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Cross-currents. finally syria remains a plays where eye says is established. and turmoil in itselves to to the -- and it has to be a resolution of the conflict in syria, as best we can, and other parts of the region as well. >> would you be putting a pause on getting rid of assad for now? >> no, i dont think we can accept the reality of an assad remaining in power. its a huge contributing factor to the problem. the barbarism shown by isis is shocking, but its no more shocking than the assad regi...

Happened to kevin mccarthy? >> we went through how we got there. this freedom caucus as 40, 4540, 45 members. 247. republicans. how does this happen for somebody sitting on the couch at home? >> there are a lot of cross currents. the bottom line is most people who really understood the math didnt think he was going to be speaker, anyway. >> i think -- i think people in leadership thought as of february of 2016, kevin mccarthy would not be the speaker. >> whether thats true or not is another ques...

Happened to kevin mccarthy? >> we went through how we got there. this freedom caucus as 40, 4540, 45 members. 247. republicans. how does this happen for somebody sitting on the couch at home? >> there are a lot of cross currents. the bottom line is most people who really understood the math didnt think he was going to be speaker, anyway. >> i think -- i think people in leadership thought as of february of 2016, kevin mccarthy would not be the speaker. >> whether thats true or not is another ques...

Liability when their products hurt people. now, in context, its not that bernie sanders should be seen as a conservative on the issue of guns, hes not conservative on any issue, including guns. but unlike most other big hot topic issues, where senator sanders is to the left of the typical democrat, he is not to the left of a typical democrat on guns, at least, he hasnt been in the past. >> that makes for some interesting cross currents, now that he is running for president and doing so well for ...

>> robert, when you say you had heard and part of the reason you were hanging around late was because you heard he might be resigning and it seemed far-fetched but youd heard that might be possible, had you heard those rumors before the visit of pope francis? im asking because i think everybodys trying to discern just at a human level whether or not that obviously spiritually very moving experience was the catalyst for him leaving the day. >> i heard pope francis came. i heard from a couple frie...

Praying out whoed, worshipping god all together as one. it was amazing. >> this is a group on campus for students committed to joining the priesthood. one of them is a graduate of the academy. he said whatever he did, he would not be able to get the same joy of being a priest. the joy doesnt even compare to the joy that i feel here. >> when we return, well come back to new york city where many churches have closed and look at how one catholic church is navigating the cross currents within the fa...

Might be possible, had you heard those rumors before the visit of pope francis? im asking because i think everybodys trying to discern just at a human level whether or not that obviously spiritually very moving experience was the catalyst for him leaving the today. >> i heard that before pope francis came. i heard from a couple friends of speaker boehner on deep background that boehner actually had floated the idea maybe ill just leave after the pope because its the cap of my career. hes a devou...

Miami after coming -- >> pretty much, yeah. >> you really understand all of these cross currents. is that what you were trying to express in your poem today? >> yes. theres a lot of growing up as the son of the exiles and we kind of have, you know, we have a sort of a more balanced perspective and were sort of watching whats going on since i was a little kid, the question of home and identity and homeland and what was cuba was something that was floating around since i was a toddler. and so i fe...

Cpac who felt the republican party should support the banning of gay marriage. theyre just all of these cross currents. >> a lot of it is this young generation which is more libertarian/con receiver difference economically, but much more liberal socially. and thats the whole generation. this new generation of kids say under 35, there is not -- theyre not very ideologically divided the way our generation was. and so they tend to embrace libertarian causes on the left such as same-sex marriage -- ...

Marco rubio will be here and he announces on monday. it will set up a contract with clinton, and rubio would make a good challenger to her, new face, latino, strong on foreign policy, beloved by the tea party but obviously u.s. senate and the establishment of the republican party and sets up a contrast with rand paul. marco rubio says he does not intend to seek his senate seat. so, theres a lot of cross-currents going on here, not the least of which is that marco rubio from florida is the proteg...