leahy: mr. president, i have eight unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders and i ask unanimous consent these requests be agreed to and the requests be printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president, i'm about to suggest the absence of a quorum for about one minute, and i ask consent that upon coming out of the quorum that i be recognized. so i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from erm vermont. mr. leahy: i ask unanimous consent to proceed for 10 minutes. the presiding officer: we are in a quorum call. mr. leahy: i ask consent the call of the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: and, mr. president, i ask consent to be able to continue for ten minutes. the presiding officer: without

leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: mr. president, you know, watching this debate, i see on some -- at some points where the senate actually wants to stand up and be the conscience of the nation but unfortunately some quickly want to step back from that precipice and be the conscience of a lobby on one side or the other. now, being the conscience, we saw that last thursday when the senate rejected the ill-conceived filibuster against considering the safe communities, safe schools act of 2013. not a difficult thing to do in our conscience because the vast majority of the american people did not want a filibuster, they wanted to have -- they wanted us to have the courage to stand up and vote "yes" or "no" not vote "maybe" which is what a filibuster is. and after considering the bipartisan efforts of senator manchin and senator toomey to plug loopholes in the background check system, there will be another alternative by ranking republican on the senate

leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid:, i appreciate the chaplain's prayer, but i especially want to recognize the last line or two of his prayer today where he indicated that he wanted a special blessing on the capitol police. i'm happy that the sergeant at arse was here when the -- the sergeant-at-arms was here when the prayer was being given, because the chairperson i chapl. every day the capitol police protect us -- that is, senators and staff, but also the millions of visit visitors who come in ts massive complex every year. we see them standing there at guard watching the doors, and we need to do that because just a few years ago we had some madman crash through the house side and kill two police officers. we've seen that things have gotten more difficult since then. we have people standing with automatic weapons. we have bomb squads. we have these dogs that do -- work with us so well. we have people who are on bicycles. but i -- with the appropriations process coming soon, i hope, we have to make sure that we

leahy: mr. president, i ask that the calling of the quorum be dispensed r officer without objection. the senate will proceed to executive session to consider the following nomination, which the the clerk will report. the clerk: the judiciary, patty shwartz of new jersey to be judge for the third circuit. the presiding officer: there will 30b minutes of debate divided in the usually form. mr. leahy: i ask that my statement on behalf of patty shwartz of new jersey be included in the records a though read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy:man, i ask unanimous consent to speak on my time as though in morning business on legislative matter pending before the senate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president, four months after the horrific day in newtown where 20 children, six educators senselessly murdered, the senate is poised to make further progress toward the goal of reducing gun violence. that's a goal that all americans, no matter what your political

to hundreds it's a sum around the sum of thirty thirty million dollars annually that they give the leahy law what it does is that it limits that that money if this if it's if the funds are knowingly going to organizations that are violating human rights and the issue here is the captain the general and hundreds the guy that oversees the police force has had many accusations and allegations of him being involved in. disappearances as well as murders so the u.s. congress has kind of held back that money what's going on is that the state department. and there's been several reports that have kind of corroborated this this started with the associated press which discovered that the state department said you know we're not funding the police force under under this under this general is lesson has been you know we're not funding this police force we're funding refined except units that were that were vetting beforehand that the problem is that all of these units eventually answer to one person one general and hundreds so exactly who is the state department funding is the question the problem i

i mean, leahy talking about maybe he'll consider one hearing.hird of the senators in the united states senate weren't there the last time comprehensive immigration was attempted. >> already the judiciary committee has had handful of here's on immigration restorm. there have been numerous oversight hearings. >> lou: you're satisfied with it? >> this is not an issue that's new to the u.s. senate. >> lou: a third of the senators -- >> i mean, i think that the congress is ready to debate a law enforcement let's get this going. >> lou: just like that. just sort of like health care? >> these are pretty smart guys. >> lou: all right. how smart are these guys, first? >> no. > >> lou: what do you think of one hearing? let's get these? >> how smart are these guys? the voters elected them. i'm not going to insult the voters. >> lou: we'll leave that to the elected officials. >> no, no, no, no. look. the senate will work its way through the process. they've already had hearings th year in the judiciary committee on immigration. i don't doubt there will be e

. >> senator leahy says he wants to move quickly. that's his expression, move quickly.s thing done. what do you say about that? >> that is just the wrong thing to do. this is an exceedingly important and complex issue. we should have hearings with the best econot to discuss the economic impact. we need top law enforce. officers to tell us what needs to be done to ensure there's lawfulness at the border. how we're going to be able to enforce workplace legality. >> are no hearings planned? this is a major piece of legislation in the works for year years. is there mo plan to hold hearings and bring in experts? >> there are no plans. we had one general hearing a few weeks ago. the problem in -- now, after senator rubio joined with some of us who -- after the hearings, senator leahy indicated there might be one hearing but senator reid intends to bring it straight to the floor and senator leahy has stiff-armed any suggestion we have a deliberate process. i'm very worried. it's not the right thing to do. american people need to know what's in the bill. >> senator jeff session

what brought you to speak out on this one. >> thank you, senator leahy. as i mentioned, it's the human aspect for me and the strong sense of god's movement in working in this as it relates to humanitarian side. i'm not a politician or an attorney. i'm not deemed worthy to speak n my calling is to remind u there's no solution at either poll or extreme. we have to come together and keep the humidity in the front of our minds. i'm excited to say there's been a rising middle voice in the debate. i'm excited to see that. we've made lot of progress. i'm grateful we are talking about it today. i feel something good will happen. >> my final question, do you think it will bring people out of the shadows and registers? >> absolutely. we see this on a daily basis. people want to know how do they pay their taxes, how do they join the military? how do they start a business. they want to be fully functioning member of the community. >> thank you. senator grassley. >> my understanding of the bill, so far, is that undocumented immigrants will get every opportunity to app

i think senator leahy is correct. it's an excuse. it's exploitive.nator grassley said he didn't support the legislation, comprehensive reform and to prey on the emotions of the people right now after this tragedy in boston and to prey on insecurities and justifiable anger, to try to delay a bill, stall a bill, let it drag out and so that nothing is done i think is a tactic. it's not more than a tactic and it's very disappointing. if you want to have security in this country, part of the package has to be comprehensive reform so that millions of people out there that are undocumented come forward. we know who they are. background check. you begin to call who is eligible for an opportunity to a path to citizenship and who should not be here. right now the process stands we don't have that mechanism and i would suggest that if you are talking about security, comprehensive immigration reform is part of that solution. >> yesterday a congressman said you can't make an emotional response to the bombings with legislation but patrick leahy urged people to tre

conner. >> chairman leahy, thank you for those comments. ranking member grassley and members of the committeeee, thank you for the invitation to testify on agricultural, american agriculture's need for immigration reform. as noted in your introduction i ham chuck conner, president and ceo o the national council of farmer co-ops and also here as one thereof founding members of the agricultural work force coalition or the awc. it prinze together nearly 70 agricultural organizations that represent the diverse needs of agricultural employers across the country. the awc came together because increasingly finding enough workers to pick crops and care for animals has become the number one priority for many of our members across the country and all regions of the country. i dare say that for many producers, this immigration legislation and this debate before us is more important to the survival of their operations than any other legislation pending before congress. we have all seen reports of crops, left to rot in the fields because growers lack fi

senator leahy has agreed to have extensive markup and debate on the bill in april, and then we go to the floor, god willing, in may. i hi we're on track. >> you were quoted as saying the deal is near, the deal is at hand, and all of that coverage got senator rubio, the republican, part of this gang of eight to say, whoa, whoa, whoa, no deal yet. that we're closer. so is there disagreement between the two of you on how close you are to a deal? >> no, it's semantics. business and labor have an agreement on the future flow which has been the issue that has undone imfwrags reform in the past. this is a major, major obstacle that's overcome. each of us has to look at the language and approve it. i don't think on the business/labor side there's any disagreement. there's lots of but as and he's correctly pointing out that language hasn't been fully drafted. i don't think any of us expect there to be problems. >> if you lost senator rubio in this gang of eight, if he walked away from the negotiations, would that put the entire immigration bill in jeopardy? >> well, first of all, i don't thin

to hundreds it's somewhere in the sum of thirty thirty million dollars annually that they give the leahy law what it does is that it limits that if it's if the funds are knowingly going to organizations that are violating human rights and the issue here is the captain the general. that oversees the police force has had many accusations and allegations of him being involved in. disappearances as well as murders so the u.s. congress is kind of held back that money what's going on is that the state department. and there's been several reports that have kind of corroborated this started with the associated press which discovered that the state department said you know we're not funding the police force under under this under this general is last name is borneo. not funding this police force were fundraising funding separate units that were that were vetting beforehand. the problem is that all of these units eventually answer to one person and one general in hundreds so exactly who is the state department funding is the question the problem is that in honduras some of these police units. for

please go ahead. >> thank you senator leahy.senator leahy and members of the committee thank you for inviting me to testify before a exam behalf of the border secured economic modernization act of 2013. i have the privilege of serving in the nicest congress from 1985 until 2007 representing arizona's fifth and eighth congressional district. immigration is an issue that has always been in the forefront of this district. i applaud the senators and the so-called gang of eight and my colleague senator flake from arizona who spent months preparing this legislation. the bill currently supports positive provisions that help uses businesses are immigrant population in our country as a whole. others on the panel have discussed various economic considerations but i want to talk about one particular provision completing family unification. i know as a partner of the panamanian immigrant of how especially difficult it can be to build a life under our current cumbersome system. all of those the bill you're considering is an icon starting poi

and i thought, -- and emea leahy said, done. and i thought, -- and immediately, he said, done.d i ought, this is the first time that anybody is glad to hear him say done. they have all been contribute to our scholarship funds. we thank you. this is the one that really got me. every year, we give the comedian at this dinner $10,000, which is a small change for a hollywood star. a lot of money for the students. for the first time, the comedian has refused to cash that check. instead, mr. o'brien candidate activity and earmark it for the scholarship fund. [cheers and applause] close by saying i reported -- you decide if it's worthy of more support. there are cards on your tables. faster, we had them out there we did not have any sent in. -- last year, we had them out there we did not have any sent in. if you are in the position to give as much as conan did, that is wonderful. something less is wonderful, too. i want to end where i began. by talking about the vips in this room. because of what we have done with this fundraising, we will once again put about $125,000 or public next

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i am told senator leahy is next -- senator l is next. a brief stantnd then a up of qu i recognize that the labor problems facing our article to industry aren't different in kind and those -- are different in kind and other industries and is critically important to our nation's economy. the nature of agricultural work, could deter even the hardest working of americans -- long, sporadic hours, distant and secluded worksite, nominal wages resulting in low margins for food products and the backbreaking physical labor itself all contribute to a relative lack of interested and -- interest and participation in these jobs by american-born workers, creating a sustainable guestworker visa is essential for keeping our nation's farms and ranches fully staffed. that is why i introduced the dash act, to expand access to the h-2a for additional category of workers and employers. addressing problems for agricultural workers and lawyers must be any part of esa reform. i am glad that we are having this discussion this morning. i am wondering if i could st

senator leahy with his efforts in indonesia.ding remark with the overall context with this institution it is not simply helpful to set the environment with their responses on contingencies in is indispensable for minimizing the likelihood of larger conflicts. with that i will conclude. >> thank you. john? what is your perspective? >> i will try to keep this brief i gave the context of questions is good to talk but i will start with indonesia. i think it is important to begin a discussion of imet in asia that there is a debate about the utilities and consecration -- consequences with indonesia not in the sharp focus. their military has committed some pretty major human rights abuses with the problematic record with a lack of justice for those past abuses and even kennedy's for current abuses, but july 2010 the last remaining restrictions that was really put on the military with the efforts of senator leahy was removed and secretary gate stood in jakarta with the defense minister of indonesia with the last restrictions with that u

senator leahy and his efforts with indonesia. concluding remark regarding the overall context for imet, a recent study added this institutions stated former presents an engagement are not simply helpful to setting the stage for effective responses to contingencies, they are indispensable for minimizing the likelihood of larger conflicts. with that i will conclude. .> thank you john, what is your perspective? brief.ll keep this i like to go to questions because that is a context in which to talk. i will discuss indonesia. to begint is important imet a begin in asia by acknowledging that there is indeed a debate about its utilities and consequences. in countries like indonesia, indonesias military has in the past committed some pretty major human rights abuses. it continues to have a problematic record with a lack of justice for those past abuses and some impunity for current abuses. 2010, the last remaining restrictions that were really being put on the military the and the efforts of senator leahy was removed. secretary gates wit

legisladores salgan de la ciudad el fin de semana por su parte el jefe del comite judicial del senado patrick leahyaseguro que esta de acuerdo en celebrar una audiencia en cuanto sea presentada la legislacion y ha prometido un debate ilimitado un proceso amplio de debate interno en el congreso es una de las condiciones que piden algunos legisladores republicanos, cuyo partido domina la camara de representantes ---hoy, la senadora federal por california, diane feinstein, informo que se ha llegado a un acuerdo provisional para acabar con una disputa para que los trabajadores agricolas sean parte de la reforma integral. ---esto debido a que la industria agricola y los sindicatos laborales no parecen coincidir entre el numero de visas a otrorgar y el salario de los trabajadores. .. de esta manera empresarios y senadores estan negociando en paralelo como ampliar y reformar totalmente las cuotas de entrada de trabajadores en todos los sectores , mientras que los legisladores y el gobierno debaten como cuantificar la seguridad fronteriza. outro las negociaciones son complejas y tomaran tiempo ... cabe men

patrick leahy has been trying to speed up process. in an interview tuesday he said he will hold immigration hearings april 17 and hoped there would be a bill by that time. outline of what is next with immigration legislation. and also some of the headlines on that. pro-immigration groups are rallying on capitol hill today to talk about this legislation. and then also "the washington times" reporting that in the house, a gop bill gives two years to seek or -- to secure the u.s. border. ,t is important legislation even though the two members working on this are not part of the overall group working in the house. he said, though, none of the sponsors is part of the informal house or senate talks to strike a deal. the bill appears to be written as if it could have become the border security trigger in any deal. under a trigger, the border security conditions would have to be met in order for illegal immigrants to put on a pathway to citizenship. theo on immigration, " baltimore sun" reporting there is dispute still over farmworkers and ho

. >> behavioral issues, earlier, senator patrick leahy opened the hearing with tough words for his republican counterparts. >> last weeks proponents exploit the boston marathon bombing. i urge restraint in that regard. refugees and asylum seekers have enriched the fabric of our founding. let no one be so cruel as to try to use the heinous acts of these two young bhen to derail the dreams an futures of millions of hard working people. >> well, a number of republican snores, including rand paul, are urging the reform process to be slowed in the wake of the attacks, other members of the gop see it differently, among them the house speaker and former vice president presidential nominee. >> what about the immigration event. there is a lot of talk to sideline that movement. >> well, it may for a couple of days until they understand what our immigration system are known didn't they know, what impact this would have on it. primarily, i'm in the camp of if we fix our immigration system, it may actually help us understand who all is here, why they're here and what legal status they have. >> we have a b

. >> senator leahy came and expressed a concern.i don't think he had time to fully develop, but to what degree are we influenced by russia in our missile defense decisions we make? it goes back to the decisions the president made the first year he was president to pull the rug out from under poland and the czech republic, ground-based interceptor. i can remember talking at that time and he said were going to go ahead and do this. can we be sure you're not going to pull the rug out from under us? that's what i refer to and he did in the first year. i will always think of it as a result of this effort to get along with russia. he answered his questions about not having the influence. i would call your attention and i'm sure, mr. secretary, you said communications with the defense minister whose name i never pronounce ray from russia, who said he wanted to carry on conversations with video as this developed as a national missile defense. it kind of implies senator leahy is pretty accurate in his concern over how much influence that wou

leahy: i ask consent the call of the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. under the previous order, there will now be two minutes of debate, equally divided prior to a vote in relation to amendment number 717 offered by the senator from wyoming, mr. barrasso. mrbarrasso: ank you,ming. mr. presiden this amendment protects the privacy and sety of law-abiding gun owners. when government officials release gun ownership information it puts many lives at risk. this includes the lives of lawful gun owners, the lived of law enforcement and the lives of ctheic violence. state or local governments that release private gun owner information will be penalized 5% of their federal program funding. this includes the release of private information on individuals 0 who have licenses to purchase or who possess or who carry firearms. the funding that's withheld will then be redistributed to the states that are in compliance. this amendment will ensure that gun owners across the nation do not have their private gun owner information pu

leahy mr saleh he was arrested in two thousand and ten in connection with the sprawling american led investigation that tied together afghan cash smuggling telly been financing and the opium trade president karzai heading released within hours and the cia then helped persuade the obama administration to back off its anti-corruption push possibly because they didn't want the cia connection discovered in the alleged corruption scheme it would be a story of a dog chasing its tail in washington. and how we're campaigner richard bakker says the billions of dollars in washington as a reporting to afghanistan have in no way helped the country's people. it's really amazing when you look at the cia operations in afghanistan which really review that is who doesn't want to be there and since seventy nine the night he believes the cia lied just operation and its entire history was carried out in america and the good times and billions of dollars that flowed and yet today in two thousand and thirteen afghanistan ranks exactly last so it really indicates what the corrupting influence. of the cia i

leahy and all the people on the democric side. the thing because of president obama's direct this involvement with black americans and jobs and his abandonment of us, do you think that there could be a backlash in the 2014 election, where the 93% or the portion of the 93% of the people that voted for him in the election would deny him the president of gaining the house? there is this message fo in the black community, because we know that he has nonck ahior br. thank you so much for taking my call. i love c-span. host: thank you for your call and comments. guest: >> on one hand you have the argument, people saying if you give a pathway to citizenship, they are going to take jobs away from people who should be able to have those jobs. the counter argument is, these people are often working jobs that others would not want or be able to have. that is a tricky situation. it is very interesting and striking how, despite the unemployment rate that is a little under 8%, we have now seen some polling with leaders on capitol hill, all the

leahy, how voluminous are her papers? and what is the broad scope of what we can learn about this woman and the white house from them? >> well, her papers are very voluminous. there are two major collections. one at the sterling library at yale university and the other major collection at the college of william and mary. and we can learn pretty much everything about her life from the time that she marries john tyler in 1844 until just about the time that she dies in 1889. these are very rich source that cover every aspect of her life and her children's lives. >> we have been spending the past 45 minutes or so trying to paint a portrait of her. what does it feel like this added to that from her work with your papers? >> well, you know, i think that history tends to remember julia for the verolty and the fact she was a young first lady for the first eight months but i think that obscures her true character. remember, she lived 27 years after her husband died so she had another life, literally another life after her husband

the chairman, patrick leahy, chastised just -- chastised some of his gop colleagues by time ast week'sttack to comprehensive immigration bill that was introduced last week. ill" -- "the hel we saw some things post-9/11 that were enacted that, if we had a bit more rational time to think it through, perhaps we would not have had some pushback on it. what you think about this? kathleen is our first call from chicago, illinois. , i do not think the bill should be pushed back. the republicans have gotten one agenda, and that is to try to tear president obama's agenda. why should you relate those two guys to immigration? no, let immigration go through. i hope they have the sense of know-how that when they bring this gun bill back -- they brought the health care bill back -- that they vote right. people in this country are hurting. all these republicans do, let's stop obama. republicans, wake up to rick the 90/10 want gun control. people all around the country want to elect this president and want to get his agenda to help this country. host: we will take a look at the prospects for gun contr

through the same committee that it did today the senate judiciary committee which is chaired by patrick leahy the democratic senator of vermont and now this is basic this bill is basically his baby i mean he's been trying to push this for. i would say about three or two or three years now so last year he got it managed to through his own community which was mild six together. again we'll see if the rest of the senate decides to move forward on it it does have the strong backing of privacy advocates like the electronic frontier foundation and google you know the the the search company internet company so there's a lot of people outside of government that do want to see this go through and believe that it is necessary to keep e-mails and other electronic communication secure and really move them and let's move on to one more time to the final topic senator jay rockefeller said this week that legislation for the do not track option for internet users will pass this year this option would penalize businesses for ignoring consumer wishes to not be tracked online but carl everyone thinks this is a

legislation on his desk and he means right away, the "gang of 8" wants an immediate vote, chairman patrick leahyholding three hearing on the bill, one last friday, on today and one tomorrow they are done, which had to be one tomorrow had to be added because homeland security secretary napolitano withdrew from friday's hearing over development in boston, she had to be there to manage the matter. so why do you think they are in such a rush? this is a faste pace than obamacare. we know how that turned out. almost half of our senators were not in offs the last time immigration reform was being debated ied in 2006 and 07. you think they would want more people. everyone talks about a path to is the ship for erst maded 11 -- citizenship forever estimated 11 million immigrants, i don't know anyone that believes that number, don't you think these congressional hearings should reflect a definnive inive defin? that is one question there are more, looking at some questions, how many illegal immigrants in this nation are educat educated? we don't know. at what level are they educated? we don't know. how many

final leahy does -- finally he does. the a's avoid a sweep and end a four-game slide with a 9-8 victory. giants in san diego where every sunday is is military day. our men and women in uniform treated to a great game. second inning and it was 3-1 padres. bottom of four and a two-run bomb and gave up three homers and six runs. 5-1 san diego. in the eighth 6-2 padres. our military is leaving. game over, right? wrong says buster posey. homer r and nine-game hitting streak. it is 6-to you are and still in the eighth -- 6-4 and still in the eighth. torres hits it well, but catch out this hit -- but catch this hit. it is the fifth straight loss for the g men. the longest losing streak of the season. this abc7 sports report is river rockyou b casino. we will tee it up in the newscast. what a win. >> that was nice. thank you, shu. >> well, still to come, flooded cars and homes and more to come. what is expected this week? and a warning for dog owners after several animals were found dead on a san francisco beach. plus "all my ch

. >> and patrick leahy is the chairman of the senate judiciary committee. >> something is serious ands i ration reform should not be done in haste, nor should it beedone in secret which a lot of this is going on. rubio and others are saying, if really going to start down this path we have to make sure it's done in a transparent way so that the american public can judge for themselves. lou: you wants to see democracy in a democracy. >> every member of that senate democrats. when this issue its thoroughly vetted. lou: thoroughly vetted. you heard him say that there what definitive legislative language and they are done. that is exactly. that is exactly what he says. >> is going to get to the senate for a vote. it will be ample debate. the going to let them vote on it? >> really nice people. >> did you ask? built the house and the senate? >> it's up to the president. >> the absurdity. let's get those senators. one who is on the potential prosecution. one member of the leaders that is retiring. way before their finished. john mccain. >> always on some gang of eight and the idea that these

senate judiciary vote chairman patrick leahy is holding three hearings on the bill. last friday, one today, one tomorrow, they're done. which had to be -- the one tomorrow, homeland security secretary napolitano withdrew the hearing because of developments in boston. why do you think they're in such a rush, because a rush it is? this is even a faster pace than obama care. we all know how that turned out. almost half of our senators weren't in office the last time immigration reform was being debated, back in 2006 and '07. you would think people would ntore hearings to get a few answers to some questions, to hear the american people on this burning issue. everyone keeps talking about a path to citizenship for an estimated million illegal immigrants. i don't know anye who believes that number. someay more, some say fewer. but don't you think those congressional hearings shoul reflect a definitive answer to that? well, that's just one question. we don't know. how many have a college degree? if you thought, we don't know, you're right. how many have jobs? we don't know.

patrick leahy told univision that a deal is imminent. there are several extremely controversial elements. like a system to monitor everyone who comes in and out of the country. but the most controversial part is border security. law enforcement must stop 90% of people illegally crossing the border. waiting until the border is more secure could create an indefinite debate for immigrants that are already here. and 11 million people in this country will still not have a path to citizenship. coming up in "the war room," the participate's bill has an olive branch or two, but progressives aren't happen. and we'll tell you what hand when rand paul went to a black college to discuss the history of civil rights. afterwards we'll talk with julian bond who is actually qualified to talk about it. and they are back. some of our country's most disgraced public figures are proving that getting caught in the about does not preclude you from having a second act. bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the dem

final leahy does -- finally he does. the a's avoid a sweep and end a four-game slide with a 9-8 victory. giants in san diego where every sunday is is military day. our men and women in uniform treated to a great game. second inning and it was 3-1 padres. bottom of four and a two-run bomb and gave up three homers and six runs. 5-1 san diego. in the eighth 6-2 padres. our military is leaving. game over, right? wrong says buster posey. the third homer of the year and nine-game hitting streak. it is 6-to you are and still in the eighth -- 6-4 and still in the eighth. torres hits it well, but catch out this hit -- but catch this hit. it is the fifth straight loss for the g men. the longest losing streak of the season. this abc7 sports report is brought to you by river rock casino. we will tee it up in the newscast. what a win. >> that was nice. thank you, shu. >> well, still to come, flooded cars and homes and more to come. what is expected this week? and a warning for dog owners after several animals were found dead on a san

chairman leahy has pledged an extensive market.he judiciary committee includes some of the leading opponents of the performers who will have their opportunity to challenge our ideas. this ensures the bill will emerge from committee battle tested. then we anticipatel an a ful fair debate on the floor. senator reid has proposed -- has pledged to take it up no later than june. as with any compromise, no one got everything they wanted. there were moments when it looked like an agreement would not come. the over a feature flow program were particularly intense. but realizing the high stakes, business community and organized labor roasted the occasion. when tom donahue from the chamber and the person from the afl-cio got on the phone together on a friday night in late march and signed their names to the effort, it became an agreement was possible. other stakeholders came together as well. many of them are here today, and we thank you all for helping us make this dream become a reality. [applause] so, if you're wondering why we are confid

. >> senate committee pat leahy announcing today he will hold a single hearing, one hearing, on the gang of eight immigration reform legislation. and that will be next wednesday. that despite the fact that we don't know what is in that legislation. or exactly when it will be released. earlier today, tens of thousands of immigration activists were in washington rallying -- rallying outside coe them to act on reform. two senators reach@ agreement on background checks e senate prepares to debate gun c. senators manchin ay announcing their agreement to ed checks to cover all commercial e gun shows and online. private one-on-onee exempt. my next guest threr filibuster. >> i am amazed thar the assignment. great to have you . >> thank you for h. >> in no particulaf developments on the day. your thoughts? >> this connues a pattern that was reflected in the dget that the democrats passed two weeks ago. pat enof advocating more tax increases on top of the $1.7 trillion in tax increases we have see. not maing decisions we have to make to get out of control spending, under control and the turn-aroun

, just one day ahead of the only scheduled hearing on immigration legislation that senator patrick leahyas his way. the few details that have emerged tonight are, i must say, encouraging, but is far too early in the details are far too few to make any assessment. here is what we do know. a senate aide says the bill would bar anyone who arrived in this country after december it -- december 301st 2011 from applying for legal status or citizenship. applicants would have to document their arrival in the united states. there would have to show proof of a clean criminal record and also provide documentation of and of employment and financial stability that would assure authorities that they would not be on public assistance programs of any kind. fox news setting another aide confirming of the legislation would call for surveillance of 100 percent of the southern border. apprehension of 90 percent of those trying to cross and designated so-called high-risk areas. how these provisions were being enforced is still not known. center marco rubio has offered himself up as the public face of legislat

so if you look at the local politics, it makes a difference, but i totally agree with senator leahy -- senator sanders, excuse me, about the environmental affect on a large scale. this keystone pipeline is bad news. we don't need it. it's going to shift the science in a way we don't need it. >> there's a coalition that has been built in opposition. even included the governor of nebraska, included a lot of ranchers. what we're dealing with here is an assessment of the risk, not just of the climate, but the basic risk of is this going to get in the backyard of your subdivision, and this is data from the federal government's regulatory body. and these are oil spills from pipelines over the last 20 years, 1993 to 2012, and there's not really any trend. you say the technology is getting better. that does not indicate to me that the technology is getting any better. >> the infrastructure for pipelines has been basically the same for the last 70 years and the number of spills have been the same for the past 70 years. this is just part of the business and a bad part of the business. >> and we