and now senator jay rockefeller says he's investigating this matter in addition to seeking a federalrobe by the department of transportation. the pattern of scandal is taking shape. now the traffic mess. then the stories in the newspapers. then the hearings. then the revelations. then the verdict. if this continues on course, the man many of us considered the best asset the republicans have for national leadership may be going to the rand paul types who have little chance to win the presidency simply by being out there raising their mischief. jonathan capehart is an opinion writer. and chairman michael steele is former rnc leader. i read the column in the "washington post" today. i looked at "the new york times." the great lady has yet to rule on this from new york on "the new york times," but it looks like this governor who i thought had political moxie doesn't. he's stuck with what could be a little story, maybe. but begins to blossom every day. >> but reading the stories from a distance here in washington but having been a reporter in new york for 16 years at "the daily news," i r

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and a lump of coal to governor ris christie but nice gifts for docratic senators tom harkin and jay rockefellerrprise to find them here o the nice side of this ledger. an oh, they retire this year. that is good for all of us. and this town's billionaire mayor, michael bloomberg will retire as well. and that is good because he somehow doesn't understand that government bans the sale of big cu of soda and he said this. >> we are not winning anything. we are just shut entrancing that we want to show you how big the cup is. >> you're not showing us that, mr. mayor. government and thomas jefferson were right to show is that it ly grows. and we already must obey thousands of pages of rules. >> let's give everyone a big hand. [applaus >> is magician was told that he was in violation of the animal welfare act because he didn't have a disaster escape an for his rabbit. >> from now on come you cannot use your rabbit until you fill out papeork and pay the 40-dolr license fee and we willave to inspect your home. john: eisai these people thse things. >> but they don't laugh ever. it's beyond so you are on t

jay rockefeller says a hearing was already in the works before amazon's big announcement. ckefeller says they want to make sure they can meet rigorous safety and privacy standards first. the service is still several years away. >>> for the first time ever problems with the nation's largest student loan services are going under the microscope. diane nmacedo joins us to explan all of this. good morning diane. >> good morning ladies. they announced a new plan to monitor companies to collect federal consumer loan payments. the protection bureau has a rule to permit the agency to regularly examine the 7 biggest loan services which service more than 70 percent of unpaid student debt. the move follows complaints from borrower advocates that they neglect its authority to punish wrong doing allowing things like fees and charges even force delinquencies. the education department told the country's biggest loan servicer sallie mae that removes the government services despite they be under investigation by 3 federal agencies and awaiting impending enforcement due to unlawful practices.

but nicegifts r democratic senators tom harkin and jay rockefeller.f this ledger. and oh, they retire this year. that isgood for all of us. and ths town's billionaire mayor, michael bloomberg will retire as well. and that is good becse he somehow doesn't understand that government bans te sale of big cups of soda and he said this. >> we are not winning anything. we are just shut entrancing that we want to show you how big the cup is. >> you're not showing us that, mr. mayor. government and thomas jefferson were right to show is that it only grows. and we already must obey thousands of pages of rules. >> let's give everyone big hand. [applause] >> is magician was told that he was in violation of the animal welfare act because he didn't have disaster escape plan for his rabbit. >> from now on come you cannot usyour rabbit until you fill out paperwor and pay the 40-dollar license fee and we will have to inspect your home. john: eisai these people hse things. >> but ty don't laugh ever. it's beyond so you are on the naughty side of this. and actor vinso,

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there's senator jay rockefeller. to make most things happen, you do have to have congress get involved and a long time of covering the port authority, i used to joke i could never get anything out of them unless there was an act of congress. maybe we're now at that point. >>> senator elizabeth warren is being hailed as the democratic party's economic populous wing. i will ask her if there is such a thing as an elizabeth warren democrat ahead. >>> what you pay for mortgages or rent. >> pulling a credit store is an easy way to find out more about an applicant's background. >> it's one of a -- sometimes very competitive positions. >> we are in the midst of a growing national debate about what the president has called the defining challenge of our time. growing inequality, it's causes and it's negative effects. one of its most pernicious aspects is the way in which we set up traps to people on the bottom on the bottom. cycles through millions of people releases them, lets them out into the world where they often find the

senator jay rockefeller, pushing for federal review. the legislature looking into this.hrough assemblies transportation committee. and journalists looking into this. you have "the new york times" digging up the old stories of christie's alleged retribution, you have the bergen record, pulling up a story that in 2010, fort lee reached out to one of the crist yef hristie al litlie resigned. that showed he was aware of it. promised to help. three years later when the mayor of the town had a disagreement with christie, he aech shu's she lanes. >> hunter walker, thank you for joining us tonight. >> thank you for having me. >> coming up. edward snowden says his mission is accomplished. and heap delivered a christmas greeting on british tell vision. plus presents the cold truth. [ sniffles, coughs ] shhhh! shhhh. [ coughs ] i have a cold with this annoying runny nose. [ sniffles ] i better take something. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil cold and flu doesn't treat all that. it doesn't? [ male announcer ] nope. [ sniffles ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms p

south dakota's tim johnson and jay rockefeller. they served a combined 25 terms in the senate.ut that? two republicans right now in the list. don't expect the republicans to lose seats. they can defend enough of their own turf up in 2014 in states that mitt romney won in 2012. that includes open seats in west virginia, south dakota and montana. not surprisingly, the states are home to four of the most vulnerable in the senate. one republican held seat is up for grabs in a state that president obama won last year. that seat belongs to maine's susan collins. it is likely seasonate overall will get more conservative? why? there will be more conservative republicans to replace less conservative republicans. they are facing a tea party challenge. if he doesn't run, you know it's a more conservative member replacing him. they will likely replace the senate and of the rothenburg report. the national editor of the report and a fellow at the university of chicago's institute of politics. aim, since you are not on set, i will start with you. let's start withed that cau edt. seventh terms

that same senate committee and its chairman, senator jay rockefeller have also now asked for a federaley have asked the federal department of transportation to launch their own simultaneous federal agency investigation into what happened in new jersey. whatever did happen still has not been explained. governor christie has gone so far as to say that mistakes were made and has accepted two top resignations. and so far he's trying to stick to the line that it was a traffic study. that has never seen credible and the director of the agency says it's not true. it seems we are likely to learn definitively if the traffic study line is true. and if it's proven to not be true, what happens to chris christie then? >>> good wednesday morning. mega millionaires, the second largest lottery jackpot has two grand prize winners. we'll tell you where. blackhawk down. six u.s. soldiers pay the ultimate price in afghanistan as war against the taliban rages on. >>> battle in big sur. hundreds of fire fighters are facing raging flames and thick smoke in california's driest season on record. plus, police c

. >> now assemblyman johnson, jay rockefeller who heads a transportation committee wants a federal investigationd, quote, i'm concerned about the larger federal implications of what appears to be political appointees abusing their power to hamper interstate commerce and safety. it demands a comprehensive investigation. your reaction. >> i concur with that. the george washington bridge is the busiest bridge the the world. also has one of the highest tolls, by the way, in the united states. but it's the busiest bridge in the world. it's a lot of commerce that traverses that span. a lot of working people, people trying to get to work. middle class people who couldn't get to their jobs during this shutdown because these individuals, these agents of the governor used -- abused their authority and shut down these lanes, these access points to the bridge. a lot of middle class people suffered because of that. a lot of karma suffered because of that. and a lot of people in the borough of fort lee who had traffic chaos for those days when first responders could got get to calls. delayed calls. i shouldn'

but nice gifts for democratic senators tom harken and jay rockefeller.m here on the nice side of the ledger. oh, they retired this year. that's good for all of us. and this town's billionaire mayor michael bloomberg will retire, too, and that's good because he somehow doesn't understand that government is for us. moving to ban the sale of big cups of soda, he said this. >> we're not banning anything. all we're saying is we want the show you just how big the cup is. >> no, mr. may nor, you're not showing us things. a ban is a ban. government is for us and government force only grows. we already must obey thousands of pages of rules. yet they always add more. >> bunny rabbit, give casey a big hand wow! >> magician was told he was in violation of the animal welfare act because he didn't have a disaster escape plan for his rabbit. >> she said from now you cannot use the rabbit until you fill out paper work, pay the $40 license fee. we will have to inspect your home. >> come on. this is ridiculous and they laugh and say, yeah, no it is but we have to do this.

senator jay rockefeller is calling a drone hearing.s for using drones to deliver packages is just one example of the potential this technology offers consumers, a reflection of the uningenuity of american business." josh. >> i think the drone thing is interesting. i don't know whether this specific thing is going to work. i should disclose by the way, as we do, jeff bezos invests in business insider through his personal investment vehicle. but i think regardless of how it works, rapid delivery is clearly going to change the way retail works. >> that is the thing. the thing everything's looking for in retail right now is same-day delivery. that is going to have this absolutely comprehensive, transformational effect on the entire sector of the economy that is retail. >> yes, it's happening already, obviously, but the irony here is that americans, more and more americans have got jobs in retail. retail has been the fastest growing sector of the united states job market since 2009, since the so-called recovery began. those jobs don't pay v

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that same senate committee and its chairman, senator jay rockefeller have also now asked for a federalthe federal department of transportation to launch their own simultaneous federal agency investigation into what happened in new jersey. whatever did happen still has not been explained. governor christie has gone so far as to say that mistakes were made and has accepted two top resignations. and so far he's trying to stick to the line that it was a traffic study. that has never seen credible and the director of the agency says it's not true. it seems we are likely to learn definitively if the traffic study line is true. and if it's proven to not be true, what happens to chris christie then? that does it for us tonight. now it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. thanks for being with us. >>> the senate has figured out how to go home for christmas this year. just pass a budget and go. >> christmas is one week from wednesday. we have a lot to do. >> the two-year murray/ryan budget deal. >> voting to end debate.

as senator jay rockefeller put it yesterday, the industry makes the nsa look relatively benign.ecure, it's not even close. joining me now, deanna zandt. clay johnson, founder and ceo better technology, a firm that designs and builds software for government, and jessica flanagan. clay, let's start start with this target hack. how do you pull this off? how do you get -- i genuinely don't understand. how do you get 1,800 card readers across the country to start feeding you their data? >> this is a really sophisticated operation. i've been studying the history of this for some time now, and the way that they did this is pretty significant. nobody knows quite sure how they did it. i mean, was it hardware, was it software? on the chip readers? what we do know is they operated sort of out of band, which means that they were able to get more data off of the credit card than even target itself was storing. so that means that they had at least some form of access to the physical card readers inside of the store. whether they had physical access or software access, we don't know yet. the o

you've got west virginia where jay rockefeller a democrat is retiring, south dakota and montana, though are pretty likely republican pickups. that's only really three seats they need to win to get control back there are incumbents on the ropes. >> ifill: let's start with north carolina, cay hagen. >> a first term democrat, close to the president, she has taken votes that put her at risk. but it is one of those states that is really changing in its demographics. president obama won it in 2008. tried to win it in 2012 and came close. the democrats are really putting a lot of energy there. if she can hold on it shows the changing demographics of this area. >> ifill: and in arkansas mark pryor reasons this is an interesting state, arkansas used to be a democratic state. it has been trending republican. he's not very popular rit now but he tried to distance himself from the president as much as he can. there is the poer with of incumbency of course, he is running against a freshman republican house member, not necessarily that popular but he is running ated that is tom cotton. >> ifill: now

i appreciate our colleague from west virginia, senator jay rockefeller. he's hay retiring at the end of this cofnlg he said the health care law was beyond comprehension. i think we'd get over 60% of americans agreeing with a this. ththe law is beyond exeengs bey. i appreciate that sort of candor as compared to the position that as far as i can tell is still held by the majority leader, the gentleman who controls the flow of legislation on the floor of the senate and who would have to be involved in bringing a corrective bill to the floor. our majority leader said this earlier this year: "this legislation is working." "and it will be working better once we get the web site up." boy, how nonprophetic that was. people are benefiting. and then i love this quote -- we may hear it again. obamacare is wonderful for america, said the majority leader of the united states senate, senator harry reid of nevada. obamacare is wonderful for america. get over it, unquote. and i would just hope that -- that i would be willing if i had made such an egregious mistake to say

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senator jay rockefeller says he will hold hearings to look at the potential benefits, but also at theof the biggest shopping spree. what are you hearing about? >> i did have amazon reps xw that. >> reporter: a lot of people think this is a publicity stunt. they never really responded. as you pointed out, he does it on the eve of cybermonday. a lot of drone experts are saying there's so many potential safety, security, privacies issues, logistical problems, they don't think it will ever by available on any kind of widespread delivery motor. >> you never know. we'll see. >>> thanks very much. just ahead, she lost her leg in the boston marathon bombing. now she is not only walking again, but doing it in very high heels. she's sharing her emotional recovery of recovery and hope. [ tires screech ] ♪ [ male announcer ] 1.21 gigawatts. today, that's easy. ge is revolutionizing power. supercharging turbines with advanced hardware and innovative software. using data predictively to help power entire cities. so the turbines of today... will power us all... into the future. ♪ i don't miss out...

. >> reporter: democrat jay rockefeller said that he was concerned that political appointees were usingng to the port authority of new york and new jersey and the interstate agency that operates the bridge and the top appointment is by the new jersey governor. the ap poin ti from chris christie has resigned and so has his replacement. and the traffic study? well, it has yet to surface, but in typically blunt firms, christie denies any retribution against the fort lee mayor. >> he is not on my radar screen politically or professionally or any other way until the stories came out in the aftermath of the closing. closing. >> reporter: the officials at the port authority say they have received chairman rock felefeller's letter, and they are reviewing it. norah and jeff. >> thank you, elaine. i don't know how it shakes out, but the traffic has been awful. >> it was awful in september and awful again recently. yes. >> and nothing makes people angrier than sitting in traffic for more than two hours. >> and now to this story, remember the american teacher who was shot and killed in benghazi lib

inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> hello, i am marilyn serafini on behalf of jay rockefeller and our board of directors come i would like to welcome everyone to a today's program. health care costs and emerging areas of consensus. i would like to thank our partners in the commonwealth fund. they have done a lot of work in this area. health care spending has moderated over the last two years and experts assure us that this is not the time to declare victory. u.s. spending on health care still expends spending in other countries and a percentage of gdp and also per capita spending. it is worth noting that medicare consumed 15% of the total budget and in 2011 come the first of the baby boomers hit the medicare program. medicare spending is projected to double by 2022. and so while we typically talk about differences in this town come out today we will be talking about areas of consensus and health care costs consensus. there have been a number of major proposals in the area of health care costs and the commonwealth are part of this common ground. rituals set the stage for us by

the chairman is jay rockefeller of west virginia. >> this hearing will come to order. at this point there are two people sitting at the dais, but two more wonderful people, senator blumenthal, senator pryor, senator fisher, and senator warner will all be here, but this is the day that we almost load on the budget, actually. not quite. we always find a way to do it. you have a motion to proceed? then the motion to whatever? and tomorrow at some point we vote on a budget. just be grateful you are in private life. [laughter] ok, you are all welcome. the disclosures about u.s. intelligence activities over the past few months have sparked a very public debate in this country about the kinds of information the government should be gathering and how we protect the privacy of the americans where we have done nothing wrong. these disclosures have harmed the country's national security, but made americans safer than usual over how their lives, online and off-line, can be tracked, monitored, and analyzed. people are aware of that. not to the extent in great britain, where they ar

the chairman is jay rockefeller of west virginia. [inaudible conversations] the this hearing will come to order. there are at this point to people sitting at the dais and two wonderful people but i would be pleased if there were more. senator blumenthal and senator pryor and senator markey, senator fisher senator warner will be here but this is the day that we all must vote on the budget actually. we always find ways to do it. you have a motion to proceed and then you have a motion to whatever and then tomorrow at some point we vote on the budget just be grateful you're at -- [inaudible] okay, you've are all welcome. the disclosures about u.s. intelligence activities of the few months have sparked a public debate in this country about what kinds of information the government should be gathering and how we protect the privacy of americans live done nothing wrong. the snowden disclosures have harmed our country's national security but they have made americans think more than they usually do about how their lived off-line can be tracked

andehalf of jay rockefeller our board of directors, i would like to welcome everybody to today's program. i would like to thank our partners, the commonwealth fund, who have done a lot of work in this area. the growth of health care spending has moderated over the last few years. experts say this is not the time to declare victory. u.s. spending on health care still exceeds spending in other countries, both in terms of percentage of gdp and also per capita spending. it is also worth noting that medicare consumed 15% of the federal budget in 2012, and in 2011, the first of the baby boomers hit the medicare program. medicare spending is projected to double by 2022. while we talk about differences in this town, today we will talk about areas of consensus, and in particular health care cost consensus. there have been a number of major proposals in the area of health care costs, and there has been work finding common ground. we are pleased to have commonwealth as our partner today and also pleased to have rachel nuzum as moderator today. she is vice president for federal and state health holi

the committee's chairman, west virginia democrat jay rockefeller, called the practice, quote, revolting. [inaudible conversations] >> the committee will come to order. there are, at this point, two people sitting at the dais, and they're two wonderful people, but i'd be pleased if there were more. senator blumenthal and senator pryor. senator markey, senator fischer, senator warner will be here. but this is the day that we almost vote on the budget actually. we don't quite. we always find ways to do it. you have a motion to proceed, then off motion to whatever, and then tomorrow at some point we vote on the budget. just be grateful you're in private life. [laughter] okay. you're all welcome. the disclosures about u.s. intelligence activities over the past few months have sparked a very public debate in this country about what kinds of information the government should be gathering and how we protect the privacy of americans who have done nothing wrong. the snowden disclosures have harmed our country's national security, but they have made americans think more than they usually do about

jay gray has our report. >> the executive director of the employees union says 46-year-old engineer william rockefeller whoinjured in the crash said he caught himself nodding off at the controls. rockefeller told police he zoned out and doesn't remember any of the events just before the metro-north commuter train left the tracks. according to transit sources, after years of working the afternoon night shift, his schedule changed to early mornings just two weeks before the accident. rockefeller was on the second day of a five-day workweek. >> every indication he would have had time to get fully restored to sleep. >> when he realized there was a problem he reached for the brakes and they failed. but data recorders pulled from the wreckage show the brakes were applied just five seconds before the sliding and tumbling railcars came to a stop just inches from the harlem river. >> there's no indication that the brake systems were not functioning properly. >> a union official says rockefeller is, quote, extremely distraught over the loss of life. he's very traumatized. he's trying to put it all together. and that

rockefeller center christmas tree. more than 60 people were also injured in the crash. nbc's jay gray talked to survivors on that train. >> tonight investigators say they located the black box in the wreckage in the metro-north commuter train which could provide key data from the accident. >> our mission is not to understand not just what happened but why it happened. >> passengers say they sensed there was a problem as the train rambled into a sharp turn along the harlem and hudson rivers. about 20 minutes from its final stop at grand central station. >> we were going fast. as it hit the curve, it was flying. out of control and off the tracks. >> people were screaming and crying out to god and asking for their families. it was gruesome. >> i hit the window. all the chairs came out. a woman who was sitting across hit me. >> survivors described the moment of impact. >> as we were going over, i looked at my two -- i screamed at my two friends, you know, that we're going over. >> local, state, and federal investigators led by the national transportation safety board continue to pour

jay leno on the "tonight show." it's a high-stakes move for an entertainer with bay area ties. tonight "the interview" with jimmy fallon. >> from studio 16, rockefeller center, the national broadcasting company presents "late night with jimmy fallon." >> reporter: this was not a red-carpet event. instead a simple visit to our nbc bay area studios. >> hi, guys. >> reporter: for jimmy fallon, there's no such thing as simple. >> my dream job was to work at ibm, and like -- >> your dad. >> my dad did, absolutely. that was my actual dream job. i thought that's the type of job you could get. >> reporter: the 39-year-old fallon is a rare breed of funny. his disarming style behind the scenes translates into ratings gold on stage. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: no back stabbing, no crazy things. leno calls you one night and says, hey, this is the call, ready? >> his voice is much higher, but very close. i think after the whole conan jay thing went down and he came back to the show, calls me up, i'm not gunning for your show, i appreciate you. i've been friends with jay before i was doing talk shows. i said, let's do this the right way. i'm happy being h