he wrote -- congressman kucinich, could you respond to that?the last time he said, congress should now privatize? >> yes. >> what a revelation. this person worked inside the white house. think about it. we have a government that is going to the highest bidder who is all these private interest groups hovering i've vultures try to pick of the postal service -- which actually is one of the strongest services government provides the people who are involved in delivering the mail. this really needs to be challenged. this is about privatization at its corporate thank you, peter orszag, for being so candid about things that i'm sure he supported when he was one of the president's top advisers. we need to stand up for the whole principle of government acting as a public service. government is not there to make a profit. they're there to provide a service. >> some people suggest that some reform of the postal service is necessary. do you agree with that? >> of course. every institution has to evolve. but to say there's a difference between allowing an i

kucinich: mr. speaker, i yield 2 1/2 minutes to an american patriot, someone who has been relentless in his efforts to stop america from blundering into foreign adventures, congressman ron paul from texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for 2 1/2 minutes. mr. paul: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i think this bill would be better named if we called it obsession with iran act, 2012. this is what we continue to be doing is obsessed with iran and the idea that iran is a threat to our national security. iran happens to be a third world nation. they have nom significant navy, air force, intercontinental ballistic missiles, the iaea and c.i.a. said they are not on the verge of a nuclear weapon. it's so similar to what we went through in the early part of this last decade when we were beating the war drums to go to war against iraq. it was all a facade. there was no danger from iraq. this is what we are doing. beating the war drums once again. now since the bill has co

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joining us, mark preston and jack jackie kucinich.things that stands out for me is florida. i was down there and talked to marco rubio. he said, no, we are going to win florida, no doubt about it. i don't know if it is going to be that easy. quinnipiac university poll, barack obama beating mitt romney right now in florida. among senior voters, mitt romney is up by seven points among voters over 65. you take paul ryan's plan and try to win in florida, it is not going to be easy. >> it is a tough sell. that's why we saw paul ryan flanked by his mother, a part-time florida resident and herself a medicare recipient. if mitt romney loses florida, he pretty much loses the election. cnn has eight toss-up states we are looking at. he would have to sweep seven of those states if he were to lose florida. that's why it has become so crucial. that's why we saw him down there this weekend. expect tens of millions of dollars in superpac ads to flood into the state in the coming months. >> i think it is important to say where he went too. the villag

jackie kucinich and mark preston are here today on "state of the union." >>> with paul ryan's pick on the gop ticket, medicare is suddenly a top campaign issue. >> this is my mom, betty. >> congressman rya took his message to the largest place for medicare recipients is florida. >> and we want to empower seniors and not bureaucrats to make decisions on how they get their health care. mitt romney and i will protect and strengthen medicare so that the promises that were made, that people organized their retirements around, like my mom, will be promises that are kept. >> the president took his turn in another important battleground state, new hampshire. >> since i have been in office, i have strengthened medicare. i've made reforms that have extended the life of the program that have saved millions of senior seniors with medicare hundreds of dollars on the prescription drugs. the only changes to your benefits that i have made on medicare is that medicare now covers new preventive services like cancer screenings and wellness visits for free. >> joining me now from boston is eric fehrnstro

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joining us now from washington democratic congressman dennis kucinich. so, in the beginning, just right after the announcement was made on saturday morning, some democrats go oh, this is great for us. paul ryan is an extremist and that's what the "new york times" said today as i pointed out on talking points memo. do you feel that way? do you feel like this is a slam dunk for your party, this is a great thing? >> no. this election is up for grabs. with the economy being what it is, with unemployment, with trade, china trade in particular, we're still at war. there is a lot of issues that are going to be discussed that will determine the outcome of the election and, frankly, i'm glad that paul ryan is in the race because his position in the race will help define the issues in a much clearer way than any other candidate that romney could have picked. >> bill: all right. so you are actually agreeing with me that you want to be careful with because you do have to go home and walk the streets of d.c. today. you don't want to have to be put in that hopper. now

the report comes after dennis kucinich called for cell phones to carry warning labels.duled oral arguments on an ordinance to require retailers how much radiation cell phones admit. >> traffic is doing well and it is a decent dry time to be driving. you can see traffic is heading out to the mcarthur maze and for some reason there was a police presence and there should not be a problem with that if you are following the laws and it looks good getting up to highway 17. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. >> if you are inland it will be warm to hot, all toe though a few cool down with 60s and 70s very warm aloft and the lows are on the cool is side. mainly there is fog on the san mateo coast and it regroups around 10:00. santa rosa 50 and they will come in at 48. west southwest at 14 and there is still a sea breeze, and that high pressure has been working out, yet a weak system rotates and we will not get the offshore breeze and even though the fog gets chewed up it is not that warm for some but patchy fog temperatures 60s and 70s coast and bay and then you will get it a

>> dennis kucinich is calling on the inspector general to investigate the fda handling of the streetscomplaints date back to 2007 and when the agency finally inspected the chinese plant earlier this year, chinese manufacturers refuse to release samples for testing >> to then told that they had not received any complaints when the fda itself has said they had forwarded most of the complaints to the manufacturers >> those complaints are now online. story after story of a painful death went to nearly a dozen different brands including lesley purina and canyon creek, dog's well, kingdom pets and more >> we need to get those products off the market >> the fda will say they don't have the authority to recall the products because they have yet to find a specific talks and >> the fda has the authority to institute an import ban but they're not doing that. they're letting the products they on the market >> manufacturers and distributors say the treats remain on shelves because " the fda has not recommended any recalls and no contaminants have been found ". in fact, the viewer who wrote this e-

animal lovers nationwide are shocked and one of the most outspoken is representative dennis kucinich who tells us " the fda is in an indefensible position of not protecting the public and their pets. we should immediately recall those products ". legally recall a product based on complaints alone and despite numerous tests it has yet to identify the specific oxidant responsible for the illness so he continues to issue warnings and points out there is nothing preventing a company from conducting a voluntary recall but cheney says they should do better >> they should make whoever made them eat them themselves. >> one of the most surprising findings of the report, officials that the chinese plants say they have never received any complaints related to illness or death. u.s. distributors insist that they do alert manufacturing plants to consumer complaints. if you have a consumer complaint give us a call or head to cbssf.com. >> sources tell us today that they do expect some big announcements in the next few days so we will keep our fingers crossed >> despite some windy weather, thousand

it's almost as though it's a dying breed of politicians people like ron paul people like dennis kucinich people like ralph nader who really were challenging that establishment in the two party kind of dominance and so i think that in the future we will be seeing more of a rise but it's going to be a while and i don't think the this is really the time to see a new new party come right many thanks so much for coming out coming into the studio in a way again that was our t.v. producer many rappel of. last week we brought you a troubling story from n.p.r. the radio station's economic news show planet money was pummeled with negative headlines for alleged conflict of interest for a while the show had only one sponsor alley financial a major bank that received money and the bailout but the show wasn't the only part of planet money taking in big bank dollars planet money's co-creator and co-host adam davidson made money as a speaker at goldman sachs and goldman sachs and bank of america events here is mark ams from the project the shame project explained the problem with planet money's ethics i

says -- no said dennis kucinich warning about the military industrial complex.t do you mean to much influence? >> the cost of the military takes a greater part of our gdp. john: it is a greater amount not the greater part. >> they take an increasing amount cents 9/11 at 3.5% to. the economic effect slows employment and it is a loser with economics and it is not clear it is safe her. john: that is the question. how much safer does this make us? >> look at those divergent threats of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, increasing assertiveness by think back to the past when we had missiles aimed at us we now spend more during the cold war, vietnam war, korean war, the bill but. >> look at afghanistan is right but a percentage has gone down since the cold war. even the obama administration said the cuts required by a sequestration would have the devastating effect on our defense. john: they always say that. >> the war and iraq and afghanistan could cost $5 trillion after it is added up. in addition and it has not made us safer. irg we've safe if we are

>> dennis kucinich did not even say it was wrong but we needed accountability.nd to get to 25 other congress people which is astounding. >> is the election-year and they want to show support for the administration and. >> baathist is a really good question and puzzles me to no end. i haveearched for people and the religious community and what they have to say about this. you think there would be remiss. it is hard to find religious leaders speaking out against it. we have to change that quickly. change our pastors, a priest, rabbis, all those who have the faith based community. but the catholic worker community who are the most soulful, heart fall the best our country have stew author to care for the plant and trying to stop the killing puts their bodies on the line also my a codepink sisters who have been doing this in front of the air force bases, at the headquarters of the drones manufacturers. a lot of vietnam era of that this i would think everybody who has done something make sure more of us come with you it would be good for somebody to explain what you h

dennis kucinich is making a new ordinance to make sure they carry warnings on how much radiation cell phones are carrying. >>> the traffic is backed up and one of the things we did find out was things will improve and it was not a big deal. it was not a crash or anything. let's take a look at westbound san mateo bridge with no major problems all the way to the peninsular. we are seeing more slowed traffic to el cerrito but it is not that bad so far. >>> patchy fog out there, very shallow, there was hardly anything, but it has been patterned to 6:00 to 8:00 although by noon it is gone so it is not going to be that much, warmer. upper 40s for some and i have seen actually 43. valley ford had 49 degrees and oakland airport 51 stanford 51 also, and a little system is working its way into tremendous resistance and that's that domeel high pressure which has been large and in charge for the longest time. we have a lot of things going against the heat up today but i am saying with the party line, sunny and warmer for those away from the coast but about the same closer to it. upper 90s to near

dennis kucinich has also introduced a bill calling for cell phones to carry warning labels about radiationginger candies, they say dangerous levels of led were found in more than a dozen varieties. some of the plumb and ginger tested led levels up to 100 times the legal limit. the candies were made in tie won and were sold in stores across the bay area. now the areas where the stores were they were sold just scroll down and go to the web link section. >>> and we are doing well so far, dave and pam, this hour and a half or so we started at 4:30 and it does not look all that bad. so far we are having a decent wednesday. 680 is moving along well as you head south and if you drive to the san jose area, on 6080s -- 680 is doing well, let's go back to the desk. >>> angry community -- angry community members, what chevron said about the big fire an explosion and what the community said back to them. >>> plus they are investigating a fatal east bay crash and how it is affecting the morning commute. >>> what about the coast and bay, we will have those forecasted highs. back to school time means bac

. >> reporter: congressman kucinich introduced a bill monday that would put warning labels on cell phones and test the -- to measure the effects of cell phone radiation on the human body, saying, quote, it took decades for scientists to say for sure that smoking caused cancer. we must allow consumers to have enough information to choose a phone with less radiation. what is your response? >> there are federal agencies that have responsibilities right now. the food and drug administration has some. we didn't look at whether or not those responsibilities should be changed or reassigned. >> urge huh. >> there is research ongoing, and cell phones do contain information right now. the packaging and labeling of cell phones do contain information, and current cell phones do meet the current standards, which are more stringent than those existing in europe. >> and let me ask you to put on your hat as a consumer. i assume you have a cell phone. >> yeah. >> how long do you think we should have to wait for a definitive answer as a consumer? >> thank is difficult to answer. you know the studies are ha

and jackie kucinich covers politics for "usa today."to "the daily rundown". >> great to see you, luke. >> let's start right out on paul ryan, because robert, you've been studying him quite closely, and this akin story that is chasing him all the way until thursday. he's going to be in missouri tonight, albeit for fund-raising. he said this to kdak about abortion. >> you sponsored legislation that has the language "forcible rape." what is forcible rape as opposed to -- >> rape is rape, period. end of story. >> so that forcible rape language meant nothing to you at the time? >> rape is rape. and there's no splitting hairs over rape. >> robert, you know that paul ryan is a very wonky guy. he's not into the red meat politics, he's not a flame thrower, usually. how much do you think that this is personally upsets him that he's being weighed down by this story and can't get to the nuts and bolts economic argument that he's pretty good at? >> i think every single republican is bothered by this story, it keeps festering, it's continuing to be a

but we were talking about this earlier, you know, dennis kucinich is not called a deficit hawk just because he wants to cut defense spending, because he has a critique of how much we spend on defense. as for the plan, look, i'm reminded of the opening scene in "the dark knight rises," where a different bane, an evil bane says, it doesn't matter who we are, what matters is we have a plan. in that case, an evil plan to take out gotham. the problem for these guys is what meshes, to go on the krauthammer quote. they both have similar plans to decimate medicare. it's not going to work in florida and i don't think it's going to work many other places. >> alex, here's the trick question for george will and for other establishment, so-called neutral major media players who have always regarded paul ryan as the thinking man in the republican house of representatives. who is the number two thinking man in the republican house of representatives? and none of them have an answer. which is to say, ryan is the only person in a group of hundreds of republican congressmen who don't know anything about gove

. >> let me bring in "usa today" political reporter jackie kucinich and the grio's politics editor perry bacon. hello to both of you. so paul ryan called todd akin, asked him to get out. mitt romney has said publicly it's time to go. here was akin's response this morning. >> if you were in romney's position don't you think he may have bid this thing up and made a bigger deal about it than he needed to? why couldn't he run his race and i run mine? >> why couldn't he run his race and i run mine, jackie? he doesn't seem to care that he's alone on an island. >> well, yeah. he is alone on an island and he has given up his house seat so he really has nothing to lose here. the problem is the republican party has a lot to lose. they're looking at the senate. they had a real shot at taking over the senate when he was a viable candidate. now that he's not so viable, they want him out of there because it's not so much about mitt romney as it is about the republican party. it is about mitt romney but not as much as the bigger picture here. >> when you step back and you look at it, it doesn't make se

dennis kucinich wasn't called a hawk for wanting to cut defense spending, one of the biggest contributionso the deficit, right? there will be a big debate among people who want to talk about life and the social issues and people who say wait a minute, this is not the status quo. this is a radical restructuring and it goes after the poor. >> jose, what's also interesting about this in terms of history, you may have, if mitt romney wins, you don't have a protestant on the ticket. you have a mormon and catholic in the white house, which is very different than historical trend. the other issue is that mitt romney didn't pick an evangelical christian. tim pawlenty would have been a good pick on that level because i believe his pastor is one of the heads of the national evangelical association. do you think that reflects a certain confidence on the part of team romney? >> i love listening to you guys because i simply don't have an answer. i'm glad you guys do. >> that's why we're here. >> that's right. thank you for helping. there is also a third kind of catholic, the catholic of our lady of gua

. >> for more, let's bring in jackie kucinich from "usa today" and analyst jonathan alter. of you. >> thanks. >> let's pick up where kristen left off. let's use the chains comments and other comments that the vice president has made, is he bo more of an asset or what of a liability at this point as well? >> i think he's neither. i mean, he's been making gaffes since 1972. this is knotted a new thing. the difference between chained and shackled, such a dopey debate when we have such big issues. medicare on the table to be discussed, and horribly distorted by one side. i believe by one side. we don't always want to have phony balance where we say even steven. we have a situation where paul ryan was in florida, saying that the big, bad obama administration took 716 billion from your medicare. first of all, the exact same $7 is 16 billion, same amount of money, is in the ryan budget. accusing them of raiding the piggy bank, then he did the same thing. this is just one small example of the level of misinformation that's going on back and forth on this issue. where it is truly le

kucinich: today, 243 years after the constitution was ratified, congress is pro pre-side thovering disestablishment of the postal service. today a default created by legislation is pushing the postal service to the brink. today they will not make a payment it should never have had to make in the first place to pay for prefunded 75 years of retiree benefits in 10 years. a manufactured default encouraged by banks and other interest groups. a move toward privatization of one of america's most vital services. the congress has a responsibility to stand up but here in the u.s.a., under citizens united, everything is up for auction including the postal service. wake up, america. universal service son the line. wake up, america and stand up for the constitution, 575,000 postal service workers and our obligation to the american people to see to it that the postal service is rescued from those who want to push it into default or privatize it for their own profit. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to addr