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when you've got bill clinton and dick durbin taking these positions, what does the president do? >> it's hard to believe that it was just about a month ago to the shutdown happened and everybody thought it was going to be glory for the dems, obamacare was coming up it's an interesting point about dick durbin. now that obamacare launched and the website had problems and as bill you said, the enrollment is so much less than expected, the u.s. senators are now trying to make sure they keep the senate going into the 2014 election. they have other fish to fry, not just going after obama. this is the first time we've heard publicly the president speak about president obama since double down came out, the book last week, where there were perhaps some unflattering things said about bill clinton, alleged to have been said by president obama. there is this history. i don't think you can ignore the fact that there was hillary care before obamacare and in 2016, hillary clinton is going to run for president and this is the biggest booster. >> dianne feinstein said she'll co sponsor a bill all
when you've got bill clinton and dick durbin taking these positions, what does the president do? >> it's hard to believe that it was just about a month ago to the shutdown happened and everybody thought it was going to be glory for the dems, obamacare was coming up it's an interesting point about dick durbin. now that obamacare launched and the website had problems and as bill you said, the enrollment is so much less than expected, the u.s. senators are now trying to make sure they keep...
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there's a little vignette you have in your book about a man named howard buffett and dick durbin. now you found the dick durbin part of this, and i'm--i'm not s--has it ever been acknowledged that it was him to you? >> guest: w--now we're talking about the football game? c-span: the football tickets. >> guest: the--the--there was an acknowledgement--i--i believe it says in the book there was an acknowledgement that they went to the game, but there was not an acknowledgement that they solicited tickets. and th--and that section is--what--basically, what the story is, is that--is that howard buffett, who is the son of warren buffett--i mean, this book really is an all-star cast. c-span: who's warren buffett? >> guest: warren buffett is the--the famed investor, whose--whose biographies are snapped up by everyone trying to figure out how berkshire hathaway made all its billions. he's the man who, probably more than anyone else--i think at this point, he's either the wealthiest man or the second wealthiest man, but probably more than anyone else is--is the sage of--of modern investing.
there's a little vignette you have in your book about a man named howard buffett and dick durbin. now you found the dick durbin part of this, and i'm--i'm not s--has it ever been acknowledged that it was him to you? >> guest: w--now we're talking about the football game? c-span: the football tickets. >> guest: the--the--there was an acknowledgement--i--i believe it says in the book there was an acknowledgement that they went to the game, but there was not an acknowledgement that...
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just ask dick durbin, the second ranking democrat in the u.s. senate. he's the majority whip and my guest live this hour in the cnn center in atlanta. thank you so much for joining us. let's talk about this president clinton news for the president to say he personally believes even if it takes a change in the law, president obama needs to honor the promise that you get to keep your health care. is this going to cause problems, or are most democrats going to start saying that? >> ashleigh, i think we need to look at the political reality. we need to be open to constructive changes to make this law work better, but there are those, frankly, who don't want it to work at all. if those on the other side are willing to sit down in a constructive fashion, move us toward our goal making health insurance available to more and more americans and reducing costs, that's a good positive thing to do. i would say to to president clinton, if we can bringing that bipartisan group together, we can start to solve some of the problems we're facing >> so there's a gop house
just ask dick durbin, the second ranking democrat in the u.s. senate. he's the majority whip and my guest live this hour in the cnn center in atlanta. thank you so much for joining us. let's talk about this president clinton news for the president to say he personally believes even if it takes a change in the law, president obama needs to honor the promise that you get to keep your health care. is this going to cause problems, or are most democrats going to start saying that? >> ashleigh,...
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to have that come from dick durbin i think is also very significant. >> thank you so much. he makes a very good point here. they're all looking at 2016. if is something where it is harmful to the democrats where if they hang onto the pledge, they're not going to do well. republicans are trying to capitalize off that at this moment. >> and to your point too, bill clinton has been stumping for obama care. if he says this, that is politically significant. we're going to take a break. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] if you can clear a crowd but not your nasal congestion, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec-d®. powerful relief of nasal congestion and other allergy symptoms -- all in one pill. zyrtec-d®. at the pharmacy counter. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's you
to have that come from dick durbin i think is also very significant. >> thank you so much. he makes a very good point here. they're all looking at 2016. if is something where it is harmful to the democrats where if they hang onto the pledge, they're not going to do well. republicans are trying to capitalize off that at this moment. >> and to your point too, bill clinton has been stumping for obama care. if he says this, that is politically significant. we're going to take a break....
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. >> let's talk about fixing and want to play sound from former president clinton and dick durbin the number two senate democrat. >> so i personally believe even if it takes a change in the law, the president should honor the commitment that the federal government made to those people and let them keep what they got. >> i would say to president clinton if we can bring that group together we can start to solve some of the problems we're facing. >> there's a bill in the house that would let insurance companies keep offering these plans that don't meet obama care standards for another year but health care expert says this will be an administrative nightmare. are house republicans willing to work with dick durbin and senate democrats to fix these problems in a bipartisan way? >> what we have said all along is we want what's best for people's health care right now. we've never believed that obama care and its mandates and washington knows best is what's good for people's health care. if the democrats are now saying, we ought to let people choose, we ought not be imposing higher prices on p
. >> let's talk about fixing and want to play sound from former president clinton and dick durbin the number two senate democrat. >> so i personally believe even if it takes a change in the law, the president should honor the commitment that the federal government made to those people and let them keep what they got. >> i would say to president clinton if we can bring that group together we can start to solve some of the problems we're facing. >> there's a bill in the...
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that's dick durbin, number two man in the senate. i mean, it sounds like democrats are in a bargaining mood. >> absolutely. the one thing we have going for us is the vast majority of people across the country in both political parties are strongly opposed to these cuts. you know, so that is the thing they have to overcome. you get 75% to 80% of republicans, tea party republicans that are opposed to cuts to these programs. but just to take the specific points that, you know, senator durbin raised, if you look at social security, it's gone from being about 4% of our economy in 2000 to about 5% today. it's projected to be about 6% in 20 years. that's because we have an aging population, the baby boomers. we can handle that. that's not a big deal. but when you talk about medicare, it's a totally different story. that's being driven by our healthcare costs. we spend more than twice as much per person as the average for other wealthy countries. we have nothing to show for it in terms of outcomes. we have to fix our health care system. so t
that's dick durbin, number two man in the senate. i mean, it sounds like democrats are in a bargaining mood. >> absolutely. the one thing we have going for us is the vast majority of people across the country in both political parties are strongly opposed to these cuts. you know, so that is the thing they have to overcome. you get 75% to 80% of republicans, tea party republicans that are opposed to cuts to these programs. but just to take the specific points that, you know, senator durbin...
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-- >> the point is, president clinton has said we should change, deck dick durbin says i should change. medicare came out, it has been changed hundreds of times. >> did people millions of people lose something with medicare? >> they lost their freedom. >> are you in favor for this for people who have had their insurance canceled? >> canceled? you're talking about the 5% of the market. >> are you interested in helping those 5%? >> those aren't cancellations. those are bad product recalls. it's like cars they discovered the master cylinder doesn't work, being recalled and replaced. >> you seriously think all those plans that have within canceled -- >> yes. >> democratic states approved these plans. >> if it wasn't fred upton. if it was coming out of a democrat and they were saying let's tweak this bill, i would be for it. >> many democrats are going to vote for this. >> if they do, then it will be a really -- >> your standard is, if a democrat says it, it's good, and if the republican says it, it's bad? >> as long as the republicans are on record as saying -- >> both you and stephanie ha
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durbin says we should change you know social security came out nine hundred thirty five it's been amended hundreds of times what's their latest strategy though is tailgating a group funded by the koch brothers is sponsoring tailgate parties at college for college football games they give away pizza bear misinformation distortions about what young people's options are under the health care law this is a couple of republican billionaires telling college kids how to trade away their insurance options and their future economic security for pizza and bear stuff and you introduced the koch brothers as republicans one of them ran for president as a libertarian and these guys are libertarians more than republicans we have and republicans have supported in this country and this is the thing that baffles me since the founding really of the country the the the whigs in the federalist before you know the ancestors the republicans have supported the idea of public fire departments and ben franklin started the first one if your house is on fire we're going to collectively pay into the end to making sur
durbin says we should change you know social security came out nine hundred thirty five it's been amended hundreds of times what's their latest strategy though is tailgating a group funded by the koch brothers is sponsoring tailgate parties at college for college football games they give away pizza bear misinformation distortions about what young people's options are under the health care law this is a couple of republican billionaires telling college kids how to trade away their insurance...
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just earlier on cnn dick durbin talked about perhaps changing the law a little bit. let's listen to what he had to say. >> i think we need to look at the political reality. we need to be open to constructive changes to make this law work better. but there are those, frankly, who don't want it to work at all. if those on the other side are willing to sit down in a constructive fashion and move us towards our goal making health insurance available to more and more americans and reducing costs, that's a good, positive thing to do. same with president clinton f we can bring that bipartisan group together, we can start to solve some of the problems we're facing. >> a lot of ifs there, elise. he talks about being oepen to make the changes. how could they make these changes? >> it's very unclear at this point. there aren't good options at all for congress, particularly because republicans and democrats still seem to be far apart on this question. and, certainly, the insurance industry has a major role to play here and they're very opposed to anything that would further dela
just earlier on cnn dick durbin talked about perhaps changing the law a little bit. let's listen to what he had to say. >> i think we need to look at the political reality. we need to be open to constructive changes to make this law work better. but there are those, frankly, who don't want it to work at all. if those on the other side are willing to sit down in a constructive fashion and move us towards our goal making health insurance available to more and more americans and reducing...
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cammeron yesterday the very liberal senator dick dire bin -- durbin you can keep your insurance health comments. >> a couple more sentences to it could have clarified it and they should have haded it. the president has apologized. he said very clearly he was sorry if he mislead people. here is the bottom line. the bottom line is in my state of illinois 1.8 million people have no health insurance. >> so how do you read durbin's statement? >> well, he is one of 21 senate democrats up for re-election next year and he is really worried about their healthcare and their votes. it's a big deal. so far there are 12 democrats who have come out in support of some kind of obamacare delay and dick durbin is not one of them much the problem is the democratic party leader harry reid in the senate and durbin is one of his lieutenants won't bring any of those bills up to the floor unless the president says okay. >> so durbin and the other 20 democratic senators running for re-election now have to face an angry population. they have to face a very angry electorate. although in illinois, so so blue,. >>
cammeron yesterday the very liberal senator dick dire bin -- durbin you can keep your insurance health comments. >> a couple more sentences to it could have clarified it and they should have haded it. the president has apologized. he said very clearly he was sorry if he mislead people. here is the bottom line. the bottom line is in my state of illinois 1.8 million people have no health insurance. >> so how do you read durbin's statement? >> well, he is one of 21 senate...
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senator dick durbin invited a speaker to go home to his own state to listen to what people are saying about what happens to them when they are discriminated against. i would invite him to come out to washington where we have the laws on the books to protect the members of the lbgt community from being discriminated against. and this includes great individuals in our state, because they respect of cpt members and bring them to their and companies and employ them. this includes starbucks, amazon, and nordstrom. they will tell you that this is a good law in one that should be good for the rest of the entire country. [inaudible conversations] >> the bill, of course, exams employers fewer than 15 employees. presumably many of the 21 states that don't have this protection already did seem like those are the types of things that might be in a smaller town, they have the types of employees and the corporations are you all disgust 10 years ago, 20 years ago and realized that it wasn't in their best interest to be discriminatory. aside from a bit of a moral victory, has accomplished anything fo
senator dick durbin invited a speaker to go home to his own state to listen to what people are saying about what happens to them when they are discriminated against. i would invite him to come out to washington where we have the laws on the books to protect the members of the lbgt community from being discriminated against. and this includes great individuals in our state, because they respect of cpt members and bring them to their and companies and employ them. this includes starbucks, amazon,...
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and senator enzi worked with dick durbin on the internet sales tax. you either think the government has enough money, or you want to tax people more. i would, every single day, fighting to help people in wyoming keep more money in their pockets. >> some of your conservative critics and the enzi people say you have flipped sides on issues to attract voters. you now say you oppose same sex marriage, but in twine you opposed a constitutional amendment that would have banned same sex marriage and they point out that you supported the state department offering benefits to same sex partners. >> if people are in a same sex relationship and they want their partner to be able to have health benefits or be a beneficiary on their life insurance, i don't see a problem with that. i think it is an issue left up to the state. i believe in the the traditional definition of marriage. but the senator said many times that he doesn't believe in butter politics. he said he won't stoop to that left. i think he ought to denounce it. i'm running a campaign baited on substanc
and senator enzi worked with dick durbin on the internet sales tax. you either think the government has enough money, or you want to tax people more. i would, every single day, fighting to help people in wyoming keep more money in their pockets. >> some of your conservative critics and the enzi people say you have flipped sides on issues to attract voters. you now say you oppose same sex marriage, but in twine you opposed a constitutional amendment that would have banned same sex marriage...
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dick durbin all it long over due and a message to working families drug length paycheck to paycheck that we can help. many businesses forean escalation on the minimum wage especially those who heavyy on minimum wage workers. they stipulate pay increases that are based on the minimum wage. >> they have almost increases or riders that whenever the minimum wage law was changed the wage rate goes up by $0.50 or some cases more. >> in his state of the union speech he said it was fair. >> even with the tax relief a family with two kids earning minimum wage lives below the poverty line. that is wrong. >> but most minimum wage jobs are not held by heads of households but young single workers and given that unemployment mong the teenagers is 22 percent many businesses will reduce staffing and increasing unemployment again among the young. alisyn. >> always the unintended consequences. >> 22 percent too high. nspeaking of jobs, president obama will speak on the economy. and the jones report for october is now out and there are serious questions about the impact of obama care on the u.s. economy. w
dick durbin all it long over due and a message to working families drug length paycheck to paycheck that we can help. many businesses forean escalation on the minimum wage especially those who heavyy on minimum wage workers. they stipulate pay increases that are based on the minimum wage. >> they have almost increases or riders that whenever the minimum wage law was changed the wage rate goes up by $0.50 or some cases more. >> in his state of the union speech he said it was fair....
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durbin, senate budget committee chair, hard work right now on a budget, and house minority leader nancy pelosi. house minority whip thomas to any lawyer. and four years later, democrats seemed to distance themselves far enough from obamacare. well, we will call it a bomb scare. halloween. why not. senate democrats are calling for an extension of obamacare is open to the enrollment for a delay in the individual mandate. you can keep their current health care plan. according to forbes magazine as far back as 2010 federal officials estimated 93 million americans would lose their health plans under obamacare. to the credit of each of those senators who once went along with the allied, mr. pritchett -- misrepresentation, misstatement, are adjusting to new facts that were denied them by the very white house they were supporting incredibly you can add obamacare to those of scandals in the seats for which this president, it seems to me, is irresponsible and, yes, he had a lot of accomplices. we will take all of that up with the "a-team" now. we are joined by democratic strategist hank shank off
durbin, senate budget committee chair, hard work right now on a budget, and house minority leader nancy pelosi. house minority whip thomas to any lawyer. and four years later, democrats seemed to distance themselves far enough from obamacare. well, we will call it a bomb scare. halloween. why not. senate democrats are calling for an extension of obamacare is open to the enrollment for a delay in the individual mandate. you can keep their current health care plan. according to forbes magazine as...
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. >> dick durbin said we reached a tipping point and harry reid said i am glad we changed it to get washington working it and this is simple fairness. and republicans are saying that the rules were in place since thomas jefferson and mitch mccanle said they broke the rules and it is game on in congress. and more on the fallout that happens next. we'll have complete analysis. >> historic day. >>> still waiting on the cargo plane to attempt a dangerous take off. the runway is 3,000 feet too short. >> did you know lotteries have a expering a date. >> maybe it is in the refrigerator. and i will check it out. okay, listen up! i'm re-workin' the menu. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure®. nutrition inharge™. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company
. >> dick durbin said we reached a tipping point and harry reid said i am glad we changed it to get washington working it and this is simple fairness. and republicans are saying that the rules were in place since thomas jefferson and mitch mccanle said they broke the rules and it is game on in congress. and more on the fallout that happens next. we'll have complete analysis. >> historic day. >>> still waiting on the cargo plane to attempt a dangerous take off. the runway is...
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democratic dick durbin told us they are confident they're going to get the web site fixed by the end of november, and then after that the benefits will kick in, and the president believes they're going to get this thing fixed. i have to say there are republicans on capitol hill who are pushing back and saying this shows how nervous the democrats are right now about the mid-term elections. take a listen. >> there's no -- in yesterday's meeting or any other meeting about this, the concerns that defcrats have about the rollout of the market places are the same concerns the president has, which is the web site is not functioning effectively. >> that is going to keep getting uglier and uglier, hence the emergency meeting at the white house yesterday with the president among his allies who walked the plank over this and they're scared. >> reporter: the other question is when will the white house release enrollment figures for the month of october. jay carney trying to lower expectations even lower by saying today they're going to be extremely low. they think they'll get better in the month
democratic dick durbin told us they are confident they're going to get the web site fixed by the end of november, and then after that the benefits will kick in, and the president believes they're going to get this thing fixed. i have to say there are republicans on capitol hill who are pushing back and saying this shows how nervous the democrats are right now about the mid-term elections. take a listen. >> there's no -- in yesterday's meeting or any other meeting about this, the concerns...
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. >> dick durbin, the second ranking democrat with harry reid saying they had no option but to take the nuclear option. we will continue to report that as well. meanwhile, major differences delay closed door talks in geneva, second round of talks to curb the program for relief. did sit down with top european official katherine ashton discussing details and wording. secretary of state john kerry told me and told the senate that the ayatollah's latest did he enunciation as a rabid dog was not helpful. >> it's inflammatory and unnecessary. i think at this moment when we're trying to negotiate and figure out what can and can't be achieved, the last thing we need are names back and forth. >> these talks are expected to take place. joining me a prominent israeli journalist and author of a new book, "my promised land." congratulations on that. a very provocative booed indeed. you did write an op-ed about the iran talks. your posture there is that if george bush, george w. bush had not gone with the axis of evil and ignored opens after 9/11, we had a path to some sort of dialogue during a brief
. >> dick durbin, the second ranking democrat with harry reid saying they had no option but to take the nuclear option. we will continue to report that as well. meanwhile, major differences delay closed door talks in geneva, second round of talks to curb the program for relief. did sit down with top european official katherine ashton discussing details and wording. secretary of state john kerry told me and told the senate that the ayatollah's latest did he enunciation as a rabid dog was...
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senator enzi's hallmark piece of legislation is something he's done with dick durbin, one of the most liberal members in the united states senate. that's the internet sales tax. i fundamentally believe either you're on the side that government has plenty of money and we need to have people keep more of their own money or looking for ways to tax people more. the internet sales tax is a way to tax people more. as a wyoming senator i would fight to help people in wyoming keep money in their own pockets. >> some of your conservative critics say you have flipped positions on some issues to try to attract wyoming voters that you didn't previously hold. you now say that you oppose same-sex marriage but they point out that in 2009, you opposed a constitutional amendment -- you say it's a state issue, it would ban same-sex marriage and you supported the state department offering benefits to the same-sex partners and they say that's a flip. >> it's not. i don't believe we ought to discriminate against people because of sexual orientation. if they are in a same-sex relationship and they want the
senator enzi's hallmark piece of legislation is something he's done with dick durbin, one of the most liberal members in the united states senate. that's the internet sales tax. i fundamentally believe either you're on the side that government has plenty of money and we need to have people keep more of their own money or looking for ways to tax people more. the internet sales tax is a way to tax people more. as a wyoming senator i would fight to help people in wyoming keep money in their own...
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joe biden will join mayor emanuel and dick durbin as the city breaks ground on the first new domestic violence shelter built in over a decade. of gas prices went up again overnight. the national average is lower than last year as we head into the thanksgiving holiday weekend. aaa reporting refinery issues causing the recent spike in prices. the average price in d.c. right now is $3.51 a gallon for regular unleaded, up 11 cents from last week. in maryland prices are up 10 cents. in havevirginia 11 cents higher $3.22 right now and in west virginia the average $3.36, up 5 cents. the national average down 14 cents this time last year. >>> jewish people will be celebrating more than just thanksgiving. of it is the first day of hanukkah. if the jewish holiday seems a bit early this year, it's not just your imagination. the last time thanksgiving and h hanukkah overlapped was 1888. it won't happen again for another 80,000 years. so not in my lifetime. >> i could live that long. >>> it is 5:55 now. it's not what you want to hear days before millions take to the air for thanksgiving. some airp
joe biden will join mayor emanuel and dick durbin as the city breaks ground on the first new domestic violence shelter built in over a decade. of gas prices went up again overnight. the national average is lower than last year as we head into the thanksgiving holiday weekend. aaa reporting refinery issues causing the recent spike in prices. the average price in d.c. right now is $3.51 a gallon for regular unleaded, up 11 cents from last week. in maryland prices are up 10 cents. in havevirginia...
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during the workweek, schumer, the third most democrat in the senator, lives with dick durbin the second most powerful democratic and congressman miller. we got the not so grand tour. >> oscar de la renta venetian blinds. >> our favorite cereal? plenty of cold cereals. >> i tried at this time other night, it's like a rock. >> at least the location of his bed is convenient. right in the living room. >> in all fairness. i did it for you. >> what would an actual reality show based on this house be like? maybe it's a good thing that alpha house isn't too realistic. but what would the cast think about flipping it around? which one of you is going to run for office? senator goodman. >> a firm no for now. maybe the perks will change their minds. for "this week," jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >> that is one big bowl of cereal. our big thanks to the "alpha house" gang. the show launches on amazon on november 15th. >>> now, we honor our fellow americans who serve and sacrifice. this week, the pentagon released the name of one soldier killed in afghanistan. >>> and that it is all for us toda
during the workweek, schumer, the third most democrat in the senator, lives with dick durbin the second most powerful democratic and congressman miller. we got the not so grand tour. >> oscar de la renta venetian blinds. >> our favorite cereal? plenty of cold cereals. >> i tried at this time other night, it's like a rock. >> at least the location of his bed is convenient. right in the living room. >> in all fairness. i did it for you. >> what would an actual...
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dick durbin a close friend of the president of the united states, a leader in the senate. not in a tough race on the ballot last year, doesn't need to have panic. now you have senior democrats who have no reason to worry a tough re-election ahead of them being more open in their criticism of the president. the president is trying to fix this administratively through some administrative executive action. but he has now a former president, a member of the senate leadership and 10 or 12 senate democrats on the ballot next year saying that congress needs to do something. once you open the door to changing the law, we don't know where that's going to take us. >> now john, jay carney also said today, sorry, i got a frog in my throat. he said the white house is going to release the obama care enrollment numbers by the end of the week. and the numbers are going to be pretty grim. 50,000 people the wall street journal reports have signed up as of last week out of 500,000 that the administration was hoping for. those numbers are grim no matter how you look at them. they could change
dick durbin a close friend of the president of the united states, a leader in the senate. not in a tough race on the ballot last year, doesn't need to have panic. now you have senior democrats who have no reason to worry a tough re-election ahead of them being more open in their criticism of the president. the president is trying to fix this administratively through some administrative executive action. but he has now a former president, a member of the senate leadership and 10 or 12 senate...
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. >> dick durbin and chuck schumer, the second and third ranking senate democrats live here together. >> you guys got the rent? >> their landlord and third roommate is democratic congressman george miller. the house is so legendary, it inspired a new tv series, "alpha house." except the senate room nates in the amazon show are republicans. >> they are nothing like us. don't even begin to think so. >> when people see this house, they're going to know because in the show it's a little nicer. they have a thing where in the -- >> wait a minute. >> miller, the owner, started taking in tenants more than 30 years ago. the house hasn't been updated since. >> when we stopped buying lps, that was when the music stopped. >> but you have a record player here. >> yes, the same exact records are there now as the day i moved in, in 1982. >> the best part about it are the products that are on the cassette player. >> this is my medicine cabinet right here. >> i didn't know you were a metro sexual. >> smooth as could be. >> whose closet is this? >> it's mine. >> oh, mr. neat. mr. neat's closet. >> schu
. >> dick durbin and chuck schumer, the second and third ranking senate democrats live here together. >> you guys got the rent? >> their landlord and third roommate is democratic congressman george miller. the house is so legendary, it inspired a new tv series, "alpha house." except the senate room nates in the amazon show are republicans. >> they are nothing like us. don't even begin to think so. >> when people see this house, they're going to know...
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let's take a listen to dick durbin. >> one of the last standards was established was no filibusters unless there are extraordinary circumstances. that was the phrase. extraordinary circumstances. it turns out the extraordinary circumstance in the eyes of many republican senators was the re-election of barack obama. >> you know, howard, why do you think that the republicans decided to push democrats to this point where they felt like they had to change the rules? >> well, i think this is the product of federalist society thinking. the federalist society began in the days of ronald reagan to remake the federal judiciary and secondarily the state judiciary. but the federal judiciary in particular in the conservative, small government mode. i think the conservatives in the republican party which is pretty much the republican party feel like they have accomplished that objective and they don't what to let go of it. they don't want to let the normal point/counterpoint work in that way. they want the judiciary to stay conservative. pretty much at all costs. and they don't acknowledge this sort of
let's take a listen to dick durbin. >> one of the last standards was established was no filibusters unless there are extraordinary circumstances. that was the phrase. extraordinary circumstances. it turns out the extraordinary circumstance in the eyes of many republican senators was the re-election of barack obama. >> you know, howard, why do you think that the republicans decided to push democrats to this point where they felt like they had to change the rules? >> well, i...
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when you have bill clinton, dick durbin and lower ranking democrats, a member of the leadership saying, the face of the political reality, we have to change this law, when democrats see the green light to speak out and criticize their president, the white house, criticize his team, that tells you a lot of what they see is the political environment. if the president loses his party in the second material, that spells trouble. >> there is a significant difference between saying, as bill clinton suggested and as the landrieu bill would do, as dana bash pointed out, allow you to keep your health plan if you like your health plan in perpetuity for one more year. >> if your pledge was if you like your health plan, you can keep your health plan period. but, look, the you know the president is basically trying to strap on the wings at 50,000 feet here. and so the problem, to me, is that people are beginning not to trust the plane. and you look at the president's approving ratings, that's one thing. but the trust, that is what you use -- that's -- it's always been what people liked and trusted
when you have bill clinton, dick durbin and lower ranking democrats, a member of the leadership saying, the face of the political reality, we have to change this law, when democrats see the green light to speak out and criticize their president, the white house, criticize his team, that tells you a lot of what they see is the political environment. if the president loses his party in the second material, that spells trouble. >> there is a significant difference between saying, as bill...
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durbin up for re-election next year and this afternoon talk to students at the university of chicago. >>> there will be more giant balloons and colorful floats at this year's thanksgiving day parade. animal rights protesters plan to line the route to protest "black fish." the theme park they say treat whales badly. they look at tilikum. they want the float to be removed but macy's says it's staying. >>> a reward rising in the desperate manhunt to find a gunman who killed a postal worker who was delivering the mail. >>> states with legalized marijuana now facing a new danger. that's coming up next. is not in the driveway. yeah. it's in the shop. it's going to cost me an arm and a leg. you shoulda taken it to midas. they tell you what stuff needs fixing, and what stuff can wait. high-five! arg! brakes, tires, oil, everything. (whistling) and our giant idaho potato truck is still missing. so my dog and i we're going to go find it. it's out there somewhere spreading the good word about idaho potatoes and raising money for meals on wheels. but we'd really like our truck back, so if you se
durbin up for re-election next year and this afternoon talk to students at the university of chicago. >>> there will be more giant balloons and colorful floats at this year's thanksgiving day parade. animal rights protesters plan to line the route to protest "black fish." the theme park they say treat whales badly. they look at tilikum. they want the float to be removed but macy's says it's staying. >>> a reward rising in the desperate manhunt to find a gunman who...
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this is dick durbin earlier today. >> we need to look at the political reality and open to constructive changes to make this law work better. but there are those, frankly, who don't want it to work at all. if those on the other side are willing to sit down in a constructive fashion, move us toward our goal making health insurance available to more and more americans and reducing costs, that's a good positive thing to do. i would say to president clinton, if we can bring that bipartisan group together, wook start to solve some of the problems we're facing >> now, that last part of what he said is critical. if we can bring people together. that is not -- that is a lot easier said than done. what is already happening on capitol hill is republicans who run the house have already got legislation they plan to have a vote on later this week saying if you like your health care plan, you can keep it. and there are some senate democrats, including mary landrieu and a few others up for re-election next year who have legislation along those lines. however, seeing something that could pass the senat
this is dick durbin earlier today. >> we need to look at the political reality and open to constructive changes to make this law work better. but there are those, frankly, who don't want it to work at all. if those on the other side are willing to sit down in a constructive fashion, move us toward our goal making health insurance available to more and more americans and reducing costs, that's a good positive thing to do. i would say to president clinton, if we can bring that bipartisan...
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this tweet was sent to senator dick durbin and shows a toy being sold at target with rock star energy drink slapped right on the front. that toy is made by a sport toy manufacturer who has other rock star energy products on their site. back in july the senate commerce committee held a hearing with energy drink leaders and asked who their target market was. here's rock star's coo. >> rock star always has been committed to not recommended for children. by that we mean under 12. >> if the company is targeting consumers over 12, why put the brand name on a toy that's for kids ages 8 and up? democratic senator richard blumenthal is one of the senators asking rock star for some answers and to take the brand off the toy. he joins me from hartford, connecticut. good to see you. thanks for joining us. you sent a letter to rock star inc. asking them to explain what's going on. we also tried to contact them. we were not able to connect with them. what have they told you about this toy? >> well, rock star plainly is using a toy and a ploy to pitch their products to children. that's very troubling
this tweet was sent to senator dick durbin and shows a toy being sold at target with rock star energy drink slapped right on the front. that toy is made by a sport toy manufacturer who has other rock star energy products on their site. back in july the senate commerce committee held a hearing with energy drink leaders and asked who their target market was. here's rock star's coo. >> rock star always has been committed to not recommended for children. by that we mean under 12. >> if...
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durbin, and by his friend, west virginia senator joe manchin. but while senator mark kirk has been dealing with the physical rigors of coming back from that devastating stroke, he has also been fully functional as a senator. and he's been very interesting as a senator. because mark kirk is turning out to be not a very predictable guy. he is a conservative in a lot of the traditional senses. he's anti-regulation and anti-tax guy. he's a hawk on foreign policy. he's supported privatizing social security. but he also sometimes takes positions where it's just senator mark kirk and the democrats. or it's just senator mark kirk and a handful of other republicans who are brave enough to defy their party and side with the democrats. like, for example, on the employment nondiscrimination act, senator kirk was not just one of the ten republicans who crossed party lines in order to support that anti-discrimination measure. he was a co-sponsor of the legislation. his very first speech of the floor of the senate once he came back from having a stroke was spe
durbin, and by his friend, west virginia senator joe manchin. but while senator mark kirk has been dealing with the physical rigors of coming back from that devastating stroke, he has also been fully functional as a senator. and he's been very interesting as a senator. because mark kirk is turning out to be not a very predictable guy. he is a conservative in a lot of the traditional senses. he's anti-regulation and anti-tax guy. he's a hawk on foreign policy. he's supported privatizing social...
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that cracked right open with president clinton and dick durbin yesterday and got worse today. >>> that's right. sam yellow johnson once said, the prospect of being hanged concentrates the mind wonderfully. the hanging is next year's mid-term. they are terrified the whole plan is going to fall apart, voters are going to be enraged, insurance premiums will go up. unless something is done to fix this, mary landrieu is next up for re-election. several senators are pushing hard to make changes in this program very quickly. they are putting a lot of pressure on the obama administration. >> michael, that was not the ones that were up for reelection next year. you have some liberal senators and congressmen who were not th threatened calling for fixes and for something to be done about that obama promise that people could keep their plans and their doctors. >> yeah. one thing to remember, antonio, and bill is right, you see people who are up for reelection and you make the point that not everybody is up for rely, geoff america lee is up for reelection. there are some senators who are not in tight
that cracked right open with president clinton and dick durbin yesterday and got worse today. >>> that's right. sam yellow johnson once said, the prospect of being hanged concentrates the mind wonderfully. the hanging is next year's mid-term. they are terrified the whole plan is going to fall apart, voters are going to be enraged, insurance premiums will go up. unless something is done to fix this, mary landrieu is next up for re-election. several senators are pushing hard to make...
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senator majority whip dick durbin says the white house is very supportive of a plan to hike the federal minimum wage to $10 an hour. there's already been some movement this week. in sea-tac, washington, voters said yes to a huge hike making the minimum wage $15 an hour. in new jersey the minimum wage is going up by a dollar to $8.25. and the grassroots push continues with more than 50 demonstrators arrested just last night outside a los angeles walmart protesting what they call unfair wages and benefits. joining me now is democratic strategist chris kofinis and robert traynham. good morning, guys. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> at the top of the hour i talked to jason furman, chairman of the council of economic advisers. here's what he said about the minimum wage. >> if you look back, the last time we passed a minimum wage, president bush signed it into law. the time before that, speaker gingrich passed it out of the house. so this should be something that everyone can get behind. >> so, robert, why aren't republicans getting behind it? >> i'm not sure i agree with that, chris. wh
senator majority whip dick durbin says the white house is very supportive of a plan to hike the federal minimum wage to $10 an hour. there's already been some movement this week. in sea-tac, washington, voters said yes to a huge hike making the minimum wage $15 an hour. in new jersey the minimum wage is going up by a dollar to $8.25. and the grassroots push continues with more than 50 demonstrators arrested just last night outside a los angeles walmart protesting what they call unfair wages and...
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dick durbin a close friend of the president of the united states, a leader in the senate. not in a tough race on the ballot last year, doesn't need to have panic. now you have senior democrats who have no reason to worry a tough re-election ahead of them being more open in their criticism of the president. the president is trying to fix this administratively through some administrative executive action. but he has now a former president, a member of the senate leadership and 10 or 12 senate democrats on the ballot next year saying that congress needs to do something. once you open the door to changing the law, we don't know where that's going to take us. >> now john, jay carney also said today, sorry, i got a frog in my throat. he said the white house is going to release the obama care enrollment numbers by the end of the week. and the numbers are going to be pretty grim. 50,000 people the wall street journal reports have signed up as of last week out of 500,000 that the administration was hoping for. those numbers are grim no matter how you look at them. they could change
dick durbin a close friend of the president of the united states, a leader in the senate. not in a tough race on the ballot last year, doesn't need to have panic. now you have senior democrats who have no reason to worry a tough re-election ahead of them being more open in their criticism of the president. the president is trying to fix this administratively through some administrative executive action. but he has now a former president, a member of the senate leadership and 10 or 12 senate...
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you have dick durbin, these are not pea party guys intent on taking down the president. they are supporters of president obama saying we got to do something about this provision this has gone too far. this not a broken website. we can explain that away. this is about the substance of the law that's hurting some percentage of americans. >> donny, let me ask you this, we always make fun of your cap. this is the stuff of the largest companies in the world. >> this is what you do. >> if you had a company, let's say you used to do jam. >> a true story. >> if they had a massive rollout the most important rollout in history and it was an utter failure, like this has been, the launch, just the launch. i'm not judging the substance of this back pedaling i'm giving you. and they couldn't get it fixed unless they shut production down, recalled the cars and went back and redesigned it from start to finish and it might delay the biggest launch in gm history for six months and you had a ceo who had his george bush for at least three-and-a-half years ago wouldn't you tell them, guy, sh
you have dick durbin, these are not pea party guys intent on taking down the president. they are supporters of president obama saying we got to do something about this provision this has gone too far. this not a broken website. we can explain that away. this is about the substance of the law that's hurting some percentage of americans. >> donny, let me ask you this, we always make fun of your cap. this is the stuff of the largest companies in the world. >> this is what you do....
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liz: big names like dick durbin and al franken. charles: big eclectic names too. liz: we hear them. he wasn't saying well, we hear the american people who are being hurt bit law when he was saying arguing last week, it only means if, if your plans change. charles: right. liz: back then we hear them. listen, an apology from the president, i'm sorry doesn't help when the irs, irs won't take an i'm sorry. doesn't help the middle class families losing their coverage or cancer patients losing their coverage and doctors and people they're seeing, their jobs cuts. charles: the president, he did not apologize for being dishonest to the american public. >> right. he's saying well, i'm sorry thaw find yourselves in this position as if it was some sort of active thing that they did to get themselves into this position where they're losing their health plan. no, it was his law that has his name on it which has forced these people into this position. liz: i said the irs won't take an i'm sorry, i'm said the irs won't take i'm sorry from the american people. charles: of course not. here's the thi
liz: big names like dick durbin and al franken. charles: big eclectic names too. liz: we hear them. he wasn't saying well, we hear the american people who are being hurt bit law when he was saying arguing last week, it only means if, if your plans change. charles: right. liz: back then we hear them. listen, an apology from the president, i'm sorry doesn't help when the irs, irs won't take an i'm sorry. doesn't help the middle class families losing their coverage or cancer patients losing their...