bailey hutchison, republican senator from texas, who worked with the chairman of the committee, jay rockefeller, to try to work past this. she agrees with senator rockefeller this is unreasonable they have done this. mr. president, what i want to do is read a column that i, out of the "new york times," july 29. and he introduces his column by saying the facts of the crisis over the debt ceiling aren't complicated. republicans have in effect taken america hostage threatening to undermine the economy and disrupt the essential business of the government unless they get -l policy concessions they would never have been able to enact through legislation. well, that's where we are with the f.a.a. problem. he goes on to say as i've said it's not complicated, yet many people in news media apparently can't bring themselves to acknowledge this simple reality. news reports portray the parties as equally intransigent. pundits fantasize about some kind of centrist uprising as if the problem is too much partisan on both sides. some of us long complained about the cult of balance, insisting on portraying both

destroying unions that's the legislation is what i'm saying is that the reason that harry reid and jay rockefeller said that they're not going to support it is because of this crazy but the reality is because it because they have taken the stance they have lost a lot more money than they thought they were going to save by being in support of this provision so i mean that's the reality is they're the ones who are holding it hostage and they are the ones who are the hospital i mean they're the ones are costing millions of dollars to you in every every year it's a clean bill it's you know ok we reauthorize the. i mean right now you've got safety inspectors who are who are not being paid for their overtime and are not being paid for the travel time and are having to pay for the travel out of their own pockets and these people on average every week visit five different airports around the country to do so if you inspections you know this is like this is happening you're saying it's happened on the hill all the time it does you have these disagreements all the time in the reality is we have this i don't

senator jay rockefeller, his minimum net worth, almost $82 millio million.m the famed family rob fellers, descendant of oil tycoon john rockefeller. number three, senator john kerry. his minimum net worth, $193 million. pretty impressive. he's of course the chair of the foreign relations committee and most recently named a member of the special committee on deficit reduction. kerry can attribute much of his wealth to his wife, marrieded to theresa heinz kerry. then we move over to california. daryl issa, $220 million. he's the powerful republican chair of the house oversight and government reform committee. he built his fortune on the car alarm company that he founded in the '90s. the company's products include the well known viper alarm system. then topping out the list at number one, the wealthiest member of congress, congressman m michael mccall. minimum network is $294 million. pretty impressive. it appears a majority of his wealth comes from his better half. he was number five on last year's list. and roll call attributes his big jump to the transfer of

let's move down the list to senator jay rockefeller he comes in at number four with more than $100 millions than john kerry. he's doing all right. $82 million. >> this is all family money. rockefeller family name. folks know that name and this is largely family trusts. and it's been the same money for years and years and years. >> in all, you found 50 members of congress worth more than $6 million. how does this line up with years past? >> it's a little higher this year. in previous years you had to have about $5.5 million. this year you have to have $6 million to join entry into the club. we do see the wealth of members of congress go up and down along with the stock market along with everybody else's. but will also say that we've discovered that somewhere between a half the members of the senate are probably millionaires. >> half the members of the senate are millionaires? >> yes. that's about right. worth $1 million. keep in mind, this doesn't count a bunch of assets that they don't have to report. that doesn't include their homes, their vacation homes. the by casso they have in the liv

and democrat jay rockefeller from west virginia with a name like rockefeller you have to be rich he is with almost 82 million. of course, he didn't earn that he inherited it from his family who made a lot of dough in oil. joining us now from washington is paul singer, the associate editor at "roll call." paul, people love lists. the list issues always do really well. tell us how michael mccall made his money. most people don't know who he is tell us about him. >> sorry to tell you it's a result of his wife. his wife is the daughter of the founder of clear channel communications. and what has been happening is mccaul shot to the top of the list this year they have been inheriting chunks of this money overtime. five years ago he was worth maybe 12, $15 million. going up by big chunks this year. this year it zings to the list of 12 of 50 richest. >> laura: a lot of your numbers are going to have be revised downward after the last month of the obama economy. >> keep in mind all these numbers are ridiculous. the fact of the matter is they report them in large sort of bland categories that d

>> i wanted to bring up the senator from west virginia, chairman jay rockefeller.he senate commerce committee, who famously said in a hearing not long ago that if it were up to him he would get rid of fox news and msnbc. this network. he felt it was so polarizing. there you have a member of congress saying, hey, we're not the problem. the media is the problem. what do you think about that, alan? >> i think the media reflects the divisions in the country. i really don't think the media are creating the divisions in the country. they may reinforce some of the divisions that exist. jay rock ferreller is sort of an unusual case in that he is a democrat from what has become a pretty red state. west virginia is a state that used to be reliably a democratic state, but in recent elections, a strongly republican state, and as a democrat from a pretty strongly republican state, i think that it's in his interests to sort of play to the center. he has to appeal to these increasingly conservative republican voters in his state. >> so just time for one last question, alan, becau

senate commerce committee chairman jay rockefeller indicated the battle was far from over, releasingoday. "it's clear the right wing of the gop wants to undo worker protections and may again block progress on the faa bill in september in order to get its way. thankfully, for now, this deal allows the faa to restart, maintain workers' rights, and ensures that rural airports can get the resources they need." the senate is expected to pass the bill by unanimous consent as early as tomorrow, allowing faa employees to get back to work by monday. with five days to go until the wisconsin recall elections, money is pouring in. ultimately, up to $30 million will have gone into the nine races. john nichols tells us where it's all coming from, next. >>> and he's working with the government to brainwash your kids. why spongebob squarepants is the newest enemy of fox news. you're watching "the ed show" on msnbc. entertain you ♪ ♪ let me make you smile ♪ let me do a few tricks ♪ some old and then some new tricks ♪ ♪ i'm very versatile ♪ so let me entertain you ♪ and we'll have a real good time ♪ [

small airports are that the republicans clearly were targeting harry reid, they were targeting jay rockefeller, you know, the house knew exactly what it was doing. everybody is playing the game here. are you on the phone with them behind the scenes to try to come up with an agreement short term or long term? >> absolutely. i was on the phone with senator reid on three or four occasions as late as 7:00 last evening. we're going to continue the conversations. frankly, senator reid is trying to be very, very helpful here. he gets it, even though his airport would be one that wouldn't receive the essential air service money. he says i want to get people back to work on building the to your at mccarran airport in las vegas. that means as much to him. getting people back to work, he really is putting the action where his words are. he's working very hard on this, and i have been in conversations with other members of congress. come back off your vacations where you're receiving a paycheck so americans can receive a paycheck. so these construction jobs can go on, so our hard-working faa employee can

it just so happens they just happen to find these rural airports in places where harry reid, jay rockefellers certainly -- >> reporter: funny how that works, right? >> one quick question here, because i was talking about this earlier with the secretary. the house didn't go into full recess, long story short, they didn't want to let the president make recess appointments so they come back every couple days, do the prayer, say the pledge and go back out again. they are here enough, if the senate were to find unanimous consent, they could get back from vacation, do it in an hour or two, then get back out of town. >> reporter: well, you know, this is part of their job. they have to get back when there are votes required and they will always say it's not vacation, they're doing work in their districts, they have events there, they're raising money there, meeting constituents there. you can judge that member by member about what they're actually doing with this time. but they could be pulled back and we have talked to leadership in both parties who say ready for this maybe tomorrow there will be a

some of those rural communities are represented by powerful members of the senate, including jay rockefeller and harry reid. it is a classic washington battle over where the priority should be. can this go forward with a longer term thing? many people are saying now that some of the other big issues have been cleared, this might be a time to do it, don't count on it. they've been working for a long time with these short term extensions. we may be in that situation again. if they keep doing it, it prevents people from losing their jobs or furloughed. a consequence that no one in washington can find a way to justify, despite their arguments about the underlying issues, everyone took notice when the complaints were so loud about what it was doing to real people, their lives and their ability to pay their own bills. >> we're watching for the president who is about to arrive. i saw someone on his staff take his remarks to the podium, while i have you, is there a reaction so far from capitol hill on this better than expected jobs report, because we do expect the president to reference that? >> one

one of the issues is for some of the democrats in real power here, whether it's harry reid or jay rockefeller of west virginia who is key on the committee that oversees the faa, they're from those places that have those so-called rural airports. so they have a very personal stake for people in their own home states and jobs involved there. it affects everyone. if you're paying for an airline ticket, there might be a piece of that that's being pocketed by the airlines. it should have been going to the government. this is a complicated and seemingly crazy impasse that may force some members to come back into town. >>> coming up, more on the people impacted immediately by this impasse. going to talk with a laid-off worker from the faa. he says congress has thrown him and others under the bus. >>> coming up, a teacher who was suspended for calling her students laiz and frightfully dim. she's been allowed to return to school. but now some students are opting out of this teacher's class. >>> also ahead, it is day two of our special series. dylan rhadigan will break it down for us. >>. >>> i feel li

places like nevada, senate majority leader harry reid, west virginia, transportation secretary jay rockefeller an other places throughout the country. and ray lahood, the transportation secretary, will have the authority now to enforce this bilateral temporary disarmament. >> brown: did he not have that authority before? >> it was always in the house bill. he always could have done this. the problem-- and republicans were saying all along, the secretary can do this if he wants to. really the problem was the stick in the eye of senators because the house had legislated where they don't usually legislate. and also as we've talked about before, a union issue in the background, not on this bill but on a larger bill that was really a bone of contention between republicans and democrats which still has to be fought out, is not settled. that will be back. >> brown: so where does that stand? that is just unresolved. >> that's unresolved. it won't be resolved. and they're going to fight it out in september. this bill only gets us to september. and when this runs out that issue comes back on a broader f

you have two people, congressman john mica and jay rockefeller holding up the lives of nearly 75,000 >> i must be perky. it's a morning show. i'm not doing it. it is bad. sorry. a judge in egypt, mubarak killed hundreds of his people. egyptians were captured. mubarak was wheeled into court and placed inside a metal cage with his two sons. he was ordered held in a military hospital on the outskirts of cairo. there may be truth to the reports that he has cancer. today, the former interior minister and top officials have their day in court. all seven men face the death penalty if they are found to be guilty of the deaths of protesters. >> the biggest policy push of mayor bloomburg. he stands to spend $30 million for young black and latino men cut off from an educational life. he will personally contribute $30 million of his own money to the effort. they developed the own concept. the plan, expected to be announced would boost it. mayor bloomburg will be on "morning joe" on monday as our guest. that's good news. >> yeah. it's a staggering story. >> the disparity is unbelievable. the drop

a good friend of mine, senator jay rockefeller. >> it is very easy to solve this.sy. all we have to do is have the house and us are reasons to them and we accept it. the leader talked about the fact that we're now in our 21st extension to reauthorize a four- year federal aviation administration bill. the aviation is a pretty large percentage of the gross domestic product there. barbara boxer was down there last night. it was objected to it. i was down there the day before. i offered a clean bill of extension. it says you will talk. you're not going to be told what you're going to talk about. that is 0.1. -- point one. all the people get back in line. the other thing that needs to be made clear it is that union bargaining relationships between a private company, in this case in delta, and a union is something that they do not discuss. the faa has that sometimes labor problems them kinds of things. it does not belong in the bill. then one further thing. why are they doing this? i think personally it is an extension of a thing the that began in the past, the anti work

affected rural airports, those in the states of harry reid, the majority leader from nevada, jay rockefeller, whose committee from west virginia sits on this issue. so, they believe that that's not necessarily fair, that it was partisan politics by the house. the chairman of the house transportation committee in the house says look, the government is subsidizing small airports at a huge tax and expense to taxpayers. we can't keep doing that my ho is by putting this in a temporary extension bill, it will make the congress fix the issue when we come back, but no plans right now for congress to come back and do this. we confirm that president obama spoke to speaker boehner about this issue yesterday. the best chance for something to occur, i'm told from the house side, because they're not going to budge, it would be for the senate to allow the cuts for rural airports to go through this week. no inclination that will happen from the senate. stay with this conversation. point blank, are there any plans for democrats to return to the capitol? >> well, i'm here. i'm ready to go to work. i think thi

colleague of mine but a good friend of mine, the chairman of the congress committee, senator jay rockefeller. >> ladies and gentlemen, it's very easy to solve this. it's embarrassing easily, shamefully easy. all we have to do is to have the house and us or we send it in and accept it. a clean bill of extension. the leader talked about where and a a 21st extension to be an authorized the federal aviation administration bill. aviation exhibit large percentage of the gross domestic product. it's usually important. but that's all it takes. and virtually every day, barbara boxer was down there last night offering a clean bill of extension, and it was objected to by republicans in the senate. i was down there the day before, and offered a clean bill of extension. clean bill of extension says you will talk, but you not going to be told what you will talk about. and that's .1. it's so easy. it's so easy, and then all those 4000 people get paid or out of work now, and things get back in line. the other thing that needs to be made clear is that union bargaining relationship between a private company c

we'll now hear from senator majority leader harry reid, and transportation committee chairman jay rockefeller at the 35 minute briefing. >> we had the good fortune of having a new tower to be constructed, mckaren field. one individual contacted the office that he was so happy to be there. he worked for three days, and then this happened. what is this? the republicans playing games with house republicans -- house republicans playing game with faa. we've had 20 plus extensions of debt to get some of the other issues worked down. but that wasn't good enough for them this time. they had to try to hold a number of issues hostage as they have done with more than 300 million americans in recent days. i call upon the speaker boehner to end this. they could do it in pro forma session. we are in. they should send us clean to go back to work. 75,000 construction workers out of work. 4,000 federal employees out of work. and then to pour salt on the wounds, we now have safety inspectors -- safety inspectors -- paying for their own hotel bills, airplane to do the safety inspections. those inspectors are th

but insisted some of those rural subsidies be cut, prompting an objection from senator jay rockefellerst virginia would be cut. when we asked him about it, watch how the democratic leader jumps to his defense. >> you have blocked it. are you really willing to partially shut down the faa? to protect the subsidy -- >> we're not answering that question. >> reporter: their bottom line, it's all the republicans' fault. >> you know, jonathan, here's the issue. you -- and i say this respectfully -- the way that we have america going today, there's no penalty for outrageous conduct. >> reporter: the cuts republicans want would save $16 million a year. but this impasse is costing much more. $30 million every day. democrats say they just want the house to work out a compromise. good luck with that. they're already gone for the rest of the summer. jonathan karl, abc news, capitol hill. >>> and investigators looking into the death of 11-year-old celina cass may be w wking with some new clues. they hauled away her stepfather's pickup truck from the family's home yesterday and authorities re-entered

as you know, yesterday there was a last-minute compromise deal that two senators jay rockefeller, democratwest virginia, kay bailee hutchinson of texas they worked out to get over this faa issue. this furloughig of faa workers and potential setback of tens of thousands of workers. the u.s. government could lose a billion dollars over the next five weeks. taxpayers could lose because of this fight over the faa. he blocked that compromise and we'll talk to him and ask him why. a lot of people outraged that this happened. it shows, underscores one of the problems with congress. so, we'll get into that and a lot more in "the situation room." >> the president said today that is $200 million in losses every week. >> every week and it's five weeks. they've gone into recess until september 7th. that's five weeks. >> that's a lot of money. a lot of money, wolf blitzer. >> as they used to say, $1 billion. >> $1 billion, indeed. wolf, we'll see you later this hour with another preview. >>> top of the hour, take a look at this. >>> at this very minute the numbers are settling on wall street and nerves

nevada and one in montana and one in west virginia, which are the homes of senators harry reid, jay rockefeller and max baucus. >> why didn't the senator put the emphasis on the bill at this time. >> the secretary has been making the push 13 days ago. the last f.a.a. short-term bill expired at midnight at july 22. the impasse didn't get attention because the debt ceiling negotiations were capturing everyone's attention including the white house. it wasn't until that was resolved that this issue moved to centerstage and everyone involved ramped up rhetoric. >> it's a short-term solution through september 16. how quickly will congress get back to work on it when they return? >> well, they'll probably have to get back to work on it right and they will also be bumping up against the september 30th deadline for a highway bill which authorizes congress to collect gas taxes. >> keith laing keeping an eye on that debate on capitol hill. read his work at thehill.com. thanks for that update. >> thanks for having me. >> in a few moments, a hearing on u.s.-mexico border security and in about an hour and a

rockefeller plaza. >> he needs a new office. >> this is not a publicity stunt, this is actually happening. >> yes, breaking news. >> thanks for joining us tonight. see you back tomorrow. >> jayis next.

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