section 4 of the menendez bill is an affordability study and report. it requires fema to complete this study, as biggert-waters does, within two years of the enactment of the bill. we leave that intablght. i think that's a good idea -- we leave that intact. i think that's a good idea. we need that. my amendment would not affect that whatsoever. the menendez provides additional funding for the affordability study, it lifts the cap that was set before. my amendment wouldn't change that. i think that we need to lift that cap. section 6, this is a measure that providers funds to reimburse homeowners when they challenge the redrawing. so when the map -- a new map comes out and someone's house is deemed to be in a more risky place and, therefore, the premium is higher, the homeowner can challenge that. and if the homeowner wins, under the menendez language, which i support and stays in this bill under my amendment, the homeowner would be reimbursed the cost of that challenge. and senator king from maine had a very good suggestion i think which is if a commun

menendez: thank you, mr. president. it is good to see my colleague from new jersey in the presiding chair. i rise in support of this legislation we're about to consider, the homeowner flood insurance affordability act, which, again, is unique insofar that it is a bipartisan, bicameral piece of legislation to ensure families will be able to afford flood insurance so they can stay in their homes, so that businesses can stay open and property values won't plummet. and i also want to rise in opposition to the toomey substitute amendment which would completely undermine our bill and perpetuate a failed policy. while we support putting the national flood insurance program on a path to solvency, current law hikes rates so fast and so high that it will actually undermine the solvency of the program. these drastic increases will act as a de facto eviction notice for homeowners who have lived in their homes and played by the rules their entire lives. that's going to drive down property values as the housing market is struggling t

menendez is already being looked at for allegedly use that influence to help a florida doctor.ing, his office is calling the allegations outlandish, but the investigation is just getting started. jonathan deens broke this story, and he joins me with more now. jonathan. >> for the story, we've spoken with current and former officials from the justice department, state department, homeland security, and congress. we also spoke with lawyers and people who have been contacted by the fbi in this investigation, many who have raised serious questions about the senator's actions. the criminal investigation is dpo focusing in on part on these two brothers, william and roberto. the brothers have been fugitives from their native ecuador for more than a decade, sentenced in absentia for embezzling millions as the bank they ran there was collapsing. officials say at issue, did senator menendez cross a line in trying to help the fugitive bankers stay in the u.s.? the brothers now live here in coral gables, florida, running several successful businesses. they've never been charged in the u.s.

>> look, i think that senator menendez, chairman menendez, wants what we want, which is to prevent iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. he and many others in the senate have been excellent partners. >> that's not what the white house toosaid to huffington pos. the administration is on defense because there are now 59 senators, including 16 democrats, who have defied the president, to support a bill to ready new sanctions if diplomatic talks fail. while the president believes the bill could blow up the talks, menendez insists again today he wants diplomacy to succeed, but the u.s. needs a plan b. writing in the washington post, quote, the american public doesn't trust the iranian regime. neither do i. let us concentrate our efforts on achieving shared goals. a diplomatic resolution to iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons coupled with a diplomatic insurance policy should negotiations fail. the president may also need a plan b in afghanistan. it's unlikely president hamid karzai will sign a long-term security agreement, and after it was revealed that former u.s. defense secretary robert gate

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tell you we have a statement from senator menendez, i will read that in a moment.mmarize that right, what is important? >> what is important on the investigation is the timing. at the time the senator was writing letters and making phone calls and these were repeated efforts as explained to us, there were campaign donations that went into about the senator's campaign and the democratic party democratic party, from relatives who are here legally on behalf of democrats and senator menendez specific campaign. so it was the timing of this. there were concerns about it. continued concerns about money laundering, allegations involving these brothers. they allegedly smuggled over $100 million out of that bank into the u.s. the brothers vehemently deny it. say they didn't do anything wrong. they never toll a penney. we were rich before, we didn't feed the steal that money to come here. there was a lot of concern if you reach inside the state department and homeland security. there was a lot of concern about the nature of the calls and letters done on their behalf because t

el senador bob menÉndez dijo que no hizo nada ilegal.ifica la ola invernal, hay casi 200 millones de personas afectadas. y google se convierte en centro de protestas en san francisco. se lo mostramos. comenzamos. ♪ ♪ >>> este es su "noticiero univisiÓn", con jorge ramos y marÍa elena salinas. ♪ ♪ >>> quÉ tal, buenas noches. la agonÍa de la familia de marlins muÑÓz parece llegar a su fin, un juez dictamino que a la mujer se la puede desconectar de la maquina que la tiene con vida artificial, asÍ termina una batalla con el hospital que decÍa que no podian porque marlins estÁ embarazada. pero el hecho que el bebe no tiene posibilidad de sobrevivir inclinÓ la balanza. vamos con nuestro reportero. >>> una batalla legal, hace mÁs de una hora el juez del condado tarent ordeno que marlin muÑÓz sea desconectada. esta orden aquÍ la tengo, y ordena que se haga antes de las 5 de la tarde del lunes 27. y la audiencia se llevÓ por una hora en el que los familiares se mostraron tristes. y los abogados pidieron que el juez ordene que la mujer sea descon

investigadores federales han abierto un nuevo capÍtulo en la pesquisa de menÉndez, el departamento deegislador a favor de dos banqueros ecuatorianos fugitivos que viven en miami, los detalles. >> los hermanos roberto y william ha logrado esquivar durante 13 aÑos una peticiÓn de extradiciÓn del gobierno del ecuador que les acusa de un fraude multimillonario,fuentes de la cadena nbc, asegura que en esos esfuerzos podrÍan haber contado la intervenciÓn del senador mÉndez, segÚn la cadena, mÉndez, ha enviado cartas y ha hecho llamadas telefÓnicas al departamento de seguridad nacional, y al departamento de estado, en respaldo de los hermanos, estados unidos ha negado tres veces la extradiciÓn de los banqueros, lo que ha generado indignaciÓn en ecuador. >> el senador menÉndez cree que la familia isaÍas ha sido polÍticamente perseguida, lo que incluye la confiscaciÓn de medios de comunicaciÓn de su propiedad que eran crÍticos del gobierno,nuestra colega del canal 23 logrÓ una reacción. >> es amigo? >> lo he visto una vez. >> el gobierno de ecuador presentÓ una demanda contra los isaÍas en un

and they attorney to senator menendez for help. the senator wrote letters and made phone calls to federal agencies on their behalf including asking for full consideration from the homeland security department. one of the brothers denied any political affiliation with the senator but campaign records show that relatives have donated $10,000 to the menendez campaign and at least $100,000 to the democratic party. senator menendez's office is saying a year after a false smear campaign launched against him once again we see anonymous sources making outlandish allegations. our office works each year with hundreds of individuals and families from across the country who are seeking help with immigration process. we review each and every request we receive. if we feel any inquiry is appropriate, we make it. in this particular case, senator menendez believed the family has been politically persecuted in ecuador including through the confiscation of media outlouts they owned which were critical of the government. we're not aware of any inquir

menendez: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: the question occurs on the passage of s. 1926 as amended. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote:

coburn: i see senator menendez is now on the floor. this amendment is going to lay additional outlays over the next five years with no outsets. the bill is offset over ten years. it relies on a budget gimmick that assumes that the congress would not raise the nfib cap. the program would delay payment of insurance claims until additional resources became available. so in reality this bill will add another $2.1 billion in debt to the nfip while making no dhiengs addressing affordability issues. even the administration states that delaying implementation of these reforms would further erode the financial position of the nfip, which is already $24 billion in debt. this delay would also reduce fema's ability to pay future claims made by all policyholders. nfip is unaffordable as the current program is already more than $24 billion in debt. madam president, i -- the pending makers a bill to delay the implementation of certain provisions of the biggert-waters flood insurance reform act of 2012 and to real estate form the national association

give me your thoughts on this, james. >> i think the menendez case we need more information on., they were also media moguls and what the menendez camp is saying essentially they are fugitives because they are being persecuted by the government. the government took those media platforms from them, so we need more information, but all these cases, christie, mcdonnells, and senator menendez, the problems are all the same, alex, there's too much money in politics. what's great about the feds investigating these cases is we need more regulations in the way money shapes our political processes. that's the conclusion we need to draw. >> all right, amanda terrell, james peterson, and bill share of liberal oasis, thank you all so much. >>> still ahead, more of ari melber's exclusive interview with eric holder, including what he has to say about edward snowden, legalizing pot. >>> moments ago, the dow jones industrial average dropped some 200 points. cnbc reports a large selloff in emerging market currencies rattled investors. eight stocks have fallen for every one that has risen and wha

so the goal of our coalition which is led by menendez, senator menendez, your senior senator from new jersey who is on the banking committee, who has been one of the great spokesmen for this and leaders, senator isakson from georgia who is literally the most respected member in this whole body on issues related to real estate, because he has one of the largest -- or had one of the largest real estate companies in atlanta, knows the issues very well, is very well respected on both sides of the aisle. these two gentlemen have led this effort and have built a bipartisan coalition, so we are now ready this week -- of all weeks, this is state of the union week. we would have probably preferred another one, but it's just the way this worked -- to debate the bill on the floor of the senate. at last count when we left, there were about six or seven relevant amendments, which is the only amendments that we're going to accept, relevant amendments to this bill. we're not going to accept amendments that are on other subjects in an effort to derail the senate, get us off topic, et cetera, et ceter

senator menendez is the principal sponsor from the democratic party. senator landrieu, myself and senators over this country who have coastline and flood issues are very concerned. i want as much as anyone in the world to expedite the bill going from where it is now to the floor and have been working with some who have objections to the bill or objections with part of the bill to get an agreement on amendments with the leadership on the democratic side, so when we do that debate we have a fair number of amendments that are equally divided in terms of the time and the vote threshold is at 51 votes. i am close to getting there but i am not there yet. so if a motion for unanimous consent were propounded right now there would be an objection maybe even from me to let everybody know i am for this bill. i want this bill to pass, but i want to make sure that those that i've been working with to lift their holds are accommodated in terms of their opportunity to debate a germane amendment to the flood bill that's relevant to flood control. so i come to the floo

menendez: mr. president, i notice the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the assistant majority leader. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: i have eight unanimous consent requests, they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders and i ask these requests be agreed to and printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. durbin: mr. president, i rise today to pay tribute to hida foanl, lost to, pendleton, lost one year ago today. she was 15 years old. she was gunned down while she was standing with friends in a park on chicago's south side. a talented, caring girl with a bright future, she was a sophomore at king college prep, she was an honors student, majorette in the school band. this is her photograph. those who knew her talk about her warm heart, her big smile, what a great friend she was to all those around her. a

mcdonnell indicted on bribery charges and menendez facing a widening d.o.j.act with two fugitive bankers. while many campaign finance laws try to limit spending and approach rejected by the supreme court's famous citizens united decision, there is another way. many states are now reforming politics by adding spending with public funding. more people get a chance to run in competitive races, and candidates spend less time fund-raising with millionaire donors, and grassroots involve many. the next guest calls this "subsidizing democracy." michael miller is a political science professor and former strategist with several congressional campaigns. welcome. how are you? >> thank you. thanks for having me. >> you bet. you document here that there are many benefits to public funding. i think one of the most dramatic may be how these kind of races get more voters involved and in several states you show the public funding led to 20%, 30% spikes in voter involvement in local races. so can you explain to us how that shift works? >> yeah. when i used to run congressional

menendez: move to reconsider and lay on the table. the presiding officer: without objection. there are now two minutes equally divided on the amendment from senator whitehouse of rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: i hope my colleagues will vote enthusiastically for this amendment across the country ciewnts and local organizations are trying to revive rivers that have been damned and blocked -- dammed and blocked and when they go foaferred to put in a fish ladder, when they redesign a culvert to allow for water passage they have to file a flood plan. and fema requires them to pay a fee to have that flood plan assessed. the fee is almost always waived. but they still have to go through the waiver process which costs money and, frankly, can be as burdensome asfully simply paying the fee. this eliminates the fee, eliminates that part of the process process and allows towns and small organizations more readily to come to the aid of our old small rivers. i think this is something we should be able to ag

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fbi is investigating robert menendez.new york the justice department is investigating senator menendez's efforts on behalf of two fugitive bankers from ecuador. whether the senator crossed the line in trying to help him stay in the u.s. issued a statement even after a false smear campaign launched begins senator menendez. anonymous sources making outalan dish charges. >> aiken plans to run against renee elmers in a republican leading district and that's is tonight's speed read. thank you for being with us. thank you to gretawire.com. heard of the exchange between richard sherman and michael crabtree. does this change your mind about sherman. vote in our poll. bill o'reilly is next. good night from washington. see you tomorrow night. 9 p.m. fox broadcast. >>> the o'reilly factor is on, tonight. >> what's the worse, absolute worse part of being president of the united states? >> worse part of the job is i have got the jacket on on super bowl sunday. >> guess who is interviewing the president on super bowl sunday live? your

he's got 58 co-sponsors already, 43 are republicans, 15 are democrats. 16, if you count menendez.re inclined to put the bill to a vote right away. majority leader harry reid said there are powerful democrats opposed to this bill, as well. >> i think at this stage, i think we're where we should be. there's ten senators who -- chairmen of committees here who said they didn't want anything done. we'll wait and see how this plays out. >> that's good news for the white house. harry reid has been the pocket veto for the president. there are 59 supporters of the bill, one short of the 60 typically needed, and eight short of a veto-proof majority. another issue is on the horizon that could push skeptical senators off the fence. russia is reportedly negotiating an oil for goods swap for iran. it's expected to be a topic of today's meeting between russiand and iranian foreign ministers. it could undermine the sanctions. russian sources told a local paper it can make a deal because it never agreed to western sanctions. the white house said it would have serious repercussions, since they're p

menendez, senator murphy. it's a pleasure to introduce max baucus introduce max baucus to the foreign relations committee. max is a legend in montana. has committed and passionate thought you 29. that is why montana's trusting him to present that great state for nearly 40 years. otherwise pay later the senate finance committee, max and his issues affecting our relationship with china better than anyone. max's anti-china eight times. he's led trade in agriculture missions there. he knows the chinese leadership. chairman of the finance committee, max also no right now. aeschylus serve them well as they represent her interests are second-leading trade partner. maxis commitment to economic opportunity is paid off for montanans and americans for literally decades. as ambassador, he will have the opportunity to take his passion, his work ethic and knowledge to the next level. if max is confirmed as the next ambassador to china, he legitimate element in an overseas, our current ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul al

ginger zee, bianna and alicia menendez. playing with your iphone.emperature in miami right now? >> it's 63 degrees, thank you very much. a high of 66 today. >> the next time we call, you might want to check out the forecast. >> as long as i'm not ginger or gio out there, i'm very happy to be here. >> it's all perspective. right here, it's nice and warm. nice for you to be here, alicia. we'll have you doing some "pop news" in a bit. >>> also ahead, part two of our "half their size" event. this morning, we have two more remarkable transformations. hundreds of pounds lost. and they'll share their secrets with you as so many people jumping on the treadmills for the start of the new year. >> incredible stories they have. >>> lots of people kicking off the new year by signing up on online dating sites. this morning, the secret to creating the perfect profile picture. how you can get noticed in a crowd. >>> we'll introduce you to an extraordinary self-made millionaire. there's always hope. 17 years old. we're a little past 17. raking in big bucks as a teen

does anyone else notice how a logical this is unless of course menendez means an insurance policy for failure lest we forget that sanctions don't work and have time and again proven to not only not hurt the regime but hurt the people. instead they you wouldn't know any of this if you're watching the corporate media because they've had justin bieber music videos on loop for the last twenty four hours and you know it's bad when even t m z is back paging the bieber a scandal to cover real news about us foreign policy not just covering it but breaking it yes you heard me right just this morning t m z broke open another huge scandal involving u.s. troops obsessed with desecrating dead bodies now i must warn you the following images are disturbing the only published a handful of forty one images they were given citing that the rest were simply too graphic as you can see they depict u.s. marines burning the bodies of dead iraqis seemingly in the back yard of average homes in the city of fallujah in two thousand and four others show marines posing with human rain remains or rifling through th

but i want to talk about one point that chairman menendez mentioned. and your response was what i expected to hear, and in your written statement you say -- you said verbally that you want to hold responsible for perpetrating human rights abuses must be held accountable. i've heard this before. we've been through rwanda, been through bosnia, we been through syria, been through darfur. now south sudan. and it seems to me that as we start negotiating and we say we are getting documentation and we're going to make sure that tribunals -- that this becomes an afterthought rather than a primary thought. quite frankly i think one of the problems that we have, is that those who perpetrate ethnic cleansing and ugly the international community will ever hold them accountable for their crimes against humanity. and endlessly make this a real priority, unless we talk about it, and don't put it on a side, and we have to take care of stopping the violence and to the parties talking to him we don't want to bring up issues that might be divisive. we're never going to g

standing outside of a target store last week, senator menendez said they need to know if the ftc has the teeth to hold retailers accountable with fines and penalties. he has suggested they drafted legislation to give the ftc that power. the u.s. trails other countries in switching from magnetic credit card strips to embedded chips that are harder to compromise. the current target for switching over is not until the year 2020, so we could see that sped up in mind of the breach. there are a few options congress can take without tackling the bigger issue of cybersecurity. in the meantime, we will be waiting for hearings like the one being called for and those ongoing investigations. >> thank you so much for that update. they have warned riders about higher prices this year, but it did not stop the backlash over its surge in pricing: see -- pricing policy. you can also watch us streaming on your tablet, phone, and on bloomberg.com. ♪ to "bloombergk west." i'm emily chang. read 433eessen did not months but he has been big-time in the new year. year,rst tweet this hello, is this on? he als

the justice department is investigating robert menendez. it then there's chris christie.estions today about christie's tie to the top contractor for hurricane sandy recovery. the christie administration quietly fired the contractor effective monday after widespread complaints including inept management, poor communication, and long delays. hgi won its contract last may. after the law firm made a $25,000 donation to the republican governor association headed by chris christie. the administration has offered no reason as to why the contract was terminated. this comes as federal prosecutors subpoena christie campaign a campaign. >> hey, alex. >> hello, my friend. i have to say amid all of this swirl, what do you make of this moment in american politics? usa today says it doesn't take much of an ethical compass to determine that the gifts aren't the right call. what do you think? >> i think we're living in an age we can find out anything that anyone is doing. we're hyperaware of what people are doing. we've seen scandals like these happening for decades now. i just think that

> crece la controversia por la presunta intervención del senador demócrata por nueva jersey, bob menéndezdición de william y ... >>> hay una investigación periodística, no puedo confirmar que sea fidedigna la información. >>> los exbanqueros ecuatorianso son perseguidos políticos. >>>e stas personas que han desturido la vida de millones de ecuatorianos por manejo corrupto de la banca. >>> el presidente de la república,en diálogo con periodistas de la ciudad de cuenca aseguró que falta ovlidad política para entregar a los hermanos. >>> el mandatario también dijo que la justicia de ecuador cumplióo con todos los trámites para la extradición ,. >>> en coordinación con la embajada de estados unidos, se dara más información del delito de los hermanos . >>>ssiempre nos dicen que falta una coma, ah, falta este documento, falta esta parte, analice la situación, pero he reclamado por el hecho que una persona está allá por más de 10 años, y estados unidos debe de dar la extradición, de conceder la extradición de los señores isaías, así como el ecuador durante mucho tiempo ha extraditado a personas

el senador bob menÉndez dijo que no hizo nada ilegal.

martha: it's got to be creating tension in the menendez office because there is already an investigation going on into his across its. >> there is an eye doctor he's friends with who is under investigation for overcharging medicare allegedly for $9 million. his office was raided by the feds. this is the last thing menendez' office wants obviously is another story about another fbi investigation. martha: his office says they don't know anything about it. we'll see if they learn more about it today. bill: serious clashes in cairo after a string of explosions leaving five dead there. the largest blast at the egyptian police headquarters in cairo. a car bomb he can mowing killing four, wounding 76. these explosions happening a day before the commemoration of what will be the third anniversary of the arab spring. more on that coming up a bit later this hour. martha: attorney general eric holder weighing in. mr. holder says the doj is open to dialogue with snowden's lawyers. but amnesty is off the table. >> if mr. snowden wanted to come back to the united states and enter a plea we would engag

so right now, reed is holding most of the cards on the menendez bill. >> let's pick it up at that point a lot of time between this, this would be a six-month deal when implemented. we are talking about harry reid maybe buying into january to force some kind of a vote here. we started this by saying look over in iran where if parliament this week is responding to the maneuvering in our congress and they're basically saying, hey, if the congress and the united states says we're going to impose new sanctions af the six-month deal, we will set all these conditions on it. we will accelerate our nuclear program. that's what eastern is saying, you have an iranian foreign minister who says the entire deal is dead if the united states congress -- >> has a six-month delay is there it seems to me this classic, almost tragic story embodyening the hardliners on the other side. they inadvertently line up for a deal. is there a risk here happening? >> i think that is what this is, you have sort of the leadership positions in both country now. at this point we got the supreme leader of iran who has the

menendez: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. menendez: mr. president, i rise in support of the homeowner flood insurance affordability act, which i have sponsored with senator isakson. it is a bipartisan-bicameral piece of legislation to ensure that families will be able to afford flood insurance so they can stay in their homes. businesses can stay open and property values won't plummet. this broadly bipartisan legislation will stop the most onerous and damaging rate increases while minimizing the impact on the national flood insurance program's solvency. i want to thank all of those who have supported the legislation, all of our cosponsors, as well as the national association of home builders, the national association of realtors, the american bankers association, the independent community bankers of america, the independent insurance agents and brokers of america, the national association of counties, the national le

thank you, chairman menendez. >> thank you. senator. >> i appreciate working with senators wounds on these issues. -- with the senator on this issue. with uganda, they moved in quickly with troops to secure the exit of their citizen. was that always under the u.n. auspices, or was that simply them moving in troops? >> it was not under the u.n. auspices. neighbor, and a at the request of the government of south sudan. they were asked to come in. >> the peacekeeping troops, what countries make up those forces right now? recently those from bangladesh. we have some kenyans. nigerians, and we are expecting ghanaians. i can get back with you with a list of who is participating. >> thank you. to the oil revenue, there are some reports that say production is down 20%, others that say production has stopped completely. what do we know at this point? information we have is that many of the oil wells have been stopped. i do not know what the percentage is. there is some oil (the pipeline, but most of the pumping has ceased. >> the only o

senator schumer, mccain, durbin and menendez and rubio now become such a player.hen they get together for a press conference, it's unique. i probably shot a hundred. i was moving around different sides of the room. i was able to go outside the backdoor and look at different angles. you try to pick up nuances where they are talking to each other. those two obviously have a unique relationship too. senator mccain and senator schumer. >> you had photographs of gabrielle giffords. what was that? >> she testified up on the hill when gun legislation was brought before the senate. really powerful hearing to hear her testify obviously being a victim, tragically shot the way she has and the way she come back. her husband has been such a huge supporter. really emotional hearing there. >> another photograph coming up here shows wayne lapierre at the table with others. what do you see here when you take a photo like this? >> you see the difference what's being brought to the senate. you have people who are either very conservative or liberal when it comes to gun rights. you'r

chairman menendez, ranking member corker, members of the senate foreign relations committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. i know the subject before us is one in which you and other members of congress are deeply concerned and that you deeply care about the situation in sudan. i regret that ambassador booth, our special envoy is unavailable to testify before you today as we have him working to get the peace process under way. mr. chairman, ranking member corker, three years ago today -- and it is really important that it was three years ago today -- this is the anniversary of south sudan's independence, on january 9, 2011, the people of south sudan voted in overwhelming numbers for independence from the republic of sudan. after decades of war, they were peacefully and joyfully voting for separation and for a new future. then senator kerry, my new boss was there to witness that historic moment. the united states played a critical role in getting the world's youngest nation on the map. today tragically the world's youngest country and undoubtedly one of the m

that's why we have a strong bipartisan support of this legislation. >> senator menendez, thank you for joining us. appreciate it. >> coming up on your daily tuesday rundown, it could be an op opening. vote to extend unemployment insurance. >>> and taking the health care law to court. republican senator ron johnson of wisconsin joins me next. why he is suing the obama administration over what he calls special treatment for members of congress and their staff. first, a look ahead in today's politics planner. you're watching "the dailyiondown" only on msnbc. vice president biden going to albany in this weather, air force 2 must know how to land well. and ah, so you can see like right here i can just... you know, check my policy here, add a car, ah speak to customer service, check on a claim...you know, all with the ah, tap of my geico app. oh, that's so cool. well, i would disagree with you but, ah, that would make me a liar. no dude, you're on the jumbotron! whoa. ah...yeah, pretty much walked into that one. geico anywhere anytime. just a tap away on the geico app. at a company that's br

scandal, the jersey shore and the sopranos was holding the super bowl would help it's image senator menendez says "fugidaboutit". >> with respect to my friends across the hudson this is new jersey's game. what new jersey does offer visitors to the hotels on its side of the hudson river this week are unparalleled views of new york. don dahler, cbs news, new york. >> glor: the stock market will >> glor: the stock market will open tomorrow coming off its worse week in two years since november 2011, the dow is off 318 points and down three and a half percent for the week. we are joined by cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger, jill, always good to see you. >> it doesn't sound like much but in context it is a lot given what has been happening in the market in such a great run. what happened and what should we be worried. >> no panic yet. that was confluence of negative factors, first a manufacturing report out of china that showed that the chinese economy appeared to be cooling off a lot quicker than people thought, there is a big deal. china is the second largest economy in the world, what

robert me end in easy, the democrat -- menendez keeps wanting to pass a sanctions bill that would in the hospital put sanctions on oriental right away but say down the road if they don't comply and the white house has been very strong saying even this would blow it up and so far those democrats have been happy to fight the good fight, say to their constituents. i tried and they wouldn't let me do it. it's really going to depend on what happens over the next weeks. that interim deal that was worked out a month ago still isn't in effect yet. that's got to happen soon and then what happens over the six months of negotiations. john: how relevant is this to any of the campaign? >> of course it's so irrelevant -- i know. on the show i can do it. it's hard to believe that many americans are going to be paying much attention to this when they're much more focused on issues like their health care and certainly on the economy. what's going to be interesting, though, is whether or not the president can show some strength -- alexei has been talking about getting that trust back. here's a place t

. >> reporter: not if you ask new jersey senator bob menendez. >> peyton manning won't be scoring anywns in central park and richard sherman won't be yelling at anybody in the financial district. it will be happening here in new jersey. >> reporter: you wouldn't know it by looking at the hype around the game, the epicenter known as super bowl boulevard is in the heart of times square. on super bowl tickets and promotional material, new york city's skyline is prominently featured. new jersey, barely noticeable. how do you feel about all the attention being given to new york but the game is actually being held in new jersey? >> oh, no, that's not fair. >> reporter: the nfl insists the super bowl is shared between the two states with the fair share of official activities being held in the garden state. even the teams who arrived today are staying in new jersey. but this is about much more than bragging rights. >> well, you know, one of the reasons that i and others were big advocates and supporters for the effort to get the super bowl xlviii to new jersey is, yes, the pride of having the

for us to sort of talk loud and not actually engage with the other side so kate we have senator menendez who's a you know he has good democratic credentials and mark kirk and other republicans you know but i'm with i think it's sixteen democrats all together on this he said this sort of as i recall. is this is this just a response to. to basically outside pressure money and you know presumably a pac or something like that is that is that what's going on here or is this is is this i mean what why are these senators doing so i don't get it yeah that's a good question well certainly that is a major factor here is the kind of tremendous pressure that has pushed many senators to sign on to this bill i think senators come at this for different reasons and senator kirk has been pushing this sanctions and has. pushing for the u.s. to escalate tensions with iran for a long time and they had their own reasons for doing so we saw earlier this year and last year we saw senator graham actually pushing for an authorization for the use of military force against iran so you know many of these same voice

they have done in the past but there's there's also you know i don't think that bob menendez is doing this disingenuous i think he really believes in this part of that comes from you know he's a strong supporter of sanctions against cuba he somehow thinks that those sanctions have worked but that's that's very popular in the southeastern hispanic community and he's represented in american history because he's cuban american himself so there's an ideological position that he's taken there but in addition to that. and then there's others like him they believe that congress' role in these negotiations is to play the bad cop they argue that if congress drives a hard bargain at home that enables the president to play good cop in negotiations but say look i've got congress breathing down my neck so i need to i need more from you the problem with this calculation is that that's not how they go shushan is work imagine if you're applying for a home loan and your spouse was destroying your credit and making it seem like you were going to pay payoff your side of the bargain that actually then en

but let's first start with the senior senator from new jersey, bob menendez. we caught up with him in the hallway. here's what he had to say. >> obviously appropriate steps, people who conducted a political vendetta should lose their jobs. and at the same time, you know, i believe that the investigations that are pursuing -- being pursued by the transportation committee, the reviews being pursued by the u.s. senate commerce committee should continue and we can get the totality of the picture of what went on here. >> now, just by way of background, bob menendez is a long-time politician in new jersey, has known and worked around chris christie for some time and has had political battles against him even as they have had to work together. very notable i think, wolf, that he was very noncommittal but saying investigations should couldn't. then i think what's also interesting has been the republican reaction. so much discussion has been whether or not before the press conference whether or not this would put an end to any prospects for the white house for chris ch