senator thurmond. he was as hes, said subsequently, overly effusive. he praised senator thurmond's career in the senate and then he recalled in 1948, senator thurmond had run for president against harry truman. >> i want to say this about my state. when strom thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. we are proud of him. [applause] and if the rest of the country followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over these years. don ritchie: which seems a relatively mild statement except senator lott have forgotten them that had forgotten -- except senator lott had forgotten senator thurmond ran as a segregationist candidate in 1948 against president truman, who helped integrate the armed services, was unpopular in the south for that reason. as a result, there was a huge amount of pressure within the party for him to step down as the leader of his party. eventually, he did resign as majority leader of the senate as a result of this one statement. made in this one room. it is a reminder that just about politician says is probably going to be recorded and just about everything they say is go

senator franken. the next senators are senator hatch, senator bennet. senator scott, if he returns. and then senator sanders. senator hatch. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm very pleased to be able to support your nomination. i'm very impressed with what you've been able to do, not only with your life but all the work that you've done down there at duke and elsewhere, to be honest with you, you deserve a lot of credit and you think you'll add a great deal to the fda. let me just say this. i am very concerned about data exclusivity. as you know, when we did hatch-waxman, we made sure there was enough data exclusivity time so that they could recoup the monies, the costs. the average cost, according to what i've been told for a pharmaceutical drug is about a billion dollars and up to 15 years or more because of the pace at fda. for a biological drug, about the same. average cost $2 billion. to come up with a biological therapy that is approved by fda. i'm very concerned about it because, if we reduce that data ex cluesivity time, especially with regard to bio, you're talking a lot more,

senators spoke, the lights would come on. in 1972 i attended a hearing in which senator kennedy walked into the door, senator ted kennedy, and as soon as he came in and sat down the television lights came on. and as soon as he left, even though a nether senator was speaking, the lights went off. today we are used to gavel to gavel coverage. a lot more highlights become available of those hearings. the biggest hearings often take place in the senate caucus room, which is in the russell building. many of the hearings we consider to have led up to those big blockbuster hearings took place here in the dirksen building. for more hearings took place in the foreign relations room. vented the spectacular hearings they held when they moved into the caucus room. quite often the staff of these investigations work here in the dirksen room. even though the big hearings would be killer -- would be held in the russell building. one of the most important hearings the senate conducted was the investigation into watergate, with presidential candidate -- presidential run of 1972. -- presidential campaign of 1972. there was a series of rooms her

senate. the clerk: washington, d.c., november 3, 2015. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable tom cotton, a senator from the state of arkansas, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: orrin g.hatch, president pro tempore. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: two federal courts have already found that the obama administration's plan to regulate the land around nearly every pothole and ditch is illegal. it's hardly a surprise. the administration's so-called waters of the u.s. regulation is a cynical and overbearing power grab dressed awkwardly as some clean water measure. it's not. many argue it actually violates the clean water act. the true aim of this massive regulatory overreach is pretty clear. after all, if you're looking for an excuse to extend the reach of the federal bureaucracy as widely and intrusively as possible, why not just issue a regulation giving bureaucrats dominion over land that has touched a pothole or a ditch or a puddle at some point. that would seem to be pretty much everything

senate. -- live to the senate. the presiding officer: the senator from mississippi. mr. wicker: i understand i am to be recognized for up to ten minutes. the presiding officer: that is correct. without objection. mr. wicker: thank you, mr. president. in a few moments we're going to vote on a motion to instruct the conferees on the highway bill. it will be a motion to instruct them not to proceed with a federal mandate that would force these long double trailers called twin 33's on to 38 states where currently they are illegal. and i would observe to my colleagues, mr. president, that it is not often that we get a chance to vote on a motion that will accomplish so many things. we are going to get a chance in 30 minutes or so to vote on a motion that will save lives. it is a motion that would prohibit a federal mandate. it's a motion that supports small business. it's a motion that would save $1.2 billion to $1.8 billion per year in highway maintenance, and a vote that is supported by the overwhelming majority of the american people. so this is a rare opportunity for us to

senator murray. we have 11 senators in addition to senator murray and me. i'm going to ask the senators, we can try to keep the q&a session to five minutes and want everyone to have a chance to join the conversation. i'll call on the senators in seniority of how they arrived before the gavel and first arrival after the gavel. so the next senators will be senator collins, franken, cassidy and then murphy. senator collins. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ms. enomato. one of the current issues in the current men tal health system is that it's often for too difficult for parents to get help for their adult children who are suffering from serious mental illness. over the past few months i have gotten to know joe gruse from maine who has told me of what happened to his family. i would like to share his story with you and my colleagues in the hope that we can work together to come up with some kind of solution. as we look to revise our mental health laws. joe's son was 24 years old at the time of this tragedy. he had schizophrenia and yet he was discharged by or from a

senate please welcome senator claire mccaskill and senator amy klobushar. or being here. >> our pleasure. >> stephen: as i said, you are two of only 20 women serving in the senate right now. is there a club that the female senators feel they belong to regardless of which side of the aisle they are on? because is there a u nitd in your mine-- unity in your minority. >> i would say that's accurate. when you look at the fact that through history, there has been 1,917 male senators and only 46 women senators, we have a little catching up to do. >> yeah. >> stephen: yeah. >> so we stick pretty close together in fact, sometimes we're known to kind of gather on the floor, not that we're really talking about anything in important, just to scare the guys to death. (cheers and applause). >> stephen: really? >> oh yeah, oh yeah. >> stephen: they think you're planning. >> we are a fore middable force. if you get there, then you probably are fairly tough. >> stephen: yeah. >> an when we have our dinners, we never talk about the male senators. >> oh, no, never. no, oh no.

senator from texas. mr. cornyn: madam president, the senate's not in order. the presiding officer: the senate shall come to order. the senate will be in order. mr. cornyn: thank you, madam president. madam president, i'd like to congratulate our friend and colleague, the senator from iowa, on this strong vote on the motion to proceed to this congressional resolution of disapproval of this overreaching regulation issued by the environmental protection agency. but i want to talk a little bit about this rule, but i also want to talk about how symptomatic this is of the overreach we're seeing coming from the executive branch, particularly when it involves rule making. this actual rule is a product of a -- actually a response to a supreme court decision and a number of other decisions by the lower courts which held previously that the federal courts -- that the federal government had overreached when it comes to trying to regulate so-called navigable waters of the u.s. there's no real question, i think, in anybody's mind that under the interstate commerce provisions of the united states constituti

senator robert kennedy. senator edward kennedy, his wife and the senator himself. the prime minister of ireland has just been presented. i correct myself. that is senator edward kennedy now. the cardinal is approaching the holy father behind senator edward kennedy. the deputy prime minister and the foreign minister of ireland. you see the delegates, the senior officials of the secretary of the organization, the cardinals of the papal party. coming now is the foreign minister of france who has been presented followed by the french permanent representative to the united nations. the pope, of course, during the official visit of the general two years ago, he was accompanied by the foreign minist minister. the exchanges words with the prime minister. the ambassador. the foreign minister of chile. the secretary of state, dean rusk, followed by the ambassador, the united states permanent representative. mrs. goldberg, the ambassador's wife. an expresident of the general assembly of peru. and the madame. >>> c-span presents landmark cases, the book, a guide to our landmark

senator from the state of wyoming, alan simpson. senator simpson? [applause] the former united states senator from connecticut, christopher dodd. [applause] former obama white house domestic policy advisor, and she also served as the senator's chief counsel on the judiciary committee, melanie barnes. [applause] the former secretary of education under president george w. bush. bush now the head of the presidential library and center. margaret spelling. [applause] perry, the co- chair of the miller center oral history project. [applause] have joining us, we certainly hope to, u.s. representative john lewis of georgia. there are votes under way but we know he is going to try to get here. we will work them into the conversation. so let's get started. and i'm going to grab a microphone and i'm going to start with you, senator simpson. let's see if i can get this right. uh-oh. senator simpson: there's a screw loose. judy: i want to quickly go around the group and ask each one of you to reflect on him. when you think about senator kennedy and you think about civil rights broadly speaking, what do you think about? alan simpson, kick if

senator from georgia. mr. isakson: madam president, i want to thank senator kirk and senator tester for their outstanding work on this appropriations bill, senator murray for her cooperation and help on caregivers and so many programs in the committee. senator collins on her work on milcon. i want to encourage everyone in the senate to vote favorably before the senate when it comes before us later today. but i want everybody to stop and take a deep breath and think about three things. number one, today is the 240th anniversary of the united states marine corps, the strongest veterans we have, veterans who fought and died for us around the world for two and a half centuries. tomorrow at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 1 this month we celebrate the soldiers of world war 1 in the united states of america. and today in the united states senate we're fixing problems that confront our veterans. as members on the committee or on the floor the v.a. committee committee -- v.a. almost collapsed years ago. v.a. had a reputation of being the worst agency in the federal government. i don't take credit for it as chairm

gather that there are some senators who might not agree about the value of the program, which, of course, is their right as senators. but if they object to passing a bill, senators ought to be publicly accountable. that's how we voted 92-4. we shouldn't be able to hide opposition behind anonymous objection because senator grassley and i and senator mccaskill and others said look, public business has got to be done in public. so senator grassley and i have publicly denounced our holds by putting statements in the congressional record. i don't think that western civilization has exactly been harmed as a result of this kind of transparency. and accountability. and i would like to ask my colleague, senator shaheen, given her interest in living up to both the letter and the spirit of the bipartisan resolution, whether it is her intent to ask a unanimous consent request at this time to ensure the kind of transparency and accountability that was envisioned in the bipartisan resolution? the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mrs. shaheen: thank you, mr. president. well, i thank my colleague from oregon for pointing out the fact that people who want to ho

senator from the state of wyoming, alan simpson. senator simpson? [applause] the former united states senator from the state of connecticut, christopher dodd. [applause] former obama white house domestic policy advisor, she also served as the senators chief counsel on the judiciary committee, melody barnes. [applause] the former secretary of education under president george w. bush, she is now the head of the bush presidential library in sutter, margaret spellings. [applause] dr. barbara carey, the cochair of the miller center oral history project. and we certainly hope to have joining us u.s. representative john lewis of georgia. there are votes under way but we know he will try to get here and when he does we will work him into the conversation. let's get started. i'm going to grab a microphone as we do. i'm going to start with you, senator simpson. let's see if i can get this right. >> oh, my gosh. >> there is a screw loose. >> i'm doing this so that i can see why you're talking. each -- ask each one of you to reflect on him. when you think about senator kennedy and civil rights, broadly s

senate in a long time. mr. president, on the bill that is before the senate at this stage, the education bill, we have two of the finest senators that i've had the pleasure of serving with who are the manager ofs of -- the managers of this legislation. the distinguished senator from the state of washington, of course, a member of the senate democratic leadership, and the distinguished senior senator from tennessee, lamar alexander. they have worked together well, and it's easy to work well with either one of them. they understand when a legislator is. a legislator can't get everything they want, but they have towork for the good of the country. these two senators have done that with this legislation. and i've been writing this legislation and advocating on behalf of that legislation. i would have probably done it a little different than they did but it is a fine piece of legislation put together by two fine senators and i look forward to this being completed in the immediate future. mr. president, one of the founding fathers, benjamin franklin, said, you may delay but time will not. for far too long republicans have delayed doi

senate. and a functioning senate is a place that rejects short-termism, both in substance and in tone. the senateways had problems. this is a body made up of sinful human beings. but we haven't always had today's problems. there have been glorious high points in the senate. there have been times when this place has flourished and i believe that a healthier senate is possible again, but it will require models and guides. to that end, i have been reflecting on three towering figures of the last half century who use this floor quite differently than we usually use it today and who thereby have much to teach us. before naming them, though, let me clarify a purpose. i do not think there is any magic bullet to the restoration of the senate. my purpose in speaking today is really just to move into public conversations that i have been having with lots of you in private as i try to define a personal strategy for how to use the floor. i want advice and i'm trying to open a conversation on how to contribute to the broader team, and there are many of you here, who want an upgrading of the debate, of the cul

senator warren, for your great leadership. i yield back -- or i yield to the senator from montana. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. tester: i want to speak on the milcon-v.a. bill that we're going to take up at the top of the hour. we're going to take a giant leap of faith here in a minute that the majority is going to do the right thing by our veterans and our country.i will vote to proceed to this bill in the hope that members of this body are finally able to honor the commitment that our veterans have made to this country. the senate appropriations committee has been crafting appropriation bills that spent under disaster spending caps put forward by the majority's budget resolution. as ranking member of the v.a.'s appropriation says subcommittee, i was especially concerned because of the budget resolution we were underfunding the v.a. by over $850 million. this shortchange to our veterans would have been a disgrace. but back in may, when i introduced an amendment in the committee to provide an additional $857 million to the v.a., $857 million that the v.a. nee

senator durbin. mr. durbin: i thank senator warren and i'd like to make a point. i thank senator warren and i'd like to make a point about executive compensation, which is something we should not overlook before i recognize my senate colleague from -- from connecticut. we took a look at the actual amount of money that was being paid to the executives of these for-profit colleges and universities. it is dramatically larger than what is being paid to the presidents of universities. i'll put it in the record althoughrecord at alater point. the average pay for college presidents is less than $500,000 i year. there's an executive with the university of phoenix who was paid more than $8 million in one year. when we wrote to the department of justice recently, we said, how many of these people will be held personally accountable that let the students -- left the students holding the bag with student loans and worthless diplomas or dropouts and left the taxpayers holding the bag because the students can't pay back the loans and now they're going to go away scot-free after taking billions

my union worked with representatives bishop in the house and senator in the senate on flexibility act. i would like to thank senator johnson for his assistance in bringing the bill forward when it was passed and signed into law by the president in august. experience is hard earned on the fire line. prior to passage of the legislation, the firefighter career path was blocked by flawed and dysfunctional regulations which prevented long-term temporary employees from being able to advance their creaser. because of the barrier of career advancement many firefighters have left. it would ensure that they are allow to compete for permanent positions when they become vacant. i'm disappointed to report that that we are still awaiting opm to issue implementation guidance to federal agencies, unfortunately, while we wait hiring workforce is already underway. agencies are not considering long serving seasonal firefighters for career positions under merit promotion. if this doesn't change within the next few weeks, the knowledge lost we have seen for far too long already will continue another year. funding for wild fire suppress

senate then observe a moment of silence for the victims of the paris attacks. further, following leader remarks, the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each until 11:00 a.m. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: so if there's no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until senate stands adjourned until on thursday she told the cleveland dealer, i'm detracted by his message in style and he has held strong on his beliefs. the world is catching up with him. live coverage now on c-span2 from cleveland state university. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> well. cleveland in the house. [applause] greetings, cleveland, ohio greetings, cleveland, ohio and everyone who has come from every part of this great state. it is a tremendous sight to see so many of you here in the world team center at the cleveland state university. when i say feel, you say burn. field. >> burn. >> deal. >> burn. >> po. >> burn. >>

the senate offers great opportunities and responsibility. vermont,s senator from as for all senators from vermont and all senators here. we had a chance yesterday to make things better for vermonters and all americans. we can ensure the strength of the country by the future. we can afford solutions in what has been an unending quest throughout the history of the nation to form a more perfect union. in 1975, airst vote resolution to establish the church committee. the critical issues of the postwar -- era, parallel issues we face today. address we casted today issues we face today, problems will persist. threats will continue. do democracy, all members of the can always be made. i think back to the 15,000 votes i have cast on behalf of vermonters, a lot of them come to mind. some specific to vermont. some national and some global. the organic -- farm bill. a $50 billion industry. of mercurygulations pollution, combating the effects of global warming, emergency relief for the devastation caused by tropical storm irene, adopting support programs for small dairy farmers. fighting for the

senator. senator kaine: but i' ll say, fernando, the biggest disappointment in my first three years in the senate, was passing that immigration reform bill. >> and now, tim kaine could be your next vice president. plus, how do you feel about the country' s future? it' s a matter of race. >> i think the tensions have gotten worse as of late. >> the roots of america' s growing racial unrest. >> nobody' s entering the military because of love of nation. with terror on the doorstep, why are we less supportive of our armed forces? fernando: i' m fernando espuelas. welcome to "matter of fact." a war against isis, border security, and controls on immigration, you' ll be hearing even more about those issues as we get closer to the election, democratic senator tim kaine from virginia has been on the front line for each of these issues. senator kaine, welcome to the program. senator kaine: fernando, good to be with you again fernando: thank you, sir. if you could, in this incredible time that we' re living after the paris attacks, how should people be thinking? what' s your advice to americans? senator kai

senator. senator sanders was elected independent. senatorr senator was robert stafford, who is also a close friend of senator kennedy's. he took me under his wing and he said, i will give you one bit of advice. he said, work across the aisle. you and i will work together on things, which we did. work across the aisle. you form those coalitions and actually get something done. i have never forgotten that. mike has experience on these things. we talk about privacy and all. it does not make a difference whether you are republican or democrat. in my state, you really have a sense of roxy. i will tell you very quickly a story. the only thing i kept on my wall is a sidebar. i live on a dirt road and old farmhouse since i was a teenager. neighboring farmer told me since i was in grade school, the whole story goes like this -- a reporter sees an apartment and says, does senator leahy live up this road? are you a friend of his? no. is he expecting you? no. never heard of him. we like our privacy in vermont. susan: i am glad the intrepid reporter found you any

allight, now senator klobushar, senator next door, what, who is the senator next door and can i come over and borrow a cup of sugar. >> any time. >> stephen: what am i borrowing from you? what am i getting from you as being my senator next door. >> i think the point i'm making with this title is that we have to bring some neighborliness into the united states senate. that we have to bring the values of representinggour neighbors. and a lot of that has been lost in a world where people are on opposite sides of the aisle, throwing punches. and so my point is that courage is not whether you are going to go in there and just throw a lot of insults at each other. courage is whether or not you're willing to stand next to someone you don't always agree with for the betterment of this country. (applause). >> stephen: now obviously you're politicians. you have memoirs. that usually means you're running for president of the united states. are you two announcing your candidacy? cuz it's not too late. either one of you could be the unidentified person in the photo. because you are identifiable. >

senate senate>>> committee will look into pricing of patent drugs. also ns gaiting secureli's purchase purchase. >>> young boy dead. police chased and officers hit the driver and his son. police haven't said they were chasing that man. determine where those shots came from. was it a bystander, driver, bullets from the city marshal? that i can't confirm. what i can confirm the child was shot and the child is dead. >> officials haven't identified the officers involved in the shooting. >>> caught on camera, florida burglar crashing through a restaurant ceiling. awkward dine and dash caught on camera. >> reporter: boy did he miscalculate where the office is located. ceiling tiles and debris come crashing down. that wasn't the real show. the suspect himself came throughout ceiling then this man identified 30-year-old justin speak. that is the suspect trying to run for it. patrons held him for police. >> they came throughout police. >> reporter: staff called 911 though she didn't have a clear view of what was going on. customers and employees heard noise coming from the ceiling. you can see them all looking up. >> manager was on the phone with 911 dispatch. guy falls throughout ceiling on a patron. >> reporter: grimes cut a hole and trying to crawl throughout office. instead he wound up in the ceiling over the dining area and got him and got right back to business replacing ceiling tiles. the story remains supreme. grimes is now in jail. >>> iowa student admitting he the video but never expected this on the ride home from school knocked to the floor by his bus driver. now the 15 year old is sharing what happened. last thursday this video shows he was attacked by his bus driver. he admits he wasn't sitting where he was supposed to. >> bus driver asked me to move and i said no. >> reporter: the driver stopped the bus and approached him. >> i threw a book at him, i came, he pulled me by my ear and i punched him. he told me pun me again, i dare i didn't want to so i told him no. then he lost his temper for some reason. >> reporter: the driver through him to the floor. he could then be heard unleashing on another student. >> sit down. >> i want -- mad, angry, scared. >> has he been mean to you before at all? >> no. he has been mean -- he has been mean to other students. >> reporter: school spokeswoman said there have been no complaints about the driver. >> any complaints about him before? >> no. none we are aware of. >> reporter: there had been another parent complaint a week earlier. the district should have acted on that complaint. >> we are aware at least one parent complained about his several of the other kids talk about angry outbursts and not taking those seriously created this situation. >> reporter: school district said the driver remains on administrative leave. >>> dozens of protesters crowded nbc headquarters their mission to stop donald trump from hosting "saturday night live." nbc removed trump as the host following his comments about mexican immigrants. protesters want "saturday night boot. >> i think what donald trump continues to say about immigrants is deceitful and insulting. "saturday night live" should not try to make fun of what donald trump said. >> members are expected to >>> starbucks drive-thru is taking orders with cell phone. barista realized she was hearing impaired, she turned on the screen to help communicate with her. >> that is great, isn't it? >> helping her out, that is okay. >> you have to have your starbucks, or dunkin' donuts. >>> still ahead, why this massachusetts teacher is getting a whole lot of attention. >> too much to swallow. dog biting off more than she could chew in montana. >> a flight of a lifetime two men equipped with jet packs flying along an airliner. >> a child found more than 10 years and who had him this [ duck quacks, wolf howls and wind whistling ] [ electronic beeping ] but... the minx boot: tested tough in the pacific northwest. >> photo posted online -- friendly photo shared thousands of times on facebook. >> former students of the teacher come forward after he helped transform their lives. >> fairly tough with two kids finishing school. >> she dropped out of school at 17 >> i kept giving up. he kept pushing me saying i can do it. mr. guy, central high school teacher in springfield will do anything helping not just kimmy lopez but also students like hideliza gonzales at 15 having her seco child at a jr. >> he started following her to make sure she made it through school. >> i was living off my bags in springfield house to house >> you are silly, come on. run. there were times i was wearing the same clothes two days, as long as i was going to school and my kids had what they needed i was happy. >> reporter: he works with the reengagement program to bring them to class and the finish line to graduation. wouldn't be where i am. >> reporter: working late nights -- leading them in the right direction for them and their future. >> i want my kids to see me as their hero. i graduated for them. >> tiesha is working towards being an ultra sound technician and hidealisa is working full time and in an apartment with her kids. >>> wild scene as a skunk shows off his skills in front of an audience. >> wow, what is that? that. when does the cold move in >> all new at 5:00, a connection with a murder mystery, fbi combing for clues in the death of this woman. >> a deadly plane crash in new york after it took off from an >> a skunk in arizona showing offhand sanding skills, arizona national park shared this footage. that hand stand is actually part of the skunks defense mechanism. if you see them doing a hand stand, run. >> some people like the smell, >> who? >> they enjoy the smell of it. i don't know. >> they bottle it up and make it >> i have seen skunks do it. that was really adept. usually they keep the back feet down. that was straight up. give it an a. or 10, whatever. boston, today 76 for a high, waltham 75, concord, 74. trifecta. wrentham 72 millis 72. southwest wind will be cooler across southeast mass tomorrow. we are not talking mid 70s plymouth or new bedford. fog creeps back into the picture and with us throughout night and patches all around boston because our temperatures are mild and dew points jumping up. early november, craziness. dew points low 50s portsmouth and nashua, 56 . dew points higher, moisture up. notice when they start off, anywhere from middleboro down into taunton and new bedford. out to the cape, bloom, they grow into a steadier shower of all out rain on the seashore. we'll see more of that grow and decay as we go throughout course of the evening. nothing too heavy. might get a decent shower out of the the band that ripples through. south of brockton and quincey chances. warm front cleared. clearing is a different matter. we'll get sunset for a few hours. here we are in the morning on the warmth and the wind. gusts up to 30 miles an hour out f the southwest, keeps us cooler along the water's edge and south facing beaches. starts off in the berkshires. one more day in the 70s, again your warm is boston up into the merrimack valley. vulnerable record, worcester's 70. there is your seven on seven forecast. those are the highs around 50 gusting at times over 20-25. do you have nose bleed tickets. i'll see you at 5:00. >> thanks, pete. check of the ride home. making your way down to route 185. we are getting word of a serious crash along route 185 southbound by route 44. also along route 44 by route 185. watch for the delays. looks like 93 and route 24 moving along well south of town. making your way out to the newton area heading through 128. after that spot it eases up. i am joe stapleton. >>> a dog ended up with a 14 inch stuck in the dog's throat. >> reporter: for this puppy, eating was a pain. >> every time we fed willow, she would yelp. >> we said it would be great if i could grab it and pull it out. with an endoscope. >> doctors carefully wigged it free. >> wild, crazy, shocking. >> willow is recovering getting back to her old self. she is not out of the woods just yet. >> it wasn't a broom stick. it would catch on the esophagus. >> reporter: it will take weeks, maybe months of healing. no one involved will ever forget willow. >> vet bills total more than $5,000. in the news room, 7 news. probably the strongest governor in the history of the state of florida. he was a young guy and i think there were some folks in the legislature that thought they might be able to run over him. that didn't happen. one tax cut wasn't enough- he had to do more. it wasn't enough to have with school choice in florida, he wanted to have 100,000 kids. if he didn't like a project, it was going to be vetoed. it didn't matter if you were a republican. it didn't matter if you were his best friend. he said: 'this is where we're going, this is how we're going to reform state government...' every politician comes in talking about making change, and generally there's not much change. but governor bush made a lot of changes. he got the nickname veto corleone. if he saw something in the budget that he thought violated his conservative principles, you could guarantee it was gonna get whacked. he vetoed a bunch of my stuff and i was the senate president. the message to washington, d.c., is 'get ready...' because there will be change. nright to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. he moved to vermont, won election and praise as one of america's best mayors. in congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. now he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over a million contributions, tackling climate change to create clean-energy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuition-free public colleges. people are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change! 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senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. daines: mr. president, for months we have called on senatedemocrats to stand with the american people -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. the floor is in a quorum call. mr. daines: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be removed. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. daines: for months, we've called for senate democrats to stand and support our troops and pass the defense appropriation legislation. in fact, this is the first time, the first time since 2009 that all 12 appropriation bills were reported out of committee, and most with strong bipartisan support. i serve on the appropriations committee. in fact, i serve on the defense appropriations subcommittee. but today we are once again considering opening debate on the department of defense appropriation act of 2016, a bill that passed out of the appropriations committee on june june 11 with a very strong bipartisan vote of 27-3. and as we approach veterans day next week, today could mark the third time the democrats have blocked this critical legislatio

senate. senator sanders was elected independent. when i came to the senatemy senior senator was senator robert stafford, who is also a close friend of senator kennedy's. and he took me under his wing and he said, i will give you one bit of advice. he said, work across the aisle. you and i will work together on things, which we did. work across the aisle. it's when you form those coalitions and actually get something done. i have never forgotten that. mike has experience on these things. obviously he's one of work with. we talk about privacy and all, it does not make a difference whether you are republican or democrat. in my state you really have a sense of privacy. i will tell you very quickly a story. the only thing i kept on my wall was a sidebar on a profile of me. i live on a dirt road and old farmhouse since i was a teenager. neighboring farmer told me since i was in grade school the whole story goes like this -- a reporter sees a farmer on the porch and says does senator leahy live up this road? are you a friend of his? no. is he expecting you? no. nev

governors chris christie, mike huckabee, bobby jindal and senator santorum and in the 9:00 debate, donald trump, ben carson, senator marco rubio, senator ted cruz, senator john kasich, carly fiorina, and senator rand paul. >>> vote in tonight's poll, have you made up your mind which candidate you are most likely to vote for in the presidential elections? we'd like to hear from you, cast your vote at loudobbs.com, and if you will follow me on social media. . >>> volcanic eruptions are frightening when you are very, very close but beautiful as well. watch one of the recent eruptions of mexico's colima volcano sparking lightning amidst of the thick ash cloud, the occurrence occurring in indonesia, airports have reopened there after thousands were grounded because of this erupting volcano on the island of lombok. if you didn't know, there are currently 40 active volcanoes around the world, and whenever one erupts we keep you up to date on the global figure. something of a rig count of volcanoes. >>> up next, a few thoughts on the nasty, despicable, shocking attacks against donald trump. and shocking surveillance video capturing a brutal be

senate's character matter? precisely because the senate's bill to insulate us from short-term-ism. that is the point of the senate. a place to avoid the bickering of 24 hour news sites. the senate is a place to focus on the biggest stuff. the senate was built to be the antidote to soundbites. i've asked many of you what you think is wrong with the senate, with us. as with most struggling organizations, it is surprising how much agreement there is. there is so much common agreement about what is wrong the incessant fundraising, the ubiquity of cameras, everywhere that we talk. the mobilization of using senate fundraising,cises, the constant traveling, meaning that many families get ripped up. that is one of the things you hear about host. this is not to suggest that there is unit among you in these private conversations. either versions is perhaps most pronounced in the question of what comes next. whether permanent institutional decline is available -- is inevitable. i think the majority view, from my conversations, are pessimistic. host: what are your ideas? democrats,000 is (202) 748-8001 is republicans, (202)

senator from ohio. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. portman: i ask the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to spee smeek forpermitspeak fos eached. eached. tennessee senators tomorrow etc. bob corker remembered farmers tennessee senator thompson who died over the weekend at the age of 73. here's a look at their remarks. >> mr. presents my sad duty as was mentioned by leaders this morning to report that fred thompson who served in his body from 2009 from 1995, 22,003 representing our state of tennessee died in nashville on sunday. my wife and i and the members of our family and every one of whom knew fred very well, as well as members of the united states senate expressed to fred's wife jeri, children hayden and sammy, his sons by his earlier marriage to sarah tony ann and his brother ken howe or sympathy for his death. very few people can light up the room the way fred thompson did. the truth is, most public figures have always been a little jealous of fred thompson. his personality had a streak of magic that none of the rest of us

senator from nevada. mr. inhofe: would the senator yield? i ask unanimous consent that at the conclusion of the remarks of the senator from nevada that i be recognized unless an intervening minority should come in, and that i be recognized after that minority. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. heller: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from nevada. mr. heller: thank you, mr. president. i rise today to speak on an issue that will impact every single one of my constituents and probably every colleague's constituents here in this -- in this body, namely the environmental protection agency's and the army's corps of engineers definition for navigable waters. i also, also known as waters of the u.s. this overreaching and burdensome regulation is bad for nevada and frankly, mr. president, it's bad for the nation. my home state of nevada is one of the driest states in the nation, and the water of course is a very, very precious resource. the only thing more scarce than water in the silver state is probably private property. and the implementation of this waters of the u.s. rule will only do more harm for both of these. since comin

tell me, a sitting member of the senate, tell me that this particular senator couldn't think of more than six other senators to have over to his house for dinner. >> host: you speak of the collegiality, and the collegiality when i was in the senate was disappearing on. about of the problems that we see now i think go back to those years. but what do you see as contributing to the dysfunction of the senate today from the collegiality of the past to the kind of combative partisanship that characterizes the institution of? >> guest: i think there are a number of components to that. but i think one of the problems is, is just scheduling and the need for senators to be on the road raising money in relatively small increments. so i think the most that a senator can raise for a campaign from an individual i think is $2700 for the primary, same for the john election. meanwhile, -- general election. these individual contributors can put in anything they want. so the senator who wants to define a message has to go out on the road and raise maybe 15, $20 million, $25 million or even more depend on the state. >> host:

any senator that ran for president during my time here in the senate loved the senate. they may have missed votes but they never never denigrated the senate. senator rubio has done just that. so even with his busy schedule running for president and missing votes here, he should be able to find a few seconds to sign this blue slip that will allow judge flores to move forward with the hearing. the junior senator from florida needs to sign a piece of paper to advance a qualified nominee he recommended to fill a judicial emergency in florida. like the junior senator from pennsylvania he refused to do so. his constituents are paying the price, a big price. sadly, republicans' strategy of obstruction for obstruction's sake is not limited to them. republicans are blocking important state department nominations. the junior senator from arkansas is preventing three ambassadors from getting a vote here on the senate floor. the junior senator from texas is blocking one of the most qualified nominees before the senate gayle smith nominated six months ago as the next administrator fo

last month i had the opportunity to lead a delegation of three other senators to greece and germany. senator durbin, senator warren, senator klobuchar and i all went to see firsthand the plight of refugees from the war in syria and the incredible burden that both greece and germany are under as a result of these unprecedented refugee flows. although many of us -- and we heard this when we were in greece -- many believe the rate of refugee arrivals would slow with the coming of cold weather, but in fact the exact opposite has happened and the humanitarian situation has gotten worse. of course us-aid's work is not just limited to the situation in syria. it extends to the 60 countries and regional us-aid missions around the world, including in afghanistan, where us-aid development work is critical to the long-term success and security of that country. now, i'm relieved that we're finally going to get to vote on gayle smith and that the majority has overcome the objections of the one member who for the last seven months has been holding up her nomination. that member was willing to put at risk the massive inves

bill now in the senate, proposed by kentucky senator and republican presidential candidate rand paul.fox 28 news reporter and host of 'iowa in focus' kevin barry sat down with the senator... senator...to talk about his plan in tonight's vote 2016 coverage. coverage. while politicians and pundits are saying the refugee process isn't america's weak link -- that's exactly where senator rand paul is focusing his attention.he points to two iraqi men who said they were refugees in his home town of bowling green, kentucky -- and then tried to buy stinger missiles. missiles.the interesting thing is that when we caught them, one of their fingerprints was already in a database because one of their fingerprints was on a bomb fragment in iraq. last week -- the presidential hopeful introduced a bill that would suspend the visa process for anyone coming from 34 high risk countries until the screening process is improved for entry -- and the tracking system is bolstered to catch anyone who overstays their visa. visa.my bill also would address that. it would say that if you're anyone in france, germany or any other country and you want to come visit us, you have to go through global e

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senator franken. the next senators are senator hatch, senator bennett, senator scott, if he returns, and then senator sanders. senator hatch. thank you, mr. chairman. i'm very please to support your nomination. very impressed with what you have been able to do. >> let me say this. i am concerned about data exclusivity. as you know when we did hatch-waxman. we made sure there was data exclusivity time so that they could rekucoup the money and costs. average cost what i have been told for pharmaceutical drug is $1 billion. up to 15 years or more because of the pace at fda. biological drug about the same. average cost is $2 billion to come up with biological therapy that is approved by fda. i am very concerned. if we reduce the data exclusivity time with regard to bio. you are talking about having to charge a lot more. you are talking about our industries. subs digs subsidizing countries all over the world. and paying really so they could have the therapies, biotherapies, really at our expense. at the same time to recoup the amount of money across -- it costs to go through fda, they, they -- the cost of

senator ted cruz speaking with tim seaman on this week in siouand." "texas senator ted cruz speaking with tim seaman on this week in siouxland." "texas senator ted cruz speaking with tim seaman on this week in siouxland." "texas senator ted cruz speaking with tim seaman on this week in siouxland." lukas and don't forget that we keep you informed every sunday morning at that we keep you informed every sunday morning at 9 ... with "this week in siouxland". tim seaman brings you the latest on federal, state and local politics. you can also watch episodes on our website,siouxland matters dot com, by clicking on the "this week in siouxland" tab. lukas: two new national polls suggest voters prefer change over political experience. donald trump now has a double-digit lead over ben carson in the republican presidential race. trump leads carson 32-percent to 22-percent in a new poll by the washington post and a-b-c news. in a new fox news poll. the real estate mogul leads the retired neurosurgeon 28-percent to 18- percent... the two are trailed by florida senator marco rubio... texas senator ted cruz and former florida governor jeb bush. and doctor c

so i'm grateful to senator collins and senator reid for their -- senator collins and senator reed for their favorable consideration of this amendment and i hope we can work through the objection raised by the senator from kentucky so we can process this legislation and pass it in the near future. on another note, madam president, i wanted to just say a few words about national adoption month. yesterday, senator grassley, chairman of the senate judiciary committee, convened a very important hearing on the subject of international adoptions, specifically ensuring that the process, which at times can be bogged down in bureaucratic red tape and taken -- take an excruciating long time to complete, that it remains a priority for the administration. last year, if my recollection serves me correctly, there were about 22,000 intracountry adoptions. in other words, there were families here in the united states who wanted to adopt these children who in many circumstances have very poor prospects in their countries where they were born. as i said, this is national adoption month, and i'm glad tha

and i went to two senators, senator benjamin cardin, who's a democrat from maryland, and senator john mccain, who's a republican from arizona. and i told them the story that i've just told with you here now. and-- and i said, "can we take away their visas and freeze their assets and make a law"? and they said yes. and so-- they came up-- and this was a bi-- this was-- one of the few things in-- in a polarized washington that-- that the democrats and the republicans could agree on. and they came up with something called the magnitsky act, named after sergei magnitsky, my lawyer who was killed. they came up with it in-- in october of 2010. and-- and-- and they introduced it to congress. and it was very interesting. because right afterwards their phone lines lit up. they were getting telephone calls from many, many russian-- victims of other crimes. and those people-- said, you know, the-- the-- "can you sanction the person that killed my father"? you know, "can you sanction the person that killed my husband, my sister, my brother"? they-- and they realized that they were on to something

senator blumenthal: my time has expired, i thank you all for this discussion. >> i recognize senator sullivan. mr. sullivan: thank you. i wanted to focus about -- really any of the panelists -- on the issue of energy. we've had a number of members of the administration, secretary carter, for example, but then other experts, general jones, you know, the former nato commander, americorps commandant have all talked about this as a really kind of incredible new instrument of american power, that 10 years ago we weren't focused on because we really didn't believe we had it as something that was important. but it is and it's pretty remarkable that we're now the world's largest producer of gas, oil, renewables. not by any real help from the federal government, all through the innovations of the private sector. so, would you care to comment on that? how we should take advantage of that? and how the federal government can help, being from a state where energy's very important, we're a big producer of energy, looking to produce more, we have a large scale -- actually a huge l.n.g. project that