words, he moved directly from his experience as being--you know, serving as county judge to the us senate. there was no in-between as a state senator, as a legislator or a member of the house of representatives and the congress. he never learned--and this is important for understanding why mccarthy created so much friction as a--a--with his colleagues in the senate and with the political establishment. he never learned the kinds o f skills that are required to be a legislator. he went--he was, in a sense, propelled by the election of '46 into the us senate and into an environment which he was very familiar and about which he developed a kind of great--a great contempt. c-span: you say he was a democrat. >> guest: he originally was a democrat. he voted for franklin roosevelt, as his father had and had most wisconsinites of--of sort of a--a working-class background, rural background did. he was--he first ran for offices, in fact, as a democrat. and he probably made--it's quite possible that he would have continued as a democrat, but the opportunity came up--the opportunity came up to challe

us. senator leno is here with us this morning.been here all morning with malia cohen looking at the projects that we have in this area. she is part of that young talent and i get to work with, as well as scott wiener. the board of supervisors have been working with me these past seven months, and we are trying to get a lot of things delivered. not a lot of political stance. getting stuff done. fulfiling old promises. promises that you heard decades ago. you saw me smiling this morning as i embraced this man, freddie carter. he is part of the construction team here. freddie was certified when i was the director of the human rights commission. he had a joint venture. it was a small firm, and they had to get some beer projects, and i remember, you went out and bought yourself a red truck. do you still have that truck? freddie is part of the kck general contractors team that formed the property bid on the dpw and library bid process. they ultimately won the right to build this. and guess what, he is local, right here in the bayview. t

i would also say we would like to insulate the secretary from those of us in the senate or the house and those of us in important committees like appropriations and things like that saying i have this school district and they have this other option, and i'd sure like you to approve it. i would like to insulate the secretary from that type of political pressure that might come in that regard. that's why i think we worked very hard and very long on this. we have a lot of input on this, in terms of the turn-around model. those turn-around models should be evidence based and rigorous. and i don't know what the other option might be, whether it is going to be rigorous or whether it is going to be evidence based or not. we do do that for that. i would also add that this amendment doesn't just add another model, it provides all requirements. >> i want to make sure the amendment is drafted correctly then. >> i'm not withdrawing it. i would like to have a vote on it. i thought i heard you say that it struck the first six options. it doesn't intend to do that. >> mr. chairman, even if it is not

the terror plot included blowing up a restaurant in washington frequented by the ambassador and us senators. warned that 100 bystanders could be killed, he allegedly said, quote, no big deal. >> it reads like the pages of a hollywood script. the impact would have been very real and many lives would have been lost. >> reporter: us officials say arbabsiar has confessed to the assassination plot and blames his cousin, a general in the iranian military was ordering the hit. the alleged co-conspirator in the case is reportedly in iran and has not been captured. >> the complaint alleges that this conspiracy was conceived, sponsored and was directed from iran and constitutes a flagrant violation of us and international law. >> reporter: at the saudi embassy in washington tuesday, everything appeared calm on the outside. a marked secret service patrol car passing by every so often. a spokesman for the ambassador has issued a statement reading, in part, the attempted plot is a despicable violation of international normz, standards and conventions, and is not in accord with the principles of humanity

and in the senate, unfortunately in the last few years they have used this procedure to force us to have a super majority so that a majority doesn't win any more in the senate. we had a majority on the president's jobs bill. 51 is a majority. if we had been allowed to get beyond the filibuster it would have passed. so what we are now going to do, again, is attempt to get beyond the blind partnership and the blocking that is going on. that is getting in the way of all of you having your senators have the right to cast a vote, a majority vote. that's what america's about. that's what our democracy is about. is a majority vote. that's all we're asking for. give us a majority vote, we'll put teachers back to work. we'll put firefighters back to work. we'll put first responders. we'll put police officers, our communities will be safer. our children will have smaller class sizes and have the teachers that they need and our country will be stronger. so thank you for all you're doing. [cheers and applause] >> let me again, a great privilege to introduce our next speaker, someone who i've worked

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has threatened tighter restrictions with us senator john mccain even raising the prospect of libyan style military intervention but as our senior reports the government and opposition have blood on their hands. this is the office of the traitor it's one of the messages on the wall israel and the u.s. were able to buy you with a thousand dollars says another. this is where several opposition leaders work. higher he had been a vocal critic and had spent forty years in jail a very bad time he recalls like many opposition members he thinks there's really very little room for reconsideration under the current environment. because troops. leave your voice is going to seem like no. listening to people. he insists peaceful protesters were forced to respond to attacks by security forces but he acknowledges that now it's simply not black and white responsibility for the violence goes both ways. and so this killing civilians that we have some civilians killing. soldiers may our son was one of the first soldiers killed since protests began in the country he was killed in iraq on march twenty three. a

senator paul objected and it cost us one day. we worked it out with him and we made a reasonable compromise. he cut his amendment down from 72we debated them, we voted on them. he agreed to let us report the bill out, which we did last night. we will have a one-day hearing on the bill before it goes to the floor. he wanted that, not a bad idea. quite frankly, i think it might be a good idea. >> another vote on the president's jobs proposal. a scaled-back version. it did not get any republican votes. what is the next step for this bill? what will happen now? is there any chance to get any republican votes? concluding a centrist scott brown, olympia snowe, or a susan collins? >> we need a jobs bill to get through. that is the single most important thing we could do right now. my bill is important, but the single most important thing is to get a jobs bill through. they would accept the overall jobs bill, so we tried to piece it out. a little bit here, a little bit there. hopefully, they will agree to vote on one of those. all we can

is new and different the conversation about what the one percent of us is doing to the rest of us senator sanders getting ben bernanke you to admit that wall street ruined our economy california pulling out of the mortgage fraud settlement restored to see little reports but it's going to be a lengthy process but i'm more encouraged and i've been in ten years ok so i mean do you think that this movement has reached its peak or is there do you have a fear that this may fizzle out and you know the next big stories going to come along i doubt it very much i don't think we're completely dependent on the u.s. corporate media and when we march through the streets of this city and i've heard stories from other cities people who join in the march we shout we're the ninety nine percent and so are you and they cheer and they join. and then we applaud the people honk their horns not you know anger at the traffic jam but in solidarity cabbies show up at freedom plaza and so are you one of the protesters no charge stores are donating things we're beginning to realize that it's not our personal problems

us. >>> senator john mccain and hank williams, jr. and hundreds of ang agree gri protestors. today they moved uptown to march in front of homes of wealthy new yorkers. our cameras were in. we caught up with them. have they come up with a coherent message. and the question, do you understand the occupy wall street protestors' message? do you know what it means. those results and mr. more coming up. i couldn't concei this as a heart attack. the doctor leaned over and said to me, "you just beat the widow-maker." i was put on an aspirin, and it's part of my regimen now. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. go see your doctor now. ford fusion has now been named the most dependable. midsize car by jd power and associates. we go to kimberly. any thoughts on this news? i have no idea what's goin on. we are out. what was that? they told me it's the most dependable midsize sedan and they ran back into their little box. tltltltle emotional here? aren't you getting a little industrial? okay, there's enough energy right here in america. ye

us. really appreciate you taking the time. >> thanks, erin. >> let me ask you, senator warner, you've talked a lot about infrastructure, but when you talk about a big bold idea that comes from the d side of the aisle, where you sit, what would it be? >> let me give you two or three ideas. first of all, i think we need to acknowledge, we're coming out of the worst recession since the great depression, and government has already used its biggest tools. in any downturn, you use monetary policy to lower interest rates, we've done that, and you use government to stimulate the economy. we've kind of done that. so where do we stand now? we've got to look at what else we can do. infrastructure investment bank, not a new fannie and freddie, but actually an infrastructure investment bank, similar to what has been used in many other countries can jump-start infrastructure. we've turned from a competitive advantage into a competitive disadvantage. >> yeah, just to jump in quickly, we're number 23 in the world right now, the united states of america, on infrastructure quality. you see it in every airport

joining us now is senator sherrod brown, democrat of ohio. senator brown, it's good to see you again. >> good to be back, thanks, rachel. >> so people down on wall street tonight. they have been there for weeks now. but people are actually rushing there tonight because they're worried new york city's going to end the occupy wall street protest overnight and early tomorrow morning. people are doing direct action in new york and around the country in part because they are skeptical that our political institutions like the one you work in can do anything to fix our problems. do you feel like their skepticism about our political institutions doing anything worthwhile right now is warranted skepticism? >> well, skepticism's warranted of course. and questioning what we're doing and pushing republicans to do the right thing. we've seen this in ohio since the first of the year. the elections last fall were all about lost jobs. and in ohio the republicans went after collective bargaining. they went after women's rights. they went after voter rights. i

us. >>> senator john mccain and hank williams, jr. and hundreds of ang agree gri protestors. today they moved uptown to march in front of homes of wealthy new yorkers. our cameras were in. we caught up with them. have they come up with a coherent message. and the question, do you understand the occupy wall street protestors' message? do you know what it means. those results and >> sean: occupy wall street protests continue across the country, dozens were arrested in boston for their antics and meanwhile in new york, they engaged in a millionaires march that targeted the homes of some of the wealthiest residents. we went back down to wall street and the chaos is to see why the protestors are angry at the evil rich. take a look. >> i'm angry at the top 1% because i feel they are keeping themselves as the top 1% rich. >> they are killing the planet. >> because they can fix corruption with corruption. >> i'm sing of it. >> we don't have a democracy. we elected gore. >> they got rich off of our broken backs. >> capitalism puts a price on everything, including me and you everyone i

that is what the near main spam us senator mikulski was joined by staff, friends from baltimore, and her sister fran. she says she wishes her parents were alive to see this. in seneca falls, the birthplace of the women's rights movement, debra weiner. >> senator mikulski was one of 11 in dubie is a law with billie holiday and coretta scott king. [sirens] >> and new law and a penalty for brolin drivers -- and -- for maryland the drivers for texting while driving. >> she was just a wonderful child and i probably miss her giggle more than anything. q is a very special young woman. >> his life changed forever while visiting his daughter of florida in 2008. >> she was stopped at a light along with nine other cars of a tractor-trailer driver can up over a hill and he was texting his company at the time. he had all nine cars and never applied his brakes. he killed my daughter in some way. >> the harford county native started advocating for stricter texting loss in maryland that we became obsessed with letter- writing and we made lots of phone calls and a lot of research. we just became a pe

us. >> senator currie's the failure to disclose his financial relationship with shoppers is a key elementthe prosecution's key element in the prosecution's case.

us. really appreciate you taking the time. >> thanks, erin. >> let me ask you, senator warner, you've talked a lot about infrastructure, but when you talk about a big bold idea that comes from the d side of the aisle, where you sit, what would it be? >> let me give you two or three ideas. first of all, i think we need to acknowledge, we're coming out of the worst recession since the great depression, and government has already used its biggest tools. in any downturn, you use monetary policy to lower interest rates, we've done that, and you use government to stimulate the economy. we've kind of done that. so where do we stand now? we've got to look at what else we can do. infrastructure investment bank, not a new fannie and freddie, but actually an infrastructure investment bank, similar to what has been used in many other countries can jump-start infrastructure. we've turned from a competitive advantage into a competitive disadvantage. >> yeah, just to jump in quickly, we're number 23 in the world right now, the united states of america, on infrastructure quality. you see it in every airport

the us senate takes a vote on whether to advance president obama's jobs bill. as no republican support. >>> video cameras will be recording operators in an effort to deter cell phone use. state regulators approve rules last week. >>> police are trying to figure out who gunned down two people in san jose. kraig debro is live this morning at police head quarters. what have you learned? >> reporter: good morning. we have been calling police this morning to try to get more details about what happened. this happened on saturday morning on east virginia very close to highway 280. police say around 11:00 that day two people were shot, a 19 year old man and 20 year old man were shot. the man died on the scene. just yesterday after being in intensive care the woman died at the hospital. police have not released their names. police said the two attended san jose state university. trying to contact police. trying to get further details about what happened. police have no motive just yet but do have witnesses so they are hoping they can make a break in this case. kraig debr

. >>> and the us senate takes a vote tomorrow on whether to advance president obama's jobs bill but so far the bill has no republican support. >>> an investigation into the gun investigation is heating up in washington. the atf tried to track guns by allowing cartel intermediaries to purchase them in the us. last year one of the guns was used to kill a border patrol officer. wants to know if attorney general eric holder knew about the operation earlier than previously acknowledged. >> if we assume he didn't know the question is is he confident. if a border patrol agent has been murdered, why didn't he know? >> holder says the accusations are inflammatory rhetoric. >>> one of europe's largest banks is getting a government bailout. the shares are down 42% over the past week putting the bank near collapse. now the french and belgium government say they plan on giving a bailout. economists say it is just a sign of the weakness. >>> offices are closed today for columbus day but oakland city services are being suspended for a different reason. the partial closure is intended to save money. p

used the word preposterous. i will tell you what is preposterous. it is preposterous that senator mcconnell and the republican caucus would see fit to vote no against keeping our communities safe, against trying to make sure we are able to respond to the emergencies that our citizens experience. they always talk about entrepreneurs and that the private sector will create jobs. well, who's going to teach the children to become the next set of entrepreneurs? who is going to be the next engineers and doctors? it's our school system. it's our teachers. this is about essential government services and at the same time it is about putting hundreds of thousands of people back to work that have lost their jobs. >> earlier this year when we were in wisconsin you told me the international association of firefighters would not support any candidate who doesn't back labor. where do you stand right now? it seemed to me that vice president biden is pretty much in your corner. >> first of all, vice president biden has been an incredible friend of workers and working america and the working middle

currency by use countervailing duty laws. unfortunately, t the senate ran out of time and we did not take up the bill. s. 1619 will allow us to deal with any country found to be manipulating its currency, not just china which at the moment is the worst offender and mr. president, i ask that the balance of my statement be inserted in the record, which goes into the history of other countries with currency manipulation particularly japan manipulated their currency and this was a major problem for our manufacturers and put them at an unfair competitive disadvantage vis-a-vis japanese manufacturers. so mr. president with both chambers now on record supporting currency manipulation legislation, there is no reason why we should not pass this legislation quickly and send it to the president for his signature. i hope that our colleagues will support this bipartisan legislation because it will finally, finally long overdue, years too late, address the very problematic and costly practice of our trade competitors who manipulate their currencies to create jobs in

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and we can't and we should use it. >> chris: senator graham, hot dose was strong coffee this morning . thank you for joining us. and it is always a pleasure to talk with you, sir. up next. the republican presidential race enters a new stage and michelle bachmann plans her new move. [ courr ] the amazing story of whether bovine heart tissue can make it from australia to a u.s. lab to a patient in time for surgery . mayhollywood premise.ed-up ♪ but if you take away the dramatic score... take away the dizzying 360-degree camera move... [ tires screech ] ...and take away the over-the-top stunt, you're still left with a pretty remarkable tale. but, okay, maybe keep the indulgent supermodel cameo... thank you. [ male announcer ] innovative medical solutions. fedex. solutions that matter. >> chris: with a long string of republican debates on a break, candidates are focusog campaigning in key early states. we continue our series of 2012 one on one interviews with michele bachmann who is making her big push in iowa. you are sharply critical of president obama's announcement of pulling troops o

senator currie's position have? earlier trial testimony indicated that shoppers use this type of air conditioning in their stores. richard testified that a member of his staff got the senator to put it in writing to ask for a delay. for cross-examination, the reduced the letter to a phantom note. the defense attorney, you directed your staff to get something in writing? who requested? richard: i don't know. >> it was so important, did you file it away? richard: i did not handle it. a planning commission employees said senator currie interfered with her agency's plans to buy property and then build trails next to a soccer field. she said her agency felt pressured by the center be called -- because he called an arranged meetings. he did not go through the competitive bidding process. rivera said he would have had a hard time getting proper zoning and conceded, with a politician willing to pave the way, nothing would be impossible. the last witness said that the senator never disclosed that he .orked for shopper's the soccer fields and trails remained on hold because they are still trying to work out a deal. david co

senate. talk to us about this new mexico race. guest: this is an open seat. -election but the fact that it is open. both sides are going to have primaries. heinrich was the former mayor of albuquerque. and then there is the state treasurer and on the republican side, wilson is being challenged by john sanchez. it's going to be a very good race. i think that this is a place where president obama did very well in 2008, but i think this is going to be a state that they have to make a play for. let's see who comes out of the primaries to see if anybody gets a leg up. but it's pretty close. host: back to the phone lines, steve from mississippi. caller: one quick question for ms. duffy and it concerns if she believes that there might be any third party candidates who will creep into the senatorial elections to try to split votes for either party? guest: it's possible. and certainly has happened in the past. it's hard to run as a third-party candidate without some significant financial resources. i have not seen a serious independent emerge in any race yet, but it's

us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. senate republicans and two turned coat democrats are standing in the way of creating millions of americans' jobs. late tuesday night the senate

senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. racious lord, whose glory has been revealed through the generations, renew within our senators a true understanding of your purpose for their lives, for our nation, and for our world. amid the challenges of our time, infuse them with a spirit of wisdom and courage so that they will be instruments of your providence. lord, use them to make an impact on the lives of the forgotten who lack hope and on all people who seek your presence. may your grace, mercy, and peace be on us all now and stay with each one of us always. we pray in your sacred name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington d.c., october 12, 2011. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the stand