whitehouse: thank you. i'd like to speak, if i may, in the nature of a colloquy with the chairman and the senator from delaware and first let me thank him for his very kind remarks, senator carper, as i think everybody knows in the senate is really a bellwether of bipartisanship and constantly seeks cooperation and i appreciate very much his efforts to bring us together here. the situation that i believe we're in mr. chairman, you've been working very hard on these bills for many years, the bill that is on the floor now is the product of considerable work in your committee, homeland security committee, considerable work in the intelligence committee, and considerable work in the commerce committee, primarily, although we in judiciary have had some input as well. and so while there has been no specific hearing on the assembled bill because it covers so many committees, it has to be brought together at some point and its components have had extensive committee work. so we've all put a lot of effort into this

whitehouse: thank you, madam president. kathy hutchison last spring picked up a couple of -- cup of coffee and took a sip. now, why have i come to the floor of the united states senate to talk about kathy hutch inson last spring picking up a cup of coffee and taking a sip? because 15 years earlier, kathy hutchinson was working in her garden when she suffered a stroke that left her paralyzed. kathy didn't just lose the ability to use her arms and legs. she also lost the ability to speak. i'm sorry to say that this condition is not unique to kathy. it happens regularly enough that there is a medical term for it. locked-in syndrome. and that's how kathy lived for nearly 15 years. alert and mentally sharp but unable to move or speak, a prisoner in her own body. all of this changed last spring when for the first time in nearly 15 years kathy picked up that cup of coffee and took a sip. kathy hutchinson is a patient enrolled in a clinical trial at brown university in providence, rhode island. they are testing a neural interface d

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no briefing at the whitehouse today.e. so the dnc on taking the lead in the obama campaign. brad woodhouse will tell us all about it at the top of the next hour here on the full-court press. hang around. >> this is "the bill press show." get stuck inside. for an intensive clean use finish dishwasher cleaner. it's taking out the trash for your dishwasher. fruit just got cooler. fruit on one side, cool on the other. new ice breakers duo. a fruity, cool way to break the ice. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> good morning, everybody. good to see you today. it is thursday august 9th. this is the full court press coming to you live on currents t.v. across this great land of ours, to bring you the big stories of the day, of course taking your calls at 866-55-press. and big news today, the nation's number 1 boy scout. i am talking about president obama. he says the scouts are wrong to discriminate against gays. first time he has spoken out on this issue. but the boy scouts insisted yesterday they are going to stick with their policy of dis

i learned yesterday when senator whitehouse of rhode island came to the floor that in fact the u.s. chamber of commerce really turns out to be pretty expert on this issue of cybersecurity, and i call the attention of the senator from arizona, if he's not aware of it, to a "wall street journal" article of december 21, 2011. this "wall street journal" article is entitled china hackers hit u.s. chamber, and it starts by saying a group of hackers in china breached the computer defenses of america's top business lobbying group, gaining access to everything stored on its system, including information about its 3 million members, according to people familiar. the complex operation involved at least 300 internet addresses, four chamber employees who worked on asian policy had six weeks of their email stolen. the article goes on to say that the chamber of commerce didn't notice this breach that went on for six months. the federal bureau of investigation brought it to their attention, and then they learned that the chinese had not only hacked into the computer main frame, they had somehow hac

you know, if this whitehouse thing doesn't go well. of guys that would be perfect for this. these guys. [ applause ] they've got the whole package, right? i do know somebody who would be great for this job. hey, show them what they've won. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: okay. guillermo, guillermo's been behaving very strangely since i sent him to see magic mike. so there. this is fascinating. this is a letter. it's kind of a form letter that somali pirates send out after they take hostages. reuters got their hands on this. this is not a joke. this is real. it's a real letter that starts "to whom it may concern." subject, congratulations to the company/owner." typically, it's followed by good news, rarely do you get pirates used rusty automatic weapons to take your employees hostage. it says having send when my pirate action group, p.a.g., has control over your vessel. we are saying well to jamal pirate action group. i hope we get to meet jamal. and you have to follow by our law to return back to your ve

i learned yesterday when senator whitehouse of rhode island came to the floor that in fact the u.s. chamber of commerce really turns out to be pretty expert on this issue of cybersecurity, and i call the attention of the senator from arizona, if he's not aware of it, to a "wall street journal" article of december 21, 2011. this "wall street journal" article is entitled china hackers hit u.s. chamber, and it starts by saying a group of hackers in china breached the computer defenses of america's top business lobbying group, gaining access to everything stored on its system, including information about its 3 million members, according to people familiar. the complex operation involved at least 300 internet addresses, four chamber employees who worked on asian policy had six weeks of their email stolen. the article goes on to say that the chamber of commerce didn't notice this breach that went on for six months. the federal bureau of investigation brought it to their attention, and then they learned that the chinese had not only hacked into the computer main frame, they had somehow hac

. >> the first state dinner for children is happening at the whitehouse today.kids, one from each state will eat lunch, everything the white house she have is prepare something from particular their award winning recipes. >> are they going to have any of the white house beer? >> you think? daily beast honey ale. it includes golder moroccan butter nut stew sammon wraps and a vigie sadly with chicken. >> judged by a group of celebrity judges as part of the "let's move" campaign. >> a state dinner at lunchtime. >> let me tell you something. >> all a 24-hour, all expenses paid trip around d.c. >> as the father of two young children, we eat healthy at my house as often as we can. moroccan butter nut squash, stew, good luck getting the kids to eat that. just saying: good luck. veggie kinwa salad. >> why don't they serve them hot dogs and potato chips. >> organic hot dogs. come on. % >> et you quinoa loaf. >> dan thank you. thank you. all right. yes, here we go with paul ryan. the republicans say they want to have -- and the issue right now is: and actually i think thi

i learned yesterday when senator whitehouse of rhode island came to the floor that in fact the u.s. chamber of commerce really turns out to be pretty expert on this issue of cybersecurity, and i call the attention of the senator from arizona, if he's not aware of it, to a "wall street journal" article of december 21, 2011. this "wall street journal" article is entitled china hackers hit u.s. chamber, and it starts by saying a group of hackers in china breached the computer defenses of america's top business lobbying group, gaining access to everything stored on its system, including information about its 3 million members, according to people familiar. the complex operation involved at least 300 internet addresses, four chamber employees who worked on asian policy had six weeks of their email stolen. the article goes on to say that the chamber of commerce didn't notice this breach that went on for six months. the federal bureau of investigation brought it to their attention, and then they learned that the chinese had not only hacked into the computer main frame, they had somehow hac

the president is at the whitehouse today with a fairly light public schedule at any rate.ors shortly after that. nothing else on his public schedule. you know he is going to be very, very business behind the scenes. the briefing today will be at 12:30. it will be held today by deputy presses secretary josh earnest. the last dime he took over jay carney was taking his son to summer camp. so one has to think maybe jay carney is picking up his son from summer camp today. at any rate, earnest does a good job. he will be there today. anywherea tandennira tanden with join us as well as senator bernie sanders, so stick around. >> this is "the bill press show." [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> hey. hello, everybody. good friday morning. it is august 17th. good to see you today. welcome to the "full-court press" here on current tv. good to have you with us this morning as we tackle the big stories of the day here in our nation's capitol, around the country and around the globe. before we move into the weekend, lots of to talk about including the fact that mitt romney holding a news conferenc

the suggestions of a bipartisan group, acting in good faith, headed by senator kyl and senator whitehouse. mr. president, there's much more that i want to say on this issue, but i see that the chairman has arrived on the floor, and i know that opponents to the bill, such as senator hutchison, wishes to speak and should certainly be given the right to do so. but let me just say that rarely have i been so disappointed in the senate's failure to come to grips with a threat to our country that, as all these officials have warned us over and over again, is urgent and must be addressed now; not maybe in september, not possibly by the end of the year, not in the next congress, but now. thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas is recognized. mrs. hutchison: mr. president, i just wanted to get the time for our side and time for the bill sponsors' side and clarify that the people on our side would have 15 minutes; is that correct? the presiding officer: the time time is divided between the two leaders or their designees. the republican side has approximately nine minu

. >> part of the reason i asked you -- we have been going through this at the whitehouse and fleshed but today, i would imagine the question for ryan would be: what do you think about the human life amendment adopted by the party platform committee yesterday? this is what he and todd akin have co-sponsored in the house of representatives. right? it is todd akin's policy right down the line. no abortion, no way. no how. no exceptions for rape or incest. >> that's in direct conflict to what mitt romney says his position is. how do you square the two there? >> the best that we have been able to get so far is, you know we all sort of asked campaign folks yesterday and he sort of downplayed those differences saying this is not uncommon to have minor differences between the nominee and party platform. >> it's a pretty major difference, i think. >> right. depending upon which way you look at that. so, yeah, but again i think we are probably not likely to see much of ryan when it comes to, you know, a national traveling press conference or something like that until probably after the convent

as you know so well -- the presiding officer, senator whitehouse, has been such a champion in talking about the money that can be saved in our health care system by preventi prevention, and we can prevent chronic disease. the burden of chronic disease in our country is staggering. chronic disease affects half of all american adults and seven out of ten deaths each year are due to chronic disease. if current trends continue, by the year 2020, 52% of american adults will either have type 2 diabetes or elevated glucose levels that's known as prediabetes. and diabetes can often lead to other chronic diseases such as heart disease. but, as grim as these statistics are for our country, we also have some of the best health care researchers in the world. a few years ago the center for disease control and prevention -- c.d.c. -- conducted a pilot program called the diabetes prevention program in two cities, st. paul, minnesota, and i understand naply, indiana. this program which was administered by the ymca is a 16-session program focusing on nutritional training, eating healthy, 16 weeks of p

in fact, some of our -- you have democrats like sheldon whitehouse who have led the charge on it. >>hat's good. one thing to make sure we do touch on before we close, we are talking about the economy and things to make a big difference. some bad news this week. fannie and freddie wants to reduce the principal for underwater homeowners. ed demarco said, no way. if homeowners pay what their houses are worth, they'd spend more money and get the local economies going again. that was a big blow. not just the republicans. democrats are making bad mistakes. republican appointee and works for obama. obama should get rid of him and put someone there to let americans pay fairly for the houses. >> they're trying to get rid of him. they would like to. >> fire the guy. put a squirrel in there. anybody would do a better joba. >> we have to go. next time you come on, senator, can we talk about the bad state of airports? i'm tired of sitting at laguardia. >> bring back the airports. a year and a half it sat there because of the tea party guys. they don't want the america most americans want. ted cru

republicans who frankly in the last week spent a lot of time, including chris kunz and sheldon whitehouse, jon kyl and others, people who spend a lot of time trying to find a middle and it got to know each other and have really become well steeped in the issues. they are in there while we are out here talking among themselves about how we fix this? how do we actually get to yes? i'm encouraged by that as well. >> thank you, senator. [inaudible conversations] >> kay bailey hutchison tact about their opposition to the cybersecurity bill after the legislation failed to clear a procedural vote on the senate floor. >> okay, with regard to a very important legislation, everyone knows not passing a bill is certainly not an option. we all believe the bill onto the past. there are significant differences of opinion about what kind of bill should be passed. my friend, the majority leader in response sent a letter to tom donohue, the chairman of the chamber of commerce on february the ninth in which he made the following commitment. i want to read it to you. this is the majority leader of the senate

. >> these past four years we have suffered no shortage of words in the whitehouse.t is missing is leadership in the white house. >> reporter: the pride of janesville, wisconsin, ryan tried to appeal to a wide audience, including tea party conservatives. as well as younger voters. >> college graduates should not have to spend their 20s in their childhood bedrooms staring up at faded obama posters. the greatest threat to medicare is obama care and we're going to stop it. >> reporter: ryan also poked fun at his running mate, 23 years his senior. >> there are the songs on his ipod, which i heard in the campaign bus and i also heard in the elevator. he urged me to play some and i said my starts with acdc and ends with led zeplin. >> we can get the economy growing again! >> reporter: the night also touted two fellow republican party heavyweight ps. >> we do not have a choice. we cannot be reluctant to lead and you cannot lead from behind. >> we must return to our best traditions of american leadership and support those who face down the brutal tierney of their oppressors