did you mislead joe manchin? did he know? >> i didn't talk personally to joe manchin.oe manchin didn't say anything in there that will save coal miners' lives or make it safer or healthier for them. he's spewing the same thing, type of rhetoric they spew for a long time to camouflage the truth that the mine blew up because of natural gas. they can talk all they want to about the things he's speaking about there. the documentary didn't have a purpose in making senator manchin happy or have as a purpose to blast anyone. it basically had as a purpose to make miners safer. >> was there some kind of attempt to get joe manchin in, to make it look credible to have a senator in it? >> adroit films did it. i funded the documentary. i wasn't present when senator manchin was spoken to. >> don blankenship is going to stay with us. >>> coming up, we're going to be joined by someone who has a different view on coal mining. stay with us. it would be a scary process. when i was introduced to truecar, i didn't have to second guess myself. i felt more confident... in what i was doing. t

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in the 2010 west virginia senate race democrat joe manchin took the attack ad to a different level toe bill. it resides above his fireplace. like any vaition -- visionary he has had his imitators. >> government health care we don't need it. we can't afford it. this is what i do to that law. pull. [laughter] >> jon: that is so primal. [ laughter ] what does he do to bills he likes? [laughter] really not sure what that was. [ laughter ] i think these gentleman may have a fundamental misunderstanding of how it works. if you destroy it the thing it represents is gone forever. that would be a hole in the system i spilled coffee on the 13th amendment. black people are slaves again. doesn't work that way. we're heading to the 2014 mid term campaign season. i wonder if we'll see bill shooting ads that out (bleep) the previous ones. >> we're here to talk with serious topics the second amendment and see how many damage we can do to this copy of obamacare. >> jon: a handgun. trying to kill obamacare or give the a flesh wound? [laughter] i didn't know you weren't done yet. ♪ [laughter] holy (blee

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joe can do that. mayor bloomberg, despite the fact he's got a fast track ticket to heaven might not be as successful in doing that. we'll see. >> remember, manchin stuck his neck out after newtown, he tried that. and he got nothing back. >> well, like i said about president obama, you got to keep going. keep trying. and joe is trying. and i still think on background checks there's a deal to be had. but that deal will come from pro-gun people like joe manchin working with nra and not mike bloomberg. >> correct. correct. >> very interesting in jeremy piece talked about how he wants to be as aggressive on the other side with the nra meaning democratic candidates even if i agree with you on every other issue, if you're for guns, we're going to come after you. we're going to put money into your challenges. we're going to try to beat you where you live. >> well, that's actually where he'll have the bigger impact. >> yeah. >> it's not going to happen in the republican primary. it's just not. and look what happened in 2013, terri mccauliffe, the pro-gun control guy won in virginia. that's not the only issue throughout. even though he made it seem like i

joe manchin of west virginia. angus king, independent from maine and very strong conservative on budget issues. how does that play into the factor, due to the fact if republicans take control of the senate? >> they may potentially lose some red state democrats that would be inclined to vote with them. you could see a situation even if republicans do have the majority, where it could be a bit more partisan and divided than it is now because you have people like kay hagan and mary landrieu who occasionally will lean voting a little bit more with republicans not very often. you could see them losing people like joe manchin, those type of mentalities. red state democrats they can sometimes count on to be a vote in their favor. you may have less of those moving forward. >> fascinating. the tea party has been a huge influence. ellison barber, thank you very much. >> you bet. jenna: it is only fair and right we talk about the irs. the irs is preparing for a next step in obamacare. the agency is about to track and find pe

. >> joe manchin has been a success on statewide level. >> joe manchin, republicans, yes. and so, but, the thing that is going to help republicans is that that obama won that state, excuse me, obama lost that state, just got 36% of the vote. statewide it is not really friendly environment for democrats and it's an open seat. so i think that helps republicans. >> jamie, nina just mentioned the 30 6% that the -- 36% the president received. 46% convicted felon serving time in texas won during the democratic primary campaign. what does that say that could happen in this race. >> president obama is not popular in west virginia at all. he is not a friend of the coal industry, a major industry in west virginia. democrats have a real uphill battle in this race. this is almost the opposite of the oregon race this is first or second likely seat to fall to republicans. the or gone race is number 1 har tsunami. this looks good for republicans. >> republicans need six seats to take control of the senate. a few more months to go. but two interesting races in oregon and west virginia. ta

chris kofinis, senator joe manchin and larry o'connor join us.new york times" had an expansive report that said people are deciding to risk it kind of like they did before obamacare. they figured, i'm still pretty young, pretty healthy. why should i pay high premiums? what's going to happen to them now? are they going to have to pay the penalties? >> well at some point they're going to have to pay the penalty. i think you have to put some things in perspective. the good news is we have 8 million people who are insured. you have 4 million in medicaid. 3 million through their parents' plans. that's 15 million people. that's a significant number. are there going to be individuals for ideological reasons or economic reasons who chose, i don't want to get health care right now? they might. but i think what's going to end up happening in the long term -- and in the short term as people become more comfortable with the program and see the benefits, they're going to make that cost benefit calculation that it makes more sense and that we're not invincible

. >> senator joe manchin. >>> obamacare is on life support according to this doctor.re are ways to patch this up, make it better, but you disagree? >> i do disagree, neil, and it's so great to be with you this afternoon. this is really a bureaucratic cancer. it's 2700 pages of new regulations, and the law spawned 20,000 pages of new regulations that insinuates itself, so even if we try to tweak it, there's so much left behind that we just need to scratch the whole thing, start over and do it right this time. >> as an ophthalmologist, what is the problem for you? >> i think it's a global problem for physicians. what it does, this law mandates an electronic medical records are necessary, which are not secure. medical records that allow the bureaucrat to insinuate themselves between the doctor and the patients. >> but you've been dealing with insurance companies and playing essentially the same role with those bozos, right? so you would switch bozos or maybe expand bozos? >> you are absolutely right. we've been under the thumb of insurance and third party payers for a lo

miller is executive director of america rising and former rnc communications director and staff of joe manchinwest virginia. thank you for talking to me today. this event draws 70,000 ardent supporters of the second amendment, the right to bear arms. so it's a voter-rich event for possible contenders for the 2016 gop presidential run. among them, of course, let's name them. governor bobby jindal, senator marco rubio, rick santorum. what do they have to do to be considered serious contenders? tim? >> well, kelly, look, i think that obviously this is going to be an important issue in the 2016 primaries for all these guys. and that's why you have seen them head out to indianapolis this weekend. but even more pressing right now is looking at mitch mcconnell, and this issue is going to be a great wedge issue in the 2014 elections, where you've got michael bloomberg on one side and the nra on the other side. and the nra is much more popular in the states where these elections are being held, like arkansas, kentucky, where the majority leader or the minority leader, rather, is up for a tough re-elect

here's an example. [ gunfire ] last year, senators joe manchin and pat toomey, a democrat and a republican, came up with legislation that would expand background checks and close loopholes in the current system. most people thought this was a good idea. >> 90% of americans, including a lot of gun owners, supported the idea of expanded background checks. >> 90% of americans support universal checks. >> 88% of gun owners support background checks. >> democrats, 95%, republicans, 87% in favor to have background checks. >> background checks for those people buying guns are among the most popular policies of any kind. >> and even though the majority of people were behind the idea of background checks, an influential few were not. >> the shooters in aurora, the shooters in newtown, they're unrecognizable. they're not going to be in the system. who is going to be in the system you and me. >> guess who won out in the end? >> the gun control legislation that was supposed to tighten background checks was defeated today in the u.s. senate. >> the manchin/toomey amendment was defeated despite broad po

i want to thank my cosponsor, senator joe manchin and senator mitch mcconnell. i tell you, the inspiration for this bill begins with the story of a boy named jeremy bell. the story begins in delaware county, pennsylvania. one of the schoolteachers in this school that jeremy bell attended -- one of the schoolteachers in the school in delaware county was found to have molested several boys and raped one of them. prosecutors decided there was not enough evidence to bring a case. the school knew about what was happening and decided to dismiss the teacher for this appalling behavior, but what was so amazing and disturbing about it is the school also helped this predator land a job at another school in west virginia, even passing along a letter of recommendation so that they could move their problem somewhere else. the story ended in 1997 when that teacher, by then a school principal, raped and murdered 12-year-old jeremy bell in west virginia. justice finally caught world cup that teacher. he is now serving in jail a life sentence for that murder, but for jeremy bell

democrats from oil states, marylandu, senator from louisiana, mark beg itch of alos angelesa and joe manchin a coal state, people want to push not just green energy but more traditional formgs of energy who are -- forms of energy who are behind the keystone pipeline. it is not a energy issue, it is a jobs issue. people think this could produce up to thousands of jobs and could boost the economy at a time when the economy that's been sluggish. so for democrats, it is a tough issue for that reason. >> and then why, on the other hand, are the republicans chamming the keystone pipeline? >> well this is a great issue for them plaolitically right no. they will come on top on the debut because they can use this as a political weapon. they believe this is an emerging resource to produce jobs making us less dependent on foreign oil, even with the case in ukraine. they believe the more oil we produce, somehow we can take the pressure off of ukraine so they are not so dependent on putin for oil. this is all wound in together. >> and on that note, do you think that would or should cause the administrati

on top of that, i say the joe manchin should not be underestimated. thank you very much.ost: thank you. ramon joins us from front royal, virginia. good morning, republican line. are you with us? caller: i am. very interesting program. the comment that the person made about ben carson being vice president, i am disappointed that coburn is dropping out. he is such a good, good man. bernie sanders? my goodness, no. jeb bush? i like jeb bush. i am sorry about his mother's comment. i think he is very good. so much big political working against him. i don't know. but we have got to get a good republican in there. host: thank you for the call. you're the second person to make a reference to the comments made by former first lady, barbara bush, who sat down with us last year as part of our first lady series. you can check out that interview in our video library. also this morning from "the new york times close vote one of the books you might be reading this week might be "thrive," by arianna huffington. also michael lewis, with an interview in "the new york times." the newsmakers

we have a situation right now and i agree with senator joe manchin that putting all our eggs in one basket i have been told that there are no long-term contracts and that we saw many situations where we are doing less maintenance and we have less people and we weren't able to bring some of this online because of that. and so there was one plan that starts the unit and they were able to get gas either. with that, thank you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. i am the president and ceo of the corporation and we are an energy producer with 94 plants in 20 states and we produce about enough energy for 30 homes. we are the largest in the united states and 95% of address is natural gas. we have 5000 megawatts of capacity in 90% of those have all fuel capability arguments. we believe the competitive electric sector is shaped in this transition from one of coal and less gas between coal and gas over the next several years. the market is not perfect. there are some changes needed and i will talk about it. but it is working. we strongly believe that competition and free market are much better as

he was chief of staff for senator joe manchin. dana millbank, columnist for "the washington post." my favorite brain trust groups right here. good to get you guys all together. >> right back at you. >> dana, let me start with you. you were prolific this week, by the way. you wrote two articles this week. that's a lot. >> i wrote four, craig, but i'm glad two got to you. >> even i know that. >> but here's the thing. the nra out in full force in indianapolis. opponents there calling themselves the davids versus the goliaths. the nra, it seems, still winning the messaging war. how can these davids get their messages heard? >> well, we've been asking ourselves this for a long, long time now. and the fact of the matter is the people who want gun control are far more numerous than the people there at the nra convention. so it's not really a matter of public opinion. if it were a matter of public opinion, this would be resolved long ago. what it is, they have a strangle hold over the national legislature here in washington and in the state legislatures in various states. public opinion ac

. >> thank you, that was senator joe manchin paying tribute to his mother and grandmother on equal paydaytor, thank you very much. >> thanks for having me, mika. tell joe, happy birthday. >> i will. he's talking to a bear. i really don't understand it. anyway, senator, equal pay for women. it's 2014, right, minicole? >> it is. >> it will pass, right? >> i sure hope it does. as we've seen so many times in washington, the bottom line is it's far past that we pass this. you would thing it's common sense. n west virginia, mika, over 80,000 households are led by women in west virginia. 29,000 are at or below the poverty guidelines, the poverty levels. my goodness, what it would do to increase the quality of life in my state of west virginia would be tremendous. and i just don't believe there's any room for discrimination in any way shape or form in the workplace. and equal pay is the easiest way to really bring that to equality. >> i guess the arguments is that transparency and other things being called for in executive actions southwest in the paycheck fairness act maybe might provide a burde

and chris cofinni, the former chief of staff to west virginia senator joe manchin. f you. >> good morning. >> all right, joe, i'll start with you, when you hear something like this and you also know that polling recently suggests that the fact that hillary clinton is a woman in politics and her being first lady is one of her biggest credentials, what do you think her biggest achievement was? chris, you can go ahead and take that. >> i'm sorry, i didn't hear that question, i'm sorry. >> what do you think her biggest achievement was? would she simply be another candidate that would be a hollywood celebrity-type candidate like barack obama? >> yeah, i mean, i really don't think that's a concern either amongst democrats or most people watching if she decides to run. listen, i think you can look at it in terms of two ways of her tenure as secretary of state. in terms of the bigger accomplishments to transition the united states out of iraq and afghanistan, both significant things. she was an integral part of going after bin laden, also a significant thing. she helped move