. -- daniel patrick moynihan. when we were trying to get through the bite and crime bills -- biden crime bill, we were all on the floor debating this issue, and patrick told the story of a valentine's day massacre in 1929, and how shocked the world when seven gangsters were gunned down in cold blood. it made the front page of every major paper in the nation and many around the world. but then he said, in 1992 with when a woman saved her baby from execution by hiding that baby under the bed, but she was shot and killed, along with her husband and teenage son, that story, and he took out "the new york times" took up the second section. it was not front-page news. it was barely news at all. i will never forget what he said. he said i call that defining deviancy down. how it was not even news. if that had happened in 1929, it would have been astonishing. well, folks, we can no longer continue to define deviancy down. we cannot wait any longer to take action. the time has come. as you know, this week i delivered a set

i was like that too when it was considerably senior to him committing a patrick moynihan, one of the finest greatest guys i've ever known. what we're trying to get through to send biden crime bill and became the clinton bill that you've all taken great advantage of over the years, we run the floor debating this issue indeed a patrick moynihan and said how only he could come of the story of the valentine's day massacre in 1929 and how shocked the world when sending gangsters were gunned down in cold blood. he made the front page according to daniel patrick moynihan of every major paper in the nation and many around the world. but then he said, 1992, when a woman saved her three -month-old tv from execution by hiding not be not be the end of the bed, she was shot and killed along with her husband and teenage son. that story turned up on the second section buried in the back of the knee or times. it wasn't front-page news. it is barely news at all. he said i caught that defining deviancy down, hot wasn't even news. that happened in 1929 would have been astonishing. folks, we can no long

it made the front page, according to daniel patrick moynihan, of every major paper in the nation and many around the world. then the looked up and said, but in 1992, when a woman saved her three-month-old baby from execution by hiding that baby under the bed, but she was shot and killed, along with her husband and her teenage son, that story -- and he took out "the new york times --" turned up on the second section, buried in the back of "the new york times." it wasn't front-page news. it was barely news at all. i'll never forget what he said. he said i call that defining deviancy down. defining deviancy down. how it wasn't even news. if that happened in 1929, it would have been astonishing. well, folks, we can no longer continue to define deviancy down. we can't wait any longer to take action. the time has come. as you know, this week i delivered a set of recommendations to the president -- to president obama on how we can better protect america from gun violence. i've been getting both credit and blame for that, as if these were original ideas of mine. i want to make it clear. what

i want to venture a bold idea which senator daniel patrick moynihan raised in legislation in both 1991 1k3 1995 which this country should think about abolishing the cia. it has a bad track record. we should take a hard look. forget hearings about president's nominees, but we need a new church committee, a new pike committee. people might go check it out. into the abuses of the security state which has grown beyond the bounds of accountability which this democracy demands. >> let's talk about the left and how they are approaching both of these, and i want to focus first on hagel. we are talking about neo conservatives and how they have come out of the wood work -- not even the wood work. they've come out against hagel. democrats are not exactly standing up for this guy, and chuck -- sorry. chuck schumer yesterday saying i look forward to fully studying his records and exploring his views, which is akin to saying maybe. let's take a listen to what these people said yesterday. >> i do want to speak with him particularly about his comments 14 years ago to see if his apology is sincere and

although i was senior, i was not equal the daniel patrick moynihan that was a great mind. the front page of the newspaper. one of the mafia bosses was gunned down in a barber chair and riddled with machine gun fire. it made the front page of every newspaper in america. the referenced a story where an entire family were murdered execution-style. it made page 57 in the new york times. there is no measure that i am aware of to determine whether or not there is a coursing of our courts are -- culture. i do not know the answer to that question and i do not know what impact it would have. i wanted to tell you what we are about. at the end result is that i would be making a recommendation as a consequence of long, drawn-out hearings. there is an awful lot of research that has been lying around over the past 10 years with recommendations on having a federal weapons trafficking statute universal background checks for making more widely available mental health assistance. i would be submitting to the president on how to proceed. we get it done by then. i just wanted to fill you guys

you point to patrick moynihan of new york, why is the model for the republican party today?st: he wrote an article in 1975 in which he said -- he had just come back from being ambassador to india -- he said, it is unusual for the u.s. to think of itself as being in opposition to international bodies like the united nations, so crucial in creating these bodies, and shaping them, but it was clear by the mid-70s the u.s. was in opposition to much of the third world and to the soviet bloc. he said let's go with the opposition and we will do it cheerfully and we will stay in our principles and find people to work with and we will not be embarrassed to say i'm sorry, that's unacceptable, even if we are in a small minority. all but a bad guidance is useful for the republican party which does not control washington even though it controls the house, should not kid itself that it can get a lot done in the house. i am for a responsible opposition. in the states where republicans do have governors and state legislatures, there republicans have to govern seriously. chris christie is one

although i was senior, i was not equal the daniel patrick moynihan that was a great mind. the front page of the newspaper. one of the mafia bosses was gunned down in a barber chair and riddled with machine gun fire. it made the front page of every newspaper in america. the referenced a story where an entire family were murdered execution-style. it made page 57 in the new york times. there is no measure that i am aware of to determine whether or not there is a coursing of our courts are -- culture. i do not know the answer to that question and i do not know what impact it would have. i wanted to tell you what we are about. at the end result is that i would be making a recommendation as a consequence of long, drawn-out hearings. there is an awful lot of research that has been lying around over the past 10 years with recommendations on having a federal weapons trafficking statute universal background checks for making more widely available mental health assistance. i would be submitting to the president on how to proceed. we get it done by then. i just wanted to fill you guys

although i was senior, i was not equal to patrick moynihan. i never forget him standing up on the floor of the senate and holding up what was called and photostat a copy of a newspaper, front page of the newspapers from, i think 1937 or eight, where one of the mafia bosses was gunned down in a barber chair and riddled with the blood. he was just about decapitated with a machine gun, and it made the front page of every paper in america. then he held up, if i'm not mistaken, a "new york times," and he referenced a story and that happen, if i'm not mistaken, in the bronx where an entire family, grandmother, mother and father, three or four children, and in local were murdered execution style in their apartment. it made page 57 of "the new york times." he referred to it as defining deviancy down. and there's no major i'm aware of that would determine whether or not the coursing of our culture in a way that is not helping. i don't know the answer to that question. but, and i'm not sure what impact it would have on wouldn't have. but i wanted to tel

i always looked up to him at and consider him a friend, then your patrick predicted a patrick moynihan. when we were trying to get through the bite and crime bills -- biden cribme bill, we were all on the floor debating this issue, and patrick told the story of a valentine's day massacre in 1929, and how shocked the world when seven gangsters were gunned down in cold blood. it made the front page of every major paper in the nation and many around the world. but then he said, in 1992 with when a woman saved her baby from execution by hiding that baby under the bed, but she was shot and killed, along with her husband and teenage son, that story, and he took out "the new york times" took up the second section. it was not front-page news. it was barely news at all. i will never forget what he said. he said i call that defining deviancy down. how it was not even news. if that had happened in 1929, it would have been astonishing. well, folks, we can no longer continue to define deviancy down. we cannot wait any longer to take action. the time has come. as you know, this week i delivered a se

i remember my friend, daniel patrick moynihan, one of the greatest guys i've known -- when we were on the floor debating the issue of the clinton bill, he stood up and said -- he told the story of the valentine's day massacre in 1929. and how it shocked the world when seven gangsters were gunned down in cold blood. it made the fog page -- the front page of every major paper in the nation and around the world. but in 1992, when a woman say to three month-old baby from execution by hiding that baby under the bed -- she was shot and killed along with her husband and teenage son. that story turned up on the second section buried in the back of the new york times. it was not front page news. it was barely news at all. i'll never forget what he said. he said, "i called that defining deviancy down." it wasn't even news. had it happened in 1929, it would've been astonishing. we can no longer to continue to define it deviancy down. we cannot wait any longer to take action. the time has come. as you know i delivered a set of recommendations to president obama on how we can better protect americ

i always looked up to him at and consider him a friend, then your patrick predicted a patrick moynihan when we were trying to get through the bite and crime bills -- biden crime bill, we were all on the floor debating this issue, and patrick told the story of a valentine's day massacre in 1929, and how shocked the world when seven gangsters were gunned down in cold blood. it made the front page of every major paper in the nation and many around the world. but then he said, in 1992 with when a woman saved her baby from execution by hiding that baby under the bed, but she was shot and killed, along with her husband and teenage son, that story, and he took out "the new york times" took up the second section. it was not front-page news. it was barely news at all. i will never forget what he said. he said i call that defining deviancy down. how it was not even news. if that had happened in 1929, it would have been astonishing. well, folks, we can no longer continue to define deviancy down. we cannot wait any longer to take action. the time has come. as you know, this week i delivered a set

you point to patrick moynihan of new york, why is the model for the republican party today? guest: he wrote an article in 1975 in which he said -- he had just come back from being ambassador to india -- he said, it is unusual for the u.s. to think of itself as being in opposition to international bodies like the united nations, so crucial in creating these bodies, and shaping them, but it was clear by the mid-70s the u.s. was in opposition to much of the third world and to the soviet bloc. he said let's go with the opposition and we will do it cheerfully and we will stay in our principles and find people to work with and we will not be embarrassed to say i'm sorry, that's unacceptable, even if we are in a small minority. all but a bad guidance is useful for the republican party which does not control washington even though it controls the house, should not kid itself that it can get a lot done in the house. i am for a responsible opposition. in the states where republicans do have governors and state legislatures, there republicans have to govern seriously. chris christie is

daniel patrick moynihan was later the senator from new york. lady. they're pretty happy right now. they're going through the statuary hall. they're going to be walking down the stairs, saluting the men and women of the united states military. and as they do that, let's remember, kate, that there are still almost 70,000, about 65,000 u.s. troops still serving in afghanistan right now. all u.s. troops are out of iraq. but this are still about 60, 65,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan, all of them in harm's way. all u.s. troops are supposed to be out of afghanistan by the end of 2014. maybe they can accelerate that withdrawal a little bit. but as the president and the first lady, they go down the stairs, let's remember those men and women who remain in harm's way in afghanistan and elsewhere around the world. there is still a lot of serious issues throughout north africa, the middle east, in asia. still about 25,000, 30,000 u.s. troops along the dmz, the dede militarized zone. let's not forget those troops. >> we're reminded of it every day in the hea