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>> well, are and part of the paradox here is heres someone who announced im going to take -- originally announced im going to suspend my campaign and go sell books which is not a thing you traditionally do when youre trying to run for president, bright? heres someone who says id like to be president. i sort of got talked into doing it after a lot of people -- in some ways what seems his manifest disinterest in being president of the united states seems to be the thing people are really in the re...

Avoided. and its extremely frustrating. i mean, we, just put in this in context, at the end of 2012, you know, we garnered the functional wards and there was a lot of back slapping going on inside the company. you know, we were feeling pretty good about ourselves. then we were encouraged to embark on a similar story, never disencouraged, so we worked four people with a lot of help from our other colleagues, you know. we spent the best part of seven or eight months working on this story. thats a ...

First crack at this. what do you think about gates reid. >> i think its unbelievable liberal democrats are attacking a man with a neck brace. this terrible. important guy. >> you guys are heartless, go after vulnerable, weak, the man has a brace. hes in pain, agony. people like harry reid are taking potshots. its not really a dispute harry reid is one of the most unpopular politicians in the country. when harry reid is taking shots, listen, im in nevada right now. you should hear harry reid stor...

Should all be honoring their relationship with madiba, if it means shaking hands with the enemy, yes, i would like to see that. that is what nelson mandela was and is bringing people together despite their differences. i guess thats the point is what could be more of a tribute to nelson mandela than people whod normally would not talk, talking, and im not saying they have to be embracing or back slapping or even smiling, but talking. that would, i, might argue, be the greatest trigg tribute to n...

He believed he was in danger. and he used a gun to end what he felt was a threat to his own life. he is going to spend the rest of his life second guessing his decision to get out of the car to follow a young man he thought might be part of a crime wave in his neighborhood. and trayvon martin is not a hero, he was a young man whose life ended way too soon, maybe because he decided to confront a man he believed was showing him disrespect. even if one believes the jury got it right with a not guil...

He believed he was in danger. and he used a gun to end what he felt was a threat to his own life. he is going to spend the rest of his life second guessing his decision to get out of the car to follow a young man he thought might be part of a crime wave in his neighborhood. and trayvon martin is not a hero, he was a young man whose life ended way too soon, maybe because he decided to confront a man he believed was showing him disrespect. even if one believes the jury got it right with a not guil...

Fulton announcing she is heartbroken and it is her darkest hour and leaning on her lord jesus christ. the father tracy martin saying he is heartbroken and ben crump the attorney that deserves all of the attention for escalating the attention on this case to get george zimmerman arrested and get a trial underway says all of the evidence was there to convict george zimmerman and the family is heartbroken that the killer of their son is not going to be held accountable. disappointment on behalf of ...

And therefore didnt reach out to congress was incorrect. i am not aware there was a criticism he is so formal and this photo essay doesnt disprove the criticism that he doesnt reach out to congress. more important point, neil, i might be exaggerate a little bit but i think he could dress up like mr. potato head, as long as the economy is suction seeding, the people would be fine with it. >> neil: what is interesting this idea he has be more old school, back slapping, meet with your opposition, r...

From this press availability or speech well see from the two leaders. the reuters headline basically said after backslapping in israel, the president faces discontent on the second day of his trip. that pretty much sums it up. >> reporter: it does sum it up. its hard because he needs to essentially try to help president abbas. the israeli government will tell you if they are going to make peace, president abbas is the one person they trust. he is aging. he has a fractured palestinian leadership....

Time. but it may be the best that we can hope for with the crowd thats currently running the house. >> one more detail here. part of this new proposal by the democrats includes closing some tax loopholes, which is what republicans had once supported. why have they changed now? >> well, a lot of what used to be the gop orthodoxy is now anathema to that party and represents the rightward drift of the party. remember, one of the central issues in the presidential debate some time ago was the idea o...