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Experience in governing. so is that something that president-elect trump also has to weigh? >> i think one of the number one things coming out of this election was that people want washington to work. they are tired of the grid lock and the failure to take action. its certainly the case that president-elect trump is looking to balance the appointees that he brings to office. hes going to have some who have no government experience, who have business experience. hes going to clearly pick, he alre...

Did was against their internal procedures. as somebody whos been a prosecutor, director comey should understand that you dont comment on pending cases, especially when you dont have any hard evidence. what he did was create confusion in a way that didnt help voters as they were looking at the situation here. again, thats in the future. right now we are focused on what we need to do to get voters out. >> one thing i have heard is the importance of a supreme court nominee. the next president and t...

Arent broken. i dont think the executive branch are broken. it is the legislative branch thats a mess. >> i do think people dont vote to make sure people can work together. they vote for an individual candidate. they vote for a president they like, they vote for a senator they like. the effect is either to have grid lock or to have working together, but very few people cast a vote in order to decrease grid lock or increase working together. i think thats why we get grid lock, because it is an un...

South oconnor had the option not to. even stevens who was very old was quite healthy. i think it will have an impact on keeping justices on the supreme court because they care about the institution. she dont want the institution to be -- >> you said well into their 90s. >> it could go into their 90s, yeah. >> justice clarence thomas was asked about grid lock in washington and he said this, the city is broken in some ways and we are destroying our institutions. do you agree? >> yeah, i think most...

She has the biggest legislature probably in the world that she has a deal with. so she has really honed her skills about listening and trying to work with people. shes taking on issues that really do keep families up at night from the skyrocketing costs of college and prescription drugs to helping students figure out ways to afford, to get their education, to helping those suffering from addiction or mental health to raising wages for hardworking families. what i love about maggie is that shes i...

We have seen a lot of things that donald trump has put forward. independent groups have said they wouldnt actually do precisely what they said they would do. that doesnt begin to get into whether or not donald trump or, for that matter, hillary clinton, whichever becomes president could do anything with the congress. this has been a frustration of president obamas. you can put forward a number of economic proposals, but if controversial wont give you anything and theres grid lock for this its pr...

They can on north korea to abide by international rules. they are an outlaw nation right now. thats what is fearful in that part of the world. >> we have described, you have described a world in crisis, everywhere we look. who is best qualified to be commander in chief as we elect a new president? >> you know, ive said the next president of the united states has two principal responsibilities. one is to break the grid lock in this town because i think one of the greatest threats to national secu...

That protects the due process of those that may be put on the list? >> well, joe, we are ready. thats what we announced yesterday with senator. i cant believe washington doesnt take action on this. i understand the grid lock and the political season and all the silliness but this is too serious. people get it. americans get it. the people in this state get it. 90% of the people in this state in a poll today believe there may be a possible terrorist attack in the future. its just common sense, jo...

His. the three senators on the stage that were there last night and gifted politicians, you can count on two fingers on the number of bills that they sponsored that are law. if we are asking them to solve the grid lock we will be mistaken. just as when barak obama run for office and fooled us. it was going to be all about united states of america and no] red and blue states but we are divided. >> you heard the bells qbehind you and a siren. they are not sound affects that we are using or planned...

Included one of the best moments that he said i have one more thing to say. he then went 17 minutes after that. >> i am sure that the crowd absolutely loved it. now you on saturday and its a rocky week. >> yeah, he is you cutting payroll for the staff by one percent and one told bush and thats a quote, it feels like a death spiral. it breaks my heart, and i dont know anyone that wants to reinvest now. bush was talking about these changes and adjustments that he was making and the money cuts. tak...