did senator schumer help or hurt the chances of a deal? start with you. >> i don't know whether he helped or hurt it, but he's making a good point. i mean, the other thing that schumer said was he'll willing to talk about a grand bargain. he's willing to talk about cuts to entitlements, but there has to be more revenue on the table. the democrats are not going to roll over and let, you know, the solution to this budget deficit be that it mainly in cuts that hurt the middle class and not raise taxes on the rich at all. that's just unacceptable. >> justin, where do you suspect the marker will be from the conservative standpoint as we begin negotiations on the fiscal cliff? >> well, i think the marker probably will be on tax cuts and not wanting to -- excuse me, on tax increases and not wanting to raise taxes while we still have unemployment that's still way to high in the united states. i think senator schumer hurt the process because it's typical washington gamesmanship trying to put pressure on the gang of eight, a bipartisan group of repu

one of them was chuck schumer. today he challenged a premise this tax rates at the top should come down. >> it would be a huge mistake to take the dollars we gain from closing loopholes and put them into reducing rates for the highest income brackets rather than into reducing the deficit. the reality is any path forward on tax reform that promises to cut rates will either end up failing to reduce the deficit, or failing to protect the middle class from a net tax increase. >> eliot: senator schumer suggested allowing the rates to return to the prebush rate. of course republicans were quick to pounce on shumers new approach be old attacks. mitch mcconnell said, and i quote . . . for more on the mayhem in washington, i'm joined by one of your favorites bernie sanders,ent senator of vermont. thank you so much for joining us tonight. >> my pleasure. >> eliot: is chuck schumer right that we could challenge the premise that rates at the top should come down. >> of course schumer is right. what the republicans want to do a

nothing. >> reporter: that's something the tsa is being asked to correct by senator schumer.ten statements, the tsa says the vast majority of its officers are honest, hard working individuals and that the tsa has a zero tolerance policy for theft. but again today, as it has for weeks, the tsa turned down our request to interview the agency head, john pistole, or anyone he would designate, diane. >> all right, brian, but the pressure is on. thank you tonight. >>> coming up next, the story in that tv anchor, criticized for her weight by a viewer. we track down that viewer. >> do you think you're a bully? >> we'll tell you what the anchor is now saying tonight. [ rosa ] i'm rosa and i quit smoking with chantix. when the doctor told me that i could smoke for the first week... i'm like...yeah, ok... little did i know that one week later i wasn't smoking. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts

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schumer's speech is best understood as a political marker no matter who wins re-election. mr. schumer will browbeat any democrat who even thinks about supporting a simpson-bowles reagan-style reform. if obama wins, the senator will fight the kind of tax deal boehner wants as part of a grand budget compromise. syme to glad the finger pointing has begun without any kind of actual deal on the table. >> look, i think that's kind of silly from "the journal." chuck schumer and democrats are going to go along with what president obama ultimately wants to do. yes, there will be a break or a curve on how far the president goes in some areas, but he's going to be calling the shots on this, and it's clear that he wants a deal and that he's willing to give up some of the things that democrats have been trying to protect for a long time like the sanctity of the entitlement programs as they now exist in order to get it. and then the question's going to be, if you can get some revenue from the republican side, that means tax increases, you're going to get entitlement cuts from the democr

but chuck schumer said, that's the wrong way to do. one step beyond the simple it doesn't work argument. >> he says we need to raise revenue. it's not that we can make this revenue neutral and this ol' reaganomics-- >> eliot: i have to come back, the gender gap totally closed, does that make sense? if it's true does that create an opening for the president because ultimately it won't reemerge. >> where the president has been ahead in each of these swing states he has always had a double digit gender gap which has been crucial to him winning these states. we didn't hear him talk about the issues in the first debate. in the second debate, in the vice presidential debate it was focused around the topic of abortion as it relates to their sense of religion. i feel as the president talks more about gender issues and defunding planned parenthood and eliminating campaign spokesperson session to reproductive health and breast cancer services and all sorts of things, and making those issues economic issues as well. >> eliot: a way a president ca

and president obama who continues to raise taxes 21 times and schumer accident. but he will make the pitch tonight night that --. >>guest: the president is rock. people are not hiring. we need to get people back to work. we want people to get back to work so they pay taxes when they work. we have 23 million people look for work who are unemployed or under employed. salaries have dropped by 4,500. >>neil: all this stuff hits the fan how do you address that? what is the guess to correct it? >>guest: we need to elect mitt romney and for the next year while we are working on tax reform, do not raise taxes on anyone, provide some certainty so people get hired, and that is the best way the you still need to cut the spending as part of the sequester. >>neil: extend everything including delaying the cuts. >>guest: put a moratorium --. >>neil: but the markets, keep an eye on them and they are punting. >>guest: you need tax reform in a way that actually has more people working. that lowers the rates on everyone. i have an editorial how the united states double taxes compan

charles schumer says that should have raised red flags. >> we do know that the student visa program, in the hands of a few wrong doers, sham universities around the country, are serving as a back door for foreign nationals to enter our country improperly. >> schumer says there's no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of missouri university. but he is calling on congress to tighten up oversight on all student visas. >>> engineers at the gulf of mexico are trying to determine the source of a new sheen on the water surface. the oil is leaking from the so-called containment dome which was unsuccessfully used in the crisis and is sitting on the gulf floor. >>> and a stretch of interstate 35 near the oklahoma/kansas border, shut down during a massive dust storm has reopened. the swirling dust created near-blackout seasconditions al the four-lane highway. the worst was a pileup involving more than 30 vehicles. amazingly, there were a couple of injuries but no one was killed. >> thank goodness for that. >>> it is time, now, for the weather from across the nation on this friday. a stormy day o

we have senator schumer saying it should be $1 million. and now he is not really in favor of tax reform as we have come to understand it. we have senator durbin who has said, let's extend it for six months, and then use that as a bridge to tax reform. but what you have on the gop quiet -- and gop side is clarity, and a plan that is not just burst occurs, but articulated with language that has made it to the u.s. senate. >> let's just say that we see that offering flexibility and we are willing to engage in compromise, you could see it as a lack of clarity, which is the way you see it, but i'm surprised. your one of the republicans that i hope to work with on this. we want to make this work. we are willing to have discussion. if your concern is really about small businesses, not families, but small businesses that are at some threshold, then let's have a discussion. that is what tax policy is about. if we're going to have a discussion about reducing corporate raids and getting rid of all tax deductions, or will we hang onto some that are im

>> not the direction that senator schumer is talking about chuck schumer has carved out a place for himselfe the main stream arguing that this is no scenario where we can lower the marginal rates which is inconsistent with what every bipartisan group has looked at to addressing our budget problem on the tax side. the rational thing to do is to have a more pro growth sensible tax policy with lower marginal rates and offset the lost revenue by squeezing the value of deductions and write offs and loopholes. that is the way to generate revenue. to keep marginal rates as he has advocated, even, to raise them above where they, that is counterproductive for economic growth. >>neil: he is talking about letting the bush rates expire for the richest. you argue this is not the time to do that. do you think and i know you want to see mitt romney elected, but if the president were re-elected, do you think he would say, absolutely not to that, and a lame duck session would simply be unable to push that, short of maybe getting a six-month extension if cooler heads on both sides to prevail and address this

ron, we have pointed out that a lot of frustration right now, you have chuck schumer saying specialists are brought in to manhattan, for example, to deal with the pumping issue. but also, congressman israel from new jersey concerned, as well, about some of the relief effort. what are you hearing in point pleasant? >> reporter: governor christie warned it might take up to a week or more to restore power. there are two times as many people, customers, without power in new jersey now as after hurricane irene a year ago and gives you a sense of the depth of the problem here. 60% of the state does not have power. and again, it's going to take a while. yes, there is some frustration but i think people are understanding that this is a really severe calamity that hit this place and you can see along the jersey shore places like this, a beach front property, a restaurant obliterated and what president obama and governor christie are seeing as they fly up and down the shoreline. we saw marine one go by in a convoy with helicopters about ten minutes ago and making their rounds. but i don't think a

this morning, i spoke to new york's democratic senator, chuck schumer, about the debate taking place tonight in his home state. how important is it for president obama? >> i think it's fright important for the president but i have a lot of confidence in him. i think, you know, he knows it wasn't his best performance last time and he is a fight, he's win. and you know, he has -- sort of an easy case to make and that is that the real mitt romney is this and in the debate they try hide who the real mitt romney is. it's easily punctured. >> do you think there was something the president held himself back, everybody has a theory, why wasn't president more aggressive? >> obviously, it wasn't his best game. who knows y one thing you know barack obama, he's win, analyzing what did he wrong and make sure he does it right this time. i have a lot of confidence, i'm looking forward to this debate very positively. >> what topics do you think have to come up if president obama wants to walk away from this debate as a winner? what is it that he has to >> can he has to show that mitt romney is hidin

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according to senator schumer in the coming months and years, we will see another miracle here because he says these people are truly resilient. listen. >> they are as they call themselves a hardy lot. and they will build this place back. but it was devastating to see it. i don't think i have seen any kind of fire like this in 37 years that i have been an election official. it's incredible. you feel for the people. you just feel for what they are going through. >> senator schumer also said, shep, that this reminded him of nothing more than the images of london during the blitz of world war ii. and when you look at those homes totally destroyed. the chimneys the only thing left standing, it's hard to argue with that sort of image, shep? >> shepard: jonathan hunt on a sad night at breezy point and after the storm in the 40s tonight there with no power. and as the dangerous storm heads to the west, it's kicking up waves in the great lakes near record heights. we'll go live to chicago where officials are warning folks don't even get close to the water. plus, that same wide reaching storm h

do you believe, like schumer, it is impossible to cut rates and get more revenue out of tax reform? >> just to be clear, i support the framework of bowles-simpson which is the mix of revenue to cuts. i think the ratio is right. >> one of the theories of bowles-simpson is you bring down -- >> i think what chuck schumer is saying first of all of, that we need to start any negotiation at the rate that the taxes will go to for the wealthy under current law, which is start at 39%. that is the starting point. the president's been very clear. he's been talking about this throughout the debate, that we need to allow those rates to go back to where they were -- >> you believe in this -- >> if you start there, there are definitely things in the tax code that can be cleaned out. >> so you're open. >> i'm open to the notion of look offing to remove some of the stuff in the tax code. the difference is that republicans decide to pick the rate first. so mitt romney gets out there, says i'm going to cut the rate by 20% which we all know costs $5 trillion. then he says, oh, now we'll think of how we

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that's what schumer said. >> that's good.hout the day? >> i learned that liz grod watching morns joe and she's a beautiful bride. married saturday. couldn't possibly look more beautiful. >> do you flow why she's smiling? >> she's smiling because she didn't work the overnights for about a week. >> she's in the trenches for us every day, does a great job. she had great day. she reports on saturday. now off on her honeymoon and she'll be back in a week or so. >> i'm so proud of you, liz. >> congratulations. what did you learn? >> that we need to talk about it every day and i think the headlines today drive that point home. >> our men and women in uniform that have been serving there now since the fall of 2001 have given their all, they've done a fantastic job. i'm so proud

democratic senator chuck schumer pushed a bill, but really it just required the secretary of the treasury bunch of reports, analyzing chinese currency. it never even came to a vote in the house of representatives. but it was a very good way of showing the chinese how -- which is part of the game of playing tough with china. china does actually respond to the public pressure that senator schumer brings to the game and the public and private pressure that the obama administration brings to the game. so on monday night when you hear mitt romney once again say this. >> on day one i will label china a currency manipulator. >> don't expect the moderator to fact check him on that one, but you can tell everyone in your living room that mitt romney is lying once again. if we want to improve our schools... ... what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ... nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students.

president, governor cuomo, al and ann smith, senator schumer. thank you for are invitation. thank you for your extraordinary warm welcome. ann and i appreciate your friendship very, very much, thank you. >>> now, al, you are right, a campaign can require a lot of wardrobe changes. blue jeans in the morning perhaps, suit for a lunch fund-raiser, sport coat for dinner but it is nice to finally relax and to wear what ann and i wear around the house. [ applause ] >> i'm glad to be able to join in this venerable tradition. of course, i'm pleased that the president is here. we were chatting pleasantly this ink as if tuesday night never happened. i credit that, of course, to the cardinal. it has taken new york's highest spiritual authority to get us back on our best behavior. i was actually hoping the president would bring joe biden along, because he will laugh at anything. [ applause ] of course, this isn't a night for serious politics. it was especially nice to see president obama and cardinal dolan sharing despite their differences. i'm sure the cardinal has no hard feelings and

. >> reporter: this is senator charles schumer's home district, he came today as well.ever seen anything like this? >> never. i asked 20 firefighters who have had probably 1,000 year or 500 years of experience, asked them if they ever seen anything like this, never have. >> reporter: hard to see any signs good things to come but just as it has done before, breezy point is picking up the pieces. >> very strong community. they'll rebuild and come back. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm elizabeth vargas in breezy point, new york. >> heartbreaking story and resilient people. our thanks to elizabeth. just ahead, driving snow and high winds leave hundreds of thousands struggling to leave their homes. the arctic blast proving this storm hasn't pulled its last the arctic blast proving this storm hasn't pulled its last punch. "ever ask some you a foot?" "who thinks about stuff like that?" "vince mahe grew up on two continents... and noticed that wherever you go, people have their hands full, but their feet free." "the result? a liftgate you operate with your foot." "code name?"

romney, governor cuomo, mayor bloomberg, senator schumer, all the distinguished guests who are here. in less than three weeks, voters in states like ohio, virginia, and florida will decide this incredibly important election, which begs the question what are we doing here? [laughter] of course new yorkers also have a big choice to make. you have to decide which one of us you want holding up traffic for the next four years. tonight i am here with a man whose father was a popular governor, and who knows what it's like to run a major northeastern state, and who could very well be president some day, and i'm hoping it is andrew cuomo. [applause] this is the third time that governor romney and i have met recently. as some of you may have noticed, i had a lot more energy in our second debate. i was really well rested after the nice long debate i had in the first bate. [laughter] [applause] although it turns out millions of americans focused in on the second debate, who didn't focus in on the first debate, and i happen to be one of them. [laughter] i particularly want to apologize to chris m

thank you to al, governor, miss romney, governor cuomo, mayor bloomberg, senator schumer. all the distinguished guests who are here. in less than three weeks, voters in states like ohio, virginia, and florida will decide this incredibly important election which begs the question, what are we doing here? of course, new yorkers also have a big choice to make. you have to decide which one of us you want holding up traffic for the next four years. tonight i am here with a man whose father was a popular governor and who knows what it's like to run a major northeastern state and who could very well be president someday and i'm hoping it is andrew cuomo. this is the third time that governor romney and i have met recently. as some of you may have noticed, i had a lot more energy in our second debate. i felt really well rested after the nice, long nap i had in the first debate. although it turns out millions of americans focused in on the second debate who didn't focus in on the first debate and i happened to be one of them. i particularly want to apologize to chris matthews. four

romney, governor cuomo, mayor bloomberg, senator schumer, all of the distinguished guests who are here. in less than three weeks, voters in states like ohio, virginia, and florida, will decide this incredibly important election which begs the question, what are we doing here? [ laughter and applause ] of course, new yorkers also have a big choice to make. you have to decide which one of us you want holding up traffic for the next four years. tonight, i am here with a man whose father was a popular governor and who knows what it is like to run a major northeastern state and who could very well be president someday. and i am hoping it is andrew cuomo. [ applause ] this is the third time that governor romney and i have met recently. as some of you may have noticed, i had a lot more energy in our second debate. i felt really well-rested after the nice long nap i had in the first debate. [ laughter and applause ] although it turns out millions of americans focused in on the second debate who didn't focus in on the first debate. and i happen to be one of them. i particularly want to apologiz

it was heartbreaking and as i was standing there senator schumer and i were there, people were coming to the area to check to see if their home had made it. they would walk from the evacuated area to breezy and see some with a degree of happiness and other people just with unbelievable sadness because they saw one that their home was one of the ones that had been burnt to the ground. but i have to tell you, rachel, as sad as it was and almost apocalyptic one of the first things somebody said to me, hey, quinn, make sure i get my building permits. so although this is tragic, there is no minimizing that there was a spirit there today that was truly a new york and really a rockaway/breezy point spirit was they were going to get right back up on their feet and rebuild this community. >> christine, did you see any ongoing rescue efforts while you were still there today? are there any concerns there are still people trapped in their homes anywhere out in the rockaway peninsula or anywhere else in the five boroughs? >> in the breezy area we didn't see any ongoing rescue and amazingly no one