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And just when you thought it couldnt get any worse, we have hit a new level of washington obstruction, folks. And actually both parties are somewhat guilty. For the first time ever, a secretary of state nomination is being filibustered by the senate. Of course they dont want to use the word filibuster, but calling for a supermajority of 60 votes pretty much boils down to the same thing. Harry reed is moving ahead with a scheduled yes or no vote anyway, thats scheduled for next hour. If he can get his democratic ducks in a row, he only needs five democrats to vote with him. Republican rand paul is putting a stop on his while democrat Dianne Fienstein is delaying calling the vote another two weeks, shes opting to hole the nomination hostage until the white house forks over more documents on the administrations controversial drone program. But is delaying an inevitable vote really the best way to get what you want and what precedent does this set for the future . Byron jorgen is all too familiar with the washington environment. Lets start with the chuck hagel filibuster situation. Senator Mitch Mcconnell said, i think the president is entitled to an up or down. That is simple majority vote on nominations, both to his cabinet and to the executive branch and also to the judiciary, clearly the republicans have somewhat changed their tune on the that. But if we do see, as were seeing now, a sort of filibuster on nominees is this going to be the new normal now in washington . The consistency is not a virtue any longer, but what im surprised about with respect to the Senate Actions here, i serve there had the last 189 years, left two years ago, i served with chuck hagel, he served there 12 years and im very surprised that people who served with him in his own caucus, he caucused with them every week, they know him as a squad leader and infantry man who was twice wounded, he has two purple hearts by the way. Theyre suggesting somehow hes unworthy . Its unbelievable to me, every time you think this is sort of the nth degree of gridlock, i hope you dpind enough republicans who say we know chuck hagel, we serve with him every day, hes a good american, a patriot and very well versed in these issues and weve going to support him. Imhope he gets those votes. Not looking specifically at chuck hagel. But as what is this standard that these nominees should be held to for confirmati confirmation . Its generally the case that a former senator, someone who is known by all of his or her colleagues has a pretty easy time through the senate. Because its someone that youve come towork with in this case. Second, with respect to defense secretary, generally speak, senators have always been able to accord a president to his key defense. But things have become so dysfunctional in the congress these days, things that didnt used to be done, that is filibusters on people you used to work with, these things are fairly common place, it just erodes the constitution. The filibuster may be uncommonly used here in this circumstance, but the general circumstances are not uncommon, republicans have been asking chuck hagel and the white house for more documents and more information both on benghazi and chuck hagels Financial Disclosures and as crystal mentioned back in 2005, john bolton for example, his also asking for disclosures on documents and did not get them. This sort of thing in your 189 years in the senate, this sort of thing does happen, does it not . Rarely and frankly, people asking these questions are never going to be satisfied. Thats not what its about. A continuation of the unbelievable gridlock and thoughtlessness that is now occurring in our political system. I hope it will stop. It seems to me on the republican side in the senate at least, a colleague who they served with for 12 years, who was an infantry squad leader with two purple hearts, it seems to me they would want to be standing in support of him for secretary of defense. This marks the third filibuster on a cabinet appointment. They were done by a handful of senators, maybe three or four of them. The closure votes were like 90 to 10 or Something Like that. We have a closure vote failing on a nominee. It was just a month ago that harry reid backed off the idea of filibuster reform. Do you think going through this may change his thinking a little bit . I dont know. What i do know is this, i know chuck hagel very well, i like him a lot. He was a democrat, he was a republican in the senate. He is clearly well qualified to be secretary of defense. He did have a day that im sure could have been better when he was before the committee, but they were pretty merciless the way they went after him on several subjects. Whatever harry reids going to do, what about somebody whos served in the chamber and is watching this right now, do you think filibuster should be on the table flight . The fill buggser reform that i would support is simply getting rid of the filibuster most on the motion to proceed. The filibuster issue, its not because of the rules, its because of the people who have come to the senate recently, who said, you know, what im going to do is im going to throw the wrench in the crank case here and just stop everything in its cracks, we have got people who think their best interests is served by just shutting down. That is not in the best interests of the country. Certainly with respect to be able to pick the next secretary of state with respect to the president , this senate ought to be able to be providing a positive vote for someone they served with for 12 years and know that he is very well qualifieded. Senator i entirely agree with that, but would you say that filibuster has worked to a certain extent to what when Mitch Mcconnell says were going to obstruct to keep president obama from winning a second term. When he wins a second term, why are they still obstructing in the second term . I said apparently consistency is not a virtue. Take one position now, take another position now and hope that someone wont quote you from several years ago. I just wish there would be some thoughtfulness here and enough republicans who served with chuck hagel, know that hes well qualified a patriotic american and he ought senator one last thing, names are starting to be floated in terms of who will replace steven chu as secretary of energy. One of those a man by the name of byron dorgen. What do u you know about him . I dont know anything about him. Hes a good guy, though. Stephen chu was a good energy secretary, i like him a lot. Nobel prize winner and i think he served his nation well. And the decision beyond that is up to the president of the United States. A tragedy at the home of inspirational olympian oscar castorias, and severe allegations about how he may have been involved. [ whispering ] ive always preferred the creme part of an oreo. [ whispering ] thats crazy, the cookies the best part. Creme. Cookie. Creme. Stop yelling. You stop yelling. [ whispering ] both of you stop yelling. [ whispering ] im trying to read. [ male announcer ] choose your side at oreo. Com. [ indistinct shouting ] [ male announcer ] time and sales data. Splitsecond stats. [ indistinct shouting ] its so close to the options floor. [ indistinct shouting, bell dinging ]. Youll bust your brain box. All on thinkorswim from td ameritrade. 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It seems like one of those instances where you sort of put somebody up there on a pedestal and hes a hero to the whole world and maybe theres a whole Something Else entirely going on beneath the surface. But well know a lot more later. Once again we have put a hero on a pedestal and it appears allegedly that he has let us down. We dont know if this is Domestic Violence, or mistaken identity, put that out. But there is a woman dead. There is only one suspect at this time. Three quotes jumped out at me, dr. Arthur kellermann, more than twice as many women are killed with a gun used by their husband or intimate acquaintances using other means. The literature suggests having a gun in your house to protect your family is like bringing a time bomb into your house. David hemingway from harvard, no study has shown a gun in the home reduces the likelihood of burglary, robbery, abuse or any other crime against women. It seems that we in society have this idea, this myth that a gun in the home will protect us when the facts show over and over that they make us more vulnerable to being shot by that gun. Its really interesting, wapo had a piece out today knowing that the idea of gun control and gun violence was probably going to come up around this story. South africa has one of the highest rates of homicide in proportion to population, its way higher than the United States. And contrasting with that, this is a country with very strict gun laws, more strict than we are proposing now in the way of gun control legislation. Ever gun owner in south africa must submit to background checks and they are required to perform interviews with spouses and at least two other people. And after all that, police are still able to have full discretion over whom they allow to own a gun. And as is often the case, legal guns in south africa are stolen by criminals at a rate of more than 2,000 a month. So its really hard to say that strict gun laws and make a correlation between gun laws and gun crime when youre looking at a country. Some are far more stride dent and clearly not having the desireded effect. What i would urge people on both sides, is it is tempting to use Something Like this and an neck dote. The other thing i just wanted to call attention to here is the woman whose life was lost, he was continuing to break the model stereotype, she was speaking about women and empowerment, in fact four days before she died, she had just tweet it about a brutal rape and murder of a young girl in south africa. She said on twitter, i woke up in a happy and safe home this morning, not everyone did. One of the things that tends to happen in stories like this is because we are dealing with this inspirational well known olympian, there is this intrigue to the story, to the drama of the murder, what are the details of what happened. Lets not lose sight of the woman whose life was lost and i hope that if the facts lead us down this road, i hope we will address the causes of Domestic Violence as well. Coming up, roses are red, violents are blue, poems are hard i dont know, were talking about the pope next. Its a little bit funny this feeling snepd. Time for your business entrepreneur of the week. Joanne brewer and christy sterling of dallas created cute home made decorations for their school lockers, when their products now hang on retail racks across the country. For more watch your business on weeken weekdays at 7 30. To catch me ridin dirty tryin to catch me ridin dirty tryin to [ woman ] hi there. Why do we always have to take your moms car . [ male announcer ] the security of an iihs top safety pick, the 2013 volkswagen tiguan. Thats the power of german engineering. Right now lease a 2013 tiguan for 219 a month. I just served my motherinlaw your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much. I told her it was homemade. Everyone tells a little white lie now and then. But now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] shes right behind me isnt she . [ male announcer ] progresso. You gotta taste this soup. All your important legal matters in just minutes. Protect your family. And launch your dreams. At legalzoom. Com we put the law on your side. Pope benedict xvi will live out his final days in vatican city as he relinquishes his thrown. Cardinals around the world will gather to determine who will succeed him. What direction will the church go in lets ask nbc news vatican analyst whos in roam for us. George, i want to dive right in because i know we have got a delay to worry about. Most people know the role of the pope as the spiritual leader among catholics, but of course his other job is to proselytize and grow his flock. If you look around the landscape of global catholicism, you see that catholicism is very important in parts of europe, south america and south africa. Should that be a consideration in choosing the next pope, finding someone who might be able to grow the flock in area where is catholicism is least represented . Reporter first of all the church is actually in very bad shape in a lot of western europe. And what we need, i think, what the church needs, is a pope who wherever he comes from is such a radically converted disciple of jesus crist is that he can invite people to consider the possibility of crist faith. We have seen that come from a pope from poland, who know one had ever heard of, we have seen it manifested in an elderly man whom people thought they knew and found out had a few surprises up his sleeve. So i dont think where a man comes from is as significant as the department of his faith and the transparency of his personality as an invitation to faith for others. Not to state the obvious here, but one of the most unusual aspects of choosing the successor is that the current pope, the previous pope is still alive. So how much influence will Pope Benedict have over this process . Will he basically be able to name his own successor . No, he wont. He has had his influence over the process in that hes named slightly over half of the cardinals who will elect his successor. But benedict xvi, or Joseph Ratzinger as he will begin on february 28, is too much of a respecter of the process to try to interfere with it. He is really going to disappear. Youre not going to see him for a considerable length of time, thats how he wants it and thats how it ought to be. Let me talk about Cardinal Timothy dolan, the religious new Service Calls him today the Chris Christie of the college of cardinals, a man whos a plus sized purlet who makes jokes about his weight. He said in terms of baseball, i am going to be pro choice. Is it possible for them to choose an american pope . Would it be good for the church to choose an american pope . Reporter if the cardinals decide that Cardinal Dolan is the man who can do what i just said to crystal, put a forward looking faith on the churchs offer of disciple ship, i think he will be the man chosen. I think the old taboo about a superpower pope being off the table is really no longer in play. That had something to do with the cold war, obviously. But it also had something to do with the decline of american presence in the world under the present administration, so i think a hope from any place, plug the United States is in the realm of possibility right now. The demographics of the Catholic Church are changing right now, i think that was one of benedicts goals when he started as pope was to reverse that decline. Is there something that any new pope could do to actually stem the losses that the catholic choice is experiencing and bring those numbers back up . Its a very good question, both john paul ii and benedict xvi spent enormous energies trying to reevangelize europe. And the effects have been minute natural so far. One has to hope that europe facing a very bleak demographic future itself, i mean europe is depopulating itself at a rate unheard of in human history. Will eventually suggest to europeans that the sole wiltering secularism in which they have been stuing themselves for the past several generations has no future quite literally. It would be very helpful if the next pope is a man who had come from a background who has faced down and successfully met the challenge of aggressive seg larism. Merge catholicism is experiencing something of an identity crisis, catholics now have twice voted for a president who one might consider to be the most liberal on right to life issues that we ha