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Benji thanks. the race to the white house brings us for the bing question of the day. we head to francis. this is one of the more popular features on the show. >> people can interact throughout the show and show sediment. were asking especially when it comes to rubio compared to obama years ago, due to their short time in the senate. heres the question. rubio 16 is give let of barack obama in 08? do you agree or r disagree or fall in the middle? log on and let us know what you think. if your a...

More than i am thank you. >> not a specific answer to that question but clintons visit is part of a go small approach that the campaign hopes with emphasize an ability, appeal to voters in smaller settings. the low key approach the campaign van named the scooby and stelthy pit stop in an ohio chipotle. a possible liberal alternative to mrs. clinton, bernie sanders and frances rivera is here with me in new york. our bing question has to do with marco rubio, is he the 2016 gop equivalent of presid...

Lot about student debt and a lot about jobs. shes going to hear from small businesses, i believe in iowa because ive been there a lot. access to capital. the banks have a big control of the senate and they hold the purse strings when it comes to the entrepreneurial spirit of america. every administration says theyll help small businesses. shell hear that today i think from when you consider where the ag economy is right now. >> you think shes going to be -- and so early, do you think she has a g...

Theres still a lot people dont know. im surprised people think she was born in the white house. she needs to reconnect with her authentic roots, like this trip on the van. this is how she wanted to run for president. in 07 she was thinking about running for president, i had dinner with her. she didnt know anything about iowa. i talked about how grassroots is, she said to me then, if i had my drudgers i would rent a car and drive across the state. and yet in that 08 campaign, she flew in on a hel...

Equivalent of bob in 08. >> thanks. this morning a sheriff deputy charged with second degree manslaughter turned himself in to authorities. hes charged with fatality shooting eric harris. take a look at the video with a warning it may be disturbing. its a brief shot there. this morning the attorney for harris family about accusations bates paid to play contributing money to the sheriffs department. >> its entirely inappropriate for a 73-year-old reserve deputy to be involved in this kind of un...

That mccain got in 08. and yet youre striking deals with democrats and working with democrats, alexander has stood out doing the same thing. bill frist seen as somebody that can strike a deal. and this is of course the state of howard baker. im serious, a state thats turning more red every day is producing senators that are reaching out more than most senators on either side of the aisle. what is it about tennessees political culture that breeds that? >> well, excepting me of course i think our ...

Behavior am i following their standards of behavior. so a whole series of activities to take moment of suffering, a moment of love, moment of career challenge, how can i turn this into a moral occasion to cultivate some virtue. >> you also write about the decline of humility and the inflated sense of significance we give our own lives. a gallup poll in 1950 of loose seniors, when they believe theyre important people. 12%. asked again in 2005 the number was 08%. and by the way, that was ten years...

Quote "great family" she met yesterday afternoon at one of her stops. she begins a two-day swing through iowa this afternoon where she finished third in 2008. nbcs kristen welker has the details of her big announcement. >> i want to be that champion. >> reporter: in a sleek online video, hillary clinton announced her highly anticipated second bid for the white house. >> im running for president. >> reporter: her strategy -- convincing voters she is the right person to address economic inequality...

>> youve covered clintons from the beginning, seen it are from the highest highs to lowest lows. what do you make of this roll out, skooby doo van stopping at random gas stations along the way. >> this is their attempt to show her as the average person relating to average, everyday people as did her video, trying to show she can cross the country. its a deliberate, very well orchestrated attempt. everybody this the media are being used in this regard. there was a low key video. there wasnt a big...

Reversal of the 08 cycle. democrats came out of 2006 with a huge midterm election the base was energized, didnt want the establishment to pick their candidate and they went with obama defying the system. republicans are in that exact same situation after a big midterm election in 2014. they dont want to settle for jeb bush and what i see on the ground from people in iowa regardless of political affiliation, they see hillary clinton as the democrats jeb bush the democrats mitt romney. what differ...