does he have what it takes to take on toomey? >> yeah, i think he does. toomey, to me, is rock solid and would win, but pennsylvania in a presidential year -- that's where the issue is. that's where the problem is. and sestak is unliked by just about everybody inside the party, so whatever -- >> is it because of what happened with him and arlen specter? >> no, i think it's because of the way that the guy treats the inside game again. it's like a kathleen kane thing, in my view, from what i can tell, and i think shapiro would be a tough candidate. particularly in montgomery county, he would raise a lot of money. >> "tough" meaning it would be tough for him? >> he would be tough against toomey, and he can moderate himself, pretty much. i don't think he has extreme positions on the democrat side at all. >> shapiro would be a strong candidate. i think a lot of democrats blame sestak for losing that seat. >> they do. >> you know, toomey just squeaked in there, and a lot of democrats think that should have been a democrat seat, and sestak lost it for them. >> j

toomey. mr. toomey no. mr. coats. >> no. >> mr. coats no. mr. heller. >> mr. heller no. >> mr. scott. mr. scott no. mr. wyden. mr. wyden no. mr. schumer. mr. schumer yes. miss cantwell. miss cant quel no. mr. nelson. mr. nelson no. mr. machinened ez. mr. menendez aye. mr. parker. mr. brown aye. mr. bennett. mr. bennett aye. mr. casey. mr. casey aye. mr. warner. mr. warner no. mr. chairman. the chairman votes no. >> the clerk will announce the results. >> seven ayes, 19 nays. >> the amendment is defeated. does anybody else have an amendment? >> mr. chairman. >> the senator from pennsylvania. >> mr. chairman, i have good news and bad news. good news is -- >> i like the good news. i like that in advance. >> good news is i'm not offering all of my amendments. the bad news is good news for me but bad news maybe for some others. i'd ask for a voice vote on the by america amendment. let me just walk through it. this is an amendment, casey amendment -- or amendment number 203. amendment number 2. i'm trying to insist that the buy america provisions which have been in effect for decades

toomey brought in $2 million. very different amounts of money on hand. what does this mean for sestak? does he keep going? or does he say never mind? >> it means that there are going to be people who are going to challenge him. he'll probably stay in the race. >> ed pawlowski already in. >> no, he -- i mean, i don't see sestak leaving the race. he's a pretty tenacious character. >> pretty? [ laughter ] very. >> yeah, what was it 422-mile walk across pennsylvania? >> right. >> but there are going to be a lot of people seeing his achilles' heels. and toomey has, amazingly, been able to make alliances across the aisle with a very diverse group of backers. >> including some democrats. >> many prominent democrats. >> absolutely. and sestak has not been able to -- even when he was in the house, he wasn't able to do that. he's seen much more as a partisan figure. >> let's not forget, though, you always have an advantage if you're the incumbent. you're always gonna raise more money. >> but the dscc has said they want this seat. they think it's one they could pic

i am going to also follow senator toomey's approach and withdraw my amendment. it was to insure the accountability of regulatory negotiations are part of the agreement. my concern was to make sure nothing aviserates u.s. sovereignty. my amendment fought to make sure it was spelled out. but certainly it is spelled out clearly. i think it is important to recognize that often times we find ourselves in a situation where an agreement suggests there is a different way for us to move forward as opposed to our u.s. laws. >> senator? >> ok. ok. let me just say this. i appreciate your concern, senator scott. what you expressed in relation to this amendment. but i believe these concerns can be addressed without the need for an amendment. the tpa bill has extensive consultation requirements they must meet during, before and after negotiating an agreement. each consultation addresses the amendment and your amendment as i understand mentions regulatory harmonization. i have a note that regulatory harmonization is forcing anyone to change their standards. it means where our t

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joe sestak is also running and lost to toomey in 2010. but word is democratic party leaders have been trying to convince montgomery county commissioner josh shapiro to put his hat into the ring. >> naacp legal defense educational fund marks 75 years of fighting for justice tonight. with a special program at the kimle center. pennsylvania governor tom wolf was mopping the keynote speakers. governor told attendees one of his goals is to create a level playing field for all people starting with creating equal opportunities in education. >>> still to come on "action news" tonight, we'll see the gyrocopter pilot after charged for stunt at the u.s. capitol and wild outburst in court as neonazi suspect owns up to murder and rants about why he did it and up in smoke major government report finds troubling twist as teenage cigarette -- as use of teenage cigarettes drops dramatically, cecily. >> showers are moving in and looks like a rainy friday morning commute. i'll let you know when the showers move out and what it means for the weekend in the a

also running joe sestak, narrowly lost to pat toomey in 2010. blasted electoral prospects in last year's governor's race, but dropped off after siting disappointing fundraising. >> happening today massive tree planting project at the flight 93 memorial site in shenksville, pennsylvania. hundreds of volunteers will be taking part in the two-day effort. about 22,000 seed link will be planted, flight 93 crashed in shenksville after being hijacked on 9/11, the memorial is still under construction. >> your time now 4:39. a septa passenger being called a hero this morning for saving a man who fell on the tracks. and the entire rescue was captured on camera. >> and we're also tracking rain and the possibility for a few storms. weather today will be a wash out, what's in store for the rest of the weekend, we'll tell you coming >>> new this morning we know pope francis will be making a trip here to philadelphia. now he is considering adding another country to his list. cuba. the vatican says no decision has been made just yet. but the pontiff is consider

senator pat toomey sits at what's called the candy desk. it's been around for five decades. and is the first desk legislators passed when they walk into the senate chamber. now that toomey's been charge he decided to stock with candy made specifically in pennsylvania. those are popular, aren't they? he says it's a way to showcase the confection industry that makes the state thrive. >> i've had senators come by and make special requests for their favorite -- and they know don't bother talking to me if it's made somewhere else. i'm only interested you know in pennsylvania candy. >> peeps are made in pennsylvania, aren't they? >> i think they are. >> there are more than 200 confectionery companies in pennsylvania, many of which are family owned. by the way, senator toomey's favorite candy, we found out three muskateers. >> hard to resist. >> we're all pretty hungry. >> that's right. >>> a montgomery county dad calls it a trip of a lifetime. >> the abington school district calls it something else. next, why there's quite a difference of opinion over time away from school. >>> pl

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but that's good news for pat toomey and maybe for josh shapiro. >> all right. sharmain. >> it's the time of year to start thinking about teens, and one of the first things we want to think about is making sure they have a summer job. but there's another new program that's active in several other states but not in pennsylvania and that's called the p-tech program, which is a six-year high school. you get your high-school diploma, you get a college degree, get a paid summer internship, and you also get an opportunity to work for ibm. ibm started this program. we want to get it in pennsylvania. we hope the wolf administration will adopt it. >> terrific. christine. >> monica, mumia abu-jamal a.k.a. wesley cook, a.k.a convicted murderer of officer danny faulkner, was taken to the hospital last week because of complications from diabetes. many philadelphians wish he didn't have to have been taken to the hospital, that he was -- you know, he wasn't alive any longer. however, a lot of third-graders in orange, new jersey, were asked by their teacher to write get-well no

. ♪ >> former delaware county congressman the winner will be taking on republican senator pat toomeythe november 2016 election. toomey finishing his first term in office. >>> unusual street signs began popping up in philadelphia this week. with unusual message. stop with the cat calling. lots of men view it as harmless flirtation sometimes even complimentary. >> i'm sure you've had a few. >> it's happened. >> lots of women view it as sexual harassment then want it stopped. our bruce gordon takes a look. >> reporter: on busy street corner like 13th and locust it's easy to miss but look closely and you'll seal it right below the parking restrictions, a message to mostly men. knock it off with the cat calling and street harassment. >> the sipes are the brain child of feminist organizations in philadelphia and new york and began popping up in both cities this week. videos of the problem men aggressively offering unsolicited comments about a woman's appearance are all over youtube with millions of views. >> sexy, american eagle. >> how you doing good. >> some women are more offensed than

senator toomey says congress has a voice in any deal made with iran regarding its nuclear program. >> i feel very strongly. i've said all along, the american people should have a voice in this process. and that would manifest itself through a congressional vote. to support any such agreement or not as the case may be. >> republican also talked about striking down the medical device tax and acted under president obama. he'll chair a hearing on the topic later this week. >>> the delaware bureau chariot races. check this out. that's in greenville 160 latin students from five wilmington area schools celebrated the birthday of ancient rome with a day of parades and competitions. schools fought for bragging rights at a number of events. some of those student-made char yachts there faired a little bit better than others. but what's important, everyone had fun. >> that's right. bringing history to life there. i like that. yesterday's rain was a pain for most of us but then the sun came out. but for one driver in delaware the frustration hasn't gone away yet. and that's because this is where s

he'll be challenging senator pat toomey's re-election bit for 2016.erm senator toomey is from suburban allentown, was elected in 2010. democrat democrat, former congressman joe sestak is running for the seat as well. >>> the future of solar energy is looking bright in delaware. solar city cuts the ribbon on a new facility in newark today. solar city is america's largest solar energy provider. it opened a facility in sussex county two years ago. now it's setting up shop in new castle county. a win/win situation for delaware that's being applauded by the governor. >> any time that we see an opportunity to find the intersection between jobs and the environment, and what's going on in our research institutions, it is all good news. >> solar city's new facility in newark is expected to create 50 jobs. >>> there's a new push to save a pair of 911 call centers in the lehigh valley. allentown city council is asking state lawmakers to save the city's 911 communication center along with beth he them. passed legislation urging them to allow the centers to remain

in addition, senator to me -- toomey. senator thume has worked on digital trade.we would like to thank him for his help on this and other areas, in my old buddy senator grassley has provided invaluable advice on agricultural issues, so thanks, chuck, for your help. with that, i just want to say this is a good day for the senate finance committee, but it is not time to celebrate yet. we still have work to do. i now recognize senator wyden for any opening remarks he would like to make, and then we will go from there. senator wyden: senator, thank you, and i very much appreciate you and i have been working at this now for over six months. i want to say to my democratic colleagues that i could go right down the road and single out each one of them, and we would be here to breakfast time, so i am going to be doing that a little bit later. i am just going to make a few points as we get to this discussion. over the next decade and a half, the global middle class is going to balloon by more than 2 billion people, and they are going to be spending an awful lot of money. th

ed pawlowski is going to be challenging toomey. turning now to the race for philadelphia mayor. all seven candidates will talk about the city's tourism industry during a city forum. the candidates yesterday discussed challenges facing social service agencies and access to care. the highlights of this forum will be released to the public later this morning. >>> we're counting down to the big date. tuesday, may 19th that's the primary in philadelphia. tuesday, november 3rd voters will go to the poles for the general election. >>> huge announcement here we were proud to bring you last night. the eagles have a new home for broadcast. "nbc 10" is now proud to be the official television station for the philadelphia eagles. more eagles coverage than you've ever seen before pregame, halftime, post game top analysis special shows and features. the timing couldn't be better with the 2015 eagles schedule coming out soon and the nfl draft starting april 30th. we'll have much more on "nbc 10's" new eagles adventure and what's ahead for you, the fans in the next half hour. >>> now your "nbc 1

>> allentown mayor ed pawlowski announced today he's running he'll face for the right to face pat toomey in the fall. using the backdrop of construction activity in allentown, pawlowski said his experience as mayor is needed in the senate. >> i think what people are most upset with in what's happening in washington today is just this obstructionist attitude that has stopped all progress from happening on multiple front and we need some pragmatic mayor types. i think we need a few more even to get things done and to change the culture that's occurring right now in d.c. >> word is that state democratic leaders are trying to recruit the chairman of the montgomery county commissioners josh shapiro to run in this election. >>> a private school in princeton is singing a sour note these days despite the fact that's students make beautiful music. the american boy choir school is desperately trying to survive. the problem is money. not enough of it. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic has the story. >> ♪♪ >> reporter: the voices of students at the american boy choir school in princeton may sou

pat toomey represents some progress mr. president. that we fix up once and for all. -- pat toomey -- imagine my surprise that after the contentious issue of congressional approval over the anticipated iranian u.s. come along with our allies nuclear negotiations over this deal i could be forthcoming this summer come imagine my surprise after the president said he would veto it comes that the senate foreign relations committee unanimously passed a bill out of committee come all democrats voted for it. all republicans voted for it and oh, by the way when the president began to get the numbers in the sport of united states and on a bipartisan basis he said you know what? i think i will cite that piece of legislation when it comes to my desk. i think that represents progress progress. and one other item that has made me somewhat optimistic on this 100th day of a new congress is that we are very close to working out a trade deal that the president supports, and i was to republicans by and large in support come honestly there's probably more

role be challenging pat toomey's re-election built also running democrat, joe sestak who narrowly losttoo many any 2010. just continues sonia soto mayor will be in our area today. honored tonight with the 2015 catherine hepburn medal at bryn mawr college. the metal recognizes women who change their worlds. award recipients chosen on the basis of their commitment and contributions, to civic engagement and the arts. natasha? >> forgets to vie ends list phone during a hearing needless to say little embarrased but had funny response. >> was on the geographic preference. >> oh, common. >> ♪ ♪ >> just let it go, mr.. >> that was hilarious. that video was from the senate finance committee. and that was the theme from the movie frozen, of course. playing on kansas senator pat robert's cell phone. the senator says he rotates his ring tones, between johnny cash's i walk the line, and let it go, that's for the grandkids. that's what says. >> that's what he says okay. >> that's what he says. >> oh, that's great. well everyone's favorite mall cop is back. paul mall cop two in theatres there is time

toomey. i don't understand it. there are, i want to say there are other plenty of faculty who are as angry as i am. there are a lot of them. but it's true that the faculty as a collective just hasn't mustered much energy. and i'm very disappointed by the i don't have a good answer for. i think of lots of reasons why faculty tend to be reticent. >> thursday social logical theory to get a chance look at that, it's happening at universities and in industry all across the country. we just go along. it's just part of our culture right now. it's really sad. [inaudible] >> that's one of the factors absolutely. >> nobody wants the. everybody just wants to be left alone. >> there was a startling statistic that came across at the time of a faculty rally action a couple of weeks ago in front of south building which is 59% of faculty at unc are not on the tenure track anymore. the majority of the faculty do not have the protection of tenure. that's markedly different from just 10 years ago when something like 80% or more of fa

senate he will compete with joe sestak of delaware county to face pat toomey in the fall. using the construction backdrop in his city he said his experience as mayor is needed in the senate. >> i think what people are most upset with what's happening in washington today is this obstruction iist attitude that has stopped recall progress from stopping on all fights. we need a mayor to get things done and change the culture that's going on in washington d.c. >> state democratic leaders are trying to recruit the chairman of the montgomery county commissioners josh shapiro to run. >>> new hampshire and the race for the white house potential nominees are addressing the gop conference. marko rubio told the crowd that learning english is essential for any american. chris christie will push back the age for social security or medicare for future retirees. >>> hillary clinton will complain in new hampshire monday and tuesday she'll hold round table discussions with small business employees students and educators. she'll meet with elected officials. mrs. clinton won the new hampshire

the mayor of allentown is expected to announce he is going to run for senate against pat toomey.unning too he lost in 2010. >>> matt o'donnell will be the moderator today for the candidates forum. it will get going at 8:30. >> honored to take part. you have one coming up later on before the primary. >> reporter: i'm debating the weather. today it's not too bad. it's damp to start but this afternoon it is mostly dry. i'll give you that. storm tracker 6 live double scan around the region we have steady rain through the area. dry in allentown reading lancaster, almost drying out in wilmington. just a few showers left in philadelphia. it's east of the city at this point. let's take a look outside and see what it looks like. we're looking good, sky6 live hd looking live, the fog has moved in. the visibility is causing an issue. we have 3 miles at philadelphia international. be careful if you're flying out. that may be impacting your commute. 66 degrees in philadelphia. temperature-wise it's mild. the dewpoint, 53. the winds out of the south/southwest. barometer falling now that we hav

toomey is voting for the bill, they are both of her reelection on 2015 and this could come back to hurt them. sen. brown: the only republican who voted against it was from north carolina. he is in a state that has been hit very hard, textiles, furniture. nafta is not a very popular issue in your carolina and he is harkening back to it. host: it was a "wall street journal" article that called out mr. portman on the currency manipulation language. interesting factor as this debate rules on. thank you both for being part of "newsmakers." reporter: thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> the annual white house correspondents dinner was held last night. the president and first lady attended. the featured entertainer was excessively strong. this portion of the event is one hour and 25 minutes. >> i want to welcome all of you to the 89th annual white house correspondents association dinner. [applause] i think of this as a rite o

pulaski will compete with joe sestak to campaign against pat toomey in the fall. >> i think what people are upset with, what's happening in washington is the obstructionist attitude that's stopping progress from stopping. we need to get things done and change the culture that's occurring in washington, d.c. >>> state democratic leaders are trying to recruit josh shapiro to run. >>> all eyes are shifting to new hampshire in the race for the white house. potential republican nominees are there addressing a gop conference. marco rubio told the crowd that learning english is essential for anyone who wants to prosper. new jersey governor chris christie pressed his plan to push back the age of eligibility for social security and medicare for future retirees. ten more potential candidates are expected to speak at the conference. >>> hillary clinton will campaign in new hampshire on monday and tuesday. she is courting support for her economic plan. she will hold discussions with students educators and small business. mrs. clinton won the new hampshire primary in err first presidential bid in 20

toomey: madam president i rise to address two issues this afternoon.the first is amendment 1190, and i'll be quick as i can on this because i want to spend more time dealing with the johnson amendment, which i also will address. so amendment 1190 really arises because of the very unusual procedural circumstances we find ourselves in. madam president, as you probably know very well, for technical procedural reasons the senate has chosen to conduct the debate about the corker-cardin bill, the iran nuclear agreement review act on a house legislative vehicle that was sent over to us, but in order to do this, all of the language from the house bill gets stripped out and it goes away. that original house bill h.r. 1191, it was protecting volunteer firefighters and emergency responders act. i want to talk a little bit about it, but here's my amendment. it's pretty simple. i just want to restore the language from the house-passed vehicle. it's pretty simple. i don't think it's controversial. let me just sum up what this is about. this is a bill that was offere

toomey. >> aye. >> mr. coats? >> no. >> mr. yeller? >> no. >> mr. scott? >> no. >> mr. white? >> aye. >> miss cantwell? >> aye. >> mr. nelson? >> aye. >> mr. menendez. >> aye. >> brown. >> no. >> mr. bennett? >> aye. >> mr. chairman. >> no. >> chairman votes no. >> clerk will report the vote. >> the final tally is 10 ayes and 16 nays. >> the amendment is defeated. are there any other amendments? >> i had noted in regards to nicaragua on this bill and customs bill. if we don't take these issues up we're making a policy by neglect. i think this is an issue that's important for our committee to exercise our policy of jurisdiction. i would hope we would have an opportunity to consider these issues. >> there's clear there ought to be a follow up. >> we appreciate the comments of everybody. >> mr. chairman? could i just say i appreciate the acceptance of my amendment on the out door performance where this industry is very important to the economy with millions of jobs. the change in tariffs will help consumers. i'm pleased it's been included in this legislation. >> mr. chairman. >>

he hopes to unseat pat toomey but former democratic congressman joe sestak also wants the senate seat. pawlowski dropped out of last years pennsylvania gubernatorial race because of poor fund raising. >>> 5:11. major health news about how many young people are lighting up if you want to call it that, e cigarettes. >>> but first a wild out break in court from the man accused of shooting a print shop worker in north caroline, we will tell you his rant about why he did it. >>> welcome back. that is courtesy of instagram. >> look at these glasses. >> those are cool. >> yes. >> fox flash back friday. thank you. fox flash back friday. >> that is a cute couple it is. >> who did you take to the prom or who took you. >> senior prom, it was, a guy named john. >> yeah. >> who went on to become a baltimore city cop and eventually a detective. >> really. >> cool. >> i don't know what happened to him now. he is probably retired. >> can you run a background check on chris murphy. >> clean, baby. >> it could be influential. >> we have a round of rain running through right now. we have more rain to co

but the fact that they would actually have sent they being the 47 senators including senator toomey from pennsylvania, that actually sent a letter to the ayatollah, who had said death to america. disregard our president negotiations, meant that they don't get what security of america can be and how it can be brought about. i hope they've learned their lesson. i hope they understand they should be sitting here if they disagree with the agreement, and internally debate it, if they want. but don't divide our nation abroad. i hope that partisanship has stopped, finally, at the water's edge. much like it did when president reagan or nixon brought home start or stop talks to the soviet union. i hope hope doesn't spring eternally again. >> and your thought on what is the -- sounds to be like a new camp david summit. there are six nations representeded from the middle east at camp david later on this spring. and president obama is going to take a community effort in that kind of globe if this is going to unfold properly. how important do you see regional partners in this? >> absolutely vital. we

democrat joe sestak has announced he is running for the seat currently held by republican senator pat toomeyyor pawlowski will hold a campaign rally in fort washington next friday. >>> still to come on "eyewitness news", migraines linked tour neck. health reporter stephanie stahl has more on what is helping people bat egg those debilitating headaches. >>> you know about the eagles, flyers phillies what about the the spinners. we are taking a look at philadelphia's professional frisby team, kate. >>> tomorrow will be a great day to play frisby or anything else you want to do outside nice and warm. little tait of summer in the saturday forecast. we will track some rain to finish the last part of >>> philadelphia is a huge sports town and that goes without saying. do you know we have a professional frisby team. >> that is right the philadelphia spinners represent the the city and major league ultimate and their season starts on saturday. our nicole brewer caught up with the team to learn more about the ultimate team sport. >> reporter: this is not your average game of frisby. it is called ultim

senator toomey has been instrumental on digital trade.we've been able to incorporate a lot of his ideas. and senator grassley has provided invaluable advice on agricultural issues. thanks, chuck, for your help. with that, i'd like to say it's a good day for the senate finance committee but it's not time to celebrate yet. we still got a lot of work to do and i'm eager to get started. i'd now like to recognize senator wyden for any markingsremark remarks he'd like to make. >> mr. chairman, thank you. i want to say to my democratic colleague that i could go down right down the road and single out each of one of them and we would be here until breakfast time. i want to make a few points before we get off to this discussion. over the next decade and a half the global middle class is going to balloon by more than 2 billion people. and they are going to be spending an awful lot of money. they're going to buy computers they're going to buy cars, they're going to buy medical products agricultural goods, engineering services and more. the reason i

democrat ed palawski is challenging toomey. he tested a run for governor last year but didn't make the ballot. by the way joe sestack is already in the democratic race. >>> now to the race for philadelphia mayor. all seven candidates will talk about the city's tourism industry during the forum in oak city today. the event is close to the public. yesterday's public health policies took center stage at a forum in center city. the candidates discussed challenges facing social service agencies and access to care. the highlights will be released to the public later on this spring. >>> we are counting down until the big day on the "nbc 10" election calendar. tuesday, may 19th is the primary in philadelphia and tuesday, november 3rd voters will head to the poles for the general election. >>> right now delaware state police are searching for the vandals who ran sacked a little league baseball complex saturday night. they showed us the areas he and other volunteers cleaned up yesterday. they found shattered glass and an open storage she

he hopes to unseat pat toomey but the mayor would face a primary challenge from joe sestak, who also wants that senate seat. >>> pawlowski dropped out of last years a pennsylvania gubernatorial race because of poor fund raising. >>> 4:11 is your time. a wild outburst in court from the man accuse of shooting a print shop worker at a community college in north carolina his rant about why he did it. >>> plus up in smoke major health news about how many young people are lighting up those new e cigarettes. >>> the beatles. i love this stuff. we're having a spring fling, flash back friday, tgif, is there anything you would like to add to what is going on today as lou at me incredulously or disgustedly. >> i just have to find out about this music selection. >> you don't like the the beatles. >> who are the beatles again. >> john, paul, george ringo, and then two chains. inside joke and we just keep promoting it. >> yes. >> the other forgotten beetle. >> yes. >> the original drummer. >> sometimes, some will say. we have to look at ultimate doppler radar and here's the rain moving through. th

toomey? >> no. >> mr. coates? >> no. >> mr. heller? >> no. >> mr. scott? >> no by proxy. >> no by proxy. mr. widen? >> no. >> mr. schumer? >> aye by proxy. >> ms. stab my? >> aye. >> ms. cantwell? >> aye. >> mr. nelson? >> aye. >> mr. menendez? >> aye. >> mr. carper? >> aye. >> mr. cardin? >> aye. >> mr. brown? >> aye. >> mr. bennett? >> aye. >> mr. casey? >> aye by proxy. >> aye by proxy. mr. warner? >> aye. >> mr. warner aye. mr. chairman? >> no. >> the chairman votes no. mr. chairman, 12 ayes, 14 nays. >> the amendment is not agreed to. any other amendments for the taa bill? senator cantwell? >> mr. chairman? yes, i wanted to thank you and ranking member wyden for including my amendment to approve collection of labor statistics in the chairman's modified mark on the customs and enforcement bill. i filed two amendments that i believe are critical to our competitiveness. one amendment is the expansion of the apprentice program and work force development which i think is a very important one as we talk about how we're going to open up economic opportunitie

next will be senator portman who is not here, then senator warner, who is not here, then senator toomey, who is not here, then senator merkley, who is not here. senator johnson. and then senator ayotte. senator johnson: i would like to commend senator and the and senator price for their hard work on this. this is a where moment. it should not be, but it is. i guess i would rather take the position of the glass half-full as opposed to the glass half-empty as senator whitehouse said. he mentioned a number of areas of bipartisanship, and that is a good thing, and quite honestly in the senate markup, there are a lot of agreements. five of them are amendments i offered. for time as we pass out some handouts year, because i'm going to do some thing the little unusual in this budget conference, and i am going to start looking at some numbers and, the congressman mentioned that we have difficult choices. and we really want to solve problems as opposed to just demagogue issues, and the way you saw problems is there is a first step you have to take. you have to admit you have one. you have to def

[shouting] >> disagreeing with the main man says former state representative joanne toomey pulled theer at the governor. paul will he page. toomey says she chose vaseline to reference will he page's 2013 flippant remarks toward fellow state senator troy jackson intended to sell his budget plan at the town hall event before toomey's slick move. >> vaseline a lot of woman carry in their purse have a vated of it on hand. >> lotion. >> that and coffee brandy. >> hands get chapped up there. rick reichmuth knows a thing. >> followed by the end of winter dry for a long time. >> thanks. >> i could use that. they still have more snow there today. hard to imagine but we still have more snow across parts of new england. very heavy rain across parts of the ohio valley. this is areas that saw two feet of snow in one snow tropical storm alone this winter. very heavy rain. some spots over five inches. a lot of flooding yesterday. still flooding in rivers take a little while for river levels to go down. be very very careful out there this morning. the rain has moved to the south and we are going to w

plus the p-a senate seat held by pat toomey.lary clinton and chris christie and all other the presidential candidates all part of the discussion on inside story at 11:30 a.m. >> next the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: a prospective of matt i never saw before. he is so technologically in to so many things. we have winds out of the east with the cooler winds. we had a warm day of 81 yesterday, we're back to reality, 63 degrees right around average more of what to expect this time of year. >> george stephanopoulos is next on 6abc. martha raddatz is filling in for host. she ways in on hillary clinton campaign for president. >> reporter: hillary clinton hit the campaign trail in iowa. will her strategy work and republican hopefuls swarm new hampshire this weekend. which concerned broke out of the -- which contender broke out of the attack. >>> a shocking video how a mailman from florida landed on the lawn of the capitol. what does it mean for our security. eva and kenneth back to you. >> family and friends are

senator toomey is not here. senator merkley is not here. senator johnson: thank you, mr. chairman. this is a rare moment. it shouldn't be, but it is. i take the position of the glass half-full as opposed to glass half-empty. he mentioned a number of areas of bipartisanship. that's a good thing. there are an awful lot of areas of agreement. as we pass out some handouts here the opening statement i will start looking at some numbers. we have difficult choices and we really want to solve problems as opposed to just demagogue issues. there's a first step you have to take. it to admit you have one. our budget process is really centered around a 10 year budget window. it is a problem but it is not the problem. this congress has made promises to all kinds of americans. we can't honor all those problems. looking at the proper definition to enable america to collectively mean we have it. it is to provide the information of the american people. we take a look at the first page of the handout here. this is the 30 year projected deficit. you see the first decade about a trillion dollars of pro

he plans to run against senator patrick toomey next year pirchlts "cosmo" caused a bit of a social uproarmen were examples of beauty that needed to rest in peace. "cosmo" released a statement saying some of these images were taken out of context, and it apologizes for any offense. >>> cbs sports shows us the cover of "men's health" featuring a fit-looking rory mcilroy, the first-ever golfer to land on the front of the fog. inside mcilroy opens his shirt to reveal his muscular physique. the number one golfer in the world shows how much he likes to hit the gym. >> he looks pretty good. i think he looks good. here we go. >>> britain's "guardian" says france has voted to ban ultra-thin models. it would make it a crime to feature an anorexic on the runway. the measures applies only inside france but it could have impact around the world because paris, as you know is so important to fashion. >>> and "the telegraph" says a garage attendant in italy destroyed a rare ferrari. he rammed it into a store. he apparently mistook the brake for the accelerator. the car was worth more than $400,000. the a

i want to thank the co-sponsor senator toomey senator casey senator burr senator carper and others who have been involved with this topic. it's basically saying these critical inputs that are not available in the united states need to have a predictable pathway to be dealt with here in the united states congress through this miscellaneous tariff bill. if we pass this we would actually begin to deal with the backlog and beginning later this year a predictable pathway for extension of mtv's. since the -- since the mtv expired in 2013 american manufactures have been spending more and import duties higher taxes which are used to raise wages and benefits for american workers and maintain our competitiveness. there's a recent study out the shows failure to pass the mtv has resulted in a tax hike of $748 million with losses of $1.8 billion over the past three years. this amendment is back by groups. i have a letter from the national association of manufacturers along with 185 companies and associations urging us to take quick action on this issue including companies in my own state of ohio. t

counterterrorism and the security sector reform as well as the democracy human rights office can't toomeywas the biggest and most profound difference is i think the state department can make is in bringing them together the harder security pieces with the softer security pieces and blending them in areas that have attention so we are focusing on for example building up a legal regime while we are training the police to do the same ensuring there is a justice system that can actually reach the verdict and make people feel as though it will come at the end of the day while we are making sure the refugees are actually accepted in the area in other words, the integration of the tools that we use so that there is a more concrete and perched the government means that's where the money has been made and that is part of the reason why it's such an important partner for the states because if they can't do it all alone we have certain pieces in the security sector reform so to me as we think about what it means to create an environment in which they are second it relates to a broad set of intervent

host: so that puts toomey coax in the kitchen as the deal is being made?uest: yeah, there are too many devils in the details. i have to be able to go back on and say, i knew what our signing and i felt good about it. i do want to have regret the way i have now with nafta back in the early 1990's. and i don't believe anybody in american public should believe we are doing this without full knowledge of what our representatives understand of these deals. so, at the end of the day, i think there is a reason for more transparency. this is why the trade -- is not a good idea. host: michigan, republicans. good morning, marty. caller: yes, sir. thank you for taking my call. and thank you, congressman. i hope i get time to talk. i'm kind of wanted to ask two questions -- i kind of wanted to ask two questions. i have a 13-year-old daughter. and these are american issues. i get really worried when we are in a country that is supposed to be recovered yet we are in 18 -- $18 trillion in national debt, but the scary one is 120 join dollars of unfunded debt and both part

as director for defense under bill clinton and running for the senate in pennsylvania against pat toomeylcome. always good to have you on the broadcast. >> thanks. >> "the washington post" story calls for points to some drone strikes and says the u.s. government has yet to admit but in light of what we learned on thursday do you think that the administration should be needs to be more transparent in the use of drones? >> yes. as long as it doesn't reveals classified information. how might we have learned that al qaeda person who was alongside the innocent person was discovered to be there. look i went on the ground in afghanistan at the very beginning of the afghanistan war. i had it report back with a small group to secretary rumsfeld. at the beginning, the collateral damage of innocent civilians was quite large but we had aircraft up there that were dropping less precise munitions. out of that and other efforts came this emphasis upon drones where you could have one loiter for hours to make sure that you might have near certainty that there will not be clutter. the damage would be so m

toomey. aye. mr. coates. aye. mr. heller. aye. mr. scott. aye. mr. wyden aye. mr. schumer. no. mrs. stabenow, no. mr. nelson. aye. mr. mendez. no. mr. carper. aye. mr. cardin. aye. mr. brown. no. mr. bennett. aye. mr. casey. no. mr. warner. aye. mr. chairman. aye. chairman votes aye. >> report. >> 20 ayes six nays. >> the ayes have it and the resolution is ordered reported. ask consent the staff be granted authority to make technical, conforming and budgetary changes to all the bills reported today and without objection, it is so ordered. before we adjourn, if i could have order. if i could have order. i want to thank all of my colleagues for their participation today. and i especially want to thank senator wyden for his efforts throughout this process. we've worked very closely together and i've really appreciated it. as we noted today was a long time coming and i want to give credit for senator wyden for his leadership and willingness to reach across the aisle on these important issues. while the day didn't go off as well as i planned it we got a good debate and covered a lot of g

to say is co-sponsored by my ranking member, senator mccaskill as well and senator warner, senator toomey, and senator manchin. and we will also be calling on the budget to reflect that kind of investment. this is an investment that we simply must make to alleviate suffering and to prevent our health care programs from going bankrupt. i want to acknowledge all of the advocates who are here today from all over the country. we need your help. we need you to educate members of congress and we hope that your presence today will be a powerful statement to all of our colleagues that they too, need to help us solve this devastating disease. senator mccaskill. >> thank you. i want to thank the chairman for her commitment to this issue. i think it speaks volumes to the people in this room that the chairman has scheduled this hearing so early in her tenure as the chair of this committee. that should be a signal to you that she is committed and i can assure her and you that i, too, am committed to the issues that she has eloquently outlined in her opening statement. i think that with the chairman as

senator pat toomey, for instance, would like to keep a higher threshold for defense money, even somethingis fellow senators want to trim. and senator bob corker is a big backer for delayed mandatory spending and using the spending hikes elsewhere. the full story is available online at politico.com. in texas, democrat line, good morning. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. you are my favorite host. i have a favor to ask come up and i'm a little nervous so bear with me. every time a hear someone get on your program, or any of the washington journal programs and talk about entitlements, they always call entitlements social security, medicare, and medicaid , and they are not the only entitlements. any government employee or any government benefit that is guaranteed by the government is an entitlement. that includes all of their health care, their pensions, and i wish you would point that out when someone mentions that again. host: ok, bob, thanks for the call from texas. the headline of the front page of usa today after the pilot landed on the capital. doug use is 61 years

toomey is voting for the bill, they are both of her reelection on 2015 and this could come back to hurt them. sen. brown: the only republican who voted against it was from north carolina. he is in a state that has been hit very hard, textiles, furniture. nafta is not a very popular issue in your carolina and he is harkening back to it. host: it was a "wall street journal" article that called out mr. portman on the currency manipulation language. interesting factor as this debate rules on. thank you both for being part of "newsmakers." reporter: thank you. >> next, we will show you some of the senate floor debate on the confirmation of loretta lynch to be the next attorney general. after that former secretary of state and presents a candidate, hillary clinton, in new hampshire. then senators patrick leahy and rand paul receive awards. >> in 2003, new york times reporter, judith miller, wrote several stories on the lead up to iraq and on weapons of mass d the structure. she was found in contempt of court in jail. tonight on "q&a," she talks about her time in jail. >> i was in jail because

the clerk: senators enzi, grassley sessions, crapo graham portman toomey, johnson, ayotte, wicker, corker, perdue sanders murray, wyden stabenow whitehouse, warner, merkley baldwin mccain. mr. enzi: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. enzi: i ask unanimous consent that the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. enzi: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to executive session at 2:00 p.m. on thursday, april 16, to consider the following nominations. calendar number 1 and calendar number 51. that the senate vote without intervening action or debate on the nominations the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table that no further motions be in order that any statements related to the nominations be printed in the record, the president be immediately notified of the senate's actions and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. enzi: mr. president, i ask unanimous co