host: the primary challenge with thetor mitch mcconnell, mcconnell campaign said that they were into law prevent -- in too long. for the heart and soul of the republican party, because it is almost verbatim to a column that we wrote about how important this race is. if these antiestablishment conservatives are able to knock off mitch mcconnell, it is going a shockwaved through the republican party, give some of these other races that are later in the calendar some momentum. theymay not be the race, may get a couple of victories this cycle, it is maybe a little bit later on in the calendar. -- kentuckypublican primary is coming up in the calendar. louisiana is a pure tossup at the moment, what is happening at that -- in that state? yup to remember that it has become increasingly more republican, which makes the child a little bit harder -- the challenge a little bit harder. the congressman who is fairly conservative, although the tea party would like a more conservative candidate. guyt of them are actually a ired airng a roet force officer. of jungleaving a sort primary on election da

mcconnell did nothing. in known 84, the epa declared eight super site, mcconnell did nothing.after bringing public attention to the public disaster in his state, mcconnell called for hearings and worked to get it worpgd. now he is trying to run for re-election that portrays him as a savior, after this plight of 15 years, joining me is a political reporter for the "huffington post." he has been covering this story the mcconnell reached out to have the senator appear or give us a statement. i'm sorry, the leader is unavailable. frankly, i am surprised at your take on this issue is what we got if response, actually, if that sound harsh, that was the sec response, the first was mistakenly forwarding to us an e-mail to the staff that was kind of nasty. we won't show that. they say, jason, you are out of line with your reporting. look the guy from the plant is in the ad, who should we listen to, jason churkis or that ad? >> i this i the ad is an ad. you can't deny mcconnell in 1999 went to bat for those workers. that's what makes the ad so effective. that's what made it so difficult

mitch mcconnell completely agrees with president obama on that.us as the president is about helping cancer victims. he wanted to help some cancer victi victims dangerously exposed to radiation in a plant. obama is out to help ul cancer victims. and he's out to help everyone else in america have bet e, more informed, and more affordable access to sensible health insurance and health care services. and president obama didn't have to be politically embarrassed into taking that position by an expose in "the washington post." [ male announcer ] if you can clear a crowd but not your nasal congestion, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec-d®. powerful relief of nasal congestion and other allergy symptoms -- all in one pill. zyrtec-d®. at the pharmacy counter. anybody have occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues with three types of good bacteria. i should probably take this. live the regular life. phillips'. over the pizza place on chestnut

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even mitch mcconnell said you can get the president's attention to start trying to talk about, cutting here, cutting there, tackling some of our deficit and debt issues. do you think that argument is going to work? >> i wouldn't hold your breath on it. here's why. paul ryan and mitch mcconnell are saying we'll fight over the debt ceiling basically as a way to coral conservatives to support the budget deal that just happened. here's the problem. where's the leverage? the president said he's no longer going to play this game. >> so does he just inherently end this fight when you're talking about holding something up, he has the upper hand? >> yes. politically if republicans want to run towards this clip, the problem is we're all hanging in the balance. the president says he's not

mitch mcconnell, unlike harry reid on the other side with democrats, is a tough fighter.ot going to go down without a fight. everyone expects him to get through this primary. it's may 20th, that primary. it's going to give us an early indicator of where this tea party versus establishment story line is heading. we're going to get another example of that march 4th in texas when john cornyn goes up against steve stockman, the conservative representative running against him there. and both are expected to win. so, if that happens, how this story line starts to change as republicans try to take back the senate should be interesting to see. >> absolutely. and just regarding that battle for the senate being up for grabs, what kind of allies does mitch mcconnell have at this point? who are his strongest allies? >> well, he has a lot of the kentucky establishment behind him. he's been there a long time. he has a ton of money in the bank. he's got all of the d.c. establishment that he could want. and he's decided to wage this war. this is a really important race because of this ri

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>> it's funny because mitch mcconnell brought up the health care issue again.he offered to pass the law in exchange of pulling back on the main date for a year. we saw a bit of bipartisanship heading into the holiday, but the question is will that last or was it only skin deep. there are expected battles to come, so it was a bit of a break, a much calmer holiday recess than sometimes we see. often it goes right to the brink of christmas. the ones working over the holiday, the politicians, strategists, but also those who are working out how to pay for everything, so we're watching for those numbers to come out this week. >> mike viqueira at the white house, the holiday recess good for congress, the white house or both? >> i think we can call it a christmas trust, dell. i don't think anybody was going out of their way to score any points unless some of those who were particularly vulnerable who are up for reelection this year. from now to the state of the union through november when the house is up for grabs, and the senate as well, and everything is going to be

dan pfeiffer, mitch mcconnell.ate of the union" follows at 3:00 with another appearance by dan pfeiffer and rand paul. also russia's ambassador to the u.s. 4:00, "face the nation," with ted cruz and chuck schumer. as wellman mike mccall and bill daley. the sunday network tv talk shows are on c-span radio, brought to you as a public service by the networks and c-span. those rebroadcasts begin at noon eastern with "meet the press." 1:00, "this week." 3:00, "state of the union." 4:00, "face the nation ~ -- nation." listen to them on 90.1 fm in the washington, d.c. area, channel xm -- xm radio and at www.c-span.org. >> bill came right up to graduating and hillary came a year later. the leffler law school at the university of arkansas. she was a professor and taught classes. educatedas a wellesley , ivy league law school grad that had worked in d.c. >> first lady hillary clinton, monday night at 9:00 eastern live on c-span and c-span3, also on c-span radio and www.c- span.org. launched its first c-span schoolbus in 1993

mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: my friend, the majority leader, was talking about the crush of nominations. of course the reason we have a crush of nominations is because of the decision of the majority to break the rules of the senate to change the rules of the senate last year which produced the inevitable entirely predictable consequence of sending an enormous number of nominations back down to the administration at the end of the session. so the decision of the majority to run roughshod over the majority has a lot of consequences, one of which is pretty clear already, that it didn't streamline the nomination process as it was sold to the majority to do. it only made it more difficult. on another matter, i'd like to say a word about unemployment insurance. the reason for the holdup should be pretty obvious at this point. republicans have a lot of good ideas on how to pay for this extension. we also have a lot of proposals for getting at the root of the problem, proposals that would make it easier for f

host: the primary challenge with thetor mitch mcconnell, mcconnell campaign said that they were into law prevent -- in too long. for the heart and soul of the republican party, because it is almost verbatim to a column that we wrote about how important this race is. if these antiestablishment conservatives are able to knock off mitch mcconnell, it is going a shockwaved through the republican party, give some of these other races that are later in the calendar some momentum. theymay not be the race, may get a couple of victories this cycle, it is maybe a little bit later on in the calendar. -- kentuckypublican primary is coming up in the calendar. louisiana is a pure tossup at the moment, what is happening at that -- in that state? yup to remember that it has become increasingly more republican, which makes the child a little bit harder -- the challenge a little bit harder. the congressman who is fairly conservative, although the tea party would like a more conservative candidate. guyt of them are actually a ired airng a roet force officer. of jungleaving a sort primary on election da

he's endorsed mcconnell down in kentucky. even the tea party activists who don't like mcconnell are trying to defeat him. trying to avoid a fight with christie and meeting with karl rove, which i never thought would happen for him. he's trying to figure out how do i fill this void. i don't see it happening. it's more likely to be someone like scott walker but he's trying to do and that's smart. >> the other comment he made was on the war on women, i think he was trying to defend the comments or talk about the comments that huckabee had made. he basically said women have already won because -- and he cited all these places where women have made progress, but it risked sounding very condescending and sounding like there's no problem. again women voters are going to be very critical to this republican party. >> you know, republicans have made the case that they are now taking an effort to train candidates running for congress through the national republican congressional committee and the senate through the national senatorial c

>> no, the same old noise that we expect from mitch mcconnell.e slash and burn approach. it's the way he's always gone about things. i'm not too concerned about it. most of his allegations in his ads against me have been absolutely outright lies. he knows them to be. but as you know in the world of politics, that's considered fair game. so i expect there will be more of the same. i think when we're done, he will stoop to levels the likes will make aqua buddha look like a warmup act. >> what do you mean? the primary is at the end of the may. what does that mean? give me another example. >> i think that we'll continue to see increasingly desperate ads from him. my job in this campaign is to focus on the issues, to focus on the economy, to focus on the issues of debt in this nation, to focus on issues like amnesty. his attack seems to take the lowest common denominator, slash and burn, both with myself and with the democrat contender. kind of rhymes with people's names and silly little videos and things that frankly are demeaning to the office itsel

mitch mcconnell in the political fight of his life this year.edom works, the powerful conservative group endorsed beven. senator mcconnell is touting his work and what he has done to help people of kentucky. >> like many others i have cancer but mitch mcconnell stepped in and helped create cancer screening programs and provide compensation for sick workers. he knocked down walls for us. he helped save people's lives. >> that's great news. what senator mcconnell is not saying is that he has also vowed to deny millions of americans health care. >> the single best thing we can do for the american health care system is to get rid of obamacare. >> i would probably be running for the exit, too, if i supported this law. >> i would be looking to change the subject. >> this law is a disease. anybody who thinks we moved beyond it is dead wrong. obamacare should be repealed root and branch. >> but obamacare is already helping millions of americans. just look at the senator's home state. over 130,000 people have signed up. and today we got more great news.

you notice mcconnell over the weekend also mitch mcconnell said we're going to nominate electable republican. that was something they really shied away from in the last cycle. they are really trying to prop up the best candidate, but you have people like huckabee and those folks may win. >> element, they are the people writing the rules. this is where there's the disconnect. mitch mcconnell and reince priebus are trying to do one thing, the rnc was trying to do something else. >> the entire winter meeting was how they are reaching out to more diverse constituencies. the co-chair gave a whole speech about how women are not a coalition, women are a majority of voters and it was quite a disconnect between their approach and huckabee's. >> obviously, somebody forgot mike huckabee was the last guy standing behind todd aiken. >> newt gingrich, too. >> anyway, thank you for that short and quick. i'm going to do a little rand paul, i was going to let you, but i'm going to steal it for the end of the show. first president to deliver a president's response, gerald ford in 1966 when he joined senator e

mcconnell had to say. >> i think that's terrific news. when he hears the president's remarks today, he will hear the president say the same. he looks forward to good ideas coming from members of congress on both sides of the aisle. he has always said he is open to new and fresh ideas, figuring how to grow our economy, protect and expand the middle class, provide those opportunities into the middle class. he is very optimistic about our future. and he believes if we can work on both sides of the aisle in congress, as he has done with state and local elected officials across our country, mayors and governors and state legislators have come together. so they have acted. his challenge to congress is let's find that common ground. i think if leader mcconnell fulfills his pledge that he just made that he we will be able to move our country forward together working with congress. >> and it would make sense because the american people are there. recent polls show 91% consider job creation a priority. 63% say universal pre-k is a priority. 59% wan

congressman eric cantor, paul ryan, senator mitch mcconnell. whether you credit the leadership of pope francis or not, the issue of poverty has suddenly become popular in american politics. and now comes the really interesting part which is figuring out whether it is all a bunch of talk or whether anything is actually going to happen. 50 years after the declared war on poverty in this nation, what is the status of that war? part of the reason this is turning out to be a really interesting question right now in washington is because nobody knows the answer. nobody knows if something is really going to happen. today in washington, there was the rarest of all washington things. today in washington, there was an actual surprise and it was on this issue. the u.s. senate today voted on extending unemployment insurance for people who have been unemployed for a long time. those benefits were cut off at christmastime. 1.3 million americans lost their unemployment benefits. if congress doesn't reverse that cutoff, something like 14 million americans are

for 2014 with the top republican in the senate, mcconnell, a fox news sunday exclusive. >> plus, growing signs hillary clinton plans to run for president. our sunday panel handicaps her chances. all right now on "fox news sunday." >> hello again from fox news in washington, dc. president obama says 2014 must be a "year of action" for the country but that follows a year when the agenda went nowhere on capitol hill. here to preview the tuesday state of the union address is white house senior advisor dan pfeiffer. welcome back. we hear tuesday night for the third straight year the president's mainstream is income inequality and building ladders of opportunity. here is what he said last year. >> it is our generation's task to reignite the true engine of america's economic growth, a rising and thriving middle class. >> what new or different ideas will the president offer this year to achieve that? >> what we will hear from the president on tuesday night is the series of concrete, practical, specific proposals on how to restore opportunity through a wide set of means, job training, education,

but now that paul's popularity has eclipsed mcconnell's, mcconnell's needs paul's support if he hopes to hold on to that seat? don't you love politics making strange bedfellows? we'll be right back. >>> we're back. stocks were up again today, big. the dow gains over 100 points which under president obama's term is hardly a surprise. take a look at how far we've come since president obama inherited a weak economy and unstable economy from his predecessor george w. bush back in january of 2009? look at that. it's a 45-degree angle ever since. since then the dow gained more than 7,000 points and has more than doubled since its recession low up roughly 110 points since w. was president. and when president obama came in, the private sector was losing over 800,000 jobs a month. by april of 2010, the economy was adding over 200,000 jobs a month. shouldn't the private sector, big guys be thanking this president? big question for me, there. jim cramer is host of msnbc's "mad money." actually cnbc's "mad money" and author of the great new book "get rich carefully." it's a great old quote, if yo

>>> and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is also on interview as well making predictions for the fall in the senate and the elections. thanks for watching fox news where more news is always on the way. >>> imhe's chris wallace. president obama gives his state of the union address tuesday hoping to jump-start his second term. >>> i want to work with congress whenever and wherever i can, but the one thing i'm emphasizing to all my cabinet members is we're not going to wait. >>> we'll discuss the president's agenda, obamacare and more with white house senior advisor dan pfeiffer. >>> then republicans set their sights on retaking the senate this november hoping to overcome the in-fighting that's plagued their party. >> we don't. need more class warfare and we don't need more interference from washington. >> we'll talk about the gop's plan for 2014 with a top republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell. it's a fox news sunday exclusive. >>> plus, growing signs hillary clinton plans to run for president. our sunday panel handicaps her chances. all right now on "fox news sunday." >>> and

senate minority leader mitch mcconnell was asked than last night. this. >> you as a lawmaker really have two meaningful options. and the main one that has been used historically is try to impeach him. i mean, is that -- is that ever considered as opposed to running into the courts and trying to get them to do it? the other is try to defund the president's legislation, which you guys have tried before. >> yeah, defunding is a less dramatic response. the challenge there is the u.s. senate is in democratic hands, and they basically, you know, enable the president to do all of these things. >> now, we've heard others bring up impeachment. but she brought to it mcconnell. and if you notice, he didn't dismiss it. he just talked around it. what do you make of, that goldie? >> well, that's because no one, not mitch mcconnell, not megyn kelly, no one, not even on the right believes that there is something that this president has done that really warrants impeachment, or that they can, you know, get an impeachment, bill of impeachment through the house and th

mcconnell: mr. president, i had indicated to the majority ader i would i. i was going to ask consent which i am prepared to do at this poipts. i have to admit aim little surprised at the fervor with which the majority is dedicated to reviving the expired emergency unemployment benefits after they ignored the issue all of last year. i'm sure that many on my side who would like to see these additional weeks of benefits extended, if like the speaker of the house indicated he supported we could find a way to extend them without actually adding to the national debt. so to that end, i'd like to propose that we be allowed -- my side be allowed to offer an amendment to pay for these benefits by lifting the burden of obamacare's individual mandate for one year and take care of our veterans who were harmed by the recently agreed to budget deal while we are at it in the same amendment. and once that is disposed of, we can have an actual debate on this issue and an amendment process here in the senate which hasn't happened very often in recent times. therefore, i ask u

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senator mcconnell and i love it and we talk about baseball. we love the nationals and he and i have a great affection for the national because of a las vegas athlete. the reason i mention that mr. president is today nevada's greatest baseball hero, in fact one of the greatest baseball heroes not of nevada but of all time was inducted into the baseball hall of fame. greg maddux is an extremely nice man, a man of humility. i have gone out to dinner with him and his loving wife a few times. i know his brother well who is also a professional baseball player and he would be the first to tell you when he was playing baseball and today about how average he was. i'm not a great athlete. but mr. president one of the best of all-time. he started his career with the chicago cubs and went on to win 355 professional major-league baseball games in four consecutive cy young awards. now, today he received almost 98% of all the votes cast. the second-highest tally in the history of the hall of fame voting. so i congratulate this good man and the honor that he

mcconnell's comments today has made me realize something else. have no agenda, nothing to run on in 2014, when that is actually not true. they have an agenda. no help for those who need it most. no jobless benefits. sequester forever and a return to the preobamacare nightmare of 48 million uninsured. that does it for "the cycle." now on to ari melber. >> i don't know if i have a warm enough hat. good afternoon to everyone. it is tuesday january 7th. this cold blast has much of the nation shivering. the senate did start to thaw. >> happy new year, everybody. hope you're keeping warm. >> it's being called a polar vort vortex. >> things are freezing on my body that i didn't even know were possible. >> these are not statistics. these are your neighbors, friends, family, any of us. >> this is

>> i think why mitch mcconnell is m.i.a.years because he is worried about the tee party challenge. a great piece on this guy and the challenge of going against minimumship mitch mcconnell who has a lot of money and ruthless campaigner. he talks about when he goes to church people say you're going to be shunned at church and friends who say i want to give you money but i'm told i'll never have a job in kentucky politics again. that is what happens when you take on the big dog. he is probably too far down to catch up but getting backing of the tea party groups and giving headaches to mitch mcconnell and making it hard for mcconnell to do his job in washington and get ready for a election campaign which isn't a walk in the park either. >> it points to the war within the republican party continues. you're going after the top republican in the senate. there are a lot of other senior republicans that are going after him. this is not like utah. my attitude on this stuff if you want to have an intramural fight in utah or alabama whe

but senator mcconnell also yesterday mentioned keystone.here's an area where the president has executive power, i would cheer him on if he used it just to implement keystone. >> i heard another republican today mentioning keystone as well as something that could be a bargaining chip. it seems like that one might be too much of a chip for this white house at this time. you know, they've been very wary of keystone over at the on obama white house for a lot of reasons. i think what republicans are saying right now is they have a winning issue. the idea that the white house would simply refuse to negotiate with them they think is a loser politically, and you're going to hear republicans point to all of the times in the past when white houses have negotiated over the debt ceiling, and some historic things have come out of the those negotiations. so they will say, look, it's simply not democratic, small-d democratic for the white house not for negotiate. . >> i agree as long as they're sensible demands. i think it's interesting that the stock mar

joining me now, republican senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. sir, you are getting ready to announce a major pushback on the irs which has been doing what, while we've not exactly been paying attention to it in recent weeks. >> well, while they're not seriously investigating the irs scandal that i first spoke about back in the 2012 campaign, megyn, they're now initiating a new rule through the treasury department in the irs to quiet the voices of outside groups. it is called a c-4, and what they will do is redefine what outside groups can do in a way to silence the voices of conservative critics. a new regulation by the administration. you know how the president has been using regulations to get around congress. they tried to do this through legislation back when they controlled both the house and senate and it did not pass. so now you're looking at an administration trying to silence the voices of their critics going into this important fall election by using the treasury department regulations. >> so they're basically going to try to change th

and mitch mcconnell made a last ditch effort to push back. >> yes, we should work on solutions to support those who are out of work through no fault of their own, but there is literally no excuse to pass unemployment insurance legislation without also finding ways to create good, stable, high-paying jobs and also trying to find the money to pay for it. >> at the last minute, mitch mcconnell put forth a proposal, he said republicans might support this if the delay the obamacare affordable care act, individual mandate for a year. and of course we know that's a non-starter. >> people are unemployed, can't find a job. it's a tough deal. listen to this picture, mr. president, no one can in anyway dispute my facts. for every dollar spent on this we get a dollar back. >> so we'll know in a few moments, dell. >> libby has been white house weighed in on this argument? >> definitely. making calls and the president used his address over the weekend to push for this issue. president obama will be talking about unemployment insurance benefits later on this morning from the white house, and he'll be jo

mcconnell: reserving the right to object and i will not be objecting. this is a good step in the direction of getting the senate back to a process under which amendments are allowed and voted on by both sides. i want to particularly thank senator isakson for his hard work on this. obviously i do not object. the presiding officer: without objection. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. the senate proceed to the hall of the house of representatives to receive a message from the president of the united states. >> as you can see, senators are beginning their walk from the senate chambers through century hall to the house side of the capitol where they'll join members of the house to hear president obama speak. a look outside the capitol, a bit of history. the shortest state of the union speech was only 1,089 words given by george washington in 1790. and william taft gave the longest state of the union in 1910, it was 27,651 words. as we head into statuary hall. knox thok. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversa

mitch mcconnell is after you.y cannot just sit there to say i am righteous to be all-american pile you have to have a response? >> we do. unfortunately or fortunately they don't vote for us. the people we stay connected to are the ones that will determine who will be there. a perfect example is the moneyayor bloomberg and bill gates spent in colorado , a $10 mlion to get about the initiative. lou: but to the point lead influence the way you think your vote? part you concerned about your party? you have the chamber of commerce and mitch mcconnell and john boehner and others involved with the sam efforts so what about the republican party? >> they need to come together. with the infighting and the fractions is from lack of a common vision and a goal for america. not a republican and democratic idea but the american idea that we can rally around. kennedy did that and reagan did that. lou: hallelujah but what you seem to be missing is that it is about your party right now the way you were led and what is going on. we

we are seeing mitch mcconnell now grappling with a challenge from his right-flank. senator lindsay grahm is being challenged on the right. and many more races to come. just before i came on, i was reading in the washington times where pat roberts from kansas is being challenged from the right. this is a huge fight within the party. in the book, we talk about, you know, what is going on within this fight within the party, and it is real, and i think until the party can grapple with its direction, i think they are going to struggle to win the whitehouse for quite some time to come. there are a number of issues where the party is fighting and there is a chapter in the book called going out of power where i talk about the national security implications of the civil war within the party. in 2012, there was no discussion on national security as we would expect to see from the republican party. this has been an issue that the party has owned since vietnam. this is one of the main stays of the republican party. it is surprising obama has been able to move this issue from th

. >> what about senator mitch mcconnell. a lot of people watching that. >> the most interesting senate race in the country, and it could end up in a situation where weirdly, if mcconnell loses, it could come down to the wire and whether the republicans take back the 60 seats they need to gain control of the senate. it could be a situation where mcconnell loses in a close place, and if that happens, he has made himself the face of washington gridlock with the president's agenda finish the next few years. in the last months, he's drawing the line with the tea party and saying, we have guys like ted cruz shutting down the government. and i'm going to make a deal. >> thank you for your time today. >> in utah, taking its fight against gay marriage all the way to the supreme court. filing an appeal, asking justices to block same-sex marriages. it was legalized in utah earlier this month as a judge overturned the ban. >> salt lake city is not san francisco or new york, about you it's a great place for candace and colleen. they're s

time for my hump day data baik, including a kinder, gentler mitch mcconnell.lican senator david vitter is trying to join that group. he launched his gubernatorial run in an online video this week. the election is in 2015. ever since those prostitution charges, by the way, the man has basically hidden himself here in d.c. from the press. be interesting if he thinks he can run a gubernatorial race doing that in louisiana. next up, 291 days. that's how long ex-assistant secretary treasury spent in washington. now after spending more than four years in the private sector, he's announced he'll seek the republican nomination to be the governor of california. >>> next up, number one in kentucky, senate republican mitch mcconnell has released his first campaign ad of 2014, possibly an attempt to humanize the leader, features a cancer survivor praising mcconnell for helping him recover. >> he knocked down walls for us. he helped save people's lives. mitch mcconnell gives a voice to kentucky's working families. >> trivia time. it has been more than 100 years since a u.s

mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. mcconnell: i suggest the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, earlier this week president obama explained to the american people what he hopes to accomplish in the year ahead. and i think it's safe to say that despite the hype, there wasn't a whole lot in this year's state of the union that would do much to alleviate the concerns and anxieties of most americans. it wasn't anything in there that would really address the kind of dramatic wage stagnation we've seen over the past several years among the middle class or the increasingly difficult situation people find themselves in trying to find stable, good-paying jobs. there was no creative proposal for increasing mobility or opportunity for folks who need it most. even more remarkable, the president completely ignored the serious hardship that fo

senator mcconnell wants to cut that off. senator mcconnell's proposal would in fact eliminate this protection in our bill against discrimination because your child has asthma, your child has diabetes, your wife is a cancer survivor. that is the reality of insurance before this bill. republicans believe eliminating that protection is the way to play for unemployment benefits. they would penalize 300 million americans and their families in order to take care of 1.3 million unemployed on a temporary basis. that's a terrible trade-off. then comes senator portman from ohio. he has a little different approach. he suggests that if you are disabled in america, judged disabled in america, you should never draw unemployment benefits. double dipping is what they call it. wait a minute, you're getting a government check that says you're disabled and you're getting another government check that says you're unemployed. what's wrong with this picture? i would invite him, and i'm sure the presiding officer, to the sheltered workshops in his

and that's what mcconnell is talking about right there.ans. >> that's all he is talking about. and the plans didn't meet the ten essential benefits that the law requires. and so our insurance companies redid plans so that they do meet those benefits. those folks went on our exchange and looked at all of the different plans we had to offer. they're all getting their own insurance. so it's just a fallacy to say that everybody has lost their insurance. >> sure. >> and can't get it back. >> all right. governor steve beshear, this is a great tv moment. we're being reminded by the grandfather clock in your living room that it's time to go. >> all right. >> great to have you. >> thanks for having us. >> you bet. congratulations to kentucky for what you're doing. that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton startings right now. good evening, ed. >> good evening, ed. tonight's lead, elections matter. people can make a change for the better. we saw new proof of that today here in new york, where mayor bill de blas

senate minority leader mitch mcconnell showing confidence about g.o.p. hopes in the midterm elections. he told "fox news sunday" he believes it was very promising that republicans will pick up seats in the senate and possibly take the majority. he is also sounding confident about his own primary challenge against kentucky businessman evans. >> i fully intend to win my primary. is he making the argument that i'm somehow an obama enabler. i'm sure the white house is snickering at that and the republican voters in kentucky don't believe that for a minute. >> the latest public policy polling numbers show mcconnell leading others by a wide margin. have very powerful backing. endorsed by freedom works as well as two other tea party aligned groups. watch senator mcconnell's inner view on "fox news sunday" right after our show. see what he says about compromising with president obama. >> new information emerging today about the deadly shooting in a mall in maryland yesterday. police have identified the shooter as 19-year-old darian marcus aguilar. they say he wa

mitch mcconnell said today that he actually wrote to the president asking that'sern kentucky be includedng this initial five promise zones, but some of the criteria were they had to have average poverty of at least 20%. there can be vary in range in terms of population, 6,000 on the lowen, 200,000 on the top end. they have to have some sort of job-creating institution. for instance, the major in philadelphia has drexel university. >> mike thanks for clearing that up. good to see you. as mike just mentioned philadelphia is one of the first five promise zones, specifically west philadelphia. the poverty rate in that community is 51%. unemployment is at 13.6%. and philadelphia major was at the white house earlier today and joins us now live from philly. good to see you, some of my viewers don't know i split my life between new york city and philadelphia. philadelphia is a great city, but it is a bifurcated city. a rich wonderful philadelphia, and a poor philadelphia. >> one, thanks for having me on, and congratulations on the new show. philadelphia is a dynamic diverse city, and we have a w

mitch mcconnell and rand paul are republican senators from kentucky. all of them - rand paul, paul rip, marco rubio, all proposing their own version. it perhaps stands a chance of getting somewhere in congress, but there are no promises, safe bets. interesting that some republicans are supporting. others are not supporting the idea. what is the politics selected. >> everyone looking under the stones to determine whether there was a pattern. there was a democrat in every state within prochl imenty to the zone. i don't think you can draw a line. mitch mcconnell said that he wrote to the president asking that eastern kentucky be included in the initial five promise zones. the criteria, where they had to have average poverty of 20% in the region affected, the zone selected. there can be variant ranges in terms of population, 6,000 on the low, 200,000 on the top. they have to have a job-creating institution. the mayor in west philadelphia, they have a university pushing to cooperate, bringing in the education aspect. thanks for clearing that up. mike viquei

. >> we'll talk about the gop's plan for 2014 with a top republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell. it's a "fox news sunday" exclusive. plus, growing signs hillary clinton plans to run for president. our sunday panel handicaps her chances all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again from fox news in washington. president obama says 2014 must be a year of action for the country. but that follows a year when his agenda went nowhere on capitol hill. here to preview tuesday's state of the union address is white house senior adviser dan pfeifer. welcome back to "fox news sunday." we hear that tuesday night for the third straight year the president's main theme is going to be income inequality and building ladders of opportunity. here's what he had to say about that last year. >> it is our generation's task to reignite the true engine of american economic growth. a rising, thriving middle class. >> what new or different ideas will the president offer this year to achieve? >> i think what you're going to hear from the president on tuesday night is a series of con crea concrete propo

the offer that senator mcconnell made to the senate is obviously a nonstarter. i hope, we hope, some of us fear, that our republican colleagues, while they know the power of this issue, do not want to pass it and will put some obstacles in the way that will prevent the bill from passing. clearly the amendment posed by senator mcconnell was not going to -- was not going to pass. we don't want a mexican standoff, or we put in our pay- for and they put in their pay- for. coy think of one that makes more sense and more relevant than senator mcconnell's. take away the tax break for companies that ship jobs overseas. that would reduce unemployment and eventually lower the cost of unemployment insurance. i think we would have every democrat vote for that. but i suppose that would be a nonstarter for republican colleagues in the senate and house. the fundamental question is, are they going through a charade to show they really, really want a bill but they just can't come to an agreement and there are two different versions? or can we have serious negotiations and get so

mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, let me just say in response to the colloquy we just heard, it used to be the assistant majority leader's view that, as he put it, if you don't want to fight fires, don't become a firefighter. and if you don't want to cast tough votes, don't come to the senate. obviously those days have changed, and what really happened over the last week is the refusal to have an open amendment process, the refusal to treat both sides the same, the final proposal we objected to yesterday required all the amendments to get 60 votes but final passage only 51; still does not restore the senate to the way it's form early -- formerly functioned. any member of the senate ought to be able to have a fair chance to have his or her amendment adopted. that is the way it used to operate around here.

mcconnell: mr. president, over the past several years, those of us who are fortunate enough to serve here have engaged in many fierce debates. some have been forced upon us by external events, including a searing financial crisis, while others were brought about by an unapol jetally liberal president who promised dramatic change and who has worked very hard to follow through on that pledge. in some cases, even in the face of legal obstacles and widespread public opposition. so change has indeed come. despite the daily drumbeat of headlines about gridlock and dysfunction in washington, the truth is an activist president and a democratic controlled senate have managed to check off an awful lot of items on their wish list one way or another. and yet just as important as what they did, my colleagues, is how they did it. because that's also been at the heart of so many of the fights we've had around here over the past few years. now, these conflicts haven't stemmed have personal grievances or contempt as