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Department of justice is still a department of justice and will enforce this as a law enforcement matter. the question is whether this justice department is independent enough to stand up for the rule of law on matters this serious. if its not, if under jeff sessions the justice department is just another part of this same scheme, the scheme that were seeing unspool every day with each strange new revelation in the press, if the justice department is just going to be part of it rather than part ...

That are skyrocketing right now. we have to fix it. >> why havent you fixed it it? >> well, because barack obama is the president of the united states. >> he kept asking you to work with your democrat brothers and sisters and come up with fixes with a plan that has problems. >> chris, chris, this plan was due to fail from the beginning. >> thanks to your efforts. not wanting to make it any better. >> no, there was never any foundation to it to begin with. you cant make something better that is d...

Could unfold getting inside of the faas computer system, potentially controlling planes, crashing planes. >> reporter: fixes include beefing up cyber safeguards, better encrypting data and regularly changing passwords. the faa reassured the public it is fixing these vulnerabilities and people should feel safe to fly. >> we have remediated a significant number of the technical findings already. >> reporter: in an era of increasingly common cyber-based threats, staying a step ahead requires consta...

Hear the pain and frustration of being subjected to that kind of constant suspicion. part of the reason i got into politics was to figure out how can i bridge some of those gaps in understanding so that the larger country understands, this is not just a black problem or a brown problem. its an american problem. >> how do we fix this problem? how do we approach fixing it, judge faith? >> one of the other reforms that we need in terms of training police officers. you know, a lot of these issues, i...

Will cost us all more. even the president knows it. >> people dont like gas prices going up. they dont like electricity prices going up. and we ignore those very real and legitimate concerns at our peril. >> to the guy who says, theres a cost peril were missing here. he runs coal giant murray energy. robert murray says its the presidents policies creating this. what did you think of what the president was saying, to deny climate change, youre just out to lunch, and to ignore the costs of fixing ...

Wendell, is it dangerous for democrats to run on fixing obamacare? after all, its done a tremendous job in helping people, dr. hebert has just pointed out. so why are democrats running on terms of fixing it, rather than running on whats helpful for the people? >> i think theyre running on fixing it because theyve been spooked by all the propaganda thats been in all the ads. keep in mind that about $400 million has been spent opposing the affordable care act sips it was enacted, and just a tiny f...

Minimum wage going to be at the center of discussion. so youre a governor. what would you bring to him? youre the president, what advice would you take? >> well, first of all, elisab h elisabeth, youre using leader. we dont have a leader in this country. everything were doing in this country is just not going properly. theres no deals being made. theres nothing happening. obamacare is a mess and nobodys fixing it. nobody knows how to fix it. so we dont have a leader. so when you say, you know, w...

This is what 2014 is, things get complicated and things get more political than we thought it was in 2014. this obamacare is a political hot potato. its going to hurt a lot of the red tape democrats. a lot of them are nervous about this. lets see how the corporate mandate, when it goes into effect works out in october, right around election time and lets see what kind of willingness the republicans have to either fix it or not. >> im cynical, chris. i dont think fixing it -- >> no. >> dont smile...

Your thoughts? >> im not sure he did it either. he did give an apology. i guess i would disagree with howard a little bit in that i think hes always said that theres room to improve this law and that its not a perfect law. the problem that he and the democratic party face is that republicans will not participate in improving it, upgrading it, fixing it. theyve only been about repealing it. so i think he left the door open. but hes always had that door open if things need to be fiked. and i think...

A very broad promise that if you liked what you had, you can keep it. thered be nothing changed. i think hes got to deal with that directly. not sure hes done that yet. your thoughts? >> im not sure he did it either. he did give an apology. i guess i would disagree with howard a little bit in that i think hes always said that theres room to improve this law and that its not a perfect law. the problem that he and the democratic party face is that republicans will not participate in improving it, ...