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Were going to ask presidents day trivia questions. five questions now. five keys later in the show. >> well write our answers on the paddle. >> there will be four choices. ready for the first question? >> yes. >> okay. who was the bachelor president? was it a, chester arthur. b, buchananen, c, mckinley, or d, james carter? who was the bachelor president? >> im going with b, buchanan, because i used to live on buchanan. >> what he said. >> on both sides. >> both of you chose b. james buy can whic...

Fresno, california. actually, the state is far too warm. thats the problem. california is in the middle of a drought. the worst in a century. the money will come from a hard-fought farm bill that the president signed last week. well have more on the drought next week. republican senator ted cruz is from texas but i dont know if hes used to the kind of heat that hes been getting from his gop colleagues over forcing a vote to raise the debt ceiling. president mccain tweeted this. "the minority m...

About it but in the end shooting down the conservatives who are tell them to say no to everything. theyre defying the conservatives on all these other issues. why not on this issue? why are the conservatives winning and the republicans still saying no on this one issue? joining us now, john stanton, washington bureau chief at buzzfeed. thanks for being here. nice to have you here. >> good to be here. >> first i have to ask you about this vote tonight. why do you think speaker boehner brought up ...

To be able to do is not glamorize it or have cameras at the funeral. it was like a red carpet event. it was terrible. >> he has three young kids and he obviously struggled with this, he was clean for 23 years but this is the debate, is there a lack of sympathy because it was self inflicted? >> i dont mean to quibble but i think it is a tragedy when a father of three young kids dies suddenly at age of friction. >> it wasnt sudden. >> yes, it was. it a was a tragedy when one of our greatest actors...

Hold off on measuring the drapes in the senate majority leaders office as well. joining me is dana milbank and former governor ed rendell is back with us. thanks to you both. youve been through this. isnt it a little early for donors to be getting so skittish? >> sure. five months ago everyone thought the republicans were dead before the implementation of the affordable health care act bombed out so things can change. theres so many outside forces that can change things. i think right now the ba...

Pull everybody else out and organize and rework it. and systemically want to clear. some of the businesses have people inside and they cannot get out the back. well not bring them through the center of the mall. >> that kind of planning is not a accident. rod wheeler homicide detective and used to be a part of the star homicide detective team there. rod, what can you tell us of how organized they are and the reports robots. >> i was a mile away when the first call came out with the shooting. i d...

Who could win in a blue state, who was seen as the guy who stood for his people and embraced the president, even during a difficult partisan presidential campaign, this person is now recast as someone who clearly appears to be willing to either himself use or set a tone where his aides are willing to use their office to abuse those who are political opponents. >> but isnt that, senator, part of the concern, not getting into the evidence and all that you have to see? but isnt that the concern whe...

>> my dad used to do everything she wanted. you know, it was like she was manipulating him. and then whenever he wasnt there, id get abused by her, so i just told myself, im going to kill her. you know, and i dont care what happens to me. now that my dad is dead, i am going to kill her. and that is what i did. and i went over to her house, and i shot her. >> since his release 11 years ago, richard has been in and out of california prisons. he has been sentenced for numerous crimes, including dru...

Wind gusts, 235 miles per hour. >> in 2013 one of the biggest typhoons in recorded history struck the philippines killing thousands and displacing millions. that tragedy captured much of the worlds attention including nba superstar pau gasol. >> the damage that the typhoon caused is huge, and its going to take a lot of time to rebuild. so i thought that i had to do something. and utilize my position to attract others and also create awareness. >> shortly after the typhoon hit gasol took to the c...

Sent three detainees to slovakia. and now president obama signed a law that eased transfer restrictions on detainees who were never charged and cleared to leave. its the first step to ease the hurdles since president obama took office. he called it a, step, but said the continued operation of the facility weakens national security by draining resourcing, damaging our relationships with key partners and emboldening extremists. joining us now is steven haw king s from amnesty international. what a...