i don't understand why the united states senate still has not convened. if there's so much urgency, which we feel, why does the united states not come back into action? >> they might have asked why you didn't do it thursday night, why you waited until friday afternoon to send it back to them. >> well, we did it as fast as we can. i would also ask the president why didn't he submit a budget back in february. there are reasons that lead up to this. there's urgency now with hours left on the clock, get the united states senate convened and pass something. >> congressman, the bill that you were going to pass is dead on arrival. we know that, because they are not going to repeal or defund or delay. >> everybody keeps saying that but they should vote on that. >> you've voted on it several times. lets get real for a second. will you given the fact there's a number of house republicans that don't agree with you on that, people in our own caucus, what about having something passed without hastert rule, what about majority rule in the house of representatives to avo

the thinking has been that if there was an easier place to get it, it would be the united states senatethe resolution which went through the senate at last draft at least included a provision which would forbid under the auspices of this agreement to allow boots on the ground or much of anything other than a tomahawk mills strike. the president said he does not need this authorization despite the secretary general says the action would be illegal under international law. whether the president will go forward with the strike if he does not get authorization from the united states house of representatives is something to which we have no answer. the united states senate voted seconds ago, in fact it's my understanding they're still under way. there are a numb of people about whom i have questions. marco rubio is one. the senator from florida who had questions yesterday in discussion after the hearing which happened on the senate side about whether he would vote for it. senator john mccain as you heard said early today he was not for the resolution as drafted because he thought that the --

history, there were two black people in the united states senate. t of south carolina was also appointed to a senate seat to fill a vacancy. he got his seat at the very beginning of the year. and when mo cowen got there in february, their overlap in the senate was historic. we had never before had two african-american simultaneously serving in the united states senate. and since mo cowen is gone now, we are no longer in that situation. aside from that brief overlap of those two appointed senators, every single one of the few african-americans who have ever served in the united states senate, every single one of them has serve there had alone, even back during reconstruction. the only african-american woman who have ever served in the senate is carol moseley braun, the senator from illinois. she served in the 1990s. carol moseley-braun remains the only black woman to have ever served in the senate. and she was the only black senator of either gender in the senate one august day back in 1993. so ten years ago, when she stepped on to the senator's only

if you judge how smart a senator ted cruz is by what he says and does in the united states senate, bynd getting and doing in the united states senate right now at this moment as he stand on the senate floor. if you score him fairly on that he is, as he stand there tonight, on the senate floor, the stupidest guy in the building. ♪ [ agent smith ] i've found software that intrigues me. it appears it's an agent of good. ♪ [ agent smith ] ge software connects patients to nurses to the right machines while dramatically reducing waiting time. [ telephone ringing ] now a waiting room is just a room. [ static warbles ] >> in a new poll of the new jersey senate race, democrat cory booker has the lead. the race is tightening. cory booker is at 53%. republican lonegan at 41%. cory booker led lonegan 54-29. coming up the answer to tonight's question -- who is the shrewdest political strategist since lbj? david corne asked that question today and has the answer for our next. hint -- he has one of lbj's old jobs. [ engine revs, tires squeal ] [ male announcer ] since we began, mercedes-benz has pio

secretary hagel and i both voted in the united states senate. so both of us are especially sensitive to never again asking any member of congress to vote on faulty intelligence. that is why our intelligence community took time. that's why the president took time, to make certain of the facts and make certain of this case and to declassify unprecedented amounts of information in order to scrub and rescrub the evidence and present the facts to the american people and especially to the congress. through you to the american people. we have declassified unprecedented amounts of information, some of it, i might add, not because initially that might have been the instinct in the sense of protecting sources

president -- madam president, today i am here to give my first speech on the floor of the united states senate. i do so with deep respect and reverence for the history of this chamber and for the giants of the senate who have served before us. from massachusetts, our recent roster of senators reads like a history textbook. president john f. kennedy, who inspired a nation. president kennedy's desk is right here, and it is so appropriate that my extraordinary partner from massachusetts, senator warren, occupies it today. the legendary ted kennedy, who had the vision to make health care a right and not a privilege. ed brooke, the first african-american popularly elected to the senate. paul tsongas, a model of independence. for 28 years john kerry was a champion for the people of massachusetts. now he is our chief diplomat to the world, his skill already shown in his ability to bring russia and syria to the negotiating table. america is the greatest country on earth. my father drove a truck for the hood company. he graduated from the vocational program at lawrence high school. my mother was going

if you judge how smart a senator ted cruz is by what he says and does in the united states senate, bys saying and getting and doing in the united states senate right now at this moment as he stand on the senate floor. if you score him fairly on that he is, as he stand there tonight, on the senate floor, the stupidest guy in the building. [ man ] on december 17, 1903, the wright brothers became the first in flight. [ goodall ] i think the most amazing thing is how like us these chimpanzees are. [ laughing ] [ woman ] can you hear me? and you hear your voice? oh, it's exciting! [ man ] touchdown confirmed. we're safe on mars. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hi. [ baby fussing ] ♪ mom? come in here. come in where? welcome to my mom cave. wow. sit down. you need some campbell's chunky soup before today's big game, new chunky cheeseburger. mmm. i love cheeseburgers. i know you do. when did you get this place? when i negotiated your new contract, it was part of the deal. cool. [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right. >> in a new poll of the new jersey senate race, democra

. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome members of the united states house of representatives and the members of the united states senate and the speaker of the united states house of representatives. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. [applause] >> good afternoon and welcome to the united states gavel. the congress is celebrating the heroes of the civil rights movement. a time that proves frederick douglass was right when he said if there is no struggle, there is no progress. it was three weeks in a day after the march on washington, martin luther king jr. was in birmingham, alabama. he was not there to sermonize, he was there to eulogize, to make sense of the sunday morning murder of young addie mae collins, denise mcnair, carole robertson, and cynthia wesley. the innocent blood of these little girls may well serve as a redemptive force. what may have been discomfort turned out to be prophecy. birmingham had to go through hell, but found its way back and pushed itself forward and pushed the whole country forward as well. this is one o

if your viewers are melting the phone lines for united states senators because the house has done their job. it is time to melt the phone lines of the senators. let them no we want to have the government funded but we don't want to have all the problems with obamacare. i really do -- i'm pollyanna about it. i believe we can get it done this fall. >> in the event that there is a shutdown, a lot of finger pointing. >> there is no shutdown. it's not going to happen. >> it's not snm i don't think we'll see a shutdown. >> even with a clean bill minus the defunding portion of the bill sent back to the house. is the house going to say okay to the democrats' version? >> i believe the senate will hear from the people. whether it i's on the current funding bill, cr, or on raising the debt ceiling which has to be done they have to raise the debt ceiling. we'll see obamacare either defunded or delayed. it will happen because the american people won't stand for it. >> nice to see you. hope you will come back at the new earlier time. >> it will be easier. >> indeed. for all of us. what will happen in

so cruz was able to attract something resembling support from about eight percent of the united states senatee rest of the republican senators shunned him. throughout his pretend filibuster. that left him on his own for long stretches, and ted cruz demonstrated that he doesn't know enough about obama care to get him through the night. >> there are person whose have no money. you turn to the law. but the law its not a breast that fills itself with milk, near are the veins of the law supplied with milk from a source outside the society. you look right now at one of the most popular television shows in the united states. "duck dynasty" a show about a god-fearing family. a successful entrepreneurs. who love guns. who love to hunt. and who believe in the american dream. i'm a big fan of eating white castle burgers. >> of course he its. no senator was more helpful to ted cruz than his groupie mike lee who once they crossed the 3:00 a.m. mark, started asking questions that were actually questions. >> senator cruz, i would like to ask you -- do you know how long the 100 years war lasted? can you tell

do you anticipate senator ted cruz filibustering when it comes up for a vote in the united states senate? he said on wednesday in a written statement it was a done deal that the republicans lost in the senate and he wasn't going to. then he got heat and it seemed he would filibuster. where is it? do you expect him to filibuster? >> i think senator cruz is as committed as ever to are peel ing obamacare. >> how about the filibuster? >> i don't know what he'll do. you have the to talk to ted cruz. >> what do you want him to do. >> i think the filibuster is a great idea. what would be better is if harry reid listens to the bipartisan vote that came today. again it was two democrats that joined with the republicans. this bipartisan vote says defund obamacare as we fund the government. >> is it fair to say it's bipartisan? you lost a republican, gained two democrats. does it become bipartisan if you nick off a couple of votes? is that really bipartisan? >> sure. it happens on the other side as well. le if they can peel off one republican, they say it is a bipartisan vote. we'll take gains wher

. >> and i don't believe that my former colleagues in the united states senate and the house will turn their backs on all of our interests. >> secretary of state john kerry says the case for military action in syria lies in the evidence of chemical warfare. two years after the beings tsunami,ing radiation reaches new levels. >> egyptian president mohammed morsi will stand trial for the 2007 deaths of seven people. >>> and flames are now 45% contained as firefighters battle on the edge of yosemite national park. and breaking news right now out of afghanistan, where taliban fighters have launched an attack near a u.s. military base in afghanistan. that is right near the pakistan border. the blast sparked a gun fight and sparked, jennifer glass is in kabul and joins us with the latest. jennifer is there any word of fatalities? >> we -- nato says they have incurred no fatalities, that is ooh ang operating base with afghan forces on it. a district spokesman says he sees bodies on it, a little over four hours ago now and there was a firefight with nato gun ships engaging the fighters. the ta

. >> i don't believe that my former colleagues in the united states senate and house will turn their backs on all of our interests. >> secretary of state john kerry making the case for military action in syria. >> hopes for a political resolution in egypt fade as ousted president mohamed morsi stands trial for inciting murder. ♪ theme >> it's a new day, as presidential pressure to attack syria intensifies. it's been less than 48 hours sips the president said he needs congressional approval for his attack plan, and now the full court press is on. sunday, obama dispatched secretary of state john kerry to the sunday morning talk shows. kerry along with several members of the obama cabinet made their push for support. the big name they want in their corner is senator john mccain. he's been invited to the white house today. the arizona senator has been an outspoken critic of white house plans to limit air strikes. in fact, he said the united states' failure to intervene in syria's civil war is shameful. >> aljazeera reports from washington on the obama administration's plan. >> he would a

there are right now three members of the united states senate on the floor of the senate and two members of the united states house. if you ask the american people how many senators should be here in the debate over defunding obamacare, the biggest job killer in this country because the american people's top priority is jobs and the economy, the american people would say all 100 senators. what possibly do have you that's more important to do? i suspect some of our colleagues are at a fundraising dinner, some of our colleagues are at home with their families. you want to know why congress is held in such low esteem? it's not that we don't pass enough laws. it's that the priorities of the men and women in this body are not the priorities of the men and women of america. we're not listening to america. 0 the most important objective, what i hope will come of this week, more important than the continuing resolution, than the budget, more important than obamacare, is that we make some real progress to changing the culture of this place. so that both democrats and republicans start listening t

now, unfortunately, the united states senate is not hearing their cries. for the millions of americans that are facing the threat being forced into part time work. unfortunately, the united states senate is not hearing their cry. >> it was harry reid's turn and he took a quick shot at senator cruz. >> it's unfortunate that so much time is now spent wasting, not accomplishing anything. that's what this has been about is wasting time. the american people know, they've been called upon by the senator, the junior senator from texas, they've been called upon time and time again. the american people. the american people. alltel you something, mr. president. the american people know that every hour that he has spoken or speaks, pushes another hour closer to a republican government shutdown. >> obama care is just as bad as many of us said it would be. and it's about to get a lot worse. this train is picking up speed and there's a bridge out ahead. sort of like one of those wily coyote cartoons, except this isn't funny. >> for almost a whole day, the senate stage wa

. >> our message to the united states senate is simple. the american people don't want the government shut down and they don't want obama care. >> reporter: and it's a bill that has zero chance of becoming law. >> in the united states senate, we will not repeal or defund obama care. we will not. and to think we can is not rational. >> reporter: bowing to tea party pressures, agreed to use it as leverage to help derail health care reform. >> the next ten days are very important for our country. that is doing everything we can to stop and delay and defund obama care. >> reporter: the white house has promised to veto. and touring a ford factory in missouri today, a fiery president obama almost seemed to relish the chance to slam house republicans. >> they're not focused on you. they're focused on politics. they're focused on trying to mess with me. they're not focused on you. >> reporter: here's what will happen if there's no agreement by october 1st. non-essential workers roughly half the government workforce would be furloughed. those who st

waste and showing folks across the land that there are things that you can agree on in the united states senate and come together. so i'm pleased, mr. president, to be here with senator murkowski. we've talked about this a long time, to get the united states senate back in the business of a modern energy policy. it creates jobs. it promotes energy security and productivity. we started that with the hydropower legislation that was signed in to law right after we broke for the august recess. this is the next logical step, and i'll just say to colleagues, i don't see how a senator can say they are for an all-of-the-above energy policy in america without supporting energy efficiency. and this is the time, this is the bill. i look forward to working with our colleagues. i hope they bring us their various and sundry amendments. and with that, i yield the floor. and i know senator murkowski has important comments to make, and i yield the floor, mr. president. ms. murkowski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. ms. murkowski: mr. president, i thank my colleague, the chairman o

secretary hagel and i both voted in the united states senate. so both of us are especially sensitive to never again asking any member of congress to vote on faulty intelligence. that is why our intelligence community took time. that's why the president took time, to make certain of the facts and make certain of this case and to declassify unprecedented amounts of information in order to scrub and rescrub the evidence and present the facts to the american people and especially to the congress. through you to the american people. we have declassified unprecedented amounts of information, some of it, i might add, not because initially that might have been the instinct in the sense of protecting sources and methods, but some leaked. after its leaking, we thought it was important to verify whether it was true or not. so by now you've heard a great deal from me and others in the administration about the comprehensive evidence that we have collected in the days following the attack on august 21st, so i'm not going to go through all of it again right no

the united states senate, they can be the slowest institution in america. when they want to, they can be the quickest. they can snap their fingers and deem a bill. we have all weekend. we invite them to come back from the golf courses and work on behalf of the people in america like we do. >> reporter: what happens on monday morning if the markets open and tumble or get spooked? will that be enough to get everybody here spooked as well? >> we are here, the house is here, the republican house is here. >> reporter: to vote to fund the government is a different thing. >> republicans have voted to fund the government. we are going to continue to vote to fund the government. it's those who, again, won't sit down and negotiate and use the hyperbole who aren't listening to the same constituents we are that small businesses can't hire and obama care is not ready. why have we delayed it for employers but not employees? it's crazy. all we are asking for, if it's not ready for prime time, don't force it on the people. >> before you let him go -- >> reporter: yes. >> i

can you imagine what the well of the united states senate, the floor of the united states senate wouldbe. >> there are only 100 in the u.s. senate. it would be the whole senate. >> that's my point. that's exactly my point. what kind of country would we have, and no one, no one in their right mind wants to go back to that period in time. >> but again, i can understand that we very extremists, ryan. i can understand we've got these guys that go off wagon in maybe even one or two senators, three or four congressmen, a lot of the pundits and hosts of talk shows. but the fact that none of the leadership, none, two days later has stood up and said this is wrong, this doesn't represent our party, that's what i'm talking about. if people go off on the deep end on the left, they are widely denounced. if they go out from the right, it's like they didn't say anything. >> right. the left tightly polices itself from the center, no doubt about it. with jesse helms, you were not cherry picking, you know, i an few quotes of his. it's not as if there was. >> his whole life. >> it's not as if there were

secretary hagel and i both voted in the united states senate. so both of us are especially sensitive to never again asking any member of congress to vote on faulty intelligence. that is why our intelligence community took time. that's why the president took time, to make certain of the facts and make certain of this case and to declassify unprecedented amounts of information in order to scrub and rescrub the evidence and present the facts to

let me ask young people what urgency do you see in the united states senate? he floor of the senate filled with senators saying there is a crisis with young people, let's step forward and help them get jobs. no. you've got senators who have got very busy calendars. there are cocktail parties to go to. responding to the crisis that young people are facing, it's not high on the priority of enough members of this senate because washington isn't listening to the people. that's why the hashtag is trending make d.c. listen because we need to make d.c. listen. this generation's struggles have few historical precedents, at least in the u.s. so y'all should feel excited. you have made history. although unfortunately not for a good reason because the government has put policies in place that have so hammered small businesses, they have created a job market that makes life incredibly difficult for young people. the recession of the early 1980's was comparable but was followed by a rapid recovery. well, gosh, what happened in the early 1980's? president ronald reagan was e

suggest he knew how to work in the united states senate and would be an effective president of the unitedtates? >> i think he was there less than two years. >> donny, he was there for four years. answer my question. >> he was in the state senate. >> joe. >> he got elected in 2004. >> joe. >> i'm not debating he came out of nowhere. what i'm challenging you on is to -- >> one piece of legislation. >> extremist views of a ted cruz, it's different. >> donny, i'm asking you a question. i know as someone who loves me -- this is like a scene in "breaking bad" where i'm walter white's wife asking if you cooked meth. name one piece of barack obama passed that would suggest barack obama knew he knew how to work with other people better than ted cruz. >> just admit that you cooked the meth. >> no! >> you just admitted you cooked it. >> one guy was a lunatic, one had a sane level of thinking. >> to go back to the topic before which was the question of the conservative coalescence. mika read a thing from the hill which said although it's true that a lot of people -- and you uh had a list of people wh

recognize, a power that i wish we would get to debate and discuss longer, more frequently in the united states senate a letter of mark and reprisal is, of course, effectively a hall pass issued by the united states congress in the name of the united states government that entitles the bearer of that hall pass to be a hig pirate one high seas. regardless of how long i get to serve in the united states senate, i hope one day to be granted a letter of mark and reprisal so i can become a pirate, as i longed to be as a child. you're all invited to join me when i get that letter of mark and reprisal. the point is that the powers of congress are limited. these are powers that james madison, in defending the constitution against people who questioned it, against those who feared that this constitution might give rise to a general purpose, national government, one empowered with so many powers that it could become a tyrant. he tried to set at ease the concerns of the people in federalist 45 when he said, the powers that would be granted to the newly established federal government upon ratification of the cons

americans that are facing the threat of being forced into part-time work, unfortunately, the united states senate is not hearing their cry. for the millions of americans whoewho are facing skyrocketing health insurance premiums and facing the reality or myth of losing their health insurance, the united states nationa natiot hearing their cry. and the people who are facing this are not the wealthy. they're not the powerful. they're not, as the president likes to say, the millionaires and billionaires. they're the most vulnerable among you they're young people. who are being absolutely decimated by obamacare. they are single moms who are working in diners, struggling but suddenly finding their hours reduced to 29 hours a week. the problem is, 29 hours is a week is not enough to feed your kids. single moms are crying out to the united states senate, fix this train wreck, fix this disaster. and for the struggling single mornlings fomoms, for young peo, unfortunately, the u.s. senate is closed for business. a senator: mada mr. president? mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from idaho. mr

that is victorious victorious, if either is victorious, being an american ally. >> you are a united states senator. you may at some point be a candidate for the presidency. how would the united states look if the president says i have decided to take military action, i want congress to give me authority, and congress does not give that authority? >> i think it would show that he made a grave mistake when he drew a red line. i think a president should be very careful about setting red lines he's not going to keep. but then again, when you set a red line that was not a good idea in the beginning with, and now you're going to adhere to it or try to show your machismo, i think then you're trying to save face and really adding bad policy to bad policy. >> your colleagues in the senate like senator mccain and senator graham, you've tangled with them on some of these matters before. they've made it very clear that the only resolution they would support must go farther. it must essentially really push assad from power. secretary kerry is likening assad to saddam hussein and adolf hitler. you don't see a v

. >> reporter: so, guys, reaction on the senate floor from the leaders of the united states senate here, but they're under lockdown, under shelter in place over at the senate right now. here things do appear to have calmed down, but the tragic news of the day, of course, 12 dead now here at the washington navy yard, maria. >> okay, thanks very much. we want to get back to the markets. we will take you back to washington once those briefings happen by the police chief as well as we'll take you to the hospital briefing. but the market certainly lost some of the steam as it wore on but still posted solid gains considering the news coming out of washington. bob pisani, are you surprised that the navy yard shootings did not really impact investors and stocks? >> no. as terrible as it was, it had tremendous momentum going in as mr. summers announced he was withdrawing his candidacy for the federal reserve. here's the point now. two things have been moving the markets. syria is now on the sidelines, mr. summers is on the sidelines. lower interest rates is really what matters here. the governme

and so our message to the united states senate is simple. the american people do not want government shut down, and they don't want obamacare. [applause] the house has listened to the american people. now what is time for the united states senate to listen to them as well. lou: and we will be reporting fully on today's developments from washington d.c. also another terrific drive-by shooting in the murder capital of america. shooters sitting 13 people, including a 3-year-old just when it began to look as the chicago violence was declining at least moderately. and more volatile i'll weather. the earth's strata storm of the year is bearing down now on one of the planet's most densely populated areas. taiwan is bracingonight for a typhoon land fall, a typhoon that meteorologist say is the equivalent in destructive power of a category five atlantic hurricane. that storm is forecast to hit hong kong, a city of almost 8 million people this sunday. and no relief for the flood soapberry is in and around of acapulco, mexico. 40,000 troops remain stran

we put a funding bill across. >> a number of house republicans will take to the east senate steps of the united states capitol to hammer the senate for taking the weekend off. >> mike emmanuel, thank you very much. the government closed down on two separate occasions in recent history between november of 1995 and january of 2006 was felt far and wide. as a result the centers of disease control prevention. 368 national park service sites closed down and turning away seven million visitors. 200,000 applications went unprocessed. and multiple services for american war veterans were cut back. it ranges from health and welfare to financial and travel assistance. >> words of warning from israel to the united states on iran's new leader israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is meeting at the white house, and he is expected to talk about israel's deep concerns about a nuclear iran. james rosen is reporting from washington. >> greetings from washington where conservatives are expressing profound skepticism about iran and its motives and the white house is too. in the historic phone call they told rouhani t

so i'm carrying this ball here in the united states senate. i'm pleased that the minority leader, as i have said, senator mcconnell is willing to take this up, and we already have the support of more than 30 senators, and i expect that that will grow and hopefully it will be a bipartisan support. the bill is identical to legislation that the republicans passed in the house. i mentioned a fellow hoosier, congressman todd young, who has authored that bill, and i join him with this. if democrats, republicans and a majority of americans agree this law is not working, then let's do something now before obamacare's full impact on our economy when this bill takes effect. i urge the majority leader to allow a vote on this amendment that will be offered and give all americans the same protection this administration has provided to businesses to give that to individual americans. after all, it's just simply a matter of fairness. the administration having decided to waive for a year the implementation of the employer mandate needs to waive for a year the

actually, brad we took care of the credit problem in the bill we sent to the senate had language in it that said the united statesill always play principal and interest on the debt and the senate stripped that language out. >> that's the china -- >> we're committed to protecteding the full faith and credit of the united states, as you know, brad. >> could you imagine going back to your district and saying we paid china and we're not paying social security recipients. >> social security runs on autopilot. those checks will continue to go out. what i'm concerned about is our military. >> congressman culbertson, let's move ahead two weeks. >> you're confusing the appropriations process with the debt process. >> let me go ahead two weeks if from now. congressman culbertson, tell me your thinking about the debt and the extending the debt limit and how you deal with those amendments. a lot of them got to do well in gas. i understand oil and gas. what about the debt limit. why would you put in access for exploitation of federal lands -- what does that have to do with keeping the full faith and credit out there? it's not

where was the united states senate yesterday? i say they were a.w.o.l., they were not here. they don't come in until 2:00 today, and then they'll jam a bill through the house and senate and try to make it look good. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, we are just a day away from opening of obamacare exchanges, it seems like every day there is more bad news that comes out about the health care law. but the american people won't be singing once obamacare begins is a far cry from what they were promised. american people were promised obamacare would be more affordable. mr. holding: a promise there would be more choices, promised more coverage. for many americans it is already proving to be the opposite. mr. speaker, my home state of north carolina is expect