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His flag draped casket was carried up the capitol steps by a nine member military color guard. lautenberg died after a battle with pneumonia, earlier this week. new jersey's attorney general is going to fill lautenberg's senate seat until a successor can be elected. the governor appointed jeffrey kasa yesterday. he has no plans to keep it long term or run in the new jersey special election for the senate. major milestone on capitol hill for john dingell, the michigan democrat, the longest serving member of congress in history. on the job, six decade. 56 years, five months, 27 days to be exac...

Winner, james mills. dingell is breaking the record on robert bird. we'll be back. [ male announcer ] erica had a rough day. there was this and this. she got a parking ticket... ♪ and she forgot to pay her credit card bill on time. good thing she's got the citi simplicity card. it doesn't charge late fees or a penalty rate. ever. as in never ever. now about that parking ticket.

Identity, that this was -- that they were really out and gay. and so he was sorry for having said that and this is how it works in washington. especially if you're a democrat or a republican under the aegis of a democratic president. if you're sorry, it's enough. if you come out and say that you're sorry and that you were misinformed, it's okay. but as you point out. this is sort of the robert bird-strom thurmon rule, if you're going to get more from the people, he said or did something wrong, we know his heart is in the right place and it's okay. versus if you're a conservative or a republica...

And right now, i can't imagine a worse place for mitch mcconnell. he apparently can't deal with reid, and that's a sad thing. i know them both. but let me tell you, when i was in the u.s. senate, the work was done between howard baker and robert bird, and bob dole, and george mitchell, and tom daschle, and now apparently poor mitch is caught in a situation where he has to go to the vice president, who is a good egg. i've known joe for 40 years. think of that. you can't do the work of the senate because the leaders won't work together. they don't like each other. that's the saddest thing of all...

Is using the debt ceiling, holding it ransom, even though our credit rating suffered as a result, to force spending cuts. what do you think of those strategies or tactics? >> i've been on a lot of commissions, and a lot of them worked. i was on the iraq study group. i did other things. the issue is, what happened in the past, that doesn't matter a whip, or who said what. it's what the hell do you do now? and right now, i can't imagine a worse place for mitch mcconnell. he apparently can't deal with reid, and that's a sad thing. i know them both. but let me tell you, when i was in the u.s. sena...