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This is tough role for conservatives because theyve held db the federal doma law signed by president bill clinton, puts the government right if the middle of same-sex marriage saying it will not recognize it even if states say they do and would not give benefits to same-sex couples in the states where it is legal. if it doesnt get decided by the courts, it obviously could go the legislative route and congress might have to repeal the law. >> let me ask you, if you want us to wait until the progr...

Hours, weve had one democrat after another after another saying it would hurt their side if were overturned. it would make the president look bad. i dont think so. >> and also -- >> i think politically its a big win for democrats. >> in a strange way, if it doesnt get overturned, you start to really gin up the base on the other side. i also think a month after this decision -- >> alex just said in my ear, and then you add citizens united in here and you can talk about the run away supreme court....

Thing when the democrats pass and the president signs dodd and frank into law? >> this is a terrible bill. it doesnt get int the core issues that drove the crisis. they are out of the bill, and having spent seven years of my time working on that committee knowing a lot of people up there, you have to believe they know this bill is not going to fix anything. this is really a centralization of government authority, a centralization of risk, and putting all of our risk in the same place that the re...

Time in office. and i dont have anything personal against either of them. its just that i would like to live in peace. i would like to live out my days the rest of my days, in some kind of secure environment. in order to do that i had to do what i had to do and i am sure he will to what he has to do. >> are any regulations left? this doesnt get rid of registration or assuring that ex-felons get guns, does it? >> no, of course the city can continue to regulate guns in the public interest but they...

Shut down the federal government. do not jeopardize funding for our military and for our national security. do not jeopardize funding for the childrens health insurance program. it is risky. it is reckless. and it is wrong. >> the houses short-term spending bill or continuing resolution as its called included several items meant to win over moderate democrats and conservatives. a six-year extension of the childrens health insurance program as well as a delay for several taxes associated with the...

And this is something thats been happening over the decades but yet we havent talked about it, it doesnt get reported. its only getting bigger and bigger. when i work with parents to help their sons and daughters to disengage from hate groups and hate moments i hear over and over again the same story of this individual who was driving that car. that my son or daughter is marginalized, they just changed their habits draft s drasticall. this is a danger to our society. this is something that we ha...

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Need to raise the debt limit. the question what is costs compromises come at. when you have the debt limit, where it doesnt get raised the united states will default and go into a fiscal crisis, thats a lot of leverage for republicans. a lot of what gets done might be forced by moments like that much like the tax cut deal forced by the expiration of the bush tax cuts. >> when we look at the example that was set, ari, in the lame duck session, i would say that the base of both parties not very ha...