thank you. >> senator mcconnell -- >> senator mcconnell on capitol hill earlier in the day. yesterday, senator reid escal e escalating the fight over these nominees. the move from mitch mcconnell drawing criticism from republica republicans. with regard to the jobs bill the house of representatives passing that measure by a vote of 390 to 23. it would ease the rules for capital formation for small xaebs helping to create jobs and grow the u.s. economy, the white house and the senate democrats expected to support this measurement as well. when it clears the senate wherever that happens. >>> we welcome our listeners from coast to coast. >>> some other news today on wall street the dow was up 217 points. closing at 13,177. that puts the dow within 1,000 of its all-time high. today's close the highest since the end of 2007. >>> a new estimate from congressional economists said that the government is going to run a $1.2 trillion deficit for the budget year ending just a few days before election day. almost $100 billion spike from earlier deficit projections comes exclusively beca

senator mitch mcconnell. [applause] >> good evening. thank you so much. you guys are doing a fabulous job running this university bter and better every year. i also want to an analysis of performance of dr. gary, thank you for the wonderful job you are doing. [applause] i also want to welcome this evening our many men and women in uniform, especially our friends from fort knox, fort campbell, the bluegrass army depot, the kentucky national guard, the reserve forces from all of our services and all of our heroic veterans. thank you veryatn. [applause] i also want to take a moment to recognize the sacrifice of lieutenant-colonel john loplis who was killed in kabul, last saturday. he was an air force officer. he leaves behind a wife and two daughters. i know everyone here, including our honor speaker, grieves. we are celebrating a first tonight. this is the first sitting secretary of the events we have had in the 21 year history of this program. it is an honor to have him here. more than 10 years after september 11, america remains a nation facing a changing

some republican leader mitch mcconnell introduced the secretary as part of the mcconnell centers lecture series. this is about an hour. [applause] >> if everyone would please be seated we will go ahead and get started. it is really wonderful to see so many of you here tonight.of h on behalf of all of us at the university of what like to welcome you here. i am especially delighted that in our audience ibm members of our board of trustees to our board of overseers, many of the deans of less presidents and and others are universal family. we're also delighted to have tha mayor and his wife here tonight. many members of the metromaembe council and our stateil legislature, and, of course, a f former congressman and senator.f we are also really gratified to see some many members of our military units your tonight, and i especially want to look m gall you.ary . is my great pleasure tonight toa also offer the republican leader of the united states senator mitch o mcconnell. one of the best friends anybody could ever have an especially if you're the university of laval.e the father of our prestig

on the senate floor earlier today remarks by the republican leader mitch mcconnell from kentucky. >> we've had severe storms and tornadoes that cut through the midwest yesterday, including hitting my state of kentucky. people across the blue grass state are still recovering this morning from considerable damage caused by very severe weather. the national weather service has confirmed four tornadoes struck in kentucky with winds of up to 125 miles per hour. these funnel clouds were sighted in elizabethtown, eastern grayson county, larue county and the home of abraham lincoln's birth place. in all the national weather service has confirmed at least 16 tornadoes across the country through seven states, nebraska, kansas, missouri, illinois, tennessee, indiana and kentucky. over 300 reports of severe weather across the region described frightening details such as wind gusts of over 80 miles per hour and golf size hail storms. there were reports of power outages for thousands of people particularly in my home town of louisville. downed power lines, flash flooding were reported all across t

i have tremendous respect for mitch mcconnell. i have always enjoyed the opportunity to discuss with him not only this issue, but other issues as well. climate change -- what we developed at the cia was an intelligence branch of the cia that focused on that issue for intelligence purposes because of the implications that these changes might have with regards to national security. our example, when we encourage greater drought, when we incur areas that have less rain and are incurring unusual climate impacts, it creates, obviously, an impact in terms of the population. we have to be aware of it because it could create chaos. we have seen it in africa and other parts of the world. we need that type of intelligence. in addition, because of the ice there are indications of rising oceans. we have seen that take place. our concern is how will that impact our ports, our facilities, our low lighting levels that could be impacted by that. we continue to try to get intelligence on that as well. in addition, obviously, we do look at the pola

anyway, senator mitch mcconnell, senate leader from kentucky.ways, sir, we appreciate it. >> thank you, larry. >>> coming up, president obama got a huge slap in the face. his budget was u nan lousily rejected by the house. he couldn't get even one democrat it vote for him. what's is mean when his own party gives him a no confidence vote? right back after this. ♪ anything? no. ♪ how about now? nope. ♪ [ dog barking ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the chevy silverado. ♪ [ male announcer ] with best-in-class 4x4 available v8 fuel economy. finally! ♪ [ male announcer ] from getting there... to getting away from there. chevy runs deep. >>> president obama's budget overwhelmingly rejected by both sides of the aisle and 414-0 vote, not one democrat voted for the obama budget. on the flip side the house did pass rye and budget 228-191. effectively i think a no confidence vote on obama and his policyes. let's talk. we have former chief columnist for vice president joe biden and americans of prosperity, i got to go to you first, the obama budget was offered by r

let's take you do the senate floor with harry reid and mitch mcconnell. >> it's a question of priorities. we do agree we ought to pass this jobs bill. certainly if it were called up, it would be open for amendment and the majority leader could offer the xm bank amendment if he chose and other senators could as well. it's a question of priorities. do we want a big fight in the senate over procedure. we've had procedural differences which i'll address later, not right now, but later, relating to the confirmation of judges, responsibility of the senate under the constitution of the united states. or do we want to turn immediately to a jobs bill that we overwhelmingly agreed to as the majority leader has just conceded in his remarks. it's a question of priorities. deyou want to have the senate in a billing fight over procedure after we finish the highway bill, or do you want to turn to an overwhelmingly bipartisan jobs bill supported by the president, passed by the house. it's a question of priorities. what do we want to do next for the american people? >> mr. president, i am stunned by a co

in a floor speech earlier today, mitch mcconnell calling out his democratic colleagues for stalling a vote on the jump start our business startups act. it's an acronym for the jobs act. he says democrats are more interested in 30-second political ads than in supporting the jobs plan which passed overwhelmingly in the house of representatives and does have the support of the obama white house. senator mcconnell citing a report in politte koept in which chuck schumer of new york said that his claim is to drive some of these wedge issues into this election year. here's more everywhere senator mcconnell earlier in the day. >> i'd like to start out this morning by saying that i'm glad we're turning to the bipartisan jobs bill that passed the house last week by such a lopsided margin. here's a chance not only to help entrepreneurs build their businesses and create jobs, but to show that we can work together around here to get things done on a bipartisan basis. unfortunately, some of our friends on the other side don't seem to like that idea very much. apparently they'd rather spend the time

we have four mcconnell scholar alums in audience. there should be two on the right and two on the left. put up your hand if you have a question now. let's go quickly to the right. i see one right here. >> my name is meredith. he said it was our duty as americans to serve our country. during your time in washington, what you believe has been the greatest difference you have made in service to our country? what marquette you left for future generations? >> -- what mark have you left for future generations? >> the joy of public service is to get things done. i have never thought that people were elected to office to sit on their rear end and try to survive. the purpose of being elected is to get things done. i had the good fortune of being in congress at a time when both parties worked together. we had the opportunity to get some things done. probably the one thing -- well, there are several things. let me just say -- one thing that i am proud of is the work that i did on the budget. i was chairman of the budget committee. i had the opp

i don't know if that's reasonable to mcconnell yet to endorse romney, but the question of cost is real. and the panel that the house voted to do away with, their specific charge was to address the cost and how to contain costs. >> angela, let me let you weigh in, because you have the economy, right, and this is like education, too, but you basically have the economy, you have jobs and you have health care, you say in talking to our producers that the election itself is an eternity away. >> yes. >> but if you get sick ap you're not covered or you don't have a job all these months, you're going to make the connections, do you think between the two issues as they impact each other. >>? you're going to, and robert with all due respect. more americans care about health care than the hunger games because it's impacting our pocket books. you have the national federation of independent businesses against this because they say that the obama administration is forcing them to buy a cadillac type health care, and they only have a kia budget, what they're going to do, lay people off or they're not

. >> here's what i have learned today is senator mcconnell pulled micah from managing the highway bill and givesing to shus ster. i knew his father very well. we were both senior members of our transportation committees. we worked together on several highway bills. his name was bud shoe ster. if his son is anything like the dad, it will help get this bill done. we have to go back to a time when we worked to get things done, not create issues ideologically. highway bill is important. it's not a bill we should be doing changes in the clean water act or clean air act. we shouldn't be declaring war and doing all these things have nothing to do with the highway bill. so speaker boehner has said today i'm told -- i haven't seen it -- i was told he said we would be willing to take up the senate-passed bill. the house has been in a state of disarray for going on two years. so we hope that they can move from that state and help us get a highway bill passed if we're fortunate enough to work our way through the filibuster the republicans have here. >> senator reid earlier today on capitol hill an

the speaker of the house joined by mitch mcconnell talking to reports. >> good afternoon, everyone. we had a positive lunch at the white house today and we discussed a number of areas where i believe that there is common ground between the two political parties and particularly on jobs and on energy. i'd like to think that some of the bipartisan bills that we have moved through the house will be taken up soon by democrats over in the senate. you know, during the state of the union address the president said that he was for an all of the above national energy policy. the house republicans have been through a national all of the above energy policy now for about five years. and it is the same approach that his jobs council in their annual report supported as well. so we offered to work with the president on some of those bipartisan bills, again, that have been passed in the house, and the president believed that there were some areas where we could find common ground and frankly i was encouraged by that. we also discussed the jobs act. the package of bipartisan bills that was introduc

mcconnell: mr.president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: later today the senate is likely to finish the highway bill, and once we do, i listened carefully to the majority leader's remarks -- once we finish the highway bill, we ought to immediately turn to the bipartisan jobs bill that passed the house last thursday. the vote was 390 to 23. let me say that again. the vote in the house was 390 to 23. the president has also indicated he would sign the house bill, so it strikes me with the jobs emergency that we have in this bill with 8.3% unemployment, many more millions of americans having given up trying to get into the workforce, the thing to do is to pocket this broad, bipartisan bill and rye to create jobs immediate -- and try to create jobs immediately. i a heard my friend, the---- i'e heard my friend, the majority leader, say he wants to recraft it. all that will do is slow down the process and make it more difficult to get this important jobs legislation to the pres

noncontroversial once senate minority leader mitch mcconnell admitted that while it's unlikely that any of the nominees would not be confirmed i would that all get through he's still an austrian them anyway because senate majority leader harry reid made him look bad so basically mcconnell is playing crybaby and holding the confirmation process process hostage to get back at the evil senator reid just when you thought politics in washington couldn't get any more trouble than the very very ugly taps taps of the texas association of private and parochial schools it's a lot of his association consists primarily private christian schools if you jewish schools recently private muslim schools in texas ask them to join the association and the muslim schools were subjected to a series of ignorant and hateful questions one it one question asked whether the schools wanted to terminate the infidels poll another asked why muslims condemn other religions this is part of a larger attack on islam in this country fueled by ignorance and intolerance in these very clear. we don't trust pharmaceutical

mitch mcconnell -- [everyone talking at once] >> this is outrageous! >> jesse helms, in an ad against husband democratic opponent, harvey gantt, 20 plus years ago, there are three things in the middle of the road, a yellow stripe, a dead skunk, and harvey gantt. that's the point. >> that's right. >> that's character? >> exactly! >> you think it's a fair description? >> it's a fair description! [everyone talking at once] >> i think it's outrageous description! unless you can put together both parties on -- [everyone talking at once] you're they're in going to get anything down. [everyone talking at once] >> they should >>> predictions, patrick? >> i think if romney wins ohio, it will be virtually over for santorum and the rest. >> if independent form of governor angus king gets in the senate race in maine he would win as an independent. >> rich? >> the anniversary of obama care coming up, the signing of it. and democrats will be hiding under their desks in not talking about it bus it's such a loser. >> a conflict if >> i predict wisc]nsin republican gov

nothing to do with supply and demand, it's all down to the president according to mitch mcconnell. >>o mitch and the republican leadership, everything is the president's faults. that's just a given. but it is a problem that we see every four years. people always latch on to this gas price issue and you know what happens? the prices spike during the summer travel season and then just as we go into the november elections, they start falling off a little bit. just enough to where it takes a lot of the oomph out of that argument. it happens all the time. so while it is interesting to see those polls, this is not the first time it's been an issue. it is not going to be the last time it's an issue. it's also not going to decide the election. >> indeed. professor dyson, the republican brand according to someone no less than barbara bush has taken an absolute battering. but why isn't the president benefiting do you think to a greater degree or does this speak to the vulnerability of the economic recovery which of course, come november, will be much more influential than anything else? >> well

last night mitch mcconnell made a unilateral statement of where we should be as a congress, republican democrat. when we have the evidence and the intelligence that iran has the capability, we should declare the necessary legislation to give the president the full authority to see to it has to never exercised and that we take them on because they possess it and they have it or they're developing it. i have been very pleased to work with senator boxer from california on a piece of legislation which will be introduced this week. you are going to the hill today and your job is to carry the message, and part of that message needs to be what we call the enhanced cooperation act of 2012 for the united states and israel. it states fundamentally and clearly and reaffirms our unwavering commitment as a country to the state of israel, our unwavering commitment to see to it it has the materiel to defend itself, to make sure they get the cooperation from the united states to help pursue a two-state settlement as long as its neighbors of israel recognize fully israel's right to exist. as senator le

senate republican leader mitch mcconnell introduces secretary panetta as part of the mcconnell centerhis is one hour. [applause] >> if everyone would please be seated, we will get started. it is wonderful to see so many of you here tonight. on behalf of all of us at the university of louisville, welcome. i am especially delighted that in our audience we have numbers of our board of trustees, overseers and others from our university family. we are also delighted to have the mayor and his wife here tonight. many members of metro council and our state legislator and of course our former senator. we are gratified to see some members of our military unit. it is my great pleasure to also offer the republican leader of the united states, senator mitch mcconnell. he is one of the best friends anybody could ever have been especially if you are the university of louisville. he is the father of the prestigious scholars program. i hope you can see what a wonderful young people we have at the university. we are proud that his archives and the civic education center is here at the university. senat

mitch mcconnell. i have always enjoyed the opportunity to discuss with him not only this issue, but other issues as well. climate change -- what we developed at the cia was an intelligence branch of the cia that focused on that issue for intelligence purposes because of the implications that these changes might have with regards to national security. our example, when we encourage greater drought, when we incur areas that have less rain and are incurring unusual climate impacts, it creates, obviously, an impact in terms of the population. we have to be aware of it because it could create chaos. we have seen it in africa and other parts of the world. we need that type of intelligence. in addition, because of the ice there are indications of rising oceans. we have seen that take place. our concern is how will that impact our ports, our facilities, our low lighting levels that could be impacted by that. we continue to try to get intelligence on that as well. in addition, obviously, we do look at the pola

please welcome back to aipac, our friend, the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell.plause] ♪ >> thank you very much. the very kind introduction. all of you for having me here tonight. i am delighted to be here to affirm the strong and indeed unbreakable bond that exists within the united states and israel. [applause] also to express my own personal commitment to promotion and offensive that bond and out of season. these are the sentiments of afford to share with prime minister netanyahu tomorrow as well. before i get to the substance of my remarks i would like to acknowledge a few people here in the audience. one of the best friends i ever had was the late great public mitchell. [applause] of and i saw eye to eye on just about everything. we shared a deep love a public service, college football, and their families. i'm glad to see that his wife and three daughters and their husbands are here carrying on the family tradition. [applause] made a lot of good friends over the years. i also want to just mention norm brownstein. great friends over the years. [applause] reco

senator mitch mcconnell from the senate floor earlier today. >> when it comes to the rising cost of gas at the pump, it's my view that the administration's policies are actually designed on purpose. to bring about higher gas pries. a view that shouldn't be the least bit controversial given the fact that the president's own energy secretary suggested on a couple of occasions now that his goal certainly isn't to drive gas prices down. for the president's part, he often says that americans should judge him not only by his words but on his deeds. when it comes to gas prices, i've pointed out that the president continues to lend -- is granting fewer leases on public land for oil drilling. he's encouraged countries like brazil to move forward with their own off shore drilling projects, continues to impose burdensome regulations on the domestic energy sector that will further drive up the cost of gasoline for the consumer. has repeatedly proposed raising taxes on the energy sector which we all know would only drive up gas prices even higher. and finally, has flatly rejected the keystone excel

so i know -- incidentally, i would say this for the record -- i've talked to admiral mcconnell, a former dni, i've heard him speak in a public set, he thinks both bills are not strong enough. but if you ask him, do you prefer the secyber security actf

mcconnell: i'd be happy to yield. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the cloture vote on s. 2204 which is set for 11:30 be moved to start at 11:15. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. reid: senators should not be worried about this. we'll keep the vote open until at least noon so everybody that was scheduled to vote at 11:30 can still do that. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. mcconnell: across the street with great interest. while we have preferences, none of us knows at this point how the supreme court will rule. one thing we should all be able to agree on is the health care's -- president's health care bill is an a mess, an absolute mess. the american people clearly don't like it, polls show the majority want the law repealed. more than two-thirds of the public including most democrats believe the core of this bill is unconstitutional and it's loaded, literally loaded with broken promises. t

though he got his marching orders from mr our job is to make obama a one term president senator mitch mcconnell who by coincidence is making this whole fiasco worse you see president obama made the mistake of appointing a marco was acting director back in two thousand and nine a decision the president immediately regretted doing demarco turned out to be just a shill for the bankers in the republican party. so the president last year now i'm a native north carolina banking commissioner joseph smith to replace the marco and finally give aid to struggling homeowners in the way i just described unfortunately mitch mcconnell's republican senators you know those guys and said hey our first oath is to the republican party and to make sure that president obama is a one term president doesn't matter what's best for the people of america the homeowners they have refused to confirm smith was keeping to marco in his temporary acting job he's not even the director right there good smith the guy that they want to have as the director the republicans won't have a hearing in the united states senate to confirm

second term so mcconnell put politics first and set out to crash the economy or at least keep it from improving in order to make obama a one term president aside from getting the stimulus passed every single effort to pass more stimulus to increase government spending it's been either filibustered by republicans and senate or in the last year and a half outright ignored by republicans in control of the house of representatives the number of filibusters by republicans during president obama's first term broke records going all the way back to the george washington administration reagan did not have to deal with crazies like this at all and because of that since the government isn't properly playing its role as the employer and spender of last resort the economy isn't improving at the pace that it needs to the point here is this our economy desperately needs republicans to put politics aside and work with president obama and democrats to pass a common sense economic stimulus will put millions of americans back to work that doesn't mean republicans have to act like a socialist or even sp

mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. reid: may we have order? the presiding officer: will the senators please take their conversations out of the well. please. now. the majority leader. mr. reid: madam president, we need order in the senate. people should take their seats. the republican leader has some words he wants to share with the senate. the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: madam president, on me leader time very briefly, there is substantial support on this side of the aisle for the ex-im bank. however, it's important that we get this bipartisan jobs bill that passed the house overwhelmingly, that the president supports, on down to the president. so it's going to be my recommendation to my members, which i hope they will follow, that we oppose cloture on adding the ex-im to this bill. and i would say to my friend, the majority leader, i've discussed with virtually all of my members. we believe that if you turn the kph-pl matter we can -- the ex-im matter, we can pass in very short period of

that is when we wake up on november 7, speaker banner, leader mitch mcconnell, josh mandel won, and we haqve mitt romney as president. how happy would we feel? we would feel great. would it matter? let me give you what i think is one of the top examples of why it matters. we cannot hang all of our hopes for obamacare on the united states supreme court. i will leighton and up here a little bit. it has been quite a week on the presidential campaign. when i was doing my research on ohio, i also learned that ohio -- the ohio art company came from here and happens to be the company that thought of the etch a sktech. we have heard a lot about that on the campaign trail this year. i want you to think about why it matters. if we wake up on november 7, we have mitt romney as president, speaker dinner in the house, and we have senate leader mitch mcconnell. here is why it matters. you cannot be able to see this. it says obamacare. that is what this etch a sketch says -- obamacare. here is what will happen when we have mitt romney as the president, speaker bain are in the house, and mitch mcconne

. >> and kentucky senator mitch mcconnell towered liberty. a city astonish apart by tornadoes. >> these are tough phone. they will rebuild this town and we're going to help them. >> president obama has called the governors of the state offering federal assistance. we also want to mention that phenom will be on the ground -- fema will be on the ground assessing damage today. >> the red cross is collecting donations to help people impacted by the storms. information on how you can help is on our website at wjla.com. >> i want to take a look at the day ahead. jury selection begins in a lawsuit over the virginia tech massacre. the families of julia pride and aaron peterson filed wrongful death suit against the commonwealth instead of accepting a development. attorneys say the school waited too long in order to tell the students about a gunman on campus. 34 people died in the rampage. and iran's nuclear program expected to top the jean when president obama and israeli prime minister will meet at the white house today. israel said to be seriously c

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israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will be there along with mitch mcconnell and house democratic leader nancy pelosi. >>> i know in washington it's very popular to want to create a cyber security organization to oversee this. and i think that's just folly. >> the adversaries that we're dealing with today are more committed, better resourced, and becoming more sophisticated. we talk about the advanced persistent threat, i worry about that. >> how real is the threat? bill conner and robert dix. the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >>> we'll be back at the attorneys general meeting after the break. in the meantime, here's a look at part of the earlier sessions welcome remarks. in my first year of attorney general we've been fortunate to have a very product i collaboration with many of you at nag. we have appreciated the perspective and time given by nag and its executive director jim mcpherson. and several attorneys general to inform our thinking on challenges and opportunities that we face now because our offices transitioning from an appointed attorney general to

mcconnell: this week the average price of the gallon of gas is $4. the national unemployment rate is 8.3%. and if one includes those who are frustrated, so frustrated they've stopped looking for work altogether, of course the unemployment rate is much higher than 8.3%. with all of this, the democratic majority is about to spend more of the senate's time on another heavy-handed power play that won't get them anywhere. but it will make clear yet again how out of touch they are with the needs of the american people. first, we need to make clear what this is about and what this is not about. this is not about making sure the president's judicial nominations are being treated fairly. despite what the majority would like you to believe, the president is doing quite well on that score, as is clear from both the facts and the admissions of our democratic friends themselves. as senator alexander noted yesterday, the senate confirmed 76 out of 78 district court nominees whom president obama submitted in his first two years. the president withdrew the other two

mcconnell says..."in for them, which frankly i don't understand. i mean, i can'ttimagine anybody giving them any high-fives for not lowerinn gas prices."the preeiddnt's spokesman fired back there's no magic wand -- and charged again republicans areebeenn dishonestcarnny says :"an election year so is to go out and promise if only you were leeted or only your plan was passee that suddenly thhe price of gasswould drop, which years ago it was candiddte r obama making ssuh promises. obama says: "" want o invest thattmoney in clean, affordable, renewable sources pf energy like wind ower, and solar power, and biofuels, so that we're not here talking abbut high gas prices next summer, or the summer after that, or the summer after --3t not just patch things up to pet thru an election."aides note that in 2205 ssnator obama backed thaa energy billl in part becaaue it had money for alternative fuels, something he's pusshd forras president as well.at the white house, ed henrr, fox news. want to find the best gas pri

i called her and she was senator mitch mcconnell says fema has started damage assessment in the hard-hitn of west liberty."we'll do everythhng weecan to try to help these good folks rebuild their lives.""'m greg black reportiig. the ational weather service says at least 42 tornadoes swept across 10 states on friday..hey claimed the lives far, several ssates have requested fema teams to help assess the damage. a snowmobiler gett uriid alive in an avalanche... and the whole horrible incident is caught on camera. camera.tyson black was out for a drive in utah when the snow comes crashing own... buryingg hhm ten feet under it.black's best friend... who recorded the entire thing... raced to his rescue.... probing the snow looking foo his friend.he found him.... 23 minutes aater the avalanche.black addno bangee up knee. a big night of comedy on fox. fox.(()) (()) big episodes.... that includes some big sstrs. stars.ann another chilly day... but there's word that a mettorologist steve fertig takes a look at what's in watchhng fox 45 good day 're ((brrak 5)) 3 it's time to caption this! phis!tod

today a grassroots group called restore america's voice foundation said it will call for mitch mcconnell to resign if he doesn't take a stronger sentence against president obama's health care reform law. >>> they are hot and tired after days of floating on a disabled cruise ship they are safe on land. the ship and more than 1,000 passengers and crew were towed into port in the seychelles this morning. a fire broke out in the engine room monday passengers three days in scorching heat with no power and no working bathrooms. a couple from georgia described the ordeal. >> a good bit of chaos and confusion. they began to lower boats. >> they were totally disorganized, unprofessional in the way they handled it. >> we were very hot and the sewage was very poor and we just -- right now we are elated to be off the ship. >> cruise line is offering passengers two free weeks at a resort where they docked. the company that owns the ship is the same one that owned the costa concordia which capsized off italy in january killing at least 25 people. >>> here we've been appreciating the rain i think those

mcconnell: mr. president, what we're seeing in the senate this week is exhibit a in what the american people just don't like about congress. gas prices have more than doubled under president obama and the democrat control of the senate. this is an issue that affects every single american, drives up the cost of everything from commuting to groceries. and what's the democratic response? well, it's legislation that even they admit won't do a thing to lower the price of gas at the pump. we've got seven democratic senators on record saying this bill doesn't do a thing to lower gas prices. one of them has actually called it laughable. yet, that's what they're proposing here this week at a time when gas prices at a national average are nearly $4 a gallon. this is what passes for a response to high gas prices for washington democrats, a bill that does nothing about it. i can't think of a better way to illustrate how totally out of touch and irresponsible the democratic majority has become. look, democrats k

but mcconnell recently told bloomberg.com that they don't have any plans to replace, only to repeal. "we would want to more modestly approach health care with more incremental fixes, not a massive republican alternative." the health care law has already stopped discrimination against children with pre-existing conditions. by 2014, it will extend to all adults. republicans like tea party senator jim demint, they want to turn back the clock. >> i can guarantee you people with pre-existing conditions are going to get less health care, lower quality health care under obama care, than they would under a state-run plan. >> do you think they can get less health care under obama care than they did before obama care was enacted? >> they probably will. it will definitely cost more, for everyone, and it will be inefficient and it won't be as patient-focused. >> i have to ask you tonight, senator, are you speaking from experience with that plan you have in the congress? i doubt it. if the supreme court strikes down the affordable care act, health care will be in the lap of the republicans. yes,

. >> now, joan, it is interesting to me in the politics of this, mcconnell, mitch mcconnell said todayt no matter what the supreme court decides, the gop is determined to kill it. to kill the health care law. listen to this. >> regardless of how the supreme court rules on the constitutionality of what i believe is the single worst piece of legislation passed in the time i've been in congress, it is still a bad idea. and if senate republicans become the majority nextier, the first item on the agenda of a new senate republican majority would be to repeal of obamacare. >> so it seems, joan and jonathan, we are in for a fight at the court and a political fight. thanks for coming on the show tonight. thank you for sharing your views. >> thanks, reverend al. >>> up next, the lawyer for the martin family, trayvon martin family, responds to us exclusively tonight about this major breaking news in the case. martin family attorney benjamin kruck reresponds exclusively next. well, shoot, that's like checking on your burgers after they're burnt! [ male announcer ] treat your frequent heartburn by

mitch mcconnell blamed the president's simplistic policies for rising prices at the pump.sident has called g.o.p.'s plan for lowering an empty promise. meantime the price of gas jumped again overnight. national average for regular unleaded now 3.73. up 15 cents from a week ago. the price of gas has been steadily rising since the beginning of the year. mike emanuel is on capitol hill tonight. any signs of any kind of progress from today's meeting, mike? >> well, shep, getting president obama and the speaker of the house in the room together for the first time face-to-face in seven months may be a start. we know top lawmakers including senate republic leader mitch mcconnell and boehner were invited to the white house for lunch. afterwards everybody said the right things. it was a good opportunity to talk about finding common ground on issues like energy. but other leading republicans are saying the president's only plan is reducing more domestic production. >> said no literally to all the things that would help ease the supply situation in this country. he said no to the key