her boyfriend, mr. byrd, was here falling asleep, had been watching television, maybe a movie then noticed at 1:00 p.m. that little marc had gone missing. he noticed this door was wide open and no marc. >> we are taking your calls live. unleash the lawyers. felony prosecutors specializing on crimes on children, eleanor odom, atlanta. veteran defense attorney renee rockwell and defense attorney peter odom, atlanta. first of all to you, renee rockwell, do you really believe that if this turns out to be the body of this 4-year-old child, marc anthony bookal, that mommy can also be charged? >> yes, of course she can, if she's got the knowledge he's been brutal and violent to her other children. not in the murder, nancy, but certainly some kind of endangerment or neglect. >> peter odom, you say no. >> i say for right now, nancy, we need to step back and identify the victim. this man has the right to due process, just like any other suspect. >> peter, peter, peter, what are you talking about? that's not even the q

nobody deserved to take him from me. >> mr. byrdent to jail over the physical treatment of his now 12-year-old son. why do you believe that he has nothing to do with the disappearance of this 4-year-old baby boy? >> because for one, he has a good relationship with marc. and for a child if he was being abused or whatever he would not go to that person. and my son is not a person to go to other people. he's -- >> well, what about the 1-year-old? what about the other little boy? didn't he have a good relationship with him? that was his blood relative, his own son. >> yes, he did. >> so what's the difference? you left your son alone with a man that has a history of beating a child. >> it wasn't a history of beating a child. it was reckless endangerment because he gave him a piece of candy and he choked ont and he tried to perform the heimlich maneuver which is not supposed to be performed on a child. >> we are taking your calls live. out to ikea, virginia. hi, dear. >> caller: hi, nancy. >> hi, dear. what's your question? >> caller: my

. >> mr. byrd was here falling asleep, he'd been watching television, he noticed this door was wide open and no marc. >> honestly, i think there's some foul play involved. >> law enforcement reportedly finding the remains in a wooded patch of land just blocks from marc's house. who's responsible for the murder of a cute and innocent 4-year-old boy? >> straight out to rupa mikkilineni there on the scene. rupa, what's happening? >> reporter: nancy, i'm here in the spot, in the area where 4-year-old marc bookal's body was found this morning, after police searched a wooded area. >> whoa, whoa. wait a minute. are you telling me they've made a positive i.d. of the little boy? we absolutely know it's him? >> reporter: nancy, i've spoken to the mayor and i've spoken to the chief of police as well as the pio here, newburgh police department. they believe that this is the body of marc bookal. they done have forensic confirmation yet, which is what they're waiting for tomorrow. >> continue. >> reporter: so hi

when the man that road reconciliation bid, mr. byrdhe does not think it should be used in this way, i don't see how the democrats can do that. and also, i am 100% service connected vietnam marine corps veteran. i'm on social security disability. we did not get a cola or a raise at all, but is it not true that the senate and the congress, if you don't bring up your cola raise and vote on it, you automatically get it? i will take my answer off. thank you. a host of the first point on senator robert byrd, -- host: the first point on senator robert byrd. putting health reform legislation freight trains through congress is an outrage that ought to be resisted. guest: issing putting it on a freight train should be resisted -- i think putting it on a freight train should be resisted. senator byrd of voted as part of the 60 votes to pass the health care bill. no one is suggesting that that is not the appropriate course to have followed. the question is, are there changes that could be made that comply with the rules of reconciliation that affe

i said," quoting robert byrd, "i said, mr.sident, i cannot in good conscience turn my face the other way. that's why we have a senate, to amend and debate freely. and that health bill, as important as it is, is so complex, so far reaching that the people of this country need to know what's in it." i mind you, the speaker of the house just said yesterday, if they pass the bill, then people would know what's in it. and moreover, mr. president, we senators need to know what's in it before we voavment and he accepted that. he accepted that. thanked me and said goodbye. i could not, i would not, and i did not allow that package to be handled in such a cavalier manner. it was the threat of the united states of the byrd rule. and he finally summarize and said, "reconciliation was never, never, never intended to be a sheeferld to be -- to be used as a shaled fo shield for controvel legislation." the senator from tennessee mentioned the process. i don't think the american people understand that if the house passes the bill, the senate

i said," quoting robert byrd, "i said, mr. president, i cannot in good conscience turn my face the other way. that's why we have a senate, to amend and debate freely. and that health bill, as important as it is, is so complex, so far reaching that the people of this country need to know what's in it." i mind you, the speaker of the house just said yesterday, if they pass the bill, then people would know what's in it. and moreover, mr. president, we senators need to know what's in it before we voavment and he accepted that. he accepted that. thanked me and said goodbye. i could not, i would not, and i did not allow that package to be handled in such a cavalier manner. it was the threat of the united states of the byrd rule. and he finally summarize and said, "reconciliation was never, never, never intended to be a sheeferld to be -- to be used as a shaled fo shield for controvel legislation." the senator from tennessee mentioned the process. i don't think the american people understand that if the house passes the bill, the sen

i said," quoting robert byrd, "i said, mr. president, i cannot in good conscience turn my face the other way. that's why we have a senate, to amend and debate freely. and that health bill, as important as it is, is so complex, so far reaching that the people of this country need to know what's in it." i mind you, the speaker of the house just said yesterday, if they pass the bill, then people would know what's in it. and moreover, mr. president, we senators need to know what's in it before we voavment and he accepted that. he accepted that. thanked me and said goodbye. i could not, i would not, and i did not allow that package to be handled in such a cavalier manner. it was the threat of the united states of the byrd rule. and he finally summarize and said, "reconciliation was never, never, never intended to be a sheeferld to be -- to be used as a shaled fo shield for controvel legislation." the senator from tennessee mentioned the process. i don't think the american people understand that if the house passes the bill, the sen

byrd, presidet pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: mr. president, we're going to move directly to the bill. if senator mcconnell, of course, wishes to speak, he has that right. we're going to move to h.r. 4213, the tax extenders act. last night we were able to reach an agreement on the next amendments in order. those amendments will be offered soon, and i hope that we'll be able to reach agreements to vote in relation to the pending amendments. mr. president, we're going to offer one, senator murray, senator sanders will offer one, and then there will be two republican amendments. now, mr. president, we have to clear the decks. there will be no more amendments until we make some arrangement to dispose of what has already been laid down. we have three of these, four more, that means seven amendments, so -- as i repeat, there will be two democratic amendments this morning, two republican amendments. that will mean a total of seven amendments. and we have to -- we're going to take a pause then and try to get rid of some of these and voting o

mr. gregg: there are two points of order available. one is the byrd point of order.at section would go out of the bill. so people who are interested in that section, who use that section as a reason for justifying for the bigger bill, that section would not survive. so they would have been sold a bill of goods. the second point of order would take down the whole bill and lose its reconciliation protections which would mean that the bill would require 60 votes to pass here and i can absolutely guarantee you it would not get 60 votes to pass. that bill would be dead, the entire reconciliation bill. again, people relying on the reconciliation bill in the house of representatives, house members on the democratic side who are being told, well, we'll fix it in reconciliation, may well be being sold a bill of goods if it's determined that some of these reconciliation language affects social security. because it's very likely that the entire bill will go down here in the senate because it will violate our senate rules. corn con may i follow -- mr. cornyn: may i followup with

byrd, presidet pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will resume consideration of the tax extenders bill. there will be no roll call votes today. the next vote will be tuesday morning. mr. president, we had a good, hard week working on this legislation dealing with the tax extenders' expiring provisions, cobra, unemployment compensation, fmap. so that those watching don't think this is some kind of a coded message, these are very important provisions. tax extenders are measures that come at the end of the year. many of them should be extended for much longer than a year, but we're in a moment now of paying for things, and as a result of that, we don't have the money to do it for more than a year. expiring provisions are very important issues. they deal with satellite tv, which is important to about a million and a half people in america. many in the rural west depend on this. unemployment compensation. today is a big day in america. only 36,000 people lost their jobs today, which is really

byrd, presidet pro tempore. mr leader. mr. reid: there is a bill at the desk.n act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title 2 of the current reconciliation of the budget. mr. reid: i ask further reing t amendment b waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, it is my understanding the republican leader wishes to be recognized at this time. republican leader. i would ask -- i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: majority leader. mr. reid: i ask the quorum call be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: aree in a quorum call? the presiding officer: no, we're not. mr. mcconnell: i understand there are two bills at the desk and i ask for their first reading en bloc. the presiding officer: without objection, the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 3152, a bill to repeal the patient protection and affordable care act. s. 315

byrd, presidet pro tempore. mr. reid: following morning business, we'll turn to morning business until 11:00 this morning. republicans will control the first half, the majority will control the second half. following morning business, the senate will resume consideration of h.r. 4213, the tax extenders bill. there will then be a series of up to four roll call votes in relation to the amendments to the bill. those votes will start at 11:00. following the series of votes, the senate will recess until 2:15 p.m. in order to accommodate the weekly caucus meetings. at 2:30, the senate will proceed to a cloture vote on the substitute amendment. as a reminder, the filing deadline for accepting new amendments is 12:00 noon today. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, the debate over health care has been going on for a long time now. it's easy to lose sight of where we started, so i would just like to remind people today of what this debate was supposed to be

byrd, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: mr. majority leader. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the journal of proceedings be approved to date and the morning hour expired. i understand there are three bills at the desk due for their second reading the presiding officer: the clerk will read the bills for the second time. the clerk: h.r. 4872, an act to provide for reconciliation pr siewnt to title 2 -- pursuant to title 2 of the fiscal year 2010 budget, s. con. res. 2013. s. 1592, a bill to repeal the patient protection and affordable care act. s. 3153, a bill to provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president, i would object to any further proceedings en bloc to those three bills. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the three bills will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: mr. president, i now move to proceed to h.r. 4872, and i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? mr. mcconnell: mr. presid

byrd, presidet pro tempore. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will resume consideration of the tax extenders legislation. today we'll continue work through the remaining amendments to the bill. senators will be notified when votes are scheduled. there should be some this morning. mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: madam president, the american people are asking us to start over on health care. they are asking us to scrap the massive bills democrats have been trying to force on them. they want us to focus on cost instead. that has been their clear message now for over a year. but yesterday, democrats in washington said they know better. the president and his allies in congress made up their minds to turn aside any pretense of bipartisanship and plow ahead on a partisan bill. a partisan bill, by the way, that americans don't want. in a last-ditch effort to get their way, they stake themselves to a flawed vision of reform over the wishes of the publ

byrd, presidet pro tempore. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the albuquerque will call the roll. -- the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i have a few things to say, but it's my understanding the distinguished senator from maine wishes to make a unanimous consent request, and i would yield to her for that purpose. ms. collins: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: thank you, madam president, and i thank the distinguished democratic leader. madam president, on my own behalf and on behalf of numerous members of the republican caucus who have expressed concerns to me, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.r. 4691, with one hour of debate equally divided between the leaders or their designees, and that fo

byrd, presidet pro tempore. rei mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will turn to a period of morning business until 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. senators during this time will be allowed to speak for up to ten minutes. the majority will control the first 30 minutes, republicans will control the next 30 minutes. at 2:00 p.m., the senate will resume consideration of h.r. 4213, the tax extenders legislation under an agreement reached last night, all postcloture debate time will be yielded back and the substitute amendment will be agreed to. the senate will then proceed to a cloture vote on the underlying bill. if cloture is invoked, all postcloture debate time will be yielded back and the senate will then proceed to vote on passage of the bill as amended. we continue to work on an agreement to begin consideration of the federal aviation administration re-authorization bill today. mr. president, the bill s. 3092 is at the desk. i understand it's due for a

byrd, president pro tempore. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks #-rbgs the senate will proceed to a period of morning business until 12:30. senators will be allowed to feck for up to 10 minutes each with the time between 10:30 equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. that the time from 10:30 until 12:30 equally divided with the majority controlling the first half of that time, and the republicans controlling the second half. the senate will recess from 12:30 until 2:15 p.m. to allow for the weekly caucus loons p. luncheons. when the senate resumes consideration at 2:15, it will resume consideration of the f.a.a. reauthorization legislation. senators should be prepared for roll call votes this afternoon in relation to the f.a.a. bill. and the reason i talk about the time equally divided and controlled between democrats and republicans, according to how long senator mcconnell might takers it may not be a full two hours. so it'll be very close thereto, though. madam president, i und

byrd, presidet pro tempore. mr. reide :esiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: today the senate will resume consideration of the health care and education reconciliation act. roll call votes are expected to occur throughout the day. the vote-a-rama, as it's become known, will begin sometime this afternoon. mr. president, it's my understanding that s. 3158 is at the desk and due for second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 3158, a bill to require congress to lead by example and freeze its own pay and fully offset the cost of the extension of unemployment benefits and other federal aid. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i would object to any further proceedings with respect to the bill. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the bill will be placed on the calendar. under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of h.r. 4872, which the c will report. the clerk: calendar number 331, h.r. 4872, an act to provide for reconciliatio

byrd, presidet pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: mr. president, last thursday my wife was involved in a violent car accident. we often say the senate is a family. i'm reminded of it time and time again when both triumph and tragedy unite us. in the past few days i learned all over again just how close, how genuine and how meaningful that family is. the tremendous outpouring of support for my wife and daughter from people across nevada and the nation and from this senate family has deeply touched all of us. we received literally hundreds and hundreds of e-mails and phone calls. we really very much appreciate all the thoughts for landra and every prayer on her behalf. the kindness and concern, overwhelming and humbling. it was a close call, but we're grateful it wasn't worse and are confident she'll be making a full recovery. it won't be tomorrow or the next tkaeurbgs but she'll be -- next day, but she'll be back on her feet as soon as she can. landra and i have been married for almost 50 years. she is the strongest and most

byrd, presidet pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader.eid: following the leader remarks, there will be a period of morning business until 3:00 p.m. senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. at 3:00 p.m., we'll turn to the consideration of h.r. 4213, the tax extenders legislation. senator baucus will be recognized to call up the amendment. as previously announced, there will be no roll call votes today. the first vote of the week will occur at 12:15 p.m. tomorrow. that vote will be on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of barbara keenan to be a united states circuit judge for the fourth circuit. mr. president, there are two bills, i'm told, at the desk due for second readings. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 4626, an act to restore the application of the federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers. h.r. 4691, an act to provide a temporary extension of certain programs, and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president, i would object t

byrd, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will resume consideration of the hire act. there will be 10 minutes for debate equally divided and controlled between senators gregg and schumer or their designees. we expect senator gregg to make a budget point of order with respect to the bill. at approximately 9:45, the senate will proceed to a series of roll call votes. on h.r. 2547. the senate will resume consideration of the f.a.a. reauthorization. the senate will decrease from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. for a special disement caucus. when the senate reconvenes at 2:00 p.m., there will be a live quorum. the senate will consideration articles of impeachment of judge g. david portious of new orleans, louisiana. senators will be sworn & then senators are required to sign the book. consideration of amendments on the f.a.a. are expected throughout the day. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration

mr. lieberman: i introduce this amendment with senators collins of maine, byrd of west virginia, feinstein of california, voinovich of ohio, and ensign of nevada. its purpose is to reauthorize and, in fact, to save the opportunity scholarship program or o.s.p., for students here in the district of columbia. we are introducing our amendment to this legislation. and i use the word save, because without prompt action by congress, there is a reasonable probability that the o.s.p. program, the scholarship program, will not be just limited to the number of students who are in it now and, in fact, there haven't been any new students submitted in the last two years. but it will be doomed. as i explained here on the floor of the senate yesterday, the current administrator has advised secretary duncan that it will no longer -- the administrator being a corporation, an entity, that it will no longer administer the program without a reauthorization. no other entity has yet expressed a willingness to take over given the constraints imposed by congress so despite president obama's intent stated in -- hi

mr. president, this amendment that i rise to introduce has been cosponsored by a bipartisan group. i'm pleased to say senator collins of maine, byrd of west virginia, feinstein of california, voinovich of ohio and ensign of nevada. the purpose of this amendment is to reauthorize, literally to save the opportunity scholarship program, or o.s.p. -- some know it as the d.c. school voucher program. we are introducing our amendment to this legislation because without prompt action by congress, the o.s.p. program, i'm afraid, will end. the current administrator has advised secretary duncan that it will no longer administer the program absent a reauthorization. and no other entity has expressed a willingness to take over, given the constraints imposed by congress under the prevailing set of circumstances. so, despite the president's stated intent in his budget to continue the program if only for those students currently participating, even that will become impossible. this amendment, as i'll explain in a moment, will reauthorize this program for five years at essentially its current levels. as i will explain in a moment, it is working. i