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Election in your view? >> you know, i think its a moving target in as much as when you look at congress certainly has that overnight obligation to make sure -- and thats why all of those investigations are occurring. by the same token, the executive has to respond to those. thats the moving target on impeachment. when im out traveling like i did last week, seven different meet and greets in iowa, people are talking about health care. theyre talking about the concern of losing their farm. theyre ...

Today we know nancy pelosi as the highest-ranking woman in american politics, leading a record number of women in congress, but it was a much different story when he came to congress over 30 years ago. mika brzezinski recently sat down with the house speaker to talk about just how much has changed. >> nancy pelosi arrived in congress in 1987, with a solidly liberal reputation, and one obvious challenge. making her way through a house of representatives that was 95% male. >> there were only 23 wo...

Of which there are fewer and fewer. and this a fantastic time to be american. keep america great. as the president launches his re-election bid in florida, that is the crux of his campaign. hes even warning about the possibility of a market crash if hes not re-elected. things will be much different this time around from 2016 with the power of an incumbent president. and with a much more sophisticated campaign apparatus with volunteer training, a major digital operation and massive fund-raising a...

Again on executive power? his challenge though when he talked to his advisers when you look at the articles of impeachment from 1974, the house democrats, one of the articles of impeachment went after abuse of power, did the president do too much, president nixon, from stopping congress from hearing testimony about what actually happened during the watergate break-in. as much as the president believes how the office of the presidency evolves in the past 50 years and it has grown in power and it ...

And i would say im a member of congress. oh, youre a member of congress, you can go anyplace you want. shortly thereafter i was looking for a vote something for hiv/aids, which was my focus early in the days. i started following one of my targets into the speakers lobby and beyond. i started to go into this room, and the officers are saying, congresswoman you cant go there. i said, im a congresswoman, i can go everywhere i said, and they want, congresswoman, its the mens room. >> one place you d...

On the right, newt gingrich and s.e. cupp. what can president obama still accomplish in his second term? plus, the outrage of the day. tonight on "crossfire." welcome to "crossfire." im s.e. cupp on the right and were all here again. im joined by newt going rish ap on the left by stephanie kut r cutter and van jones. president obama keeps swatting away accusations but today the supreme court told the president that his actions are unconstitutional. todays ruling is just a beginning of wide ran...

Lets put on the screen how many presidents have used executive actions. reagan is twice the number of president obama in terms of using his executive power. and the entire reason hes doing that is because congress is refusing to act. i think the american people appreciate the fact that the president is not going to wait for congress to continue obstructing. hes going to take action under his constitutional authority. >> unlawful action. >> its a frustrating thing to have a constitution, to have ...

Desire to enl kate people in a timely manner that is not tied to an election and the irs drags you out forever in getting approval. >> look, you know, the irs is a reality in our lives, nobody is a fan f it, we all have to pay taxes. but the bigger problem is that republicans are trying to create political havoc over this where there is none. as a result, important things arent getting done in congress. rather than going to the floor saying that the attorney general should be impeached, ted cruz...

John boehner, speaker of the house. they were happy to work with congress if they would move on something. >> you know who is angry with the president? democrats for going around them when they release terrorists. you know whos angry with the president? democrats for not telling them about the nsa spying problem. its not just republicans you mistreat. its democrats too. theyre electing officials as well. >> every one of the democrats you pointed out understand that the president would like to wo...

Behalf of these kids? whats happening is both parties should be outraged. whats happening is smugglers are going to the families, going to the moms and dads, blinding these people saying we will take your children and get them to the united states. >> theyre not lying. theyre getting them there. >> listen to what im saying. this is seriously a problem thats happening in our region. its not just the united states. these kids are fleeing all over. but our laws -- bush administration laws say if yo...