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Nothing. joining me now is howard dean, former governor of vermont and also the former chairman of the dnc. governor, good to have you with us. >> thanks, ed, for having me on. >> this is kind of long overdue, isnt it? >> it is, and its a great thing. its not going to put a big dent in the deficit. the real reason its important is because the morale in this countrys been eroded by the enormous gap between the wealthy, who dont play by the same rules as everybody else, and ordinary people who are...

0 great to have you here tonight. thanks for being here. >> thanks, rachel. >> what happens next year? does leon panetta stay on as defense secretary even after hes gone through the motions of stepping down and going back home? >> yes. weve had all of these farewell speeches. the most recent today. then he went off with his wife sylvia for a valentines dinner and was hoping that he wouldnt have to come back. but now he will come back because the senate is in recess. you know, when these things h...

0 republican senators john mccain, ray blunt, roger wicker, lindsey graham, susan murkowski, all these republican senators said before today they might vote no on chuck hagel but they wouldnt block a vote from the minority. they wouldnt filibuster. well, today when push came to shofr it was only susan collins and lisa murkowski who kept their word. all the others said that they wouldnt filibuster, that that would be wrong, and then they did it anyway. john mccain, roy blunt, roger wicker, lindse...

Investing in the american people, doing as the president said last night, making it in america, investing in our manufacturing base, this idea, the policies that he laid out with manufacturing hubs. this is what we need to do, ed. >> all right. im up on time right now. but i do want to get this in. congresswoman terri sewell, all of you, thanks for being here tonight. on a personal note, congresswoman sewell, you brought a very special guest to the state of the union last night. i had the honor ...

And this hostage politics simply has to end. and its moving from crisis to crisis. and then not showing up for work. its simply just exacerbates how the public already feels about congress. our leader nancy pelosi has proposed that we stay here and get the job done. and thats what we should be doing, putting america back to work, embracing the presidents programs that he has laid out. if you have a better idea, put it forward. but everybody, democrat, republican, and independent agrees, the nort...

Crisis. and then not showing up for work. its simply just exacerbates how the public already feels about congress. our leader nancy pelosi has proposed that we stay here and get the job done. and thats what we should be doing, putting america back to work, embracing the presidents programs that he has laid out. if you have a better idea, put it forward. but everybody, democrat, republican, and independent agrees, the north star continues to be as the president said to put the country back to wor...

And when the president got up to speak in the chamber, i was there in the chamber too, ed, and it was very emotional. the thing took on the atmosphere of a revival meeting there at the end, the kind of call and response thing that even got speaker boehner up out of his seat and got most of the reluctant -- not all, but most of the reluctant republicans up out of their seats. now, you cant equate on a one-to-one basis the theatrics on the state of the union night. but the fact that it got the spe...

Green ribbons. and when the president got up to speak in the chamber, i was there in the chamber too, ed, and it was very emotional. the thing took on the atmosphere of a revival meeting there at the end, the kind of call and response thing that even got speaker boehner up out of his seat and got most of the reluctant -- not all, but most of the reluctant republicans up out of their seats. now, you cant equate on a one to one basis the hetheatrics on the state of the union night. but the fact th...

Most bizarre police stories i think weve ever seen unfold right before our eyes. he was hiding out right across from the police command post, and came across a couple of women who were going to clean the cabin, didnt take their lives, nor did he take the life of the person who was driving a truck and got carjacked. but there is a string of dead people, and now dorner is not 100% confirmed dead, according to the sheriffs office, but of course since he is former naval reserve and former lapd, im s...

0 now in setting the commission up this way and announcing it this way, the president is clearly trying to turn fixing our national problem with voting into a bipartisan effort. he is trying to proceed here as if a story like desiline victors pulls on everybodys heartstrings equally, democrat and republican. but what happened to desiline victor when she tried to vote this year was not an accident, it was on purpose. it was policy. florida republicans took overt steps to make voting lines longer ...