and i'd get in the airplane, and mrs. biden, literally, would tape on the bulkhead of the chair of the seat in front of me in the airplane a picture o a an g w? hrase rot elected vice president, we have a family dinner christmas eve, and my granddaughter, my number three granddaughter got up and id, pop, we've got a prize for you. [ausin they broug chamy sha gelected vice president to get a dog. and so i don't know what your mommy's ing to make you do. [laughter] to get a dog. [laughter] do you have one? what kind of dogo u h htw [inaudible] and a miniature. schnauzer. >> oh, that's cool, man. two dogs. okay. yes, honey, you have- you want to tell me something or mrs. biden somethi? inbl >> oh, that's a shame. that sometimesappens. sometimes happens to dogs. well, you're all so gd, and you know what? i think they've got som f anen, mng rns ck to jill, and i thank you very, very much for your hospitality. folks, thank you so much. and to all those of you who serve, god lovea. wee lyealld y ou y yo tst icer oduced. thank you. >>

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. >> mr. biden? >> no. >> you got a little different treatment than mr. crane. i yield to the gentleman from the ranking member from ohio. >> thank you very much. i want to go back to the e-mail that you discussed. goes right to bank of america because the only party to this e-mail that is not provided public testimony in its loan program is bank of america. the impact and import of this particular memo which you've sited as matter of concern, we really don't understand it until we get bank of america's perspective. i would just like to ask my friend if there's way that you and i could work together to that they be invited to come in and explain their point of view about this. could we see if we could work together. would you consider? >> definitely consider that. that's something we need to think about. >> in listening to this discussion and my friend, mr. kelly, has a way of continuing to hammer home about the benefits that are going to some at the exclusion of others. that's a valid question. always is in this town. as you were talking x one of the things tha

. >> mr. biden? >> no. >> wow. you got a little different treatment than mr. crane. understand. with that, i yield to the gentleman from -- the ranking member from ohio. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i want to go back to the e-mail that you just discussed. here again, it goes right to the bank of america. because the only party to this e-mail that has not provided public testimony in the loan program is bank of america. now, the impact and import of this particular memo, which you cited as a matter of concern, we really don't understand it until we get bank of america's perspective. so i would just like to ask my friend if there's a way that you and i could work together -- >> sure. >> -- to see if bank of america, and for that matter goldman sachs, who is on another program, that the guys at the top, that they be invited to come in to explain their point of view about this. could we see if we could work together, and would you consider -- >> i would definitely consider that. i appreciate the ranking member bringing that up. i think in light of what we've uncovered today

obama and mrs. biden for their efforts toward the veterans.nnot forget about our veterans and the ridiculous war that there were sent to and the families that have suffered. the one thing i have to say, and i do not know that mrs. romney and knows about this, but there was a very short commercial by one of her sons who said our mother has raised five of us with no help. i think it also said that maybe someone came in once a week. now, i'm sure they lived in a 20-room house. don't tell me she scrubbed of the bathrooms by herself every day. if she knew about that, i think she should come forward and say that her son was mistaken. if she didn't know about it, of course, it is not her fault. but i cannot believe she had no help. host: thank you. this morning, jan writes on twitter. ronald lauder out there. she appears more normal and a likable than mitt. one other comment from joe on twitter. thank you for the tweets. keep sending them in. of tissue in the the the from ann -- i want to show you a little bit from ann romney's parents' restaurant. [

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. >> mr. biden? >> no, sir. >> wow. so you got a little different treatment than mr. crane, but understand. all right. with that, i would yield to the gentleman, the ranking member from ohio. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i want to go back to the e-mail that you discussed. here again it goes right to bank of america because the only party to this e-mail that has not provided public testimony regarding its involvement in the loan program is bank of america. now, the impact and import of this particular memo which you've cited as a matter of concern we really don't understand it until we get bank of america's perspective. so i would just like to ask my friend if there's a way that you and i could work together to see if bank of america and, for that matter, goldman sachs who's on another program, that the guys at the top, that they be invited to come in to explain their point of view about this. i mean, is there -- could we see if we could work together. would you consider -- >> definitely consider that, and i appreciate the ranking member bringing it up. i thin

obama and mrs. biden for their efforts toward the veterans.e cannot forget about our veterans and the ridiculous war that there were sent to and the families that have suffered. the one thing i have to say, and i do not know that mrs. romney and knows about this, but there was a very short commercial by one of her sons who said our mother has raised five of us with no help. i think it also said that maybe someone came in once a week. sure they lived in a 20-room house. don't tell me she scrubbed of the bathrooms by herself every day. if she knew about that, i think she should come forward and say that her son was mistaken. if she didn't know about it, of course, it is not her fault. but i cannot believe she had no help. host: thank you. this morning, jan writes on twitter. ronald lauder out there. she appears more normal and a likable than admimitt. one other comment from joe on twitter. thank you for the tweets. keep sending them in. of tissue in the the the from ann -- i want to show you a little bit from ann romney's parents' restaurant. [v

. >> did you talk to the white house chief of staff or mr. biden? >> no. you got different treatment from mr. crane, but i and the stand. i yield to the gentleman from ohio. >> thank you very much. i want to go back to the email that you discussed. again it goes right to the bank of america, because the only party to this e-mail that has not provided public testimony regarding its involvement in the loan program is bank of america. the attack and import of this particular memo which you cited as a matter of concern, we really did not understand it until we get bank of america's perspective. i would like to ask my friend if there is a way that you and i could work together to see if bank of america and for that matter goldman sachs -- the guys at the top -- that they be invited to come in to explain the point of view about this. could we see if we could work together -- which to consider that? >> yes, i could consider that, and i appreciate the ranking member bringing that up today. >> i want to also say in listening to this discussion, and my friend come mr

mr. obama, vice-president joe biden jr. and the director of the central intelligence agency, leon panetta, considered whether slowing the progress of iran's efforts had been fatally compromised. there is a universe of people in the room there. you would expect some of their aides as well? >> i would think there would be others, including the national security adviser in the room eye would assume. but that's something we need to find out because those are direct quotes, as you know from what actually happened. >> greta: in fact, next paragraph has the quote, president obama, should we shut this thing down? meaning what the president is talking about, about a national security matter is in the public domain, in the new york times? >> all i can say is that every indication leads to the conclusion, or the substantive to the belief that these leaks came from the highest levels, that's all i can assume. i am not i that that is the case. that's why we need the investigation. but you know, whenever there are leaks in this town. and

mr. barrasso: yesterday vice president biden and other obama administrations hosted taunt, an opportunity to highlight the transparency of college costs. they said these schools were committed to providing key information financial information to all of their students starting next year. madam president, once again transparency took a back seat to politics. in fact, the white house, the white house failed, failed to level with college students about important financial information including how the president's health care law is going to make it harder for many students in terms of their ability to get health insurance through their universities. earlier this week the real story came out, and i will tell you, madam president, it's discouraging. i continue to come to the floor week after week with a doctor's second pitbull opinion -- second opinion about the mchealth care law because i think the health care law is bad for patients, the providers, the nurses and doctors who take care of the patients, terrible for our taxpayers. i don't think i realized i started doing these second opinions

biden. eventually, eventually the process must work because a senior administration official said that the number of civilians killed if drone strikes in pakistan under mr. obama was in the single digits. that's impressive. because those bombs are huge. and the administration has developed a brilliant system foreign suring that those building engulfing explosions don't kill noncombatants. they just count all military aged males in a strike zone as combatants. they reason that al qaeda is an isolated maniacal group so anyone with them is probably al qaeda. the same way that anyone at comiccon is probably a virgin. now-- folks (applause) >> stephen: now, this isn't just the president executing innocent people around the world by fiat. there is an appeals process. the men are considered terrorists unless there is explicit intelligence posthumously proving them innocent. in which case, i assume, there is a legal process that unkills them. (laughter) now best of all, keeping keeping civilian casualties down by saying the civilians don't really exist could solve the president's gitmo problem once and for all. because you know that place is full of? it is full

mr. boring will choose somebody equally boring. >> you have to admit, though, the thought of biden/christie debate is entertaining and amusing, just thought of it. >> ain't nobody voting for the vice president, they're voting for the presidential race. >> this is a good one. thanks to both of you, and they'll be back. next, a showdown at the o.k. core ral. we go to tombstone, arizona where there's a fight over one of the most appreciate items on planet. >>> there will not be a triple crown winner this year. just a day before the belmont i'll have another scratched. i was there when it happened, and i was with the horse's owner. that's coming up. >>> our third story "outfront." a showdown at the o.k. corral. the old west town of tombstone, arizona is again the site of a fierce feud. on one side of the city, on the other the federal government. the two are in a fight over one of the most precious and fought-over commodities on earth, water. we sent martin savidge in the arizona wilderness to find out who will win the water war. >> come on, now. not what i want. >> tombstone loves a good showdown. at the o.k. corral there's one twice

mr. acraman, please please excuse tyler, he was with me, president obama. >> the smart money says that's not going to be a problem. >>> congratulations tonight to vice president joe biden's daughter, ashley blazer biden. she married dr. howard cain. the two died the knott where she was baptized. it consisted of 200 people described as close family and friends. >> the original space shuttle prototype was on the move today. a crane lifted enterprise on to a barge to prepare it for its journey to the intrepid. tomorrow, that barge will take enterprise across new york harbor to port elizabeth, new jersey. on tuesday, a tug boat will move the shuttle to the aircraft carrier. >> still to come, our weekly look at restaurants that might want to cross off the list. first, it's not all fun and games at the diamond jubilee. a look at some of the security coming up next. [ mechanical humming ] [ male announcer ] we began with the rx. ♪ then we turned the page, creating the rx hybrid. ♪ now we've turned the page again with the all-new rx f sport. ♪ this is the next chapter for the rx. this is the next chapter for lexus. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> bells could be heard all

mr. jonah goldberg. >> hi, everybody, good morning. it's great to be here. i'm happier than helen thomas as a hamas rally to be here. [ laughter ] i'm happier than joe biden onhis conference was to be america at a crossroads, and it's worth noting in 2008 we were told america was at a crossroads as well and when we elected president obama, that we had made our choice and committed to a certain road. we were told, in fact, that we were going to have a not just a new, new deal but a new 40-year progressive era. it didn't happen, if you hadn't noticed but at the time in, i remember in 2009 i used to speak to free market liberty loving groups and people. i might as well have been speaking at a klingon wedding or to a civil war re-enactment society. everyone was so convinced that the world had gone the other way, and that we were in store for a long, new progressive era, and that's not what happened. the left came in expecting to exploit an economic crisis w a mantra they openly said one of the most cynical things said in american politics, a crisis is a terrible thing to waste. they moved in a strong direction to the left under the principle there's nothing wron

mr. boring will choose somebody equally boring. >> you have to admit though, you have to admit though, the thought of biden/christie debate is entertainingut ain't nobody voting for the vice president. they're voting for the president. >> i don't know. we'll see. this is a good one. thanks so much to both of you. they'll be back. >>> next a showdown at the ok corral. we take you outfront to tombstone, arizona, where there is a fight over one of the most precious items on the planet. >>> there will not be a triple crown winner this year. just a day before the belmont i'll have another scratched. i was there when it happened and i was with the horse's owner. i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection, and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> our third story outfront, a showdown at the ok corral. tonight, the old west town of tombstone, arizona, which was made mistoric by the historic gunfight

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biden. >> it's been a good hearing, mr. chairman and we've had a week of call purchase to test this is going to be to actually write a bill. let me start if i will for the last five years, i worked with two thoughtful conservatives here in the senate. senator gray and now senator coats and senator begich produce an actual tax reform bill. it is modeled after the 86 legislation weekly note a lot of the clutter, hold down the rate can make rate maquis maquis progressivity and has been scored by a joint committee on taxation because essentially generating revenue. one of the typeface parts of actually sitting down and senator gregg and i spent a week after week for almost two years dealing with these issues were talking about here today. the energy question. and i came to this discussion saying, hiring a point we've heard this morning that natural gas is a huge strategic american advantage. people understand that rated the get-go. we ought to be talking about renewable since renewables target forget to get mention in hydropowe

event and on friday vice president joe biden will visit orlando to deliver a keynote address at that conference. i'm joined now by mesa, arizona mayor scott smith. mryor, great to have you with us. as we know from last week president obama argued that it's the public sector that has the attention of his administration right now not so much the private sector when he is comparing and contrasting the two and fixing that is going to help bring america back to the prosperity. that means that you and the collective leaders that you're meeting with right now, the pressure is on to figure out how your municipalities can do better. is that the top of the agenda of what this four-day conference represents? >> not really. we always concentrate on how we can do better providing base services. one thing the mayors have learned to do is live with the resources that we have. at the city level you found innovation, creativity, mayors that have stepped up and dealt with what we call our new reality, which is we live in a world which doesn't have the same level of resources we did a few years ago. and cities i think have done a great job of adapting to that and of

biden. president barack obama on december 1st, 2008. 1997 mr. volcker was named by president clinton to be the deputy attorney general the first african-american to be a point of the post. prior to that he served as the u.s. attorney of mexico 1988 mr. was nominated by president reagan to become an associate judge of the superior court of the district of columbia. mr. holder a native of new york city attended public school graduating from high school where he earned the regents scholarship he attended columbia college where he majored in american history graduating 1973 from columbia law school in 1976 the legal defense fund at the department of justice criminal defense. on graduating he moved to washington and joined the department of justice as part of the attorney general's honors program the and he was assigned the new reformed public integrity section in 1976 and was passed to investigate and prosecute official corruption of the local, state and federal level. he was a litigation partner in washington. mr. holder lives in washington with hi

mr. majority leader, that it was eric cantor who was appointed to the deficit task force that the president created, chaired by vice president joe biden, a bipartisan effort to try to deal with the deficit. and people will remember that there came a moment, after several weeks, when mr. cantor stood up and say said, i'm leav. literally walked out of this highest-level negotiation on deficit reduction, said "i want no part of it." well, we've got another walkaway here. eric cantor, the majority leader in the house, has announced that we're finished for business this year. there is nothing more we're going to do. to him, i guess that's an important responsibility. but to the rest of america, it is an abdication of responsibility, an abdication of responsibility. this morning, the chairman of the federal reserve, ben bernanke, appeared before the joint economic committee, and they wanted to talk to him about are what more could be done by the federal reserve in monetary policy dealing with interest rates to get the economy moving forward. it is a legitimate policy question. but if mr. bernanke could have turned the tablings for a moment,

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biden, et al. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. whitehouse: i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any relatd statements be printed in the record as though read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: i understand there are two bills at the deive and ask for their first reading en bloc. the presiding officer: the cloark will read the titles of the bills for the first time. the clerk: s. 3268, a bill to amend title 49 united states code to provide rights for pilots and for other purposes. s. 3269, a bill to provide that no united states assistance may be provided to pakistan until doctor shakil afridi is freed. the presiding officer mr. whitehouse: i ph now ask for a second reading and object to my own request en bloc. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the measures will be read for the second time on the next legislative day. mr. whitehouse: i ask unanimous consen

mr. morsi? >> well, look, the muslim brotherhood has always been an extremist organization. and his accession to the presidency is as vice president bidenht say a big deal. and it's not good news for the united states, it's probably not good news for israel, it's not good news for coptic christians inside egypt. what remains to be seen is the relationship between morsi and the muslim brotherhood and the egyptian military. and while they've allowed this election to go forward and morsi to be declared the winner, it is not at all clear at this point what the actual allocation of power will be once he takes office. megyn: you look through what this guy's -- now, he was educated here in america so, you know, he's got a western education. but he's gone on to talk about how his state, he believes the top priority should include spreading and protecting the religion of allah. he said that egypt can never be presided over by a non-muslim, it needs to be expressly an islamic state. you can't have any women, it has to be -- the presidency in egypt has to be restricted to muslim men. he talks about how they'll work together to implement sharia law

biden. president barack obama announced his intention to do this on december 1, 2008. in 1997, mr. holder was named by president clinton to be the deputy attorney general, the first african-american to be appointed to this post. prior to that, he served as u.s. attorney for the district of columbia. in 1988, mr. holder was nominated by president reagan to become an associate judge of the superior court of the district of columbia. mr. holder, a native of new york city, attended public schools there, graduating from stuyvesant high school, where he earned the regent scholarship. he attended columbia college, where he majored in american history and graduated in 1973. he graduated from columbia law school in 1976. while in law school, he clerked at the naacp department of justice criminal defense. upon graduating, he moved to washington and joined the department of justice as part of the attorney general's honors program. he was assigned the newly formed public integrity section in 1976 and was tasked to investigate and prosecute official corruption on the local, state, and federal l

mr. graham: if i may respond, i want to introduce into the record the letters written by senator obama and senator biden regarding asking for a special counsel. what's the difference? i guess the difference is we're supposed to trust democratic administrations, and you can't trust republican administrations. i guess that's the difference. it's the only difference that i can gleam here. certainly the subject matter in question, senator mccain, is as equal to or more serious in terms of how it's damaged the nation, and in terms of the structure of a special counsel, if you thought it was necessary to make sure the abramoff investigation could lead to high-level republicans, which it did, and if you thought the valerie plame needed special counsel to go into the white house because that's where it went, why do you not believe that that would help the country as a whole? appoint somebody we all can buy into. give them the powers of the special counsel. that's what you urged before when the shoe was on the other foot. this is a very, very big deal, and we're talking about serious criminal activity. apparentl

biden is about the only interesting thing going for the democratic ticket these days. the critics slam both president and romney of being out of touch with ordinary americans. that's because they are. mr. obama often comes off as ivy league professor and romney businessman. this makes it difficult to june up for the enthusiasm for the contest. where's the fun "where is the shear, heart-pounding, thrill going up the leg tingle that is the hallmark of a u.s. presidential race." simon points out u.s. politics has always been entertaining going back to george washington and abraham lincoln. with that in mind he suggests off the wall tickets that could bring excitement back to the race like hillary clinton, bill clinton, barack obama/michelle obama and last but not least, john edwards, roger clemens. you think we're liars? takes one to know one. here's the question, why is obama/romney so boring? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile and post a comment on my blog. or go to our post on "the situation room" facebook page. wolf. >> you're going to get a lot of comments on that one, jack. get ready. thank you. see you later this hour. >>> we're watching wall street right now where stocks took a major bea

mrs. bush could not have looked more beautiful. >> if there is a snapshot we are curious about the moment where joe biden turns around to our friendhat was said there do you. >> i was sitting next to carl there on the left. >> there is biden turning to carl. >> everybody was sitting down. and i could not hear him and i actually don't think carl heard him either. but i do think it was friendly. >> talking about food or something. >> i took carl as my date. basically we went in solidarity. as we were going to go through the receiving line i said carl, wait, should we go to this? we were walking in and president obama had a great line he said oh, carl rove, the guy who is trying to get my portrait up here early? >> that is a good line. >> it was sweet. then president and mrs. obama had a reception for all the people and friends and family that had gathered for president bush in the east room. i'm sure they are probably thinking when are these people leaving because they were dragging us out. it was fun to see some of those staff at the white house that we hadn't seen in three years. >> if only that tone. lasted about five minutes wha

former senator biden and former senator obama called for a special counsel in the case of valerie plame, a case for, far less severe as the implications of our national security are of concern. mr president, as i've said at the beginning of my comments, i've been around this town for quite awhile. i like the rest of our colleagues have never seen leaks of this nature at such a high level concerning ongoing covert operations. they deserve an investigation which will have credibility with the american people. that so far has not been forthcoming from this administration. mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. coburn: thank you. and i assume we're in morning business. because we're in morning business, i'm going to use that time to talk about four amendments that i have to the agricultural bill. i want to make one really, i think, acute observation to the american people on what's going on in washington. and the four amendments that i'll have on the agriculture bill, they're a symptom of the disease that's in front of our nation. this year we're going to run about $1.3 tri

mr. jonah goldberg. [applause] >> hi, i regret it, good morning. it is great to be -- hi, everyone, good morning. it is great to be here. i am happier than joe bidenlome. the theme of this coalition is the freedom of america at a crossroads. we would havet not just a new deal, but a new 40-year progressive era. it didn't happen. but, at that time, i remember coming in 2009, i might as well have been speaking at a clingon wedding or a civil war reenactment society. everyone was so convinced that the war -- but the world had gone the other way and we were in store for a long new progressive era and that is not what happened. they came in with the matter where they openly in said the most cynical thing ever said in america -- a crisis is a terrible thing to waste. exploited it. they moved the country in a strong direction to the left under the principle that there is nothing wrong with america, that being more like europe wouldn't fit. and now we're looking at europe and that idea doesn't look so hot. i think they will remain "the seascape from new york" as " escape from athens." according to the establishment, according to liberal academics, when am