from the site of an outdated bridge that connects the states of john boehner and minority leader mitch mcconnellhe move political theater. but is it working? >>> plus, students in washington state have missed more than a week of school because of a teacher strike. this the latest battle over union rights. i'll talk with one parent who's kids are caught up in the middle of it, all of that and more ahead in 15 minutes. >>> whatever happened to paul ryan's budget plan? it was released last spring with much fanfare. major g maj major gar receipt joins us now. the fact is they have not introduced a single piece of the paul ryan budget? >> that's right, they have not tried to translate any of the changes, the very controversial changes that paul ryan put forward to shift medicare from what it has been, fee for services benefit structure to a premium support or voucher like program, moving medicaid from a partnership from the state and local states from a block branch. he said the senate didn't passed theirs and we never had reconciliation and 50 vote simple majority protection in the senate, why go fo

doesn't really call out mitch mcconnell. so i don't think you're going to find it from mitch mcconnell because they seem to have a mutually beneficial relationship, but you could see other republicans pointing to rand paul and saying, hey, that's rand paul and the tea party, that's not necessarily me. but in terms of the tea party base here in kentucky, that's what rand paul really cares about. it's not just the base. he's a true believer. he comes from -- his intellectual heroes are libertarians like lou rockwell and people -- and his father. he's a true believer when he comes to that and typically ver stubborn. i'm not sure how much pressure from other republicans is going to do. >> in the meantime the whole country doesn't get improved gas pipelines. joe sonka. thanks very much for joining us. nice to have you here. >> thanks for having me on, rachel. >>> on last night's show we ran out of time because of the breaking non-chris christie news before we could show you our best new thing in the world. while i like the happy

i used to do what harry reid does now and mitch mcconnell does now. when the leader fills the tree you block amendments from all senators. that doesn't sound very democratic. but i didn't discover that but it is being used more than it was in the past. i think there is a problem when you get into a filibuster on the motion to proceed. that you would take a bill. may be some of those should be evaluated. it depends on your perspective. i used to think seniority was a bad idea until i woke up and i would get close to the majority and was number 2 and i thought this isn't bad at all. when i'm with a freshman rookie i would get so mad george mitchell i couldn't restrain myself and said what i thought about him. that i was standing in the leader's chair and i saw it differently. the senate is a unique place. it is hard to get anything done. it is easy to block stuff. if you got true leadership and true commitment and you find ways, i would urge harry reid to stop finding things to fight over. see if you can find things to move along and if you look under t

here's senator mitch mcconnell disagreeing with you, he's from kentucky, right near that bridge. quick to criticize the president's trip this morning. here he was on the senate floor earlier today. let's listen. >> i would suggest, mr. president, that you think about ways to actually help the people of kentucky and ohio instead of how you can use their roads and bridges as a backdrop for making a political point. if you really want to help our state, then come back to washington and work with republicans on legislation that will actually do something to revive our economy and create jobs and forget the political theater. >> what a blast of bs. i don't usually say that about politicians, but what you just heard senator mcconnell say had no meaning whatever. everyone who's paid attention to politics has noted that the republicans do not negotiate, do not work together with the president. they have stiff-armed him, straight-armed him at every meeting he's gone to. they won't tail a take a 10-1 deal, they won't take any deal, and he has the nerve to say, come back and talk to us agai

but kentucky senator, top senate republican mitch mcconnell, has denounced the american jobs act as not serious. his mitch mcconnell plan for dealing with more than one in three kentucky bridges needing to be replaced is apparently so serious it he's keeping it secret. in the face of rather monstrous traffic and detour adversity, like what is being faced in southern indiana and in kentucky right now, in the face of that kind of adversity, americans innovate. that means a brand new every 45 minutes $1 ferry service across the ohio river that did it not exist before, which is particularly handy if you work right at the bridge abutment. but still better, another option for getting across the ohio river there with sherman minton shut down. but it also means another kind of innovation in the form of branding and merchandising. when we first talked about the emergency shutdown of the sherman minton bridge on this show and the proverbial bomb it was dropping on louisville-area are traffic, i described it as that region's version of carmageddon. los angeles had what it called carmageddon one we

let's listen to mitch mcconnell referencing henry clay. >> let me see if we can back up a little bit. talk about his first foray into public life. he was a very successful lawyer here. did he always aspired to be a public person, and if so, how did he get into it? >> he started out like a lot of people did as a legislator on the state level. his ability showed itself very quickly. almost immediately they appointed him to fulfill a united states senate post, even before he was old enough. he served as a senator at the age of 29. that early, people recognized his abilities and his strength. of course the first day he steps foot on the floor of the united states house of representatives, he is elected speaker of the house. >> has that ever happened since? >> it has happen one other time, during the civil war. here is a man at age 34 who is elected speaker on the first ballot. the impression he made on people very quickly and very early in his life. >> what were his politics? what were the political parties of the day? >> he would have followed the ideas of thomas jefferson and james madi

mitch mcconnell calls it political theater.fattal enjoying their first full day of freedom since being released from the prison in iran. we will have a live report. a first look at the massive satellite that is approaching earth. look very closely. we have new details on when and where it might strike. >>> shane bauer and josh fattal are enjoying their first day of freedom spending time with loved ones following an emotional reunion. the sultan paid $1 million bail to guarantee their release. >> we are so happy we are free and relieved we are free. >> two years in prison is too long. we sincerely hope for the freedom of other political prisoners and unjustly imprisoned people in iran. >> they were jailed on charges of spying and illegally crossing into the country. michelle kosinski has the latest. >> we are waiting to know what their next plans are and how they are adjusting and what were their conditions like and we saw them get off the plane, we could tell from a distance they looked pale and thin, but all of a sudden you sa

>> well, you know, mitch mcconnell has said that the president's plan was basically a political agenda. and what he needs to do is he needs to come back to the district. he needs to stand there and talk to the people who are waiting if line and saying, you know, we don't really need to be investing in infrastructure, we can't afford it right now, and ask them to make the sacrifice. he's not willing to do that, and, again, to portray what the president has said as just another political act defies reality. he's staring in the face of something that is of enormous consequence to hundreds of thousands of his constituents. and richard lugar on the other side of the ohio river is facing the same thing with his constituents. this is no time for partisanship. clearly. this doesn't affect just democrats or republicans. this affects everybody. mitch needs to take a leadership role in the senate to help get this kind of investment adopted by the congress. if he doesn't step forward, i don't know how we can get it done. he needs to. >> congressman john yarmuth representing kentucky's third congre

. >> mitch mcconnell was equally blunt. he issued a terse two sentence statement saying the president's plan is not a recipe for economic or job growth. the good news is that the joint committee is taking this issue far more seriously than the white house. everybody can start pointing fingers as who started the campaign first, but the bottom line is this, we are in campaign mode. we are no longer in governing mode. the white house made that clear. mitch mcconnell made that clear with his statement. this is all about defining the battle lines. joining the campaign which is going to be about who's responsible for this gridlock in washington. republicans are hoping the public blames the president and the white house believes they can run against a do nothing congress, but the bottom line is with 14 months to go, as dan fire said it, the phase that we saw in the summer is over. the campaign is on. >>> for the second time in as many months, rick perry is planting himself within a five mile radius of the president. he will critic

before the fed made this announcement word spread that a letter had been sent by john boehner and mitch mcconnell last night to ben bernanke urging him to resist efforts to lower interest rates so clearly this is become very political but when it comes to the economy is it going to work here to discuss it from our studio in new york is joe weisenthal deputy editor of the business insider joe i want to thank you for joining us tonight for starters you tell me if i did an ok job when it came to explaining what operation twist is anything that you want to add to my mission origination. you explained it exactly right the fed isn't changing the size of its balance sheet is changing the company composition as you said selling short and treasury bonds buying into long and and hoping to push down interest rates and you've got the history right exactly it was first done under the kennedy administration so you explained it perfectly happy to hear that but ok so what hopefully what they're you know what they're hoping will happen here is that maybe people be able to refinance their mortgages if these long t

. >> that was senate minority leader mitch mcconnell today, noting the growing democratic resistance to the president's jobs bill. the white house dispatched advisers david plouffe and gene sperling to the hill today to convince dissenting senate democrats to support the president's legislation. complaints in recent days ranged from the bill includes too much spending to the bill includes too many tax cuts to it unfairly eliminates subsidies for oil companies while ignoring other big industries. after the private 90-minute meeting, senate majority whip dick durbin told reporters, "we're not going to get 100% of our caucus, but believe me, if it's up to the democrats to pass the president's plan, it'll pass." senate minority leader mcconnell saw the meeting as a sign of weakness. >> one would think they'd want to be briefed on details before the president demanded they pass it right away, not after. but then again, the white house probably expected stronger support from democrats than it's gotten so far. >> joining me now, editorial director for aol, huffington post, msnbc political a

here with us for two live interviews, the republican leader of the senate, mitch mcconnell, and former president of the united states, bill clinton. leader mcconnell, let me start with you and ask you whether this president's plan on a millionaires' tax rate is something that you could support? >> well, you know, we had that vote, david. a couple of years ago, when the democrats basically owned the congress. they had overwhelming control of the senate and the house, and it was defeated then. so i would simply go back to what the president said last december and signing a two-year extension of the current tax rates is a bad thing to do in the middle of an economic downturn. and of course the economy somewhat argues even worse now than it was when the president signed the extension of the current tax rates back in december. i think what he said then still applies now. >> what's unfair, though, about making richer americans pay the same tax rate that middle income americans do? >> well, look, you know, if warren buffett would like to give us some of his benefits we'd be happy to talk abou

and right now, listening to mitch mcconnell and others it doesn't sound like we have those. so we're going to keep pressing. and i think the american people, our constituents, will keep pushing their members to pass the american jobs act. it's absolutely critical to give a shot in the arm to the economy immediately. >> we're going to hear from the president on that in the next hour. thank you very much, debbie wasserman schultz. >> andrea, also i just wanted to thank you, really quickly, for sharing your story with breast cancer, as a survivor. and now as a sister survivor, so important for us to, and brave of you, to be public about it. so we can raise awareness, and help people with early detection. >> i'm trying to follow your example in all good things. good health. >> wish you the best. >> and strong leadership from you on this issue. >> thank you. >> and republicans see a chance to grab that seat, anthony weiner's old congressional seat. a republican from queens, the politico briefing next right here on "andrea mitchell reports."were riced out of an overheated housing

in kentucky we had the -- senator mitch mcconnell really campaigning against rand paul. he was the worst thing to happen to politics until he won the primary. after he won the primary mitch mcconnell and rand paul were on in our and they were saying that is the pact. we have got to move forward. make sure this guy crosses the finish line. unfortunately that didn't happen in delaware but it has got to happen in order for us to win in 2012. that is the message that i hope people can take away with them by reading this book. i tried to tell this story of how i got involved in politics and what made me embrace the principles i did and why at chose to become a republican. i told it in a way that some political advisers have said was too honest and shouldn't have admitted some things but i did that again so that the reader can relate. it is not about how many mistakes we have made or if we have ever fallen because you simply cannot pretend to be perfect. it is too exhausting to keep up that facade. we are a human. what it is about is whether you get back up again. whether you

he's asking his opponents to join with him for the good of the people, and republican leader mitch mcconnell has agreed to put aside partisanship: >> we'll listen politely to what he has to say and take a look at it, but our view is that we need to go in an entirely different direction. [ laughter ] >> stephen: seerk that's meeting obama halfway. they'll listen politely to something they've already rejected. and to show their concern for the unemployed many gop members of congress have come up with their own plan of not attending the speech. [ laughter ] but the president won't be talking to an empty room. just like the oscars, congress has seat fillers-- people who occupy the chairs but serve no real purpose-- they're called democrats. [ laughter ] i gotta tell you, skipping the speech isn't just some f-u to the president. all of these republicans have a good reason, like louisiana senator and "former" whore rotisserie david vitter. [ laughter ] vitter is going to be at home. >> i'm going to be watching from my family room in metairie, louisiana, because i have a saints game party there, an

mitch mcconnell blasted the plan saying veto threats, tax hikes and phantom savings and punting is not a recipe for economic or job growth or meaningful deficit reduction. >> the pentagon says the military is ready for the official lifting of the legal ban on gays serving openly. the bank will officially end at one minute after midnight. at that time, revised defense department regulations will take effect to reflect the new law allowing gays to serve openly. defense secretary panetta is expected to discuss the change tomorrow at a news conference. >>> new study that focuses on whooping cough cases bolsters the idea that students need to have regular vaccinations. the study shows whooping cough shots fade in effectiveness after three years. last friday, several bay area schools held free clinics to insure every student meets the new mandate requiring whooping cough vaccines for 7 to 12th graders. the rule is in response to last year's spike in cases. >>> now a medical advancement that may alter how doctors taken and treat cancer in women. doctors can look at ovarian cancer tumors. jim

in front of an aging bridge and demandded republicans, speaker of the house john boehner and mitch mcconnell support his plan to create jobs. john boehner is from ohio. the president is coming to the bay area on monday. we will have coverage and all -- in all of our new casts, beginning at 4:00 a.m. and we will stream his town hall meeting on www.kron.com and on our facebook page. >>> we have big changes coming this weekend, thunderstorms and rain for the bay area. i will tell you where the threat is coming up in a bit. >>> also, chunkings of space junk could reenter earth's atmosphere in less than an hour. where nasa believes the pieces could hit. >>> we told you more changes were coming to facebook last night, tonight we know how your profile will be effected. >>> and we are on elimination watch. day two. the giants trying to keep their playoff hope said alive. -- hopes alive. that's later in sports. [ cow mooing ] ♪ [ female announcer ] there's no need to produce foods yourself to be sure they're 100% natural. ♪ now there's open nature foods from safeway. no preservatives, no artificial a

mitch mcconnell wants to see president obama defeated.dent wants to see the senate remain a democrat. that is their ultimate goal. somewhere somebody has to say, in the meantime we're going to do things for our country. he and i went back and forth. i was the majority leader and then we switched at least a couple of times. on occasion we would say, look, if we get this done there will be enough for both of us and our parties. one time we pushed an issue together when our conferences or against it. >> the patriot act. >> you read the article in the "a washington post." they thought it was going too far. tom was getting into resistance in his caucus. we had a conversation and agreed we would meet on the floor of the senate in calling on the floor and get a gun. we did and it wound up passing 98-2. the important thing was we needed to get it done. it was the aftermath of 9/11. you could argue about the details but it is important to get things done so are intelligence community can get things done. >> when mitch mcconnell said that i was gri

that's mitch mcconnell's home state. look, i want to be very clear. if campaign-related pressures are getting this white house to do the right thing, so be it. you know, again, overwhelmingly independent voters, democratic voters, even republican voters do not want to cut vital benefits and do want strong investment in jobs. so i think that the more this president takes this debate outside of washington, keeps the pressure on republicans to cave, that's a winning strategy for him and that both helps him policy wise and for the election. >> msnbc contributor jonathan capehart and now de facto presidential adviser adam green, co-founder of the progressive change campaign committee. thank you both very much for joining me tonight. >> thanks, lawrence. >>> stay with us for more on the obama jobs bill. and in the rewrite tonight, i'll tell you exactly how congress will try to rewrite the bill and how the president might have to rewrite his new campaign slogan. >>> and, coming up, why rick perry's realistic stance on immigration and border issues could doom

the day after he won the primary, the two, you know, mitch mcconnell and rand paul were arm in the arm, and they were saying that's the past, we've got to move forward to make sure this guy crosses the finish line. and, unfortunately, that didn't happen in delaware. but it's got to happen in order for us to win in 2012. so that's the message that i hope that people can take away with them by reading this book. i tried to tell the story of how i got involved in politics and, um, what made me embrace the principles that i did and why i chose to become a republican. and i told it in a way that some political advisers have said was a little too honest, i probably shouldn't have admitted some things, but i did that, again, um, so that the reader can relate. because it's not about how many mistakes we've made or if we've ever fallen because you simply cannot pretend to be perfect. it's too exhausting and too weary to keep up that facade. we're human. but what it's about is about whether you get back up again, whether you're willing to own up to your mistakes and whether you're willing to cor

mitch mcconnell blasted the plan saying veto threats, tax hikes and phantom savings and punting is not a recipe for economic or job growth or meaningful deficit reduction. >> the pentagon says the military is ready for the official lifting of the legal ban on gays serving openly. the bank will officially end at one minute after midnight. at that time, revised defense department regulations will take effect to reflect the new law allowing gays to serve openly. defense secretary panetta is expected to discuss the change tomorrow at a news conference. >>> new study that focuses on whooping cough cases bolsters the idea that students need to have regular vaccinations. the study shows whooping cough shots fade in effectiveness after three years. last friday, several bay area schools held free clinics to insure every student meets the new mandate requiring whooping cough vaccines for 7 to 12th graders. the rule is in response to last year's spike in cases. >>> now a medical advancement that may alter how doctors taken and treat cancer in women. doctors can look at ovarian cancer tumors. jim

one that happens to span the home states of speaker john boehner and senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. a fact mcconnell commented on yesterday on the senate floor. >> president obama may think the best way to distract people from the challenges we face is to stand near a bridge in a swing state and pit one group of americans against another. and hope his critics look bad if they don't go along with him. but i don't think he's fooling anybody. >> well, nbc's kristen welker is in cincinnati for us. kristen, i got to ask you, we're already hearing the republican pushback this morning. they said, hey, this bridge isn't shovel ready. and it may not be until 2015 that any actual work could get done on this bridge. but, clearly, the setting is what the white house cares about. >> that's right. it's all about the setting right now, chuck. you can see behind me the brent spence bridge. the president's going to use it as a backdrop to try to sell his jobs plan to make the case that if congress passes his jobs bill, the infrastructure projects like this one will get fixed. check this out. to you

republican mitch mcconnell is making a point will has made many times on this show.obs act about real job creation or short-term stimulus that's only going to add to deficits. >> actually both. the reality you just saw from mitch mcconnell is an illustration of what's wrong with washington. conflict works in politics. that's,000 they got there through conflict. the economy doesn't work through conflict, only cooperation. ultimately we're not going to see any real progress in terms of job growth or stimulus to the economy unless there is more cooperation. ultimately it's up to the american people to demand it. >> the economy is not working but everyone disagrees how to get it working again. let's talk about taxes. one of the things the president would like to do, something called the buffet rule named for the billionaire, who says washington has coddled rich people like him too long he doesn't pay enough in taxes. it centered on the wealthy paying more, also allowing bush era tax cuts to expire for the wealthiest. republicans say class warfare. you've heard this this

guest: mitch mcconnell said that to my own publication. biggest priority is to defeat president obama. he is gone and that quote from back at him a lot of times since then. he is unusually honest in discussing his political copulations, perhaps been more honest than others thinking about the electoral landscape in 2012. host: next up is baltimore, maryland. caller: i keep hearing people describe the government or congress as dysfunctional and irrational. when i go shopping, i look on the door and they said a drug test their employees and these of the people stalking our shelves. and i have friends the work for the government and they are all drug tested also. i am wondering why it is that the people that are acting this way and have so much of our destiny in our hands are not being required to a voluntary drug-testing themselves. maybe we have an elephant in the room that would explain the reason that congress behaves. they are only human. this is a societal problem. why not require congress to be drug tested? and that is all. host: one of

and the senate leaders, bipartisan leaders, senator harry reid for the democrats and mitch mcconnell, minority leader for the republicans, they reached an agreement to continue funding for the government for another seven weeks, and then the senate quickly approved it last night. now it will go to the house, which is expected to approve it, although there might be some complications in the next few days. >> the house wants to come in and approve a short-term measure. when will that happen? >> we are talking about two separate bills. one, the short-term bill, was extended for four days, from october 1, the start of the fiscal year, this saturday, and it will go for four days until the following tuesday. the second bill would extend for another seven weeks, until november 18, just before thanksgiving. in theory, the house could pass the seven-week bill and the four-day bill would become a moot point. the plan is that the house would take of the four-day bill when it meets this thursday, day after tomorrow. in what had been scheduled to be a pro forma session. in that theory, it will rem

mitch mcconnell and john boehner, dealmakers. >> that's how you get to be a leader. >> mitch mcconnell, get rid of earmarks. are you crazy. >>> but can they stand up to the tea party. >> i love it. >> couldn't make the deal. >> they're engaging. >> military warfare? they call that -- >> close encounters for of the third kind. >> at a time -- that would be bad. >> eugene robinson and davis corn, have a nice weekend, even though it's the 9/11 weekend. >>> still learning what did and didn't happen behind the scenes of 9/11. behind the scenes in the bush, cheney white house that day. talking to guests there with president bush and with vice president cheney when we were under attack. finding out what happened in those rooms. this is great tick tock, as we say. you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. pxpñpñ >>> report of a terror threat on the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks stepped up concerns around the country. but our nbc news/"wall street journal" poll out this week findings the number of americans that say we're safer now is on the rise. 42% say we're safer than before 9/11.

mitch mcconnell looks stunned and fat like a guy who just saw a dog with wheels instead of back legs roll by. and john mccain has the look of a man who had no idea the play he was watching would feature so much full frontal male nudity. puppetry of the penis. i thought the focus would be on the puppetry. so the president was on a roll. of course we've become accustomed to obama acquiescing to republican legislative intransyents. what's his strategy. >> you should pass this jobs plan right away. pass this jobs bill and we can put people to work rebuilding america. pass this bill. pass this jobs bill. pass this bill right away. pass this jobs bill. pass this bill. pass this bill right away. >> jon: you can repeat it all you want. it's not really.... >> pass this jobs bill. >> jon: in this political climate.... >> pass this jobs bill. >> jon: touche. that was thursday night. the next day, obama heads out to sell the bill with a huge rally-- and i thought this was a nice touch-- eric cantor's home district. this morning he does the whole rose garden ceremony with a hundred of his closest

of ohio, where he pushed the american jobs act in front of an aging bridge that connects to mitch mcconnell'spublicans in congress to stand in the way of more construction projects. there's no reason to stand in the way of more jobs. mr. boehner, mr. mcconnell, help us rebuild this bridge. help us rebuild america. help us put construction workers back to work. pass this bill. >> the president also gleefully answered the republicans' accusation that his policy proposals are class warfare. >> they say, well, this is class warfare. you know what? if asking a billionaire to pay their fair share of taxes, to pay the same rate as a plumber or a teacher is class warfare, then you know what? i'm a warrior for the middle class. i'm happy to fight for the middle class. i'm happy to fight for working people. because the only -- the only warfare i've seen is the battle against the middle class. >> there will surely be more talk of class warfare at the republican debate tonight in florida. president obama won florida in 2008 with 51% of the vote. he beat john mccain by roughly 230,000 votes. but it will b

the home states of speaker of the house john boehner and senate republican leader mitch mcconnell, obama urging the republicans to pass the bill to rebuild this bridge and rebuild america. the president faces an uphill battle in getting the $447 billion plan passed in congress. delegations from the united states and other western countries walked out of the u.n. general assembly during iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad's speech yesterday. in his address, ahmadinejad said that the 9/11 attacks were a pretext for the wars on iraq and afghanistan and blamed the u.s. for several global problems including the financial crisis. we're going to check the overseas markets and take a look at the u.s. futures when we come back. and also, lou dobson of the fox business network sits down with a leading member of congress. we'll be right back. never look a howler monkey in the eye. fried ants are delicious. really. my students actually ended up teaching me. (foreign language) you think managing a sales team is tough... try working with five different villages. after two months i was ready to quit,

one end of the bridge is in senate minority leader district mitch mcconnell, his home state of kentucky in cincinnati, a few miles outside john boehner's ohio district, the speaker. the almost 50-year-old bridge is in such bad shape, the president has called it functionally obsolete. the plans for rebuilding it are under way. but the funding isn't there yet. it will cost an estimated $2.4 billion. so far, they have $51 million ready to go. the president's plan would help fund the project and create construction jobs at the same time. republicans claim they're in favor of improving infrastructure, but they have already come out against the president's plan to actually get it done. joining me now is wendell young, he is a member of the cincinnati ohio city council and the chairman of the brent spence safety commission. mr. young, great to have you with us tonight. i think when the president shined a light on this bridge, every american was saying, okay, how dangerous is this bridge? tell us about it. >> well, thank you so much. i'm glad to be here. i'm just thrilled that president obama's

. >> senate republican leader mitch mcconnell says a massive tax hike is not a recipe pour growth or even meaningful deficit reduction. confrontation with republicans over deficit reduction measures could affect deliberations on obama's economic stimulus bills worth $447 billion. >>> now a recap of the latest market figures. >>> that is all for business this hour. now it's back to catherine. >> thanks very much, ai. >>> magnitude 6.9 earthquake killed least 60 people in india be a nepal and china. it shook the him him layian state in india. it caused buildings to collapse. 47 people died and more than a hundred others were hurt. the full extent of the damage is not yet known. rain is preventing helicopters from conducting aerial surveys. in neighboring nepal at least six people died. china's news agency says the quake killed seven people. the indian government sent military units to the areas. rescuers are having a hard time because mud and rocks are blocking roads. more than 600,000 people live in the state. the areas near the home of the tea producing hub and other tourist destinat