and harry reid and harry reid. oh i've got one more break on the program but when we come back we'll have our fireside chat about how obama has abandoned the rhetoric and ideas of his campaign and it's time for happy hour a look at everything from mom putting her naked daughter on the internet to charlie sheen's latest rant their final five live what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions come to the breakthrough through it i think maybe who can you trust no one. is imbue it with global machinery see where are we heading state controlled capitalism is called the sessions when nobody dares to ask we do our t. question more of. the same. lists. the thing. the thing. hey guys welcome to the show and tell on the ellen show we've heard our guests talk to say on the topic now we want to hear our audience just go on to you tube to video response or the twitter for part of the questions that we post on you tube every monday and on thursday to show your responses later your voice. in ton

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[cheers and applause] and then harry reid will have the very rich opportunity to join speaker pelosi, now nancy pelosi and the new minority. more importantly, common sense and a new hopefully conservative majority will run the united state senate. and don't think a conservative

the whole country almost went out of business. >> hold on a second. 2006 nancy pelosi and harry reidrash of the banks and the crash of the economy went through a -- >> tax cuts for the wealthy. >> then why did obama -- why did obama just extend the bush tax cuts? >> because of the compromise. let's talk about the compromise for a minute. is president obama compromising because he's had a change of heart and realizes that he needs private business or is this a political move that he has to do to sustain his presidency? >> may i say the political move to sustain his presidency. when you have congressman nadler who is a democrat and congressman israel when you have congressmen calling for the bush tax cuts to help the economy then that is true compromise as well. it just wasn't obama calling to extend the bush tax cuts. in his campaign promise he said he would not. you each have progressives that went against him for extending them. >> you had democrats calling for obama. >> the problem is the democrats who could have had the vote on a lot of these policies in summer of '10 didn't want

now senate majority leader harry reid shocked everyone when he announced that he thinks the time has come for nevada to outlaw prostitution during a speech in carson city too bad first senator reid and the audience were a brothel owner legal prostitutes an illegal industries state lobbyist so according to reports in his speech bob he heard crickets and despite the fact that his portion on prostitution was just an event think part of the overall speech it was the only thing the reporters wanted to ask him about afterwards now this move was very odd for reid who had never taken this stance before but considering the state faces a one point five billion dollar deficit he decided to make it a matter of economic development the businesses couldn't believe they'd be setting up shop in counties where the largest business as legal prostitution but couldn't about to be missing a much bigger opportunity here to cash it by taxing the sex industry we're going to ask that question tomorrow. now earlier in the show we brought you all the latest on the union strikes in wisconsin but we did leave out

harry reid has unexpectedly decided to take on the oldest profession which is all the legal in his own state and which he's never had a problem with before so is harry finally lost it was a brothel owner dennis hof and it's friday which means we'll be celebrating with happy hour discuss the hottest topics around the watercooler like charlie sheen's latest outrage the not only hurt him but also his wildly popular show now we're saving all that fun for the end of the program but now let's move on to our top story. so secret that many americans are still. suffering in this rough economy and the threat of rising oil prices is one more cost of the people just can't afford experts warn the unrest in the middle east could result in food prices skyrocketing as well and where there's a crisis there's always room for exploitation artie's out of the sauce has more. oil three little letters. that could have dire consequences on any economy and here in the united states or oil is sometimes also accompanied by three big. guy and with those three words you've got yourself a political entrenched power

senator majority leader harry reid says he wants to outlaw prostitution in his home state of nevada.e said he wants to keep prostitution where it belongs, washington d.c. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] that's right. >> steve: preach! >> jimmy: harry reid is trying to ban prostitution in nevada, but prostitutes say they're not gonna take this lying down. [ laughter ] -- for less than 50 bucks an hour. then we'll talk. get this. china is building a theme park based on the "world of warcraft" video game. unfortunately, gamers are already complaining about the parks location -- outdoors. [ laughter ] [ coughing ] is it safe to breath? what is that big light? that's right. they're building a theme park based on the "world of warcraft." in fact, each roller coaster has a sign that says, "you must be this single to go on this ride." [ laughter ] did you see this? president obama has named aol founder steve case to the white house jobs council. hiring the founder of aol is expensive but obama got a cd-rom in the mail that offered 100 free hours, so it was -- [ laughter ] it should work

rejected before it's really even on the table, that top democrat senator harry reid on the senate sidehas said that next week he will introduce a plan to extend current spending for 30 days, but republicans say no can do. they insist on budget cuts. in fact, the house under speaker john boehner proposed $60 billion in cuts, which some say could lead to thousands of government workers being furlowed, losing time off the job. democrats are not serious, some say, and they have got to cut spending. there will be no extension at the current rates which they say are 24% higher than when president obama took office. ç extent the ma took office. current rates. republicans say no can do. bottom line, it's gridlock here on capitol hill. lynn. >>> tracie, thanks so much. >>> now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. in texas, a group of bystanders came together to save a man from a fiery death, helping him escape from a car that was engulfed in flames. the driver was trapped until the group picked up the car to move it, giving him a window to escape through. he's expe

in discussions between mitch mcconnell and john boehner because mitch mcconnell is going to help harry reid figure out what can get.... >> woodruff: the republicans essentially? >> yes. it's a multi-level conversation. it will be the white house to republicans, the white house to democrats, house and senate republicans talking to one another and then harry reid and mitch mcconnell in the senate who have served together a long time. they're going to have a discussion to figure out what can they move that they can then send back to the house that the house can take? >> woodruff: you mentioned the government shutdown. everybody assumes that... everybody is basing this on what happened back in the '90s. the government was shut down because of what the republicans did. they were blamed. everybody decided... is everyone in agreement that it's equally unpopular today? any sense that public opinion has shifted? >> certainly.... >> people don't want cuts so badly that they're will to go see the government shut down. >> republican conservatives argue that it is different, that the numbers are so big,

senate majority leader harry reid said not too long ago that social security is fine. but you know it is not fine. . it will pay out more money than it takes in. with a wave of baby boomers starting to retire there is no way we can protect social security and get our debt under control unless we can honestly address entitlements for the president. it means telling the truth, even if it is politically difficult. we will focus on saving these programs for current and future generations of americans, and getting our debt under control, by taking critical steps forward. we can fulfil security for all americans without making changes for those in or near retirement. the new republican majority will lead even as the democrats ignore their responsibility. senator reid and president obama can change their minds. we will be ready to work with them. in the meantime, republicans are confronting our nation's challenges and helping our economy get back to creating jobs. thanks for listening. >> this monday, visit the public and private spaces of america's most recognizable home, th

well, now the state's most powerful politician, senate majority leader harry reid, says it is time fort to end. >> we should do everything we can to make sure the world holds nevada in the same high regard you and i do. if we want to attract business to nevada that puts people back to work, the time has come to outlaw prostitution. >> as reid spoke to nevada legislators tuesday, some brothel owners and workers were in the audience. they say prostitution brings tourists and money to a state that needs both. >>> actress lindsay lohan is due back in a los angeles court today. lohan's attorney says she's open to a plea deal in a felony grand theft case involving a $2500 necklace. lohan faces up to three years in jail. meanwhile, her mother says lohan plans to wear something a little more conservative today, than the short, white dress she had on for her last court date. >>> straight ahead your wednesday morning weather. >>> and in sports, carmelo who? the short-handed denver nuggets soar without their all-star forward. forward. ♪ ♪ express yourself ♪ ♪ express yourself ♪ ♪ oh, do it ♪ oh,

harry reid said now that house republicans have, quote, gotten that vote out of their system, he hopesget down to serious talks. a deadline is looming. federal money runs out in just two weeks. without a deal, the government would be forced to shut down. >> i think we're in for really bumpy times. the shut-downs, the uncertainty about the debt limits could do real harm to the economy. >> the last government shut-down in 1995 was a political disaster for republicans who faced off against bill clinton. republicans hope to avoid a rerun. >> the republican leadership is probably sitting down with freshman members right now and giving them a course in washington reality. which is, you guys know that we can only take this so far. >> here is the problem, congress is off next week, so they come back with just days left to come up with some kind of agreement between the house and senate. a possibility, david, there is a chance they could extend funding for just a month to allow them time to debate how much of the $60 billion to actually cut. >> david in washington tonight. thank you. >>> we're

guest: harry reid guest to decide what he brings up. i will focus on my bill, which has to deal with american energy and the affordability and availability and the jobs related to that. i think that is the best way to go so that none of these laws can be manipulated under the guise of global warming. across the board in washington on the hill, people realize how devastating these epa regulations are on jobs. the president believes -- i agree with a lot of what he says. i agree with little of what he actually does occur if we're going to focus on jobs at a time when china is focus on its economy -- we saw that when the president of china was here a couple of weeks ago. we need to not tie our hands behind our back and allow us to get to american energy. host: indiana, independent caller. caller: about insurance -- you cannot keep people to buy car insurance now. that is a man they. -- that is the mandate. it doesn't make sense to me. the work force -- they want us to go out and get reeducated on jobs. our -- i was a construction worker. n

i was working at the president and harry reid as much as i could, and then the next 30 days, we will do it all over again. i would do that every 30 days. we need to. [applause] and yet, it seems that that decision may have been made to extend funding out to the end of the fiscal year, september 30. it will be the largest appropriations bill times 5 ever voted on by congress before, en though it will be rolled back to 2008 level, and it will still be five times larger than anything voted for before but -- before. i can get my mind about that, but the most important pivotal component of important pivotalc.r. -- important pivotal we canwith the c.r., choose this grant to fight on, and if we can stand cella, there is not -- we can choose this ground to fight on. and if we can stand, it will be possible to shut off any spending to be used this year to a force obama care -- to enforce obama care. those of you know me know that i am not easily satisfied. there is the position i have taken. >> ready? >> solutions waiting for a problem. so in december, when it became clear, when the c.r. was

i appreciate what bill is saying but makan says harry reid brings it up and they go through unanimous consent. it's not what i'm saying. i'm not saying, also, what you mentioned is that only nominee who is can get through unanimously should be nominated. they should have at least 60 votes under the current rules. not 160. and if you have 59 democratic senator, find one republican, not a consensus between some of the senators who voted for health care or the stimulus and those, you can find at least one senator. if you can't on that particular nominee, then there's an issue or at least debate it. if you believe strongly in it, we wanted to do that, for example, with nominee like estra estrada. he was not allowed -- i mean, this senator, this current president, when he was a senator, voted against, you know, nominees that flew through against bringing up even cloture. was he also part o this? he held very strong views. he gave some strong speeches on why he's voting to not allow cloture and a debate on elito and roberts. the other thing, just one last thing to mention is, look, this pre

is attacking us and switching gears harry reid thinks that it's time to outlaw prostitution in nevada so what's gotten into the senate he's never made comments like this before and why would he want to get rid of an industry that could be taxed and bring in money to the state we'll ask those questions at the end of the program but now let's move on to our top story. as protesters in wisconsin enter their second week of picketing their anger expands to not only the state government but the federal government as well while these workers continue to fight for their cause many of them are asking. where obama r.g.s. as they can now finds out. week two mobilized workers taking their state capitol it is a revolution here a revolution of tens of thousands of workers fighting to preserve the rights that their state is trying to rip away the rights of public sector unions to effectively protect their working conditions all the people i grew up with. more than half of them have public sector jobs right like it's. sort of people pretending that that there's somebody going to solve these problems

she ran one of the worst campaigns in history couldn't even win against the very very unpopular harry reid so now she's going to show off her sixty one year old body the tea party faithful and it's just weird she looking a little asian here anyway way to go share it and so there you have it that is a first issue of the tea party review now ok we made some of that up obviously the stuff in the middle but i think you get the point the tea party movement bless their hearts have thus far been a little lost a little hypocritical but provided a lot of entertainment so i've a feeling at this magazine it's going to providers with a lot of left. now last night we saw something that i dare say could give us a glimmer of hope when it comes to our lawmakers transcending partisan divides creating an alliance based on core american values that everyone should believe it our civil liberties last night the house voted on extending the three key provisions of the patriot act which we've discussed on this show before roving wiretaps tangible items such as library records and the lone wolf provision and that

. >> the other day, harry reid, the leader of the democrats in the senate, was on tv. he said there is no problem with social security and it is fully funded for several decades. on the house side, charlie rangel, who was head of the ways and means committee, the most important finance committee in the house, before the health care bill passed, he said there is no problem with medicare. it is fully funded for two or three decades. what do you say to that? >> you say so what. [laughter] you also say we are not doing horrible things to social security to balance the budget of the united states on the backs of poor old social security recipients. what we did in our recommendation is we take care of the lowest 20% in society by giving them 125% of poverty level. we have to cough up extra bucks in the system for that. anybody up to 85, we get a 5% bonds, 1% per year. we have a new cost of living index and with a horrible things. we raised the retirement age to 68 by the year 2015. 50. the average life expectancy is 77. my wife is here and i will not go into the words i was

>> and then harry reid will have the very rich opportunity to join speaker pelosi, now nancy pelosi, in the new minority. and more importantly, commonsense and a a new hopefully conservative majority will run the united states senate, and don't think a conservative senate wouldn't be a huge change from decades of leadership here in washington, d.c., but it gets even better year take a look at the governor's seat in this last election. after these governor seats, we have 29 out of the 50 seats are in republican hands. 29 governor seats. 20 our democrat combat is always an independent out there somewhere. so even more good news, and i think this actually might be some of the best news of all. in our state house seats in our state senate seats, because of all the work that you did we flipped 680 seats in the state houses in state senate of this country. that's a record number by the way. and what's even more electrifying about these numbers is the fact that all the work that you did paid off this year in the once every 10 years redistricting cycle. so the governors and all of the legisl

i appreciate what bill is saying but makan says harry reid brings it up and they go through unanimous consent. it's not what i'm saying. i'm not saying, also, what you mentioned is that only nominee who is can get through unanimously should be nominated. they should have at least 60 votes under the current rules. not 160. and if you have 59 democratic senator, find one republican, not a consensus between some of the senators who voted for health care or the stimulus and those, you can find at least one senator. if you can't on that particular nominee, then there's an issue or at least debate it. if you believe strongly in it, we wanted to do that, for example, with nominee like estra estrada. he was not allowed -- i mean, this senator, this current president, when he was a senator, voted against, you know, nominees that flew through against bringing up even cloture. was he also part of this? he held very strong views. he gave some strong speeches on why he's voting to not allow cloture and a debate on elito and roberts. the other thing, just one last thing to mention is, look, this pr

we can take that gavel out of harry reid's hand and take back the u.s. senate. and we will do that in 2012. and we need to do that because the one thing is, we didn't get here overnight. we can change this overnight. we can't change it in one election cycle. it will take us several election cycles to change this, to turn things back around. and we can do it if we all work hard together. this movement come here, they said they're going to go way. they will fizzle out. guess what? we're not going anywhere. we saw what we can do ever going to do it again bigger and better. [applause] >> we just announced a debate with cnn, tea party express partner with cnn to be the first ever presidential debate. and the amazing thing, the amazing thing about that is that one year ago who could have happened that they would be a tea party presidential debate? they didn't think this movement with last. we are here to stay calm and we're going to hold these people accountable and we're going to make them toe the line and lane and this out of control spending because it has to stop

i appreciate what bill is saying but makan says harry reid brings it up and they go through unanimous consent. it's not what i'm saying. i'm not saying, also, what you mentioned is that only nominee who is can get through unanimously should be nominated. they should have at least 60 votes under the current rules. not 160. and if you have 59 democratic senator, find one republican, not a consensus between some of the senators who voted for health care or the stimulus and those, you can find at least one senator. if you can't on that particular nominee, then there's an issue or at least debate it. if you believe strongly in it, we wanted to do that, for example, with nominee like estra estrada. he was not allowed -- i mean, this senator, this current president, when he was a senator, voted against, you know, nominees that flew through against bringing up even cloture. was he also part of this? he held very strong views. he gave some strong speeches on why he's voting to not allow cloture and a debate on elito and roberts. the other thing, just one last thing to mention is, look, this pr

the way harry reid let the process work, we had plenty of time for amendments. senator mcconnell was very helpful in assuring that the amendments were not an overload. there was no attempt to filibuster this bill. and i think that is the way we ought to proceed for the next two years, and i think we've made a great start on this bill. people have had their say, they have had their debate time, and that, i hope, is the way the senate will resume. i do want to say that there were tough issues. the perimeter rule around washington reagan national airport was the biggest sticking point, and it took a lot of give on all sides to assure that the relaxation of the perimeter rule through exemptions was done in a way that will not hurt any of the stakeholders, i believe. i believe there is a balance. i believe we will have more western senators able -- i mean western senators and their constituents able to have direct access to national airport. i think we have done right by the airlines that are incumbent carriers at washington national, and we have made room for new en

to find some more conservatives to support you in november 2012, and we may have tried to fire harry reid once, but we will take the gavel away from him in november 2012, so that is what -- note [applause] -- [applause] we all work together. this is a nationwide movement. so that is what we are going to be working on. so i just want to ask briefly, what do you need from us? senator lee? >> mark levin wants to talk to me. >> be excellent into each other. this is a movement that is not going away. it is worth fighting for. it is worth fighting together. we will win. [cheers and applause] >> mr. west? >> if any of you ever get the opportunity to come to our congressional office in the longworth building, there is a eight pictured that is very indicative of what we are as american people, and it is a picture of george washington kneeling beside his horse in the snow of valley forge and praying. continue to get on your knees and pray. a man or woman, avail of much. thank you. [applause] >> congressman king? >> i think that is right on target. i want you to think about this. when i first went i

we won the last election because we were able to demonize harry reid, nancy pelosi, and barack obama. was not too hard to do. if you want to win the presidency, you have got to lead. this is what i'm going to do. barack obama will bring us another ronald reagan. we had ronald reagan did jimmy carter. he was there. where is he t

majority leader harry reid says republicans won't have enough votes to overturn it. >>> new this morning births have declined in california. the department of public health released these numbers. there were about 32 births for every 1,000 teens in 2009. the most recent year available. compared to 2008, there were 35 for 1,000. california's teen birth rate is lower than the national average w more health news, here's betty nguyen. >> reporter: millions of americans are putting themselves at risk for a heart attack or stroke because they don't have their blood pressure and cholesterol checked. the centers for disease control reports that two out of three adults with high cholesterol and half of adults with high blood pressure are not being treated effectively. high blood pressure and high cholesterol are two major risk factors for heart attack and stroke which kill 800,000 americans a year. more troubling news on the popular cancer drug avastin. the new analysis of 16 previous studies shows using avastin with chemotherapy is associated with an increased risk of death. avastin is used to t

legislation that in fact will have the deep are cuts in it and then the ball is very much going to be in harry reid's court and in barack obama's court to see how they manage to come to agreement on this and whether in fact they are willing to make the cuts. i also think it is important to pick up on something that paul ryan said which is some of what you are seeing here in the house is a new style of leadership and a new style of management. gone are the days of the nancy pelosi speakership when she was saying things like we'll pass the bill and then you will get to know what is in it. john boehner is somebody who is committed to transparency and somebody who has restored authority to the key committees. they are not writing legislation now in the leadership offices and i think that is a very positive outcome. and i think what they have demonstrated is that the republican controlled house of representatives is in fact listening to and implementing the will of the people who elected them. >> chris: there are some downsides to that as well. we saw that this week the house republican leadership brought

majority leader harry reid said the repeal attempt showed the two parti simply have different priorities. >> democrats are fighting to modernize our nation's air travel. republicans are fighting to repeal the health reform law, ignoring the 80% of americans who want them to leave it alone. in other words, democrats want to give passengers the rights they deserve. republicans want to take away patient's rights they already have. >> suarez: senators also debated whether or not the law was constitutional. some republicans said it was not, citing monday's ruling by u.s. district judge roger vinson. he found congress overstepped its authority by mandating that people purchase insurance by 2014 or pay a fine. south carolina's jim demint: >> we must repeal the bill in its entirety, because at the very heart, which makes all the other parts work, that very heart-- that individual mandate- - violates the highest law of our land. >> suarez: vinson was the second federal judge to rule that a mandate was unconstitutional, but went further and concluded the entire law was invalid. in his 78-page opin

. >> sreenivasan: boehner's warning drew a rebuke from senate majority leader harry reid. he charged the speaker is flirting with forcing the government to close its doors, instead of negotiating a compromise. >> we are terribly disappointed that speaker boehner can't control the votes in his caucus to prevent a shutdown of government. and now he's resorting to threats to do just that without any negotiations. that is not permissible. we will not stand for that. he's wrong. >> sreenivasan: the current measure funding the government runs out march fourth. in economic news, first-time jobless claims rose unexpectedly last week. and consumer prices were slightly higher in january than expected. still, wall street managed modest gains today. the dow jones industrial average added nearly 30 points to close at 12,318. the nasdaq rose six points to close at 2,831. more than 100 doctors, nurses, and physical therapists in nine cities were charged with medicare fraud today. they're accused of taking part in scams that illegally billed medicare for more than $225 million. u.s. attor

. >> and you have a recipe here from harry reid. >> yes, i do. it's chicken breast and pap wreaka sauce and it's really good. you have every kind of political persuasion that you want. >> well, capitol hill cooks is the book. with the recipes from the current and past presidents. >> elaine showalter professor emeritus at princeton university. profiles female american writers up to today. describing the obstacles that female writers have had to face throughout history. this program is a little under an hour. >> back when i was a new ph.d. in 1970, i edit my first anthology -- i don't think barbara knows about this. this is it. this worn out little red cover book called women's liberation and literature and it was published by harcourt and brace. i got to do it. i was a new ph.d. i was in my first assistant professorship job. and i felt a tremendous sense of responsibility doing this book to my protected readers. when i did it, putting together the list of text that i wanted was really not very hard especially because in those days i didn't even kn

it will be met pretty coldly by the democratic leader harry reid. so the senate will take it up, but what is going to be key is whether the house and the senate simultaneously work on a short- term funding bill because it is likely they will not be able to agree on this bill before the march 4 deadline. they are going to have to start work on a separate bill that would fund the government for a couple of weeks to buy them some time to negotiate on this longer-term bill. host: is that the word on the hill right now that that is going to be the route that is going to be taken? guest: we have heard they already some discussions between the democratic chairman of the senate appropriations committee, the chairman from hawaii, and house republicans. there has and an acknowledgement that this is going to take some time. it is going to be tricky because there is a number of house republicans on the conservative side who are not going to want to continue funding at this level for any amount of time if they had the choice. it is going to be a little bit trick

. >> the other day here you read -- harry reid was on television. he said there is no problem with social security. it is fully funded. on the outside, charlie rangel who at that time was head of the ways and means committee i-- ths is before the health care bill. he said there is no problem with medicare. what do you say to that? like i would say to sober up. [applause] he also says we are not doing horrible things to social security to balance the budget of the united states on the backs of social security recipients. what we did, we take care of the lowest 20% in society by giving them 125% of poverty level. anybody over 80 we get a 5% bump. we turn to a new cost of living index. we raise the retirement age to 68 by the year 2015. the average life expectancy is 77. >> my wife is here. going to work out is thinking about it. we say nobody stole your trust fund. it has a surplus of $2.50 trillion. that is true. that consisted beautiful chunks of paper. that young person of putting in today what i will get tomorrow. there is no lock box. but he put