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>> probably not. >> i did have to give them television. the judge many years ago said you have to have tv and never said what to show. so i decide what to show. im sure not going to show this series to them. so i show them the weather channel, the food channel and c-span. really have to watch all these politicians. thats all they get. theyre still getting television. >> and one of his latest innovations when we were there was this idea of this, what he called a chair, actually an exercise bike, ...

Of the united states, and i want to stay focused on the media, when you say he has no moral authority you are acting as a pundit saying he doesnt have what it takes to persuade the country but dont people in our business have a lot to do this? the tone has been concept california, aggressive. is this another iraq? >> gees i wonder why we are skeptical. that is our job. that is our job. that is our job. they sell this. by the time -- i tell without has done a good job in the media, the congressio...

>> ill plug my home state. fancy farms a great event in kentucky. you can watch it on c-span. my friend chris will do. check it out. allison grimes will be there. >> one of the great political events you can find anywhere in the country. >> what can i possibly plug? in play yesterday on post tv. its great. >> i can say it. >> i couldnt think of anything but jackie gave me a good idea "the washington post" in play. >> shameless. >> hilarious. >> thank you. thats it for this edition of the daily r...

I need to ask? >> jeff flake if you need to ask is 50 yeshs old and looking pretty good at 50, i would say. he is, of course, known for his survivor style get-aways. there is him on one of his breaks. he took a week-long trip to a deserted island in 2009 and he actually returned with his kids this year. he is known for roughing it. maybe that helps him stay fit. who knows. >> getting some nods from the women in the studio here. second is kirby bumpas who has pretty powerful connections and also ...

We have doing the most beautiful list for ten years and this is our first set of identical twins and both work at c-span as production assistants and number four and pfeiffer on the list. no particular order. i think the older one at number four and the younger one at the number five slot. give the 10-second older twin the seniority there. >> i can see what is going on in that household. 16 republicans on the breakdown and 26 democrats and eight independents. do we assume that democrats are bett...

President, he put away his mavericky cape. later, criticizing president obama became his new m.o. on you name it, the obama care, the filibuster on the repeal of dont ask, dont tell. and president obamas second term, now it seems that senator john mccain may have dusted off that maverick cape and he is back to getting things done with democrats. take, for example, this past may, democratic senator claire mccaskill. they agreed on the budget until now. he called it a back room deal to move the bu...

Moment on the floor of the united states house of representatives, wherein i watched a c-span live feed and thought, this is what government should look like. ill bring that to you shortly. tonight we go to galesburg illinois where president obama kicked off his own summer tour of sorts. he gave not one, but two speeches on the economy, beginning with a series of events planned across the country this summer, focusing on how to support an embattled middle class. making clear that hes a man with ...

Conversations with mitch mcconnell. i just assumed these were going on all the time. it only takes three minutes to walk front one of their offices to the other. they see each other on the floor but never see each other one on one. >> what would you say is -- has this been just a slow evolution that has gotten the senate into a more house-like atmosphere or was there a trigger? is it the bork fight right? the is it, you know, some people like to point to bork. is that the trigger? >> that certai...

>> tonight, all 100 senators were invited to a rare closed-door meeting in the old senate chamber where there are no c-span cameras to see if an agreement could possibly be reached on seven executive nominations that will be voted on tomorrow or at least brought up tomorrow including president obamas nominees to lead the epa, the labor department, and the consumer financial protection bureau. harry reid has said that he will stand down on that rule change if republicans will allow up or down vot...

You watch c-span directly. you could be making a lot of money doing this, your hobby here. you dont want the money. you just want to be able to hang out with politicians. where does that come from? >> exactly right. ive been interested in politics many, many years. a while ago i tried to figure out how to get a look behind the scenes of one was the traditional method of giving hundreds of thousands to campaigns and asking for access. that wasnt going to happen with me. i tried to figure out a mo...