senator sheldon whitehouse is here. one of the key figures in the news corporate fox hacking scandal is found dead, and there's more trouble in the united states for rupert murdoch. filmmaker robert greenwall on the latest. in psycho talk tonight. >> yes, they have the right to do that. that's not discriminating based upon religion against their particular religion. >> republican presidential hopeful herman cain has a warped understanding of the constitution. more anti-islam remarks from the godfather's pizza man. tonight, he's attacking another candidate on his religion. remember last week everybody was saying, well, the president is in such a good place right now. really? folks, as liberals we need to prepare ourselves, i think, for the big cave. it could be on the way. the president said he wouldn't agree. he would not agree to cut to the big three unless republicans were going to put revenues on the table. he was asked about it last week. >> did you see any deal if they don't budge on taxes? >> i do not see a path t

. >> senator sheldon whitehouse, thank you. >> thank you, reverend. >> now from the washington post and msnbc analyst richard wolfe. dana to you on the hill first, do you have any information we didn't get from luke? can you give me some inside tidbits on how the vote is not coming around for speaker, get your butt in line baner? >> not quite the way he ordered. i think he laid it out pretty well. i was in the house press gallery when this happened. it was really a thunderclap. early this afternoon, house republican leaders were very confident in the news conference giving out all of the signs they had the votes. in fact when they first said they were delaying the vote, people figured, somebody's plane is delayed or they are trying to keep the senate from acting on this. this comes as a shock right now pch you have to look at this in a vote of terms of confidence. if he can't get this back on the floor and guess it passed -- >> he is already embarrassed. here is a man now, let's not forget who one minute storms out the white house. another minute says, the president keeps moving the gol

of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable sheldon whitehouse, a senator from the state of rhode island, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. whitehouse: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island is recognized. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, i'm delighted to be here with my senior colleague, senator jack reed, to welcome geralyn wolf, the bishop of the episcopal archdiocese of rhode island who shared with us the prayer this morning. i want to share with my colleagues what a wonderful addition she is to our rhode island community. she has served in kentucky and in pennsylvania, but she has been in rhode island for many years and has been devoted to our community and particularly to the needy in our community to the point where at one point she spent 30 days living as a homeless person in order to see firsthand what the resources were to support people when they faced the burden and the sorrow of homelessness and to inform her actions as the bishop of our diocese. she is

senator sheldon whitehouse from ryland. -- from rhode island [applause] . >> thank you. have a job here this evening. it is my great honor and my great pleasure to announce that netroots nation is coming to ryland, the ocean state, in 2012 -- netroots nation is coming to rhode island. [applause] i hope the cameras are getting all this applause, because it feels good up here. providence is a beautiful city. it is as blue as the waters of narragansett bay. for those of you who like caribou coffee here in minnesota, i think you will love dunkin donuts in rhode island. we know providence will love having you there. providence, r.c., brazilian, ethnically diverse providence, filled with great universities, amazing restaurants, and unique history, may just steal your heart away, too. many of you may not know that the organizers of netroots nation were considering holding this year's meeting in ryland -- in rhode island, but hotel workers at the westin and providence were locked in a contract dispute. workers had been fired and unilateral terms, including a pay cut, imposed. yo