his lieutenant governor john walsh to hold the montana u.s. senate seat. mr. run for the seat for a full term in november. in the meantime, he'll be sworn in on tuesday to hold the seat temporarily and that will make him the junior u.s. start from montana serving alongside jon tester which just goes to show that although there might be lots of different people in montana qualified to be aus senator, as a nation, we're really more comfortable with all u.s. senators from montana all having just the one haircut. you may forget if that's john walsh or jon tester you're looking at but when you see that little updo, you can be confident that that is at least the haircut of the senator from monta montana. they share it. it's just the one. we'll be right back. to climb the empire state building. and then climb it again 1,000 times. your heart is amazing. take care of it with centrum silver. multivitamins with b vitamins and lycopene to help support your heart and packed with key nutrients to help support your eyes and brain, too. centrum silver. for the most amazing pa

at 12:15 p.m., john walsh will be sworn in by vice president joe biden. he will replace former democratic senator max baucus whose last week was confirmed as the new u.s. ambassador to china. newly sworn in fed chair janet yellen is appearing before the house financial services committee. she will deliver first monetary policy report to congress. you can watch live coverage on c-span3 at 10 eastern this morning. >> although history's other vietnam war might only make passing reference to the f-100 come it's not because they were not there in numbers. perhaps not as glamorous as other planes. their contribution to the war effort was irreplaceable. >> beautiful, absolutely beautiful. it just seems so familiar to actually sit here. >> when we put it back together again you will have to come see it. >> my personal tie to this airplane, is the airplane i flew in vietnam, this very tail number. of the 226 combat missions, i flew about 180 nations in this airplane. it's my titanium mistress. it's what brought me home at times when it probably shouldn't have, whe

john walsh is considered the ons-on favorite to get the nod >>> if you are a frequent flyer, you areking it but leave it to vice president joe biden to say it outloud. he was the at amtrak station to unveil a new locomotive and took a jab at subsidies saying we should modernize american transportation to compete with the world. >> if i blindfolded someone and took them at 2:00 in the morning into the airport in hong kong and said, where do you think you are, they would say this must be america, it is a modern airport. if i took him blindfolded and took him to laguardia, he must think i must be in some third world country. i'm not joking. >> wow. >> well, jay leno got a warm sendoff from senator john mccain. the arizona republican said he made him laugh every night, even though he was the butt of leno's jokes more than 400 times. the senator also said jimmy fallon has some big shoes to fill. >>> a reporter from bill o'reilly confronted house democratic leader, nancy pelosi, about a promise she made to the fox news host she would do an interview with him in her offer. congresswoman pel

today it is my pleasure to welcome the next senator from montana, lieutenant governor john walsh. governor walsh will be sworn in prior to the weekly caucus meetings. mr. president, i am really happy with this man coming here. my friend, the assistant leader, has heard me say this before, but i think it is worth repeating. when i served in the house of representatives, i served on the foreign affairs committee, and henry kissinger appeared before the committee -- subcommittee chaired by congressman solarz from new york. the congressman said to henry kissinger, i'm really at a loss here as to what to call you. doctor? he was a ph.d. mr. ambassador. he had been an ambassador. mr. secretary. and went through some other titles that he had had. and finally, kissinger interrupted and said your excellency would be just fine. well, with walsh, we have the same problem. he has been a general. he has been lieutenant governor. it's protocol when you're lieutenant governor, you are referred to as governor. so he has a number of different titles. but soon he will be senator. i have talked to hi

john walsh. our nation's newest u.s. senator. who? yes. unanimously to confirm montana senator max baucus as new ambassador to china. taking the ambassador job means resigning the senate so that means montana needs a new u.s. senator. today montana's democratic governor picked this guy. he will run for the seat. in the meantime, he'll be sworn in on tuesday to hold the seat temporarily and that will make him the junior u.s. start from montana serving alongside jon tester which just goes to show that although there might be lots of different people in montana qualified to be a u.s. senator, as a nation, we're really more comfortable with all u.s. senators from montana all having just the one haircut. you may forget if that's john walsh or jon tester you're looking at but when you see that little updo, you can be confident that that is at least the haircut of the senator from montana. they share it. it's just the one. we'll be right back. so i deserve a small business credit card with amazing rewards. with the spark cash card from capital on

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this eck would, montana's former democratic lieutenant governor john walsh will be sworn in to replace senator max baucus, confirmed last week to be the next u.s. ambassador to china. walsh will have now the advantages incumbency. >> you know, i'll leave it to the voters to decide what happens in november. i chose the person that i believed would be most effective. >> it's an enormous responsibility, and i accept that responsibility knowing full well that there's a tremendous amount of work to be done in washington. >> walsh, who will run in a state which the president lost by 14 points, is already distancing himself from national democrats saying, i'm not going to get sucked into washington, d.c. and national democrats are returning the favor. senator michael bennett, responsible for holding on the democratic majority, says john is the kind of guy who may not agree with the party on every single issue, but he has the selflessness and courage to always do what he thinks is right for montana. >>> next up, the red-state democrats. they've been doing pretty much anything they can to dista

john walsh will fill the seat of the senator. is one of the six contested races where democrats are defending senate seat -- this is lynn, phoenix, arizona, debit and credit card user. hello. hello. up for the past five years, my major plank -- for the past five years, my major bank's credit card data was hacked. one of the credit cards i used -- was a state card that was hacked. the credit card people, they have issued new cards with the chip in it but it cannot be used. for the debit card thing, one of my friends started using prepaid cards. her credit card was hacked by a human that was -- that, she was pretty sure, compromised her numbers. i don't think she has had too many issues because she just loads whatever she wants to use that week on it instead of carrying cash. that is how she solved it. i have had three accounts that had to be canceled in the past five years. i am ready for them to switch over. thank you very much. host: house republicans -- thising a plan becomes a part of the discussion over the debt ceiling. kris

the governor of montana appointed his lieutenant governor, john walsh, to the u.s. senate today. walsh will take the seat currently held by fellow democrat max baucus, who's resigning to become the ambassador to china. the new senator takes office on tuesday. he's already announced he'll run for a full term this fall. the national security agency's sweep of americans' phone records is less extensive than first supposed. "the washington post" and "the wall street journal" reported today the n.s.a. now collects less than 30% of all calling data. that's down sharply since 2006, due to surging cell phone use. the reports say the n.s.a will seek court approval to sweep up more cell phone records. in syria, the assad regime began evacuating civilians from rebel-held portions of a besieged city. state t.v. said some 200 people were leaving homs, as a three-day cease-fire begins. the opposition says 2,500 civilians are trapped there. the state department said it's hoping for the best, but taking the news with a grain of salt. >> we've seen the reports overnight and it's a very real possi

john walsh will be a point to to fill the seat vacated by another senator who is leaving after beingrmed as ambassador to china. lieutenant governor wallace was elected in 2012 he was a brigadier general in the montana national guard. 1990aduated college in before receiving a graduate degree in 1990 of. -- 1997. kentucky senator rand paul is our guest on newsmakers. he discusses his potential run will alsont old he talk about kentucky politics and immigration are. here is a brief look. client the senate bill is not the right bill. i am for immigration or. be more to theld liking of republicans in the house. i told him to come to me and work with me. i will help you create a bill that will be acceptable to republicans for top nobody came to me with any compromise. i could not hope for a build i do not think will work. >> he pointed out that there are many inside and outside republican parties who argue that if nothing is done to address immigration, the republican party will write off the whole hispanic vote. they will eventually with her. the other side of that argument is just as in

john walsh has been appointed to max the seat vacated by august. -- baucus.will serve in that seat through january of 2015. also in washington, once again, this weekend next week, the issue of nsa surveillance i cleaned to be before members. surveillance to be before members. a report in "the theington post" and olympics are open today. some comments so far. athena says -- read more and post your thoughts that facebook.com/cspan. one of the western leaders who will not be at sochi is reddish prime minister and -- british prime minister david cameron. issue ofdressing the scottish independence. here's what he had to say. broke family of nations up. something very powerful and very precious the world over would go out forever. economic,s a moral, geopolitical, diplomatic, and yes, let's say privately, emotional case for keeping the united kingdom together. but still, however strongly we ticentwe can be a re nation. it can seem vulgar to fly the flag. some people have advised me to stay at of this issue and do not get too sentimental about the u.k. but frankly,

senate swore in the body's newest member john walsh. a former lieutenant governor and former head of the montana national guard. senator walsh replaces former democratic senator max baucus the last week was confirmed as u.s. ambassador to china. over at the white house president obama and the first lady of the french president francois hollande this morning during an arrival ceremony on the south lawn. the two leaders right now are participating in a joint press conference. we will take you there live now. >> i wanted to ask the bit about that. so the latest round of the geneva ii talks have proven to be as unproductive as the first round was. the conventional -- the chemicals weapons agreement that you both alluded to have removed some weapons but by all accounts it's a small fraction of the overall stockpile the assad regime has and the syrians have missed a couple of deadlines. deadlines. and as a donated to the syrian regime is essentially starving thousands of syrians in homes and elsewhere. everybody agrees that more pressure needs

said that he is appointing lieutenant governor john walsh to serve out the term of backs -- of max baucus was leaving. the interim appointee will serve the remainder of the current term until january 2015. is expected to be sworn in on the senate -- in the senate on tuesday. jane harman eight years on the intelligence committee. a hearingthey held from the leading intelligence officials about worldwide threat. all of that available online. we will show it to you that we can. here's a little bit about a discussion on covert action. this has had serious negative consequences to the national security of the united states. when it comes to america's approach, there is only one thing that is certain. that is our allies have no clue --t our clue is from one what are policy is from one day to the next. we had 10 bilateral meetings and a bipartisan delegation. this was different from the same direction he got from the state department that was different from the direction he got from the white house. the frustration of our allies in a very troubled time. talking about the problem, reviewing the p

lieutenant governor john walsh was elected in 2012 and serve as a brigadier general montana national guard. he graduated in 1990 with his undergraduate agree before getting his masters degree in 1997. watch the senate when they are in session on c-span 2. and rand paul is our guest on "newsmakers." he discusses his potential run for president in 2016, kentucky al politics. here is a brief look. cannot say wets are the great defenders of women's place and that workplace nnd we will defend you from a abusive boss who takes advantage of a woman when the leader and clintonuntry was bill who was a perpetrator of that kind of sexual harassment. they cannot have it both ways. money who was to take from bill clinton or have a fundraiser has a lot of explaining to do. they should give the money back. if they want to take a position on women's rights, by all means, do. you cannot take it from a guy who is using his position of authority to take advantage of young women in the workplace. for goodness sakes, there is a fine for sexual harassment. can watch senator rand paul on "newsmakers" here

john, christine? >> thanks, nick. nick paton walsh happening today, thousands of pages of documents in the new jersey bridge scandal due to be turned over to state and federal investigators. could take weeks for investigators to analyze these documents to see whether governor chris christie had any prior knowledge of the lane closures that stifled traffic at the george washington bridge in september. meanwhile, another christie staffer subpoenaed by a legislative panel has resigned amid this investigation. christina renna left the governor's office on friday. she reported to deputy chief of staff bridget kelly, who is the one who apparently set the lane closings in motion. as things unfold, though, some prominent republicans are still standing by governor christie. >> yes, i don't think he should step down. i think he should stay there. >> no, i don't think he should step down because nothing has been proven, and you always give a person the benefit of the doubt in those kinds of situations, in my judgment. >> the governor has denied

back to you, john. >> all right, nick paton walsh, thank you very much for that. >>> now to venezuelalence this morning. the opposition leader remains behind bars as the death toll from intense protests has now reached five. the latest victim a 22-year-old beauty queen who was shot in the head during demonstrations in her home state west of caracas. president nicolas maduro in a televised speech overnight calling the protesters fascist, saying anyone who doesn't like venezuela should leave. the protesters are demanding maduro resign because of the faltering economy there and surging crime. >>> this morning if you're heading to the airport, expect closer security or scrutiny at the security checkpoint. homeland security is warning airlines to keep a closer watch on travelers because of terror groups that may once again be trying to hide explosives in shoes. intelligence officials tell cnn this is all based on information gathered overseas showing work may be under way on new methods of sneaking bombs into planes. >> the dhs warning is nonspecific, but the universe of people who have de

john. >> all right, nick paton walsh for us in sochi. three days to go. we will see soon if they are ready for the games. thanks, nick. >>> all right, the largest health study of its type about sugar. before you reach for some sugar for your coffee this morning, berman, stop. a new study finds most americans eat too much added sugar, not just in their coffee, but in soft drinks, prepared foods, even bread and cereal. the researchers finding lots of added sugar dramatically increases your risk of heart disease. we knew about diabetes, we knew about obesity. heart disease. adults on average now take in about 15% of their daily calories from sugar. >> wow. >> way too high. that's about 300 calories a day from sugar, three times the recommended amount. you know, even just like a can of soda right there puts you at 100% of your daily recommended intake of sugar. think of how much more you -- if you have just one soda a day, think of all the other things out there that you're consuming. >> and you're sweet enough already, christine romans. >> oh, berman, that's

walsh, welcome. >> good to see you john. >> what do you think about this report? >> i have two contradictory ideas about this. this is a big deal, right? crimes against humanity. stories flow over us every day. a trial in florida. winter weather, whatever. this is crimes against humanity. right? this is a big deal. we should pause and sort of try to absorb the gravity of what that means. but, or and, so what do you do about it? and i think a lot of us would rush to want to do stuff to try to change that situation. and it wouldn't work. and it might make things worse than they are now. so i think there are two questions. one is, is this bad? yes. the second is, what do you do about it? and these are very different questions. >> it makes plenty of sense jim. what does north korea do about it if anything? >> you know right now they're going to be defensive, right? already they have come out with the propaganda saying this is made up and the facts are concocted. and frankly, john, north korea does not put a lot of stock in international organizations like the u.n. the

john? >> opening ceremonies tomorrow night. nick patan walshll the way to maine, millions are cleaning up and trying to recover from a huge storm that brought snow, ice, misery to millions of us. the second bad storm this week. there's even more, we're told, to come. >> more than a million customers in nine states waking up without power this morning. pennsylvania the hardest hit. about three-quarters of the outages are in that state. this is the result of snow and ice that fell from the storm. look at that truck underneath that tree. a lot of trees came down, making driving very, very treacherous. in the night, cold, awfully cold for a lot of people. >> it's been rough, you know. homes don't have heat. you know, the roads are horrible still. >> the winter's really been rough. we haven't had a winter like this in almost three years, i think. >> the good news, now that the storm has lifted, many fliers left stranded could get in the air again this morning. some 3,000 flights were grounded because of the weather, leaving a lot of people stuck wai

john? >> can't really do the biathlon if you can't see the target through the fog. nick paton walshwhat's coming up on "new day." chris cuomo joins us with a little preview of a revealing interview with george zimmerman, chris. >> hey, how are you doing? happy monday. with the michael dunn verdict, there are issues in the case there and in the george zimmerman case that go beyond the facts of the trial. so, the timing really couldn't be better. we're going to be talking about the michael dunn trial, how the jury may have arrived at what's being called a split decision or impartial verdict, attempted murder, but not murder for the life that was taken. what does it mean about the self-defense laws? and of course when you talk about self-defense laws in florida, you can't not talk about george zimmerman. he's the man at the center of the debate, but we have never heard from the figure of a major criminal trial since the verdict. and so, he sits down with us, talks to us about the issues that are involved in his own case, regrets he may have, what life is like for him now, which is anot

john? >> yeah, nick, we have a lot here they could use, if they need any extra. nick paton walsh but it doesn't look like it's supposed to. it looks, you know, you want to see the flakes falling and the ice and the hats and everything else. i think it takes away from the ambiance. >> it's so interesting to see the pictures of people who are watching the games in shirt sleeves or not even wearing a coat. crazy. >>> let's look at what's coming up on "new day." chris cuomo. hi, chris. >> does this make you feel better? >> usa. >> see the mittens? feel like you're in the olympic spirit now? >> they're very small, though. >> small gloves. this morning we'll obviously be talking about the storm, but we're also getting to the heart of the matter for you. we'll tell you what the storm's done, what is still to come. and the question that's popping up, when do you close schools? when do you not? the analysis is not as simple as you think. there are a lot of families in need, a lot of aspects that go into the decision. we'll debate it. >>> then, the so-called loud music trial. we have the d

. >> nick paton walsh in sochi, rush sharks thanks so much. >>> has secretary of state john kerry split if privately, from the official stance on syria? kerry returned from a trip to munich. he sat down in a closed-door meeting where he reportedly gave a frank assessment of the situation in syria. two of the members of the delegation, john mccain and lindsey graham, provided details of the meeting. jeffrey goldberg joins me now. jeffrey, thanks for joining us. what did graham and mccain tell you that secretary of state john kerry told them about syria? >> essentially, he made a case that the current policies are failing and the jihadist groups are talking about targeting the america homeland. there are a whole set of other issues. the slow rolling by the syrian regime of the removal of chemical weapons. a whole set of issues kerry, they said, feels like russia is subverting the chance for a peace settlement and so the clear impression that a number of people got was that kerry feels that it's time to sort of up the game, that the administration is going to have to get more engaged or th

john? >> i hope those seats are filled. this should be a wonderful night for the athletes, and i hope they get to enjoy it. nick paton walsh meanwhile, an embarrassing phone surveillance scandal is chilling relations between the u.s. and russia. the white house is implying the russians tapped a phone call between two u.s. diplomats in kiev and posted it online. we're going to play you part of the tape. listen as a state department official, victoria newmauland, jeffrey pyatt, ambassador to ukraine, talk about the u.s. stance on ukraine's pro-moscow government. >> so, that would be great, i think, to help glue this thing and have the u.n. help glue it, and you know, [ bleep ] the eu. >> exactly. and i think we've got to do something to make it stick together, because you can be pretty sure that if it does start to gain altitude, the russians will be working behind the scenes to try to torpedo it. >> the state department is not disputing the authenticity of the recording. they're calling the release of the tape a new low for the russians. victoria nuland has apologized to eu officials. >> the state department has to be seeth

walsh is live in kiev this morning. nick, what's the latest? >> reporter: john, quite remarkable last four days.rning we heard the gunfire down in the streets near from me and that seemed to have sparked the end of yanukovych's administration here. since then, it's been a very swift spiral down. those mass murder charges against him, clearly, prosecutors think he personally ordered those shootings back on thursday. but really, this is a man who as recently as wednesday was talking about a truce, perhaps, with the opposition, and is now running around the south of the country. we heard he was in a private house in banaclavay and is now thought to be somewhere else near premier. he's told his personal bodyguard he has no need for them and should be go back for working for the government. he seems to be shedding everything as he goes. and the mayor effectively said i'm leaving your ruling party, yanukovych, just denounced him as well, and says i have no desire for this part of the country to secede from the rest of ukraine. that's a different worry in the rest of the country. so, yanukovych very mu

. >> david walsh has looked at the numbers and this is an unusually large group of people but notable one. john dingell was first elected to the house when dwight david eisenhower was serving his first term in the white house. what kind of history and span of time is that? it's pretty incredible. >> jonathan, let me turn to you and get your thoughts. what do you think the implications could be in 2014? >> well, for the house it means the democrats are going to have another seat to try to hold on to and makes it a little more difficult for democrats to retake the house in 2014. but it means it's a loss of institutional memory, of i'm thinking star power but that's not the right word to describe congressman dingell. he's a star within the party but has the brain power and knowledge and political savvy that the party, you know, the party is going to lose that when he retires. >> jonathan capehart, susan page, thank you both so much for this great discussion. >> thanks, kristen. >> the politics of snow have plagued many government officials this winter including bill de blasio, the "today" show's a