reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations. calendar number 102, 120, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 1 -9d 1, 192, 193, 195, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 2707, 208, 213, 215, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 227, 228, 229, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, and anonymouses placed on the secretary's desk in the air force, army, coast guard, foreign service and navy. the nominations be confirmed en bloc, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate and no further motion be in order to any of the nominations, any statements in relation to any of the nominations be printed in the record and the president be

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: senator harry reid, the majority leader, told the newshour the war powers act has no application to the nato-led air strikes in libya and the operation would be over soon. good evening. i'm jim lehrer. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, senator reid also talked about afghanistan and the budget deal in our newsmaker interview. >> lehrer: then, we look at dissent in saudi arabia, as some women challenge strict male-only driving rules in the islamic kingdom. >> woodruff: margaret warner gets an update from steven greenhouse of "the new york times" about a labor dispute that pits the government against boeing, and washington state against south carolina. >> lehrer: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> woodruff: and gwen ifill talks to human rights activist john prendergast and his "unlikely brother," michael mattocks, co-authors of a new book chronicling their unique bond. >> did you think who is this strange white guy taking me out in the street like this? >> in the beginning, yea

they were not the only ones that are opposing chuck reid's proposal to pension benefits.he had serious legal concerns. there could be serious legal concerns about the phrase about what it means. >>> in an appearance in san francisco governor brown says he's still pushing for tax extensions to help balance the budget. >> i'm determined to get this state on a firm financial footing and for however long it takes and whatever it takes within the law and in an ethical transimportant way. that is and in an ethical transparent way. >> governor brown says if he can't get republicans to agree to the tax extensions as part of the budget, he will use california's initiative process to put the tax extension question to the voters. >>> republican negotiators have now abandoned the bipartisan talks aimed at reducing the u.s. deficits. for two months now joe biden has been meeting with republicans and democrats. yesterday republicans walked out. they say democrats keep insisting on higher taxes. both sides say it's up to president obama and republican house speaker john boehner to come

reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the following pending amendments be agreed to. cochran number 512 as modified with the changes at the desk, carper 517 and paul 503, a manager's amendment at the desk be agreed to. that at 11:00 a.m. on wednesday, june 29, the senate proceed to vote in relation to the remaining amendments to s. 679 in the following order -- demint 501, portman-udall, udall of new mexico, cornyn, that's three senators as modified with the changes that are at the desk. demint number 511, toomey number 514. further, the cornyn amendment number 04, mccain and the paul amendment 502 be withdrawn, that no amendments be in order to any of the amendments prior to the votes. upon disposition of the amendments, the bill be read a third time and the senate proceed to vote on passage of the bill as amended. that there be no motions or points of order in order. the bill or any of the amendments other than the budget points of order and applicable motion toss waive. finally, that

reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that three of senator bingaman's interns: paco veneri and elizabeth reece be extended privileges to the tphraofrplt. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate kphraoeuts -- when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until tomorrow morning at 9:30. following leader remarks, the senate proceed to executive session under the previous order and that following the disposition of the cole et cetera nominations, finally at 2:15 p.m. the senate resume consideration of the presidential efficiency streamlining act. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: the first vote will be tomorrow afternoon on james cole to be deputy attorney general. additional roll call votes are expected tomorrow. mr. president, if there is no further business to come before the senate, i'd ask that it stkwr-rpb under the previous order. -- that it adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: th

chip reid, cbs news, the white house. >>> republican presidential candidate mitt romney is taking some heat for a comment to some out-of-work floridians. romney was meeting in tampa with unemployed workers and told them that he was looking for work, too. >> i'm also unemployed. >> are you on leave today? >> yes, actually, and i'm not working. >> florida congresswoman debbie wasserman failed to see the humor. in a statement she called romney's comment "inappropriate and insensitive to the millions of americans looking for work." >>> new details are emerging about the arrest of former imf head dominique strauss-kahn. strauss-kahn was taken into custody last month, charged with

reid: mr. president. senator mcconnell and i have discussed what we should do the rest of the day. we have a number of senators who have come to both of us wanting to offer amendments. we think is that we need to have people offer amendments so we can find the universe of the amendments, so we can work through these and try to come up with some reasonable way to proceed forward. having said that, i want people to offer amendments on my side. senator mcconnell, i think, feels the same way on his side. and then we'll make a determination later today as to how we will proceed on this next week. i think it would be fruitless at this stage to have a bunch of votes -- well, we'd have to have consent to have the votes. i don't think there will be any votes this afternoon.

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reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the leader. mr. reid: i ask consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that at 10:00 a.m. tuesday, june 29, 2011, the senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations en bloc. calendars number 62, 110 and 145 with all the provisions of the previous unanimous consent agreement remaining in effect. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to s. res. 215. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 215, designating the month of june, 2011, as national cytomegalovirus awareness month. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, there being no intervening action or debate and any statements relating

senator reid declared that he wasn't going to bring it up. it was never brought up on the floor of the senate and even debated. this year apparently the majority leader decided once again we would not have a budget and directed that the budget committee not even mark up a budget. so we've not even commenced work on a budget this year. indeed, the majority leader said it was foolish for the country to have a budget this year, which is stunning since during the 792 days we've been without a budget, the debt of the united states has increased some $2 trillion. that's a stunning, stunning thing. so, yes, i believe that history shows in the past and based on the real crisis we face in the future, there's never been a more important time for us to do what so many states do: have a balanced budget amendment that requires us each year to balance that budget. i really believe this is the right thing for us, and it would be so much better for our country. senator johanns is here, and he talked about executive leadership. you and senator thune were talk

one of the key points -- this is an area that senator reid and i may disagree on.believe we need a permanent presence in afghanistan. i think it's counterproductive to what we're trying to do strategically. it's enormously costly. we are ignoring -- excuse me, we are ignoring the realityings of a serious emergence in asia that will have more impact on our strategic future than anything going on in this region? >> what about libya? >> i don't think we need a permanent presence in iraq and i think we need a presence in afghanistan, pakistan, but that presence hopefully one day is going to be diplomatic more than military. but if we need military options to go in, we have those options. >> can i ask you quickly about libya? mixed signals being sent to the president about the mission there. are you concerned about what we're doing? >> i think the president would have been better served more forcefully come up and ask for a resolution in favor of his activities. now that the house bill is so confused, no support but they're still going to fund the operation. i hope in t

reid: mr. president, yesterday, my friends, the chairman of the foreign relations committee and the ranking member of the armed services committee, introduced a resolution supporting the united states involvement in the nato action in libya. i commend my friends who have introduced a strong bipartisan resolution with an impressive list of cosponsors, including senators mccain, levin, durbin, kyl, feinstein, graham, lieberman, blunt, cardin and others. this bill should have overwhelming support as i'm confident it will. some republicans in the house of representatives and on the campaign trail have expressed concern over our involvement in this conflict. they have clearly decided to use the war powers resolution as a political bludgeon to pursue a partisan agenda. i also believe there is a larger question we must ask ourselves as senators as we consider this military action. as our participation in the national effort to stop mass murder and chaos in libya a just decision? i'm confident it was.

what the specifics will be are up to the president, the speaker and senator reid. they need to get in the room and finish this off. >> the president himself has a certain leadership style. you said yours is different. >> yeah. >> how so? where do you think the president has gone wrong, particularly in this fight over the debt and deficit? >> here's what i did. i put out this pension of benefit plan first in september. and i did 30 town hall meetings across my state selling the plan, increasing the public pressure on the legislature that something needed to be done and convincing the public that my approach was a reasonable one. now i compromised off my approach but i think if you're the executive, you've got to be the guy who's out there pushing and leading. you can't lay back and wait for somebody else to do it. if the president has made a mistake here, it's this laid back kind of approach where he's waiting for someone else to solve the problem. some people say it's a political strategy. no matter what it is, it's not effective in solving problems. i think what w

reid: mr. president, notwithstanding the previous order, i ask unanimous consent that there be five minutes of debate equally divided and controlled between the proponents and opponents of the coburn amendment number 436 as modified prior to a cloture vote on the coburn amendment. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. reid: and, mr. president -- the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: and, mr. president, that would be for debate only. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: that debate would come after the recess. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until 2:15 p.m. recess: >> members can attend their weekly party lunch meetings. when senator return at 2:15 eastern they will work on economic development bill and vote eliminating the tax credit for ethanol refiners and tariffs on imported ethanol. being offered on an economic bill. live coverage when senators return here on c-span2. >> coming up this afternoon o

and while he didn't go that far, senate majority leader harry reid made it clear he was not a shoulderfor weiner to cry on: senator harry reid (d- nv)/senate majority leader: "i'm not here to defend weiner. that's all i m going to say." reporter: "what advice would you give him if he asked you" "call somebody else. (laughter)" congressman weiner has repeatedly said he has no plans to resign. the first couple of the toy universe is at odds over the environment. today activists with greenpeace hanged a banner of a frowning ken doll on the mattel building in l-a county. it says "barbie, it's over. i don t date girls that are into deforestation." greenpeace claims the paper packaging mattel uses comes from indonesian rain forests. 20:14:33 - voice of jarred cobb/activist: "the reason i'm up here is the future of beautiful places like this rain forest in indonesia are at stake so i'm willing to go through a little bit of uncomfortability" today mattel released a statement saying: we are surprised and disappointed they have taken this inflammatory approach. we will continue to assess our pap

reid madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will be in executive session to consider the cole, monaco, and seitz nomination. i'm hopeful that the monaco and seitz nominations can be adopted by voice vote. following that the senate will recess from 12:30 to 2:15 for the weekly caucus meetings. following the recess, the senate will resume consideration of s. 679. madam president, h.r. 1249 is due for a second reading. i would ask the clerk will report. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title for the second time. the clerk: an ablght to amend title 39, united states code to provide for patent reform. mr. reid: i would now object to any further proceedings to this bill at this time. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the bill will be placed on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14. mr. reid: madam president, yesterday i sat down with the president to talk about thousand avoid a default crisis. it would be a black mark on this country's reputation for generations

senate majority harry reid said that if congressman antdny weiner calls for him advice -- he'll say -- >> call somebody else. >> reporter: reid is one of the few democrats who spoke out after weiner admitted that he lyde after sending this lewd photo of himself to a college student >> i don't condone his activity. >> reporter: but weiner said that's up to voters. >> i think the lying part, you know, was more -- was worse than the pictures. >> reporter: a marrist poll found that half of new york voters think he should stay. >> he's using public money and public resources, then it would matter to me. >> reporter: ethics probe could determine if weiner broke house rults. >> we have the responsibility to look in every corner. >> reporter: the conservative blogger who broke the story, says there's one x-rated photo that he won't release >> i don't think i want to put his family through that type of thing. >> reporter: finds out that he could lose his seat anyway, new york is losing two congressional seats. >> tracey potts for us in washington. >>> last night at the white house, it was all

senator harry reid. senator mitch mcconnell. separate meetings today at the white house.ou think is likely to happen? >> well, we remember that the republicans for weeks have been saying that the president has to get involved in these budget talks. last week the house -- the house majority leader, the number two republican, eric cantor, pulled out of the budget talks. today the president finally gets involved with the two leaders, the senate, harry reid, and mitch mcconnell, the republican. they're going to have talks at the white house. the talks are obviously about the debt ceiling. are they going to be to raise the debt ceiling a month away from the deadline, august 2nd, or the debt ceiling to be raised, and republicans are saying that nothing is going to happen unless the president begins, and where are they willing to compromise? are republicans willing to compromise in any way, and where are democrats willing to compromise on spending, on medicare cuts? it's not clear that either side made any progress, but now that the president is involved, perhaps something will

reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i move to proceed to calendar 38, s. 782. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion, proceed to calendar 38, s. 78 2, a bill to amend the public works and economic development act of 1965, to reauthorize that act, and for other purposes. mr. reid: i have a cloture motion and ask that it be reported. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion. we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to proceed to calendar number 38, s. 782, a bill to amend the public works and economic development act of 1965 to reauthorize that act and for other purposes, signed by 17 senators as follows. reid of nevada, boxer, conrad, kerry, whitehouse, klobuchar, cardin, binge minimum -- bingaman, merkley, menendez, shaheen, sanders, lautenberg, reed of rh

reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask that all first-degree amendments to s. 679 with the exception of a manager's amendment must be offered at the close of business today. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: there will be no further roll call votes today. the next vote will be tuesday before caucus. there will be no votes on monday or tomorrow. i ask unanimous consent that the pending coburn amendment number 500 be withdrawn, and when the senate considers s. res. 116, it be in order for senator coburn to offer his duplication amendment to the resolution. that there be up to one hour of debate on the amendment equally divided between senators coburn and the majority leader with their designees. that the amendment be subject to a two-thirds threshold, that the amendment not be divisible and no amendments, motions or points of order be in order prior to any vote in relation to the coburn amendment other than budget points of order and appl

senators reid and mcconnell also deserve great credit. they made the commitment in january to make reform of the nominations process a priority, and finally i want to recognize senator lieberman, the chairman of the committee, on which i have the privilege of being the ranking member. he and i have also been part of what has truly been a bipartisan effort to craft this bill. this is an effort that we need to see more often in the senate, mr. president, if we are to tackle and actually solve the many problems facing our nation. the bill before us addresses shortcomings in the process of confirming presidential appointees without diminishing the constitutional roles of the president or of the senate. the fact is, mr. president, this is a very modest bill that takes limited but much-needed steps to reform the confirmation process. when you look at the full-time positions that now require senate confirmation, this bill would eliminate only approximately 85 full-time positions, a truly modest number. these positions were selected because eithe

reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. reid following any leader remarks the senate will be in a period of morning business for one hour, with the republican controlling the first half and the majority controlling the final half. following morning business, the senate will resume consideration of the economic development act. there are currently five amendments pending to the bill. mr. president, this is an important bill. this is the most important bill we've ever done? the answer is, of course not. but it is an important piece of legislation. the economic revitalization act is central. what are the central points of this legislation? the e.d.a. has helped create jobs and growth in economically hard-hit communities across this nation. the reauthorization of this important legislation will help ensure that agencies are able to continue creating jobs and investing in distressed communities. since 2005, the e.d.a. has invested about $1.2 billion, and these

reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to modify the pending feinstein amendment we changes at the desk. -- with the changes at the desk to reflect a drafting error made by legislative counsel. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. all time is yielded back. the question is on the feinstein amendment as modified. is there a sufficient second? there is a sufficient second. yes, appears to be. under the previous order, the amendment will require 60 votes for its adoption. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators who have not yet voted or wish to change their vote? if not, on this vote the yeas are 73, the nays are 27. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is agreed to. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the question is on the mccain amendment number 411. under the previous order, this amendment will require 60 votes.

chip reid reports. >> reporter: near the end of the vietnam war congress passed a law known as the war powers resolution which essentially says when a president sends troops overseas into battle he's got to bring them home within 90 days unless he gets congressional authorization and sunday is the 90-day deadline for libya but now the white house has come out with a new report that says the war powers resolution doesn't apply to libya because the level of hostility is not high enough to trigger the law. some members of congress say that argument is absurd. here's republican speaker john boehner. >> we're spending $10 million a day, part of an effort to drop bombs on gadhafi's compounds. i don't -- it just -- it doesn't pass a straight face task in my view that we're not in the midst of hostilities. >> reporter: and while there's plenty of debate in the u.s. congress over libya, in france and britain in their parliament there's very little opposition, those are the two nations that are leading the charge in libya. chip reid, cbs news, the white house. >>> republican presidential candida

chip reid with mr.'s message about the recent economic slowdown. >> economic data that in better times would pass without comment. now suddenly people wonder, well are we going to go back to this terrible crisis? all that affects business confidence and consumer confidence. it affects the capital markets and so our task is to not panic. >> even mentioning the word panic is a stark contrast to the president's message on the economy over the past few months. during february, march, and april, jobs growth was fairly robust and the president's tone was consistently positive and confident. here's how the president spoke about the recovery just last month. >> we're moving in the right direction. the fact that the economy is growing is a good thing. >> so what happened to make the president lose that confident tone? the white house advisers say primarily it was the dismal jobs report for the month of may and the president says it is still not clear if that was just one month of bad news or the beginning of a l

reid: mr. president, i have a cloture motion -- the presiding officer: the motion to proceed is resumed. mr. reid: i have a cloture motion at the desk and ask the clerk to report the same. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the motion to proceed to calendar number 75, s. 679, the presidential appoint efficiency and streamlining act of 2011, signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask consent that the names not be read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i'm disappointed that we had to file cloture again. i would hope, though, in the ensuing days that the republicans on the other side will just let us get on this bill. this is a bill that senator mcconnell and i started working on when we were both whips many years ago. the purpose of

harry reid is speaking without speaking, pelosi is speaking, calling for an ethics investigation buty understanding from those who are well in the know is that congressman weiner will listen to anyone with the last name of schumer or clinton and that is it. and we are in the hearing from them. >> and harry reid is speaking his mind which is that, you know, don't come close to me and you are seeing a lot of democrats say the same words which is this is a huge problem and i don't want to be associated with it and our reporter covering it online is articulating to lay out the issues coming out, and the big issue for him is, what he did, put that aside, he may not have broken laws in the ethics committee investigation will determine that but he broke his word. he lied. >> he said he didn't say it and he said it. >> most companies if you lie where you work, that is a fireable offense. and in this instance the congress is looking at this or fellow democrats are looking at it and saying, we dent see a way out. >>shepard: we have not heard from sam houston or clinton. >>guest: that is right

that's reid's daughter ella reid. and they avoid elimination in the fastball world series. they came right back to play florida where they beat cal. the game winning rbi for florida. cal loses 5-2 and now come home from the softball world series with a 35-25 season record. [ applause ] >>> well, six weeks ago the first member of the 49ers legendary million dollars joe the parry died. john henry johnson passed away yesterday at the age of 81. john henry johnson's best success came with the steelers. he was part of the million dollars backfield of the 1950s. john henry was born in pittsburgh, california, and he became an nfl hall of famer after 14 nfl seasons. shawn henry johnson, the pride of pittsburgh high. >>> the rain kept some of the cars in the garages today at the sonoma sports festival. but all 13 race groups are expected to take the track tomorrow. still get tickets to see nearly 400 historic cars. they come in all ages and shapes. the mcclaron is the featured superstar. most of these historic cars are priceless so racing and testing these machines takes a delicate

harry reid said this: >> i know congressman weiner. defend him, but i can. i'm not here to defend weiner. that's all i'm going to say. >> what advice would you give him if he asked you? >> call somebody else. [ laughing ] >> sean: call somebody else. >> i'm going to use that at the comedy club. >> sean, this is a tragedy. democrats are running away from him. nancy pelosi has call for the investigation. a bunch of democrats have given the money he gave them back to charity. i hope for his sake he realizes this is untenable. >> sean: does this hurts the party? >> yes. this hurts the party. this hurts democrats. that's what it comes down to. >> i think he should resign. i have a different set of reasons. if you are going to put your wife, your marriage, your job, your career in jeopardy, at least have sex with the women. don't have virtual sex. he had the same pleasure you experience when you play tetrus. it didn't make sense. >> sean: seems he's got real deep problems. >> he's a man, he's a creep. >> sean: we'll just sum it up that way.

they are protesting mayor reid's item -- mayor reids attempts for a fiscal responsibility. >>> san francisco police officers are finally getting something even many kids already have. an e-mail address. chief greg sir says every person in the department has an account. up until now only a select few officers had them. the department says the e-mail will be a useful tool for officers to communicate with the communities they serve. the system should be fully up and running within a month. >>> time is 5:48. residents of vallejo have until noon today to raise enough money far fire works show for the fourth of july. they have been collecting money in their stores but they are still $7,000 short of the $18,000 they need to put on the show. if they can't meet that deadline. they will keep what they have raised so far and use it for next year. >>> all right 5:49 is the time. let's check in with sal. sal, if people want to avoid the city, there is something going on the oakland zoo saturday night. they are having a big fundraiser. i will stop by there. >> you are? >> i am. >> they can meet you at the

reid: mr. president,k consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10:00 a.m. on tuesday, june 14, following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day. following any leader remarks, the senate proceed to a period of morning business until 11:00 a.m. with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each, time equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees, with the majority controlling the first half, republicans controlling the final half. following that morning business, the senate proceed to executive session under the previous order. further, that the filing deadline for second-degree amendments to the coburn amendment number 436 as modified be at 11:30 tomorrow morning. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, tomorrow at noon there will be up to two roll call votes i

chip reid is at the white house, and first, david martin at the pentagon with that rebuke to afghanistan. >> reporter: carl eikenberry, the u.s. ambassador to afghanistan, has finally had enough of president karzai's public denunciations of the american war effort. >> i must tell you that i find occasional comments from some of your leaders hurtful and inappropriate. when we hear ourselves being called "occupiers" and worse, and our generous aid programs are being dismissed as totally ineffective and the source of all corruption, our pride is offended, and we begin to lose our inspiration to carry on. >> reporter: speaking at a university renovated with american tax dollars, eikenberry seemed to unburden himself of years of pent-up frustration. >> mothers and fathers of fallen soldiers, spouses of soldiers who have lost arms and legs, children of those who have lost their lives in this country-- they ask themselves about the meaning of their loved ones' sacrifice. >> reporter: eikenberry, who was the military commander in afghanistan before becoming ambassador, has long been critical of

senate majority leader harry reid says he cannot defend weiner. a conservative blogger says he has other than more sexually explicit photos of weiner described as x-rated. >>> at the white house last night, a rare state dinner for germany's angela merkel. president obama presented her with the presidential medal of honor. merkel spoke about dreaming of freedom while growing up in communist east germany. a 19-gun salute welcomed her to the white house. germany is trying to negotiate another bailout for guess. >> i am confident that germany's leadership along with other key tactors in europe will help us arrive at a path for greece to return to growth. >> i think each and every one ought to deal with his or her own problems. we have our hands full already with what we need to do. >> reporter: the fair at the house was very formal. the first lady wore an ivory v- neck dress. >>> the wildfire in arizona, now the second large nest that state's history. coming up next, more people are forced from their homes. >>> plus, caught on camera, a vicious attack

when asked about weiner senator harry reid said this, go. i know congressman weiner. i wish there was some way i could defend him with but i can. >> [inaudible] should resign. >> i'm not here to defend weiner. that's all i'm going to say. >> what advice would you give him if he asked you? >> call somebody else. >> bill: whoa. so, how much damage has the democratic party sustaining from the weiner situation? >> well, not helping them. in fact, it miss phis me. they had this guy massa from new york. i thought it was instructive had the tickle sessions with staff members. eventually he resigned. it took weeks for it to happen. chris lee, the republican congressman from western new york who is seen with a picture sent through the internet without a shirt on and is he gone within a matter of hours. i don't understand why nancy pelosi didn't say to congressman weiner time for you to go. >> bill: maybe she did. >> this is going to linger on. she should have said it publicly. then it would be impossible for him to say. instead, she has referred this to the ethics committee wh

chip reid is in durham, north carolina. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris. when president obama won north carolina back in 2008 he did it in large part by winning over independent voters with a message of hope and change. well now those voters have lost a lot of that hope and still waiting for the change. when anna bunya graduated from north carolina's elan law school last year her job prospects seemed bright. >> i thought this should be okay. >> reporter: with the north carolina unemployment rate stuck at 9.1%, more than a year later, she's still looking for work as a lawyer. >> we have all these new graduates who are going to college, going to grad school, going to law school because they think it's going to help them in the job market and it really doesn't. >> i know this, north carolina, the time for change has come. >> reporter: during law school in 2008, she became swept up in the excitement of the presidential campaign of candidate barack obama. >> when you're in law school and you hear this guy talking about how he's going to create jobs and he's goi

reid: the only thing, mr. president, so we know where we start on this, that we want to make sure that the amendments offered by our republican colleagues and democratic colleagues initially be not divisible. the presiding officer: is there objection? hearing no objection, so ordered. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from south carolina. mr. demint: unanimous consent tubing set aside the -- i ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment to call up amendment 394. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from south carolina, mr. demint, proposes amendment numbered 394. at the end add the following: section 21, repeal of the dodd-frank wall street reform and consumer protection act. mr. demint: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, the senator from south carolina is recognized. mr. demint: thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. mr. paul: mr. presiden

senator reid announced today he was keeping everybody in to make this happen.hip and the president, not the republicans. >> errol? >> as the veteran of about a quarter century of all-nighters right up until my last night in law school, i'm not sure what he was getting at. look, the point of political break is i would advise congress as well as the media to keep their schedule clear the weekend of july 29th. i think it will go down to the wire. >>> stephen colbert testifying today, fun my super pack is what he's saying. here's how he explains it. >> tonight, i await the fec's decision on my super pac. change is coming and i hope a lot of large bills, too. >> maria? >> what's the real message here? >> the real not so subtle message here, kyra, is the obscene amount of money, undiskmroezed money, that has been allowed in our politics today because of the citizens united decision. that's exactly what has prompted all of the riff that colbert has done on his late night show that has become so popular. it is an obscene amount of money that is corrosive, debilitating

and we're giving it to the entire one hundred twelve us congress the senate majority leader harry reid announced today that he's canceling the july fourth week long recess to say washington in hopes that lawmakers can reach a deal on the debt ceiling issue is not nice congress actually has to come back to work next tuesday and work instead of taking another week off i'm sure that his caucus lawmakers who probably had the trips lined up with a family or maybe a fundraiser back in their districts but why this sudden change of plans by senator reid oh yeah maybe with this comment by the president the liam sacher. generally finish their homework a day at. least thirteen saucers ten it is a press they don't wait until the night before they're not pulling all nighters. the . thirteen until. yes it took a presidential scolding to get lawmakers to think about doing their job yeah i can't recall growing members of congress elected by you and i had to call them children to get them to actually go back to work but the sad thing is that children probably spend more time in school than ever as of c

better known for his association with criminal lobbyist jack abrams off so how is relf reid sabotaging a free and open internet answer this question lee thought investigative report. blogger at think progress dot org joins me now from california we welcome back because really nice to see you great to see you too thank you way first remind our viewers who didn't see the movie casino jack and by the way if you haven't you probably should just to ralph reed is well ralph reed was the executive director of the christian coalition in the ninety's but after that after he became kind of a kingmaker in republican politics he moved into the lobbying world and he partnered with his old buddies from college republicans jack abraham and grover norquist and some others to basically scheme and deal and really recruit some sorted clients to push a very sophisticated lobbying strategy where they're taking money from casinos and then at the same time have tricking evangelicals to lobby against their own clients so they form kind of a racket where they're collecting money from both sides in one case the

no support clearly from harry reid, the we're question asked of harry reid is should he resign and hei'm not here to defend. the next question after that, if he were to ask you for advice, what would you say, and he said i would say call somebody else. scott, what's your response? >> my response is that the answers and responses by senator reid and nancy pelosi, the leaders of the democratic party in congress, are very telling, because they're stopping short of purging their own rank. house ethics manual says that members should comport themselves in a manner that is bee pitting -- bee fitting their office, and they have a leading spokesman for their party who lied for ten days, using his office, using his staff, inviting people like bret baier into his office, to lie to their face, and essentially lie to the world, for ten days, about what he had done wrong. in fact, even in his so called apology yesterday, he lied if when -- lied in that, saying sending the picture to the woman out here in seattle was a joke. well, we all know that wasn't a joke. so nancy pelosi and harry reid are s

reid: note the absence of a quorum. a senator: mr. president? mr. reid: there will be no -- mr.president, prior to the chair calling for the quorum there, will be -- i've conferred with my friend, the republican leader, and there will be no more votes today or tomorrow. the first vote will be next tuesday. note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. reid: mr. president, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: yes. mr. reid: i ask consent that be terminated. i ask unanimous consent to proceed for a period of morning business for debate only until 6:00 p.m. tonight with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each during that period of time. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. menendez: mr. president, i -- i regret that our colleagues have objected to consent to go to some of the most critical issues the country are facing, to have the finance committee meet on trade agreements that could expand markets and ultimately cre

you played the clip from harry reid saying he doesn't know what to tell him. the other thing is we look at the other member of congress from new york who got into some serious ethical trouble, congressman rangel, a former chairman of the powerful ways and means committee who had undeclared income, hadn't paid taxes on rental income, all sorts of other things, which is just not -- you can't do that as chairman of ways and means. he was accept sured by his colleagues but he is personally liked by his colleagues. remember that dram mattic moment when the vote in the well of the house, where people would say, i personally like charlie rangel but i'm going to have to vote to censure him. congressman wiener wouldn't have that same thing. there's no one who is willing to stand up to say they personally like him. and when your nee trouble like this you need friend he is. president clinton had friends. >> i get t see, john that is a great point, right? and i think you are entirely right about that, but suspect there something awfully goofy about the way our politics wo

harry reid responded with this assessment. >> i know congressman wiener. i wish there was some what i could defend him but i cannot. >> he admitted to lying about the suggested pictures he was sending the a social media. >> these communications, for the most plays took place before my marriage though some have come a sadly, took place after. to be clear i have never met any of these women or had physical relationships. >> it was nothing like a relationship whatsoever. it was just like, "hey, i think you're hot." >> today nancy pelosi sent a letter to the ethics committee. jay korff abc7 news. >> more on how the congressman who is a married man, targeted women on the impact sexting could have in a marriage. >>> a stohr you will only see here on abc 7 heartbreak after an apparent drug driving crash claimed three lives. a vehicle was struck on indian head highway on sunday. three people killed, one other hurt. we now have the emotional story. >> the family is still trying to come to terms with the loss of three family members. they want their loved ones to be