mr. reid: mr. president? i did watch the presentation of my friend. i appreciate his tenacity. the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: and his thoroughness. i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations calendar numbers 870, 871, 878, 879, 911, 912, 913, 914, 915, 916, 917, 989, 919, 920, 922, 934, 945, 941, 942, 943, 944, 945, 946, 947, 949, 950, 951, 953, 954, 955, 956, 957, 958, 959, 960, 961, 962, 964 with the following exceptions. colonel steven raider, colonel randall spear, eric peterson and all nominations placed on the secretary's desk, the nominations be confirmed en bloc, no intervening action or debate, no further motions be in order to any nominations and any related statements be printed in the record and president obama be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate consider calendar number 645 and we proceed

mr. reid: mr. president? the vice president: the majority leader. mr. reid: i note the absence of a quorum and ask the clerk to call the roll. the vice president: the absence of a quorum having been suggested, the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the vice president: a quorum is present. the majority leader. mr. reid: can we have order, please. the vice president: may we have order in the senate. the majority leader. mr. reid: mr. president, we -- i have a number of housekeeping matters i need to take care of with senator mcconnell. senators are welcome to stay but i know there are a lot of things going on today, receptions and things of that nature. i think we're going to -- we're not going to have speeches tod today. we'll have plenty of time to do that at a subsequent time. but with -- and i doubt that we'll have any votes. there may be a need for one roll call vote later on. we'll see what happens after the house takes action today. but i hope that's not the case. so having said that.

mr. reid: mr. president, could we have order? the president pro tempore: the senate will be in order. the senate is not in order. the senate will be in order so the majority leader can be heard. without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, could we have people stop talking? the president pro tempore: i ask senators to please cooperate so the majority leader can be heard. if the conversations in the well and throughout the senate could cease. the majority leader. mr. reid: we're going to have one more vote tonight. the next vote will be on sandy and matters related to sandy monday night at 5:30. we expect -- i have spoken to the chairman, new chairman of the -- will soon be the chair of the foreign relations committee, and ranking member corker. we're going to have a vote after the business meeting sometime on tuesday on the new secretary of state. the presiding officer: the question is on senate resolution 16. are the yeas and nays requested? the yeas and nays have been requested. is there a sufficient second? there is a sufficien

mr. reid: mr. president i now ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to executive session and the "help" committee be discharged from further consideration of presidential nomination 1404 and that the senate proceed to vote without intervening action or debate on the nomination, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate and that no further statements be in order to the nomination, that any statements related to this matter be printed in the record and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the foreign relations committee be discharged from further consideration of presidential nominations 1928 and 1951. that the nominations be confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate, that no further motions be in order to the nominations that any related statements be printed in the

mr. reid: mr. president, the vote will start immediately, and people should get here as quickly as they can. the president pro tempore: the clerk will report the measure. the clerk: h.r. 8, an act to extend certain tax provisions enacted in 2001 and 2003, and so forth and for other purposes. the president pro tempore: under the previous order, amendment 3348 is agreed to. the clerk will read the bill for the third time. the clerk: calendar number 402, h.r. 8 -- 502, h.r. 8, an act to extend certain tax provisions enacted in 2001 and 2003, and for other purposes. the president pro tempore: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there is a sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: can we have order. the clerk will proceed. vote: quorum call: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, the vote on the yeas are 89, the nays are 8. 60-vote threshold having been achieved, the bill, as amended, is p

mr. reid: mr. 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 now ask unanimous consent that following leader remarks thursday, january 31 the senate proceed to calendar number 7, h.r. 325, the following amendments be the only first-degree amendments in order to the bill: portman dollar for dollar cuts, shutdown government prevention, toomey full faith and credit, paul prohibition, f-16 egypt. the only motion to commit in order to the bill be a vitter amendment regarding spending cuts. the time until 12:15 tomorrow be for debate on the amendments, motion on the bill to run equally divided between the leaders or their designees. prior to votes in relation to the amendments and the vitter motion in the order listed. upon disposition of the amendments and the vitter motion the senate proceed to vote on passage of h.r. 325 as amended if amended. the amendments in the vitt

mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: so good to see the presiding officer presiding. madam president, after leader remarks, the senate will be in a period of morning business. senators will be allowed to speak for up to ten minutes each. we're waiting here on the house doing something finally on the cliff, we hope. we have sandy. we're waiting on that. and we have a series of economic -- executive nominations we need to clear today. i'm told h.r. 459 is at the desk and due for second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. the clerk: h.r. 459, an act to require a full audit of the board of governors of the federal reserve system and so forth and for other purposes. mr. reid: madam president, i would object to any further proceedings at this time. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: madam president, what is the business of the day? the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership ti

mr. reid: mr. 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 now ask unanimous consent that from wednesday, january 23, through monday, january 28, the majority leader be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i am ed told there are four bills at the desk due for their first reading. i ask that be done en bloc. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the titles of the first bill en bloc. the clerk: s. 81, a bill to provide guidance and priorities for federal government obligations in the event that the debt limit is reached. s. 82, a bill to provide that

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 move to proceed to calendar number s. 47. the presiding officer: the clerk will read. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 1, s. 47, a bill to reauthorize the violence against women act of 1994. mr. reid: madam president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators allowed to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to sp*z 24. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 24 commemorating the ten year anniversary of the loss of the space shuttle columbia. the presiding officer: without objection the senate will proceed to the measure. the presiding officer: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: following leader remarks the national will recess to count the electoral votes. following that we're hopeful to complete action on part of the flood insurance -- [inaudible] the presiding officer: under the previous order the leadership time is reserved. the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate stand in recess subject to the call of the chair. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate stands in recess subject to the call of the chair. earlier today, newly retired congressman barney frank, said that he would like to serve as a temporary successor to massachusetts senator john kerry who is currently nominee for secretary of state. according to the associated press, mr. frank told msnbc he asked governor duval patrick to appoint him as the state's interim senator until a special election is held to permanently fill senator kerry's seat. mr. frank is 72 years old and served 16 terms in the u.s. house. when he retired he was chairman o

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of the following resolution en bloc: s. res. 5, s. res. 15, a resolution providing a stand order to improve procedures for the consideration of legislation and s. res. 16, a resolution amending the standing rules of the national relative to conference motions and bipartisan cloture motions on motions to proceed. the presiding officer: without objection, so order. mr. reid: further, mr. president, the time until 7:55 p.m. tonight be equally divided between the two leaders 0 their designees for the purposes of debating these resolutions concurrently, the ale ohm in order be the lee amendment, the senate proceed to vote in relation to s. res. 5. upon the disposition of the s. res. 5, the senate vote on the lee amendment to s. res. 15, upon disposition of the lee amendment, the senate proceed in relation to s. res. 15 if amend. that s. res. 15 be subject to a 60-vote threshold for adoption. further, that s. res. 16 be su

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the senate now proceed to a period of morning business, senators allowed to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, the latest economic report came out yesterday and it showed the economy of the united states actually shrank in the last quarter of 2012 with u.s. exports plunging 5.7%. you heard me correctly, the me and getting -- is going more slowly -- growing more slowly, in fact, contracting rather than growing. this news is a sobering reminder that we're still experiencing the weakest economic recovery and the longest period of high unemployment since the great depression. and it has very human consequences. millions of americans are out of work or they're working part time when they wish they could work full time to provide for their families. but we can't create more jobs in this economy unless the economy grows. w

mr. reid: i'm so used to the presiding officer -- the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: mr. president, i am a so used to the presiding officer allowing someone else to reside, that i was speechless. so i'm very grad at tha glad the president pro tempore is here. we don't see him a lot. it keeps us on our toes. following morning business, the senate will be in morning we'll recess for our weekly caucus meetings at 12:30 until 2:15. we expect the foreign relations committee will report senator kerry's nomination to be secretary of state. i look forward to the senate's consideration of that very important nomination today. yes, i am a told s. 164 is at the desk and due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. the clerk: a bill to prohibit the united states from providing financial assistance to pakistan until dr. shakil afridi is freed. mr. reid: i would object to any further proceeding to this legislation at this time. the presiding officer: objection is heard. it will be placed on the calendar. mr. re

one thing that i talked to mr. reid strong about yesterday was that in addition to the things that are in the report, it also would seem to be possible and i think administratively not terribly cumbersome for us to notify a property owner when an account is first opened by a tenant. * so that -- and as part of that notification, just to remind the property owner what the obligations are. so that if somebody is opening an account who is not authorized to open an account, if the lease needs to have provisions to protect the property owner from liability, that that could be taken care of by the property owner and the leaseholder. and it seems like that would be -- that's something i'm told is -- would be pretty straightforward to put in place. because our customer is the tenant, it is awkward. and i think what staff has tried to do is make as good an administrative accommodation to that as we can. part of the solution is to go to a monthly billing cycle which is in the works. and then if we can also in that process to incl

and mr. reid is here, i believe he's still here. but he had told me that they are the opposite of the megaplex. they are community based within walkable areas and it's a perfect solution for san francisco. so, enough about the theater part of it, but there were two or three things that came up. one thing that makes me think this is such a great project is that this there was so much done, even groups that might be in opposition to this project, are in favor of it because of what's being done with the off-site housing and the land dedication part of t. so there are many carefully crafted parts to this. but i think one of the most important aspects of this is to make sure we have the adequate amount of off-street parking because the financing of the theater, the financing of the off-site, all of that has to come out of the condominium sales pretty much largely. it's not possible to sell these condominiums and fewer buyerses are around because they don't have a parking place, then i think the whole project could fall apart and there's

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i appreciate the chairman of the judiciary committee, the president pro tempore of the senate, saying these nice things about me. it is an honor to have gotten to know him s so well, pat leahy. broken more records -- my record is minimum compared to the senator from vermont. first democrat elected, been in the are senate since 1972. wonderful senator, good friend. i appreciate him 10e67. -- i appreciate him so much. his lovely wife marcel is a nurse. during my wife's travail with a terrible automobile accident and breast cancer, which she's doing well, appears that she's beaten both of them so far, marcel has done a lot of good things for my wife, just with her nursing skills calling and telling her, well, what you're going through is what happens to a lot of peevment you're going to be a lot better. so i appreciate senator leahy and also his lovely wife marcel. mr. president, last december president obama nominated a person by the name of david medime -- that's medine, to serve

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. would object to further proceedings with respect to these bills. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bills will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: mr. president, last week after the nation celebrated the second inauguration of president obama, i expressed a hope that this congress would be characterized by a commitment to finding common ground. i'm please that had a bipartisan group of eight senators -- four democrats, four republicans -- will announce an agreement on a framework for comprehensive immigration reform as early as this afternoon. no one denies america's immigration system is broken. as i've said, this is one of the most important legislative missions congress wanted to take this year. i applaud these eight senators for setting aside partisanship and tackling a crucial issue facing our nation. this is a positive first step, but the true test for congressional leadership will be to pass a comprehensive bill. as senator from nevada who witnessed firstha

mr. reidfollowing leader remarks, the senate will be in a period of morning business for two hours. the majority will control the first hark the republicans the second half. at 2:30 today, senator kerry will be recognize the to deliver his farewell remarks. we hope to complete action on the debt limit negotiation -- debt limit legislation very soon. i'm told that s. 177 is at the desk and due for a second reading. is that correct, madam president in. the presiding officer: that is correct. the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. the clerk: s. 177, a bill to repeal the patient protection and affordable care act and the health care and education reconciliation act of 2010 entirely. mr. reid: madam president, i would to be any further proceedings with respect to this bill. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: madam president, i rise today to honor john kerry, our colleague, th the senator fm -- the senator fr

mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. eid: madam president, yesterday i had the opportunity to meet my democratic senate caucus for the first time this year. it was the first opportunity for all of us to sit down together to break bread and discuss challenges and opportunities that we all face. and as the majority leader, i was gratified to see so many new faces and have such an inclusive caucus. madam president, it was music to my ears to hear the announcement today that the presiding officer today is heidi heitkamp. we have nine new democratic senators. four of these new senators are women, and it makes our democratic caucus about a third of the caucus are now women. we have, for example, the first asian woman. we've expanded our majority. but i'm pretty satisfied with each passing election cycle about our caucus better reflecting the nation it serves. but despite the diversity of the caucus, and particularly its freshmen, there is one quality shared by each democratic senator: deep and abiding patriotism. and as governo

mcconnell, mr. reidep out in front of the microphones and tell us what is going to be different. i think the country wants to know. >> ed schultz, always good to see you. you can catch ed here at 8:00 on msnbc. >>> a lawmaker coming under pressure for proposing a bill that would make it a crime for rape victims to have an abortion. plus, fighting fair. i'm going to talk with the first female african-american combat pilot about the pentagon's new plan to allow women on the front lines. >>> and then manti te'o sticking to his story that he's the victim of a cruel hoax. we hear from his so-called girlfriend for the very first time. the voice mails you need to hear to believe. jenna shared her recipe with sharon, who emailed it to emily, who sent it to cindy, who wondered why her soup wasn't quite the same. the recipe's not the recipe... ohhh. [ female announcer ] ...without swanson. the broth cooks trust most when making soup. mmmm! [ female announcer ] the secret is swanson. i have a cold, and i took nyqui

mr. tim reid, alamo house senior vice president with us today to answer any questions on the operation of the theater as well as toby morris, lead project architect for the theater component [speaker not understood]. but the primary presentation today will be led by myself as well as by sandra [speaker not understood] from a & d who is an associate architect on the project and for us [speaker not understood] lead project architect for the residential component. i want to thank and acknowledge the great and amazing staff that you have in the planning department, starting with and in particular with richard sucre who is our lead planner on this project. it's been great working with him. he's been extremely responsive to us and works very, very hard. we appreciate that. in summary, this mixed use project has been carefully crafted as collaboration between oster development corporation, alamo draft cinema, with local input from the community. with what sets this project apart from many that come before you is the depth of community outreach that has taken place over the last two years by the

. >> mrs. reid is very happy. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: all right.[♪ theme music ♪] >> stephanie: hello current tv land. david shuster, the most interesting man in the world coming up in just a moment. oh, jacki schechner. >> yes? >> stephanie: it's like our first prom. the new congress convenes in less than an hour. >> do they get corsages and -- >> stephanie: oh my god. i forgot to buy wrist corsages. >> but you do have that goofy pink dress right? >> stephanie: my was powder blue as i recall. >> i designed my own prom dress. it was epic. >> we need a picture. >> stephanie: that was the day my mom gave me a home perm and i remember my boyfriend just said oh it's so big! >> i don't think my boyfriend liked my prom haircut either at the time. if i remember correctly. >> stephanie: all right. mrs. schechner send a picture. >> oh, stop it. good morning secretary of state hillary clinton is out of the hospital today after being treated for a blood clot in a vein in her head. they say she is making good progress and is expected to make a full recovery. c

mr. harry reid ask his vulnerable democrats to take a vote on an assault weapon's ban if they believe it't pass the house. >> i know tomorrow we'll be taking up my resolution in support of gun violence prevention that includes taking up the assault weapons bans. so i think that the white house is ready, the senate is ready to act. they are going to i think start with what you may consider to be the low-hanging fruits the background checks, and limit on high capacity magazines and then take a look at senator feinstein's bill. but i think the senate will take this up in regular order, and this will only be successful if as the president has said the american people speak out and speak up. this is the slaughter of innocents. is our role as parents. they didn't think we could change drunk driving laws, but mothers against drunk drivers did. >> jennifer: and i think this is another reason this was so powerful. one of the other things christine you mentioned that the poet is the first openly gay poet that has ever read at an inauguration. and i want you to listen to a sound bite from president

mr. reid: mr.president, following leader remarks, the senate will begin consideration of h.r. 3 it 5, the debt limit legislation. the time until 12:15 will be equally divided and controlled. at 12 faff there will be a roll call vote in relation to the port man amendment. following that, the reces the sl recess until 2:15 for caucus meetings. at 2:15 there will be as many as five additional roll call votes. mr. president, just a brief comment on my friend, the republican leader's, statement. he continues bad-mouthing the recovery. we are in a recovery. the moral of the fourth quarter is a repudiation of the republican playbook. growth went down in the fourth quarter because of reduced government spending. and a resonance of the private sector sector as congress fought over the fiscal cliff. that fight came as a result of the republicans being so unreasonable. we were finally able to work something out that was a k3r078 compromise and that was good for the economy. let's hope the republicans will und

mr. harry reid, as well as nancy pelosi on board with the president, so the key question tonight is the democratsk about things in the senate, if we hear anything from the speakers about the deal that is now emerging in the senate. reporter: we have yet to hear from the speaker's office. but one of the final hangups is getting all the democrats on board with us. mitch mcconnell knows where speaker john boehner is on this issue. they remained in contact throughout these negotiations birdseed can imagine that speaker boehner will come out as possibly as early as tonight with a statement of support. he has yet to get any information on. adam: apparently a spokesperson for the speaker saying that this is all joe biden and mitch mcconnell. no context as whether that's a compliment or insult, but potentially the deal which you have been expressing all day long. you are the one who will wrote just before 9:00 p.m. that a gop aide said that this was all done. just to wrap up with you before before we sign off one more time, no word yet from the vice president, but reporters are waiting for some kind of s

i think too many in the senate majority leader's caucus would say no thank you, no thank you, mr. reid, the chances of a vote coming in the house-- >> see you soon. fly-over country or the heartland. in colorado, a state that's seen its fair share of tragic shootings, the state's legislature is considering several bills to regulate guns. as lawmakers worked earlier this week, 150 worried guns rights activists quietly marched outside to protest the still unwritten been control measures. here is more from the new democratic speaker of the house and some in the crowd. >> a lot of these things can be preempted or eliminated altogether if law abiding citizens packing heat could just do something about it before it it gets out of hand. >> the second amendment is sack crv v sack croand so is th first. >> it can be destructive, no doubt about that, but we have them because government is making government is making decisions we oppose. >> megyn: coming up in the next hour we will speak directly to the n.r.a. about its big meeting with the vice-president yesterday when chris cox, executive direc

mr. reid: mr. president, following leader remarks, the senate will be in a period of morning business with senators allowed to speak for up to ten minutes each. the majority will control the first 30 minutes, the republicans the final 30 minutes. would the chair announce the business of the day. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will be in a period of morning business for debate only until 12:00 noon with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each, with the majority controlling the first half-hour. the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. mcconnell: i ask that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. mcconnell: i don't know if anyone you know -- i don't kn

mr. reid: mr. president, following leader remarks, if any, the senate will be in a period of morning business until 12:30 today. senators during that period of time will be permitted to speak for ten minutes each. we'll be in recess from 12:30 to 2:15 for weekly caucus meetings. today with the inspiration of the second inauguration of president obama fresh on our minds we renew our effort to fill the promise of prosperity for every american. the theme of yesterday's inauguration was faith in america's future. dr. martin luther king jr. whose birth and life we also celebrated yesterday once said yesterday once said faith is taking the whole step even though you don't see the staircase. i have faith the members of the 113th congress will bring this nation closer to realizing the promise of prosperity. the last congress was too often characterized by divides that hampered to foster success for all americans. i'm hopeful and cautiously optimistic that the 113th congress will be characterized not by our

the chair now recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. reid, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today, mr. speaker, to join my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. i come from a district in new york that was not impacted by hurricane sandy. but i come to this floor today, mr. speaker, to express my frustration, my disappointment and the decision that was made to not bring up the hurricane sandy supplemental aid for the people of new york, new jersey, connecticut. our fellow citizens as americans who have suffered devastating impacts. now, mr. speaker, i understand what some of the dynamics of the bill is about. i understand that the senate has put forth a bill that many on my side of the aisle have expressed concern about. pork type of activity that the senate continues to engage in with fisheries and smithsonian funding and things like that that don't really have much to do with hurricane sandy. but that's a separate issue. that could be -- could have been addressed and should be addressed by this body in cleaning up that bill and getting the aid, getting

mr. speaker, leaders reid and mcconnell, secretary clinton, mrs.men and my family, i come before you today to humbly welcome a legendary human rights champion, aung san suu kyi, to the united states congress for a ceremony that many of us feared would never happen. i chair the foreign affairs subcommittee on asia and the pacific. when my good friend, joe crowley, and i worked to pass the god medal in 2008 to aung san suu kyi who was serving her 13th year of house arrest, incarcerated for daring to challenge a military hundred that. -- junta. your presence here today is nothing short of a miracle. but patriots succeed because of miracles. the sound of freedom can never be silenced. it is a testament to the incredible strength of your convictions and to the depth of your aspirations for burma to achieve democracy. it means so much to me and all of your supporters that you've made the time to visit us during this momentous visit. aung san suu kyi is someone who needs no introduction, because there really are no words that can adequately describe the s

mr. reid: madam president, i ask unanimous consent at 2:15 today the senate proceed to executive session to consider executive calendar number 1, nomination of senator john kerry tor secretary of state, two hours for debate equally divided in the uranium form. upon -- in the usual form. upon the use or yielding back of that time the senate proceed to vote on that nomination, that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table and there be no intervening action or debate, that no further motions be in order and any related statements be printed in the record and president obama be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding -- the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until senate stands in recess until >> the senate gaveled out until 2:15 p.m. this afternoon senators are expected to take up consideration of massachusetts senator john kerry's nominat

senator harry reid reportedly warned mr. obama is refusal to negotiate on the debt limit and the sequester could be a strategic bluner. nancy pelosi making it clear that the democratic priorities called for even higher tax hikes. >> i don't think that democrats are saying that we aren't having spending cuts. we have agreed to over a trillion dollars in cuts in the budget control act. so we all know how we proceed has to be in three parts. revenue and growth to bring money into the treasury in cuts in establishing our priorities in a way that does not harm her future. >> our congressman joins us tonight to discuss the battles over the debt and gun control and immigration and whether the republicans have the guts and will to fight this president on those issues. the unemployment rate remaining at. washington talking about everything right now but jobs. we have a guest to talk about jobs coming out. and new york's putnam county. publishing the names and locations of gun owners. ishe right to privacy overridden by a newspaper's

after this exhortation was made profanely, senator reid said to boehner words to the effect of, mr. speaker, i only say what's written for me in my speeches, at which point senator reid's own chief of staff, david kron interjected and addressed speaker boehner directly and said words to this effect, mr. speaker, we would never do that to you. we have never put anything like that in senator reid's speeches. it was a stunning moment where reid's own chief of staff, in essence, sold him out in front of a large group of people. >> bill: did boehner seek out reid for this verbal confrontation? >> yes. >> bill: did he? >> my understanding is he saw him. >> bill: he went over and he said listen, bud, i have done that a few times. i must confess but i try not to. and then reid started to whine that he didn't do it because i don't read anything off script. is that what you are telling me? i didn't really do it. >> i just what's written for me. his own chief of staff sort of undermined that at that point that's what i'm told. >> bill: okay. i'm glad they didn't punch each other. you know how t

schumer, mrs. reid, mr., changed her hair style. has been remark order. we see her with her brother. >> princeton colors. >> the girls look cold and are dancing. >> if we could talk for a moment about the speech. one of the messages we have been talking about today is the recognition of the democratic values we recognize on inauguration day and we should all pause and appreciate the ritual and ceremony today. that's a message i expect to hear from the president. one of the messages i think he is going to convey in the time of partisanship and a time when our nation is dealing with a bitterness and sense of division, one of the themes that unites us and connects us from past to present and future is our shared belief in the principles that founded america in our shared faith in life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. and that it is our commitment to what founded america that helps us connect and move forward. and i think he will talk about this idea that we don't have to agree on everything in order to move f