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As being in his eyes a fundamental part of the debate process really extraordinary. >> particularly when its off the air for sometime. there was no cultural cash shay at the moment to bring us up except to give -- for me there was a lot of criticism early on about my character that perhaps he wasnt gay enough or neutered or safe for america. we said instead of running around and sleeping with guys he was looking for one man to love turns out is a much more dangerous idea to americans than we rea...

Script and the direction of it? >> no. gregg, i think the point in this is that someone is getting an advantage that other candidates arent getting, and thats the point. its not lets wait and lets see. again, its not just about hillary. shes not the only one on the democratic side and, frankly, its not about picking winners and losers on the republican side. every candidate should have an equal access to air time and opportunity to go out there and tell their story. like i said, piece after piec...

Going to expand our base. well, by taking nbc and cnn work the very respected networks, out of the debate process, if you could do that, how are you expanding the base? and worse still, both those networks hispanic affiliates which are also covered by this resolution. there will be no debates carried on those hispanic affiliates. it is ludicrous. that and the partys affiliation, thats a great way to expand your vote with hispanic voters. this is silliness and they dont get it. you can have all t...

And run-up to 2016 and primary debates, nor would sanction any primary debates because of planned documentaries about hillary clinton. according to rnc communications director sean spicer, they simply dont want news organizations tipping the scales in the upcoming election. take a listen. >> it is about time the republican party started taking control of the debate process. we need to create a system that puts the party, the best interests of our candidates at stake. >> reporter: and that vote i...

Published, you can look at it. you can see a great many independe independents look at those two networks and almost exclusively some of them so youre foreclosing reaching out to independents your party desperately needs. >> greg, i would turn this back for a second and say we basically said -- we actually said to nbc and cnn, you guys have be-its your call. you want to be part of this process, dont do this. theyve chosen not to -- so far at least go forward with this. we need to draw a line in ...

Eliminating those as viewers and thats what you want to do, isnt it, you want to not limit your base but expand your base. >> absolutely, greg. at the same time we dont want to commit political malpractice and say networks that tip the scales in elections should be rewa rewarded by being actively involved who we choose as our partys nominee. this was the first step reclaiming the debate process, deciding who the moderators and networks and number of debates will be. we will let the networks know...

Idea. whats your specific problem with the films? >> well, you know, i just think that groups like nbc and cnn that are in the business of news ought to take into consideration the fact that if you want to actually moderate and produce a debate that chooses a nominee for president on the republican side of the aisle, that it would be reasonable to have the chairman of the party say hang on a second. you ought not be doing feature films or documentaries and mini series about what we know to be a ...

>> thrills up his leg when he sees obama. we saw a number debates, we had over 20 debates that were frankly cringe inducing and in many republicans minds, including my own, very hurtful for the party. i think its its important for the rnc to get control of this debate process so were not having one every week and they end up being hurtful to a particular candidate in the process. this still has the added bonus of having the support for the base. but i do think its important for the rnc and im go...

Said he will veto it. its obviously not going to go anywhere in the senate. what theyre hoping for, presumably, is for the debate about this bill, particularly by their side, to be so edifying that it will spark the kind of discussion and understanding in the country thats worth it despite the fact that this is wasted legislative time. >> absolutely. and, you know, and the point was made consistently by democrats throughout the debate process who would ask for parliamentary points and ask to int...

All of abortion. >> obviously the republicans in the houses know that this bill they passed today in their side of capitol hill is not going to go anywhere. the president has explicitly said he will veto it. its obviously not going to go anywhere in the senate. what theyre hoping for, presumably, is for the debate about this bill, particularly by their side, to be so edifying that it will spark the kind of discussion and understanding in the country thats worth it despite the fact that this is w...