let me start with the elections and with you senator thune. elections have consequences. a terrific election. you are going to be in the majority on the senate side, already in the majority on the house side. i want to let you hear something that senator rand paul, very visible member of your republican caucus said on the night that mitch mcconnell won his election about what's ahead. >> it will be two long years until we get to replace this president. until then we can and we will send him legislation. under mitch mcconnell's leadership we will send the president bill after bill until he wearies of it. >> senator thune, is that the plan for the republican leadership is to just keep sending president bills. he didn't say it but until the implication of bills that he pr probably won't sign. >> candy, the plan is to try and get the senate opened up and working again and have some votes, you know. the house has sent almost 400 pieces of legislation to the senate that have been collecting dust on senator reid's desk and 40 of those deal with jobs and economy which is where we

john thune and sheldon whitehouse. then president obama promises to take executive action to block deportation of millions of illegal immigrants. how far will the gop go to stop him? >> they have the ability to fix the system. what they don't have the ability to do is to expect me to stand by with a broken system. >> we're going to fight the president tooth and nail if he continues down this path. >> we'll talk with two of the gop's new senators who will be on the front lines. tom cotton of arkansas and james lankford of oklahoma. >>> plus, a political firestorm over comments by one of obamacare's architects. >> call it the stupidity of the american voter or whatever, but that was really, really critical to get the thing to pass. >> our sunday group assesses the fallout. >>> our power player of the week. bill marriott, creating hotels for the millennial generation. >> this is what the customers want. you succeed in business by giving them what they want. >>> hello from fox news in washington. first, some breaking news.

chairman. >> thank you senator thune. we want our two leaders and the subcommittee to make a short opening statement. the chair of the subcommittee senator mccaskill. >> thank you senator nelson. i find it troubling but more importantly i am sad that i am not surprised that we find ourselves examining another example of manufactures the failures to fulfill safety obligations that could save lives. honda is under investigation for failure to provide early warning reports to nhtsa related to the deaths the company is linked to takata airbag. takata itself is also under investigation by nhtsa and federal prosecutors over troubling claims that it might've known a long time before it notified manufactured customers of a safety defects associated with millions on its airbags. 10 automakers have now recalled at least 7.8 million vehicles in the united states. under either safety recall or service campaigns related to the defective takata airbag. what i want to get to the bottom up in this hearing is what is the difference and is

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senator thune are republican leaders now seriously considering linking opposition to executive action with government funding either by setting up a situation that results in a government shut down or passing short-term bills, month-by-month and keeping this fight going and holding government funding hostage. >> republicans are looking at different options of how best to spend to the unilateral action which is unconstitutional or unlawful but my concern is that shutting down the government doesn't cause a problem but if we shut down what could be a record of legislative accomplishment there for the taking if the president would choose cooperation rather than conflict. this president, right now, is chosing friction, partisanship, and accomplishment, or partisan/rather than cooperation. there is an opportunity to get things done but the president is going down the path that will set make it very hard for us to get anything done on immigration. >> you are saying you don't think republicans should take the bait and do figure to shut down the government? >> it doesn't solve the problem. lo

senator thune. >> thank you. mr. shimazu you mentioned in your written testimony that you have confidence in your current engineering and manufacturing processes. and my question is what changes have you made to your manufacturing processes that give you the confidence to testify that the replacement takata airbags are in fact? >> senator, let me explain about history of the vehicles. every time since 2007 or 2008 time period, we have some issues identified, and then we identify the root cause of the issues, and we address these issues to fix the problems at the same time we did the recall. every time it happened, we address all issues and take care of it. and currently we believe the products we are producing right now is come from the controlled manufacturing processes, and we believe it's, these products, will work as designed, and are safe. >> but what change have you made in that process that leads you to believe that? >> yes. there are two junior cause of the problems, according to what we studied in the first

chairman nelson, ranking member thune, members of the committee. i am the senior vice president and head of vehicle safety and regulatory compliant at chrysler group. i lead an organization with a mission of safeguarding customers, a mission we embrace wholeheartedly. i'd like to thank the opportunity with the opportunity to appear today to discuss this important matter. today's automobiles are most complex on the market. auto manufactures are more committed to developing advanced safety technologies to reduce fatalities and injuries resulting from motor vehicle crashes. on a daily basis, we work to design, engineer and manufacture vehicles to withstand a myriad of operating conditions. promoting and insuring vehicle safety is a responsibility shared by auto makers, suppliers, government, and consumers. chrysler looks forward to continuing this collective engagement with takata and nhtsa to address the current situation. chrysler group has been actively engaged with takata and nhtsa since takata first informed us in april 2013 that certain air bag

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senator john thune will have lunch at the white house.t sand. >> see what we hear. thank you. >> thank you. >>> coming up next, a land battle all over this little anim. he is kind of cute. >> it's a prairie dog. >> the people just won and the attorney that led them to that victory is going to join us. >> wait, the prairie dog has a lawyer? >> in south dakota. >>> first on this day in 1999, "smooth" by santana was the number one song in the country. that may stick in your head, too. that's a smooth song. ♪ ♪ i >>> this is a good one. born on this date in 1970, this film maker gained 25 pounds in a month for a movie. it was morgan spurlock. the winner was john ford from mount airy in north carolina. congratulations. you'll get a copy of brian's book. >>> the people of utah scoring huge victory against federal wildlife officials. the officials were protecting this particular rodent. the prairie dog, over their right to build an open businesses. an attorney that helped them do that is jonathan wood. he's with the pacific legal foundation and

he is one that's sponsoring the thune-nelson whistleblower act which would grant protection, i guess, to those that report faulty parts. that's almost a gm type of situation. that became an issue where it almost looked like people were not reporting things that should have been reported. i go back to the fact that takata, one in five airbags is made by takata on this planet. yes, there's trw, competitors out t a company called auto live or live? they really own the market here, don't they? >> well, they do -- >> yeah, i mean -- go right ahead, jackie. >> no, i think that one of the issues that is coming out right now is both, you know, what is the problem and who is it going to affect, and we don't know that. i think senator nelson did a really good job of explaining it. i also thought one of the positive things that came out of this hearing is that there's bipartisan concern about this. liz: of course. >> i mean, you have senator nelson and senator thune both cosponsoring this bill, and there are some really tough questions, and i don't think the panelists representing honda and chry

john thune, the senator, was with us on this particular hunt.ng license. he say, are you kidding? >> absolutely not. we see you hunting with ted turner. >> yes, we also -- he's got 190,000 acres now in south dakota. >> wow. >> he's taken down the interior fencing. he hunts pheasants. he wants to make it look as much as possible like the 19th century. it's all about habitat. he protects prairie dogs. there's my dog. red doesn't want to give up -- >> is ted a good shot? >> it takes a while. he was on his game by the end of the day so we were okay. >> mark. >> tom, just tell us a little bit more about where and how you shot this and who we'll meet besides the two people already mentioned. >> about this. >> who were the other characters in your hour? >> the other character, there is a father/son, cabella and shields, regional sporting goods store. they call it the tan blaze christmas. i brought one back to you. blaze cap. pheasants. they do a great job of conservation. we have a pep rally at the two stores. then we have the father/son experience. we

. >> republican senator john thune who is part of the leadership team is trying to silence republican threats of a government shutdown in response to the president's action on immigration. >> i think republicans, chris, are looking at different options about how best to respond to the president's unilateral action, which many people believe is unconstitutional, unlawful action on this particular issue. but my concern is shutting the government down doesn't solve the problem. my concern is what happens if we end up shutting down what could be a record legislative accomplishment there for the taking if the president would choose cooperation instead of conflict. >> but a man with a much louder voice thinks that shutting down the government is exactly why voters sent republicans to washington. >> it's an unwritten rule in washington, whenever the government gets shut down the republicans get the blame and as such, the republicans take a giant weapon out of their arsenal. it's time for the republicans to man up and stop worrying about this constant, this apparent cliche that no matter what

. >> indeed senator thune there is such a policy and we failed lieutenant erdman and art dealer failed lieutenant erdman. you heard her speak about notifications from honda that she did not receive so we did not effectively get word to her of her recalled vehicle. in addition as she has told you she brought the car to a honda dealer for other service. her vin number was not checked and as a result we lost opportunities to repair her vehicle. we failed lieutenant erdman and the dealers failed lieutenant erdman. we have a policy art dealers are independent franchisees as you know. we communicate with them regularly about the importance of checking each car when it comes in for service to see if there are any outstanding recalls. we communicated that in march of this year. we communicated that a week or so ago. very often we are doing that. if you also look at the complete testimony that i made, we are endeavoring to continuously improve the way we reach out to customers. i have to say the populations involved in these recalls are older vehicles. it is harder to track down the current own

lind san graham, mike huckabee, john kassig, mitt romney, paul ryan, john thune, scott walker. >> question, is there a front runner? >> well, you started off with tom cotton. i would look for him for 202. he has a lot -- 2020. i would look for him them. he's just won an election. it's his first term in the u.s. senate. and jody urn, let's see. if you look at the trio that's running from the senate, cruz, rubio, and rand paul, they're all going to use the senate floor to advance their candidacies. ted cruz is probably going to go over to the house and do freelancing among conservatives. cruz thinks he can harness the antiwashington sentiment in the country. he's the most disliked member in the u.s. senate by both sides. rand paul is a serious legislator. i think he has the potential of knitting together the republican party. and marco rubio, i don't think he'll run if jeb bush does. he's his protege. >> how old is cotton? >> late 30s, early 40s. >> late 30s, early 40s. i don't know his exact age. he's not going to run in 2016. he just got in there. >> he's not even been in the senate a day

senator john thune says the president is playing with fire by considering executive action on immigration. >> i think republicans are looking at different options about how best to respond to unilateral action, which is unconstitutional on this particular issue, but. my concern is shutting the government down doesn't solve the problem. it could be a record of legislative accomplish mement that's there for the taking if the president would choose cooperation instead of conflict. >> demonstrators return in ferguson, missouri, to decide whether he will charge the white police officer who shot an unarmed black teen. dozens of protesters since the death of 18-year-old michael brown. they peacefully lied down on the ground. dispatch received radio calls from august 9th. the calls were for the fatal encounter lasted less than 90 seconds. video obtained by the post dispatch shows wilson wearing a white t-shirt leaving the police station two hours after the shooting and heading on to the hospital. another shows him returning about two hours later. the police chief in ferguson says wilson is legall

chairman nelson, ranking member thune, members of the committee. i am the senior vice president and head of vehicle safety and regulatory compliant at chrysler group. i lead an organization with a mission of safeguarding customers, a mission we embrace wholeheartedly. i'd like to thank the opportunity with the opportunity to appear today to discuss this important matter. today's au ae's automobiles are complex on the market. auto manufactures are more committed to developing advanced safety technologies to reduce fatalities and injuries resulting from motor vehicle crashes. on a daily basis, we work to design, engineer and manufacture vehicles to withstand a myriad of operating conditions. promoting and insuring vehicle safety is a responsibility shared by auto makers, suppliers, government, and consumers. chrysler looks forward to continuing this collective engagement with takata and nhtsa to address the current situation. chrysler group has been actively engaged with takata and nhtsa since takata first informed us in april 2013 that certain air b

jindal, john caseic, mike pent, rick perry, rob portman, mitt romney, paul ryan, rick santorum, john thune, scott walker. question, is there a front runner, eleanor? >> we started off with tom cotton. i would look at him for 2020. he has a lot of good credentials, harvard, iraq veteran you, but he won an election and that is his first term in the u.s. senate. joni ernst, let's see how she develops. they're not running in 2016. all the other crew, everyone is dreaming of the white house, and i think if you look at the trio running from the senate, cruz, rubio and rand paul, they're all going to use the senate floor to advance their canned dates. i think ted cruz is go -- candidacies. i think ted cruz will go to the house and do freelancing amongst conservatives. he is the most disliked member of the u.s. senate by his colleagues, by both democrats and republicans. rand paul is a serious legislator. and i think he does have a potential of knitting together the different wings of the republican party. and marco rubio, i don't think will run if jeb bush runs. he's his protege. if jeb bush is m

from across the senate aisle republican john thune and democrats tell what it means. >> now it's up toto regain the trust and confidence of the american people. >> three first generation americans, two veterans of the iraq war one the son of a janitor and crossing guard the other only jewish republican

so, let me turn to our ranking member, senator thune, our future chairman of this committee. senator thune, thank you for participating. >> thank you, senator nelson, serving as chairman of this morning's hearing to examine the alarming takata airbag recalls and actions of the national highway traffic safety administration. these are currently issues that belong on the commerce committee's agenda. i appreciate you calling this hearing to examine these issues in greater detail. i first want to thank stephanie erdman for being here today. thank you, also, for your service to our country. we appreciate you coming here to tell your story and help inform this committee. this hearing is an important one. and our discussion today explores matters of public safety and accountable. ensuring the safety of america's motorists is a priority and the public's trust is shaken due to the record number of recalls this year and the beliefs many have about problems in the industry and at nitsa. this year, record fines levies against ford, toy to that and hyundai and now we're faced with examini

senator thune. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. friedman, of course we've been here today 20 discuss yet another apparent failure within the automobile industry. and these issues with the faulty tack at to air bags are just the latest in a long line of high profile recalls that have been the focus of multiple hearings held by this committee and the house of representatives this year. it's just kind of a general question but i'm wondering if you could should some light on why we're seeing such a flood of automaticive safety issues recently and do you believe that this recent experience indicates a broad and systemic problem within the automobile industry? >> senator, one of the reasons why ranking member, one of the reasons why i think we're seeing the increase in recalls is because the auto industry is running scared. the auto industry realizes, one, that nhtsa has been pushing them hard to establish a new normal. when it comes to recalls. where we expect them to recall vehicles quickly, to notify us quickly, and to find the proble

. >> senator john thune joins us. good evening, sir. >> your thoughts about jonathan gruber, professor from mit? >> i mean this is why the american people are so cynical about, washington elite now basically calling them stupid not basically, actually. >> i remember during the debate on obamacare they constantly were waiving around this jonathan gruber mit economist analysis as a validation that it would actually lower cost and reduce the deficit. all these promises that were made. and i think a lot of democrats in the senate voted for it based upon, predicated upon this guy's analysis because he was supposed to be so right. now he comes out and basically hood winking the american people. >> makes reference to romney care $400 million that sort of financed romney care in massachusetts. actually federal tax dollars and the federal government isn't going to get financed -- china is not going to come and finance this or whatever. >> no. that's the thing about this. american taxpayer gets left holding the bag. >> all the

. >> so a dealer in senator thune's state or senator klobuchar's state, but we're a mobile society. and there are people in massachusetts and minnesota and south dakota that drives south and come to florida during all times of the year. when the kids are out of school, they come also in the heat of the summer. isn't something missing here? >> we are looking -- we're doing our best to collect that information, sir. >> mr. shimasu. this morning's "new york times" says, quote, two former taakata engineers said they and other employees had concerns over switching to a risky compound. they're talking about the ammonium nitrate from the previous compound. quote, it's a basic design flaw that predisposes this propellant to break apart and therefore risk catastrophic failure in an inflater, said mark lily, a former senior engineer with taakata at the propellant plant in moses lake, washington. mr. lily recently shared his concerns with our senate staff members. quote, it was a question that came up. ammonium nitrate propellant, won't that blow up? said michael britain, a chemical engineer w

>> i think it's much more likely to be what john thune says in that it's a photo op, but i think we'veomments from john boehner and mitch mcconnell and also president obama, there's not likely to be much room for compromise. bill: unfortunately, i hope you're wrong. i hope that table's wrong so they have to look each other in the eyes the whole time. thank you. stephen hayes, enjoy your weekend. >> thanks, bill. heather: listen up to this. a first of its kind move by the justice department, a russian national held in afghanistan is set to face terror charges in a virginia federal court, and some say that this is a test run for the white house since the administration is unwilling to send anyone else to gitmo. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge live for us in washington. catherine, what do prosecutors say that this guy did? let's start there. >> reporter: well, heather, while there are no publicly-available photos of the suspect, a 55-year-old russian national, these court documents claim he's a follower of the spiritual leader of the taliban with a $10 million bounty o

. >> senator thune, are republican leaders now seriously considering somehow linking opposition to executive action with government funding? either by setting up a situation that will result in a government shutdown when funding runs out on december 11th or just passing the short-term bills, month by month and keeping this fight going and holding government fighting hostage? >> i think republicans, chris, are looking at different options about how best to respond to the president's unilateral action which many people believe is unconstitutional, unlawful action on this particular issue. but my concern is -- shutting the government down doesn't solve the problem. >> very briefly you're saying you don't think that republicans should take the bait if you will, and do anything to shut down the government? >> well, it doesn't solve the problem, chris, but we're having those discussions. we were only in for a couple of days. we'll continue to meet about this. the house leaders are talking about it. >> we're having those discussions. we were in for a couple of days this last week, continuing to mee

there hasn't been a lot of -- >> some of the best journalism comes from the makeup room. 2004, john thuneomes out and daschle gets beat. and aren't the democrats looking for a little payback when it comes down to mcconnell. >> there's always the harry reid in 2010, mitch mcconnell, 2014. of course you want to take out the leader. but in the case of alison grimes, this was an uphill fight for a statewide official. she's taken on goliath in the so-called senate race, a big, expensive race. she's kept it close. i think it's going to be a very close race. >> you guys bring a pillow and a blanket to cnn? >> and a lot of coffee. >> here's an extra one for you. don't go anywhere, donna, amy. a really, really tight race for the united states senate keseatn kansas could throw a big wrench into the situation. who are we going to talk with if he wins? what a mystery. [ julie ] the wrinkle cream graveyard. if it doesn't work fast... you're on to the next thing. clinically proven neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. it targets fine lines and wrinkles with the fastest retinol formula available. you'll see

these same participants said on immigration, it was pretty contentious -- boehner and senator john thunet do any executive action and the president shot right back and said i am the president. >> well, i'm not going to characterize what anyone else said because i have a rule on that. i'd be happy to tell you what the president thinks and said. president said we have been looking at this question of immigration reform for quite some time. the understanding is the system is broken and even going back to early days of the bush administration and even the clinton administration, the steps that are required to fix the immigration system are quite clear. that recipe has been set for more than a decade. the question on the president's mind is what is stopping us from getting that done? ought to take executive action if congress cannot get things done legislative and that should serve as a catalyst to get congress to take this seriously and get it done. if congress passes law, that will supersede any executive action. johntch mcconnell and boehner say it will do just the opposite. they claim it

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i want to thank chairman upton and waledon and senators rockefeller and thune. also, our ranking members on our side of the aisle, ranking member waxman and eshoo and other democrats on our committee. and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. upton: mr. chair, may i ask how much time remains? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan has 16 minutes remaining. mr. upton: thank you. at this time i yield three minutes to the distinguished chairman of the telecommunications subcommittee, mr. walden from oregon. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon, mr. walden, is recognized for three minutes. mr. walden: i thank the chairman of the committee and mr. chairman. the house of representatives passed h.r. 4752, the stela re-authorization vote. today, after extensive consultation with our colleagues in the senate we're offering the second authorization of stela's re-authorization which would include the copyright for distan

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thune back there, which i told him not to do during the hearing. he and i remember leaving aviation. we both sort of what our for heads, once i left the chairman, we had a sigh of relief that there had been no major passenger aircraft -- this is in large aircraft -- where we have had a disaster, like the one we had in november 2001 after 9/11. we did have small commuter and regional aircraft. worked to do commuter safety. we have done good there. but i'm telling you, the clock is ticking. it can be an air traffic controller or pilot error. there is no reason the united states should not have the most advanced air traffic control system in the world, and we do not have it. mr. rinaldi, have you been to canada? >> i have. >> canada is about one/10 -- 1/10 of our size and they have a , that, they are placing have satellite capacity. we should be ahead of the game on this thing. maybe it is going to take a disaster to wake people up to this. we cannot backslide on nexgen. that is one point. you want to comment? >> yes, sir. i also represent the pilots

from across the senate aisle republican john thune and democrats tell what it means. >> now it's up tothe trust and confidence of the american people. >> three first generation americans, two veterans of the iraq war, one the son of a janitor and crossing guard the other only jewish republican on capitol hill. the newbies speak.

senator john thune is the latest republican to say a government shut down is not off the table. >> i think republicans, chris, are looking at different options about how best to respond to the president's unilateral action, which many people believe is unconstitutional, unlawful action on this particular issue. but my concern is -- shutting the government down doesn't solve the problem. my concern is what happens if we end up shutting down, what could be a records of legislative accomplishment there for the taking for the president would choose cooperation instead of conflict of. >> and joining me now live is melissa franco. also with me is born to the new black actress. she's written a powerful on et about her own family how the family was broken up by deportation when she was 14 years old. thank you for joining us. key began, let me start with you here. you're a successful actress on what is a brilliant show now. you have put all of that aside to talk about your family. and i can see it in your eyes it was not an easy decision. >> no. why did you decide to take the step? >> i think

onadvisory committee the house side the cochairs are congressman bob goodlad and the senators are john thune and patrick leahy. forre in their debt supporting this program and they do not agree on every issue but we are thrilled that they agree that the internet should have a form where we can debate these issues. i want to thank them and our moderators today. she is a cyber security reporter and she has covered this over the past couple years, and she is situated to moderate our panel today. her twitter account information is on the program as well. take it away. >> thank you, and thank you to the net caucus for having me here today. a very interesting topic which we will be diving into headfirst. to introduce our panel, from here down on, we have marianne franks. to her left is the director of the free expression project. then a columnist at yahoo! tech. and david post. all these fine people have a lot of expertise in this topic from a lot of different angles, which is where i wanted to start off today. one of the most interesting things about this hack of the celeb photos is it raised a d

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thune: madam president, i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: madam president, today is our first full week back in session since the election two weeks ago. while we're not -- we haven't had the change of control here yet in the chamber -- it doesn't happen until next year -- senator republicans are setting out our priorities for the new congress and looking forward to getting to work. madam president, two weeks ago on election day, the american people spoke, sent a clear message to washington that they're tired of the status quo, tired of gridlock, tired of obstruction, and tired of washington wasting their money. they want change, and on election day they asked republicans to make that happen. and so, madam president, republicans are humbled by the trust the american people have placed in us and we're not going to let them down. we look forward to setting a positive and a constructive agenda and getting the senate working again for the american people. for the past several years, senate dem

senator john thune saying don't even go there. >> i think it would be best interest of the country and congress to wait to do this next year under regular order, candy. loretta lynn much will get fair. martha: byron york is here. >> good morning martha. martha: president obama has to want to shore up a legacy for himself in the final two years for his presidency. gop has to use their victory carefully, right? >> especially on immigration you have to take both sides at their word on this. president obama is saying i'm going to do this and i think he will do it. republicans say he will strongly oppose. how much stronger than they say this, playing with fire and red flags in front of bulls. republicans are going to oppose this what will happen the president will go ahead and it will create a standoff. a multistage standoff in congress. the president may ultimately win it but he will be damaged in the process. martha: what about the numbers here. if cassidy wins in louisiana, republicans will have 54 seats in the senate. so, if the president plays hard ball, how does it work from there. >>

mitch mcconnell from kentucky as senate leader, and john cornen as republican whip, and john thune is senate republican conference chair, roger wicker of mississippi is national republican senator chair, and bras sew from wyoming as senate policy chair. >>> republican house leadership will hold a news conference today live at 4:30 eastern time on c-span3. during a house arms committee hearing today on isis, they caulked about the campaign against the terrorist group and only will succeed with a strong support of congress. here's a portion of the remarks. >> mr. chairman, president obama, chairman dempsey, all our leaders have been clear that the campaign against isil will be long and will be difficult. we are three months into a multiyear effort. as we enter a new phase of this effort, working to train and equip more counter isil forces in iraq and syria, we succeed only with the strong support of congress and the strong support of the committee. since i testified before this committee two months ago, our campaign against isil has made progress. isil's advance in parts of iraq stalled

mcconnell will be the majority leader in the congress with john cornyn of texas as the width and john thune of south dakota as the conference chair, john barrasso is the policy chair and we also understand from the number of reports deciding who will be the next nrsc, dean heller running for the position that no members have come out yet to speak to reporters and neither have the democrats. they've been meeting since buying a clock this morning in the senate chamber and there is no word yet on the democratic leadership. we do know that senator mccaskill said earlier that she would not support kerry read. here is a tweet that says senator reid told a story yesterday i met with. read and told them i wouldn't be supporting him for the minority leader. i heard the voters loud and clear. they want change in washington and common sense tells me that begins with changes in leadership. that is from senator mccaskill. also more from abc news about the leadership on the democratic side. even elizabeth warren will be a liaison to the liberal groups as part of harry reid's leadership team and they lear

john thune of south dakota. the conference chairman. roy blunt of missouri, vice conference chairman. roger wicker, mississippi, national editorial chair. and john barrasso of wyoming will serve as policy chairman. senate democrats also holding elections for leadership during the next session of congress that convenes in january. harry reid will be the minority leader. he's now the majority leader, he will continue to lead the democrats, however. dick durbin of illinois will be the assistant leader. chuck schumer of new york, policy chair. patty murray of washington is democratic conference secretary. debbie stabenow of michigan will be ddvp vice chair. and elizabeth warren of massachusetts will serve as strategic policy adviser to the dpcc. house minority leader nancy pelosi held a news conference earlier today. one question concerned her future as minority leader. her response, she suggested there was a gender bias to the question. >> -- leadership after democrats lost seats last week in the election. i'm wondering if you gave any tho

and today we had senator thune make an eloquent statement about jobs, eloquent. and i thought he was going to change his position on minimum wage. how about raising that? try raising a family on that. and these wind tax credits and the solar tax credits. this is creating a boom. i'll tell you, in my state like yours, i have -- i put something in the record today, we have bounced back from this recession better than almost any other state because of clean energy. it is such a win-win. but our friends on the other side, when it's something the oil companies want, oh, they are out there, oh, yeah, jobs, but we know this is 50 jobs. that's the c.e.o. of this pipeline company admitting that's it, 50 jobs. so it's not about the jobs. it's about their view of energy, which is the old way, which is going backwards, which is not embracing the clean energy future so that we can in fact create many more jobs and keep the planet clean. mr. sanders: if i just can reclaim my time and wind down -- finish my remarks. two basic issues. number one, i know that many of my republica