that is new hampshire's jean shaheen.s the lie of the year. >> you can keep your insurance if you like it. >> and senator shaheen kept telling it. the truth is thousands have already had their insurance canceled. families are paying more for expensive health plans and facing hour-long drives just to see a doctor. >> you can keep your insurance if you like it. >> tell senator shaheen it's time to be honest. obamacare doesn't work. new hampshire families deserve better. >> all right. our free market friday panel is back. democratic strategist richard socarides has really got his work cut out for him on that one. and we welcome back radio host mark simone and hugh hewitt. hugh by the way has a new book out called "happiest life." richard, i don't know how democrats get out of this, the big lie. it's a dagger in their heart. if you liked your insurance, your doctor, you can keep it. how are they going to get around this? >> can i just tell you? the republicans have zero chance of taking back the senate. it's going to get clos

senator shaheen has filed an amendment that begins to address these corporate tax problems. her amendment, number 2618, of which i am a cosponsor, will prevent more than 18,000 corporations from pretending that they are headquartered in a single building in the cayman islands. like senator ayotte's amendment, the shaheen amendment will repeal the military retiree cola provision that was in the budget deal. the difference is senator neen shaheen's amendment would pay for the repeal by holding corporations accountable for the taxes they owe instead of denying help to u.s. citizen children of working parents many of whom are women, who are in poverty. we all recognize that we have a responsibility to our veterans, taxpayers and to future generations. senator shaheen's amendment will allow us to meet all of these commitments at the same time. i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this commonsense approach and vote in favor of the shaheen amendment and not the ayotte amendment. i yield back. mr. menendez: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey

shaheen: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mrs. shaheen: thank you, mr. president. i ask that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. shaheen: mr. president i've come to the floor today like so many of our colleagues, to talk about the urgent need to pass legislation to extend unemployment insurance. i was encouraged, as i know many of us were, that the senate voted on monday to move to this legislation, and i really hope that we're able to build on that progress and to pass this critical assistance this week. emergency unemployment insurance has always had bipartisan support. congress has acted eight times since 1958 under congressional leadership and presidents from both parties to establish extended benefit programs when the unemployment rate is too high. and in fact, as i think a number of my colleagues have said, the program that we're currently looking to extend was actually passed when george w. bush was president with st

let me call on senator shaheen from new hampshire. >> thank you, senator reed, and thank you for your leadership on this. you and senator heller made this a bipartisan vote. it was very good news to see 60 votes to move forward. it's good not just for the 1.3 million families who will benefit, but it's also going to be good for the economy of the united states. the congressional budget office and numerous economists, including mark zandi, have indicated this is one of the best things we have can do to help keep the money in the economy, keep it stimulated. it's a good way to spend public dollars to encourage private sector response. this is good for families, but it's also going to be good for our economy as we know that people who get unemployment insurance are going to spend those dollars. they are not going to put them in the bank. as senator reed said, how do we create jobs? this is one of the challenges we have. making sure that people can still go out and look for work, those dollars can be used to buy gasoline, pay for groceries, pay people's rent is important because it keeps

new jersey senator jean shaheene joins me from capitol hill. thank you very much. i know you're a strong supporter of hillary clinton's and new hampshire is where it all starts, other than those caucuses in iowa that new hampshire ans don't take notice of. what is the impact of benghazi? don't we have to take serious the republican criticism that there were plenty of warnings, that secretary clinton and the people under her did not respond to this request for more security and that there was a management failure at the state department? >> well, i think this report reinforced what we've heard from the accountability review board that reported back about a year ago that made a number of recommendations and showed that there was a breakdown in communication, in security. that people needed to be held accountable. i think the state department is working through those recommendations trying to address that. we need to address security at our embassies, particularly in places that are very high risk. and at its core, this was a real human tragedy. we lost four americans

many analysts expect the republican to challenge gene shaheen this year. >>> tennessee lawmakers wantn obamacare from buying coverage for their employees through insurance exchanges. some 36,000 people in the state have enrolled in obamacare coverage. >>> you can snap chat with senator rand paul. his first toast was a short friendly video but the second was a joke directed at the nsa. you can see it right here. hey, nsa, check this out. you've been moved. kind of funny. first lady michelle obama is celebrating the big 5-0 tomorrow before about big day talking about aging and exercising and says she can't imagine using botox or going under the knife but she says she has lever never to say never. >>> new york mayor bill de blasio eating pizza with a fork and knife, good fellows pizza owner bagged the fork and it will be auctioned off for charity. that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> all right. time now for your first look at politics and joining me from washington is syndicated columnist bob franken. good morning, bob. >> good morning. i don't even use a fork or knife wh

let me call on senator shaheen from new hampshire. >> thank you, senator reed, and thank you for your leadership on this. you and senator heller made this a bipartisan vote. it was very good news to see 60 votes to move forward. it's good not just for the 1.3 million families who will benefit, but it's also going to be good for the economy of the united states. the congressional budget office and numerous economists, including mark zandi, have indicated this is one of the best things we have can do to help keep the money in the economy, keep it stimulated. it's a good way to spend public dollars to encourage private sector response. this is good for families, but it's also going to be good for our economy as we know that people who get unemployment insurance are going to spend those dollars. they are not going to put them in the bank. as senator reed said, how do we create jobs? this is one of the challenges we have. making sure that people can still go out and look for work, those dollars can be used to buy gasoline, pay for groceries, pay people's rent is important because it keeps

. >> and senator shaheen kept telling it.ruth is thousands have already had their insurance canceled. >> isn't that advocacy for the right to be underinsured and does that run contrary to a sort of bedrock republican principle which is individualism, take care of yourself, don't show up at the e.r. and become a burden to society? >> well, i think it also says that there's an issue for conservative democrats and democrats in difficult elections. are they going to keep with the president and keep defending obamacare or are they going to run against obamacare and trying to distance themselves from the president? i think the strategic choice, difficult choice for a lot of these democrats in difficult states. red states especially. and i tell you as you see democrats starting to run away from the president, it puts him in a much more difficult spot and weakens his hand. i think that's what you're going to see as this election year rolls around. >> but joy reid, what they're saying in those spots is we're fighting for your right to

around,shaheen, senator senator schumer -- without them, this would not have happened. thank you and thank you for your leadership on this. you and senator heller made this a bipartisan vote. it was good news to see the 60 votes to go ahead and move forward to the bill. the 1.3od not just for million families who will benefit, but it's also going to be good for the economy of the united states. officegressional budget and numerous economists have indicated this is one of the helpthings we can do to keep money in the economy, keep it stimulated. it is a good way to spend public dollars to encourage private sector response. this is good for families but it's also going to be good for our economy as we know people who get unemployment insurance will spend those dollars and not put them in the bank. as senator reed said, as we think about how to create jobs, this is one of the challenges we have. making sure people can still go on and look for work and that those dollars can be used to buy gasoline, to pay for groceries, to pay people's rent area it is important because it

senator shaheen, senator browne, and senator schumer. without them this wouldn't have happened. >> thank you, senator reid. thank you for your leadership on this. you made this a bipartisanship vote. it was good news to see the 60 votes to move forward to the bill. it's good not just for the 19.3 million families who will benefit, but it's also doing to be good for the economy of the united states. the congressional budget and numerous economists including marc sandy indicated this is one of the best things we can do to help keep the money in the economy, keep it stimulated, it's a good way to spend public dollars to encourage private sector response. this is good for families, but it's also going to be good for our economy as we know the people who get unemployment insurance are going to spend the dollars, they're not going to put them in the bank. and as senator reid said. how do we think about creating jobs, this is one of the challenges that we have. so making sure that people can still go out and look for work, but those dollars can

and i want to emphasize again what senator shaheen said so well. we can think of a lot of different ways to pay for the $6.5 billion that's necessary to correct these cuts in military retiree benefits. what is beyond question is the need to fix this flaw. it's a flaw that not only diminishes in monetary terms the benefits these retirees need and deserve, it also dishonors the service and sacrifice that they have made. what better opportunity than now, as we deal with the extension of unemployment benefits in a measure that deserves overwhelming support, just as the budget agreement received, now to correct this flaw. there's been a lot of misinformation and confusion about exactly what the murray-ryan agreement did to military retirement benefits. and there is a need to address in the longer term the system that provides for retiree benefits. to make it serve better the interests of our retirees, our veterans, our patriots who have given so much to our nation. but right now, in these next few days, beyond any kind of question or doubt is the need t

hope we can finish the job, though, and pass an amendment that i've been working on with senator shaheen and senator kaine -- there are a series of other proposals -- to make sure that we fully roll back this unfair cut to our military families and veterans. we know over the last two decades our military has fought two wars. their families have made unprecedented sacrifices. unfortunately, this sacrifice was again brought home last week when a navy mh-53 echo helicopter crashed off the coast of virginia beach. our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the missing and fallen, lieutenant shawn christopher snyder, lieutenant wesley viandorn, and navy air crewman brian andrew collins. virginia is home to one of the nation's largest concentration of active duty and retired military earn he wil personnel. i railroad it an honor and privilege to represent them here in congress. so while we're -- i consider it an honor and a privilege to represent them here in gressments so while we're shutting down government and using short-term c.r.'s, our military men and women are being inappropriat

a major ad campaign targeting kay haguen in north carolina, mary landrieu in louisiana and jeanne shaheen. watch. >> i was shocked when i got the notice my health care policy was cancelled. kay told us if you like your insurance plan and doctor, you can keep them. it wasn't true. now i have a temporary policy that costs me 20% more. next year my costs go up another $4500. kay haguen just doesn't get it. >> tell kay haguen obamacare hurts north carolina. >> much more in a minute on obamacare. first another milestone related to 2014. at year's end congress led let a package of tax breaks expire though they saved taxpayers and businesses billions. go to the facebook page for more. we want to hear from you on twitter. joining me to talk about the arrival after obamacare and expiring tax breaks, peter swietser and the third way senior vp and cofounder jim kessler. obamacare first. obamacare is doing what it was designed to do to drive people into insurance programs. the insurance industry like this is. when people say it is a failure of implementation, this is what it is designed to do. it's o

you can also talk about new hampshire where jeanne shaheen is facing a pretty potentially tough election? >> right. in new hampshire you can also look at places like michigan where a republican candidate is running competitively in the polls there. those are traditionally safer for the democrats there. and again, even in new hampshire, even if jeanne shaheen, the current incumbent looks good, polling well, looks good in the state, it is still causing her to perhaps, you know, raise more money, spend more money and resource that is that she might not have had to without a challenge. jon: but you say that what republicans did last time or what republicans did last time effectively is play local issues while democrats, i'm sorry, republicans ran more of a national race. is obamacare enough of a national issue this time that those tables can be turned? >> right. i think the health care law, it play as little bit this cycle because it obviously has been implemented now. i think that will be the overarching theme in a lot of, in most of these races but the challenge for some of these local, fo

it's against jeanne shaheen. ins is an ad you will see thousands of very small iterations across the country and it essentially had the, if you like your plan, you can keep it. if the lie of the year according to politicize and at the end there's a picture of jeanne shaheen saying, if you like your senator, you can keep her. if not, you know what to do. absolutelycans are is theed that obamacare issue that this election will be decided on and will elicit significant republican gains. then i will let jeff maybe disagree. >> i think there's a fascinating answer. if we press properly, we could do a four day examination of exactly your question because there are pieces of the affordable care act, pre- existing conditions, that are incredibly popular and people like the idea. all of us, myself included, no people for who this is a significant economic benefit for their family, but the larger picture of obamacare and the affordable care act has not pulled consistently popular. it's what you are looking at. right now --

shaheen: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mrs. shaheen: thank you very much to the esteemed chair of the appropriations committee for your kind words and especially for all of the work that you have done to get us to this point where we have an appropriations bill before us. i know you have worked very hard with ranking member shelby, with the house appropriations committee chair hal rogers and ranking member lowey, and that it is really your leadership in reaching an agreement on this bill to fund government for the rest of 2014 and to do it in a way that will support job creation, economic growth and our national security. so thank you very much madam chair. as you point out, i am a new member of the appropriations committee, i'm currently the chair of the labor subcommittee, and -- legislative -- legislative branch subcommittee. i work with senator hoeven, it's been a pleasure to work with him. for new hampshire this bill includes funding for the continued development of the new ck-46-a aerial refueling tanker which we're very

. >> and senator shaheen kept telling it.ruth is thousands of americans already had their insurance canceled. >> doesn't that run contrary to a sort of bedrock republican principle which is individualism, take care of yourself, don't show up at the e.r. and become a burden to society? >> well, i think it also says that there's an issue for conservative democrats and democrats in difficult elections. are they going to keep with the president and keep defending obamacare or are they going to run against obamacare and trying to distance themselves from the president? i think the strategic choice, difficult choice for a lot of these democrats in difficult states. red states especially. and i tell you as you see democrats starting to run away from the president, it puts him in a much more difficult spot and weakens his hand. i think that's what you're going to see as this election year rolls around. >> but joy reid, what they're saying in those spots is we're fighting for your right to not have catastrophic coverage. to have a bar

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that's the lie of the year, according to a letter fact mckenna says, there's a picture jeanne shaheen and assess if you like or acidity, you can keep her. if you don't, you know what to do. let's talk about the data and why republicans are absolutely convinced, disagree with me to become overstating, but are convinced that obamacare is the issue that this election will both be decided on and will elicit significant republican games. then i'll go to jeff and let him maybe disagree. >> i think if you here -- your question was interesting calling it the affordable care act but i think there's a fascinating, like we prepped properly, we could do a four-day examination of exactly your question. because there are pieces of the affordable care act, preexisting conditions, that are incredibly popular. people like the idea. all of us, myself included, we know people who this is a significant economic benefit to the family. but the larger picture of obamacare, the affordable care act has not upheld consistently popular. it's what you're looking at. absolutely right now, and i think jeff would a

. >> tell senator shaheen it's time to be honest.are doesn't work. >> it took the federal government more time to build a website than it took from the time when pearl harbor was attacked to the day germany surrendered in world war ii. why aren't we surprised? government-run health care doesn't work. >> and the creepy uncle sam ads are just the beginning in this election year. the conservative network will be very active. will democrats be ready to respond? joining me now is lisa graves, the executive director of the center for media and democracy and democratic strategist jamal simmons. thank you both for being here. >> happy new year. >> thanks for having us on. >> first, let me say we reached out to the koch brothers for comment today, and invited them to appear on the show. but we have not gotten a response back yet. lisa, what is important about this post report? >> i think this is one of the most important stories i've seen in a long time. this is about a group that americans never heard of during the 2012 elections. and yet fr

particular because just this week three women senators, north carolina's kay hagen, new hampshire's jean shaheennd louisiana's mary landrieu are all being hit with an ad from the americans for prosperity. and nia, so it strikes me, they're going after them on obamacare. we have a little piece of the ad against landrieu, and then we'll talk about it. >> if you like your current insurance, you keep that insurance. period. end of story. >> those individuals who like the coverage they already have will be able to keep their current plan. this is a very accurate description of this bill. >> but now louisianans are finding out that they lied. >> basically you said what the president said. any regrets? >> no, wolf, what sofer. >> tell mary landrieu it's about people, not politics. >> so nia we're going to obviously hear and see that kind of campaign again and again and again over the course of this next year. how are democrats going to be able to -- is that going to work, i guess, is is my question for you. >> well, you know, one of the things that landrieu is doing is very much running against the pre

the president pro tempore: it is sponsored by senators pryor, hagan, shaheen and begich. mr. reid: thank you. i would object to any further proceedings with respect to this bill. the president pro tempore: objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: mr. president, i congratulate diane skarvalo on her retirement after 20 years of dedicated service as a senate curator. every day people across this country and we who work in this great building, including students on filled trips, dignitaries, staffers alike appreciate the historic treasures stored in the hallways of this capitol. these works of fine art and craftsmanship are symbols of our democracy and for two decades diane has been the steward of these treasures. i thank her for her dedication and wish her the best in her future endeavors. i ask consent a more complete statement be made part of the record as if given. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i'm gratified we were able to get enough votes to begin debate on the flood insurance bill. senators menende

on cutting read tape for manufacturing that shaheen is leading. earlier that day the president had been in north carolina. to announce the law firm of the second of these advanced manufacturing hubs. the first had been youngstown, ohio. there's a bipartisan bill that brown and senator blunt are leading, it's one of a package of bills that could be pecked up, passed and signed into law. my challenge to the president was, it's great to speak about new york inequality. it's important to talk about raising the men mum wage and extending unemployment for those out of work but it's not creating a ladder into the middle class. these are things, concrete, good, bipartisan things you could do. it's too early to give up on congress. please speak to these, please challenge us, get taos do this. >> does that concern you, the fact that he did talk extensively about going around congress, to do -- does he need a more sustained push within congress to get things cone this year? >> i think the speech was balanced. each time he spoke about an executive action he w

the leadership of three of my colleagues on this issue: senator murray, senator pryor, and senator shaheen. we protect the defense industrial base. we increase science and technology funding for all the branches by $400 million. we add $175 for rapid innovation programs and $75 million for the industrial base innovation fund. make no mistake -- and i had the good fortune of visiting rhode island during the course of this week. make no mistake, the men and women who work in these facilities to build the most add add -- advanced, innovative and technical defense equipment in the world constitute a precious national resource. we want to make sure that we are committed to them so that they'll be ready to help us in the future to defend america. there are two provisions in this bill i want to mention quickly that relate to illinois. first is related to the james lovell federal health care center in north chicago. it is a multiyear pilot program trying to do something which seems so obvious. to blend the medical facilities and hospital of the great lakes naval training station with the north chi

. >> and to pick up on questions that senator shaheen was asking about the delivery of humanitarian aid, i want to make sure i understand. it sounds like the challenge is with the delivery right now are mostly security challenges. there's no other kinds of challenges that are making it hard to deliver the aid that we want to deliver. do i understand your testimony correctly on that? >> i would say security plus logistical. because it's a very complicated logistical environment even before. >> could you talk about that? irning you testified about the security side. that would be helpful. >> so the nile, for example, is a virtual highway for moving supplies around. and all of the barges have been commandiered and are un available to remove -- to move relief supplies. there are very few roads and we are having to work against the upcoming rainy season. typically this is the dry season, this is the period in which we need to preposition critical relief supplies around the country that are shut off during the rainy season. so there's a lot of those supplies. we are using -- we have funded ad

shaheen: thank you mr. president. i just wanted to enter into the record that unfortunately i was not here to vote for janet yellen to head the federal reserve system. had i been able to be here, i would have voted to support her in that position. unfortunately, my flight was delayed, and so i did not get back in time for the vote, but i wanted to make sure that in the record it shows that i support her as the new chairman of the fed. thank you mr. president. i yield the floor. ms. warren: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. ms. warren: i was on the same flight as senator shaheen and also missed the vote. i had been looking forward to have the opportunity to vote for janet yellen to be the chair of the federal reserve and i'm very disappointed i didn't get to formally vote for her but i want to make sure that the record reflects my strong support for her. and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: mr. president?

started the group and it was half republicans, including kelly ayotte and lisa mikulski and jeanne shaheenand myself, and senator heitkamp. we worked together and helped to lead the group and made a big difference. i think those friendships and that trust that we have is genuine. we get together for dinner every other month. the last event was at my house. we had in minnesota potluck dinner spent what was the hot dish? >> chicken. the one before that was in a mikulski and her husband actually fixed fish salmon and froze it and send it to her. >> wow. >> we allow the men to be hunter gatherers. [laughter] >> great. i'd like to ask all three congresswomen here, have you seen this spirit that the senator is talking about? we haven't heard about it translating to the house as much. hasn't been an effort to translate to the other chamber? what kind of partnerships are being formed? >> we certainly are having it in the freshman class. i'm a new member of the wanted 13th district in the st. louis area, and we just had a great dinner this weekend with a freshmen members from the democrat side of t

thank my colleagues, senator reid and senator heller for their leadership and my colleague senator shaheen and berkeley for working on this issue. today brought a glimmer of hope. it's good news in two ways. first it doesn't close the door on actually getting this bill passed. it allows us to sit down and negotiate and i will talk more about that in a second. it shows that the tectonic plates in the politics are moving. the issues that dominated the first five years of the president's term, the deficit above all in obamacare are becoming less important in helping the less than average american family get by. job growth isn't as robust as we would like and as middle class in comes this decade have declined for the first time in history. republican colleagues realize that and that's why they didn't shut the door because they saw as the chart shows, the kind of unemployment that we face much higher now. second point, we hope this is a good-faith negotiation. the offer that the senator made is obviously a nonstarter. and i hope, we hope and some of us feared republican colleagues while they kn

maybe she should raise the fact that she and two other women governors like hagan in north carolina, shaheen are being targeted by the koch brothers, by americans for prosperity, for supporting obamacare, and they're pouring millions into ad campaigns. what about across the country. raising this issue of this other person, right? corporations have become people. and say that this is what's changing, more than anything else, the dynamic of american democracy. >> so that changes the hues of our map, right? if we were to then paint that map in relative levels of green, right? so where the darkest green would represent the most expensive seats in terms of how much it took to win that seat, and then maybe we would see something around, for example, populism versus elitism, that is different than a democrat and republican, it would force us to think a little differently about who are our opponents, who are our allies, right, in any given struggle. i think that is important to point out, that there's a way in which the notion of democratic one party rule is necessarily progressive, would be inaccur

. >> to pick up on questions senator shaheen was talking about delivering the humanitarian aid. some of your testimony mentioned that and i want to make sure that i understand it sounds like the challenges with the delivery of humanitarian aid right now are mostly security challenges. there's not other kinds of challenges that are making it hard to deliver the humanitarian aid that we want to deliver. do we understand your testimony correctly on that? >> i would say security plus logistical because it is very complicated logistical environment even before this. >> can you talk a little bit about that because you've testified about the security side that would be helpful. >> so, it is a virtual highway for moving supplies around, and all of the barges have been unavailable to move the relief supplies. there are very few roads and we are having to work out against the upcoming rainy season. to play on an annual basis this is the dry season and in which we need to prepossession the critical relief supplies around the country that are shut off during the rainy season. so, there are

these include proposals from senator shaheen, ayotte, mcconnell, sanders, hagen and others. the difference is highlight the challenges and opportunities and the legislation before it takes effect on 2016. but i believe we must find a way to appeal and i predict that we will. i trust that the first panel will also address the broader context in which this provision is repealed will be considered in both the stress placed on the department of defense budget by the combination of congressional the mandated budget reductions approaching a trillion dollars over the next decade and also combined with the dramatic growth in the cost of military pay and benefits. the military services have responded to severe budget pressure by reducing the force structure and in the strength and the during the repair of equipment, delaying or canceling the modernization programs, and allowing training levels to seriously declined. the department of defense has told us it will be unable to meet the legislatively mandated budget levels unless it also begins to curtail the growth and cost of military

against jeanne shaheen. my guess, dan, disagreement me but i don't take it will come to cincinnati was he thousands of very small iterations across the country. essentially, if you like your plan you can keep it. that's the lie of the year. according to politifact. and this is at the and there's a picture changing as a figure like a senator, you can keep her. if you don't, you know what to do. let's talk about -- the data and why republicans are absolutely convinced, disagreement if you're -- i'm convinced that obamacare is the issue that this election will both be decided on and will unless it republican gains. i will go to jeff and let him maybe disagree spent i think if you here, and to quench was really about the affordable care act. i think it's a fascinating, i give we dress properly for this we could do a four-day examination of exactly the question. because they are pieces of the affordable care act, pre-existing conditions, as jeff said, are incredibly popular. people like the idea. myself included,

shaheen: thank you very much. mr. nelson: would the senator yield, madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: i just want to take this opportunity, madam president, to thank the two senators present right the there. in america's space program that potentially was on a downward slope, the two of you-all have crafted a budget and appropriation that will keep us with a very robust american space program, including the first "a" in nasa, which is aeronautics. from science to the new big rocket, its cap actual, orion, to the commercial, -- capsule, orion, to the commercial, to the unmanned space program exploring the heavens, you-all have got it right and i wanted to take this opportunity to express my profound thanks that on the authorization that we built on starting three years ago, you-all are continuing the dream. thank you very much. ms. mikulski: well, i thank the gentleman from florida. it's just wonderful for both my colleague, senator shelby, and i to -- you're an astronaut senator. and to come from an astronaut senator to say,

on cutting read tape for manufacturing that shaheen is leading. earlier that day the president had been in north carolina. to announce the law firm of the second of these advanced manufacturing hubs. my challenge to the president was, it's great to speak about new york inequality. it's important to talk about raising the men mum wage and extending unemployment for those out of work but it's not creating a ladder into the middle class. these are things, concrete good, bipartisan things you could do. it's too early to give up on congress. please speak to these, please challenge us, get taos do this. >> does that concern you, the fact that he did talk extensively about going around congress, to do -- does he need a more sustained push within congress to get things cone this year? >> i think the speech was balanced. each time he spoke about an executive action he was going to take, for example on the men mum weage, he spoke to congress asking us to reach an agreement. one specific moment on opportunity and mobility he spoke to the earned income tax cr

they split the first two match-ups, shaheen williams talks about who she things has the edge in game 3. >> seattle has to have the advantage at home. if you look at what san francisco has done they've been successful away from home. undefeated in the post season, not counting the super bowl. he's been good on the road. except in seattle. four interceptions, one touchdown. outscored 71. seattle has the upper hand being at home. russell roberts struggle the over the past two games. lowest passing model. >> the game starts sunday 3:00 pm with the broncos hosting the patriots. the game followed by the 49ers seahawks grudge map. both gales this weekend. with the star-studded line-up, they are not supposed to have 3-game losing tracks. it's a spot they found themselves in in filly. spencer hobbs was not match for a 6 foot eight lebron james determined to put it to bed. he had help why chris bosch who led all scorers. >> the top two taxes in the west battled it, bliziers and spurs. popovich ejected in the third. 29 points, good enough to lead but not good enough to win. aldridge at 26 point