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Just what is fair. for those of you taking cheap shots at john king, and think we are best buddies, i dont know him that well. but she a great journalist. >> canada is ready to tow the line with china and the prime minister of canada is not backing down on a pledge to sell the oil to china. and now the president is in a sticky situation with his party. and my guest is a blue dog democrat from pennsylvania. congressman, what do you thing of this? and where does it put your party? >>guest: well, i...

And voter turnout. theyre clearly on the right side of the issue in voters minds. in ohio at the state level, the aflcio president delivered a barnburner of a speech today in d.c. raising that question. he said essentially the democrats have been able to count on labor support come election time for years. in labors hour of need this year in the states, labor will sit this one out unless democrats stop sitting this fight out. >> our role is not to build the power of a political party or a candid...

Employees, theyre our neighbors, theyre our friends. >> okay. is this a smart move to come out and talk about this? because on the one hand, yeah, it might bolster union support. on the other hand, its a state issue. so, what is your take there? >> well, look, i think the president was careful to say in the earlier part of that clip, look, obviously, a governors got to try to balance his budget, but that whats going on here doesnt appear to be just that. you know, theres been some discussion abo...

>> venture capitalist emerged as a threat to win largely promoting his business accomplishment and political outsider. rounding out the top tier is attorney general mike cox who today filed a brief in support with the arizona fight over the government over the controversial immigration law. the democratic primary is as tight. hes up against the lansing mayor who enjoys a lot of labor support. >> i dont think we will tax our way to prosperity. i avoided that my city. i think its a balance. >> fin...

>> venture capitalist emerged as a threat to win largely promoting his business accomplishment and political outsider. rounding out the top tier is attorney general mike cox who today filed a brief in support with the arizona fight over the government over the controversial immigration law. the democratic primary is as tight. hes up against the lansing mayor who enjoys a lot of labor support. >> i dont think we will tax our way to prosperity. i avoided that my city. i think its a balance. >> fin...

Mentioned in alabama from i assume a safe congressional seat going statewide for governor. he made an amazing concession speech and he said just recently im getting out of the business. im not too good at this. now we got kendrick meek not doing well. lets talk about him in florida. one of the really important states now, florida. he is fading down there. you got a wealthy, self-financed -- we had him on last night who is challenging him and you got charlie crist really moving off to the left ge...

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The one dem that has the best odds will be on the stage. joe biden still not running. ed henry live in vegas. when hillary clinton landed there she went after the front-runner, donald trump. >> she should be coming here to come up with a contrast with bernie sanders but she immediately went to the trump hotel across from the wynn vegas where the debate will be. she jumped in because shes trying to get labor support. she immediately tried to show im the front-runner. im going after the republican...

The labor association, the afl-cio and biden is not suffering through that kind of little test? >> mm. >> is there a double standard? >> there can be in a way. as michael was saying, the labor support for biden is baked in. and they understand, i think, that this is a loyal vice president supporting his presidents trade bill. hillary clinton, on the other hand, you dont quite know where she is. you know, is she going to support it or not? so theres a big question mark there. >> you just defined ...

Can a business be...alive? afl-cio and biden is not suffering through that kind of little test? so, i tried depend last weekend. >> mm. >> is there a double standard? it really made the difference >> there can be in a way. between a morning around the house as michael was saying, the labor and getting a little exercise. support for biden is baked in. and they understand, i think, that this is a loyal vice and i tried a baking class. president supporting his presidents trade bill. hillary clinton...