>> really the 1964 no hitter jim bunning pitched, in the ninth inning you felt bad for the catcher.gus? he called him in to have a break. said come to the mound. i feel really bad for you. no. for some reason, you know, they're not forcing him to filibuster. it's something reid has shied away from. >> why doesn't congress make people play jimmy stewart, make them do the whole all nighter, make him filibuster so the american people see it and say get to work? >> it's a great question. they should. >> here's what else press secretary robert gibbs was taking a shot at him as well, going after senator bunning here. let's listen. >> i think what we're trying to draw attention to is the fact that hundreds of thousands of people who have lost their job and lost their health care because of that and their unemployment benefits, all of that is threatened because one person has decided to stop the entire process. it's hard to bargain with somebody if you say i won't do that because of this and you say, well, how about we vote on that and you say, i object. >> well, there's something in my bei

why it will have real trouble in the house. >> before you jump on that, bob, i want to bring up jim bunningiden had to say about senator bunning today. joe biden in florida. >> one of bill's colleagues is standing on the floor of the united states senate as we speak. he's standing there and he's preventing the senate from being able to move forward on doing the kind of thing we're doing here today. what's that mean? 400,000 people will be kicked off the roles this month if he has his way. >> big, fat target. not running for re-election, fighting with his own party, fighting with his own fellow kentucky senator, the leader of the senate, mitch mcconnell. >> well, look, this is a disaster for 400,000 people that are going to lose their benefits, also a potential political disaster for the republican party. they know it. that's why they're going to stand up this week and try to do something about it. although the fact that they ever let him get way with this in the first place is unbelievable. number two, pat, i used to represent a number of blue dog democrats and they won. the way they won --

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everybody did think it was a slam dunk except for jim bunning. now everybody is talking and it's the only business in town right now. >> ifill: do his numbers add up when he says that, in fact, the government should pay for the things it wants to finance? >> well, this is the ongoing debate in washington, of course. you know, you're looking at one of the things they talk about a lot is this new law that obama just signed last month called the... it's the short version of it is pay as you go law. and the idea is that for any spending the federal government does it's supposed to offset it either with spending cuts somewhere else or tax increases, perish the thought. but the big problem, of course, with the law as many critics have pointed out is that there are so many loopholes in it. for instance some of the major entitlement programs with exempt. medicare, social security. a lot of the direct spending in the annual appropriations bills are also exempt. by the way, so are emergency spending bills like this unemployment benefits bill. >> ifill: rem

well, senator jim bunning says the point is not adding to the $1.5 trillion deficit, so he blocked the bill. workers on the hump back bridge in northern virginia were told to pack up and head home monday. the bridge is among 41 infrastructure projects around the country that ground to a halt due to the wishes of one senator. >> and i'm going to object every time because you won't pay for this. >> reporter: republican jim bunning of kentucky stunned both parties by single handedly blocking a routine piece of legislation meant to extend certain benefits and subsidies. because the bill didn't pass by monday, 2,000 federal transportation workers had to be furloughed without pay. 400,000 americans risk losing their unemployment benefits over the next 7 to 10 days. and medicare fees for doctors were suddenly slashed by 21%. bunning held up the bill because democrats hadn't come up with a way to pay the $10 billion price tag. >> we cannot keep adding to the debt. >> but where was my friend from kentucky when we had two wars that were unpaid for during the bushed a men vags? >> reporter: under

. >> reporter: that one senator is kentucky senator jim bunning. he's not backing down. jim bunning is a hall of fame pitcher known for throwing brush-back pinks and a senator who isn't afraid to ruffle feathers. >> we wanted to ask you -- >> shoes me this is a senator-only elevator. >> reporter: we wanted to ask the senator why he is blocking a vote to extend unemployment benefits to more than 340,000 americas, including brenda wood, a teacher in austin, texas who last been out of work for two years. >> i've done a lot without and drained my savings, so pretty much my daughter has been vepg out, so -- i don't know what i'll do. >> reporter: senator is blocking money for construction projects. 41 construction projects grounded to a halt. thousands of workers without pay. >> can you tell me why you're blocking this? >> i already did. >> are you concerned about those that will lose their benefits? >> later he went to the senate floor to explain he favors the bill but wants to see it paid for with cuts to other programs. >> if we can't find $10 billion to pay for something

jim bunning holding up a bill that extends unemployment benefits, also a measure to bankroll constructionety projects. let's go to kelly o'donnell. so kelly, where do things stand right now here with mr. bunning? is he sticking to his guns with this one? >> so far the senate has just come back to work on this monday. bunning was on the floor talking about his views. so was the majority leader harry reid with some latitude how he might procedurally get around this. vice president biden among those who have been critical of bunning, a republican of kentucky. he's not seeking re-election. his basic beef, he says the extension of unemployment benefits, the highway money and other things that are in this package should be paid for not adding to the deficit. well, harry reid countered saying where was bunning when, for example, wars in afghanistan were put forward without being paid for. this is an example of how one senator can slow things down. it's politics, a bit of procedure and a lot of attention on this. it's likely it will be worked out, a permanent fix will be voted through. that can h

more gop obstructionism, this time courtesy of senator jim bunning. the gentleman from kentucky's legislative road block is worse than we thought. hundreds of thousands of americans lose their unemployment and health benefits. thousands of federal workers are left without pay. but mr. bunning isn't taking any questions. >> excuse me. this is a senator only elevator. >> devastation in chile. the death toll from saturday's quake passes 700. looters take to the streets. as aid slowly trickles in. the race to find survivors continues. all of the news and commentary now on "countdown." >>> good evening from los angeles. cobra, the health insurance benefits americans are allowed to keep even after they have lost a job passed by budget reconciliation. the program got its strange name, in fact, from the first letters of the title of the bill it was contained in. the consolidated omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1986. the children's health insurance program known as s-chip without which more than 7 million children would not be covered passed in a budget r

republican senator jim bunning of kentucky is blocking an extension of unemployment benefits because he wants congress to find a way to pay for it first. >> if we can't find $10 billion to pay for it, we're not going to pay for anything. >> it's great to have a political debate here in the senate. we should. that's what the senate's supposed to be about. but when the victims in the middle of the debate are unemployed people, i don't think that's fair. >> and all this drama may be getting to the senator. one reporter was on the business end of an obscene gesture from him yesterday. it wasn't kelly o'donnell, but kelly, things are getting a little tense up there on the hill. >> reporter: they are. i'm not sure jim bunning has had this much attention since he was voted into the baseball hall of fame. he was a former pitcher, clearly has a political fastball that he has been hurling at democrats since thursday night, when he objected to the majority leader's request to simply pass by unanimous consent this package of benefits that include unemployment and cobra, which is the health insur

that's exactly what jim bunning of kentucky has done. right now, he's virtually standing alone. >> i hope the american people understand my serious objections. >> republin jim bunning is blocking a $10 million 0-day spending bill because it isn't paid for. >> we cannot keep adding to the debt. >> we don't need lectures here on debt. what we need to recognize is there are poor people all over america who are desperate today. >> 400,000 people are suddenly in danger of losing unemployment insurance extensions. funding has been frozen, 2,000 transportation workers furloughed. and now the state transportation departments are bracing for trouble. >> without those reimbursements we have no tax flow. without a timely reimbursement, we have serious cash flow problems. >> vice president biden lashed out. >> at a time when so many families are in so much pain, we shouldn't be shutting off the few valves of relief that are out there for people. >> democrats are working on a way around senator bunning's roadblock. unlike this funding crisis, though,

only jim bunning accepted the -- objective. unless the relenza they were either have the bill passed on a senate floor vote, where it could take 60 votes, or likely the case, the senate will include extensions in the bill in an larger package that will be voted on later this week. either way, bunning's actions will result in a delay that is expected to last only a matter of days. south carolina, fell on the independent line printout you think about how the senate votes? caller: i wanted to echo what was mentioned a few minutes ago, it is working exactly the way it is supposed to at least never close to the constitution. the senate is a stop-gap of the larger states dominating over the smaller states. that was the concern of the founders. they did not want the big states have all control. we don't live in a democracy, we live in a republic. the states have rights and they have not -- are allowed to exercise the rights. the only thing that is wrong way they run the senate -- when they do a filibuster, but did not do one. i have a

if jim bunning wants to continue this, that's fine. but let's have a discussion.a discussion about why -- like other republicans have explained, why they voted the way they did for all the things over the past eight years that put us $11.5 trillion in debt. and at some point, though, i will say, on the other side of it, we had dick durbin here yesterday. and he said, well -- i said, well, what about paygo? dick durbin said, well, this is an emergency. okay, fine. but guess what? when nancy pelosi got in as speaker of the house, she said they were going to have paygo, and the deficits have just exploded since then. and it's always an emergency. it's -- >> it's not always an emergency. this really is an emergency. >> what i'm saying, though, congress always says, well, this is exempt from paygo because this is an emergency. at some point we're just going to have to figure out where the money comes from. >> well, it's a fair argument. >> that's okay. >> you're mad. >> well, i am. >> what did she call you? an awkward moment here. it's usually you. >> what? >> ambien a

. >>> coming up, senator jim bunning continues his one-man filibuster against extending unemployment benefits without paying for them. i think he has a good point and i think extending benefits may extend unemployment. we'll tall to allen reynolds from the cato institute. stay with us. we're the kudlow report '. you want to see the future? look at breakdown of europe. is that really what ewe want to do? i think not. >>> senator jim bunning is holding firm against extending unemployment benefits without first figuring out how to pay for them. his unpopular politics are, i think, good policy but that may only behalf of the problem. let's talk to alan reynolds. great to see you. bunning is, undoubtedly, right. they should be able to find what a $10 billion offset to finance this. but you're raising more important points. i want people to hear this. you're saying stimulus is raise, unemployment and i think you're saying longer we have for unemployment, the compensation benefits with worse the unemployment rate. do i have that right? >> absolutely. i quote the federal reserve, the latest

republican senator jim bunning blocked a bill. >>> well, copper prices are surging as a result of that massive earthquake in chile. chile is the world's biggest copper scomborter. exporter. there are concern that supplies ardisrupted temporarily and that sent prices jumping more than 5%. >>> investors will try to figure out where the economy is headed. the biggest hit may come friday with the monthly jobs report. the companies have slashed another 20,000 jobs from their payrolls february. stocks have had no clear direction in recent weeks. the dow fell 77 points last week. >>> at the movies, another win for "shutter island." the psychological thriller with leonardo dicaprio took on $22 million. the movie "cop out" in second place. and "crazies" third. >>> and the president would probably rather keep a secret. and the skwak zone. >>> and close call. a police officer in the path of an out-of-co >>> now, for a look at morning road conditions. windy with snow-covered highways in the northeast. rain on i-10 from texas, louisiana, mississippi and alabama. and snowy roads in the southern rock

republican jim bunning of kentucky. he says he's all for extending the benefits but as long as the $10 billion package is paid for. and he's vowing to keep fighting as long as it adds to the deficit. >> reporter: i'm ed henry at the white house. this week president obama will be in don lemon's neck of the woods, georgia. he's having a town hall meeting in savannah on tuesday. this is all about the president trying to get out into middle america, keep the focus on jobs and the economy. but that's a tricky balancing act as the president also pushes this week for a health reform deal. democrats on capitol hill are getting very nervous that the focus is getting too heavy on health care. they're warning the president privately, i'm told, that unless he gets a health deal done by the end of march they're going to have to move on to other issues in this midterm election year. >> reporter: i'm poppy harlow in new york. here's what we'll be tracking this week on cnn money. the all-important jobs report is friday. investors are g

. >> now senate debate on republican senator jim bunning's decision to stop a bill to extend unemployment benefits. lawyer from senate majority leader, harry reid, and senator bunning. >> every night, too many out of work nevadans and americans, people who want to work and need to their families, but can't find a job go to bed with at least the comfort of having unemployment insurance and health benefits. but last night, more than a million of them, people throughout america went to sleep lying on those benefits, woke up without the confidence they will be there now. early this morning, when they would rather be spending their mornings working, mothers and fathers in every state woke up at the unemployment office in a long line. news reports today said these lines are really long today all over the country. from virginia to nevada to kentucky. they are long because these people are worried about how they're going to put food on the table and pay bills. for far too many americans, those benefits were set to expire last night. so six times last week, democrats asked to one extend by working

kentucky senator jim bunning is standing firm, again blocking the extension of unemployment benefits and health care subsidies for 400,000 americans. bunning says the bill would add $10 billion to the budget deficit. saturday mail delivery could soon be a thing of the past, as the post office struggles with $7 billion in red ink. the postmaster general told congress today he wants to cut back to just five days of delivery and hike postal rates to combat the agency's growing red ink. >> susie: on friday, lawmakers are expected to roll out a bill to reform the nation's financial system. a key element is a new agency to protect consumers against things like credit card and mortgage fraud. senator chris dodd is proposing to put the federal reserve in charge of that consumer protection unit. other democrats are opposed; they want it to be an independent agency or based at the treasury. i asked dallas fed bank president richard fisher about that: can the fed really be a watchdog for consumer interests? >> i think we can always do a better job at anything we dochl we're working hard to do a

. >> kentucky senator jim bunning k[7 refused to stop his one-man blockade of be spent in the bill.ds of transportation workers without pay, and nearly 4000 people close to losing unemployment >> the question i've been asking mostly is, why now? well, why not now? >> this public spectacle is not helping republicans. susan collins became the first gop lawmaker to publicly ask him to back down. >> on behalf of the numerous members of the republican caucus that have expressed concern to me -- >> democrats are trying to score points without appearing to be too political. >> the majority of the senate disagrees with you. >> is there an objection? >> there is, i object. >> objection is heard. >> both parties are trying to find a compromise that close -- that satisfy senator bunning. >> still to come, a massive fire destroys a dallas strip mall, keeping firefighters busy for hours. >> the cat in nat is reading to students at school and you know it has to be doctors use today. reading events are happening all over our area. >> and a >> a trash truck driver's mistake cost eight baltimore fam

republican jim bunning of kentucky had held up a $10 billion stopgap measure for days, but he gave way last night. the temporary bill also restores funding for highway projects, and health insurance subsidies for the unemployed. on wall street today, the dow jones industrial average lost nine points to close at 10,396. the nasdaq fell a fraction of a point to close at 2,280. gay marriage became legal in washington d.c. today. same-sex couples lined up for marriage licenses at the city's main courthouse. washington is the sixth place in the nation where gay marriage is now legal. it joins connecticut, iowa, massachusetts, new hampshire and vermont. the american cancer society is now urging doctors to tell male patients more about the risks of prostate cancer screening. new guidelines released today warned the p.s.a. blood test can detect false positives and lead to unnecessary treatments. millions of american men now get the blood test. those are some of the day's main stories. i'll be back at the end of the program with a preview of what you'll find tonight on the "newshour's" web site

only jim bunning accepted the -- objective.xtensions in the bill in an larger package that will be voted on later this week. either way, bunning's actions will result in a delay that is expected to last only a matter of days. south carolina, fell on the independent line printout you think about how the senate votes? caller: i wanted to echo what was mentioned a few minutes ago, it is working exactly the way it is supposed to at least never close to the constitution. the senate is a stop-gap of the larger states dominating over the smaller states. that was the concern of the >> "washington journal" is live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. we're leaving this recorded segment and go to the house. first up morning hour speeches. members will take a break before returning for legislative work at 2:00 eastern. 10 bills to be considered today including those marking national engineers week and another honoring national military dog week. recorded votes at 6:30. now live to the house floor here on c-span. [captioning made possible by th

republican senator jim bunning of kentucky is holding up the measure, the $10 billion measure, because he wants the benefits to be paid for before the legislation is actually passed. senator bunning says congress should use unspent stimulus funds to pay for the extension of the benefits. democrats calling the bill an emergency measure to help a million unemployed people ask for immediate passage of the measure and determine the means of funding it later. well, normally, one senator can't hold up a measure but democrats were trying to use a procedure called unanimous consent. senator bunning refused to yield to that. so as of this morning we have a standoff, 1 million unemployed workers, temporarily without unemployment and health insurance benefits, and vice president biden, bill, stepped up the pressure on senator bunning's actions. >> exceeds 1 million people, 1 million people next month will be thrown off the unemployment rolls, 1 million people will be thrown into -- with nothing but what i would call despair. >> reporter: republican senator jon kyl of arizona tells fox news his fe

last month according to a spokesman, kentucky senator jim bunning got death and bomb threats in his office in kentucky filibustering unemployment benefits. during the final two months of the 2008 presidential campaign there were at least six incidents of vandalism against mccain campaign, republican offices in missouri, south carolina and elsewhere. today the u.s. capitol police at the request of democratic leaders and the house sergeant at arms briefed house democrats and told them to report anything suspicious. >> bret: molly, thank you. in canada, the university of ottawa cancelled a speech by conservative commentator ann coulter moments before she was to begin. organizers feared pro -- protesters might turn violent. as you see here michigan's bart stupak prohibits the use of federal money for abortions in most cases critics say there is still a lot of wiggle room in the law and an executive order does not trump that abortion isn't the only problem house democrats had with the senate bill that became law. jim angle reports they are looking for much more money from you. >> reporter: simp

that's senator jim bunning, a republican from kentucky. he's blocking a $10 billion spending bill that would extend unemployment benefits among other things. he says he is not opposed to the bill itself but that he doesn't want the cost to add to the deficit. despite pleas from democrats and republicans today, bunning is holding firm in his position. >> let us either vote on that or withdraw your objection. >> is there objection? >> there is. i object. >> objection is heard. >> the block has forced 2,000 federal employees into furlough. it's stopped more than 40 highway projects. senator mitch mcconnell, the top republican in the senate, says he's working with democrats to set up a vote that would pass that legislation. >>> two years ago the supreme court struck down d.c.'s handgun ban. now the city of chicago may be next. chicago has outlawed guns since 1982, but the court's d.c. decision led to an immediate challenge of the law in chicago. the question is whether the earlier decision affects only the district or whether it can bepplied n

but was senator jim bunning's stand a principled one or just political hypocrisy? chile, picking up the pieces in a town devastated by three successive tsunami waves. a levee rural route from the ground. and with so much attention being paid to seaworld and the killer whales, tonight we look at the big money world of exotic animals, held captive, trained to perform for humans, but is it really humane? passionate arguments on both sides, we'll take you up close. those stories and much more tonight on "a.c. 360." >> larry: that's "a.c. 360" at 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific. back to glynn martin with our exhibit, and our panel assembled here in l.a. we'll move to the marilyn monroe exhibit. why that exhibit, glynn? she was not murdered. >> no, she was not. nonetheless, this was a case where somebody lost their life in los angeles. it is a case of enduring public interest and we thought it important to display a photograph. >> do you -- do you have any link between her and robert kennedy, as has been so often written about? >> i'm sorry, larry, i missed that part? >> lar

a short-term extension bill was blocked last week by kentucky republican jim bunning. now, unemployment benefits are running out for many, and a number of highway projects are on hold. senator bunning defended his position today on the senate floor and senate democratic leader harry reid responds. >> i'd like to respond to the democratic leader. in particularly in view of what my leader just said about bipartisanship. seems that last week there was a bipartisan agreement between the members of the finance committee on the very issue that the democratic leader spoke on. it was called the baucu baucus-grassley compromise bill. it never got to the floor of the senate. that was a bipartisan bill that was set aside for a very partisan bill that senator reid brought to the floor and rammed through. instead of the bipartisan bill which had all of these extended bone fits included in them. extended unemployment benefits, cobra health care assistance, flood insurance, highway bill assistance, the medicare doc fix, small business loans, network channel for rural satellite televis

once again today, republican center jim bunning has broked an extension of the jobless benefits and health insurance subsi subsidies. he wants to make it clear his move is not a filibuster. >> a filibuster is when you stand on this floor and you talk and talk and talk. i have not done that. >> but he's made his stand. i think it's wrong, as does the american people, as does, i'm sure, the people of kentucky. >> senator bunning's office says his phones are ringing off the hook in washington and in kentucky. aides say constitch wuents are frustrated. bunning said the extension will add $10 billion to the federal debt and he wants it paid for. >>> montgory county executive ike leggett sports an increase in maryland's alcohol tax. on wednesday, leggett plans to join a board coalition of maryland citizenso push for an increase. maryland has not raised the tax on beer and wine since 1972 and the liquor on spirits hasn't gone up since 1965. >>> president obama is calling on congress to pass instant rebates for people who take steps to make their homes more energy efficient. he announced the new p

almost $200 million is being held up all by senator jim bunning. moments ago bunning got into this exchange with majority leader harry reid. >>> i hope republicans will reconsider and think about their constituents standing in the unemployment line as we speak. >> if we can't find $10 billion to pay for something that we all support, we will never pay for anything on the floor of this u.s. senate. i have offered several ways to do this, including trying to negotiate with the majority leader staff. none have been successful. >>> again, bunning is mad that the unemployment benefits the senate wants to pass will not be paid for. so what he's done is put a hold on some government spending starting with the department of transportation that's affecting a lot of infrastructure projects, even a drunk driving program and causing the d.o.t. to start furloughing workers. the battle between bunning and the white house is intensifying with real consequences. >>> president obama is meeting with defense secretary robert gates to discuss a major reversal of the b

in fact, just last month, according to a spokesman, kentucky senator jim bunning got death and bomb threats at his offices in kentucky when he was filibustering unemployment benefits. shep? >> shepard: the congresswoman was one of the milder that we received and i mentioned vandalism. police are investigating other incidences as well, right? >> yes. in fact involving two democratic members in the house. in new york congresswoman louise slaughter says a brick was thrown through a window at her niagara falls office over the weekend. in virginia police are looking what happened in the home of tom perriello's brother. a gas line to a grill inside a screened in porch was cut. address posted online thinking it was the lawmaker's home. the congressman says it's too early to, quote, say anything definitive regarding political motivations but he also said, quote, here in america we settle our political differences at the ballot box. shep? >> shepard: so far we talked about members of the house of representatives. anything from the senate side? >> according to a spokesperson for senate majority leade

launch a one-man filibuster that would basically be a rerun of what kentucky republican senator jim bunningid last month in the end, however, democrats passed the extension despite bunning's objections. well, the weather over an active volcano clearing up another for scientists to get a closeup look at the eruption. it's our top story as we go around the world in 80 seconds. iceland. research crews discovering the volcano's opening is more than 500 yards in length. that's where all the action is taking place. authorities have allowed nearly all the 600 people who live nearby to go back to their homes. but they are still concerned this eruption could trigger another larger volcano nearby to blow. with all the ice in the region that could cause major flooding. peru. heavy rains forcing hundreds of people from their homes in central and eastern parts of the country. many of the families stuck on hill s dz right above a swollen river. flooding washing away nearly 20 miles from a highway. contaminating drinking water and ruining crops. norway. more than a dozen railway cars breaking loose from a

the fact is that is senator jim bunning, republican of kentucky. i want people to keep it in mind what they're dealing with and what they're up against and who they're up against. so, the senate ended up passing the bill. voted 78-19 on tuesday night to pass legislation extending unemployment benefits, highway funding and other programs for one month, bringing the one-man crusade to filibuster the bill. the fact is, the filibuster resulted in thousands of federal workers being furloughed and interruption of unemployment benefits. it hurt people, people that are without money because of this. and that was incredibly unfortunate, but i think americans in this great democracy of ours, you can express yourself at the ballot box and let people know that and let people know what happened, how it happened and who did it. i just want to mention, mr. speaker, that over 200,000 jobless workers will lose unemployment benefits this week or are scheduled to lose unemployment benefits last week and it didn't happen because we narrowly avoided it. there was a bre

the shut down was caused by kentucky senator jim bunning. he blocked a bill that would continue funding construction projects. >> we cannot keep adding to the debt. we don't need lectures here on debt. what we need is to recognize that there are poor people all over america who are desperate today. >> bunning says the bill would add $10 billion to the national debt. instead he suggests using stimulus money to fund the projects. democrats have rejected that suggestion. >> commuters in prince william county may have to deal with crowded or late bus tomorrow if they take omni ride or metro direct to work. bus drivers for the potomac and rappahannock transit commission are threatening to strike tomorrow if they cannot reach a new contract by midnight tonight. they say it is making contingency plans. investigators are trying to gure out why a plane skidded off arunway in gaithersburg. firefighters say the small plane crashed into woods at a montgomery county air park late yesterday afternoon. the pilot was the only person on board. he was not hur

it's all because of kentucky republican jim bunning who has placed a hold on the highway trust fund. among those not reporting to work are construction workers who are overseeing projects on federal lands. 41 projects nationwide will have to be shut down without those inspectors there. now, the hold on the money also means that states will not be getting $153 million in federal reimbursements that they were expecting for state highway projects. so a lot of folks affected. a lot of projects affected. when will this all end? well, that depends on the senate and the senator from kentucky. juju. >> thank you for that update. >>> in other news, flight delays are expected at one of the nation's busiest airports. being repaved for four months, jfk, america, jetblue and delta are reducing their schedules. >>> and a police damp cacaught on tape. a car careened out of control. slamming into an officer, helping the driver off of the road. if you look closer, the officer appears to be pushing the man out of the way taking the brunt on himself. he fractured a few bones an was unconscious for a fe

. >> after a week of object to senator jim bunning and it is filibuster of a short-term extension of several expired government programs. how did they agree to move forward? >> well, the democrats have been offering the same amendment, same proposal to senator bunning weakening it last week and senator bunning continued to go to the floor and object and were still trying to get details as to why the senator decided to go along with the proposal. but the agreement that they put forth tonight which allowed them to go ahead and hold the vote on senator bunning's proposal to offset the cost of the bill, which has been the thing driving is filibuster from the start, the proposal regarding black wicker funding, which is a word byproduct. so essentially, they put the agreement in place tonight knowing that there's another bill on the floor, sort of a longer-term package of extension that would include some of the programs in the short-term bill. but they finally were able to reach an agreement late this afternoon to go ahead with the vote on his amendment and to finally clear the bill for ob

. >>> senator jim bunning is refusing to stand down, after holding up a vote that extends unemployment benefits for thousands of americans. he blocked money for highway construction, leaving projects in limbo and 2,000 workers furloughed without pay. our jonathan karl had a tough time getting bunning to explain his stance. >> we wanted to ask you -- >> this is a senator-only elevator. >> reporter: can i get on the elevator? >> no. you may not. >> reporter: can you tell us why you're blocking it? >> excuse me. >> reporter: are you concerned about those that are going to lose their benefits? >> bunning later explained he favors the bill but wants to pay for it using unspent stimulus money. the debate could last until next week. >>> a new study out this morning finds alcohol and marijuana use among teenagers are on the rise. for the first time in a decade. 39%, that's more than 6 million teens admit drinking in the last month. up 4% from 2008. and 25% admit smoking marijuana. that's up 6% from 2008. >>> finally, researchers say children across the country are snacking too much. new findin

kentucky senator jim bunning says he's blocking it till he hears how to pay for it. about 400,000 americans lost unemployment benefits today. the bill also funded highway projects. the department of transportation furloughing 2,000 workers and halting construction on a number of sites nationwide. >>> in chicago, a funeral is being held this hour for veteran animal trainer dawn brancheau who died last week when a six-ton kirl whale tilly come dragged her underwater in seaworld in orlando. the whale has been linked to two previous deaths. the government looking into whether workplace standards were violated. >>> searching for survivors here, take a look at these pictures coming out of chile. that is a top priority security and rescue. two days here after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded. cnn's special correspondent soledad o'brien is at the scene of a major rescue effort in the city of concepcion. i can tell it's loud. i know there are rescue efforts going on behind you involving some firefighters. walk me through what's happening right now behind you. >>

of course, you know, last week we had the spectacle of senator jim bunning of kentucky holding up action on a short-term, 30-day extension of unemployment insurance, and fixing medicare, reimbursements for doctors, and providing some funds for some transportation projects that could create jobs. so, you know, that sort of paralyzed congress for four or five days. and then once that problem was disposed of, they started moving on a $15 billion package, which, again, is important, and useful but of limited impact. there's this larger package that the senate is going to be dealing with next week, $150 billion for job measures, including a one-year extension of unemployment insurance, which is very important for america. an extension of the cobra program, which provides emergency healthcare coverage for people who have lost their jobs. but extension of a number of expiring tax provisions that republicans and conserve activities think are very important and that could help stimulate jobs as well. host: back to the phones. jim, bay city, michigan, on our line for republicans. thanks for waitin

. >> [inaudible conversations] >>> republican senator jim bunning ended his week-long objection to proceedinggs extend unemployment benefits. he agreed to allow the vote to go ahead provided to pace the benefits with offsets from another bill. his amendment eventually failed. the senate then voted 78-19 to pass the hundred 49 billion-dollar bill extending tax breaks on the employment benefits, flood insurance and other federal programs. before the votes democratic senator durbin of illinois joined senator bombing to debate the issue. this is 45 minutes. >> mr. president in a minute i'm going to speak about my amendment to pay for this bill. first i want talk about how we got here. last week i object to the majority leader request for unanimous consent to pass the 30 day extension of several expiring programs that wasn't paid for. i offered to pass the exact same bill that was paid for and unfortunately he objected to my request. there was nothing stopping him from using the tools at his disposal to overcome my objections. the leader could have filed cloture on the bill and brought it to the f

. >>> now senate debate on republican senator jim bunning's decision to stop a bill to extend unemployment benefits. we will hear from senate majority leader harry reid and center -- senator bunning. islamic every night people want to work to need to support their families but can't find a job go to bed with at least the comfort of having unemployment insurance and health benefits. but last night more than 1 million of them, people throughout america went to sleep relying and woke up without the comfort they will be there now. early this morning, when they would rather be spending the morning is working mothers and fathers in every state will gup the oman plan edolphus in a long line. news reports today of the lines are long today all over the country from virginia to nevada to kentucky. they are long because these people are worried how they are going to put food on the table and pay the bills. far too many americans those benefits were set to expire last night. six times last week democrats asked to extend unemployment benefits for short time while we work on a longer extension to read s

on capitol hill, dow jones report senator jim bunning who agrees senate vote on an unemployment bill earlier this month is delaying the confirmation vote for the office of u.s. trade representative because according to an aide, the u.s. tr has not done enough to defend his home state against the canadian anti-smoking law that in his words, unfairly discriminates against kentucky ground tobacco. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> president obama announced his proposal to change the no child left behind wall. the house will hear about it today. secretary arne duncan testified before the education committee. live coverage at 2:30 p.m. eastern time. banking hearing federal reserve chairman ben bernanke and the chairman of the president's economic recovery advisory board talking about federal bank supervision and monetary policy online, live beginning at 2:00 p.m. eastern time at c-span.org. >> lawmakers making the final push to get health legislation to the president's desk and you can follow the latest from the white house and capitol hill on the only network tha

jim bunning has said, find a way to pay for it. this is in the trillions of dollars. we have a president who is a keynesian. he has an appetite to spendor grandchildren's future income. today, by my numbers, a baby born in america owes uncle sam $44,000. somebody else's number is $46,000. by the time that child starts the fifth grade, if the president's budget is approved, authorized and appropriated, we will see that child owing the federal government $88,000 when they walk in to meet their fifth grade teacher. at the same time, the same administration, laments the college debt that they have. now if you have a student that walks out of college and gets their degree with $88,000 worth of debt, that is more than they want to bear. you don't have the sheepskin to help you with the revenue stream and have to find another way to do it. i empathize with the college students who have high debt and i feel for the american babies born in this country with a huge debt over their head that they had nothing to say about and don't have a means to take that and call it an investm

what happened this morning in addition to democrats blaming senator jim bunning, you now have republican susan collins of maine joining in that as well. and attempt to get this bill passed. it's already passed the house but get it through the senate. but senator bunning continued to object. >> what would he prefer to see instead? >> he would like the same bill but he would like to pay for it. it's about $10 billion. democrats and now senator collins say that it's an emergency and it shouldn't be paid for. other than through debt. senator bunning says let's take $10 billion from the stimulus law from last year that hasn't been spent yet to use that to offset the programs. >> as the objection continued, what is harry reid's strategy going forward? how is he going to work around it? >> two. one is to keep making what they call unanimous consent requests and seeking to pass the bill quickly, forcing senator bunning to come to the floor and object to it. democrats believe this is politically just gray for them to see a republican objecting to really popular programs. then the second thing he'

temporary furloughs and free some payments result of a decision last week by republican senator jim bunningock legislation to extend the programs which expired at midnight on sunday. senator bunning objected to the $10 billion measure saying it would add to the budget deficit. live senate coverage now here on c-span2. the chaplain: let us pray. o god whose approval we seek above humanity's hollow applause, we pause today to experience the warmth of your presence, as you lift the light of your countenance upon us. give to the members of this body pure hearts and a passion to faithfully serve you and country. across their toiling hours, keep their hearts fixed on you, the author and finisher of their faith. in a world of suspense and suspicion and turmoil, breathe now in this quiet moment your peace on every heart. lord, prepare solutions for our senators' complexities and resolve their conflicts in a way that will glorify you. we pray in your sacred name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the unite

reality but to have to keep in mind as one of our members pointed out at the meeting, jim mcnerney, the ceo of bunning, every time they sell a triple 72 china let's say there are 12 small businesses that rely on the wings of the plan. 12,000 of the supply are the small business vendors and suppliers that depend on that big company, boeing or caterpillar were general electric or any of the big companies for their livelihood. >> host: the lines are open for john castellani of the business roundtable for your calls. 202-737-0002 for the democrats. 202-737-0001 for republicans and independent, your line is 202-628-0205. mary ann and syracuse is first. go ahead. >> caller: hi there, good morning. i was watching c-span last week and watching the hearings on for $30 million that could -- i'm sorry, maybe billion dollars, that could be going to either -- going in to help credit for businesses. and i was wondering about the guests opinion on whether the argument that the sba should be having that money so that they can do direct funding or whether it should be going to the banks. in my opinion, just quickly, i