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Side, hillary and chris christie have a problem with scandal. if biden throws the hat in the ring i think president obama will endorse his vp i think its a long time away. i think more so republicans are a little bit more splintered than democrats who they support. also in the republican party, jon, we have a diversity problem. in 2004, bush won ohio by getting 16% of the blacks vote. what we need to do with rnc and other caucuses do to diversity districts and talk about what we do better for th...

Tired. i have to tell you. nobody cares more about this process than the man whos going to be on the ticket with whoever they choose. >> excellent point. excellent point. >> good conversation. >> i dont know if theres sand that deep to bury your head in. >> you can always find it. coming up on "new day," just when you thought it couldnt get any worse, the underage kids sexting. the law -- >> you even hate the word, though. >> the law calls it kiddie porn. thats what the story is all about. doz...

Comedy maybe -- does the popular show "saturday night live" have a diversity problem. and no celebrating. will the nfl become the no-fun league? second hour of "newsroom" starts now. good morning. im carol costello. thank you for being with me. get ready for a miserable weekend in the northeast. that massive storm that messed up halloween for millions in the midwest is now on its way east. take a look at this. this is scary. in douglas, kansas, a school bus tried to drive-through standing wa...

Diversity problem? >> most definitely when you have a cast with only two african-american cast members and no african-american women, come on now. thats a obvious situation when you look at it that way. i hope this makes them change it. >> im sure the decision was made a long time ago. carrie washington by the way is going to be there. sc come november. >> november 3rd. lets talk about prince. >> yes. >> because you and i are both prince fans. >> yes, we are. >> so prince hosted a pajama party...

Modeled after the nfls rooney rule and people of color are interviewed for positions. >> i knew it wasnt going to be a great statistic. it was lower than i thought. >> when you look who is represented on these corporate boards, we have a problem. even with the great successes of minority firms we have a diversity problem across the board whether we are talking about media, technology companies. we have a massive problem. until we have jobs and freedom economic prosperity, we will continue to suf...

Are saying, we dont want tom harkin. >> i think this is close to chuck hagel pick. nobody outside of the obama white house prefers larry summers. its not clear hell be good at managing the open market committee on the fed. people talk about the fed chair as being tremendously powerful but the fed chairs decisions have to be ratified by the whole board. he needs to build consensus among them. summers has a fraught record. i think hes done impressive things in his career but its a time you need th...

The republican party? hes young, he helps address that are diversity problem, which is a really serious one. hes acceptable to the tea party folks, he talks in a way that is not scary or doesnt off-put people who are in the middle. so he is a guy with some enormous promise. >> but this is style versus substance? right now the republican partys answers to its problems are were going to change the face, change some of our phraseology, but were not changing substance yet? >> were going to wait. >> ...

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Thats great, but the republicans need to understand that in order for them to pass comprehensive immigration reform, theyre going to need to have a coalition of republicans and diversity within the democratic party on both sides. i think colin powell said it best. colin powell, a republican that has served on several administrations, hes tried to shepherd the republican party into a new era, and its not a matter of just touting one person of color every so often for the republican party. america...

Correct the diversity problem? >> think the pressure will be on for him to make sure that we dont see white men across the board the way weve seen in these early appointments. this is the piece of the criticism that the obama white house has had for a long time that its the boyses club and the culture of the place is frat housy and as lynn was saying, despite the support that the president has gotten for his elections from women, thats a charge thats often been levied against him. you see the wh...