were doing this as a democratic-controlled congress, the economy still wasn't in great shape, perhaps we should have focused on that, and i think, look, most democrats would say looking at the results of the 2010 elections and the recent elections when the health care law was a big concern, yeah, from a crass political perspective, we should have been focused on other issues. but i think once you talk to, you know, the grand majority of democrats, they would say, look, it was still a good thing to do this. we've tried to address it. sure there have been problems, but over the long term we expect it will work out. i think schumer's point is we probably would have done better in the polls in november if we had focused on broader economic issues and not just this law. jon: all right. it's going to be a fascinatin

. >> reporter: rosemary harkins trusts bus drivers. considering the precious cargo like her grand kids she wants motor vifts to slow down and put down their phones. >> if there were signs of intoxication or using of a cell phone or texting it would definitely become criminal at that point. >> reporter: according to the national highway traffic safety administration on average there are 139 school vehicle related fatalities each year. roughly 2.7 people per state. 8% of the time they're occupants, 20% of the time they're pedestrians. we also found out pennsylvania school bus related fatalities rank above the national average with eight school bus fatalities in 2013. and the penalties for driving by a stopped school bus we can tell you run the gamut in court. anything from community service to hundreds of dollars in fines or jail time. it also is an automatic five points on your driver's license. live in deptford, gloucester county, cydney long, nbc 10 news. >>> nbc 10 has new information about the six people killed in a shooting and sta

. >> you know, harkin is somebody i think who's always been there for the fight for the average personfor them and i think all of the speeches were moving. but his was particularly moving for me. >> senator coburn and bachmann, truth telling on the budget something that we haven't seen in recent days. they deserve a lot of credit for standing up against the establishment. >> mike rogers is a good guy -- >> for him wanting to become a talk radio host speaks to the outside power and influence of talk radio hosts. >> talking about that as well. thanks to all of you, back in just a minute with our "sunday season, our unda >>> now, in this holiday season, our "sunday spotlight." the growing phenomenon of the pilgrimage. it's a fascinating new trend in faith. here's "nightline" co-anchor, dan harris. >> reporter: this has never been captured on video until now. wounded warriors travel to a remote city in france, where in 1858, a peasant girl seemed to have claimed to see the virgin mary. where the waters have holy, healing powers. >> i was hit by a suicide bomber, this trip helped me find so

. >> you know, harkin is somebody i think who's always been there for the fight for the average person out for them and i think all of the speeches were moving. but his was particularly moving for me. >> senator coburn and bachmann, truth telling on the budget something that we haven't seen in recent days. they deserve a lot of credit for standing up against the establishment. >> mike rogers is a good guy -- >> for him wanting to become a talk radio host speaks to the outside power and influence of talk radio hosts. >> talking about that as well. thanks to all of you, back in every day is a new opportunity to help make life better right here in san francisco. whether it's helping local businesses like the fruitguys grow and prosper, supporting nonprofits like juma ventures as they fulfill their mission or helping neighborhoods like the tenderloin become vibrant communities. if there's a way to help the people of san francisco thrive and succeed, we'll find it. that's the power of local connections. that's bank of america. just a minute with our "sunday season, our unda >>> now, in this

i think that's cass tom harkin's comments are about. to give cover to not only their other members to distance themselves from this bill or at least be open to changes. at least whoever the democratic nominee is to give that person cover as well. >> i'm not sure that i8áqp agree that they're running full flight away from obamacare at this point. it is definitely the case. in the end, the democrats lost. they put their heals in yesterday. the republicans -- john boehner did not have the votes from his party that has the majority, but even before the new senate has come in. that is republican. the democrats tried to put up a fight but didn't have enough support to do it and lost the fight. i don't think it's going to be that they're the party of no. because they have not demonstrated. >> left and right should agree. this was a horrifying process to drop 1700 page bill on tuesday and vote on it on thursday when it's stuffed full of these special interest provisions that's a exeagd. >> all right, panel we he have more to talk about in just

i was doing other things, a business track that at that moment when tom harkin stood in iowa and i'm proud to be able to vote democrat got me involved. >> aside from politics i was struck by the fact you're quite an athlete growing up. >> it doesn't show now, but i was an athlete back then. hockey, wrestling, sports as part of it. when it was part of it. postcode being a hockey goalie in particular, the metaphor speaks for itself. you are taking pucks at your face time and time again. people slam into you. i grew up a big buffalo sabres fan and even though they are not doing well in the mh, one of my heroes almost died on the ice. so this was not a physician for the faint of heart to say the least. as you see parallels with politics and sports, even at a gathering agents are there when they got into your college years were that experience you had in your fairly elite athlete, prepared you for the type of environment you are going to find yourself in your 20th? >> guest: sports of politics and politics to sports now. they're going to have a few years ahead of them once they get past t

secondly, when you have democrats like harkin and schumer saying that passing the law was a mistake, you also real ice there's a political dynamic building. the american people want something different. >> you strongly oppose along with a lot of other republicans the executive action that president obama took that will defer deportation for millions of people in this country illegally. it looks now like the plans by republican leaders in both the house and the senate is they will fund the entire government through next september but only fund the department of homeland security, which handles immigration, till either february or march. are you okay with that? >> i've been focused on december the 6th, on the face of it, i am. we have to consider this issue from a position of strength. once republicans take the senate, we'll be in a position of strength. but allow me to look at it a little more carefully now that my election is over. >> finally, where do you put yourself on the spectrum of republicans in the senate? if on one end you've got mitch mcconnell, who talks about seeking comp

i was on a sort of business track when at that moment tom harkin stood in iowa and as i am proud to be a liberal democrat and got me involved. >> host: aside from politics i was struck by the fact that you are quite an athlete. >> guest: i was an athlete back then. hockey, wrestling, sports was part of it, winning was part of it. >> host: the hockey goalie in particular the metaphor kind of speaks for itself. a big buffalo fan and today even though they are not doing very well in the nhl with one of my heroes almost died on the ice. so this isn't a position for the faint of heart to say the least. did you see some parallels in the politics even at a young age and certainly when you got into your college years in the 20s where that the experience that you had either fairly prepared for the type of environment working to find yourself is going to find yourself in when you were in your 20s? >> guest: sports is politics and politics is a sports. but you know, i wanted to win and that was instilled as a hockey player in other sports and what comes along with it in the politics is the one to

>> your well majesty is, your royal highness, my daughter, malala, excellencies, dear brother tom harkingue] [speaking in hindi] [speaking in hindi] [applause] [speaking in hindi] [speaking in hindi] [speaking in hindi] [speaking in hindi] [applause] [speaking in hindi] [speaking in hindi] [speaking in hindi] [speaking in hindi] [speaking in hindi] [applause] [speaking in hindi] [speaking in hindi] >> france, nobel committee has generously invited me to this election. respectfully, i am unable to do that. because i am representing here the sound of silence, the cry of innocents and the faith those indivisibility. i represent millions of those children who are left behind and that is why i have kept an empty chair as a reminder. i come here only to share the voices in dreams of our agenda. because they are all of our children. i have looked into their frightened and exhausted eyes. i have held their injured bodies and have felt their broken spirits. 20 years ago, i met a small, skinny child labor. he asked, is the world so poor that it cannot give me a toy and a book? instead of forcing m

to never have another one but to have two killed on the same moment on the same street, it's just harkins back to pain of the old days when the officers were subject to those kind of attacks and we haven't seen as many. but new york city hasn't seen that. they did see that in the past in the '70s and '60s. but to have that happen today, it's just so heartbreaking. >> we are getting word that after statements of the release from new york governor and cuomo, and attorney general eric holder that the white house has been informed that this situation, they are aware the president is aware and we haven't had official statement from the -- this is the president vacationing, his holiday vacation in hawaii. but once that statement becomes available if at all, we'll share it with you. a live look here from woodhull hospital. the line of police officers there. any moment now, the officers of rafael ramos and wenjian liu will be taken out of the hospital where they were pronounced dead after this horrific shooting execution style of these two officers as they were on duty in their police vehicle in

i was doing other things, and going to sort of a business track, but that moment, when tom harkin stood in iowa and said, i'm proud to be a liberal democrat, got me involved. >> host: aside from politics, i was struck by the fact you were quite an athlete going up. you were a hockey goalie. >> guest: doesn't show now but i was an athlete back then. hockey, wrestling, winning,. >> host: being a goaley, the metaphor speaks for itself. taking pucks at your identifies time and time again, people are slamming into you. i grew up a big buffalo sabre's fan, am today, even though they're not doing very well in the nhl. one of my heroes almost died on the ice. so this is not a position for the faint of heart to say the least. did you see some parallels with politics and sports, even at a young age and certainly when you got into your college years and 20s, where that experience that you hat and you were fairly elite athlete -- prepared you for the type of environment you would find yourself in when you were in your 20s? >> guest: sports is politics and politics is sports now. i have faith in the

followed by retiring senator harkin's farewell speech on the floor. >> on the next washington tankersleyxamines what has gone wrong with the middle class and what the country must do to get the economy working for everyone. aaron david miller talks about his book, the end of greatness, why a america cannot have and not want another great president. as always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this week on q&a, katy perry much on what she perceives as the hypocrisy of liberals on their war on women rhetoric. what is republic ted kennedy? is your problem with ted kennedy? >> they were showing this tribute video. him as theretraining women's rights champion when he left the young woman to drown in his car. if he had not gone back to save his own behind, she would've probably survived. you can't do an entire video at a convention or about the war on women and glorify someone like that by not including that part of his life in the video. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span

just this week tom harkin, the progressive also said he thought the affordable care act was a mistakefferent point of view, they should have gone for single payer and the obamacare is too complicated so weaken his own people are falling on each other with long eyes. stuart: in the next two years there will be bills presented by the republicans would say get rid of this part of obamacare and some democrats will go along with it. is part of obamacare, he has got to veto it. not sustain that veto. to get those senators. >> offering them seats in the senate and the presidential box at the kennedy center. stuart: is it really? that won't make it. >> i don't think that will make it at all. the one issue that i think it really get interesting next year is if the republicans propose reducing the corporate tax rate down 25%. stuart: you think they will introduce a bill that says the corporate tax rate, then what? >> the white house may then be willing to talk to them about it. this is real politics. real piece of public policy in which you negotiate with the democrats. the question is whether