mr. mccain: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: mr. president, just briefly, we've been through it before. in a nutshell, what the senator from utah has just said, that is if we pass legislation, if the house passes legislation that we will not go to conference unless certain conditions are imposed on those conferees that happen to be important to a group, a small group of the united states senators. obviously that will paralyze the process here. obviously you can predict the outcome. the senator from utah keeps talking about backroom closed-door deals, it's the process of the senate to appoint conferees and the house to appoint conferees, and those conferees come to agreement and then subject their agreement to an overall vote of both bodies. if the -- if the senator from utah wants to get rid of the -- quote -- "backroom" all of the other adjectives and adverbs that he used, then what is -- what is the process? what is the process? how do we reconcile legisla

mr. menendez: i'm always willing to allow senator mccain. mr. graham: senator mccain is recognized for five minutes. we'll do this by age. not quite a minute a decade. the presiding officer: the senior senator from arizona is recognized. mr. mccain: i thank the chair. and i hope the chair will note the disrespect being displayed for my age. this would never have happened in the coolidge administration in which i served. i would like to thank my dear friend lindsey graham for bringing this important resolution to the senate. resolutions happen all the time. this is a very important one and it wouldn't have happened without the leadership and support of the distinguished chairman of the foreign relations committee. i'd like to thank him for his continued leadership, including the passage of the resolution that was passed through the foreign relations committee yesterday concerning the situation in syria. mr. president, i would ask inclusion in the record three articles that i think are of importance for our colleagues. one is entitled -- "washingto

mr. mccain: mr.president, i ask unanimous consent that senators -- myself, senator levin, senator menendez, senator graham be allowed to speak in a colloquy for up to 40 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. mccain: and if it's greebl - agreeable to senator levin, i say to my colleague from south carolina, if we could each make a brief opening statement, or maybe a six-, seven-minute opening statement, and then have a colloquy amongst us, would that be agreeable to the senator from michigan? mr. levin: mr. president, it is agreeable to me. my statement will probably be about seven or eight minutes. i think -- i don't know how long senator menendez -- was he the fourth senator who i think is glgoing to participate -- how lg his statement will be, i think 40 minutes will be enough. mr. mccain: i thank my colleagues and i want to thank my dear friend from south carolina whose efforts on another issue -- that of benghazi -- has brought the attention of the american people to

mr. mccain: could i ask -- mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to engage in a colonel which. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. mccain: does that mean we would vote on this early on? ms. stabenow: i don't know the exact timing. there is no attempt to delay. we're just getting started, i'd be happy to work with you, we certainly not trying to postpone it to be the last thing. and we certainly can do it earlier rather than later. but we'd just like to have some flement to look at a group -- flexibility to look at a group of amendments that relate to the same subject area. but i absolutely am committing and i hope i can speak, i believe, on behalf of my ranking member, that we are committing to a vote on the amendment and want to work with you on the timing. mr. mccain: i thank the distinguished manager. since i have the floor, i would like to make a brief statement about the amendment, and i understand the objection and i would rely on the good offices of the manager of the amendment and the ranking member that we would have a vote fairly on, not as a las

mr. mccain: in an unprecedented way. that is we instruct the conferees. we don't require the conferees because that's why we appoint conferees and that's why we approve our disapprove the result of that conference. that's how our laws are made. and that's how our budgets are made. so what do we keep doing? what are we on my side of the aisle keep doing? we don't want a budget unless -- unless -- we put requirements on the conferees that are absolutely out of line and unprecedented. so all i say to my colleagues is, can't we after all those hours -- i forgot what hour in the morning it was -- after all those votes, after all that debate, after all that discussion and we came up with a budget and now we won't go to conference. why is that? so i'll object to the modification that the senator from kentucky just asked for in a moment, but i would first ask consent that the original request by the senator from washington include two motions to instruct the conferees, one related to the debt limit and one related to taxes. that's the way we should do business in

mr. mccain: i thank my colleague. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to include in the record a piece by senator casey called time to act in syria. it wasn the huffington post, "washington post" editorial entitled repercussions of inaction, "wall street journal" article u.s. has warned planned syria arms sale, and finally a piece by leon wieseltier that i >> in a few moments, the first congressional hearing looking into the bombings of the boston marathon. air force officials make their budget request on capitol hill and face questions on a sexual abuse reports. on a that, a house debate bill that would set debt priorities requiring the and at arst, bobby jindal fundraiser. that is live. coverage continues on 8:00 when rand paul speaks at the lincoln day dinner. >> post on 11, a lot more people cared about nasa security -- national security issues than was the case before. all of a sudden there was market for former cia folks. even former national security

mr. mccain what i'm saying is there is a recess. they're hope right now listening to their constituents. when they come back, they need to address those concerns very forthrightly. it won't pass the house, if they don't. >> do you have the juice to keep pushing it? >> it's an economic imperative. people kind of go, yes, yes, this makes sense. >> and the republican party has to decide whether it wants to write off the fastest growing, most prosperous immigrant group. 90% of black people vote across the republican party. >> for the country, it's a moral and economic imperative. >> for the country, it's an existential dilemma. this is a nation of immigrants. >> certainly, among conservatives, there are tremendous battles. just yesterday, he's gotten on board for immigration reform. you're seeing conserve tis really build momentum. >> and for the first time, you have the chamber of commerce and labor agreeing to work together on this. >> we've got to leave there. joe johns, appreciate your reporting there. >>> the athlete who broke a ba

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mr. mccain: i thank my colleague. mr.president, i ask unanimous consent to include in the record a piece by senator casey called time to act in syria. it was in the huffington post, "washington post" editorial entitled repercussions of inaction, "wall street journal" article u.s. has warned planned syria arms sale, and finally a syria arms sale, and finally a >> the situation in afghanistan and 78 and 79 was just how different it was from what we face today. many things are radically different. there are no radical leftist parties or secular parties at afghanistan today. that has all been pretty much wiped out but in the 1970s those were the powerful forces in afghanistan. the president from some of -- from much of the 70s was a secularist modernizer not unlike the shove iran. the calmness began trying to remodel society according to their own design in a quick they ran aground with that. the whole country rose up against them and that is what the soviets had to come in. what is amazing is the way that invasion and the al

mr. mccain, who is a senior member of the united states senate, to support the free syrian army is what loosedidea that russia will ship the s-300s. russia does not want us or the eu to harm the rebels. they do thought want the rebels to win. >> okay. why is mccain freelancing like that? >> a good question. i come right back at you, larry, this the presidential campaign of 2008 again? are we reviewing, bomb, bomb, bomb, iran? i can't explain the senator. he's a hero, a famous senator. he's one man. the national policy of the united states is far more important. it's incoherent, larry, i want to emphasize that, what i am told waiting to speak to you tonight from sources is fa moscow and jerusalem are of iagreement. washington is the outlier here. moscow and walk want the assad regime weakened and survived. the alternative is unacceptable. it's the jihad. it is washington reading the headlines. there is the quandary of russia's threat to ship the s-300s. there is no evidence they have been shipped. >> all i can say is i'm an amateur at this i adore john mccain. he's a great american. i think sen

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mr. mccain is jealous. >> stephanie: all right. billy thank you, honey.al story. i saw it on oprah winfrey show years ago. they have been missing for ten years -- again, and kidnapped separately. it was over the course of i believe four years -- >> yep. and there was no pattern, no rhyme or season just randomly kidnapped over four years. >> and then the neighbor who we love -- who i want to date and kiss and marry is hilarious and was able to break them out of there and called 911 and obviously knew -- she said i have been on the news. i have been missing for ten years. they obviously watched news reports about themselves during their captivity. one of them had a child, a six year old who was also removed from the home. this was the original 911 call which is just -- amanda berry's call to 911. >> 911. >> hello, police. help me. i'm amanda berry. >> do you need police fire, or ambulance? >> i need police. >> what is going on. >> i have been kidnapped and i have been missing for ten years. and i'm here. i'm free now. >> what is your address? >> 2207 seymou

mccain. >> thank thank you very much mr. chairman and i want to thank our witnesses who are here today, two expert witnesses professor harvey and professor shay and also i would like to express my pushy asian to the government witnesses and mr. sub four and is to executives who are here to defend their position and we will obviously listen very carefully to their testimony. i think it's important that all of us make it very clear the admiration that we hold for apple the incredible changes that apple has caused in our lives and the spread of information and the capabilities to share information and knowledge throughout the world has been phenomenal both by mr. cook and his predecessor mr. jobs. however, apples corporate tax credit strategy reflects a flawed tax system and it is a system that allows large multinational corporations to shift profits offshore to low tax jurisdictions. for years apple has opted to forgo fully can shoot adding to the u.s. treasury and to american society by shifting profits and circumventing u.s.

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concluded assad probably used chemical weapons, mccain says mr. lp the rebels militarily showes his so-called red line was, as mccain put it, drawn in invisible ink. >> the israelis seem to be able to penetrate it fairly easily. one thing i learn about some of our military leaders, they don't want to do something, they can invent way not to do it. we are capable of taking out -- with cruise missiles. >> the type of attack could provide the russians into the fight. secretary of state kerry, head toes moscow this week. >> shepard: let's bring in bill richardson now northerner u.s. bamboos to the united nations, former governor of the state of new mexico and one that is in the know. feels like we're changing here. >> well, what i think is happening is a calculation by israel that syria is not going to respond to israel's attacks on these sophisticated weapons, and i think that is a sound calculation. israel wants to defend itself. and i think what is also being shown, shep, is i think the president's reluctance on the redline is correct. we don't know

mr. mccain: madam president, before the senator from pennsylvania leaves the floor, i'd like to thank him for his forthright and courageous statement on the situation in syria. i thank him for his involvement and his commitment to freedom of the people of syria. madam president, today i'm introducing the television consumer freedom act of 2013. the legislation has three principal objectives: one, encourage the wholesale and retail unbundling of programming by distributors and programmers. in other words, allow the consumer -- television viewer -- who subscribes to cable to have a la carte capability. in other words, not required to buy a whole bunch of channels that that consumer may or may not -- that consumer may not wish to subscribe to. in other words, a la carte. you want to watch one television program, you can watch it. if you don't, you don't have to. the situation today obviously is far different from that. it would also establish consequences if broadcasters choose to downgrade their over-the-air service and eliminate the sports blackout rule for events that are held in publicly

mccain, of course. does this cruz have interest in governing contrary to what mr. christie just said?> no, i think ted cruz is much more representative where the republican party is right now, and that's why no less a voice than bob dole is saying this, things should be shut down for repairs. i think what's going on in new jersey today is instructive. it is a subject of bipartisan cooperation. it is state and federal cooperation. and then so you have the right wing criticizing this boardwalk bromance. i suspect it will just be a matter of days until darrell issa asks for an investigation into why president obama missed the five tosses into the football hoop. >> that has already been called for, as i understand it. we have news from darrell issa -- >> does this president have the motor coordination necessary to be president? >> yeah. ron, does this president have the motor coordination to be president? >> i'm sure he does. >> it's interesting, isn't it, ron? because if i can quote the congressional historians, thomas mann, they say the republican party has become an insurgent outlier.

mr. chairman. senator mccain. , mr. chairman. welcome the witnesses and ambassador night. on your many years of service. ambassador jones, i thank you for yours as well. we had a good meeting in my office. ambassador jones, a quick glance at the headlines in libya from the past several days a stark reminder that the transition to democracy remains rough and incomplete. i know to headlines from this defense minister ands over siege by gunmen despite what is happening, i continue to believe we can't get into the visitation dictation that our support for fordemocratic aspirations people in libya and elsewhere is not mistaken. i don't think we can resigned are that -- ourselves to the false belief that the arab be definedoomed to by terrorists. i conceived -- i continue to believe in freedom that has inspired millions of people to action. even the worst dictators can be overthrown and swept into history, where they belong. i am deeply concerned by the libyan parliaments vote on sunday to adopt a political isolation law and the ongoing siege of government ministries. the passag

on legislation he recently introduced regarding the pay-tv market so welcome back senator mccain and thank you mr. chairman. >> thank you. afore we hear from industry panel we would like to stand a very special welcome to senator mccain and former chairman of the full commerce committee and long-standing member of this committee and we are happy to hear your thoughts on the current state of video marketplace. senator mccain. >> thank you very much chairman pryor and ranking member flicker. i thank you for your warm words of welcome and it's great to be back on the committee that i enjoyed as much or more than any that i was ever privileged to be part of with a myriad of credible and fascinating issues and part of an ever-changing world that we live in. as you know, i introduced television consumer freedom act and the bill would give consumers the option to purchase and i emphasize option, to purchase television channels on it per channel basis which is also known as À la carte rather than programming currently offered by satellite and cable companies. basically i support À la carte and i believe

mr. chairman. senator mccain. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome the witnesses and ambassador night.congratulations on your many years of service. ambassador jones, i thank you for yours as well. we had a good meeting in my office. ambassador jones, a quick glance at the headlines in libya from the past several days a stark reminder that the transition to democracy remains rough and incomplete. i know to headlines from this morning, libya defense minister quits over siege by gunmen and despite what is happening, i continue to believe we can't get into the visitation dictation that our support for the democratic aspirations for people in libya and elsewhere is not mistaken. i don't think we can resigned are that -- ourselves to the false belief that the arab spring is doomed to be defined by terrorists. i conceived -- i continue to believe in freedom that has inspired millions of people to action. even the worst dictators can be overthrown and swept into history, where they belong. i am deeply concerned by the libyan parliaments vote on sunday to adopt a political isolation law and th

mccain? >> thank you. i thank the witnesses and mr. on alle congratulate you of your successes. .nd that of apple as we said earlier, you have managed to change the world, which is an incredible legacy for apple and all of the men and women who serve it. also, i think you have to be a pretty smart guy to do what you do and pretty tough guy. you have that reputation. i say that in a consummate three fashion. i enjoyed our conversation. feel you haveou been bullied or harassed by this committee or its members? >> i feel very good to be participating in this. . hope to help the process i would like for comprehensive tax reform to be passed this year, and anyway that apple can help do that, we are ready to help. >> it was my understanding that you sought to testify before this committee for that purpose. is that correct? >> it is important that we tell our story. to hearlike people directly from me. >> you are not dragged before before this committee? >> i did not get dragged here. >> you don't drive very easily, i understand. [laughter] i

senator mccain? , mr. chairman. mr. harvey and mr. shea, thank you for being here and thank you for your very important and valuable knowledge and expertise. isn't it just a fact that these apple hasages that either taken advantage of or in some cases in my view invented, if you take a tax reduction in a country that you have no employees, doesn't this put domestic companies and corporations at a distinct disadvantage? >> yes. >> yes. the objective of our tax rules should be to try to achieve a balance, and in this particular case i referred to in my testimony, tried to create particularly in relation to cross-border activity, to neutrality, because what would happen when you are dealing with a third party and an affiliate? favor usingday affiliates. that does not mean you always use affiliates, and coming back to something senator johnson referred to, if i understand it correctly, most of apple's manufacturing is not done by apple, and that is true of many countries today. foxconn,e by third parties. -- a viewtoday use themselves, an

mr. president, john mccain and i came to congress together. in 1982 we were elected. we spent two terms in the house together, and we've been in the senate together since then. now, over those many years, more than three decades, john mccain and i have disagreed on several things. but i have never lost my admiration for this patriot eichmann. he is courageous in battle, not only in the fights that take place in a war but legislative battles. so i am so appreciative that he decided the right thing to do was to move forward and see what we could do to get this bipartisan bill done -- bipartisan negotiations started is what i wanted to say. mr. president, susan collins -- we've served together a long time in this body; we've worked together on some extremely important measures. i don't need to run through all of these, but there are parts of the law of this country that would not be law but for her willingness fo to move across te aisle and get things done. we disagree on quite a few things but we agree on quite a few things. the people of arizona are fortunate to have j

mr. vapors. i think we'll see john mccain, and lindsey graham on house hunter international looking for a love shack new gay couple. [ laughter ] >> grumpy and mr. vapors. >> grumpy and the pink lady. >> was that a reference to pink lady and jeff from the '70s? >> stephanie: yeah that was random. [ banjo music ] >> stephanie: wow these gun people are -- >> crazy. >> stephanie: -- sensitive. perhaps it's not the wisest idea to arm and market to five year olds because there seems to be plenty of tragedies happening around the country -- >> it's freedom! >> stephanie: right. blah blah blah freedom, hitler! and swimming pools are in there somewhere. >> stephanie: yes. >> stephanie: the second amendment does not [ inaudible ] age. it's that sacred second amendment again. >> yes, it does actually. a well regulated militia included men from ages 17 to 45. >> stephanie: well carey your first point was wrong. >> it was for a militia of males between the ages of 17 and 45. >> stephanie: yeah. a lot of our right-wing callers start with an incorrect fact and then go from there, and when we try to refruit that -

mccain backing away from the attack. >> what i wanted to ask is why i have to keep updating apps on my iphone all the time y you don't fix that? i thank you mr. chairman. >> sir, we try to make them better all the time. >> thanklevin subcommittee has lked into the tax strategies of hewlett-packard and microsoft and says all three used similar tax avoidance measures, senator mccain says those reflect a flawed system. >> and he didn't like app function, either. >> still to come a first in the nation opportunity for business owners in oakland. how you can qualify for thousands in interest-free loans. an extraction team goes to fwhork a san quentin prison cell. >> only on abc 7 news a silicon valley company envisions future of shopping [ man ] we have a go for auto sequence start. t-minus 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... ignition. [ male announcer ] launch your internet experience on at&t's newly expanded advanced digital network and connect more wi-fi-enabled devices at home. [ female announcer ] call to get u-verse high speed internet starting at $14.95 a month -- a guaranteed price for 12 months. or ask how to get your choice of a kindle fire hd, sonos play:

mccain. thank you, mr. hairman. >> before we hear from our industry panel, we would like to expand a special welcome to senator mccain as former chairman of the full commerce committee and long-standing member of the committee who was long expressed his interest in these issues and we are happy to hear your thoughts on the current state of the video marketplace. senator mccain. >> take you very much, chairman pryor and ranking member wicker, i thank you for your warm words of welcome. it's great to be back in a committee that i enjoyed as much or more than any that i was ever privileged to be part of. the game. with a myriad of issues that are part of the ever-changing world we live in, i introduced a television consumer freedom act and bill that would give consumers the option to onchase television channels a per channel basis, also known as À la carte, rather than tiers of programming currently offered by satellite and cable compans.basically i support À le and i believe most americans do for the basic rea

mr. lake, lindsay graham, john mccain, these are heads tty much talking for the dick cheney wing of let's go to war for the greater glory and good of israel. united states has no dog in this fight. we're broke, if you can remember that. we've got people who don't have jobs who are starving in this country and i want everybody to please call and support the president's process. ask the president to get congress started on jobs here. host: you say we have no dog in this fight. guest: i don't want to take this caller seriously. i regard you as a no-nonsense person and notion that graham and mccain are cutouts for the state of israel is part of a large conspiracy is a popular fringe theory. enjoy your basement, enjoy your back s -- conspiracies, here, i will cover the world as it is. host: let's talk about israel. is there pressure on this administration and congress to act because of israel? guest: i don't think there is pressure. israel has intensive diplomacy with the united states on what it considers to be its red lines . israel is a sovereign state and doesn't do what the united states

mccain. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and welcome the witnesses, and ambassador knight, congratulations on your many years of service. ambassador jones, i thank you for yours as well. we had good meeting in my office. ambassador jones, a quick glance of the headlines in libam from the past several days obviously a stark reminder that libya's transition to democracy remains less than incomplete. i know two headlines from this morning, reuters, quote: libya defense minister quits over siege of ministries by gunmen, and the wall street journal, quote: libyans anticipate percentage after ban of ex-gadhafi officials. despite the challenges and despite what is happening, continue to believe we can't give into the temptation that our support for the democratic as separations of people in libya and elsewhere in the broader meal is naive or mistaken. i don't think we can resign ourselves to the false belief that the arab spring is doomed to be define bid the fan simple of terrorists. i continue believe that remains a des

mccain. >> i would call it a cover-up. i would call it a cover-up in the extent there was willful removal of information which was obvious. was obvious. mr. hi, dropped susan rice say that. >> heather: strong words. steve centanni is live in washington. judging from the sunday talk shows. what is next on in the ongoing benghazi controversy? >> as you heard senator mccain talking there. she demanding a select committee investigate the meat. republicans are claiming there was cover-up as the administration tried to make the attack look like the aftermath of a spontaneous demonstration instead of the preplanned terrorist attack that it was. four americans including the u.s. ambassador to libya were killed. darrell issa who led the congressional charge against the handling of affair, too many questions still remain unanswered. >> was the response correct? could it have been better? why weren't things at least tried? those are important questions. how could you change talking points 12 times from what seems to be relatively right to what seems to be completely wrong. >> reporter: issa says there doesn't need to be a select committee as senato

mccain. i met with some of my agents and some annex personnel. we discussed that. >> mr.hicks, you were in libya on the night of the attacks. you believe the february 17th melissa took place in that -- militia played a role in those attacks? >> the attackers had to make a long approach march through multiple checkpoints manned by militia. >> i'm going to ask you both this question. department the state was relying on the militia with extremist ties to protect american diplomats. that does not make any sense. how does that happen? >> you mean like in afghanistan where afghanis working with them them. or in yemen? or in saudi arabia, an attack in 2004. the saudi national guard protecting our facility ran from the scene and took 90 minutes before we get help. >> there is high unemployment in the united states so i would think americans could take those jobs. >>>> unfortunately as i said earlier, one of the things we ran into -- that was a bad bad plan. the unit of the libyan government initially designated for vip protection. >> i hope these hearings will result in us not ha

mccain. guess what, mr. speaker? this is getting to be beyond comprehension to the american people. . saying one thing and doing another. here is another republican senator. senator boozman, i think we need to go to conference. senator wicker, i would say by the end of next week, we probably should be ready to go to conference. and on and on. you would think our house republican colleagues would begin to feel a little bit sense of that embarrassment as well given the fact they called for years to get a budget done and now are standing in the way of getting that exact budget done. in fact, the speaker of this house on multiple occasions have said we should go to conference on the budget, that that's how we resolve things in the regular order. here's what the speaker said on "meet the press," back in march when we were all putting together our budgets. the senate was putting together a budget. the house was putting together the budget, here's what the speaker said. it's time for us to get back to regular order here in congress. when the house passes a bill, the senate passes a bill and

>>mccain: "what i really wanted to ask is why the hell i have to keep updating the apps on my iphone all the time and why you don't fix that? thank you, mrchairman." cook: "swe make them better all the time." everything was all smiles at the end of tim cook's testimony. but that doesn't mean the company is off the hook. the senators are still pushing to close the loopholes apple has been using to its advantage. >> pam: >> pam: jury deliberations deciding whether jodi arias should be sentenced to life in prison or the death penalty will continue tomorrow morning. spare her life during the penalty phase of her murder trial. insisting she can contribute to society from prison. if she's allowed to live. it's the same jury which convicted her of murdering her former boyfriend in 2008. >> pam: she acknowleges that she said in an earlier interview that she preferred the death penalty. but now says that's only because she 'lacked perspective.' >> pam: the current death toll from monday's horrific twister in oklahoma was lowered from 51 to 24. tonight. the mayor of moore, oklahoma now says he expects that number to stand. devestation in oklahoma

mccain. what do you make of the white house response? >> can i pick up on what you showed mr. carney say. the president didn't call it an act of terror. in fact, two weeks later, before the u.n., he was talking about hateful videos and spontaneous demonstrati demonstration. >> i think the white house will probably say there was the remark that it was a terror attack. it did seem rather indirect. >> what he did say the day after, he condemned acts of terrorism. but then that night, with -- i think it was "60 minutes" interview, i'm not sure. and throughout the next two weeks, he kept saying it was caused by a spontaneous demonstration, sparked by a hateful video. he kept saying that over and over again. and condemning that. you have to look at this in the context of the times there. they're in the midst of a presidential campaign. the narrative by the obama campaign is, bin laden is dead. al qaeda's on the run. not to worry about anything. and here comes this attack on benghazi. and there's so many questions that are unanswered. we need a select committee. but for the president's spokesman

mccain backing away from the attack. >> what i wanted to ask is why i have to keep updating apps on my iphone all the time y you don't fix that? i thank you mr. chairman. >> sir, we try to make them better all the time. >> thank you. >> senator levin subcommittee has lked into the tax strategies of hewlett-packard and microsoft and says all three used similar tax avoidance measures, senator mccain says those reflect a flawed system. >> and he didn't like app function, either. >> still to come a first in the nation opportunity for business owners in oakland. how you can qualify for thousands in interest-free loans. an extraction team goes to fwhork a san quentin prison cell. >> only on abc 7 news a silicon valley company envisions future of shopping >>> business owners in oakland get ahead may move forward. the you city council considering a partnership with a micro lending outfit. nick nij smith is live with the story. nick? >> that is right. one example of how it can help small businesses get off the ground and thrive. if they sign of it will be the first city to become a trustee, endorse tleeg local businesses to receive zero percent loans

effort and i thank them for their brickwork for your partnership senator mccain on this subcommittee. thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman i want to thank our witnesses who are here today professor at stephen shay also to the government witnesses and the two executives who are here to defend the position and will listen very carefully to the testimony. and they make it very clear the admiration may hold for apple, the incredible changes with the spread of information to share information and knowledge drop the world has been phenomenal by a mr. cook and mr. jobs but the corporate strategy shows a flawed system and it is a system to allow an edge -- to allow multinational corporations to shift offshore aid for years it has not contributed to the treasury into american society by shifting profits to circumvent profits and the last four years alone it has avoided paying taxes of $44 million of the incumbent with over 145 million cash unhanded ranks has of the largest multinational corporations in the world and apple to executives in jury reminding the public is accompanied is likely the largest corporation of corp

next ask once the debate is done by senator feinstein, senator mccain have 15 minutes discussing farrm bill amendment. >> without objection. >> mr. president. >> is there objection to the original request? the senator from utah. >> or 61 days come several macculloch some have objected to the request for unanimous consent to circumvent regular order, to go to conference on. they want permission to skip a few steps in the process and jump straight to the closed-door backroom meetings. dare come to senior negotiators in the house and senate will be free to wait until an artificial deadline and ran through him read. but the country backed up against another economics of crisis were concerns that they will exploit the opportunity to sneak a definite increase into the country. we think it's inappropriate and objecting to this dysfunctional and republican and democratic process has invited anger and criticisms from colleagues on both sides of the aisle. we just don't get it. we just don't get it were told. proceeding to a secret closed-door backroom 11th hour deal is the way the process works and the white house works. it's the way was

mccain had to say. >> i call it a cover up. i would call it a cover up in the extent there was willful removal of information which was obvious. it was obvious mr. hicks said in his testimony his jaw dropped when he saw susan rice do that. i was on another sunday morning show after susan rice. my jaw dropped i said people don't bring rocket propelled grenades and mortars to spontaneous demonstrations. >> this probe is just an effort to undermine the pro tension presidential contender as heather would say. that's what dick durbin is talking about today. >> we want to find them and hold them responsible. the consulates are going to be the best for the men and women who work for us. unfortunately this will be caught up in the 2016 presidential campaign. this effort to go after hillary clinton. the reason she wasn't interviewed is she didn't have any direct line responsibility for the decisions that were made. they want to bring her in because they think it's a good political show. i think that's unfortunate. >> there's also news more whistleblowers will be coming forward. you will hear from the lawmakers that says he had talked with them. that's l

mr. chairman. this amendment has been developed in close consultation with senators blake and mccain to clarify andverified this amendment. i appreciate they're working with me on this. this amendment would limit nighttime deportation would at places migrants in danger. the purpose is to limit unnecessarily dangerous practices but not to tie the hands of dhs or prevent them from using this practice. there are exceptions in this amendment when removals are done in accordance with local repatriation agreements. i would justified by a concurrent government interest. direct returns are still permitted. i remain concerned about the practice of lateral repeat reasons.for pragmatic it is costly and according to some research, does not work. there was another ap story this morning on a recent study that found no effect to the program and reducing recidivism. i would like to enter into the record that report as well as an article from the university of arizona study. >> without objection. is before us as substituted. , theven these questions amendment now calls on dhs to conduct a study to justify the progr

mr. holder prepares to be grilled by the house judiciary committee wednesday, it's worth noting this whole investigation was called for by members of congress such as senator john mccain. >> i call on the president to take immediate and decisive action, including the appointment of a special council, to aggressively investigate the leak of any classified information on which the recent stories were based and where appropriate to prosecute those responsible. >> indeed. dozens of republicans called for an investigation into leaks, but they said it spun out of control. 31 of them sending a letter to that effect to the attorney general last summer. don't worry, they'll do their best shock and outrage on this story, too. after all, the gathering of phone records without journalists' knowledge or permission does not and should not sit well with anyone in a free society. white house spokesman jay carney said the president is a firm believer in the first amendment, but that this case rests, appropriately, with the justice department. >> the president is a strong defender of the first amendment, and a firm believer in the need for the press to be unfettered. he also, of course

the debate is done that senator feinstein, senator mccain have fifteen minutes to discuss a farm bill amendment. thank you. >> without objection. >> mr. president? >> is there objection to the original request? >> reserving the right to object. >> the senator for utah. >> for sixty one days several of my colleagues and i have objected to the majority request for unanimous consent to circumvent regular order. to go to conference with the house and budget. they want permission to sip a few steps in the process and jump straight to the closed car door back room meeting. there senior negotiators from the house and senate will be free to wait until a convenient artificial deadline and ram through the comprise. mostly unread. and with the country back up against another economic cliff crisis, we're concerned that they will exploit that opportunity to sneak a debt limit increase to the budget. we think that is inappropriate. and yet objecting to this dysfunctional unrepublican, undemocratic process invited anger from colleagues on both sides of the aisle. we just don't get it, you see. we just don't get it, you're told. proceeding to a secr

mrs. feinstein feinstein: thanky much, madam president. this amendment is offered on behalf of senator mccain and myself. ladies and gentlemen, tobacco is not just another crop. it is the cause -- largest preventable cause of cancer deaths in this country. exactly 443,000 people die every year. it costs medicaid an additional $22 billion. in 2004, a special assessment of $9.6 billion was authorized to buy out tobacco farms in the united states. that has one more year to run. we subsidize tobacco crop insurance. we should not, this country should become tobacco free. it will save lives. i urge you to support this amendment. mr. burr: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mr. burr: madam president, i speak in opposition to the amendment and let me just say to my dear friend from california, who i really respect, the tobacco buyout was not paid by taxpayers. it was paid by the tobacco companies. it happened several years ago. and the only program that tobacco farmers participate in today is crop insurance. like every other agricultural product in america. witho

john mccain said we will be in and out of there in six months. here we are. mr.burns made the comment that president obama and president bush were both intelligent man. as far as i'm concerned, bush could not what they can lead sentence together. where i would agree with you is not on your last comment but your first comment. we should not try to act alone. we are the world leader, the yet powerful country and we have to have other countries help us. in the case of serious, if we do , we weapons to the rebels will have a lot of help from the arab countries, the european countries, and turkey. i would agree, share the responsibility, ask other countries to step up and pay for a lot of this. some of the arab countries in the gulf will pay for the great majority of these arms. that is called good leadership. we are the world leader. there is no country that approaches us and power. vision aecause of that responsibility to the world. i won't belabor the point -- it is in our interest that we'd be active in the world as well. i try not to be partisan. i support presid

regard to iraq, you can find it on youtube, john mccain said we would be in and out of their in six months and here we are. and i will get off the line, is that mrburns made the comment that both president obama and president bush were both intelligent man. as i am concerned, bush could not put a complete sentence together. thank you for letting me talk. would just say it is where would agree with you is not on your last comment, but your first comment. we should not try to act alone in the world. we are the world leader, the most powerful country militarily and economically, yet we need to have other countries help us. if we send rebels -- weapons to opposition forces, we will have help and i would agree -- share the responsibility, ask other countries to step up and paid for a lot of this. i think some of the arab on is allwill pay appropriate. we are the world leader. no country approaches us in our. -- power. because of that position, we have a responsibility to the rest of the world, and as i said before, it is in our interest to be active in the rest of the world. i try not to be partisan. i support president obama. i must say i served pre

mr. chairman. this is a big issue with a gain came together. there were strong feelings on the republican side. two of the senators were from border states. senators mccainand slate. they were determined to do more and we do. let's not overlook what we've done in terms of border security. some of the suggestions are three to four people getting away. you can find the evidence to back that up. my friend says that it anecdotal, which means anybody can say to anybody and be repeated in this hearing. let's look at specific facts. it's the safest of 40 years. how can i say that? the president said at the state of the union address. what is my basis before this committee? in fiscal year 2012, the government spent $18 million on immigration enforcement. that is more than we spent on all other federal law enforcement combined. fbi, secret service, dda, alcohol tobacco and firearms. the department of homeland security has deployed unprecedented levels of technology and infrastructure of the border. the number of agents has more than doubled. 10,002,004, 21,000 today. better stats than anytime in the history of the border patrol. we deployed thousands of miles of

mr. chairman. this was a big issue when the gang of 8 came together. there were strong feelings particularly on the republican side. two senators were from border states senators mccainand senator flake who has already addressed this and they were determined reid did more and redo but let's not overlook what we have done with border security some suggestions about three atta for getting away you cannot find the evidence to back that up. i know my friends have said it is anecdotal because anybody can say it is anybody. but look at the specific facts about this border. is the safest in 40 years. how can i say that? the president said in the "state of the union" and what is my basis? fiscal year 2012 u.s. government spent $18 billion on immigration enforcement. that is more than we spend on all other federal law-enforcement combined. fbi, secret service, a d.a. d.a., atf, we spend more on enforcement and a permit from insecurity has deployed some presidentship levels of technology in for structure and the number of agents as more than doubled 10,000 and now 21,000 today. more than any time in the history of border patrol we have deployed thousands of miles of technology

and you can find it on youtube, john mccain said we would be in and out of their in six months and here we are. one last thing, and i will get off the line, is that mr. burns made the comment that both president obama and president bush were both intelligent man. well, as far as i am concerned, bush could not put a complete sentence together. thank you for letting me alk. guest: i would just say it is where would agree with you is not on your last comment, but your first comment. we should not try to act alone in the world. we are the world leader, the most powerful country militarily and economically, yet we need to have other countries help s. if we send rebels -- weapons to opposition forces, we will have elp and i would agree -- share the responsibility, ask other countries to step up and paid for a lot of this. i think some of the arab countries will pay on is all appropriate. we are the world leader. no country approaches us in power. because of that position, we have a responsibility to the rest of the world, and as i said before, it is in our interest to be active in the rest of the world. i try not to be partisan. i support president obama.