[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] host this host ted an independent in union city, tennessee. Caller just a comment on the tax rights for your previous man you had in there. The republican. The rich their wealth has increased Something Like 275 , 370 . Ed middle class remains stagnant, their wages. I understand tax them 100 wont cure the deficit. What the republicans dont understand its still the right thing to do is to increase their taxes. Now, the guy said we wanted to lower the corporate rate . Everybody knows the corporate rate, the effective rate of the corporations is not that high. And id like to see cspan bring back professor Charles Craven i believe was his name from George Washington university. You had him on just briefly. It was really interesting to me. Thank you, sir. Host thank you for calling in. Appreciate everybody participating this morning. We are going to go live now to the Senate Judiciary committee for their markup on different pieces of g
I remain concerned about whether the administrations priorities are when we weaken our presence in the region of such huge strategic importance to our National Security. Let me ask you, will our removal of an Aircraft Carrier from the persian gulf affect our ability to deter iranian action in the gulf . Or elsewhere in the region . Obviously, it is more difficult for us to reassure our friends and to deter iran, but i believe that a strong statement of political will and the forces i have their right now would cause iran to take pause before they decide to try to take advantage of what is not really an opportunity. Icann by the time because theyre out of with the combat power i have out there right now in the gulf. You think will be okay with the time you can buy one order to get that out there . Yes, sir ideal. I thank you very much, general and mr. Chairman,. Thank you. Senator lee . Senator shaheen. Thank you both for your service and thank you for being here this morning. General m
I will amend it with my substitute which is based on the text of the leahycollins bill. I assume there is no objection to the substitute. Its a bill without objection. The bill as amended by the substitute is now opened for further discussion and amendment. If i could, i would start the discussion. Before i make a statement, i think i have not talked to senator sessions. I talked to senator cornyn. You folks want to make statements overall or youre ready to go to straw purchasing bill . Its on the agenda now. So the chairman has the right to bring it up. Or do you want to go right to this . I have statements on both, but id be happy to address the straw purchasing bill first. How about you, senator sessions . Ill proceed with the amendment process. We are ready to go on your bill. Can i speak now . Sure. Go ahead. Ok. I greatly appreciate the substitute amendment. I have offered an amendment to the bill which i will discuss separately. Federal legislation needed on subjects of straw pu
3 00 this afternoon, the cracksmoking mayor of toronto, ontario, in the middle of another caught on video disaster. The video showing the mayor wasted in a rambling rage, using threatening words like kill and murder. The cracksmoking mayor is screaming at an unknown group of people in somebodys living room. We do not know the context of the rage. [bleep] [bleep] [bleep] my brothers are liars, [bleep]. I just [bleep] no [bleep]. I will [bleep] donate [bleep] after the video went public, the mayor said today he was, quote, extremely, extremely ininebriated at the time. The cracksmoking mayors lawyer says he is in talks with the police. Police in toronto also want to question the mayor about his cracksmoking claim. Earlier this week the mayor put it this way. Yes, have smoked crack cocaine. When but no do i . Am i an addict . No. Have i tried it . Probably one of my drunken stupors a year ago. That same day the insisted he will not step down, theres work to do in toronto. City council is
Braindamaged bluster. Now let us begin with anderson coopers interview. You talked for a long time. But tonight you got to the heart of the racism question. Anderson, lets play this. I want to get your action. Do you think that is a problem in america . Racism . I dont think so, i think it is better than any other place in the world. You dont see it as a big problem here . I dont see it. Im not you know, an africanamerican. You know, take judaism and i dont think the jews have any problem. I mean, there are a couple of people that they killed that are jews coming out of a synagogue, and you remember all that. But in general, i think america handles everything well. Do you think there is a lot of prejudice here . I think there is yeah, i think there are prejudices everywhere. But i do think there are different forms. There is institutional forms of prejudice. And then there is stuff that biases that people have in their hearts. What struck you as you had that conversation about the disc