mr. roberts: i appreciate that, madam president. i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. roberts: i understand we are in morning business and i would like to ask to speak for 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. roberts: thank you. i want to talk a little bit about the government shutdown -- what else? -- and it's my understanding that my colleagues across the aisle, i will not have the opportunity to speak to any one of them should they come down to the floor, but they are out on the capitol steps, the senate capitol steps exhorting the house to send something that they prefer or to simply end the shutdown with a clean bill. i would have suggested they would go over to the house steps, as a gesture of goodwill, i'm not sure any member of the house -- i know when i was in the house i'm not sure i would have appreciated either party getting on the capitol steps and urging me to do something in the house but let that as it be, perhaps it's a goo

mr. robert sparks. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> reporter: this is incredible damage done here. >> we have had about almost a month's worth of damage in the last week it's accelerated at one point on friday we had 40 wild pigs in this area alone. they have destroyed couple of fairways. they have done damage to our greens. and it's a big concern to the club. >> reporter: so what can you do? >> well, we're right now erecting a fence to help prevent them from coming in. we have sprayed the golf course to try and prevent grubs from digging them up. we're working with hold government agencies and our neighborhood to assist us in us problem. >> reporter: you did give me a drive around the neighborhood and i was flabbergasted when i saw the amount of damage done to the residences and you and i ran into some pigs ourselves. >> we ran into five large bores and mother pigs that were probably 250, 300 pounds. very large. they are aggressive. they are very smart. and they have great memory. so they are form

mr. roberts interviewed republican congresswoman marsha blackburn on tuesday. >> when it comes to obama care, do you hate obama care more than you love your country? >> i've got to tell you something, i think that comments like that, that you are making are just incredibly inappropriate. what we have to realize is -- >> you don't think it's incredibly inappropriate to shut down our government -- you've taken the government hostage to a shutdown and now the american people you are walking to them a cliff, the economy, and you're going to push them over one by one based on the fact that you don't like the aca. that's all it is. >> listen to yourself. we didn't want a government shutdown. just listen to the way you're sounding. my goodness. >> but why is congresswoman blackburn surprised? did she really believe she'd get a fair shake in those precincts? really? the facts are clear, both republicans and democrats try to drive agendas in the federal funding debate. that's usually what happens in washington. both parties are responsible for the government shutdown and so is president obama. but wh

mr. robert gibbs. >> this is excruciatingly embarrassing for the white house and for the department of health and human services. this was bungled bdly. i hope they fire some people that were in charge of making sure that this thing was supposed to work. >> somebody should get fired. but who gets the axe? created a youtube video calling for kathleen sebelius to be fired. for me, i'll just sit back and try to refrain from saying "we told you so." is she the one that should be -- a lot of people fired? is she the one that we have to point our finger at first? >> i think it would be very difficult for president obama to do that at this point. unless they can pinpoint exactly what went wrong. do they not manage the process appropriately? obviously that's what happened. today jay carney was asked if president obama still had confidence in kathleen sebelius. the answer was an emphatic yes. my experience is that the president has confidence in the cabinet secretary up until the very last second when they go on to spend more time with their family. >> what do we do here? it's so easy to set up a webs

and mrs. robert kelly, mr. and mrs. robert gussy.gling) robert and gussy kelly are husband and wife. oh, my goodness! it says-- it-it says it clear, as day, on there. you quit? i'm gonna cut your dress up. (announcer) perhaps spotting that katrina's leadership skills could use some tweaking, katrina's mother gives her daughter a little something to help her wrangle up her wedding party. there you go. ah, a whistle! (blowing whistle loudly) katrina! it wasoo noisy in here. (announcer) but she may have just created a monster. (dayjah) i can't believe my mother gave my sister a whistle. i hope she drops it and it gets ran over by a car or somethin' and breaks. all right-- i have something to say. i won't blow it, if you listen. shhh! (announcer) sentiments are not likely to improve, when katrina informs the girls that there will be not one, not two, but three wedding rehearsals, not to mention a whole host of other required wedding activities. thursday, january 3rd-- we go in for shoes, jewelry, make-up. sunday january 6th-- church for

mr. roberts. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate that very much. chairman lucas and chair stabenow, ranking member cochran, ranking member peterson, all my other colleagues, it is indeed a privilege to be here with you today to begin this farm bill conference committee. we've all worked very hard to get to this point, and that's probably the understatement of my statement, and have already made significant strides, i think, in achieving necessary reforms. for example, both bills do eliminate the direct payments and our commodity and disaster programs. we have heard consistently from producers in all regions, from ann arbor, michigan, to wichita, kansas, that crop insurance is their number one priority. our producers are willing to put their own skin in the game to protect themselves from disaster. the full house of representatives and the senate have made the commitment through the supplemental coverage option and other provisions that crop insurance is the most responsible farm safety net for farmers and the taxpayer. however, i do have concerns w

mr. robert bremmer is the former director of policy analysts and revealed that the air radiation division of the u.s. environment protection agency. the primary witness is the senior policy adviser at the u.s. environmental protection agency and allegedly the cia. without an pursuant to the committee rules, would all of you please rise to be sworn. please raise your right hands. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give is the truth and nothing but the truth. thank you and please be seated. let the record reflect that all answered in the affirmative. we are going to consume a lot of time and i would ask you to keep your opening statement close to five minutes or less as possible. your statements will be placed in the record in addition to any comments that you may want to give us afterwards and we will hold the record open at the end for a couple of days. >> thank you. good morning, chairman darrell issa, and members of the committee. i am arthur elkins, inspector general of the u.s. environmental protection agency and i'm pleased to appear before you today t

mr. funny robert into the mix as well. all those things and lot more serious stuff at 2:00 p.m.rn on "street signs." back to you on "power lunch." >> see you at 2:00. thanks. doom day preppers have something else to worry about this time around. an economic armageddon. josh lipton talked to some of the doom sayers and who's cashing in. he's live in california for us. hey, josh. >> hey, sue. set aside food, gold and learn how to use a firearm, that's how preppers are telling you to get ready for the government shutdown. they're also fans of underground shelters, bomb shelters. we spoke to ron hubbard of atlas survivor shelters in los angeles. he said business is booming, up 400% in just the past month. i asked him what happens if there isn't a financial apocalypse, do you get a refund? here's his answer? >> there's no refunds. you got a cool man cave after that. let's hope they never to be used for what they're intended for. i mean, just like [ inaudible ] you don't want to use them but you peace of mind. >> the most popular shelter is called the hillside retreat. that fits six p

mr. robert e. morris, chairman and ceo of pricewaterhousecoopers.ing us. >> great to be here. thanks very much. >> what is your message to congress? >> well, very simply, you have two-thirds of the ceos across the u.s. extremely concerned about the government's reaction to the various issues we're dealing with. and the message that the ceos are bringing is, hey, you've got to take the responsibility to get in a room, think long term, compromise and see through this problem. today you've got ceos that are frustrated, ceos that are numb to this and ceos that are doing scenario planning because of the significant impact on their business because of the uncertainty that the government inaction is taking today and the impact it has on their business. >> do you accept the logger head that the republicans have pushed it too far, the democrats say we cannot negotiate? would you accept that in the business environment? >> from my perspective, both sides are at fault. the reality is each of our elected officials, just like ceos today have to figure out way to

mr. cuccinelli robert sarvis the libertarian candidate for governor has been denied the opportunity to take this debate. rich from blacksburg was from blacksburg was to once you know how do you feel about the decision to not allow the candidate on the ballot to burgess paid in the debate and jessica from alexandria says with sarvis exclusion from the debate and why? >> obviously i wasn't invited candid here and i'm happy to participate. wdbj7 said its rules and i'm happy to abide by those rules and i'm happy to be here to participate can expect to beat be participating with him on saturday so it isn't over yet. i'm proud to have congressman ron paul's endorsement. i would point out that in my lifetime in virginia i am the strongest pro-liberty candidate ever elected statewide during my lifetime in virginia and i have fought from the biggest potential opponent to protect liberty that being the federal government and i have fought for the smallest, one person thomas haynesworth who served 27 years in prison for crimes he didn't commit and i went to court personally to defend his liberty to ge

mr. chairman. >> senator roberts. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i don't think we have a blindfold on walking toward a cliff. i think we are walking toward a cliff with our wives -- our eyes wide open, and that's the problem. all this talk about self-inflicted wounds, it was not a self-inflicted wound when we raise the debt limit and we also achieved the act, social security and come with a balanced budget act, the budget control act, and i could go on and on, referred to as, by other senators. i think it gets down to a willingness to really negotiate. that's the nsa again, mr. secretary. terrible. the president has said over and over and over again that he will not negotiate, but i don't think that's true. bears some meetings as we speak with republican leadership yesterday. he met with democrats. my question to you, you have been briefed on the agenda with regards to the time that the president would prefer with regard extension of the debt limit and the agenda, and more specially i'm talking about sequester flexibility with appropriations commit

next, please join me in dorch.ng reverend robert i'm sorry, reverend? >> good morning, mr.m, o my director comby and patrice comby and judge walker and all of the gathered guests here today. 17 years ago e when we met in richmond you had recent seminary graduate and we were able to work together in some of the toughest communities. it's been said that teamwork makes the dream work. a it's a privilege to be part of your team as we work together to make a difference attest ory of you can learn, jim is the ultimate and team player. pray on this occasion that god will bless time.country at this let us pray. thank you for the beauty of another day and the breadth of that fills us with light, hope, and opportunities to learn, love, grow, pursue our dreams. thank you for this moment to elebrate james comby as the director of the fbi. we call on you to bless this a emony and everyone who is part of this equation. we thank you for those who have come before us and paved the way opportunities the that we have to enjoy life and liberty. e thank you for the men and women and their fami

mr. roberts. >> well, thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate that very much.irman lucas and chair stabenow, ranking member cochran, ranking member peterson, all my other colleagues, it is indeed a privilege to be here with you today to begin this farm bill conference committee. excuse me. we've all worked very hard to get to this point, and that's probably the understatement of my statement. and have already made significant strides, i think, in it achieving necessary reforms. for example, both bills do eliminate the direct payments and our commodity and disaster programs. we have heard consistently from producers in all regions, from yarn arbor, michigan, to wichita, kansas, that crop insurance is their number one priority. our producers are willing to put their own skin in the game to protect themselves against disaster. the full house of representatives and the senate have made the commitment to the supplemental coverage option and other provisions that crop insurance is the most responsible the farm safety net for farmers and for the taxpayer. however, i d

next, please join me in robert dorch.rend [applause] >> good morning, mr. president.d morning to my friend, jim, director comey. and judge walker. 17 you believe when we met years ago in richmond and we were able to work together in some of the toughest communities? it has been said the teamwork makes the dream work. a has been a privilege to be part of your team as we worked together to make a difference. as many of you can attest or will learn, jim is the ultimate servant, leader, and team player. we want to prey on this occasion that god will bless this moment -- pray on this occasion that god will bless this moment. dear god, we acknowledge that you are the creator of life. we thank you for the breath of your spirit the fills us with life, hope, and opportunity. we thank you for this moment to celebrate the installation of james comey as the director of the fbi. bless the ceremony and everyone who is a part of this occasion. we thank you for those who come before us and pave the way for us to have the opportunities we have. we thank you for the men and whon and th

i would not be surprised if assad had not known in advance before mr jamil's meeting with the u.s. amdas door robertord, even though qadri jamil rattled the assad regime by speaking outside the book. he's been a useful voice and a parliamentary for assad as part of the internal opposition. what assad has done by removing qadri jamil now he insists that he is an internal opposition inside syria. he is trying to drive a new position. in many ways it's a win, win strategy for assad. more importantly, what we need to understand is that the meeting between qadri jamil and u.s. ambassador robert ford, and remember he's the barack obama administration's point man. it is revealing and shows a subtled shift, american foreign policy towards syria. the meeting, the deputy prime minister re-engagement with elements of the assad regime and shows americans deep involved and engagement in pushing for a political settlement inside syria. interesting developments there. i want to move on and talk about the meeting between peace envoy lakhdar brahimi, who was expected to hold talks with president assad. lakhdar brahi

mr. chairman. >> thank you, chairman. senator roberts. >> thank you. pardon me. thank you, mr. chairman. i don't think we have a blindfold on and walking toward a cliff. i think we're walking toward a cliff with our eyes wide open and that's the problem. all this talk about self-inflicted wounds, it was not a self-inflicted wound when we raised the debt limit -- >> we'll take a quick break here as we listen to some of the q & a. we're a business channel, jim, not a politics channel. there are a lot of crossovers here. business leaders saying they feel they've lost touch with at least the right part of the gop. everyone's writing about a fall. is that what you're seeing today? >> i think the pressure's on. one of the things i've just been amazed about, who really gets hurt about this? where's target? where's walmart? why aren't they saying anything? main street is recognizing this is going to affect us. this is no longer just about interest payments. that's the pressure on the gop. the paul ryan article yesterday in the wall street journal was major. he said let's get away from -- >> with

mr. brown. fine. moving on! (grunts) (doorbell rings) (pants, groans) cracked it. oh, it's cracked. (groans) donna, if you're looking for robert:00 in the morning. well, he was up. that is innuendo. and he was in my endo. be that as it may, arianna, you need to take tim back. being without you has wrecked him. speaking of rectum... wrecked him. tim's a wreck. arianna, what you're doing is wrong. it's adultery! i mean, what if i told your church friends? that a self-righteous christian is actually a hypocrite? alert the media. but how can you throw away this whole unremarkable life you have with tim? it's easy. robert is amazing in bed. he's wild and adventurous, and his technique is almost magical. the way he kisses your ear and brings you right up to the edge, and then at exactly the right moment... he bites down, and it's pain and pleasure, and a thousand volts of electricity shoot through every inch of your body! he never helped with the dishes, though. game, set and match. (laughter, theme music plays) tim, if you want arianna back, you have to fight for her. oh, no, i'm not fighting robert. i-i got priors, man. tim, liste

mr. manchin, aye. senators voting in the negative, alexander, ayatt, fisher, flake, graham, grassley, ho hoeve hoeven, inhofe, johnson of wisconsin, lee, mcconnell, maran, murkowski, paul, roberts scott, toomey, wicker. mr. hatch, mr. hatch, no. mr. keyesia, mr. keyesia, no. mr. barroso, mr. barroso, no. mr. shelby, mr. shelby, no. mr. sessions, mr. sessions, no. mrs. shaheen, mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. blunt, mr. blunt, no. >> all right, we're going to step away from the drama in the senate chamber. and continue our conversations with chuck conesburg, he was an assistant director of the white house office of management during the '95 shutdown. in listening to all what is going on this morning, does it feel the same in '95? does it feel worse? how do you characterize this? >> well, 1995 was pretty bad. it was the longest shutdown in u.s. history, lasted for three weeks. this one, this one feels that it could be as bad, because of the level of gridlock that is currently in place right now. >> roger simon from politico, he just said this feels different from '95 because he said that legislators are meaner. i mean, there is no -- there is no cooperation between the two sides at all. d

roberts next year. wolf is related to the president through his great-grandfather who is also mr. great-great-grandfather. >>> and california governor jerry brown has been named the greatest bald man in the bay area by "the san francisco chronicle." what an honor there. after winning the contest, he sat down for an interview. and in it, he says he would probably never wear a hair piece. brown also says the bald eagle is his baldness role model. and that is your morning dish of "scrambled politics." >>> time now for our first look at politics. for that we are joined by syndicated columnist bob franken who has all his hair. good morning, bob. >> good morning. hearing a lot of baldfaced lies recently. >> let's talk about that because the government shutdown is delaying death benefits of fallen soldiers, and many say this is downright shameful yet both sides keep pointing the finger. when is this going to end, bob? >> well, there is some legislation which will probably pass which should restore it. it should be pointed out that some private charitable groups have come in and tried to

roberts was. it is an fair. iit is not an extraordinary circumstance much floss justification for it. mr. grassley: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: what that doesn't take into consideration is that there are six senior status judges on this court. the chief judge told us that their workload is the equivalent of 3-1.4 judges so presently there are enough judges this ato go around. eight judges now plus the 3.5 that have -- or 3.25 that have senior status. there's plenty of reason not to fill anymore seats on this court. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of patricia millett of virginia to be united states circuit judge for the district of columbia circuit shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: have all senators present voted or does any senator wish to change his or her vote? if not, on this vote the yeas are 55, the

mr. frelinghuysen: it's been a pleasure to work with ms. kaptur. robert spaulding wrote in the "washington post" recently, an article called, nuclear weapons, instruments of peace. in his close he wrote, i quote, the sensible path to peace starts with the realization that peace can be secured only through strength. nuclear weapons represent that strength, we must embrace it through funding and rhett rick, end of quotation marks. indeed we do, nothing is more important than the reliability of our nuclear weapons stockpile. as is, obviously, our responsibility to the world to prevent nuclear proliferation. and one of the ways that we protect america and provide for a strong national defense is to have a strong naval reactor program so that our aircraft carriers and subsequent can truly do the work of freedom. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey yields back. all time for debate has expired. pursuant to house resolution 371, the previous question is ordered. the question son engrossment and third reading

mr. chairman. thank you, madam administrator, for being here -- >> good morning, everybody. i'm thomas roberts as msnbc headquarters here in new york. we've been watching the house ways and means committee this morning with the hearing of marilyn tavenner being in the hot seat. she is the person head of the centers for medicare and medicaid services, also known as the quarterback of obama care. she is the first up to bat today. tomorrow will be health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. as we've been watching all morning long, marilyn tavenner has been trying to answer all of these questions to the best of her ability. when it comes to the affordable care act, one of the biggest ones being is how many people have actually enrolled. we know that there have been a lot of different hits on the different websites, but they won't have accurate numbers of enrollees in coming up mid-november. at least that's what we learned this morning. we have a lot to talk about this hour but i want to start off with nbc news investigative correspondent lisa myers who joins our conversation and dr. cor

mr. wallace's finger-print. it's not a finger-print of crime. >> i just want to get a the last word from robert king as you lookthis story. if you were able to talk, if you were able to really express what he's feeling now, you have an idea what he this must feel if he understands the he's out and free? >> i think i would -- the thing that would -- we tried to have a enough larger movement . we were trying to ra ra ra cane to radicate that. we have done a greater movement. i think he would be satisfied that regardless of what happens, so many people have gotten and have taken an idea about this case. it has something in that i feel -- -- >> maybe another generation will now take the opportunity to learn more about this story. we will appreciate you being with us. thanks so much. >>> we go to haiti now with with where night fall in the make shift camp there has become prime time. it's for hundreds of woman for many of them. especially for the watch dog group known as fearless woman. the special correspondent soledad o'brian, more woman are riding away in a mission to protect everyone in her care. >> reporter: sh

mrs. vander bubble, we have to go through your bag, okay? >> what do you think, robert? think they need to look -- the police said to him, barney's asked to us look in your bag because it was a suspicious transaction. barney's is saying, we never -- >> barney's is distancing themselves. >> somebody is lying. >> how dot police show up and know you just bought something from barney's? >> he had a barney's bag, that would have -- >> well, that is a tip-off. >> orange is a new bling. rare 14 carat diamond expected to fetch up to $20 million at auction in november. it's also called a fire diamond. >> as one moment as a wealth reporter i wanted to walk out the night and call it acareer. >> $20 million for a diamond. right now a guy in a mine in south africa going, oh, man, hi it in my hand! i had it the whole time! $20 million, i blew it! >> story number three, the flying car. slovakian car company, something we don't often talk about, worked two decades to create the aero mobile. i think it's more plane than car. >> exactly. this is not a flying car. george jetson had a flyin

mr. baytops, best of luck. thanks for joining us. >> thank you very much. >>> all right. to robert frank he has a market plash. >> thanks. response from sotheby's on the letter from dan lobe that broke earlier. saying, quote, rather than debating incendiary and baseless comments we are focused on serving our clients and they say we will comment on the communications of third point at the appropriate time. this, of course, follows that letter from third point from dan lobe this morning where he says that the ceo of sotheby's should step down. this letter contained accusation there was a lunch and a dinner at a restaurant where the management spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on fine wine and food, basically calling for a new direction and new leadership there. so sotheby's just saying these are baseless and incendiary comments and will say more later. back to you. >> robert frank, thank you very much. >> stocks lower today. the dow was down about 140 points at its low, now down 66. s&p, nasdaq also lower right now. cnbc contributor jeff killberg is with us here. john harwood's

mr. redford, i don't think they are doing the president favors. they alienate people that could be persuaded. >> maria, quickly, quickly. >> robert redford was talking members of congress. i think that is a dangerous road to go down. i think the supporters of the tea party, no question, a muslim born in kenya. i don't think there's a difference between the strong dislike that conservatives have for the president to the strong dislike they have for nancy pelosi or harry reid. i think it's based on ideology. >> it's interesting. you are right. he's talking members of congress. that's a different ball of wax. >> right. >> we are going to continue with this conversation. stick around. 2016 presidential contenders were front and center. did they help or hurt their chances? think about that and we'll be back. i'm breathing better. so now i can help make this a great block party. ♪ [ male announcer ] advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace

mr. gomez if i can get you to stay close for just a moment, i'm going to go to my colleague, robert ray who has been covering the story since last night. robert now we have more clarity that only one arrest was actually related to the shutdown last night. >> reporter: yep, and the other one had absolutely nothing to do with it. someone who looked suspicious, and clearly you can understand why authorities would have their eye on people in the airport looking for us is suspicion. but what we do know was that we have a person that was obviously very unstable, motives we don't know yet, but probably some mental issues, he is 39 years old, he is a jacksonville, florida address, according to the report. we also know that he was looked last night at about 1:30 a.m. put in the jacksonville county jail and is being held without bond. those charges include making a false report about planting a bomb or explosive. this afternoon at 1:30 pm he will have his hearing here in jacksonville, and after all of this, on this beautiful day here in florida, people are coming back to the airport, wanting to get o

robert f. kennedy jr. maintained his cousin's evidence and joins us with jeffrey toobin. welcome to both of you. mr. kennedy, thanks for joining us. you've long maintained your cousin's innocence, and i know you do want to get to some specifics why you say he's innocent, but he me start off by asking about you reaction to tonight's news. >> well, i think everybody who knows michael is over joyed with it. we actually, my family, prays every night for michael skakel and has done so for 12 years that he gets justice, and so this is a -- this is really a -- it's -- it's a -- it's a blessed event for us. >> have you been in touch with michael? i mean, when is the last time you talked to him? how is he doing? >> well, he wasn't doing too well, but he was -- you know, he was in jail for 12 years for a crime that he didn't commit, and the jail that he was in was not like a country club jail. it was a very, very tough place, and he was -- he had a tough time there. >> now your mother -- >> lucky -- go ahead. >> your mother is ethal kennedy. she's obviously also michael's aunt. i'm wondering if you had a chan

mr. president, if there's no further business, i ask it adjourn under the previous order. >> the senate stands adjourned. >> robert, we've just heard the senate being adjourned until tomorrow morning. harry reid there calling it to adjournment. not much detail, not much said about the events. as you sit where you are, rocket, what's the exact situation there? >> here is the situation. i heard from house and senate officials that the senate was debating whether to proceed with business today. as you just saw from the majority leader of the senate, we will adjourn for today. the house right now is voting. the house decided to stay in session because after the lockdown was lifted, they decided to have afternoon votes and many members are heading to the floor as we speak. >> luke russert is still with us at the capitol. luke, i'm assuming that a large number of senators and congressional members are now leaving because business is closed for the day as it were. >> well, actually what you said there from robert is the house is actually going to vote. this then means a lot of the members of the house of representatives

mrs. roosevelt funeral with her husband. there are pictures. interestedo get so interestingn? >> enough, hours before robertennedy was killed -- and that got me interested in politics in general. since then, i have become particular aficionado of the presidents. politics in general. 1932-present. >> thank you for your call. , one after the presidency of the things they did was interview for national television in 1955. talk about the interviews. who were they interviewed by? >> their daughter, margaret. >> we have a program that was on cbs. person to person. a big hit program at the time. it was the only television interview that bess truman ever did. how about that customer -- that? you will see that now. [video clip] why youell everybody went back to missouri instead of staying in washington. >> there was no question about coming home. is there reason enough? >> i will buy that. gettingr, are we still a lot of visitors? >> yes. >> all of the time? >> every day. [indiscernible] what is your cousins across the street. -- we can see your cousins across the street. [indiscernible] your cousins were not at hom

mr. speaker, try and leave this world a little better than you found it, those were the words of robert powell, founder of the world scouting movement. this was a message to all scouts that was found among his papers after his passing in 1941. i'm a scouter, mr. speaker. it's part of who i am both as an american and an elected official proudly representing pennsylvania's fifth district. this is part of scouting principles, to always leave the campsite cleaner than when you found it. it's about service, serving others and it rings true in the debate taking place in washington. today we are saddling future generations with mountains of debt. we've made promises we cannot keep. we're leaving the next generation worse off than our own. we face a nation with grave challenges, challenges that aren't being addressed. the fact of the matter is that congress has yet to deal with the real drivers of our debt, a large portion of which is health care costs. mr. speaker, i don't care who won the white house or which party holds majority in congress. why? because not until we actually tackle the tough issue

if robert hale, the controller of the defense department thought it was a problem last week, it strikes me several things -- >> let me jump in. mrle came out prior to the shutdown and said, hey, if you shut it down, one of the things that goes away is death benefits. they had a press conference where they did the it. the defense department is pointing to exoneration. the question is well, then congress acted, passed a bill they thought re dressed it. now chuck hagel, the boss of the defense department is saying we determined that wasn't going to do it. >> remember the pentagon has people on the hill all the time. why didn't they tell congress they were doing it? the chairman of the house armed services committee, buck mccan said our understanding was this solved the problem. why didn't the defense department say it doesn't solve the problem? why didn't the director of the office of management and budget put it on her radar screen. to say the d.o.d. money guy says it's a b problem. i'm in charge of the money people throughout the government. this is a problem. i'm going to put it on the radar scope. >> that's the question that re

joining us with more, robert james richey known as kid rock. is it mr. rock? >> mr.huge fans, kid. can i call you kid? that's okay? >> call me whatever you like, sir. >> thanks a lot. >> don't take too many liberties on that though. >> i won't. >> the amount of stuff you do, i'm most interested in the $20 tickets to your concert and the $4 beer. that's unheard of. people are pointing out you're probably making a tenth of the money you could have made. this is kinds of stuff you do all the time for fans? >> i try to. it's a simple business model for somebody who wasn't in college and not a student who he probably should have been. the little bit of research i've done, sam walton had it right. bigger volume less price. we're starting to get the numbers back from the tour. it was one of the best summers i've had. >> as far as detroit goes, you're there to stay. you've bought a water front place to live. are you going to move your studio there? you're not just talking the talk. you're walking the walk trying to bring detroit back. >> i love detroit. the home i got here i

if robert hale, the controller of the defense department thought it was a problem last week, it strikes me several things -- >> let me jump in. mrame out prior to the shutdown and said, hey, if you shut it down, one of the things that goes away is death benefits. they had a press conference where they did the it. the defense department is pointing to exoneration. the question is well, then congress acted, passed a bill they thought re dressed it. now chuck hagel, the boss of the defense department is saying we determined that wasn't going to do it. >> remember the pentagon has people on the hill all the time. why didn't they tell congress they were doing it? the chairman of the house armed services committee, buck mccan said our understanding was this solved the problem. why didn't the defense department say it doesn't solve the problem? why didn't the director of the office of management and budget put it on her radar screen. to say the d.o.d. money guy says it's a b problem. i'm in charge of the money people throughout the government. this is a problem. i'm going to put it on the radar scope. >> that's the question that remain

robert. so we want people to understand that. we're also looking at an issue that women have had for years. they were able to register by mrs. john smith. now when you come in and your driver's license doesn't have or your i.d. doesn't have mrs. john smith, that's going to be an issue. and we have decided to identify those and send out notices to them to let them know that that's going to be problematic at the polls. >> wow, it's going the be problemattic if you're named mrs. husband's name, mrs. with your maiden name. it's problematic if you have a nickname. it's problematic if you have a hyphen. it's problematic if you have any difference between any of the forms of i.d. that will be checked here. you have a big job on your hands, ma'am. i appreciate the proactive effort you're taking with it. i'm sorry you have to go there all of this. >> thank you. >> the dallas county elections administrator. it's great to hear what that is like on the ground. if this is a big deal high turnout? election right now, this is would be the hugest story in the country. it's because this is a low turnout election and this is sort of the dry r

. >>> gaggle, robert costa, national editor for "the washington review," and cnbc who just returned from iowa. and democratic pollster margie o'meara. hello, all. mr. costa, i'm going to start with you since you just came from iowa. moderating this republican senate bee date whendebate whic get to in a few minutes. the ted cruz freight train just moves through iowa. and i have to say, i can't tell you the number -- and i know you hear the same thing -- the number of republicans off the record throwing up their hands going, did this guy learn nothing from the shutdown? >> you see a lot of republicans frustrated. when i was at drake university in des moines, almost every single candidate on that stage running for u.s. senate in the republican primary citing ted cruz. >> in a positive way. >> in a positive way, as the model. and that is what i think is really you're going to see across the country, especially in more red state primaries in 2014. the cruz model. using cruz as a way to win a primary. >> and this is, then, viviana, the republican party nationally you have all these people going wait, wait, wait, we wanted to fix the party. we wanted to