mr. mcconnell: mr. president, reserving the right to object. it's been the -- my position since late last week that it would be appropriate for the minority not having had but eight roll call votes since july to have five amendments of our choosing on this bill. and therefore i'm going to ask a counterconsent at this time. i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 368, s. 2262. i further ask consent that the only amendments in order be five amendments to be offered by myself or my designee related to energy policy, with the first amendment being my amendment number 2982 on saving coal jobs and with a 60-vote threshold on adoption of each amendment. i further ask that following the disposition of these amendments, the bill be read a third time and the senate proceed to a vote on passage of the bill as amended, if amended. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. reid: reserving the right to object, mr. president. i incorporate my reference, the statement i made this morning on this bi

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. reid: mr. president, i have the floor. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, let me just briefly make a few observations about some of the majority leader's opening comments this morning. as he knows full well, senator vitter dropped his request for an obamacare amendment days ago, before the weekend. and i think it's important for everybody to understand the minority in the senate has had eight votes since july. eight votes since july on amendments that we wish to vote on. we haven't had a fulsome energy debate in the senate since 2007, seven years ago. what we're asking for here is four or five amendments related to the subject of energy, one of the biggest issues in our country. that is hardly obstructionism. it is laughable to suggest it is obstructionism for the minority to be given four or five amendments on issues related on the underlying bill particularly since we only had eight amendments since last july and we haven't had

mr. mcconnell: i'd luke to start this morning by reit read -- this morning by reading an excerpt from a memo by gene sperling to president clinton t relates it a minimum wage proposal similar to the one we're considering today. here's what he wrote: "your entire economic team believes that this approach is too aggressive and are concerned that it could approve damaging to employment prospects of low-skilled workers, as well as to the general microeconomic performance of our economy." bue memo noted there was a plus side to supporting the proposal. it would unify the liberal wing of the democratic party. well, today feels like deja vu all over again because even though our constituents keep telling us that they expect washington to focus on jobs, that's clearly not what they're getting from the senate. instead senate democrats are pushing legislation today that would cost as many as a million jobs in this country, legislation that the left flank of their party demands. that's their response to the pleas of our constituents to do something about jobs. the proposal that nonpartisan analysts tel

mr. mcconnell: now, mr.esident, on another matter, the american people sent us to washington to debate serious issues. they expect us to take our jobs seriously. to develop effective solutions to the issues that matter to them. that's our charge. and throughout our nation's history, the senate has been the place where the weightiest issues have been discussed and debated and in many cases resolved. it's where we wrestled with whether or not to go to war. it's where we passed landmark bipartisan legislation like the civil rights act, the g.i. bill and the welfare reform act. but over the past several years and very vividly in the past several months, that proud history has started to erode. instead of a forum for debate and resolution of the most pressing domestic and international issues facing our nation, it's become fodder for late-night tv. when the american people turn on c-span these days, they don't often see a majority party driving serious debate on the issues of the day. they hear bizarre monologs a

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: the senate is not in order. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. the senate will be in order. the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that all filed amendments to calendar number 368, number 2262, be in order for floor consideration of this bill. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. is there objection? mr. reid: reserving the right to object, mr. president, we had an agreement here to do the bi bill. then weig we changed that to del with keystone. that's still our agreement. we're willing to do this bill, energy efficiency, which is such a good bill. we have an agreement to have an up-or-down vote on keystone shortly thereafter. so without going through all the details, that's what i would agree -- that's what i want to do. he doesn't want to do that. i object to his consent agreement. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presidin

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, i want to thank my good friend, the chairman of the finance committee, for his observations. he is moving in the right direction. as everyone is clearly aware, the issue of not allowing amendments is a highly sensitive matter. the senate has been changed dramatically in recent years. the time to have a negotiation over amendments is before cloture is invoked, not after. and if there is an indication on the other side that we're willing to have that negotiation, the time to do it is now. because our experience postcloture with the ability to offer amendments has not been good, to put it mildly. i think the chairman of the finance committee is headed in the right direction. the timing is a little off. we'd like to have this negotiation over amendments before cloture is invoked on the bill. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion. we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rul

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. our all-volunteer military depends on americans who are qualified to wear the uniform. our recruits expect to be well-led, well-trained, adequately compensated, effectively challenged, and fairly treated. critically, they also expect to receive the health care promised to them while they were on active duty or as veterans. later this morning secretary shinseki will testify on stories that emerged several weeks ago about administrators at the v.a. hospital in phoenix falsifying medical records to conceal delays in providing care to veterans. similar stories from wyoming, north carolina, missouri, and texas have come to light about employees using similar tactics to conceal backlogs in medical care. the questions awaiting the secretary will be tough, but this is his job, and the american people are demanding and deserve answers to these questions. now, to his credit, secretary shinseki has ordered an inspector general review of the phoenix v.a. health care system. it would not surprise m

mr. mcconnell: now, mr.president, i'd like to pay tribute to another beloved member of the senate family, darryl chappell. darryl has been here for more than four decades, and this week he takes his final turn at the helm of one of the two subway "dancing with the cars -- two subway cars that run from russell to the capitol. darryl came here right out of springarn high school in washington when he was 19 years old. by all accounts, he has been an exemplary worker. he began his career in the night department of labor division of the senate superintendent's office in 1972. and since 1986, he's worked off and on as a mechanic and driver on the subway service. by one estimate, he's taken 130,000 trips between russell and the capitol. but it's not the length of darryl's tenure that i'd like to honor this morning, as preface that is. it's the spirit in which darryl did his job every day. it's literally legendary. the motto of the architect of the capitol is to serve congress and the supreme court, preserve america

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: this week we recognize, as national police week. police week is a time to pay tribute to the service and sacrifice of the men and women in federal, state, and local law enforcement across our nation. law enforcement is one of our nation's highest callings, as brave peace officers put themselves on the line to defend the lives, safety, and property of their neighbors. therefore, it is entirely appropriate that we pause this week and throughout the year to thank them for their service. the nation's capital is host to thousands of police officers who have come to celebrate national police week with their fellow officers. no one but another peacekeeper or their families can truly grasp the duty of defending their communities, and no one but another peacekeeper can truly know the joys of camaraderie and the sorrows of deep loss that ea

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, earlier this morning it was suggested that republicans are creating a problem on the portman-shaheen bill because we're insisting on amendments. i'm stunned that anybody would think insisting on amendments would be unusual or out of order. that's what we used to do in the senate. we had amendments offered and we had votes on them by both sides. one senator, it was suggested, insisted on an obamacare amendment. that was dropped five days ago. nobody's insisting on an obamacare amendment on the portman-shaheen bill. senator vitter suggested that earlier but decided that was not a good idea on this particular bill because it was the opportunity we hoped to get four or five votes on important energy-related amendments. and senator durbin actually objected. so i think it's important to set the record straight this morning what senate kwep

mr. mcconnell: mr. president, many years ago senator cabot lodge called the senate the most powerful single chamber in any legislative body in the world. just imagine making that kind of statement about today's senate. instead of a strong, independent voice at the van guard of american policy-making, what has the democratic-run senate become? a campaign studio, a late-night pusmpunchline, place where the r left gets its way and the middle class gets left behind. we saw this again yesterday when the majority leader was so determined to prevent the consideration of republican amendments that he killed every democratic senators' amendment in the process. he didn't seem to care about letting the more than 4 million people in my state have a say on one of the most important issues facing their livelihoods: coal. and i didn't seem to think that the millions of americans represented by his own democrats deserved a meaningful say on energy either, even after senate democrats from states like alaska and maine an

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mr. mcconnell does not create jobs and neither does republicans.e two jobs the con job and is thus no job. -- snow job. stemming the government does not create jobs and i don't want them to do. i want entrepreneurialism and as to create the environment to hire people. ashley: anything government can do is get in the way. >> the government research and development has created hundreds of thounds look at the high-tech industries to make you cannot honestly say right now the government is not to bloated and we have too many bureaucrats standing in the way absolutely. >> we view move past the partisan rhetoric the reality is the obama administration has produced record in job growth. >> right. [laughter] that is why don't people have 15 percent unemployment rate. >> check your mouth. >> i don't have to. >> we have to do better but government has a role to play that the educational structure. >> obama does the great job. ashley: every survey shows the u.s. falling behind other countries to produce the of technical expertise that is needed to get a job i

mr. mcconnell said one thing tonight that was accurate.ky as will not be deceived. [applause] and he is absolutely right. because in spite of millions and millions of dollars that he has already spent bashing alison lundergan grimes and millions and millions of dollars he is going to spend between now and november putting out the same fall since the law in november the folks are not going to be deceived. [applause] democrats and republicans alike know that after 30 years of dysfunction it is time to bring mitch mcconnell home. and he is going to know -- and they're going to lead to more things. they are going to know that the fellow will probably be unemployed, but we will not cry too much for him. we have all seen his financial disclosure statement, and he has done quite well over the last 30 years of being kentucky's united states senator. but number two, they are ready to it send to the united states senate a young, vibrant, energetic person who knows how to reach across the aisle and get things done. ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome

mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: this weekend, americans will gather to remember all who have fought and perished so that we might live in freedom. memorial day is our chance to honor their extraordinary sacrifices. of course, kentucky has long played a proud and vital role in the defense of our nation. i'm honored to represent so many kentuckians in the armed forces, including those stationed at fort knox, fort campbell, the bluegrass army depot and members of the reserves and kentucky national guard. one of the reasons memorial day is so important to me is because it allows americans to reflect and give thanks for all that we have, to recognize that none of it would have been possible without so many americans we have never met putting everything on the line for us. that's why the men and women who protect us deserve our full support when they are deployed, when they are training and when they return home. most americans certainly agree with that statement. and yet, as we have recently learned, that's not

mr. mcconnell may be a different story whenner faces a strong democrat in that kentucky senate race. >>> meantime in georgia, a crowded republican senate primary is expected to go to a runoff. these are the top three candidates as of right now. what does this race mean? we'll put them on the board any minute now. in oregon, let's go, there an ugly race has unfolded on the gop side between a pediatric neurosurgeon and state representati representative. so that was the question. we watched a bunch of these republicans having these primaries. what are we watching. i've never heard any of these candidates. what does this mean to me? >> because of harry reid. harry reid is the majority leader of the united states senate, and republicans would like that not to be the case. and the ability of republicans to pick not more conservative or more moderate but most lectable candidates for each senate race will determine whether or not basically that harry reid gets to continue in his job or if the dynamic in washington finally changes. >> now last time around the republicans screwed it up and they ch

mr. mcconnell, will sit on the back bench. >> margie, speaking of the polling, this is a statistical dead heat, and this is a contest that everybody is watching. it is critical to take control of the senate, and what are you looking for now that mitch mcconnell won so handily last night? >> well, he is hailed as a hero today, because he beat this challenger -- >> ell wshwell, maybe a little exaggerated. >> well, in the georgia race, the two candidates have not said i will support mitch mcconnell for the senate majority leader, because he is vulnerable. he is the ultimate washington insider. >> he is turning it to the positive, i'm the person with the experience and the power, and you want to turn that for a neophyte? >> well, the least most popular institution in the country is washington. nobody embodies that more than mitch mcconnell. he has been a proponent of the campaign finance reform, and finance law, and he is very, very far outside of where majority of the people are. and not only that, but the tea party, you have the republicans talking about the tea party, and the tea party is

mr. mcconnell everyone believes is way ahead in the polls against matt bevin but he had to spend a lot of time trying to take on bevin and what has happened in the meantime is that the democrat is waiting in the wings to take him on has been able to sort of wait, has been able to build up her own name identification in the state. and try to tack to the before she takes on mcconnell. so right now they're tied. and the big question going to be for mccon sell if he can get back some of these traditional conservatives who are backing bevin. and that's what is really kepping this race tight. if can get those folks on his side, people think that he will be able to defeat grimes and hope to become the next senate majority leader, by the way. >> ifill: that's right. the republicans take over the senate. it is as much outside money coming into kentucky as north carolina. >> not quite as much but we're seeing a ton of outside money. one aspect where you see a lot of outside money, a million dollars has been spent by the senate conservative fund to try to defeat mcconnell but that hasn't worked out

administration official and he of course had that high-profile dispute a little bit about senator mcconnell. mr. sasse, i want to start with that very question. if you are elected to the u.s. senate, are you going to support mitch mcconnell as the republican leader? >> you know, we've said from the beginning of this race that the voters in nebraska get to make their choice today and we don't deal with speculative stuff. but obviously i'm for better conservative ideas and more persuasion and getting to a majority so obviously i'm a team player and looking forward to support whoever our leader is. >> so if he's the leader -- so you're comfortable enough supporting mcconnell if he is the one that the conference puts up as the leader? >> absolutely. i mean the national media loves the idea of playing up this intra republican party kind of civil war stuff but it's just not what nebraskans are talking about on the ground. it's been pretty overblown on our race. we've got 93 counties in the state and 85 of them have county level farm bureau organizations. when they endorsed me two weeks ago, it's only

it is hard to say we have to throw out mcconnell to be a mr conservative person. ood job of proving he's pretty conservative. that's really helped him in this campaign. third thing is mcconnell's made this argument over and over again, i need experienced guy. you don't want to throw me out and replace me with a freshman because i am a powerful person in washington. people in kentucky like that. this state doesn't have a lot of influence otherwise. they have a little bit of pride in having the number two man in the senate there. >> little pride and a little pork. always a tough day on the campaign trail when you have to explain why were you at a cockfight, too. perry bacon on the ground for us in kentucky, thanks. >>> i'll see you next saturday, 2:00 eastern. right now though -- "disrupt" with karen finney. >> hey. coming up this hour, karl rove is still trying to brain his brain injury comments and the tea party and president obama actually agree on something. we'll tell you all about it just coming up. the kids get trail mi, and here's what you get after a full da

mcconnell can define allison grimes as barack obama's best friend and whether grimes can define mcconnell as mr. establishment and mr. gridlock in washington. >> the question is whether voters maybe including even female voters who would have gone with bevin will go over to grimes. she's been aggressively targeting the female vote. take take listen to her last night in lou louisville. >> i am the kentucky woman who my republican colleagues who have generally referred to as an empty dress. [ booing ] >> that seeks to retire mitch mcconnell. >> james, kentucky has never had a woman in the u.s. senate before. she's really aggressively pushing this angle. do you think it will work? >> hard to say but right now, you would expect perhaps a larger gender gap than there is. our blue grass poll last weekend shows that grims only has about a 4% gap over mcconnell among female voters and he has a slight advantage among male voters, there's not much of a gender gap yet that's developed in the race that we can see, but again, it all depends on what issues come to the floor between now and all the way to nov

mcconnell said his number one priority was to get the president out of office. congratulations on being just two years away from realizing your goal. [laughter] mr. president, your harshest critics have compared you to joseph stalin, adolf hitler, -- those comparisons are outrageous. you look way older than those guys. just because morgan freeman has played the president does not mean you have to act exactly like him. house dr. the white :hecks the white -- presidents for polyps and george clooney's head. [laughter] it is good to see that white house press secretary, jay

we have a letter from professor mcconnell supporting mr. barron which will be part of the record. and, you know, this is a man -- you're grasping at straws to vote against this person. some have cited statements he's made in his academic writings. even professor mcconnell, a former judge appointed by a conservative former -- a conservative former judge appointed by a republican president, said it's important to bear in mind that academic, legal writing and constitutional law is often exploratory and provocative. no one should assume that an academic would take the same approach toward deciding cases that he does in writing about cases. so incidentally, professor mcconnell, very conservative republican who had written provocatively, he was confirmed unanimously by this senate. every democrat, every republican supported him. now we have a double standard. we have an utstandin outstandin. proffer mcconnell called him one of policemen' president obar three nominations to the court. let's vote for this good man. i ask consent my full statement be made part of the record. the presiding

joining me now is the kentucky republican challenger to mitch mcconnell, senate candidate matt bevin. mr. bevin, good morning to you, sir. >> good morning to you, chuck. great to be on with you. >> so here it is election day. every poll has you down double digits. some are narrow double digits, which your campaign touted yesterday, some have you in a deficit of 20 to 30 points. obviously you want to wait until all the votes are counted, but what's been the most difficult part of this challenge? >> i tell you, with respect to the polls, the only poll that truly matters really is the one being taken right now. it started at 6:00 this morning. it will end at 6:00 this evening. the voters of kentucky will decide who they want. you mentioned something a minute ago. you talked about a hunger that people have. it's for more than just some type of change. people are hungry for someone who is real. they're hungry for something that is not the same plastic nonsense that has caused us to have such little respect for our political process and our political officials. this is what people are hungry f

mcconnell asked his audience of supporters to give a round of applause to mr. beavan and thanked him for a long, hard fight and urged republicans to unite. republicans are finding candidates who are electable. some are tea party types. some are normal more mainstream conservatives. some are hybrids. republicans look very strong as they head into their general election. >> good to see you my friend. joining us now live, john roberts. what's going on there? >> reporter: they still talk about you down here, sean. david perdude, the polls had hi up ahead. he is running about 10,000 votes ahead. the results, painfully slow coming in. it is looking like this is going to be another victory for establishment candidates over the tea party. you have david perdue, he was the ceo of dollar general. jack kingston, ranks very highly on the american conservative union. the tea party backed candidates all running well behind at this point. it's looking like this could shape up a battle between david perdue and jack kingston. it's a no-brainer for a republican to take it over.

mcconnell. let me be very clear, i am innocent of any involve innocent in any conspiracy to abduct, skill, or bury mrs. 4:00 con dell. i have worked hard with others, to have this injustice addressed and is for the return of bodies of others kills during the conflict, and secretly buriedly isn't to do so. >> helen is gene's daughter. she wants to know why her mother was dragged out of her home, by members of the ira, and killed for allegedly being a british informant. >> i will do anything to get to see who killed my mother behind bars. i have to believe. that's what makes me keep going. i have to believe that one day i will see justice for my mother. not just for my sake, for my children and grandchildren. >> her body was discovered in 2003, along with 15 others. dumped in unmarked graves in the county jerry adams now represents in the parliament. the shadow of her murder has hung over adams throughout his career, as the political voice for the republican movement in northern ireland. but the police arrests may not have happened if not for the audio recordings of interviews with former i.r.a. operati

mr. president, you're no stranger to criticism. ted nugent called you a subhuman mongrel. it makes me think whether we can take the guy who wrote "wang dang sweet poontang" seriously anymore. mitch mcconnell said his number one priority was to get the president out of office. so mitch? congrats on being just two years away from realizing your goal. you did it. kind of. mr. president, your harest critics compared to you adolf hitler and satan. those are outrageous. you look way older than those guys. just because morgan freeman played a president a few times that doesn't mean you have to look exactly like him. all right? but you're healthy which is great, every year. the white house doctor checks the president's colon for polyps and george clooney's head. yes. oh! all right. yeah. it's good to see that white house press secretary and boy detective jay carney is here. big night for jay. i haven't seen him this nervous since the president told him just go out there and tell them the web site is broken. they'll understand. and that actually probably was a moment. um. mr. president, you have to admit and you have, the launch of health care.gov was a disaster. it was so bad. it was bad. look. i

senate minority leader mitch mcconnell used a -- accused the president of using it to support a environmental tax. >> republicans say mr. obama is draking his feet on the keystone xl pipeline to appeal who environmentalists who donated to his campaign. >> i think he has some serious questions about how much it would contribute to the deteriorating climate situation. >> but some people find rising temperatures more difficult to accept after a winter so harsh the administration blamed it for holding back the economy in the first three months of the year. the white house says climate change causes extremes in both directions. >> the increase in the severity of weather that we have seen is attributable, according to the overwhelming majority of scientists who study this issue to the changing climate. >> some critics say the administration is setting the stapling for regulations that will benefit mainly blue states at the expense of energy-producing red states by penalizing carbon emissions which pay no attention to state lines. >>> for the first time in decades, more american businesses are closing than opening. a census s

mcconnell said his number one priority was to get the president out of office. congratulations on being just two years away from realizing your goal. [laughter] mr.president, your harshest critics have compared you to joseph stalin, adolf hitler, -- those comparisons are outrageous. you look way older than those guys. just because morgan freeman has played the president does not mean you have to act exactly like him. house dr. the white :hecks the white -- presidents for polyps and george clooney's head. [laughter] it is good to see that white house press secretary, jay carney, is here. big night for j. i have not seen you this nervous since the president told him just go out there and tell them the website is broken. [laughter] that actually probably was a moment. [laughter] mr. president, you have to admit that you already have the launch of healthcare.gov a disaster. it was bad. i don't have an analogy. they say stuff like "i should not have eaten at sushi." that latest johnny depp movie really health care.gov at the box office. thanks to obamacare, or is the president refers to it as me care, and millions of newly canred young americans visit

mr. obama is mounting an all-out assault on energy sector jobs. take this ad from senator minority leader mitch mcconnell'stion campaign. >> mitch fights for kentucky miners. >> reporter: the natural gas and oil industries are booming. even as the administration is taking its time on a decision on the controversial keystone oil pipeline. some of that project's supporters in congress are calling for a vote to bypass the president to approve it. >> we believe strongly that that's not an effective or helpful way to bring that process to a conclusion. >> jim akocosta is joining us n. chad myers in the severe weather center. the president clearly making a major push on this report. he has an event scheduled for later today. talk about the political implications of what he has done today. >> well, i think there's some pretty substantial political implications, wolf, you're right. there's an event happening here at the white house, kind of unique, kind of not unique. he's going to be talking to a series of meteorologists flying in from all across the country, some at the network level, who will be talking to the

. >> looking ahead to november and back to where mitch mcconnell lost close points, bob bennett from utah, so this is personal to him and mr you talk to him. looking to november, they believe the establishment candidates have a better chance in november than the tea party candidates. they think, for example, richard murdoch in indiana, todd aiken, some tea party candidates left seats republicans think they could have, perhaps should have won. that's what they think the lesson is this year. there is one question, if kentucky is 50/50 in november and if mitch mcconnell win tonight, will some of the matt beavan voters stay home? mitch mcconnell if he wins needs to move immediately to unifying the republican party. >> i'm going to ask how aggressive he'd be in supporting mitch mcconnell come november. thanks very much. much more on the elections later this hour. we're standing by, the first results will start coming in from kentucky, we're told, in a few moments. >>> i want to move on to another story we're following. we're getting a detailed look at the nba's legal case against donald sterling. the formal charges make it clea

mcconnell was very generous in his victory speech and asked his audience of support towers give a round of applause for mr. bevin and urged all republicans to you knit. across the country what we're seeing there's a lot of talk about this tea party versus establishment battle is a take over by the tea party or not. republicans are finding candidates who are lectable. some are tea party types. some are mainstream conservatives. some are hybrids. republicans look very strong as they head to the general election. >> carl, it's your season. good to see you. joining us new life from david perdue's election night headquarters, my old stomping grounds in atlanta, georgia, john roberts. what's going on there. >> reporter: they still talk about you down here, sean, no question about that. beginning to look like a good night for david perdue. the polls had him ahead by nine points. he done have that much of a margin on the second running jack kingston from the first congressional district here in georgia but he's running about 10,000 votes ahead. the results, john, i got to say painfully slow coming in, a little mo

mcconnell said his number one priority was to get the president out of office. congratulations on being just two years away from realizing your goal. [laughter] mr.president, your harshest critics have compared you to joseph stalin, adolf hitler, -- those comparisons are outrageous. you look way older than those guys. just because morgan freeman has played the president does not mean you have to act exactly like him. house dr. the white :hecks the white -- presidents for polyps and george clooney's head. [laughter] it is good to see that white house press secretary, jay carney, is here. big night for j. i have not seen you this nervous since the president told him just go out there and tell them the website is broken. [laughter] that actually probably was a moment. [laughter] mr. president, you have to admit that you already have the launch of healthcare.gov a disaster. it was bad. i don't have an analogy. they say stuff like "i should not have eaten at sushi." that latest johnny depp movie really health care.gov at the box office. thanks to obamacare, or is the president refers to it as me care, and millions of newly canred young americans visit

mr. dougan. i am with scarlet fu and adam johnson. night,g night last senate majority leader mitch mcconnell turned back a tea party challenger in the gopmary. this was in kentucky, as you know. party-backed candidates also lost senate and house races in georgia, pennsylvania, and idaho. the obama administration ready to release a secret memo in the controversial use of drone attacks overseas. you document is used to justify overseas attacks on u.s. citizens who are expected -- suspected of being terrorists. and former fed chairman ben bernanke -- defect to make millions if not tens of millions of speaking fees. he could start anywhere from $200,000 to $400 per speech. >> what are they make when they are fed chairman? take $200,000 a year. one week in march, we should point out burning piece -- we should point out then bernanke spoke in abu dhabi and other places. he will make more in role sees then he did running the most important bank in a country and the speaking fees are the normal rates that people get. people should know that these are not high fees when you look at that caliber of talent. >> right. and those are your top headlin

mr. obama is mounting an all-out assault on energy sector jobs. take this ad from mitch mcconnell'sampaign but the white house boasts that the energy system is booming even though administration takes its time on a decision on the controversial keystone pipeline. some are calling for a vote to bypass the president to approve it. >> we believe strongly that that's not an effective or helpful way to bring that process to a conclusion. >> reporter: we will hear from president obama on the issue of climate change later today when he sits down for a round of interviews with meteorologists who are coming here from around the country to talk to the president in the rose garden, in the white house, but senior administration officials just had a conference call with reporters earlier this morning. i had a chance to ask one of those officials, counselr to the president a big part of the push on climate change, i said what are prospects for climate change and he said because of republican opposition to the president's agenda, he called it a very real challenge and not a lot they can get done i

mcconnell said his number one priority was to get the president out of office. mitch within congrats on being two years away from realizing your goal. you did it, kind of. mr. adolf hitler, joseph stallen and even satan. those comparisons are outrageous. you look way older than those guys. morgan freeman has played a president a couple of times. doesn't mean you have to look exactly like him. but you are healthy. every year the doctor checks the president's colon for poll. s and george clooney's head. yeah. it's good to see that white house press secretary and boy detective jay carney is here. it's a big night for jay. i haven't seen him this nervous until the president told him, just go out there and tell them the website is proek. they'll understand. that actually probably was a moment. mr. president, you have to admit, and you already have, the launch of health care.gov was a disaster. it was so bad, it was bad. look, i don't even have an analogy because the website is now the thing people use to describe other bad thing. they say stuff like i shouldn't have eaten that sushi, i was up all night health care.goving. that latest john dmi depp movie health d

mr. president. the koch's bid for a hostile takeover of american democracy to make themselves richer. >> he went to the floor declaring war not on the republican party or his senate adversary, mitch mcconnell, rather on the billionaire brothers funding the conservative movement. a system that allowed them to pour unprecedented money into politics, drowning out democracy in america in the process. >> the supreme court has included money with speech, the more money, more speech, more influence on democracy. what kind of a system is that? it's wrong. every american should have the same ability for the political system. >> in the speech, reid said he would bring a constitutional amendment to allow congress to regulate money in conference, giving them enormous influence over elections. >> i understand the democrats are proposing something that's no small thing. not something any of us should take lightly. the flood of special interest money into our american democracy is one of the glaring threats the system of government has ever faced. >> harry reid and mitch mcconnell only too happy to fight the same war. if there's a single lone principle mcconnell stands for and has through his career, the

mr. president. the koch's bid for a hostile takeover of american democracy to make themselves richer. >> he went to the floor declaring war not on the republican party or his senate adversary, mitch mcconnell