senator joe lieberman is senior member of the armed services committee, and just returned from the war zones in iraq and afghanistan. senator, thank you very much. first let's go to this dispute. hamid karzai calls "the washington post" saying he wants the footprint of u.s. troops reduced almost immediately. general pap tray is clearly concerned in sunday meetings saying that -- that that would not make -- make his work even possible. he expressed "astonishment and disappointment" that karzai's position made his own untenable. what is your reaction to this? what do we do with hamid karzai? >> well i share general petraeus' surprise and disappointment. i mean, this strategy we're following is one that we have agreed on with the afghans and it's -- we're being tough on the bad guys, on the taliban, on al qaeda in afghanistan, but we're doing it to try to protect the lives of the great majority of the afghan people. as far as i could tell on my trip talking to a lot of them way out into rural areas as well as in cities like the capital of kabul, they feel much better about their security

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finally, one issue that may be resolving itself, at least we're seeing some progress, senator joe lieberman says it now looks like they do have the votes to repeal don't ask, don't tell, that policy on gays in the military. democrats announced yesterday that they do have republicans who will support it if they are allowed to debate and add amendments to that policy. lynn. >> tracie potts in washington, tracie, thank you. >>> growing frustration with the transportation security administration and what many americans feel are overly intrusive passenger pat-downs and full body scanning procedures have led several airports across the country to take an alternate route. some 17 airport administrators faced with the challenge of keeping passengers safe and satisfied have exercised their right by law to use private security screeners instead of the tsa as long as they follow the same rules and guidelines. one veteran congressman is leading the push to convince airports to drop the tsa. the nationwide uprising has taken on a life of its own recently through numerous internet campaigns. >> now here'

senator joe lieberman says it now looks like they do have the votes to repeal don't ask, don't tell, that policy on gays in the military. democrats announced yesterday that they do have republicans who will support it if they are allowed to debate and add amendments to that policy. lynn? >> thanks. >>> growing frustration with the transportation security administration and what many americans feel are overly intrusive passenger pat-downs and full-body scanning procedures has led to several airports across the country to take an alternate route. some 17 airport administrators faced with the challenge of keeping passengers safe and satisfied have exercised their right by law to use private security screeners instead of the tsa. as long as they follow the same rules and guidelines. one veteran congressman is leading the push to convince airports to drop the tsa. of course the nationwide uprising has taken on a life of its own recently through numerous internet campaigns and a barrage of complaints. >>> here's your first look at some of the other news going on around america today. a gro

joe lieberman is for it. and howard dean is kind of saint himself, if this war is kind of crazy, it doesn't make a lot of sense for us to unilateral and then iraq. so he starts going to party gatherings in iowa and saying this stuff. and people start cheering. and they get kind of into it, and they say, dean is onto something. but no one really knows who he is. so there's this key moment in the book, 2003, he said he state democratic party gathering in washington, the annual winter meeting in washington. he flies and i read i. he meets with his supporters, he meets with his aides about half an hour before he sets the stage and he says what am i going to talk about. his campaign manager who's a bit of a bomb thrower, i will talk about him any second, rancheria brown's campaign against clinton is always a hopeless insurgent, never wins but always stirs things up. history will repeat itself soon enough. in any case, he says you've got to pose these questions about what's wrong with the democratic party. say what

and today, a group of senators led by joe lieberman, is expected to push for passage. >>> alaska senator lisa murkowski is celebrating a rare victory this morning. she is the first senator to win a write-in campaign in more than five decades. the republican incumbent returned to anchorage last night to claim victory. her challenger, joe miller, has yet to concede. >>> there's an aerial search for a missing air force pilot. the wreckage of his f-22 was spotted about 100 miles north of anchorage. searchers are looking for a parachute or a campfire, that might indicate that the pilot ejected. >>> the nation's top administration transportation official is not buckling under pressure from those who say airport screenings have simply become a little too intrusive. he says security procedures will remain in place over the thanksgiving holiday, no matter what. the reason why, now, from our john hendren. >> reporter: the fog now says there's good reason for heightened airport security. in government tests, transportation security administration chief john pistole told congress, federal agents hav

connecticut's joe lieberman is a senior member of the armed services committee. he, along with a dozen democrats, are pressuring harry reid to strike a deal with republicans on the issue before the end of the year. >>> police in hollywood say the murder of a veteran publicist, ronni chasen, was a targeted attack, not just a random shooting. chaisson was shot to death tuesday morning in beverly hills, driving home after the premiere of the new film "burlesque." police are examining security video from nearby homes and following up a tip from most rist. >>> an update on the natalee holloway case. dutch authorities are comparing holloway's dental records to a jawbone found in aruba. that's where holloway disabeered in 2005. joran van der sloot remains the prime suspect in her murder. but prosecutors maintain there's still not enough evidence to charge him. >>> a homeless man in arizona is getting some coast-to-coast attention. dave tally has been on the streets for 11 years. earlier this month, he found a backpack with a computer and more than $3,300 in cash inside.

despite everyone done everything they could to to vote in somebody new two years ago and then as joe lieberman said first time i've ever agreed with the man so much continuity out of president obama and that the public responds by rejecting his party this month and now they feel empowered to step forward it this is not the way this world would look if any effort had been made to hold bush and his gang accountable for their abuses and their crimes why why do you think that it's all because of bush i mean really why are neo cons so powerful i guess you could say so influential that no matter what happens they all still seem to have their little bubble they get together and these people they they really do they influence policy despite how damning it might be for america's image abroad. well they have money on their side they have fear and propaganda on their side and they have much of the u.s. corporate media on their side there is no left wing media to to tell the public the views of those opposing these people many of the people who have been accomplices to bush in his crimes in his war lies a

when you look joe lieberman who had his party challenges the last couple of years he's been this partystraddles fences and lisa could be too. her true base of support is not right win but moderate conservatives in her own state so you see her strong with sarah palin. she has along standing her. palin beat her father and she's going to have to go after her victory against joe miller. going after the senate's tea party. i think what you'll see is she's taking in more moderate stance on more issues and perhaps work with democrats more than previously and i think she's very bold. gone on all the television shows speaking out. she has a big kick in her step after the victory. >> "politico" is report together day, you talk about the fact that within the tea party that she beat there's in fighting about that. >> big debates going on about the tea party. on the right end of the spectrum but they also want to avoid social spectrums so you saw the tea party and gop proud. pro gay marriage group coming forward. over the weekend another branch, umbrella said in fact, the gop proud is not one of us

. >> and senator joe lieberman told fox the meeting made clear that the votes are not there to let tax cuts for wealthier taxpayers simply expire. senator chuck schumer proposed raising the threshold for tax cuts to $1 million from $250,000 but reid seems intent first on a vote to extend them only at the $250,000 level and below. >> i could go for either a short-term extension of the middle-income tax cuts or making permanent. >> it's not clear when senator reid will try to bring up the tax cuts. he and the white house want to vote on many issues in the 15 or so remaining legislative days. everything from don't ask don't tell to the dream act which mandates in-state tuition for the children of illegal aliens. democratic leaders have been struggling to figure out what to do about the tax cuts and some grumbles about a lack of direction from the white house. after a meeting with the president at the white house this morning, one democratic leader mr. obama will let lawmakers take the lead. for the white house that's acknowledging the obvious, the decision is going to be made by congress

she's going to be pretty much like a joe lieberman, isn't she? isk of being a sore winner like conan and "the tonight show." with lisa murkowski, enough about getting beat by joe miller and how sarah palin went after you. even though she won, she is kind of playing the whole victim card. even though you see her on press all the time, at some point, she's going to have to stop talking about the election and get back to the business of legislating. >> patrick, you guys have been digging into another senate race. a lot of people praised harry reid for the campaign there. what did you find went wrong with ankle? >> a lot of the blame comes on terry campbell, sort of did not handle this campaign the way most are operated. partially because he's a long time friend of sharron angle's. he did things like trying to call off a visit business john mccain when john mccain was midair not knowing about barack obama's visit to the state to campaign against sharron angle. not returning e-mails from reporters. sending campaigns down to las vegas, primarily a touri

any chance joe lieberman will switch parties? guest: i think there is a lot of chatter about it. he has not given indication he would. he still considers himself a democrat, although an independent democrat but he will say a couple of things and the next week will keep us guessing. he has a tendency to say things and get everyone in a frenzy and then he will pull back and clarify. host: do you think we will see party switches in the house? guest: party switcher is did not work out that well. arlen specter. people are looking for authenticity. tra chris, he didn't do well. -- charlie crist, he did not do well. he walked away from being a republican. changing parties to better secure their reelection, i do not think it really works and i would be surprised if we sell to many people doing it. host: marco rubio's speech, he said to the audience and his supporters, please pray for me that i don't change when i go to washington. guest: barack obama said the same thing two years ago. it is a tough thing when you go to washington. a different environment people people long for the days s

. >> basically, you've got joe biden and joe lieberman out there saying this is necessary for our nationalt the only people it's necessary for are contractors. tsa wanted to buy these machines and congress said no. they're inefficient, ineffective and invasive. the tsa wanted to go around congress and had gotten stimulus money, so after the christmas bomber last year, in 2009, they said, oh, we have of the these machines because it would help with the christmas bomber. but it doesn't. they spent $25 million of stimulus money. create one job. one job. and then they've got 173 million total they're going to buy. that are on the way and nobody wants to go through them. that's when they start this groapathon to punish them. >> and michael chertoff -- >> been saying, oh, we have of the these things. rapid scan is one of his clients. >> he's advocating government money spent with the people who do the naked picture without telling people he works for the naked picture people -- >> dylan? i think that most americans, if your choice is to be flown into a building or touch somebody where you don't

john mccain of arizona, joe lieberman of connecticut, lindsay graham of south carolina and kristin gillibrand attended a service in kabul this morning. yesterday they met with troops and held meetings with hamid karzai. senator mccain said it was a chance to honor soldiers for their service. >> it's an honor for all of us to spend this vieteran's day in afghanistan with the greatest generation of men and women serving in our military. >> the four senators called on president obama to abandon his pledge that the u.s. would begin withdrawing troops in july 2011. >>> a mess on the markets after a shocker from cisco systems. >> scott, something about air pockets? >> it doesn't sound bad. the pilots warn you about an air pocket. cisco ceo used the term to describe the business ahead. air pockets and the markets just came unglued. cisco stock fell 16.5% overnight. civic ole's john chambers said government and notably cable companies are not ordering as many cisco devices. dragging down the whole stock market this morning and going to be a strange one. the federal communications commissions investig

joe lieberman, a senior member of the armed services committee says he is confident they were 60 votese named dick loouger, a republican. that means a number of limits offered, plenty of time to debate. as long as that happened, they thought they had the 60 votes. but that's a tough sale. there have been smaller bills that have died because they cannot have a fair and open process according to republicans. so we need to watch those things. john mccain says it's a tough sale to get it done by the end of the year. >> regarding the report. we've already had details leaked out. i believe it's 70% of the 400,000 men and women serving say they would be fine with repealing don't ask, don't tell. doesn't ha hinder çopposition? >> it's a good question. bier coincidence i was walking with john mccain. i said, carl levin said they're going do have hearings. he said the report itself is flawed. it doesn't address the impact of what it will have on the troops. as far as john mccain is concerned, if the report is flawed, how do you get support to pass the bill overall? >> i have to bring up this nb

. >> senator joe lieberman at a don't ask, don't tell conference today with two promised republican votesin favor of repeal. in this camera angle, the handsome bald guy, lieutenant colonel victor fahrenbach facing discharge. after senator lieberman made his announcement about republicans collins and lugar being willing to vote for repeal. we learned in an interview to be broadcast tonight, republican senator lisa murkowski said he is willing to vote for a bill that repeals don't ask, don't tell. today for the first time there is a way to see this policy ending. that said, i don't necessarily trust my own counting. joining us now is somebody whose counting i do trust, ken strickland. with the three republican pledges today, do you see a mean of counting to 60 to beat the filibuster and get this policy repealed? >> let's start with senator lieberman. he's been talking to people privately. the one thing that he said specifically was that there would be 60 votes there if the process for bringing the defense authorization bill to the floor -- that's the bill you that has the don't ask, don't t

senators joe lieberman, barbara boxer, patrick leahy and al franken and others will be joined by gaysts. harry reid said yesterday that he will call for a vote on don't ask, don't tell after thanksgiving. in a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll half of all americans favor gay men and women serving openly. >>> on everything from taxes to a nuclear treaty, the white house is facing big gop obstacles in this lame duck session of congress. so, if voters sent a message for washington to get things done, where and when does compromise come into the mix? joining me now, congressman mike pentz, republican from indiana. thank you for joining us. >> you bet. >> where does the battle over tax cuts stand right now? do you think there will be compromise over what to do about the richest americans? >> well, look, i think that there's a broad consensus on capitol hill that the last thing we should do in the worst economy in 25 years is raise taxes on anybody. i think that's why you're even hearing many liberals in congress and voices out of the administration talking about a short-term extensi

i think she can check with joe lieberman and see what his experience was when he lost the primary and had to win an independent. her ties, philosophy, background put her in the republican party. i'm sure senator mcconnell and the other republicans are going to immediately go to work to bring her back into the team. my guess is, in a few weeks you will find they are all on the same side. as compared to harry reid, nancy pelosi and barack obama. >> greta: we'll have senator murkowski join us in a few moments. another election in washington for speaker pillows show is going to become the new minority leader. why would she want that? >> i think she must believe that president obama is going to win reelection by such a big margin he will pool the democrats and house back to may majority. that's the only rational reason for her to stay. i think she makes it much harder for the democrats to recruit candidates. in most of the swing districts they need win, going out and saying gosh we have a chance to come and work with a san francisco liberal as your leader is not a big drawing card. in the

now senator joe lieberman told fox today it was clear in today's meetings that there just aren't enough votes to let the tax cuts expire for wealthier taxpayers. that's why senator chuck schumer proposed raising the threshold for tax cuts to $1 million instead of 250,000. so a lot more shoes to drop on this one, shep. >> shepard: so it seems. jim angle live in d.c. jim, thank you. the president put new pressure on the senate today to approve a nuclear weapons treaty with russia by the end of the year that became less likely this week when a key republican jon kyl of arizona said the vote should wait until next year. democrats could have a huffer time coming up with 67 votes in the new congress. the president invited big names to the white house to help make his case. former secretaries of state from both sides of the aisle. james -- henry kissinger. marilyn al brivment he says it's not about politics. >> it's of national security imperative that the united states ratify the new start treaty this year. there is no higher priority for the lame duck session of congress. the stakes for amer

-- you and joe lieberman had a prayerful moment?his over to god and put your faith in him and go forward. i had a lot prayerful moments. i became a christian when i was left-years-old. i decided -- when i was 11-years-old. in alaska, realized if he was this omnipotent to create such majesty around me surlyly he would have a plan for all of us -- surely he would have a for all of us. >> sean: you open up in the book about your family life. you talk for example when my then 17-year-old daughter dropped the bomb with her announcement that her adolescence had been prematurely halted, in the most unfortunate circumstances she was going to have a baby. our little world stopped spinning momentarily. you decided to he did occupy about these deep personal family issues, why? >> i did. because there have been such misreporting and misconception about our family i wanted to set the record straight and be honest about how devastating it was to get the news that bristol was pregnant at such a young age. bristol being strong and independent has f

>> if you listen to joe lieberman, he's the senator independent but he cause cucuseh the democrats, hee the senate appropriations bill, with don't and, don't tell in it, they are 60 votes, collins and dick lugar will there be a fair and open process? when they brought up the bill before the election, that's the very thing that susan collins voted against the democrats saying we want assurances to make sure we want time to debate and offer an amendment. if he can't convince republicans of that, there's no chance to get it done. >> you were at a news conference with speaker pelosi, current speaker pelosi, but not for long, and i want to play your "q" and "a" with her and ask you about it on the other side. >> madam speaker, for 60 house democrats lost in this cycle, your positive ratings with independents in the last poll stand at 8%. why are you the best person to lead the house democrats in the current political landscape? >> well, let me put that in perspective. how would your ratings be if $75 million were spent against? because i'm an effective leader, because we got the job done on

. >>> senators joe lieberman, kirsten gillibrand and mark udall are urging the senate to pass the nationalation act that repeal don't ask, don't tell they ready for it pushing the note, i got it in my e-mail inbox. we are talking about the obstacles facing the repeal, namely the short period of time with democrats controlling the house. i think if the dems don't tack this will issue in the lame duck session, the odds of don't ask, don't tell passing with new house republicans is close to zero. someone writes in under the name of papa pig, the senate should quickly and very quickly get many of the house the passed to them and get them into law. ending don't ask, don't tell should be the top of the stack it. and david responds it will not happen. the overwhelming majority of servicemen are vehemently opposed to repeal and their opinions are most important to lawmakers. the soon-to-be released pentagon survey will reportedly show the majority of active duty forces and their families don't care if gays and lesbians serve openly in the military f would you like to reach out to me, let me know t

susan collins, joe lieberman, a democrat, got together and did it. they have constructed this new scenario and did it during a lame-duck session. there is no excuse for us to ignore that responsibility and wait several months. while we wait, there will be no inspectors on the ground in russia to make sure that their nuclear weapons are safe and treaty compliant. >> senator kyl, what do you need the time for? "the new york times" reported -- is this anything other than trying to snub the president, senator? >> of course. harry reid, the leader of the senate can bring the start treaty up any time he wants to. but he has a different ajen dachlt da. he has made promises, the dream act, the don't-ask-don't-tell policy to appeal to the gay and lesbian communities, in addition to other various political commitments he has made, we have to funneled td the government f remaining ten months of the fiscal year. >> what's the -- >> david, may i finish? >> what about the treaty? >> as i told you, you can't do everything. i was stating it as a matter of real reali

way that our election laws work, i did not choose to be an independent, say, for instance, as joe liebermanpublican. i am still conferencing with the republicans. i retain my seniority that i have built as a republican. but my mandate, if you will, from the people of alaska, from all alaskans, urban and rural, and again, all different political stripes and flavors is one to represent all of us. that will be my task. that will be my challenge. >> one quick question about sarah palin. i know you haven't been the biggest fan of hers. she told barbara walters earlier this week that she may indeed run for president in 2012. and she thinks she can beat president barack obama if she did. your thoughts on the potential candidacy? would you support her? >> well, she is clearly setting her sights on that higher office. i have been very, very focused on what's going on in alaska. will continue to do that. i have, in the past, said that sarah palin would not be my candidate. i'm still looking to see who is going to emerge in the republican field of candidates. and i think that remains to be seen. but t

about the new rules at this hearing of the senate homeland security committee chaired by senator joe liebermanthis is an hour and 35 minutes. >> good afternoon. the hearing will come to order. our subject today is air cargo security. beginning with the attacks against america on 9/11, our terrorist enemies have consistently sought to use airplanes as weapons of mass destruction. and more generally they have seen in our aviation system a strategic choke point of international transit and commerce that could be brought to a halt or at least stopped through terror attacks. we've seen shoe bombers, liquid bombers, underwear bombers. time and again terrorists have sought different ways to blow up an airplane. in the most recent attempt, of course, terrorists hid bombs inside the toner cartridges of printers and sent them to the u.s. as air cargo. this plot as the others before it was thwarted in this case largely because of extraordinary intelligence and here we give thanks and credit to our friends and allies in saudi arabia. but there was in this an elementary of good fortune, luck and luck, of c

my wife works for joe lieberman. she worked for a year-and-a-half trying to put together a climate change bill that could pass muster. all it took was one republican -- they got lindsey gramm on board, and once he pulled out, that was it. in some ways it was just a way that the senate works, and you could argue that in fact it is anathema to smoothly flowing, efficient legislative process. you could argue that the filibuster has been abused, but it has always been the case and problem of wills will be the case that the senate is the slower moving body, and from the democrats' perspective, more foot-dragging, obfuscating body as well. lot of see a whole prospects for reform of the filibuster in particular, nor much change in that basic dynamic. >> there is going to be some change in the rules, actually. i also think if we could argue that the filibuster had actually been used for the purpose of deliberation, that would be one conversation, but that is not the way it has been used. increasingly that has been true over

, eat way our election laws work, i did not choose to be an independent, say, for instance, as joe lieberman did. i am still a republican. i am still conferencing with the republicans. i retain my seniority i built as a republican. >> miller suggests he'll call for a hand recount. he want to pursue this to ensure there's integrity and to ensure there's a consistent standard. >>> what's a sky diver's most embarrassing moment? we'll show you when we go cross country in the cnn newsroom. >>> we love a good implosion around here. this is or was the seneca bridge over the illinois river 75 miles southwest of chicago. that's pretty good, huh? imploded this morning and toppled into the water 48 feet below. a $24 million replacement bridge opened two weeks ago. p-a-d... p.a.d. isn't just poor circulation in your legs causing you pain. it more than doubles your risk of a heart attack or stroke. i was going to tell you. if you have p.a.d., plavix can help protect you from a heart attack or stroke. plavix helps keep blood platelets from sticking together and forming clots, the cause of most heart attac

it's chaired by joe lieberman and expected to get underway momentarily.udible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. the hearing will come to order. our suggest today is air cargo security. beginning with the attacks against america on 9/11, our terrorists enemies have consistently sought to use airplanes as weapons of max destruction. and more generally, they have seen in the aviation system a strategic choke point of international transit and commerce that could be brought to a halt, or at least stopped through terror attacks. we've seen shoe bombers, liquid bombers, underwear bombers, again and again terrorists have sought different ways to blow up an airplane. in the most recent attempt, of course, terrorists hid bombs inside the toner cartridges of

we have to see what joe lieberman is going to do.me respects, he was also the de facto republican candidate. l lieber man got a lot of votes. host: let's go through the list of democrats. daniel akaka, jeff bingaman. sherrod brown. mayoria cant well, amy, herb. claire of missouri, bill nelson of florida, john tester of montana. and sheldon whitehouse guest: you can see whether it's nelson. montana, normally, we would say republicans don't have a great time in wisconsin. another thing to consider is is retirements. we consider these cycles where people are going to retire. so that's another wild card. a lot of republican responsibilities. this is what the washington post looks like. sherrod and manz. guest: personally very popular. running even with the republican challenger. largely because of many west virginia, the focus of on barack obama. he managed to make it more of himself. is he the guy he promised himself to be? >> 37 senate seats up this year. ema says, will bill nelson turn republican? guest: i never expect them to. i thin

you have senator joe lieberman, depending on what is in the senate after night, could once again become the most important politician in washington, the most important vote in the senate. there is also republicans who have talked about the outside chance a potentially getting someone like joe lieberman or senator ben nelson to potentially switch parties, depending on the dynamics at play and how close it is after this election. >> a lot of early predictions. from politico, there is a prediction that the republicans will pick up seven seats and a prediction that harry reid will be reelected in nevada. >> in nevada, what democrats are relying on is the advantage over sharron angle. >> in clark county, the turnout was lower than expected. it is one of the strongholds for democrats. >> for all of the talk we have heard recently -- we have heard it today from a lot of democrats and strategists and campaign spokespeople -- talking about how not only the early voting numbers seem to see some positives for democrats, but you saw some good turnout in spots that they wanted. nevada has gone again

versus joe lieberman. i think that would be a good race for our state. and i'm very -- i'm -- i'm very concerned that the g.o.p.'s take my votes seriously. i know they got deconstructed by the tea party movement, but it's all about the economy with my vote. i'm extremely worried about the -- even paul crodman's projections for 2025 are very concerning to me. i want to talk about the g.o.p. alignment and where they should go from here. guest: well, in the first place, if you agree with david stockman you're probably not going to agree with what they want to do and that is maintain the bush tax cuts and not let them expire at the end of this year and that means all the tax cuts from the wealthy all the way down to those who pay practically pay no tax. i heard david stockman, former budget director under president reagan, at least in reagan's first term, the things that those tax cuts have to be allowed to lapse. republicans don't agree with that. i don't agree with it either. i think it would be harmful to the economy and ultimately to the generation of re

when you go up to capitol hill, will you be a joe lieberman like independent or will you feel as thoughu were before the primary? >> well, i'm still a republican. i have never changed my party registration. i will conference with the republicans. but i will always keep in mind that i will be sent back to the united states senate because all alaskans came together. this coalition i'm talking about of strong democrats, of independents, of individuals from all political stripes, urban and rural, coming together. that's who i need to be responsive to. not necessarily to my party or to the confines that, perhaps, most associate with the regular operations of the senate. >> right, with the next session of the senate, we've already heard there are a number of republican senators in leadership positions as well who now say, you know, we're up for an earmark ban. now you sound like we've read some of your comments and you sound like you're still for earmarks. can you clarify that for us? >> uh-huh. i believe very, very strongly that -- that as an elected official and as the constitution clearly

seven democrats who have announced opposition to harry reid's frame of mind on this whole issue, joe liebermanith the democrats, this is what he says over the tax hikes. he says the votes are not there to let the tax cuts for wealthier taxpayers simply expire. then you have chuck schumer of new york proposed raising the threshold for tax cuts to the one million mark. >> that's the geraldo idea. >> well and actually, that idea would probably pass with a lot more people than the 250 mark because let's face it, in today's age of 2010, if you're a small business owner, $250,000 is a lot of money but not really when you're running a business. >> conservative democrat senator ben nelson says a lot of the democrats think all the tax cuts should be suspended. they're hardly singing from the same part and we'll see what happens next week during the big vote. >> i don't think they're going to get it done. >> they got to. >> here's the thing. if they don't get it done in january, it's a whole new congress and we know how that would all flush out and maybe they would make the tax -- the tax rates that wou

getting some support for his view from the chair of the senate of homeland security committee joe lieberman telling the tsa chief do what needs to be done to keep flying safe. >> i think, perhaps, the reaction to the patdown procedures got ahead of tsa's or the department's description of what you were doing and why you were doing it. but if god forbid, that bomb on umar farouk abdulmutallab's body had gone off on the plane over detroit, congress and i dare say the public would have been demanding not just the body imaging equipment but patdown. >> of course, not everybody agrees with lieberman about the new screening procedures. critics call it invasive. several web sites now are calling for a national opt out day on november 24th saying the government shouldn't have the ability to virtually strip search anyone it wants without cause. back to you guys. >> all right, julie. thanks a lot. and the other question comes to mind, too, two 9/11 families go on the record and say, you know what? if you have a better idea how to keep us safe, bring it forward. don't just be critical of the screeners

does she move back into the republican fold or have some independence joe lieberman style. host: our guests are both here in washington on this sunday morning. thank he very much. please come back again. members to watch. we have a list of some of the new medicals members -- medicals to keep an eye on. the lame duck session miss it week and the 112th congress convening in january. we want to look at some of the leading events. a lot of issues on the table. bush era tax cuts, more debate over the deficit and leadership for the next congress. guest: a hroplong list, short . i think what you are looking at is the big issue being the bush era tax cuts. i think what yo you sense is th is a desire on both sides to get some kind of deal. the white house indicating it might be willing to do some permanent extension for a short period of time, backing off that earlier this week. however, i think what we are looking at is a sense on both the part of the white house and t the, some democrats in the soon to be minority who are willing to get this off the table for a while. host: what i

versus joe lieberman. i think that would be a good race for our state. and i'm very -- i'm -- i'm very concerned that the g.o.p.'s take my votes seriously. i know they got deconstructed by the tea party movement, but it's all about the economy with my vote. i'm extremely worried about the -- even paul crodman's projections for 2025 are very concerning to me. i want to talk about the g.o.p. alignment and where they should go from here. guest: well, in the first place, if you agree with david stockman you're probably not going to agree with what they want to do and that is maintain the bush tax cuts and not let them expire at the end of this year and that means all the tax cuts from the wealthy all the way down to those who pay practically pay no tax. i heard david stockman, former budget director under president reagan, at least in reagan's first term, the things that those tax cuts have to be allowed to lapse. republicans don't agree with that. i don't agree with it either. i think it would be harmful to the economy and ultimately to the generation of re

versus joe lieberman. i think that would be a good race for our state. an i'm very -- i'm -- i'm very concerned that the g.o.p.'s take my votes seriously. i know they got deconstructed by the tea party movement, but it's all about the economy with my vote. i'm extremely worried about the -- even paul crodman's projections for 2025 are very concerning to me. i want to talk about the g.o.p. alignment and where they should go from here. guest: well, in the first place, if you agree with david stockman you're probably not going to agree with what they want to do and that is maintain the bush tax cuts and not let them expire at the end of this year and that means all the tax cuts from theealthy a the way down to those who pay practically pay no tax. i heard david stockman, forr budget director under president reagan, at lea in reagan's first term, the things that those tax cuts have to be allowed to lapse. republicans don't agree with that. i don't agree with it either. i think it would be harmful to the economy and ultimately to the generation of revenues if

and she works for joe lieberman and she worked for a year and a half trying to put together a climate change bill that could pass muster there and all it took was, you know, one republican to say -- i mean, finally they courted republicans and they got lindsey graham on board and once he pulled out, that was it. and, you know, in some ways just a way that the senate works and you could argue, and many have, that, in fact, a slowing, efficient legislative process. and you could even argue that the filibuster has been abused. but it's sort of always been the case -- i think it probably always will be the case that the senate is going to be the sort of slower-moving body and probably from house democrats perspective that more, you know, foot-dragging obfuscating but i don't see a whole bunch of reform on the filibuster in particular more do i see much change -- >> i think there is going to be some change in the rules actually. and i also think that if we could argue that the filibuster had actually been used for the purposes of deliberation i think that would be one conversation. but tha

versus joe lieberman. i think that would be a good race for our state.and i'm very -- i'm -- i'm very concerned that the g.o.p.'s take my votes seriously. i know they got deconstructed by the tea party movement, but it's all about the economy with my vote. i'm extremely worried about the -- even paul crodman's projections for 2025 are very concerning to me. i want to talk about the g.o.p. alignment and where they should go from here. guest: well, in the first place, if you agree with david stockman you're probably not going to agree with what they want to do and that is maintain the bush tax cuts and not let them expire at the end of this year and that means all the tax cuts from the wealthy all the way down to those who pay practically pay no tax. i heard david stockman, former budget director under president reagan, at least in reagan's first term, the things that those tax cuts have to be allowed to lapse. republicans don't agree with that. i don't agree with it either. i think it would be harmful to the economy and ultimately to the generation of rev