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>> democratic senator richard blo blumenthal praised other moves. though he added, quote, the president's reform blueprint, while bold and courageous, is a first step, leaving a lot of work to be done. >> what i heard was the president saying, if you like your privacy, you can keep it. but meanwhile, he's going to keep collecting all of your data. >> the president has also evauchbled on edward snowden. initially dismissing him. >> no, i'm not going to be scrambling jet to get a 29-year-old hacker. >> today was an acknowledgment that for better or worse, snowden has had a major impact. >> the sensational way in which these diss closures have come out has often shed more heat than light. >> some of that heat, of course, included leaks that the nsa listened to the phone calls of world leaders. today, the president promised that would no longer happen. there was a caveat there as well, unless there was a compelling national security reason. >> ed, thank you. we have seen the policy and politics. now for the practical

he needs number for connecticut senator richard blumenthal. when elected in twenty ten blumenthal stood as the wealthiest incoming number of contacts and since and his net worth has skyrocketed. now standing at eighty five point three million plus in his mouth comes from the family of his wife who happens to be the daughter of real estate mogul peter malkin. together their assets include a real estate company in sao paolo brazil and multiple manhattan properties including the engine sees at lease and operate the empire state building. now moving on to number three in virginia senator mark warner warner has been steadily moving up the money ladder over the years. this year is now with stands at ninety six point three million dollars about sixty six percent and that which are held in trusts warner most notably made his money early on as the co founder of the cellular company that would later become nextel. counting the number two spot texas representative michael mccall collins taking a stand and this here is slipping from a number one spot to n

he'll be quite comfortable in retirement and that takes me to number four connecticut senator richard blumenthal when elected in two thousand and ten blumenthal stood as the wealthiest incoming member of congress and since then his net worth has skyrocketed now standing at eighty five point three million most of his wealth comes from the family of his wife who happens to be the daughter of real estate mogul peter malkin together their assets include a real estate company in sao paulo brazil and multiple manhattan properties including the entities that lease and operate the empire state building now moving on to number three virginia senator mark warner warner has been steadily moving up the money ladder over the years this year his net worth stands at ninety six point three million dollars and that's about. sixty six percent of that were held in trusts but warner most notably made his money early on as the co-founder of the cellular company that would later become nextel now to the number two spot texas representative michael mccaul mccall is taking a step back this year slipping from the number

this hasn't been a good year of holding anybody accountable, but now senator richard blumenthal of connecticut ups responsible for not delivering packages on time for christmas. so the government is getting involved in ups? >> some constituents from kentucky are saying, wait a minute, don't we have more important things? nevertheless, some people who ordered -- >> what does blumenthal want? >> ups, fedex, other companies, to pay back people who paid for the speedy delivery. >> is that unreasonable, shouldn't you get a refund? >> look, i think the retailers should be responsible. >> blumenthal is not being a pin head, he's sticking up for the pros. >> people are saying aren't there more important things. >> i don't care what people say, i want to do this. if you pay your money for an on-time delivery that's guaranteed and you don't get it, they should be forced to give a refund. i'm with blumenthal. >> i think you have to be a little suspicious when they promise something on the 23rd and expect to get it by christmas. doesn't take a rocket scientist -- >> contract's a contract. third let from d

richard blumenthal, the senator from connecticut, lied about being in vietnam. >> i get it.ck to the point on this. she lied, she is -- >> you like chris christie? >> i like chris christie, i voted for him twice. i think bridgegate is a separate thing. what andrew said about wendy davis, i have to take slight umgrage. it is not like she lied about you know, i had the children and i didn't have the children. she had a pretty rough road. she did graduate from harvard law school, for goodness sake. she is impressive. i'll agree with you that most of the media is pro choice, they're pro abortion, if you will. they tend to support their heroes. the bias of the media, i'm not going to argue that point. >> well, why are we arguing whether one lie is better than the other? do you really think that is a good argument? oh, she just flubbed it here, but imagine a republican woman, lying about her resume. i mean, you have sarah palin lying about nothing and the media created their own lies. >> and dick morris, let's get your thoughts on it from philly tonight. >> obviously, when you run

then you have another democratic senator, richard blumenthal of connecticut, said, quote, the presidentwas stronger on principle than prescription. the president's reform blueprint, while bold and courageous, is a first step, leaving a lot of work to be done. part of that is that democrats have seen this evolution where the president is someone who first ran for office in 2007 and 2008 blasting a lot of these surveillance programs when they were run by then-president bush, and then today an fox you had a bush architect, al gonzalez, the former attorney general, suggesting this president has largely got it like, like he believes president bush did. take a listen. >> having been in the oval office with president bush and understanding the danger and threat is this country deals with every day. i'm pleased the president does his job in ensuring the security of our country. >> so perhaps an evolution for this president on that and also an evolution in delling with edward snowden as you suggested. this prlly dismissed him as just a hacker that wasn't that important. but clearly edward snowde

[applause] i'll introduce my colleague with senator richard blumenthal. >> good morning. thank you for joining us. we appreciate the opportunity to talk to you. i wanted to give a quick reminder those to to participate in the polling question and we'll get to that. i want to start where you left off, what was the one thing -- the biggest thing you learned about the president last night? >> that he is frustrated with congress as the american people, as i am and going to use the full reach of his authority, not exceed it, not overreach, but use all of the authority that congress has given him to give action to the american people and whether it's the minimum wage or immigration where he has already acted or veterans, which is such a pauferfully important issue, he is going to use executive orders and promulgate the regulations that are delayed. one of the problems is the overdelay in issuing rules in order to implement the law. >> a lot of your colleagues on the right said he was overreaching by his call for executive actions and trying to go around congress. do you disagre

behind him, richard blumenthal of connecticut.this gets down to the nub of the issue. we think about what the president's agenda has to be tonight. and the implacable fact of the matter, who matter what he says and the agenda items he's discussing are polling, he will see nothing from the house republican caucus that will come to meet him halfway that in some ways part of it has to do with the structures in place. the fact they will be celebrated by a movement that is committed to destroying and on instructing the president. part of it has to do with for the most part a lot of the folks are true believers. when joe wilson said, for instance, said "you lie" he really thought the president was lying. when people get up tonight to give the gop responses and talk about socialism and the like, they genuinely believe and the people that vote them in office and donate money to them genu e genuinely believe he's ushering in an era of socialism. >> that's a question, you know, it's beyond me. i always wonder, with any politician, you know,

we have richard blumenthal and in who have introduced legislation to do away with the role. is unfair to viewers , especially in places with publicly financed stadiums. they say this is 40-year-old policy. before, teams would make ticket revenue money. now they make more money off the tv deals. washington is moving in that direction. the fcc is moving, the nfl has a lot of power and is fighting this. i would not bet against the nfl. >> is this unfair? >> i do not think so. there have been very few blackouts. fans are filling up the stadiums. you have last-minute deadlines pushing them to purchase tickets. you get everybody at home watching the game. they used to be that years ago there were dozens of these, only two or so this year. fans into thering stadium. and the sale does not have a problem with the super bowl. those ticket prices are going sky high. >> as high as ever. ticket prices for football games in general are much higher, which subverts the point of a blackout rule. 40 years ago, it was cheaper to go to a game. you might want to encourage people to support your

connecticut senator richard blumenthal says there is a slippery slope between electronic and traditionalnies are buying the cigarette manufacturers and that is they see a way to induce young people. >> jason healy, president of blue e-cigs which makes the cigarettes dreyfus puffed on air say the criticisms are off base. >> there's nothing there that is founded in any sort of factor or truth or examples. >> e-cigarettes are battery-powered devices that vaporize liquids laced with nicotine. supporters say they help smokers kick their habit. >> an industry trade group told cbs this morning, we understand and share the senators' concerns and are sensitive to imagery that glamorizes smoking, however, vaporizing units like e-cigarettes are not tobacco products. >> e-cigarettes are nicotine-delivery devices. they have to be viewed just as tobacco cigarettes are, as a means of delivering a drug nicotine. >> e-cigarettes are largely unregulated by the food and drug administration. their long-term health effects are unknown. for "cbs this morning" jan crawford washington. >>> and he's paying $350,

now i will introduce politico colleague richard blumenthal. >> good morning.we appreciate the opportunity to talk to use this morning. and a quick reminder to everyone, the mobile polling question on the tv above us, everyone make your way in and we will get to that. i will start where the new left off. what was the one thing, the biggest thing you've learned about the president last night? >> he is as frustrated with congress as the american people and i am and he is going to use of full reach of his authority, not exceed, not to overreach, but use all of the authority congress has given him to get action for the american people on some of the key issues whether the minimum-wage or immigration where he already acted, or such a powerful the important issue, he is going to use executive orders and hopefully promulgate regulations that have been delayed. one of my walls with the administration is the overdelay in issuing rules to implement the law. >> he was overreaching the call for executive action, trying to go around congress. to you disagree with that? >> i

new york senator charles schumer and richard blumenthal of connecticut are pushing for legislation toall trains to monitor drivers. outward cameras could be installed for tracks. it could detect if engineers are playing games or nodding off. a metro north train derailed outside of new york city in december, killing four people. the engineer admits he may have fallen asheep. >> hundreds of thousands of people in west virginia are waking up this morning to their fifth day without clean water. a chemical spill last week tainted the tap water supply in nine counties in the state. we are joined from downtown charleston in west virginia. do we have any idea when it is going to get better the for these people. >> the governor told us they've done 100 samples and tests on the water. he said the latest results are trending the right direction and are encouraging, but stopped short saying this problem would be fixed today or tomorrow. good news is that there is booleed water for people who need it. you have tanker trucks stationed across the county. this is at a local hospital. as this goes int