rights and safety of your lgbtq plus constituents? when i was a junior high, school september 11th happened. i thought about enlisting in the military. i was scared of doing its. i was closeted. i didn t want to be out and under go don t ask don t tell. i found a different path into national security. i can t relate very much to the attacks that are going on against our community. that aresome of the hate filled violence that has been both targeting the lgbtq community and of course, the horrible shootings in jacksonville yesterday. so, i want to make sure that we are strengthening our hate crimes legislation. i want to make sure that we are passing laws like the equality act to make sure we are not fired from our jobs just for being gay. i want to make sure that people can thrive based on merit. that s what america is all about. unfortunately, when people like congressman calvert are more focused on banning the pride flag and preventing seniors from eating, the voted to
i hope this is not where we re looking. yesterday i game comments on the senate floor, perhaps we shouldn t be looking so much to the supreme court. and shouldn t be looking at the bureaucratic democracy. if we let more locally maybe people wouldn t be upset about what happens here. senator, what do you make of the majority leader mitch mcconnell through this process? some have suggested this was his henry clay moment. henry clay perhaps the most famous national lawmaker from the state of kentucky, arguably back to the late 1850 s and i think also behind closed doors they would suggest that mcconnell was the silent assassin on this story. he had control of it from the beginning and saw it through almost now we see to the end. what is your feeling about how he conducted it? he s shown courage and he s shown resome he s shown and instilled a sense of calm in the middle of a storm and i applaud him for how well he s managed a
push for a select committee is going. also this, investigators say clues to solving one of the most notorious art heists in recent years may have been found in the most unlikely of places. rick has more. reporter: and, jon, if this turns out to be true, some are calling it a crime against humanity. the purposeful destruction of priceless, universeally-loved works of art. and just to resome of you remind some of you, these were pieces stolen from a museum in the netherlands last year. three thieves walked in, grabbed the paintingsing, a picasso, three monets, some of the biggest names in art history. three romanians were arrested, but the paintings have not been found and now the mother of one of those arrested said that she hid the paintings and then burned them all in an attempt to save her son. investigators have not been able to completely verify this woman s story, but officials say
tax hikes. what some aresome of the details of what the president wants? reporter: the president is looking to crop $100 billion from the def site to buy an agreement that cuts a trillion and a half over the next ten years. he says the offer he made in late 2011 is still on the table. republicans say any additional revenue from tax reform should be used to lower everyone s tax rates. the president wants to cut the deficit. he says we can t afford to use it the way republicans want. if we are going to close these loopholes, there s no reason we should useoo the savings we obtain and turn around and spend that on new tax breaks for the wealthiest, or for corporations. if we re serious about paying down the deficit, the savings we achieve from tax reform should be used to pay down the deficit. and potentially to make our businesses more competitive.
the afore mentioned, were telling their story their way. they were stylists. and those kids, they re all very technically, you know, good singers. but that does not an artist make. and then be thrust into that spotlight where 30 million people are watching you every week, you win the contest, and by the way, you better have a hit record tomorrow, wow. i had 21 years to write the first record. you have a year or two after that to develop who you are on the stage. so it s very hard on those kids. larry: what do you make of the dancing with the stars phenomenon? again, i larry: you wouldn t do that, would you? no. not my thing. all that reality stuff is both aresome to me because i just think if a show like heroes could be just a better use of time. there s just so many better things we could be doing. larry: what are you going to do for the holidays? working? i ll be back from australia