the statement today from senator jon kyl, the number two republican in the senate. he held -- he was participating in a hearing on a russia trade bill. now, russia is on the verge of joining the world trade organization, the u.s. is under pressure to repeal what is now being viewed as ladies and gentlemenly symbolic cold war era provision known as the jackson van nick amendment named after henry scoop jackson, democrat from the washington state and charles van neck, a democrat from ohio. the amendment we should point out according to this story is at odds with wto rules. that measure tied u.s. trade releases with the former soviet union to the rights of jews and other religious minorities to em greats freely. the soviet union collapsed years ago and russia has been judged to be in compliance with many of the provisions. here's part of the exchange as it took place earlier today with senator kyl. you'll hear from alan larson, and paul williams who is the president of the american society of composers, authors and publishers. >> you've got a little bit stronger hand t

jon kyl. as always, sir, welcome back to the show. >> thank you. >> why is president obama saying you think i want gas prices to go up in an election? is this all about the election, or is this a strategy for america to develop more fuel? >> i suspect that because there is an election going on, he would prefer that they not rise or rise as fast. but i think his policy has been very clear that over the four years of his administration, he has necessarily driven them up. and look at his actions rather than his words. he wants to impose 40 to $80 billion of new taxes on the oil companies. he supported cap and trade. his administration's epa regulations have been very difficult for the oil companies to comply with. in fact, it's alleged to have shut down refineries. he has refused to open up new oil and gas leasing. he has refused to approve the keystone pipeline from canada. all of his actions belie what he just said. of course, it is an election year and he is not about to admit that he wants hi

jon kyl blasted the white house for, this noting it's breaking a promise to not provide such incentivesexchange for what he called dubious commitments of cooperation. kyl adding, "i am deeply disappointed but not surprised by the aboutface. this is par for the course for administration with record of misleading congress and disregarding u.s. national security. while u.s. officials say north korea insisted the food aid be included one of many questions hanging over the field. including will the six party talk get resumed to find out whether or not the nuclear program will really get this handled. >> bret: thank you. stocks took a tumble today. the dow lost 53. the s&p 500 fell 6-1/2. the nasdaq dropped 20. gasoline went up a penny-and-a-half overnight. the national average is now $3.73 a gallon. coin settled over $107 a barrel. gasoline prices aren't the only thing going up in washington. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel. >> leading republicans continueed their blitz, blaming president obama's policy for the soaring prices at the pump. >> they seem determined to undertake p

jon kyl, dick army, tom delay, i was sort of the resident economist among the lot. before our wednesday luncheon meetings, my assistant would call around, get everybody's agenda items, we would put together the agenda of who wanted to bring up what, then newt would walk in and he would come in with 12 items that were not on the agenda insisting his go first. nine of them were crazy ideas, two had some merit and one was brilliant. most people can't come up with a brilliant idea in their lifetimes let alone several a week but there was also all the junk and he had trouble differentiating which was the most important. i say that having a lot of personal affection for newt, even though i think there would be big problems as president. with his second wife, mary ann, who i knew quite well, my wife at the time and newt and i would occasionally have dinner, and we would have these good discussions, and -- but newt would end up doing sort of off the wall things. he's written a lot of books and my son by my wife at the time, peggy noonan, my son has got his mother's writing

. >> jon kyl charged that concessions to russia could damage u.s. efforts to deal with long-range missiles from north korea and iran. white house aide pushed back and administration is moving forward on missile defense and will protect american security. >> shannon: thank you ed. we're learning more about the trayvon martin case, unarmed black teenager that was shot by a watch captain in florida. additional details are seeping out of the night of shooting. phil keating has the story. >> you saw everything i've seen. the world saw the week or so here. it's very overwhelming. >> reporter: accounting police chief expressing expiration over the shooting. trayvon martin was died allegedly killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer. this comes from the twitter page. george zimmerman who called 911 5.he followed martin claims the shooting was self-defense. he has not been charged with any crime. >> they feel the system is broken. i'm their voice. i feel it myself. >> reporter: on capitol hill martin's parents are in town for a forum and news conference organ

we have -- we had jon kyl talking about it moments ago, bill. it continues to be a hot issue.ly does and without changes it will stay in the public discourse. thank you for that. seven minutes past the hour. check your blackberries, i phones, check your c phone, a massive solar storm could cause big problems for us. there is wicked weather brewing flght 93 million miles away! some expect some havoc on power grids, possibly, communication systems, gps navigation, around the big blue planet. julie banderas, live at our newsroom in new york looking at that. what will the storm bring? >> reporter: a lot of threats, really. you just talked about your cell phones. let's talk about gps, as we, the effects of the biggest solar storm hiting in five years, the storm started with a massive solar flare tuesday and grew as it raked outward from the sun, shaking the globe's magnetic field. a cloud of charged particles is speeding towards earth at 4 million miles per hour. now, those particles started hitting this morning, and could disrupt utility grids, airline flights, satellite network,

it was jon kyl and tom delay. before our wednesday meetings, my assistant would get everybody's agenda items of who wanted to bring up what. then knew it would walking in with 12 items that were not on the agenda, insisting he go first. nine of them were crazy idea and one was brilliant. most people do not have a brilliant idea in a lifetime, let alone one week. but there was also john. he had trouble -- also junk. he had trouble differentiating those. i knew his second wife quite well. newt and i would occasionally have dinner. we would have good discussions. but newt would end up doing off- the-wall things. he has written a lot of books. my son, has his mother's writing talent. he is now senior political reporter. like these young reporters, he has known newt since he was born. he looked up one of his books written back in 1996, when he became speaker. there was a whole passage of how he wanted to start moon colonies. he also wanted to have a jurassic park set up or you take the dna from the dinosaurs. it may be

senator jon kyl who has questions. what president obama has in mind after the election when he would gain "flexibility" and negotiating with the russians. perhaps the russians could shed some light on his missile defense plan to the american people who otherwise have beenlet in the dark by the president. he doesn't sound happy. >> there is a reason they are concerned about his shenanigans in the second term. he has a pattern of this. we have seen it on keystone, and we've seen it with gay marriage and now with the question of russians and missile defense. the real substantive issue with the russians is the administration want to share real-time intelligence and data on the missile defense capability of the united states. that is problematic because the russians are closely allyed with iran and syria, two countries hostile to the united states. and for whom this information if passed along would be particularly important. i would leave us very significantly hindered in defending our own shores. >> shannon: we have had a

we spoke to jon kyl here. assume the supreme court does not declare the national health care unstiewgdzal and it will go forward. between now and november, is there anything that the republicans in the senate plan to do or can do, vis-a-vis the national health care bill? >> first, the democrats control the senate. so we won't be able to pass a bill that repeals any part of crare obamacare. but if it is not unconstitutional, it will be the biggest issue in the campaign. we will try to bring attention in any weigh we can with amendments and floor speeches. >> greta: all right. let's assume that governor mitt romney is the candidate, the republican nominee. how you can make that an issue, an effective issue for the republican party, in light of the fact that massachusetts has a state health care is very much similar to the national health care? >> i think if that occurs, mitt romney's going to have to be very specific and say, look, the court has spoken, by the way, i am hoping the court will rule the other way,

also, this new north korea news has driven republican senator jon kyl up, which is usually a good sign the world, and also just fun on its face. senator kyl is expressing outrage at the u.s. getting the agreement from north korea to stop the nuclear weapons program. senator kyl saying, this is just par for the course for an administration that has a demonstrated record of disregarding u.s. national security. it's unclear if senator kyl said that thing about president obama disregarding national security to the ghost of dead osama bin laden or if he just sed it under the spectral glow of the ghost. but if we get clarification on that from senator kyl's office, we will let you know. oh, wow. did you see that. it was like it has a magnet on it. let's try that again. much better. score. further down the axis of evil. for the first time an iranian movie won an oscar this weekend. the director won best foreign language film for his movie "a separation." a courtroom thriller about a couple trying to get a divorce in iran, navigating the country's judicial system. the oscars work sort of borin

minority whip jon kyl cited as much in the congressional budget office which is said he said that pleaseessions ofio alabama. this is just over 50 minutes. u.. been marked the second anniversary of that what i would calling a very orwellian-named piece of legislation, because i personally do not believe that it is either going to protect the patients, and i do not believe that it is going to improve the affordability of our health care system. mr. johnson: the reason i ran for the united states senate was primarily because of this law. i certainly recognized how it was going to result in a lower quality of health care, how it's going to lead to rationing, and how it's going to to lead to rationing. the house will limit the amount of medical innovation we enjoy in this country. in particular, i was offended by the political process demonizing doctors and health-care providers. demonizing a health care system in order to pass this health care law. the reason that offended me is a personal story that has to do with my daughter who was joined with the serious congenital heart defect. the pre

i can tell you that republican senator jon kyl told ted in the hallway this afternoon it is reprehensible the republicans are against the violence against women act. they say them have to just come together on some of the issues. >> you have republican lisa murkowski joining the democratic women. listen to what she said. >> unfortunately in as beautiful a state as i live in, our statistics as they relate to domestic violence and sexual assault are horrific. they're as ugly as they come. nearly one in two alaska women have experienced partner violence. nearly one in three have experienced sexual violence. overall, nearly six in ten alaskan women have been victims of sexual assault or domestic violence. >> now, those statistics, they went over last time. the issue with immigrants, gay couples here, what are the odds this thing will fail because of those sort of addendums here? >> you know, this is just the beginning of the fight. the truth is that this doesn't need to be extended. i believe till the end of the fiscal year. obviously, this is the beginning of the politics. we're very deep in

parenthood and how you know more of the demo credit media can respond to those big lies especially with jon kyl in a statement, saying he doesn't have the facts. >> there is an analysis in the book that relates here developed by media matters. it relates to nearly every campaign that fox has waged against the progressive organization and six steps that they go through. step one, conservative activists so let's take acorn and the james o'keefe videotape and andrew breitbart campaign. step two, fox devotes massive coverage to the lies max on the 24 hours after that first a.c.o.r.n. tape was released, fox just sent another dozen segments on it. step three, fox attacks other outlets for ignoring the controversy and they begin their coverage saying we are the only ones covering this. everybody all should be. step war and horrendous as work becomes problematic, mainstream outlets began reporting on the story and that is where you kind of see it having an effect. step five, media pundits praise "fox news" saying they were first-tier and then of course that sex, the story falls apart. the damage is don

. >> i mean, you've got senator jon kyl, a respected guy in foreign affairs.his agreement if there is an agreement, food for inspection or food for moratorium under inspection. he says it violates long-standing u.s. policy not delaying the commitments to food aid. he says the policy was reaffirmed, let's see, in february of this year by the deputy secretary of state and in october 2011 letter last year. so this kind of move, don't they have to come to congress? don't they have to hold hearings. don't they have to have the power -- the six power talks? we have to talk to south korea, japan, india, whomever. aren't we getting a little ahead of the game? i guess that's what i'm asking, sir. >> probably not. senator kyl i would agree, by the way, one of the great man, statesmen of our time. he's got a long memory in the history of dealing with the north koreans and it's not a good one. dangerous people. a giant million man army. north korea is a slave state. they've got 250,000 people in the concentration camps. the place is bizarre and brutal. i've got to say thi

. >> that's jon kyl, male republican.owsky, let's hitsen here. >> our statistics as they relate to domestic violence and sexual assault are horrific. they're as ugly as they come. overall, nearly 6 in 10 alaskan women have been victims of sexual assault or domestic violence. >> now, is she trying to send a message to her own party there? is she in a tough spot herself? >> reporter: again all the above. she is -- i think at the end of the day it is going to be very difficult for republicans to be in a position where it looks like they're against violence against women, but it also is going to be difficult for democrats to keep beating this druchlt there's a sub plot going on with lisa murkowsky. the last issue dealing with women was contraception. she voted with her fellow republicans against allowing free contraception for women. and then she later said she regretted that. in fact she told me in an interview on something else yesterday that she believes that her party is in the wrong place when it comes to women. so she w

it was jon kyl and tom delay. before our wednesday meetings, my assistant would get everybody's agenda items of who wanted to bring up what. then knew it would walking in with 12 items that were not on the agenda, insisting he go first. nine of them were crazy idea and one was brilliant. most people do not have a brilliant idea in a lifetime, let alone one week. but there was also john. he had trouble -- also junk. he had trouble differentiating those. i knew his second wife quite well. newt and i would occasionally have dinner. we would have good discussions. but newt would end up doing off- the-wall things. he has written a lot of books. my son, has his mother's writing talent. he is now senior political reporter. like these young reporters, he has known newt since he was born. he looked up one of his books written back in 1996, when he became speaker. there was a whole passage of how he wanted to start moon colonies. he also wanted to have a jurassic park set up or you take the dna from the dinosaurs. it may be

this is so crucial that i want to renew what my colleague, jon kyl, did last night, which is to offera consent -- i told the majority leader i'm going to do this -- that we turn to this important bipartisan piece of legislation that passed overwhelmingly in the house, supported by the president of the united states, immediately after we finish the highway bill. let me say again there is no purpose served by manufacturing controversy here in the senate. manufacturing controversy when none should exist. we have an important piece of jobs legislation passed overwhelmingly in the house, supported by the president. the highway bill will clear here late this afternoon or tomorrow. i think most senators would rather be working on things that the american people believe would actually help create jobs than to see the senate embroiled in another controversy which i fear my good friend, the majority leader, is seeking to precipitate as soon as the highway bill is concluded. so, hr-pt, i ask unanimous consent -- so, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent not withstanding any other rule of the se

guest is a republican strategist and former chief of staff to the republican conference under senator jon kylich has to be the biggest left-handed compliment i've ever seen. louisiana gop primary actually matters this time. how relevant is it? how important is it for at least one of these contenders to step out of the way after this race? >> you know, it really matters, you know, tomorrow in louisiana because of the amount of delegates. there's over 40 delegates in louisiana and it's likely to go to the -- the win is likely to go to rick santorum because like mississippi and alabama, it's a southern state. there is a high amount of evangelicals and social conservatives in the state, and mitt romney has a hard time pulling that off so every delegate counts in this race. mitt romney has i believe around 563 delegates. rick santorum has about half of that. and so this helps rick santorum, every delegate counts. because the state is proportional in terms of the amount of delegates and awards mitt romney is going to pick some up. it does keep rick santorum in the race and although everyone seems t

this is so crucial that i want to renew what my colleague, jon kyl, did last night, which is to offer a consent -- i told the majority leader i'm going to do this -- that we turn to this important bipartisan piece of legislation that passed overwhelmingly in the house, supported by the president of the united states, immediately after we finish the highway bill. let me say again there is no purpose served by manufacturing controversy here in the senate. manufacturing controversy when none should exist. we have an important piece of jobs legislation passed overwhelmingly in the house, supported by the president. the highway bill will clear here late this afternoon or tomorrow. i think most senators would rather be working on things that the american people believe would actually help create jobs than to see the senate embroiled in another controversy which i fear my good friend, the majority leader, is seeking to precipitate as soon as the highway bill is concluded. so, hr-pt, i ask unanimous consent -- so, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent not withstanding any other rule of the s