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maybe they'll all cave. >> let's listen to what radio host mark levine, conservative radio host said about paul ryan. to paul ryan. >> this is really mickey mouse. i don't mean to be offensive. you are claiming. we are facing a fiscal disaster in this country. i know you know this. you have told me this. >> hold on. i want to get my question in. a fiscal disaster in this country. talking about $23 billion over ten years. the debt goes up to $17.3 terrorism yun trillion. where the hell are all the cuts? >> mark, elections have consequences. >> that is not the kind of treatment, paul ryan is used to in right-wing talk radio? >> right. it its not. i think they will be okay. one republican leadership aide told buzzfeed. paul ryan its the jesus of the republican party. they may be angry temporarily with their jesus. they will scum back come back t. he is their spiritual leader. >> let me pause there. a little note about jesus. christians are never angry with jeep sus. that doesn't ham pen. he will have to get some other title. >> they feel they have been foresaken in some way by paul ryan

calling the shots in this crowd. radio man mark levin denounced today speaker john boehner is utterly feckless, that means weak, for backing the budget deal and trying to avoid another government shutdown. glenn beck condemns the republican speaker is not just a liberal, but get this, calling him a progressive. oh my god. acting like a king of the crazies, beck says ted cruz is a good right-wing boy in opposing the budget deal in the senate, i can't believe the way he says this, because, "he did what we told him to." we. glenn beck and company. now the cat is out of the bag. the people calling the shots are the loudest, angriest, nastiest voices in the right wing media. the people marching to their tune always marching away from any deal with the president are the cruzes, rand pauls and mike lees. not only them. also the mitch mcconnells, john cornyns, lindsey grahams all scared to death at this moment that the mark levins and glenn becks of the right-wing media circus will finger them for destruction the way kim yung-un fingered his own unsuspecting guardian uncle over in pyongyang.

provision was not in there, that concerns the military retirement issue. senator levin chairman of the armed services committee has assured me and others we will take up this issue in the next year's authorization bill. it doesn't kick in until a year later until 2015. i wish it wasn't there. but honestly the devastation to our national security asks any of our military leaders, i know you have, that is being inflicted by this sequestration as it is. it's so harmful, as we have found out as we just saw in north korea that the world is getting more and more dangerous. >> schieffer: senator, i want to thank you for joinings this morning. be safe and next thing should you do is go inside and get warm. we want to go to chicago now where we are joined by the number two democrat in the senate, richard durbin. senator durbin you heard seven tar mccain, how serious is this situation in kiev is this really something united states ought to be involved in at this point? >> i think john mccain really articulated it very clearly. ukraine has been in a struggle internally since the fall of the s

levin son was dead and it was okay to run the story. senator nelson doesn't believe that and people in the u.s. government and family don't believe that. so yes, there's going to be a lot of questions about the decision to publish the story but that said, now that it's out, i did speak this morning with the lawyer for the levin son family who says genie is out of the bottle and lawyer confirms the essence of this, bob levinson was there in iran on a mission for the cia, hired to look into oil skimming by iranian officials and done by people in the analysis division of the cia. they do not run ops, it was an unauthorized mission, rogue operation. >> michael, a portion of the associated press statement in defense of this decision from kathleen carroll, the senior executive editor, this story reveals serious mistakes and improper actions inside the u.s. government's most important intelligence agency in the absence of solid information about levinson's whereabouts it's impossible to judge whether publication would put him at risk. serious mistakes and improper actions. in the report the h

people magazine sexiest man a live adam levine with other multimillion celebrities in the effort to get more people to sign up, president barack obama is now staring at a new deadline of january 1st to make sure people actually have insurance. the republican, a medical doctor, says some patients are stocking up on medication out of concern the administration will not be ready again. >> there are a lot of reasons to be skeptical about january 1st. that's the day it's not about the website but about people's real health care. for people with chronic conditions who need medications and ongoing doctor visits, there's great fear and anxiety among those people. >> today the president's aids vowed they've got this because they've taken a more hands on approach. >> the answer is yes. a lot has changed in the way the operation is working over at cms. >> is the president top of this? >> absolutely, yes. >> kathleen sebelius announced the tweaks. pre-existing condition cans through january to ease the transition and laying it on insurance company by asking them to give consumers more time. >>

, carl levin, chairman of the senate armed services committee has pledged to us that we will review this provision concerning military retirement and because this givings them relief from the harsh effects of sequestration that they are supporting this legislation. i wish that provision wasn't in there, but to shut down the government again is an unacceptable act to inflict on the american people. >> just to nail this down, assuming that this budget package stays the same, you will vote for it? >> yes. >> okay. >> senator john mccain, we did a tour around the globe, i really appreciate your being available to us, out of kiev of all places. so good to see you, come back home soon. >> thank you, and i'm glad you found me guilty. >> thanks. >>> ahead, the house passes a budget deal with bipartisan support and john boehner lashes out at conservative groups who criticize it. >> they're using our members and they're using the american people for their own goals. this is ridiculous. listen, if you're for more deficit reduction, you're for this agreement. >> is the deal the right way out of

or not. sequestration has really hit the bases hard. host: senator levin yesterday talked a little bit about this in an announcing the deal that came together. here is a bit of what he had to say. [video clip] adjournouse is going to on friday. there is no way to get a defense bill passed. there is no way we can bring back the bill that was on the senate floor. consider amendments. pass a bill. go to conference with the house. adaptedonference report by the house of representatives before friday. under the circumstances the only way that we will be able to pass the defense bill is by reaching agreement with our house counterparts on a bill that has a chance of getting past without amendment in both houses. that is the best hope that we have. it has happened a couple times before. it is not the way we desire to legislate. we would have much more than a week to offer amendments. that is not the world we now live in. we have troops in harms way. all these other provisions that are critical for security. authorities will expire. and: that was senator levin the senate talking about the

weeks. i don't want to set a date today because they are finalizing the discussion. >> mr. levin, in meeting at the white house, suggested to keep us from being in a series of rolling agreements that we ensure that this interim agreement has an end date in six months. that six months hasn't begun. but instead of that, you guys agree to six months, six months deal, and i'm just, again, you can understand why folks on our side would be concerned because we understand sort of the elements of the program. let me ask you this. if arac, i know it cannot be commissioned, but it's my understanding based on a document that work can continue on the elements of this plutonium facility, is that correct? >> none of the issues that would make iraq function as a nuclear reactor can move forward. >> i understand. >> they could build a road. they could put up a wall. >> a country that is interested in peaceful activities only with a plutonium facility of its size that has no commercial purpose, doesn't that raise a little bit of an antenna they are continuing to do those things? i mean people general

mark levin. he will take your questions for three hours beginning at 12:00 p.m. eastern sunday, january 5, part of both tv, weekends on c- span 2. online for this month's book tv book club, we want to know what your favorite books were in , jointhroughout the month other readers to discuss notable books. booktv.org. >> the government report shows marketing the police are gathering a lot of information, including medical information. the senate commerce committee investigates this. the chairman is jay rockefeller of west virginia. >> this hearing will come to order. at this point there are two people sitting at the dais, but two more wonderful people, senator blumenthal, senator pryor, senator fisher, and senator warner will all be here, but this is the day that we almost load on the budget, actually. not quite. we always find a way to do it. you have a motion to proceed? then the motion to whatever? and tomorrow at some point we vote on a budget. just be grateful you are in private life. [laughter] ok, you are all welcome. the disclosures about u.s. intelligence activities over the past

with congressman levin , he has given lots of speeches describing his position and concerns about trade authority. and obviously will let him speak for himself. again, in a news for the department is that, in fact, after a year of negotiations that were called the big four negotiations between the ranking members in the chairs of the ways and means and finance committees, it's quite newsworthy that it is on the chin chairman's who are about to allegedly may be finally this time, but fast-track legislation which is to say it is not clear that the ranking member, and longtime supporter, is in on this about to be enough steel, nor apparently his congressman of the. and from his speeches he sounds like he is actually on the right track. he wants to have a new kind of trade authority. so it sounds like he is the guy who realizes that it is way overdue to try and replace. we need a new mechanism for trade authority. but he is talking about is not the old fast track. he is talking about the new trade promotion authority for the 21st century which can put a steering wheel and emergency br

already started. i had dinner with your senior senator, senator levin, about a month ago, and discussed superficially some aspects of this. we sent this bill to all your michigan legislators. it will go out to all of them. there will be some obstacles, cause what i am talking about is maybe in some ways philosophically effort than what many in the democratic party believe. many on the democrat side only believe in the government sinless, that the government the money out to everyone and give everybody in detroit a check, or $50,000 to start up as this. the reason it does not work is dying out of 10 is is is fail so how do you know the right person? we open the republican office in northwest detroit earlier today and a gentleman came over who owns his own business and has a restaurant. his question was, do you have anything in your bill for tax breaks for small businesses? if he is succeeding, made it a year or two in business, that is where the customers have chosen him. that is who gets the money. all of us together when we buy stuff become smart enough to decide who the businesses are

led into the former pakistani prime minister benazir bhutto. >> mark levin will take your question for three hours beginning on sunday, january 5. and online, for this month will .v book club we want to know what your favorite books of 2013 were. join other readers to discuss the notable books of 2013. whip dick durbin talked about education and immigration, and mainly the senate was talking about the 2014 defense authorization bill. republicans tried to tackle the measure. it is possible we may see both on that bill later in the senate. senate majority leader harry reid said this afternoon that he will push to confirm only the first four of 10 nominees on whom you has filed. one of those is janet yellen to lead the federal reserve. it bipartisan group of senators has offered a bill that would impose additional sanctions on iran. on the issue of iran, as talks continue between the world's major powers, one of the key sticking points has been the except of a level of uranium the richmond -- uranium enrichment. robert einhorn spoke in new york where he was joined by former iranian ne

who has been missing in iran for nearly seven years. bob levin son actually worked for the cia. his own family and the u.s. government denied he worked for the government when he disappeared. here is more. >> reporter: i've confirmed with a source that's been deeply involved in this matter that there is proof that he was allegedly working for the cia undercover or under contract for years while at the same time working as a private investigator. obviously, there is a lot of concern about revealing this very sensitive information will mean for his safety. the ap says the reason it moved forward with the story is this. thetds after documenting the information long ago in 2010, they agreed to hold back three times at the government's request because the u.s. government said it had promising leads to bring him home, yet nothing has happened for six and a half years. and it's ex-strikely likely that by now the people know of his ties of the cia. now the source involved in the matter agree that after so long of being in captivitity, that his captures more than likely he no that he was wor

address that issue. not even allow a vote on that issue. today congressman sandy levin and i will go to it the rules committee in the house and ask the rules committee to let us all have a vote to allow an extension of unemployment compensation to help those families. i think everyone should be tuned in to see whether or not the rules committee in the house allows the full house to work its will or whether they use their close to ddik todaytorial. >> got it. we're on it. >> thank you. >> and there has been a lot of misplaced outrage over that selfie the president took yesterday at the mandela memorial, blowing up on front pages here and abroad. some are criticizing the leaders for indulging in a lighter moment. others focusing on mrs. obama's disapproval. both u.k. prime minister david cameron and the danish prime minister spoke out today defending the photo op. the photographer says the snapshot doesn't show the complete picture. the first lady was not upset, making this want-to-be soap opera much to do about nothing. and how about the outrage of a simple handshake at the memorial? for

age military retirees. going forward, i strongly support senator levin's efforts to root review the -- to review the provisions in the senate armed services committee, and to take a comprehensive view over all of compensation programs, a comprehensive look at military compensation reform. we need to review all options for achieving necessary savings and we will work closely with congress on this issue. tough decisions will have to be made on compensation. the leadership that dod is prepared to engage the congress in achieving compensation reform. but any changes to cost-of- living adjustments should not apply to medically disabled retirees. these retirees need to be exempted from the changes in the budget agreement just passed by congress. in addition to the budget, and dod's future structure, dod's leaders and i will continue to focus on afghanistan as we complete our combat role there and bring this war to an end. general dempsey have -- and i have just returned from visiting the troops in afghanistan. some of you know, because you are with us. these troops, the men and women who

night at 9:00 on afterwards. in january, mark levin will take your calls for three hours sunday, january 5 through all part of the tv weekend on c-span 2. whatnline, we want to know your favorite books were in 2013. throughout the month, join other readers to discuss the notable oakes published this year. >> "washington journal" continues. is here,istine owens the executive director of the national employment law project here to talk about unemployment benefits. we learned last night that a deal has been struck for the budget for two years. it does not include the extension of the unemployment benefits. what is your reaction? nearlywe are extra disappointed and we are extremely concerned about the 1.3 million unemployed workers who have been unemployed for more than six months through the week between christmas and new year's will face an abrupt cut off of their unemployment benefits. there are hundreds of thousands of families that rely on these benefits just to get by. duringy is it happening the holiday season, which is painful, but it happens at a time when we are entering t

friend and colleague, congressman levin, who said, when the wal-mart opened in this area for 600 jobs, madam speaker, 23,000 people applied. does that suggest they're criminals or people who don't want to work? in 2014, 3.6 million workers will lose access to benefits because of the lack of action of this congress. in texas, 68,000 -- 68 rgs 900 jobless workers -- 68,the 900 workers will lose -- 68 sts 900 workers will lose their jobless benefits. the unemployment rates have improved, but nationally they're 7%. the minimum weekly benefits available in texas are such that i can assure you it would not break the bank. so i am committed. the pain is deep in many of us, that we would close these doors and not for a moment have a solution to the unemployment benefits. so many members have worked on it. the hearing was held last week by the democratic leader and democratic members listening to the pain of many, but i can move the numbers up to 50. if we went on the streets and found 50 unemployed, their stories would be so moving it would bring tears to our eyes. it's not as if we had been

capitol hill levin, particular carl he has backed the notion of waiting until president karzai leaves office and try to work with the ministrations -- with the new administration. karzai has ruffled a lot of others on capitol hill, and certain comments and actions he has taken, and i think the allies that he has had on capitol hill are starting to shift a little bit. host: you bring up the comparisons of afghanistan and iraq/ . is there any indication that afghanistan is looking to what happened after the u.s. drawdown in iraq to try to learn some lessons there? to -- i do not know for sure, but i cannot imagine that they have and see and is going on in iraq, have had some concern about it. there are a lot of parallels in terms of how this drawdown is progressing in afghanistan, and how it went eventually and iraq. i think the levels of increasing violence, particularly in baghdad, and some of the more populous centers of the country are really -- that would be a lesson learned, something to be take -- to pay attention to. john, on our live for republicans. . iller: my problem is, whe

sexiest man alive brought in to boost obamacare enrollment. is.who adam levin was designated as such by "people" magazine. he has been enlisted, according to "bloomberg," having been hired by this administration to give credibility to obamacare. to me, again, that seems like if you have to hire a sexy guy to come in and promote and tell people, promote obamacare is so wonderful and great, then it's a pretty clear indication as people look into obamacare personally, that they don't like what they see and that's what we are hearing from most constituents. thankfully, some people have benefited from obamacare. but the people we are hearing from have been hurt, not helped. here again, another article from "washington examiner" brian hughes at 5:08 today, h.h.s. extends more obamacare deadlines and goes on to talk about that the obama administration announced today that it would take steps to push back an already-delayed deadline and help those to obtain coverage on january 1 and extend a federal insurance program for those with pre-existing conditions and goes on to talk about -- th

phone earlier today with congressman sandy levin and senator jack reed, democrats who are leading the push for this. basically they are proposing and they have a bill lined up for initial bid on january 6th, a three-month extension that would not be paid for. they have the support of senator dean heller -- >> that would not be paid for? >> that would not be paid for. a straightup extension. dean heller, they have the highest unemployment in the country, is supporting this extension. the argument is let's do that first and then talk about how to pay for it. the pay for is not an easy, straightforward thing to find. as we have discovered before in these fiscal negotiations. >> politically here, what are the benefits of opposing extending unemployment benefits? >> so there's actually a new poll that was commissioned by the national employment law project advocacy group. there's a small but vocal minority, i think about 20% or so, who firmly support ending the benefits. that they are -- you imagine the folks of being at the core of some part of the conservative base who feel strongly

noon eastern. first sunday of every month on c-span2. radio personality mark levin. >> we are in the gallery of the light catcher building of the whatcom museum. the purpose of the exhibition is to highlight the rich cultural heritage of the planets frozen frontiers, the alpine regions, the arctic and antarctica. this is a photograph of the greenland ice sheet by a german becker.olaf otto it is exhibited side-by-side with a photograph by camille of east greenland, it is from her last iceberg .eries of 2006 make people understand the importance of ice for the planet , it's reflective qualities that help regulate the climate, but many people are unaware that there is a collective consciousness in western culture about these regions and so it was important within the context of climate change to let people know that these regions are fundamental to our identity. > errs more from the whatcom museum. look at the history and literary life of bellingham more, washington. sundayy on c-span2 and at five on c-span3. "washington journal" continues. year we are back on the interview with author

government tonight at 9:00. in january, in depth with radio talk show host mark levine. he will take your questions for all part of booktv weekends on c-span2. booktvfor december's bookclub, we want to know what your favorite books were in 2013. join other readers to discuss the notable books published this year. go and click on book club to enter the chat room. >> washington journal continues. host: joining us from boston is john della volpe, the polling director of the art institute of politics. he is joining us to talk about the new poll looking at millennial's and the support of president obama in particular, focusing on the health-care law for the affordable care act, and also to more broadly look at the andennial view of politics public service. thank you for being with us this morning. >> thanks for having me. good to be with you. we have the overall numbers in terms of your poll for the harvard institute of politics. the approval rating for president obama, where does it stand for november, 2013? >> thanks again for having me. where it stands now is overall, among all 18-29-year-o

they denied us a vote. congressman levin and i went to the house rules committee the other day. we had a plan to extend unemployment insurance. we had a way to pay for it by getting rid of these high excessive agricultural subsidies. republicans didn't want to allow a vote on that. so that was a very disappointing note on an otherwise positive day on the budget agreement. >> and positive, thomas, of course, all in perspective given that better than a shutdown is what a lot of people are saying? >> as we've been talking about here that this is about the republicans trying to modestly rebuild their own brand by putting paul ryan out front on this and then senator patty murray doing the bipartisan deal with the senate. this will go the senate side. i want to ask you, what's the tone? we had our kasie hunt on earlier saying it's very tepid in moving forward. what are you hearing? >> i'm hearing it's very tepid on the senate republican side. you've had people like marco rubio, other tea party republican senators come out strongly against this. jeff sessions, who was the, one of the conf