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Dollars are being used to promote the health care law. actress jada pinkett-smith was on the the hill for the launch of the senate caucus to end human trafficking. politico says she also has plans to visit the white house. president obama is thinking lincoln. later this evening hell coast the cast and the crew of of the new movie for a special screening at the white house. and thats all for ron paul. the former presidential contender and long time congressman from texas gave what will likely b...

The president is now back at the white house after visiting storm damaged areas of new york following the impact of hurricane sandy and waiting for him as ever is mike viqueira who is there on the lawn. mike, let me start with this. what has been the white house reaction, if any, to mitt romneys gifts comments and explaining his shellacking at the presidential election? >> reporter: what are we only ten days out the election? >> we are. >> reporter: i think from a political standpoint, politics ...

Continues. its going to be a pretty big one going forward. >> did the president not indicate in that press conference by implication that his next nomination, his candidate for secretary of state, is susan rice? >> well, he seemed to be implying that. but i think it would be premature to say shes definitely the choice. you know, there are a lot of factors that go into this. john kerry is still, you know, a contender for this. he would also make a very good secretary of state. i want to go back t...

Shakeup as heme enters his seco term. the washington post says that john kerry is being considered as new secretary of defense. kerry was thought to be a leading candidate for the secretary of state position, but this article says senior officials familiar with planning believe the job will likely go to susan rice, the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. still rice would likely face a tough nomination process after initially mischaracterizing the deadly bengahzi attacks as a protest gone wrong. the pr...

Politically. any idea at this point someone that maybe you know of? you know a lot more people than i do. maybe the american public isnt familiar with but we will become familiar with over the next few years. >> i did toss kristen gillebrand out there for a reason. a lot of women see her as a very strong contender on that bench if hillary doesnt decide to run. you know, i think that marco rubio is an interesting idea. we know about him, whether he can prevail. id love to see condy rice. i dont s...

Leading contender. she got caught up in the whole benghazi situation. the famous now infamous sunday morning talk show interviews that were confusing. that may hurt her chances. we will see. the other big name out there is eric holder, the attorney general, whether or not he will stay or go. today he addressed that take a listen. thats something im in the process of trying to determine. the first step has already occurred the president has been reelected and i will have to think about can i cont...

Sooner than later. >> i want to talk about what this means for your career because we have the opportunity to talk about your political capital and now you have seen this through to victory. "the washington post" wrote that you are the most in any of the people on this list when it comes to 2016 in terms of probably being thought of app as a contender for running for president and "time" ranked you among the political leaders to watch. as you pointed out, im just a kid from baltimore, will you b...

That rape is up for redefinition. each in places where mitt romney won the popular vote in the state, we nonetheless saw that todd akins and the richard mourdocks fall and that should be very encouraging because it does say these sort of things are off the table, this is the 21st century we are citizens and operate as true. >> success, you know, spurs success especially when it comes to women moving ahead in all facets of life, business, politics, reports that actress ashley judd could be a top ...

She has made no secret of the fact that she is ready to leave. some have said she might be a possible contender for 2016. well have to wait and see if that pans out. but who are the possible replacements? they include senator john kerry or u.n. ambassador susan rice. of course, senator john kerry recently spent a lot of time with president obama. he helped him on debate preparations. another person who has been very vocal about wanting to leave if the president has a second term. treasury secret...

Favorite on the gop side, especially if he doesnt lose i think that says what else gop contender could be out there? >> jimmy, this will likely be the second straight election cycle where repuority in the senate but failed to do so because they nominated a bunch of unelectable people. sharron angle christine richard akin, if the republicans fail to take the majority this time which it be able to searching on the republican side of the aisle? >> well should. i think there are a couple things that...