. >> coming up next on "the communicators," joseph lieberman and ranking member susan collins. .. >> host: this week on "the communicators" we are going to be looking at cybersecurity or legislation which is currently working its way through the congress. coming up this just a few minutes, an interview with senator joe lieberman who is chair of the homeland security committee and senator susan collins who is the ranking republican on that same committee talking about their specific legislation on cybersecurity. but joining us first is brendan sas sew of the hill newspaper. what is the status of cybersecurity legislation in the senate? >> well, right now the lieberman-collins bill is on a fast track to the senate floor. they just introduced it a couple weeks ago, but harry reid has already said he's putting that straight to the floor without markups in committee which is fairly unusual. >> host: why is he doing that? >> guest: well, they say they've been working on cybersecurity legislation for a long time, and it's true, and their bill incorporates other proposals. they don't want to

interview with senator joe lieberman who is the chair of the homeland security committee and senator susan collins, who is the ranking republican on the same committee, talking about their specific legislation on cybersecurity. joining us first is brandon sasso of the hill newspaper. what is the status of cybersecurity legislation and the senate? >> weld right now the lieberman collins bill is on a fast track to the floor. the interested a couple of weeks ago. harry reid has already said he's putting that on the floor without any markups in the committee which is fairly unusual. >> why is he doing that? >> he says they've been working on cibber security legislation for a long time and the bill incorporates elements from other proposals. i think part of the reason is they don't want to have there are a lot of committees that have jurisdiction and the big issue is the homeland security committee, the intelligence, there are a lot of committees that could get their hands and changes in the way that lieberman and collins probably don't like and they feel the wheel they have no strikes the right balanc

interview with senator joe lieberman who is chair of the homeland security committee and senator susan collins who is the ranking republican on that same committee talking about their specific legislation on cyber security. joining us first is brendan sasso of the hill newspaper. mr. sasso, what is the status of cyber security legislation in the senate. >> well, right now, the lieberman/collins bill is on a fast track to the senate floor. they just introduced it a couple weeks ago. harry reid has already said he is putting that straight to the floor without any mark-ups in committee, which is fairly unusual. >> why is he doing that? >> well, they say they have been working on cyber security legislation for a long time and it's true. their bill incorporates elements from other proposals. i think part of the reason is that they don't want to have -- there are a lot of different committees that jurisdiction over it, it's a big issue, the homeland security committee, intelligence, security, there are a lot of committees that could get their hands on in a way that lieberman and collins probably won

coming up on "communicators, a conversation with joe leberman of connecticut, susan collins of maine working through legislation in the house and the senate on cyber security. >> what is the goal of the cyber security legislation that you have introduced? >> well, the goal simply stated is to protect all that we americans have in cyberspace from being stolen an from being attacked. and the theft is going on thousands of time every day, most of which people are not aware of. that is to say, people from -- some from inside, mostly outside the country actually going into the internet systems and computer systems of companies and stealing industrial, intellectual property and then taking it and building the stuff that american companies spend millions or billions of dollars to develop which also takes a lot of jobs from america. the other thing the legislation is to protect all of the cyber structureded america that is privately owned from becoming targets of an enemy wanting to attack us. what am i talking with? the electric power grid, the transportation systems, the financial systems.

and that we simply must address. >> our interview with senator susan collins of maine and senator joe lieberman of connecticut, part of c-span's "communicators" program every saturday at 6:30 eastern, monday morning at 8:00 a.m. on c-span 2 and 8:00 p.m. on c-span 2. this is "washington today" on c-span radio. >>> more in a moment. first, other news. on wall street, the dow gained 78. final close 12,837. nasdaq was up 25. s&p was up 9. >>> the treasury department is launching a sale of common stock it holds in insurance giant aig. the sale is $6 billion of the $42 billion of that stock. aig received the biggest bailout in the financial crisis in 2008. this is a step the government is taking towards disentangling itself from aig. the government owns 77% of the company's common stock. >>> a recent supreme court ruling forcing the fbi to take some action, deactivating its gps tracking devices in some investigations. the fbi director robert muller telling the congressional panel the fbi has turned off a substantial number of gps units and is using surveillance by agents instead. muller sa

. >> reporter: in the everybody did the to finish reading the bach by susan collins. angela is trying to finish this before she meet as group of girls here. >> i hope it's as good as the book. >> most theaters sold out last nit for the premiere. >> we did it in 10 screens, had about 2,000 people. >> some people made today's movie a special open vent. >> we are so excited. the three of us read the series together. >> i'm so excited. i've read the book twice, all three of them twice. coming to the movies, buying popcorn three times is another thing probably way more than that. >> reporter: in annapolis, don harrison, abc2 news. >>> with 80 degrees and sunshine, i would probably go to the matinee saturday, sunday. 80 at bwi. two degrees off the all time heat. it did get to 84 at the maryland science center. fog this morning. we did have it in spots. not as widespread and dense. we have some fog including fredericks. a little haze and very summer like at least early summer like as we preace not finance hours. remember, our average highs still mid to upper 50s, and we're i

susan collins is a republican from maine, of course, and a cosponsor of the bill. welcome, susan. thank you, senator, for coming on. what do you make of this the fight between the two parties on this? i know you're with the majority that wants to pass this bill, but what's the republican opposition about? >> well, first of all, i can't believe that this issue is being used as a political football. it's extremely important that we extend this law and look at how this bill began, chris. originally it was introduced by a democratic senator, a liberal senator, senator leahy from vermont, and a conservative republican, mike crapo, from idaho. so how did this bill, which had such widespread, broad support end up being a political football? it's really totally -- >> well, who's playing politics here? >> -- unacceptable. >> who's playing politics? democrats or republicans? >> well, i have to say i truly think the democrats are, and i say that as a supporter of the bill, as someone who represents a state where more than 50% of the murders every year are due to domestic violence. but this b

and it is true that they have driven olympia snow out and susan collins is very afraid of a primary whenhe comes up. >> in maine, yeah. >> so in the presidential race, the potential nominees have gone to the extreme right. and that's not going to be satisfactory with the american people. listen, when the people of pennsylvania found out about rick santorum, he lost in his reelection 59-41. >> i'll say it now. you as a moderate republican fit pennsylvania like a glove for 30 yeerds. there is something like a state that likes having moderate republicans like you and tom ridge and hue scott and the northeast should represented by moderate republicans. >> but the moderates left the republican party when the clinton-obama race came up in 2008, 200,000 moderate republicans left. >> you're making my case. thank you for coming on "hardball." we're going to talk about that book. there it is, "life among the can balances cannibals." who are the cannibals? >> steven castle and bob bennett. >> can rick santorum pull off an upset tonight in illinois? this "hardball" coverage covers the illinois prima

. >> senators joseph lieberman and susan collins, the chair of the ranking homeland security committee -- the communicators tonight, at 8:00 eastern on cspan2. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton recently testified before the house foreign relations committee on the state department's budget request for 2013. the president is requesting $51.6 billion. it includes $8.2 billion for civilian led operations in war zones and overseas operations. her remarks came hours after the state department -- this is 2 1/2 hours. >> because the secretary must leave at 4:00, after opening remarks, i will ask the secretary to summarize her testimony. gech the -- deliver his opening remarks. if we are going to be interrupted by votes, but here you are and there's no problem. so i'm going to give my remarks and then yours? because you were going on -- >> you're going to give my remarks. >> no, i'm going to give mine. members may have five days to submit statements and questions for the record. madam secretary, welcome back to the committee to discuss the administration's foreign relations budget request

. >> guest: obviously there are libya's no and susan collins from may who are centrists republicans who- here is that they cannot sell you the truth, i think they have been kind of terrified. susan collins to study sees me, olivia is no joining free election this year, and i think they have been kind of doubt into, you know, -- she will undoubtedly have a two-party challenger. >> host: the main republican party is very tea party east. >> guest: yes. so it has got a lot of the moderate republicans, someone like senator lugar from indiana, another person especially in the area of foreign affairs with a long history of working in a bipartisan way. sp1 obama's old friend. >> guest: even orrin hatch from utah, nobody's moderate, just like robert bennett, terrified of the tea party challenge. >> host: about-face. >> guest: i think tom coburn who is not a moderate, definitely a conservative, very fiscally conservative who was in the class of '94 in the house and then became a senator from oklahoma. tom coburn was in the gang of six, and i think i have always found him a republican. i have alwa

and susan collins voted with her fellow republicans, against some of the other women in the senate, saying that she thought that this was an amendment that was defective, but they could be fixed later on, but that the democrat were playing election year politics. >> well, you know, i would say both sides are probably playing a little bit of election year politics here, andrea. this was, you heard barbara boxer, the california democrat, in your opening say, you know, this was amended to a highway bill. and it was. this was a highway funding bill, where they put, roy blunt, the freshman senator from missouri, republican, put this on to it in hopes of trying to get it passed. this is not an uncommon practice. lots of things get added to unrelated bills, but it does have the feel of election year politics. and it also kind of reopens the debate over president obama's health care bill. all this ties back to, what can employers opt out of, as it relates to president obama's health care bill? there's an exemption for religious institutions to opt out of offering free birth control. but not for ot

>> guest: will obviously there's olympia snowe and susan collins from maine who are centrists republicans who -- >> host: what have they actually done to try -- >> guest: cheers the thing to tell you the truth. i think they've been kind of terrified, susan collins, excuse me, olympia snowe is running for the election this year and i think they've been kind of cow into -- she will undoubtedly have a tea party challenge. >> host: the tea party. >> guest: so it has had a lot of the moderate republicans, someone like senator lugar from indiana, another person especially in the area of foreign affairs has a long history working in a bipartisan way. >> host: obama's old friend. >> guest: even orrin hatch from utah who is nobody's moderate terrified of the tea party challenge. estimate he's definitely a conservative, very fiscally conservative and class of '94 in the house and took some time off and became a senator from oklahoma shoes and the gang of six and i think i have always found him a republican but police found him to be very honest, very straightforward, he works in a gang of six he is

. >> it is an adaptation of the first volume of a trilogy written by susan collins with 26 million titles in print, it has been a publishing sensation. hollywood definitely wants it to succeed. the end of the harry potter films and the soon-to-be completed popular twilight romance movies, there is a need for a powerful new money-making franchise. on that front, it is hope "the hunger games" will deliver. it has the potential to bring in not just his teenage audience but adults drawn to the subtext. >> the idea of living of voyeuristic culture were sometimes people's pain and violence is glorified for entertainment. i think adults will see parallels on a deeper level. >> we have to keep wishing i could think of a way to show them that they do not on me. if i am going to die, i want to still be me. >> fans of the books will see the film in droves. for some, it seems more about marketing. not all critics have been engaged progress there was a lot of stuff nfl with that, and i have not read the books, it felt like it was put in there because it was in the book and fans of the book will want t

i want to thank the chairman and ranking member susan collins for calling a hearing, for working with us, for giving what the chairman mentioned trying to open up -- if you have an idea, bring it to us. i think he's had an open door and too bad some haven't taken opportunity. we have distractions and sometimes that happens. we're being attacked by hackers he world and close to home. some want to cause mischief. some to steal, to blackmail nono do worse. there are also challenges i think we have. we need a roadi call it a commo map to move forward and i hope we can move along that way today. i'm especially please introduce that my staff ptect our federal information system. having said that i would like to begin by asking about the department's efforts in area if i could. i've been calling changes for the laws on protecting our information systems. scommittee i chair first looked at this issue a couple years ago w federal agencies will wasting millions of dollars on reports that nobody read arstood and th didn't make us any safer. the bill before us we hope, federal agencies are active

the adaptation is a popular book and the movie is based on a trilogy written by susan collins focusing on a futuristic world where they watch contestant fight to the death for sport and it premiers every where friday. >>> as weird as austin texas can be there's wi-fi hot spots. >> the homeless are helping out with patching up the problem. now it's a pilot program called homeless hot spots. the homeless earn $20 a day plus cash for anyone who logs online. >> users ask for a password which starts the conversation. that's the point of the whole thing. >> so much of our time is spent walking with our hand to our phones and to make icon tact and having conversation with a person that may not necessarily ever do, it's a nice way to start the program. >> the brain child of an ad agency is seen as step up from the days when the homeless sold their newspapers. the wi-fi device is smaller than an iphone and capable of providing internet for up to five users. >>> so this is a hot topic. we want to know what you think. what do you think about having homeless people offer wireless hot spots to fest

lot of senators are heading over to an engagement party for senator susan collins. they'll resume in the morning and hopefully pass the bill tomorrow. >> senator reid told reporters on capitol hill that this transportation bill will create 3 million jobs, how does that he get that calculation? >> he gets that calculation from the amount of spending, $109 billion. democrats are estimating that's going to create $3 million through a variety of projects that will be funded throughout the country. the money toward rail. public transit projects. however, republicans have really railed against the amount of spending in the bill which has created some contention but not quite as much as we have seen in >> let me ask you about the differences between what was in the house version, a five-year plan and now what's in the senate version, we know from last week the speaker of the house, john boehner was pushing a five-year transportation bill. so, if the senate bill does pass this week, where does that leave the five-year plan and the speaker of house, what happens next? >> wel

then joe leash and -- lieberman and susan collins have come in, and it has progressed. it is virtually pottable. we have to get some republicans on board, but i think we can do that. >> senator rockefeller, how current is -- how similar is the bill that you brought to committee three years ago? >> very similar. our bill was accepted by the leader, accepted by the white house. we did it with both melissa hathaway and howard schmidt after that. we have had thousands of meetings either directly or through telecommunications with all kind of people. we have made adjustments. we meet with so many people, and we have made so many tweaks just to get it so that it could pass. it has got to have critical infrastructure, which is what the republican bill doesn't have now, but i think that will change. we have to protect our federal situation, the so-called dot-gov. we have to have a lot of research and development. we have to develop a lot more talent for people who are up to speed on cybersecurity to keep up with other countries and other actors. it is critically important. i co

this has done is essentially set up a list of every main political name under the sun that's not susan collins as a potential candidate for this successor to snowe. and so both democratic members of the house remain are taking a look at it. they have very different styles. they may not be the only democrats who jump into the race. they may not both jump into the race. question about whether republicans can take -- convince a good candidate to enter the race or whether an independent candidate since maine has a strong independent streak enters this race and makes it more difficult. >> david wasserman who is the house editor for the cook political report. someone who knows more about every congressional district nationwide. thanks for sharing your expertise. >> thank you very much. >> pete sessions is the ranking republican. so -- but there's also the scrambling going on. thanks very much being with us. david wasserman. meanwhile, democrats say that the vote this week -- the debate in the vote this week on birth control may help their candidates among women in the elections. reporting from bloom

we got olympia snowe and we put out a bill, susan collins came in and it just progressed and progress and progress. so it's virtually possible. we have to get some republicans on board but i think we can do that. >> host: how similar is the current cybersecurity legislation being pushed by you and senators lieberman and collins to the bill that you brought to the floor or brought to committee three years ago? >> guest: very similar. our bill was accepted by the leader. it was accepted by the white house. we did it with both melissa hathaway and howard schmidt after that. we have had thousands of meetings, either directly or through telecommunications. with all kinds of people. we have made adjustments. we just meet with so many people, and we have made so many tweets. just to get it so it can past. it's got to have critical infrastructure, which is what the republican bill doesn't have now but i think that will change. we've got to have them got to protect our federal situation, the so-called.gov. we've got to do that and with that of a lot of research development. we've got to develo

. >> senators joseph lieberman and susan collins, the chair and ranking member of the homeland security committee detail how their cyber security bill differs from other senate bills to be considered this spring. the communicators, tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. >>> c-span's 2012 local content vehicle cities tour takes our book tv and american history tv programming on the road. the first weekend of each month. march featured shreveport, louisiana, with book tv at the memorial library. >> mr. knoll was a local man born and lived here most of his life. he started accumulating books when he was a teenager. he continued into his 80s. over his lifetime he accumulated over 200,000 volumes. if we have a gem in the collection it is probably this one. it is one of the books we're most proud of. it's in the original binding from 1699 and it was once owned by a very famous scientist. you can see he has written his name ir, newton and we're not pulling it out so much more because it is starting to flake away on the title page. >> at the pioneer heritage museum -- >> pioneer medicine is a lon

elected, we got to olympia snowe and i got to work and we put out a bill that joe lieberman and susan collins came in and it's just progressed and progressed in progress so it's virtually passable. we have to get some republicans on board but i think we can do that. >> host: senator rockefeller how similar is the current cybersecurity legislation being pushed by you and senators lieberman and collins to the bill but you brought to the floor, brought to the committee three years ago? >> guest: very similar, very similar and are bill is accepted by the leader, it was accepted by the white house. we did it with melissa hathaway and -- we have had thousands of meetings, either directly or through telecommunications with all kinds of people. we have made adjustments. we just meet with so many people and we have made so many tweaks and just to get it so that it would pass. you know it has got to have critical infrastructure, which is what the republican bill doesn't have now but i think that will change. we have got to have, we have got to protect our federal you know situation, the so-called.gov.

. >> host: now, when we talked to senator susan collins last week, a republican, she is against furthering business with regulation and that their bill is not a burden to business, that dhs does take a backseat. >> guest: well, and we're closer to that. i -- what we can't do is regulate because what we do then is freeze industry in place while the hackers and attackers go right around them. susan's right on that point. i think there's some issues in their bill about privacy as well and input from the department of homeland security and nsa and communication back and forth that we have to work on. >> host: now, what is the cybersecurity working group? >> guest: the working group is intra energy, and commerce, and it's three republicans and three democrats working side by side to develop, in essence, the outline for any necessary legislation. >> host: do you see legislation coming into the house this year and passing? >> guest: yes. i do think so. speaker boehner has made it a goal. we have to do something. the president wants something, and so i think there's a positive atmosphere for getti

. >> senators joseph lieberman and susan collins detail how their cyber security bill differs from other senate bills to be considered this spring. the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >>> c-span's 2012 localhicle ci book tv and american history tv on the road the first weekend of each month. march featured shreveport, louisiana. >> mr. know wnoel was a local m. he started accumulating books when he was a teenager and continued until he was in his 80s. over his lifetime he accumulated over 200,000 volumes. if we have a gem in the . it's one of the books we're most proud of. it's in the original binding from 1699 and it was once owned by a very famous scientist. you can sees his written his name i. newton. around we are not pulling it out so much anymore because it is starting to flake away on the title page. >> an american history tv looked at civil war era medical practices at the pioneer heritage museum. >> pioneer medicine is a long stretch of what it is today. you can consider that the things that we take for granted today when we go to the doctor, things like the in

and the backing of the government of homeland security so it was introduced by joe lieberman and susan collins before going into the details of the bill let me just remind you how cybersecurity is one of lieberman's issues just think back to when we were going proposed the internet kill switch here's how he explained a cyber security threat to c.n.n. and he crowley. this is a matter of national security a cyber attack on america can do as much or more damage to. sure our communications or our. transportation as a conventional war. that's the leverage of the loves of fear monger about cyber security issues and it's not too surprising that he's behind this year's cyber security act see this bill would prefer part of homeland security in charge of creating requirements and guidelines for some government and many private websites both government and private companies would be subject to these requirements including those deemed as critical infrastructure information and so guess what anything that satisfies the critical infrastructure information act of two thousand and two isn't subject to foil t

but you mentioned susan collins.t and -- an infrastructure program to fix the public school. something i have been advocating a while. so -- the -- composition could have led to a more effective package, i think. >> >> i wanted to ask you a question. some seemingly wise people say unless you are fdr and it is 1932 through 1936, a president cannot create jobs in any meaningful way and, therefore, a lot of discussion as to whether or not obama could have had significant impact on the unemployment, rhetoric over what actually could have happened, what do you think of that argument? could you guide me in had a? i'm not sure who to believe. >> i think that what's really going on in that argument is a distinction between direct job creation and indirect job creation. the most direct way to create job is direct job creation. there's very technical economics for this morning. and -- that was on the table in the '30s and in many ways off the table today. you can argue that we took it off the table. i think that's a very inter

on the other hand, the last election was susan collins out there. she won by a huge margin in the state. they understand a republican governor, i believe. so it's not just a solid democrat say it. my good democrat friends are all celebrating but i think republicans will have a good candidate. i don't think it's an automatic loss. it's going to be a tight race. host: and likewise, what does your neighboring state bob do if guest: bob has got a problem he spend us a his time in university since he left the senate. he's got to overcome that obstacle and nebraska is a pretty fast growing republican population. host: your state is profiled on the front page of "the washington post." the headline "why look for change in an oklahoma town where nearly everyone lives the conservative life?" and this is a town of washington, oklahoma. do you know it? the point is simply about the people who live in your state and what's at stake for them in this election. so let me move to super tuesday. rick santorum is suggesting that you are backing his bid for the preside

>> obviously olympia snowe and susan collins. >> host: what have they done? >> guest: to tell the truth if they have been terrified. olympia snowe is running for reelection this year. i believe they were cowed into undoubtedly have said tea party challenger. it has scared a lot of those just like senator lugar with a long history of working in the bipartisan way. >> even orrin hatch who is nobody's moderate this terrified. i think tom coburn who is definitely a conservative, very fiscally conservative and then took some time off to become a senator, tom coburn was in the gang of six. i have always found him, to be very honest, straightforward, he has a good relationship with barack obama and has always tried to be honest and work on the deficit and cares a lot about deficit reduction they he is not running for reelection. he has announced that. >> host: of freedom comes from the sense he is retired. >> he is freed to do and say what he once in the republican party cannot do anything to him. >> host: skip ahead to the solutions. they are hard to come by. the c

. >> reporter: "the hunger games," based on the first of a best selling trilogy by susan collins -- byollins. a war that leaves north america in ruins. but the story has res nature, not because of the violent undertones, critics say, but because of its strong young characters. especially the 16-year-old who is a girl that simply stands up for what is right when something is wrong. >> the book sold tens of millions of copies. which had lion's gate films betting they would flock to the theater. >> the amount of talk and chatter for the hunger games, it is a true phenomenon. >> facebook, twitter, youtube, even iphone games were all key in the film's marketing. >> the timing of the box office success is itself unusual. fans like lily green, who stood in line for one of the first midnight showings, says she couldn't have waited another day. >> i was shaking with excitement. i juan sure if i was shaking because i was cold, excited or on a sugar high. > >> reporter: so far it has hollywood riding pretty high too lee cowan, cbs news, los angeles angeles. >>> thank you for watching 9news now at

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nationally televised battle where only one will survive, it is based on a series of three books by susan collins to crush the box office this weekend with around $100 million in receipts. >>> turning to sports the ncaa tournament is all about upsets and michigan state is the first number 1 seed to fall. they faced off last night against rick pitino and the louisville cardinals. they had been to 11 final 4s between the two of them. there was not much offense in last night's game and a lot more was expected but louisville had just enough to win 57-44 and earn a spot in the elite 8. so the sweet 16 will wrap up tonight here. first the bears of baylor taking own the musketeers of xavier, then kentucky squares off across indiana, tip off is at 9:30 after the first game. catch all the action right here. >> have you looked at your bracket? >> i looked at it yesterday and i wasn't doing badly. >> okay. >> when they showed the bobbleheads. >> yeah. >> if they showed a secretary i would -- >> that is not bad, i am around 10, there are only 10 of us playing -- >> you do so well in the other. >> yeah, but t

susan collins got on the floor and seemed to blame everyone. she said this has become nothing but an election year political football. there could have been a compromise but simply wasn't. brooke. >> lisa, thank you so much live for us on capitol hill. that's your reporter roulette on this thursday. >>> in a culture of heated politics, he was one of the loudest voices and now we have learned andrew breitbart has died. there is still a lot here in the story that we don't know the yet. but piers morgan interviewed him less than 4 hours ago. piers is going to join me live next. commended colace capsules. i have hemorrhoids and yes, i have constipation. that's why i take colace. [ male announcer ] for occasional constipation associated with certain medical conditions there's colace capsules. colace softens the stool and helps eliminate the need to strain. stimulant-free, comfortable relief. no wonder colace is the #1 stool softener brand recommended by doctors. say "yes" to colace! [ male announcer ] go to colacecapsules.com for savings. but someti

. >> guest: obviously olympia snowe and susan collins from maine or centrist republicans who -- >> host: what are they actually done? >> guest: here's the thing, to tell you the truth, think they have been kind of -- olympia snowe is running for re-election this year and i think they have been kind of cowed into you know, she will undoubtedly have a tea party challenger. >> host: the republican party is very tea party. >> guest: they had cowed a lot of the moderate republicans. someone like senator lugar from indiana, another person, especially in the area of foreign affairs with a long history of working in a bipartisan way. even orrin hatch from utah who is nobody's moderate just like robert bennett who is terrified of the tea party challenge. >> host: and the base primary. >> guest: yeah and soy think tom coburn, who is not a moderate, who is definitely a conservative, very fiscally conservative. he took some time off and became a senator from oklahoma. tom coburn was in the gang of six and i think, i have always found him a republican. you asked for a republican. i've always found h

when olympia snowe is gone, imagine the pressure on her state colleague susan collins, who often votesa moderate way, or scott brown, if he wins re-election. he's in a tough fight in massachusetts. ben nelson of nebraska, a democrat on the more moderate side, he's not seeking re-election. it talks about the atmosphere of the mood of getting things done. and olympia snowe is one person who likes to try to get things done and her frustration is genuine. >> i agree. a lot of these guys are leaving. thank you kelly o'donnell kelly for the expertise. >>> russ feingold, first your reaction to people like snowe quitting. >> chris, good to be talking to you again. she is one of the finest senatorss, a key to getting mccain-feingold passed. there is a person who always worked across party lines where appropriate. co-sponsor amendments with me that had to do with national security or civil liberties. a terrible sign when a person like that, who is reasonable, not an easy mark, a person hard to persuade, but once you got her on your side it was valuable and frankly my book "while america sleeps"

i devoured all three susan collins' books. i think this series has real staying power.there, a running man meets robin hood if you were a teenage girl, that is. no. the worries come from the rampant second guessing and i told you so's that i'm hearing right now about the failed "john carter." it seems that everybody is a critic and everyone on earth with the sole exception of disney ceo seems to have known what a bomb this "john carter" was going to be. it's almost as though everyone on twitter university recognized that it was going to be a national flop the moment this international flop the moment the story originally came out off the presses 95 years ago. even though they haven't even been born yet. that's why last night i went on twitter @jimcramer and asked if anyone thought the hunger games would be a bomb. lion's gate lives or dies based on the success of its films, and i'm including mad men too. thinks big. i think that a lot of people who want "hunger games" to fail now, they're sick of the sub rosa hype. there are a lot of others who will sell lions gate if s