united states air force lieutenant general john hudson. united states air force, retired. [applause] >> leader mcconnell, leader pelosi, senatornd represented olson, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the great honor today of accepting the congressional gold medal on behalf of our doolittle raiders in having the chance to say a few words on their behalf. the raiders led by jimmy doolittle were 100% volunteers. almost none of them knew the details of the mission until a task force headed -- the two surviving raiders include attendance here today. they wanted to help out with the nation's war effort. they volunteered for what was described as a difficult and dangerous mission. the raiders will tell you they were within our army air forces and it was there teammates, the crew chiefs, weapon years, feel specials and more who help them train and prepare the airplanes for the missions. their innovation and ingenuity continues today in our nation's air force as it did in our army air forces. the raiders will tell you our nation's navy transported the raiders to launch point with a task force that included the uss hornet which held t

i think i'm the only united states senator to ever fail civic study policy. i realize i had plenty of company when i went to the united states senate. [applause] [laughter] i also failed spanish and english. when you fail spanish and english, they don't call you bilingual. they call you by-ignorance, because you can't speak in any language. that is where i found myself. i have a mentor who believes in me, and a mother who believed that all things were truly possible when facing god, and the power of a switch. [laughter] the switch is the southern apparatus of encouragement. it was applied from my belt to my ankles as often as necessary. i think god, because of the strength of my mother i finished , high school on time, went to college, and continued on the journey. i believe that the best days of this class, the class of 2015, is ahead of you. the thing that you can do for this country and this world has not been imagined before. i believe that the cure to cancer may be in the seats in front of me. i believe that the next technological discovery can be found i

kennedy institute for the united states senate. this wonderful new building and this wonderful innovative technology exhibit outside leads to this wonderful replica of the united states senate chamber. it outside leads to this wonderful replica of the united states senate chamber. it is the heart and soul of the institute. it is a full-scale replica with a little bit more technology, as you can see. if this is your first digit -- visit, i hope you will come again to see all that we offer you we are very pleased to welcome you today for the launch of one of our public program series, "get to the point." we are very excited have majority leader mitch mcconnell be our first speaker. our formula today will include remarks from senator mcconnell. it is my pleasure to introduce mrs. victoria reggie kennedy. we know her well in massachusetts. [applause] >> i think all has been said but you do know that she is a founding president of the institute and we would not be here without her energy, determination and her vision for making this plac

i've been saying get it on the floor of the united states senate. when the american people find out that there is a big gap between what they think is in the patriot act and what is the secret interpretation they're going to be very angry. they have been and today, the court said that that secret

i would ask you senator leahy, in your experience as a prosecutor and a united states senator what do you see as the major benefits to this legislation and the major pitfalls to the current practice of the nsa of both data collection? >> mr. president, senator the distinguished senator from utah has laid out very well the reasons for the changes proposed in the house and proposed by his and my bill. he also said something that we should all think about. a couple of minutes ago he said, what about -- assuming everyone is following today or tomorrow or next year or the year after and when he mentioned that mentioned my years as a prosecutor let me tell you a short story. i became one of the officers of the national district attorneys association. a number of a number of us for five of us had occasion to meet then director of the f pi, j edgar hoover. i i have thought back to some of the frightening things that he said about investigating people because of their political beliefs communists were all hippies. secondly, the new york times was getting to left in some of their editorials ver

joe mansion's in the united states senate and comes to congress with a unique perspective. he's one of ten sitting united states senators who formally served as governor. they bring a critical perspective. they are problem solvers charged by their state to govern. their residents expected action. they oversaw state agencies. they oversaw crisis. they oversaw a public that demanded a lot out of them. m the expectation was for them to deliver. together the ten members formed the former governor's caucus a group committed to bringing their governing experience to bear in ways that not only form public policy, but the new institution that they serve in, the united states congress. before i turn the podium over to the senator i'd like to offer a bit of a brief introduction. joe mansion is now the senior senator from wefsz, having been a senator since 2010 previously, as i said, he served as governor from 2005 to 2010. over the course of a more than 30 year career in public service, senator mansion served in the west virginia house of delegates, the state senate, and west virginia

the majority leader of united states senate, the senior senator from kentucky, mitch mcconnell. [applause] sen. mcconnell: it won't surprise you when i say that everybody loves vicki. [applause] elaine does. i do. our colleagues in the united states senate, regardless of party, have deep respect and admiration vicki, for what you provided for ted and what you are doing now. this is an extraordinary contribution to the country. not only in commemoration of ted, but to underscore the importance of the institution of the senate. i don't think it is any secret that vicki, you gave ted a sense of stability and tranquility in his later life. even as he retained all of the passion and intensity with which we associate him. boy was he passionate. that bellowing voice from the back of the room. there was no mistaking when kennedy was up and doing his thing. you made more of him than he was without you. it was an extraordinary coming together of two outstanding people. i want to thank all of you for coming here. i see justice prior sitting there, you must have had a slow afternoon. [laught

this has been long overdue and that's what i tried to start with my talk on the floor of the united states senate. i do think it would have been a lot better if that debate had been started by the intelligence leadership. in fact, the intelligence leadership didn't do it and when i asked them at a public hearing, the director, i said does the government collect any type of data at all on millions of americans? the director of national intelligence said no and that was false. >> do you think that james claper should step down?

there is bipartisan support in the house and senate not to mention the president of the united states and his administration. it is voted out of the senate committee by a historic vote i mention 7-6 with seven democrats voting to report the bill. the bill that was president obama's top legislative priority. yet the mere thought of debating this bill today was apparently too much for my democratic colleagues to bear. nothing changed, mr. president. it is the same bill we reported out of committee. i can remember the happy time we had talking about how wonderful it was to finally get this bill out of the committee. this is the same bill we have been talking about for months. the only thing that was different today than just a few day uzgo was the strong of being employed by the opposition. we know the tpa bill wasn't the only bill reported from the finance committee in april. we reported a bill to reauthorerize trade adjustment assistance. a bill to reauthorize some trade programs and a custom and enforceal enforcement bill. we heard rumblings a few days before beginning and heard state

but, again while we're doing that and using the leverage of our market here in the united states senate -- the united states the world's largest economy, we must be sure we're dealing with dumping with subsidization, and yes currency manipulation and other aspects of trade that simply aren't fair. recently i received a letter sound by thousands of ohio auto workers and they called currency manipulation the most critical barrier in the 21st century. they get it. these work at the transmission plant in sharonville, ohio but i see it all over ohio. more than 1,500 workers will manufacture ford's truck in avon lake this was moved from mexico to the united states. this is what they told me. we want to be able to compete. we want to keep our jobs here in avon lake, ohio. they said -- and i quote -- " currency manipulation hurts american competitiveness at home. this assembly plant's mission is to provide our customers with the highest quality safest most reliable products and services while fostering continuous growth and prosperity to our community. they say trade policies must not undermine

and what's sort of remarkable about this is that we are on the cusp here in the united states senate of passing a major piece of legislation bipartisan legislation in which a republican majority in the united states senate is working with a democrat president to give him trade promotion authority -- something that would be very good for our economy. and if the democrats here in the senate don't blow it, this could be a major hallmark achievement of this congress. but my understanding is there's an effort on the other side now to prevent us from even getting on the bill to debate it, and i hope that as democrats contemplate that move that they'll think long and hard about what they will be doing. because not only will they be undermining their own president who is very much for this they will be hurting the american economy. because every president literally back to f.d.r. has had trade promotion authority in which he has the ability to negotiate trade agreements with other trading partners in a way that congress ultimately has to approve but in a way that expedites and gives maximum a

clinton, you were in the united states senate. the united states senate has already voted on the trade agreement. they voted last week. and it was passing. no question about it. now it's up to the house. it's a lot of democrats in the house that want to know where the leading candidate stands on what is going to be a massive trade deal for this country. now, hillary's position on trade, i think, is anything but clear. she's outlined what she wants in a deal. she's outlined what she wants in a trade deal. but she wants to see exactly what's in it? hasn't the senate seen what's in it? she wants to see it before she makes a decision. give me a break. hillary clinton was secretary of state when this deal was being negotiated. i find it hard to believe that the secretary of state is so in the dark about the tpp. i agree with senator sanders. i find it hard to believe that hillary clinton can't come to some kind of conclusion on this an absolute. not a parameter of what she's looking for. the clinton campaign is hoping that the house wil

months now about the interesting and valuable perspective that former governors bring to the united states senate. one of our ad -- brookings advisers here is former governor point of which from ohio. he was thrilled to hear you are doing this. he was the former ayre, governor , and senator and money left the senate we lost the champion for sensible government reform in the senate. i am proud to see senator manchin stepping into that role today. in the former governors. i am very impressed with the reform agenda he is outlined here. from process agendas like returning to bipartisan lunches in the governor's caucus itself to substantive reform like including tactics miniatures in the budget process here it something we have talked about in the think tank world for a long time. it needs to be something people are grappling with lyrically to the return of the office technology assistance -- assessment. one of the future really valuable small, i think the whole thing had 90 people in it or something. small pieces of government that was well worth its weight and somehow has gotten shocked. -- chopped.

senators are here to address issues in the united states senate. are there many things the house passes that i agree with? yes. my party controls the house. are there things here that i don't agree with that they've passed? yes, but we as senators act our prerogative in terms to weigh in on terms of where we stand and ultimately we take a vote and we either win or lose. sometimes it coordinates with the house of representatives and other times it doesn't but then we go to conference if we pass an alternative. but to say that there hasn't been debate relative to this program and the program that the house passed is just simply not -- not true. there has been such a significant unfortunate misrepresentation of what this program is and what this program isn't and that has caused a lot of angst in which we're trying to deal with this. much of the public -- at least some portion of the public is convinced that the government is listening to every phone call that they make. it's been said on this floor that they're listening to all your calls that they're

she served as our first lady of the united states, senator of new york and secretary of state and noatter where she served she has been a tireless champion for women, children, and families. south carolina, join me in welcoming hillary clinton to the palmetto state. \[cheers and applause] sec. clinton: well, this is so exciting, to be here with all of you and to be here for such an important cause to make sure that the democratic party and particularly the democratic women's council recruits and trains and fields more women for public office right here in south carolina. \[cheers and applause] sec. clinton: there are a lot of long-time friends here. i won't try to mention everybody, but i do want to thank susan and the entire board for d.w.c. i want to thank gilda who i think has been in the legislature since 1992, started in elementary school and worked her way up. former governor jim hodges we're delighted he is here, thank you. \[applause] sec. clinton: a national democratic chair, a state democratic chair, of course, don and carol fowler, so happy to see them. \[applause] sec. cl

applause ] [ laughter ] [ applause ] this, which i met before in 1948 when i first ran for united states senatorm maine, when i did not have the money that my opposition did, when i did not have the professional party organization that my opposition had, when it was said that the senate is no place for a woman -- [ laughter ] when my physical strength was sapped during the campaign with a broken arm, when my conservative opponent and my liberal opponent in maine were not restricted in campaigning by official duties in washington such as i had and when practically no one gave me a chance to win. my candidacy in the new hampshire primary will be a test in several ways. one, it will be a test of how much support will be given to a candidate without campaign funds and whose expense will be limited to personal and travel expense paid by the candidate. two, it will be a test of how much support will be given the candidate without a professional party organization of paid campaign workers, but instead composed of nonpaid volunteers. three, it will be a test of how much support will be given a can candi

know, at least we can surmise from the vote that there is similar bipartisan support in the united states senatewe just need to allow the members of the senate need to allow these legislation to come up for debate. they need to allow that to happen before the deadline on sunday night. >> they describe inconvenient facts in regards the president. the president review panel could not find an instance in which a terrorist threat was ordered -- four dead --thwarted. josh earnest: our national security professionals who deal with this on a professional basis, in a nonpartisan way work 24 hours 73 to keep us safe. they say these are programs that benefit their efforts. for how important it is, i would refer you to them. they can speak to you on that more effectively than i can. i can say that the president listens carefully to his national security team for advice about what is necessary to protect the country. that team tells him these programs authorized by the usa freedom act are important to protect the country. that is why we are encouraging the senate to do with the house of representatives has

united states to encounter procedural and a snafus. that was true when democrats were in charge of the united states senate. we've talked about before about how that's been true when republicans have been in charge of the united states senate. and what we're hopeful is that every member of the united states senate can summon the bipartisan spirit that was on display in the senate finance committee to work through this procedural snafu. and the good news is that we have seen statements in public already today from people like leader mcconnell from senator wyden, even senator hatch who obviously, was instrumental to crafting this bipartisan compromise to a willingness to work in bipartisan fashion to untangle this procedural knot that the senate right now is mired in. so we're obviously going to continue to remain engaged with members of the united states senate, but the truth is most of our discussions are focused on the substance. and, you know, the senate has a process for working through these procedural challenges and we're pleased to see democrats and republicans both indicating a willingness to work thr

i know the irony of someone currently serving the united states senate talking about us getting out of debt. i get that. [laughter] [applause] i would say this is one of those things you will want to get off your back as quick as you can. if you have any debt, do whatever you can to start knocking that out as fast as you can. i know you want to get a real car, real furniture. all those things in the days ahead as you start to land a job in a mortgage and wonderful responsibility. knockout the debt as fast as you can. you'll be grateful to be able to have that off your back and be able to focus on other things. reconnect with your faith. i'm amazed at the number of students that i interact with that had a practicing faith up until they got midway through college and somehow drifted. i understand this is the united states, not everyone has to have a faith but for those who choose to have faith, i encourage them to actually live the faith they had and be able to walk the faith in that. if you've grown cold in your faith, reengage. there are a lot of terrifying moments that are both terrif

i know the irony of someone currently serving the united states senate talking about us getting out of debt. i get that. [applause] mr. lankford: i would say this is one of those things you will want to get off your back as quick as you can. if you have any debt, do whatever you can to start knocking that out as fast as you can. i know you want to get a real car, real furniture. all those things in the days ahead as you start to land a job in a mortgage and wonderful responsibility. knockout the debt as fast as you can. you'll be grateful to be able to have that off your back and be able to focus on other things. reconnect with your faith. i'm amazed at the number of students that i interact with that had a practicing faith up until they got midway through college and somehow drifted. i understand this is the united states, not everyone has to have a faith but for those who choose to have faith, i encourage them to actually live the faith they had and be able to walk the faith in that. if you've grown cold in your faith, reengage. there are a lot of terrifying moments that are both ter

machine wyden: madam president with the votes that have been cast today in the united states senate the senate has begun to develop a powerful and bipartisan message that the trade policy of the 1990's will be unacceptable in 2015. the customs and enforcement package passed this morning goes a long way to breaking new ground. we will be talking about the final two elements of the overall trade package trade promotion authority and trade adjustment assistance, but until we are done with this debate madam president i will be referring to the chart here next to me because what will be -- we'll be outlining is all of the specific areas that demonstrate, demonstrate madam president, that this legislation is going to finally put the 1990's and nafta in the rear view mirror and fix many of its flaws. for example, in the nafta era american priorities like rights for working families and environmental protection were an afterthought and they were stuck in unenforceable side agreements. with this legislation they will be bedrock elements of future trade agreements. back in those nafta days, the u

truman, president of the united states, distinguished senator from the state of missouri for ten year vice president since the last national election he brings to the high office an understanding of the great american war effort, second to that the president roosevelt. climbing senate leadership chief of the famous truman committee on war production, his work was a vital factor in the war effort. at last summer's democratic

very rare sunday session in the united states senate. the senate is due to return some eight hours before keep provisions of the patriot about are set to expire. let's take a look at some of the key points. date time and numbers called. what's known as bulge collection of phone records. roving wiretap authority allowing the fbi to wiretap extra phone lines linked to a suspect without requesting new warrants and a lone wolf provision allowing latitude to go after people not affiliated but believed to be plotting terror activity. rand paul is standing in the way. >> they're not too happy with me in washington. i made a mess of their vacation. and i'm making them come back an sunday. i'm expecting sort of a very cool reception from the other senators but the thing is these are important debates. >> the house passed the plan called the usa freedom about with overwhelming bipartisan support earning 348 votes. it would make the telecom companies raen maintaining the records. unless all 100 senators agree to pass that bill or an extension, terro

jeb bush: i'm not a united states senator, thank god. i live in miami. i'm outside of washington. i've written a book about this. what i was describing was my idea. my idea is to narrow the amount of people coming and expanding. you're not increasing the number overall. we have huge shortages in all sorts of fields. what i'm saying canada stole our immigration plan and made it better. we should resteal canadian plan and make it american. there are more immigrants from canada coming in annually than we have and they're ten times bigger. which system will be the one that works? the one focused on economic growth or focused on family petitioning? >> one last crack at this. i'll describe position on immigration that i think is reasonable and you tell me what's wrong. we secure the border first and secure at the point of employment to an e-verify system and visa system that really works and you pass this and it passes all the -- gets through all the legal challenges it's going to have from the a.c.l. u. and others and when it works then you do some form of amnesty for many illegal immi

them battle it out on the floor of the united states senate. sunday. sunday. host: and that was an ad from america's liberty super pac supporting rand paul that talks about the usa freedom act. i would like both of you to comment on the ad itself and the broader issue of whether the nsa surveillance program has legs to the 2016 election. guest: i have to tell you i have not seen the ad. it is my first time. i am a little stunned, both as a you message strategist, a you democrat, and as an and you american, actually. i i think that is the definition is of over-the-top. what is interesting is what is its job? it's job is to break through to a specific audience using a specific medium in a very crowded republican field, as we talked about. now, is that the right ad? maybe. it is not an audience i know a lot about. i will not kid you. i'm still a little stunned because that ad was obviously very contrasted. he it literally called out, by name, some of the other republicans in the race. it referred to senator ted cruz as a canadian, which is true but kind of funny.

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he's spent 16 years in the house of representatives and is in his second term as united states senator. he wants to be president and is taking on the clinton machine, if you will. senator sanders, thanks you so much. senator sanders, i salute your guts, and my question to you is do you have a romantic sense of memory and nostalgia for when another senator, eugene mccarthy went up to new hampshire and challenged another senator, former senator for the presidential nomination of the democratic party in 1968? do you feel like this could be a big challenge to the front-runner? >> i do, i do, chris. what i was wondering about when i was thinking about running for president is whether in fact we could put together the kind of strong grass roots movement we needed to rally the american people against the grotesque level of income and wealth inequality and the absurd campaign finance system we have today. guess what? five days after i announced, we have now close to 200,000 people, including many in new hampshire and iowa, who are prepared to stand up and fight back, so i feel pretty good. >>

and what's sort of remarkable about this is that we are on the cusp here in the united states senate of passing a major piece of legislation bipartisan legislation in which a republican majority in the united states senate is working with a democrat president to give him trade promotion authority -- something that would be very good for our economy. and if the democrats here in the senate don't blow it, this could be a major hallmark achievement of this congress. but my understanding is there's an effort on the other side now to prevent us from even getting on the bill to debate it, and i hope that as democrats contemplate that move that they'll think long and hard about what they will be doing. because not only will they be undermining their own president who is very much for this they will be hurting the american economy. because every president literally back to f.d.r. has had trade promotion authority in which he has the ability to negotiate trade agreements with other trading partners in a way that congress ultimately has to approve but in a way that expedites and gives maximum a

i say to myself and my colleagues in the united states senate this is not acceptable. this is not acceptable for us to ask the young men and women who are serving our military in uniform to have their lives put in greater danger because we down and failed to address the issue of increasing and unsustainable deficits. we're making them pay the price. 13 percent of the budget is allocated to defense. defense is taking 50 percent of the cuts. the ryan murray agreement is something that was welcomed. we need another ryan murray every we knew the men and women who are serving as members of congress to understand that we have no greater responsibility than the defense of this nation. i can assure my colleagues that working with my friend senator reid the rhode island we will be working we will reduce the waste and mismanagement, address acquisition, reform acquisition. we will the cutting the size of these huge staff that have grown and grown and grown and be making significant reforms in the way that the military does business. these reforms will not have the impact necessa

senator fischer: hello. i have the honor of representing the great state of nebraska in the united states senate. for generations our military has answered the call to protect our freedom at home and our interests around the world. these service members are men and women of uncommon courage from the shores of normandy to the fields of korea and beyond. america's sons and daughters have never wavered in the defense of liberty, both as a fighting force and a force for good. because of their sacrifice, the 20th century was the american century. our work is far from done. every generation faces evil. every generation has been called

i've been saying get it on the floor of the united states senate. when the american people find out that there is a big gap between what they think is in the patriot act and what is the secret interpretation they're going to be very angry. they have been and today, the court said that that secret program and secret law is illegal. >> senator, edward snowden is in large part the reason this case was brought to court. should this exonerate him at least in name? >> my view is that having a public debate on this has been long overdue and that's what i tried to start with my talk on the floor of the united states senate. i do think it would have been a lot better if that debate had been started by the intelligence leadership. in fact, the intelligence leadership didn't do it and when i asked them at a public hearing, the director, i said does the government collect any type of data at all on millions of americans? the director of national intelligence said no and that was false. >> do you think that james claper should step down? >> that's a judgment for

>> there will be an announcement for the united states senate to make. we'll defer to senator widen to do that. >> on the hill? >> i know there have been a lot of discussions about a variety of proposals for finding this credible path forward but we'll see what senator widen has to announce if it's the bill. thanks, everybody. have a good afternoon. >>> at a news briefing today the ntsb shows the amtrak train was traveling 106 miles per hour before it derailed in philadelphia yesterday. on the senate floor bob menendez spoke about the crash that killed seven people and injured over 140 passenger ss. >> i rise to bring attention to the tragic amtrak derailment that took seven lives. and injured 140 people. including jim gaines of plains borrow new jersey. our thoughts and players are with the families that are with their lives. to those in new jersey and that live along the northeast corridor, they're our neighbors, our friends, our relatives. they could be us and it hits especially close to home. i know because i take amtrak virtually every week back to n

the people that i have the honor to represent in the united states senate want policies that advance their security and protect their liberty. the program that we have been talking about here tonight in the united states senate really doesn't deliver either. it doesn't make us safer and it chips away at our liberties. and, mr. president i'm going to spend a little bit of time this evening making the case for those kinds of arguments and laying out the challenge for the days ahead. now, with respect to the safety issue -- and all of us understand particularly, mr. president, if you've been on the intelligence committee as i have for over 14 years, it is a dangerous world. anyone who serves on the intelligence committee knows that beyond any kind of debate. so we want policies that really deliver both security and liberty, and here's what the president's own experts had to say with respect to this program that involves collecting millions and millions of phone records on law-abiding americans. and this was a group that was appointed, mr. president and spent a considerable amount of time

. >> hello, this is united states senator johnny isakson from the great state of georgia. in my state of georgia, 1.2 million jobs are directly related to international trade. in the last 10 years, georgia's exports to our trading partners grew by 69%. with negotiation on trade deals that are ongoing, we expect that to just continue. next year the panama canal is opening to the larger shifts of the 21st century. we are accommodating those larger ships bringing goods and services from the rest of the globe to america. this project will make the city of savannah, the state of georgia and the entire southeast a hub of exports and imports. we're losing all of those goods

this afternoon, the united states senate will keep its part of the bargain. we will follow through on our promise and will make clear to the american people that we are committed to getting our fiscal house in order with this important first step. mr. president, i yield the floor. >> mr. president. >> senator from washington. >> mr. president, a budget is far more than a series of numbers on a piece of paper. a budget is really a statement of values and priorities a statement of the kind of nation we are in the kind of nation we want to be. for many of us these values and priorities are clear. we believe that a budget should help us move towards an economy that is built from the middle out, not from the top down. a company that works for all of our families, not just the wealthy few. mr. president, the republican budget we are here debating today would move us in the opposite direction. instead of working with us to build on the bipartisan budget deal that was struck last congress, republicans have introduced a budget that would lock in sequestration, that wo

this bill requires the united states trade representative to continually consult with senate finance committee and any other senate committee with jurisdiction over subject matter potentially affected by a trade agreement. moreover ustr, the u.s. trade representative must upon request meet with any member of congress to consult on the negotiations including providing classified negotiating text. the bill also establishes panels to oversee the trade negotiations. these panels, the senate advisory group on negotiations, and the designated congressional advisors consult with and advise the ustr on the formulation of negotiating positions and strategies. under the bill, members of these panels would be accredited advisors to trade negotiation sessions involving the united states. congressional oversight intensifies as the negotiations near conclusion. at least six months before the president signs a trade agreement, he must submit a report to congress detailing any potential changes to u.s. trade remedy laws. then three months before the president signs a trade agreement, he must notify

watch them battle it out on the floor of the united states senate. sunday. sunday. host: and that was an ad from america's liberty super pac supporting rand paul that talks about the usa freedom act. i would like both of you to comment on the ad itself and the broader issue of whether the nsa surveillance program has legs to the 2016 election. guest: i have to tell you i have not seen the ad. it is my first time. i am a little stunned, both as a you message strategist, a you democrat, and as an and you american, actually. i i think that is the definition is of over-the-top. what is interesting is what is its job? it's job is to break through to a specific audience using a specific medium in a very crowded republican field, as we talked about. now, is that the right a

senator fischer: hello. i have the honor of representing the great state of nebraska in the united states senate. for generations our military has answered the call to protect our freedom at home and our interests around the world. these service members are men and women of uncommon courage from the shores of normandy to the fields of korea and beyond. america's sons and daughters have never wavered in the defense of liberty, both as a fighting force and a force for good. because of their sacrifice, the 20th century was the american century. our work is far from done. every generation faces evil. every generation has been called upon to step forth and protect our way of life. the federal government has no higher priority than protecting the american people in an increasingly dangerous world. with this responsibility in mind, the senate will consider its annual bill to authorize funding, known as the national defense authorization act. i am honored to serve on the senate armed services committee. bipartisan legislation was overwhelmingly approved by our committee earlier this month. this bill take

you'll hear from united states senators who are advocating for innovative and bold reforms in washingtontates. you'll hear from a world renowned african-american brain surgeon. [ applause ] and you're going to hear from a former united nations ambassador, and you're going to hear from an icon of american business and entrepreneurship. these men and women all believe in american exceptionalism, and that our best days are yet to come, and that he we are still that shining city on the hill. ronald reagan said, and i quote freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. we didn't pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. it must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. that's why we're here today, as conservative activists to ensure freedom and opportunity we all agree up with will still be here when our children and our grandchildren are grown. because this is not guaranteed. we must be vigilant and see to it that the american dream survives for future generations. now, back in 2008, barack obama told us he was going to fundamentally transform am

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catherine says, i want to work in the united states senate. i want to work with daddy. caroline says, that is born. she tosses out the singer. she says, besides, daddy will be dead by then. [laughter] this is a real conversation. i wonder if caroline had been speaking with republican leadership. the reason so many of us are here in this great gathering. we love our grandkids and this nation is in crisis. this is not a typical time in politics. we are at the edge of a precipice. i don't think we have hit the point of no return yet but it is close. it is now or never. we either pull this country back or we risk losing the greatest country in the history of the world. today, for the first time in history, a majority of americans believe that our kids will have a worse life than we do. 65%, that has never been true in history of america until this instant right now. maybe the most un-american idea you can imagine. i think the central issue in 2016 is going to be how do we reignite the promise of america. how do we get back to that fundamental american ideal that our kids wi

it was a positive thing and in addition for a few weeks ago there was a delegation from the united states, senateojects in the bay area, and we were and we did participate in that and i spoke to them as well and it was just, it is especially coming shortly after we were in washington, d.c., and meeting with some of these staff and senator and members of the congress, and just being able to bring them out, and show them physically what is happening in the bay area and not just having them hear the words but seeing the project is an effective way of making sure that the people understand how important it is to fix the funding situation. we also, i know that many of us participated in walk to workday recently which was really great, every year to see the changes, to our streets scape and some of the streets safety improvements, and year after year, and every time that we walk to work it is different and bet and her so that is a positive thing, and i also participated in bike and roll to school day, at mckinley elementary school and in addition, colleagues as i know that you, and you are aware, that

i'm look at people like ted cruz who is in the united states senate, and rand paul who is in the united states senate, both of whom are running for president. both of whom are running presumably to be president of all the people, and to become president of the very institution that they're sowing fear and distrust about, the federal government. that's always been a pattern in american politics. but this is taking it to a dangerous extreme when you're basically saying the united states military is against you and is going try to lock you up. that's a huge paranoid theme in right wing literature. it's been that way for 50, 75 years. and it's come back around again in a way we haven't seen in a long time. >> i want to appreciate both of you guys coming on. but i want to especially thank todd smith coming from fort worth. that republican party you speak of the party of james baker and george herbert walker bush is still alive. good luck in taking back your party down there. >>> coming up, deflategate. that's what we're calling it. the national football league finds that some personnel on th

there is nobody in the senate, there is nobody in the house who does not understand that there are terrorist groups out there who want to attack the united states of america and our allies who want to do us harm. and there's nobody in the senate or the house or i think in the united states of america who does not believe as a nation we have got to do everything that we can to protect the people of our country from terrorist attacks. there is no debate on that. but what the debate is about is how do we protect the american people without undermining the constitution of the united states of america or undermining the privacy rights of the american people. mr. president, i think everybody does understand and should understand that modern technology in all of its tropical storms from the iphones to a dozen or a hundred different ways, that technology has greatly greatly outstripped public policy in terms of protecting privacy rights. by and large the privacy rights that we have on the books now were written years and years before the development of the technologies that we see right now. and it is absolutely imperative that as a nation we begin a s

united states or china. my vote is the united states. >> senator, good to have you on the program today. thanks so much. >> thanks so much for having me, maria. >> we will see you soon senator barrasso. >>> isis taking a pair of key cities as they look to spread their radical message across the middle east. we'll talk with general richard myers as we talk about finally defeating this terrorist group. >> you can follow us on twitter @mariabartiromo. let me know what you would like to hear on the program. see, you just pull like this to go left. and like so to go right. where are the brakes? uh, just grab ahold of both and pull straight back. and the "whoa!" is optional. you wouldn't buy a motorcycle without handlebars. no thanks. and you shouldn't ride a motorcycle without geico insurance. roadside assistance, 24 hour service, great rates. geico motorcycle. see how much you could save. >>> welcome back. a major blow dealt in the fight of isis. army taking control of the key iraqi city of ramadi. the terrorist overran the historic city of palmyra in syria. president obama called the loss o

hopefully we have a republican united states senate.s not enough just to have republicans in charge. you need to have someone who's ready to reform on day one, something we did four years ago. we took on the reforms right away i think in the first 45 to 100 days. we have to push a big, bold aggressive agenda. it's not just about austerity but really about growth about understanding the people of this country. this president and people like hillary clinton, they tend to think you grow the economy by growing washington. i think we ought to grow the cities and towns and villages all across the u.s. the way to do it is lower marginal tax rates, make job creators competitive again with a rate that's competitive around the world so that more american jobs can come back from overseas. repeal obamacare and put patients back in charge again. dramatically rein in regulations, sending many of those responsibilities back to the state and ultimately to the people. using the abundance of all the energy supplies we have here in this country and on thi

last year, he was a candidate for the united states senate from virginia.llespie joins us now from the washington bureau. america is used to seeing a lot of you on television. where have you been? ed gillespie: i have been making up for a little bit of lost time with kathy and our children. i have been trying to get a business up and running. i'm actually been working on a book. that is why i have been a little scarce and frankly did not have a lot to say. i have been laying low. mark: we will give you a chance to say a bunch of stuff, including about the very large republican presidential field. what is good about having a big field as far as you are concerned with winning back the white house? ed: it reflects the fact it is a nomination worth having. the republican nominee will have a very good chance of becoming the next president. obviously, i believe that is important. it is good to have fresh faces, new voices in the party. there was a good back-and-forth over ideas and policies. the party is being pressed to think fresh and i think that is a good thi