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That has changed is when youre president, you learn to do things better. early on, the white house really was a little bit too -- a little too easily say anything about race, like when someone was arrested, the poliresident saide police were behaving stupidly. they realized that was a mistake. you should be very thoughtful about it. when he went down to talk about trayvon martin last year, he had thought about it, talked to advisers about it. he had really had what he wanted to say and how he wa...

Speaking out, first to steve kornacki here, and then speaking out forceally elsewhere, as we saw. i think the largest context is important. people say, oh, is this politics as usual? no, but it may be crimes as usual in the sense that there is a history of doing politics this way, leading to criminal acts in new jersey. we dont have all the facts on this yet, but we were looking back today, just at chris christies period as u.s. attorney, about a six-year period, and there were 175 prosecutions ...

Be mad at me. >> thats all right, derrick. he cried a little bit. thats okay. >> that is amazing. mom says derricks reaction is exactly what he expected and there was barely a dry eye in the room for the fans who watched it unfold. >> that was a great story. we were talking about mounting frustration for the president, mainly that nothing gets done in congress. a big reason for that is what some have dubbed the senate veto, or as you know it, the filibuster. if just 41 senators are willing to fi...

Development. and also the fact that you do have this very powerful governor and very powerful mayors, but i have been thinking about this same thing, this politics as usual? and the allegation that he would hold up funding for flood mitigation for sandy in order to essentially do a favor for buddies of his who are linked to this development project, that is way outside of the norm of what happens with politics. this is no sort of pet project, earmark, you support me on this bill and ill get you ...

African-american audiences, the morehouse speemeech, and in the second term, that hasnt change said. hes not doing this for politics, if he was, it would have changed. his rhetoric has always looked to some degree to transcend race, whether or not that works. that point was really well made and reported in the piece. the question i have is specifically on the area that we would call racial justice initialatives, because there are things that have to deal in the law as a factual matter, have to d...

Legislation that tears apart families and damages communities. tony perkins organization has been supportive. heritage action has been supportive, because from a compassionate conservative side, its hard to make a case you should keep the laws in place when theyre so hard on members of our society that are most disadvantaged. >> i interviewed tim lynch and he said the sentences are far too harsh. this is something where libertarians can agree with progressives. how do you go and take that sentim...

Senate. and probably watch it fail again. because nothing will change these peoples minds because they fear the nra so much. >> last word from you, ryan. this seems to be a general hold the line. whatever trick they can use. and no deal on the budget even if it threatens another government shutdown. therest a group out there on the hard right that doesnt want to ever be caught dealing with obama on anything. >> right. and the specifics vary depending on the particular issue. this time it happens...

>> yes, he absolutely -- in the white house, everybody now there gets the message. you asked earlier why kathleen sebelius or anybody in her department didnt get fired as a result of this. >> the person who doesnt exist, they cant fire a man or woman who doesnt have an assignment as the direct responsibility to the president. >> anybody you fire over there who doesnt have a senate confirmation cant be confirmed. >> this is one you cannot blame on the republicans. >> you cant blame the rollout on...

People. thats not been an issue with mcdonough. he is considered if theres a critique of him internally its he gets involved in too many things. that if somethings going wrong, if somebody doesnt know how to shovel a driveway. he doesnt say lets show you how to do it. he just says give me the shovel, ill do it. hes almost too stretched is the criticism you hear. >> why doesnt he fire people that arent delivering? why doesnt he go to the president say, this person whether its kathleen sebelius or...

Little bit? not necessarily get it done people. thats not been an issue with mcdonough. he is considered if theres a critique of him internally its he gets involved in too many things. that if somethings going wrong, if somebody doesnt know how to shovel a driveway. he doesnt say lets show you how to do it. he just says give me the shovel, ill do it. hes almost too stretched is the criticism you hear. >> why doesnt he fire people that arent delivering? why doesnt he go to the president say, this...