things like, his membership card in the little congress. a ticket to get into the capitol, into the the galleries when herbert hoover was giving a speech. so a lot of things there. and we've learned so much more about it than just what was in the artifacts. >> we did an oral history with him, and at that point he was about 90 years old and the memories of being a page were just so fresh. he lit up when asking him these questions. he served for four years in the early 1930s. so he was here longer than the typical page was. and for him it was really a full-time job as a tirj, but he had these great memories of coming into the chamber and hearing speeches by fdr. he heard fdr's inaugural. he was up on the platform. >> i know it was in 1933 and we're all anxious to hear the new president address the the joint session of congress. and johnny mccabe was one along with me sitting in front of the speaker's roster at that time. i just sat there for -- actually i was on duty. i just sat there for a little bit. i didn't know they were taking the pictur

things like his membership card in the little congress. a ticket to get into the galleries when herbert hoover was giving a speech. we have learned so much more about it than just what was in these artifacts. >> we did an oral history. at tha tpoint, she was 90 years old. the memories of being a page were so page. he search for four years in the early 1930's. he was here longer than the typical page. for him, it was a full-time job as a teenager. but he had these great memories of coming into the chamber and hearing speeches by fdr. he heard fdr's inaugural. he was up on the platform. >> i was anxious to hear the new president address the joint session of congress. and johnny mckab was one along with me sitting in front of the speaker. i just sat there for -- actually i was on duty. i just sat there for a little bit. i didn't know they were taking the picture while i was sitting there. >> he also had such a memory that he could memorize member's faces. he did not need any kind of cheat sheet or booklet. and so, he was put on the door by the

the u.s.? >> specifically in congress or the administration. chris it has very little discussion in congress, capitol hill, and the white house. the white house is never fully admitted. we are just sort of seeing this cap -- wereorts for classified. the government never wanted to acknowledging it was developing these capabilities. as a result, we have not had the discussion. we need to have discussions about the use of zero days and stopped howling. when you have zero days -- stockpiling.ng -- -- we have zero days, italy's everybody else vulnerable. stuxnet we do not know who else knew. i think we have not fully explored the full consequences of an attack like stuff that -- stuxnet and on the issues around it. there are other issues. tole what is called a digital certificate to sign the code.e it look like theyare owned by legitimate companies. ste a certificate in use it to sign malware, your credit problemsal for the company itself. an espionageded tool which undermined the windows system. when you undermine, you're undermining the trust we have in the digital infras

and going well beyond what was expected of them, people in the congress, people in the stabs of the congress. share a little bit about that with us. people need to know there is such a thing as public service and outstanding public servants. >> and you don't know where it is going to come from. i dedicated this version of the book to those who rose to the occasion. the publishers put it on the copyright page so you have to struggle to find it. but thank you, david, because that was one of the most important things that happen here. there was fuss over the urban committee hearings because sam urban talked constitution a lot but was a bit of a ham so it was a great show and he showed the country this parade of bizarre people who were popilating the whitehouse or running around doing deeds for them or deep sixing material in the potomac river and someone told him to deep six the material that was found. all of these bizarre things. but when the got to the house it was serious and very important. and there was a relatively new chairman of the house judiciary committee. peter. he was from new york and the press

little more difficult companies to invert overseas. talking about tax extenders, a lot of folks are hoping that there will be in the tive tax reform next congress. a little bit early to tell. host: you could put some of those permanent tax restructures, could you make it happen in the next congress? not extend y were the extenders, they will be a people upset over that. will create a very volatile environment and next congress, larger time there is a debate in congress, that debate months ly going on for and months beforehand. is data to the extenders would be a huge deal. host: we have a few minutes left with kevin cirilli. on line o to new york for democrats. caller: the real person responsible for the failure of banks was bill clinton. in his last year in office in 1999 he signed a bill repealed the glass legal act. it is a nation of investment he ks with saving banks, signed a bill that authorised the repeal of that bill and that led to this disaster of 2008. he's the one who should go to jail and be held responsible for this. why would a democratic the ident repeal it built frank roosevelt put. he should be responsible for the signing of t

bit, a little bit of this, i don't want a kumbayah moment. in congress just a little bit. when the republicans are in control next year we will see more. >> this is lame duck democrat controlled congress. if i'm looking at markets an economy going out more than just a day, i think this is really positive. i think republicans can do some serious damage to obama-nomics. >> you have changes to dodd-frank and obamacare. it is important precedent even though you would like them to be bigger. melissa: big blow to the government's crackdown on insider trading. a federal appeals court overturning two key signature insider investigations. the court said they were too far removed from the original source of information. charlie, you're all over this story. you say it's a huge, huge deal. >> i wrote a book that sold three copies about insider trading. melissa: i bought one. >> you bought one of the three? this case was among the most dubious of dubious cases. preet bharara, u.s. attorney, wracked uproared almost perfect, 80-1 on convictions. went way too far so many of the cases includes thes

and going well beyond what was expected of them, people in the congress, people in the stabs of the congress. share a little bit about that with us. people need to know there is such a thing as public service and outstanding public servants. >> and you don't know where it is going to come from. i dedicated this version of the book to those who rose to the occasion. the publishers put it on the copyright page so you have to struggle to find it. but thank you, david, because that was one of the most important things that happen here. there was fuss over the urban committee hearings because sam urban talked constitution a lot but was a bit of a ham so it was a great show and he showed the country this parade of bizarre people who were popilating the whitehouse or running around doing deeds for them or deep sixing material in the potomac river and someone told him to deep six the material that was found. all of these bizarre things. but when the got to the house it was serious and very important. and there was a relatively new chairman of the house judiciary committee. peter. he was from new york and the press

congress. do it from a $300,000 campaign to a million and a half dollars campaign, push a little bit to the side. you see that now. writer ron, something like keystone. i actually have no opinion on whether we should build it or not. .. it's the candidates that actually run for congress. 25 years ago it would have been a working class person that could actually come together with enough support in a local district to run for congress. today it's not that person. you can't afford to do it. so unless, you know, a person who has a lotÑi of money, democrat, doesn't have a lot in common with the labor movement. it's just not who they grew up with, they didn't grow up in a working class family, they weren't milk truck drivers or teamsters, and there's no relationship there. and when you get to congress, you can meet with them, you can get to know them, but it's not the same as coming from out of that woodwork. >> host: you know the adage as well as i do, time is money. you talk about it in the book in a different sense, slightly different color which is that time is money in a political realm when pol

life, his writing of the book "contact," and how they work out those details and very interesting things in that collection. >> this is a little bit out of the library of congress, but do science fiction movies raise any possibilities for the potential of human response? >> sure. there is good science fiction and a lot of bad science fiction. some of the best science fiction i think does raise interesting scenarios. sagan's "contact" is one of those. it is a conventional idea that we get a radio signal. it is depicted in both the movie. the discovery was made by scientists and very quickly the government gets involved, the military gets involved, and the media gets involved. things quickly are taken out of the hands of the scientists. likely that is a scenario. i am a fan of a polish science fiction writer who believes it would be difficult to recognize, much less communicate, with the other. they may be so different out there we may have trouble recognizing intelligent life, much less communicate with it. we perceive a creature similar to our self? >> a lot of people say if they discover a microbe, so what? if we discover a microbe, it won't be a big reaction.

little more difficult companies to invert overseas. talking about tax extenders, a lot of folks are hoping that there will be in the tive tax reform next congress. a little bit early to tell. host: you could put some of those permanent tax restructures, could you make it happen in the next congress? not extend y were the extenders, they will be a people upset over that. will create a very volatile environment and next congress, larger time there is a debate in congress, that debate months ly going on for and months beforehand. is data to the extenders would be a huge deal. host: we have a few minutes left with kevin cirilli. on line o to new york for democrats. caller: the real person responsible for the failure of banks was bill clinton. in his last year in office in 1999 he signed a bill repealed the glass legal act. it is a nation of investment he ks with saving banks, signed a bill that authorised the repeal of that bill and that led to this disaster of 2008. he's the one who should go to jail and be held responsible for this. why would a democratic the ident repeal it built frank roosevelt put. he should be responsible for the signing of t

that is one of the ways that the republicans can exert a little bit of control, congress can exert control over the district of columbia which does not have stayed hood. we're saying you cannot do that. >> can't implement that. >> right. it effectively rolls back the wishes of the voters. that is one of the things that was a pot sweetener as they call it to get a few more republicans onboard to do something like that. this bill, we are still, seeking of the c.i.a. report, we are looking through the 1603-page spending bill to see what all is in here. there are so many random things. >> alexis, at the white house they must be trying to recalibrate what their relationship is going to be with this congress, especially with the republican majority coming in in january. how are they acting on that? are they sitting back and watching and chuckling to themselves or do they have plans? >> one of the things i thought was fascinating was that the white house got very engaged in this spending bill. i mean engaged like really engaged. >> because it was losing. >> well, and also because the president wa

continue to act on his own or do you expect some real bipartisan compromise with the republican congress? >> probably a little more of the latter. i'm optimistic chris. i think republicans are going to try and use the majority to show voters that they can govern. they want to put legislation in front of the president, whether it's immigration reform, tax reform, maybe even health care reform. whether the president signs it is another matter, but gone are the days when harry reid can stop the president from having even to consider difficult legislation. >> when you look back at the president's actions, executive actions this year it's a pretty remarkable list. let's put it up on the screen. raising the minimum wage for federal workers, a climate deal with china, shielding 5 million illegal immigrants from deportation, resuming diplomatic relations with cuba. susan, how far do you expect the president to go on this wave of executive action? and at some point will either congress or the supreme court say, enough? >> well, it's interesting. of those four things you list, three of them have happened in the past ei

will the president continue to act on his own or real bipartisan compromise with the republican congress? >> probably a little bit more of the latter. republicans will try to use the majority to show voters they can govern. they want to put legislation in front of the i president whether it is immigration reform, health care reform, or tax reform. whether the president signs it is another matter. gone are the days when harry reid can stop the president from having to consider difficult actions. >> you look back at executive actions it is a remarkable list: an order raising the minimum wage if federal workers a climate deal with china on carbon emissions, shielding five million immigrants from deportation and resuming dim milk relations with cuba. how far do you expect the president to go on this wave of executive action and will congress or the supreme court say "enough." >> interesting of the four three have happened in the past eight weeks since the we midterm elections which were undeniably a rebuke of president obama by voters. since then he has demonstrated how powerful a lame duck president can be. if t

the past few years. have seen very little action. today, our message is very clear. it is time for congress to act for mental health by supporting the passage of a comprehensive mental health bill this year. [applause] i understand that the details around cumbria's of mental health care are complex. i am not a policy expert in any way, shape or form that i do know the basics of conference of care make good sense, common sense. comprehensive care means we step up our efforts to prevent suicide, which is currently the second leading cause of death for young adults in the united states. means if ave care man with mental illness gets , his doctorsancer work together to determine what the best approach for his mind and body is. covered hands of care also means that when a woman leaves a psychiatric hospital, there is a process to make sure she gets the care she needs it so she does not end up back in jail, hospitals or on the streets or even dead. [applause] at the heart of it, comprehensive care means our mental health system reaches people early and far more often so fewer people fall through

>> and that's the problem, very little oversight. congress conducts oversight supposedly and there are civil liberties boards that do it. there's no real transparency for the american people. one of the things that is interesting to me, the contrast between what happened with senator ron wyden and edward snowden. ron wyden was a member of the senate intelligence committee for several years before edward snowden started leaking. he took to the floor the senate as said, there's something shocking going on that if the american people knew about it, that would be totally shocked, but i cannot tell you about it because it is classified. he is a sitting senator who believed something was deeply wrong but he was afraid to talk about it publicly. after edward snowden began to leak, ron wyden in public and say that is what i was talking about. the checks and balances in my mind are questionable. >> back to your book where you talk about contractors. who is mike esemos? >> he was a fascinating character. the guy, maybe the most intriguing figure of the

the past few years. have seen very little action. today, our message is very clear. it is time for congress to act for mental health by supporting the passage of a comprehensive mental health bill this year. [applause] i understand that the details around cumbria's of mental health care are complex. i am not a policy expert in any way, shape or form that i do know the basics of conference of care make good sense, common sense. comprehensive care means we step up our efforts to prevent suicide, which is currently the second leading cause of death for young adults in the united states. means if ave care man with mental illness gets , his doctorsancer work together to determine what the best approach for his mind and body is. covered hands of care also means that when a woman leaves a psychiatric hospital, there is a process to make sure she gets the care she needs it so she does not end up back in jail, hospitals or on the streets or even dead. [applause] at the heart of it, comprehensive care means our mental health system reaches people early and far more often so fewer people fall through

congress and the administration. keep point, with the president did is within his executive authority. congress would have to pulled on the broader trade embargo. what the president did yesterday, very little congress can do to stop it. >> thank you very much at staying with cuba, it was the first thing a lot of people started talking about after the president's announcement -- you got it, cuban cigars. you may now get some good but investors agree, when it comes to the fed, patience is a virtue. ♪ >> this was the word they got the markets moving, the word of the day -- patience to janet yellen used it to describe interest-rate spirit she said the committee judges that it can be patient in the beginning to normalize the stance of monetary policy. i want to bring in carl tannenbaum who study financial risk at the chicago fed and the federal reserve system in washington. good to have you back on the program. i was saying to peter cook earlier, the initial take on wasen was that her message clumsy, kind of messy, before she got to the real point. did you feel the same way? >> she does not have the polish that perhaps other central bankers do, but i think she got her point across. let the econ

the floor. >> anyone watching congress right now would have little reason to think that a historic election occurred only a few weeks ago. washington d.c. sadly continues to remain deaf to the american people. washington d.c. continues to refuse to listen to the american people. even though millions of voters rose up just one month ago to protest of president obama and the senate democrats were running washington, business as usual is continuing in side the marble halls of the united states congress. what is happening here? last night, we saw chaos in the u.s. house of representatives as they were rather until late in the night voting on a bill that the vast majority of the members had never even sat down to read. yet somehow at the last minute just in the nick of time, with an arm twisted here and a nudge there, it passed the house. not it is here in the united states senate. before the senate today is the $1.1 trillion bill full of christmas presents for lobbyists and special interests in washington. i know it is christmas time but it is not our job to be playing santa. this bill is not designed t

or a little bit more difficult and less appealing and attractive but we are talking about the tax and version. a lot of folks are hoping that there will be companies of tax reform in the next congress. i think it's a little bit too early to tell. >> doesn't put more pressure on doing some of those permanent tax restructures having that debate and actually making it happen in the next congress? >> if they were not to extend, i think that there would be a lot of. to take up the competence of tax reform again as you know and your audience knows everything there is a large debate in congress that debate has been going on for months and months and years and years under the surface and then it just bubbles up. but guess if they don't, it would be a huge deal. >> host: we have a few minutes left in and of course there's the hill.com. waiting on the line for democrats, good morning. >> caller: good morning. as a person to be held responsible for the failure of the banks and 2008 was bill clinton. he wasn't president at the time but in the last year in office in 1999, he signed a bill that repealed the glass-steagall act that banned the combination of investment banks with savings banks. an

the senate floor earlier tonight. so there has been a little drama in congress. ht the government was set to shut down. the government was funded through last night at 11:59 p.m., and if congress didn't pass something to keep the government funded thereafter, we were due to have yet another government shut down. oh, hi, ted cruz. and there were so many defectors in the house, and suddenly as a surprise, there were a ton of democratic defections as well. john boehner was counting on democrats to get all the votes he was going to lose from his own side to get that passed. for a long time yesterday it looked like he would not have those votes. the house was telling democrats they should vote for it, and one of the people making calls to house democrats telling them to vote for it yesterday was jamie diamond, the head of jpmorgan test. when he calls and tells you to vote on something, is that a signal you should vote on it or you should definitely vote against it? in the end, it did pass last night and we avoided a shutdown when the house passed that bill less than th

so i want to talk just a little bit about what we're doing in the city of chicago and what i'm hoping my colleagues here in congress and my colleagues

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out, this time next month, democrats are going to be in the minority and republicans will control all of congress, and democrats will have very littlebargaining room, and the president is sitting there thinking, man, i don't want to have to negotiate with them next year, but, you know, so let us at least get this done -- get the best we can hope for this time. and so -- but even then, you know, what we saw was some of the more liberal members of the democratic party just, you know, wanting to grab up all their marbles and go home. >> well, i have to go on that night. i'm out of time. charlie hurt, thank you very much. i'm not taking my marbles and leaving, i'm just running out of time. it's that simple. >> understood. >> i'll have the marbles back when the new senate reconvenes. >>> up next, we'll tell you why obesity could be making an aggressive form of cancer a lot worse. >>> plus, we haven't had a new case of ebola in our country, but in west africa, is it still spreading? what is the status of the deadly outbreak there? today we'll have a special report. the doctors are in in just a few minutes on "sunday housecall." innovation

wind at the next democratic presidential candidate's back and might help the president push his agenda through congress a littlecause the public would give him stronger approval ratings. >> glouting about these positive jobs report where he formally made his announcement for the new secretary of defense nominee. listen to what he said. >> as we talked together in the past weeks, mr. president, we discussed the challenges and the opportunities and the need to keep both america safe and to make a better future for our children. if confirmed in this job, i pledge to you my most candid, strategic advice. and i pledge also that you will receive equally handed military advice. >> that's ashton carter, the nominee that is going to be confirmed by the united states senate, a former deputy secretary. >> right. >> of defense. during the obama administration he was assistant secretary of defense during the clinton administration. he probably doesn't have much problem getting confirmed. >> no. i think he's got a lot of bipartisan support. he's well-known to republicans like john mccain. to democrats who respect him as well

the details coming up. >>> your phone bill may be a little higher soon, all thanks to congress. 'll tell you what is behind the increase. >>> and the community prepares to pay tribute to this fallen hero. we'll show you how friends and loved ones will mourn philadelphia's first woman firefighter to die in the line of duty. >>> it's a breezy and cold end to our workweek, but changes are on the way for the weekend. good morning, happy friday. you're watching nbc 10 news today. i'm christine maddela. >> i'm chris cato. it is friday. >> we made it. >> almost there. many of you are just getting started but it is going to be a good day. bill henley has your first alert forecast. still seeing the strong winds left over from this nor'easter that just won't go away. >> as the day goes on they'll come down to the surface.

the country. whether or not that is taken by legislation by congress, that is a little more unclear because they don't have a really concrete set of demands. the naacp, one of the oldest civil rights groups in the united states has asked for money to be sent to local police officers for equipment from the federal government to be diverted to social programs in those communities. that is not likely to be something that the republican-controlled congress or soon to be in republican control is about to go forward with. about the only piece of legislation that they have passed is one that would require all local police jurisdictions to report the number of police shootings so that for the first time we would have some kind of an understanding of the actual degree to which this is a phenomenon in the united states. >> now, tom, it's certainly a very complex issue. what is the likelihood that police operation also actually change in light of the growing protests against them? >> police departments across the country say that they're implementing programs to become more closer to the communities of which the

>> the report concludes the cia misled the public the congress and the bush white house over the use of controversial interrogation tactics. >> it produced littlel intelligence to help us track down the perpetrators of 9/11 or prevent new attacks and atrocities. >> there's no shortage of cia critics. but former vice president dick cheney is unapologetic. he insists the program saved american lives. >> we did exactly what needed to

the embargo remains in place. it would require an act of congress to get rid of the economic sanctions. so, a little bit more splash than cash in this announcement. but what the president has done is, in essence, legitimize -- >> but president obama contends that normalizing relations with cuba will give the u.s. "a greater opportunity to have influence with that government." but he said not to expect immediate reform in cuba. >> this is still a regime that represses its people. and as i said when i made the announcement, i don't anticipate overnight changes. but what i know deep in my bones is that if you've done the same thing for 50 years and nothing's chang changed, you should try something different if you want a different outcome. >> president obama says he has no plans to travel to cuba at this point. but secretary of state john kerry, who will begin the process of reopening a u.s. embassy in havana says he looks forward to being the first secretary of state in 60 years to visit cuba. arthel. >> all right, molly, thanks a lot. >>> president obama's controversial deal with cuba also becoming a

the president. joins us live now from honolulu. dan? >> reporter: yeah, heywe're still little more than a week away from the new congress being sworn in and already president obama is throwing down the gauntlet threatening to veto bills he doesn't like. he made the comment to national public radio before coming to vacation here in hawaii. >> they're are going to be some areas where we disagree and you know, i haven't used the veto pen very often since i've been in office partly because legislation that i objected to was particularly blocked in the senate even after the house took over republicans tooked over the house. i suspect there will be times where i have to pull that pen out. >> reporter: in his first six years in office president obama vetoed just two bills. he is threatening to veto legislation that quote unravels exhibiting laws and legislation. exhibit b could be any roll backs to obama care now that the republicans control the house and senate. in response to veto talk we heard from incoming senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said quote, in a statement there is a lot we can get done, if the president puts his famous pen to

the u.s. to cyber warfare? >> host: right. specifically in congress or perhaps the administration. >> guest: there has been very little discussion in congress, on capitol hill and the white house. the white house has never fully admitted to engaging in offensive operations. and we're just sort of seeing a peek at this now publicly. all of this has been, you know, classified, the reports were classified in terms of the development of expansive operations, and the government never wanted to go on record acknowledging that it was developing these capabilities. and as a result of that, we haven't had the discussions that we need to have. i think we need to have the discussion about the use of zero days, about stockpiling of zero days. because when you have zero days and zero day vulnerables that you would hold and you don't tell the vendor about them, that leaves everyone else vulnerable to these same kinds of attacks from others. so while stuxnet was exploiting five zero days, we don't know who else knew about those zero days and who else might have been using them. and so is i think that we -- so i think we haven't fully explored

the most prominent catholic haveicians in congress done little to further the interests in immigrationm. -- reform. goodrnalist had a really piece that autopsies the failure of immigration reform and why even conservative evangelicals support leaders like joe hunter, rick moran, are incapable of using the house gop to action. gop, white evangelicals are largely walled off from immigrants in a religious gerrymandering where white evangelicals find themselves in churches in the suburbs and not the neighborhoods populated by immigrants. like the gerrymandered districts of the gop, what image l adjusts to not see immigration reform -- --te evangelic adjusts sts did not see immigration reform is important. an eye towards their eventual resettlement -- she repeats the claim these children are gang bangers and drug runners, they are crashing our borders. she continues, quote, this explains why the bureaucracy acts to smash the culture of a royal community by dropping primitive, hostile aliens in their midst, all in the name of compassion. just not for americans. she asks for readers to look a

invest as much political capital in the issue as he should have, and by 2011 the issue seemed to turn a little bit, and congress imposed restrictions on what he could and couldn't do. for the detainees, when the u.s. transfers someone, they have to give congress notice. 30 days before the transfer takes place, the secretary of defence has to certify that the person doesn't pose a danger. and transfers to the yates are banned. >> what -- united states are totally banned. >> what is the leg as i of guantanamo going to -- legacy of guantanamo going to be? >> a terrible legacy. it was an attempt by the united states to operate outside the rule of law, outside our own institutions courts and prisons. not only is it a stain on our reputation, it served as a recruiting tool for people that wanted to oppose us and has been terribly ineffective. the military commissions set up in guantanamo since 2002, 12 years now, have convicted eight men. in the same period of time several courts conducted 500 terrorism trials. that gives you an idea of what it will be like. >>> thank you. since november 13th, prisoners sense novembe

energies and interests, so it is the end of a chapter, not the end of a book. >> >> the 114th congress convenes in a little over a week. here's a look at some of the numbers. republicans will have 247 members in the house the largest g.o.p. majority since the 1928 election. and there will be 188 house democrats. california democratic senator dianne feinstein is the oldest member of the body at 81, while incoming arkansas republican tom cotton will be the youngest at 37. the average age of senators in the 114th congress will be 61. >> this sunday on "q&a," the president and c.e.o. of the national council of l.a. as a, the nation's largest hispanic civil rights group on the state of america, her compelling personal story. >> i had the great privilege of experiencing the american dream here in this country, born in kansas you know, my parents actually came to this country from a very early 1950's, very early 1950's. my parents came from mexico with no money and very little education. i think my dad had an eighth grade education, my mom a fifth grade education. and yet they believed in the promise of this coun

so that's part of the process. >> and oil export. >> oil expert i think makes economic sense. congress has looked at it a little bit. senator murkowski, chairman of the energy committee is in favor of it. i would expect that the votes would be there in the house and senate to do it. there are some people opposed to it. the oil industry is going through a lot of turmoil with the price of oil declining about 60% in the last six months. frankly that has more waves than people are able to see. the waves are permeating all the way into russia and middle eastern countries. it's a very significant thing. the positive thing, america to some extent because of the fracking revolution and because of the enormous expansion of oil production in the balkan and other shale places in the united states has is on the verge of breaking the back of opec for the first time since the early 70's. and many of you will remember there was oil lines in 71 and 73 we had shortages. you had oil going tomorrow $8 to $40. it was enormous. negative rep cushions on the u.s. economy. opec had us kind of by the throat at that time. we ended up im

the construction or development? does that spur congress to move quickly on it, or will they drag it out a little bit? this is that terrorism risk insurance. this was meant to be the last piece of business before the senate left town. and we were very disappointed that it wasn't done. assumption and our desire is that congress comes back and first it one of the pieces of business so we don't have a significant gap. >> is there a possibility that if there is a significant gap, and that gap is not filled by that it ate sector, could be this was a program that was not necessarily needed? or do you contend that it is absolutely necessary -- don't remember the exact count, but it was in the 90's in the senate. this is the right thing to do. congress should have done it before they left town. hopefully with a will do it and they get back. >> one more question here. was 94 nk that vote three. >> the score of the redskins game. [laughter] to upcoming peak veto politics where, in the years, the real leverage democrats had was in the numbers they are playing are 67, not enate 60. so, it changes everything. the r

congress. and after that an interview with former budget committee ranking member on the 1990 budget deal. the 114th congress convenes in a little over a week. here's a look at some of the numbers. republicans will have 247 members in the house. the largest g.o.p. majority since the 1928 elections. and there will be 188 house democrats. there will be 45 african-americans in the house including two republicans. will herd texas and neil love of utah. the first ever republican african-american woman to serve in the house. the senate will have two african-americans, republican tim scott of south carolina and democrat cory booker of new jersey. >> new year's day on the c-span networks here are some of our featured programs. 10:00 a.m. eastern the washington ideas forum. energy conservation with david crane, business mag nailt t. boon pick ends. warren brown, and inventor dean kamen. at 4:00 p.m. the brookline lynn historical society holdings a conversation on race. then astronaut walt cunningham on the first manned space flight. new year's day on c pan 2 just before noon eastern, author hector tobar on the 33 men that were buried in

the little pieces made no sense. the question is, is congress always rapacious? of course not. one of the sad things is many good statutes would be struck down when people do not understand why they are put into play. so it is not that. it is just that you want to get rid of the cartel facilitation that takes place when you are dealing with this. justice roberts opinion is an intellectual blunder of the first order. now, not because he gets the commerce clause wrong, which he does. but the key thing to understand about the earlier presidents, including cases he cited, were that you could not use the commerce clause where you use the taxing power. it's a legal document called these two documents are basically the same stuff and it turns out if you go back and you look at these various type situations, if you now decide you cannot regulate it under the commerce clause, then the tax clause has to follow. now, this was developed 100 years ago. 90 years ago. something called the child labor tax case. in the pre-new deal constitution, in 1918, the supreme court in a case struck down

and on the other hand you have got no leadership, not in congress either, but certainly none from the white house until a littleit of dismay with the sony hack because that affected their hollywood base. adam: let me bring in mr. yates on this you used to be an advisor to vice president cheney and if you look at isis in iraq, part of the reason isis was able to become what it is today the united states had promised sunni muslims in iraq they would be part of a government and then the shia majority in iraq said no you will not be part of this government in a simple explanation. there was no leadership from the united states to prevent what has now happened with isis's rise in iraq, was there? >> well there are just similarly generations of mistakes in iraq that have fed into the growth of isis. not just in iraq. there was a of course related developments in syria. the advent of the iraq war, most recent iteration there were a lot of things fled across the border into syria and waited there. when we had a precipitous withdrawal of course the civil war was festering in syria that fed that and across the border bac

the most admired men's list. consumer confidence is at levels not seen since 2008. gas and unemployment is below 6% - any of this strengthen president obama's hand deal with the congress hopefully going towards bitart stanship. >> little known fact that one of the people he ads is bill schneider, that puts it in context. >> it validates that entire study. >> it's a serious study. >> the president finished well. he had a good end to 2014. but i don't think his status or stature in polls around the country makes a difference to the congress. if you polled the 247 republicans coming in that you referred to all of them would give him a - you know a negative rating that would not help the approval rating. i don't think it will affect the way that the congress behaves because he's more popular than he was before. >> final 30 seconds, do you think it will make any difference? >> i call it the dow jones industrial average. if the approval rating is going up. there'll be more cloud in congress. people are waiting for the boom. second term of rating there was a boom. second term of clinton. we are far from a boom. if the economy improves he'll have more cloud because every member of congress is in business for him. if the presi

also not buying this is one last point, the president's rationale that well congress hasn't acted on this so therefore i should. i think that's wearing a littlein with the public. i think they worry about a president who can come in, outline an agenda, congress considers it, declines to pass it and then the president does it himself. that's not the way it works. >> speaker boehner always says three equal branches of government. he repeats that often. anyway. gentlemen, thank you, nice to see both of you. a controversy on a big university campus, a college student viciously attacked for daring to express conservative beliefs. in print the student goes "on the record" next. ♪ ♪ we put all the apps you love inside a car designed to connect you to a world of possibilities. the connected car by volvo. innovating for you. give the gift of volvo this season and we'll give you your first month's payment on us. thank you. ordering chinese food is a very predictable experience. i order b14. i get b14. no surprises. buying business internet, on the other hand, can be a roller coaster white knuckle thrill ride. you're promised one speed. but do you consi

the u.s. is still a little bumpy and after all lifting the embargo still requires action from congress.ide enough to give people hope. rosa flores, cnn, havana. >>> another storm on track to impact the western u.s. this weekend. derek van dam's watching that for us. derek? >> look, natalie, if you're from seattle, you're used to this type of weather. it's the fact that it continues to come and there's more rain. >> well, anybody who's paying attention along the west coast, thank you for staying up with us. the west coast getting more inundated. frontal boundary starting to press in and that will bring much-needed relief from the northern and central parts of california. it doesn't appear that the rain will get us far south from los angeles or even san francisco for that matter. 12 to 24 inches of snowfall across the northern rockies and parts of the cascade mountains. those are rainfall totals along the west coast. some locations could receive between 4 and 6 inches. elsewhere across the united states, we have a clear day across the northeast. rain for the southeast and we are looking f