john graham. >> it is absurd that we waste an awful lot of time.n the old days, they did not bother. they thought that have been was more important than earth, and we have lost that idea, but i actually think it is true. >> in the afterlife, are there crosswords there? forgive me. >> if i do see, i think it transcends anything we can think about. >> that is all from us for this week. from all of us on the program, goodbye. unbowe

john mccain and lindsey graham because every damn sunday, you turn on the sunday shows. has their ugly mugs on t.v.? john mccain and lindsey graham on every one of the freakin shows. sometimes more than one. but if they are not on fox, they are on abc. if they are not on ab. c, they are on the "meet the press." if they are not on "meet the press" they are on quite state of the union." they are always dumping on everything obama is doing over and over and over. there are 100 senators. right? alt every sunday do we have to here that idiot lindsey graham from south carolina who has become the biggest scourge of the republican party, the u.s. senate and john mccain who ish something maybe to say 20 years ago but he doesn't have today. it's the same ol' gabble. there they were again yesterday, trotting them out, lindsey graham was on face the nation, and john mccain on fox news sunday. so lindsey graham still doesn't know enough about benghazi and he is not going to let chuck hagel go forward unless we find out some more. >> i don't think we should allow brennan to go forward

>> john: yes. >> i prefer lindsey graham and his preference for lebanese men. >> john: karl rove mike his new group repulsive. michelle malkin said rove is doubling down on stupid. that's in defense of the tea party, and donald trump called rove a total loser. if the enemy of my enemy is my friend what if the enemy of my enemy is karl rove? anyone? >> i'll just say this puts fox news in a really awkward position. the home of karl rove. they reuped his contract. he's sort of their in-house pundit guy and they essentially created the tea party in 2009. millions of dollars in free marketing, free branding. we'll put together these rallies. fox news is the tea party. now they're fighting each other. now there is this civil war and there are complaints on the right that karl rove is the face of fox and fox news is the home of the republican elite. they created this monster now they've got to battle it out. i don't think fox news does well with let's air our differences. fox news is designed to attack the democratic party. >> john: and this guy gets paid to watch fox news. he knows what he'

john graham. >> it is absurd that we waste an awful lot of time.n the old days, they did not bother. they thought that have been was more important than earth, and we have lost that idea, but i actually think it is true. >> in the afterlife, are there crosswords there? forgive me. >> if i do see, i think it transcends anything we can think about. >> that is all from us for this week. from all of us on the program, goodbye. unbowe >> makes sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. . >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business. offering specialized solutions in capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> "bbc

that's true for folks like john mccain and lindsay graham but not for other republicans. dent obama bring in someone like a john mccain or lindsay graham to support this when it comes to the senate trying to avert the sequester and see if the senate can pass something and then you'll end up trying to see if the house can do the same. >> thank you very much. we'll have more on that meeting tomorrow to see the afternoon math of it all. >>> coming up, manty toe back in the news. there's new reports some coaches and general managers are asking him if he's gay. we'll get the latest on when's going on there. >>> but first, there's a lot going on today. the senate finance committee has approved the nomination of president obama's former chief of staff jack lew to be the new treasury secretary and now goes to the full senate for a vote. the senate voted earlier to end a republican filibuster against hagel's nomination to be defense secretary. final vote whether to confirm hagel could happen later today. those are the things we just thought you should know. begin with america's fav

lindsay gram is threatening to block the nominations of defense secretary chuck hagel and john brennan. grahamays he wants more info about the september 11th attack in benghazi, libya, including what president obama did that night. >>> republican senator john mccain said he is leaning towards not voting for chuck hagel. he said hagel was wrong to oppose the troop surge in iran. >>> nevada assembly man steven brooks who was arrested last month has been arrested again. brooks was taken into custody for allegedly attacking a family member and grabbing for a police officer's weapon. >>> congressman and presidential candidate ron paul has filed a complaint with the united nations intellectual property organization for the people who. >> ron: paul.com. they offered ronn paul.org as a free gift but they wanted $250,000 for ron paul.com. trump is city saying the legal system in this country is not a joke. it's not a toy for rich idiots to play with. >> a photo was posed of what he calls his secret service video at a long island elementary school. he says the fifth grade students who want to be secret

as the morning into the afternoon progressed, more and more republicans-- including john mccain and lindsey grahame coming out of a meeting with republicans saying "we're satisfied in the case of john mccain and graham, request the answers we got about benghazi from the white house. we're satisfied now. but we don't think other senators have had enough time. they're not on the arms services commit tee so we'll vote to hold this up now, when we come back in ten days we'll vote yes. it's not blocking, we just want to slow down." >> warner: what were the motivations? you had reid taking it to a vote where it was predicted he would lose and republicans said yeah we'll vote for it in another ten days but not now. what are the politics here? >> on the republican side, the politics have shifted from the center of the three amigos on national security, jindsy graham john mccain and senator kelly ayotte from new hampshire. it's shifted away from them. they had questions about benghazi which had been a major political issue since before the election. those seem to be moving off the table now. there are sena

the president called john mccain, graham and rubio, after rubio called a leaked white house immigration plan half baked and seriously flawed. rubio took the president's call while in jerusalem and says he told the president he feels good about the ongoing senate negotiations. abc7 news anchor dan ashley is the only bay area journalist to interview the president at the white house and that will air tonight at abc7 and he will tweet from washington, dc, as well. >> we could learn if the blade runner, oscar pistorius, is granted bail as he awaits trial in the death of his model girlfriend. it is reported that the prosecution and defense have been argued over where oscar pistorius stood when the shots were fired. the prosecution believes he was standing inside the bathroom. the defense saying he was the hallway. also, south africa police say they found two boxes of testosterone and needles in oscar pistorius' bedroom. the lawyer says it was an herbal remedy. katie marzullo is following this developing story with the latest at top of the hour. authorities are using dogs in the search in the

we showed you john mccain and lindsay graham's rude behavior. and they're hardly alone. the lesson that many of the gop seem to have learned from 2012 is, if you want to stop losing elections, just keep doing exactly what you've been doing. >>> the documentary "the gatekeepers" a fascinating look at the members of israel's security agency. the interesting job of dealing with palestinians in the occupied territories. they're a lot more like barack obama than like benjamin netanyahu. >>> let me finish with a chance of a fabulous massachusetts delegation in the united states senate. elizabeth warren and edward marquee. this is "hardball." c-max has a nice little trait, you see, c-max helps you load your freight, with its foot-activated lift gate. but that's not all you'll see, cause c-max also beats prius v, with better mpg. say hi to the all-new 47 combined mpg c-max hybrid. this is so so soft. hey hun, remember you only need a few sheets. hmph! [ female announcer ] charmin ultra soft is so soft you'll have to remind your family they can use less. ♪ charmin ultra soft is m

arizona arizona john mccain and lindsay graham are part of a bipartisan senate group who want to fix the immigration system. >>> and new this morning, we now know what the outgoing pope will be called during retirement. pope benedict xvi will be known as emeritus pope and he'll go by your holiness benedict xvi. the pope made the decision himself. the pope is stepping down officially this thursday. >> cool. you can decide. >> call me your holiness. whatever he wants, he gets. >> he's the big daddy. >>> hewlett packard ceo meg whitman joined a group of republicans breaking from the party to support gay marriage. >> scott mcgrew says she's been pretty hard to pin down on this issue. >> she's held a number of positions. good morning. as ceo of ebay, she was for benefits to domestic partners, which at the time in the 1990s was progressive. her views moved right when she ran for governor of california as a republican. at that time she supported prop 8, which defined marriage as between a man and woman. she's hoping the supreme court will strike down prop 8. whitman joined a number of repub

the rare step on tuesday reaching out to key republican senators, the president called john mccain, lindsay graham as well as marco rubio, who only this past weekend called the president's plan "half-baked." after the call, rubio's office put out a statement that read in part, the senator told the president that he feels good about the ongoing negotiations in the senate and is hope halve the the final product is something that can pass the senate with strong bipartisan support. senator mccain spent his day in town halls in his home state of arizona where he ran into some frustrated crowds who made their anger known about the state of immigration in america. >> why didn't the army go down there and stop them? because the only thing that stops them and i'm afraid to say, is a gun. that's all that will stop them. >> the border is 2,000 miles long i don't know how many army troops would have been required. i'll give you expert information that shows you, probably maybe you're talking about 2 million soldiers. you want to round up 11 million people and send them back to their country. they're not going

john mccain, lindsey graham and marco rubio. details of a white house backup plan on immigration were leaked over the weekend. >>> general john allen who was nominated to be nato supreme ally commander, and got caught up in the petraeus scandal, has announced his retirement. his concern is for the health of his wife, kathy. she has stood beside him for more than 35 years, allowing him to serve his country. >>> also, former congressman, jesse jackson jr. and his wife are due in court today. expected to plead guilty to federal charges. jackson is accused of spending $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items, including a $40,000 gold rolex. his wife, former chicago lawmaker, sandy jackson, is charged with filing false tax returns. >>> as pope benedict prepares to step down, the buzz is growing about the unlikely possibility that an american could be next in line. the spotlight is on cardinal sean o'malley of boston. he's known for simply wearing a brown robe and scandals. he inherited an archdiocese badly tainted by the church sc

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senators john mccain and graham are part of a bipartisan senate group working to overhaul the immigration system. the white house will not say why the president is not meeting with the republicans in a group including rubio of florida. john mccain says he think lawmakers can come to an agreement by the end of next month. >> a new snowstorm is crossing the midsection creating havoc for residents still digging out from last week's dig blizzard. the new storm brought heavy snow to kansas and missouri early this morning after lashing the texas panhandle with hung-force winds. it is a traffic nightmare with so many drives stranded that the national guard had to be called in, in albuquerque, new mexico, interstate 40 was shut down forcing truck drivers to wait out the conditions. >> it costs money to sit still and to run it etchty -- empty so hopefully they get it cleared >> there is now one death reported associated with the storm. the winds were so strong in north texas it peeled bricks from the side of a building. today there is more worry that several thunderstorms and heavy rain are possib

instead is he shouting on you to get off the lawn. >> largely, lindsey graham is convinced john mccainecause lindsey graham is getting possibly primaried, and they need to be defiant right-wingers. >> i'm a south carolina girl, and i know folks in south carolina aren't happy with linsey graham. they feel like he is a rhino. every once in a while redskinsy fwram has to prove his -- >> every lots in a while. >> he is drawing john mccain into this drama who, of course, has all these old grievances with hagel, but i do think going forward what does this mean for hagel? does he assume this position, like we think he will, and is he damaged? is this just the beginning of more fights that he is going to have with the senate? is this going to damage his -- >> there is a question about all of this. the obama fiction of the democratic party has been very good for the democratic party. the obamafiction of senate republicans has been bad for them and the republican party. whether it is chuck hagel or colin powell or bob gates, this is a president who has worked with republicans on major issues, se

after both lindsey graham and john mccain said they were largely satisfied according to the hill, buttill wanted to push the hagueel vote back. in reality it's not like they actually care about any of that. this is purely about political grandstanding. and speaking of that john boehner is using the senate to excuse his complete lack of action in the house. >> the president likes to attack congress but if he's serious about enacting his agenda, i think it must start with the part of this congress, the united states senate. why can't he get past in the united states senate? >> michael: that's a really good question mr. speaker. let's get to work, senate democrats. joining me now philip ewing. he comes to us from washington, d.c. philip, welcome inside "the war room"." >> thanks for having me. >> michael: let's just start at the basics about hagel. once the senate gets closure what will be next for chuck hagel? >> the way it will probably work is that republicans want to vote on thursday to end debate on hagel. it doesn't look like democrats have the votes to stop their barricade, and so

presidente obama se reunio a puertas cerradas en la casa blanca con los senadores republicanos lindsay graham y johncain para hablar de la reforma migratoria. una dreamer dice que esta esperanzada por la reactivacion de las negociaciones de 1 reforma migratoria. mis papas, mis amigos, familiares,. es algo que todos necesitamos.1 reforma ayudaria indocumentados. tres universidades jesuitas, loyola chicago, santa clara y fairfield presentaron en el congreso un estudio detallando los problemas que enfrentan. de miedo, que no saben que vana hacer con sus familias. cuando regresan a sus casas no saben si sus familias van a estar aqui. y viven con 1 sentido de miedo en sus vidas universitarias. uno de estos jovenes recibio la accion diferida en noviembre y estudia leyes. tengo que cuidar de lo que hablo. tengo que protegerme a mi mismo porque tambien mi familia va incluida. si yo digo algo de mas puede ser que mi familia sea afectada." en 1 discurso en washington, la secretaria de seguridad nacional janet napolitano insistio en que el congreso debe ver 1 reforma como 1 cambio a todo el sistema migratorio,

. >> reporter: also today, president is scheduled to meet with republican senators lindsay graham and john mccain. now, both have been outspoken critics of cuts to the defense department. now, the meeting is supposed to be about immigration reform and the republicans' plan that they are working on. we do think perhaps it will provide an opening for at least some conversation to begin about these cuts. back to you. >> we certainly hope so. >> thank you. >>> new this morning, in even egypt, a hot air balloon crash has killed 18 people and injured three others. a hot air balloon caught fire and crashed into a sugar cane field. the victims are from france, britain, japan and hong kong. three survivors were taken to a local hospital and it is one of the worst accidents involving tourists in egypt. >>> also new this morning, the u.s. supreme court takes up the question of dn actual sam peopling to help involve crimes. the justices will hear arguments from maryland officials who want police to be allowed to take dna samples from people who have been arrested but not convicted. twenty-eight states

lindsey graham is the perfect example. pure self-force. his friend john mccain relates to it because that's how he ran his re-election campaign, pure self-interest. not anything of substance. this isn't about chuck hagel but a republican party in a lot of was is broken. maybe you're right, don't want to get to guns or talk about uncomfortable things like immigration reform. this is so bad, such a bad precedent it's hard to believe someone like john mccain who claims to love the institution of the senate would do it. >> particularly when we just had this. what's maddening about this, to watch harry reid complain about it is a little much. he had a chance to do something and he bailed. he basically had this gentleman's agreement with mitch mcconnell. the president is saying we now have this de facto 60-vote rule. exactly. that's what advocates o reforming the filibuster in a muscular way you write in the rules are saying this is the tendency that there is nothing to interrupt this tendency right now. there's nothing in the norms of the institution. there's

we showed you john mccain and lindsey graham's rude behavior and they're hardly alone.he lesson many of the gops seem to have learned from 2012 is if you want to stop losing elections, just keep doing exactly what you've been doing. strange lesson. >>> the documentary "the gatekeepers" is a fascinating look at the people involved with dealing with palestinians in the occupied territories. they're a lot more like barack obama than like benjamin netanyahu. >>> finally, let me finish tonight with a chance of a fabulous massachusetts delegation to the united states senate now. elizabeth warren and edward markey. and this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> i knew there was something really special abthis place. and that having the honor to >> welcome back to "hardball." that was, of course, secretary of state hillary clinton saying good-bye today to the men and women of the state department. now, let the campaign begin. she may not want -- may want some r&r for the short run, but already the world of democratic operatives and donors is itching for the big drive in 20

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he will sit down with john mccain and lindsay graham. they are part of the gang of 8 working on immigration reform. >>> the snowstorm that slammed -- time now 4:34 we want to go to sal with a first look at traffic, sal? >>> good morning to you, we are doing well in many areas out there. just pardon me, we are looking apt the traffic which is moving along well and we had an earlier accident at panola road and traffic looks good but they are clearing up the roadwork and you can insert your own truck work there. this is a look at 280 as you get to highway 17 and that traffic is moving along very well. let's go to steve. >>> well, our pattern is not changing. our weak system is continuing march into the pacific northwest where they move into monster systems. it is an amazing amount of snow from the texas panhandle up towards kansas, i will show you in a second. 30s and 40s, not as cold as yesterday, 47 in san francisco, north wind, little bit of a north wind and it will hold temperatures in concord san jose, all much colder, 41. somewhat of

john mccain echoed his colleague calling it an excellent meeting. wow. mccain and graham senior republicans on the so-called gang of eight that's been working on fixing illegal immigration in this country. what good news for everybody. we'll be right back. hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! ♪ wow. [ buzz ] delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? bee happy. bee healthy. with clusters of flakes and o's. oh, ho ho... it's the honey sweetness. i...i mean, you...love. >>> we're back. when president obama won reelection last year, he wasn't the only one making history. my home state of pennsylvania elected the first woman to serve as the state's attorney general. kathleen kane was a long-time prosecutor on cases from murder to corruption and fraud. she is the first democrat ever to hold the post that has become an electable office back in 1980. now some democrats are calling her a rising star in the democratic party natio

she was standing about three feet away from lindsey graham and john mccain two of the people who were hardest on her for the benghazi matter. we didn't see any interchange at all. usually they studiously ignore each other. >> i did john mccain and lindsey graham hug in an almost unseemly fashion. leon panetta the out going secretary of defense. they have been two of the most critical of the nominee to be his successor, chuck hagel. it is date night too. i want to point out that. the democratic senator from colorado two years ago proposed, judy, that members instead of just democrats sitting with democrats and republicans... this year i think he's doing it with the republican senator from alaska, that peoplec with people from the other party and across the aisle. several members have done it. i think mccain and gram seem to be a couple of them. >> they share the popcorn. woodruff: that's a tradition they started a few years ago. a a number of members picked it up. it seemed to fade. >> it was done right after the gabrielle giffords. >> woodruff: she's here tonight. i don't think we've

we showed you john mccain and lindsey graham's rude behavior and they're hardly alone.he lesson many of the gops seem to have learned from 2012 is if you want to stop losing cleks just keep doing exactly what you've been doing. strange lesson. >>> the documentary the gatekeepers is a fascinating look at the people involved with dealing with palestinians in the occupied territories. they're a lot more like barack obama than like benjamin netanyahu. >>> finally, let me finish tonight with a chance of a fabulous massachusetts delegation to the united states senate now. elizabeth warren and edward markey. and this is "hardball," the place for politics. to the best vacation spot on earth. (all) the gulf! it doesn't matter which of our great states folks visit. mississippi, alabama, louisiana or florida, they're gonna love it. shaul, your alabama hospitality is incredible. thanks, karen. love your mississippi outdoors. i vote for your florida beaches, dawn. bill, this louisiana seafood is delicious. we're having such a great year on the gulf, we've decided to put aside our ri

we showed you john mccain and lindsey graham's rude behavior and they're hardly alone.he lesson many of the gops seem to have learned from 2012 is if you want to stop losing elections, just keep doing exactly what you've been doing. strange lesson. >>> the documentary "the gatekeepers" is a fascinating look at the people involved with dealing with palestinians in the occupied territories. they're a lot more like barack obama than like benjamin netanyahu. >>> finally, let me finish tonight with a chance of a fabulous massachusetts delegation to the united states senate now. elizabeth warren and edward markey. and this is "hardball," the place for politics. he nissan ala and reimagined nearly everything in it? gave it greater horsepower and class-leading 38 mpg highway... advanced headlights... and zero gravity seats? yeah, that would be cool. introducing the completely reimagined nissan altima. it's our most innovative altima ever. nissan. innovation that excites. now get a $199-per-month lease on the 2013 nissan altima. ♪ on the 2013 nissan altima. ...tax time can ofbe.

. >> and in fact, anita, to that point, lindsey graham, john mccain have their own reasons for wantingmigration. marco rubio if he wants to run for president and we believe everyone has ambitions, would i think be in his interest to get this done now and a compromise behind him. >> i think it is in the interest of both political parties and for the nation to get this done now. however, michael's point about the fact that when it's bad enough having to do one response, andrea. i can tell you that as one on the other side and when you have a party that feels it's necessary to do two responses you have a seriously divided party with the challenge of trying to do something where you have such mainstream support from a john mccain, from a lindsey graham, from a marco rubio. it tells you how difficult this is going to be for the republicans to get this done. >> and for the president facing divided republican opposition. >> yes. >> thank you. we have to leave it there. good to see you. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ]

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what i think is really wrong, you said this was not about john mccain or lindsey graham -- that is wrong. in a congressional hearing, it is about everybody. everyone knows it is a drama. in this drama, chuck hagel was halting and the republican were bullies. nobody came out looking good. >> he is going to be secretary of defense, he has to negotiate with the russians, the iranians, and you say he can believe in a congressional hearing? >> leon panetta, in his first public appearance, after leaving the cia, made a bunch of blunders of this kind. >> here is what is ahead for the next defense secretary, a huge cuts in the budget, sequestration, afghanistan, the bombings in syria, egypt in chaos, al qaeda all over the place, china with the military might, north korea talking about another test, targeting the united states. why didn't they get into that stuff? >> it was up to the members to do it but they did not get into it. it was not the objective. the objective from one side was to make sure the president's nominee gets through. the other side was to do everything they could to damage him