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Become friendly with everybody in the house gop conference. however, as we have talked before, craig, hes had some real difficulty getting them to vote on some of the more controversial bills. thats been embarrassing not only for himself but speaker boehner. eric cantor, i think its fair to say, probably pressed his colleagues harder than mccarthy did. the majorly leader role, i expect to see the same california-laid back leadership. but in terms of crafting the message and pushing that, because...

Same-sex marriage or abortion, hot-button issues that the white southern strategy often uses to split people in the south. what we see is a coming together now. i meet republicans, i meet people who happen to be white, and others who say, listen, i didnt vote for people to take my unemployment. and to kill me by denying medicaid expansion. >> yeah. >> and to close hospitals. reverend, i know you worked with mayor adam oneal on this. >> exactly. >> and other republicans. on the one hand you talk ...

Be heading over the potomac here shortly and then over the chesapeake. up to the north weve even got some showers by the harrisburg area and lancaster, too, and some downpours. not a lot of lightning strikes with it. but right around dale city, though, some pretty good storms. well actually get a couple rounds of storms in this area in the mid-atlantic. one this morning. that will exit. it will get hot, it will be humid, then we get more storms this afternoon. we could even see a few strong stor...

Weve been hearing a lot about, because you are not supposed to receive communion unless you are in a state of grace, unless you have gone to confession and you have no sins. and its one of the things that pope francis is trying to encourage people to do, to go to confession, to be part of communion. but of course, there are a number of rules for people who can and cant receive communion, and that is one of the debates that we have seen recently in the catholic church. >> in fact, francis, of cou...

The bench although i dont know what that ever means but we are always youre curious about it it? >> it is. we often focus in on justice anthony kennedy and swing vote in tough questions. he had tough questions for both sides. there was a point towards the end of the case where he said to the solicitor general donna investor corporations can be forced to underwrite abortions, he pushed back that later and said thats not exactly what we are saying. but justice kennedy followed up and said thats wh...

Your energy plus ours. together, theres no limit to what we can achieve. the u.s. support could take up several hot button issues in the week ahead. our athena jones is at the white house for us. athena, whats on the docket? >> reporter: theres no shortage of controversy before the court. on monday, the justices could decide to take cases that could significantly expand gun rights. the national rifle association is challenging a texas concealed carry law that bans anyone under 21 from carrying...

Country. yes, they changed position on hot button issues. substantive policy change. two, after doing that, they won. its really victory that tends to soothe all of these wounds and these divisions. the party out of power is always squabbling. if you get someone like christie who comes in and wins the white house, you find these disputes and big front page stories about the cleavage in the party go away over time. >> one last one for you, josh. what do you make of the fact that mike lee has been...

Impact on the individual consumer. thats part of a statement in a much buzzed about new yorker profile on the president just published yesterday. our chief white house correspondent will give usthan of a quote. what exactly did the president say? >> as you noted this is a long piece in the new yorker as their articles tend to be. over 17,000 words so the president cover a lot of ground. hes talking about starting his sixth year in office. hes been down in the polls. how does he try to km back in...

Divided id logically in cable use. i think he didnt want to call out fox necessarily because they havent figured out how to deal with fox, frankly, but theres splits in the media. >> i think its hypocritical to come on a channel thats known for catering to liberals and criticize the press for being div divisive. >> i spent 250 pages in my book last year that came out last year, race baiter talking about this exact issue, that there are cable channels that segment the audience and one way they do...

Still, what does this say to the tea party and broader republican party? >> im one of those i might be in the minority on this. i think the whole idea of chris christie -- this idea of chris christie the moderate republican who is going to be absolute nonstarter with the tea party right and republican party, i think that might be overstated a little bit. i think christies moderation to the extent hes seen and perceived as a moderate, a lot is stylistic. a lot has to do -- a lot has to do with th...