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Relationships, and the norms that weve had in place to keep us as an alliance in a very strong position. bill: okay you said a lot in your answer there and you know being friendly does not necessarily dictate a friendship. >> no. bill: as twisted as that statement may sound but you had your own colleagues, john mccain, lindsey graham, marco rubio especially, they already expressed mixed feelings. will rex tillerson be confirmed? >> so, im going to bet at the end of the day, again i have had conv...

That makes sense. thats why were the 16th state to have an online voter registration form, pushing forrer lir voting. we have pour the first time have bipartisan legislation on it. ill continue to work on that. my job is to make sure theres more convenience for eligible voters. for some reason, there are republicans in my state and around the country who are very uncomfortable with that. i dont really understand that. i think its pretty fundamental. >> mr. candor, youre so eminently reasonable. ...

Another debate on immigration, that it appears that republicans in this case dont see a pathway any longer toward getting this done? >> immigration would be one of those issues that shows that those who try to pigeonhole bishops pastors catholics are wrong. on health care we might be upset with the democrats, the administration. on immigration were saying to the house of representatives, which is dominated by the republicans, you guys got to get your act together. this is the best chance weve ha...

Its in your lap and doesnt seem to be going anywhere, and were not going to let you off the hook. so yeah, were disappointed there as well. >> let me touch on gay marriage. this week illinois is becoming the 16th state, including d.c., to allow same-sex marriage. do you think this is evolving in such a way that ultimately it will be legal everywhere, or is it the opposite, that there will be a backlash and the status quo will be maintained? >> i would be a pollyanna that there doesnt seem to be ...

A year ago when they withheld the information on the essential health benefits that governors were going to have to offer in their exchanges? they held that until after election day. and then the deadline was a week or ten days later. so the governors in a lot of states looked at that and said oh, my goodness, i cannot make a decision of that order of magnitude in that short a period of time. so is it any wonder that 32 states told the federal government, if you want this to happen, youve got to...

Where we heard the gettysberg address. it said at beginning, were a nation conceived in -- liberty and equality, thats what marriage equality is all about. well be the 16th state and i hope we can spread the movement all across the other 34 states in the union. >> when you look at the future of this issue, particularly in your state, now that youre going to have this change in the law, do you think that fact in the law and the fact of equally married couples in your states is going to continue t...

Where we heard the gettysberg address. it said at beginning, were a nation conceived in -- liberty and equality, thats what marriage equality is all about. well be the 16th state and i hope we can spread the movement all across the other 34 states in the union. >> when you look at the future of this issue, particularly in your state, now that youre going to have this change in the law, do you think that fact in the law and the fact of equally married couples in your states is going to continue t...

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This state will become the 16th in america to legalize same-sex marriage. you have already rung in i cant allow. that im sorry, there are rules here time, calm time. illinois will almost the 16th state according to reports this week, charlie krchrist my face fight -- robert. >> bill nelson. >> may face a primary challenge. 200 point question signing a bill that encourages epi pen availability in schools, president obama revealed. >> daughter has allergy. >> more correct. >> malia is allergy ec t...

State. illinois passed its marriage equality law last week and the governor there is going to make illinois the 16th state to okay same-sx marriage. to characterize its direct town right now, i think it would be fair to say that same-sex marriage rights are advancing, and rapidly, and they are not just legally advancing, they are advancing in broad terms. after of this summer, a clear majority of americans favored marriage equality for the whole country. among moderates it was 63%. among indepen...