we appreciate it. >> good to have you. >> that is senator tim kaine joins us live and we'll have live coverage of the state of the union on wusa 9 starting at 9:00. >> we'll have reaction from both sides as well coming up at 11:00. plus, we invited a panel of your neighbors into our studios to watch the speech. we'll have their reaction, too. back right >>> we're told the catholic church should have a new pope before easter. stunned the world yesterday with his sudden retirement for health reasons. bruce johnson reports the catholics are being told while the next pope may be more outgoing, the church teachings are not going to change, are they, bruce? >> that's right. and yet, there's still lots of questions and intrigue as the cardinals prepare to go to rome next month, possibly as early as march. select the leader of the world's catholics. >> the cathedral in downtown washington today, some catholics had definite ideas about what they wanted from the next probe. >> change with the times, you know, moving with the times. not to remain too conservative. >> and not to allow these liber

it is a conversation we intend to have on face the nation sunday with democratic senator, tim kaine. move a piece of legislation next week to avert the sequester and send it over to the house. right now, there's not a single piece of legislation in either body to resolve this. until there is. there can't be a lot of resolution. >> a lot of anger and concern. you have two governors of states that will be hard hit when this sequester comes down. >> not just those two governors, martin o'malley, democratic governor from maryland, and two other governors with a western perspective. john hikenlooper from colorado. when talked to governor brewer, what is the implication because there have been some indications that if the sequester goes through, there could be fewer border patrol agents. a will the of research dollars flow through colorado. ask about the implications there. we'll try to get a perspective about how they are bracing for these spending cuts and if they believe, as the white house has suggested, they will be immediate. some republicans are doubtful about that. >> all right, ma

[laughter] admiration for the past tim kaine has followed. i know his sense of what america means to the world that was forged in the early days that the congressman hurt referred to about his catholic missionary work in honduras, just helping other people to live healthier lives. two weeks after the election, tim called and asked if he could serve on the senate foreign relations committee. you don't always get those calls in the senate. people stepping forward to volunteer in that way on the committee, it does not have an opportunity to bring bacon back home. so i know that in tim kaine, virginia has a senator who is going to make his mark on that committee and is going to make a mark for your common wealth and our country. and we're grateful for your service, tim. thank you very much. [applause] also, i am particularly grateful for congressman robert hurt being here today. i have left partisan politics. it's wonderful for me to be able to welcome people in the complete spirit of non partisanship, not just by partisanship. -- bipartisanship.

that's what tim kaine understood when he went to honduras. the brave employees of state and usaid and diplomatic security personnel who protect civilians serving as overseas work in some of the most dangerous places on merit and they do it is fully cognizant that we share stronger partnerships with countries that share our commitment to democratic values and human rights. despite corruption in nigeria. they support the rule of law in burma. they support democratic institutions in kurdistan and in georgia, mindful from our own experience that it takes a long time to get democracy right and that it rarely happens right away. in the end, all of those efforts, all that danger and risk that they take makes us more secure and we do value democracy just as you demonstrated here at uva through the presidential program that's training leaders in the emerging democracies. thanks to a decade of intensive diplomatic efforts alongside our partners, a conflict that took more than 2 million lives. the book about the holocaust, 6 million over the course of w

senator tim kaine, thank you for generous words of introduction. tim has only been on the foreign relations committee for total of a few weeks now. based on his testimony a moment ago, i can commend him on his voting record. [laughter] he has found himself new job security, because in virginia you have a single term governor for a full your years. he has traded one single four- year term for a six-year term with potential extension. [laughter] given the fact i traded several extensions for an four-year term and then i'm finished, maybe he knows something i ought to be listening to that i could learn a thing or two. we did not overlap long, but i want to tell everybody we know each other pretty well from service as lieutenant governor and when he was governor of the state. lieutenant governor in my state, so we have that in common, and before being senators. a quick story, i don't know what you do in virginia as lieutenant governor, but massachusetts, once upon a time, calvin coolidge was lieutenant governor. he was at a dinner party and they asked h

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we will turn to kelly ayotte, in khan "e, manchester, and tim kaine. last friday the white house said it hopes the senate-- meaning led by the democratic leadership-- will begin debates and votes on alternatives to across-the-board spending cuts. what is your message to the democratic leadership? how soon do you want that debate to begin, and why is it taking so long for it to begin in the first place? >> well, we laid a plan on the table about 10 days ago, and we will be voting on it this week, major. and i completely agree-- i think this needs to start in the senate. if we can find a balanced package independent senate that gets bipartisan support we can avoid the and wester cuts. i just did a trip around virginia to armed services installations in the last week in virginia, 90,000 dodd employees getting purlod, including nurses at army hospitals, and wounded warriors, who are scheduled to transition back to civilian life who in many instance instances have as reservists and they would go back into working in national security positionst federal leve

senator tim kaine, thank you for generous words of introduction. tim has only been on the foreign relations committee for total of a few weeks now. based on his testimony a moment ago, i can commend him on his voting record. [laughter] he has found himself new job security, because in virginia you have a single term governor for a full your years. he has traded one single four- year term for a six-year term with potential extension. [laughter] given the fact i traded several extensions for an four-year term and then i'm finished, maybe he knows something i ought to be listening to that i could learn a thing or two. we did not overlap long, but i want to tell everybody we know each other pretty well from service as lieutenant governor and when he was governor of the state. lieutenant governor in my state, so we have that in common, and before being senators. a quick story, i don't know what you do in virginia as lieutenant governor, but massachusetts, once upon a time, calvin coolidge was lieutenant governor. he was at a dinner party and they asked h

this hour at reagan national, virginia congressman jim moran and others have spattered with senator tim kaine and others to discuss the impact this would have on business and vacation travelers. as many as 10% of faa employees would be furloughed up to 11 days. and that includes tsa workers and air-traffic controllers. that would add about an extra hour for people waiting at security checkpoints along with thousands of missed flights. >> there is something that needs to be done very quickly. we cannot dial a manufactured crisis and to harm economically indispensable government services like those that allow air travel due serve as an engine of our economy. >> we can fix this. it does not have to be this way. it's not that hard to fix. >> time is now running out. lawmakers say the cuts would be a huge blow locally. and when it comes to border and transportation security. it would produce more than 2000 customs officers and 5000 border patrol. why that reagan national airport, john gonzalez. -- live at reagan national. >> the country's first medical marijuana conference wrapped up on capitol hi

. >> senator tim kaine is advocating to eliminate sequestration and go back to the ordinary budget process. >> we have a democratic senate and republican house. we are only going to fix it if democrats and republicans work on it together. >> not going to get fixed without recognizing that no category is going to get spared from some additional cuts. >> what we have now is the worst. >> in reston, peggy fox, wusa9. >> and the chairman replied with a statement to our questions today. we quote, we urge the congress and administration to work together on a solution to avoid sequestration's devastating impact on the economy. bush and other industry leaders are planning a press conference on the topic on monday. anita. >>> the annapolis mother accused of killing her own two- year-old daughter says she did it because the child was possessed with a muslim curse. >> that is according to some newly released police documents. chelsea booth says the toddler's father placed a curse on little cassidy. she said she laid on top of the little girl, smothered her, and dumped her body. after an all-night sea

virginia senator tim kaine visited marines at quantico today. coming up 6:30, we'll report how sequestration will impact businesses around the base. >>> tonight fire ifitious in prince george's county say smoke detectors might have made the difference between life and death for members of a family in glennarden, a father and two daughters died. the mother and two other children escaped the early morning fire. chris gordon joins us from the scene with the latest on the investigation. chris? >> reporter: good evening. just a short time ago, county fire official told me they are not releasing the names of the victims here or the cause of this fatal fire. early this morning, you had three people die here despite heroic rescue efforts. >> we do have some success, but overall it is an extreme tragedy. >> reporter: it began about 4:00 a.m. firefighters arriving less than five minutes after receiving emergency calls from neighbors. they faced very dangerous conditions, fire showing and heavy smoke. he ran hoses and ladders, as they began pulling people

. >> tim kaine is advocating along with warner to eliminate sequestration and go back to the ordinary budget process. >> we have a democratic senate and a republican house. we are only going to fix it if democrats and republicans work on it together. >> it's not going to get fixed without recognizing that no category, including defense will get spared from additional cuts. what we have now is not only, we have the worst of both. >> in reston, peggy fox, wusa9. >> the chairman replied with this statement to our questions today. wes bush said, we urge congress and the administration to work together on a solution to avoid sequestration's devastating impacts on the nation's security economy. now bush and the other industry leaders are planning a press conference to talk about this further on monday. >> that nor'easter will miss us and hammer northeast with tons and tons of snow. but that doesn't mean we won't get to feel some of the effects. tracking the storm, maybe not from out there, but you are feel the effects of it, right top? >> we can track it from the weather terrace, we have eq

the office of virginia senator tim kaine provided this comment. paycheck or no paycheck, senator kaine will continue to do everything he can to divert the devastating impacts of the sequester on the federal workforce and senator mark werner's office offered this statement. senator werner will report for duty and continue working for a bipartisan solution whether the lights are on or not. technically the 27th amendment does not allow members of congress to change their own pay essentially banning the type of pay cut that would come with a furlough, but lawmakers have options. for example, they could voluntarily pay extra income tax to help pay down the national debt. all four senators did vote in favor of knot budget no pay act. it dick -- the no budget no pay act. it dictates if congress fails to pass a budget by april 15th they lose their paychecks temporarily. the income goes into an escrow account. it's paid back when the current congress ends even if a budget doesn't ever pass. i asked your opinion about this proposal on facebook and the respo

. >> reporter: virginia tim kaine is among senate democrats proposing an all terptive. -- alternative plan. spending cuts coming from the elimination of some farm subsidies and half in new taxes. >> as you know the speaker has said president obama has received his revenue and is not going to get any more. >> the democrats could say we cut spending and we're not going to cut anymore. if republicans say there will never be another dollar of revenue and democrats say there will never be another dollar of cuts then we're not going to solve the problem. another way for washington to kick the can down the road. you know, it's funny that every time washington is just about to actually cut spending, somebody wants to postpone it and to raise taxes. >> reporter: the conservative group freedom works says the harm of sequestration cults has been over-- cuts has been overstated. >> in fact it will be less than the amount congress just spent on one bill, the sandy hurricane bill. so the odds are very good that nobody is even going to notice these changes. >> reporter: local business leaders disagr

. >> reporter: virginia's tim kaine is among senate democrats proposing an alternative, a $120 billionicit reduction plan half in spending cuts split between defense and non- defense, much coming from tell limb nation of farm subsidies, and half in new taxes. >> as you know, the speaker has said president obama has received his revenue he is not going to get any more. >> if republicans say there will never be another dollar of revenue and democrats say there will never be another dollar of cut, then we're not going to solve the problem. >> another way for washington to kick the can down the road. it's funny that every time washington is just about to actually cut spending, somebody wants to postpone it and to raise taxes. >> reporter: the conservative group freedom works says the harm of sequestration cuts has been everystated. >> in fact, it will be less than the amount that congress just spent on one bill, the sandy hurricane bill. so the odds are very good that nobody is even going to notice that's changes. >> reporter: local business leaders disagree, staying impact in the washingt

. >>> today virginia senator tim kaine began making the rounds to see how the looming sequestration cutsld impact defense workers and veterans in our area. there are plenty of concerns, but we're learning how the lively hoods are also on the chopping belong. news4's northern bureau chief julie carey will look at that part of the story in our next hour. >>> so who talks more? men or women? don't answer that. some researchers from the university of maryland right here have the answer to that question, and they say it's based on biology. >>> and do you know what you're eating? what investigators found when they tested fish at stores and restaurants in the d.c. ar >>> first lady -- >> no matter what your age. it's important to get your body moving every single day to help keep you healthy. >> look, mrs. obama -- >> we know him, "sesame street's" big bird with two public announcement. the ps a's coincide with the third anniversary of the let's move campaign. the sponsor being distributed to more than 300 pbs states. >>> science is backing up the notion that women talk more than men. researche

response.e republican kentucky senator rand paul will party.or the tea virginia democratic senator tim kaine and virginia gop forbes plantandy political aisle tonight. together during the state of the union address. as fellow virginians, they look toward to the opportunity carry on this bipartisan tradition. if you can stay with abc 7 and for complete coverage of the state of the union. in our 6:00 hour, a preview of the president's speech. >> former nebraska senator chuck to be defensetion could take a big step forward today. senate armed services committee plans to vote on the .omination some of his zero republicans say he has not answered about his personal finances. the full senate could vote on tomorrow oron thursday. >> catholics are looking ahead fter pope benedict xvi's announcement that he is resigning at the end of this month. says he is-old aside because he no longer has the strength to lead the church. many local catholics are santa's seem resigned, they're wondering about. cardinals will gather the next month for conclave .o elect a new pope >> it's 46 degrees>5:07. >> new detai

." >> reporter: six weeks into his term as virginia's senator, democrat tim kaine says washington should to the basics. >> "let's get rid of the gimmicks, sequester, continuing resolution. get back to ordinary budgeting, just like what happens in every state capitol every year." >> reporter: senate democrats plan to vote on a measure this week to replace the cuts for another year. but with 85 billion dollars at stake, there is still no deal in sight. i'm cristina mutchler reporting. >> danica patrick made racing history again today at the daytona 500. only to see another driver come away with the win. jimmie johnson used a late push to steal the lead and claim his second daytona 500 victory. but not before patrick made history again by becoming the first woman to lead a lap of the race. this after she made history earlier in the week by winning the pole. patrick finished in eighth place. dale earnhardt junior came in second place. nascar officials talking about the details behind yesterdays crash on the final lap of the daytona speedway. the cars were traveling at speeds of about 175-mil

coming up, i'll have a conversation with senator tim kaine from virginia about what he expects to hear from the state of union tonight and on gun control and the dangers of sequestration. back to you. >>> thank you, derek. our health alert is so important to so many women out there. her doctor tells her to take a prenatal vitamin with folic acid. what about autism? tonight, a large new study suggests folic acid before conception and in the early month of pregnancy could lower the chance of getting it. >> i feel great, a lot of energy. it's been a wonderful experience. >> she takes a prenatal multivitamin with folic acid. looked at 85,000 children in norway. researchers found moms who took folic acid before they conceived and during the first two months of their pregnancy lowered their chances of having a child with autism by nearly 40%. >> there's a sensitive period in which folic acid supplements need to be taken in order to reduce the risk of autism. >> it will lead to new ideas and potentially new ways to prevent autistic disorders. >> folic acid reduces the risk of brain and spinal

also, former virginia governor and freshman senator tim kaine was on the sunday talk shows and he said the way to avoid this in the future is for the government to do it during the normal process of budgeting and he said he'll be part of the senate writing hits first budget plan since 2009. tony? >> thank you very much. >>> "argo" won best picture at the academy awards last night. today, two hostages from the iran crisis will be on capitol hill. the movie has refocused attention on the 1979 iran hostage crisis. at a press conference in two hours, two ambassadors will discuss the crisis and how it applies to today. they are expected to call for diplomacy to prevent war and an iranian nuclear weapon. >>> meantime, the president of afghanistan is accusing u.s. special forces of torture and is ordering all american troops out of an important province. he wants soldiers responsible for abusing afghans to be handed over to his government. the pentagon is rejecting the claims, but is taking them seriously and says it will investigate the facts surrounding these claims. >>> in the meantime, th

education secretary arne duncan and hear from two key members of the senate budget committee, could iand tim kainee'll talk to some of the governors whose states will be hardest hit and ask what they think of new gun control and immigration law. republicans bob mcdonnell of virginia, and jan brewer of arizona. plus democrats martin o'malley of maryland, and colorado's john hickenlooper. and we'll also continue our conversation on gun control after want newtown shooting. what is the impact of violent video games on kids? and what kind of mental health laws do we need to help keep things like this from ever happening again? it's all ahead on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. substituting for bob schieffer cbs news chief white house correspondent, major garrett. >> garrett: good morning again. bob is off today. friday $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts are scheduled to take effect. nearly half the cuts will be to defense, the

i've had the opportunity to know and work with tim kaine since we were in law school together, and there is no one who is brighter, there is no one who brings more relentless optimism to any challenge. he is going to be a great addition to the united states senate. he has been my friend for 33 years, and i know that many colleagues from both sides of the aisle will come to admire his intellect, his fairness and his willingness to always do the right thing. so i just rise briefly to commend my good friend. i know it's his first speech. it will not be his last. with that, mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: are we in a quorum? the presiding officer: we are not. mr. schumer: i would like to add my congratulations to the senior senator from virginia -- to the junior senator from virginia's maiden speech. we knew when he decided to run he would be an outstanding member and he's living up to the high expectations as his speech shows. it was thoughtful, it was relevant and it showed both sides of the issue. and that's the kind of trad

we can look at those ads and see wn's nameulled bro out and put tim kaine's name in. the environment that the state in.rently exists an how we communicate our message to the media. we did that in every forum that we had. stoodll step out -- ohio out. >> i will speak about this quickly from organizing standpoints. you talk about the neighbor contacts. i do believe campaigns started earlier and media started earlier. that's when things are getting a lot of attention. i have the assumption the airwaves would be flooded more septhan ever before post- pos ember. we had to be ready before that. "we know this is going on on tv. let me tell you the real thing about the president." i think the new way that super pacs works makes it even more relevant than before. there is so much media and so many different ways of getting it. telling you about the race becomes that much more importance. that also has to start earlier. you can i get to july and decide you're in the wrong field campaign and expect to be off and running in a month. a lot of pieces of the campaign is moving earli

secretary john kerry now, in virginia it will be democratic senator tim kaine with randy forbes, presidenteracting there with members of the supreme court. ruth bader ginsburg, steven breyer. >> probably the most important vote for president obama was right there, the chief justice, who voted for the health care plan. >> that's right. toes are the president's two appointees to the supreme court there. this is sonia sotomayor, two of the unheralded but very, very important accomplishments of his first time, the confirmation of those two supreme court justices, sonia sotomayor, of course, the first latina supreme court justice in the nation's history. the president now greeting joint chiefs, including ray odierno who is the really tall bald guy. the long, long, long tours of duty as commanding duty in iraq. he is now commanding the entire u.s. army. >> robbie rush, who was the only one to ever defeat barack obama in an election. >> yes. place of honor. >> he showed him, didn't he. >> now with the president taking the dais, you will see joe biden and john boehner throughout him throughout the

provisions of rule 1 paragraph 3 of the standing rules of the senate i hereby appoint the honorable tim kaine, a senator from the commonwealth of virginia, to perform the duties of the chair. signed patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. levin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. levin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that it be in order to consider h. con. res. 15 which was received earlier today. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. levin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that h. con. res. be agreed to. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. levin: i ask unanimous consent, mr. president, that not withstanding the resolution of the senate of january 24 ... january 24, 1901, the traditional reading of washington's farewell address take place on monday, february 25, following the prayer and pledge. further that senator ayotte be recognized to deliver the address and that following the conclusion of the reading the senate proceed to morning business under the previous order. the presiding officer: withou