menendez: absolutely. mr. mccain: again, isn't the question here, is whether the senator from kentucky knows what's better for israel or israel knows what's better for israel? and the fact is that aipac and the israelis are adamantly opposed to this amendment. isn't that correct? mr. menendez: it is true that they are opposed. and i would assume that israel as a sovereign state knows what its security interests are better than anyone else. the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. mr. menendez: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. menendez: i have 12 unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. i ask unanimous consent that these requests be agreed to and that they be printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. corker: mr. president? what is the status -- the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. corker: what is the status of

para hablarnos de esto nos acompaÑa uno de los senadores del grupo de los 8, el demÓcrata bob menÉndezbien el ex canciller jorge castaÑeda critica la intenciÓn de los estados unidos de construir 700 millas de muro, ¿por quÉ al gobierno del presidente enrique peÑa nieto ha estado tan pasivo sobre la militarizaciÓn en la frontera? lo discutimos. >> doble triunfo para la comunidad gay: la corte suprema de justicia dice que no se puede discriminar a los gays y california se convierte en el dÉcimo primer estado que permite el matrimonio homosexual. tenemos un debate con pedro julio serrano, portavoz del national gay and lesbian task force y yuri mantilla presidente de la coaliciÓn nacional evangÉlica por la justicia. ademÁs, ¿dÓnde estÁ edward snowden? aparentemente espera en el aeropuerto de moscÚ. ecuador aÚn estÁ estudiando si darle asilo polÍtico o no, pero al mismo tiempo ecuador estÁ limitando la libertad de prensa en su paÍs. el ex asambleista de carlos vera nos habla de esta contradicciÓn. >> y regresa al punto uno de los grandes directores de hollywood guillermo del toro, nos habla

we see senator bob menendez also leaving the meeting. checking with him to see if he says anything, steve. you can either hang with me or perhaps we speak later. >> host: we'll stay with you for a moment if you're able to talk to one of the senators. >> guest: okay. hold on. >> host: again, you're looking at live pictures from the ohio clock area. according to ed o'keefe of "the washington post," the meeting -- which ran just over two hours -- appears to be concluding, at least senator rand paul you saw just a moment ago leaving. what else are you seeing, ed o'keefe? >> guest: we chased senator menendez to an elevator, he didn't have much to say. so we're -- this is what we do. we start to chase lawmakers to see if they're going to tell us anything. he was not willing to say much, so we go back in pursuit of others. but at least two have left, that suggests that we're nearing the end of this meeting and at least at a point where they feel they can step out and maybe is are being dotted, ts being crossed. >> host: ed o'keefe, we'll let yo

[ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> michael: coming up, the honorable robert menendez senior senator from the greatte of new jersey, and a lot more. i'm michael shure and you are in "the war room." >> michael: the immigration debate is back, and this time all of the action is in the house. house republicans will meet tomorrow to talk about their version of an immigration reform bill. this comes after the senate led by the so-called gang of eight was able to pass an immigration bill last month despite intense in-fighting on the republican side. 58-32 with 14 g.o.p. senators voting for the comprehensive bill, but it looks like house republicans will not be able to find middle ground. john boehner saying he won't even look at the senate bill. >> the house will not be age to take up and. vote on what the senate passes. we'll do our own bill through regular order and there will be legislation that will reflect the will of our majority. immigration reform has to be grounded in real border security. >> michael: still stuck in the past is the speaker of the house. some republicans though, do seem to unders

we'll hear from the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, new jersey democrat bob menendez. >>> plus, our political roundtable on the fights back home. the obama administration decides to postpone a key part of the president's health care law. critics claim it's the latest evidence that the law should be repealed. >>> and the fight over immigration reform now moves to the house. i talk to a key republican lawmaker involved in the negotiations, congressman raul labrador of idaho. >>> good sunday morning. we want to go to our developing story this morning. tom costello covers aviation for nbc news. he's got the latest on the tragic crash landing in san francisco that claimed the lives of two chinese citizens and sent 182 passengers to area hospitals. tom, as you have done some initial reporting, what is what they know tell us about what happened? >> reporter: this is asiana airlines flight 214 coming from seoul in south korea, 10 1/2-hour flight into san francisco airport, and on approach at about 11:27 yesterday morning on runway 28 left, apparently by all accounts this plae

>> senator menendez, you're quite correct that a lot of egyptians say the u.s. sided with the brotherhood and before that they thought that we sided with the supreme council of the armed forces. egyptians, of all kinds, whether they are secular or islamists, take a different view because they have looked at it as having no principle and being self- serving. we stuck close to mubarak when he was in power, and then morsi he was in power. there has not been any principles motivating our policy. that is one issue. the other issue is how would egyptians react to a suspension of our aid. what the ambassador said is a danger, but this will depend on how the military will play this. they can drum up anti-u.s. sentiment if they like to. or, they could choose to say, the u.s. is suspending the assistance temporarily. that is their law, but we will see through a democratic transition. and so, it is not a problem. the assistance will be resumed because we fully intend to come through on the transition to democracy. >> first of all, to underscore what dr. dunne said, the fac

so the reality is i think the criticism would come no matter what. >> senator menendez, thank you very much. i appreciate your time. we're going to take a break here. andrea and chuck will stick around with us. jeff, tom, robin, thanks for your insights. >>> coming up, did the obama administration give political ammunition delaying that key part of the reform on health care? is there a reason to expect further delays now? plus the immigration reform plight. that moves on to house. i'll speak with congressman raul that moves on to house. i'll speak with congressman raul labrador of idaho all there is a pursuit we all share. a better life for your family, a better opportunity for your business, a better legacy to leave the world. we have always believed in this pursuit, striving to bring insight to every investment, and integrity to every plan. we are morgan stanley. and we're ready to work for you. >>> if you're watching "meet the press" this morning with an ipad or another device close by, starting today you have a whole new way to experience the program. download an app called zvox wh

menendez, the maybe mexican one. graham, the he is duck tres. rubbio, mr. thirsty.umer, big daddy shum. >> blake, the one you just heard of. and the rest. gang of eight. >> now the boys over her here-- think-- that's going to be a series on its nostalgia channel. the boys over here think they can get conservatives like me to swallow their amnesty earning landa by including so-called security measures otherwise known as a border surge. now don't get me wrong, i like the idea of a surge, it worked in iraq. you hardly see any mexican sneaking into baghdad. but it's not nearly enough, folks. this plan would merely double the border patrol with one agent every thousand feet. no sir! we need them every three feet that way they can link arms and call out red rover red rover don't let francis cocome over. no immigrant should get citizenship in this country until we know the border is sealed. and i'm not just talking about the mexican border, folks, i'm talking about any border and that includes somebody coloring outside the lines on a denny's place mat. sorry jose but you c

>> senator menendez, you're quite correct that a lot of egyptians say the u.s.ided with the brotherhood and before that they thought that we sided with the supreme council of the armed forces. ,gyptians, of all kinds whether they are secular or islamists, take a different view because they have looked at it as having no principle and being self-serving. we stuck close to mubarak when he was in power, and then morsi he was in power. been any not principles motivating our policy. that is one issue. the other issue is how would egyptians react to a suspension of our aid. what ambassador rossa said is a danger, but this will depend on military will play this. they can drum up anti-u.s. sentiment if they like to. or, they could choose to say, the u.s. is suspending the assistance temporarily. that is their law, but we will see through a democratic transition. and so, it is not a problem. the assistance will be resumed because we fully intend to come through on the transition to democracy. >> first of all, to underscore the factunne said, is that egyptian public perce

politicians haven't noticed senator bob menendez told meet the press that he's quote not surprised by the countries that are offering him asylum they like sticking it to the u.s. yeah dude and i wonder why maybe it's because the u.s. has been sticking it to then for far too long that said let's break this at. actual security agency is that tori. elusive so it's not every day that you get the chance to confront its agents about the mass unlawful surveillance being conducted on innocent americans but last week a handful of students at the university of wisconsin got that unique opportunity and what resulted was nothing short of amazing yes they was at the college campus for a recruiting drive and held a session with students to pitch its career opportunities but they got a little bit more than they bargained for you see one of the students in attendance would be had here took over the session and started interrogating the n.s.a. reps about their criteria for issuing surveillance they responded by simply saying that the subject of surveillance would have to be a quote adversary and this

politicians haven't noticed senator bob menendez told me at the press that he's quote not surprised by the countries that are offering him asylum they like sticking it to the u.s. yeah dude and i wonder why maybe it's because the u.s. has been sticking it to then from far too long that said it's very sad. actual security agency is that tori asli allusive so it's not every day that you get the chance to confront its agents about the mass unlawful surveillance being conducted on innocent americans.

that supposedly was what her grandest the another accomplished artist wallace told him that her menendez admitted to killing lloyd the day after the shooting. is not exactly is mostly done this is done, plaza told another conference they fired the shot. and probably not the last time that these guys will point the thing they're at each other. hernandez has maintained his innocence. >> pam: canadian authorities have now opened a criminal investigation into a deadly oil train derailment that killed at least 15 people dozens more are still missing after 72 tanker cars carrying crude jumped the track saturday. setting off a huge fireball. officials now say they have gotten a handle on the fire. they will now allow many of the people evacuated from their homes to return. but say about 800 people will still have to stay away. >> pam: quebec police today say investigators have "discovered elements" that have led to a criminal probe. they didn't give any details but ruled out terroim. >> reporter:the white house isn't commenting - saying the latest on edward snowden and his whereabouts. is. just

politicians haven't noticed senator bob menendez told me at the press that he's quote not surprised by the countries that are offering him asylum they like sticking it to the u.s. yeah dude and i wonder why maybe it's because the u.s. has been sticking it to then from far too long that said let's break that. actual security agency is that tori asli allusive so it's not every day that you get the chance to confront its agents about the mass unlawful surveillance being conducted on innocent americans but last week a handful of students at the university of wisconsin got that unique opportunity and what resulted was nothing short of amazing and as they was at the college campus for a recruiting drive and held a session with students of pitches career opportunities but they got a little bit more than they bargained for you see one of the students in attendance but you had to hear took over the session and started interrogating the n.s.a. reps about their criteria for issuing surveillance they responded by simply saying that the subject of surveillance would have to be a quote adversary and

. >> senator menendez? >> thank you, mr. chair. chairman bernanke become i understand that this may be her final monetary policy before the committee. i am sure you will miss us. [laughter] >> i want to thank you. i want to thank you for your hard work and education underserviced our country, especially during a time of crisis. i appreciate your service enact thank you. >> we seem to be experiencing a trend right now where economy and employment are growing and recovering, but we still have from our perspective away to dig ourselves out from us by the financial crisis in unemployment coming down and more than a third of the people of long-term unemployed. which is a crisis for those more than 4 million individuals and families caught in this situation. as you have discussed with this committee in the past, long-term unemployment make it harder for people to maintain hills and networks reenter the workforce. the question is while the economy is recovering, we still have a lot of work to do to give employment and strong growth throug

message, he also urged the whistleblower to -- meanwhile, here in the u.s., democratic senator robert menendezin welcoming snowden would severely jeopardize u.s. relations with ecuador.orrea's >> ecuador has already granted asylum to julian assange, who has spent over a year in its london embassy awaiting safe passage. wikileaks is assisting edward snowden in his asylum bid to over 20 countries, including ecuador. earlier this month, ecuador discovered it had discovered a hidden listening device in the residence where he was presiding. a small microphone was found in the ambassador's office during a security sweep. >> we now go directly to quito, ecuador, where we are joined by the foreign minister ricardo patiÑo. welcome to democracy now! bolivia, and nicaragua have offered political asylum. will ecuador also offer political asylum? >> speaking spanish] >> these countries have granted asylum to these persons. not issued a statement with regard to the request of but, certainly, we will study it. thee are talking to ecuadoran foreign minister ricardo patiÑo. for mr. patiÑo, your reaction to the

. >> there is a very bizarre subculture of-- >> john: of women who tsarnaev is chechen for menendez. is the same picture from the post, but look at rolling stone's picture. it was cropped that it gave him a teen idol look. >> john: they also called him a monster. >> who is reading words. >> especially stay. look at what they did with it. it was absolutely on purpose. there were a million of things they could have done if they didn't want to stoke this kind of fire. >> john: is this cover where theypeople see what they want to see in this picture. and in defense the fact that they had this inflammatory cover we're talking about this story where it has been largely forgotten by the media and by doing this we're not talking about sharknado. >> we're not doing it in the right way. we're not talking about the horrific act that he and his brother committed. we're talking about the cover not the story. >> john: is this a desperate that print is. >> no, what they're expressing in the article is you've got a kid who is an enigma to his friends, completely hard to understand. even people who a

see thank you very much chairman menendez and senator corker. i have come today to introduce samantha power to the foreign relations committee. samantha is already well-known to this committee but suffice it to say she is an irish born american and matriculated to atlanta to become educated in high school to prepare herself not just for this job but to go to yale and harvard law school. credentials coming out of lakeside high school in atlanta. she has a passion for human rights as you stated mr. chairman and she takes her passion very seriously. she is a prolific writer who believes in what she is writing about to the extent that she gets into the fray as she did in yugoslavia by dodging bullets to report on the war in yugoslavia. she is the pulitzer prize-winning author. she has extensive foreign policy experience as a staffer as well as a member of the president's national security team. the job that she has been nominated by the president to assume is a very difficult job. it's one that requires charisma and at the same time toughness. i am

we know from our colleague there are three senators who do not vote in the live quorum, senator menendez florida, and shaheen. it means they didn't vote. >> i will tell you who was coming through. now you name the names i don't recall seeing them. it could be they're not here for whatever reason. we'll have to wait and see if they issue an attendance report. and not believe to be a penalty if they don't show up. it shows you how difficult it can be bring the 100 together. the point of comparison the recent vote the senate had where the senators were required to sit at the desk during the immigration reform. lindsay graham was missing until the end. the 100-were only in the same room for a brief period of time. think back a few more weeks when they held an all-senate briefing for the information dominating the headline regarding the nsa internet and phone tracking programs. in that case, it was held on a thursday afternoon, and in the basement of the capitol visitor center. only 47 senators showed up. it shows you how difficult it can be bring the people together. no matter the gravity of

senatorheard from menendez in a hearing yesterday. the obama administration says it does not have to determine what happened in egypt, whether what happened in egypt constitutes a coup. that could affect u.s. aid to egypt. take a look at some of what happened at the state department earlier today. >> do you concede the reputation is thereby department -- tarnished? to see them as unique situations, therefore you do not have to do make and it -- a determination about whether it is a coup. the military in any other country could decide they will go ahead with removing a legitimately elected president because there is no longer a fear the united states will couple military and economic aid. >> i refute the notion this was a loophole. it was not. it was reviewed by our lawyers and determined that we did not need to make a decision or determination about whether or not this was a coup. the second piece i would convey is that i do not think it would come as a surprise to anyone that our own national security interests related to regional st

senator isakson. >> thank you, chairman menendez, senator corker. it?an honor to be here to introduce one with georgia roots. at the age of nine, samantha?s parents brought her from ireland to the united states and she ended up at lakeside high school in dekalb county, georgia, where she graduated. i did some research to find out what others said about her when she was in georgia, and a good friend of mine, jeff hullinger, who's the sports director for wsb in atlanta, had her as one of his interns in 1989. and i want to quote directly from what he said about samantha. he said, she seemed to be a fish out of water in the sports department. oh, my god, was she bright. acerbic, lightning-witted, and the depth of the mariana trench. i appreciate her asking me to introduce her today, and i?ll just share a few thoughts additional to those senator chambliss said. as you know, i've traveled to sudan, i've traveled to rwanda, i've been to some of the places samantha has written about and been an activist about. in fact, in her book about rwanda, ?a problem from

. >> senator menendez. >> thank you, mr. chairman.tary policy report hearing before the committee before the end of your term as chairman of the federal reserve, and i'm sure you'll miss us, but i want to thank you for your hard work and dedication and your service to our country, especially during a time of crisis, and i appreciate your service. we seem to be experiencing a trend right now where our economy and employment are growing and recovering, but we still have from my perspective a ways to dig ourselves out from the deep hole caused by the financial crisis. unemployment is coming down, but it's still 7.6%. more than a third of the people who are unemployed are long-term unemployment, which is a true crisis for those more than 4 million individuals and families caught in that situation. and as you've discussed with this committee in the past, long-term unemployment can have serious consequences making it harder for people to maintain skills and networks to re-enter the workforce. my question is while the economy is recovering,

we'll hear from the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, new jersey democrat robert menendezome. the obama administration decides to postpone a key part of the president's health care law. critics claim it's the latest evidence that the law should be repealed. >>> and the fight over

. >> senator menendez.>> thank you, mr. chairman. i understandanke, this might be her final monetary policy report here before the committee before the end of your term as chairman of the federal reserve. and i am sure you will miss us, but i want to thank you for your hard work and dedication, and your service to the country, especially during a time of crisis, and i appreciate your service. we seem to be experiencing a trend where our economy and employment are growing, but we have a ways to dig ourselves out of the deep hole caused by the financial crisis. unemployment is down, but it is still 7.6%.more than a third of the people who are unemployed ed, whichterm unemploymen is a true crisis for the 4 million individuals and families caught in this situation. and as you have discussed, long- term unemployment can have serious consequences that make it harder for people to maintain skills to reenter the workforce. my question is -- while the economy is recovering, we still have a lot of work to do to get full employment and strong r

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. >>> standing room only in wimbledon because local favorite andy murray here a menendez quarterfinaln the first two sets but murray didn't disappoint. he won the next three sets and advanced to the semi finals as he once again tries to become the first brit to win wimbledon since fred perry 77 years ago. >>> no crying in baseball but tennis? apparently for jerzy janowicz who broke down in tears after beating his polish countryman in straight sets. he became the first polish player to ever reach the semi finals at wimbledon. >>> the marin county fair is back for a five-day run starting today up in san rafael. there was a flare of academics pairing yours truly are fifth graders in a test of knowledge. sort of. >> who painted the ceiling of the sistine chapel? [ whispering ] >> we think the answer is leonardo da vinci. [ buzzer ] >> that would be incorrect. >> the correct answer is the other guy, michelangelo. [ laughter ] >> on what continent is bolivia? >> south america. >> and that too is correct. >> whoo! >> mike tyson once said when his boxing career was over he is going to just fa

yesterday the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, bob menendez, had tough words for anyountry offering snowden safe harbor. >> it's very clear that any of these countries that accept snowden, offer his political asylum, is taking a step against the united states, it is making a very clear statement. i'm not surprised by the countries that are offering him asylum. they like sticking it to the united states. >> as snowden remains camped out at a hotel in a moscow airport transit zone, senator john mccain asserted this weekend that the real story is a failure in u.s.-russia relations. >> the lesson here is, look at this -- our relationship with putin. that reset button we ought to throw that away. it's clear what he is, an old kgb colonel and he's not interested in better relations with the united states. if he was, he would make sure that mr. snowden was sent back to us. >> but others argue that the real, real story is not the snowden saga but indeed the snowden effect. nyu media professor jay rosen defines that effect as the direct and indirect gains in public knowledge f

the menendez brothers trial, the o.j. simpson simpson trial with johnnie cochran and marcia clark.the jodi arias trial, and now there's the george zimmerman trial being televised on national tv. mr. zimmerman claims that he shot the 17-year-old mr. martin in self-defense. when the story first broke, much of the debate centered around florida's stand your ground law in the intersection of race and suspicion and fear with that law. now that the trying's being televised, though, there's just as much focus on the drama much of it all. and it's had a huge tv audience riveted every day. a former professor of criminal justice who had taught the defendant and it has a huge television audience, today, the prosecution side called the 33rd witness to the stand, a former professor who had taught george zimmerman back in 2011. the professor is in colorado, and the trial is in florida. and although you would think that colorado to florida wouldn't be a huge amount to travel, the court decided to allow this professor to testify remotely. they had him testify by skype and even swore him in over sk

politicians haven't noticed senator bob menendez told me at the press that he's quote not surprised by the countries that are offering him asylum they like sticking it to the u.s. yeah dude and i wonder why maybe it's because the us has been sticking it to then from far too long that said it's very sad. actual security agency is that tori asli allusive so it's not every day that you get the chance to confront its agents about the mass unlawful surveillance being conducted on innocent americans but last week a handful of students at the university of wisconsin got that unique opportunity and what resulted was nothing short of amazing and essay was at the college campus for recruiting drive and held a session with students to pitch its career opportunities but they got a little bit more than they bargained for you see one of the students in attendance but you had to hear took over the session and started interrogating the n.s.a. reps about their criteria for issuing surveillance they responded by simply saying that the subject of surveillance would have to be a quote adversary and this i

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especially around the menendez it goes called little africa, or if you're an irish cop you called it tune down. stephen crane wrote about. but more importantly the black community itself in the village created the first black newspapers, professional black newspapers in america. and have the first successful professional black theater in america, which is said to be. called african growth. it was in 1820. pretty briefly because white hooligans at first were amused by the idea of an all black cast doing shakespeare, and they did a lot of shakespeare. they started with richard iii. but then he started acting out, the white guys in the audience and it didn't last very long. nevertheless, than one of the stars moved on to london and had quite a successful career as a shakespearean there. he did all fellow but he also do a lot of other characters, shylock and the rest and others in white face. [laughter] >> there was the irish west of those, the waterfront village at the western end of the village that inspired the movie on the waterfront, although it was shot over in jersey. it was inspi

. >> senator menendez. >> thank you for your testimony. chairman white, let me ask about the comments that are going on now with the sec as it relates to proposed money market fund rules. and i'm sure you already received a lot of responses to that. money market funds remain an important financing channel for investors for companies and local governments to obtain financing through money market funds and they have expressed concerns that one of the proposals about floating a net asset value could potentially cause some investors to turn away from money market funds and increase costs for borrowers. for example, the u.s. conference of mayors in an organization that i work with having been a former mayor, recently adopted resolution and the chairman has consent to talk about this for the record. where they talk about these concerns, but i'm not mistaken it was the sec itself that among the study said that a lot of these insolvency issues might make it more understanding of what potentially exists in the marketplace. the dating is more likely

today's guests on "meet the raul " bob menendez, and labrador. at 1:00 p.m., "this week," with former president george w. bush and first lady laura bush. also, the egyptian ambassador to the u.s.. jack00 p.m., bob corker, reed, and rick perry. p.m., "state of the union," with martin dempsey and congressman mike rogers. ," 4:00 p.m. "face the nation with john mccain, javier becera, and mike mccall. the sunday morning talk shows are brought to you as a service by the network and c-span. the shows are rebroadcast at noon eastern. you can listen to them all on c- span radio, 90.1 fm in the washington, d.c. radio area. you can download our free at 4 you're smart phone or listen online at c-span.org. [video clip] make a difference? we come down on the side that it did. which and the senator likes to hear. they actually had to go out and deal with the people. as opposed to having a state legislature, all you would need is 14 votes the chickadees and we pay off. in some cases they did pay off 14 senators. to buy the election. >> more with the historian e

i review that history to tell my colleagues that under the -- now the leadership of senator bob menendez, who is now the chair of the senate foreign relations committee -- and i might add that the person who succeeded senator kerry in his position in the united states senate, the present occupant of the chair, is also on the senate foreign relations committee, and there are going to be some more hearings, and we intend to bring under senator menendez' leadership, we intend to bring that back to the floor this fall, and we need, we need to get the 67 votes. we need to get to 67 votes. people say why is that so important? it's important for the united states to take leadership on this issue around the globe. over 100 nations have already signed the treaty. they're looking to us for leadership, and i've talked to some of my colleagues, they've said why do we need to join that, we're okay, we're doing just fine. we're doing just fine with disability law in our country. we don't need to join this convention, sign this treaty. well, just seems to me that's an inherently selfish way of looking

we have not heard back from chairman menendez about our request. while the house of representatives has heard from many witnesses including the deputy assistant state for counterterrorism, eric nordstrom, former regional security officer in libya, those important witnesses have not had the opportunity to testify and provide answers in the senate. the american people have lingering questions about what happened on september 11th, 2012, and why the state department failed to protect our brave americans in benghazi. yet this committee has failed to schedule any additional hearings and has been attempting to avoid the issue altogether. during an interagency e-mail exchange on september. 14th of 2012, you expressed concerns that the information you were providing could be used by members of congress to question the state department for not paying attention to cia warnings about the security situation in benghazi. in an e-mail you stated that you had, quote, serious concerns, closed quote about, quote, arming members of congress, closed quote, with infor

consideration en bloc: flake number 1818, flake number 1772, mccaskill-blunt number 1800, bloom blumenthal, menendez 1812, and quok ran number 1814. -- and cochran number 1814. the presiding officer: is there objection? the senator from maine. ms. collins: madam president, it is with great regret that on behalf of senator coburn, i am objecting. i want to point out that we've worked very hard to clear this list of amendments, and they include amendments from members on both sides of the aisle. it's a fair list, and i had hoped that we would be able to proceed tonight. regrettably, there is an objection on our side from senator coburn. i am, however, optimistic that with further work we will be able to deal with that objection, and my hope is that in the morning we will have an agreement that will allow me to agree on, as the manager on our side, to this list. but, unfortunately, at this time, i do need to object fnl. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mrs. murray: madam president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presidi

this bill was introduced by the chairman of the foreign relations committee, democratic senator bob menendez of new jersey, who is chairing today's hearing. the subject, of course, is a timely one with secretary of state john kerry having just touched down a short while ago on foreign soil. kerry, in fact, has previously made clear his support for a key provision of the bill, namely to allow u.s. embassies and consulates overseas to hire security contractors based not on which vendor's the lowest bidder, but on which is offering the best value. gregory starr, one of the witnesses at today's hear, was recalled to his position after the last assistant secretary of state for diplomatic security, eric boswell, resigned in the wake of benghazi. jon: james rosen in washington, thanks. jenna: staying in washington, this just in from capitol hill, some new hope for a compromise to avoid the so-called nuclear option. senate majority leader harry reid was threatening a dramatic change to the rules that would drastically limit the filibuster, but now there may be a deal. chief congressional corresponde

robert menendez is calling for trade sanctions that any country that takes snowden at this point. jon: turns out snowden might still be able to travel. >> reporter: based on a review of these documents that asked the venezuelan government to hold snowden before your honoring him to the u.s. it appears he may have a way around the revocation of his passport. according to the documents snowden's passport was revoked last month the same day criminal charles were unsealed in a criminal court. documents warn venezuela that snowden may have a second u.s. passport to travel on. it reads in part, on 22nd of june, 2013, that passport was revoked. snowden may have be in possession of another passport the number is redacted that he previously reported as lost or stolen. a london advocacy group filed a formal complaint against the nsa and equivalent in britain, the gchq for allegedly each other's citizens and sharing that information without any meaningful legal oversight, jon. jon: the chase goes on, the hunt for, i guess, i guess we know where he is. >> reporter: not. of a hunt really. jon:

. >> senator menendez. >> thank you, mr. chairman. chairman bernanke, i understand this might be her final monetary policy report here before the committee before the end of your term as chairman of the federal reserve. and i am sure you will miss us, but i want to thank you for your hard work and dedication, and your service to the country, especially during a time of crisis, and i appreciate your service. we seem to be experiencing a trend where our economy and employment are growing, but we have a ways to dig ourselves out of the deep hole caused by the financial crisis. unemployment is down, but it is still 7.6%. more than a third of the people who are unemployed are long- term unemployed, which is a true crisis for the 4 million individuals and families caught in this situation. and as you have discussed, long- term unemployment can have serious consequences that make it harder for people to maintain skills to reenter the workforce. my question is -- while the economy is recovering, we still have a lot of work to do to get full e