with me, new jersey democratic senator bob menendez and delaware senator. we're not going to say -- you're up so you're going to have more people yelling for you. his popularity that's not going out. >> senator menendez, start with you, the president obviously was easier to be hope and change, change, you know, now he's got to be pitching for status quo. it's a hard hit to take. >> well, i don't think the president is pitching for status quo. he's pitching for progress moving forward, and helping this middle class build its opens and dreams and aspirations and realizing them. it's a combination of what he inherited, what he's done to make it better and what he will do so i don't think it's about status quo. >> how much detail do you want to hear from the president tonight? >> one of the key differences between the republicans convention in tampa and our convention in charlotte how much we've already heard about the substantive accomplishments of president obama and we should hear more time from vice president biden and president obama about how they continu

robert menendez piensa que la asistencia militar no puede ser 1 cheque en blanco. sen.menendez (d-nueva jersey) pensamos que en libia, esto fue 1 ataque provocado no por la pelicula que se menciona pero 1 ataque que fue coordinado por alqaeda, porque hemos eliminado, porque el presidente obama ha eliminado a los lideres de al qaeda, y esto fue por lo que se ve 1 revancha. la secretaria de estado hillary clinton rechazo el contenido del video. hillary clinton, secretaria de estado el gobierno de estados unidos no tiene absolutamente nada que ver con este video. absolutamente rechazamos su contenido y mensaje. el presidente obama, en campana, indico que no considera al gobierno islamico egipcio como 1 aliado o enemigo. presidente obama lo que quiero que sepan es que llevaremos a quienes mataron a nuestros diplomaticos ante la justicia." standup: fernando pizarro, washington d.c. la casa blanca insistio en que hara todo a su alcance para proteger a su personal diplomatico y ciudadanos estadounidenses en la region. dese washington, fernando pizarro, univision. ...en otras n

our fifth story, senator bob menendez, great to see you. appreciate you taking the time.irst, i just wanted to ask you about what arwa damon is reporting. she's saying that libyan government now says it cannot, it's not able to provide security for u.s. interests and in fact, that the government there saying they had warned the united states about the situation in benghazi and that it was deteriorating. were those warnings unheeded? >> well, i'm not sure how verifiable that view is. i think they would have been heeded had they actually been given. and it is not acceptable to have any country say they cannot protect the embassies of any given country including the united states. >> doesn't this make you think twice if they're saying that? you're someone who wanted us to support a no fly zone. do you look back and say -- >> we had the slaughter of individuals every day in libya. the course of events was going to lead to change there as it led in egypt. the question is are you see ago standing on the side of those whose aspirations is you know, going to create an opportunity

david corn, washington bureau chief for mother jones and an msnbc political analyst, and alicia menendezst and producer for "huff post live." thank you for being here tonight. david, let me start with you. is the prescription to romney's failing campaign really more mitt? >> you know, at this point, i don't know what it is. i mean, today he also came up with maybe plan g, i've lost track. q, rst? in which he said he can be -- he can come into washington and be the insider that will make washington work. why did he say that? because president obama said that from his perspective, the way to bring change into washington is to put in pressure from the outside. so earlier in the campaign, mitt romney was the outsider who would come in, the ceo/business guy. now all of a sudden he's the insider. it's like opposite day. if obama says black, he says white. if he says white, he says black. and he's trying to see what's going to happen. of course, the 47% story which i broke this week has put him on -- back on his heels, and now he's -- whoa, no, not 47%, i say 100%, and it just doesn't ring true

to my democratic colleagues, senator blumenthal, coons, menendez, casey.senator casey was the first one to step up. senator lieberman. there's just been a real joy to work in a bipartisan fashion over something that really matters, that is a time for the senate to speak. it is now regarding iran's desire to get a nuclear weapon. president obama has rejected containing a nuclear armed iran as a national strategy. mr. president, you're dead right on that. i know governor romney agrees. so what i would like to do is recognize my good friend from georgia, senator isakson, and we have senator ayotte here to share their thoughts. and i will be speaking a bit later, then certainly work senator blumenthal, who's been one of the real leading voices on the democratic side for this resolution. so at this time, i'd like to recognize senator isakson. mr. isakson: i thank the distinguished senator from south carolina. the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. isakson: thank you, mr. speaker -- mr. president. i want to, before he leaves, i'd like to ack nooj t

reinforcement of the skepticism that the obama administration was projecting toward his demands that the menendezobama administration response. that was a strange moment today. >> i think he made a very important point that the economic sanctions have not worked to slow down the neck their weapons program. not affecting the nuclear program which means that the next at by their is a rocket center somebody takes the military action. lou: is there some strange way of benefit to this public discussion of policy that would, one seriously your estimate seems, suggest they constrain their public comment, the secretive rather than discuss time lines, red lines, and moments for attack? >> he has now made his point. i think he would be best advised to stop further public discussion. we passed the real redlines years ago. lou: ambassador john bolton. always good to have you here. >> thank you. lou: much more on the president's policy later with the "a-team." it the naacp has a problem. they say are election laws are racially discriminatory. they're going to the united nations. he has a better idea. just sep

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cynthia menendez and linda donohue are here to protect them from their enemies. >> we're here becauseour life has been put on the line. you know, and we have families went to get home to too. i was put back here because my life was threatened because my son testified and took somebody away from their family. and they were going to take me away from mine. i've been back here a little over a month. it's just getting harder and harder. i felt like my whole world was crumbling. when i walked back here, i could just see horror. >> when you're taken out of your cell you're handcuffed. it's very depressing. it's very humiliating. >> linda donohue was assaulted at a nearby prison and was shipped to valley state for her protection. now her attacker will be arriving at the prison. so linda is moved to ad seg for her own security. >> blood all over the room. i finally was able to get up, she had me pinned, i was able to get up and bang on the door for the officers. i'm scared of dying. i've seen people beat worse than what i got beat. >> for both women, the isolation of ad seg has provided a cha

joining me now is alicia menendez.ffe, msnbc political analyst and author of "revival the struggle for survival inside of the obama white house." thank you both for being here tonight. >> thank you. >> richard, we will get to mr. romney hiding out in vermont but first, how is paul ryan trying to spin this gm story? >> you know, it doesn't pass the smell test and laugh test here. i mean, i -- i think it is sad. here is a guy that by all reports is -- a smart guy. he comes up with big budget proposals. and -- it is just desperate. you know. who is he trying to fool? he's not criticizing the policy. he's just criticizing the broken promises. it is like complaining about your birthday cake because there's wax dripped on it, you know. gm is the world's number one automaker. it would be bankrupt and gone and all suppliers' jobs with them. complain being one plant and saying oh, well, you know, i was just talking about the promises, not credible and what's he trying to sell? it doesn't make any sense. >> is this a pattern tha

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. >> senator feinstein, bob menendez have both been on the show, and both have been direct in answering the question. what's your reaction to that, though? i mean, it does seem -- arwa had reported she's been into the consulate, there wasn't even a safe room that had food or communications equipment in there, never mind in a country that isn't really governed by rule of law. >> well, i don't know how you argue we weren't caught flat footed. they stormed our consulate and killed our ambassador and three other employees. that is being caught flat footed. what we have to ask is, tell me all the circumstances surrounding that. did we know about it and dismissed it? was this one of those things where we did get caught flat footed and an ambassador 35paid with his life and those employees paid with their lives as a consequence of being there. >> susan rice said this was not preplanned. i wanted to play that for you and get your reaction. here she is. >> the best information we have today is that in fact this was not a preplanned, premeditated attack. >> the chairman of the house intelligence

a and elisia menendez, "huff post live." >> hi. >> have you ever seen a party this unsure in a candidatele in 1996, the republican who ran against the last democratic incumbent and there was a point where republicans concluded dole wasn't going to be the winner. i think when you looked tat in 1996, you could say there was no way in that climate, improving economy, dole wasn't going to unseat clinton so republicans weren't that upset about it. but what you see in that clip, there's a convictions among republicans that this is ang election they should be winning, unemployment rate is so high, there's no excuse for their party to be losing that. on top of that, they came into this campaign without much trust, without much faith in mitt romney. so, all it takes, really s romney -- it's still a winnable race for romney, but if romney falls behind, three, four, five points, like we're seeing this point, that's when the panic sets in at a level we haven't seen before because they're waiting to pounce with second guessing and monday-morning quarterbacking and that sort of thing. >> even trent lo

we are pleased to be joined by new jersey democratic senator, robert menendez.u here. >> good to be with you. let's tick a look at north carolina, in the last election, president obama had a 100,000 vote margin in charlotte-mecklenburg and thee had the slimmest margin of victory in the course of 2008. so some are now asking, was it a good choice to pick north carolina? and if so, why? >> i think it's a great choice. there are a lot of great choices that choices that the dnc had. they chose north carolina. this is a state that president obama won in 2008, the first time a democrat had won the state since 1976. and at the end of the day, i think that our message on building an economy from the middle class out, on the issues of economic opportunity, on health care security, on the opportunity for our seniors to continue to have medicare as they know it, that's going to sell in north carolina and across the country. and this is going to be the most interactive convention we have ever had, not only will it be streamed online, but there will be a maximum intersection

. >> joining me now is senator robert menendez, honorary chair to the dnc.ator, it's wonderful to have you here. >> great to be with you, alex. >> we heard the president say he's going to offer an economic path forward on thursday. how do you think he can best frame how to do that given where we are in had this economy? >> well, i think it's a combination of reminding the american people what the president and we inherited in january of 2009, a country on the verge not of the great recession but a near depression, a country at two wars raging abroad in iraq and afghanistan, a free market that instead of being a free market was a free-for-all market where large financial institutions made risky bets that became the collective responsibility of everybody in america to a country today that ultimately is moving in the right direction. a lot more work to do but that paints a vision as to how we finish that job. how do we ensure the economic opportunity becomes a reality for each and every american and build that opportunity from the middle class out. >> you talk

purposes signed by 17, reid, harkin, bingaman, gillibrand, leahy, sanders, inouye, cardin, boxer, menendezcasey and mikulski. mr. reid: i have an at the desk at the language proposed to be stricken. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nevada, mr. reid proposes amendment 2810 to the amendment proposed to be stricken by amendment 2889. mr. reid: i ask for the yeas and nays on that amendment. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there is. the yeas and nays are ordered. mr. reid: i have a second-degree amendment at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nevada, mr. reid proposes amendment number 2811 to amendment number 2810. mr. reid: i have a motion to commit with instructions. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nevada, mr. reid moves to commit the bill s. 3457 to the committee on veterans' affairs with instructions to report back forthwith the following amendment numbered 2812. mr. reid: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding offi

menendez and the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, ms. ros-lehtinen, for their leadership on this issue. this resolution expresses the sense of congress that taiwan should be accorded observer status in the international civil aviation organization. taiwan has made significant progress in its economic and political development. today, taiwan is a leading trade partner of the united states and stands as a beacon of democracy in asia. however, taiwan has been excluded from meaningful participation and international organization, which is dedicated to ensuring safe and efficient air transportation around the globe. taiwan clearly deserves to be brought in as an observer, a status specifically recognized under their own rules. taiwan has jurisdiction over airspace comprising 176,000 square nautical miles, provides air traffic control services to over 1.3 million flights each year. it has the eighth largest airport in the world by cargo volume and 18th largest by the number of international passengers. p taiwan's exclusion has impeded taiwan's

senator menendez from new jersey, my deepest condolences to the families of the american personnel who gave their lives in service to our country. and senator dan coates of indiana, these senseless murders are a stark reminder that our war against radical islamic terrorists is ongoing. killed yesterday in benghazi, u.s. ambassador to libya, chris stevens, foreign service information management officer sean smith, and two others in the attacks on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. several libyan security officers were killed in that attack, according to the associated press this morning. they also say that u.s. officials say some 50 marines are being sent to libya to reinforce security at u.s. diplomatic if a summits there. president obama a short while ago came out and spoke about the killings yesterday, vowing to work with libya's government to bring to justice the killers in libya. his statement's about five minutes. >> good morning. every day all across the world american diplomats and civilians work tirelessly to advance the interest and values of our nation. often they are awa

senator menendez of new jersey. he referred to the national association of latino elected officials and there are many more officials who are democrats and republicans but not state why. the executive director said this is a consistent achilles heel for the democratic party. they have not been nurturing of hispanic leadership. i'm wondering if you think that is the problem, why republicans outpaced democrats and when can we look for texas to be a powerful state because of the changing demographic. >> i would say both parties historically did not do a good enough job of our reach to the latino community and cultivating leadership within the community. the jury is still out with regard to the effect of the wellspring of latino statewide candidates on the republican side. if we start getting into the mechanics of when these folks got elected, it was in the 2010 cycle, the tea party cycle, the historic wave of folks who rode into office. that was delayed in texas so we're seeing that with ted cruz now. with all the folk

us and i am proud to turn over the casting of our boats to oriented state senator, senator robert menendez home of thomas edison, where education and invention still works together to produce opportunities to grow our middle-class, and discoveries to improve the lives of all people, proudly cast its 172 votes for that champion of education, of opportunity, of invention, and our middle class, president barack obama. >> new jersey casts 172 votes for barack obama. thank you, new jersey. new mexico. you have 50 votes. >> madam secretary, my name is javier gonzales and in the chair of the great state of new mexico. and the democratic anchor of the southwest. we are the home of the oldest capital in the southwest, the only place where you can view that trail of billy the kid while sitting in the hot air balloon. we will in 2012 sent representative martin heinrich to the u.s. senate to continue the legacy of the retiring jeff bingaman and support the strong work of senator tom udall. elect michelle grisham and help evelyn madrid fight for the democratic values of the southern district. we will r

senator menendez. >> i want to take this opportunity to congratulate you director and elizabeth warren and the hundreds of dedicated consumer financial protection bureau employees for the work of protecting consumers against big wall street banks, credit card companies, payday lenders, debt collectors. i think you and the cfpb have accomplished a remarkable amount in a little over a year. if you set up a whole agency, hired hundreds of people, not an easy task. he got a very clean audit from the government accountability office which is great for an agency in only its first year of existence. you set up an important process to take tens of thousands of complaints about credit cards, mortgages and student loans and other products. you created a simplified disclosure forms that consumers understand what kind of loan they are getting into and whether it's good for them and that was wisely -- widely praised by bar were some things. you listen carefully to the stakeholders including members of congress and have been even-handed in taking their concerns into account. he began enforcing consu

senator menendez of new jersey.ocrats than republicans. the executive director said this is been a consistent achilles heel for the democratic party. they have not been nurturing of hispanic leadership. i was wondering what you think about the problem, why democrats outpace republicans so much when it comes to latino officials? >> i would say that both parties, historically, did not do a good enough job about rich to the latino community and cultivating leadership to the community. the jury is still out with regards to the effect of a team of candidates on the republican side. if we start getting into the mechanics of when these folks got elected, it was in the 2010 cycle, the tea party sector -- cycle, a historic wave of folks who rode into office. seeing that delay with ted now. i commend all the folks. governor martinez, senator rubio, maybe senator cruz. the issue is not the personalities, but the policies. that is why president obama is leading in the polls. to answer your question about texas, i believe that w