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This is allowing the people of america to have a president who could have his team, to have his team in place. this is nothing like went on before. >> tonight, all 100 senators were invited to a rare clos 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 departmen...

Theyre just saying no to the idea that anybody will be allowed to run that agency. they think if they can keep the agency from getting a confirmed director, they can keep the agency from doing its job which, of course, is defined by law. but, you know, easier to block one guy than try to change the law, right? well now senate majority leader harry reid says hes not going to wait any longer. today he demanded richard cordray and six other presidential nominees start getting votes in the senate to...

Happened, that would be a very big deal. thats the thing they call nuclear option. and its harry reids finger on the button. tonight the senate is just finishing up a meeting in the agust old senate chamber. they met in the old senate chamber tonight in way they almost never do. republicans and democrats met together there, all 100 of them in a chamber that crucially has no c-span cameras in it. in this meeting of 100, they are reportedly trying to find a solution to this stand yuf over nominees...

Hes trying to convince the muslim brotherhood and islamists to come back in the political process. that is a hard sell. youre trying to convince them the first time around democracy didnt work, it was ousted, but come back into the mix well give it another shot. theyre not buying it. they feel even if they win the next round of elections they will be ousted once again. people on the streets are extremely anxious and losing more confidence by the day in the institutions of the state with the exce...

Given those dynamics. tag tag romney said he was looking for excuses to guess out of it." his father. romney would have made a better president, he, romney, would gladly have stepped a side, according to the author. what changed romneys mind? thats the question. he didnt think fellow republican contenders were up for the job. "i didnt think any of them hl a good chance of defeating the president. in some case i thought they lacked the experience and perspective to do what was essential to get th...

His father. if there had been someone better to have run for president than he, romney, would gladly have stepped aside, according to the author. so what changed romneys mind? thats the question. according to romney, he didnt think hes fellow republican contenders were up for the job. quote i didnt think any of them had a good chance of defeating the president. and in some cases i thought that they lacked the experience and perspective necessary to do what was essential to keep the country on tr...

Until the day before emade the announcement he was looking for excuses to get out of it. if there had been someone better to have run for president than he, he would have gladly stepped aside. quote i didnt think any of them had a good chance of defeating the president. and in some cases i thought that they lacked the experience and perspective necessary to do what was essential to keep the country on track. finally during an appearance on bravos "watch what happens" live with andy cohen here, c...

Independent federal judges overseeing the entire program and youve got congress overseeing the program, not just the spwepbs committee, not -- the intelligence committee, not just the judiciary committee. but all of us congress had available to it before the last reauthorization exactly how this program works. >>gretchen: heres the problem with what hes saying. when president bush was in office, then-senator obama did not agree with the tactics that he now supports. you know, point, the patriot ...

Speech that offers some hint that will generate some buzz about perspective run in iowa, in south carolina. most of this is happening behind the scenes. you havent yet seen many people take big steps forward in a way that kind of announces that theyre likely to run, unlike rand paul. i think rand paul has probably been the most aggressive on the republican side in that respect. >> shannon: yeah, and the filibuster. on the floor stand rand a lot of people that caught their attention sit around wa...

Last week said he was interviewing new staff after several aides quit, looks like he made good on that promise. he tweeted this pick of the new hires. a picture of himself and a staffer who clearly drew the short straw. as for the crack-smoking part of the story, the crack video might be gone. well continue to monitor this story. in the meantime, while use this on the update as a shameless to show you all of this rob ford footage once again. and the third awesomeness thing on the internet today,...