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The latest attack on the u.s. power grid systems in connecticut were hacked in the cyber attack. defenses presented any interruption. with warnings of fatalities, why are the politicians worried more about our finding out about these attacks through what they call leaks than how they plan to protect us. lets ask one politician who has been fighting to get the word out. congressman trent franks. good evening. >> thanks for having me. on. >> congressman, i was in d.c. a couple weeks ago and i sat ...

Murkowski and kirk, why debate if youre not going to ultimately vote for the extension of unemployment assistance? >> weve seen a lot of this over the last year or so in the senate where there will be more support on this initial vote to begin debate you saw with the gun bill, for example, republicans had to show where they voted to start debating on a background check bill, then ultimately it couldnt get the 60 votes it needed to go to a final vote. i would be surprised if all ten of these sena...

Who switched sides. so it didnt even serve their purpose. >> in terms of why the republicans wanted this, obviously it didnt work in terms of keeping their votes secret. is it fair to say that these votes will hurt the six senators at home who cast these votes? its not like none of them have ever voted for a debt ceiling rise before. >> right. probably not. because, you know, the people who voted for this voted for it because they can afford it politically. people like mccain and barrasso and je...

This and dont want to be there. thats when they started scrambling and told harry reid, shut off the microphones and they corralled as many people as they could, took them in the cloakroom, explained the situation that murkowski and collins were going to vote no if they didnt get the support of leadership. then you see people like mccain come out and change their votes and vote yes. >> thats fascinating. that explains why the votes were crossed out and changed because the moderates were like, no...

Filibuster allowing democrats to raise the debt ceiling on a party line vote with a simple majority which would mean no republicans would have to vote for it and every gop senator would keep his or her hands clean. ted cruz had other plans for senate republicans. he announced he would filibuster if reid tried to pass the debt ceiling increase with a simple majority and meant the bill would need 60 votes and 5 republicans would have to walk the plank, voting for a debt ceiling increase they have ...

Senate republicans. he announced he would filibuster if reid tried to pass the debt ceiling increase with a simple majority and meant the bill would need 60 votes and 5 republicans would have to walk the plank, voting for a debt ceiling increase they have said would be catastrophic for the country and heres where things get interesting. usually, when the senate votes, theres a live roll call as the votes come in telling you each senators vote. heres the roll call from last time the senate raised...

Most republicans say they do not object to extending the benefits but they want to offset the costs related to it. six republican senators voted for the measure including its gop co-sponsor senator dean hiller of nevada. the others kelly ayotte, coats, collins, portman and murkowski had president obama pressing for approval including appearing with some that have lost benefits. >> these are not statistics. these are your neighbors, your friends, your family members, it could at some point be any...

Legislation will hurt future military retirees, each and every democrat voted yes and more troubling they were joined hand-in-hand by 12 republicans, alexander, blount, chambliss, hogan, isaacson, johnson, mccain, murkowski and portman. fortunate the others had the guts to stand up and oppose the plan. heres what senator lindsey graham said about this. >> president obama, dont sign this bill in its current form. weve got until january 15th, you, above everybody here, has a responsibility to take...

Reid has set a vote for monday on legislation that would protect the lgbt community from workplace discrimination. to talk about it, joining us now is representative mark pocan, democrat of wisconsin, and chris geitner, legal editor at buzzfeed.com. the bill in the senate is called the employment and nondiscrimination act and bars companies with more than 15 employees from discriminating against workers on the basis of their sexuality or sexual orientati orientation. and joe manchin of west virg...

Together and talked to try and come to a resolution on a package that we wanted to present to the leaders, and in fact the structure of what the two leaders have agreed on is very similar to what we had proposed to them. i see some of my colleagues here today that were instrumental. the senator from alaska, senator murkowski, i know others are here. as well as senator flake, who happens to be in the chamber right now. jenna: senators reid and mcconnell speaking moments ago. : the deal on u on th...