we clearly found out as we looked closer in to cliff reid that that was not the real cliff reid. >> in with women. >> cliff didn't like women at all. he was a massagenist and cliff had very bad names for women he felt had done him wrong and basically what from he could tell had a generalized hatred for the female person. apart from being self-centered and narcissistic, he constantly thought women was doing him wrong. >> but none of that was against the law. weeks went by without an arrest, and all detectives had was a trio of suspects. as the investigation dragged on, greg, now a single parent, was trying to get on with his life, working at boeing and raising his two kids. did you think sandy was dead? in your heart? >> yeah. >> you accepted that? >> yeah. >> how hard was that? >> it was hard. >> as months and then years past, sandy's friends and family struggled to keep her in the public's memory. her good friend, shauna, took the lead. >> we tried to keep the story alive. every year the news media would come on the anniversary of her disappearance and talk to us and ask us. i tried t

reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: can we have order. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. the senate will please be in order. the majority leader. mr. reid: we're going to have one more vote tonight and we're going to have starting at 11:15 tomorrow, we could have up to five votes. so that's it for tonight. we yielded back the time but i ask consent that senator mccain be recognized for up to one minute. mr. mccain: thank you. the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: i'd like to mention to my colleagues with this vote, we will be making history in some respects and i think we should all be proud of the fact that this nominee, diane humetewa of the hopi tribe will be the first native american woman to be on the federal bench. i appreciate a positive vote. it's a proud moment for her, her tribe and native americans. thank you. the presiding officer: under the previous order -- is there a sufficient second? there is a suff

reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: it's my understanding that the senate is in a quorum call, is that true? the presiding officer: that is correct. mr. reid: mr. president, more than a year ago -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. reid: you did tell me that, didn't you? i ask consent it be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: more than a year ago, senators shaheen and portman worked on an energy efficiency bill, a good bill. that was more than a year ago. that bill was, as i have indicated, good but during the past many months, through the energy committee, the work of ron wyden and others, that bill was improved greatly. ron wyden was chairman of that committee at the time. they have done so many good things for that legislation. we had six cosponsors, we had three democrats and three republicans. 200,000 jobs this would create and help our nation's energy proficiency significantly. so i move to proceed

reid: i send a cloture to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture. 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 nomination of sharon y. bowen of new york to be a commissioner of the commodity futures trading commission signed intie 17 senators as follows. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the names not be read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 691. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed

sheldon adelson, an arch conservative in reid's home state. the owner of las vegas sands corporation, the country's single biggest casino company, and owner of the vegas strip's only non-union casino. this guy's spent millions fighting to outlaw online gambling. tens of millions fighting organized labor, in the 2012 presidential election he gave over $90 million to republican candidates. perhaps because he thought they'd help him take on, quote the two most fundamental threats to society, namely "radical islam," and "unions. that's right. union iding without secret voting is sheldon adleson's personal 9/11. harry reid is going to crush this guy. >> sheldon adelson, don't pick on him. >> wait, what? don't pick on the billionaire? why? >> i know sheldon adelson. he's not in this for money. he's in it because he has certain ideological views. (laughter) what the (bleep) difference does that make? he's got ideological views. if they line up with the money, great. >> i can't tell over the internet who is under age. i can't tell who's got financial

>> this is why reid and the white house are nervous. growing number of democrats that were under pressure because of obama care, because of the economy, and they see energy as a safe haven. they're really pumping for american industry. so you have guys like mark udall who was supposed to represent this western environmentalist democrat. suddenly now he cannot say enough nice things,natural gas and he's up again it on keystone and other issues. >>> toyota announces it will move its headquarters from california to texas. will other companies follow the automaker's move? >>> and signs that perry's gearing up for a presidential run. weekdays are for rising to the challenge. they're the days to take care of business. when possibilities become reality. with centurylink as your trusted partner, our visionary cloud infrastructure and global broadband network free you to focus on what matters. with custom communications solutions and responsive, dedicated support, we constantly evolve to meet your needs. every day of the week. centurylink® your

reid: mr. president? the president pro tempore: the majority leader. mr. reid: i move to proceed to calendar number 368, which is the shaheen-portman, energy efficiency legislation. the president pro tempore: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 368, s. 2262 a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president, following my remarks and those of the republican leader, the time until 11:00 will be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. at 11:00 this morning there will be a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to the energy efficiency bill. the senate will recess as we do on virtually every tuesday, from 12:30 to 2:15 for our weekly caucus meetings. i would advise all senators that at 2:15 today we'll do our congressional photo that we do every two years. so i hope that everyone will make sure they're here on time so we have everyone in the photo. additionally, m

reid: mr. president, following my remarks and those of the republican leader, the senate will be in morning business. the time until 11:10 will be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. at 11:10, there will be a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to h.r. 3474. the senate will recess from 12:3 until 2:15 to allow for the weekly caucus meetings. mr. president, i move to proceed to executive session to senate calendar number 667. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, rosemary marquez of arizona to be united states district judge. mr. reid: mr. president, there is a cloture motion at the desk. i would ask the chair to order it reported. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: closings. we the undersigned senators in accordance with the p

harry reid has turned that on his head. it does not want his members to have to vote for some of the amendments that republicans are putting forward because they have bipartisan support and he and the white house don't like some of these provisions. so he's just stopped all amendments. and stopped all debate. and the only way republicans can fight back is to refuse therefore to move on the bhils. >> so you're saying there are actual legislation moving through the senate that is bipartisan majority support and would pass but reed is saying i don't want you to vote on this amendment or that amendment, and therefore he's closing -- he's not letting the senate work its will on these other pieces of legislation. >> that's right. you saw this week. there was a bipartisan energy efficiency bill moving ahead, but republicans were going to propose a number of amendment has have huge sweeping support on the republican side and the democratic side. acceptance of the keystone pipeline, for instance. but the white house doesn't like tho

in charge and harry reid himself. [applause] a vote for my opponent is a vote for a guy who says coal makes you sick. it is a vote for a guy who thinks nothing for the state if he thinks about it at all. a vote for my opponent is a vote for obama care and the president who sold it to us on a mountain of lies. that is why this race is not about one party against another. it is about a government that thinks it can lie to its own citizens and get away with it. [applause] it is about holding the people who did this accountable. this race is about vindicating people like angela, a mother of five girls from from owensboro. she was at her wit ends when she wrote me this year. after being told up and down she did not have to worry about a result coming out of obamacare that she did not favor, she was told -- she found out she was going to lose her doctor and her plan. her premiums had more than tripled. she was out of patience. obamacare agents told her she was out of luck. when she spoke up about it, harry reid told her she

>> harry reid does what he always does. he's attempting to try to find a way in which his guys get to vote for it, but the legislation doesn't even matter. either because it's a nonbinding resolution, or because the white house is able to veto it. but he's trying to cut the cookie so that everybody gets something they want. >> can he stop it from getting the 60 votes it needs in the senate to get through? remember, the house has already passed this many, many times. so if it does pass the senate, it will get to the president's desk. can he find some way to block it in the senate? >> well, there could be. look, right now, there's about 56 members that are publicly on board with this. there are several more, at least six more democrats, who in the past have voted in a nonbinding fashion. for a legislation like this. so they're going to be under a lot of pressure to vote this time. he may not be able to stop the 60 votes. one of his games, though, is to keep this in a manner the white house to veto if it needed to. >> speaking

that meant good-bye to william reid. >> reporter: and why billy reid? why not the william reid?ounded so formal. we wanted it to be real. >> reporter: being real meant building the company in florence and instead of marketing his designs to big retailers he and his business partners decide edd to open their own stores, modeled after his mother's clothing shop in the small louisiana town where he grew up. >> i wanted them to feel like you were coming into our home and that's the way my mom's store felt. i wanted that same kind of hospitality. >> he now has ten billy reid stores across the country with the same genuine down home feel. that philosophy extends to his clothes, many are distinctly local and made in the u.s. he partners with small manufacturers from across the country on his high-end leather goods, could the the on shirts, jaens and suits. >> if there's a way to make it in the states we should try to make it in the states. it's not the least expensive option but our customer takes pride in the fact that it is made in the states. >> reporter: his approach has brought hi

i'll get to my first sitdown, harry reid.e's a study in contrast, mild mannered and sharp tongued. he knows the rule book better than anyone. a man who never let's opponents forget. he was also an amateur boxer and is apparently not afraid of a fight. he's become the 2014 boogie man that republicans are looking for. what nancy pelosi was to campaigns in 2010, senate republicans are hoping to do to harry reid in 2014. i sat down with reid, as you'll see, when it comes to his hard-nosed legislative style, he's unapologetic. we hit a lot of issues under the sun, beginning with whether democrats will get anything done this year in the senate. >> i had to overcome over 500 fill i busters. 500. during the six years that lyndon johnson was leader, he had to overcome one. mine, over 500. and it's because of the deal they made right after obama was elected. so i hope that they will suddenly change. i think we've had some ideas during this last little bit that's been important. we've had the house directed by boehner say let's do a bud

this is about harry reid.o say sheldon adelson is not in it for his business interests seems absurd. >> it certainly is a reminder that i've always said nevada is a one-party state. and that party is the party that takes place on the strip by the guys that own the strip. and it does seem as if it is amazing in some ways how you see this in nevada where members of both parties will line up and be supportive of these casino moguls. reid yesterday with me essentially endorsed brian sandoval, the republican governor. there's this power structure there that they all just sort of -- they're not as aggressive against each other if -- and you have to ask yourself if it's because the casino folks are happy. then others are happy. it was amazing to me what he said about adelson. >> -- when the governor may be running against harry reid two years from now. >> well, you know, reid's reasoning by the way was because there's no good candidates running against the governor. and it sounds like maybe you kill them with kindnes

reid's tactics have changed the senate. not too long ago it was understood that any senator could get a floor vote if he wanted to. the minority party, often democrats, used this right of amendment to sponsor votes they would sometimes put -- that would sometimes put the majority on the spot. it's called politics, rightly understood. this meant the senate debated national priorities and worked its bipartisan will. harry reid's senate has become a deliberative obstacle to democratic accountability," and sadly so, i might add, madam president. this harry reid gag rule is new to the united states senate. we've had a number of distinguished majority leaders whose names will go down in history, madam president, as the giants, the statesmen of our time, and they have not resorted to this gag rule. this is a harry reid invention largely, and i'll give you the facts. mr. reid has used the gag rule to fill the amendment tree, which is a parliamentary term. but he's used his gag rule to cut off amendments 85 times, more than twice th

we did put 150 bills in the senate on harry reid's desk that he didn't take up.ackaging it up like you did, i think you're on to something. >> i was surprised but pleasantly so the idea that there might be specific promises by candidates on balancing the budget, energy independence, a specific plan to counter obamacare, securing the borders, school choice. do you anticipate come september that might be a reality? >> i don't want to get ahead of mig myself -- >> right. >> -- on this issue. you're talking about more in reality than what people realize. having this four or five umbrella plan is something that could really happen. >> would you like to see, everybody here, some type of written solutions, five things that republicans will do if they get elected? >> yes. [ applause ] >> i'm not trying to sell my idea. i think people are so cynical of government right now. >> there has to be some level of accountability. an accountability partner. by doing that, you increase the level of accountability. we have to be a party that's good on the ground and gets their act t

reid. >> this was a man who was responsible and respected. didn't seem the sort to just take off without telling anyone. as the search continues, police make a startling discovery. >> a missing person case has become a homicide. >> correct. and it was, like, wow. a good o. what did geico say to the mariner? we could save you a boatload! ♪ foghorn sounds loudly ♪ what's seattle's favorite noise? the puget sound! ♪ foghorn sounds loudly ♪ all right, never mind doesn't matter. this is a classic. what does an alien seamstress sew with? a space needle! ♪ foghorn sounds loudly continuously ♪ oh come off it captain! geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. the girl's field hockey practice was a mudfest. the showers get trashed, let's bubble! mega shower foamer stays where you spray with ultra cling technology. wide angle spray covers more of the mess! that's nice teamwork! we work hard so you don't have to. the mustard seed that makes french's yellow mustard. 100% natural from me to you. with 40% more free, the

reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: could we have order, please. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. the majority leader. mr. reid: the republican leader and i have a short colloquy here. there will be one more roll call vote. the next roll call vote will be tomorrow. one more roll call vote tonight. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the motion to reconsider -- the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table. the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate will resume legislative session. the senate will be in order. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: the senate is not in order. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. the senate will be in order. the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that all filed amendments to calendar number 368, number 2262, be in order for floor

not a dime's worth of difference between a candidate who puts harry reid in charge and harry reid himselfr my opponent is a vote for a guy who says coal makes you sick. a vote for my opponent is a vote for a guy who thinks nothing of this state if he thinks about it at all. a vote for my opponent is a vote for obamacare. and the president who sold it to us. >> mitch mcconnell went after his opponent's father. catch this. this is very personal for mitch here, mitch mcconnell. >> she is a partisan, partisan. who has been practicing party politics since she learned to talk. i mean, let's be honest. anybody who learned politics at the school of jerry lundegran will not be a model of bipartisanship. barack obama's candidates preach independence but practice loyalty above all else. and tonight i'm confident of this. those in kentucky will not be deceived. alison lundegran grimes is barack obama's candidate. they know it. and they'll issue the same verdict on this candidate that they have issued twice before on him. kentucky cannot afford to empower the people who have been waging a war on jobs

what's going on with senator reid?saying a lot of different things on the floor and now this interview. with the koch brothers, the democratic party has its own billionaires who are secretly funneling money into campaigns in ways that maybe we should be cleaning up, and to take on the koch brothers is purely a political move that lacks credibility. when he's talking about adelson, there's one reason, the casinos there. >> charles? >> harry reid's pronouncement should be transcribed and all made into s.a.t. questions in which the question ask, can you spot the number of inaccuracies in one paragraph? the koch brothers, the two richest people, that's not true. to say they are the main cause of global warming is insane. the united states as a country is one of the major causes of global warming, in fact our contribution has declined. the biggest cut in the world since 2006 has been the united states. our levels of co2 emissions are now at the 1992 level. so you wonder -- he reminds me of the vice president, except that be

reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority 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 now proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that we proceed as a body to calendar number 379. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 379, s. 2086, a bill to address current emergency shortages of propane and other heating -- home heating fuels and so forth. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the committee-reported substitute amendment be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table and there be no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i

not a dime's worth of difference between a candidate who puts harry reid in charge and harry reid himselfvote for my opponent is a vote for a guy who says coal makes you sick. a vote for my opponent is a vote for a guy who thinks nothing of this state if he thinks about it at all. a vote for my opponent is a vote for obamacare. and the president who sold it to us. >> mitch mcconnell went after his opponent's father. catch this. this is very personal for mitch here, mitch mcconnell. >> she is a partisan, partisan. who has been practicing party politics since she learned to talk. i mean, let's be honest. anybody who learned politics at the school of jerry lundegran will not be a model of bipartisanship. barack obama's candidates preach independence but practice loyalty above all else. and tonight i'm confident of this. those in kentucky will not be deceived. alison lundegran grimes is barack obama's candidate. they know it. and they'll issue the same verdict on this candidate that they have issued twice before on him. kentucky cannot afford to empower the people who have been waging a war o

we have more from my harry reid interview. and as the outcry over the v.a. hospital horror stories continue and the alleged coverups grow louder on capitol hill, an unusual move to acquire e-mails from a cabinet secretary before he testifies. >> plus, ahead of mother's day, we have a fun new poll question for you. about the feelings on the self-proclaimed mom in chiefs and her immediate predecessors. it might surprise you who the country most admires and where in the country lives depends on who you admire. happy friday. it's may 9th, 2014. the president devoted his entire day raising money from the country as largest atm machine, the state of california. he's been at events in los angeles and silicon valley. he warned democrats shouldn't be sitting out the mid terms. >> democrats have a congenital defect when it comes to our politics and that is we like voting during presidential years and during the mid terms we don't vote. our future is bright if people shake off whatever's holding them back and they go to the polls. >> the president does finally, by the

reid: yield back that time. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the time is yielded back and the question is on the motion. nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, the ayes are 70, the nays are 24. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate prior it a vote on th the rosenstengel nomination. without objection, all time is yielded back. is there a sufficient second to the yeas and nays? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: is there any senator wishing to vote or change his or her vote? sphn, the ayes are 9 -- the yeas are 95, the nays are zero. and the fogs is confirmed. the majority leader. -- the nomination is confirmed. the majority leader. the senate will come to order. mr. reid: on the next nomination i ask consent to yield back that time and this will be the last vote. the other

this is a quote from harry reid. he is one of the people who has meant so much to me, reid said of john kerry. you say that he tells lots of people how much he loves them. >> he does. harry reid is a politician. he's been described as ruthless, but he's very effective. what was interesting to me was not so much his cynicism, but how oddly honest he is. you just read an example of him appearing to be dishonest. the 90 became majority leader in 2006, he was with schumer and they were watching the -- night he became the majority leader in 2006, he was with schumer and they were watching. he called everyone who won. he would punctuate every sentence with some variation, i love you. i love you, hillary. whoever won that night. he looked at me and said, they need to hear that. what he meant was, their politicians. it wasn't so much as a wink. it was a matter of fact, harry reid statement. even though him telling john kerry he loves them on the floor of the senate on the day that john kerry announced he was not running for

reid: mr. president, had mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: it is. mr. reid: i ask consent it be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule 22, tomorrow at 11:15 the senate proceed to vote on cloture on calendar number 664, logan, calendar number 665, tuchi, calendar number 266, human atwawa and on 650 williams, further if cloture isvoked on clech 664, 665, 665, the time until 5:15 be equally divided between the leaders or their designees and at 5:15 the senate proceed to vote on confirmation in the order listed. two minutes of debate equally divided in the usual form, and any roll call votes following the first in each series be 10 minutes in link, further if the motion to consider be considered and made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate with no further motions, any statements not be printed in the

reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, is s. 2262 now pending? the presiding officer: it is. mr. reid: motion to proceed to it, is that right? the presiding officer: that is correct. mr. reid: i have a cloture motion that i would ask be reported. 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 368, s. 2262, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry and for other purposes ux signed by 17, signed by 17 senators as follows -- mr. reid: i ask the mandatory quorum under rule 2 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate

senator durbin. >> thank you, senator reid. we're about to celebrate an anniversary of a year since the senate passed its bipartisan, comprehensive immigration reform bill, a bill that i worked on with my colleague senator schumer and many of the democrats and republicans who believe that we could you this, and we did it. at a time when people were skeptical that congress could do anything on a bipartisan basis, we did something that i would say was historically significant. a year since we passed it, in the house. it would be unfair to say the house has done nothing on immigration, because it has been about a year since the house, under speaker boehner's leadership, passed the only immigration-related bill that they considered, a bill offered by congressman steven king to deny funding for a program. the program was an executive order deferring deportation of dreamers. boehner thought it was appropriate to call that to the floor of the house for a vote. sadly, his members supported it overwhelmingly. that to me was an embarrass

reid: i ask consent the senate proceed to s. res. 440. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 440, recognizing the contributions of teachers to the civic, cultural and economic well-being of the united states. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. reid: i ask the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table and there be no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 2:00 p.m. on monday, may 12. following the prayer and pledge, the morning business be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and that following any leader remarks, the senate be in a period of morning business until 5:30 with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. that at 5:30, the s

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and harry reid in some ways has gleefully played that role for democrats.ey paid any taxes. you just throw it out there enough, you're the senate majority leader so you're going to get quoted. you know, you're not just a crazy blogger that's throwing out these things. >> but you just said senate majority leader next to something that some -- >> i agree. it sounds low rent. >> would george mitchell ever do something like that? would bob dole ever do something like that? name any majority leader before -- tom daschle, trent lott. this is just a new low that a party is excited that a guy is going out telling falsehoods. >> i'm not defending it. don't put me in the position -- >> i'm not. i'm not nicole wallace. i'm not putting you in a corner here. >> look. i have been lamenting. this is the worst, i would say, collective bipartisan leadership of the united states senate in my lifetime and for anybody older, i would challenge you to find it. it is amazing to me collectively mcconnell how it's a combative senate. it's a leadership-heavy senate. it's a senate th

harry reid knows it.s by saying so he can create, he can create activity, he can create the appearance of conflict. that helps him raise more money from his donor base. it helps him juice liberals, anxious and sitting by computers waiting for news about what bad thing will befall the democratic party next. they see reid saying stuff like that. they are liable to click, click, in come $25, $50 stuff so he says outrageous things like that in effort to go ahead them giving him more money. martha: it adds up and helps them to raise money. obviously he settled on these two and this catch phase. you about he didn't see any moral equivalent in the impact and effort to influence the way people think when it happens on the democratic side, which seems a bit odd and a bit disingenuous. >> well, being disingenuous is not something harry reid ever seemed to worry too much about. there gets to be a new danger. the new danger, all of the trolling, all of outrageous statements all of stuff, to him. not that anybody in c

. >> and my opponent barack obama and harry reid want her in the race. is not a dime's worth of difference, not a dime's worth of difference between a candidate who puts harry reid in charge and harry reid, i himself. >> and president obama is not on the kentucky 2014 election ball ballot. nothing about this election is going to change who is in the white house, but we can change who is in washington, d.c. >> and today, lun dergan grimes is out on the campaign trail and she is going to go to a place in chi d kentucky where mcconnell was not able to talk about jobs. and also new ads. >> a lot of people in washington have things going worse and a lot of oit is because of the people at the top of the political parties. >> and later this fall, she will run with rand paul, and the big story of the day was the gop establishment overwhelming victory over the tea party which lost in idaho, georgia, pennsylvania and in addition to kentucky. here to break it down for us this morning is nbc news senior political editor mark murray, and we have to abbreviate this, b

the washington redskins president invited senator harry reid to attend a game.e calling it offensive and derogatory. he said that the logo was designed by native americans, and an overwhelming majority of the native american don't find it offensive according to a poll. no word on in if he will attend. >>> no saying if jay carney is a fan of the rock band, but he introduced them at the sold-out show. >>> and the housing and urban development, joaquin castro recommend finding a good mexican restaurant. he will not be bunking with his brother. >>> and first perspective here, political perspective, joined by david, and thank you for starting your memorial day with us. >> hi, francis. >> start with the tea party and how a video scandal could bring it down. two weeks before the primary, republican candidate from kansas city is really having a tough time distancing himself from the online attack video that included a likely illegal image of his opponent's bedridden wife. some supporters have been arrested. how damaging is this for the party overall? >> if it continues

we're not going to allow it is what majority leader reid has said 84 times. and then he has the audacity to impugn our motives this morning to insult the job we're trying to do to represent our constituents and he calls that a filibuster. well, george orwell wrote a book called "1984" where he talked about how people could twist the ordinary understanding of the english language in a way that is very dangerous. but i would suggest that under no definition of filibuster is the fact that the majority leader has imposed his gag rule, shut us out of the legislative process, denied us the opportunity to do what the constitution guarantees, and he calls that a filibuster. give me a break. so he comes to the floor this morning and he talks about, well, if you're watching c-span or if you happen to be visiting the capitol and be in the gallery, you're going to, you're going to see quorum calls and you're going to hear nothing but crickets on the senate floor, because there's not going to be anything happening there. but the reason why that's true in large part is bec

we did put 150 bills on the senate and harry reid.packaging it, it makes a good year a great year. >> i was surprised but many pleasantly so the idea of specific promise by candidates on balancing the budget. you have to pay come september that might happen, do you think that's reality? >> i don't want to get ahead of myself on this issue. i think what you're talking about is more in reality than maybe people realize and that is four or five umbrella plan. something that happens again. >> did you like to see everybody here some type of written solutions five things that republicans will do if they get elect elected? would that -- promises? i'm not trying to sell my idea. i think people are so scenical of government right now. >> right. >> there has to be some level accountability. >> right. >> accountability partner. >> yeah. >> i think that by doing that, you increase the level of acontina accountabili accountability. we can't have a 23 debate circus. >> why would they allow that? >> you want to have 23 -- does anyone want to have 23

what is happening with harry reid? >> well, in a way, the same thing that he's always been famous for, which is being willing to be the guy who would do anything to get ahead and to win. harry reid is famous for being tough, for being partisan, for taking the hard way, the mean way and that's his thing. but, but, but something has changed now and what seems to have changed now is that he can't get results. he can't deliver anymore, which may be a consequence of having burned over so much dag gone ground in the senate. he uses the procedural trick to get obamacare and this is the guy that nuked senate rules on presidential appointments. this is the guy who has made it almost impossible for anybody who is not a democrat and not a democrat that he approves of to amend legislation. this is the guy who runs it with an iron fist and now it ain't running at all. >> how so? is the peg that set him off to call republicans greased pigs? >> oh, that's just a standard harry reid garbage. he does that all the time. that's his stick

harry reid doesn't like that. he's trying to talk about them as much as possible. to keep him as a majority leader, they spend a lot of money attacking the koch brothers out in public and in the cases to make them the center. this is an excuse, the constitutional amendment is a way to force votes in which democrats can say, something that sounds good to a lot of voters, we should have much more heavily regulated elections, maybe even the government should use your tax dollars to finance elections, get the quote, money out of politics because it worked better for harry reid when unions were basically unanswered. >> that leads me to the question there are a lot of rich democratic donors -- >> oh, boy. >> they want to have a voice and support harry reid and other folks. how do you think they are feeling about this tonight? they get die luluted and taken of the mix as much as a gop candidate. >> the moment of zen will come at the moment in which democratic patrons who are many and by the way, increasingly powerful inside the party. harry reid is increasingly beholding

will allow that. >> i spoke with senator reid yesterday. this is an ongoing investigation. where we are right now is we will proceed with the bill next week and we will vote on that tuesday morning and i visit date we will proceed on that bill and then there will be a vote on keystone following our work on energy efficiency bill. immediately following the energy efficiency bill. i am not sure how all of this will work out. there are a number of amendments we would like to offer. we would like an open amendment process. that is what serves the american people best. senator reid is indicating the amendments that have already been negotiated on the energy efficiency bill are the ones that will take up, not additional amendments or open projects. we will proceed. >> is there a possibility the energy efficiency, broader energy efficiency amendment process, if it does not go forward, that republican senators may oppose to limit debate and then term -- turn to the keystone matter despite the energy bill not passing? >> went -- whether the bill wil

the washington redskins president invited senator harry reid to attend a game. he opposes the name calling it offensive and derogatory. redskins bruce allen noted that the logo was designed by native americans. and an overwhelming majority of the native american don't find it offensive according to a poll. no word on in if he will attend. >>> white house press secretary jay carney is a self-proclaimed fan of rock band guided by voices. so when they played in d.c., he introduced them at the sold-out show. >>> and julian castro, his brother recommends finding a good mexican restaurant in washington, d.c. he will not be bunking with his brother. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> and first perspective here, political perspective, joined by david, and thank you for starting your memorial day with us. >> hi, francis. >> start with the tea party and how a video scandal could bring it down. two weeks before the primary, republican candidate from kansas city, chris mcdaniel, is really having a tough time distancing himself from the online attack video t

this is "the reid report." i'm joy reid, and this hour our top story.reds of kidnapped girls in nigeria. this is an offense to all human beings. this is not acceptable in any century, much less the 2 1st. >> you can not allow the tragedy of these girls that have been kidnapped, abducted, raped, and sold the whole world. >> using girls as the spoils of war, the spoils of terrorism, as disgusting. >> our deepest priority now is to get the girls back. >> from one of the girls that managed to escape. also ahead, more heat and drought. more super storms and floods. the white house issues a dire warning on climate change, but can they convince critics it even exists? if it's tuesday, it must be primary day. will the gop establishment prevail against the tea party in north carolina, indiana, and ohio? will voting rights derail democrats in big elections come november. will a former american idol win his first big test in the tar heel state? first, the white house and state department are weighing in on the growing outcry for international action to save more t

>> because of harry reid. harry reid is the majority leader of the united states senate, and republicans would like that not to be the case. and the ability of republicans to pick not more conservative or more moderate but most lectable candidates for each senate race will determine whether or not basically that harry reid gets to continue in his job or if the dynamic in washington finally changes. >> now last time around the republicans screwed it up and they chose a bunch of candidates that were not electable. that's why harry reid won re-election because the person he was running against he was demonized there he went. the question this time around what are they going to do this time and what are we seeing tonight? >> we're seeing tonight what we saw in the last batch of primaries and batch before that republicans are making smart choices so far. certainly we've seen establishment figures like in north carolina win. we've seen outsiders like in nebraska win. in each case the republican primary voter seems p

joy reid.ve coming up? did you just race into place? >> absolutely not. i've been standing here the whole time. >> weighing in on our fracking report. >> i've been standing here the whole time. i swear. >> have a good weekend. >> you too, sir. have a wonderful, wonderful weekend, ronan. appreciate it, man. coming up on the reid report, we have the latest donald sterling stunner as he hands over the raines to his wife. also, congressman elijah cummings is here to talk about his role in the gop-led select committee on benghazi. and an msnbc.com report on inconsistent and questionable voter id practices during tuesday's arkansas primary. the reid report starts just minutes from now. volkswagen memorial day event you can get a $500 bonus on top of all current offers on select volkswagen models including the sporty jetta s, now leasing for just $159.00 a month the remarkably versatile tiguan and the passat midsized family sedan. so, what's the shortest distance between you and a great deal on a new