a lot worse than that. >> absolutely ron wyden has been active on this issue for a long time. rand paul has been shameless in his self-promotion around it but he has made it an issue in large part because he's broken with the elders in his party and he is taking a stand there. we're having this debate like maybe we wouldn't. >> that's exactly the word i was going to use to describe it. at the end of the day, though i think what we're really beginning to learn is just how poorly republicans govern. and so the biggest thing that i took out of this is not necessarily rand paul getting on a soap box but the fact that mitch mcconnell is very bad at his job. >> that's a second day story of this story. is that this all happened to mitch mcconnell, who came in not wanting any of this kind of rabble rousing to happen. >> right. and then he sends everyone off for a week on vacation and basically completely sabotaged himself. so if you open the door for rand paul, you know rand paul is the kind of guy that does things like this. you know that he has this issue with the forefront possibly

today before this cyberattack was disclosed, intelligence committee member senator ron wyden told nbc news -- >> i continue to feel that it is very important that we ramp up our efforts to go after foreign hackers and foreign threats. >> reporter: u.s. officials say that this breach is serious, but it could not be the worst case scenario, they hope. that would involve the disclosure of the identities of the cia's covert agents. so far at least, they do not think that the cia covers have been blown. so far, the chinese embassy has not responded to our calls about the hacking. lester? >> all right. andrea mitchell. thanks. >>> a major victory late this afternoon for that little pink pill that some are calling the female viagra. what would be the first drug of its kind on the market specifically designed for women. nbc's janet shamlian has details. >> reporter: this is the medication promising to restore sexual desire to women who have lost it. the little pink pill. tonight one step closer to fda approval after experts said it should be made available to women. but the advisory panel did

and i would imagine -- i certainly can't prove it but i imagine the comments made publicly by ron wyden and udall of the senate intelligence committee very critical of the metadata program has helped feed into that change that we're now seeing. so i'm a little more optimistic. >> could i reply to that, please? >> sure. >> get a dialogue going here. good for you to hear different points of view. i guess i'll take on the brennan institute -- >> sure. >> -- on this. i believe the usa freedom act is a red herring. and it is pretty much crafted by the administration to distract attention from everything else that they are doing. they're giving up what admittedly is, in effect, a program and still maintaining ties into it. the bill is riddled with problems that gradually increases transparency, it actually can decrease transparency. if you want to look at all this stuff, look at marci wheeler's comments on the usa freedom act. and what you have to do the other thing is, these -- you know have we learned nothing? basically, what the administration has done is they have redefined terms they hav

missouri patty murray of washington jeanne shaheen of new hampshire, mark warner of virginia and ron wydenon. five republicans voted against the fast track measure including two presidential candidates -- ted cruz of texas and rand paul of kentucky. the fast track legislation also covers negotiations over a second trade deal known as the transatlantic trade and investment partnership. on tuesday, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell praised the vote to move ahead on fast track. >> i also want to say to our colleagues, this is a very important day for our country. we have demonstrated we can work together on a bipartisan basis to achieve something that is extremely important for america. juan: speaking before the vote democratic senator sherrod brown of ohio warned the american worker would lose out if the tpp deal is signed. >> people are going to lose their jobs, but we are going to vote today to cut off debate and we are just going to forget, at least temporarily, about helping those workers that lose jobs because of decisions we make? how immoral is that? how shameful is that? what a

i have allies, ron wyden, a progressive democrat on privacy. cory booker on criminal justice. kiersten gillibrand on trying to in sexual assault in the military. i think it is interesting that there is a different way that is not entirely partisan. i'm pretty conservative on fiscal policy, but there are many other issues where i side with the progressives. >> you said you have a vision for america beyond partisan politics and petty differences. clinton, bush, barack obama, they also campaigned on the same things. >> why i like president obama as an individual, i don't think he has gotten beyond the politics. he has not come up to her a enough, met with congress, worked the legislative process. there are many things that could get done that we agree on. i've only been here a few years. most of my career was as a physician. let's say for example, immigration, it cannot pass as it was passed in the senate. however, if there are 10 items encumbrance of immigration three items could pass tomorrow. the question is, do we box ourselves in and make ourselves beholding to an agreement

i have allies, ron wyden, a progressive democrat on privacy. i have alleys such as -- allies such as cory booker on criminal justice. allies such as kiersten gillibrand on trying to in sexual assault in the military. i think it is interesting that there is a different way that is not entirely partisan. i'm pretty conservative on fiscal policy, but there are many other issues where i side with the progressives. >> you said you have a vision for america beyond partisan politics and petty differences. with all due respect clinton , bush, barack obama, they also campaigned on the same things. sen. paul: i think president noda -- president obama i don't think he is gotten beyond the politics. i don't think he is,. now. he hasn't met with congress enough. i don't think he has tried to work the legislative process. many things could get done that we agree on. i have only been here for a few years. most of my career was as a physician. i have discovered that the bills are too big. let's say for example, immigration, it cannot pass as it was passed in t

thanks to my friend and my constituent, senator ron wyden, the ranking member of the senate finance committee, this trade promotion authority that we will be dealing with makes it -- makes it mandatory that everybody in the country will be able to look at the final agreement for 60 days before the president even signs it. and then it will be public for another 90 days. five months essentially before congress will vote up or down on whether or not it is worthy of our support. well, i will do what i've done in trade agreements in the past. i will consider each element with the same principles. is this package good for the people i represent in oregon? does it align with our values? will it be a net positive for areas that i care about like labor and the environment? and more fundamentally are we going to be better off with an agreement or with none? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. foxx for five minutes. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, in 2014, congress passed legislation with broad bipartisan

paul up against the senate majority -- the senate speaker, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, ron wyden taking rand paul's side? talk more about what the lines are now. >> i think it is fascinating that jeb bush has sort of become the republican spokesman for demanding a renewal of the patriot act, position that he shares with president obama. because it really is the kind of classic bush-cheney mentality that is behind not just the opposition, but the arguments being invoked in its favor. if you listen to what obama administration officials have been saying for the last month, they essentially sound just like karl rove and the cheney and that whole crew in 2004 and 2005 every time they wanted to course something they wanted, which is, we are in danger, the terrorist threat is mounting. and unless you submit to what it is we want, which is a renewal of the patriot act, you are putting lives in danger. if you are a critic of the patriot act, you are endangering american lives. they actually went anonymously to "the new york times" to say that anybody standing in the way of patriot act re

and i think, for instance maybe ron wyden, if he had known that the nsa was operating the way that they were he would have done something about it through channels that night mott have damaged our security. president obama feels that snowden damaged america's security and our ability to respond. so all of us out across america tonight i guess can be so excited that yes, we're still safe in all of our private phone information is going to stay just that way. although do you trust the private phone companies and there's some 1,400 of them in this country that we can now go to and find out just who's calling who. i thought mitch mcconnell made a profound point. it's not about conversations. it's not about content. it's not about names. it's about the connecting of numbers. his question was, whose civil rights and civil liberties are violated with that? and sitting there watching and i couldn't answer that right away. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question, will the usa freedom act make america safer? go to pulse.msnbc.com/ed to cast your vote. we'll bri

i have allies, ron wyden, a progressive democrat on privacy. cory booker on criminal justice. kiersten gillibrand on trying to in sexual assault in the military. i think it is interesting that there is a different way that is not entirely partisan. i'm pretty conservative on fiscal policy, but there are many other issues where i side with the progressives. >> you said you have a vision for america beyond partisan politics and petty differences. clinton, bush, barack obama, they also campaigned on the same things. >> why i like president obama as an individual, i don't think he has gotten beyond the politics. he has not come up to her a enough, met with congress, worked the legislative process. there are many things that could get done that we agree on. i've only been here a few years. most of my career was as a physician. let's say for example, immigration, it cannot pass as it was passed in the senate. however, if there are 10 items encumbrance of immigration three items could pass tomorrow. the question is, do we box ourselves in and make ourselves beholding to an agreement

today before the cyberattack was disclosed, intelligence committee member senator ron wyden told nbc> i continue to feel that it is very important that we ramp up our effort to go after foreign hackers and foreign threats. >> reporter: u.s. officials say this breach is serious, but it could not be the worst case scenario they hope. that would involve the disclosure of the identities of the sigh's covert agriculture -- cia's covert agents. so far they do not think the cia covers have been blown. the agency has not responded to our koulscalls regarding the hacking. >>> robert knake, former director of cybersecurity policy at the national security council at the white house joining us on the phone. robert, can you tell me first of all, how -- how big a deal this is and how would you know how big a deal it is forensically? >> i don't think this is actually that much a bigger deal than the breaches at anthem, carefirst, and other kmeshlg providers there have lost -- commercial providers that have lost other similar information. this is no different than the kind of credit identity informa

my friend and colleague, ron wyden, has a companion bill.o be able to fix this anomaly and allow these legal businesses to not be penalized with taxes four times as high as they should be. it was interesting that i was joined by grover norquist, the noted activist who i do not always see i to eye with who has been an eloquent spokesman saying the federal government should fix it. i'm hopeful we will in this congress. host: in 30 days, oregon will become the fourth state to allow recreational use. explain the process? july 1, citizens of oregon will be able to grow up to eight plants. carry up to one ounce and possessed of to eight ounces are you january 4, retail sales applications will begin. guest: this shift taking place so we are not interfering with individuals want to take advantage of it, the state has been working in a deliberate fashion to implement and measure that was approved. marijuana in oregon got more votes than any politician other than me on a statewide level. the initiative sets forth provisions to try to make sure it is d

important to acknowledge speaker john boehner, leader mitch mcconnell, senators orrin hatch and ron wyden congressman paul ryan and pat tiberi. and thanks to all of the senators and representatives to the tough votes and incurs the -- and encouraged their colleagues to do the same. this is a true bipartisan effort. it is a reminder of what we can get done on the toughest issues when we work in a spirit of compromise. i hope we are going to be able to summon the same spirit on future challenges like starting to rebuild some of our roads and bridges and infrastructure around the country. [applause] pres. obama: because the american people deserve nothing less from us. let me just make one more comment. the trade authorization that is provided here is not the actual trade agreement. we still have some tough negotiations that are going to be taking place. there has always been concern that people want transparency in those agreements. under this authorization, these agreements will be posted on the website for a long span of time for people to scrutinize and take a look at. so the debate on t

i have allies, ron wyden, a progressive democrat on privacy. cory booker on criminal justice. kiersten gillibrand on trying to end sexual assault in the military. i think it is interesting that there is a different way that is not entirely partisan. i'm pretty conservative on fiscal policy, but there are many other issues where i side with the progressives. >> you said you have a vision for america beyond partisan politics and petty differences. clinton, bush, barack obama, they also campaigned on the same things. >> why i like president obama as an individual, i don't think he has gotten beyond the politics. he has not come up to here enough, met with congress, work the legislative process. there are many things that could get done that we agree on. i've only been here a few years. most of my career was as a physician. let's say for example, immigration, it cannot pass as it was passed in the senate. however, if there are 10 items encumbrance of immigration three items could pass tomorrow. the question is, do we box ourselves in and make ourselves beholding to an agreement wh

i have allies such as ron wyden on privacy a progressive democrat.i have allies such as cory booker on criminal justice. i have allies such as kirsten gillibrand on trying to in such also in the military. i think it's interesting that is a different way that isn't entirely partisan. i'm pretty conservative on fiscal policy but there are other issues unable to side with the progressives on us but another part of the book is a of a vision for america beyond partisan politics can beyond petty differences. without the respect bill clinton, george w. bush barack obama also campaign on those same things. >> guest: i think president obama, i like him as an individual in person to i don't think it's gotten beyond sort of the politics the identities come up here in after out of the. >> guest: with congress in a. i do think is trying to work the legislative process because there me thinks it could get done that we agree on. i've only been a few years. those of my great i spent as a physician but the one thing i discovered is the bills are today. let's take for

with orrin hatch who's the finance chairman in the senate and the top democrat on that committee ron wyden to this bill. so ryan has been a very aggressive role along with several of his ways and means -- most of his ways it -- ways and means committee has really helped are they got lots of trade meetings lately with republicans to answer questions, and a very good number of republicans have shown up including the ones who are skeptical, to who have been traded -- mode for trade and it has been they have taken an aggressive stance and an aggressive stance of a major members are educated understand what's in tpa, what's in the trans-pacific partnership commenters would answer any overall, overarching trade questions. members have been very confident of those efforts in setting its help them review what's in all of these bills. trade is a very complex and so it's been a very open process on that site is a. >> host: finally, vicki needham the hill first vote this morecambe what should we watch for? >> caller: that's a great question. it has to be trade adjustment assistance or ugly that's the

years ago i had an opportunity to talk to ron wyden before nafta and he explained how great nafta would be for us and just recently, my employer, former employer built two plants across the board for the mexico and they're shutting our plants town in the u.s. so we're losing our jobs. that pays into my pension. my pension will probably go down. if we look at the past trade agreements they have not helped workers. we have lost. and just recently in the paper yesterday, they were talking about canada and mexico bringing suits in billions of dollars because we want to know what country our meats and vegetables are coming out of and this again, we're giving away our sovereignty because this suit goes out to an international court that we have no control of. we are losing our sovereignty by not having our representatives be able to stop some of these agreements here. so i'm dead set against what's going on and they already give the t.p.p. if they pass the trade promotion authority, which i think it's good that they do that but again, they're privatizing, they're privatizing, or excuse me, so

this is senator ron wyden of oregon, he moved quickly on friday to remove all gender specific references from tax code. anthony, thanks for waiting from alabama, opposes the decision. caller: good morning, how are you doing? host: i am well. caller: i have been listening for a while. you were talking the constitutionality of it. why i oppose this is -- this will open up the door for polygamy, bc audi, all of the -- beastieality, all of that. it is like opening up pandora's box. referring to the bible -- that is the way i look at it. bad things may come upon us from the judgment of god. host: what has been the reaction at the state level? caller: we oppose it pretty much in alabama. i do not know what was said, i did not see the reaction yesterday within the state. the federal court ruled, so i guess they have to abide by a. host: the state of alabama is one of the 14 states that did not previously allow same-sex couples to marry. if you go to "the washington post" there are the 14 states listed that previously had bands on same-sex marriage. two states are still not currently issuing lic

host: did included ron wyden the two virginia senators.y have made their brand on doing this with members of the groups wanting to be pro-business and advocate this. it is not that much of a step rise. the big surprise luck continues to make those of us who have been concerned with the partisans of i you have to stop and ink about the case in which most republicans, this was saved because mitch mcconnell that all the live republicans to help out barack obama. where not going to see this again this year. all they have to do is get the he won. as far as i know they will get the same. maybe one of them will vote as well. final passage is guaranteed. the only thing there is suspense about is that will eventually congress take a run at the bill that was supposed to be with this. host: the trade adjustment assistance is for workers that were displaced because of trade. what happens with that? what is the strategy right now? guest: the strategy right now is to try and persuade more democrat that it is in their best interest, that this is a democr

i want to read a statement from democratic senator ron wide -- wyden, "the fight to protect americans right is not over. i look forward with working with a bipartisan coalition to push for greater reform in the future." is there more to be done in your mind even though this has passed and the president signed it? >> the questions of mass surveillance and overreach raised by the snowden documents go way beyond the collection of call records under the section 215 that just got changed. they extend to the collection of content under another rule under -- another statute, part of fisa section 702. they also extend to what the nsa and other intelligence agencies do overseas. where actually no statute and no federal court, not even the secret court, has any influence. they operate entirely under executive authority. those are the things that people are talking about changing now. >> so as you bring up the fisa courts, those are the ones that give out the secret search warrants and the way that the government can move forward to close in on people. your estimation about the fisa courts being

bill with orrin hatch is the finance chairman in the senate and the top democrat on that committee, ron wydenwrote the bill. he has taken aggressive role along with his ways and means committee has really helped. they've held up the trade meetings lately with republicans to answer questions and a very good number of republicans have shown up including one who was tactical, who haven't voted for trade in the past. they've taken an aggressive stance tried to make sure members are educated and understand what is in tpa in the transpacific partnership in answer any overarching trade question and members have been in the assessors zaniness helped them review what is and all of these bills. the trade is very complex. it's a very open process. >> finally trade for bill what should we watch for? >> that's a great question. it has to be trade adjustment assistance. that bill needs to pass in order for trade promotion authority to come out. there's a lot of democrats including sandy levin who's the top democrat on ways and means. he's going to oppose it. a lot of liberal democrats who have come out aga

in the house like congressman ron kind and congressman blumenauer for their leadership on this issue. i want to thank our friends in the senate, like senators hatch and wyden. we needed trust. we promised our democratic friends if they stay with us on t.p.a., we will follow through with this bill that is before us today. we are here today to keep our word and there are three parts of this bill, all three of which have bipartisan support. first we re-authorize trade adjustments assistance act which is in keeping with the agreements. this program helps workers who have lost jobs and we have authorized them, and we are doing them. we authorized them together and that is what we are doing here. we made improvements to the program. second we re-authorize a number of trade preferences for developing countries. this bill re-authorizes a number of programs that have broad bipartisan support, agoo, t.s.p. and haiti hope. these programs lower trade barriers between our country and these developing countries. it's the best example of trade not aid that you can come up with. they grow our trading ties, when they grow, we grow and this is good policy that has been supp