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First of all, lets not make too much of this. A majority of the people who vote yesterday were female. It was 5149. But it was less than we a point or so less, but it wasnt like there was a huge shift in the gender balance in the electorate that voted yesterday. Women have a tendency to place a higher priority on issues like education and health care and i think any politicians, republican or democrat who hopes to appeal to women has got to have something intelligent to say about both of those i...

Reason to do nothing. In fact, it has been pretty productive. I think the vast majority of my members would rather make progress on things that they think the country needs to be dealt with them not. But, in our system, the president is the most important player because of the obvious constitutional advantage he has and it would require his complicity to do that. And he has been protected from having to do that the last four years by the Dysfunctional Senate which doesnt pass anything, doesnt se...

An find our schedule one week in advance at cspan. Org and let us know what you think about the programs youre watching. Joined a cspan conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. Next, todays washington journal. We started our program with an update on the situation in ferguson missouri. Then took your calls. This is about 45 minutes. Host a very good monday morning to. First headline front pagesyo frm papers around the United States and outside the country as well on the situation...

Rules of the road for how the navies interact, some of the safety and hotline measures that the u. S. And soviets had in the cold war . Would we be well served by introducing more of those into the u. S. china relationship . Let me answer your last c question first, we started a dialogue. It is relatively routine right now. Periodic, perhaps predictable. I think it follows suit that we have a means to discuss, both continue our deliberate processes, but also when we have these untoward incidents...

Those negotiations. Then there was of publicprivate platform that as you mentioned is important to differentiate. And the n i s directive is of legal act to the members states not directly to this stakeholders but the Member States. It is to establish competent authorities with computer teams that would react. And also establishes the Member States which is very important because we need to remember were working with 28 different systems. It also establishes certain obligations with the definiti...

Think that it will increase my skills and so we would say yes that makes sense and sometimes we dont. In terms of the flow of partnerships and information back and forth, ive been very public about saying for the National Security agency i would like us to create a model where the members of our workforce dont necessarily spend 30 or 45 years working directly for us which has been made historic norm. Its amazing when i say tell me how long youve been with the nsa. 30, 35 years, 38 years. I said ...

Important. I hear you can get pretty smart turnout. My opponent is so dumb that it takes them two hours watch 60 minutes is the woman i remember. [laughter] three so seriously this is why they do it because of work. And all the the Political Science suggests now. At the present turnout is when they run those issues and those ads, heres here is my lovely wife, louise, and her three beautiful children. I can procreate, what the heck, who cares. I think that i think that the Political Science estim...

Mornings america at war people would go we shot tomahawks, we are not at war. If you talk to people near the receiving end of those tomahawks very different response. So the danger is you have different thresholds. You are shooting at someone and they say it feels like were to me and when youre in another position you say well we are just doing surgical operations. You can get this resentment in american arrogance. Americans can be perceived as we are arrogant because we can stand up from the he...

This would happen over and over again. What was going on was the restauranteur would be calling colleagues from around the neighborhood saying if all you have today is a picture and you want to see him in the flesh he is here right now. Thats exactly what was going on. They would Exchange Notes on what music i was overheard say i like. Im a big your claim. I dont think theres ever been more bjork played in a restaurant. Been during my tenure as restauranteur. Is this true, the great scene in the...

A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from delaware. Mr. Coons mr. President , are we currently in a quorum call . The presiding officer the senator is correct. Mr. Coons i ask unanimous consent the proceedings of the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Coons mr. President , as we come to the close of the 113th congress id like to speak for a few minutes about why i think we should be optimistic about the future and what we can and must do ...