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>> the primarys a very conservative process, and the -- my understanding is it will be difficult for a moderate to make it through, because we truly are fiscal conservatives in our party. >> senator paul was also asked about comments his wife, kelly, made in a "vogue" profile when she suggested that hillary clintons aspirations could be derailed by bill clintons affair with monica lewinsky. he didnt seem to just stand by the comments, but seemed to reiterate them. >> yes, i think its a factor. i...

The press." the senator was asked about comments his wife made in a "vogue" profile last year when she suggested that hillary clintons presidential api racial aspirationed could be derailed by her husbands affair with monica lewinsky. >> someone who takes advantage of a young girl in their office, i mean, really, and have the gall to stand up and say the republicans are having a war on women? yes, i think its a factor. now, its not hillarys fault. >> but it should be an issue -- >> it is a facto...

But maybe these people feel emboldened to go out and do things publicly because this thing at the mall does still seem to be targeted at these two people, but why are we seeing so many things happen in public places? has something changed in peoples heads that they think this is just how i can do it now? >> these shootings that we saw at the colleges and at the mall, it wasnt someone walking into the mall and shooting everybody else that they saw. they all seemed like they were targeted. so, a l...

Vision, honored his treem. then theres what happened at arizona state university where members of the tao kappa epsilon fraternity through what they called the mlk black party. what might that entail? just your average white kids dressed in basketball jerseys, throwing gang signs and drinking from, believe it or not, watermelon cups. now i know, you dont want to believe it something so racist and assinine and ignorant could actually happen in 2014. frankly it would be easier to pretend someone g...

Respect and some solemn observances. then theres what happened at arizona state university where members of the tao kappa epsilon fraternity dressed in basketball jerseys throwing gang signs and drinking from believe it or not watermelon cups. now i know, you dont want to believe it something so racist and assinine and ignorant could actually happen in 2014. frankly it would be easier to pretend someone got the story wrong. after all theres no proof that this happened, right? there is. in fact t...

Pressure? >> no, i was never influenced by anybody. i was never even approached by anybody. i told somebody today it was zero. but i was not the speaker until yesterday. >> yes. >> so i had to wait until that. my ideas were that the transportation committee did a fabulous job under chairman wisniewski. and to continue that work, i think it had to be moved to a special committee because its no longer a transportation issue. its about public safety and about abuse of power. so we wanted to make su...

To influence you in that decision. >> i was never influenced by anyone. i was never even approached by anybody. i told somebody today it was ze zero. but i was not the speaker until yesterday. so i had to wait until then. my ideas were that the transportation committee did a fabulous job under chairman wiesnewski. and it had to be moved because its no longer about a transportation issue. its about public safety and abuse of power. we wanted to make sure we armed this committee to make it somethi...

Solution more than a resolution. were willing to find common ground and reprioritize spending. theres a lot of spending in the federal government that is less important than the issue youre talking about, so lets take from the areas that, frankly, that are less essential and focus on unemployment. if the democrats will be serious about that, i think theyll find willing partners. >> do you think that the budget does sort of bode well for bipartisanship going forward, is it something that had to g...

What? >> the government saying we need to explore the fascinating history of why people write romance novels and why they put them on tv. thats an important thing. and in some peoples mind it may be. when youre running a $700 billion deficit, is it something we ought to spend money on? >> probably ought to run a red pencil through that. nasa waste, they spent $125,000 to create a 3d pizza. they did $360,000 on a bedrest study. how congress works seminars, $3 million. and created a green ninja su...

Unemployment insurance benefits had even come up at all? one of them senator bob corker said in terms of whether there had been a discussion. he said none. there has been no discussion. it has never come up. so how would you characterize republican opposition to extension of unemployment benefits? is it like theyre totally philosophically opposed? is it something that theyre sort of indifferent about or is there may be some interest on that side of the aisle in moving forward in. >> so i think t...