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Priority. and the president has talked about a $1 trillion program over a number of years. its going to be a very interesting process. this is the beginning point. congress will work through these issues. >> and also a longstanding republican priority is not add to go the deficit. >> that is correct. >> it will be interesting to see if republicans will stand on that principle when it comes to these 12 to $15 billion for this wall. >> right. >> congressman, you only answered two of our questions,...

>> -- is a gay, married couple, they are welcome in your church? >> welcome in the sense that all of us welcome the individual, walk with them. each of us is called to conversion. i myself am, too. however, the beginning point is to welcome people, and meet them where they are. i think pope francis has rightly said that that is our task in life. is to meet people and walk with them, as we all are converted to christ. >> so, okay, so when you talk about conversion, are you talking about conversio...

It, at least thats a beginning point? >> well, its the beginning of our process. last night on the rare sunday sex, there was drama, there was passion. there were some raised voices. now as you mentioned, senate leaders are trying to make sure the lapse in this law, many see as vital to fighting terrorism is only a few days long or as short as possible. >> im not going to take it anymore. i dont think the american people are going to take it anymore. >> reporter: the heated debate over the patri...

Politicians and elected officials, probably needs to be reconsidered and thrown out as a beginning point. the other part is this libertarian view about there is no role for government. i love the fact that the nsa is trying to keep up with microsoft and google and facebook in spying on us and getting our secret information and our private information. it is frankly not as competent as those technology companies. and yet you will see people clucking everywhere. the nsa has intruded on us. >> we d...

Where a piece of debris is now or has been spotted, then you can get a better handle on what parameters are at play. with respect to the wind versus currents. if its just currents carrying it along, that gives us more information if its wind pushing on the surface and blowing it in different directions in addition to currents. and if its just currents, what i would assume but with no information i cant say for sure, then itll be a lot slower transport. and so really does narrow down the field qu...

Which political story will make headlines in the next 24 hours. we know there are going to be meetings at the white house and the government is still shutdown. im not going to predict anything will happen. lets talk politics for a moment, chris, we have the lonergan election and the polls will be open and we have the first debates in new york, general election debates with de blasio tonight. here is bill de blasio, acknowledged front-runner, the democratic candidate, with alec baldwin on friday ...

Italian restaurant. right in the middle of the meal, an older woman, i think italian american from everything i could see, walked up and she goes, right to dante. she starts talking to him about the ad. and complimenting him and then turns to the table and says, and then maybe i should say 60 years old give or take. she says, that ad was about family. and then she walks away. and i think that was one of the moments of understanding. we are talking about, you know, trying to respect every kind of...

Up and started to talk to him about the ad. and she turned to the table and said, that ad was about family. and then she walks away. and i think that was one of those moments of ngtds. we are talking about, you know, trying to respect every kind of people, trying to have a city and government that actually helps people along that helps them through their struggles, that really loves an embraces people from the beginning point, which is family of every kind. and thats what got communicated. and i...

Control and theyre going to try to take it back over again. this is not a pilot -- this is not what you call an instrument landing here. this is going to have to be a pilot-driven thing. and john boehner has to be the pilot that takes over from the instrument landing. a and the instrument landing is ted cruz, because he has been the kind of, you know, reading of the republican party from the right because theyve been so afraid of the tea party element of that party that they have been incapable ...

Policy and law is that it has inordinately be concerned with the preservation of whiteness in this country. that is the beginning point. you talk about the chinese exclusion act and the japanese ex clues act and when we talk about really what were dealing now is the legacy of the 1924 immigration restriction act. so that act set the quota, that was what first said, well be accepting people based upon national origins and backlog it 30 years to the 1890 census meaning your people werent here, you...