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Martha: does he lose steam on stuff? >> his standing up and using the bully pulpit. hes not a legislator. if he were executive action, brad and people who agree with him would now criticize him for doing something using his executive powers. he cant win with certain people who will never like anything he does. i hope he likes what he can do within the power of his office to address the issue. martha: when you look into this shooters life, he and his mother had a lot of guns, they talked about gu...

Few weeks ago in a federal -- in a prison in maryland, i was there with the attorney general, loretta lynch. and essentially what they did is decided if congress is going to be paralyzed on some of this stuff, they can see what theyll do with the executive powers. in that case, what they did was brought college education back to the criminal justice system for thousands of people who are serving time. and as someone who earned a two-year liberal arts degree while i was serving six years in priso...

Politics and bad policy. i also said to him, theres so much more work to be done. i talked about some of the things he can possibly do, including signs an executive order to ban the box. not just for positions within the federal government but to pull in people who contract with the federal government. which would mean be hundreds of thousand of jobs around the country would suddenly give a chance for qualified job seekers with a criminal record to compete for employment and then i mentioned a f...

>> and joe, what do the protesters want? i mean, of course, we know they want answers, but who do they hold responsible here? >> it depends on who you talk to. this morning a group held a news conference and they called for the resignation or termination of the police commissioner here. they also asked for an apology from the fraternal order of police for likening the demonstrators to a lynch mob. so later today, were expecting to hear from a group that is calling on the governor of the state of...

Militants relied heavily on twitter and other media networks to communicate. there are hundreds if not thousands of twitter accounts linked to isis. while enforcement are investigating along with the security team on that. >> weve just got word from our capitol hill producer that speaker boehner is calling on the house to pass a clean d.h.s. funding bill. we understand that that vote could happen as early as today. on the bill on cap top hill a lot of controversy to that and the link to immigrat...

About? if president obama set this new standard, if i set a new standard of what executive authority is, if you think hillary clinton gets elected president, what can she do for wall street with the power of the pen? what about ted cruz and the tax code? if you are a liberal democrat, you are thinking about fundamental changes to the system that you cannot count on a democratic or republican to do. >> for the 68% who think this is fine, the -- not 58 -- 48%. i cant do the math. i shouldnt even t...

Do. >> for the 68% who think this is fine, the -- not 58 -- 48%. i cant do the math. i shouldnt even try. >> we didnt get into this business for math. >> for all those democrats, how about a president sarah palin? do you want her to have the power? such huge executive powers to just change the laws? not really enforced the way congress passed and president signed? they cant stand her. some day somebodys going to be in the white house who they cant stand. and the absence of saying anything now is...

Vote a resolution or bill with disapprove of president obamas executive action regarding immigration reform. this allows more conservative elements of the party to get out there and give speeches on the floor saying how bad it was and overstepping the executive powers, etc. next time they fund through cent 30th, with the exception of next year and the exception of homeland security which they only fund and trying to hold back the funds come march pertaining to the enforcement of the immigration ...

Deck. >> its unclear what caused the crash. oregon -- cute and hot, hmm-um, not like that. unbearable heat making it hard for the animals to stay cool. bears using pools and huge blocks of ice. temperatures in portland expected to climb to the 90s and stay there for most of the people. thats fox watch across america. is the obama administration hiding illegal immigrants? odd question some lawmakers are asking. they want to know exactly why they were not told that hundreds of children are b...

Bill: at least 30 ukrainian troops said to be killed by pro-russian separatists. russia just announced the closure of the border crossing earlier today. attacks like these more common as rebel groups try and regain stronghold in the east to get across that border. martha: house speaker john boehner laid out his lawsuit against president obama. it will focus on the employer mandate delay and the changes made to that law without congress having any say in the matter. so the speaker claims the pres...