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As the president admitted today, he may have asked for it. >> i might have said in the heat of the moment during one of these debates, i want to raise the minimum wage, so sue me when i do, but i didnt think that they were going to take it literally. >> earlier today in an interview the president called boehners announcement of the planned lawsuit a stunt, prompting the speakers office to blast out a statement. the american people, their ee leked representatives and the supreme court have all ex...

>> since foreverairy, right. >> we cant trust the president he has this overreach. were trying to break that so we can force him to -- it gives them cover for that and gives democrats a lot of political hey to make. raising money to make. they can say this is a horrible thing, they are trying to attack the president. >> i feel like ifs a see saw, it definitely favors democrats, also because history shows us, josh, when you try and impeach a president in a second term in a midterm election it doe...

The mechanisms are set up to ensure they are properly vetted. its complex and not easy. its a very difficult environment but does need to happen otherwise the u.s. will be seen as kplis it. >> speaking of which, theres a new report out that is authored by folks from the cia and pentagon and former head of central command that cautions americas use of drones risks a war with killing without end. you indicated the tools necessary to combat terrorism and the president had much success in using dron...

Fresh in everyones mind -- >> you think its tied -- >> i wonder, talking to advocates, folks who call this man the deporter in chief, there is real frustration -- you know this, been to the board and met with the deported that the white house has waited too long. its not about getting an amend policy handed down. people want the president to act. i wonder whether there is truly pressure and true frustration with this white house when they say its time to act. >> i thinked advocates are dissatisf...

Election, hes out of here in two years in impeachment. with democrats who started to impeach bush, when we got to 06 and two years left, lets let this lie, beat them up and use them as foil for next election. hes hoping he can get to that place. >> john brought up the point that a lot of this is smoke screen for republicans in action on immigration. i guess i wonder if you think the timing of this lawsuit is really specifically linked to waiting for the president to hand down whatever executive ...

Basis and policy basis to act where he can on his own. congressman luis gutierrez said the time for waiting is over. the white house delayed jeh johnsons announcement because they want more time precisely because there is this humanitarian crisis. my question to you, john, what explains this rift between democrats in congress saying the president must act and white house which seems to be trying to buy some time. >> what it is, this works quite well together. the democrats are putting pressure s...

Those things. the supreme court lightly weakened the epa rules on carbon and threw out his recess appointments when he was saying the senate was out of session and no -- >> if you gavel in for 30 seconds that means youre at work. if only i can do 30 seconds of a television show and say i was at work, but anyway. >> i think this is -- its a part of a broader agenda where republicans are saying the president is trying to do these various bad things but were trying to stop him. republicans arent tr...

Yours. so we cant afford to wait for congress right now. thats why im going ahead and moving ahead without them wherever i can. >> in other words, the heat wave shows no sign of letting up any time soon. joining me now is correspondent for the upshot at the new york times, josh barrow and washington bureau chief, brightening our day for buzz feed, john stanton. this is what im seeing as i read the landscape, john. this is actually really good for democrats. it allows the president to go out ther...

Underscore that thought, susan. republican congressman tom price of georgia, a conservative that the national review last month called boehners biggest threat, told wmal radio yesterday that the northeastern republicans were to plame for what many conservatives believe was a bad deal to avert the fiscal cliff. listen to what he said. >> the vote is really fascinating. if you look at the votes that were yes on the republican side, there were 85 of them, and 70 of them come from blue states. so i ...

It some inherent bias? >> well, you could call it bias. i think john boehner was just nervous about bringing up a bill that some of his more rural and conservative members would have a question about right after the fiscal cliff deal. i think he was, frankly, worried that todays vote might have turned out differently, todays vote for speaker might have turned out differently had he done that right then. and so, you know, you could say its arguable that certainly for self-preservation that was a ...