p of course this is a position that has to be confirmed by the united states states senate. he's not nominated anybody. he's brought in an individual named sloan gibson, hips a graduate of west point, spent many years in the private sector in banking before joining the v.a. in february of this year. meanwhile, shinseki had an opportunity to give an address this morning here in washington to a group advocating for rights of homeless veterans, and he simply said this: i will not defend what has happened in v.a. hospitals around the country, because it is indefensible. >> the president asked to explain the difference between accepting the resignation and not that of kathleen sebelius. >> i think the problem here as far as secretary shinseki is concerned and there is a double standard there, kathleen sebelius offered her resignation over the controversy over the launch of healthcare.gov. >> an increasing number of very key democrats, this simply wasn't a partisan issue where the white house could point to republicans playing partisan politics as they were on obamacare. this was

united states senator. [applause] as your next united states senator i will work to make sure that kentucky women it equal pay for equal work, $.79 on every dollar is not acceptable. and let's get the record straight, it is on mitch mcconnell's watch, not mine, that we have lost thousands of coal jobs. mitch mcconnell's watch that we have gone without the necessary funding to implement clean coal technology. it is on mitch mcconnell's watch, not minds that overburdened some epa regulations have been imposed upon the commonwealth of kentucky. this election will be about holding you accountable for all that has happened on your watch. the three words that scare senator mcconnell the most, besides seeing alison munter send grimes on the ballot, it is pro-coal kentucky and. i do not agree with the president, a war on coal. i think it is wrong for kentucky. we cannot afford to have six more years of mitch mcconnell and washington, d.c. as kentucky's next united states senator i will fight to make sure coal has a long-term place in our national energy policy. that we have the funding to implement clean coal technol

united states senate, this man, richard burr worked in the sales of lawn mowers. used to distribute cool things like the yazoo kees walk behind mower. that was his expertise before coming to the united statesenate. now that mr. burr is in the united states senate, he is the top ranked republican on the senate veterans committee, even though senator burr never served in the military, is not a veteran. he represents north cana

united states senate, this man, richard burr worked in the sales of lawn mowers. used to distribute cool things like the yazoo kees walk behind mower. that was his expertise before coming to the united states senate. now that mr. burr is in the united states senate, he is the top ranked republican on the senate veterans committee, even though senator burr never served in the military, is not a veteran. he represents north carolina, has a disproportionate amount of veterans. out of deference to where he's from if not who he is, senator richard burr who is not a veteran is the top republican in the senate on veterans issues. and you know, you don't have to be a veteran to do right by veterans or care about veterans' issues. it has at times been an awkward thing. he has made some inexplicable decisions over the years on veterans issues. i mean inexplicable in the technical sense, in the sense he has done things he himself cannot explain. tammy duckworth, flew black hawk helicopters. when they shot a rocket grenade, the crash caused her to lose her entire right leg and left leg below the knee, almost lost her right arm. when tammy duckworth returned to her home state of illinois after her reha

swore an oath to defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic, and i take a similar oath as a united states senator. former chief of staff of the united states army gordon sullivan famously wrote hope is not a method. i didn't come to congress to hope. i approach my work here with the lessons i learned in the military -- find solutions and work together to overcome challenges. unfortunately, that approach is not how things work in washington. too many people here don't care about solutions, and many ignore the problems. there is no greater proof than climate change. here we are in 2014, almost 50 years after president johnson warned that by burning fossil fuels humanity is unwittingly conducting a vast geophysical experiment, and yet irresponsible leaders in washington pretend that climate change isn't real. they pretend that humans aren't causing it. they hope they can go along with the status quo. but montanans know better. here are the facts. carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are now higher than at any time in human history. the 12 hottest years on record have been in the last 15 years. th

the united states senate, which cannot pass a budget, the united states senate, which is bankrupting this nation, the united states senate, which will not takes it foot off the throat of the economy. millions and millions of people are looking for jobs. the united states senate, which is useless, if you ask me. well, 50 of them got together, all democrats, and they wrote a letter. did you know they could write? and they vowed senate off to the league, demanding that the washington redskins change the team name and i don't know about you, folks, but when i hear about the washington redskins, i'm not even thinking of indians or native-americans. it's like a color or -- whatever. it has nothing to do with that in my mind and i assure you and the vast majority of everybody's minds who are listening today. host: a little bit from mark levin's radio show on. and politico report said the ed consultation radio is coming to an end. he will end his radio program and move to an online-only format. he announced really, this change will give me more flexibility to be on the road to do the kind of

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label as a battleground state in 2012 when it was one of the more closely contested states in the nation. but when it comes to representing the state in the united states senateho have been historically dominant outnumbering democrats more than 2 to 1 in current victories. outside of bob casey, the last two democrats elected were harris wofford in a special election in '91 and joseph clark in 1962. in addition, 13 of the 18 pennsylvania representatives to the u.s. house are republican. at the same time polling suggests that the culture of pennsylvania, though, is becoming more liberal. this bring pennsylvanians backed same-sex marriage by 20 points. a ban that had been put in place in 1996 was struck down earlier this month. the state was split down the middle on the question of legalized marijuana, but supported it for medical use by a margin of 6-1. last year pennsylvanians indicated they would support stricter gun laws by nearly a 2-1 margin. it remains to be seen what role social issues will take place but the governor is doing his best to get them off the table. just ahead of tom wolf's surprising and easy victory in the democratic primary, corbett dropp

united states senator. as your next united states senator i will work to make sure that kentucky women it equal pay for equal.79 on every dollar is not acceptable. and let's get the record straight, it is on mitch mcconnell's watch, not mine, that we have lost thousands of -- coal jobs. mitch mcconnell's watch that we have gone without the necessary funding to implement clean coal technology. it is on mitch mcconnell's watch, not minds that overburdened some epa regulations have been imposed upon the commonwealth of kentucky. this election will be about holding you accountable for all that has happened on your watch. the three words that scare senator mcconnell the most, besides seeing alison munter send grimes on the ballot, it is pro-coal kentucky and. i do not agree with the president, a war on coal. i think it is wrong for kentucky. we cannot afford to have six more years of mitch mcconnell and washington, d.c. as kentucky's next united states senator i will fight to make sure coal has a long-term place in our national energy policy. that we have the funding to implement clean coal technology and restore

united states senate. now that mr. burr is in the united states senate, he is the ranking republican. so the top-ranked republican on the senate veterans committee. even though senator burr has never served in the military, he himself is not a veteran, he does represent north carolina, which not only has lots of military bases, it has a disproportionate share of veterans in terms of that state's population. and so apparently, i guess, out of deference to where he is from, if not who he is, senator richard burr, who is not a veteran, is the top republican in the senate on veterans issues. and, you know, you don't have to be a veteran to do right by veterans or to care about veterans issues. but with senator richard burr in particular, his key role for the republicans on this issue, it has at times been an awkward thing. because senator richard burr has made some inexplicable decisions over the years on veterans issues. and i mean inexplicable in the technical sense, in the sense that he has done things he himself cannot explain. tammy duckworth through helicopters when insurgents fired

united states senate. now that mr. burr is in the united states senate, he is the ranking republican.can on the senate veterans committee. even though senat b

kentucky's next united states senator, the decisionize will make will be best for the people of the commonwealth of kentucky. not partisan interests. [ applause ] as kentucky, kentucky's next united states'll answer to the people of this state. i won't answer to the president, no matter who he or she might be. as a proud kentucky woman, i will speak for myself and no kentucky woman, mitch mcconnell, will sit on the back bench. we all know washington is broken, it's not working for kentucky. and after 30 years, it is mitch mcconnell at the center of the gridlock, obstruction and extreme partisanship that we see. kentucky is tired of a senator who proudly calls himself the doctor of no, the guardian of gridlock. i am running because kentucky deserves better. we deserve a senator for the people of this state. [ applause ] this election, it is not about party control, it is about two very different visions for the common wealth of kentucky. one, that wants to take us forward where we should and deserve to be. and another that wants to continue to hold us back as he has for the past three decades. mitch mcconnell, he stands on the wrong side of every issue that is out there for kentuckians.

united states senate. he loved history. he loved education and he loved the united states senate. anted a place that young people, old people, students, learners of all ages could come and learn to love the senate the way he did, but really learn to engage in their government by learning about the united states senate. and what we've done at this institute is take his vision and really run with it. and as you mentioned, we have a representation of the senate chamber. it's totally interactive and totally engaging. visitors will come in and they'll be able to become united states senator s. they'll be able to sit in the desks and come in and get a google hand held device. everything in the institute is interactive, engaging, dynamic. we're really excited about it. >> i can't think of anything more important now when our polling shows complete disregard and disrespect for what's happening in congress because nothing is happening in congress, the gridlock and this can envision an rean mate the way the senate was when senator kennedy was in the senate and people legs lated. people forge

united states senator. but number two, they are ready to it send to the united states senate a young, vibrant, energetic personross the aisle and get things done. ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome tonight kentucky's next united states senator, alison lundergan grimes. [applause] [applause] [cheering and applause] ♪ [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] ♪ [cheering and applause] ♪ [applause] [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] >> thank you. good evening, kentucky and. [applause] my fellow kentuckians, it is an honor to stand before you as your nominee. [cheering and applause] thank you for the overwhelming confidence that you have in their campaign we, together, are running and the race we will win in november. [cheering and applause] together we will take this fight to mitch mcconnell and hold him accountable for his 30 years of failed leadership. [cheering and applause] and together we will make history, and kentucky will finally get a senator who puts people above partisanship, one that will work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year to improve the

res. 444, relative to the death of harlan mathews former united states senator for the state of tennessee. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to consider be laid on the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i now ask unanimous consent when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until 9:30 on wednesday, may 14, following the prayer and pledge, the journal be approved, the morning business deemed expired, the time for the two leaders reserved for use later this the day, following any leader remarks, the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to h.r. 3474, finally that all time during ajiewrmt and morning business and executive session county postcloture on the motion to proceed to h.r. 3474. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: under the previous order, there will be up to five roll call votes at 11:15 a.m. tomorrow. and the

broken system, or offer alternatives so that which is proposed by the united states senate and pass overwhelmedly by the united states senate, and if i -- the gentleman wants me to yield to him i will -- if not. yield back the balance of my time. >> mr. speaker -- >> yield my friend. >> thank the gentleman for yielding. i just respond. we have had this discussion before. the majority is in opposition to the senate bill. speaker has said as much. i've said as much. and i've also said, mr. speaker to the gentleman, to the president and others, that we have a lack of trust between this house and the white house, and i've said the president what could help is we start rebuilding the trust, which starts with an admission that it can't be my way or the highway. and it must instead by, building trust, understanding where we can agree together. yes, we all agree, the system is broken. we have a system that is broken on the legal side and we have illegal immigration. there are things this house has done before. like a green card stapled to a diploma. but the president says we can't do something like that. we can't do somethin

kentucky's next united states senator, the decisionize will make will be best for the people of the commonwealth of kentucky. not partisan interests. [ applause ] as kentucky, kentucky's next united statesator, i'll answer to the people of this state. i won't answer to the president, no matter who he or she might be. as a proud kentucky woman, i will speak for myself and no kentucky woman, mitch mcconnell, will sit on the back bench. we all know washington is broken, it's not working for kentucky. and after 30 years, it is mitch mcconnell at the center of the gridlock, obstruction and extreme partisanship that we see. kentucky is tired of a senator who proudly calls himself the doctor of no, the guardian of gridlock. i am running because kentucky deserves better. we deserve a senator for the people of this state. [ applause ] this election, it is not about party control, it is about two very different visions for the common wealth of kentucky. one, that wants to take us forward where we should and deserve to be. and another that wants to continue to hold us back as he has for the past three decades. mitch mcconnell, he stands on the wrong side of every issue that is out there for kentuc

as the governor of georgia before he was president of the united states or that senator sam nunn was an important senator in the united states senate? probably not. but these candidates are putting their more well-known relatives in their adds because they want to remind people of their family's history of public service. it won't hurt them, and it will help them in one big way, wolf, and that is raising money. these candidates will have a distinct advantage there. >> you'll be with us watching the races. important day in the world of elections. thanks very much for that. remember, the polls start closing around the time we're on the air in "the situation room" during the 6:00 p.m. eastern hour. we'll have special coverage of the races later tonight, 6:00 p.m. eastern, in "the situation room," of course, throughout the night, right here on cnn. >>> the white house now responding to the growing scandal over long wait times for appointments at veterans hospitals. the white house press secretary jay carney saying president obama first learned of the problems at the phoenix v.a. hospital from cnn. our reports revealed efforts to

united states. it is the oath we all took as senators to defend the constitution of the united states. it's the oath that the chief law enforcement officer took. president obama. and we have a duty to defend our citizens and our people at a time when they are struggling financially. there's just no doubt about it. so there was one group of people not referenced when majority leader reid and senator schumer talked earlier this morning. do you know who it was? completely omitted was the american worker. that's who's not being discussed in this debate. we know how the chamber of commerce is viewed. they would like more workers creating slack labor marks markets and lower wages. we know special interest groups want more, certain politicians think this is going to be good. but acoarnl the congressional budget office, our own professional team that is selected in a nonpartisan way that give us advice on ramifications of legislation we pass, that group has looked at the reid-schumer bill that passed the senate. according to c.b.o., senate democratic immigration bill, supported by a number -- a

broken system or offer alternatives to that which is proposed by the united states senate and passed overwhelmingly by the united states senate. and if the gentleman wants me to yield to him, i certainly will, and if not, i will yield back the balance of my time. >> i thank the gentleman for yielding. i would just respond. discussion the before. the majority is in opposition to the senate bill. the speaker has said as much. i have said as much. i have also said to the i've saidand others, to the president what could help is if we start rebuilding trust. which starts with an admission it cannot be my way or the highway. must instead be building trust, understanding where we can agree together. yes, we all agree the system is broken. we have a system that is broken on the legal side and we have a system -- we have the legal immigration. there are things the houses is done before, like the green card stapled to the diploma. but the president says, no, we can't do something like that. we can't do something like that without taking care of everything. and that to me, mr. speaker, as where the problem lies. there is not enou

united states is about. that's not what the united states senate is about. we're a democratic institution. democratic institution means the voices of the people can be heard. the voices of the people i represent are not being heard because i can come down here and talk about my amendments but i'm not allowed the opportunity to have full debate and a vote on those amendments. and the same is true for my other 44 colleagues here on the republican side. it's unprecedented. it's never happened before. it's dictatorial. whether it's "the washington post" or any other news media, they're scratching their heads also, saying, we've never seen this before. it's a tragedy that that's the case. now, here we are coming up to yet another major piece of legislation, the so-called tax extenders. these are provisions within the tax code that allow certain exemptions or credits or special provisions, for instance, research and development. there's a deduction allowed, bonus depreciation for businesses, any number of things that we're going to be talking about here that need to be legislated because they exp

united states senator. i asked you tonight, when was the last time you heard a united states senator refer to somebody in the white house, staffers doing their jobs, as scumbags? that's where they are. james dobson saying president obama is the abortion president. the people in the white house are scumbags accord to the united states senator. the same group that voted down a minimum wage. the same group that wants to get rid of health care. the same group that has obstructed this president at a historical level. this is where they come out with. this is where they are. this is who they are. they can't run from their record. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question, are republicans angry, are republicans angrier than two black labs fighting over a toy? text a for yes, text b for no to 27662 and go to our blog. we'll bring you the results later in the show. let me bring in media con settant holland cook. also with us tonight, liberal commentator john fuguelestein. great to have you both with us tonight. it's benghazi. all kinds of good stuff going on. but it is benghazi. john

united states senator. i'll answer to the people of this state.on't answer to the president, no matter who he or she might be. >> see, guys, she's got no ties to washington at all, not to barack obama, not to any clintons, forget about bill clinton campaigning for her. politicians trying to get to washington generally have ties to washington. aren't you a little tired of primary candidates pretending otherwise, all the time? joining me now, former democratic governor of most, brian schweitzer, and republican strategist hogan gidley who worked with both mike huckabee and rick santorum. brian, let's talk about this trend of competing to be the most anti-establishment. do you think that's going to work in this particular midterm? >> that's about all they've got. poor mitch mcconnell, he hasn't thought of anything good that he's done during the last 20 years. so he's just attacking alison. alison is pretty doggone smart. all she has to say is i'm not from washington, d.c., and he is washington, d.c. frankly, with congress less popular than cockroaches

good, honest, lawyer newly elected to the united states congress would, and he saw that rule and wondered why can't we utter the name of a united states senator on the floor -- senator on the floor of the united states house of representatives and could come up with no reason why we shouldn't be able to do that. so he brought an amendment to the rules that struck that prohibition and thereafter, thanks to then congressman tom feeney of orlando, the rule has been gone and it was amended and that's a good thing because now i can actually name the people who are attacking me on the floor of the united states senate. and let you know, mr. speaker, what's going on in that other body, that body that constantly calls for bipartisan work and bipartisan cooperation. and this is what i get from senator chuck shumer, new york. may 1, 2014, on the floor of the united states senate. he decided that he would target me and blame me for the things he believes are failures of the entire house of representatives . here are some of the quotes chuck schume called me, an extreme outlier on the issue of immigration reform, closed quote. i would direct chuck schume

why home state support is so important and as i've said, all these nominees have both the t of president of the united states and their home state senators. given great deference to the home state senator report on h reaching decisions whether to support nominees. believe home state support is important in the process including the judiciary as well as the full senate. in fact, very soon the full will consider six district court nominees from somena, even though i have concerns about several of those nominees, i plan to support them part out of deference to home state senators who recommended them. i'd hope that my colleagues same deference to the nominees we hear today. i welcome the nominees and the forward today and look to the testimony and answers to our questions. thank you. much, senator.ry welcome to thank you so much for being here. and i'm sure to nominees. >> to you and ranking member and committee ers of the particularly chairman with whom worked so closely together to reach this point, not just the hearing but to reach the point of the nominations, i thank you. consider the nomination of julie and jill to circuit judges. dis

united state. peterson of wisconsin to be united states district judge. cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of nancy j. rosenstengel of illinois to be united states district judge for the southern district of illinois. signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is: is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of nancy j. rosenstengel of illinois to be united states district judge for the southern district of illinois, shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: do any senators wish to vote or change their votes? if not, the ayes are 54, the nays are 4 and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nancy j. rosenstengel of illinois to be united states district judge for the southern district of illinois. the presiding officer: und

united states senate. our presiding officer, the newest senator from the state of montana. 1,950 men and women who have occupiedthis chamber in the chief united states senate becoming part of the history of this nation and contributing to this great institution. i have been fortunate enough to serve with some of the greats, and i have noted their presence, their impact and i have noticed their absence, too. but when you take stock of the senate and what it has done for america, what it means to america, it goes way beyond the men and women who occupy these desks. it includes a lot of people who make a contribution to this institution who may never be recognized for it but nevertheless make this the great institution that it is, serving this great nation. today we honor two of those people. first, i'd like to join in honoring darryl chappell. darryl, thank you so much for 41 years of service in the united states senate. his legendary smile has warmed my spirits on days when i was really down in the dumps. he just always has that happy smile, wishing you well, making your day just a little bit better. and darryl,

republicans can deliver a punch in the gut to the president of the united states this fall and reclaim control of the united states senateew test to the gop establishment's fight to beat back influence from the tea party and its supporters. the most closely watched contest hit mitch mcconnell of kentucky against the tea party favorite, the challenger matt beavan. beavan is standing by to join us live. we'll discuss what's going on as we await the first results. they are getting ready to come into the "the situation room." our political team is covering all the angles, dana bash is in kentucky, "crossfire" host s.e. cupp and van jones. first, john king is taking a close look at kentucky specifically. this is a key battleground. >> key battleground, wolf, and key battle for mitch mcconnell, who said his goal this year is to crush the tea party. his challenger, matt beavan, by all accounts if you look at the map, people are thinking he's got a tough challenge today. first, let's look at the map. if you see the blue and the map, 36 senate races up this year, 16 we view as competitive for sure or potentially competitive. see

good, honest, lawyer newly elected to the united states congress would, and he saw that rule and wondered why can't we utter the name of a united states senator on the floor -- senator on the floor of the united states house of representatives and could come up with no reason why we shouldn't be able to do that. so he brought an amendment to the rules that struck that prohibition and thereafter, thanks to then congressman tom feeney of orlando, the rule has been gone and it was amended and that's a good thing because now i can actually name the people who are attacking me on the floor of the united states senate. and let you know, mr. speaker, what's going on in that other body, that body that constantly calls for bipartisan work and bipartisan cooperation. and this is what i get from senator chuck shumer, new york. may 1, 2014, on the floor of the united states senate. he decided that he would target me and blame me for the things he believes are failures of the entire house of representatives . here are some of the quotes chuck schume called me, an extreme outlier on the issue of immigration reform, closed quote. i would direct chuck schume

as kentucky's next united states senator, i'll answer to the people of this state. i won't answer to the president no matter who he or she might be. as a proud kentucky woman, i will speak for myself and no kentucky woman, mitch mcconnell will sit on the back bench. >> she is good with the presidential pro nouns there. in oregon, a pediatric neurosurgeon won the republican nomination for the u.s. senate race. she allegedly harassed her ex-husband and former boyfriend. now on the other side, jeff americaly defeated a pair of challengers. he issued a memo before the race was called describing his opponent as deeply flawed. georgia's republican race for senate isn't quite so simple. the top two contenders facing a runoff election, there is businessman david purdue and jack kingston beating out more conservative candidates. now they go toe to toe and what is essentially a third campaign. the winner will take on democrat michelle nunn who skated to victory. she avoided attacks from republicans who are more focused on one another. but as our poll pointed thought month, ne

everybody in the united states senate, everybody in the united states house, everybody across america, you didn't find anybody who said we should not retaliate against the empire of japan. now, some people try to -- but this is not our entry into world war ii because the japanese attacked pearl harbor which, and also wake island, the philippines, the melee peninsula, a number of other u.s. and british military installations and civilian installations. it was a massive strike in the central and western pacific. but even then it is that there's no will in this country whatsoever to get into the european war. after -- as i mentioned, after world war i we became isolationists. after world war i, it was the same way around this country. all we got was death and debt and george m. cohen. [laughter] there was a real belief on the part of the american people that it wasn't worth it, that we, you know, loaned european powers a lot of money which was never repaid, a lot of american dough boys as they were called at the time died, maimed, some came back. the great pitcher was never the ball play

they are an extreme honor to be a member of the united states house of representatives or the united states senate. but we have traditionally worked very hard, and i've seen it. our families recognize how hard we work. it's not uncommon for us to wake up in the middle of the night, "i should have done that." write yourself a note. this has been going on for, since we've been a senate, i'm sure. i've seen members of the united states congress work themselves to exhaustion, but i confess i've never seen senators, those on the other side of the aisle, work so hard to do nothing, so little. my republican colleagues have exerted so much effort to get nothing to get done. they prefer it that way. they've broken their backs ensuring that nothing happens here on the senate floor. last week was another example of the republicans fruitless hard work. the republicans blocked debate on a bill that would reinstate important and expired tax provisions. mr. president, tax cuts, legislation extends tax cuts and helps american families, american businesses as they recover from the recession. the bill that they sto

state, and current candidate for united states senate, running against democratic incumbent kay hagan. while tillis was out casting votes this week, protesters with the moral monday movement were being arrested in his office after republicans vote ford new capitol rules on where all those meddlesome protesters are allowed to bather and what they're allowed to do. and like many fracking advocates, tillis says the safety of those fracking fluids is a non-issue. >> i'm very optimistic that we're talking with innovation, we're talking about, you know, future chemicals in the not too distant future that are safe, they're even saying food grade. >> tillis, however, stopped short of actually drinking the fracking fluid, as some energy ceos apparently like to do. >> a toast to the freedom that all of you in hydraulic fracking bring to america. hear hear. [ applause ] >> fracking fluid. you can drink it. you just can't say what's in it. joining me now is north carolina state representative pricey harrison. representative harrison, how did this bill come about? who's pushing this bill? >> it's hard know because there wasn't a lot of transparency. it sailed through the senate with two unnoticed committee meetings and then to the senate floor and then it came to the house with to unnoticed committee meetings and then went to the floor without any public notice. so it's difficult to know who was pushing it, but it does seem to be a republican priority. >> what do you mean by unnoticed? when you say unnoticed committee hearings. >> when you issue a notice you're going to have a committee hearing you usually say what's on the agenda, what bill's being heard and never was it publicly noticed the fracking bill would be up in any of the house or senate committees and it never went to an environment committee either. >> it never went through an environment committee and they never said at any point we're going to be discussing this bill about fracking fluid at any

united states senate. and move its headquarters out of the united states. but umpteen million companies.t this been done. >> put it out in the public. you can go and breathe it. >> 95% of the american people to do their own taxes on two sheets of paper. they want to bring most of that money back here but we make it so expensive for them. and because it's so complicated, it only collects about 86% of what it should collect. we can help our economy bring down the rates, make it easier for people to comply. the code will be more efficient. we will be able to collect more. >> will hillary clinton be subpoenaed? >> i have no idea. >> thank you for being on the program. would you like to add any else? >> thank you. >> speaker john boehner. got a 401(k)? where you should be sticking your money right now as we move ahead on sunday morning futures. ñ >> here are some of the other stories that are making headlines right now. pushing the united states nations security council to impose sanctions on boko haram saying concern and condemnation are just not enough. that is become more complicate ed som

candidates they picked at their convention in march, their nominee for the united states senate against ed markey and the state attorney general this week those two candidates found out that they may not have turned in enough signatures to even formally make the ballot for the general election in november. unless there's some unexpected surge of late petition signatures coming in in massachusetts by next tuesday, there won't be a republican u.s. senate candidate on the ballot in massachusetts against ed markey this year nor will there be one for attorney general, and that's amazing. but even in those dire circumstances massachusetts republicans have been excited about one of their candidates this year named charlie baker. he's run for governor and lost before, but this time they think he could put up a credible fight for the governorship. in order to win the nomination outright and not the have to put it to a statewide primary vote, he had to keep everybody else in the running from getting 15% of the vote at the convention. the rules say that anybody who gets at least 15% of the votes at the convention, they w

united states senate. and he really felt that the way to get people engaged in understanding their government was by getting the home understand the united states. and he wanted a place where people could in an interactive way, in a hands on way learn about the senate. >> there's going be a replica -- >> a representation. >> so people like you and me who have never been on that floor -- >> exactly. i've never been able to walk on the senate floor. nookt senator, not being a staff member. as it should be. and it's a place for people to be able to understand that senate experience. it's totally interactive. as soon as visitors come in to the institute they will have a little orientation and they will get a hand-held device a google hand-held device where all of our exhibit, all of the senate experience, the visitor experience is interactive. if you're uncomfortable with an interactive experience there's docents to take you through. but it's getting people to learn the way they learn today. you get history in a way that's lively, interactive but it's history and the present all at the same time. you'll have a feed for what's happening in the senat

broken system or offer alternatives to that which is proposed by the united states senate and passed overwhelmingly by the united states senate. if the gentleman wants me to yield to him, i will certainly -- if not, i'll yield back -- i yield to my friend. mr. cantor: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i would just respond, we have had this discussion before, the majority is in opposition to the senate bill, the speaker has said as much, i've said as much, and i've also said, mr. speaker, to the gentleman, to the president and others, that we've got a lack of trust between this house and the white house. i've said to the president that what could help is we start rebuilding that trust, which starts with an admission that it can't be my way or the highway. and it must instead be building trust, understanding where we can agree together. yes, we all agree, the system is broken. we have a system that is broken on the legal side and we have illegal immigration. there are things that this house has done before, like agreen card stape told a diploma, but the president says no we can't do something like that. they can't -- w

kentucky's next united states senator, the decisions i make will be what's best for the people of the commonwealth of kentucky, not partisan interests. >> throughout heavily contested states that could decide who controls the senate next year, it was a similar story. tea party candidates took a beating against establishment republicans. in georgia, the candidate backed by the likes of sarah palin, karen handle, came up short against congressman jack kingston. he faces millionaire david purdue in a gop runoff. that winner will meet michelle nunn and another female candidates. >> as i travel across the state of georgia, i've been highlighting what washington can learn from georgia. you know what? i think that washington's going to learn a thing for two from our campaign. >> in arkansas the unon posed republican and democratic candidates won their primaries. they face off in other key race that could sway the balance of power in washington, but oregon could tip the scales, too. political newcomer dr. monica webby won the gop nomination despite accusations of stalking an exboyfriend. she toppled his tea party challenger and handed a message to democrats. >> the best way to de

state of south carolina. he is an honorable united states senator. and for clyburn to attack him solely on the basis of the fact that he will not or does not adhere to the democratic ideals of how they think this country should be run and how, quote/unquote black people should be acting, who appointed senator clyburn or representative clyburn as the official of who is black and who is not? >> even that remark about the african-americans are supposed to act a certain way is itself an expression of racism. but, you know, what i can't get is like why -- why can't you disagree with someone, disagree with congressman clyburn and senator scott and embrace his success and how he is a role model for many, just as congressman clyburn is a role model for many and instead of rip him apart, tear him apart. i can't help but feel bad for senator scott because he certainly takes a lot of income in. >> right. we should be proud of senator scott. but you know, when i was coming up, greta, we applauded in the '60s, we applauded the success of any black person that we saw that was advancing the cause of democracy, the cause of our people. we applauded those successes. and now it seems that people like representative clyburn are using those -- the suffering and the struggle that we had to get here as a way of exploiting their continued political gain. and that is deplorable to me to use the history of some of the problems that we've had in this country because people have suffered under racism. but to bring this up and to say that -- to imply that senator scott is not loyal to his people because he disagrees with what the democrats are saying or how they feel like he should be voting is crazy. and it's irresponsible, to me. >> i have no doubt that racism exists in this country but also what exists is doing something that is sort of a political bullying, you know, and i think you can disagree with senator scott or anybody else but this goes far deeper. this is not going after him as ideology but i'm taking the last word on that. reverend faulkner, nice to see you. >> it's a pleasure. thank you. >>> president obama holding an event at walmart. former secretary robert rice's response. what numb skull in the white house arranged this? 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>> i went twice during oval office meetings with the president. there were half a dozen people there. occasionally people with other people in the white house complex. they are generally off the record but you get to discuss things with the president and he's more relaxed than he is usually in public. i did one with president obama laying ground rules. this is the kind of thing that goes on a lot. >> but alexander, i haven't made the cut yet for any of these invitations. i guess the difference here is that you can bypass the ordinary conventional types of media and you get blogs that sort of poison it and you can say horrible, nasty things about people and you don't have your fingerprints on if you use a surrogate. >> right. we have partisan media on both sides of the aisle. what it does get at it is the deeper issue with the obama white house which was the fact that they have an unprecedented control over their message. they also don't give sort of mainstream reporters the access that they are asking for and yet maybe some of these partisan bloggers are getting a little more access than we would expect. it raises questions about how transparent they are, how accessible they are. >> you know what always bothered me, when congressman paul ryan was chosen to be president. i thought. why is everyone using the word bold? everyone is going to repeat what each other said. >> i agree. that's the real problem. the existence of liberal writers, that isn't the problem. the problem is when you get liberal writers who advanced the agenda, not something to be reported or making the argument and even one of them said he's going to call my boss a racist, just to sort of distract. >> that is so dirty. >> that's been published. the problem isn't really a simple existence, when they do things like that or when the mainstream media follows their lead. >> if you call someone a racist, homophobic or anything, you start a campaign on any of these websites against a politician or anybody else, it is really -- you know, it's deadening. >> i think it's misleading to talk about bloggers. during the obama years it's been ezra klein formerly "the washington post." he was operating like a liberal blogger and with all of the credibility of the a big old institution. they had him there a lot and he could print essentially white house spin under the heading of analysis. and or wonkery. that is bloggers when the important part about the story of how the white house relied on a blogger, especially during the obama care debate. >> which is why the -- you know, viewers have to be aggressive and go to many different outlets and compare and contrast, put our feet to the fire, we get it wrong and hammer us on it because it is poisonous what goes on behind the scenes. let me ask you about something else. secretary robert rice saying, what numb skull in the white house arranged this, he's talking about president obama choosing a walmart as a backdrop for today's speech. president obama talking about walmart being accused of -- john, when he says what numb skull, i say very sarcastically, probably the same numb skull that did the talking points on benghazi. robert rice says, what numb skull used walmart. why is he saying that? >> he's a real true blue progressive because they don't pay high enough wages and the white house is willing to work with walmart and they are willing to scratch the back of, you know, progressives. they are a big funder of this organization called the center of american progress. some of these corporations have been shaken down and the president was praising them for being environmentally friendly. so they are willing to go along with an agenda item and we are more than happy to praise them for what they are doing. >> and in terms of fast tracking, i looked at research and discovered that in 2008 i had forgotten that the obama campaign criticized then senator hillary clinton for being on the board of walmart. suddenly it's one minute the thing is awful and the next thing it's your best friend. >> this is the first time that we've seen labor irritated with obama which is a problem. they've been frustrated about obamacare and they have not given the access with previous democratic presidents. they don't think that he's been on their issues. and so it is a big problem for them heading into the mid-determines because unions are typically sort of a core aspect of the democrats turnout machine and if they are not enthusiastic, if they are not getting out and knocking on doors, it could be a big problem for democrats. >> that's an extremely important point. there's a changing relationship between top democratic politicians and long-time constituencies, the labor unions. recently the head of the laborers international union wrote an op-ed in "the washington post" to approve the pipeline. they want the jobs that the pipeline would bring. go back and look at what the labors union has given to democratic politicians over the last 25 years. it's about $38 million. almost all of it to democrats. you've got a single individual, the hedge fund billionaire who and poses the pipeline saying he's going to give 50 million of his own, plus raise another 100 million. you've got one individual who can give you $50 million this time around versus a union that has given 38 over the last 25 years. that question answers itself. >> except for the fact that moving out money and get to hold the issue. panel, thank you. >>> okay, everyone. here is what is being hashed out right now. trending on twitter, dr. dre beats in a selfie, dr. dre confirms the beats' sale to apple. apple bought it for reportedly 3.2 billion. wow. >>> and by the way, otr fans, that's for "on the record," how come no one pointed out that i guessed last night that the packers would pick haha in the draft? 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united states senate for 50 years. senator chats was appointed by the governor of the state. i received one of the greatest honors, i think, elected officials that a member from hawaii could receive was the death bed wish of the senator wanting me to succeed him. this is the election that the people of hawaii have the first opportunity to say who should fill the remaining term of senator inouye and that's exactly what this election is about. it is to fill the senator's emaining term. i ended my career in the state legislator as the first woman to head either hawaii in the hawaii state -- either house in the hawaii state legislature. i was there for four years and worked with senator inouye and senator akaka, totaling 77 years in the united states senate. and i have the support of senator akaka as well. and i believe this is the time for people in hawaii to make a choice. and i'm providing them with choice. host: is there anything in the senator's voting record, any votes he's taken since coming to capitol hill that you would point to as a reason to fire him and to hire you fo

a united states senator who doesn't even know her, doesn't know her husband, doesn't know her family history, doesn't know that she lost her mother when she was young -- what right does a united states senator have to step into that world at that moment and tell someone what they have to do? do we think so little of the women in this nation? we just had mother's day. we lauded our mothers. we're crying out for the girls who were taken by terrorists. we all care. then why would we support legislation like this? then there's bridget, a 25-year-old woman, who is looking forward to the wither of her third child. she initially had a normal ultrasound. her second trawl sound showed a cardiac malforformation, a fatal problem. because tests could only confirm this fatal defect later in the pregnancy, she couldn't make a decision until after the 20 weeks. now, what right does a united states senator have to get in the middle of her most personal, most private, most difficult decisions? there is place for government. it's to make life better for people. it's to say, we're with you; we have your back; we need what you're going through. not to make life so difficult for people. in missouri, jul

united states senate or house to understand that issue. every mother, every father, every 17-year-old with a driver's license -- in our state, it's 16. maybe in some states, it's 20 -- understand how scary it is to drive on highways with big trucks filled with lots of unfortunately sometimes dangerous things. why would we want this for our children? why can't we add to the 2.9 million miles of pipeline that we have and build a pipeline with canada? we're not talking about building a pipeline with cuba or with venezuela. we're talking about canada, our best ally, our greatest trading partner, and our partner on the front lines of wars, in the research labs we partner with them. to build a pipeline to safely move oil, they are going to produce, one way or another, because they need it for their economy and the world needs it. they have the highest environmental standards in the world. highways are crowded. our trains are crowded. trains are colliding all over the country. every morning in some section of the country, there is another train that's run off the track with horrible materials being spilt in waters and rivers. i think democr