so again, it's going to be a calibration that harry reid has to make and an adjustment for harry reid and all of those democrats who are used to ruling the roost around here because they don't anymore. >> gloria, stand by. quickly, dana before i let you go the process for the speaker john boehner, to be reelected, they have this roll call on the floor of the house of representatives right now. by all accounts he will get reelected, right? >> reporter: it certainly seems that way. we're not even at the middle of the alphabet as the members stand from their seats to vote. so we can't formally say that. but going into this vote the leadership allies of boehner felt pretty confident that they were going to be able to overcome this rebellion because they have some breathing room. there are so many republicans, that they can afford to lose probably about 27 28 depending on how many are voting and he could still become the speaker. so they do feel confident. but as we have said so many times before we have learned to expect the unexpected from the house republican conference. we're still wat

desk is over. >> who wants to be under harry reed's desk. >> harry reid is one of the few people that looks like his name. he looks like a harry reed. you got a black aye? >> he's kind of an exercise. >> he was exercising and a piece of equipment broke and he actually really hurt himself. >> that's what i tell the guy at the er every weekend. i fell on my exercise equipment. >> if you said it, i would not believe it. but because it was harry reid, i do. >> what do you think, bobby, about goppal control alcontrol, what do you expect to see? >> i thought it was a very interesting turn of words that the press secretary used. he said this piece of legislation, referring to what was passed in the house the last time. the president said he would veto it. if the bill is like that he would not sign it is what he said. there's a big difference between those. it can become a pocket veto or a pocket law. i'm not sure that if -- in the end i still contend that there will be a keystone pipeline. it's almost the same legislation, the senate legislation that they tried toy ed toied to get to him whi

this is what a senate leadership meeting looks like in harry reid's pad in d.c. apparently.cover from his workout injury hopefully he'll get back to work soon. 19 minutes after the hour. the remarkable seven-year-old who crawled out from a plane crash in kentucky is back at home in illinois with family member this is morning. both her parents and her sister were killed when their twin engine plane went down on the way home from florida last weekend. her story has amazed the country. this little girl managed to walk barefoot in the dark through kentucky wilderness to find help but she likely has a long and difficult road ahead of her as she tries to cope with this incredible loss. now, this is something she now shares with other lone survivors of plane crashes. our jason carroll spoke with survivors to see how they are coping. >> reporter: why lies behind the smile of this seven-year-old girl is the kind of courage seen in those well beyond her young years. that's what larry wilkins thought when sailor gutzler showed up on his front porch late friday night and told him an inc

harry reid was nowhere to be seen today. that because harry reid, now, looks like this. he is seriously banged up. he was apparently working out using a resistance band and it snapped while he was using it. it broke bones in his face and ribs. it really banged him up. look at this. he released a video of hems with a bloody eye, bloody face, bloody swollen hands. harry reid cheerily explaining why he had to be absent and how sorry he was to miss day one of the new congress. get well soon, senate minority leader harry reid. that's kind of just what today was like. >> you tell your congressman, you vote for louis gomert, i'm done with the republican party. not a dime. not a phone call. not a vote. if you vote for boehner, you're done. i want you to vote for louis gomert. you vote for boehner, i'm done with you. tell everybody you know. call them now. call them, call them, call them. tell the g.o.p. you're done with them. you're done with them. if they leave boehner in. >> the man thrown out on his ear will be louis gomert. yes, you are thinking of the same louis gomert that

next when we come back, what senator harry reid is doing in his living room right now. break. ♪ >> harry reid left the hospital after eye surgery and they say from his living room he is giving updates on >> hello, i am pimm fox and this is what i am taking stock on this monday, january 26 2015. the first blizzard of the year is bearing down. the storm's intensity is forecast to increase with snow falling in some regions at four inches per hour. a state of emergency has been declared in new york, new jersey, and connecticut. thousands of flights have been canceled while rail and bus transport is shut down. chris christie says the state is prepared. >> i have had double-digit states of emergency imposed on for snow, we have had hurricane irene and hurricane sandy. for better or for worse, we know

i happened to like harry reid. he's been a good friend and a very great help for me back in the days when across the aisle you could do that. and i think harry made a decision. it seemed logical to him. he's made a decision now by virtue of what he did in the lame duck to say let's try something else. >> i agree with everything the senator said. i would add a couple things. came in 1976 i ran against an incumbent republican congressman and spent $100,000 total. today that race would cost at least $5 million and who knows how much outside money would come to the race from places you never even heard of before. so what does that practically mean? well, it means is that as an elected official you spend most of your time raising money. so i used to spend a lot of time on the house floor just going down and listening with john dingell said or what some you know some other -- henry hide. you name the person. if i did that now as a member i would be guilty of malpractice and they would ship me out of the place. what are yo

i happen to like harry reid. he's been a good friend and a very great help for me back in the days when across the aisle you could do that. and i think harry made a decision. it seemed logical to him. he's made a decision now by virtue of what he did in the lame duck to say, let's try something else. >> i agree with everything the senator said. i would add a couple things. came in 1976 i ran against an incumbent republican congressman and spent $100,000 total. today that race would cost at least $5 million and who knows how much outside money would come to the race from places you never even heard of before. so what does that practically mean? well, it means is that as an elected official you spend most of your time raising money. so i used to spend a lot of time on the house floor just going down and listening with john dingell said or what some you know some other -- henry hyde. you name the person. if i did that now as a member i would be guilty of malpractice and they would ship me out of the place. what are y

harry reid. harry reid and mitch mcconnell -- two old pros sitting down and saying, we have to solve the problem. harry reid now says, ok mitch, how do we work this out and make this happen. it was very interesting to see how they made it happen. and the senate, it was harry reid and mitch mcconnell working together. in the house, it was john boehner because nancy pelosi said she did not want any part of it. the number two democrat was saying nancy, we have to govern. and who was there with the two from the senate and two from the house making phone calls to members of his party and saying, will you get in line and help out? barack obama. barack obama making common cause with john boehner and mitch mcconnell because the people had sent the message that they wanted things to start to work again. that is where you come in. because you are the people. what you do to get more folks to participate in intelligent ways is what this effort on the part of the bpc is about. america, first nation to set its

any difference in mitch mcconnell's ability to compromise versus harry reid?> that is the big question. i think he is in a very difficult spot. this is going to test his political skill. it is going to be 46 democrats. he needs a six democrats to pass any legislation. he has to balances competing interests, which is not just conservatives running for president, but blue state republicans who are up for reelection. he will have to balance those interests, get democratic support, keep the conservative house at bay, and get the democratic president to sign something. we will have to see how much he digs in, or how much he tries to play in the middle. >> on the personal side, if you were a young person watching this and you see mitch mcconnell with the thesis in college about henry clay. then he came here as an intern. then he went to work for his senator. followed him, because he was a judge in jefferson county. he has been here for 30 years. what does it say to people that want to get into politics? >> in the piece he talks a lot about clay. mcconnell understand

that's harry reid. or the people who do not believe it. of the 311 million people in this country, 310 million are not judges and they're not lawyers. they're the ones. it is the people in the villages you have to convince that this is in their interest. lawyers and judges might help you do that, we can talk about it, and they should. but they're the ones that have to be convinced. and go look at that history. and go look at the ups and downs. and that's what that exhibition would make you do. i think it is really a great opportunity to see the documents and to see them exhibited with other things and i'm glad to have the opportunity to be here, in part, because i could see that. >> the highest calling of mankind, i think it is fair to say, is public service. i want to thank you on behalf of my fellow citizens and your fellow citizens for the public service you've given to our country. thank you very much. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which i

senator levin stood up to harry reid with a filibuster but he was the only one. wide you believe that a return to regular order so lee will on tuesday damage that it appears the senate has done to itself to weaken itself through the president? is it even possible for the congress to restore the historic balanced given the way the senate has caved in to the president almost protecting the president at the expense at the power of the senate? >> excellent question. and i think it can be restored senate rules are very important and i hope we go back to the 60 vote majority but just to give you an example that is a humongous transfer of power to the executive branch to go from 6251. harry rigo of those nominations but if you're president in ultraliberal left to a point somebody on the organized labor payroll that you could not get him to republican senate it has to get more mainstream. if you have to put it in somebody radical because you can get the people in. and whoever won the election and should begin great latitude for if you have this administration to put in t

and senator harry reid recovering at a nasty accident. he was exercising in henderson nevada, when one of the elastic bands snapped causing him to break a bone in his face and a rib. he will be back in washington over the weekend. >>> a new jersey couple is accusing united airlines of being insensitive. they say the crew humiliated them because of their disabled daughter was not buckled up. >> my little baby is sitting there on my lap not hurting a fly. she can't walk by herself she can't sit by herself and here is this woman who's just -- is standing behind the law without put anything humanity into the situation. it was really heartbreaking. >> she sat her 3-year-old daughter ivy on her lap for her united airlines flight home as she's done many times before. ivy suffered a stroke in the womb and even though a seat had been purchased she couldn't sit up right on her own. >> the flight attendants were passing back and forth said he local to ivy to my son and everything seemed fine until a fourth agent approached us and told me i needed to

from a about senate minority leader harry reid.he was injured in an exercise accident new year's day. hear how he is doing now, in his own words. >> doctors have told me i have to take it easy. i have been doing new congresses for my 33rd year. i have homesickness, for lack of a better term. >> he has a tough road ahead of him. reid said it is not clear if he will ever be up to see out of his injured i again. -- out of his injured eye again. and they say exercise is supposed to be good for you. >> we have cold weather on the way. we were in the lower 40's today. not so much the next 24 hours. but wait until sunday. outside, this is wintergreen. a lot of folks will wake up early and go skiing. they are grooming the slopes right now. 11 degrees. but look at the wind. they are out of the west northwest at 29. if you have plans to ski tomorrow, under love as it will be cold. -- bundle up because it will be cold. today it was 42 degrees. the record was 76, 1937. right now, 23 gaithersburg dulles at 23, 29 at reagan national. lexington p

the people who have to believe it is that's harry reid are the people who are not. and believe it, of the 311 million people in this country, 310 million are not judges and they're not lawyers. they're the ones. it's the people in the villages that you have to convince that this is in their interests. lawyers and judges might help you to do that. they can help you talk about it. they should. they're the ones that have to be convinced. go look at that history. go look at the ups and downs. and that's what that exhibition would be able to make you do. and i think it's a really great opportunity to see the documents and to see them exhibited with other things and i'm glad to have the opportunity to be here and in part to -- >> i can see that. >> the highest calling of man kind i think it's fair to say is public service. i want to thank you on behalf of your fellow citizens, your fellow citizens for the service you've given to our country. thank you very much. applause mrautz [ applause ] >> join american history today for a look at the historical role of the house spea

. >> next, harry reid outlines the democratic agenda. then it is crushed the white house communications strategy and relations with the news media. after that, a look at the 2016 democratic presidential candidates. senator harry reid discussed the democratic agenda and provided an update on his injuries from an exercise accident earlier this month. this is about 15 minutes. >> hello everyone. >> the first thing i want to say is this -- all we have to do is look around the world. cyberattacks, north korea, the deaths in belgium, in france and we now are facing a question here in the united states as to whether we are going to fund homeland security. we should put a bill on the president's desk as soon as possible. we need to get it done now. countries around the world, in fact, as we speak, increasing funding for their homeland security. we are trying to fund it. this is outrageous, for lack of a better word. ok, questions? >> can you talk about your recovery, specifically the surgery you are going to have? >> i know there are a lot of ru

>> harry reid. >> harry reid. nailed it. pinhead or patriot. >> i don't know. don't care. >> harry reid what do you think he does? >> reads. >> he reads. >> i like it. he has one tiny little comment. >> pinhead. >> pinhead. why is this guy a pinhead? >> he is so ultimately a party line guy. >> he looked like a pinhead. >> harry. >> harry -- i don't know. truman. >> trueman? >> you've got to stop thinking about it. >> last one. >> there's our man bill o'reilly. i watch him every night. >> this is my favorite. pinhead or patriot. >> oh. what? >> what? >> you said what. >> patriot or pinhead. >> he's definitely a pinhead. look at him. that's a very seductive look. absolutely. >> oh patriot! >> ba-ba-da-ba! >> he's on the o'reilly show, i love him. >>> next, jesse watters went out to find out what people know about the chief pecktivesexecutives. >> speak softly and carry a big -- >> stick. >> who said that? >> my god i forget his name. >> teddy roosevelt. >> watters is next. >>> americans don't know much about their country. but we are celebrating presidents' day s

. >>> senator harry reid suffering from broken bones in his face after a fall at home. the office released a statement saying a piece of exercise equipment that he was using broke and caused him to fall. he received treatment at the facility in las vegas and doctors expect him to make a full recovery. he is heading back to washington to be on hand whether the senate meets again. >>> senator harry reid will be the minority leader. new year new congress and president obama has to go up against a republican-controlled house and senate for the first time. first up on the docket for the congress meeting is obamacare and the keystone pipeline. david is here from u.s. news and world report. the republicans are you know going to be in control of both chambers on capital hill. they said they will send legislation to the president. keystone is going to be the first. the president isn't a fan of keystone. what is going to happen? >> this could be a showdown we have not seen often with the president vetoing it and it will be on congress to see if they can override the veto. the pre

harry reid, leader of the senate. nancy pelosi, mid-70's. california, which was the cutting edge, as always, progressive politics in america or has been for the last 20 or 30 years, totally democratic state. governor of california, jerry brown, 76. two senators, diane feinstein and barbara boxer, 89 and 74. house leaders is 74. that is one of the forward thinking democratic party. when you take away barack obama hillary clinton will be in her late 60's. for me as a republican, the most encouraging thing about the election in november was not just the results. not just the numbers but of all your candidates and youth of republican candidates. you have tom cotton, dan sullivan, cory gardner. all coming into the senate people in their late 30's, early 50's. diverse backgrounds. impressive people. they were all younger than the people they beat in each of those races. the republican congress in both houses will be younger than the democratic caucus. suddenly, the image one had and i had too, which was depressing as a conservative in 2008 and 201

also new tonight, the senate minority leader harry reid says he will not attend a white house meeting with other congressional leaders. reid is recovering from a serious accident on new year's day. he broke several bones and suffered serious damage to his right eye. doctors hope his sight will be returned and ordered him to stay home. a spokesperson said president obama called tuesday's meeting to look for common ground with g.o.p. leaders. a new tool to help find missing children in our area and across the country. facebook announced it is partnering with the national center for missing and exploited children to send amber alerts to users. when law enforcement issues an amber alert, a message will pop up on the newsfeed if you live in the search area. new at 6:00 winter weather alert for wednesday morning commute. what you need to know in doug's full forecast next. >> i'm robert burton coming up in sports no biggie. just the againing world champs here at verizon tonight. talk a little bit about that plus national title stuff. yeah, as abc 7 news at 6:00 continues. >> developing news

harry reid has had a couple of very bad awful months.e lost his job as senate majority leader in november. this month, he injured himself during exercise. today, still wearing a bandage on his eye, reid made his first appearance at a press conference since his injury. >> it was so minor. i was doing exercises i've been doing for many years with those large rubber bands, and one of them broke and a spun me around. i crashed into these cabinets. it didn't knock me out, but it sure hurt. i have a better understanding of football players and baseball players who have concussions. at this stage, i am fully intending to run. >> it is hard not to see the metaphor, a battered minority leader for a crippled minority. the question is whether and how he might rehabilitate his caucus and keep it relative in the next two years. >> the haters on the left are going to hate when i say this, but the way is for reid to start making deals with the president and mcconnell. if they are an obstructionist party, if they critique the republican efforts, i don't

harry reid, mitch mcconnell, nancy pelosi, they were all elected by their caucuses. this speaker's job is a constitutional position. so he has to be -- or she -- has to be elected by the majority of the house. one last thing i will say, something that we're going to be looking for on the house floor, because of the weather and because of the fact that there are some members of congress who are at mario cuomo's funeral in new york, you actually might see the need for a smaller majority to actually become speaker because it's the majority of those present. that's how the speaker is elected. so it will probably be lower than 218. so the irony is that speaker boehner could be helped by the fact that perhaps some democrats might not be here. >> when you say the weather, there was an inch or two or three of snow here in the greater washington, d.c. area that's causing some travel problems for a bunch of folks, including some flights getting canceled coming into the d.c. area. stand by. gloria borger, you're on the senate side. harry reid, the democratic leader in the senat

they had watched harry reid's re-election in 2010. they knew that they needed to go from his 2008 race, where he beat democratic bruce lunsford by about six points -- he was a tough race. he was going to have the latest technology. manu and i had done an interview with him in 2013 and he said he was going to build the most thorough senate campaign ever. he was going to build the best senate -- >> in american history. >> in american history. and he probably got, he probably got there. he built a very impressive campaign operation. they were, you know, cutting edge on data operation and data mining. on identifying the target groups they wanted to go after. they had the basic themes they wanted to play. they knew which voters they wanted to graft or which democrats, which republicans which independents. they had it broken down by geography and region and everything. so on -- this was, you know, we wrote in the story: this was a presidential-caliber level campaign running it for a senate race. >> here's an ad that was run by the mcconnell

details on this accident. >> right now, senator harry reid said to be recovering after breaking a number of bones. senator reid was working out of his home when a piece of equipment he was using broke causing him to fall. he is said to have broke a number of ribs and bones in his face. he was kept overnight as a precaution and is expected, though, to fully recover. in a statement released by the democrat's office reid is still planning to return to washington at some point this weekend and is expected to be back on capitol hill when congress convenes again on tuesday. reporting live brianne carter abc 7 news. >> one more political note here. new yorkers are remembering former governor mario cuomo. the three term governor died at the age of 82. he's from queens. his death came hours after his son andrew was sworn in as governor of new york for a second term. his last public appearance was november 24th at his son's victory speech. taking a look outside at the nation's capital. it is a cold start to the first weekend of 2015. and you're going to need your umbrella. meteorologist brian vand

next, senate minority leader harry reid outlines the democratic agenda. we will have a discussion about white house communication strategy and its relation with the news media. later, q&a with author andrew keen. minority leader senator harry reid discussed the democratic agenda, and provided an update on his injuries sustained from a neck's or size accident earlier this month. this is about 15 minutes. >> hello everyone. glad to be back. the first thing i want to say is, all you have to do is look around. cyber attacks in north korea the deaths in belgium, and in france, and we now are facing a question here in the united states, whether we will fund homeland security. i think this is so out of line. we should put a bill of the president's desk assumes possible -- as soon as possible. we need to get it done now. countries around the world, as we speak, their number of announcements in europe yesterday about increasing funding for homeland security. we are trying to level funding. this is outrageous. questions? >> can you talk about your recovery? >> i kn

harry reid. harry reid and mitch mcconnell two old pros sitting down in the senate saying the election is over, we have to govern we have to solve the problem. and harry reid, however much he deserved how we have been beaten up by the republicans for what he did previously now says okay, mitch, how do we work this out and make this happen? and it was very, very interesting to see how they made it happen. in the senate it was harry reid and mitch mcconnell working together. in the house, it was john boehner and steny hoyer. because nancy pelosi said i don't want no part of it. and steny hoyer, the number two democrat was saying, nancy we have to govern. and who was there with the two from the senate and the two from the house that were trying to make it work, making phone calls to members of his party saying will you please get in line and help out? barack obama. barack obama making common calls with john boehner and mitch mcconnell. because the people had sent the message that they wanted things

you know the last years under harry reid he would tell harry reid not to bring it up for a vote. you have that component. if the president does veto members of the house and senate have to decide whether they want to side with the men and women, hard working men and women of the country or side with the president's extremist views, that's what it's going to come down to. lou: and your judgment a return to the regular rules of order, are we going to see the republican house, the republican senate do business in the way in which americans generally prosper that is with rules of regular order, openness transparency for all of the american people to watch our legislative process? >> we are absolutely going to have an open process in the senate with amendments with debate, with votes on amendments. harry reid has essentially shut down the amendment process the last two years in the senate. i think there were a total of about last year and a half, a total of about 20 votes on over 2,000 amendments that were introduced. those days are over. the senate is now going to be actively debatin

harry reid is 75 years old. he stayed in the hospital over night but he will be back in washington, d.c. this weekend. >>> smoking, drinking and exposure to the sun, some of the choices that could raise a person's risk of developing cancer. the report on new research that suggest the majority of risks is due to the luck of the draw. >> researchers say genetic mutations that crop up as stem cells divide are the major contributors to cancer over all. it was a math equation to come up with the theory. researchers analyzed papers, taking a look at the number of stem cells and the rate of division among 31 tissue types. then they compared the number of divisions in each tissue against a person's life time risk of developing cancer in that tissue. only one third of cancer risk can be blamed on hereditary or environmental factors which makes 2/3 from random mutations in dna. before you think you have a free pass, this information doesn't mean people should go wild with poor lifestyle choices. he hopes the findings will

senator harry reid is home on doctor's orders. witter yesterday with this video to explain his absence. look at him. reid is recovering from a fall on exercise equipment that broke three ribs and several bones in his face. but he will be the top democrat in the senate as majority leader when he gets back. until then illinois senator dick durbin is filling his shoes. >>> appearsians valued currency. they carefully leafed through five fragile newspapers. coins and a silver plate commemorating american independence at the time. the capsule is said to be buried by paul revere and others. >> a big break in the search for airasia flight 8501. new pictures are in showing the big piece of the plane that divers discovered overnight. >> customers is a center city restaurant are paying it forward slice by slice. we have the story behind the generosity. >> ♪♪ . >> ♪♪ >> new this morning, a north jersey high school that was rocked with a hazing scandal this school year insists it will have a football season in 2015. the superintendent of sayrev

and if you're not familiar with, here's harry reid. this is what he looks like. ll fairness, that also happens to reid after a good hard sneeze. oh, no. he turns into adam sandler. >> steve: it's adam sandler. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i don't why harry reid was adam sandler. >> steve: that's how he sounds. >> jimmy: that doesn't make any sense. on sunday president obama returned from his vacation in hawaii to a now congress now completely controlled by republicans or as republicans put it, aloha. [ laughter ] actually obama recently said his new year's resolution was to cooperate more with republicans. in fact a lot of politicians have announced their new year's resolutions. let's take a look at a few. first here's senator majority leader mitch mcconnell. in 2015 he resolved to find the world's thinnest chapstick. [ cheers and applause ] next up we have kentucky senator rand paul, 2 2015 he resolved to stop asking his barber for the ramen noodle cut. [ laughter ] a little ramen noodle on top. >> steve: good resolution. >> jimmy: and finally oklahoma senator james la

is harry reid about to call it quits?ter take it easy. >> a crystal ball report out of the university of virginia now claims that he just might listen to those doctors following that recent gym accident he had. the report naming reid the most vulnerable democrat who is up for reelection in 2016. they say the 75-year-old senate minority leader may retire to avoid what they call the humiliation of losing a race or reid could step down for personal reasons. >>> when an 11-year-old boy makes a desperate 911 call after his dad falls from a cliff. >> my dad fell off a cliff. >> what's the location? >> don't know. >> i need to know where you are. >> we're in the mountains. >> jake says his cub scout training taught him to call 911 in an emergency. his father fell during their hike in sacramento. jake grabbed his father's cell phone unlocked it and was able to wave down the helicopter when it arrived. >> he told me to take off one shoe and wave it around and i did. it got the helicopters. >> what a brave little guy. the two were

we've never gotten to that chance because harry reid would kill it in the senate. what the american people how they're going the react. because they clearly voted in november for republican policies. >> so the question is will the gop do that. >> and kimberly, some of these bills i think republicans should keep passing and sending so the american public knows the republican congress is doing a lot of these populist things like keystone, a lot of these things that poll really well with the majority of americans. >> and it's what is expected, okay? you're given the trophy for the midterm elections, now show us what you're going to do with that mandate and put the pressure, put if president to the test. -- put the president to the test. it's about 206 and the direction of the -- 2016 and the direction of the country going forward. say, look, these are what you're going to get with the democratic party, this is what you have of with a democratic president, you decide informed put 'em -- make him go on the record about it. you're right, he doesn't have harry reid or any

senator harry reid is a bully. since the rest of us can multitask, the president can do. get to work. washington, d.c. is is the city of no consequences. >> tricky, tricky, tricky, tricky that's what politics is all about. something is wrong with some people. the american people deserve better. >> that sounds like a ham sandwich to me. >> what a dare devil. yes, i'm talking about president george h.w. bush. remember this? two weeks ago on his 9th birthday. that's scary any time. i wouldn't do that on my 18th birth d.a. that is not crazy enough for president bush. he likes scary stuff like jumping out of a plane. yesterday president bush 41 took a big risk, this time it was with me. he got in a cart with me at the wheel. now, that sounds dangerous, doesn't it? but i was his designated driver at a charity event in maine. well, mrs. bush, of course she was there she didn't ride with with me. she is way too smart for that president obama has been repeatedly threatening congress saying if congress won't act, he is just going to pick up his phone and pen and act without them. w

but harry reid kept the senate in a deep, deep freeze the last 8 years. mitch mcconnell will say legislate, make law go back to normal life. the democrats are ready to hurt them for doing it. we'll see whether mcconnell in the senate and boehner in the house can demonstrate the ability to govern. bill: 70 years 276 house seats that's quite a margin. >> this is a very conservative house and senate. it's not just that it's republican. but the republicans who are there are very conservative. how can they honor the voters who sent them there and demonstrate they can get the job done. bill: that's stirewalt the reverend in washington. martha: congressman ted yoho is challenging boehner for his speaker's post. bill: it seems that 10-20 republicans can go against him. martha: i think they need 29 votes to move anything with boehner. how about the bull run we had at the end of 2014 seems to be coming a screeching halt after plunging more than 300 points yesterday. it comes amid record-low oil prices and renewed fears about a greek exit from the eurozone. why did

like a lot like the last few years because they're going to push some of the bills that sat on harry reid's desk. now they'll clear mitch mcconnell's desk and send it to the president who will veto them or perhaps sign them and find ways to cut some deals. >> i was listening to the president on how he's going to use his veto pen much more than he has. we know he's done it twice before in the years he's been president. he is expecting to use it for forcefully. in the early rush of the republican leadership sending bills for the president to veto, how is that going to be perceived to the public? is that for their base only or is that a demonstration of governing? >> i think it's both. the first test will come by february 27th. remember they passed 11 of the 12 spending bills to the end of the fiscal year back up funding for homeland security expires at the end of february. republicans salivating to take a legislative response to what the president did. there, already you've seen the white house, you know, talk about the fact that they think it's weird that republicans want to hold up funding

let's return the rules of regular order and let's go. >> harris while harry reid wasn't the most energetic individual or enthusiastic he was enthusiastic when it came to blocking the bills that the house would send him so he was covered for president obama. now obama doesn't have that cover but you notice the rhetoric is different from republicans. john was saying we want to work together. isn't that because the polling showed the american people this last election really want them to work together or at least pretend they're working together? >> i happen to believe that politicians probably do look at the polling, yes. but i like what you're saying. play like you've been there. when you forecast too much a pregame, you don't give yourself enough reality. tennessee republican senator said absolutely we need president obama to be involved on the big issues. he's not so much focused on obamacare and the keystone pipeline. he said our pursuit of iran and how they go after nuclear weapon should definitely involve in the conversation republicans. and democrats and members of congress across the

it's not just senator harry reid, by the way it's also senator dean heller a republican from -- neil:re right. they're all in on it, you know? >> the pile-on, here we go. they're pushing for answers. they're not really worrying about economists' deflation forecasts, they're spending more time on tom brady and deflation with this football. so it really is just another example of -- neil: well, exactly. it's a wedge issue and a stupid wedge issue but i'd worry about the other d word like the debt. it's out of control, and neither party, to your point is really addressing it or talking about it. >> well, you know, and on the flip side of that we see this all the time with lawmakers always making these cheap football metaphors. just the other week chris christie was grabbing headlines for saying he's a cowboys' fan. can't we just all agree we don't care what our lawmakers' positions are on sports allegiances and who they're rooting for? neil: he's no more a cowboys' fan than i'm a fan of vegetables but i digress. [laughter] obviously, the government feels a need to intrude just like over

i can't blame harry reid anymore. i love to play harry reid toma but i'm not going to be with you do that anymore. what we have to do if we expect to have a chance to elect a republican president in 2016 is to show americans we can govern. i think there is significant motivation for doing so. i think that there are certain members across the aisle that i and others have had good relationships for a long time. by the way on the senate armed services committee, we have always been very bipartisan. jack reid my beloved friend carl levin is sleeping in jack reid from rhode island is going to be the ranking member and except for his education which was at west point, he's a very fine man and would get along fine. the rest of the question was. >> will go deeply into play quite >> my friends, we are now in sequestration, which is decimating and harming our military badly. we have to change that. we also have to do two things. understand the challenge we're facing and have a strategy that shapes the budget and not a budget th

♪ ♪ neil: well, anyone, i mean, anyone looking for answers on the nfl, don't worry, harry reid is onith the billions of dollars they make couldn't at least determine how much air should be in a football. i don't see why it should be left up to the teams. neil: tom brady had just knocked the crap out of him -- no, i'm kidding. [laughter] anyway, i don't know why it should be left up to you though, senator. the hill's kevin turley wants to know why harry reid doesn't just focus on what the government is doing, like dropping the ball on so many other issues. [laughter] all good points. kevin, why the need to feel that washington has to weigh in here? >> well, thanks for having me neil. it's not just senator harry reid, by the way it's also senator dean heller a republican from -- neil: oh no, you're right. they're all in on it, you know? >> the pile-on, here we go. they're pushing for answers. they're not really worrying about economists' deflation forecasts, they're spending more time on tom brady and deflation with this football. so it really is just another example of -- neil: well,