exit interview pat on the head for hillary. he played along from what we can tell. bret: exit interviews are one thing. at the end of two terms, looking back over two terms. one of those things. and you ask questions, reflective. the president tarting a second term in the middle of controversy. the secretary of state just come off controversial testimony on capitol hill. there are hot spots all over the world. few questions to ask that probably could be more pointed. when you think of all the things, yes, all the ground that wasn t covered, whether it was syria or benghazi or for that matter budget battle. we haven t heard them stay anything about that. dieing to hear what he has to say. i gas he is having a second honeymoon. i love to hear the president whine of fox news and talk radio.
table and bring his caucus along. i think ultimately that s where the problem is. because details have been shared from the president to house republicans. it s now their turn to come back with some details of what they re talking about. all right, stephanie cutter, thank you so much. great to have you. thanks for having me. good to have you back on. chuck, we ll see you on the daily rundown right after morning joe. chuck, who do you have on? my exit interviews on, retiring senator jeff binghamton on, all these guys have interesting takes on what s wrong with today s senate. why ain t it like the good old days? they say always more when they re leaving. yes, they do. that s why i love these. finally you get the truth. thank you, chuck. david gregory and eugene robinson and here on set, bloomberg s margaret carlson. you re watching morning joe brewed by starbucks. we re at walmart with the simmons family.
at a time when the country was in a recession and people were talking about this other stuff. so i think that could have been different. do you regret. i voted with the republicans 18 times but in the end, i voted for it. i thought we do need to move forward. we need to find different ways to work with these issues. we could have had a smaller more focused package and the country would have been a lot more comfortable with the process, as well. that was my interview with retiring virginia democrat jim webb, some blunt talk about the democratic party, health care, white working class vote among other things and, of course, congress and its role in having to do with authority on war. don t forget, you can see the full version of that interview and all the others in our exit interview series. it s on our facebook page. check it out. six down, much more to go on those exit interviews. we ll be having them throughout the rest of this year. our political panel will be here next to ki
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the resign or seek re-election. a russian judge has found three members of a punk band guilty of hooliganism. the three were arrested in march after staging a 30-second protest inside a moscow cathedral. they face a maximum seven years in prison and will be sentenced later today. all week we ve brought you chuck s exit interviews with departing senators. today the spotlight is on the first name we hear on roll call every morning the senate is in session hawaii senator daniel akaka. calling it quits after more than three decades in washington, the junior senator from the aloha state started husband discussion with chuck on what it means to put washington finally in his rear-view mirror. i think of missing this schedule, miss my colleagues. miss the place. but i look forward to going back home. we have 15 grandchildren and