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Says "gays need not apply" if you are hiring people to work for you. thats it. its very simple. senator reid says he will bring that bill up for a vote maybe as early as next week. greg sergeant at the "washington post" reporting tonight that democrats are lobbying republicans, including jeff flake of arizona and rob portman of ohio to see if they can get their support on this nondiscrimination bill, even though theyre republicans. but now we have a programming note for you, which is that on wed...

That his party, they wont vote to raise the debt ceiling without concessions and president obama says that thats not really up for negotiations. but your colleague, greg sergeant, points out that john boehner doesnt really want to negotiate with president obama. so is it possible that both sides are going to be getting burned here in the long run? >> i think everyone will get burned in the long run if the full faith and credit of the united states is destroyed because congress hasnt lifted the d...

Been shocked by the republican research dump on ted cruz, but its a sign of the time. as of this week, all of washington, d.c., is in open revolt against the junior senator from texas. >> a u.s. senator called me yesterday morning, said im going to be watching senator cruz on "fox news sunday" because i dont know what his next step is. >> those who are pushing to shut down our government include a senator from texas who has a harvard law degree. i assume that in the course of his harvard educati...

Extraordinarily presidential. >> all right. we will watch all of us tomorrow. howard bragman, always good to have you here. todays tweet of the day comes from greg sergeant. it doesnt matter what assad says, does now. the only thing that helps the white house case is explaining how strikes would improve situation. we need a w recipe. hmmm. let us consult the scroll of infinite deliciousness. ♪ oh! perfect. [ wisest kid ] campbells has the recipes kids love. like easy chicken and cheese enchi...

I have more questions about that. does a military strike do that? are other things required? >> im not sure that hes going to be deterred from using chemical weapons in the future in order to hold on to power simply because hes afraid of two or three days worth of missile strikes. >> i would urge the president to continue to work diplomatically and step up our humanitarian efforts. i just know theres always this need to find that lever that the united states can press to try to make a situation ...

Ways. barbara lee of california telling greg sergeant they have been persuasive about the intelligence and the fact he must do something. they have not been persuasive that the only option right now is a military option." that is barbara lee on the left. on the right theres congressman randy hultgren of illinois. he says "this is a tragedy that the international community must be fully engaged in and we must pursue all options to determine whether other actions can be taken to stop the bloodshed...

The liberal congresswoman barbara lee of california told greg sergeant after that call, they have been very persuasive about the intelligence. about the fact that we must do something. she said, though, they were not persuasive that the only option right now is a military option. will military strikes put assad in check? im just not persuaded that that is the case. there is the argument about whether something terrible and over the line just happened in syria. theres the argument about whether t...

To get over its differences so the u.n. could lead to a response. why is that? the united states really is all alone in the world on this. maybe france. but all alone in the world. if the congress says no, its not going to be the united states all alone in the world, its going to be the white house all alone in the world on this. why is that? today the white house did a call to try to whip their own democratic vote on this issue, as reported by greg sergeant in the washington post. the white hou...

This way. no other part of the court system works this way. after congress passes a law and the president signs it, it is this secret court that has the ability to go back and reinterpret what they meant without the public and without most members of congress even knowing what theyre doing. this is big news and thanks to this reporting, we now know, we know that the court is doing something we did not know they were doing before. theyre not just telling the federal government, yes, what you want...

Reinterpret what they meant without the public and without most members of congress even knowing what theyre doing. this is big news and thanks to this reporting, we now know, we know that the court is doing something we did not know they were doing before. theyre not just telling the federal government, yes, what you want to do is in accordance with the law or no, it is not. its not just mother may i? this court is reinterpreting the law. making law. none of us can see it. none of us can commen...