is so stark and contrast., s president mcconnell -- senator o mcconnell spoke with the president and said he needed to show more leadership.he i know where the president is on fhe street he wants us to reach agreement in terms of thes decisions which we need to makea to move towards a balanced budget but we need to do it in a cess rkoughtful way, first coming out of the recession making america's work force stronger for the future, helpingn small-business is create jobs and investing in infrastructure which creates good paying jobs right here in america. >> and a few moments part of the news conference with the chinese foreign minister. at a monday news conference in beijing the chinese foreign minister to questions on several issues including how u.s.-china relations are affected by taiwan and restrictions on foreign journalists working in china. this half-hour portion as courtesy of china's central television. the english translation follows the chinese. >> i have two questions. last year we saw some china and u.s. relations in particular because of the u.s. arms sales to taiwan. i

i respectfully disagree with senator mcconnell. the whole debate about health care reform was lowering the cost of health care. you cannot balance the budget of america with 13 million people unemployed and without addressing the skyrocketing costs of health care. and so president obama worked with congress, house and the senate, to reduce the growth in the cost of health care. one area was in medicare. and time and again the senator from kentucky and his colleagues came to the floor and gave critical speeches saying -- quote -- "the obama plan is going to take $500 billion out of medicare." day after day after day, $500 billion out of medicare. well, if we are seriously talking about budget deficit reform, if we're talking about medicare reform, we are talking about reducing the anticipated expense of medicare and reducing at least $500 billion in costs. what will that mean to the medicare recipients across america? does it mean less coverage, less care? it doesn't have to. i always use as an illustration the average cost per medi

barrasso: i rise to speak on the mcconnell amendment, in favor of the mcconnell amendment. gas prices have increased 43 cents in the last month and 77 a gallon over the last year. these skyrocketing prices are hurting american families and are threatening to derail the economic recovery. you say how much does this impact on the american family? well, the department of energy says that the average american family will spend about $700 more on gas this year than they did last year. that is going to impact every family, every family trying to deal with bills and kids and a mortgage. and it's not like this problem just happened overnight, mr. president. mr. president, for over two years americans have heard the president deliver speeches and make promises on energy. but the president says one thing and then he does another. and that say one thing, do another policy does nothing to ease the pain at the pump. the administration's policies are making the problems today worse. the president's reckless policies have virtually shut down offshore exploration for oil. last week former

but the mcconnell amendment is a disaster. it's the same as the upton amendment, the upton bill in the house and the inhofe bill in the senate. and the mcconnell amendment, what does it do? it says, forever more, the e.p.a. cannot do anything to regulate carbon pollution. regardless of how dangerous it is, regardless of what the scientists tell us, regardless of what the physicians tell us, regardless of what the people tell us through the polls, regardless of what our communities tell us, what our states tell us, what our mayors tell us. forever more, they are repealing the clean air act as it relates to carbon pollutionment. -- pollution. outrageous, we have to beat it. we must beat it. it is so bad. it goes against the supreme court decision and, by the way, there will be lawsuits up the witwazoo if it ever became law. the supreme court said if we find scientists that carbon pollution is dangerous, we have to regulate it. guess what? the scientists found that carbon pollution is dangerous. the e.p.a. is ready to act i think

because the mcconnell amendment says forever more the e.p.a. can never ever, ever do anything to protect our people from carbon pollution. and it says never ever, ever can the e.p.a. set standards for tailpipe emissions in automobiles. that's what it does. the american lung association, the american public health association, the american thoracic society, the asthma and allergy foundation of america, the physicians for social responsibility, the trust for america's health, this is what they say about the mcconnell amendment. "the mcconnell amendment would strip away sensible clean air act protections that safeguard americans and their families from air pollution." who do we stand with? this is the question we all ask in our campaigns. who's side are you on? who do you stand with? so i've made a decision. a strong one. i'm going to stand with the kids. i'm going to stand with our families. i'm going to stand with these leaders who are working day and night just to protect our health. i'm not going to stand with a right-wing ideological amendmen

mcconnell: mr. president, with gas prices on the rise, americans want to know what washington is going to do about it. so let me provide a little update. the white house has responded by locking up the domestic energy supplies and pushing an energy tax that will drive gas prices up even higher. and democrats in congress aren't doing anything at all. so we've got a total disconnect right now between democrats in washington when it comes to gas prices. both the white house and democrats in congress are acting like they haven't seen a nightly newscast or driven by a gas station in weefntle senator inhofe, senator murkowski and senator barrasso has v. done a terrific job of raising the alarm on the administration's efforts to lock up domestic energy even as it continues to push costly new regulations at the environmental protection agency. i want to commend them for their efforts on this most important and timely issue. they've shown how american families are getting a double whammy right now. refiners

we need to pass the mcconnell amendment. i believe it will achieve bipartisan support because our nation's energy policy needs to be addressed by this body and not the e.p.a. so i urge strong support for the mcconnell amendment when it comes up for passage. and, with that, mr. president, i yield the floor and thank the senator from louisiana for the time that was allocated. ms. snowe: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senior senator from maine is recognized. ms. snowe: thank you, mr. president. i want to join my colleague, the chair of the small business committee, to further elaborate on some of the key issues regarding the pending legislation before the senate to reauthorize the small business innovation research and small business technology transfer program for eight years. really, when you consider what the value is of both of these programs, it's indisputable about what it will represent to our nation's economy during these periless economic times. it certainly will bolster growth. it certainly will bolster sma

it will not be everything i would like for mitch mcconnell or john boehner would like. it is not zero and it should be a significant number. that is slightly vague go into that negotiation but more that you're offering now. >> you mentioned planned parenthood. friday, the republicans in the house unveiled a three-week continuing resolution which would avert a government shut down march 19 and would extend funding for another three weeks even though it cut spending. some groups are opposed to it. they are trying to score that as a key vote. we see some tea party-backed freshman opposing it. that is over the planned parenthood a writer not being in there. you don't appear to be opposing that. why is that? >> i did an article with the susan b. anthony list calling for the de-funding of planned parenthood from federal funds. it was a traditional values pro- family group writing together. we said the government should not be in the business of funding this stuff. i want to find cotton can be there. -- candy either. there are many reasons to oppose hundreds of millions of dol

senator mcconnell, it's always good to have you here. i thank you. we'll have some context and analysis on all of this from "new york times" columnist tom friedman, who is just back from the middle east. that's in 60 seconds. thank you, senator. >> schieffer: back with tom friedman, who is just back the middle east. tom, let's just start with senator kerry talking about this idea of a no fly zone. what do you think about that? >> you have three principles clashing here right now. one is something that was so important about the uprising in tunisia and egypt was that it was owned by the people who did it. there was no american involvement. there were no foreign troops. by the way, let's remember at least 400 and maybe 700 egyptians died in that struggle for a different kind of government. so i think, first of all, we want... you don't want to take the sense of ownership away from whoever is uprising there in libya. second, you want qaddafi to lose. he's a bad guy. he's driven a country into the ground, used his money badly. was behind pan am 103. but

we'll discuss both with the senate top republican mitch mcconnell. two budget hawks sell a bipartisan plan to cut the deficit. we'll sit down with senators mark warner and saxby chambliss. plus, the latest on libya. what can and should president obama do to oust muammar gaddafi? we'll ask our sunday panel. and our power player of the week. the undercover provacateur strikes again. all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again, from fox news in washington. here is the latest on the situation in japan. officials there now fear more than 10,000 people may have been killed in the earthquake and the tsunami. they are fighting partial meltdown at two nuclear reactors and more than 170,000 people have been evacuated from around the plants as a precaution. for more, we turn to fox news correspondent greg palkot who is in japan. greg? >> reporter: chris, strong words from japanese prime minister naoto kan calling the situation around the earthquake and the tsunami that the country got hit with on friday the worst crisis in japanese history, calling on h

mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader is recognized. mr. mcconnell: for two years now, washington democrats have taken fiscal recklessness to new heights. the amount of red ink democrats plan to rack up this year alone would exceed all of the debt run up by the federal government from its inception through 1984. the recklessness is the reason we've seen a national uprising against their policies. now, americans have demanded that we reverse this recklessness and restore balance. democrats have resisted at every turn. to conceal the extent of their spending plans, they didn't even pass a budget last year. after a nationwide repudiation of their policies in november, they proposed a massive spending bill loaded with new spending that amounted to a slap in the face to the voters. following the outrage, they tried to get a spending freeze past the public. they said, how about we just lock in place the out-of-control spending levels we set last year? to them, this entire

i respectfully disagree with senator mcconnell. the whole debate about health care reform was lowering theyo cost of health care. you cannot balance a budget of america with 13 million people unemployed and without addressing the skyrocketing cost of health care. and so president obama worked with congress, the house and the senate to reduce the growth inah the cost of health care. when the area was in medicare. n time and again, the senator from kentucky and his colleagues came to the floor and gave critical speeches saying quote the obama plan is going to take $500 billion out of medicare day after day after day, 500 billion out of medicare. if we are seriously talking about budget deficit reform, if we are talking about medicare reform, we are talking about reducing theic anticipated expee of medicare and reducing at least $500 billion in costs.ipie what will that mean to the medicare recipients across america? does it mean less coverage, less care? it doesn't have to. i always use as an illustration the average cost per medicar

senator mcconnell and senator lieberman, and senator collins have tried. they wouldn't get it done.i worked with senator lieberman two years ago. we couldn't get it done. what has happened this time, as a result of the discussion that we had earlier in the year about making the senate a more effective place to work, the full support of the leaders, reid and mcconnell, the full support of senator lieberman and senator collins and good work of senator schumer, we have come up with legislation which has broad bipartisan support, both sides of the aisle, including chairmans and ranking members of the committee who you think might be the first one to object, still leaves the senate with the prerogatives it ought to have in terms of reviewing presidential nominees and separates out those who take our time away from the more important things that we ought to be doing. i want to thank the senator from new york for the way he's worked on this. he's been constructive and direct and helpful. i thank the leaders for their support. i hope that the committees will rapidly consider the legislation

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the mcconnell-inhofe administration blocks e.p.a.'s attempt to enact cap and tax. now, they're trying to do it a backdoor route, cap and tax. what the mcconnell amendment does is block the e.p.a.'s attempt by removing the e.p.a.'s authority to regulate greenhouse gases under the clean air act. by repealing the e.p.a.'s endangerment finding that says carbon dioxide is a threat to public health, but repealing the tailoring rule that says the e.p.a. can arbitrarily pick and choose which businesses they want to target. also by applying immediately to all greenhouse gases. this is the amendment that we must pass to rein in e.p.a. and to protect jobs. this is the amendment that's been endorsed by the u.s. chamber of commerce, by the business round table, by the american farm bureau and americans for prosperity. now, the list of supporters of this amendment is extensive. madam president, we need to get serious about america's energy future. congress needs the time to get this policy right. we need to make america's energy as clean as we can as fast as we can, and do it wi

if it was up to boehner and mcconnell they wouldn't do it. they know it's irresponsible but you have a tae party group and nobody knows what they're going to say. ironically because they talk about defending the constitution they act as if they were in england, not america. and here's the rule. if you're in england and you win the election of the house of commons on tuesday, on wednesday you're in total control of the government. you have everything. the american constitution writers said wait a minute, at any given time it will be the people elected with six-year terms in the senate, a four-year term in the white house and a two-year term in the house who will govern. so governance power now in america-- unlike england where the house of commons elected a couple months ago is in total disorder this was in america it's people elected in 2006, 2008, and 2010. the tea party types won the election decisively in 2010 but under the american constitution it makes more than one election to get the power to make the decision and that's the deliberate

they're all different. >> senator mcconnell? >> yep. >> on the c.r., senate democrats and the white house are advancing another $20 billion in cuts. does that represent an overall level, bring us to a level that you would find acceptable or in the vicinity? >> well, i think we want to reach a final agreement for this year, and i think there's widespread agreement on that. and the discussions are ongoing. i heard a question here about the -- >> [inaudible] >> yeah. >> [inaudible] would the leader be able to -- [inaudible] issues are not right for a decision in this environment, putting off -- [inaudible] >> with well, it is ripe for decision. the epa is seeking to regulate greenhouse gases and as several of my colleagues mentioned as a result of that have an extraordinarily adverse impact on the economy. they're going forward. i can't think of a better time for senators to be on record as to how they feel about that. and then, finally, id say i think the reason we haven't had this vote for a while is because they've had to kind o

mcconnell, 70 days -- so many days people would come in and mitch mcconnell and i would be behind that and the trust, the sharing, the real intimacy of human relationships, all in the interest of the country, is sometimes tough and agonizing playing out under the real leadership of mitch mcconnell. to all my other senate colleagues, both present and past who are here today, i hope opportunities like this represent a time and a moment of repose, but also a time of reflection. you're dedicated work, and you realize that more after you leave that when you are here, provides that real polls, that continuing pulse of the democracy. you must take for granted what you are here because you are filling the responsibilities, but once you leave, you realize that pulse every day, continuous. sometimes faster, sometimes slower, provided by you. every day.uvaogilvie, and those of you from ash fell and tennessee, think. but the senate would not open, we would not do the nation's business and to the chaplain of the senate gave that guiding message. lloyd, as you had that in vacation a few moments ago

mcconnell: i would say to my friend from arizona, he is entirely correct. don't intend myself to support another continuing resolution that does not contain the full-year defense appropriation bill. i think everybody understands the urgency of that. my friend from arizona, our leader, on these issues has been very clear and articulate about it, and i can say with total confidence that we're not -- the house and senate are not going to be passing another continuing resolution without the funding for the defense department for the remainder of this fiscal year. mr. mccain: i thank the republican leader and i thank my colleague from louisiana, and our -- i hope this message is transmitted to our friends and colleagues on the other side of the capitol that they shouldn't send over another c.r. without funding the defense department for the rest of the year. mr. mcconnell: i would just say to my friend from arizona, i believe his position is shared by the leadership of -- of our party in the house, and i think there is no chance that we will not complete work on

center for economic and policy research and i first asked him what he makes of the statement by mcconnell considering that we've heard so many other republicans even john boehner lindsey graham paul ryan say they defaulting would be a disaster. well it's hard to know what they think they're doing i mean do they really intend for what the u.s. the fourth and instead i mean it's an interesting question why put wall true right but our financial sector is that really what they want to do i mean it's an interesting story it would be my first choice but i suppose if they're going to say people either give up social security and medicare or they're going to wall street i think most people it's a good script wall street do you think that this shows perhaps a divide between republicans in the house and in the senate or you know because republicans have their majority in the house and they feel like they can do whatever they want and the senate republicans feel like they have to play politics a little more well it's hard to know i mean i'm no expert on the relations between the house and senate rep

mcconnell: if it is war and, of course, to fund our military operations. now, the president has stated there is no decision i face as your commander in chief that i consider as carefully as the decision to ask our men and women to use military force particularly at a time when our military is fighting in afghanistan and winding down our activities in iraq that decision is only made more difficult. and yet this latest decision was taken without adequate consultation with congress or sufficient explanation to the american people. since returning from south america, the president has begun to talk in greater detail about our involvement in libya. for the second time, he's discussed our operations in and around libya with the congressional leadership. over the weekend he devoted his entire address to the topic and he'll speak to the american people tonight about our operations in libya. all of this is welcome and in my view, overdue. before addressing what answers i hope to hear from the president this evening let me address the notifications to congress that

president mcconnell -- pardon me, senator mcconnell spoke with the president and said that he neededw more leadership. i know where the president is on this. he wants us to reach an agreement in terms of the -- the decisions which we need to make to move us toward a balanced budget. but we need to do in a thoughtful way. first, coming out of this recession making america's workforce stronger for the future, helping small businesses create jobs and investing in infrastructure which creates good-paying jobs right here in america. i'm going to ask now, mr. president, that i understand that we're going to go into executive session. and i've got to pause at that time and ask that if the chair's ready to report executive session so that i can discuss two judicial nominations? the presiding officer: morning business is closed. and under the previous order the senate will now proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, anthony j. battaglia of california to be united states district judge. sue e. myerscough of illinois

. >> if you sat down with mitch mcconnell.ou cut a deal with the republicans. >> she will be tough, but she will be fair. the people who she covers completely understand that. >> do you think that you and george bush have left america not only stronger militarily, but with a better reputation abroad? >> mr. president, you seem to be having some difficulty with the pentagon. >> we all knew that andrea craved air time. she loved it. she liked to be on as much as anybody. on this particular day, she was complaining that she had only been on nightly news twice that week. oh, the horror. the problem was, it was wednesday. if there had only been two broadcast that week. >> their parties were a source or she would meet somebody. there was a great dedication in all of that. >> i loved having entry mitchell -- andrea mitchell on our team. she is a great friend. she takes care of all of us. she is part den mother, a orbital sister, part big sister, -- part little sister, part big sister, part mother in this family of ours. >> she has ou

mcconnell: mr. president? mr. president? the presiding officer: the minority leader. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, i would say to my friend from ohio, i have listened with great interest to his first speech here in the senate and was particularly interested in his reference to robert a. taft who, as the senator from ohio knows, his portrait is in the republican leader's office and has been there for some time. in fact, that space that's currently the office of the republican leader in the senate became the space of the republican leader about the time that senator taft was in that all too brief period. he was actually only majority leader for about eight months before he passed away, but he left an incredible impression here in -- in this town, which the junior senator from ohio pointed out. and i would say in listening to the new senator from ohio that he is entirely able to fill the shoes of those who have come before representing the great state of ohio in the senate. he made reference to some of

senator mcconnell and i have approved this. would ask consent these requests be agreed to, these requests be printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from california. mrs. boxer: madam president, tell me what the order is right now. the presiding officer: the democrats control 51 minutes and 26 seconds. mrs. boxer: and how much more time do i control? the presiding officer: the senator may speak for up to 10 minutes total. mrs. boxer: thank you. the presiding officer: she has spoken for four minutes. mrs. boxer: okay. my intention is to yield to senator udall. and he and senator merkley are going to engage in colloquy, but i just wanted to open it up before i yield to them in this way, senator reid has laid out the devastating consequences of h.r. 1, which the republicans have put forward as their plan to cut the budget. devastating. it's a jobs killer. it's a killer for the middle class. and they said they'd have a vote on it, now they don't want to vote on it. well, we're going to have a vo

was senator mcconnell said washington democrats have taken fiscal recklessness to new heights. the amount of democrats plan tok wrap up this year alone would an to exceed all the debt run up by the federal government since its inception through 1984. mr. president, i'd like to set the record straight. derstand i and a stand with the national debt of america was when president william jefferson offc clinton left office. we were running surpluses. we haven't done that for in thel decades.trry. surpluses in the federal this treasury. what did we do with all thishe a money?e we put the social security trust fund and bought more longevity r and solvency for social securite and if you remember the economy was never stronger. william jefferson clinton leftt office and at that moment in time the national debt, the aria accumulated debt of america frot george washington until he left office $5 trillion. remember that number.st-forwa $5 trillion. fast forward eight years afterf the end of president george w. bush, eight years later or weres weak? the national debt was now rklesn $12 tril

mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i'd like to start this morning by acknowledging the progress that's been made this week. senator reid's prediction the senate will follow the house in approving a $4 billion cut in the current fiscal year is a small step, but it is indeed a step in the right direction. this is a long awaited acknowledgement by democrats in congress that we have a spending problem around here. it's hard to believe when we're spending $1.6 trillion more than we're taking in in a single year that it would take this long to cut a penny in spending. but it's progress nonetheless. it's also encourage to go hear the white house say yesterday they would be supportive of a four-week c.r. with $8 billion in cuts. it's encouraging that the white house and congressional democrats now agree that the status quo won't work, that the bills we pass must include spending re

mcconnell. i've had conversations with mr. boehner, with nancy pelosi, and with harry reid about how they should approach this budget problem. know. what we the republicans in the house passed a budget that has been now rejected in the senate. they are not going to get 100% of what they want. the democrats have put forward spending cuts, many of them pretty painful, that give republicans already half of what they were seeking because it was to do.ht thing many of those cuts were ones that were already embodied in the budget that i proposed for 2012. now, that's been rejected as well. so here's what we know. both sides are going have to sit down and compromise on prudent cuts somewhere between what the republicans were seeking that's now been rejected and what the democrats had agreed to that has also been rejected. it shouldn't be that complicated. so what i've done is every day i talk to my team, i give them instructions in terms of how they can participate in the negotiations, indicate what's indicate what's not acceptable.

mickey mcconnell, 1-4 at the free-throw line missed the lay- up at the finish, really sad way to end your career. 71-70, st. mary's eliminated in round one. san jose state playing in that tournament, these are all -- even below the. i.t., they lose. santa clara in something known as the c.i.t., they paid between 25 and $20,000 to host the first round, and they are victorious. the limping warriors, they have dallas and oakland tomorrow night. curry giving out gift certificates, $75 to 75 shoppers at a supermarket in the east bay. today, curry, and the warriors doing some good work among the folks. after a 2nd-period blowout last night in chicago, the sharkies come raging back. ryan clowe scores the passer, tory mitchell to make it 4-2, and then they took it from there. joe thorton, those of us who play hockey on the weekends, we all president to be jumbo joe, we should mention you know jumbo joe authoritien. >> i don't know him. i met him once. >> you socialized with him. >> i don't know him. >> pam, care to share about that night? >> sorry i don't know -- >> [ overlapping speakers ]

mcconnell: as we reengage in the ongoing debate over government spending, it's worth noting that some on the other side have already decided to fold up their tents. last week republicans showed we could change the status quo in washington by cutting government spending. it was a small step, but a step in the right direction. and some of us were hopeful momentum was finally building for the kind of bipartisan consensus that would enable us to cut even more government red ink this week. unfortunately, the assistant majority leader seems to have have enough. yesterday he said that cutting $6 billion pushes limits of what's needed to live within our means. plp, this is ludicrous. ludicrous. so far this fiscal year, washington has spent nearly $650 billion more than it's taken in. this year. that's a little more than $4 billion a day that washington is spending over and above what it has to spend. and senator durbin thinks democrats in congress have pushed the limits of responsibility by agreeing to cut $6 billion more this year. imagine, if every american had the same approach to their cr

and reed, senators mcconnell and reed. he's not going to play the washington games. i think the american people are sick and tired of it, tired of the partisanship. and if anything thinks out of this last election the american people were voting for more partisanship, more saying no, i think they're going to have a rude awakening in the next election. >> as you know, financial reform was much debated here in washington and when you were at jpmorgan chase, it was a significant concern in wall street and the financial community. and so this caught our attention during the oscars, the director, charles ferguson of "inside job," the documentary about the financial collapse, in accepting his oscar, said the following. >> forgive me. i must start by pointing out that three years after a horrific financial crisis caused by massive fraud, not a single financial executive has gone to jail. and that's wrong. >> does the president agree that's wrong? >> i think the president -- no one has been more out front on the need for financial

. >> momentum, mcconnell for the win. he missed it.missed it, and kent will celebrate a victory. >> very probable, mickey missed the layoff. st. mary's stunned on their home court and their season is over. a couple post season tournaments, san jose state spartans lose in the cbi torn. tournament. and north carolina at ashville taking on arkansas, little rock in the ncaa tournament. matt hits the runner 81-77 is the final. they'll face pit on thursday. kevin booker draining the early 3 ball to make it 25-7. it was never close. the tigers win 70-52, proving that uab didn't belong in a pal tournament. it was raining hockey sticks in dallas where the sharks hosted the -- ryan breaks that tie. his 23rd of the year. 3-2 sharks. less than two minutes later, dishes to torrey mitchell. san jose and they win 6-3. >>> good news, a's closer has been diagnosed with only a strained right forearm. it was feared he might have suffered an elbow injury yesterday, but he'll resume throwing when he is pain free. looking slimmer than ever as the a's hosted

. >> reporter: rubio's already lined up against gop leaders mitch mcconnell and john boehner, votingir most recent government funding bill because he says it doesn't cut spending enough. in miami, he told us he will next take a hard line against raising the national debt limit. something the administration says must be done to avoid an economic crisis. >> the reality is, our government spending money it doesn't have. it doing it at an alarming pace and there's no plan to stop it. >> reporter: he may irritate party leadership, but not this guy. >> marco rubio says what is this continuing resolution crap? i didn't come in here to fund the government every two to three weeks and cut $6 billion here and there what is hell is going on here? wish the guy would run for president. >> i just got elected three months ago. how can i be a full-time united states senator if my eye is on running for something else. >> reporter: that's a reason for not doing it. would you say you're not ready? >> well it doesn't necessarily prepare you to be president. >> reporter: do you rule it out? is there abso

mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: as lawmakers return to washington this week, we did so against the backdrop of many world crises. from recovery efforts in japan to battles everywhere from afghanistan to libya, to an unfolding economic crisis in europe, the scope and intensity of world events in recent months has been nothing short of breathtaking. yet, in the middle of all this, it's important that we not lose sight of the struggles and concerns of so many around us here at home. at a time when roughly one in four american homeowners owes more money on their mortgage than their home is worth, at a time when nearly one in ten working americans is looking for a job, at a time when the federal debt has reached heights that none of us could have even imagined just a few years ago, now is not the time to focus on the paramount issue on the minds of americans every day, and that's the very real crisis that we face when it comes to jobs. americans look around them and they see neighbors and friends struggling to

mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader is recognized. mr. mcconnell: throughout the week i pointed out that our nation faces a day of reckoning on entitlements like social security and medicare, and i've expressed my disappointment about the white house failure to lead on reforms that would save these programs, that would save these programs at an opportune moment like our own. the best time to solve the kind of fiscal crisis we face is when the two parties share power in washington. everyone knows we either address these problems together or they won't be addressed at all. and everyone knows the president has to take the lead. that's why presidents from both parties have done just that during periods of divided government in the past. and that's why many of us are calling on this president to do the same for the good of the country now. but when it comes to job creation, the president isn't just failing to lead. in many cases he's actually blocking the way. and nowhe

it was an unusual night for wcc player of the year, mickey mcconnell. the drive with the chance to win. he misses the lay-up and finishes with just five points, a tough way to go out in a nightmare night for the gales. they lose 71-70. >> justin graham with the lead. they had the lead at the half, but the blue jace are still stuff in this post dana althoma campaign. >>> one bright spot for bay area hoops tonight, santa clara beat northern arizona by five, 68-63. cal men and usf play tomorrow. >>> the sharks in dallas facing the rival stars going back-to-back after losing last night in chicago. he gave up the first two goals tonight. the sharks rally to tie it. the sharks just getting started early third period. two quick goals. mitchell makes it 4-2. dallas made it a one-goal game, but the target practice began. two empty net goals as time was winding down. 6-3. they host the wild. >>> the a's get encouraging news. bailey does not have a serious boil injury. the doctor's evaluation call it a forearm strain whether the discomfort subsides he will tlou ag

mcconnell, offbalance. under five to go in the first half.ter, ooh, hitting the floater. and gonzaga, they went into the break with a five-point advantage. john stockton, loving it. gonzaga wins. 75-63. >>> that will do it for your espn news update. i'm cole wright. have a fantastic day. >>> to your favorite story. >> i love this story. >> the notorious neighborhood cat burglar is giving his hot goods back to the rightful owners. >> this cat is talented. this is dusty. dusty has stolen hundreds of items from his neighborhoods near san francisco. there he is in action in the middle of night. his family decided to have a rummage sale of sorts to return the stuff he took. >> favors, came to claim their belongings. everything. in spite of the give wak, dusty has not given up his old ways. >> a nighttime job. >> a vicious cat. >>> coming up next, why certain breakfast cereals are preferred by kids. and it has nothing to do with taste. >>> and rivers are still rising across the northeast this morning. we'll have an update on where. stay with us. wh

stanford won tonight and staint mary's mickey mcconnell, the wcc player of the year, randy been knitoach of the year. it's mark mad sons. it's march first toy. >> let's get mad. >> thank you. >> sure thing. >> weet be right back. paul ? oh, hey, charlene. what are you doing ? this is to help me with my online investing. i'm so overwhelmed by jargon and trading tools and data that i need to get as much blood to my brain as possible, just to make sense of it all. touch the ball. whoa ! get sharebuilder from ing direct. hey, my headache's gone. shouldn't be hard work or cost more money. now there's simple nutrition, only at safeway. green tags throughout the store call out what matters most to you. ♪ there are 22 different nutritional benefits highlighted. ♪ and with our low prices, now safeway makes bringing home the right choices easier than ever. that's simple nutrition. ♪ that's ingredients for life. safeway. >>> okay. let's get that last soggy word from jeff. >> behind you guys it looks like our sister network the weather channel. a lot of rain moving into the bay area. winds picki

d andy mcconnell: so are you saying that this vase actually belonged to field marshal montgomery? his parents-- his father was a minister in moville and they lived in the house. and the vase was in the house when my son-in-law's father bought it. so your son-in-law's father buys the house and this is part of the contents of the house. yes, that's part of the contents. it sat at the top of the stairs-- at the top of a spiral staircase in a hallway on a table. was it a grand house, would you describe it? it was a fairly grand house... in its own grounds. now that would make sense from a date point of view, 'cause this glass vase dates to around about 1900, maybe about 1905. so bearing in mind the age of the field marshal, - this is all making sense. - yeah. the great thing about a vase like this is that it looks different in different light. so with natural light bouncing off it, it comes alive. it's quite magical. it starts its life, as i said, at the turn of the century. it's actually austrian, because this particular piece is almost certainly made by the lurz factory. and lurz we

some of the reformers made fun of the gentleman and take between harry reid and mitch mcconnell. we will have fewer cloture petitions and fewer filibuster's carried out and there would be some limit on the amount of time they would spend. they did it on a german sanchez. gentlemans handshake. in 1996, we were only in session 132 days. if you study the list of legislation passed, it was very historic, everything from safe drinking water to every appropriations bill. if you reward of the senate and you don't filibuster or you d and i was guilty of that and these things have gotten worse in recent years. more filibusters, more cloture petitions, more of the leader going in and filling up the tree which is blocking the other side to present any amendments. tom daschle reacted. he would get mad. i did it to john mccain, too, when he was trying to pass campaign finance reform. i told them he would not pass an amendment. i blocked them. we had on pleasantries between each other and stayed great friendship i never surprised him. i used the rules and the use the rules and eventually, he p

mcconnell: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: no, we are not. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, anyone who follows national politics knows that when it comes to a lot of the issues america cares about the most, the democratic leaders in washington are pretty far outside the mainstream. that's why we have got one democratic leader coaching his colleagues to describe any republican idea as extreme, and that's why other democrats are attempt to go marginalize an entire group of people in this country whose concerns about the growth of the nation's debt, the overreach of the federal government and last year's health care bill are about as mainstream as it gets. i'm referring, of course, to the tea party. a loosely-knit movement of everyday americans from across the country who got so fed up with the direction they saw lawmakers from both parties taking our country a couple of years ago that they decided to stand up and make their voices heard. despite the democrat leadership's talking points, these folks are not radicals. they are our next-door neighbors and our friends.

now ahead in moscow a nuclear meltdown feeds grow into a turn off to a novel blossom before she mcconnell and it's not just says that the rest baltar of fire and explosion were used fuel rods to hell it's. called darcy's say radiation levels near one of the reactors are now dangerous to human health reports want to put in same and levels of protecting one of the reactors has been damaged around two hundred thousand people have now been evacuated from the surrounding area. all forces have been for nearly two thousand five hundred people dead so far more than three thousand the missing from the powerful earthquake and devastating tsunami that hit more instances. and more over ninety countries are sending eggs two tons of coal all of the stuff godfrey has also lost the international atomic energy agency for its ex-pats means in attempts to stabilize the fukushima plant. or russia has been pledging help and support in stricken japan sending crews of emergency workers and eight episodes the first earthquake triggered blast assays company that is out of the house more moscow's involvement. russ