i did pick michael bennett, the colorado senator, because he is going to be -- he is the new head of the democratic senatorial campaign committee, which means he is tasked with trying to, again, keep a democratic senate majority. going to be difficult. you have 20 democratic seats up. you only have ten republican seats up. >> he wants to be senate majority leader someday. that's why he is doing it. >> they asked him two years ago, and he said no. he said yes this time. >> why pence. >> he spent time in congress. he is now the governor of indiana. i think he is a guy who we underrate in terms of his influence. we've seen in places like ohio, florida, wisconsin, how governors, particularly republican governors, can have are real influence. pence is a conservative who is a believer, and i think he is going to push an agenda that will kind of sort of outline 2013. >> all right. perry, you picked two governors. >> jerry brown really important. first time ever since 1933 california's super majority, meaning two-thirds of the members of the house and the senate are democrats. jerry brown an

michael bennett said to me "i've got to have a song where -- i have to have a beat where you go boom. so i've go home and i already have ♪ one...♪ then that becomes that. ♪ one singular sensation -- ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ it's like building a picture in your mind and slowly by surely translating it into the language of music. >> rose: tell me about young helen. >> 18 years old horrible acne no money mother not so long ago widowed and she's depressed a lot and my sister mary at age 19 got polio before the salk vaccine so she's in a wheelchair and we don't have any money or anybody to help and i think charlie-- we don't know for sure-- i think my i.q. is just fairly average nothing special so i had to hit the deck running and get started. nobody could have been less prepossessing or have fewer credentials and it did take a while, didn't it? i started working at 18. didn't get to "cosmo" until i was 43 years old. that's a lot of years in there. that's what "cosmo" is all about, that's our credo there's something you can doiÑÑ maybe better than others. try to find out what it is. just keep going.

isn't based solely on his thrillers like the ever popular alex cross, women's murder club and michael bennett's series. he is now also the current best-selling author of the young adult and middle grade categories. it's not just about his sense either. he has won the coveted edgar award, the b.c. mystery guild thriller of the year award the international thriller of the year award, the reader's digest readers choice award and the children's choice book councils children's choice award, author of the year award. i got through that. [laughter] it has been said of james patterson and his work, no writer has ever created so many lasting characters are grasped the interlocking power of plot and emotion. he pours forth stories that engross, may soon move readers. at the same time that they plumb the emotions we all live with, the power of love, family, friendship, the pressure of work, the endeavor -- inevitability of death, the meaning meaning of that in the presence of evil. it's a mortal stuff wrapped inside the highest level of entertainment. i couldn't agree more and as a bookseller i'm struck a

michael bennett said to me "i've got to have a song where -- i have to have a beat where you go boom go on. so i've go home and i already have ♪ one... then that becomes that. ♪ one, singular sensation -- ♪ ♪ ♪ it's like building a picture in your mind and slowly by surely translating it into the language of music. >> rose: tell me about young helen. >> 18 years old, horrible acne, no money, mother not so long ago widowed and she's depressed a lot and my sister mary at age 19 got polio before the salk vaccine so she's in a wheelchair and we don't have any money or anybody to help and i think, charlie-- we don't know for sure-- i think my i.q. is just fairly average, nothing special, so i had to hit the deck running and get started. nobody could have been less prepossessing or have fewer credentials and it did take a while, didn't it? i started working at 18. didn't get to "cosmo" until i was 43 years old. that's a lot of years in there. that's what "cosmo" is all about, that's our credo, there's something you can doiÑÑ maybe better than others. try to find out what it is. just keep g

michael bennett is one of the small group of senators who voted against it because he like myself a an advocate of a comprehensive budget solution, reis storing fiscal parameters to our country. along the parameters of what the bowles simpson commission the gang of eight ait tempted to accomplish. it is so important to the future of our country to balance the budget and restore the fiscal integrity. this bill is not that bill. however, what this bill does is it ensures that the american people will not have the largest tax increase in the history of our country tomorrow. $2,000 a year out of the pocket of families making $80,000 a year. almost $4,000 a year out of the pocket of families making $150,000 a year. what does that mean to families? it might be the money that helps them stay above water on their mortgage. it might be the money that alous their child to attend college. beyond the ramifications at the family level there is thining aggregate effect across the economy. when families don't have that money they it are not able to spend the money to buy products that need to be prod

although big money efforts to unseat some senators, like barbara boxer and michael bennett did fall shortides sought to repair relations. tom donahue said he was willing to work, and the president extended an olive branch when he went to the chamber in february of 2011. >> maybe if we had had brought over a fruit cake when i first moved in, we would have gotten off to a better start. but i'm going to make up for it. for all the disagreements, tom, we may have sometimes on issues, i know you love this country. i know you want america to succeed just as badly as i do. >> once again, however, it seemed to be one step forward and one step back. the two sides battled over taxes, spending and the budget throughout 2011 and 2012. the chamber accused the president of trying to kill jobs and strung jipt letters to make the point. when the white house invited donahue to weigh in on the fiscal cliff, he met with officials and not the president himself. thursday, mr. donahue delivered his annual state of business address and despite all that's happened, he made it clear he's not backing down in 2013.

tom harkin, tom krarner and michael bennett all voted now. so did these five republicans.itics to the side for a minute and ask the question most of us are wondering. what does this measure mean for you and your wallet? ali velshi is crunch iing the numbers. >> good morning. the first thing is the payroll tax holiday goes away. everybody is going to get a little less in their paycheck every month. that's going to hit the economy. it's a tax holiday that you had that we're losing now. if you earn more than $400,000 as an individual or $450,000 as a household, you'll be paying higher taxes in 2013. that won't hit you yet. nothing on the 2012 taxes that will be affected. the minimum tax was going to hit 30 million people on their 2012 taxes. that is now going away. that's not going to be a problem. so nothing that you file for your income taxes are going to be affected. for 2013 and you'll deal with this on your taxes for the next year, if you earn more than $250,000 you will have a limit on some of the deductions that you can itemize. that's the stuff that hits you. the bigg

, a bipartisan group, and a forceful lineup, charles schumer, dick durbin, mrobert h nen des, michael bennett, and on the republican side, john mccain, lindsey graham, marco rubio, and jeff flake. this would offer an immigration plan for millions here illegally, it would also have an employment verification. and cracking down on companies that hired unauthorized workers. the president, as you know, carol, will also be taking up this issue this week. he'll be heading to las vegas tomorrow. he met monday with the congressional hispanic caucus to sort of talk and preview this plan that he's already put out, but he'll be highlighting tomorrow. >> brianna keilar reporting live from the white house this morning. >>> also today, about two hours from now, president obama plans to meet with police chiefs and sheriffs from around the nation to talk about reducing gun violence. the police chiefs of newtown, connecticut, and aurora, colorado, saw their share of gun violence last year also expected to attend. even as the president convenes this meeting, a law enforcement backlash continues. a wisconsin sh

senator michael bennett, colorado al frank in minnesota, congressman paul tonko jared police of coloradofitzgerald genea gersean, and stephanie miller. [ applause ] >> stephanie: look, i got mentioned in the thing. mel will be there jim. >> ummm. >> stephanie: lisa writes steph the extreme right is now saying -- by the say, the sexy liberal cause the brady center. >> that's right. >> stephanie: steph these are the same people that want to give doctors the right to perform transvaginal ultrasounds that i don't want. but yet that is not a violation of my rights. [ applause ] >> stephanie: thank you. you are the smartest girl in class. the other thing i'll be doing on the plane drunk is writing out the skits for tomorrow. this is jay carney. >> the president in general when he works on a speech writes in long hand on the yellow pad, and i have seen some yellow pad with writing of late, but i don't know the speech. >> stephanie: all right. let's dive into the right-wing world. andrew dee pall 'tano. >> the president of the united states, the vice president of the united states, their entire

democrats led by chuck schumer include bob menendez from new jersey, dick durbin from illinois and michael bennett from colorado, on. on the republican side led by john mccain, including they include lindsey graham because john mccain can't do anything without lindsey graham alongside of him. they also include marco rubio from florida and geoff flake, the other senate from arizonaother senate from arizona. democrats insisted any immigration reform bill had to include a path to citizenship. had to do something about these 11 million people estimated, i think it's higher than that, who had been here, came here illegally, have lived here a long time had their families have jobs, have houses have kids in school. some have kids in the military belong to local churches members of the community, had to do something being them and allow -- give them a path to staying here permanently as american citizenship. democrats always insisted on that. and the president has insisted as have democrats, that this all has to be contained in one bill. it can't be little piece meal things. republicans, for their side, s

michael s. bennett longtime photographer for the 49ers went back to the first days with joe walsh and montana. made we're beginning to see them again. so thank you, michael. [applause] >> i think we have time for a couple more. >> i just wanted to follow up on michel's story about, michel's companion and a group of lawyers. michel's companion -- terence hallahan organized most of the freedom riders, and i would come home at night. i had never heard anything like that and that was the first time i got the idea of segregated health care, and we would go over to their office at -- and there was vincent. also willie brown. so one of the many positive things about your book is there was this group of lawyers that -- [inaudible] testified in court cases. tony would tell me stories. he was an incredibly storyteller. he was not good at finance. his idea was he would drive a car, get so many tickets and let the police take it away. 's. nobody knew about paying taxes. >> i just want to say when david called me up

michael snare. that's all she wrote. the seminoles, snapped maryland's 13-game winning streak. terps fall 65 to 62. next up, miami on sunday. >> tony bennettnia cavaliers on the road playing wake forest. cavs trail basically the entire game. 10 second to go. down by four. joe harris hits the three. he had 13 points. cavaliers, down by just one. after two wake forest free-throws, uva, down by three. evans passes. and, mike toby, supposed to be ready for the ball. what happened there. virginia falls, 55-52. the cavs now 11 and 4 on the season. virginia tech also loses to boston college tonight. 86-75. the ones who inspire us, the ones who make us laugh, the ones with the strong shoulder to lean on, the ones we're named after, and the ones named after us. it takes all kinds of good to make a family. at new york life, everything we do is to help you keep good going. we perfected the pastrami sandwich -- filled with hot, juicy pastrami, pickles, yellow mustard and bubbly melted cheese. all piled-high on our signature freshly baked bread. made hot, toasty and just for you. and don't be afraid to put your spin on this deli style deliciousity -- a