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But we couldnt find a foreign nation to foot the bill. hillary clinton embodies the corruption of washington. >> she tweets about womens rights in this country and takes money from governments that deny women the most basic human rights. >> do you think they just decided mrs. clinton is the defacto nominee? >> justifiably. there are somewhat amazingly, theres no other real contender that could step in. elizabeth warren has a strong base of activists who support her said repeatedly shes not going...

Cpac will be a good test of whether or not there are enough young people out there, enough people who believe in liberty to allow us to go forward and be a contender. >> i asked you in the past how you describe yourself politically. your answer was constitutional conservative. not libertarian. >> i think libertarian, conservative conservative, constitutional conservative, i think they mean the same thing. that we believe in very limited government. were sort of the leave me alone coalition. thes...

Killings of people in this utopian political nightmare -- not even vision -- and thats why he can basically do anything he wants. because he has this ideology that sanctions his viciousness and vicious actions. >> it empowers him. fawaz gerges thank you for your insight. sad news to report, actor leonard nimoy, known around the world as spock from "star trek" has died. all eyes on jeb bush. hes expected to make an appearance this afternoon at the highstakes conservative gathering cpac. and i...

People didnt lose their lives trying to come to this country. >> let me ask you this. >> were going to break away again, and i want to bring back our peter hamby who has been listening to not only presidential contender on the republican side jeb bush who is speaking right now. and we hear him tip toeing the issue of immigration in one breath saying there should be a path to legal status for immigrants in this country and then on the other side saying that during the influx of immigrants coming ...

Bolt was picked as the sfafrt asfavorite as the mens 100 meters and the mens basketball team is picked to win its third consecutive gold. >> you and i have been betting on the olympics for years. the hammer throw. >> is that curling? >> joey scarboroughs college education was made on illegal offshore bets on curling. >> is that right! >> doesnt matter what the odds are, always go with canada. even if it is 1-5 odds. >> lets move on. nbcnews.com. a candidate for governor is dead police are callin...

Thats had an event at a bar. >> well, these people dont want the government snooping on them. >> does that mean its a safe place? >> yeah, were patrolling the door and nobody from the government comes in this place. no, i mean, these kids are excited. theyre, you know, young and now free of their parents yoke to a certain extent but want to be free from the governments yoke as well. >> lets talk about where you are in the process, i know youre thinking about running for president, where are you?...

Remember, this is the same event that mitt romney said i am severely conservative. he was trying to appeal to that base. i am interested to see how far he is willing to go to appeal to this crowd. >> crystal, lets look at some of the folks speaking today. rand paul, donald trump, jeb bush to name a few. who do democrats want to run against? >> i think jeb bush is one of the stronger general election contenders and has indicated that he is not willing to just cow tow to the far right to get to th...

>> joining us now, the man running the show, chairman of the group behind cpac, matt thanks for joining us tonight. >> great to be with you, shannon. >> looks like youre off to a rip roaring start. lets start there with ted cruz because he is somebody who is very comfortable speaking. he does this all the time. he goes out there without notes and fires up the crowd. this is his kind of crowd. and it sounds like hes trying to separate himself as a potential 2016 contender against others who he sa...

>> im back at the roundtable. do you think the president wants the issue of immigration in favor of the hispanic community especially and other liberals to get a better break in this country, or does he want the bill to pass? is he really out there helping the republicans buy into this thing or enjoying the fight? because its good politically for him. >> i think to a large extent, this is a winning political issue for democrats, and thats part of the message that you get from this administration...

As a contender? >> i dont know that theyre taking her seriously as a contender. but she seems to have a particular role in shes the only female among the 18 or 19 and therefore is thought to have some special standing to attack hillary. which she did, which got huge standing ovation. as long as she wants to stick around in the race and play the role conservatives, at least the ones here at cpac will be very happy to have her doing it. >> steve, i want to talk about ted cruz, who was swinging in ...