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Of worth and integrity, he would step aside voluntarily, knowing that he has gone beyond the boundary here of fairness and objectivity and now his -- the very legal reasoning that he uses to make judgments is in question. >> and to the story in arizona, where sheriff joe arpaio put on his dog and pony show press conference today, after investigating whether the president of the united states has an authentic birth certificate. what do you make of it? >> its just more of the same kind of, you kno...

What is the federal government doing making the mandates? >> in the 2010 election, the big issue was obama care, which was a symbol of the obtrusiveness. this is the perfect example, one example now that has emerged, something everybody understands. not abstraction. the big government intruding itself. taking over healthcare. theoretical way. this is an example of exactly how it does. it hits -- hints at something dear to everyone, religious liberty and protection from intrusion of the state. th...

Again how we have to refrain, how we think about immigration in this country. you know, its been really interesting. last night i actually was out at a kohls department store. i wanted to ask every day alabamians about the law. i talked to about six people, they couldnt tell me what was in the law. you know, they didnt know, for example, that its actually a crime. three days ago, what, thursday, it would have been a crime for me as an undocumented immigrant to be in alabama. they didnt know that...

Alabama. they didnt know that. they didnt know that its a crime, its a felony for an undocumented immigrant to be actually getting water service because now an undocumented immigrant cant get into a business, you know, entity or contract with the government. i mean, this is a real law affecting real lives. its not an abstraction. and i think thats something that i think we really need to figure out. i mean, thats what were doing at define american. >> jose antonio vargas, the founder of defineam...

They didnt know that. they didnt know that its a crime, its a felony for an undocumented immigrant to be getting water service because now undocumented immigrant cant get into a business, you know, entity or contract with the government. i mean this is a real law affecting real lives. its not an abstraction. i think thats something we really need to figure out. thats what were doing at define american. >> jose vargas, defineamerica.com. thank you. >> thanks. >> all right. best new thing in the w...

>> youre in the cnn newsroom. im don lemon. we begin with this tonight. president obama has wanted tax increases to help the economy all along, but republicans resisted. now mr. obama is going back tat to help pay for his new jobs plan. and come monday morning, you are going to be hearing all about it when he announces details of the so-called buffett rule, named after one of the richest men in the world, warren buffett. its a tax on millionaires to make sure they dont pay a smaller pe...

we begin with this, president obama has wanted tax increases all along, but the republicans resisted, but now mr. obama is helping to pay for his new jobs plan and come monday morning your going to hear all about it when he announces details of the so-called buffett role, named after warren buffett. a tax on millionaires to make sure they dont pay a smaller percentage than the nations middle class and as candy crawly reports theres already an uproar in washington. >> reporter: the pres...

As you were citing earlier, in other countries, you get to the edge and all of a sudden, it unravels in a way where youre going downhill and you cant stop the momentum. this is really dangerous. just get into the math a little bit. if interest rates, the markets, everyone talks about the markets, theyre not an abstraction, they do exist, bond market exists. bill clinton, when he was president, used to say in private, you mean im beholding to the [ bleep ] bond markets, if the government increase...

Legal counsel. i mean, you know, you got to draw the line somewhere. lets draw it here. >> so whats he suggesting? no conjugal visits for terrorists? theres a politically safe position. rand paul goes off the deep end. this is what the tea party candidate said you believe in universal health care, you believe in slavery, too. got to hear it to believe it. >> with regard to the idea of whether or not you have a right to a health care, you have to realize what that implies. its not an abstractio...

Before, better medical care, legal counsel. i mean, you know, you got to draw the line somewhere. lets draw it here. >> so whats he suggesting? no conjugal visits for terrorists? theres a political safe position. rand paul goes off the deep end. this is what the tea party candidate said you believe in universal health care, you believe in slavery, too. got to hear it to believe it. >> with regard to the idea of whether or not you have a right to a health care, you have to realize what that imp...