so today, the flag jacket is officially passed to a new ernst. on, mr. josh [applause] josh is the coach's son from kansas city. he still works for the royals, i guess. [laughter] as you know his name describes his demeanor. josh is an ernest guy. and you can't find just a nicer individual even outside of washington. the country, of course, knows him for his golden voice and dolcett tones on "west wing" week the biggest viral internet hit since "between two ferns" but we have an incredible history going all the way to the iowa caucus. even when he was in that role u find him spending an extra hour or two making phone calls. there was no small detail too unimportant for josh to atepped to. at the white house he's been a mentor to many of the young people here who i know are . rilled for him today he is of sound judgment and great temperament. he is honest and full of integrity. i'm sure at some point you will get frustrated with him as well because it's going to be hard because he's a straight shooter and a great guy. so my request is that be nice and y o

so today the flag jacket is officially passed to a new generation, mr. josh ernst.nsas city. he still roots for the royals, i guess. >> sure he does. >> as you know, his name describes his demeanor. josh is an earnest guy. and you can't find just a nicer individual. even outside of washington. the country, of course, knows him for his golden voice and dulset tones on west wing week, the biggest viral internet hit since between two ferns. but josh and i have an incredible history going all the way back to the iowa caucuses. josh was my iowa communications director. and even when he was in that role, you would find him spending an extra hour or two helping young staffers make phone calls or knock on doors. there was no task that was too small, no detail too unimportant for josh to attend to. at the white house, he's been a mentor to many of the young people here who i know are thrilled for him today. he is of sound judgment and great temperament. he is honest and full of integrity, and i'm sure you will at some point get frustrated with him as well. but it is going to

ernst, in iowa. friday rubio heading to new hampshire we will give a big gl gal. gala. we'll see major primaries of virtually every tuesday day, at end that will give us a pretty good thing with things stand between the tea party and the establishment. you know it is getting bad when they say, maybe we can rely on our ads. it is looking tough for democrats and republicans are getting increasingly confident. lou: i infer from when you said, if we say a senator or governor or former governor involved in endorseing candidates, we can just assume they are going to run for president in 2016. that is looks to be the play? in these cases that is it they are trying to share their endorsement with candidates they think best represent the type of electorate in republican party they can court, in ron paul's case, libertarian leaning type tea partyers, and candidate in north carolina tomorrow, huckabee, who has not said whether he will run but he has been to iowa and new hampshire, he won iowa caulk us in 2008, and tpofpler gove former govern. he is endorseing a fellow pastor. this

new mr. clean liquid muscle. when it comes to clean, there's only one mr. >>> i'm joan ie ernst.w up castraing hogs so i know how to cut pork. >> that's by far the most successful ad of the 2014 campaign cycle. it is really good. it catapulted obscure candidate joni ernst into contention in iowa. the problem with making a splash is people pay attention when you go unscripted. it turns out the candidate who boasts about pig castration might be the candidate who tells people there were weapons of mass destruction in iraq. >> we don't know that there were weapons on the ground when we went in. however, i do have reason to believe that there were weapons of mass destruction in iraq. >> what is that reason? >> my husband served in saudi arabia as sergeant major of central command for a year. that's a hot button topic in that area. >> that's true. it is a hot button topic. joni ernst stepped in it because she said despite what you just saw in the video what she really was trying to say is that iraq had once had wmds sometime in the past. that awkward attempt to move on is at least an i

news. >>> white house press secretary jim carney is leaving his post. president obama made an appearance. he says he doesn't know what he'll do next. deputy secretary josh ernstbeen named as carney's replacement. >>> hundreds of high school students, college test scores thrown out. the administrator error that's forcing a retake. >> i think it's unfair. i just want to understand why. >>> a cooler pattern settles into the bay >>> breaking news, b.a.r.t. says it's suspended. we understand it's because of a medical emergency in the west oakland station. b.a.r.t. police confirmed to us one person was located on the tracks beneath a train. now the nature of the incident is unclear but again the headline right now, no b.a.r.t. service between oakland and san francisco. we do have a crew on the way to the scene right now to try to gather more information. when we learn something new we will bring it to you. >>> there are new developments tonight on claims that a security guard attacked a student with cerebral palsy. it's a story we first told you about last night. mitchell was fired for allegedly hitting 17-year-old francisco martinez. the incident was all caught on

news. >>> white house press secretary jim carney is leaving his post. president obama made an appearance. he says he doesn't know what he'll do next. deputy secretary josh ernstbeen named as carney's replacement. >>> hundreds of high school students, college test scores thrown out. the administrator error that's forcing a retake. >> i think it's unfair. i just want to understand why. >>> a cooler pattern settles into the bay area. i will pinpoint the changes. >>> and a student in a wheelchair under attack. who is now coming to the defense of the security guard accused of throwing the punches. my dad worked as a short order cook. right here. my parents were immigrants. and they taught me that with hard work, anything is possible. i earned a scholarship to mit. and worked across party lines to get things done. i'm alex padilla. i'll protect voting rights for everyone. and make it easier to start a business. so we create jobs and opportunity for all californians. what should we order? (announcer) alex padilla. secretary of state. >>> breaking news, b.a.r.t. says it's suspended. we understand it's because of a medical emergency in the west oakland station. b.a.r.

new ad this month. let's take a look. >> she's not your typical candidate. conservative joni ernst.an lipstick in her purse. she will take aim at wasteful spending, and once she sets her sights on obamacare, joni is going to unload. >> shooting obamacare. >> great ad. is this a successful ad? is this going to drive her to the senate? >> i think in iowa it is a good ad. she's relating to voters. she's speaking to the issues they're most concerned about. and as a republican primary gets more conservative, she's showing she is going to take on the issues. it's an interesting ad for women. it's a strategy women haven't put forth before. she continually says she's a conservative, a mother and a soldier and those things resonate. >> but women have done this before. ann richards in texas. this is to be continued. i apologize. thank you very much. also thanks to kelly. donald sterling goes on offense in the nba. i'm randy and i quit smoking with chantix. for 33 years i chose to keep smoking... ...because it was easier to smoke than it was to quit. along with support, chantix (varenicline) i

it will also bring new investments to the energy industry, medical research, stem advancements and information technology, among others. a 2011 study by ernst & young found that strengthening the r&d tax credit would raise wages up to $3 billion in the short term and $8 billion in the long term. it would also increase employment related to research by 130,000 in the short term and over 300,000 jobs in the long term. with the american economy puttering along, this bill -- sputtering along, this bill will create an opportunity that we simply cannot afford to pass up. mr. speaker, to put it simply, this legislation is about jobs. this legislation is about giving american workers and middle-class families a chance at new opportunities. this legislation is about creating an america that works again, an america that works again for everybody. let's stand together in a bipartisan fashion and pass this bill so that we can help turn this economy around and begin to move in the right direction once again. i want to thank chairman camp for his leadership in bringing this bill forward, for congressman brady in the chamber from texas and the rest of the