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Face a test. this is dr. katherine allen. a family physician from salt lake city. she is fluent in french. she sings in a lady quartet group thing. utah, i love you. she has never held public office. but like a lot of americans, she has discovered a new appetite to get off the sidelines and get involved these days. she has been sending petitions to her congressman. she has been showing up to his town halls looking for answers. after months of getting no satisfying response from their congressman...

Contender for that seat. >> jon huntsman was rumored as a possible opponent for president obama. what did president obama do? he named jon huntsman the ambassador to china. the joke at the time was keep your friends close and your enemies in china. the president needs senator orrin hatch whos head of the finance committee. hes going to be intricate in the health care and tax reform. >> hatch has helped him get his cabinet picks approved. as the longest serving senator, his seat might just be saf...

Privately behind the scenes hes an entirely different guy, that he -- he is very charming one on one. he doesnt use the hyperbole and is able to smooth things over. so well see what the fallout is today, but keep in mind, senator ted cruz is a very important person when it comes to getting this repeal and replace plan through the senate and, you know, earlier this week when senator rand paul, also a former presidential contender, and mike lee, two very staunch conservatives in the senate came ou...

The negative implications of releasing them versus not releasing them. it worked to mitt romneys disadvantage and evidently donald trump was unfazed by it. >> but donald trump encouraged normal release those taxes. donald trump -- and there is no mandate, federal law that would specifically call for a presidential contender to release their taxes, its just traditional, and traditionally has been done -- even richard nixon diit under audit, released his taxes. so when it comes to transparency, do...

That it is donald trump who is president and not him when he actually was someone who took governing seriously. i dont think he was a good governor, but he seemed to actually take governing seriously. i think at this point, arnold schwarzenegger has done a lot of harm to his own brand too, so i dont think he could be a serious contender either. certainly when he was governor he actually took his responsibilities seriously which donald trump is clearly not doing. >> randall, on bill maher last ni...

>> bill: we have news from the hill. the u.s. senate now confirming ben carson to lead housing and urban development. that vote coming in just moments ago. the outsider once a contender for the republican nomination himself has now been confirmed to lead hud. that story just breaking from the hill. wanted the share that with you right now. 15 minutes before the hour. >> shannon: attorney general jeff sessions responding to a new outcry over his contact with russian. recent reports revealing he m...

Whoever the new leadership is, i think well be in good hands, but we have to be able to paint the picture of who we are as democrats. why folks should support the party and candidates and what were going to do for the american people. >> and simone, minnesota congressman keith ellison is a leading contender. bernie sanders, who you have been working with for many months now leading up to the 2016 race, sanders has been backing ellison. why do you suppose that has? what is it about him that makes...

Root must be done and to out hate and prejudice and evil. >> sean: that was president trump earlier today addressing the issue of anti-semitism after nearly a dozen jewish community centers all around the country received bomb threats yesterday. n the left has been quick to try and blame the president for the rise in these threats, and their search for new dnc chair, which will be selected on saturday, the leading contender is minnesota congressman keith ellison. he has a very controversial asso...

Out hate and prejudice and evil. >> sean: that was president trump earlier today addressing the issue of anti-semitism after nearly a dozen jewish community centers all around the country received bomb threats yesterday. if the left has been quick to try and blame the president for the rise in these threats, , and their search for new dnc chair, which will be selected on saturday, the leading contender is minnesota congressman keith ellison. he has a very controversial association with the leade...

To a look at todays top five headlines. last hour at the white house, press secretary sean spicer was questioned by reporters on the presidents transgender legislation. >> why is this now a priority for the administration 40 days into office? >> its not a priority. i think its a case -- hold on. let me answer the question. its not a prioty. theres a case pending in the preme court in which we have to decide whether or not to continue to issue guidance to the court. it is not -- its dictated by t...