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turns out lara logan was consulting with, none other than lindsey graham. o met two or three times to talk about the libya attack with graham telling logan that from his point of view it was a fair thing to say that there was a buildup of al qaeda types in the area. so here's how it goes. lindsey graham tells lara logan it's al qaeda in the face of all evidence. lara logan puts that in her report on the most respected newsmagazine in america and then senator graham vows to block all nominations from the obama administration until he gets answers on benghazi and cites the lara logan report as evidence. evidence which was, unbeknownst to the public at the time, sourced by lindsey graham himself. >> what did the "60 minutes" show tell us? that this was a preplanned terrorist attack. you've got "60 minutes" now validating it was not just a terrorist attack, they know who planned it and it was a long time coming. "60 minutes" identified the people who planned the attack and actually how they did it. >> joining me congressman steve cohen, democrat from tennessee.

lindsey graham pulled a cheney.sion of the hash tag benghazi conspiracy world is that the attack was not pulled up a with militia members or terrorists but rather by al qaeda itself. of course, there's no evidence that was the case. ultimately a comprehensive "new york times" story says it wasn't al qaeda. but when larry logan heard discredited "60 minutes" report, this is what she said. >> contrary to the white house's public statements, which were still being made a full week later, it's now well established that the americans were attacked by al qaeda, in a well-planned assault. >> you hear that? now well established. well, senator lin lindsey graham and ran straight to fox news with it. >> six "60 minutes" doesn't cover phony scandals. >> the store is our folks died as a result of an al qaeda planned attack you could see coming. >> the question you have to ask yourself, how lauren logan does not give any sourcing for the, it's now well established. who told her it was well established? she was consulting with, n

but south carolina senator lindsey graham isn't going to have that problem. to supporterd former congressman bob. >> he is the most conservative person in the south carolina senate race. >> and with endorsements from the chamber of commerce, national right to life and the mining association no one would dare take on this conservative ideologue. >> i believe i'm the true conservative in this race. >> seriously. >> lindsey graham is not a true conservative. >> that is his candidate bill connor. what makes him think he can take on graham. >> i'm endorsed by the facebook tea party 16,000 people throughout the nation and the grandparent rights association. >> seriously? >> yes. >> there really is say grandparents rights association? >> there is. >> do they judge by how many butterscotch candies or nickles they give to grandkids over the years? >> you'll have to ask them. >> i'll be damned bill connor is the most conserve active man in the race case closed. >> the most conservative is lee bright. >> who the (bleep) is lee bright? >> the beef, the full patty. >> he

my -- my friend, lindsey graham, just mentioned -- senator graham mentioned that -- about the media. i'd like to say thanks. i'd like to say thanks to fox news. i'd like to say thanks to some in cbs. i'd like to say thanks to charles krauthammer and the handful of people who kept this alive when the -- quote -- "mainstream media" not only wanted to bury it but subjected it, of course, as senator graham just mentioned, he and i to ridicule. i want to go back for a stoked this e-mail -- i want to go back for a second to this e-mail. in return -- in response to questions yesterday by mr. carney, the white house press spokesperson, if you look at this e-mail and then look at what mr. carney said, it is an absolute falsehood. it's a total departure from reality. how does the president's spokesperson tell the american people something that is patently false? the president's spokesperson, in regards to this e-mail, that says that to show the internet and this protest rooted in an internet video, not a broader failure of policy. what was he talking about? do you know what he's saying? he sai

-- senators john mccain and lindsey graham? >> i did not. he was a brutal dictator. but he was also about as rehabilitated as a dictator could be. the statement he threatened our national security would have been very true in the 1980's, but in 2011 -- >> therefore, you disagreed with the senators. >> yes, i do. >> do you agree with the senators? >> i believe gadhafi was keeping a lid on a lot of things that were brewing. he was probably not a direct security threat the way he was in the 1980's. it depends on how we define security. many of the ills that spilled over from libya in the current of libya were because of his rule, how we kept things quiet down and civil society, marginalize the east. the seeds of extremism were sown during his regime. in that sense, it was a security threat, i think it we know libyans were fighting in iraq and afghanistan. he was exporting a lot of those problems beyond his borders. >> what do you think we should be doing? what steps should be taken to improve the situation in libya? >> under the circumstances, the u.s. is doing quite a

cash is one of three republicans challenging incumbent senator lindsey graham.digit arrest for an ad for national office seems out of the ordinary, richard cash is a little out of the ordinary. this image invokes martin luther king's jr. i have a dream speech to celebrate opposition of reproductive rights. ranging from slim to none, but he's having a notable effect on the race and in turn having a notable effect on sllegislationn the congress. an abortion ban after 20 weeks based on disputed claim that a fetus can feel pain after that period. >> my legislation would ban abortion at the 20-week period, the fifth month, based on the theory that the child can feel pain that the point in the pregnancy. >> while graham's bill is political maneuvering intended to shore up the conservative vote at home, attempts to slowly but surely peel away reproductive freedoms are succeeding at state level a 72-hour wait period between a dr. vis it and abortion, contains no sengss for victims of r aape or incest. it is only the month of may, nearly three dozen laws, even though the

airing a television appearance on april 24, 2011, senator lindsey graham agreed that taking the fight directly -- senator lindsey graham agreed that taking the fight directly to gaddafi with protect our national security. he stated, and i quote, "you cannot protect our vital, national security interests if gaddafi stays." he also stated, "the focus should now be to cut the head off." as the revolution grew stronger, gaddafi embarked on a crackdown. march 17, 2011, he threatened his own people. president obama explained to the worldwide united states was trying to remove gaddafi. he said "the world watches events unfold in libya with hope and alarm. protests demanded universal rights. in a government that responds to them. they were met with an eye and. gaddafi chose to pass a brutal suppressant. innocent civilians were beaten, imprisoned, and in some cases killed." senator mccain supported obama's visit. he said "if he had not acted, history would have remembered qadhafi in the same breath as former yugoslavia. a source of international shame." in an op-ed in april 2011, senator mccai

may i just say this young man gowdy is right out of the lindsey graham mold. i think he is an excellent dhirm chair this committee he he is a smart young man just like his uncle lindsey graham. >> he has a big job. have you sent a letter to the white house. demanding to know where president obama was the night of september 11th, 2012. why do you want to he know that? >> the president of the united states while an ongoing tragedy is taking place our consulate being under attack, you would think that, like the video that we saw of the strike on usama bin laden, that we would see many pictures of the president attentive. all we know is that he was briefed by panetta and dempsey and they left and there was no further communication. could i say, first of all, i think it's important that the democrats join in this. when joe lieberman and i said we ought to have a 9/11 commission, the bush administration didn't want it. when abu abu ghraib happened i condemned it waterboarding i condemned it those were all under the bush administration and for them to say that this i

we'll check in with south carolina senator lindsey graham. plus, hollywood comes to washington. the latest addition of the capital tradition. 60 years of news because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs good morning again, there are new developments in the donald sterling controversy and they are positive ones for a team that is trying to put this scandal behind them. last night the nba announced they were starting the search for a new c.e.o. and sterling's wife, shelly, issued a statement expressing her support for the nba's punishment and the take over of the clippers. sterling is coowner of the team. there is no comment so far from sterling who has remained out of sight except to tell the magazine, i wish i had just paid her off. he is of course referring to his associate, who he made the racist remarks to. miss sat down with an interview that aired friday. >> is donald sterling a racist? >> no. i don't believe it in my heart. >> you heard him say derogatory things about minorities in general, blacks in particular? >> absolutely. >> you've heard him say der

see if you can pull that program up, when lindsey graham went before the budget committee. i promise never to vote republican again. .hey cut the v.a. budget v.a. to a member of the such an extent that it would drive people away. jim, may i ask you when you served in the military? i think we lost him. that was jim, a democrat and a veteran. edwin christian on twitter says -- .ou can weigh in on twitter of the memorial committee has a message on this morning. we talked with senator sanders yesterday as part of our newsmakers program. at the end of that discussion he talked about memorial day. here's what he had to say. >> limit conclude by thanking everybody who put their lives on the line, who sacrifice for their country. onto were some a happy memorial day weekend. we will not forget the sacrifices that you have made. host: flags at half staff marking memorial day. what does it mean to you. also another to review this morning from tim cook who is the ceo of apple on this memorial day we are taking your thoughts as morning on what it means to you. we have a fourth line for

you have lindsey graham with his own committee and issa doing this. democrats need to engage in this select committee, point out the facts, answer the serious questions and be able to point out when the republicans are over playing their hand politically, which they are about to do. >> kate, what is going on on that front, the democrats? nancy pelosi has been inconclusive or not issued a conclusion, statement or decision on whether they are going to participate. what way do you think the winds are blowing in terms of that question? >> as far as i can tell, the majority of the caucus would like to participate. they want to be there and be able to be in the room to combat any republican accusations, defend witnesses. i think that's where the majority of the caucus is going. i don't think we'll have a clear answer from democratic leadership until the caucus meets after next week. pelosi clearly wants to boycott. leadership wants to boycott. they think republicans will overplay it. she's very good at listening to her members. not only is she good at liste

senate. >> on "crossfire" tonight, democratic senator tim kaine of virginia and republican senator lindsey grahamdo i get the first two questions? >> first time back. >> thank you very agreeing again. >> senator graham -- >> no brain damage. >> that's right. >> well, i wanted to talk to you about karl rove. anything wrong there? >> well, i just think what karl was trying to say is she's going to have to prove whatever episode she's had is not lingering. she's proven it. i think he's been engaged, wrong on foreign policy and health care, and if i were her, i'd rather be talking about injuries than the world blowing up, but no, there's no logic to this idea. >> do you think he should apologize to hillary clinton? >> i don't think he meant to say she was brain damaged. i think he meant she'd have to go through a medical vetting process. >> senator, shift out of the personality stuff to a much bigger political question, which i'm fascinated by. in 2008, then-senator clinton followed a strategy of being the washington insider gathering up the establishment, making sure everybody was for her, then she

we played it for senator lindsey graham. take a listen. >> lindsey graham is trying to fend off a tea party primary. that's why he seized on this issue with an open joke of his up on capitol hill. people know why he's doing this. so there are certainly politics in all of this. >> if i am doing something wrong for political reasons, i should have egg on my face and i should be punished by the people of south carolina. if what he is saying is a bold-faced lie and that i'm correct that this administration hid the truth from the american people about a coordinated terrorist attack because they were more worried about the president's reelection than telling the truth to the american people about why four people died, then need to be held accountable. >> your response. >> my response is it's se self-evident that lindsey graham is playing politic was this issue. just this morning i got an e-mail from his list serve from him trumpeting his appearance on this show last night about benghazi. he thinks this is good politics for him. th

for example, lindsey graham -- "you cannot protect our vital interests if gaddafi stays." in a general level, do you agree with senator graham? >> yes, i do. >> dr. flake, how about you? >> yes, i do. >> earlier, i think you would agree with me that there are things you would do to be supportive of the government. what with those things be? >> there are several things. as several parent mentioned, helping establish a national army that is helping to police libya'territory, rain in the militia as you begin to get political solutions to problems that will permit their disarmament. second, support and structure that helps organized civil society and elections in libya. we are doing much too little in helping libya move forward. we do that largely with examples, our own but also what all of us know about society. we know how to do this and we are just not doing it nearly enough. >> three months later, on july 3, 2000 11, senator john mccain stated, and i quote, "if gaddafi stays, it is a direct threat to our national security." what is your view and did you agree? >> i did not.

senator lindsey graham up for election in november.e drew a whole field of primary challengers which senator scott did. one of the reasons senator lindsey graham did this he has a 38.9% disapproval rate whereas senator tim scott has only a 17.6%. if i were going to choose to run against one of them. i would choose to run against the one with the lousier approval rating. >> i'm not so sure i would senator scott is not very well known. >> is he popular. one of the other things i thought and we only have 30 seconds left. i read your article. then the next article after it bloomberg affirmative action token. that's insulting. that wasn't your title. that's the problem when we have a lot of these discussions you start with one and may want to have a good discussion about it but it certainly gets explosive and sometimes not in a way that generates a good debatecus. >> i couldn't agree with you more. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> and straight ahead. a teacher gets the ax after using a broom to stop a violent classroom fight. i

i want to play for you a sound bite from lindsey graham who is a republican among the chief accusers of the white house. >> in the senate, not the house. >> listen to what he said. >> this is the closest thing to a smoking gun i've seen to prove beyond any doubt the white house was trying to shake the sunday appearances by susan rice to get it away from a coordinated terrorist attack that would show a broader part of foreign policy failure, reassure people we have done everything we could to secure our folks before the attack. this was an e-mail trying to shake the story away from what would have been a damaging admission of failure of foreign policy seven weeks before an election. that's why it's important. >> what this does, it gives people like lindsey graham who have a primary election next month and very much using this because this is a raw meat, red meat issue for the republican base but it also gives other republicans who are really focusing on this issue another excuse to say, look what the administration did both again on timing and -- >> here's the question, gloria. what's

jon: senator lindsey graham, republican from south carolina and former prosecutor. senator, thank you. >> thank you. jenna: just in from the "blade runner" murder trial and what could possibly be a case of witness tampering now. oscar pistorius reportedly going over to a friend of reeva steinkamp just after court ended asking, quote, how can you sleep at night? meantime the court heard from pistorius's next door neighbor who testified about what he heard right after the deadly shooting. >> he is in danger and -- >> was it loud? >> very loud, my lady, judge, very loud. >> you heard this very loud crying. could you hear what the person was saying? >> one thing that i just picked up there but honestly i couldn't hear. it was basically that no, please, please, no. jenna: our paul tilsley was in the courtroom and joins us live on the phone. paul? >> reporter: jenna, in the last few minutes we have breaking news here. i'm trying to find out more for you of an alleged threatening comment reportedly made today by oscar pistorius in court to reeva steinkamp's friend kim myer

lindsey graham tweeted president obama is not ending wars. he's losing them #afghanistan. it's not surprising the three amigos are not happy with this decision. but in many ways i have a hard time imagining a republican president would do anything that much different. >> well there's multiple factors at play here. one is what does the next afghan government want us stoed because they have to be a partner to the bilateral security agreement and second, other republicans in the gop tent who want a more precipitous withdrawal and house speaker john boehner came out with a statement in support of the president's plan and thirdly is what the u.s. military commanders want us to do. the president's policies pretty close in line with what they were recommending which is about 10,000 troops. the problem senators mccain and graham have, they think by putting an end we're inviting them to come in once we're gone. i'm shush tony and the obama administration will say there's still residual presence there and we retain the rite to go after them so that's going to be their gripe. >> glen

republican senator lindsey graham is leading that charge.e told politico, "if they don't move forward soon, there will be a rebellion among the rank and file." others aren't buying it, saying we go negative or we go home. more from politico. "the idea has met a cool reception from other senators, including some like mitch mcconnell. keep the focus squarely on the shortcomings of president obama." republican of the national committee, micah, who are you with, if it's broke, don't fix it? a play on words because if you have the other party by the neck, by the throat, why take your hands off the throat and start coming up with interesting new nostrums that might cause you trouble? are you with the profession who say do something or with the ones who say keep sticking it to them? >> i'm with lindsey graham, and i think he's absolutely right in saying that there is going to be hell to pay should we win the senate in the fall and not have an agenda that actually moves the country forward. then you have to full throat of governance at your hands he

the president of the united states told lindsey graham in the oval office he was going to attack syriaorld they had crossed a red line. the president had set and then didn't do it, it reverberated throughout the entire world. all of our enemies believe that. and so i believe that afghanistan possibly could revert to the situation that it did after we helped them drive the russians out. >> but i don't know if you heard the interview, but secretary kerry made the point as far as that red line, drawing that red line in syria, the u.s. did follow up, and working together with the united nations, working together with the russians, they have effectively destroyed, he says, 92% of syria's chemical weapons stockpile already and 8% is being controlled for all practical purposes, they're just finding a way to get rid of it. hasn't that objective, the narrow objective of destroying syria's chemical weapons, been achieved? >> meanwhile, the horrible barrel bombs are being dropped, slaughtering innocent people. meanwhile, the iranian revolutionary guard is there. mean meanwhile, the russians have

investigations are continuing and republicans, led by people like senators john mccain, kelly ayotte, lindsey graham are not letting this issue die. there will be more panels next week. and even just yesterday, i was attending a speech by senator mccain. again, he brought up benghazi and held a press conference on it. it's an issue that i think the republicans think they still have legs on. it will be interesting to see. ambassador rice is wondering this as well, whether or not there will be any new detail that is emerge. >> kevin, as always, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. have a good weekend. >> you, too. don't go anywhere. first buzz is coming up next. you think you take off all your make-up before bed. but do you really? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover erases 99% of your most stubborn makeup with one towelette. can your makeup remover do that? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover. >>> well, the granddaddy of all movies smashes its way back into theaters this weekend. it is expected to come out on top of $70 million. >> it was like 25 minutes long or som

in a joint statement, senators john mccain, lindsey graham, and kelly ayotte said the president's decision to set an arbitrary date of full withdrawal of u.s. from afghan is a monumental mistake. >> we have to understand it's not a perfect place and it's not america's responsibility to make it one. >> so far hamid karzai has not signed a security agreement needed to keep a limited new ber of u.s. troops in afghanistan. by the end of 2016 fewer than 1,000 troops will remain in afghanistan. more than 2,100 have been killed since the invasion led in 2001. >>> well, coming up on thrjs secretary of state john kerry will discuss the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan and the syrian civil war. the state department is recommending that all americans leave libya immediately. the department says the security situation in libya remains unpredictable and unstable. several groups have called for attacks against americans. the "uss baton" carrying 1,000 americans has moved into the mediterranean. the school was closed yesterday as the six victims of friday's deadly rampage were remembered in an emotional

press conference last thursday, one you really have to see to believe, south carolina senator lindsey graham, who is facing, we should mention, a primary battle on june 10th, said he's going to demand answers from susan rice about? about hillary clinton's health. >> if you believe susan rice, it was a request of secretary clinton to appear on tv. she declined. and if you believe susan rice, it was because secretary clinton had a grueling week. is that important? i think it is. i am very suspicious of this statement. i think most of us who know secretary clinton understand she's a very energetic lady, been through a lot. quite frankly a tough person. but let's just assume for a moment that's true. what does that say? about benghazi and about her leadership abilities. >> what does that say? he's not joking. now, senator graham's comments come in a context here. the karl rove-sparked speculation that hillary clinton may have brain damage. dr. rove was grilled about that again, actually, on fox news yesterday. this one may be too much for fox news. it was chris wallace with an assist from the fo

lindsey graham, who introduced his ban, the internet gaming in congress, just happened to have his billritten by a guy who used to work for whop? sheldon adelson. >> you know, first of all, this is just a perfect illustration of how politics actually works as opposed to how we pretend they work, first of all. second of all, i love the ideological tangle here. here's a guy who's giving money, tens of millions of dollars for republicans, who hates labor unions, doesn't like government regulation, free market up by his bootstraps, who's made all his money largely from the grant of a government monopoly, right, to open a casino, and the chinese government giving him a casino in macau, right? and who is now going to spend that money in the post citizens united era, to make sure that government regulates his competitors the out of business. >> yes. this is the classic crony capitalism and it's not hard to connect the dots. some people will say it's a chicken and egg, but is it a surprise that lindsey graham is suddenly against this after he gets some money from sheldon adelson or rick scott i

investigation, what set off a chain reaction inside the republican party starting with senator lindsey graham calling the white house scumbags. but as we noted in yesterday's show ben rhodes squares with the reality of what actually happened in benghazi. that hardly matters to some republicans today. there are rightists out there going nuclear. house speaker john boehner announce they'd will select a new committee, a permanent committee, to investigate benghazi. republicans on the house armed services committee, foreign affairs committee, oversight and the intelligence committee have all conducted their own investigations, but for some republicans there's no such thing as enough. in a statement today the speaker says, quote, it's clear that questions remain and the administration still does not respect the authority of congress to provide proper oversight. well, this dismissive bs a ivive vavsness requires us to elevate this investigation to a new level. that's bane that's boehner. that's after issa selected john kerry to testify in front of the committee next month. issa is accusing the depa

senator lindsey graham agreed that taking the fight directly to gaddafi with protect our national security. quote, "yound i cannot protect our vital, national security interests if gaddafi stays." he also stated, "the focus should now be to cut the head off." as the revolution grew stronger, gaddafi embarked on a crackdown. march 17, 2011, he threatened his own people. president obama explained to the worldwide united states was trying to remove gaddafi. he said "the world watches events unfold in libya with hope and alarm. protests demanded universal rights. in a government that responds to them. they were met with an eye and. gaddafi chose to pass a brutal suppressant. innocent civilians were beaten, imprisoned, and in some cases killed. " obama'smccain supported visit. he said "if he had not acted, history would have remembered qadhafi in the same breath as former yugoslavia. a source of international shame. " in an op-ed in april 2011, senator mccain wrote this, "the president was -- gaddafi finally met his ugly demise. he was an extremely dangerous tyrant. he supported international ,

. >> establishment feels very confident about lindsey graham in south carolina, very confident about mitch mcconnell, they think cochran. although we'll watch that play out. will 2015 be -- everybody in the republican party has tacked to the right. mitch mcconnell, john boehner not talking about it. if they get through 2014, will 2015 be what i call the year of the revenge? will john boehner and mitch mcconnell, especially if mcconnell wins the senate leader, will they bring up the immigration reform, the debt ceiling, will repealing obamacare become amending obamacare and will that be the revenge against the tea party? >> we have to seechlt you mentioned mitch mcconnell could possibly be the majority leader. we don't know about the house. is there going to be a revenge against the establishment in the house where the tea party says it's our turn now to have a leader that looks a little like what we want to do. i do think it's instructive to look at clinton's presidency. he was able to get more things done in those last six years because he had those two houses of congress that were

martha: how do you respond to what lindsey graham said there? >> excuse me.t of all, lindsey graham should read the two bipartisan senate committee reports on benghazi, so they have the intelligence committee, they have the homeland security committee in a bipartisan fashion look at it. he should also look at the more than 25,000 documents that have been submitted to the house, the four house hearings. there was a very legitimate reason to have these hearings in the first place, to try and find out what happened. but these hearings long ago veered off the road of substance into a political witch hunt -- martha: you know, the problem with that is, you know, and this is what john boehner essentially said, and i think he in a way agreed with you, because he didn't want to go forward with the select committee until he essentially saw the memo from ben rhodes which made a link between let's focus on the video, and let's not make this a failure of policy. and that changed his mind. and we know that that memo was not turned over initially, and that there are pages a

my -- my friend, lindsey graham, just mentioned -- senator graham mentioned that -- about the media. i'd like to say thanks. i'd like to say thanks to fox news. i'd like to say thanks to some in cbs. i'd like to say thanks to charles krauthammer and the handful of people who kept this alive when the -- quote -- "mainstream media" not only wanted to bury it but subjected it, of course, as senator graham just mentioned, he and i to ridicule. i want to go back for a stoked this e-mail -- i want to go back for a second to this e-mail. in return -- in response to questions yesterday by mr. carney, the white house press spokesperson, if you look at this e-mail and then look at what mr. carney said, it is an absolute falsehood. it's a total departure from reality. how does the president's spokesperson tell the american people something that is patently false? the president's spokesperson, in regards to this e-mail, that says that to show the internet and this protest rooted in an internet video, not a broader failure of policy. what was he talking about? do you know what he's saying? he sai

south carolina senator lindsey graham on the floor. live coverage on c-span2. unborn child protection act, s. 1670, which is my legislation, and s. 1696, the women's health protection act by senator blumenthal. i -- just very briefly, what i'm trying to do is to have an opportunity for the body to talk about two pieces of legislation that relate to the abortion issue, the role of the federal government and very quickly, my legislation would ban abortion at the 20-week period, the fifth month, based on the theory that the child can feel pain at that point in the pregnancy, and that the standard of care for the medical community is you can't operate on an unborn fetus at the 20-week period without administering anesthesia, and the reason for that is because the child can feel pain. there have been individuals born at the 20-week period that survived, but the theory of the case is not viability, medical viability under roe v. wade. it's a new theory in the sense that the state has a compelling interest to protect the unborn child at this stage of pregnancy, and th

you look at pat robertson, mitch mcconnell, john cornyn down in texas, lindsey graham in south carolinai think the voters have determined the problem is not that the senate, at least, is not conservative enough. it's not -- that there aren't enough republicans there. and mitch mcconnell isn't running the place. that's the problem. and voters get that. and i think what's also interesting here is that voters realized it was very important in some of these races, particularly in kentucky and in georgia, to field strong statewide candidates, because the democrats in those states, republicans are pretty confident about both states. but the democrats are fielding strong candidates. there in connecticut, grimes had good name i.d. >> plenty of money. >> and the same in georgia where michelle nunn is going to be a democratic nominee, daughter of a former senator and can raise money. >> wait a minute, jason. you're saying that mitch mcconnell is the strongest candidate. he's only i think basically a point or two behind grimes, which basically means they're tied and he has been an incumbent for a

senator sheldon whitehouse chairs the subcommittee and senator lindsey graham is the ranking member. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the hearing of the senate judiciary subcommittee on crime and terrorism will come to order. am> t expecting that my rankin member, senator lindsey graham, will be here shortly but i just saw him on the c-span screen so i know that he's on the floor and not here.screen,o i but i permission from his staff to proceed and he will join us as soon as his schedule permits. i also want to recognize in the audience at pagano who has spent lso many happy hours in your window working for chairman leahy. it's good to have him back in a differentagano who capacity. ho we are having a hearing today c thatha he's entitled economicren espionage and trade secret theft, are our laws adequate for reday's threats? sec today the subcommittee is going to explore how we can. better protect american businesses from those who try to steal their valuable

. >> republican senator lindsey graham says he's outraged and auc offended by the white house's response>> nobody else was killed except in benghazi. so who are they trying to bring to justice if not the killers in benghazi in this line indicates they were worried about the deaths of four americans. and to suggest that this whole e-mail doesn't relate to the political problems associated with the failure in benghazi is an affront to my intelligence and a disrespect to those who died. >> the e-mail was released after judicial watch sued under the freedom of information act and then it was released. >>> toronto mayor rob ford is taking a leave of absence after another video of him reportedly showing him smoking crack. this video reportedly shot by a drug dealer in ford's sister's basement saturday morning. nbc news has not verified the authenticity of the video, but ford is now acknowledging only that he has a problem with alcohol and he will take a break from his role in office to seek help. ford, however, is not abandoning his campaign for re-election which receives widespread support. >

senators john mccain and lindsey graham said recently released e-mails from the white house show the obama administration tried to downplay the 2012 and call the consulate for congress to investigate the benghazi attack. objection. mr. mccain: mr. president, 19 months ago, a terrible thing happened in benghazi, libya. four brave americans were murdered, and the issue has never been not only resolved but as each of the last 19 months has ensued, the issue of how and under what circumstances this heinous crime was committed continues, and the senator from south carolina and i, the senator from new hampshire and some others have vowed we will never give up on this issue until the truth is known and the people who perpetrated it are brought to justice. we have seen another page turn in this chapter of cover-up and obfuscation by this administration by the belated 19 months later release of the following emails. first one we will not pay much attention to. this is from the benjamin rhodes, who is supposed to be the public relations -- public affairs office for the national security counci

remember for a while republicans have been pushing for this committee, the hawkish republicans like lindsey graham, john mccain. in some ways this is dissatisfaction with the way the current investigation is going led by chairman darrell issa. the concern is that republicans believe a lot of them believe they have not really drawn much blood from the white house yet and if there is a selected committee digging and digging they'll get to the bottom of how this happened and the white house and administration's ex-plangs of what happened afterwards and bring people forward like hillary clinton in the middle of the election year and can drive that up. >> that's what makes the white house decision and i get it, they have contecht for congress, period. lot of democrats say the white house doesn't even like them, don't like the oversight process. they could make a case issa overstepped but you have a document that talks about this, know what it's going to do, why not put it out for everyone? why give the republicans this? >> to your point about transparency you can't selectively decide what in a subpoena

thad cochran in mississippi, lindsey graham, lamar alexander. in none of those cases at this point does it look like the tea party is doing well. gwen: didn't we see a poll this week that republican-leading independents no longer identify with the tea party? >> well, the tea party is less popular, if you look at the polling, than it was. gwen: right. >> one of the things that, if you talk to tea party supporters or some of the outside groups that help fund some of these tea party candidates, they make an argument, and i think there is some real truth to it, which is they're kind of winning this argument, because the establishment has moved to come date the tea party. tom tillis is speaker of the house of a body in north carolina that put through one the most conservative agendas in the country. now, this will be portrayed in two strikingly different ways as we do forward. the democrats will claim it's way out of the mainstream, he is way out of the mainstream. the republicans will say that this is what good, conservative, small government govern

followed by senate floor speeches from senator john mccain and senator lindsey graham. >> joining us, senator john hogan, republican of north hoeven,-- john republican of north dakota. -- joining us -- week, the keystone xl pipeline. your 57 vote, how do you get to 60? >> it is a challenge because the democratic leader in the senate and the white house are pushing back hard. i have got a build -- a bill that proves the project. we updated it. for that6 sponsors legislation. i have maybe a couple more, but getting to 60 is going to be a real challenge because of a hard push from the white house. >> if it passes in the senate, what does this do for the state department and the white house in its decision? approve thed project under the clause in the constitution, which gives congress the authority to commerceor to oversee with foreign nations. we have done the research and found out congress has the authority to approve the project . we approve it congressionally rather than having the president approve it. >> how much pressure is the chair of the energy committee facing. -- facing? you