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Played, and it is a transformation that this committee and the house should decline. >> julian, is that right? >> thats absolutely right. and i think the likelihood is, i think its almost 70, 80% likely, that this cook case wont even make it into court, because of what is known as the standing issue. the article iii requirement in the constitution, that in order to bring a case, you must show some kind of individualized harm. speaker boehner here has not lost his health insurance. the house has ...

Carried out the law would be a radical liberalization of the role that the judiciary has played, and it is a transformation that this committee and the house should decline. >> julian, is that right? >> thats absolutely right. and i think the likelihood is, i think its almost 70, 80% likely, that this cook case wont even make it into court, because of what is known as the standing issue. the article iii requirement in the constitution, that in order to bring a case, you must show some kind of in...

Which they have been communicating and theyre not discoverable. we cannot see them. congress cannot see them and the irs with lois lerner was overjoyed to hear about that. thats leading to calls for a special prosecutor. first let me ask you on your take on what we heard today from a judge on whether the irs is going to have to prove that it cant produce lois lerners communication. >> that litigation is the only way well get to the bottom of this until you have a different justice department tha...

Communicating and theyre not discoverable. we cannot see them. congress cannot see them and the irs with lois lerner was overjoyed to hear about that. thats leading to calls for a special prosecutor. first let me ask you on your take on what we heard today from a judge on whether the irs is going to have to prove that it cant produce lois lerners communication. >> that litigation is the only way well get to the bottom of this until you have a different justice department than the one we have now...

And administration are sitting on the bench. they are surrendering to a new normal of high unemployment and instead of standing shoulder to shoulder, they are making it easy tore live without a job. >> the president would tribe to act with executive orders when congress cannot. >> and well turn to iran. a team of international inspectors set to monitor the deal. and the watch dog will visit the uranium enrichment facilities. it puts temporary curbes and lifts western sanctions in return. chief w...

Say a republican senate and republican house repeal obama care, is it still living? do they have to act again in 2017? >> one congress cannot bind a future congress except with a constitutional amendment within the states going along with it. so this part of obama care is absurd and the house has voted to repeal obama care over and over again. it would disappear along with the rest of the law. it show use the mentality of the people who put the law in place. this is an example of lunatics runnin...

To make sure that essentially spending doesnt go up and that the long-term debt of the country is addressed. we know part of this is a budget conference that is due to report back by mid december. i have heard from people in both parties saying that they are hopeful, hopeful that this bipartisan group can come to some form of agreement so we dont do this every two to three months forever, shep. shep shep that would be dreamy. mike emanuel on capitol hill. thanks a lot. one of the nations richest...

Boehner and barack obama and their relatively weaknesses. they are relatively weak. its about a breakdown of a political culture. weve descended into a form. and arc can i. this congress cannot put together a sensible plan. its going to take presidential leadership. more than that, this government by the people, what we need now is for the people to rise up and raise hell. if politicians in washington go if they cant see the light, make them feel the heat. if seniors rise up and talk about their...

Raised the prospect, as they did two years ago, that president obama has the power under the constitution to raise the debt ceiling all by himself. to take this away from congress, to just raise the debt ceiling, citing the fourth section of the 14th amendment of the constitution, which says that the validity of the public debt of the united states shall not be questioned. when house democrats brought this up a couple of years ago, president obama said he did not want to do it. he said, congress...

Citing the fourth section of the 14th amendment of the constitution, which says that the validity of the public debt of the united states shall not be questioned. when house democrats brought this up a couple of years ago, president obama said he did not want to do it. he said, congress should be able to handle it. congress cannot handle it. should he, could he, just take the keys away from this child? the great steve kornacki joins us next. stay with us. ♪ honey, we need to talk. we do? i too...