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Be very proud of you. thank you so much for leaving me back home here. >> jim, we all know that your talents would be wasted in a place like this. you got all these different issues of international intrigue going on. they need your acumen for that. i am here in case theres a fight that breaks out. and then lara will do the analysis of it afterward. >> hes here for the party. >> well look for you afterward. were definitely watching this game also. to new york, where our own richard roth is. he g...

We are not -- a corporation is not a person. the supreme court says so. if 90% of the companies in this country are privately held, any one of them could be public held whenever they want to, what happens then? >> yeah. the precedent set here is mind-boggling. i dont want to keep talking about the religious freedom act. everybody knows thats not what this was based on. its based on the affordable care act. >> you think the court was looking for something to ground this ruling in. you are general...

We are not -- a corporation is not a person. the supreme court says so. if 90% of the companies in this country are privately held, any one of them could be public held whenever they want to, what happens then? >> yeah. the precedent set here is mind-boggling. i dont want to keep talking about the religious freedom act. everybody knows thats not what this was based on. its based on the affordable care act. >> you think the court was looking for something to ground this ruling in. you are general...

Cantor. if he can lose, the guy that everyone sort of looked to as one of the most politically acumen members of the house, theyre not going to want to do anything. remember, he started the young guns with kevin mccarthy which brought the republicans back into power. i think all of those members are gauc going to look at this and say if the guy who got me here can lose, why cant i? >> in terms of what happened to the republican leadership, most of the reporting and wondering is focused on how lo...

Much as john boehner does. what does this do to republicans in congress for him to have poofed unexpectedly tonight? >> i think thats the biggest news out of this thing, frankly, other than him losing. you know, immigration was a big issue at the end of this thing. im not sure that he lost to immigration. i think it may have been he took it not that seriously to the last second, but what it has to do with immigration and any other bill that barack obama might be supporting or might be signed by ...

Center who put together a team of attorneys who worked on the case for free. held the annual awards benefit, which i attended last night honoring one of those law firms along with the widow of southern christian conference co-founder and dr. martin luther king jr.s closest associate. it was fitting those two were paired together. as it was when mrs. abernathy participated and protested in her native alabama, the work of civil rights requires a combination of activism and legal acumen, individual...

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Surviving if she received full chemotherapy. is there law effectively on the books. every state is different, but effectively across the country that says if theres a proven medical treatment, were bound by that. we cant just say i dont like that. i want something natural for my kids. >> no, and thats the point. there is no law. theres no legislation. this is state by state, case by case, weighing the risks and benefits for each parent and each child. oftentimes, ashleigh, if the parents could g...

The republicans. i think the president has been reluctant to do that because he sees himself as president of all america. he doesnt like coming across as the angry guy. he wants to try to make deals. he did it a few times during the shutdown. you remember that. it seemed effective. but when the shut downs over, he goes back to -- >> the eagles won last night. congratulations. let me ask you this. do you notice the presidents party, your party, tends to -- what do they do in football when ahead i...

Know, joined the battle for the political cultural battle with the republicans. i think the president has been reluctant to do that because he sees himself as president of all america. he doesnt like coming across as the angry guy. he wants to try to make deals. he did it a few times during the shutdown. you remember that. it seemed effective. but when the shut downs over, he goes back to -- >> the eagles won last night. congratulations. let me ask you this. do you notice the presidents party, y...