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Not the only add skransed country on earth that doesnt make sure everybody has basic health care. and thats thanks in part to leaders like nancy pelosi and dick durbin and all the members of congress who are here today. we could not have done it without them. and they should be proud of what theyve done. they should be proud of what theyve done. [ applause ] >> president obama and vice president biden today celebrating the success of the most hard-fought policy victory for democrats in decades. ...

Of congress who are here today. we could not have done it without them. and they should be proud of what theyve done. they should be proud of what theyve done. [ applause ] >> president obama and vice president biden today celebrating the success of the most hard-fought policy victory for democrats in decades. telling congressional democrats they ought to be proud of what they have done to get this done. the white house saying congressional democrats did the very hard work of passing health refo...

Dick durbin and all the members of congress who are here today. we could not have done it without them. and they should be proud of what theyve done. they should be proud of what theyve done. [ applause ] >> president obama and vice president biden today celebrating the success of the most hard-fought policy victory for democrats in decades. telling congressional democrats they ought to be proud of what they have done to get this done. the white house saying congressional democrats did the very ...

The other really high profile members of the presidents cabinet left. not necessarily because of the scandal or disagreement with the president, or something, but because, you know, first terms up. time to move on. hillary clinton left as secretary of state. tim geithner left as treasury secretary. steven chu left as energy secretary. all the marquee names left but not attorney general eric holder. he stayed. sort of quiet assurances at the time that he did not intend to stay for the whole secon...

Stir things up. >> you dont get anything you dont fight for. but if you fight, you got a chance to win. >> reporter: first term massachusetts senator, elizabeth warren. >> i dont want to go to the united states senate to be there for women some of the time. i want to go to the united states senate to be there for women all of the time. >> reporter: shes another fast rising star who could make history and might threaten a clinton democratic coronation if they both run for the white house three ye...

Little more than propaganda. a.p. says it has only been allowed to photograph the president alone in oval office twice and both were in first term. the a.p. usually gets more access when foreign leaders are visiting. you be the judge. the president planned transparency. what do you want the associated press to do now let it go and accept the photos the president gives it or demand access? go to gretawire.com and vote in our poll. coming up, more trouble for the company that is supposed to fix th...

Little more than propaganda. a.p. says it has only been allowed to photograph the president alone in oval office twice and both were in first term. the a.p. usually gets more access when foreign leaders are visiting. you be the judge. the president planned transparency. what do you want the associated press to do now let it go and accept the photos the president gives it or demand access? go to gretawire.com and vote in our poll. coming up, more trouble for the company that is supposed to fix th...

Thereses no way that hes going to give up the one piece of legislation that is the center piece of his, you know, first term. also, what he won re-election on and the supreme court upheld. >> the notion of defunding the whole thing was impractical. could you delay the individual mandate for a year, considering the somewhat chaos weve seen? if people want to use the exchanges, fine. why are we forcing it? could you give up the congressional exemption, which is unpopular? i think those are things ...

Of war. little wars start big wars and we have to remember that. >> we have all angles of the story covered for you with nbcs peter alexander at the time white house and were in beirut, lebanon. well start with the latest from the white house. peter, whats the reaction your hearing from the new assad interview? >> we reached out to the white house a short time ago and we got a response from the spokesperson with the national security council here who says -- it doesnt surprise us that someone wh...

Of the border is enforce, its ridiculous. it takes a couple people. not a thousand. one or two. >> just one. timmy mcveigh. a lot of people in the united states committed criminal acts. >> laura: je to deal with them as well. >> thats right. so we should have a more secure system and the right, the correctness. build the bridges not the walls. >> laura: that is a cliche. lets go in to this. no cliches on the show. building bridges instead of walls. im talking facts here. go ahead. >> this mans n...