this is democratic senator richard blumenthal followed by democratic senator ed markey, who you haved with, laura cristian. >> senator markey and i are here today to urge you, general motors, to address the unconscionable acts of your company in failing to disclose serious defects and many of your cars. innocent lives were lost. through our americans right now driving defective cars amid down highways at great speeds, whose lives are at risk. there unaware of the risks they're taking. senator blumenthal and i have introduced legislation that will improve vehicle safety and increase reporting and transparency so that the public knows sooner about possible deadly defects. amy: ralph nader, how would that work? >> basically, it was say that any company that knowingly and willfully violates government safety standards resulting in death and injury can be criminally prosecuted and as well, the officials inside the company. so it is prosecution of the company, prosecution of officials. andsenator from nebraska fred upton for michigan have been blocking senator blumenthal and senator markey

markey: thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent that there be a vitiation of the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection, gladly so for. mr. markey: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, last year i had the opportunity to travel to the vatican. during my visit i had the chance to overlook st. peter's square from the vatican balcony. as i had the chance in that square, the sun glinted off the future, the square i saw the rooftop of pope paul 6:00's on the grounds covered with solar panels. it was clear from that view that the vatican takes climate change seriously and this generational issue that touches every living secret on the planet. i -- creature on the planet. i was at the vatican as a group of legislators from around the world who are already working to address climate change in their countries. we made cardinal petral rodigan and peterson, who are both responsible for writing pope francis' climate change and changing climate change in our own home countries with them, with the two ca

i would like to welcome the honorable ed markey. senator markey is served in the house of representatives for 37 years before he was elected to the senate in 2013. ladies and gentlemen, senator markey. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much for inviting me to be here with you today on this very very, very important subject. i'm kind of new to this issue. it's my 39th year on one of the energy related committees and so i go back to the beginning of time, back to the actual restrictions on me exportation of oil being exported out of our country. so with me just go down the list. people go through a few things. number one it would be bad for consumers in america. barclays has done a study which indicates that last year because we had the ban, the consumer saved $11 million. this year their study says consumers are going to save $10 billion so that's big because obviously keeping that supply pressure on here actually helps to keep the price lower here. remember the domestic price is set in oklahoma in cushing oklahoma. the internati

end of the quarter, quarterback they call markey mark. some good vibrations here. valley still leads, 14-7. that was a good hit. late in the third, pierce's pass batted down by seneca valle. head coach fred kim part of the celebration whether he likes it or not. >> we told them, hey, you got to weather the storm. if they're going to make plays, they're a good football team. >> way to go! >> that's really 1990s by the way. >> smack! [ laughter ] >> he is asking for something different. >> but you pay the price for victory. here are the patriots. >> see what happens when a radio guy gets here? >> good >>> all right. there was supposed to be a 911 call there from a homeowner in montgomery county who found an alligator in his koi pond this morning. after three hours of draining the pond, officers were able to catch a three-foot gator. it is now hang iing hanging outt catoctin wildlife preserve. check this thing out. >> they're hard to find in this neck of the woods. >> what a transition. work in ♪ ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new yor

betty: what about sergio markey ione? he is not going to the auto show. what does that tell us?: he will be as he always intoery hands-on getting these negotiations. do you remember four years ago? the uaw would not meet with him. he shot off up pointed -- shot off a pointed letter. he likes to do the work himself at the table, negotiating with dennis williams, president of the united auto workers. mountain, thank you for joining us. this is a curious choice for the uaw to choose chrysler. betty: but it makes sense. scarlet: you want to be in the best position possible. atty: it certainly seems like good strategy. particularly with how weak fiat chrysler is right now, it makes perfect sense for them to turn that around, but hey, we will see. those negotiations are never easy. scarlet: they tend to go on longer than anyone anticipates. that is it for me, betty. what do you have coming up in the next hour? betty: donald trump. [laughter] scarlet: it's like you cannot turn away from this. know, he's tv i gold. coming up, the cnn says they are tired of it. scarlet: so they say. bett

markey of massachusetts to certainly is a champion of voting rights, but just a story. t10 in her book, "capital dames" will commentator cokie roberts describes washington d.c. during the civil war from the perspective of prominent women who lived and worked at the capitol. at a washington d.c. bookstore, she talks about her book and her family's involvement in politics. this is just under an hour. >> is the personal pleasure for me and brett who is unfortunate not here to post cookie roberts tonight. i think this is cokie or sixth or seventh author talk at policies and prose. i know you have been here for three of these books all of which were top sellers. they think we have a couple of not all of them upfront if you missed them on the first go-round and cokie has been here several times with her husband steve roberts. her books they have written together in some of you may know, maybe not all of you that along with many other wards poky was named by the library of congress as a living legend, living, the key living. both them are important. legend is good, living is b

senator markey? >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary milliband, i have been and remain a skeptic of policy recommendations that increase the risk of americanization, westernization, of the armed conflicts in iraq and syria. i would much rather see us work to influence parties toward internal compromise as necessary to end violence and work together to establish governments that fully represent and fairly treat all people. most recently, we have heard that u.s. policy may be moving toward creation of so-called safe zones. protected by coalition air power where a moderate sunni force could be supported and where additional forces could be trained, internally, displaced persons could find refuge and syrian opposition could organize. but on september 16th here in the foreign relations committee we heard testimony who told us that such zones cannot be considered safe. i have been advised that there are three requirements for true, effective humanitarian safe zones. one, parties to the armed conflict must agree to the creation of th

i spoke to one of your colleagues, senator ed markey from massachusetts afterwards. he told me you guys did not get an advance text. >> no. every single word was a surprise. we'd gotten a sense the day before at the white house that i was going to lean into the issue of climate change. i would say that as maybe slightly surprised as i was today that there wasn't maybe a little bit more policy discussion. i was just as surprised that he began his remarks yesterday by specifically endorsing the nuclear and air regulations. but no, we were in the chamber learning it as everyone else was learning it. >> senator murphy, just so you know, this is charlie pierce from esquire sitting here. a surprise to you. do you think -- i guess one question is what role do you think the pope, sort of urgings ends up playing in the political sphere. we've seen this sort of run-up in which there's been back and forth in the political spectrum and george will writing a column very critical, a lot of liberals embracing this pope because of particularly his embassy on the poor, the marginaliz

in a statement today, democratic senators ed markey and richard blumenthal said: >> the 124 families who lost loved ones deserved individual criminal accountability. it is shameful that they will not be held fully accountable >> sreenivasan: back in new york, prosecutor bharara defended the agreement. >> we're not done and it remains possible that we'll charge an individual, but the law doesn't always let us do what we wish we could do. >> sreenivasan: and in warren, michigan, g.m.'s chief mary barra summed up the auto-maker's perspective at an employee town hall. >> this is a tough agreement. it further highlights the mistakes that were made by certain people in gm and it imposes significant penalties and obligations. >> sreenivasan: g.m. also today said it'll spend $575 million dollars to settle civil lawsuits. let's learn more about this settlement and the questions surrounding a lack of charges. david shepardson of the detroit news was at today's press conference and joins me now. it seems that we kind of learned today the limits of the law. gm wasn't necessarily found guilty of

as a physicist by training i am part way by markey described leadership.touch it, you change it. i'm not going to quibble with his physics but i'm sure that he is exactly right about this. every decision the military leader makes large or small touches the lives of our troops. it touches the lives of countless families and the changes the nature of the world and the destiny of the country. for the men and women that operated during a operate during a time of rapid change and uncertainty this is the constant weight and responsibility of leadership. and those councils, marty dempsey speaks as the english student he once was and invariably with little sparkle in here will always be here as lived by the words of his favorite irish poet that every trial and ordered and weathered in the right spirit makes us all noble and stronger than before. i am confident in telling you you will be messed. marty said they make us want to be better versions of who we are, and of course we know one remarkable woman that has done that and that is his wife. so when he heard for e

senator markey. what a condemnation of iran. what an indictment of this nuclear deal with iran. but this indictment comes from the supporters of the deal. despite their own words, these democrats have chosen to give iran billions of dollars that will be used to fund terror and war and ultimately put iran on the path to nuclear weapons. so let there be in mistake for history about the consequence this these democrats' choice. when iran detonates a nuclear device, these democrats will bear responsibility. when iran launches a missile capable of hitting the united states, these democrats will bear responsibility. when iran kills more americans, as it has in ir iraq and afghanistan and elsewhere, these democrats will bear responsibility. when iran imprisons american hostages, these democrats will bear responsibility. when iran attacks israel through hezbollah's missiles or hamas' tunnels, these democrats will bear responsibility. when iran kills jews around the world in places like argentina and bulgaria, these democrats will bear responsibility. when iran kills its own citizens, th

senator markey. what a condemnation of iran. what an indictment of this nuclear deal with iran. but this indictment comes from the supporters of the deal. despite their own words, these democrats have chosen to give iran billions of dollars that will be used to fund terror and war and ultimately put iran on the path to nuclear weapons. so let there be in mistake for history about the consequence this these democrats' choice. when iran detonates a nuclear device, these democrats will bear responsibility. when iran launches a missile capable of hitting the united states, these democrats will bear responsibility. when iran kills more americans, as it has in ir iraq and afghanistan and elsewhere, these democrats will bear responsibility. when iran imprisons american hostages, these democrats will bear responsibility. when iran attacks israel through hezbollah's missiles or hamas' tunnels, these democrats will bear responsibility. when iran kills jews around the world in places like argentina and bulgaria, these democrats will bear responsibility. when iran kills its own citizens, th

all this has alarmed senator ed markey. he is released a scathing report revealing that nearly all new cars can be hacked, but that only two out of >> what the theft program does is unlock the car's doors. >> stahl: darpa researchers got involved in hacking cars and the internet of things. patrick, are you really trying to hack into it? >> patrick: yes, i am. >> stahl: ... in an effort to invent unhackable code for military drones. and is your goal to do it for drones, and then have it apply to cars and my refrigerator and things like that. >> kaufman: exactly right. i think that when darpa's at its very best, we're solving a specific problem for the military-- i want to make sure their systems are safe. but i would like everything to be safe. >> stahl: and now, darpa dan is trying to reinvent search engines. traffickers who sell weapons or young girls online remain largely hidden from authorities. kaufman and his team set out to remedy that. first, they studied the time- consuming way law enforcement agents bust sex traffi

senators heidi heitkamp, john hoeven and ed markey discuss the prospects for a repeal in the senate and u.s. economy. from the "the national journal," this is an hour and 40 minutes. >> as you probably know we will have the discussion about the significance of crude oil exports and america's energy policy. as you are aware that countries in the middle of a heated debate over whether the 40-year-old ban on exporting crude oil should be lifted. proponents argue will boost domestic oil production stimulate the economy and create more jobs. environmentalists are concerned it will only benefit the oil and gas industry. some refineries fear this will raise oil prices. others say this move could harm national security so we will be having a lively debate this morning at today's event and we will hear from members of the u.s. senate who care passionately about u.s. energy policy in the different positions on crude oil exports. they will give remarks and participate in a moderated discussion with the national journal's environmental correspondent that i would like to invite jack gerard president

that is sergio markey only -- tom: that is fabulous. doing top photos now. they are just awesome.o? elizabeth, we greatly appreciate this morning. in the next hour, seriously, on volkswagen. who do we want to speak to? an american executive with a terrific perspective. robert nardelli will join us. we look forward to that in our next hour. maybe we will even have some breaking news on vw as well. from "bloomberg surveillance new york city, this is -- from new york city, this is "bloomberg surveillance." ♪ tom: we could do a two-hour forex report this morning. euro-yen is with the pros are launching again. brazilian real makes true history yesterday. a much weaker real. -- this is all of at 106 point 81. breathtaking in its weakness or let's get to top headlines with vonnie quinn. of three companies pledging to zero out greenhouse gas emissions from their operations by 2050, unilever. their ceo is one of the chief executives urging governments to adopt their own net zero target. he spoke to francine lacqua in an exclusive interview. it is our goal to set an example, ultimately driv

there's ed markey, the senator from massachusetts. you mention about his love of the congress. i think it could come from the fact that the last three popes all lived and actually held their office under dictatorships, certainly benedictnd the nazis and john paul ii under the communist rule of the iron curtain and this pope under the generals down in arj teen, a they all knew tyranny and representative government. here i would like to think they do get it, that he does get it especially. there's elizabeth warren, the other senator from massachusetts there, running across the hall. and the catholic contingent is equally divided on all the things he's going to talk about. >> there are various concerned -- >> i tried to use as my guide post, when it comes to the constitution of the united states, that's a secular decision. the right of people to teach its values, to teach what sin is. that is the right of the church. i read a column in the "new york times" saying the church isn't abortion of sin. my attitude to this is you were in the wrong lane, get out of the lane, nor should th

markey: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, for more than half a century, the united states has led global efforts to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. since the 1970's, the international community has set rules and procedures to prevent these weapons from spreading, particularly to unstable regions plagued by international and civil war. today the world faces precisely this challenge in iran. a nuclear weapon in the hands of iran is a very real and dangerous threat, not only to israel and the entire middle east but to all of humanity. we are in unanimous agreement that iran must never become a nuclear weapons state. iran has given us good reason to be skeptical of its intentions. it has misled the world about its nuclear program. is a state sponsor of terrorism and is a destabilizing force in the middle east. with nuclear weapons, the threat posed by iran would increase exponentially. because of these factors, we cannot trust iran or ever give it a free pass on its destabilizing activity in the region and around t

we're going to be hearing from senators markey and warren before the president speaks, thomas, and interestinglytion without saying a word. >> wow. that's a way to command the crowd. nbc's hallie jackson. thank you so much, and we're going to bring the president live from boston as soon as he begins. >>> now we move on for the race of the white house and hillary clinton barnstorming iowa today, celebrating labor day across the state with organized labor. she's going to be courting that key group of democratic voters in cedar rapids in the next hour, and this comes after showing the former secretary of state losing ground behind bernie sanders in two states. kristen welker is on the trail in davenport, iowa and joins us how. kristen? >> reporter: hey, thomas, good afternoon to you, or i should say good morning. the fact it's labor day means all the presidential candidates will be ramping up their campaigns for the fall season, including former secretary clinton. they're not worried about the lathest poll numbers. they always expect the primary to be competitive, however, no doubt they're hoping f

markey of massachusetts to certainly is a champion of voting rights, but just a story. t10