th senator patrick leahy, you're doing something that is hard for a lot of senators to do. and that is to retire voluntarily. what made you decide to do that? well, i never thought i was going to be here this long. you know, i'm the only democrat elected vermont history, the youngest one time. and everybody said i'd be a one term senator. i thought that was quite possible, but then it got a little bit easier getting reelected. i did not expect to be here this long. and my wife, marcelle and i talked about it right a

. >> senator patrick leahy. you're doing something that's hard for a lot of senators to do and that is to retire voluntarily. what made you decide to do that? >> i never thought i was going to be here this long. when i was elected everybody said i would be a one-term senator and i thought that's quite possible, but then it got easier getting reelected. i did not expect to be here this long and my wife and i talked about it after the last election and we prayed, that that would be the last one. i knew from the polls and everything else, i could easily be reelected this year, but i'm 82. i wanted to go home. i want to have more time with my kids and grandkids. we both like to scuba dive and we have more time for that, but also, it's time for somebody else to come in there and i want to be able to do things with the university of vermont and other places to help people and what's happened in the last half century. >> you know, you're not, in fact, the-- you're the president pro tem of the senate, but not the oldest

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. >>> vermont senator patrick leahy is in a washington area hospital. his office says he was taken there yesterday as a precaution after not feeling well at his virginia home. he was expected to undergo tests and remain overnight for observation. the 82-year-old democrat is the longest serving current senator. last year he announced he would not seek re-election to the seat he's held since 1975. >>> inflation remains near a record high this morning, up 8.5% compared to one year ago. but there's some relief for tens of millions of seniors. nancy cordes explains. >> reporter: almost everything in your grocery cart got more expensive again last month. apples up another 2%, lettuce up nearly 7%. the price of eggs is now more than 30% higher than last year. >> americans are squeezed by the cost of living. >> reporter: the new figures reveal that inflation has barely budged even after the fed hiked interest rates for a fifth time in a bid to cool the economy. more startling was the spike in the so-called core index, the cost of everything but food and energy.

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signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 9:00 a.m. on thursday, october 20, 2022. >> u.s.20, 2022. senate holding brief sessions between now and the november midterm elections, no votes planned until november 14th. now we take you to the booktv programming. >> guest: abortion needless to say. they use to try, stan evans pointed out he turned -- he hated the term fusionism, trying to put together 2 things that are a natural match and he said you can't have liberty, he thought liberty rested on some traditions and moral understanding of what human beings are and in that respect frederick hayek thought much the same and so there are always these clashes, most libertarians, not all are pro-choice and most traditional conservatives are not. so that split, want to say this on behalf of social conservatives, quite aside from electoral consequences a lot were former democrats who switched parties but what ought to be said is abortion wasn't a national

wrote off completely the democrat running to replace retiring patrick leahy is this man who has been the at-large congressman the past 16 years. is trying to show he's a man of the people but wait how did you amass a multibillion-dollar net worth despite earning a congressional salary? it turns out he invested in healthcare companies benefiting from the major healthcare law he pushed in the same company pushing $80000 into campaign coffers and then traded between $215,000 another half a million dollars worth of pharmacy stock while legislation was pending not only a single-payer but a single payout. he invested hundreds of thousands into tech funds all while sitting on the communication and technology committee directly affected those investments his family invested in the oil and gas industry even as he railed against fossil fuels. last year in fact he was found to violate the act of the bill which he cosponsored an unbelievably the violation was exxon stock before he laid into the exxon ceo during a congressional hearing on climate. wells thinks that he is a patagonia eating ben &

. >> carley: absolute with the country's longest-serving senator patrick leahy hospitalized overnight. the office that he was not feeling well and taking them for precautionary testing and the senator not seeking another tomb and the midterms after 48 years in the chamber we will monitor the situation and bring you any updates. we are wishing him well this morning. turning out this money trail is giving, getting longer. the center of the drum trail was on the payroll for years leading up to the 2020 election. brooke singman has breaking news on the story every step of the way and she is next. >> carley: . >> todd: plus did you see this? >> [indistinct] are you been waiting for this for trespassing on the capitol grounds. >> todd: such rage issues, newly surfaced video showing nancy pelosi threatening to donald j. trump. so who should be get on this? whose opinion do we need? it is jimmy failla. he is coming up. don't miss it. ♪ ♪ hi. i'm shannon storms bador. when we started selling my health products online our shipping process was painfully slow. then we found shipstation. now w

leahy have done not just for me, as an individual gay leader trying to make a difference here in vermont, but for a community. that is one of the reasons why we have -- but i can tell you the conversation changes when there are women in the room and there are queer people in the room. and i have seen that in my work any state legislature. and i am just so proud to be right on the cusp of representing vermont as the first women in congress and the first openly gay person to represent vermont. and a lot of parents in vermont are coming out to my rallies! no pun intended! coming out to talk to me about what it means for me to be pulling other people up behind me, making space for other people, because i really want to be a legislature that represents all of vermont, whether you are a member of the lgbtq community or not, i am fixated on protecting all of our rights. >> by the way, if the plan was intended, that is okay to. they'll be quite a celebration as well. becca balint, thank you so much. after the break, as an all takes on kari lake. >> if you become governor, do you make sure everyo

. >> senator patrick leahy, thanks for your time and congratulations on your new book "the road taken". >> thank you very much. >>ongress returns for legislative work after the midterm elections and talks wi continue for funding, currentunng is expected to expire in december. dhe senate will continue to debate on progr policies and legislation and vote on more of president biden's judicial ninations. watch live coverage of the hous oc-span, the senate on c-span2. you can also watch on our free video app. c-span or online at c-span.org. >> if you're enjoying book tv, sign up for our newsletter using the qr code on the screen. book tv every sunday on c-span2 or anytime online at book tv.org. television for serious readers. >> hi, everybody, good evening, thank you all so much for coming tonight. i'm the author coordinator or st. louis county library. ... to tonight's westfall politics and history series event with acclaimed author walker correspondent and decorated veteran elliott. in conversation with journalist kathy gilsenan. so tonight's event is presented by the associate authors a

they are competing to fill the seat of retiring senator patrick leahy. joining me now is vermont congressman peter wild, candidate for united states senate. congressman, welcome to the sunday show. >> thank you. >> why do you want to switch chambers after nearly 20 years in the house? >> well, it's a 50/50 senate. the stakes are incredibly high. this election is going to be about maintaining democracy, it's going to be about maintaining social security and medicare medicare and the publicly republican leader who said the campaign committee, that social security is going to have to be reviewed every couple of years. folks have worked hard in tough jobs, and our answer shows currently. that is very much on the table. are we going to continue making progress on climate change? are we going to vote to protect women's reproductive freedom. we passed out in the house, the filibuster is blocking it in the senate. are we going to address with energy the affordability challenges the families across this country are facing? that is really at stake. is about trying

and senator patrick leahy was discharged from the hospital after undergoing tests and observation. he is the longest serving city senator with 48 years under his belt. he will not seek leah reelection in november. now back to the line! ck to the line linda watson had just vanished. she didn't even show up to a custody hearing involving her four-year-old daughter jordan. >> did you feel abandoned? jordan? >> no not really. my dad was always right there if i needed anything. >> linda's mother, marilyn, however was very worried. especially when she returned to linda's house after the custody hearing. >> maryland calls us and says that she found blood in the entryway to linda's house. >> the blood was under a trash bag hidden from view. the deputy who responded to maryland's 9-1-1 call had not seen it. now, investigators came back and did a luminol test. >> it lit up blue. and turned out to be positive for, not only human blood, but matching dna to linda watson. >> now that they were looking for blood. they found more. on the vacuum cleaner cord. >> it was apparent from the blood patte

the winner of this race will replace retiring senator patrick lady -- leahy. this lasts about an hour. >> welcome to the vermont public general election debate, i am the host of vermont's addition. today's the second in our series of debates ahead of the 2022 midterm election on november 8. you don't have to be -- wait until then to vote. today's debate is between the major party candidates for vermont's u.s. senate seat, the position will be vacated by senator patrick lahey who was -- patrick lahey who is retiring. joining me as the democratic candidate peter welch. he holds, vermont's sulci in the u.s. house of representatives -- soul seat in the u.s. house of representatives. also, gerald malloy, he is a u.s. army veteran who works in emergency management and defense. here's a format we're going to use today and for the rest of our 2022 general election debates. in our first segment i will ask common questions to both candidates. you will each have 60 seconds to answer. the second segment, candidates will ask each other questions. you have 30 seconds to ask

signed patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: independe nce, the senate stands -- under the previous order, the under the previous order, the >> the senate holding these brief sessions between now and the november midterm elections with the exception of tuesday, october 11 when we expect the chamber to proceed to a defense policy and programs bill. no votes plant until monday, november 14. as always you will find the senate live here on c-span2. we take you back now to our booktv programming. >> but i just i ended up in the end not feeling like her justification for herself was really defensible. i fundamentally disagreed with her justification but i came to believe that she believes that it was defensible and that it was a good faith decision just ended up not being the right on one. >> stick around after election day andke -- >> right. y she took the promotion of the white house communication director and new at the time since she has a panic attack, she has a panic attack while trying to decide whether o

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leahy, president pro tempore. >> senator from delaware. >> i ask unanimous consent to be recognized notwithstanding the order that no business being conducted during today's pro forma session. >> i asked consent notwithstanding the order it be in order for committees to report legislative business from 10:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. tuesday october 18 2022 and that the senate stand in adjournments in accordance with the orders of september 29 and october 11, 2022 four previously ordered pro forma sessions. >> without objection i. >> under the previous order and the senate stands adjourned until 11:30 a.m. on tuesday, october 18 2022. >> the senate holding a brief session between now and the november midterm elections. no votes are planned until monday, november 14 and as always you can find the senate life here on c-span2 now we take you back to our book tv programming. >> guzman is your unfiltered view of government funded by these television companies and more including media,. >>. >> giving you a front row seatto democracy . >> middle and high school students it's your time to shine

signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m., on friday, october 7, 2022. october 7, 2022. >> the senate holding these brief sessions between now and the november midterm elections with the exception of tuesday, october 11 when we expect the chamber to proceed to a defense policy and programs built. no votes plant into monday, november 14 as always you will find the senate live here on c-span2. we take you back now to our booktv programming. >> thank you so much for joining us today. my name is bethany allen-ebrahimian, on the china reporter at axios and i'm here today at hudson institute to speak with nury turkel, senior fellow here at hudson about his new book which we have right here called "no escape." and let me first introduce nury. he is a senior fellow here. he is a lawyer. he is vice chair of the u.s. commission on international religious freedom, and he is cofounder of the uyghur human rights project. he is one of the most pro

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