mccaskill of missouri, senator jon tester of montana, senator ben nelson of nebraska, and senator sherrod brown of ohio. >>> governor jerry brown has been called to jury duty in alameda county. the governor got the normal instructions call tonight, call tomorrow night and call to find out if he has to serve in the jury. the governor served on a jury 30 years ago. that's when governor brown served as foreman that

a debt ceiling ad hitting in ohio democrat, sherrod brown. >> politicians like sherrod brown voted for debt. >> now president obama wants to continue to have the reckless spending. >> he wants to raise taxes even higher. >> that cost us more jobs. >> we've got to take away president obama's blank check. >> james, are people going to vote on the budget and the deficit? >> you know, sure, it is a kind of fact. sherrod brown is leading by 12 points of any republican. he is doing pretty good in spite of this. to be fair almost all republican policies, these charts that come out every day in the newspaper. so he shall, there are two sides to every story. i think this is karl rove's group. they've got every right to run all these ads but senator brown is a pretty tough guy and i suspect he'll be able to deal with it. >> another candidate, former speaker night gingrich went on the record in new hampshire on a radio station. he sounded a little nostalgic with james' old boss. listen to this. >> bill clinton was willing to be practical. and we have very tough negotiations. we were able to sit d

chris: sherrod brown will kick his butt.thoughts. >> the bounce out of new york with gay marriage is going to land in washington in days to come when they're going to have the first hearing to repeal doma, defense of marriage act. that will give it a lot of attention. >> back to the issue dare not speak its name in washington, the economy. twice this weekend in the press conference, barack obama mentioned the idea of a national infrastructure bank. it's the next big idea. we put in $10 billion. chris: to create jobs for 2012. >> it will create jobs and provide infrastructure that isn't riddled with pork because it's not going through the appropriations -- chris: can you get it through congress? >> maybe. chris: that would be a great idea. real shovel ready, real jobs. when we come back -- the question of the week for us, which republican candidate has the best possibility to be a great president? [ man ] i got this new citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes i did. [

joining me now, senator sherrod brown. senator, how are you today? >> good, reverend sharpton. i liked your line about obama care and romney. pretty good. >> let me ask you, what did you think of the president's statement today? >> i was actually on an airplane during part of that, but i've listened to your comments and read about it, talked about it with people. he's right. the democrats have compromised already. we have made major cuts, proposals of major cuts in many things that we don't really want to cut. they have not been willing to take away tax breaks from oil company, they have not been willing, the rpg, to deal with issues like hedge fund tax breaks or raising taxes on upper income people who have had their way for most of the last ten years. just back to the clinton levels when we had great economic growth. so they don't want -- they are so imprisoned by the far right wing that governs by the way david brooks, that conservative columnist, really governs from this ideology that's way out of touch with the american people. >> but, you know, "new york times" says the w

johnson tester's okay and sherrod brown is great. >> sorry, senator nelson, no more reckless spending, no new taxes, and no more blank checks. >> tell senator bill nelson no more blank checks. sorry, senator mccaskill. no more reckless spending, no new taxes, and no more blank checks. >> tell senator sherrod brown -- >> we've got to take away barack obama's blank checks. >> sorry, senator tester. no more reckless spending, no new taxes, and no more blank checks. >> well, who did write congress and speaker boehner's speech last night? take a look at what a blank check looks like. president obama. that's right, he isn't asking for a blank check to spend more money, he's proposed $4.7 trillion in cuts and boehner basically told him to go to hell. $4.7 trillion. shared sacrifice is what the president of the united states has been talking about, and you know what would have been in that $4.7 trillion? medicare, medicaid, social security. but you know, that deal was gone. that was the deal that boehner didn't take. but $4.7 trillion! how many zeros is that? one, two, three, four, five, six,

nelson of florida, claire mccaskill of missouri, jon tester of montana, ben nelson of nebraska, and sherrod brownof ohio. >>> congressman david wu is confirming that he will not seek reelection next year. this comes as a house ethics committee launches an investigation into an encounter with a teenage girl. there's a report that he left a voice mail at his office accusing him of the unwanted advances. >>> time now 5:19. let's go to sal. he's watching everything including the golden gate bridge. >> we're going to start there because there's a little bit of mist and fog on the bridge there. southbound 101 traffic moves very nicely if you're coming througsouthern marin you shouldn't have any problem. morning commute is going to be okay as well, if you are driving to the bay bridge toll plaza or to the san mateo bridge toll plaza. both of them are pretty good. then off you go on the san mateo bridge if you're driving to the peninsula. looks pretty good, we're off to a nice start. if you happen to be driving into the south bay any time soon we do have a pretty nice commute there, let's go to steve. >>

mccaskill of missouri, senator jon tester of montana, senator ben nelson of nebraska, and senator sherrod brown. >>> governor jerry brown has been called to jury duty in alameda county. the governor got the normal instructions call tonight, call tomorrow night and call to find out if he has to serve in the jury. the governor served on a jury 30 years ago. that's when governor brown served as foreman that foreman. >>> so far we're doing good. doesn't mean we're exactly right, just means we haven't had a lot of crashes. this morning on highway 4 we have slow traffic coming up through antioch and also some slow traffic on 680 through pleasant hill. nothing major, 80 still looks pretty good from vallejo to richmond all the way out. there's a back up at the richmond bridge toll plaza heading west. this morning if you're driving in hayward already some bunching up near highway 82. still looks pretty good crossing 880 heading over to the bay shore freeway. this morning's commute looks good on northbound 280. northbound 280 they were clearing an accident, that was on the right hand side. there's a new

. >> reporter: sherrod brown first met astronaut john glenn as an eagle scout and then 40 years later when he became a member of the senate. >> it is a good tradition. it has endured for a hundred years because it teaches discipline and it is all about service. >> reporter: and george's stanford bishop says being an eagle scout not only inspired him to go into public service. he says it earned him votes too. >> i was running in a district that had a large number of nonafrican-americans. one of the members came up to me after the speech and said if you were an eagle scout, you had to be a good man and that is why i voted for you. >> reporter: given the road connecting scouting and congress, it does macyou wonder if any of these young scouts will one day trade in the scouting motto for an oath of office. >> on my onor, i will do my best to do my duty to god and my country to help other people at all times. >> to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight. >> reporter: on capitol hill, jennifer davis, fox news. >> that's great. >> that is a great idea. >> i missed

let's best gin with senator sherrod brown. senator, there are people out there, i want to play you a couple tapes, people who say we're not facing a deadline. senator jim demint didn't seem worried on "morning joe" about going into default. let's listen. >> first of all we're not going to default. we may have to cut government programs, but we're going to pay our debt as they come due. we would eventually if we never raise the debt ceiling would have to go back to 2003 spending levels. we will pay our debts. it's irresponsible for secretary geithner to suggest we won't. it would be disruptive, i'm not pretending that it wouldn't. you would have to begin to cut things that we don't want to cut. >> is this serious talk? by him? >> of course it's not. to call geithner, who agrees with 90-whatever percent of business community, and everybody else who's looking at this, to label him and them irresponsible is the height of both hypocrisy and irresponsibility. i'm pretty amazed by this. i was on the phone a couple hours with the ceo

democratic senator sherrod brown joins me now. thank you for being with me.happening today on the hill, we have discussions happening in the senate, discussions happening in the house. are we going to get to some sort of compromise here? what is your thought? >> we have to. the house has been wasting time with message votes that send a message to their tea party supporters and their conservative supporters. the american people are angry, as they should be that, this hasn't been fixed. i think we will get to it in the senate today. we will continue, i hope my republican colleagues don't filibuster. let us vote on this. we have a good compromise, i think with a lot of language from senator mcconnell, the republican leader, senator reid's bill. the cuts are significant. we raise the debt ceiling as they did 18 times in the reagan administration and we have ever since with every president. we need to start to focus on job creation. the elections were about the debt last fall, about spending. they were mostly about unemployment. 400,000 jobs lost in my state. most

and all that could be -- and sherrod brown in ohio.uld be voting in way that to try to triangulate a little bit. >> absolutely. the mcconnell plan on its face actually gives them that option. because they are free to vote to disapprove of the president raising the debt ceiling without promote cuts. they can do that. they know that the likelihood of overriding a veto of that resolution of disapproval is slim to none. so, in fact, in some regards, this could be a safe vote for some of them. >> jamal, when i think about some of the democratic senators you've worked for over the years, max cleveland comes to mind. never mind some of the other places you've worked. give me some advice on how a democratic incumbent handles these votes? do they simply vote against and transparently vote against so they don't hand an easy direct mail vote to somebody, or can they make a case the way mccaskill was trying to make it and say, they're playing politics with on this. >> i've got to divide the candidates up. one group is a group that will campaign in

and sherrod brown, senator brown, is absolutely right. this relationship this love affair that john glenn and annie had and have -- their 68 years of marriage is remarkable. as the books have shown and the movie shows, annie had a very bad speech impediment. she spham staplered and stuttered. she stuttered until she was in her 50's. she staplered many very, very much. john glenn when they were courting each other would have to do her phone calls for her because she couldn't talk on the phone very well. what a wonderful human being, john glenn. i don't want to -- i know that there are other people that want to speak here, but i have to say a couple things. he led a congressional delegation when i was a relatively new senator and went behind the iron curtain. we went to -- i can remember going from austria into czechoslovakia, and the communists had stopped the train we were on, had dogs and they had these soldiers looking under the train and they went and looked at who we were. but when things calmed down, one of the soldiers asked john gl

. >> i have sent, i wrote my senator, sherrod brown, and be suggested if it was just a dollar a monthth a dollar a month. i agree with the vice president, paying taxes is to a certain extent an honor. but we have 42% who are disenfranchised, they don't feel ownership of the country even though they do own it. >> i think you have to look at the numbers from the poll that we're talking about, why is there so much frustration -- >> people are out of work. >> only 20% of the american people feel like we should get to this deficit reduction plan by spending cuts alone. and you have the republican leadership, as you said, only spending cuts, we're not going to compromise -- martha: you know what? let's hear from the moms and the moms-to-be in the back row. when you're listening to all this, beth, what do you think? >> i worry what it's going to be like for luke when he's older. i worry about, um, how much it's going to cost for him to go to college, i worry how much, um, if there's going to be jobs for him when he gets out of college. and my husband and i really, um, as far as health care h

i'd like to thank senators blumenthal sanders senator sherrod brown, you are servings the presiding officer, senator merkley, and senator franken for their support in cosponsoring this resolution, and i hope that my colleagues will join us in protecting the promise we have made to our nation's seniors through social security and medicare. in closing mr. president the challenge before us is a formidable one but i truly believe we can reach an agreement on the deficit and debt ceiling without compromising the security and well-being of our seniors. i thank the chair, and i yield the floor. mr. president, on the pending mexico, i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? if not on this motion, we have 69 yeas, 27 nays. the motion to proceed is passed. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: could we've order in the senate, please. the presiding officer:

sherrod brown, the democrat, he's a liberal, from ohio. he's going to be joining us as well.akes the vote and we expect that within the next hour or two, but having said that, i said that exactly this time yesterday, but let's see what happens today, if the house votes in the next hour or two, the action will then shift to the senate. and they're going to have a huge debate in the senate. they've got to get something going over there. this clock is ticking. we only have a few more days left. and it's going to be a long, long weekend. we're going to be working all weekend, watching what's going on. we'll be live in "the situation room" tomorrow night, by the way, 6:00 p.m. eastern. live sunday night, i'll be co-anchoring a special sunday night from 9:00 to 11:00 p.m. eastern. we're watching everything. sunday night, by the way, we'll be watching because the -- we'll be watching very, very closely. they could be working all night tonight. tweeted a little while ago, brooke, i don't know if you saw my tweet. i tweeted, "attention all capitol hill lawmakers and staffers -- get yo

i'm grateful that senators blumenthal sherrod brown franken, boxer and gillibrand have sponsored with me in joining on the resolution and i invite all my colleagues to do the same. mr. president, the conrad budget proves that we need not attack medicare and social security to deal with our deficit. his budget is living proof that there is reason to attack medicare and social security to get through our deficit situations. that attack on medicare and social security is a willful and unnecessary act by the republicans. well rhode islanders in increasing numbers have been writing to me urging me to continue fighting to preserve these retirement programs, to preserve this infrastructure of american freedom. time is running short and americans are counting on their elected representatives to do the right thing. well, it is time to do the right thing. let me close by reading a piece from an editorial in the "economist" magazine." the economist "magazine is a very conservative publication. and it is very much in the favor of free markets. i would say by and large it is a republican journal.

senator sherrod brown stands up for them. for france, we will be able to motivate them.friends ---- for friends, we will be able to motivate them. >> rich, you have included a note on the importance of opportunity and the importance of fairness. the importance of community. these are the figures about income growth from 1976 to 2007. 50% of the income growth in those 30 years went to the top 10%. 58%. 1/3 went to the top 5%. 20% of income growth in those 30 years went to the top 1%. nearly 10% went to the top 1/10 of 1%. we need to talk to our fellow ancestor citizens. this is the land of opportunity -- we need to talk to our fellow and sister citizens. when income is so tilted in favor of a small minority, it challenges the growth of the middle class in the united states of america. i come from michigan. without a collective bargaining, there would have been no decent wages. it would have been no decent health care. it would have been no decent pensions. now the challenge is, with the way income has been distributed, these attributes that were part and parcel of what ma