Congress, and the senate will do so as well. Our coverage on cspan and crmbing span 2, thanks for watching. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] as youve been hearing about all morning, today is the opening day of the new 113th congress and here on the cspan networks well have live coverage of both the house and senate floors. The house of representatives gaveling in at 12 00 to at 11 00 to conclude the 112th congress and at noob eastern, the 113th congress begins. Here on cspan watch the action on the house floor. The senate also gavels in for the day at noon eastern on cspan2. Well have live coverage as senators take the oath and get sworn. In theyll also set out the rules governing the chamber over the next two years. One potential rule change that may be considered are changes to filibuster rules which allow members to block legislation. On your screen, some of the newly elected and current members of congr
and privately, the schadenfreude expressed by some of them that a man who has never been shy about taking shots at others was suddenly on the receiving end. that was maggie haberman s comments today. he did get backing like michael grim of staten island and governor nikki haley of south carolina as well as former senate scott broun of massachusetts. but the defenders are few and far between. mark halperin is co-author of double down and eugene robinson a columnist for the washington post and an msnbc political contributor. you know, let me ask you about too broad a defense here. it s sort of a theme here. was christie a little too much broad brush in saying things like he had a couple of contradictory things today. politics aren t beanbags. we re tough guys in this business. and the other was i m not a bully. which message was he trying to get across? i thought he was trying to sell a whole new chris christie today that nobody ever knew, this meek
the united states congress. and i think we ll be very successful at that. but his apparatus is in place. and that s something that the united states congress doesn t have. and, patricia, not only his apparatus, but the fact that he s been able to succumb and to even rise above and go and advance and thrive has given him a lot of confidence. when you look at the new york times interview of president obama, about the first term, valerie jalor has this about getting health reform passed after scott broun s victory. phil shairo said mr. president, unless you re feeling lucky, i don t know what the third way is. so the president gets up from his chair and he walks over and he looks out the window. and he says, phil, where are
0 i have a feeling there are more americans with strong feelings about those first graders up in connecticut than they do for their wild bunch out there worried about the black helicopter sweeping down on their front lawns. we ve seen the horror of crazed killers with semi-automatic weapons armed with big-capacity clips. we still haven t caught site of those darn helicopters. that s hardball for now. thanks for being with us. politics nation with al sharpton starts right now. thanks, chris. and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight s lead? a day of history on gun safety. and an ugly reaction from the right wing. today, president obama proposed the boldest, most sweeping changes in gun laws since the assassinations of martin luther king and robert kennedy. 23 executive actions now signed and are called for a new law that would include universal background checks and a ban on the bullies in our society so as to protect the innocent and the vauler inble. now, you said must come fro
just for you to spend $1.5 billion on your chosen candidate if you thought that would secure you the radioactive dump of your dreams. now, extrapolate that to a nation full of potential radioactive waste dumps or whatever some other corporation wants to do in order to make money. it s also starting to look more and more like elizabeth warren, the nation s most eloquent advocate for the interests of the middle class against wall street. starting to look like elizabeth warren who might be running against scott brown of massachusetts next year. she has been attending small house parties in massachusetts talking about what it was like to be fighting for wall street reform and consumer protection in washington while senator scott broun was fighting every step of the way to water all of that down. liberal groups this week announced with some excitement that through on-line sources like act blue they have raised a little over $100,000 for an elizabeth warren senate campaign, even though she h