so i yield the floor to senator pryor. mr. pryor: thank you. the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. mr. pryor: thank you madam chairwoman. before i start, i'd like to ask unanimous consent that bob ross and colette pollard be granted floor privileges during the rrgs of h.r. 4660. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. pryor: madam president, today i want to rise in support of the fy 15 agriculture appropriations bill. i know that senator blunt, the ranking member, is on his way over. we were just in another subcommittee hearing, and we were asking questions and whatnot, so he's on his way over. but before i say anything else i just want to thank senator blunt, because he has been great in terms of a great partner to work with, and he has really just been outstanding. he knows this stuff, he works hard, he knows how to work the system. he's been great and he's one of those guys that you can trust and he's very bipartisan, and if we had more folks like senator blunt around here, we'd get a lot more done. he's really doing great

>> mark pryor is the deciding vote for obama care. >> pryor, obama. >> close enough.host: how does obama play in places like arkansas? guest: i think he is a huge issue in some of the states. he is very unpopular in arkansas. mark pryor has a fairly moderate voting record, but he has supported the president 95% plus on key votes that have been selected. republicans believe that part of their path to victory is to link him to obama as much as possible. especially since he voted for health care reform. you will see a lot of bad like that in a number of states. host: here is an ad from the mark pryor camp talking about the republican candidate. [video clip] >> i mark pryor, and i approved this message. >> he voted five times to turn medicare over to the insurance companies. >> the national committee to preserve social security and medicare said cotton's care is expensive. >> it removes the care of of health coverage. >> tom cotton is running from his record. host: medicare, health issues. guest: yes. arkansas tends to be an older state. democrats are aiming this at senio

honorable. >> good morning, chairman pryor, member wicker. thank you for the opportunity to testify on the i.p. transition and itsism pact on public safety and network resistance si. i have the honor of serving as chairman of the arkansas public service commission and i'm especially honored to appear here before my senior senator whom i think is an outstanding public servant. i'm also testifying in my role as president of the national association of regulatory utility commissioners. i applaud the subcommittee for holding this hearing which is focused on the proper question, which is which public policy value should be preser snfd what consumers care about is that their telecommunications work and are reliable regardless of the technology used to provide them. as we transition from traditional circuit switch technologies to an i.p. and wireless-based system, federal and state policy makers must work together to ensure that emergency 911 service and network resilience do not suffer. public safety is, indeed, a core value that should not and can

>> pryor, a washington liberal out of touch with arkansas, voted for the obama agenda. >> pryor, o-b-a-m-a>> close enough. >> what a joke. up next, polls in mississippi close at the top of this hour. could a tea party victory tonight actually give the democrats something of a chance even in mississippi? if i told you that a free ten-second test could mean less waiting for things like security backups and file downloads you'd take that test, right? well, what are you waiting for? you could literally be done with the test by now. now you could have done it twice. this is awkward. check your speed. see how fast your internet can be. switch now and add voice and tv for $34.90. comcast business built for business. >>> president obama plans to increase military presence in europe, a move that will cost up to $1 billion. he made the announcement during a trip to poland. back to "hardball." >> welcome back to "hardball." as i showed you last night, the final test of the tea party strength takes place tonight in mississippi where polls close in just under a half-hour. the 36-year incumbent thad coc

. >> thank you, senator pryor. this deals with preserving public safety. this hearing hits home not only this hearing is certainly hits home not only before arkansas but through missippians. in late april tornadoes ravaged us and took lives and caused extensive damage. despite the devastation, we can be thankful for the technology that provided critical information ahead of time, alerting people to take shelter and saving hundreds of our fellow citizens. the swift action of our weather forecasters, local officials and first responders validated the importance of technology and communication when disaster strikes. the modernization of our nation's communications network from legacy copper line telephone infrastructure to high speed fiber and wireless broadband is expected to maximize the benefits of i.p. broadband networks to all-americans. these networks will provide far more capable and efficient voice services, allow faster and morrow bust data transfers, deliver 21st century education and health services and enhance public safety communications like nex

smith. >> good morning, chairman pryor, ranking member wicker, and members of the subcommittee. my name is gigi smith and i'm the president of the association of public safety committee conditions officials, or apco. thank you for inviting me back to testify on yet another important public safety matter. apco is the world's oldest and largest organization of public safety committee patients professionals. our members feel the 911 calls, dispatch critical information to first responders and manage the communications networks used by first responders. i have been active in public safety for over 28 years, starting as a 911 call taker and now serving as the police operations manager for the salt lake valley emergency communications center in west valley city, utah. i bring the perspective of an association that is focused on how technology shifts, including ip transition impact of public safety. the ip transition will bring a number of benefits. we are fully embracing efforts to bring ip technologies into public safety committee patients by supporting the first net network driving

>> pryor, a washington liberal out of touch with arkansas, voted for the obama agenda. >> pryor, o-b-a-m-aough. >> what a joke. up next, polls in mississippi close at the top of this hour. could a tea party victory tonight actually give the democrats something of a chance even in mississippi? [ male announcer ] people all over the world know us, but they don't yet know we're a family. we're right where you need us. at the next job, next adventure or at the next exit helping you explore super destinations and do everything under the sun. 12 brands. more hotels than anyone else in the world. so wherever you want to be, whatever you want to do, chances are we're already there. save up to 25% and earn bonus points when you book at wyndhamrewards.com. ♪ yeah ♪ don't stop now, come on mony ♪ come on, yeah ♪ i say yeah ♪ yeah ♪ yeah ♪ yeah ♪ yeah ♪ yeah ♪ yeah ♪ 'cause you make me feel ♪ like a pony ♪ so good ♪ like a pony ♪ so good ♪ like a pony [ male announcer ] the sentra with bose audio and nissanconnect technology. spread your joy. nissan. innovation that excites. ♪ mony mony i'm on expert

saying mark pryor is the one who cut medicare.lieve if they can start pivoting to define prior in the eyes of voters as an obama accolade they can win this race. >> one of the best races in the country. >> in fasnational conservativese confident about mississippi, oklahoma features a candidate half black, half chickasaw indian. james langford has emerged as a pretty strong candidate. has had some kind words from tom cobu coburn. his old house seat in oklahoma city will boovt turnout. does either of them reach 50% because that way it would avowed a runoff. most of the betting though in oklahoma still probably goes to a runoff. >> great race. >> most of the attention on tuesday is going to be on mississippi. another runoff that's fun for political junkies in my favorite state of south carolina. sally atwater, the wife of the late controversial republican strate strategist lee atwater. this is a pretty powerful position state wide. controls a lot of the budget there. atwater's backed by the old bush forces. the old mccain folks are a

[video clip] >> i mark pryor, and i approved this message. he voted five times to turn medicare over to the insurance companies. >> the national committee to preserve social security and medicare said cotton's care is expensive. >> it removes the care of of health coverage. >> tom cotton is running from his record. medicare, health issues. guest: yes. arkansas tends to be an older state. are aiming this at seniors, they are aiming this at their base. we have seen democrats talk about medicare and social security. in every cycle i can remember since 1986. here, but thell cotton campaign hit back. with the congressional record that showed back in 2011, mark pryor talks about the possibility of having to raise the retirement age. host: we're talking with jennifer duffy of the cook political report, for the next 10 minutes or so as we go through the key battles of 2014. david in michigan, for our line on democrats. caller: good morning. thank you so much for c-span and for taking my call. ads inh brothers michigan, everyone of them have gotten de

pryor was at the edge.chainsaw got thrust he put his arm up, basically a reflex movement to protect his face. the chainsaw went forward it cut him. it appeared to be very minimal contact, but obviously the weapon is so serious that it caused a very nasty injury. the wound had gone right through down to the bone. >> then the disturbed man decides to leave the pub. once he's back out on the street, someone calls the police. but the pub's patrons aren't about to let him get away. so they decide to take the law into their own hands. >> a few of the people in the horseshoe area, if you like, they picked up bar furniture stools and chased him outside. >> the exterior security camera captures a lone patron armed with only a beer barrel trying to stop the attacker. >> he throws the beer barrel at him. deflects it with a chainsaw. does it again, deflects it with the chainsaw. >> several more customers follow suit and go after the attacker. the patron then picks up the barrel a third time and delivers a blow, taking

. >> terrelle pryor suspended for trading autographs for tattoos. >> his family received hundreds ofusands of dollars from two agents. >> some are ridiculous. >> received pasta in excess of the amount allowed. >> a golfer was fined by the ncaa for washing her car on campus with the university's water and hose. >> if you go on ebay you'll find every top college player having something sold with their name on it. can you stop that occurring? >> it's like holding back a leak in a dam with a finger. >> it's crazy. it's not enough to just kind of understand how much time it takes to be a student athlete. now from a compliance standpoint with the ncaa, so many little things that you don't even think about could potentially expose you to an infraction. it was a level i wasn't quite prepared for, but luckily, they gave me a manual that's that thick so i can read it later. so i get invited to quite a few family gatherings. heck, i saved judith here a fortune with discounts like safe driver, multi-car, paperless. you make a mighty fine missus, m'lady. i'm not saying mark's thrifty. let's just

in pryor lake outside the twin cities, a race against time as homeowners sandbag their homes. storms spawned funnel clouds over hastings, minnesota. in minneapolis, more heavy rain prompted new concerns of fresh erosion at the mudslide near the university of minnesota's medical center. with some iowa and minnesota crops under water, there's not much those farmers can do. >> hopefully we'll be able to replant some of the soy beans that were damaged. on the corn side, it's a little late for that. >> reporter: in a matter of days, parts of the region got as much as ten inches of rain, a normal rainfall for two weeks. in june alone sioux falls, south dakota, has gotten more than 13 inches of rain. that's more than half the average total for a year. >> over a dozen states are going to see showers and thunderstorms, some of them will be severe, from the high plains all the way from texas on up into ohio. >> reporter: meanwhile the national climatic data center said today around the world last month was the warmest may on record. on the west coast, the problems, not enough rain. cali

." >> richard pryor. >> everybody wanted the showcase.an," you knew you could talk about it next. did you see sullivan? >> my whole life, i don't get no respect. no respect from anyone. >> as a performer, you couldn't get a better place to sell your product. >> when i started out, they would say variety is a man's game. it's dean, milton, but variety is what i know. i felt it was in my genes to do this. >> she had been so good on the gary moore show. she knew she could sing and dance and be funny. >> on my show, i would do falls and jump out of windows and get pies in the face. and it was heaven. >> i think it's gone -- >> i see a rerun of the "carol burnett show" and i say, goddamn, they're funny. >> she was great in bed, too, dickey, remember? >> stop. you never went to bed with her. >> well. >> i'm not supposed to catch, they are supposed to bow. >> but i get dizzy when i bend over. >> when tim conway came on, his goal in life was to destroy harvey. >> with our own harvey corpsman as at brand new dentist with his very first patient. >>

mark pryor cost the deciding vote to make you live under obamacare.re protected from obamacare. exemptions and special subsidies from mark pryor, higher insurance premiums for you. mark pryor, voting with obama. voting against arkansans like you. >> what did you see frank? >> one of the best ads, humorous ads that we've seen in a campaign and the reason why is we hate politicians who pass laws for everybody else and then live under their own laws themselves. any senator who voted to exempt either himself or his staff from obamacare is in deep trouble in this election, because the american people won't appreciate that. >> thank you, frank luntz. i know you pull everything, frank. did you get a poll yet on the beard? >> yes, they've told me to shave it off. but if you want to participate in one of those polls go to luntzglobal.com this morning. luntzglobal.com. and sign up. >> i think it looks great. >> that's my poll. >> thanks, frank. coming up here on the show. have you ever heard of secondary drowning? it can happen hours after playing in the water.

some 40 homes in the city of pryor lakes have been inflooded. >>> new orleans police are looking for bourbon street that sent seven people to the hospital. at least one person is still in critical condition, the other six are in stable condition. the shooting happened in a very busy area of the french corridor. i'm erin mcpike in washington. "reliable sources" starts right now. >>> good morning and welcome to "reliable sources." i'm jeffrey toobin. we have a lot going on this week. in a few minutes i'll talk to dan rather on the big changes in network news this week. >>> first, did you see this? matt lauer's interview with the first female ceo of general motors, mary barra. check out these questions and answers. >> i'm going to tread lightly here but you've heard this. you got this job because you were hugely qualified, 30 years in this company, a variety of different jobs, but there are some people who are speculating that you also got this job as a woman and as a mom because people within general motors knew this company was in for a very tough time and as a woman and a mom you cou

." >> a young richard pryor. >> thank you, thank you. >> joan rivers.ed a showcase. if you got on sullivan, you could talk about it. did you see sullivan? >> my whole life, i don't get no respect, no respect from anyone. >> as a performer, you couldn't get a better place to sell your product. >> when i started out, they would say variety is a man's game. it's dean, milton berle, jackie glee onson, you know? the guys. but variety is what i know.son,? the guys. but variety is what i know.son,? the guys. but variety is what i know.son,? the guys. but variety is what i know.ason? the guys. but variety is what i know. i felt it was in my genes to do this. >> she had been so good on the "garry moore show," she always knew she could sing and dance and be funny. >> on my show, i would do prat falls and jump out of windows and get pies in the face, and it was heaven. >> i think it is -- oh, god! >> you know, i still see a rerun of the carol burnett show and i say, they are funny! there has never been a better three-wall sketch show ever. >> she was great in bed

pryor lake, people trying to protect homes and keep streets open, piling sandbags five feet high.aterville, minnesota, they've gone through 60,000 sandbags already. and it done stop there. in milwaukee, a 67-year-old man seriously hurt after a tree uprooted and fell on him while he was out for a jog. high winds toppled that tree. the man will recover, though. but a lot of serious weather we're looking at. >> very serious, indeed. thank you so much. alexandra field. >>> it isn't just the midwest getting hit. high temperatures expected elsewhere, plus tropical weather brewing off the southeast coast. karen maginnis has more on all of this. >> we've got just a soaking rain that just drenched portions of memphis, as you saw those pictures. early morning hours, big thunderstorms roared through but didn't move a lot. as a result, we saw these very heavy downpours. as a matter of fact, memphis is on par to see the second rainiest june since 1885. they've already picked up seven inches of rainfall alone in the past 24 hours. but it's not just around the memphis area. throughout northeaste

as senator pryor and ranking member wicker know that the tornadoes were a reminder how important these efforts are to ensure the resilience of our critical infrastructure and the safety of our citizenry. onlypril tornadoes not took the lives of many, but damaged hundreds of homes in one county alone. i'm pleased with the covering and restoration efforts included the immediate response our governor, the arkansas department of emergency responders,first and emergency personnel, and utility and telecommunications sectors. two large towers were destroyed throughout the affected area. quickly,ers responded bringing in mobile towers that help to return some level of service. while the situation is devastating, it could have been worse. superstorm sandy demonstrated the frailty of our inner structure, knocking out power days and we, adding off telecommunications networks. while new i.p. systems can be more efficient and traditional landline services, a do not have the same backup power capabilities as the older networks. circuit-switched technologies are supported by a robust and dependent po

. >> you know, angela, in arkansas, for example, democrat mark pryor has been hitting all his opponent'spport for far right economic issues. listen to this. >> i've been married to the same wonderful man for 37 years and we have two great kids. retirement is just around the corner for us. that's why i was so concerned when i read congressman cotton voted to change medicare into a voucher system. >> now, add to that is the fact that the democrats in that state are trying to get an initiative raising the minimum wage on the ballot. now how important will this focus on economic issues be in getting democrats out to vote? >> i think it's immensely important. in part because it demonstrates the hypocrite call nature of the candidates the gv op puts on the ballot with the message they're sending loud and clear is that we can talk that talk but we're not about that life. and that life in this instance is about fair wages, ensuring that women are paid on par with their male counterparts, and ensuring that people regardless of their racial become ground and their experience have access to job opp

minnesota's pryor lake overflowing at a rate residents have never seen before. >> we've got a constant inch or two in the basement. >> reporter: neighbors banding together to place sandbags to try to protect their homes. the severe weather bringing blinding rain. take a look. this driver in st. paul, minnesota, barely making his way through the torrential downpour. in wisconsin, a downed tree setting power lines on fire. and a tornado in texas that brought down this wall. >> and all of a sudden, the wind started picking up real bad. i heard a noise like a train real loud, you know, and, all of a sudden, everything started shaking. >> reporter: the twister also destroying roofs, cars, and shattering window. in tulsa, oklahoma, high winds gusting. shredding apart this building and sending debris flying. look out for the severe storms. even some potential tornado activity. there have be about a dozen twisters since friday. >> thank you, linzie. tracking all the weather has been a full-time job. the last few weeks. it's a busy day once again. meteorologist bill kelly is here from our colum

yeah, mark pryor's campaign against tom cotton is hitting him hard on positions on medicare and socialurity. very hard on things like violence against women and equal pay for women. it's been effective. democrats have done well with movinging women increasingly into their camp by highlighting the extreme and out of touch and outdated policieses of republicans like tom cotton. >> thank you for your time. >> thanks, rev. >> watch crystal on the cycle, weekdays at 3:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. still ahead, the secret koch brothers summit. and the new right wing plot to buy the next election. it's a wake-up call for democrats. also, president obama gives a history les ton to those beating the drums of war on iraq. our exclusive interview with the queen of soul. that's ahead. and it feels like your lifeate revolves around your symptoms, ask your gastroenterologist about humira adalimumab. humira has been proven to work for adults who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohn's disease. in clinical studies, the majority of patients on

. >> reporter: pryor lake ace approaching flood stage, ryan and nicole, filled 1700 sandbags to protecttheir home. >> san bags were leaking a little bit. >> we have not had any since thursday and it keeps going up. i don't get why it continues to go up. >> reporter: high water has force sod river bridges to close. jamie youkiss for cbs news, minneapolis. >>> an atlanta man is thankful to be alive after a lightening strike blew him out of his shoes. shawn o'connor took video of the moments just after that strike to prove he was not joking when he said that. he was doing yard work at the time and said son was out, he saw no lightening, did he not hear any thunder, and in fact o'connor says he didn't know what hit him. >> i could smell the burned hair. i looked across the drive way and seen my boots over there no longer on my feet and one of them was smoking. i realized then i was hit by lightening. >> because lightening interrupts the heart's electrical system it to cause his heart to beat irregularly. the doctors kept him overnight in the hospital. he is okay now. odds of being hit by li

we called mike pryor against whom he will be running. we're hoping to hear back. congressman, you are looking at this and saying a lot is not adding up. like what? >> well, neil, i was actually in the army on active duty in afghanistan when private bergdahl went missing. we now know almost to a certainty that he deserted his post. the soldiers in his unit have been saying that for days. in the last 24 hours, we have to ask the question, was he merely a deserter or is he maybe even a defector. he just heard his team leader saying he sought out the taliban. even though he had friends which is common in units there, but he went to seek out the taliban. given we must have known that in the united states government within days after his disappearance, the president needs to give a full accounting for what he knew and when he knew it, and why he sent susan rice on sunday shows to say he served with honor and distinction. american people need to know the truth that they're debating -- >> what would be scarier is she's passing on the information she thought was right and

apublicans, however, you have couple of potential problems, in two names in particular, mark pryor and they ditch -- and beg ich. they are both winning their races, with a lot of time to go. host: "this hope thing is such old news." did you want to weigh in? guest: this is one of the difficulties the administration has. how do you continue to try and run a campaign-style inspirational thing for six years, seven years? when you take years -- at some point, there is a policy thing that goes on. i think the legacy that this president is going to have is how well his signature health care law works. it was in the health care law that he wanted originally, but it is the one he wound up getting. it in popular talk. -- it has his name on it in popular talk. i think he hopes this health care law works as well as he hopes it will. host: from chula vista, california, charles is on the line. good sunday morning to you. caller: happy father's day to everyone out there. i'm calling because my major concern, like your color with the comment -- your caller with the comment about brazil and folks nomi

speaking to folks with senator pryor's campaign which is going to be very hard fought.lose race, obviously. a vulnerable democrat in a deeply red state. they're lacking first and foremost about how can we drive up the margin among women. the messaging around equal pay has been extremely powerful. you know, they have pushed to get men muinimum wage hike on t ballot. speaking of trying to drive up turnout. that is one of the ways they are frying to do it. if you have an economic issue like that. which jess points out which is a women's issue. women are low paid workers. when you have something like that, clearly on the ballot. clearly being talked about by candidates. it makes a huge, huge difference. >> yeah, also, there is an ethnic component. democrats tend to do better among minority women. minority women turn out at lower numbers. michelle obama who could be a very big help to energize, particularly african-american women. with the bus tour, donuts. no donuts. she was there. this is what she said. don't have video. this is part of what she said. we will show a little

i would be skeptical if they're going pull money away from the vulnerable democratic incumbents pryorkansas and hagan. >> it will come down money is what you're saying. what an interesting twist to the race there in mississippi. thank you very much for your reporting. >> thanks, richard. >>> coming up the director and actors from the new offbroadway musical. all about bill clinton. what they're singing about. we'll talk to them. next. ♪ ♪ great rates for great rides. geico motorcycle, see how much you could save. [ female announcer ] we eased your back pain, you turned up the fun. tylenol® provides strong pain relief while being gentle on your stomach. but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. tylenol®. a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthriti

mark pryor also had concerns. the video has not yet been publicly released. make your own judgment of the video of the handover. right now the sergeant is in the second phase of reentry to society. he's undergoing decompression to prepare for regular social contact in a reunion with his family. the military says his condition is improving by day, and that's only further fueling critics of his release. nbc's kristen welker is outside the white house. kristen, how is the administration handling all of the bergdahl backlash? >> reporter: well, they briefed all of the senators last night, as you pointed out. they showed them that proof of life video, making the argument that it showed a bowe bergdahl whose health was deteriorating, that his life was in danger. and today, abby, we're learning a few more details about why the administration may have thought that. about an hour ago, the associated press reported that senators were told that the administration had been told that bowe bergdahl's life would be in danger, that he could be killed if news of this potentia

apublicans, however, you have couple of potential problems, in two names in particular, mark pryor and they ditch -- and beg ich. they are both winning their races, with a lot of time to go. host: "this hope thing is such old news." did you want to weigh in? guest: this is one of the difficulties the administration has. how do you continue to try and run a campaign-style inspirational thing for six years, seven years? when you take years -- at some point, there is a policy thing that goes on. i think the legacy that this president is going to have is how well his signature health care law works. it was in the health care law that he wanted originally, but it is the one he wound up getting. it in popular talk. -- it has his name on it in popular talk. i think he hopes this health care law works as well as he hopes it will. host: from chula vista, california, charles is on the line. good sunday morning to you. caller: happy father's day to everyone out there. i'm calling because my major concern, like your color with the comment -- your caller with the comment about brazil and folks nomi

i've just introduced and i know senator pryor introduce add bill that would increase psychiatric services to vets through a pilot program offering loan forgiveness. we don't have enough. i'll tell you another program we did for veterans in the rural part of this country. what did we do? because sometimes the co-pay for accessing telehealth medicine is enough to tell people i don't want to do it. i had a bill on the floor, or a bill that i introduced. but again, general shinseki decided just to do it. so now there is no co-pay. if you want to access mental health through telemedicine. why? because it has proven to be very successful. in remote communities like your state, in my state we want them to have access to this mental health services. we have a limited amount of mental health doctors. why not create an opportunity, use technology, limit the cost of the v.a., or veteran, and give them the services they need. it's critical. as i said earlier, what happened in arizona is unacceptable. and if it continues, we see other pieces where these lists were falsely put together, then people nee

in pryor lake southwest of downtown minneapolis, residents are stacking sandbags five feet high in spots. >> we're sandbagging to try to keep the streets open for the most part. also protecting a couple houses about ready to go under. and we're trying to sand bag at the end of the cul-de-sac now part of the lake. >> so now to top it off, there's also some news in the tropics. may be a storm brewing off the georgia coast. let's go to karen. we think of you when these come up. >> we need to know. >> all right. well, we've been watching this the last couple days. just kind of had the hint that something tropical would develop. now the national hurricane center says they are going to send hurricane hunters in to take a look at it and see if there's going to be development. we do have ideal conditions, there's not a lot of shear, the water temperatures have warmed up dramatically. it's not affecting these coastal areas except there is going to be a rip current over the next couple of days, just because this circulation is going to be developing here about a 40% likelihood in the next two days

chairmen -- my two other subcommittee chairmen, senator murray on transportation housing, senator pryor on agriculture. we're ready n. consultation with the other side of the aisle, senator collins on transportation and housing, senator blunt on agriculture, is also ready to debate. and so, i would hope that we could move forward, have a method for moving forward that promotes regular order. and if we do that, i think that members who really haven't experienced this too much because of our gridlock and deadlock and the lock on amendments that we actually -- i think they're going to like it because they like democracy. if you like the constitution, you like democracy, this is the place where we can put it into play today. so, mr. president, i'm going to yield the floor and note an -- before i yield the floor, i note that the leadership from the republican side is in conference with senator shelby. i hope that's good news. and then for those on both sides of the aisle kind of watching the floor, the process on the floor, if you have amendments, start to gear up and get ready to bring them

. >> let's go to arkansas and talk about mark pryor.arkansas this year. >> yeah. that's right. and very bad state. he's got a terrific republican opponent, but don't underestimate pryor. i know tom cotton is not underestimating him. he's from an old line of family, position of them as the lannisters of arkansas. his father was governor and senator. he's doing everything he can to try to get distance between him and president obama who he assumed supported 90% of the time. this will be a fight right up to the final moment. tom cotton is a terrific candidate and well respected war hero, harvard law gradua, terric wife. did you ever see the movie true grit? keeps talking about the lawyer from yale county. well, he's from yale county, arkansas. >> what are the odds of that. and also let's go north to alaska, mark begich. president obama just won 41% of the vote there in 2012. real good chance this guy retires? >> no, he's running and running hard. spending a lot of money. this will be the most expensive per capita race in the country. more

. >> i heard you admire richard pryor. you were 15. >> yes. he's standup.p. he's without you do know. there eelts no one. >> does sitting on the sketches allow you time out to woch on saskatchewans? >> no. i think it was trying to see what the scope of the possibility was with the film. at the moment we're quite erratic. >> you're tweaking. you were so close with twerking. >> will you do something with a southern accent? >> i'll do something like now because when i do something with a serial killer with an accident, it sounds like a serial question. >> you're a british citizen but you have a green card. i have a green card. >> what did you learn about the getting of a green card? >> it's difficult, it's hell issue. i hat to ever. she fwos going back in and then triage. >> what is it like awe your hop. i tend to just shut up. in your honor you put up a photo and said thought you'd share. >> you encourage people to post photos. norah, look at you. >> gayle, look at you. >> that's not your real picture, is it? >> yes. >> what happens to you? >> i fell. >> and

a constituent of senator pryor wrote him in a very similar vein -- quote -- "based on the facts set forth below, i certainly hope you will vote against confirming ms. bowen as a cftc commissioner in order to protect the investors who rely on the cftc's regulatory supervision." close quote. and in a similar way, madoff victims have also weighed strongly into this matter. they have written their senators urging them to oppose the bowen nomination. as one wrote -- quote -- "sipc chairwoman sharon bowen is neither a qualified or appropriate nominee to the all-important commodities futures trading commission. a sipc board member, sipc chairwoman and attorney representing members of the financial industry, ms. bowen has demonstrated repeatedly that her interest is in protecting wall street's interests." close quote. again, frauds happen all the time. it's always tragic, but they do happen. but what makes this case so tripley tragic is the victims of the original alan stanford fraud were victimized again by failed bureaucracies, by regulators that failed to do their job and continue to fail to c

martha: an open invitation to senator pryor, who you're running against a common to talk to us as welly much, good to see you today. >> thank you. bill: some of the top stories making headlines today. smash and grab drive-by style. the use drive a vehicle into a cell phone store grab 30 phones and a cash drawer that ended up being empty. 10 are dead, several missing as torrential rain in bulgaria. rescue teams try to make their way through the muddy water in some places more than 3 feet high be at an 11-year-old lucy li looks great in red, white, and blue. the youngest ever to play in the u.s. women's open. finishing at 8-over par. she is 11. she held her own on the course and with reporters too. >> i learned you have to be patient one shot at a time, try to get rid of the big numbers. i learned a lot. martha: i like the pigtails. bill: i like ice cream in her left hand. red, white, and blue. martha: an american icon gets an electric makeover, but does it still feel like a harley? we report, you decide. tell us what you think. we will be right back. okay, listen up! i'm re-workin' the

. >> they're sort of -- wilder and pry pryor. >> that's a good one. >> bogart and bacall. >> and yourtmouth. >> i talked chris into going to an animation class. >> we have a clip of the movie for everyone to look at. this is a great scene. >> same identities. same assignment. >> we're going back to high school? >> you look like you're about 50. you're going to n.c. state. somebody's out there. they cooking up a new drug. it's adderall. wi-fi. >> it stands for work hard yes. play hard, yes. these kids get laser focused for about four hours of studying. and then, they party like it's 1999. >> we're going to college, for real? >> why every time you speak -- infiltrate the dealer and find the supply. >> it's dramatic action scenes. those are incredible stunts you pulled off. >> you have to make it bigger and louder and crazier with more explosions. we try to make it as loud as possible. >> everyone imagines what the mood was like behind the scenes. is it just a huge party? >> yes. a huge party. >> yeah. no. yeah. crack open the keg at call. and start drinking. >> it's a lot of fun. and w

thank senator pryor for holding this hearing and senator wicker and we will keep the record open for two weeks for questions. it was really interesting discussion with a lot more work to do. and the hearing is adjourned. thank you to our witnesses. >>> c-span's new book includes financial journalist gretchen morrison. >> what role will the government play in housing finance? >> if we want to talk about it and the populace agrees that it's something we should subsidize, put it on the balance sheet and make it clear and evident and make everybody aware how much it's costing. but when you deliver it through third party enterprises, fannie mae and freddie mac, and deliver the subsidies with private shareholders and executives who can extract a lot of that subsidy for themselves, that is not a very good way of subsidizing home ownership. >> read more of our conversation with gretchen morrison and other features from our programs on sundays at 8:00. >> on friday, the christian science monitor hosted a reporter's round table with john podesta. here's a brief portion. >> how would a hillary

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i believe may pryor in ark zaw is better than he thinks. >> what about you.an this vaet. this specific democrats including mihel, who is rulging hoar. they running more right, more saiderate democrats to pick up voekts. they're having a rel problem turning up and turning out thas base supporters. maybe why nate silver isn't giving them as big a chance as they might have. >> how close are you to your documentying fund-raiser? >> we hid it friday night, so we're excited. >> we want to get the excessive. thank you very well. >> the first family of pot. it's not your tip clg business success story. they 1 one of the biggest dispensaries in colorado and they're racking in a lot of greens. so you can breathe and sleep. shut your mouth and sleep right. breathe right. and i'm his mom at the dog park. the kids get trail mix, and here's what you get after a full day of chasing that cute little poodle from down the street. mm hmm delicious milo's kitchen chicken meatballs. they look homemade, which he likes almost as much as making new friends yes, i'll call her. aww, l

that justice pryor's con saense. my view is that the first amendment is about protecting the individual's right and it's not a collective right and it's not to be interpreted in terms of a legal -- in legal terms of everybody being able to workout social problems which is a good thing but not a first amendment concern. the first amendment concern is protecting the public from the government. >> well, i just left an environmental committee hearing in which one of the witnesses a professor said he was severely damaged as a result of his questioning of some of the global warming arguments that are made out there. i think we're in a period of time when speech is being threatened more than we would like to admit. political correctness is often run amuck and it's fundamental that americans be able to express their views without intimidation. i think the great democratic party that was so classically liberal is now becoming the party of the progressives. and progressives tend to believe that little things like tradition, pr