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Heres more with will. nauthorities say that 16 people who needed some form of medical help are caught in the middle of the protest in berkely and one example they gave, a man who had a stroke in his car as protestors poured on the interstate and the woman in labor had to call a ambulance when she was caught in the grid lock. protestors caused transportation head quakes. and they are forced to use teargas and beanbag guns and arrested 200 demonstrators in an effort to keep the peace. now they are...

Republicans getting the blame for grid lock in washington. is that because president obama sang that refrain? talking about republican obstructionism on capitol hill? >> no doubt. the media sang that refrain and the president sang that refrain. there were house republicans that were more interested in fighting than go verning. and the other issue is free-trade and boost the american economy and boost agreements with asia and the european and helps the economy and the one who blocked that from co...

Do more with less, than they expect washington to do the same. >> its interesting because we have heard the complaint in the past, that the candidates say one thing, when elected they say something else. theyre all liars and hypocrites. we would rather they didnt stick to their campaign promises but gave a little bit for the sake of avoiding grid lock. >> but they believe in tax relief. stop spending as much as youre spend. okay maybe you dont get a 2% cut. maybe its only 1%. stand up for your p...

Everything you want other than the people who object to some of the energy sector proposals because of climate change and because of environmental concerns. but broad based support for expanding the energy agenda in congress and in the white house, certainly. to get that moving given the grid lock in washington it is long term. short term they are looking towards russia. the pipeline comes through ukraine ironically unless russia does something unexpected and moves militarily and pushes every bu...

>> your pal jonathan tirly down at george washington. with the president using executive orders -- >> and a liberal. >> and the pace that this president is using them to his benefit is accelerating. he says he has brought the country to the constitutional tipping point. do you agree? >> i think we were going to listen to the professor. >> lets listen. the president says he has to do it because we are in such grid lock. >> the framers designed this constitution for bad periods. they lived in such...

And democrats were very much up in arms about that. imagine if president bush had done that with the tax code. it would have been an even greater uproar. i think what happened is this president became unwilling to deal with republicans once they took over in the house and excused himself from the political battlefield, giving himself the out by saying i will just rule by executive order and wouldnt have to deal with those knuckleheads. >> the thing is, grid lock, the system was set up to work th...

Ronald reagan did about 384 executive orders. so the point is simply as judge napolitano pointed out lets look at what the executive orders are. he has not been overturned by the court or congress. for the republicans to truly be a part of government they have to come together and not let one small caucus ultimately destroy their effectiveness. >> it is not one small caucus -- >> and 80% of the public doesnt understand -- >> i think they like the grid lock. i got to go. >> good to be with you. >...

Ronald reagan did about 384 executive orders. so the point is simply as judge napolitano pointed out lets look at what the executive orders are. he has not been overturned by the court or congress. for the republicans to truly be a part of government they have to come together and not let one small caucus ultimately destroy their effectiveness. >> it is not one small caucus -- >> and 80% of the public doesnt understand -- >> i think they like the grid lock. i got to go. >> good to be with you. >...

A second obama care route? this would include talking about executive action that might help? >> the pesky three branches of government. >> it is checks and balances. and the truth is, that the checks and balances have led to a lot of grid lock since the president has become president and he will make the argument in terms of the things that american public wanted, minimum wage to be dealt with and gun control and immigration, that congress has been stalled. >> congress has been stalled. we have...

>> merry christmas. im not afraid to say it. >> proud and happy to say merry christmas to you both. i will start with you, alan. what do you make of this? dan pfeiffer outlines a number of things and says dont let grid lock get you down. >> why wouldnt he say well do better? the grid loik is the problem. you may talk about the president having low numbers. but congress has an 8% approval rating. the lowest ever. an orc poll shows 73% of americans believe it is a do nothing congress. two-thirds s...