and this is not just vermont. and some -- many of those calls come from out of state, by the way, not just from vermont. but i think that is true all over this country. so, madam president, let me conclude -- and it has been a long day. let me simply say that i believe the proposal that was developed by the president and the republicans are nowhere near as good as we can achieve. i don't know that we are able ourselves to get the handful of republicans that we need to say "no" to this agreement. but i do believe that if the american people stand uppedz -- and by the way, it may not be just republicans, there may be some democrats as well -- if the american people stand up and say, we can do better than this, that we don't need to drive up the national debt by giving tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires, that if the american people are prepared to stand -- and we're prepared to follow them -- i think we can defeat this proposal, i think we can come up with a better proposal which better reflects the needs of

and this is not just vermont. and some -- many of those calls come from out of state, by the way, not just from vermont. but i think that is true all over this country. so, madam president, let me conclude -- and it has been a long day. let me simply say that i believe the proposal that was developed by the president and the republicans are nowhere near as good as we can achieve. i don't know that we are able ourselves to get the handful of republicans that we need to say "no" to this agreement. but i do believe that if the american people stand uppedz -- and by the way, it may not be just republicans, there may be some democrats as well -- if the american people stand up and say, we can do better than this, that we don't need to drive up the national debt by giving tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires, that if the american people are prepared to stand -- and we're prepared to follow them -- i think we can defeat this proposal, i think we can come up with a better proposal which better reflects the needs of

vermont. louisiana's little bit different than the state of vermont. many of the calls come in from around the country are against giving -- actually, let me say s this. a most of the calls coming in aree absolutely against any tax cuts to people over million dollars.i overwhelmingly, people are calling in saying is that? in fact, my office told me today income that 10 people call that hadn'ts come over million dollars.theyum that doesn't sound very p interesting. she said they supported lots of issues. tell senator landrieu make a million dollars a year and i agree with her. i so i know people were listeningo i thinkse those callers.theyd, they made a million dollars ovey the air. they said please use the money for somebody else for somebody else. i'm counting my blessings. i survived the recession. another 33,000 people areits getting ready to run out of unemployment benefits and leave them alone if we don't extended. they know that middle-class families making under $75,000 in income or 200,000 in income for even 300,000. you cannot bring a thousand

i'm not sure that the senator from vermont did. so -- and there were very good reasons on both sides. but i'd like to take a minute, because i've got, like i said, critics on both sides, and i want to explain -- not explain, but share some thoughts about that and make something very clear. i was one of 12 democrats -- there are only seven of us left in the chamber today that voted for the bush tax cuts. there were -- for the middle class and the poor and the wealthy. everybody got income tax relief, capital gains tax relief, dividend tax relief. senator lincoln and i and others worked very hard to make sure that in that package, even though i would have designed it differently if i could have done it myself, but there are no czars around here. this is democracy. i understand. i've been doing this for 30 years. we're shaped the package the best we could to direct it and target it to the middle class. there are many critics of that who said you didn't do it well enough. you didn't send it to the middle class, you sent it to the wealt

so you're talking about water pipes being made in vermont. and this is true all over the te state, late in the civil war. we and the result is we lose an enormous amount of clean water y every day through these, water pipes burst the united states of america. we can put people to work, improving our water system, our wastewater plants for expensive proposition to develop good wastewater plants. i was a mayor. it was an expensive proposition. roads, bridges. mr. psident furthermore, mr. president, ioul should tell anyone here a railrt system, which used to be the wor greatest system in the world is now falling way behind every other major country on earth.uls in vermont, as a result of this in v this package, which did a whole lot of very good thinks the state of vermont, one of the things we were able to do is use $15 million the federal fund private money to make major repairs on one of our important railways in the state. but we remain far behind most of the countries around the industrialized world, exploding in terms of the numbers of hig

president, i was in rutland, vermont, second or third largest city in the state of vermont. and the mayor there showed me a piece of pipe. it was an old pipe. he said, you know, the engineer who helped develop this water system and laid this pipe, he went off after he did this work for rutland, he went off to fight in the war. he knew there was -- i knew there was a catch line coming. i said well, what war was that? he said it was the civil war. so you're talking about water pipe being laid in rutland, vermont -- and this is true all over the united states -- laid in the civil war, and the result is we lose an enormous amount of clean water every day through leaks, water pipes bursting every day all over the united states of america. well, we can put people to work improving our water system, our waste water plants. very expensive proposition, develop good waste water plants. i was a mayor, you were a governor. it is an expensive proposition. roads, bridges. furthermore, mr. president, i don't have to tell anybody here, our rail system, which used to be the greatest rail sys

we find sam in vermont. oh, snowy vermont. good morning, sam. >> yeah. robin, it's gorgeous here this morning. zero degrees. a brand-new pocket of cold air that's reinforced everything in new england today. let's get to the boards. zero in burlington right now. it got down to 14 in boston. 22 in new york. most of these numbers will be anywhere from 10 to 20 degrees below normal. it is dry. but it is brutally cold. heavy rain in the northwest yesterday. flooding in the portland area. there will be more rain today. flood watches all along the washington/oregon coastline today. look at the big board. the snow will start in minnesota, iowa and wisconsin, as we go through the day today. but there's more to talk about that later. and we are live in essex, vermont, this morning, as "gma" lights up america. this is our first tree lighting of the season, george. it is spectacular. it's vermont. think bingcrosby. think everything about "little white christmas." it is gorgeous here. >> sam, thank very much. >>> we're going to turn to a story that's making front-pag

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i thank the senator from vermont for his eloquent and passionate presentation for hours this morning, and he clearly has presented to this chamber and to the american people some stark realities that are unpleasant, some people might even find them hard to believe, but he has done his homework. he has documented what he has

the other 10 are liberal democrats the usual suspects like bernie sanders and patrick leahy of vermontthe opposition comes of course from the far left. and with yet another crushing defeat, the question is, can george soros, aryana huffington, the "new york times" and nbc even survive much longer as

. >> jimmy: so, do you -- i know you live in vermont, you have a place there, so, do you go there for christmas? >> yeah, we -- >> jimmy: all the snow happens. >> it's beautiful. and i was -- i was born in england, and it never snows in england, except for last week. >> jimmy: for real? >> christmas, you always think it's snowy because charles dickens, the bastard. he had, like, four white christmases during his youth so he endlessly wrote these white christmases, and that is a mixture for childhood disappointment. if moment i came to america i bought a place up in the

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of debate prior to the vote with the time equally divided and controlled between the senator from vermont, mr. leahy, and the senator from alabama, mr. sessions or their designees. mr. leahy: i yield my time to the senior senator from new york, senator schumer. the presiding officer: the senator from new york is recognized. the senate will suspend. the senate will be in order. the senator from new york. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. over the last few days the senate's finally to vote on judicial nomination that have been waiting on the executive calendar for months. there are currently three judicial emergency vacancies on the u.s. court of appeals for the second circuit and the judiciary committee has reported qualified nominees to fill each one with the consideration of ray lohier's nomination, the senate will finally fill one of those for the people of vermont, connecconnecticut and new york. he has served as a federal prosecutor in the southern district of new york and special counsel to the u.s. attorney. he previous served as the chief and deputy chief of both the securitie

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person into custody and the person to be blamed here is maurice haynesworth. >> reporter: deputy vermonte is still recovering here at the hospital. haynes worth is back in custody while the district attorney considers new charges including attempted murder, assault and kidnapping, haynesworth is back in custody. >>> the u.s. supreme court heard arguments today that could lead to the appeal of prisoner overcrowding. a district court ordered the state to cut the number down to 110,000 in two years. california argued it can't meet the court's guidelines without engaging the public. >>> and take a look at a slide show on the issue of overcrowding, go to ktvu.com. >>> it rolled off the assembly line in detroit today, why california is on the mind of the makers of the new vault. >>> and right now live storm tracker two is showering showers in the northern part of the state. those showers are headed our way and i'm going the let you know when they're going to get here. >>> the report concluded that the policy would cause limited disruption at first but could be mitigated by effective leadership.

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senator bernie sanders of vermont, thanks for your time tonight. it was an extraordinary thing to watch on friday. thank you for upholding democracy. >> thank you, very much, keith. >>> let's turn now to the washington editor of "the nation" and msnbc contributor, chris hayes. tax cuts now and forever, i guess is the mantra? >> yeah, that's what's so interesting when you think about this as a bipartisan compromise, right? i mean, is -- tax cuts are the central core, he c existential e of the republican party. it's what they agree on all the time. if the founding document imposed republicanism. it's not surprising that republicans are getting behind a plan that involves a lot of tax cuts. that's exactly what they are -- that's exactly what they do. if you look at -- if you compare this, which people are calling stimulus 2.0 to the recovery act. that really was a consensus bipartisan type approach. it was half spending and half tax cuts. it got three total republican votes in both houses. that's the problem, the asymmetry there -- you can't find a ba

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funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news." >> the wikileaks founder is behind bars. the man who oversaw the release of american secrets is accused of sexual assault. >> many believe julian assange to be innocent, myself included, and many believe the prosecution is politically motivated. >> in occupied palestinian territory and the destruction of buildings. new research hints at a wonder drug. welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast to our viewers on pbs in america, also around the globe. my name is mike embley. coming up later for you -- she denied it spying for russia on behalf of the british parliament's. and 30 years after the murder of john lennon, the first british journalist on the scene recalls one of music's saddest days. ed hello to yo

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funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news." >> grounded. the big freeze affects major transportation across europe. is messing up the travel plans of millions. >> i am coming from new york, and i want to go to poland. my flight is delayed for two days already. >> we were not told our flight was canceled. before, it was on time. i am standing here wearing what i have been for three days. >> it seems north korea retreats from its threats to retaliate as the south fires live artillery shells in a military exercise. elections in belarus. seven of the nine opposition candidates have now been arrested or abducted. welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast where viewers on pbs in america and elsewhere around the world. i am mike embley. how safe is iraq now? seven years after the

funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> now bbc world news. >> the condemnation of the jailed russian tycoons as he was sentenced to six more years in prison. death and injuries in baghdad after a series of terrorist attacks on christian homes during david -- christian homes. and politicians say this situation is unacceptable. >> it has been ineffective. this has not been the kind of organization that is fit for a purpose. >> welcome to bbc world news. trades to the french model who campaigned against anorexia, and queen elizabeth's eldest grandson is 12th in line for the throne. hello to the man who was once rush of's riches tycoon. he is now seen as a major test of the judicial system. today he was sentenced to another six years in prison for stealing oil from his

funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news." >> accused of fomenting the violence, the international criminal court names those it believes responsible for kenya's post-election violence. 2 kenyans government ministers were named. >> welcome to gmt. also in the program, dozens of asylum seekers died near an australian island. and how israel plans -- it is midday in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington, and in the hague, several leading kenyans are accused of masterminding the country's post-election violence three years ago. more than 12 other people were killed and hundreds of thousands were displaced. the icc has taken charge after kenya failed to set up its own tribunal. from nairobi, here is our correspondent, will ross. >> almost three years down

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funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news." >> after more than nine months of iraq -- they have mostly a new government. snowbound travelers -- either the european commission threatens action against airports as the freeze continues. the business secretary in hot water for boasting about his clashes with the media tycoon rupert murdoch. welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast on pbs in america and around the globe. coming up later, rashaya's president meets india's president and talk about nuclear energy and technology. >> russia looks very favorably upon this cooperation. i said to the prime minister that this was a good partner for us. >> more wedding bells for the britain royals. queen elizabeth's granddaughter announces her engagement. >> aft