on the right robert byrd, he was the senate democratic leader. dole was the republican. behind there are eight members of the senate. four republicans, four democrats. all of them grinning. that was 1988. all of them gone, right? gwen: not all of them. but the big mover is still there front and center. it wouldn't happen again that picture could not be photographed. >> you wouldn't see that celebratory bipartisan before. in the mid to late 1980's, there was an idea that bipartisan was not only effective but good and politically valuable. that is almost -- that concept is almost completely disappeared. in week's "national journal" we have this week's vote ratings. what we found is we compared to the first year of "national journal" back in 1982. you had some extravagant individuals people who were sort of out of this ideological main stream. ed zorensky was the most conservative republican. there were 58 senators in between those two polls, ok? in 2010 when you took the most liberal republican and the most little bit cal democrat there wasn't any in the middle. in 1928 in

members of the ku klux klan and forget about former senator robert byrd, the grand dragon of the ku kluxbut he was still the grand dragon. if he had been a republican he would still be vilified today. if you're a liberal grand dragon and republican grand dragon. >> how many black people do you have to lynch to be a grand in the ku klux klan. that's my question. i want to piggyback off what my ideological brethren have been saying and i think we need to hold both accountable. we need to hold the republican establishment accountable for not doing enough to convey how some republican policies can benefit the black communities and hold black people accountab accountable. don't dismiss something someone is saying by virtue of them being -- by virtue of them being republican and don't automatically accept what a democrat says. i believe in a la carte politics. look at what both sides have to say and make -- form late an objective opinion. i don't believe that i want all black people to become republicans. but i would like to see -- >> democrats. >> i would like to see xe ittition because we be

virginia would never have come about had our state not lost a true giant, our beloved senator robert c. byrd. senator byrd was a mentor to me, a great friend to west virginia and a tireless advocate for us all. west virginia would not be the state it is today without the inexhaustible commitment that he made every day. and without senator byrd, is not only a loss for us all, but we all can take comfort that he made not just west virginia a better state but he made america a greater nation. while no one will ever be able to fill his shoes, i hope to honor his memory by continuing down the path he blazed fighting to better the lives of west virginians and all americans. i would also like to recognize the unwavering leadership of west virginia's distinguished senior senator, one -- who has left a dynamic mark on history, my dear friend, senator jay rockefeller. he has committed his life to giving outstanding public service to a very grateful state. throughout my 20 years of public service, i have been fortunate beyond words to have been able to serve the great people of west virginia. again and

robert for the known marty. in tennis news make a lot of a down go of the saying goodbye to buy off the thomas byrd account of his run as early as the second round the czech taking it six three seven six to win on the second had to have a meeting with the russian in eleven matches burdett will now play jem and philip that shot in the last eight. scenes also safely through with roger federer a bit too much for my six three six point just over one l. while nobody joke which had a tougher match with another spaniard pulis out a lot of us dropped the second set the came out a six three to six six two away to and they and joker will take on florian tomorrow next while federer is preparing for a quarter final against ukraine set against the whole thing. over in doha there was a lot of closed into the third round of the guitar ladies open the russian section stayed fresh and dominic it's a book most like this one sixteen to set up a meeting with another slow but then the l a times no. elsewhere two thousand and six went on that the patrol believes the tournament after going down to none other than the world number one c