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Spoke for nearly 30 minutes in this committee against the leahy amendment two years ago that expressed the sense of the senate that the united states would not bar people from entering this country based on their religion. he voted against each of three bipartisan comprehensive immigration bills in 2006, 2007, 2013. twice he voted against the dream act, the bill for undocumented youth known as dreamers who were brought here as children, through no choice of their own, calling it a, quote, reckle...

Lifetime professional intelligence officials drawing these conclusions, the classified report gives the basis of the conclusion, and i joined lindsey graham. this is very strong stuff. is it a slam dunk, is it a for sure? no. these are cessments but the evidence is very strong, and its also consistent with what the russians are doing around the world. i encoukouncountered it when i visiting with the intelligence committee in eastern europe last year and this fall meeting with people from the bal...

Heres a man with some mental issues will eventually become subject to isis rhetoric. have a very powerful propaganda machine. i suspect he may have been watching some of those videos online. he has some mental issues and has passed, he is now being subjected subject to this propaganda, perhaps he acts on it. cant tell at this point. the fact is, the joint terrorism task forces are not going to run that investigation from a a-z. theyre going to take it a, b, c and perhaps a man with mental issues...

Isis was affecting his brain and so on and so forth. its entirely possible, and i believe that its even likely.. heres a man with some mental issues will eventually become subject to isis rhetoric. they have a very powerful propaganda machine. i suspect he may have been watching some of those videos online. he has some mental issues in his past, he is now being subject to this propaganda, perhaps he acts on it. cant tell at this point. the fact is, the joint terrorism task forces are not going t...

Of the new congress and then donald trump jumps in. does he deserve all the credit? of course not. liberal groups and tea party groups were lighting up the switchboard. trump sees this train, not only he jumps on it but takes it over and shames his own party publicly. hes about to be a republican president with a republican congress. manu mentioned how important unity is. but trump had no druthers about publicly shaming his own party saying this is a bad idea, drop it. >> it is interesting wheth...

Interact with congress and maybe its something even some democrats would be behind. >> yeah. i think donald trump is going to call it a -- if he believes that the republican leadership is doing something they shouldnt do he doesnt have particular ties to paul ryan or mitch mb contin mcconnell. hell tell them. if he agrees with democrats wanting to spend money on infrastructure, hell do it. donald trump wont call privately on the phone. hell use twitter and shame his own party if thats what it ta...

Maybe isnt it a bigger threat to our country and minds to politicize art relentlessly. >> no. there can no safe space from politics? everything is about political ideology? doesnt that make you a little orwellian? >> no. >> a little bit? >> so there is a difference between politicization and criticism. and analysis and discussion. [ laughter ] >> we should be able to analyze and discuss our culture without being accused of being p.c. police. thats silly. >> unless of course we are pc police. >> ...

Maybe isnt it a bigger threat to our country and minds to politicize art relentlessly. >> no. there can no safe space from politics? everything is about political ideology? doesnt that make you a little orwellian? >> no. >> a little bit? >> so there is a difference between politicization and criticism. and analysis and discussion. [ laughter ] >> we should be able to analyze and discuss our culture without being accused of being p.c. police. thats silly. >> unless of course we are pc police. >> ...

>> just so they can watch robin williams. >> nanu-nanu. >> well, excuse me! >> that was an interesting part of the balance i think of the television diet. that there was an attempt to explore deeper into the psyche of what makes us tick. but there was also, you know, a need to escape. >> im going to a beach barbecue. >> uh-huh. i can see whats going to heat up the coals. >> if theres any single phenomenon thats tilted the ratings books in abcs direction, its t & a. at the cbs affiliates meeting ...

Know, all working class families, white, black, brown, whatever. >> let me push you on that. i think what youre saying is interesting and certainly makes sense. but it sort of posits the american electorate as a yoga system. then they go on and go about their day. the question is whether were entering a type of politics if youre using it a as a given. candidates all the time deal with that. you say house races, we say, we do national news, so most house races arent national news. take this as a ...