--ing up, no postseason barbara mikulski there. a minute, no postseason appearance for the baltimore orioles. >> we are stuck in a comfortable weather pattern. could that change? ?ould we be talking about rain we'll have details on we come back with a seven-day forecast. first, a live look at ocean city. 69 degrees. >> covering the world, rescuers are picking up the pieces in pakistan after the nation was rocked by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake. more than 200 people were killed and hundreds of others were injured. pakistani officials are investigating the possibility of the earthquake may have produced a new island that reportedly appeared after the quake. a 30 day of mourning in kenya -- a forensic investigation is underway into the attack on a nairobi shopping mall. at least 72 people died in more than 60 of the -- and more than 60 of the victims were civilians. >> canyon troops are mopping up this morning at the still smoldering west great -- westgate mall. these exclusive pictures show some of the first horrifying moments. rescuer

been chairman and ranking member of the different committees with diane feinstein, barbara mick -- mikulski. we have a way of getting down to business, like douglas macarthur said. we get organized and say this is where i am, you tell me where we are. it's not we comprise principle, we stand for our principles, but we're able to move forward and do so many important things by allowing the basics of negotiation, which are that both sides can win something and lose an agenda forward. you have the people to decide if you were going in the right direction. because thank heavens we have great elections that give the people the chance to say yes or no. [applause] >> governor hog had a couple of daughters, i was wondering -- excuse me, what their contribution to texas was? >> did you say governor hobby? >> hog. >> governor hull? >> hogg. >> governor hogg, i'm sorry. he had one, ima hogg who gave a great contribution to our state. he was the governor of texas, and ima had given so much to the history and culture of our state. the home that she had in houston is called "biobend." it is a house for t

mikulski: and i feel the same way. i understand that the senator from alabama is the ranking member of the budget committee. could the senator tell me why six senators have objected on your side of the aisle from having a conference on the budget? the senate passed a budget bill five months ago -- five months ago -- and we could have been in a negotiation to resolve that. could the senator tell me why those six senators object? and, therefore, because of that objection, we do not have a budget. senator murray passed a budget working here in a marathon. you remember that? mr. sessions: well, i certainly do. i think i may have had a little role in the fact that a budget was passed, since i've been complaining a democratic majority went four years without even bringing -- without passing a budget, several years without even bringing it to the floor, when the house was passing a budget every year the senate failed and refused -- ms. mikulski: but this is now. session -- the fundamental legal -- mr. sessions: the fundamenta

the democratic women, they call barbara mikulski the dean of the women. very often harry reid will go to barbara mikulski as the dean of the women and ask her to do something that will draw attention to women. or the women themselves will get the idea, organizer and go to harry reid. when they tried to pass the lilly ledbetter fair pay act, what we should do is go down to the floor, dressed in red and make these speeches. she's us talking about squaring his shoulders and putting on lipstick and going out and fighting the fight. so for a democrat, women's rights issues bring them power. for republicans, only a abortion is probably the only women's issue that the republican party really focuses on. otherwise it is not core republican issues. it's not national security and lower taxes and these kinds of things. so for republican women they need to make an argument as to how they can frame republican issues to appeal to women, and you saw the chair partially on that argument the innocent, republican women don't have a lot of core part within the caucus. they

mikulski says: "the house continuing resolution is a manufactured crisis driving us to a shutdown." boswell says: "while the first procedural vote is expected wednesday it could take until this weekend to send a new version of the continuing resolution back to the house leaving about 48 hours before a government shutdown and a big decision for house republicans. in washington craig boswell fox news." and you're looking live at the floor of the u-s senate... where senator ted cruz has been speaking for more than two hours. senator cruz says his fillibuster probably won't be able to block a vote on funding obamacare.. but that he wants to make washington listen. earlier we told you about a 12- year old in virginia in trouble for firing a toy gun in his yard near a bus stop. and its our question of the day...shouldthe student be expelled from school for actions on his own property? go to fox- baltimore dot com and tell us what you think. you can also sound off through facebook. send us a tweet.. at foxbaltimore. and you can text your answer to 45203. enter fox45a for yes.. or fox45b fo

representati mikulski, are you with senator dodd or the president? i'm with senator dodd. it's the whole issue of imminent hostilities. there are 500 advisers. what are they doing there? where are they doing it? are they in airplanes, helicopters,n the ground if someone is shooting at eldorado military and we're standing side-by-side with walkie-talkies advising them how to fight, it's pretty darn sure somebody will be shot. already, somebody's been shot. in my mind, our troops are in a hostile environment and in imminent danger. you think, in this circumstance, if congress does nothing, the president must bring them home after 60 days? the war wers act is not automaticay triggered by the opinions of senator dodd and myself. the president has to trigger the war powers act. let's assume for thpurpose of argument that thear powers act is applicable in this situation. let's assume that. i can understand that congress has one of two oions which arvery forthright, very proper if you assume the law's constitutional and applicable. number one, they can approve the trps being ther

lex barbara mikulski did not hold back on her discussed with her fellow politicians. >> it was never meant to be a vehicle for controversy will, youocative stick it to legislation. >> a matter who is to blame, a shutdown will hurt maryland. will beary people reporting to duty. >> andy harris could not be reached about 10 degrees. he did vote for the house bill -- thatds the rest defines the affordable care act. >> a water park turned into an emergency in frederick county. freeing a construction worker trapped in a trench. live in baltimore county with that story next. >> the orioles held their breath waiting on the diagnosis of manny machado. day forghtening construction worker in frederick county. ruse say a 49-year-old man was working in a trench when i water in watere, burying him and mud up to his chest. authorities say it took three hours to free him. he is in stable condition at a local hospital. >> the family of the man killed in last week's navy yard shooting has announced a memorial fund in his name. originalonate to the children memorial fund. officials say he was one of 12

mikulski says: "failure to pass the c-r will lead to a shutdown." the house could accept the measure and get it done before the deadline - midnight monday - "or" - make changes and send it back to the senate with no more time on the clock.. rubio says: "the only thing we want to shut down is obamacare." boswell says: "the house begins work on the bill saturday at the earliest. both sides have to approve a bill and get it to president obama by midnight monday. in washington, craig boswell, fox news." ravens... receiver... jacoby jones.../ finally addressing... what happened... early monday.../ jones... was... in... washington d-c... with teammate... bryant mckinnie.. . celebrating... his birthday. t-m-z... reported... that jones was involved... in an incident... on a party bus..../. ...that... he was injured... when he was hit in the head... with a bottle,... by... "sweet--pea"... a stripper..../ no one was arrested.../. and jones says.... there was no altercation. iq: i'm gunna take the responsibility oq: lets go play football... talk about football

senator mikulski was on the floor earlier today, the leader of our committee. and the debate about how much to spend, what we should spend our money on, does the senator understand that that could be done and it is done in the appropriations process. and if we could just get past this manufactured crisis, we could actually accomplish what many senators want to, do which is to discuss the level of spending. we can't even get there because we're stuck in a manufactured crisis by the senator from texas. is that your sense of where we are? a senator: that's absolutely my understanding. and, madam president, one of the things that my friend, the senator from louisiana, knows better than any is that the role of the appropriations committee and its subcommittees is to perform oversight. mr. coons: is to weave through the programs in the government that are effective and to narrow or trim or close those that aren't. and if we continue to lurch from crisis to crisis or continuing resolution to continuing resolution, we never get that good work done. so, madam president,

. >> what they have tried to do to our country, chairman mikulski. >> the senate has acted responsibly and sent to the house of representatives a continuing resolution to keep the government open until november 15th that is not veto bait, continues funding levels at fiscal '13 and enables us -- would enable us to lay the groundwork for longing term solutions on what funding for fiscal year '14 would look like and cancel sequester by reducing public debt. the senate reacted and acted very responsibly. on two procedural votes, we got over 75 votes. on final passage, we got a majority. it was now the time is for the house to act. the house has to understand that playing ping pong politics only pings, it does not get to bottom line. we asked them to accept what we sent over so we could get into the real issues of what is fiscal '14 going to look like and how can we reduce public debt by $100 billion a year, do it in a balanced way and be able to keep our economy going, your government functioning and american people really at work. >> capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell is standing

senator boxer, senator durbin, leahy, levin, mikulski, debbie stabenow, and the man who holds the seat of wayne morse's seat. ron wyden. he voted no on the iraq war. congress usually votes overall to authorize force when they get around to considering it, but people vote no. voting no is a thing that happens. even against the strongest possible prevailing winds. and right now in washington, there are not the strongest prevailing winds in favor of the u.s. military intervening in syria. quite the contrary. lots of different places are doing sort of informal whip counts now where they're trying to canvass members of the house and senate to get those members to say how they're going to vote. on syria, when the full house and senate have to make decision on these things. people are tracking the likely votes over the course of yesterday and today. these are unofficial tallies being done by different news organizations. the debate is not done and there are briefings that are yet to be hat, but if you at all have been watching the whip counts, the whip counts evolve over the last couple of da

the reality, what senator mikulski says, people will lead them out of this. that's not the case. even if he hasn't done a filibuster he has delayed the process and gummed up the process enough there is now a delay. he has put the house in a much more difficult position in terms of what it's going to do. so ultimately the question becomes whether they take their stand on ab care here with regard to the government shutdown or try to shift it to try to get some sort of negotiation on the debt ceiling. of course the irony in both cases, they don't seem to have the votes to legislatively affect what they want to affect. >> david and chris, there were 19 republicans, according to kelly o'donnell's count, 19 republicans voted against cloture. hatch and another had family issues so they were not present. going forward the house is going to have sessions now on saturday. chris cillizza, what do you expect to happen this weekend at john boehner's house? >> john boehner has a choice to make, andrea. david laid it out pretty clearly. there are 40, 45 republicans in the house who voted agains

senator mikulski discussed an amendment that she and majority leader we we will introduce that strips the health care language after the house passed -- this is about 30 minutes. see the senator from montana. >> mr. president i ask consent that i finish speaking the senator mikulski be granted the floor for 15 minutes and on the completion of senator mikulski senator -- be able to take the floor for 20 minutes. >> without objection. >> mr. president the conservative leaders speaking out about the new health care law. he said and i quote we are against forcing all citizens regardless into a compulsory government program. he went on. he called the pending legislation socialism and went on to say quote are natural unalienable rights are considered to be a dispensation of government and freedom has never been so fragile so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment end quote. those are frightening words mr. president. when were they spoke in? not spoken in 2010 or 2011. not spoken in 2012 or 2013. rather, these words were spoken in 1964 and who do you suppose spoke them? ron

mikulski: thank you. well, we're at the brink. we're just hours away from a possible government shutdown. all over my state and all over the nation there are very devoted government employees who are wondering if they are going to be called nonessential, nonessential to performing important government services. should they come in tomorrow? people who have applied for small business loans, are those loans going to be processed? people have applied for student loans. are they going to be processed? what's going to happen to the weather service? what's going to happen at n.i.h.? what's going to happen at the food and drug administration where people stand sentry over the safety of our food supply and our drug supply? we don't know because we have just tabled the radical bill that the house sent over to us. it was deliberately designed to be politically provocative. continuing resolutions were always about disputes over money. they were not about political, ideological viewpoints over past legislation. so i'm so glad that what we did

his strategy made maryland's senator barbara mikulski a bit angry. >> it was never meant to be a vehicle for provocative, stick it to you legislation. >> a government shutdown would especially hurt maryland. >> military people, we have military installations. they may not be getting paid. that is not the way to be conducting a government. >> hallie jackson will have much more coming up in about 20 minutes. > 47 minutes at the airport -- 47 degrees at the airport. >> suspended from school for playing with a toy gun in their front yard. >> this is the beltway at greenspring avenue. saide president of kenya their military has gained control of a mall. some attackers may still be lingering inside. 67 people are confirmed dead. authorities expect it death toll to rise to up to 100 people. among those killed, a pregnant johns hopkins university graduate. wo students are suspended from school this morning. 911 to reportled the children. it was never mistaken for a real weapon. she said the toy gun made her uncomfortable. a zeroool said they have tolerance policy on firearms. >> now weather and

anthony brown asking for the backing of senator barbara mikulski and she gave it to him. the reason for his decision to back brown the work to implement affordable care act and military service in iraq and his coordination of the state's effort to accommodate military base expansion. >>> a late night birthday celebration leads to a bottle to the held head to -- head to jacoby jones. they were celebrating bryant mckinnie's birthday. jones was hit in the botel by a stripper phoned as sweet pea -- known as sweet pea. he has been sidelined since week one because of a sprained knee. no comments from sweet pea. >>> today we will find out how bad manny machado razz hurt in the knee. he will -- was hurt in the knee. he hate siege and got to first base and his leg gave out. he was carted-- hit a single and got to first base and his leg gave out. he was cared off the field. this will pretty much do it for the o's wild card chances unless a miracle happen. >>> this morning the president will address the united nations general assembly. he will then meet with palestinian president' b

spending bill was not included an extension of the monsanto protection act, that is according to barbara mikulski and mark pryor. as if there were not enough differences between the house and the senate when it comes to averting a government shutdown, the monsanto protection that could be a sticking point, too. on wednesday, the senate caucus on international narcotics control held a hearing on the rise of synthetic drugs. testifying at the history was michael botticelli, the deputy director of the office of national drug control policy. he discussed the difficulty of cracking down and synthetic drugs, since their producers often change the chemical pickup of them so they are "not technically illegal." senator deiiane feinstein. >> it is not at all clear cut. and i don't know how you keep, can make cases if the chemicals keep changing, but the intent of the producer is what i would go for, because clearly the intent of the producer is for human consumption and they guise it thise wa way, and with not inted for human consumption and by name, candy or whatever it might be. i think it is -- this is

extension of the monsanto protection act that's according to senate appropriations chairwoman barbara mikulski and senator mark pryor as if there weren't enough differences between the house and the senate when it comes to averting a government shutdown the monsanto protection act could be a sticking point too. on wednesday the senate caucus on international narcotics control held a hearing on the rise of synthetic drugs testifying about hearing was michael bought a cheli b. w. director of the office of national drug control policy in the hearing discussed the difficulty of cracking down on these synthetic drugs since their producers often change the chemical make up of them so that they are quote not technically illegal here with senator dianne feinstein speaking at the hearing and it's very hard because it's not at all clear cut and i don't know how you keep making can make cases if the chemicals keep changing but the intent of the south of the producer is what i would go for because clearly the intent of the producer is for human consumption and they guys it this way and was not intended fo

mikulski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: mr. president, i rise in support of the democratic amendment to the house continuing resolution. we have offered this amendment because its content offers a clear path forward to do three things. number one, avoid a government shutdown. number two, to lay the groundwork for ending sequester for hopefully the next two years, which means finding a way to reduce our public debt in each of those years by $100 million. and, number three, to get rid of the theatrical veto bait, provocative amendments that are in the house bill calling for the defunding of the president's affordable care act and also for the way they structure public debt. we offer this amendment because we think it is the best way forward. the american people expect to do our job. now it is thursday morning, 10:45, and we're just getting on the amendment. and why? because for the last several days we had to put up with theatrical politics rather than get the job done. senate deliberation. we have gone from being the greatest de

mikulski: thank you very much, mr. president. it is to that ominous resolution that i would like to speak. mr. president, within a few days the senate will be called upon to vote on whether to give the president of the united states limited authority to use military action in response to the syrian president assad's use of chemical weapons against his own people. it is an enormous and grave decision. it is the most serious vote that i can take. when a united states senator is called upon to authorize america's use of military action or military might, it calls for the most sober reflection, the most due diligence, analysis of the facts and the compelling need, because it is a vote that once you vote to authorize the use of military might, you cannot take it back. it's one of the few votes that you can't take back. we can vote on our budget this year, but there's another vote next year. you can vote to confirm a member of the cabinet, but they serve at the pleasure of the president. but once you vote to use military might or milit

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mikulski: oh. can i just proceed? officer sphe yes. ms. mikulski: thank you. as the chair of the appropriations committee, i rise to oppose the continuing resolution that the house passed last week on a party-line vote of 230-189. i am so frustrated for all of the people of maryland and all of the people of the united states that should have a government that they can count on to operate, that they count on a government that works as hard as they do that they can count on having a government that they pay for. however, what we have here is a manufactured crisis with his tre-- withhistrionic theatrics o brings to a shutdown. the c.r. that was sent over to us is loaded with political ideology. what does it do? the first thing it wants to do is defund the president's affordable care act, to take away the health care from those who need it. it also is designed to create a crisis over the debt ceiling and undermine the full faith and credit of the united states of america. now, our president has been clear. he will veto any bill with these toxic political riders, a

mikulski: i rise in support of the reid-mikulski amendment to the continuing resolution. our amendment makes two important changes in the house c.r. first, the amendment clears out the toxic political item in the house c.r. defunding the affordable care act. it also removes the debt limit provision that threatens the full faith and credit of the united states. it changes the date from -- of the c.r. from december 15 to november 15 to see if we can't get to an omnibus bill and ending sequester. we're out of time. the fiscal year ends in three days. let's pass the mikulski-reid amendment, let's pass the c.r., let's keep america -- america's government working as hard as its taxpayers. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, this is a moment of truth. we need to be absolutely clear about what we are voting on here. a yes vote will be a vote to fund obamacare because it will take out of the underlying continuing resolution the house position that republicans have universally supported to defund obamacare. but i would as

senator mikulski. the longest serving woman in the u.s. congress in our history. dishy fit that profile? no. issue successful in your district? yes. she has been reelected many times. successful on capitol hill? absolutely. successful in the world of the discussion of those issues? i tell a story in the book another mississippi story of a woman named monica banks who is the of clerk of the county the only african-american to ever be elected in the county that is predominantly white and monica told me when she was in high school in a segregated community, a white woman who was the county clerk came to them and told them about her job it was a career day. monica told me she came home and she said i can do that. look at the barriers are the challenges she was contemplating so i think the barriers are real and sometimes you can go after it to the county clerk it was that open and chose another but at the same time i think there are a lot of examples in our current women's leadership of those who have taken and play a non-traditional pass or background or a minority gr

senator barbara mikulski wants to create a commission on how well they are addressing the sexual assault. the academy, meanwhile, is putting greater emphasis on training. >>> smart phones and tablets are no longer taboo. it is part of a new pilot program in howard county. christie ileto explains how students are plugging in. >> reporter: vic, it's called bring your own device. or byod. and it allows students to choose their own technology while learning in the classroom. >> reporter: it might sound like a traditional spanish class, but the way hannah gonzalez's students are learning the language is anything but. student smart phones, laptops and tablets are now allowed to be used in some classrooms. >> in spanish class, it's helped me with words that i may not know how to pronounce. or finding words that we haven't learned yet. >> reporter: mount hebron high is one of the three schools piloted for the bring your own device program. >> they can do it with what works for their style. with the technology they have. >> reporter: what happen fist a student doesn't have a smart phone or tablet

just before the service, senator barbara mikulski t we did -- tweeted -- we will show the memorial service again this evening on the c-span networks. the chair of the republican study committee. >> this week on "newsmakers" steve scalise represents the first district and chairman of the republican study committee. welcome. two reporters with us. jake sherman of "politico" and paul kane of "the washington post." >> we just saw you passed a resolution to keep the government open until mid- december. you have this language stripping obamacare funding. even ted cruz has admitted that when it goes to the senate harry reid has the votes and is probably going to be a post to be able to strip it and send it back to the house. you have 48 hours or so to decide what to do next. what do you do next? >> the first thing we do is pass a bill over to the senate that keep government funded while also defending the president's health care law along with the full faith and credit act to ensure the fault is not an option for a nations debt. -- default is not an option for a nation's debt. if you look at all

robinson, and senator durbin and mikulski all object to drone warfare but support the president using military force against assad. let me get this straight. a group that killed 3,000 americans on 9/11, you can't target them from the air by drones, but assad killing his own people should be bombed. i mean, come on. that's ridiculous and unbelievably parse. when human lives are on the line, politics should not be. there will be no military strike against assad even if he doesn't give up all his gas. that story is over and we americans do not have another military conflict. that is a good thing. most of the other stuff surrounding the syrian story is anything but good. now reaction, monica crowley and allen combs, 36%. >> yep. don't handle the syria thing well. there are too many mixed messages. he is saying it is going to carry out and then urgent and then the next day says wait until congress gets back and let congress decide. too many mixed messages. >> you would have been among the 60 or so% that say he didn't handle it well. why do you think, and this is speculation but we have to

mikulski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: mr. president, i rise to speak about obamacare. and i do call it obamacare. you know, when we passed the law, it was called the affordable care act. and before he leaves the floor, i would like to compliment the senator from montana on the important and crucial role that he played in passing the affordable care, health care act. and it was his excellent stewardship in the finance committee where we could expand access to health care, modernize the way we do it to go from volume medicine to value-based medicine, and to be able to expand our access in a way that also was fiscally prudent. he also led the way in expanding the children's health initiative. so i know later on he is planning in his life a new future for himself, but i want you to know that while he's thinking about how he will be living a different life, he really impacted the lives of many people. i stand here today to thank him personally in a heartfelt way in the way he has improved the lives of people, and particularly the

at 2:15 senator mikulski be recognized for 15 minutes. following her remarks senator cruz be recognized. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: there will be a roll call vote at 11:45 on confirmation of hughes. if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask it adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned persuasive. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cruz: the first unanimous consent request that i would put consent request that i would put earlier today texas senator senator ted cruz asked that the senate passed the cruise bill. senate majority leader harry reid objected to that request and to a request from senator cruz that any amendments to the house bill require 60 votes. here is their exchange. >> i ask unanimous consent of the request i put forward mr. president i ask unanimous consent that the senate agree to the motion to proceed to hj res 59 that no debate amendments or motion to the resolution be in order that any and all points of order be waived

and, frankly, if it were up to chairman rogers and myself, and chairwoman mikulski and ranking member shelby, we could probably have had this project done a month ago when we began our discussion to so i'm sorry that today i have to oppose this continuing resolution, and i would like to explain why. but first of all, i come into, and sorry that mr. polis can't be with us today. and i do remember when we came before you for the resources for same day. and you were very supportive, mr. cole, and others were. and that the time we said you never know, it can happen to you. and we were so grateful that this congress did support it and will support mystical answer but will support mr. polis' request. it is a tragedy when this occurs in the impact on people's lives as mr. cole knows is just immeasurable. so i thank you for giving me the opportunity and to get on to the business today. let me explain why i will oppose this continuing resolution. on september 10, chairman rogers introduced the c.r., and his press release stated, quote, this bill is free of controversial writers and does not se

senator barbara mikulski adeptly pointed out today the irony that at the very moment the president is at the united nations, trying to project united states' influence, goodwill, power, whatever you want to call it. ted cruz and the like are desperately trying and working to make sure the government has no power whatsoever. do you think they think this is a game in some way? >> and that's surprising, because? >> well, because -- >> i mean, this is what they have done from the very beginning, delegitimizing obama, did he legitimizing his health care bill, law, anything else he's associated with. but i will say this about ted cruz. i don't think he's self emulating right now. you don't. >> i think the republican party is. but i think he has now leapfrogged over rand paul. rand paul had the drone filibuster. that got, you know, conservatives going. now he has the health care filibuster which when it comes to 2016 is going to be worth a lot more than the drone filibuster. so this is really about what's happening in terms of competing for the yahoo vote in the republican base, and guys lik

mikulski: excuse me? the presiding officer: s. 1392 is pending. ms. mikulski: are there any amendments that need to be asked to be laid aside? the presiding officer: no, there are not. ms. mikulski: thank you, mr. president. actually, i'm not going to speak on the bill. i am going to speak from the heart, a heavy heart, because six marylanders died at the navy yard on monday. i join with all americans in expressing my deepest condolences to all of the families of those killed and injured in the navy yard shooting and to particularly express my condolences to the maryland families. i want to also thank our first responders, including the local and federal law enforcement officers who were first to arrive at the scene and took control of this terrible, horrific situation. i want to thank the doctors and all the support staff at medstar trauma center who worked so hard to help the injured and saved lives that day. and every one of those who played such an important role in responding to that emergency. my heart goes out to the victims of the families and

take senator mikulski. the longest serving woman in the u.s. congress in our history. does she fit that standard profile that everyone says you have to be? no. she successful in her district? >> just. >> she has been reelected many times. is she successful on capitol hill? absolutely. and the world of discussion about those issues? and tell a story in the book and this is another story about a woman named monica banks who is the chancellery clerk and the only african-american to ever be elected in a county which is predominantly white. unlike the area further west. michael told me that when she was in high school, my view in a segregated community, a white woman who was county clerk came to talk to them. and she told them about her job at career day. and monica told me that she came back home and she said that i can do that. if you look at the barriers and the challenge and she was contemplating. i think that these barriers are real. i think sometimes you go after an office as monica did. it wasn't open, she chose another one. at the same time i think that there are a

i know senator mikulski is working with her counterpart in the house to see if we can get appropriation bills. bottom line, keep government open, don't threaten to not pay our bills and work out a budget. that's what the american people want us to do. >> maryland senator ben cardin. thanks so much. we go back to that live shot. marco rubio has exited the floor to allow ted cruz to come back on again, continuing his talk-a-thon there as you see the cruz clock there in the upper left. 20:27 going wrong here. this leads us to our big question for you today. ted cruz, crazy or crazy like a fox? weigh in or tweet me an we'll get some of your responses on later in this hour. >>> just hours after senator ted cruz took over the senate floor, president obama kicked off his final push to convince millions of uninsured americans to sign up for the insurance coverage when the marketplace opens next week. and who better to help in his sales pitch, the explainer in chief, former president bill clinton. it was during a nearly hour-long discussion that they both addressed criticisms of the law and then

it's mikulski that wanted that. >> and senator cruz continuing on the senate floor at this hour. you can see live coverage on our companion network, c-span2. the senate vote is scheduled for mid-day today. members of congress have been eighing in on the talk-athon in the senate. senator rand paul says -- >> rows posing, yes,ess -- rose posting, yes, he's agreeing. it limits choices and freedom. it makes health care more expensive. why didn't they leave the 85% of americans who were happy with their health care alone and addressed the 15% not covered? e're taking your input via facebook.com/cspan. the house will gavel in for morning hour today with legislative work set for 2:00 p.m. four bills on their agenda today dealing with federal helium reserve. the house is waiting for senate action on the continuing resolution with a warning of a possible weekend session if the senate sends back a modified c.r. house republicans may consider legislation later this week that would tie a one-year increase in the debt limit expected to be reached on october 17, according to treasury secretary

and barbara mikulski for a of any one having a better suggestion she said we should sing god bless america and she got the song started and that was extremely memorable. so, mr. president we are going to have the ceremony just a few minutes a few minutes up front that i will talk a little bit there. the four leaders have been asked to talk out there. we did have a moment of silence regarding the more than 20,000 who were killed. in new york, pennsylvania and at the pentagon. in addition to those 3000 who were taken from us permanently thousands and thousands of other people were injured, some of them permanently injured. missing legs, blindness, paralysis. so mr. president i would just say that we raise our voices today in celebration of america's spirit and perseverance and we never forget 9/11. mr. president it is worth mentioning also for sure that on this day we also honor what took place a year ago in libya where one of our stellar and passengers was murdered in three of his brave colleagues all killed in libya. our country remains committed to seek justice for them and every american

senator barbara mikulski from maryland said she was in support of the syrian resolution. other members who have spoken, senator bob menendez, supporting it as well. from time to time, members of the senate are going down to the floor and voicing their opinion on this issue. a former member of the senate and former secretary of state was at the white house complex today to talk about a separate issue, but she was asked about syria. and here is hillary clinton. >> before i get to the subject at hand, i would like to say a few words about syria. debateous and important is underway in congress and around kitchen tables all over america. this is a challenge that has catalyzed the kind of debate that i think is good for our democracy. as you know, this is a fluid situation with statements from russia, syria, and others in the last several hours. i have just come from a meeting with president obama are we discussed the latest development , and three points in particular are at the heart of the decision our country and our congress has to make in the days ahead. first, as the pre

there, came back to the west front of the capitol where all members of congress gathered, and barbara mikulski, for lack of anyone having a better suggestion, she said we should sing "god bless america" and she got the song started. that was extremely memorable. so, mr. president, we're going to have this ceremony here in just a few minutes out front, and i will talk a little bit there. the four leaders have been asked to talk out there. we did have a moment of silence regarding the more than 3,000 who were killed in new york, pennsylvania and at the pentagon, but in addition to those 3,000 who were taken from us permanently, thousands and thousands of other people were injured, some of them permanently injured, missing legs, blindness, paralysis. so, mr. president, i would just say that we raise our voices today in celebration of america's spirit of perseverance may we never forget, though, 9/11. mr. president, it's worth mentioning also, for sure, that on this day, we also honor what took place a year ago in libya where one of our stellar ambassadors was murdered and three of his brave colle

chairman mikulski? >> the senate has acted responsibly. it has sent to the house and of representatives a continuing resolution to keep the government open until continues4 that i funding levels at fiscal 2013, and enables us to lay the groundwork for longer-term solutions for the funding for fiscal 2014 and cancel sequester by reducing public debt. the house, the senate reacted and acted very responsibly. we got over 75 votes. for final passage, we got a majority. it was now the time -- now the time is for the house to act. thatouse has to understand [indiscernible] it does not get to the bottom line. we ask them to accept what we have sent over so we could get issues of what is fiscal 2014 going to look like, how can we reduce public debt by $100 billion a year, do it in a balanced way, and be able to keep our economy going to our government functioning, and american people really at work? leadre to pass the cr will to a shutdown. a shutdown is not an idle exercise. it will mean that only very minimal, essential services of this governme