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a lot to say a special thanks to pat leahy and mike crapo. thank you, guys, for your leadership. [applause] and i want to give much love to gwen moore who worked so hard on this. [applause] and i also want to take a minute before i begin to thank the senators who just a few hours ago took another big step toward sensible gun safety reforms by advancing the federal gun trafficking bill. [applause] that's real progress. the senate judiciary committee sent legislation to the senate floor that would crack down on folks who buy guns only to turn around and funnel them to dangerous criminals. it is a bill in honor of hidea pendleton, who was murdered in chicago earlier this year. she marched in the inauguration parade and a few weeks later was gunned down about a mile away from my house. i urge the senate to get that bill a vote. i urge the house to follow suit, and i urge congress to move on other areas that have support of the american people, because we need to stop the flow of illegal guns to criminals, and hidea's and many other families really do deserve a vote. finally, i want t

of the gang of 8 trying to hammer out that agreement and he wrote to judiciary committee chairman pat leahy urging that the vote should go through a rigorous procepr process of public hearings. he says, you said delay for 38's sake would be a mistake, i agree, but haste is even more dangerous possibly. two members of the gang of 8, chuck schumer and jeff flake, expressed optimism this morning. listen. >> so this is a majojor major obstacle overcome. as senator rubio says, we said we wouldn't come to final agreement until we look at all of the language. he's correctly point outing that language has been fully drafted. >> we're much closer with labor and business agreeing on this guest worker plan. that doesn't mean we've crossed every "i" or dotted every "t." we're closer certainly. >> the white house is also optimistic, a spokesman saying the president continues to be encouraged by progress being made by the senators. we look forward to seeing language once it's introduced and expect it to move forward. the agreement assures workers would be paid no less than minimum wage. the bill could be

starting with my old buddy pat leahy who chairs the committee. thank you very, very much.nd mike crapo. this wouldn't have happened had you not stepped up. and lisa murkowski is not here but my friend who i don't want to -- i don't want to get her in trouble but i know she really likes me because i like hear lot, senator collins. you know? seriously. it was -- you know, it was republicans coming and standing up and saying this has to be done. in the senate. so we owe you. we owe you big. [ applause ] and by the way, if you ever want a partner to get anything important done, call nancy pelosi. call nancy pelosi. [ applause ] and steny hoyer and congressman moore and my old buddy -- i hope i'm not leaving anybody out here. but, you know, you know, my old buddy john conyers. [ applause ] i'm sure i'm leaving someone out for which i apologize. we all know we have a lot more to do but we'll continue to make progress and one of the reasons to continue to make progress is we're going to have for at least three more years the president of the united states, my friend, barack obama

pat leahy gets a lot of credit for voting against john brennan on the grounds that he had been asking the office of legal counsel an opinion from the justice department and got stiffed. having said that, if it was a stunt, it was a brilliant one. >> but how much it daylight to you want on the grounds? > -- on drones? >> this is where we get into a murky area. senator paul was right to frame the issue the way he did to get a clarification we needed. and not having a scattershot approach, but just to clear, focused argument. now they are getting into another area with senator feinstein's committee where they talk about the current policy itself. -- drone policy itself. for example, "the washington post" editorial-page is calling for congressional approval for drone attacks. you're getting into questions of military tactics, and i am not sure you want to go that far. >> you are with rand paul on this one, aren't you, charles? >> i am grateful he raised the issue because we are at a point where people sick and tired of the administration blowing people the kingdom come well they are sitti

democratic senator pat leahy is pushing for a quick reform bill and vote.ore like a quick mess. >> if is it happening in broad daylight with a u.s. senator watching watching and an abc camera crew getting it on tape, what is the rush for doing this all wrong? >> exactly. we'll see a repeat of history. go right back to 1986 where good men like newt gingrich were for it and ronald reagan sign a law giving two million people citizenship. >> neil: the idea was that we would have a strict border control with that. and of course, reagan was hood winked, and many others, because that part never happened. >> that's the second part of the deal. so the lesson learned is we can't repeat that because now the consequences are far greater. we're talking 11 to 20 million people they're now saying, golly, gee, we're not being good americans, reflecting on the proud history of a nation of immigrantsles -- immigrants unless we do this and we'll repeat this. if they have an 1 foot fence and they're scaling it in front of the senators. what do you think happens a night in ariz

of the gang of eight senators trying it hammer out an agreement and he wrote judiciary chairman pat leahy urging him to make sure the bill goes through rigorous public hearings once it's introduced. and you said that delays for delay's sake, but the pursuant of a last solution would be the goal even more dangerous than the goals many of us share. >> a final agreement until we look alt the legislative language and correctly pointing out that that language hasn't been fully drafted. >> we're much closer with labor and business agreeing on this guest worker plan. that doesn't mean we've crossed every i or dotted every t. >> and one said we have a deal. and the white house is hopeful, a spokesman saying the president continues to be encouraged by the progress of the bipartisan group of senators. we look forward to seeing the language once it's introduced and moving forward as soon as possible. guest workers would be paid no less than the median wage in their industry. in washington, steve centanni, fox news. >> harris: right now, a manhunt in texas after a district attorney and his wife were

in fact, pat leahy, the chairman of the judiciary committee, here said yesterday that many feel it's more important than the supreme court because they have sufficient wide-ranging jurisdiction. and once they make a decision, rarely does the supreme court take up their cases. they consider complex appeals of federal regulations, among other things, as jurisdiction andvite aol national security challenges. this is also one of the many courts in crisis across the country. mr. president, 36%-37% of the d.c. circuit seats are vacant. there are four vacancies now. the last appointment to the d.c. circuit was made in 2006. it is 2013 today. in the years, the number of pending cases per judge has grown to almost 200 from a little over 100. when ms. halligan was nominated, she was nominated to fill unwith of two vacancies. many republicans said they voted against her then because there was no need. d.c. circuit had enough judges. now we're four shor short. more than two years after she was first turned down, her nomination is again before the senate and the d.c. circuit now has four empty se

i want to say a special thanks to pat leahy and mike crapo. thank you for your leadership. [applause] i want to give much that took one more who worked so hard on that. [applause] and i also want to take a minute to thank the senators who a few hours ago took another big step to sensible gun safety reforms by fancying federal contracting bill. [applause] the senate judiciary committee in that legislation to the senate floor that would crack down on folks who buy guns only to turn around and funnel them to dangerous criminals. it is a bill named in part. you remember i told the story about how she marched in the inauguration parade in just a few weeks later have been done down from my house. i urge the senate to get that bill a vote. i urge the house to follow suit i urge congress to move on other areas that are supported the american people from background checks ticketing assault weapons off our streets. we need to stop the flow and because these families and to many other families really do deserve it though. [applause] finally come i want to thank joe biden for being suc

you have pat leahy, a totally respectable democratic senator who voted no on the brennan nomination.ho's very much on rand paul's side. so you have these libertarian questions, you have the libertarian impulse that lives on the left and the right. so you see even weird ebb bedfellows in the notion that ron wyden ends up being an ally of rand paul on this and ends up opposing the administration on these policies. they go to core issues around due process, around interpretation of the constitution, around war powers. that kind of stuff sometimes is not a democrat-republican thing. it's places where different, weird coalitions get exposed and get built. it's not that surprising that that's happening because this is one of those issues that deep a and we're seeing really the first stages of a debate that's going to go on for the next 20, 30 years. >> it does seem like rand paul did a couple of things that raised his profile. everybody was talking about him for 13 hours. also he managed to form this strange coalition. >> i think that's more interesting than the rifts that it exposed in th

he urged pat leahy that the bill goes through rigorous hearings once introduced.ave said that delay for delay's sake would be mistake and i agree but a lasting solution is more dangerous to the goals that many of us share. others expressed optimism today. >> as senator rubio has said, we will not come to a final agreement until we look at all the legislative language. he is correctly pointed out that hasn't been fully drafted. >> we are much closer with labor and business on this guest worker plan. that doesn't mean we have crossed every i or dotted every t. >> and lindsay graham says we have a deal. the white house is hopeful that a spokesman saying this, that the president continues to be encouraged by progress made by the bipartisan group of senators. we look forward to seeing language once it is introduced and expect legislation to move forward. a crucial agreement last week assures guest workers would be paid no less than the media median age in their industry. >> gregg: dr. ben carson withdrawing from the line-up of commencement speaks at john hopkins medica

a lot to say a special thanks to pat leahy and mike crapo. thank you, guys, for your leadership.applause] and i want to give much love to gwen moore who worked so hard on this. and i also want to take a minute before i begin to thank the senators who just a few hours ago took another big step toward sensible gun safety reforms by advancing the federal gun trafficking bill. [applause] the senate judiciary committee sent legislation to the senate floor that would crack down on folks who buy guns only to turn around and funnel them to dangerous criminals. it is a bill in honor of hidea pendleton, who was murdered in chicago earlier this year. she marched in the inauguration parade and a few weeks later was gunned down about a mile away from my house. i urge the senate to get that bill a vote. i urge the house to follow suit, and i urge congress to move on other areas that have support of the american people, because we need to stop the flow of illegal guns to criminals, and hidea's and many other families really do deserve a vote. [applause] finally, i want to thank joe biden for be

a lot to say a special thanks to pat leahy and mike crapo. thank you, guys, for your leadership.] and i want to give much love to gwen moore who worked so hard on this. and i also want to take a minute before i begin to think the senators who just a few hours ago took another big step toward sensible gun safety reforms by advancing the federal gun trafficking bill. [applause] the senate judiciary committee sent legislation to the senate floor that would crack down on folks who buy guns only to turn around and funnel them to dangerous criminals. it is a building in part for a person who was murdered in chicago earlier this year. she marched in the inauguration parade and a few weeks later was gunned down about a mile away from my house. i urge the senate to get that bill a vote. i urge the house to follow suit, and i urge congress to move on other areas that have support of the american people, because we need to stop the flow of illegal guns to criminals, and criminalshidea's and to many do r families rreally deserve a boat. finally, i want to thank joe biden for being such an ou

i want to say a special thanks to pat leahy. thank you guys for your leadership. i want to give much love to gwen moore who worked so hard on this. i also want to take a minute before i begin to thank the senator who is took another big step towards gun safety reform by advancing a federal gun trafficking law. now the senate judiciary committee sent legislation to the senate floor that would crack down on folk who is bygones only to funnel them to dangerous criminals. it's a bill named in part for a girl murdered in chicago earlier this year. she marched in the inauguration parade and just a few weeks later had been gunned down about a mile away from my house. i urge the senate to give that bill a vote and i urge the house to follow suit and i urge congress to move on other areas that have supported the american people from requiring universal background checks to getting assault weapons off the streets. we need to stop the flow of illegal guns to criminals and because these families really do deserve a vote. [ applause ] finally i want to thank joe biden for bein

there is a bit of progress to report from that committee chairman pat strike leahy said bipartisan senators will support legislation. we'll watch how robert me menendez is handleing the mess, conservative website the daily caller started this whole mess back in november when it posted this video of two women making the claims. daily caller standing by his reporting saying the posts have alleged prostitutes all mixed up. senator menendez said he's the victim of a smear campaign but his problems don't stop there. this is all connected to the senator's dealing with dr. solomon melgen. senator me then menendez denies that he was part of the patronage. david schuster joins us from new york. hi david. >> great to be with you again. >> michael: tell us what you're learning about the menendez controversy. >> the menendez camp is overjoyed that the "washington post" put out this story suggesting that the daily caller got it completely wrong even though the daily caller is suggesting that the washington post has the wrong caller. and menendez said he was victimize and right wings are out to get him a

." >> bill: that is senator pat leahy on domestic use of drones.e seventh birthday of twitter today. twitter began seven years ago today. >> that's great. >> bill: that is my first tweet? i will never forget my first tweet. >> that's amazing. >> you use it all the time. >> i do. i tweeted on the way in. and use it to get the latest news reports. >> twitter was around for a couple of years before people picked up and got it rolling. >> i have been using it for four years, i just got my twitter birthday greeting this week. they send out a note to you, happy birthday. >> bill: i had dinner with joe and his wife last week, and he tweeted the entire time. >> bill just said the funniest thing. wish you were here. >> took pictures of the food. >> yes. [ laughter ] >> bill: on the drone front. on the use of drones on the warfare side whatever we call the war on terror now, we have had two programs. the cia and pentagon have been going drones. "the daily beast" is reporting that the obama administration has decided to move all drones to the pentagon. >> thi

it passed -- senator pat leahy's bill and it passed 11-7 with one republican vote, senator charles grassleyorter of the nra and a strong supporter of not only the second amendment but has opposed gun control measures in the past from the state of iowa, the state where people really -- you know respect and are proud of their gun ownership, but senator grassley standing up yesterday, and saying this is an important measure. he bucked his party, and you have to give him credit for doing that. i happened to have a chance to chat with the senator yesterday, and he was really disappointed that none of his fellow republicans would join him on this very important and kind of leadership position in terms of where we can go on gun safety. this bill will get to the president with the help of senator grassley. jonathan easily covered that story yesterday for "the hill". hey john than. this was a big vote huh? >> yes, it was. it was a party line vote other than charles grassley. most of these bills will make it out of committee and see a vote on the senate floor, but it is definitely making a statement

a special thanks to pat leahy and mike crapo. thank you for your leadership.plause] much love to plan more who worked so hard on this. [cheers and applause] i also want to take a minute to thank the senators to a few hours ago took another big step toward safety reforms by advancing the federal gun trafficking the. [applause] the senate judiciary committee since legislation that would crack down on folks who buy guns only to turn around and filed into dangerous criminals. if a bill named in part. you remember how they've marched in the evacuation and just a few weeks later had been gunned down a mile away from my house. i urge to give it a go and hurt the house to follow suit and i urge congress to move on other areas that have supported the american people from universal background checks to get an assault weapons off our streets moving to stop illegal guns to criminals and because these families into many other families really do deserve it though. [applause] finally, i want to thank joe biden for being such an outstanding vice president. [cheers and applaus