warren rudman came to see me. he said, joe, i guarantee you this man not only has integrity , that he comes with no agenda. he has an open mind. he will listen. it is not merely he is a great lawyer, but he is a man who will in fact listen. that is why i ask you that question about being able to listen and hear the voices of the rest of the country. warren rudman said of you, david souter is a brilliant intellectual. he cannot be classified as an ideologue in any way, shape, or form. if you remember, i went into our caucus and said, i am supporting justice souter. it was a cry at the time in our caucus. they asked me, why? i said, because warren rudman said he had an open mind and was not an ideologue. that is the reason why david souter is one of the great cyprian court justices -- great supreme court justices, because warren rudman said he was not in ideologue. i cannot think of all of the years we have served here many men who could stand up and say, i assure you, you do not know this man, but i assure you he i

warren rudman went on to found the coalition that pushed for reducing the deficit. senator rudman died this month at the age of 82. >>> and former president george h.w. bush in a hospital treated for bronchitis, he is listed in stable condition and expected to be released within 72 hours. his doctors described him as pretty much as normal, happy, joking with the staff and getting better. >>> up next as nightly news continues. the guessing game over who won that giant powerball, and what some people have noticed about the winning numbers and the pattern they follow. >>> and later, the random act of kindness caught on camera that is getting a lot of attention for all the right reasons. t powerball, you may be curious about who did, there are two big winning tickets and the second largest jackpot in american history, in missouri and arizona, more from dearborn, missouri, where one of the tickets was sold. kerry, also very curious about this secret code imbedded in one of the winning numbers >> reporter: very interesting, one ticket was sold here at this gas station,he

warren rudman was 82 years old. >>> there's an intriguing headline out of hollywood.he son of the founder of the trade paper "the hollywood reporter" is apologizing for what he's calling hollywood's holocaust, the black list that helped destroy many careers in the '40s and '50s, accusing those on the list of being communist simm pathi izizers ban the day. his father may have been motivated by revenge after his plans to build his own movie studio failed and he turned on the same industry he covered. >>> when we come back, making a difference in a place that's always felt like paradise to the folks who live there. but just not right now. >>> finally tonight, if you come visit us here in new york city over the holidays, you'll likely see just one of two cities. manhattan is glittering and bustling, and the streets are packed, the stores are packed and the tree out back is up. drive toward the coast, to the places on the water that were ruined by the storm three weeks ago, and you'll find that life has largely stood still. the good news, most people are finding a way to h

with his landmark rudman budget law. time the reagan deficit was $200 million. now our deficit is more than $1 trillion. a former prosecutor, senator rudman served on the senate ethics committee investigating five fellow senators, the keating five. very difficult assignment. he played a key role during iran-contra when he grilled oliver north. >> the american people have the constitutional right to be wrong. and what ronald reagan thinks or what oliver north or i think or anybody else thinks makes not a thing if the american people say enough. there comes a point that the views of the american people have to be heard. >> warren rudman saw action and was awarded a bronze star for combat in korea. he once told former defense secretary casper weinberger from his own party his talk of a, quote, limited nuclear war was assanine. he did not seek re-election saying i can see the republican party was being taken over by a movement conservatives and self-commissioned christian soldier whose social agenda i found repugnant. he was

rudman served in the u.s.enate from 1980 to 1993 and co- authored the gramm-rudman- hollings act in 1985. it was designed to balance the federal budget by 1991, but congress kept rolling back the timetable. after leaving the senate, rudman co-founded the concord coalition, which still advocates a balanced budget. warren rudman was 82 years old. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: and to politics. two weeks after election day, a disputed congressional contest in florida was settled this morning, when tea party member allen west of florida said he would not contest the results. he was trailing democrat patrick murphy by fewer than 2,000 votes. the seat will add to the democrats' numbers, though republicans still hold the majority. here to walk us through how each party fared is nathan gonzales of the rothenberg political report, and a contributor to roll call. so, months ago there were some democrats who were talking about maybe we're going to retake the majority in the hou

senator warren rudman of new hampshire who called for bipartisanship during his time in washington. he passed away on monday from complications from lymphoma. he warned against large federal deficits and was a fierce critic of the reagan administration in the 1980s iran-contra affair. >> the american people have the constitutional right to be wr g wrong. and what ronald reagan thinks or what oliver north thinks or what i think or what anyone else thinks makes not a whip if the american people say enough. there comes a point that the views of the american people have to be heard. >> the new hampshire senator didn't seek re-election in 1992. later saying "i can see the republican party gradually being taken over by movement conservatives and self-commissioned christian soldiers whose social agenda i found repugnant." warren rudman was 80. >>> as the president considers his cabinet for a second term, the "wall street journal" reports eric holder will likely stay on, at least for the start of the new administration. holder clashed with congress for refusing to turn over certain document

senator warren rudman has passed away, a new hampshire senator at the age of 82.e want to bring in senator kelly ayotte who really followed in his footsteps in many ways in new hampshire, becoming attorney general herself as he did and taking overt senate seat that he once weld. welcome, good to have you here, your thoughts on his passing today? >> thigh thoughts, we have lost someone who was an incredible public servant, leader for our country and new hampshire. not only did he serve as attorney general where he was an incredible attorney general, tough on crime, someone who modernized the attorney general's office here in new hampshire but nationally when he served in the senate he focused on the debt with graham rudman hollings. he did incredible work defending our country. iran contra he was very involved in those hearings. we have lost a tremendous leader for our country today, someone here in new hampshire that we admire for his service to our state, and i know that our thoughts and prayers are with his family, an incredible legacy of public service. i consi

today former republican senator warren rudman, who was no liberal and definitely a republican, warren rudman, was eulogized by a bipartisan who's who of people who worked with him and competed with him and respected him over the course of his storied multidecade career in washington. and they eulogized him and talked about him in a way that erased party differences. vice president joe biden was one of the many democrats there to pay tribute. >> it was never a man or woman, at least when i was with him, that he ever looked at and spoke with who he didn't treat with dignity. so many people in powerful positions begin to think that they -- they know so much better than ordinary people. it was never about pedigree. it was never about degree. he didn't look at people and yield to pedigree. he didn't yield to that person in the room who had the most advanced degree. he was as bright as anyone in the room. but the thing i admired most about him was i believed that he believed, given a half a chance, just ordinary -- ordinary, plain americans -- ordinary plain americans knew what their own in

world that the committee needed to have a multi-year five-year preferably but followed on what gramm-rudman hollings had done and provided the framework for stabilizing the financial situation in the u.s.. so the president of a believe after the spring meeting really resolved to provide the leadership to make this happen. we talked about the time line that started with a meeting in may with the president invited congressional leaders on to the white house on may 10th and we started with an initial negotiation on may 14th. some of the process really took a little bit less than six months from the time it was triggered in the white house to the time the little station was signed. that may sound like a long time but considering how long we have been struggling over our recent battles, it seems now with a little bit of hindsight to be fairly efficient in terms of that process. i would like to talk a but more in detail about the fact that there were two agreements. because the fact that there were two agreements, the reason for them, the way they were achieved and the implications of the two agr

. >> vice president joe biden speaking tonight at a memorial for former republican senator warren rudman of new hampshire. who died last week at the age of 82. >>> in politics -- even in politics, sometimes party is the thing that matters least of all. "first look" is up next. >>> right now on "first look," at least one of the million-dollar powerball winners are coming forward, and there's talk of a secret code to the winning numbers. details ahead. >>> meanwhile, washington was abuzz over avoiding the looming fiscal cliff. the president's lunch with mitt romney, the united nations note on palestine. all this as joe biden was christmas shopping. >>> and some amazing random acts of kindness. good morning, everyone. i'm lynn berry. and today the first of the two grand prize powerball winners will come forward to reveal themselves and have their lives change forever. and there's also buzz about a potential code within the winning numbers. nbc's kerry sanders has that story. >> reporter: in tiny dearborn, missouri, where just about everyone knows everyone, the question is was it one of thei

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rudman of new hampshire. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until 9:15 tomorrow and that it does so under the provision of s. res. 604, as a further mark of respect to the memory of former senator warren b. rudman of new senator warren b. rudman of new >> on 16 or 17 bases in the united states we have military runs. the average cost to educate a child in a school per year is $50,000. almost four times what the rest of the public education costs. in the vast majority of our pcs to use public schools. we could take the money we're spending today, three of republics of system 14,000 per child and save billions of dollars per year for the same or better outcomes. >> more justice brand love is then delivered its final report on british media part system at its been called for a new regulatory body to oversee press behavior. the report follows a year-long investigation of phone hacking and other allegations and rupert murdoch's tabloid newspaper, news of the world. >> good afternoon. for the seventh

we have to stop this and say if you are an arlen specter or rudman or scott brown, you are also welcome into the party. because you may be pro-choice, pro gay rights, whatever the case may be, you're welcome. to sit here in washington, d.c. around a table and a thing of scotch and determine who the republican nominee is going to be is absolutely ludicrous and ridiculous. we need to go back to the basics of letting the best person win the primary -- >> you are talking in circles. i'm trying to figure out why the region party tends to have had an unusual load of crazy people running to the point they disturb the image of the party. mourdock hurt romney. let's be honest here. akin hurt romney. sharron angle hurt the party and still hurts the party. i think people like michele bachmann still hurt the party. allen west hurts the people. these people are so far over i will argue they make the republican party look whacky and loony as steve schmitz said the other day. >> i'll tell you would -- go ahead, erin. >> i was going to say let's go back to dan's first comment. dan is a smart guy but th

best known for the role in the ground-breaking budget balancing legislation in 1980s, the graham-rudman-holingsed away before midnight in washington hospital. cited complication from lymphoma. he was 82. >>> a billion dollar effort to make driving arp washington, d.c. better gets off to a muchy start. a 60-year holiday tradition in california loses out in court. grapevine is next. >> announcer: 'tis the season of more-- more shopping, more dining out... and along with it, more identity theft. by the time this holiday season is over, an estimated 1.2 million identities may be stolen. every time you pull out your wallet, shop online or hit the road, you give thieves a chance to ruin your holiday. by the time you're done watching this, as many as 40 more identities may be stolen. you can't be on the lookout 24/7, but lifelock can. they're relentless about protecting your identity every minute of every day. when someone tries to take over your bank accounts, drain the equity in your home, or even tries to buy a car in your name, lifelock is on guard. and with lifelock's 24/7 alerts, they contact yo

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. >> vice president joe biden speaking tonight at a memorial for former republican senator warren rudman of new hampshire. who died last week at the age of 82. >>> in politics -- even in politics, sometimes party is the thing that matters least of all. now it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. have a great night. >>> another day and the republicans have made absolutely no progress in trying to force president obama to do what they want him to do. and no, sending mitt romney to lunch at the white house today didn't help. >>> congress has just ten legislative days before going off a cliff. >> the political theater over the fiscal cliff. >> mr. obama sends his chief negotiator. >> treasury secretary tim geithner. >> who was on capitol hill right now. >> reaching out to capitol hill. >> the push is on to get a deal. >> no substantive progress has been made in the talks. >> literally no progress. >> bad news, bad news, bad news. >> this is the moment of posturing. >> a lot of posturing. >> until we hear good news. >> the framework of the deal is beginning to emerge. >> i'll do

we had the deficit reduction in graham rudman. >> we know the rates we had under clinton we had the best economy of the past 50 years. we can go back to those rates. >> i want to talk about both of your parties. brad woodhouse, one thing we have learned is when barack obama is on the ballot, there is a coalition that helps democrats win a lot of elections. when he's not on the ballot, the one time that he was head of the party but not on the ballot, the party got shellacked. >> we were facing 10% unemployment. we had this debate over health care. one of the things we learned in this are the lessons that candidates and the party will take away is from president obama and that's to make early investments. that is to expand the map. that is to be on the ground, invest in data. invest in infrastructure. the 50 state strategy was a precursor to what barack obama it did. we're going to continue that. >> and, shawn, you have a problem with the more people that vote, the less likely the republicans can vote? >> we did very well in a lot of places. our ground game in every battleground state was

. >>> capitol hill is mourning the death today of former senator warren rudman. the 82-year-old republican is best known for writing the budget balancing act in the '80s which aimed to completely end the federal deficit by 1991. he tried to trigger automatic spending cuts. the bill was weakened under presidents reagan and h.w. bush. if it sounds familiar it's because it is the fiscal slope that we're up against was originally designed because of automatic spending cuts that would come into place if the larger deficit deal failed which it did. of course, both sides are vowing to avoid the deadline and key players are working behind the scenes while the rest of washington is gone for the break. we have the chief analyst from moody's analytics. his new book is "paying the price." mark, first to start off with, let's start with kind of the worst case scenario here. let's say there's no deal, we go over the cliff. you know, nobody strikes any deal of any sort. what would happen to the u.s. economy? >> it would be brettpretty bad. it would be a recession. debate as to

tomorrow came a memorial service for warren rudman who died earlier this month.e will hear remarks from vice- president joe biden and several others as they pay tribute to their friend and colleague. here's a portion of. >> wind i think of warren, i think of the psalm of life by law for -- by longfellow. lives of great men remind us we can make our lives sublime and in departing, leave behind us, footsteps in the sands of time. warren rudman left foot steps in the united states senate and in the sales of time. many people serve here and are soon forgotten, but he is not one of them. the reasons are quite simple. one, he was admired. he had courage and principals. he got there was done. he made a most happened. he cared more about his country than he did everything else. as a result, his country cares about him. we care about him. that's why we're here. that's why we honor him today. it's a great privilege to have my name associated with warren rudman. >> you can see the entire service saturday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. next, a senior policy advisor di

here is what warren rudman says, "frankly, i blame the american people as much as congress. they talk a great game. they are against deficit spending as long as it did not affect anything but the benefit from." guest: that is true. that is the basic problem with democracy. there is something called fiscal illusion. economists have written about this for decades. people would rather see tax cuts and then maintain current spending or higher spending even if that leads to deficits. that forces future generations, future taxpayers to foot the bill. that is irresponsible behavior. that is where we got to where we are at, unsustainable spending. we cannot raise taxes enough to pay for the spending that we have written into law at this point. we have to come to terms with this basic problem of democracy. we cannot both have all the spending we want and not pay for taxes. -- not pay for it in taxes. host: seth hanlon, last year you tied in the unemployment benefits argument with the payroll tax in an article let you wrote. unemployment benefits are due to expire as well as the end o

conversations in the white house about looking for an opportunity to recommend a replacement for gramm-rudman hollings. that became the bea. i have to give him credit for being way ahead of the process. >> thank you very much, governor. in the interest of time, i have two questions -- working for the bipartisan policy center, i want to make it bipartisan. my first question, with some trepidation, governor sununu, can i say that as we have discussed, conservative republicans, as you already mentioned, gingrich, dick armey, opposed the agreement all the way to the end. i looked at the final vote -- they voted against it in the final vote also. the question to you, governor, or to any of you from a republican perspective, do you think the 1990 budget agreement launched what might be thought of as a new republican party and its right turn since? >> no, actually do not. i think there was always say -- in my lifetime, starting back with ronald reagan, a strong component of conservatives in congress. you can even go back a little further into the taft days. there always is the internal division in p

first, turning back to warren rudman. he was a moderate republican senator from new hampshire. he was 82 years old when he died. he sat down with c-span in may of 1991 to discuss his life and his career. [video clip] >> a senator from the neighboring state of maine says you have the manner of a drill instructor and the mind of a general. but i would argue with that. i am too brusque sometimes. i'm in a hurry. it's not really a discourtesy. i am just in a hurry. i'm not trying to roll over people. i've been patient. bill is right. he's a very good man with words. i don't disagree with him. >> is the brusqueness of new england trade? >> some of us have it and some of us don't. it's not unfriendly. let's get down to what you want to talk about it. do you agree or disagree, or what have you? what have you? >> several people have described uva as someone known for his ferocious honesty and absolute integrity. how important is that to you, integrity? >> not even a close second. it is the most important thing to me. as a kid growing up it was the most important. important to my family

senator warren rudman died last night at age 82. he was an influential member on a balanced budget and deficit issues. he did not run for reelection in 1992. several years later while speaking about his public service, he said he had no regrets about not seeking another term. >> the question is does my retiring reflect a feeling of pessimism. not necessarily, but i have served this country and a variety of ways. 4677 years, when i met my deputy. private practice, i ran for the senate. i know 25 years of my life was in public service. although i know i look 45, i am a little bit older. i decided there were some other things i wanted to do. i wanted to write. i wanted to do something as a private citizen. if there had been a two-year commitment, i would have done it. not after another six years, and i have never regretted it, and never looked back. do not misunderstand me. if you read my book, you will get it. i love my service. it meant a lot to me. it was hard to walk away from. there were other things i wanted to do. the easy thing

but the senate and the nation for warren rudman's service. madam president, i ask unanimous consent that rosscummings from senator manchin's office be granted floor privileges for the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2013. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: and, madam president, i ask that scott heller from senator udall's office, be grantinged floor privileges for the duration of s. 3254. the presiding officer: wonings. -- without objection. mr. leahy: madam president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. levin: i think we are now willing to proceed to the disposition of the blumenthal amendment. i don't know of anyone who wishes to speak further on that amendment. the presiding officer: is there further debate? if not, the question is on the amendment. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have t the ayes do have it. the amendment is agreed to. mr. levin: move to reconsider. mr. mccain: move to line the table. the presiding officer: w

as to yesterday, i so much regret that i was unable to be at that event yesterday for senator rudman because my memories of him are really, really warm. i very much had looked forward to being there, could not be there, but i know that senator mccain, and i don't know who else spoke. i have heard rave reviews about the quality of the speeches. mr. mccain: the vice president of the united states was also attending. mr. levin: and i understand there was also a quantity -- a fairly long speech of the vice president which delayed things on the floor of the senate by a few hours -- by a few minutes, excuse me, but i hear it was a wonderful, wonderful moment and a tribute. i just only wish i could have been there. mr. mccain: as my friend from michigan knows, the vice president of the united states is not notorious for his brevity. mrs. shaheen: mr. president, yes, there was an interesting bet between former secretary cohen and the vice president relative to who would have the shortest speech and i think the vice president lost that. but thank you for your kind words. you would have loved