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tim kaine got 45%. definitely a republican district. tim kaine did well in the state overall.andidate in virginia. did win the district. a tough, uphill sled for democrats. both candidates as you are pointing out. very unknown. who knows how they will be. if one will say something that will alien all it voters in the district. a lot of volatility, start there, know how it will play out. >> since both are professors i would imagine both campaign will be looking at their writings. a lot of times you get yourself in trouble. >> yeah. yeah. a fair point. we will have more on the breaking news and how it could be affecting other races. our guest stays with us. as we look forward to 2014. stay with us. ates ates means advanced technology. we learned that technology allows us to be craft oriented. no one's losing their job. there's no beer robot that has suddenly chased them out. the technology is actually creating new jobs. siemens designed and built the right tools and resources to get the job done. that's keeping you from the healthcare you deserve. at humana, we believe if health

senator tim kaine has joined ron paul and said look, this is a new war. the president has not authorized to take us into a new war in iraq or in syria and to do that, you need a vote of the congress and not only aught to have a vote, they aught to debate what we are debating now and is it wise to go back in there militarily? >> the people that will complain about that in congress are the same people that said the administration should have been supporting the army all along and now he is finally making moves to do it. >> and the bush 2002 resolution is legally still applied. >> mort. i'll repeat what i said before on this show. this is a much more important struggle and confrontation than we are talking about. it is really critical that we find a way to deal with iraq, because the borders on saudi arabia and kuwait, our whole position in the middle east is at stake here. it is critical that we find -- i wouldn't want to stop and not do anything when this is the -- i haven't gotten that far yet. but one of the things we have to do is get involved there and

. >>> still ahead senator tim kaine is telling he needs congressional approval before taking action inraq. house's chances of passing immigration reform. >>> a questionable tweet they sent out. we will explain what it had to do with the movie "bridesmaids" and a look at how creative people come up with their ideas and what john lennon and paul mccartney tell us how genius happens. >>> first, too easy. >> i could tell you. >> lsd? what? >> what is too easy? >> bill karins, what can you tell us? >> about the genius part? >> yes. >> someone with my intelligence we don't have time to extrapolate on this topic. >> the green blobs are the radar. rained pretty good in philly last night and in new york. a little bit of rain are rhode island. boston another hour or so and your rain is over and same for cape cod. we may mark spark a few storms in new england today but warm and dry from new york to d.c. we are calling it upper 80s with a shot at hitting 90 today and feeling like summer and you want to have the ac on. >>> in the middle of the country it's all about flooding. pictures continue to c

this is a list that includes current senator and former virginia governor tim kaine. kaine, who endorsed obama over clinton in 2007 and went on to become president obama's pick to run the dnc. missouri senator claire mccaskill, an early obama endorser in the 2008 primary, another name on board with hillary. jim mussina who joined a pro hillary super pac in january as its co-chairman. add all the senate's democratic women reportedly signed saying run, hillary, run. throw in the 41 members of the house who according to the hill newspaper are also already declared clinton supporters and the message of support to secretary clinton is loud and clear. perhaps just as loud is the unspoken message to vice president joe biden, maryland governor martin o'malley, former montana governor brian schweitzer and potentially so many others. we know the nomination is open, but you need not apply. at the table this morning, perry bacon jr., senior political reporter for nbc news, democratic pollster margie omero, ritchie kim and amy goodman, host and executive producer of democracy now.

. >> that was virginia senator tim kaine on the senate floor this morning appearing to speak for lotsamericans when it comes to iraq and the prospects of u.s. military strikes. the former dnc chair used his speech to challenge his fellow democrats, saying is president obama may not strike against the sunni militants now battling the shia-led government in iraq, at least not without congressional approval. the speech seems to reflect the overall mood of the country as evidenced by a new nbc news "wall street journal" poll, which finds that 71% of americans believe the iraq war wasn't worth it. nevertheless, secretary of state john kerry said today he'll head to saudi arabia on friday to discuss the sectarian warfare in iraq after spending two days with leaders there this week. but white house efforts to stabilize the region won't count for much without some prospect of better leadership in iraq. and today, iraq's prime minister nuri al maliki called the idea of forming a new national unity government, something considered a prerequisite for u.s. military strikes, he called it a, quote,

ofnow senator tim kaine virginia raised this issue in an op-ed last week. the one clear thing is this is the magnitude of -- i do want to emphasize potential. that seems to be the focus in the region and not trying to mount attacks outward. there has been reporting of a who try to learn from the yemeni franchise of al , and we do have this group of foreign fighters that has gone over to iraq and syria. are u.s.es in citizens. those certainly are most concerned because we can travel most easily. i would think for every american, no matter what their political views are. host: eleanor is on our line for republicans in massachusetts. caller: a moment of silence. the invasion on the united -- the military has to be put there and no amnesty for illegal immigrants. question -- have a comes the united states first. comesler: united states first. [indiscernible] this was brought forth and presented as opposition to the oil cartel. this would bring down the price of fuel. qaeda and the al --ficulties in latin america it will bring down the price of the fuel flux wou

ofnow senator tim kaine virginia raised this issue in an op-ed last week. one clear thing is this is the magnitude of -- i do want to emphasize potential. that seems to be the focus in the region and not trying to mount attacks outward. there has been reporting of a who try to learn from the yemeni franchise of al , and we do have this group of foreign fighters that has gone over to iraq and syria. are u.s.es in citizens. those certainly are most concerned because we can travel most easily. i would think for every american, no matter what their political views are. host: eleanor is on our line for republicans in massachusetts. caller: a moment of silence. the invasion on the united -- the military has to be put there and no amnesty for illegal immigrants. question -- have a comes the united states first. comesler: united states first. [indiscernible] this was brought forth and presented as opposition to the oil cartel. this would bring down the price of fuel. qaeda and the al --ficulties in latin america it will bring down the price of the fuel flux would r

. >> senator tim kaine said the president should present a clear plan to congress.oes the president have any immediate plans to consult with members of congress? >> we are in active consultation with members on the situation in iraq and we will continue to do that. >> how would you would characterize what is happening in iraq right now? >> and islamist jihadist group composed of mixed nationalities threatening the sovereign state of our iraq. and the iraqi security forces need to confront that threat, and we are working closely with the government in baghdad and with iraq's political leadership to a valuate the kind of assistance we can provide in addition to the assistance we have already provided and the assistance on its way to help them meet that challenge. >> would you characterize it or are you not ready to be there? >> the way i characterized it reflects what is happening on the ground. >> the australian prime minister has been critical of the president in the past. some would say offensive, at times, about him. given that past relationship, how would you not

senator tim kaine said that the president should present a clear plan to congress soon. does the president have any immediate plans to consult with members of congress? >> we are in active consultation with members of congress on the situation in iraq. we will continue to do that os appropriate. >> finally, how would you characterize what's happening in iraq now? would you characterize it as a simple war? >> what we are seeing is an islamic jihadist group composed substantially of noniraqis, as i understand it. but certainly mixed nationalities threatening the sovereign state of iraq. the iraqi security forces need to confront that threat. we are working very closely with the government in baghdad and with iraq's political leadership to evaluate the kinds of assistance we can provide in addition to the assistance we have already provided and the assistance that's on its way to help them meet the challenge. >> just to be clear, would you characterize it as a civil war? >> again, i think the way i characterized it reflects what's happened on the ground there. yes, ma'am? >

including tim kaine from virginia.hich has produced a lot of: the past. -- a lot of coal in the past. republicans are very staunchly opposed to this right now. host: thank you for him with us and sharing insights on the president's travels and the epa ruling yesterday. number of editorials related to this. obama's war on electricity. the times says that coal is mined mostly in the places that obama derisively described as gers towith bitter clinke guns and religion. $51 billion and 224,000 jobs each year through 2030. "man-made climate is real and needs to be addressed by republicans who look foolish by denying it. ." to do two things. by setting achievable and forcible stakeholders to cut carbon pollution per megawatt hour of electricity generated. second, laying out a national framework that give states the flexibility to chart their own customized path on how they meet their goals. 2030 am a when the states meet their final polls, our proposal will result in 30% pollution in comparison to 2005 levels. host: that ann

his association with tim kaine is what eric cantor has seized on for purposes of television advertisingric cantor is attacking brat as a "liberal college professor." who consented to proposals for higher taxes during the kaine governorship. all of this has been forcefully campaign. the brat eric cantor with over $2 million in his campaign treasury, which he has spent more than one million dollars of that, has a much bigger and louder megaphone than brat. this will be a thinly attended primary. cantory give the opposition an opportunity to di ng up the majority leader. host: when it goes back to jim moran, tell us a little bit about his challenger. he was the lieutenant governor in the late 1980's and early 1990's, he ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1997 but remained active in national democratic politics, first as a fundraiser for howard dean and then as a fundraiser for barack obama. man of some means in the washington area. er is synonymous with automobiles, principally volvulus. the family has a considerable fortune that has supported mr. beyer's political ambitions. host: the pic

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. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i move to proceed to calendar number 384, the hagan sportsman's act. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: s. 2363, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing and shooting and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president, following my remarks and those of the republican leader the senate will be in a period of morning business until 5:30 p.m. today. following morning business the senate will proceed to executive session to consider a series of four cloture votes; three district court judges from florida and one from vermont. so, mr. president, we tried all last week, sorry to say, unsuccessfully to consider three very, very important appropriations bills. these bills are very significant because they provide this g