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she lost her husband in combat when her youngest was three weeks old. these families have given up everything for us and i hope before people go out and celebrate, which i think today needs to be a day of celebration. we are a free country and need to celebrate their service and what they have done and remember them. i hope they take time to dedicate to what today really is all about. >> todd: that spouse had a three year old, one year old and a three week old and then i just finished ...

The judiciary spoke up against the executive branch. >> im just wondering, renato, how much of this judges warning -- would it have any standing on an appeals court judge? >> i think it would matter a lot. what ihere, don, the most important thing, you have 170-something-page very well reasoned decision. i think a court of appeals would look very poorly on a justice department appealing this i think they would know -- you have to know ifre in the justice department you have almost no chance on w...

We dont know exactly what went on behind the scenes. but i hop we will find out more what went on behind the scenes and whether there was political interference. right now theres a lot of smoke but no fire. but the smoke is important because it undermines the faith in the system. but the judiciary spoke up against about the executive branch. >> im wondering how much this judges warning would have any play -- would it have any standing on a appeals court judge? >> you have 170-something page very...

Kennedy was on board. it took the individual rate from 50% to 28%. big cut for the individual rate. the corporate tax rate went from 46% to 34%. so a big cut in the corporate tax rate was a big part of that reagan bill. and all four of those democrats, not to mention 33 senate democrats were on board and 170-something on the house side. why is it so different this time around, bill? >> i think to be fair, the buck kinnization of the parties. i think republican party is further to the right than ...

Before that and remember in the house anyway. 170-something republicans provided more votes for the sequester idea than democrats did. i voted against it. knew it was a bad idea. but i think both sides were equally culpable in doing something that was absolutely nonsensical and we should do now is just admit what we did was silly. >> i would like you to listen to your democratic colleague, debbie wasserman schultz on our air yesterday. >> do republicans consider the sequester leverage. the loomi...

Is bipartisanship a reasonable hope? >> you know what, i think it is, and i think we saw last night a model for how it can work. the problem we have is, and if you go back to the 2010 election, we basically eliminated the middle of the congress. so we have two pretty extreme, at least very separated parties here, philosophically. and what we saw last night is that once the speaker said, im going to try and pass thing without having to rely on something that only my party can support, then democr...