we are pleased to have had york's democratic senator, kirsten gillibrand. thanks for your time. >> thank you. tavis: next, r & b superstar ne- yo . e're pleased to welcome ne-yo back to this program. you can catch him in "battle from los angeles". here is video for "one in a million". you're the best i ever had ♪ you're one in a million ♪ had ♪re the best i ever ♪ oh ♪ tavis: use of this project was a tribute to michael jackson. your fans know your admiration for michael jackson. the question i want to ask is, what is the relationship like when you have an idol who was living? how does that change, how did that impact your, your work, you're dancing when that icon is no longer on the world stage, when they have transitioned as michael did? his passing was difficult for me. he was a huge inspiration. one of the reasons i have been doing this. i am happy that i got to meet him one time before he passed. i was -- it was one of those things that was in the back of my head. it never fade away. now that he is not here, i feel like it was kind of an overwhelming f

tavis: senator kirsten gillibrand is serving her first term in the u.s. senate from new york. holding the seat held by hillary clinton. she is a member of the senate armed forces committee. an important committee these days. she joins us from washington. an honor to have you on this program. >> it is my privilege. thank you for including me. tavis: i believe budgets are moral documents. jay-z puts it this way. you can see will use a but you are what you are. we find out what you believe when you put these budgets to work. budgets are moral documents. if i am right, what does this budget say about president obama's priorities? >> president obama has tried to do the hard work of making tough choices to balance the budget and reduce the deficit. on some of the priorities he has made, i agree with. making sure we do not invest in military programs that are not being used currently. some of the choices i disagree with. i was concerned about the cut to home heating assistance on the east coast. we need that in the cold winter. people get an energy investment subsidy. leaving our sen

. >> i am kirsten from the planning department. they have done a lot of work and preparation for this presentation today. you will see on the back of the pact at their supplemental report, which is almost as long as theresa's report. we will highlight the main points that they have in their executive summary. >> i think the way we have this is we have a team of what is now four. and then other cac members would like to comment. the little four-person set up. >> maybe 15 minutes, like the project sponsor. >> like i said, i think other cac members would like to comment. >> commissioners, for this item, i come before you in the capacity of the chair of the committee. i have a closet full of hats. i am glad we had the last discussion. this is like a little laboratory for most things that we talked about last time. it has been one of the pleasures of being on the advisory committee is to see how this thing works. this is arguably the most advanced comprehensive set up planning policies and duals that the city has done. we are trying to

the building representatives and i asked the principal kirsten to look at the figures for these, and it turns out -- principal there to look at the figures for these. they have money left over. they are allocated towards a summer funds, despite that, we of consultants' fees of $29,000 that have been going additionally, it seems, from this, and then there is some confusion about when this was actually put in, whether this was put in last may as a change back then or if this is something that has been requested more recently. and also, the involvement of the school counselor in the rearrangement of this money remains murky, in my mind, also. you have $29,000, and with that money, they were doing after- school programs. they were doing things like credit recovery, and those things, you should have certificated employees doing that kind of work. now, we are moving to a cbo that is funded separately through the city. through the school district. and it seems unless all of their credit recovery is taking care of, unless everything is already in place, i do not understand why this money is

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there was another one -- kirsten gillibrand, when she was appointed to the senate, plenty of things going on. there was one for the secretary of the army. he hits on an interesting point. the nominees are not chosen by primary voters. they are selected by county chairs that go behind closed doors and make the decision. it is not necessarily to the party folks in washington might want. you can see funny things going on in this upstate new york special elections. host: on the grisly story, its shows how quickly the story unfolded. we heard about it mid-afternoon, he announced his resignation at 5:00 that same day. guest: that speed did not shock people but i was sitting in the senate press gallery watching it. had that play out that quickly, there are other members of congress who have been through not exactly the same thing but similar situations who are still sitting in congress. for him to have gone in that short period of time was interesting. why did he go so quickly? i do not know. one person has told me that a theory, that says that he maybe had more of a natural sense of and harassm

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there was another one -- kirsten gillibrand, when she was appointed to the senate, plenty of things goingn. there was one for the secretary of the army. he hits on an interesting point. the nominees are not chosen by primary voters. they are selected by county chairs that go behind closed doors and make the decision. it is not necessarily to the party folks in washington might want. you can see funny things going on in this upstate new york special elections. host: on the grisly story, its shows how quickly the story unfolded. we heard about it mid-afternoon, he announced his resignation at 5:00 that same day. guest: that speed did not shock people but i was sitting in the senate press gallery watching it. had that play out that quickly, there are other members of congress who have been through not exactly the same thing but similar situations who are still sitting in congress. for him to have gone in that short period of time was interesting. why did he go so quickly? i do not know. one person has told me that a theory, that says that he maybe had more of a natural sense of and harassmen

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable kirsten e. gillibrand, a senator from the state of new york, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: majority leader. mr. reid: following any leader remarks there will be a period of morning business until 11:00 a.m. with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each during that time. that time will be equally divided and controlled between the leaders or their designees. at 11:00 this morning the senate will resume consideration of the f.a.a. authorization bill. as a result of cloture being filed yesterday, any germane first-degree amendments must be filed at the desk prior to 1:00 p.m. thaod in order -- today in order for the amendments to be in order postcloture. we have the opportunity to complete this legislation opportunity. there will be two cloture votes in the morning. we hope to be able to have some votes today, and senators will be notified when roll call votes are scheduled. mr.

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provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable kirsten gillibrand, a senator from the state of new york, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. mr. mcconnell: madam president. the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: later today, as i noted yesterday, the senate will have a rare opportunity -- later today as i noted yesterday, the senate will have a rare opportunity for those who supported the health spending bill in the past, it's an opportunity to revisit your first vote. to listen to those who have desperately trying to get your attention to say yes, maybe my vote for this bill was a mistake, maybe we can do better. to listen to the small business owners who have been contacting our offices every single day and telling us that this bill keeps them from creating the jobs that we need. to show

there was another one -- kirsten gillibrand, when she was appointed to the senate, plenty of things going on. there was one for the secretary of the army. he hits on an interesting point. the nominees are not chosen by primary voters. they are selected by county chairs that go behind closed doors and make the decision. it is not necessarily to the party folks in washington might want. you can see funny things going on in this upstate new york special elections. host: on the grisly story, its shows how quickly the story unfolded. we heard about it mid-afternoon, he announced his resignation at 5:00 that same day. guest: that speed did not shock people but i was sitting in the senate press gallery watching it. had that play out that quickly, there are other members of congress who have been through not exactly the same thing but similar situations who are still sitting in congress. for him to have gone in that short period of time was interesting. why did he go so quickly? i do not know. one person has told me that a theory, that says that he maybe had more of a natural sense of and harassm

president, i ask unanimous consent that steven brenner and kirsten able of my staff be granted floor privileges for the duration of today's senate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. harkin: mr. president, if there's one clear message that voters sent in the last electi election, it's that they want democrats and republicans in congress to cut out the bickering and the partisanship and to focus like a laser beam on boosting the economy, creating jobs, and reducing the deficit. so i find it absolutely astonishing that the republicans' number-one priority -- indeed, their obsession almost -- in these opening weeks of the new congress is to launch bitter, new partisan attacks on the new health reform law in an attempt to repeal it in its entirety, something that would cost hundreds of thousands of jobs and add $240 billion to the deficit just in the next ten years. it would be sufficient to oppose this reckless amendment strictly on budgetary grounds. it would add $240 billion in to the deficit in the first decade and nearly $1 trillion would be added to the deficit in the se