. >>> utah republican mike lee gave vermont democrat and batman enthusiastic patrick leahy a batman snuggie. i didn't know those existed. happy holidays. >>> last night filmmaker and michael moore told ed schultz he is determined to change his state's newly enacted right to work law that says private and public workers do not have to pay union fees. take a listen. >> they know people don't support what their doing. that's why they had to rush this thing through before january 1st. same reason they had voter suppression. why would you suppress the vote if you thought the majority of americans were conservative? you have to suppress the vote because you know you're in the minority. it's an admission on their part they know the american people don't like the republicans or the conservative philosophy. we're a different country now. and i think a lot of them don't have a clue about that.

senator patrick leahy takes ove over. the governor will make the call. >>> nikki haley chose tim scott as the state's next start replacing jim demint. that makes scott the state's first black governor. >>> two nasa sprays craft named ebb and flow were intentionally craft into the moon yesterday. they had circled the moon almost a year. the area where they crashed was not one where others have landed before. >>> over to wall street. the dow opens at 13,235. the s&p climbed 16. and the nasdaq jumped 39. overseas, nikkei gained 94 points but the hang seng lost 18. >>> traders paused for a moment of silence. stocks of gun makers continued to slide. smith & wesson down 8%. pension giant california state teachers' retirement system is reviewing a $400 million firm. which owns bushmaster. meanwhile, walmart has pulled that same assault rifle from its stores. >>> and gas prices are falling. the national average is just under $3.25 a gallon. for the first time this year, all 50 states have gas below $4. >>> banks rose monday and t

he will be succeeded by vermont patrick leahy. >>> good news on the health front for the elder george bush, former president. for the past three weeks he's been in the hospital undergoing agreement for a really bad cough. doctors now say he seems well enough to go home for the holidays. mr. bush is 88. >>> south carolina congressman tim scott is poised to become the first black senator from a southern state since 1981. today the governor of south carolina chose scott to take over the senate seat of jim demeant who is leaving next month. both men are republicans. >>> with two weeks to go to the deadline, there are signs we could be on track to avert the fiscal cliff tonight. president obama and house speaker john boehner met 45 minutes today. their talks included a deficit reduction package that would increase taxes on people making more than $400,000 a year and cuts in health care spending programs. a new poll by usa today finds 66% of americans think both men should compromise to get us to an agreement. >>> today virginia governor outlines the changes he wants to make. new spending w

senator patrick leahy of vermont takes over as president pro-tem of the senate, third in line to the presidency. before his death, inouye recommended a successor, but the governor will have to make that call. >>> nikki haley chose tim scott as the state's next senator, replacing jim demint. that makes scott the state's first black senator since reconstruction. >>> since the mission was complete, two nasa spacecraft named ebb and flow were inen it shunally crashed into the moon yesterday. they circled the moon almost a year mapping the lunar gravity field and the area where they crashed was not one where others had landed before. >>> over to wall street. the dow opens at 13,235 after rising 100 points yesterday. the s&p climbed 16. and the nasdaq jumped 39. overseas, the nikkei gained 94 points, but the hang seng lost 18. >>> traders paused for a moment of silence monday to remember the 27 killed friday in newtown. later, as broader markets rose on encouraging fiscal cliff talks, stocks of gunmakers continued to slide. smith & wesson down 8% since friday's mass shooting. pension giant

senate where patrick leahy of vermont is third in line for succession to the presidency. leahy, the longest serving democrat in the upper chamber was sworn in yesterday as president pro-tem for the senate. he succeeds senator daniel inouye of hawaii who passed away on monday. leahy is also expected to take on inouye's role as chairman of the appropriations committee. >>> the justice department won't press cyberstalking charges against paula broadwell. federal prosecutors were investigating broadwell after she sent anonymous harassing e-mails to jill kelly, a socialite who knew petraeus. the investigation eventually exposed petraeus's affair. broadwell was also under investigation for handling classified material. while she has been cleared of cyberstalking, justice officials will not say whether broadwell will face other charges. >>> overseas, developing news on the situation in syria where the civil war there has killed an estimated 40,000 people since march of last year. the "new york times" is reporting that russian warships are heading to the mediterranean for what co

.>>> patrick leahy has been chosen as the pro temp on the senate. he was chosen following the death of long time dem craict senator danual inouye. he is the third in line after the president. >>> govern o's -- governor o'malley is hosting a round table and will speak on progress his administration tackled this year and the challenges ahead for 2013. >>> if your child has smart phone that has access to apps to reveal their physical location phone numbers to friends and more. the ftc is trying to make sure the apps will pose no threat to a child's online safety. however the makers of the apps say newly proposed regulations will make the apps less kid friendly.>>> people along the eastern shore affected by super storm sandy are getting help. today the department of age something going to be giving out meals to householdness necessities to elder -- older residents. carroll and montgomery counties has been added to the list of areas that can receive disaster aid. 6:49. back to the story out of connecticut. friday's shooting left many of us with so many q

vermont's long-time democratic senator patrick leahy is now third in line for the u.s.ncy as the longest-serving democrat now in the senate he was sworn in today as president pro tem by vice president biden after the death yesterday of daniel inouye, a world war ii heroers resip cent of the medal of honor. >>> in case you missed the 12-12 concert for the victims of sandy last week, six hours of music from the largest collection of rock music artists ever assembled in the modern era. it's now up for sale on itunes. every penny raised from the music goes to the storm victims through the robin hood foundation. >>> up next tonight, good deeds making a difference around the world and everyone's joining in. [ laughter ] ♪ [ male announcer ] for tim and richard smucker, giving a gift of their family's delicious jam always made the holidays just a little bit sweeter. we forgot to put our names on them! richard, i think they'll know who it's from. ♪ thank you boys. you're welcome. you're welcome. [ male announcer ] happy holidays from our family to yours. i love christmas! [ cou

host: what did senator patrick leahy say about what the position means to him when he was sworn in? guest: during the ceremonial swearing-in in the old senate , as we were waiting for vice-president joe biden to make his way into the chamber, senator leahy was talking to reporters and photographers a little. he said it was an honor but that it came under such unfortunate circumstances, because senator inouye was a beloved figure in the senate and widely respected and such a good friend that it was one of those honored positions to take but the circumstances made it difficult to celebrate. host: thanks so much for joining us this morning. guest: thank you. host: time for a few more of john boehner'son' "plan b" on the fiscal cliff. lloyd from florida. thanks for calling. caller: i am in florida visiting my grandson and my son. i just turned it on and i am a senior. forgive me for asking, but i just got to the program on and and getting everybody ready for school. what exactly are the concessions that the president is making regarding social security? host: we can go over that for you

senator patrick leahy squared in as a distinction given to the most senior member of the majority party in the senate. leahy now third in line for the presidency behind joe biden and john boehner. iraqi president is in a coma at this hour after suffering a stroke. government officials say the president's medical team is working to stabilize his condition. back to you. melissa: the fate of knight securities could be decided in a moment. exclusive new details on this one. charley. charley: this is coming down to the wire, major investments to help tell them out. they're telling me they expected the decision may be later tonight or early tomorrow morning. why did they do that? or the look medication with the board but this is what you're hearing from investment bankers, they're looking to get this wrapped up. the bid has been up from what i understand. it is more cash. will weise thought tom joyce wanted a $4 bid, the ceo of knight securities and they're starting to get it. they're still stuck in that range between $3-$3.20, all cash. now starting to convince major shareholders that they h

. >>> and with the death of hawaii senator daniel inoyue, senator patrick leahy is taking ovr as the senate's pro-m. he took the oath of office this morning from vice president joe biden. the president pro-tem is the senate's longest serving member and is third in the line of succession in the u.s. presidency and he served for nearly 50 years and died yesterday at the age of 88. >>> breaking news out of montgomery county, maryland. sky fox is high over the scene in north gate park, aspen hill, maryland. we're told a person was shot in the eye. police are not sure what kind of weapon was used. this is in aspen hill, maryland. can you see police and emergency personnel on the ground. police are searching for the shooting suspect. we're going stay on top of the story and bring you more information as it's available. >>> >>> coming up tonight, a closer look at asberger's syndrome. disspelling myths about the so- called connection to the connecticut school shooting. >> and d.c.'s mayor wants more police officers on the street. why he said that is not going happen if the city council gets

of the senate, inouye was third in line to the presidency, which now passes to vermont senator patrick leahy. >> this program -- instagram may close to having ads. >> the may include your pictures. the facebook photos service says it is changing the terms of service. "a los angeles times" report is the most notable one is instagram and pay them to use your photos on a more information in ads -- but the companies will pay instagram but not pay you. a lot of people up in arms. >> there is a close call for a man in portland, oregon. >> nearly crushed to death by a dump truck. he was sleeping in a dumpster and along came the dump truck which ended the content in the back of the truck and as it typically do, it started to compress and get the man as well, pinned his foot. >> my gosh. he was nearly crushed to death. amazingly realized i guess an side of the contractor -- one of the workers was able to call police and emergency crews rushed out and they were able to for the man and got into the hospital. at this point, we do not know what his condition is. but really unfortunate situation there. 6:

a live look there after the vice president swore in senator patrick leahy as the new president pro-temthis makes him second in line for the house speaker. trade ne traditionally, the longest serving member of the party. he replaces daniel inoue who had the distinction of being the longest serving senator in history. a war hero, inouye received the medal of honor for heroics in world war ii. while recouperating from the loss of his arm, he met bob dole. his last words before passing away, aloha. >>> in the aftermath of the halls of sandy hook elementary school calls for actions in all walks of life. what will it really are take to get work down in washington, d.c. richard wolf, vice president and executive editor of msnbc.com. paul barrett, senior writer and author of book "glock." and the book that made head lines across the country. gentlemen, i want to start with you. "the washington post" has reported that the president has put the vice president in charge of putting a stop to violence. yesterday, the president met with biden, along with other cabinet members to discuss this issue,

a key player in american political life for 50 years the vice president today swore in senator patrick leahyin line for the presidency. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. bittersweet moment. >> bittersweet indeed. he died with his wife and son at his side. his last word according to his office was, aloha. trusted everywhere. ♪ you make me happy [ female announcer ] choose the same brand your mom trusted for you. children's tylenol, the #1 brand of pain and fever relief recommended by pediatricians and used by moms decade after decade. stop! stop! stop! come back here! humans -- we are beautifully imperfect creatures living in an imperfect world. that's why liberty mutual insurance has your back with great ideas like our optional better car replacement. if your car is totaled, we give you the money to buy one a model year newer. call... and ask one of our insurance experts about it today. hello?! we believe our customers do their best out there in the world, and we do everything we can to be there for them when they need us. [car alarm blaring] call now and also ask about our 24/7 support

just today democratic senator patrick leahy chairman of the senate judiciary committee released a lettere house drug czar urging him to explain how is the administration going to solve this conflict? senator leahy plans to hold hearings on the issue early next year. according to the pot legalization group normal, norml, 26 states have laws decriminalizing or allowing medical marijuana use and then there were also two recent polls from "the huffington post" and quinnipiac university which show, with respect to public support that more than half of the country actually supports the legalization of marijuana. joining me now for insight on how the obama administration might move forward on this very tricky issue is rolling stone national affairs correspondent tim dickinson whose article "obama's pot problem" is in the magazine's current issue. welcome back inside "the war room." >> great to be with you. >> jennifer: the people have spoken. obviously. in at least two states. and pollwise, they think that marijuana should be legal. but federal agencies like the d.e.a. maintain enforcement over

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. >>> senator patrick leahy of vermont, formally assumed a position in the line of presidential successday he was vorn in as the new president pro tem. it follows the death of daniel inou. he lahey moves to third place in the line of succession behind vice president joe biden and house speaker john boehner. >>> developing story tonight. the suspected butt slasher, a guy that targeted women at fairfax county shopping malls, is on his way back to northern virginia tonight. he was extradited and flown from peru to the u.s. today. police in peru took him into custody near a shopping mall in january. he is accused of cutting ten young women with a box cutter or razor. none of the victims were seriously hurt. >>> an active search under way for a shooter in aspen hill, maryland p.m. at about 4:30 this afternoon a 19-year-old was shot in the eye. the police tell us it happened in a park near the intersection of connecticut avenue and grand prix road. once again, police searching thatrea now trying to find the shooter. >>> we just learned the name of a man found murdered near a d.c. elementary s

yesterday we reported that patrick leahy was likely to move to appropriations and then you'd have feinstein going to judiciary. mikulski still wasn't going to have a committee. this has now been rearranged. >>> december 28th will be the day the democratic party of hawaii decides who will fill their senate seat. but this morning we have more details on what the late senator himself wanted to see happen. in a just-released tlee ed lett hawaii's governor, inouye wrote, i respectfully request that u.s. representative colleen hanabusa succeed me and continue the work together with mazie on behalf of hawaii in the u.s. senate. i have no doubt that she will represent hawaii with the same fervor and commitment that i brought to the senate chamber since 1962. i hope you will grant me my last wish. he will lie in state in the capitol rotunda today. we're expecting his remains to arrive any minute now right there on the capitol. we'll bring that to you live later this hour. - more washington gridlock. no, it's worse -- look, our taxes are about to go up. not the taxes on our dividends though, right? t

on capitol hill, senate judiciary chairman patrick leahy called for congressional hearings on the issue and for his part, president obama told abc's barbara walters that the federal government has bigger fish to try than to go after pot smokers. >> it does not make sense from a prior othertization point of view to focus on recreational drug users in a state that has already said that under state law that's legal. >> while marijuana users in those states may be off the hook, dispensaries and stores that sell the drug may not get the same treatment. the justice department hasn't said whether it will crackdown on businesses to try to sell marijuana in colorado and washington. but in states like california, where only medical marijuana is legal the strategy has been to target the very largest cannabis growing and dispensaries and none bigger than harbor side. if the dispensary is shut down it could open the door for other federal crack downs across the country. but if harbor side is able to win its case in federal court it would be a game changer for the entire medical marijuana industry. >

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patrick leahy. another man was offered it, tom harkin. he passed it over. they don't have the leverage. they don't have the swag they used to have here largely because or -- not necessarily largely or principally but to a certain degree because this place is cleaned up somewhat. there are no more earmarks, not $20 billion of earmarks. you can't say i'm going to take that bridge away unless you vote for this project. we saw jayne baohn boehner play hardball yanking them off the 5678d committees, but evidently the speaker does not have that kind of swag. i want to put this in context. the national debt in this country is $16 trillion. john boehner and the speaker -- john boehner and the president are $4 billion -- $400 billion apart. that's a ten-year figure. it gets to the point it's almost ridiculous. now i think the republicans are losing leverage. if we go over the cliff, all the pressure is going to be on them. the president is going to get the extension of the debt ceiling. the republicans may not get what they thought they were going to get in terms of

brown: this morning vermont senator patrick leahy was sworn into that post. daniel he died monday of respiratory complications. he was 88 years old. friends and family said his final word was aloha. >> woodruff: we have more on senator inouye online, including a video clip from the ken burns documentary "the war." >> ifill: finally tonight, words of comfort in a time of tragedy, for kids and adults. and again to ray suarez. >> suarez: on friday as details of the horrific shooting in newtown emerged a group that supports public television posted on facebook this image and these words from the late fred rogers. "when i was a boy and i would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, look for the helpers. you will always find people who are helping. to this day especially in times of disaster, i remember my mother's words and i'm always comforted by realizing there are still so many helpers, so many caring people in this world." that message has since been shared by tens of thousands of people online. the picture was taken by jim juddkiss who photo

signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: there will be an hour of debate on the galante nomination. at 2:00 p.m. there will be two roll call votes on confirmations of the nomination of carol greant to be assistant secretary at h.u.d. following those he votes thrib there will be a recess to allow for caucus meetings and the majority's meeting will begin at 3:00 today. 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 proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations which the clerk will report. the clerk: nominations, department of housing and urban development, carol j. galante of california to be an assistant secretary of housing and urban development. the judiciary, department of justice, william joseph bare of maryland to be an assistant attorney general. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will be 60 minutes of debate, equally divided in the usual form on th

if you look at the list but you should support patrick leahy are from 1844, the first couple are really typical weak economic decisions. so the weeks are generally the party of economic development and the 1840s. when you get to the 43 same company can see, are you for or against the annexation of texas? are you for or against texas death? are you for or against an unjust and disgraceful war with mexico? and may favor one, are you for or against national perfidy, dishonor and disgrace? this is in 1844. this is what they'll say if you don't vote for henry clay were going to be in a war with mexico. people can see the writing on the wall. in new england at the start of the work on antislavery sentiment was widespread and also antiwar sentiment. so pretty early on and the war, the massachusetts house of representatives states this war is immoral and it will oppose it and a lot of new england intellectuals provide really stringent critiques of the war. ralph waldo emerson, henry david thoreau speak out against the war in pretty strong terms. now, i think if opposition to the war had remaine

res. 619, to elect patrick j. leahy, a senator from the state of vermont, to be president pro tempore, of the united states senate. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, there being no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to consideration of s.j. res. 620 -- s. res. 620. the clerk: s. res. 620, to authorize harry reid, a senator from the state of nevada, to administer the oath of office of the president of the senate pro tempore ee to patrick j. leahy, a senator from the state of vermont. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, there being no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to s. res. 621. the presiding officer: the cle

in the pro tem is now senator patrick lelie. -- leahy. he is expected to preside over the president in the advice president. and he is the third in line behind the vice president and the house speaker. also senator leahy is now in line to head up the appropriations committee and senator frank lawsuiten berg will be the only veteran of world war ii serving in the senate in 2013. back to our question for all of you this morning about role of federal state governments in mental health. we will keep talking about this for about 30 minutes. by the way, we have covered senator inouye here on this network for many years and, including oral history interviews with the senator, two of them, one in march 3, 2008, and another one on june 30, 1988. if you're interested in watching those, go to our website at c-span.org and go to our video library. monica, you're up next. caller: good morning. so happy to be able to comment on this really important issue. i have a mentally elson that i have struggled with all sorts of things, trying to get him some tr

. >>> and patrick leahy will be sworn in as president of the senate replacing daniel inouye who died yesterday. he was a world war ii hero. he lost one of his arms after being hit by a german grenade. as a senator, daniel inouye played very key roles in the investigations into the iran contra scandals and watergate. he was 88 years old and died of respiratory complications. >>> construction at uc berkeley is forcing food trucks to hit the road. berkeley city leaders notified trucks that they will have to move. the city says the university needs the space to begin construction on sproul plaza. uc students said it would be nice to see the trucks at another location close to campus. >> i think it's nice to have them around. i don't use them that often but it's nice to have an option. >> the city said it will be at least two years before the trucks can return. so far no word from food truck on es-- operators where they plan to reoperate. >>> there's still -- they are still in shock and mourning after a high school athlete was killed in concord. what class nates want to do in that teen's

i thank president obama for nominating him and the chairman of the judiciary committee, patrick leahy, for his leadership on our committee in making sure that he had a hearing and he had a vote and now this vote here. i want thank also our ranking member, senator grassley, for his graciousness in stating that he would support him and my hope is the united states district court of connecticut, which faces a backlog now, will have the good fortune to have remaining vacancies filled at the earliest possible date by lawyers as eminently qualified as soon-to-be judge michael shea. i thank this body for approving him in advance and i yield the floor. and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. without objection. mr. bingaman: i give back all remaining time and ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a tough time? there appears to be a sufficient second. there is a sufficient second. the question is on dpoirnlation of the shea nomination and the clerk will call

signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on thursday, december 27, 2012. >> we're going to go back to our booktv programming now. kevin ryan, president and ceo of covenant house, and tina kelley, former staff writer for "the new york times," talk about their book on teenage homelessness, "almost home." >> some of them making $7 and change an hour. and many of them working overtime to try to make more money but still qualify for programs like s.n.a.p., and so here we are allowing many of our employees -- especially as i was saying behind the curtain. i think the curtain's there to block the sex and love section. [laughter] do you notice that is the one that's curtained off here? it's like 7/eleven, so you guys should put your book on the sex aisle. [laughter] it would sell much better. >> we should have called the book "50 shades of homelessness." >> yeah. it would have sold a lot better. >> it would have. >> so the -- you guys have

they will swear and patrick leahy and that will be on c- span2. they are do not off the floor in the old senate chamber. his intention to submit a plan over $1those earning million a year. the president had offered a level of $400,000 late yesterday. releasing a office statement saying the planned will not protect middle class families because they cannot pass both congress -- both houses of congress. democrats wrapped up their news conference moments ago. john larson and xavier becerra and others talking about the fiscal cliff and also the shootings in connecticut. >> good morning. this is the democratic causes and we're proud of our members and the unity expressed and the solidarity with the citizens of newtown, connecticut, and for those children and adults that lost their lives last friday. there was a lot of discussion and we have seen far too much violence and loss of life, and it seems to have intensified. the feeling of this caucus is i believe the feeling around this country -- enough is enough. we heard from chris murphy, senator-elect a