this vermonter is the grandson of immigrants to vermont from ireland and italy and our heritage is one of which my family and i are fiercely proud, and to appreciate the values inherent in the immigration policy, i need only to look at the experience in my own family and the family of my wife marcelle. marcelle's mother and father emigrated to the united states from the province of quebec in canada. marcelle is a first generation american born in newport, vermont, and of course to me is the greatest contribution her mother and father made to vermont and america. but marcelle's mother and father contributed much to vermont and to america in business, in music and enriched their own community. members of her family went on to establish successful businesses and become leaders in their communities, and they have given greatly to vermont. marcelle grew up to serve the communities in which she lived as a registered nurse, caring for others in burlington, vermont, and washington, d.c., and arlington, virginia. and like many young immigrants in our country, marcelle grew up in a bilingual hou

or is out of office. >> only in vermont. >> only in vermont.vermont. so, you know, i think this is a screw up on governor christie's part. this is about a price tag of 10 million bucks to have the election on a day when large numbers of democratic voters aren't going to be energized. i think this is a screw up. as you know, i respect governor christie, but to put this thing three weeks before the election for his own benefit i think was a mistake. >> i want to get a legal ruling on this from the last word's law professor, ari melber. >> discount night. >> what is your legal reading of what christie's options were? >> my reading under new jersey law given the time line, he could have gone either way. had a strong argument for what he did today or yesterday and he could have also done the thing where rush limbaugh would have enjoyed having a year and a half of an appointed republican vote. we did learn from governor dean that people in vermont have nicer traditions than people in jersey. >> and also the third option was he could also have folded

congressman peter welsh from vermont will be joining us from vermont's one and only member of congress. he'll be joining john nichols bureau chief fore the "nation" magazine who will be in studio with us as a "friend of bill." lots of exciting stuff coming up. but first... of. >> this is the "full court press." >> other headlines making news on this thursday, the new england patriots took the opportunity yesterday during the breaking news of supreme court decisions to quietly dump the news that they were releasing their star tight end aaron hernandez after he was arrested and charged with murder a week after the body of a friend was found near his home. hernandez was quite a career, played in the 2009 bcs national championship for florida was crofted by the pats in 2010, made it to the pro bowl two years into his nfl career and was in the middle of a five-year, $40 million contract, the highest paid tight end in the nfl. >> bill: you know, innocent until proven guilty but man what i read about that, what they're saying about his connection to this murder, that guy is in serious trouble

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and making vermont better. and every one of us can tell stories like that. let's not forget those people. let's not say that work for our ancestors is no longer available. let's speak, let's speak as the conscience of the nation. 100 senators can be the conscience of the nation and sometimes are. when we were on the violence against women act. we can be now on the immigration bill. i ask unanimous consent that my full statement and additions be placed in the record as though read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: madam president, i see my good friend on the floor, and i yield the floor. mr. coats: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from indiana. mr. coats: madam president, i thank the senator from vermont and appreciate what he has said about all this. this is a debate that we need to undertake, and we are doing so. and we're doing it in a way that the senate in my previous experiences has essentially dealt with legislation. we have brought it to the floor. it has come throu

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corker: madam president, i thank the senator from vermont. americans want immigration reform but they want border security first, and that's exactly -- mr. hoeven: that's what this amendment does. it secures the border with five tough provisions that must be met before green cards are allowed. those five triggers are a comprehensive southern border strategy, must be deployed and operational, 20,000 additional border patrol agents, a total of 700 miles of fence, a national mandatory everify system must be in place and electronic entry-exit identification system must be in place at all airports and seaports. simply put, this is about making sure we secure the border and we do it in an objective and verifiable way. i want to thank all of my cosponsors on this legislation and turn to the good senator from tennessee and thank him for his work. the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. mr. grassley: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: this grand compromise makes false promises to the american pe

i would take mushrooms if i was in a place that was really boring like vermont and then i would take them just to hope a rat would come out of no where and i could have a talk with splinter for five minutes. >> i would like to apologize to all of our vermont fans. >> but kudos to the teenage mu president tay sh -- mutant ninja turtles. >> this is a natural progression. first you have medical marijuana and then medical shrooms and then gay marriage and then we are all out on the streets partying and nothing is getting done. >> terrible. horrible world. it just seems suspect to me. hearsay obviously is what i know. they make you afraid and you huh louse nate. tab they work, fine. we have given people things 10 times stronger than mushrooms grown in feces. >> that's something completely different and stay out of my office. >> google it. >> sure, why not? jaime, i am guessing you are all for this, why >> i am for it. i think what is crazy is they said to get the mushrooms because they are a drug they have to go through all of these hurdles to use them in studies. i don't understand why t

people put up take back vermont signs and we've come so far.ting president of the united states has expressed his support mortgage equality. i think that's gone a long way in advancing equality in this country. >> where did you go to school in vermont? >> middlebury college. >> you went to middlebury. from my days in albany, new york. beautiful part of the world. good to see you, ben. thanks for coming on the show. >> not so good news if you got investments. we're watching the markets down. down more than 2 points. fed is considering whether, to you know, get out of the stimulus business so we'll have a live report from cnbc coming up next. >>> to politics now where chuck hagel made an attempt at a joke during a speech at the university of nebraska. >> okay, way up in the back there. you're not a member of the taliban, are you? >> well it was coming out of a discussion about the taliban. he couldn't see the questioner a professor of indian descent. >> boston marathon bomber tamerlan tsarnaev's name was red memorializing victims of gun violence

at all in fact i think that we're going to see a benefit to states like maine and connecticut and vermont and then this fall in washington state there's an initiative called five twenty two and the citizens of washington will vote on that to determine who are themselves whether they want to have a g.m.o. labeling in the state of washington i think that this all is actually going to be of benefit to agriculture you know we're farmers we sell direct to work customers and what we've found is that people want to know more and more about their food it's the simple basic right to know where their food has been jeems flights through technology which has never in the history of the world been applied to the food except in the last thirty years and the fact that this technology has been hidden by consumers consumers are angry they're frustrated that the federal government will not act in their interest and so the states are taking this into their own hands supporting the desires of their own people to get transparency in labeling and i think while manufacturers of g.m.o. products are not taking th

joining me tonight, senator bernie sanders, independent from vermont.o have you with us tonight. this report from the trustees, the board of trustees, their annual report, pretty much is evidence that what we're trying to do in the progressive agenda in this country is correct for people. your thoughts? >> well, what it tells us is what everybody who studied the issue already knows. and that is, ed, social security can pay out every benefit owed to every eligible american for the next 20 years, despite our right-wing friend's assertion, social security is not going bankrupt, it is not in crisis. what our goal is first to prevent any cuts to social security, because you know and i know that millions and millions of seniors are just hanging in there economically, having trouble buying their prescription drugs, keeping their homes warm in the winter time. we must not cut social security. the so-called chained cpi would make a cut of $650 ten years out. if you're 65, by the time you're 75, $650 a year less than you otherwise would have gotten also makes cut

democrats, including patrick leahy of vermont, objected. it was part of the debate on an immigration bill authored by the so-called "gang of eight" senators. >> the group of eight, say they're open to improving the bill. well, my amendment, now before the senate, does just that. my amendment improves the trigger that jump starts the legalization program. it ensures that the border is secure before one person gets legal status under this act. >> i will oppose efforts that impose unrealistic, excessively costly, overly rigid, inhumane or ineffective border security measures. and i will oppose efforts to modify the triggers in ways that could unduly delay or prevent the earned legalization path we've waited too long already. >> holman: currently the bill calls for improvements to the border fence and other triggers before immigrants are granted new status. in moscow, as many as 15,000 protesters marched today to denounce russian president putin. the demonstrators, including opposition leaders, criticized putin for authoritarian rule and demand

varias ciudades, nueva york y nueva jersey, el servicio del tiempo emitiÓ avisos de tormentas para vermontsico como un permiso de conducciÓn puede ser toda la diferencia en la vida de un indocumentaado. por eso esto fue recibido con una enorme ilusiÓn. jaime garcÍa nos explica bien para quÉ sirve y para que no. >>> gloria morales no es nombre de esta madre. lo que si es verdadero es que desde que llegÓ a estados unidos sabe que pronto conducir un automÓvil por las calles de nevada sin temer a las consecuencias de no tener una licencia. >>> manejare con mÁs seguridad, no tendrÉ temor que vendrÁ el policÍa, etcÉtera. >>> el gobernador firmÓ la ley para crear una tarjeta para los indocumentados. >>> 180 mil personas se pueden beneficiar. >>> sandoval dijo que permitir a los inmigrantes obtener una tarjeta para conducir, incrementara el nÚmero de personas con seguros, y ademÁs tendrÁn que demostrar que conocen las reglas. y no serÁn validas como identificaciÓn oficial. >>> to se nos da la garantÍa que no serÁ ocupado para deportar. >>> ademÁs de maryland, oregÓn, pasaron leyes para permisos de

the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: mr. president, again i thank the majority leader. i have heard some talk tonight from some saying they wish there would be votes. i finally have given unhanding a long list to the republican side of amendments we are prepared to vote on, both republican and democratic amendments. each time that was rejected. most of them were amendments with no controversy, republican and democratic alike; would have been accepted. and i think back to the debate we had in the senate judiciary committee where we actually voted on amendments. we brought up 140 or so. all but two or three passed with bipartisan votes. a couple dozen of about 40 republican amendments passed with bipartisan votes. and yet when it came here on the floor of the senate, my friends on the other side, time and time again, object to bringing up amendments that would pass unanimously, both republicans and democrats. i suppose we're -- in one case we have some who don't want any immigration bill and others are probably waiting for a c

and the question occurs on amendment number 998 offered by the senator from vermont, mr. leahy. mr. leahy: madam president, this amendment is very simple and it sets up a pilot program for real ultra high-speed internet in rural areas. we're going to have this in urban areas. all we're saying is let rural areas and every single senator represents a rural area somewhere in their state. allow rural areas to compete with urban areas for jobs, for education, for medical care. this -- the ultra high-speed internet service pilot is narrow in scope, carefully drafted. i know it's supported by the distinguished chair and the distinguished ranking member, has the potential of bringing, as i said earlier, innovation of the silicon valley to the up irvalley, in vermont, to rural areas across the country. it's almost what we had to argue about rural electricity back before i was born, whether rural areas would be the same as urban areas. this makes it possible. i'd urge its passage. ms. stabenow: madam president, i would urge a "yes" vote on the leahy amendment. the presiding officer: the quest

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or a tree house in vermont., the place you want to rent is venice beach air stream, pay a service fee, plus the price of your stay and the security deposit. they forward the money to the homeowner who pays nothing. >> you can easily deduct a broken coffee mug, if it's vandalism, they back you up to $2 million. >> any drawbacks? horror stories? >> no. trust them with your house and belongings, right away when they see that, people respect that, and there's a mutual understanding. i think there's one misconception you're going to the house and staying there. you're not sharing anything with anybody. >> reporter: for me to stay here? >> 500 a night. >> reporter: maybe for like -- >> maybe for you, cheaper. >> reporter: priceless is what these properties are called by many of the 4 million air b and b renters who surf the net for the ultimate in couch surfing. for "good morning america," rachel smith, hol, california. >> paula faris, what was your favorite? >> tree house. >> tree house. >> although -- >> anything ca

the chair: the gentleman from vermont is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. welch: i thank the gentlelady. this amendment is not on the level. it uses words that are important to all of us -- work. of course people want to work. but there is no money for a work program. there is an obligation on the person who has no income, who has children to somehow magically create their own work program. any other work programs has to have some support to get people to move from poverty to work. this is a political statement. it's not a work program. how poor is poor? this is telling folks they're not poor enough. grind them down and their children, 1-year-old children will lose food as a result of this. i yield back. the chair: the question occurs on the amendment offered by the gentleman from florida. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. >> i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from florida will be postponed. pursuant to cl

the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: madam president, at 5:30 today, the senate is going to vote on the modification to the leahy amendment, which is the package put together by senators hoeven and corker. and the distinguished senior senator from new york, who has led the so-called gang of eight in putting together this bill is on the floor and has just spoken, as has the -- or will, i believe, the distinguished majority whip, who is on the floor. now, i indicated on friday when i spoke about this, this is not the amendment i would have drafted. i think every one of us if we drafted the bill, each one would draft it differently. but republicans demanded these aggressive border measures to secure their support for the overall legislation, and while it means spending an enormous amount of money because their amendment will increase republican support by spending this money for this historic comprehensive legislation, i will support it. ultimately, the comprehensive legislation is the most important thing. i appreci

i've spoken to employers in vermont. i suspect it is true all over this country, that there are areas where companies cannot find the skilled workers that they need. they need employees from abroad. and to the degree that's true, let us address that issue. but let us also give you some facts which suggest that may not be quite as true as some of the employers and corporations are saying. mr. president, in 2010, 54% of h-1b guest workers were employed in entry-level jobs. so the argument is, hey, we need all of these brilliant guys who are going to start companies, create jobs. 54% in 2010 of the h-1b guest workers were employed in entry-level jobs and performed -- and i quote -- "routine tasks requiring limited judgment" -- end of quote -- according to general accounting office. in 2010, the official u.s. unemployment rate averaged more than 9.6% per month. why couldn't these type of jobs be performed by americans? so again the point is -- i know some of my friends are saying every one of these guys is some genius who is

or a tree house in vermont. here's how it works.to rent this venice beach airstream. you'll pay a service fee to the website plus the total price of your stay and security deposit. air b & b forwards your money to the owner. who pays nothing. >> you can deduct a coffee mug from your deposit. if it's grander, like vandalism, airbnb backs you up. >> you trust them with your house, belongings, rugs, expensive tough. i think people respect that. there's a mutual understanding. there's a misconception that you're going to somebody's house and they're staying there. most of the properties, you don't share anything with anyone. >> reporter: for me to stay in this pad? >> $500 a night. >> reporter: eh, eh, maybe for, like, a special occasion. >> maybe for you, cheaper. >> reporter: many of the 4 million airbnb surf in the net for the ultimate in couch surfing. for "good morning america," rachel smith, abc news, california. >> paula faris, what was your favorite house in that thing? >> the tree house. though, you know what? nothing could rea

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my paternal great grandparents from ireland to vermont. immigration history has been an ongoing thirst of renewal of our spirit, creativity, economic strength. our bipartisan legislation establishes a pastor and citizenship at 11 million undocumented immigrants in this country. it addresses the lengthy backlogs that our current immigration system, backlogs that kept families apart sometime for decades it grants a faster track the trimmers chosen through no fault of their own into agriculture workers and provider nations critical food supply makes important changes to diseases used by dairy farmers anti-immigrant investors who create jobs in our community addresses needs of law enforcement required in the hope of immigrants who witnessed time for victims of domestic violence and human trafficking. and improves the treatment of refugees at our silence seekers that they are the beacon of hope in the world don't make us all safer. the senate should come together to consider and pass. we should do what is right, what is fair, what is just. immi

the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: mr. president, i ask consent the call of the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president, i yield to the distinguished senator from hawaii. ms. hirono: thank you. mr. president, i rise to speak on my amendment, hirono number 1504, cosponsored by senators murray, murkowski, boxer, gillibrand, cantwell, stabenow, klobuchar, warren, baldwin, mikulski, landrieu, shaheen and leahy. i ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment. mr. leahy: i would object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. ms. hirono: thank you. so noted. to continue, mr. president, the immigration bill clearly if inadvertently disadvantages women who are trying to immigrate to the united states. s. 744 reduces the opportunities for immigrants to come under the family-based green card system. the new merit-based point system for employment green cards will significantly disadvantage women who want to come to this country, particularly unmarried wom

the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: i see my friend from alabama on the floor. i ask consent to continue for one minute. mr. president, i just wanted to thank the majority leader for his kind comments, but i should also note that throughout the markup and debate on the immigration bill, his advice and his counsel was always there. we discussed it many, many times. and i appreciate the fact that he made it very clear the bill would come up at the time he said. and we would not have it here without his strong support. so i appreciate senator reid's very nice comments this morning. and i yield the floor. mr. sessions: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. sessions: mr. president, this is important legislation, the immigration bill. and i was able to have a discussion with senator reid yesterday, and he was moving forward to the -- on the motion to proceed to the bill which requires considerable debate. i asked for and insisted on the opportunity to have some time today to talk about it,

near kentucky there's heavy flooding, and while severe thunderstorm warnings have been issued in vermont, num, new mexico, and most hampshire and morse of maine. the are three hour delays at the airport in new york. >> rescue crews are searching for a 19-year-oldo was swept over a waterfall in yosemite national park. park officials say the has he was last seen at 3:00 edafternoon swimming above the nevada falls. dog teams and search and rescue crews are searching the merced river. >> new at 6:00, woman swimming in the alcatraz escape from the rock event today had to be pull from the bay after suffering ag an asthma attack. rescue boat took the 24-year-old swimmer to fort mason and was taken to the hospital and released. 225 swimmers took part in the race. >> workers armed with chainsaws removed a tree that fell and injured two people in san jose. >> half of the treeland on three cars cars and the other half crashed on the lawn bowling green. it happened while the san jose lawn bowling club hosted a party,inaching staffs and their. nobody was hurt. >> san francisco police are questioning

near kentucky there's heavy flooding, and while severe thunderstorm warnings have been issued in vermont, num, new mexico, and most -- new hampshire and morse of maine. the are three hour delays at the airport in new york. >> rescue crews are searching for a 19-year-old who was swept over a waterfall in yosemite national park. park officials say the has he was last seen at 3:00 edafternoon swimming above the nevada falls. dog teams and search and rescue crews are searching the merced river. >> new at 6:00, woman swimming in the alcatraz escape from the rock event today had to be pull from the bay after suffering ag an asthma attack. rescue boat took the 24-year-old swimmer to fort mason and was taken to the hospital and released. 225 swimmers took part in the race. >> workers armed with chainsaws removed a tree that fell and injured two people in san jose. >> half of the treeland on three cars cars and the other half crashed on the lawn bowling green. it happened while the san jose lawn bowling club hosted a party, including 49ers coaching staffs and their wives. nobody was hurt. >> san

towards the end of my father's life when saul summered in vermont not far from where my parents lived in the summers, they saw each other several times a year. i was grown and away by then and only have a vague memory of a dinner in a restaurant. my father was born in 1914, bellow in 1915. saul lived 20 years longer than my father. they shared a status of jewish sons of recent russian immigrants. they also shared a history of early loss. my father's mother died at 15. saul's dieded when he was 17. both men were curious and vital, devoted to fiction writing, believing that little in life was as important as books. greg writes in his memoir "the tenant of our family included a deep appreciation for art and culture, outright contempt of os tinnation, lack of religious observance, sympathy for those disadvantaged or suffered discrimination, support of organized labor, respect for people of all races, and a commitment to fairness embodied in the socialist ideas of each according to their needs. he described my family's values exactly. i say all this by way of pointing out that greg and my

my amendment said if california, vermont, connecticut, other states want to go forward, they should have the right. what we know is that all over europe. we've got dozens and dozens of countries which do label gmo products. we should be able to do that in the united states as well. >> always great ever to you on "the ed show." share your thoughts on twitter and we love it when you sign up there. we always want to know what you think. both sides are working toward immigration reform on the hill. but over on fox, the issue has conservatives calling each other the dreaded l word. and scott walker policies. stay with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] for dad's first job as dad. nissan tests hundreds of child seats to give you a better fit and a safer trip. snug kids, only from nissan. ♪ snug kids, only from nissan. in parks across the country, families are coming together to play, stay active, and enjoy the outdoors. and for the last four summers, coca-cola has asked america to choose its favorite park through our coca-cola parks contest. winning parks can receive a grant of up to $100,000. par

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