most is having to walk away from a position to have the kind of influence you have with the united states congressn things that mean a lot to you. >> its effectiveness in the mackerel sense. when i was a practicing lawyer after i had served in the state legislature for several years and was negotiating on whether a comma went in this place or that place and i thought, you know, i'd rather be talking about mass transit. i'd rather be doing something that i thought would have a big impact and make a difference. and it is why we're here, and it is what we'll miss because i'm going go back to doing commas and paragraphs and it won't be the same. but i also love the people so much. i mean i love my colleagues. i love the camaraderie. there's a sense that we understand the pressure that we have. our constituents, the outside groups, the time management pressures. and having other people with the same circumstances is fun and it's invigorating. >> a lot of good friendships here. so just allow for that. it's part of what i'll miss. the other part is to see a problem, i think about how you can help to migh

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day of fiscal reckoning is almost upon us by the end of this year the president of the united states and congress must come to some kind of tax and. is. to. meet. if you. still. want to. follow in welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle the day of fiscal reckoning is almost upon us by the end of this year the president of the united states and congress must come to some kind of tax and spending agreement to avoid what is called the fiscal cliff is there the political will to find a compromise and does the u.s. risk its own fragile economy as well as the world's. economic. storm. to cross-talk the u.s. fiscal cliff i'm joined by edward harrison in washington he is the founder of credit write downs also in washington we have mark levine he is a senior advisor with the truman national security project and in new york we cross to anthony rideout so he is the director of economic research for the reason foundation all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and what if i go to you first in washington give us the magnitude of the fiscal cliff ok a lot is be

> today we present this report and these recommendation to the president of the united states to the united states congressple. >> the commission made a number of recommendations, including tightening u.s. borders the next attack sharing information among agencies appointing a national intelligence director and creating a national counterterrorism center. >> we need to ensure that the key countries -- >> anyone who said that the commission wasn't going to come up with anything new under the sun, which is one of the things that the white house told us was wrong. because clearly we didn't have a director of national intelligence and we would not have had a director of national intelligence had it not been for the commission. >> on that september day, we were prepared. the magnitude period of time. as we detail and management and ability and, above all the ground truth about 9/11 is thatit this government blew it it. >> i've seen these wonderful, wonderful surviving family members of changed the course of history. >> pushed for the 9/11 re legislated are now going to push"g for these reforms to be implemented

. >>> checking races for the united states congress, democrat jared huffman holds on to his seat in district 2 in the north bay. he received 70% of the vote to 30% for republican challenger daniel roberts. republican ricky gill of lod was squeezed out by redistricting... ed from pleasanto ckton this run in this district. pete stark of who's been tol hill since 1973, will not be return he >> mcnerney was squeezed out by redistricting so he moved from pleasanton to stockton this year to run in this district. pete stark on capitol hill since 1973 won't return to the house. the 80-year-old has made some controversial comments this year and he lost to eric swalwell a dublin city councilman and alameda county prosecutor. >>> the states of washington and colorado approved recreational marijuana use. both states became the first ones in the nation to ever do so. the new laws legalize and regulate production, possession and distribution of cannabis for people 21 and older. a similar measure in oregon was defeated. in maryland and maine, they voted yes on legalizing same- sex marriage ahead of tuesday

incarceration lowers recidivism rates and so this is been accepted by congress it's been cited by the united states congress in federal legislation it's been cited by state legislatures in the handful of states that have reformed their prison systems and it's even been cited by the american correctional institution which is the the professional so she can better credit reasons and states rather direct and so it doesn't look like it's doing anybody very good to be charging these have these have to re it's what can the f.c.c. do about this so the f.c.c. has the federal regulatory body only has jurisdiction over interstate long distance rates which tend to be the highest rates in the united states and what the f.c.c. is considering right now is proposing a regulation to put a maximum price cap on the amount that the prison telephone companies can charge on those interstate long distance routes ok i kind of want to take a look at the other side of this for those that might be advocates of charging these high rates you know those that think that this is just fine let's say prisoners have been convicted of a crim

united states supreme court confirmed the constitutional review. republicans, in contrast, never. the republicans would allow no more slaves in any territory. abraham lincoln was elected in november of 1860. a month later, the united states congress came into session. members of congress put forth various compromise proposals. a critical portion of all dealt with the divisions of territories. most often there was a proposal tuesday extended west beyond the louisiana purchase all the way to the border of california. now, after this preface, i'm going to get to my main point. when lincoln rejected all compromise with regard to territories. but there must be something more. i'm going to talk about three different men tonight. one of them, abraham lincoln, you know what he was and what he did. one of two americans, so well-known. the great kentucky statesman, henry clay, and william henry seward of new york state and prior to lincoln's nomination for the presidency was by far the most notable and well-known republican in the country. here i am. i am ready to start. [applause] >> henry clay had been dead for eight years by 1860. he was a major figure in american politics. he was known as a great compromise or when the great pacific th

man to take upon himself or herself for the good of the country and misrepresent reality united states congress. >> certainly based on what congressman king has reported in the open press something of the like. lou: specifically, it means that he is now in southeast asia. you see the more political motivation of geopolitical foreign policy issues. >> , well, this is the washington game. when you have a scandal brewing in washington, get out of town. lou: what do you think of the president deciding to use the language of the former military government of burma in referring to burma as miramar. what do you make of that, if anything? >> well, i really don't know what to make of it. but i will say that certainly while he is out there, i would hope he would take the opportunity to condemn china for its bullying and aggressive tactics and the iron imperialism in the south and east china sea. and while he's there, he should make it very clear that should their tactics involved in hostilities between our allies, japan, and the philippines, they are a mutual defense treaty that will be brought into play

, take it upon himself or herself the good of the country and misrepresent reality to the united states congress? >> don't know what type of pressures were brought on them, but certainly based on what congressman king has reported in the open press, it certainly appears that way. lou: to the pacific which means he is obviously now in southeast asia, you see a more political motivation here than if you will geopolitical or foreign-policy issue. >> this is the old washington game you have a scandal breaking in the brewing in washington, get out of town. lou: what you think of the president using the language of the former military government burma reaffirming to burma as miramar? what do you make of it have anything? >> i don't know what to make of it, but certainly while he is out there on this trip, i certainly hope he would take the opportunity to condemn china for its bullying and aggressive tactics in the imperialism in the south and east china sea. and while he is there, he should make it very clear to china that should their tactics involve hostilities between our allies, japan and the phil

united states capitol. i want to say how much i appreciate you all be near. on behalf of my colleagues in the united states congressll ask that you all join me in a moment of silence in tribute to ambassador stevens and the united states personnel who were killed in libya at this morning. thank you. since the days of the american revolution, congress has commissioned gold medals as the highest expression of appreciation for distinguished achievements. the first recipient was general george washington in march of 1776. today, we will present a congressional gold medal to arnold palmer of the commonwealth of pennsylvania. those of you who participate in these events regularly may notice the stage is set up a little differently than usual. we thought it would be more fitting to do so on this side of the rotunda and honor some of the presidents of that arnie knew so well. president gerald ford used to say "you know arnie's army." president ronald reagan. and of course president eisenhower who did a lot for the game of golf. the story goes that eisenhower i asked to play the winner of the 1968 masters championship. that

so why would you come to the united states congress representing 300 plus mmm people, 435 members of congress and you think you're going to get your way 100% of the time. it just doesn't any sense. that's why the president has got to be so intense and so firm and stick to his guns here and let them collapse, let them told. >> quickly, congressman, 60 vsh 40, 70/30, where is it on a deal? >> the fact that you can't call if after what we've seen. >> they're getting into the back yards of these righties and tell them this is the way you want to go if you're going to save the refreshry. >> absolutely. now we see the business leaders come online, too, to get with the program. there's something bigger than justover own political still. be. >> we always loved to know what you think. coming up, john mccain is leading the attacks on u.n. ambassador to usan rice. mccain had a few words for cron than cain this afternoon. we are right back. ♪ if it wasn't for you ♪ don't know what i'd do ♪ i'd have nothing to prove ♪ i'd have nothing to lose ♪ i'd be all lost at sea ♪ with no reason to make it t

. >> it's also the worst bill passed by the united states congress reauthorized 98-0. >> and steps withty and-- >> susan rice was unanimously approved and that's okay. >> now who we didn't talk about was hillary clinton, the originally the sender of this. >> is she still in australia? >> i don't know where she is now, but anyway, she's going to testify in mid december, right before christmas. and hyperbole bob. >> and please. this is bob's opinion. when we come back. >> obviously. >> all of this infighting in the republican party a good thing or a bad thing? we'll discuss that ahead. ♪ come on, baby, let's go boot scootin' ♪ ♪ ♪ ooh, that smell, can't you smell that smell ♪ ♪ ooh, that smell >> washington and colorado voted to approve measures to use pot for recreational use. even though you can sell it, banks won't make loan to small businesses to set up shop because it's illegal under federal law for some of these things. greg, what is your opinion on this. >> no wonder dana can't get a mortgage. sorry. i support drug legalization, but i sympathize can with the banks, i've lost a lot

. >> it's also the worst bill passed by the united states congress reauthorized 98-0. >> and steps with> susan rice was unanimously approved and that's okay. >> now who we didn't talk about was hillary clinton, the originally the sender of this. >> is she still in australia? >> i don't know where she is now, but anyway, she's going to testify in mid december, right before christmas. and hyperbole bob. >> and please. this is bob's opinion. when we come back. >> obviously. >> all of this infighting in the republican party a good thing or a bad thing? we'll discuss that ahead. ♪ come on, baby, let's go boot scootin' ♪ ♪ cadillac, blackjack, baby meet me out book, we're gonna boogie ♪ looking back, it's amazing how far i've come. shriners hospitals have everything to do with that. i was in an accident. i was burned. i lost my hands, my feet. i really thought my life was over. shriners did a lot more than just heal me. they helped me put my whole life back together. caitlin's life is one of nearly a million changed by donations from people like you. send your love to the rescue. donate today

take it upon himself or herself, the good of the country and misrepresent reality, to the united states congress? >> i don't know what type of pressures were borne on them, but, certainly, based on what congressman king has reported, in the open press, it certainly appears that way. >> lou: let's turn to the president, pivoting as the white house is putting it, to the pacific which means he is, obviously, now in southeast asia, you see a more political motivation, here, than if you will, geopolitical or forgn policy issues. >> well, this is the old wash game when you have a scandal breaking and brewing, in washington, get out of town. >> lou: and what do you think of the president deciding to use the language of the former military government, of burma, and refer to burma as myanmar, what do you make of that, if anything? >> well, i really don't know what to make of it. but, certainly, while he's out ther on this trip, i certainly hope he would take the opportunity to condemn china for its bullying and aggressive tactics and items island imperialism in the south and east china sea and while he's

united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. we're counting down to the first projections in the race for the white house and control of the united states congressrom now, all polls closed. in georgia, indiana, kentucky, south carolina, vermont and the battleground state of virginia. a total of 60 electoral votes are up for grabs in those states, and remember, it takes 270 electoral votes to win this election. let's go to our correspondents over at the presidential candidates' headquarters, jessica yellin is with the president in chicago, candy crowley with governor romney in boston. jessica, first to you. set the scene. >> reporter: hi, wolf. i have been speaking to obama aides throughout the day, and they tell me that they are feeling calm, as is the president. they describe him as calm, serene and excited. they say that they feel that this is not only going to be a good night for them, but also an early night. they tell me that they do not trust exit polls. you know, wolf, they don't even trust media reports. what they do trust is their operation and the models they built. and they say nothing they have seen in the data so far is diverging fr

day of fiscal reckoning is almost upon us by the end of this year the president of the united states and congress must come to some kind of tax and. this was the plant that was responsible for causing the world's worst industrial disaster and now it had been abandoned in a condition where it had become a source of pollution or the most recent study that was done shows that this water pollution and spreading. more than hundred thousand people in. groups looking at it. to be ten times more likely to be born with birth defects in children. in the sea as little as five hundred dollars. unpunished. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images cobol has been seeing from the streets of canada as. china operations are on the day.

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so then the question is, as member of the united states congress, and as member of the minority in theted states congress in the house of representatives, what can be done? what are the actual political points of leverage to change this or do we just sit here on my show and go like oh, they're saying the wrong thing? >> the main point of leverage is the so-called fiscal cliff, which isn't really a cliff, but, the fact is that come january 1st or so, all the bush taxes including those on people below 250,000 expire when the payroll tax cut expires the alternative minimum tax hikes up, sequestration of 1.2 trillion dollars kicks in and various other tax breaks for moderate income people go away, that will hit the economy hard. and everyone wants to avoid that. now we don't have to avoid it on jaush 1st. >> right. >> if we make an agreement on february 1st, or march 1st, you can make it retro active. people get nervous. but we can do that. there's no hard deadline, really. >> right. >> but, the -- the one leverage we really have, i guess, pure republicans, saying what they've been saying,

a month later the united states congress came into session. members of congress put forth various compromise proposals, a critical portion of all in some way dealt with the division of the territories. most often there was a proposal to extend some kind of a dividing line western beyond the louisiana purchase all the way

understand that every single dollar that comes into this treasure is under the responsibility of united states congressed to honor that dollar. make sure that every cent of it is invested the right way. if we were to make government leaner and more productive, it would help growth in america. we could make america more productive to make the government more productive. it is inefficient and getting worse. >> greta: is there any sort -- since the election, i know the president was re-elected and picked up seats in the senate -- do you hear anything like we can work this out? do you talk to people across the aisle? >> absolutely. you talk to people and they have this idea or that idea. it's being controlled at the leadership level and presidential level. so here we have been in session for three days since the election. the physical meeting just after that, after everybody has gone home to discuss what kind of fix there should be for the fiscal cliff. so we really have wasted all of september, virtually all of november now. we are getting closer and closer to the deadline which think about it -- means th

. >> larry, israel does have a very good friend in the united states and it's excellent. it's the united states congress, 1,000%. >> good stuff. many things to rich williamson and john batchelor. >>> another big breaking story tonight, 5:00 p.m. came and went with no sign of an end to the union strike at hostess brands. will the company now begin to lick q li liquedate and lay off employees? i spoke with the ceo. >> we asked for an 8% year one wage cut but we asked for it across the board, management, nonunion, everyone in the company has taken an 8% cut. that comes back up starting in year two. and i works out over the five-year contract to be a 4% cut in wages across the board, all employees. we cut back -- we tried to move the union employees closer to what we pay nonunion for health and welfare. and we certainly cut back on our pension contributions to the multi-employer pension plans. there have been no demands from the bakers. they decided they didn't like the deal. i can't imagine a scenario where they would get a better deal than the other 13,000 employees that we have. that makes no sense. i th

it should be the top priority of everybody in the united states congress. we have to transform the energy system away from fossil fuel. cut greenhouse gas emissions, move to energy fishtdsy, move to sustainable energy, and when you do that, by the way, not only could we help lead the world in transforming our energy system, you can create millions of jobs. >> sir, great to see you this morning. thanks for your time. >> thank you. >> change without change. what does it mean for bipartisanship compromise? he asks the show. plus bp to pay up for the gulf coast oil spill. we'll bring you details ahead in the news now. ♪ i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve a

so why would you come to the united states congress, representing millions of people, and you think you're going to get your way 100% of the time? it just doesn't make any sense, and that's why the president has got to be so intense and so firm and stick to his guns here. and i think he's going to do it, and let them collapse. let them fold. >> quickly, congressman, 50/50 on a deal, 60/40. >> i don't know. >> the fact that you can't call it like that after what we've seen speaks volume. you've got your pulse of your colleagues in the congress. that just tells me that this president has toe keep moving forward with the wind at his back and the people at his back. that's why labor yesterday was talking about doing rallies and getting into the backyards of these righties, and telling them, this is the way it's got to go for me to save the treasury. >> absolutely. trumpka's great, he's a great leader. and now we see the business leaders come online too, to say, hey, come on, guys. get with the program here. there's something bigger than just your own political career at stake here. >> congress

you know, we are still well under 20% of the united states congress. shows in the kind of fiscal debate that we're having right now. if you had 50% of the congress were women, i think you'd have a lot more talk about the need for education and health care and the things that allow people to thrive in their communities as opposed to, you know, fighting over i don't want to pay any taxes, i want to grab all the money i can and run away with it. i mean, it's -- i think if you had more women making these decisions, the conversation would be much more about what it is that ordinary families need in order to thrive. >> terry o'neill, president of n.o.w., thank you so much. >>> now from politics to pot. washington and colorado voted to legalize it on election day. so are we finally nearing a truce in the war on drugs? that's next. [ male announcer ] it's that time of year again. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically sea

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and that's exactly what happened in the united states congress. >> hockenberry: beyond washington, inave after wave, the skeptic tactic of fighting scientific warnings with doubt and delay was finding success. tennessee passed a law allowing the views of climate change skeptics to be taught in schools. a virginia state legislator cut the words "sea level rise" from an official request to study coastal communities, calling it a left-wing term. here in north carolina, a warning from scientists on sea level rise would cause politicians to try and legislate climate change out of existence. >> they're here to try to protect these houses. >> hockenberry: in 2010, 19 scientists on a state commission warned of a possible sea level rise by the end of the century. >> here you get an idea of the nature of these dunes. >> hockenberry: geologist stanley riggs was one of the scientists. >> what we were asked to do is to develop... what is the history of sea level rise and what can north carolina expect 25 years from now, 50 years from now, a hundred years from now. >> hockenberry: the report said t

there are enough scary things out there in the world that the united states congress does not need to additional ones totally unnecessarily. >> all right. thanks to all three of you. >> quick final word, yeah? >> real simple. both sides are going to have some significant pain in this. you have to deal with the defense. you have to deal with medicare. you have to deal with entitlements. nobody's going to get off easy. but if republicans think can you balance it on the backs of the elderly and poor, trust me, that's where the fight is going to be. share the pain if you want to have the gain of being able to deal with the deficit. >> thanks to all three of you. appreciate it. >>> one of the issues here, tax the rich or tax the wealthy? there is a difference. so we have what we think could be the real buffet rule, the one he put out there, the real one if we're actually serious here. >>> even with a cease-fire, drones are still over gaza tonight. we're going to give you an exclusive look at the israeli company that's building the drones. >> hi. >> you know, i can save you 15% today if you

there are enough scary things out there in the world that the united states congress does not need tonvent some additional ones totally unnecessarily. >> all right. thanks to all three of you. >> quick final word, yeah? >> real simple. both sides are going to have some significant pain in this. you have to deal with the defense. you have to deal with medicare. you have to deal with entitlements. nobody's going to get off easy. but if republicans think can you balance it on the backs of the elderly and poor, trust me, that's where the fight is going to be. share the pain if you want to have the gain of being able to deal with the deficit. >> thanks to all three of you. appreciate it. >>> our third story "outfront." tax the rich? no, tax the wealthy. wealth is something you build over time. shows itself in the forms of superexpensive assets. mansions, boats, expensive wine. 41 days from the fiscal cliff and bitter partisan deadlock, we want to test drive another idea, where the wealthy would pay more, but tax rates on people who work might not go up. is this the buff rhett rule really s

a month later the united states congress came into session.embers of congress put forth theories compromise from a critical portion of on some bits out with division of territory and most often was a proposal to extend some kind of dividing line westby on louisiana purchase other way to the border of california. now, after this rather lengthy preface, i am going to get to my main topic, why lincoln rejected albeit compromise within the territory. but there must be one thing more. i'm going to talk about three different men tonight. one of them all if you know, abraham lincoln and who he was and what he did. the other two are not so well known. for probably a number if you are probably familiar with henry clay, the great kentucky statesman. and william hen

day of fiscal reckoning is almost a promise by the end of this year the president of the united states and congress must come to some kind of actions. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for langley you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm charging welcome to the big picture.

this would be the first time in the history of the united states congress where a farm bill that was bipartisan basis by the house agriculture committee wasn't even brought to the floor for a vote. why is that? when i spoke to mr. cantor, he basically said he didn't think he had the votes. i said well, you know what? let's try. because we can vote yes or we can vote no and then we can be held accountable by our constituents for how we voted. what we can't defend is not voting at all. so we should taking up this farm bill. it is ready to go. and then let the american people decide whether they support or disagree with our votes. >> eliot: one of the things that's fascinating. you said it passed with bipartisan support through the agricultural committee which ordinarily would be an indication that when it got to the house, there would be enough bipartisan support to make it through. what are the sticking points, what are the most -- contentious pieces of the bill generating this opposition? >> it is an extensive bill. it has nutrition programs, about $80 billion. there are cuts that a