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It is bankrupting the american people. and i think that it plays into the hands of osama bin laden, which i assume is the last thing we want to do. >> now, traditionally, the house has been more liberal on this issue and more resistant than the senate. 102 house democrats voted against the supplemental. but in the senate, youve got a much bigger challenge, you and jim webb, to try to get your legislation through. >> well, my legislation, apart from my work with senator webb with regard to the fo...

Wage earners in this country but there is no way in hell the republicans will give one more dime to the unemployed. the 99ers might have a ray of hope. new york senator chuck schumer is now in the mix. >> there are a number of people who have maxd out. theyve been looking and looking for work but havent found it and there is a separate act that would extend the benefits to them. extending this was really important but there are some people who go beyond the 99 weeks and well try do that next. >>...

Its hurting your party. >> hes been there 40 years, ice 80 years old. it would have to be the president of the united states and im not sure he could convince him. >> shepard: it might have been something a certain senator from massachusetts might have done. >> exactly. rangle is supposed to have a birthday party in new york and people like michael bloomberg, schumer, the senior people in the new york delegation are saying maybe we wont have the party because charlie, youre in trouble. >> shepar...

Get, you know, restimulate business. people can help this effort by going to retirerangel.com and helping out reverend michael faulkner. we want to retire charlie rangel. >> it seems many people in his party are jumping ship as well including senator schumer. thanks for joining us. we are inviting charlie rangel on this show sometime this week. hes been on in the past to also maybe counter what youve just said. >> open invitation, congressman. please, come on. wed love to hear your side of the s...

As you know, the scottish government set al-megrahi free last year, the only person ever convicted in the 1988 bombing over lockerbie scotland. 270 people, most americans, died. the question of -- the question the families of the victims want answered is, did bp fate for the release of al-megrahi in exchange for a lucrative oil deal with libya? last night four u.s. senators met with the british prime minister looking for answers. trace gallagher following up on details from the west coast. what ...

Believed the story that obviously was a false story that the guy only had a few weeks to live. was -- the idea is if there is a corrupt action here, and the only way that schumer and any of the u.s. senators who are ambulance chasing on this could make any headway is to prove that it breaks the corrupt practices act which means that they had prescribed some -- bribed some libyan official to release -- in order to get an oil concession. look, lets say bp had delivered the prisoner, scottish priso...

Believed the story that obviously was a false story that the guy only had a few weeks to live. was -- the idea is if there is a corrupt action here, and the only way that schumer and any of the u.s. senators who are ambulance chasing on this could make any headway is to prove that it breaks the corrupt practices act which means that they had prescribed some -- bribed some libyan official to release -- in order to get an oil concession. look, lets say bp had delivered the prisoner, scottish priso...

Believed the story that obviously was a false story that the guy only had a few weeks to live. was -- the idea is if there is a corrupt action here, and the only way that schumer and any of the u.s. senators who are ambulance chasing on this could make any headway is to prove that it breaks the corrupt practices act which means that they had prescribed some -- bribed some libyan official to release -- in order to get an oil concession. look, lets say bp had delivered the prisoner, scottish priso...

A year agoened he is still very much alive. living as a free man in native libya. now u.s. lawmakers want the british government to launch a full investigation into his release and the possible involvement of the oil giant bp. did bp in this case, wow, get a release in exchange for a contract? trace gallagher in los angeles tonight. what else do these lawmakers want, trace? shep, they too wanted to meet with prime minister david cameron. david cameron turned them down. four senate we talked abou...

That. this is clearly an addiction with all of the negative implications that come with it. >> jim kaimer, a terrorist that kills american college students released. most likely because libya is doing a deal with british petroleum. >> i think when this happened, i think a lot of americans said this was outrageous but we dont figure out why it was happening. this to me was -- this is like you got to be kidding me moment. and i think bp is a world class bad actor and the worst record of any compan...