i remember 2004, another kucinich, dennis kucinich and i went through a tense night.se because neither one of us was worried about winning. thank you for your time tonight. >>> when we come back, the president does it again. why his singing helps him connect with real people. stay with us. frank, instead of scratching your way to retirement, get on e-trade. set up a real plan. frank! oh wow, you didn't win? i wanna show you something... it's my shocked face. [ gasps ] [ male announcer ] get a retirement plan that works... at e-trade. it's good. honey, i love you... oh my gosh, oh my gosh.. look at these big pieces of potato. ♪ what's that? big piece of potato. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. ♪ i -- so in love with you ♪ >>> we all remember that when president obama singing al green last month at the apollo. well, he's done it again. this time at a special night celebrating the blues at the white house with b.b. king and mick jagger. >> i heard you singing al green. so you've got to keep it up now. you can do it. come on. you can do it. >> come

>> i'm not sure congressman kucinich or not. >> let me assert for the record that it is true and that mr. pinkus -- >> if i may just say. >> i have to move on, you did not give me the answer. mr. pinkus, we have a slide to put up there, somebody? hello? thank you very much. that slide shows president bush's recess appointments, he made a eight recess appointments to the nlrb during his presidency. now, did the chamber of commerce object to mr. bush's recess appointments? that you know of? >> i don't know congressman but none were made in the circumstances here. >> okay, so you don't know. the nlrb ensures protection of workers non, and union alike. now slide six, it shows the nlrb protects the right to form or join a union, the right to bargain for wages and benefits and the right to good working conditions and the right to take action with coworkers to improve working conditions. now, mr. pinkus, you are hear representing the chamber of commerce correct? and chamber represents business interests, correct? >> yes. >> and on behalf of those interests it usually does not lobby for great

some of the highest profile in ohio next tuesday where we will see who wins the face-off between kucinich and kaptor and we are giving a edge to marci captor, but it has gotten fierce in the final week. and obviously, the race in pennsylvania has heetd up quite -- has heated up quite a bit, and mark crist who occupies less of the merged district than jason alt mire, and so what is interesting is that crist's campaign manager youed to work for alt mire, so there is a intrigue in pennsylvania. and democrats have more of the contests amongst themselves than republicans in a count of 7 to 4 races. there are two races that faces a democrat versus a republican, so a lot of the democratic money is being spent fighting other democrats, and that is good news. >> and david wassermann, what does this tell you about the overall state of redistricting and what we are seeing ten years ago to today? >> well, it is more turbulent redistricting cycle than we have seen in ten years ago. it is more like 1992 in terms of the turnover. we currently have 13 member versus races, and we have 36 members who are h

where dennis kucinich at least is a man of integrity.same thing we have dan burton in indiana and the campaign for accountability participated there. found out he had a low approval rating. did the polling. put out the polling. i'm happy to say that it burton has now announced his retirement. >> it's a pleasure to have you here. i look forward to learning more. mark meckler, "across the fence." we all know the tea party and we heard one tea party point of view. how does one of the founders of the occupy movement feel about what we discussed? find out after this. remember. united we stand and divided we fall in the search to get america the debate it desperately deserves in a march to create 30 million jobs in this country. ♪ he was a 21st century global nomad ♪ ♪ home was an airport lounge and an ipad ♪ ♪ made sure his credit score did not go bad ♪ ♪ with a free-credit-score-dot-com ♪ ♪ app that he had ♪ downloaded it in the himalayas ♪ ♪ while meditating like a true playa ♪ ♪ now when he's surfing down in chile'a ♪ ♪ he can see when his

tavis: there are some issues i would sit -- kucinich connect to the running of things. >> things to do for your people, and you even go to the minister of water and works to talk to him about the water, so the ministry to ask for help, but for any reason, they are more than happy to come and help. tavis: your village of otuam is about 7000 people? >> 7000. tavis: the challenges you have, specifically in otuam, when he became king? >> there was no running water. the children have to travel out of otuam if they want to go to school, and the girls mostly, they come home pregnant. a child coming home pregnant. and the library. they did not have a library. you know that english is the official language in ghana, and they do not have books to read or computers. now you have to have good computers for them to be able to main goal. -- to mingle. the water they were drinking was not good, and there was the funds. there was a lot of male chauvinism. tavis: i was going to ask about this, since it is so rare in the culture of ghana. how do you deal with the sexes and and the patriarchy of being ki

kucinich from ohio. >> thank you for being here and i appreciate the opportunity to work with you. today we again welcome david strict land, administrator of the national highway safety administration before our subcommittee. and then on the number of hours, truck drivers can work between mandatory hearings. claiming they were harmful to business and the economy. today by contrast, it's whether the department of transportation crass fr was strict enough over one product, the chevy volt electric vehicle by general motors. the title is what did nitsa know about the fire and when did they know it? a very detailed report by the national highway traffic safety administrati administration nhtsa, provide a detailed answer that this hearing claims to ask. gm has also provided extensive documentation pursuant to it is investigation into the volt battery fire that occurred after crash testing. based on what we know so far, nhtsa's new car assessment program appeared to do just what it is intended to do. catch potential safety concerns with new cars before they became a risk to consumers. and

i would like to see publicity on the city part when they do tourist commercials kucinich san franciscobt friendly. come to san francisco. i did volunteer for the training program with open house, and the main thing i noticed, they know -- they had no idea they had lgbt clients in their facility. when i spoke in told him why we went into the closet, they understood. i told them, go to the store and get a pin in the castro, where it, and i imagine that is working out. but it is needed, the training. it is needed. thank you. [applause] supervisor wiener: thank you very much. and we do have the board rule in terms of not having clapping or booing, because it does disrupt the flow. i know we're all very enthusiastic about a lot of the speakers, but if you can refrain from clapping, we appreciate it. next speaker. >> my name is lynn. i have been in san francisco m0a metropolitan community church in 1970. working with open house and their caring connection friendly visitor program. what supervisor wiener said about concerns about aids is germane to our church, even though we have an increasin

one of the cards mocking congressman dennis kucinich from ohio says, i have a short list of valentine's this year. it has the bottom portion of his face cut off, with a knock at the fact he's short. another one bearing the image of debbie wasserman schultz says happy tuesday. that's as sweet as i get. some other democrats on these cards, attorney ar eric holder, and former new jersey governor jon corzine. president obama talked about valentine's day today. he talked about the payroll tax cut, but he started off with just a note about today. >> good morning, and let me start with a quick public service announcement for all the gentlemen out there. today is valentine's day. doon do not forget. i speak from experience here. it is important that you remember this, and go bake. that's my advice. >> president obama today at an event dealing with the payroll tax cut. he later tweeted happy valentine's day to wife michelle. no word on how big he went. back with more on "washington today." >>> welcome back to washington today on c-span radio. defense secretary panetta and the leadership the defe

kucinich. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. kucinich: i want to thank the gentleman from maine for his ever-present leadership on the issue of unemployment insurance. and also for fighting for jobs for americans. because we're really here looking at two problems. one is the problem of making sure that those on unemployment are going to get benefits so they can survive and the other one is the massive unemployment that we have in america. i mean, obviously these matters are interrelated. let me speak first to mr. michaud's motions to instruct conferees. this provision to remove section 213 from h.r. 3610, this section severely undermines the unemployment insurance system that nearly eight million americans rely on. it allows states to apply for waivers that would change how unemployment insurance funds are allocated. it does this under the guys of -- guise of strengthening unemployment programs. in reality, these proposed waivers would allow states to use unemployment insurance funds for purposes other than paying out benefits.

kucinich: i thank my friend . we are here as stewards of our nation, and we must care for the people of our nation, to care for those who are working hard every day trying to survive, trying to pay their mortgages, trying to pay their car payments, get their kids in school. and all they're looking for, 160 million americans, is a continuation of a tax cut. we should be for that. those millions who are unemployed are also looking for help. they're looking for recognition that they've earned these unemployment benefits. this isn't welfare. it's an earned benefit, unemployment insurance. we should make sure they get that benefit. now, why do they need that? it's obvious. people need to pay their mortgages or their rent. they have to feed their families. they have to put clothes on their kids' backs. they need this unemployment insurance. i have trouble understanding, mr. speaker, this proposal that's before the congress in this bill, h.r. 3630, that would discriminate against americans who are unemployed, who don't h

post" editorial writer and msnbc contributor, jonathan capehart and by "usa today" reporter, jackie kucinich. happy friday. i think actually after all the social issue stuff, jonathan, that this tax debate is going to get interesting. there's general agreement that the system is broken, so when mitt romney says a flatter, broader based takz system, it sounds good, but where is this going? >> we'll hear what he has to say, then you have to put it up against what rick santorum is proposing. what the president is proposing. his budget for 2013. clearly, as you said, everyone know that is the tax system the broken, it needs to be fixed. it's just a matter of how and in the days ahead, we're going to find out whether what he's saying, if it not only sounds good, but if it is good fiscal policy. >> here's the problem i see with this and i consider myles in many ways, just the typical voter. these plans, they're complex. you see these people who are lot smarter than i am about how you calculate this stuff. you know, what's going to be good, what's going to be bad. who's plan is going to sell? is it

jackie kucinich, by the way i'm keeping my eye on the markets because we're waiting to see how they're doing right now up 26 points. we'll have more on that, we'll see if indeed they hit 13,000 today. thanks so much, both of you. >>> joseph kennedy iii has been hitting the campaign trail already. he's announced he's trying to replace retiring congressman barney frank. can he use the kennedy legacy on capitol hill? congressman frank will join me in three minutes. >>> and the world of journalism has lost a great voice, "new york times" foreign correspondent anthony shadid died while reporting from syria after suffering an asthma attack. shadid is a two-time pulitzer prize winner, survived a gun shot wound in the west bank in 2002, captured six days in libya last year, he will be sorely missed. he leaves behind a wife and children, anthony shadid was 43 years old. i want to fix up old houses. ♪ [ woman ] when i grow up, i want to take him on his first flight. i want to run a marathon. i'm going to own my own restaurant. when i grow up, i'm going to start a band. [ female announcer ] at aa

kucinich, a member of the committee. the chair: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for two minutes. mr. kucinich: thank you very much, mr. miller. i rise in opposition to h.r. 2117, the protecting academic freedom in higher education act. this legislation would remove critical safety guards against ensuring that american taxpayer dollars are used responsibly in our higher education system. for example, unregulated, for profit colleges are targeting our veterans. targeting low-income students, and targeting minorities. these institutions receive a high percentage of their revenue from federal student loan dollars. yet they are failing to properly educate their students. as a result, the students who need the most support are failing to get it. they are more likely to drop out, graduate without a degree, and without proper training they need to obtain gainful employment. and in turn they are unable to pay back their student loan debt. h.r. 2117 would let the for-profit colleges off the hook. we must start focusing our e

. >> not a published article but twitter stream she is following kucinich and marcy who are locked inra has been tweeting up a storm and you definitely should be following her. >> i bet she does make that interesting. how about you, susan? what's your must read? >> thomas freeman. we need a second party in "the new york times" today. it is something every republican who wants to appeal to an independent should take a look at and most importantly it talks about the republican party needing to be conservative and not radical. >> okay. karen finney, christine a susan, good to see you all. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> and that's a wrap, everyone. this sunday edition of "weekends with alex witd." stay with us. we have updates and breaking news throughout the afternoon. big announcement right now, we are going to see all of you next saturday at 7:00 a.m. and then we will be on from noon to 2:00 eastern on sundays on from noon to two as well. be sure to tune in our new time. we are so excited about it. thanks for watching, everyone. have yourselves a great sunday. are you still sleeping?

then cnbc contributor and democratic strategist morris reid and "usa today" politics reporter jody kucinichtive from santorum's tuesday's sweep if he wins? >> you're absolutely right, alex. it will represent romney to regain the momentum he's lies at least in the eyes of the pun. this is another primary without delegates to be won, the same as santorum's wins this past week. he didn't win delegates but got a huge surge from having won three primaries in a row this past week. romney theneeds this win today. >> what do you think, jackie, would a romney maine victory erase the memory of the santorum sweep this week, or is there no erasing that? >> the fact we're looking at maine at this point as another primary where delegates aren't going to be awarded just shows how much this romney ship needs to be righted. no, i don't think it erases the santorum sweep, particularly somewhere like colorado where romney went into that contest, last cycle he got 40 more percentage points than john mccain. so they need to do more. it will definitely be a step in the right direction for the romney campaign. >>

they made a joke out of kucinich who was in favor of a single person -- host: i think we got your six. guest: that is an efficient list. you might call that the civics textbook list of powerful people. in many ways, we have affected your hierarchy in our list. we are looking at -- we have senator demint on there for example. as i said, it is a snapshot. as we get further along this year we know we are going to see a lot of power being wielded by the supreme court. the media, that is an excellent point, too. i get frustrated as well as a member of the media. i do understand the frustration that you see a lot of coverage of the story of the day and not some of the nitty gritty policy making in washington. host: there were some that did not make the list -- there were some from the media that did make the list. beforeit saysa -- he might be the most important political journalist working today. it is no contest." guest: right. chuck is a popular and powerful reporter here in washington. people see him as the heir to tim russert who passed away a couple of years ago and was the face of jo

many in congress recognized the need for legislation, and this committee, the kucinich and others in the house desert task. the battle has shifted. people try to dilute legislation and try to put forward slogans instead of solutions and the right in the loophole. the goal should be to strengthen, not to dilute and so the two problems need attention. the first is a threshold for designating the controlled critical infrastructure. cyberattack in the next few years are most likely to be targeted and precise. they probably will not cause mass casualties or catastrophic disruptions if we set the threshold too high, it is simply telling our attackers what they should hit, so many to very carefully limit the scope of this regulation, but i fear that we may have gone a bit too far read the second is to carve out for the commercial and information technology and others have raised this. it makes sense an industry doesn't want the government telling them how to make their product. that is perfectly reasonable. but a blanket exemption on the services and maintenance installation would first und

many in congress recognized the need for legislation, and this committee, the kucinich and others in the house desert task. the battle has shifted. people try to dilute legislation and try to put forward slogans instead of solutions and the right in the loophole. the goal should be to strengthen, not to dilute and so the two problems need attention. the first is a threshold for designating the controlled critical infrastructure. cyberattack in the next few years are most likely to be targeted and precise. they probably will not cause mass casualties or catastrophic disruptions if we set the threshold too high, it is simply telling our attackers what they should hit, so many to very carefully limit the scope of this regulation, but i fear that we may have gone a bit too far read the second is to carve out for the commercial and information technology and others have raised this. it makes sense an industry doesn't want the government telling them how to make their product. that is perfectly reasonable. but a blanket exemption on the services and maintenance installation would first und

direction and developed in the recent month the unemployment rate fell by -- it did fall buy almost one kucinich point over the past year from 9.4 to 8.5%. the and leningrad rid of the expansion is still too slow to deliver the middle class families the economic opportunities the need to meet their family budgets much less to get ahead. moreover given the importance of restoring the middle class economic prosperity, we must recognize the group itself is necessary sufficient. gdp productivity growth alone has not sufficiently lifted the income and living standard of the middle class kid in the business cycle expansion of 2,000 productivity grew 19%, real gdp grew 18%, the real income of the middle class working age households actually fell in the real terms. a middle class income trends are favorable in the 1990 says the median incomes of the households increased 10% and an additional $5,600 in today's dollars. employ years at about 23 million jobs over the 1990's in the 5.5 million over the 2000 cycle. i raise this comparison here for a few reasons. in 2000 the policy makers aggressively adopted

direction and developed in the recent month the unemployment rate fell by -- it did fall buy almost one kucinich point over the past year from 9.4 to 8.5%. the and leningrad rid of the expansion is still too slow to deliver the middle class families the economic opportunities the need to meet their family budgets much less to get ahead. moreover given the importance of restoring the middle class economic prosperity, we must recognize the group itself is necessary sufficient. gdp productivity growth alone has not sufficiently lifted the income and living standard of the middle class kid in the business cycle expansion of 2,000 productivity grew 19%, real gdp grew 18%, the real income of the middle class working age households actually fell in the real terms. a middle class income trends are favorable in the 1990 says the median incomes of the households increased 10% and an additional $5,600 in today's dollars. employ years at about 23 million jobs over the 1990's in the 5.5 million over the 2000 cycle. i raise this comparison here for a few reasons. in 2000 the policy makers aggressively adopted