you spent on the koch brothers, who makes them worse than adleson. >> harry reid will drop that like a 50-pound sack of -- dirt, root starchy thingies. sheldon adelson, an arch conservative in reid's home state. the owner of las vegas sands corporation, the country's single biggest casino company, and owner of the vegas strip's only non-union casino. this guy's spent millions fighting to outlaw online gambling. tens of millions fighting organized labor, in the 2012 presidential election he gave over $90 million to republican candidates. perhaps because he thought they'd help him take on, quote the two most fundamental threats to society, namely "radical islam," and "unions. that's right. union iding without secret voting is sheldon adleson's personal 9/11. harry reid is going to crush this guy. >> sheldon adelson, don't pick on him. >> wait, what? don't pick on the billionaire? why? >> i know sheldon adelson. he's not in this for money. he's in it because he has certain ideological views. (laughter) what the (bleep) difference does that make? he's got ideological views. if they line

you've g you've -- >> how does harry reid get out of it? reid does what he always does, he is attempting to try to find a way in which his guys get to vote for it, but the legislation doesn't even matter, either because it's a nonbinding resolution, or because the white house is able to veto it, but he's trying to cut the cookie so that everybody gets something they want. >> but can he stop it from getting the 60 votes that it needs to pass the senate? if it does pass the senate, then it will get to the president's desk. can he find some way to block it in the senate? >> right now there's about 56 members that are publicly on board with this. there are several more, at least six democrats who in the past have voted in a nonbinding fashion for legislation like this. so they're going to be under a lot of pressure to vote this time. he may not be able to stop his 60 votes. >> speaking of mary landrieu, let's listen to one of her ads as she's running for re-election. >> for years she's forced washington to respect louisiana. like p stopping off

in charge and harry reid himself. [applause] a vote for my opponent is a vote for a guy who says coal makes you sick. it is a vote for a guy who thinks nothing for the state if he thinks about it at all. a vote for my opponent is a vote for obama care and the president who sold it to us on a mountain of lies. that is why this race is not about one party against another. it is about a government that thinks it can lie to its own citizens and get away with it. [applause] it is about holding the people who did this accountable. this race is about vindicating people like angela, a mother of five girls from from owensboro. she was at her wit ends when she wrote me this year. after being told up and down she did not have to worry about a result coming out of obamacare that she did not favor, she was told -- she found out she was going to lose her doctor and her plan. her premiums had more than tripled. she was out of patience. obamacare agents told her she was out of luck. when she spoke up about it, harry reid told her she

harry reid has turned that on his head. it does not want his members to have to vote for some of the amendments that republicans are putting forward because they have bipartisan support and he and the white house don't like some of these provisions. so he's just stopped all amendments. and stopped all debate. and the only way republicans can fight back is to refuse therefore to move on the bhils. >> so you're saying there are actual legislation moving through the senate that is bipartisan majority support and would pass but reed is saying i don't want you to vote on this amendment or that amendment, and therefore he's closing -- he's not letting the senate work its will on these other pieces of legislation. >> that's right. you saw this week. there was a bipartisan energy efficiency bill moving ahead, but republicans were going to propose a number of amendment has have huge sweeping support on the republican side and the democratic side. acceptance of the keystone pipeline, for instance. but the white house doesn't like tho

>> harry reid does what he always does. he's attempting to try to find a way in which his guys get to vote for it, but the legislation doesn't even matter. either because it's a nonbinding resolution, or because the white house is able to veto it. but he's trying to cut the cookie so that everybody gets something they want. >> can he stop it from getting the 60 votes it needs in the senate to get through? remember, the house has already passed this many, many times. so if it does pass the senate, it will get to the president's desk. can he find some way to block it in the senate? >> well, there could be. look, right now, there's about 56 members that are publicly on board with this. there are several more, at least six more democrats, who in the past have voted in a nonbinding fashion. for a legislation like this. so they're going to be under a lot of pressure to vote this time. he may not be able to stop the 60 votes. one of his games, though, is to keep this in a manner the white house to veto if it needed to. >> speaking

this is about harry reid.o say sheldon adelson is not in it for his business interests seems absurd. >> it certainly is a reminder that i've always said nevada is a one-party state. and that party is the party that takes place on the strip by the guys that own the strip. and it does seem as if it is amazing in some ways how you see this in nevada where members of both parties will line up and be supportive of these casino moguls. reid yesterday with me essentially endorsed brian sandoval, the republican governor. there's this power structure there that they all just sort of -- they're not as aggressive against each other if -- and you have to ask yourself if it's because the casino folks are happy. then others are happy. it was amazing to me what he said about adelson. >> -- when the governor may be running against harry reid two years from now. >> well, you know, reid's reasoning by the way was because there's no good candidates running against the governor. and it sounds like maybe you kill them with kindnes

we did put 150 bills in the senate on harry reid's desk that he didn't take up.ackaging it up like you did, i think you're on to something. >> i was surprised but pleasantly so the idea that there might be specific promises by candidates on balancing the budget, energy independence, a specific plan to counter obamacare, securing the borders, school choice. do you anticipate come september that might be a reality? >> i don't want to get ahead of mig myself -- >> right. >> -- on this issue. you're talking about more in reality than what people realize. having this four or five umbrella plan is something that could really happen. >> would you like to see, everybody here, some type of written solutions, five things that republicans will do if they get elected? >> yes. [ applause ] >> i'm not trying to sell my idea. i think people are so cynical of government right now. >> there has to be some level of accountability. an accountability partner. by doing that, you increase the level of accountability. we have to be a party that's good on the ground and gets their act t

i'll get to my first sitdown, harry reid.e's a study in contrast, mild mannered and sharp tongued. he knows the rule book better than anyone. a man who never let's opponents forget. he was also an amateur boxer and is apparently not afraid of a fight. he's become the 2014 boogie man that republicans are looking for. what nancy pelosi was to campaigns in 2010, senate republicans are hoping to do to harry reid in 2014. i sat down with reid, as you'll see, when it comes to his hard-nosed legislative style, he's unapologetic. we hit a lot of issues under the sun, beginning with whether democrats will get anything done this year in the senate. >> i had to overcome over 500 fill i busters. 500. during the six years that lyndon johnson was leader, he had to overcome one. mine, over 500. and it's because of the deal they made right after obama was elected. so i hope that they will suddenly change. i think we've had some ideas during this last little bit that's been important. we've had the house directed by boehner say let's do a bud

not a dime's worth of difference between a candidate who puts harry reid in charge and harry reid himselfr my opponent is a vote for a guy who says coal makes you sick. a vote for my opponent is a vote for a guy who thinks nothing of this state if he thinks about it at all. a vote for my opponent is a vote for obamacare. and the president who sold it to us. >> mitch mcconnell went after his opponent's father. catch this. this is very personal for mitch here, mitch mcconnell. >> she is a partisan, partisan. who has been practicing party politics since she learned to talk. i mean, let's be honest. anybody who learned politics at the school of jerry lundegran will not be a model of bipartisanship. barack obama's candidates preach independence but practice loyalty above all else. and tonight i'm confident of this. those in kentucky will not be deceived. alison lundegran grimes is barack obama's candidate. they know it. and they'll issue the same verdict on this candidate that they have issued twice before on him. kentucky cannot afford to empower the people who have been waging a war on jobs

not a dime's worth of difference between a candidate who puts harry reid in charge and harry reid himselfvote for my opponent is a vote for a guy who says coal makes you sick. a vote for my opponent is a vote for a guy who thinks nothing of this state if he thinks about it at all. a vote for my opponent is a vote for obamacare. and the president who sold it to us. >> mitch mcconnell went after his opponent's father. catch this. this is very personal for mitch here, mitch mcconnell. >> she is a partisan, partisan. who has been practicing party politics since she learned to talk. i mean, let's be honest. anybody who learned politics at the school of jerry lundegran will not be a model of bipartisanship. barack obama's candidates preach independence but practice loyalty above all else. and tonight i'm confident of this. those in kentucky will not be deceived. alison lundegran grimes is barack obama's candidate. they know it. and they'll issue the same verdict on this candidate that they have issued twice before on him. kentucky cannot afford to empower the people who have been waging a war o

i expected it from him. >> relationship between harry reid and john mccain has run i would say hot and cold. i think it's more cold and chillier lately. by the way, senator reid told me yesterday that he had overcome more than 500 filibusters since 2007. it's also a claim the president made just this week. this morning "the washington post" fact checker gives the 500 filibuster claim four pinocchios. according to post number cruncher, since 2007 there have been 528 cloture motions that have been filed to end debates on bills but there have just been 133 successful filibusters, meaning a final vote could not have taken place. 527, if you use that number, some of those were democrats holding things up as well. it is a little bit of a misleading number. "the washington post" concludes if you want to just talk about legislation and pinning the blame on republicans filibustering, the number should be something like 50. >> still ahead, the surprising admission by harry reid on benghazi. plus russian president vladimir putin makes his first visit to crimea since he annexed it. but first a loo

. >> and my opponent barack obama and harry reid want her in the race. is not a dime's worth of difference, not a dime's worth of difference between a candidate who puts harry reid in charge and harry reid, i himself. >> and president obama is not on the kentucky 2014 election ball ballot. nothing about this election is going to change who is in the white house, but we can change who is in washington, d.c. >> and today, lun dergan grimes is out on the campaign trail and she is going to go to a place in chi d kentucky where mcconnell was not able to talk about jobs. and also new ads. >> a lot of people in washington have things going worse and a lot of oit is because of the people at the top of the political parties. >> and later this fall, she will run with rand paul, and the big story of the day was the gop establishment overwhelming victory over the tea party which lost in idaho, georgia, pennsylvania and in addition to kentucky. here to break it down for us this morning is nbc news senior political editor mark murray, and we have to abbreviate this, b

this is a quote from harry reid. he is one of the people who has meant so much to me, reid said of john kerry. you say that he tells lots of people how much he loves them. >> he does. harry reid is a politician. he's been described as ruthless, but he's very effective. what was interesting to me was not so much his cynicism, but how oddly honest he is. you just read an example of him appearing to be dishonest. the 90 became majority leader in 2006, he was with schumer and they were watching the -- night he became the majority leader in 2006, he was with schumer and they were watching. he called everyone who won. he would punctuate every sentence with some variation, i love you. i love you, hillary. whoever won that night. he looked at me and said, they need to hear that. what he meant was, their politicians. it wasn't so much as a wink. it was a matter of fact, harry reid statement. even though him telling john kerry he loves them on the floor of the senate on the day that john kerry announced he was not running for

and coming up next, chuck todd goes one on one with harry reid. why the senate majority leader hopes for some healthy competition in the next democratic presidential primary. really? that's next on "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. sfx: car unlock beep. vo: david's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. nowchoose one option fromith red lothe wood-fire grill,trios! one signature shrimp dish, and a pasta. all on one plate. three delicious choices. all for $15.99 for a limited time only! come sea food differently today! ameriprise asked people a simple question: in retirement, will you outlive your money? uhhh. no, that can't happen. that's the thing, you don't know how long it has to last. everyone has retirement questions. so ameriprise created the exclusive.. confident retirement approach. now you and your ameripise advisor can get the real answers you

the washington redskins president invited senator harry reid to attend a game.e calling it offensive and derogatory. he said that the logo was designed by native americans, and an overwhelming majority of the native american don't find it offensive according to a poll. no word on in if he will attend. >>> no saying if jay carney is a fan of the rock band, but he introduced them at the sold-out show. >>> and the housing and urban development, joaquin castro recommend finding a good mexican restaurant. he will not be bunking with his brother. >>> and first perspective here, political perspective, joined by david, and thank you for starting your memorial day with us. >> hi, francis. >> start with the tea party and how a video scandal could bring it down. two weeks before the primary, republican candidate from kansas city is really having a tough time distancing himself from the online attack video that included a likely illegal image of his opponent's bedridden wife. some supporters have been arrested. how damaging is this for the party overall? >> if it continues

what is happening with harry reid? >> well, in a way, the same thing that he's always been famous for, which is being willing to be the guy who would do anything to get ahead and to win. harry reid is famous for being tough, for being partisan, for taking the hard way, the mean way and that's his thing. but, but, but something has changed now and what seems to have changed now is that he can't get results. he can't deliver anymore, which may be a consequence of having burned over so much dag gone ground in the senate. he uses the procedural trick to get obamacare and this is the guy that nuked senate rules on presidential appointments. this is the guy who has made it almost impossible for anybody who is not a democrat and not a democrat that he approves of to amend legislation. this is the guy who runs it with an iron fist and now it ain't running at all. >> how so? is the peg that set him off to call republicans greased pigs? >> oh, that's just a standard harry reid garbage. he does that all the time. that's his stick

the washington redskins president invited senator harry reid to attend a game. he opposes the name calling it offensive and derogatory. redskins bruce allen noted that the logo was designed by native americans. and an overwhelming majority of the native american don't find it offensive according to a poll. no word on in if he will attend. >>> white house press secretary jay carney is a self-proclaimed fan of rock band guided by voices. so when they played in d.c., he introduced them at the sold-out show. >>> and julian castro, his brother recommends finding a good mexican restaurant in washington, d.c. he will not be bunking with his brother. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> and first perspective here, political perspective, joined by david, and thank you for starting your memorial day with us. >> hi, francis. >> start with the tea party and how a video scandal could bring it down. two weeks before the primary, republican candidate from kansas city, chris mcdaniel, is really having a tough time distancing himself from the online attack video t

harry reid doesn't like that. he's trying to talk about them as much as possible. to keep him as a majority leader, they spend a lot of money attacking the koch brothers out in public and in the cases to make them the center. this is an excuse, the constitutional amendment is a way to force votes in which democrats can say, something that sounds good to a lot of voters, we should have much more heavily regulated elections, maybe even the government should use your tax dollars to finance elections, get the quote, money out of politics because it worked better for harry reid when unions were basically unanswered. >> that leads me to the question there are a lot of rich democratic donors -- >> oh, boy. >> they want to have a voice and support harry reid and other folks. how do you think they are feeling about this tonight? they get die luluted and taken of the mix as much as a gop candidate. >> the moment of zen will come at the moment in which democratic patrons who are many and by the way, increasingly powerful inside the party. harry reid is increasingly beholding

>> because of harry reid. harry reid is the majority leader of the united states senate, and republicans would like that not to be the case. and the ability of republicans to pick not more conservative or more moderate but most lectable candidates for each senate race will determine whether or not basically that harry reid gets to continue in his job or if the dynamic in washington finally changes. >> now last time around the republicans screwed it up and they chose a bunch of candidates that were not electable. that's why harry reid won re-election because the person he was running against he was demonized there he went. the question this time around what are they going to do this time and what are we seeing tonight? >> we're seeing tonight what we saw in the last batch of primaries and batch before that republicans are making smart choices so far. certainly we've seen establishment figures like in north carolina win. we've seen outsiders like in nebraska win. in each case the republican primary voter seems p

>> harry reid's pronouncement should be transcribed and all made into s.a.t.ions in which the question ask, can you spot the number of inaccuracies in one paragraph? the koch brothers, the two richest people, that's not true. to say they are the main cause of global warming is insane. the united states as a country is one of the major causes of global warming, in fact our contribution has declined. the biggest cut in the world since 2006 has been the united states. our levels of co2 emissions are now at the 1992 level. so you wonder -- he reminds me of the vice president, except that because harry reid never smiles, and is angry and aggressive and kind of mean, he doesn't get a pass the way joe biden does. he's sort of a pleasant hearty guy who's saying odd things, but everybody says it's a bidenism and they move on. but with harry, it's very hard to say it's a reidism because he's always trying to hurt folks with what he says. >> i'm sorry, but he's hurting himself. because he's right here, climate change is a problem, is a real thing. and the koch brothers a

harry reid has people he has to answer to, he has to somehow fix the world between now and then. neil: what is disturbing, i want to remind people, we have not been chumps on this issue, if you argue a lot of money has to be spent to address a problem, we have not been kheupbgsy sinct has been wasted, we have spent a lot of money. we're spending it and problem perists after nearly $80 billion, what does it take to move the needle. >> maybe 125 more years of fail our. >> '78, wall street has a headline saying car carter increaseeed subsidy for solar because it could benefit us by 2000 this a failure, promises have all been wrong, harry reid does not driver a wind power car, i am sure. this is not about replacing oil. by the way, they are directing it to wind and solar from 1800s, every billion they send is a billion that does not go to finding pixie dust or flubber. >> you are a very snide man, but your points are well taken have thank you very much. i don't know if you have been part of an internship program in a company. i have benefited from a variety of they are cooling off fa

harry reid knows it.s by saying so he can create, he can create activity, he can create the appearance of conflict. that helps him raise more money from his donor base. it helps him juice liberals, anxious and sitting by computers waiting for news about what bad thing will befall the democratic party next. they see reid saying stuff like that. they are liable to click, click, in come $25, $50 stuff so he says outrageous things like that in effort to go ahead them giving him more money. martha: it adds up and helps them to raise money. obviously he settled on these two and this catch phase. you about he didn't see any moral equivalent in the impact and effort to influence the way people think when it happens on the democratic side, which seems a bit odd and a bit disingenuous. >> well, being disingenuous is not something harry reid ever seemed to worry too much about. there gets to be a new danger. the new danger, all of the trolling, all of outrageous statements all of stuff, to him. not that anybody in c

harry reid, pigs will fly when harry reid -- >> agrees to that. i know. of when you were in benghazi in 2011. you were actually walking with ambassador chris stevens. and that's very eerie to see that video now that he has passed. this is personal for you on many levels. if harry reid does not take this up -- and i know you doubt that he will -- how does the senate get involved, then? >> well, i believe we have every chance of taking the majority in 2014, this november, and beginning next january, i would work with senator corker, who would be chairman of the foreign relations committee, senator bur, chairman of the intelligence committee, i would to chairman of the armed services committee. and i guarantee you will go after. we owe it to those family members. i've met with those family members. it breaks your heart, especially the mothers. >> we've interviewed them here on trss the as well. growing calls for eric shinseki over the shocking reports of neglect at the phoenix v.a. center where 40 veterans reportedly died while waiting for medical appointmen

the exact same earmarks they had for several years and harry reid says historical precedence. historical precedence doesn't mean jack when you're wrong. look, the commission is one example. president obama doesn't want it and the inspector general of the commission said it's worthless, but, still being funded because it is a favorite to jobs in that congressman's district. i mean, this is absolutely insane what's going on. they're stealing from the american people and this is corruption at its finest. >> chuck, do you agree with that? >> well, i tell you what these politicians think about these earmarks. the same way they feel about the pom moped. everybody loves to ride it and have fun with it but they don't want their friends to see them on it. that don't make it right, but it's politics. they want to take this money back so they can show their friends about it and be all big and mighty and look what i did for the district. since they put the ban on it, it has really reduced, but i think politicians are always going to try to find a way to get that money and take it home. >>

why is harry reid and nancy pelosi involved in the launching of this?e it's an investigative film this puts the pieces tob t together. we can't buy these spots to brainwash people so we come up what facts and the about to make it free shows people this is a tool that must be used. it's a tool to help people understand and figure out what's going on. and i think that the ability, ed, through social media and through our facebook and twitter, and through our website, to say, here's what's happening. take a look at it. and then send it on and forward it to somebody on environmental union. any the issues. >> they said it was troubles that they used taxpayer resources to publicize this partisan propaganda. what's your response to that? >> we know the coke's will say or do anything. they won't talk themselves. they have hired hands who do it. my response is with let's have a debate about the issues that the film raises. we welcome that. there are real issues, ed. they should be debated. but the diversionary tactics they use raises suspicion. >> and they don't

. >>> plus, harry reid in the hot seat as vulnerable senate democrats demand a vote on the k keystone pipeline. >>> and a big win for rick perry as toyota moves from california to texas. can he ride the record all the way to the white house? >>> welcome to "the journal editorial report" i'm paul gigot. fresh questions about the obama report to shake the narrative in the days following september 11, 2012, the u.s. mission in benghazi, libya, that killed four american diplomats. an e-mail showed a white house official played a role and susan race and her talk show appearances. ben rhodes writing in an e-mail two days before that the administration wanted her, quote, to underscore that these

harry reid has become that figure. >> the koch brothers using harry reid as well. >> i will say that thom tillis this is the victory of the scarborough doctrine, victory over puritity. every statement from cross roads, the conservative group that backed tillis called it a center right group. the chamber of commerce signed up behind them. the nra, national right to life. as mark said, this is a conservative guy. they thought she was the most conservative guy to win the race and beat kay hagan. >> by the way, i had issues with the nra last year the way they conducted themselves after the horror that happened. but, man, i said it before, as far as candidates goes, this is -- this is not the first establishment candidate they've chosen in this cycle where they've been lined up with the chamber of commerce. unlike a lot of these other groups, thesefulliby groups that come up and says the craziest things and the tea party -- you know, national so-called tea party groups. they are lining up with the chamber of commerce. and it's making a big difference. >> a couple of other quick races. and

harry reid is not hiding the fact that billionaire koch brothers are his target. he's so eager to limit their influence he's willing to change our nation's founding document over it. good afternoon, everybody. the pictures look like inis a grams from hell. five remaining active wildfires burning all at once in southern california. the flames charring more than 17 square miles in san diego county. at least 11,000 people remain under evacuation orders. a view now from the sky of the fire burning in escondido. this is one of the more stubborn fires with no causes determined. investigators are treating each fire as if it were a crime scene. police say they've arrested two young men for setting two small brush fires yesterday in the county. they are looking whether the suspects are connected to the larger fires that have been burning for days. ted rollins is standing by live for us in california. officials hoping cooler temperatures and calmer winds will help today. is the weather cooperating? >> it has throughout most of the day but within the last hour the winds have

this is a quote from harry reid. he is one of the people who has meant so much to me, reid said of john kerry. you say that he tells lots of people how much he loves them. >> he does. harry reid is a politician. he's been described as ruthless, but he's very effective. what was interesting to me was not so much his cynicism, but how oddly honest he is. you just read an example of him appearing to be dishonest. the 90 became majority leader in 2006, he was with schumer and they were watching the -- night he became the majority leader in 2006, he was with schumer and they were watching. he called everyone who won. he would punctuate every sentence with some variation, i love you. i love you, hillary. whoever won that night. he looked at me and said, they need to hear that. what he meant was, their politicians. it wasn't so much as a wink. it was a matter of fact, harry reid statement. even though him telling john kerry he loves them on the floor of the senate on the day that john kerry announced he was not running for

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this is a harry reid invention largely, and i'll give you the facts. mr. reid has used the gag rule to fill the amendment tree, which is a parliamentary term. but he's used his gag rule to cut off amendments 85 times, more than twice the number of the previous six leaders combined. and these were democrats and republicans. senator dole invoked the procedural tactic only seven times. senator robert byrd, a giant, an expert, an historian in the use of senate rules, invoked it only three times. senator mitchell of maine, three times, senator lott, 11 times, senator daschle, one time, and senator frist, 15 times. and yet time after time again, some 85 times, this majority leader has decided he will decide that the senate doesn't variety, that the people of mississippi and the people of north dakota don't have a right for their senator to come up and offer an idea and let it rise or fall based on whether it is good policy or not. this is an outrage that the people of the united states need to understand. when past majorities, when entrusted with protecting this

harry reid on the senate floor last week spoke to the redskins franchise and said what tradition of tradition of racism. okay. so is dan snyder any closer to changing this? i will remind everybody, this is the 30 most valuable nfl franchise. and the eighth most valuable franchise in the world, the washington redskins. >> on the contrary, i think dan snyder is farther from changing the name of this team. and he has the support of roger goodell, the commissioner. dan snyder came out and said he was creating this foundation and going to give this money to native-american groups. he said our fans overwhelmingly support the team. he cited polls, one of them was ten years old. he found a poll, yes. but he's not going to change the name, as long as dan snyder is owner of the washington redskins, they will be the washington redskins. and as long as he has the

of it with a congressional special committee and that will land with a thud on the doorstep of harry reid. and we have one on the house side. when asked if reid and the republicans in congress want to investigate benghazi. 64 percent said it is all political gain. no matter the motivation, the public believes in large part it is more politics than getting to the truth. >> yeah, those two things are notes inially contradictory. you can think that the administration sdoefd the american public about benghazi and what really happen there and feel that a year and half later, 20 months later when republicans timely decide to announce and form a select committee. they are doing it for political reasons, my guess to a large degree both of those are true and people sense that. >> i want to get your attack on what susan rice had to say, this came as a lunchion and they asked her what else is there this administration could provide regarding benghazi. and this is how she answered that question. >> danning if i know. i moan honestly. the administration has produced 25,000 pages of documents or 25,000

there are plenty on the democratic side that have supported harry reid as well. >> oh, yes. and regulations on the energy sector the democrats are putting forward. tom said could be $100 million from him and his confederates as they try to keep the senate in democratic hands. part of this is a smoke screen. you scream about the coke brothers, these two billionaire oil industry kansas, however, i think net-net this is a negative for the senate democrats because what is demanded by their donors, by their benefactors is more politically toxic, that is to say regulations on emissions that would be damaging to industrial states, states that rely on cheap electricity from coal and things like that. >> quickly want to ask you about san antonio mayor julian castro may be coming to washington but this time maybe as a cabinet guy. he's got a lot of attention. he's an up kp comer in the democratic party. >> he's been a rising star for so long now. >> he's about to arose. >> he's about to have arosen. the castro brothers are favorites of the democratic establishment, two brothers, young

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now, harry reid did a lot of damage. i take you back to the nuclear option. what was the worst thing he did was how he did it. they basically changed the rules of the senate by breaking the rules of the senate. what he did was called by the parliamentarian a violation of senate rules. he appealed the chair, the ruling of the chair, and overturned it with 51 votes. what they did substantively was to lower the threshold for the elections of the judiciary except for the supreme court to 51. thatore importantly than was how they did it. that precedent will always be there. bell, and to unring a i think it was very damaging to the institution, which leads to probably what you would like me to respond to, which i am not going to do today, which is what would we do about that were we in the majority, and my advice to call links is that that is a discussion for december if we're fortunate enough to be given by the american people the opportunity to set the agenda in the senate. then we will address that question, but your question was about legislation, i assume, not