the chairman, senator sherrod brown suggested the chinese may be retaliating for stories last year in the times and bloomberg. journalists published investigations into enormous wealth of chinese leaders. u.s. vice president joe biden raised the issue last week during a visit to beijing. he warned president xi jinping that there would be repercussions if the reporters were expelled. a spokesperson for the chinese foreign ministry say it is treatment consistently follows local law. >>> north korean leaders are defying their critics. they've received warning after warning not to launch rockets, but they say they'll continue to do so to put satellites into space. the ruling workers party rodong similar reported the news the announcement comes exactly a year after the morning koreans sent up what they called a satellite carrying rocket. leaders said it was a test of ballistic missile technology. the article described the launch as a great victory under the guidance of leader kim jong-un and said he fathered the path of his late father kim jong-il. analysts say this suggests officials are

. >> joining us tonight, senator sherrod brown of ohio. >> good to be back. >> give us insight.hat is the obamacare offense for 2014? >> well, the offense is to show and begin to tell stories about people getting benefits from the affordable care act, seniors that now save $700 on their prescription drugs, a 25-year-old who has -- 23-year-old who had cancer in cleveland, who has been on their parents' health care plan. the fact that seniors are getting -- getting preventive care without co-pays or deductibles, free screenings. telling stories about individuals, many of the hundreds of thousands of ohioans and kentuckyians in other places going on medicaid or going to be in the exchanges or getting health insurance when they haven't had it for much of their lives. the telling stories and the president needs to talk about the minimum wage. hasn't been raised in six years. president needs to talk about unemployment insurance. this is -- this is social insurance. people pay in when they're working, people get assistance when they're laid off. that's what insurance is all about. and

someone like sherrod brown could be a great spokesperson for how you can talk about economic liberalism. >> yeah. and that goes to a lot of those working class voters you're talking about who care deeply about making sure they get paid for the work they're doing, which, again, they're makers. and goes to a lot of the overhang from that victory that the president had, both on politics and policy. neera tannen and blake zeph, thank you both for your time today. >> thanks. >> thank you. >>> all right. and coming up, we're going to head to the white house where house of cards got a pretty ruthless shoutout from the president today. but first, jackie deangelis has the cnbc market wrap. >> good afternoon, ari. while wall street ending the day slightly lower, here's a look at how stocks stand going into tomorrow's trade. the dow jones industrial is finishing 9 points lower. the s&p and the nasdaq both losing 5 points each. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet, but they're gonna fall in love, get married, have a

senator sherrod brown is asking for $100 million in federal aid for distressed communities all around the country, and he's trying to get dhl to at least donate the air park to the city. >> there's hurt. there's a sense of betrayal. >> "betrayal" is a strong word. >> dhl came in and made promises, and i don't think they lived up to their side of the bargain. that's the past. we can't dwell on that. we need to move forward. dhl, we hope, is going to help us with the air park. >> in the meantime, the sugartree ministry soup kitchen is expanding. >> we're actually building-- remodeling our room over here, adding 200 more seats. >> that would be about double what you're doing now. >> exactly, we should be able to feed about 350 people a day. >> you can talk about possible medical options. >> dhl workers in their meetings just heard that the state unemployment benefit fund went broke last week. the federal government rushed in with an emergency loan of $500 million just to keep the checks coming. the feds are also spending $4 million here to train workers in computer skills, but that doesn

ohio senator sherrod brown who chairs the subcommittee recently endorsed to increase social security benefits. this is two hours. found my [inaudible conversations] >> subcommittee and family policy to order. welcome ranking member senator tumor and senator isakson. i think others will join us. this is likely the first of a series of hearings that senator to me, i would like to do for retirement security, social security and all that it relates to. i appreciate his cooperation as i do senator hatch and chairman boxes cooperation. senator isakson and other members are welcome to do the same. retirement security in america as we know for a fdr and other stories from the new deal on has traditionally been thought of as a three-legged stool. social security employer-provided pensions and personal savings and investment. for sake of the store, social security is a modest but stable income during retirement years, but it's not just retirement security. social security provides basic financial security in the face of unexpected tragedy. social security provides safety net that is so bold, o

senator sherrod brown of ohio cheered this two-hour hearing. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the subcommittee on social security pension family policy comes to order. welcome break you member senator to me and senator trained to ask. this is likely the first of a series of hearings that i would like to do on the issues are retirement security, social security and all it really do. i appreciate his cooperation as they do senator chairman of bachus is cooperation. i returned to senator toomey for his and senator isakson and others are welcome to do the same. retirement security as we know from reading his jury asked dr and other stories from the new deal on has traditionally been thought of as the three-legged stool. social security can't employer-provided pension and investment. the first leg of the store, social security guarantees a modest but stable income during retirement years, but not just for retirement security. social security provides basic financial security a