earlier i spoke with patrick leahy about what almost seems to be a distongue shung of generations, that arlen specter and many other veterans on capitol hill are willing to work on both sides of the ail, but kind of the younger generations of lawmakers, they are reticent to do so, you are one of those younger generations of lawmakers on the hill. does he inspire you to want to cross the aisle and work things out? >> no question about it, i think he was an inspiration to a lot of us. when i got there, he was in his 25th year. one of the first things he said to me was literally on the way to lunch, he said it's important for to us work together as democrats an republicans it's also important for people to see us working together. he knew at the time and he would say today, onc people see that and they see evidence of it, it's not enough just to make the attempt. and at that time it didn't mean as much to me as it does now. and now probably more so because of the nature of our politics in washington. his suggestions and his advice have even more meaning now. >> pennsylvania senator bob cas

hopeful leahy will be okay. he tweeted that he is all right. the 115th edition of the big game is tomorrow at noon. stanford at cal. only 15 points separated the two teams. because of the new pack 12tv deal, the game was moved from its normal day in november to october. stanford has won the last couple of meetings. when ever they play the game with the ax on the line, emotions are high. >> it was a little earlier than you would expect, but it is a renouned rivalry. we are giving each other our best shot and we have to be ready to play. >> when ever the big game comes, we are ready. >> abc7 sports is brought to you by river rock casino. i forget, carolyn, who has the ax? >> i don't know, larry. >> stanford has it. >> thank you, larry. >> you are not proud of that, are you some. >> "nightline" is up next. >> i'm

hopeful leahy will be okay. he tweeted that he is all right. 115th edition of the big game is tomorrow at noon. stanford at cal. only 15 points separated the two teams. because of the new pack 12tv deal, the game was moved from its normal day in november to october. stanford has won the last couple of meetings. when ever they play the game with the ax on the line, emotions are high.

hopeful leahy will be okay. he tweeted that he is all right.15th edition of the big game is tomorrow at noon. stanford at cal. only 15 points separated the two teams. because of the new pack 12tv deal, the game was moved from its normal day in november to october. stanford has won the last couple of meetings. when ever they play the game with the ax on the line, emotions are high. >> it was a little earlier than you would expect, but it is a renouned rivalry. we are giving each other our best shot and we have to be ready to play. >> when ever the big game comes, we are ready. >> abc7 sports is brought to you by river rock casino. i forget, carolyn, who has the ax? >> i don't know, larry. >> stanford has it. larry.>> th. >> you are not proud of that, are you some. >> "nightline" is up next. >> i'm

incurred and rather unnecessarily so i think i think the american people understand the us senator leahy sions far better candidates seem to think the understand and somehow they feel that putting this needed cast on china is going to gain them votes and i don't believe that they're right. and as the world weighs the possible outcomes of november's u.s. presidential ballot our resident laurie huff and us took to the streets of new york to find out what voters make of the race so far. the two thousand and twelve presidential elections why are they so boring this week let's talk about that. so tired of all of it you know i mean it's almost like it's more than twenty four hours of coverage on everything you know no matter what happens and nothing happened exactly having said that i think obama's going to win do you think he believes in himself as much as he did four years ago because he seems kind of tired he seems like he's a little frustrated i think he's more tired of. just all of this like he just wants to get it over to november just like ok give me you know i mean when president obama

the most notable people that receive letters with anthrax in them or senators tom daschle patrick leahy and russ feingold some of those outspoken opponents to the impending patriot act several media outlets also received anthrax letters including the son new york post and the seas tom brokaw now the letters that were sent out appeared to be from muslim terrorists same phrases like death to america death to israel all law is great however soon after the attacks occurred the government acknowledged that al qaeda was no longer a sus. because the anthrax was in fact a highly weaponized military grade that could have only come from two bio defense facilities in the u.s. doug when you tell or fort detrick in maryland but of course that didn't stop the bush administration from continuing to peddle the propaganda that it was perpetrated by muslim terrorists think for a second about what it was that shifted our focus away from al qaeda and onto iraq remember this. a teaspoon of dry anthrax a little bit about this amount this is just about the amount of a teaspoon less than a teaspoon full of dry

hopeful leahy is trampled by nerds

hopeful leahy is trampled by nerds tearing every ligment and breaking every bone in his body. that's not cool. >> you wrote it. >> i don't think i did. >> you just don't remember it. >> go away. let's welcome our guest. she is so cute that rabbits carry her toot on their key chain. i am here with author jedediah bila. and if jokes were trash n cays, large -- trashcans, large men would bang him in my driveway. and downtown he is used as a tray. my repulsive sidekick, bill schulz. and he jus landed the role as lurch in the new adams family movie so it means he can quit his job at the cheesecake factory in l.a. the writer and comedian, jesse joyce. >> a block, the lede, that's the first story. >> the thing about the animation is it cuts you off. >> i think they got the gist of the fact that i called you out on using several of those in the past. and of the two of us, you are clearly dressed more like a mater de. >> i will take that. should p cs -- should companies mix -- nix talk of politics? the election is a few weeks away and everybody is yakking at it at work, but should they

. >> i want to also play a comment by reading the beach department of utilities director tom leahy, whoues against lifting the uranium moratorium. >> our worry is a catastrophic storm. the location of this mine or other future possible mines could possibly affect six locations. it is susceptible to precipitation and other events, such as hurricanes. 30 inches of rain in six hours. there have been two storm like this in the past four years in virginia, basically, in a straight line, in the path of this proposed mine. we are looking at an unlikely scenario, but there is probability and consequence. >> your final comments? the uranium mining has become much more advanced in the last 30 years, according to his comments, since the moratorium was imposed. >> the fact is, this has never been done in a positive water balance. , in a with environment. this is an experiment that we do not know how to manage the facility, manage the waist. >> the former director of the virginia department of the department of the environment. that doesn't for our broadcast as we continue our 100-city tour. tune in

a leahy story. senator lay here, the senator lugar, from indiana, they came to the senate roughly the same time, both junior members thoughing a call temperature committee. they met -- how it's shaped in a horseshoe in the committee so they literally were looking right at each other, and they would say, mr. chairman, what was that? and the chairman would shut them up because they were junior senators. and they kind of bonded over that. they did lots of agriculture legislation, other different kind of legislation together, over 30 years, i think, of their time together. they have childrens whose homes back up against each other in the same neighborhood in virginia and they would find themselves in this playground in that neighborhood, with their grandchildren, and the called it the bipartisan playground. they do not look at each other and think the other one is evil. when you're standing on the sidelines, watching your son play soccer on the same team as the other guy's son, you learn to know he is n

i did a piece one time with senator leahy, a liberal democrat from vermont and senator lugar, the outgoing conservative senator from indiana. they came to the senate roughly at the same time in the same decade and virginia members on the agriculture committee. it is shaped in a horseshoe in those committees of they were literally looking at each other. they would say, mr. chairman, what is that? the chairman would shut them up and they bonded over that peri. they did lots of agriculture legislation and other legislation together over 30 years in their time together. they have children whose homes back up against each other in the same neighborhood in virginia. they would find themselves in a playground in that neighborhood with their grandchildren and they called that the bipartisan playground. they do not look at each other as if the other one is evil. when you were standing on the sideline watching your son plays soccer on the same team as the other guy's son, you know he is not evil but he has a different opinion that you may disagree with. they have huge, deep differences that are very

i did a piece one time with senator leahy, a liberal democrat from vermont, senator lugar, the outgoingut conservative senator from indiana. they came to the senate roughly the same time, at least in the same decade. they were both junior members op the agriculture -- on the agriculture committee. they met -- you know, shaped in a horseshoe when they're in those committees, so they literally were looking right at each other, and the way they'd tell the story is they'd say, mr. chairman, what was that? and the chairman was just shut them up, and nobody cared, so they kind of bonded over that. they did, you know, lots of agriculture legislation, lots of other, different kinds of legislation together over 30 years, i think, of their time together. they have children whose homes back up against each other in the same neighborhood in virginia, and they would find themselves in this playground in that neighborhood with their grandchildren, and they called it the bipartisan playground. [laughter] they, they do not look at each other and think the other one is evil. when you are standing on the