you've got democrats in north carolina basically implying if you voted against kay hagan and kay haganr senate race, which she did, black people would be lynched. leticia james saying that the republican ran for governor reminded her of bull connor, the guy who took german shepherds and fire hoses and used them to attack civil demonstrators. using these sort of an nalgs, using this imagery, it shouldn't surprise people that heal on race. >> can either one of you give me any evidence at all, i started out my conversation with tavis smiley tonight, any evidence at all that race is involved in either one of these cases? any evidence in either one of these two cases? >> i think when you lock at how long. >> any evidence that you can point to. >> just the fact that eric garner and michael brown were on the ground for so long left almost for dead. >> not the kind -- >> i'm not saying it's racism. but it's easy to look and say wait a minute, that was white male lying down on the ground. >> i any evidence of racism? >> hands up, don't shoot. the problem is all the eyewitnesses said he didn't c

incumbent senate democrats mark horner and jeanne shaheen hung on but mark udall, mark pryor and kay haganseats. republicans joni ernst, shelley moore capito, mike rounds and steve daines took what had been democratic senate seats. >>> almost in an instant it went from fall to frigid. arctic temperatures mixed with howling winds unleashed an unprecedented snowfall in buffalo. >>> and liftoff at dawn. >> orion pushed away from pad 37 and into history. >> the dawn of orion and a new era of american space exploration. >>> today a staten island grand jury rendered its decision. no indictment for the new york city police officer who whose officially banned choke hold was cited in garner's death back in july. >> chanting slogans now synonymous with the continuing movement of police violence, protesters called for changes in the way police interact with people and in the way incidents of police violence are investigated and prosecuted. >>> during an nfl season that's often played out in the courtroom instead of a stadium, nfl owners unanimously approved a new sweeping league personal conduct poli

like kay hagan and mark udall in our caucus, mark pryor has politics and public service in his bloodstream. mark lundsford pryor is the fifth generation of pryors to serve in politics in his state. the first three generations served as sheriffs. mark pryor served four years in the arkansas house and four years as arkansas attorney general. two 02 electe2002 elected to th, the same seat his father david held in the senate for 18 years. mark pryor placed on his desk the same motto that his father placed on his. it read simply, "arkansas comes first." but he made his own decisions and he left a considerable mark in the senate. halfway through his freshman term, just a new member himself, mark pryor was called on to join forces with the lions of the senate -- john warner, robert c. byrd, danny inouye -- to forge a compromise over judicial nominations that averted a threat to a bigger confronteddation. that compromise, mark said, was the result of perspiration, not inspiration. i disagree. it involved the inspiration of a young senator from arkansas who realized that public service often meant

including soon to be former senator kay hagan from north carol line. a empty chair represent her in a debate with republican challenger, who went on to believe it or not win the debate and the election. who can forget congresswoman debbie wasserman-schultz dnc chair compared republican governor scott walker to a wife-beater without the tank top. house leader nancy pelosi said civilization as we know it would be in jeopardy if republicans won the senate. of course senator harry reid in one speech muttered the words koch brothers 2times. soon to be former senate majority leader, calling charles and david koch one of the main causes of climate change. not just a cause but one of the main causes. >> they have a machine in their basement. tinkering with it. -- 28 times. tinkering billionaires and weren't for those meddling kid they would have destroyed the planet. >> as you're reading names off paging nurse cratchet one flew over the cuckoo's nest. jack nicholson are you kidding me? g of q, i don't know, i used to read them as a kid. they don't even know an

republican leaders are celebrating incumbent senate democrats hung on but mark udall, mark pryor, and kay haganost their seats. republicans joni ernst, shelly moore, mike brown, and steve danes took what had been democratic senate seats. >> almost in an instant it went from fall to frigid. arctic temperatures mixed with howling winds unleashed an unprecedented snowfall in buffalo. >> and liftoff. >> orion pushed away from pad 37 and into history. >> the dawn of orion and a new era of american space exploration. >> today a staten island grand jury rendered its decision no indictment for the new york city police officer whose officially banned choke hold was cited as a contributing factor to garner's death back in july. >> chanting slogans now synonymous with the movement against police violence protesters call for changes in the way police interact with people and in the way incidents of police violence are investigated and prosecuted. >> during an nfl season that's often played out in the courtroom instead of a stadium, nfl owners unanimously approved a new sweeping league personal conduct poli

blue dogs all, begich, udall, kay hagan, landrieu.ocratic caucus in the senate? >> absolutely. they're not going to look to push too much to the center. the democrats left are more liberal and looking for warren's advice more. we saw on the wise nomination i was talking about, dick durban, one of president obama's nominees is on warren's side of this fight and not obama's. >> fascinate. we'll come back to you often. perry bacon, nbc, thank you. >>> three things to know on this monday. the families of nine victims and a tenth person who was wounded in the sandy hook school massacre filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the companies that manufacture, distribute and sell the gun used in the shooting. in a complaint filed today, the families argue the bushmaster ar-15 rifle used by adam lanza to kill 20 children and 6 staffers is a military assault weapon that never should have been on the general market. >>> more fallout for bill cosby. sellman college in atlanta has indefinitely suspended the prestigious professorship funded by and na

kay hagan, she lost narrowly in north carolina.f you want to talk geographically, the only guy left is nelson in florida. it's going to take finding people like bill nelson, who might have pro business or military back grounds, and plus are socially liberal, and that's going to be very difficult because there are very few democrats left on the bench in those states that are willing to step up and do this. >> let me switch gear before i let you go. what are you hearing about how republicans plan to avoid this government shutdown? >> you are going to see a bill voted on this week in the house, if current plans hold, that would essentially fund 11 of the 12 parts of the federal government. so the 12th part has everything to do with the homeland security, and republicans in the house are going to set it up so it will be funded through february, and that will allow them to use january and february to come up with a way to respond to what the president did on immigration, and perhaps it's putting in language that says what the president

this november, last month, kay hagan lost her senate seat. mark prior lost his in arkansas.nd that left one southern democrat. one democratic holder of a big statewide office anywhere in the u.s. south. that one last southern democrat was mary landrieu. the year mary landrieu got that seat in the first place, southern democrats could still win elections. bill clinton won his second term that year. he came up as a democratic governor. his vice president al gore followed his dad into government from the state of tennessee. mary landrieu got elected in those years and then held on through eight years of george w. bash. the south voted against obama twice. the south still picked mary landrieu. even as barack obama lost her state by 19 points that year. if you look back at exit polling from her various races you can see that mary landrieu would get most of the african-american vote and about one-third of the white vote. that's how she won. that's how she managed to stay ahead of this really bad trend line for democrats in the south. get most of the black vote and one-third of the

kay hagan, my colleague from north carolina, she has done an amazing job. in her short time in the senate, her one term in the senate, she really made a name for herself when it came to public service. she stepped up time and again and took tough votes, and i know it because as whip i asked her to take some of them on some important issues that have really made this a better and stronger nation. i thank kay chaik for being my colleague. mark begich of alaska, i can't imagine how a senator from alaska handles that commute back and forth, but he did it. i've said the other day when we spoke p his service that many people don't realize his father was a congressman before him and died in a plane crash with hale boggs when they were flying back to alaska to appear at an event. that plane was lost and never recovered. when mark begich came from alaska to serve in the united states, he completed the journey his father never could complete. his six years of service to alaska have been extraordinary. i hope that his commitment to public service will continue for man

kay hagan and mark udall, mark pryor has politics and public service in his bloodstream.ark prior is the fifth generation of transport to serve in politics in his state. the first three generations serve as sheriff's. mark pryor sir for your in the arkansas hills and four years as arkansas attorney general, 2000 elected u.s. senate. same seat his father david held in the senate for 18 years. mark pryor place on his desk the same motto that his father placed on his. it read simply common arkansas comes first. but he made his own decisions and 11 a considerable mark in the senate. halfway through his freshman term, just a new member himself, mark pryor was called to join forces with the lions in the senate. john warner, robert c. byrd, daniel inouye, to forge compromise over judicial nominations that furthered to threat a bigger confrontation. that compromise, mark said, was the result of her spur ration and not inspiration. i disagree. it involves the inspiration of young senator from arkansas who realize that public service often meant trying to work together and reason t

all of this came together here in north carolina where senator kay hagan, she tried the race baitingen. but when it was all over with and she lost, she lost and thom tillis, she had the audacity to actually blame president obama, who she denied like judas did jesus, she didn't want him to come in the state. she didn't stand up with him on some of the policies. she ran a vapid campaign. >> are you done? >> i'm going to defend her. she ran one of the best races as democrat in the country. one of the closest races that democrat lost. if that's the best you can do for political loser, they're not gog have you back on this program! >> you don't think it was classless obama and then when it was over, to blame obama? >> i think it was a mistake, but -- >> just a conversation they're going to have around their mama 's table on thursday. now, your mother, joy, just joined twitter. she's got 400 twitter followers. her first tweet was here is to wishing everybody a peaceful christmas. which brings us to the reason she called you two brothers on c-span because you were arguing and she simply wan

the 113th congress, mark begich of alaska, saxby chambliss of georgia, tom coburn of oklahoma, kay hagan of north carolina, tom harkin of iowa, mike johanns of nebraska, tim johnson of south dakota, mary landrieu of louisiana, carl levin of michigan, mark pryor of arkansas, jay rockefeller of west virginia, mark udall of colorado, and george walsh of montana. they have all worked hard, ceaselessly giving their energy and considerable time in service to their constituents, their home states and our country. and i want to thank them for their service and for their kindness to me over many, many years in so many cases. and in particular say a few words about these colleagues. mark begich and i worked together to address the challenges facing the fishing industry, which is vital to both our states, and he's continually fought to ensure access to the unique challenges facing alaskans and particularly with respect to access to v.a. health care and i salute him and wish

senator kay hagan, a native of shelby, north carolina embodies her state's motto. she's genuine and honest and anyone could be. it's no wonder that in 2008 when the country was seeking change the people of north carolina elected kay hagan to be united states senator. from the moment she arrived here, she got to work. the very first piece of legislation she cosponsored was the lilly ledbetter act. having worked as a corporate executive, she is aware of the difficulties working women faced. this ladies and gentlemen was personal to kay and she issue threw it through till completion. the daughter of a veteran, kay has spent her time in the senate creating sound passage for members of the armed services. she has done it not only as a united states senator but on that important committee, armed services. as a former executive with north carolina national bank, she knows all the challenges facing businesses in her state and how women have a little different view of how difficult it is to work your way through the corporate world. she's fought tirelessly to create a bette

i've served with kay hagan on the banking committee and the armed services committee and we've worked together on a number of initiatives, including efforts to keep student interest rates low. we traveled together to iraq, afghanistan and pakistan in 20 2010. she has been a tremendous advocate especially for our military families and for small businesses. tom harkin has been a great friend, a longtime advocate for students, for workers, for individuals with disabilities. and as chairman of the health, education, labor and pensions committee, he's worked to end the logjam and pass reauthorization of our child care programs and the work force investment system and recently worked with me to pass a bipartisan bill i helped author to ensure the consumer has access to the safe he is, most -- safest most effective sunscreens available. he's been a steadfaste advocate for increasing money for research at n.i.h. an extraordinary senator. we have so much to thank him for, every american. and his legacy is going to be so profound, it's hard to pick one. but his efforts along with arlen specter