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Definitely a threat. were going to see a possibility of large hail, damaging winds, cloud-to-ground lightning and well see the possibility of those isolated tornadoes. this continues to move to the east over the next couple of daus. could bring snow to new england. thats where well be watching for sure. weve had that lack of snowfall over the last couple of months. the season has been very dry as far as snowfall is concerned. so thats one of the things well be watching, michaela, as we go forwar...

The greatest document concerning presidential health and fitness since lbj explained his need for an extra long in seam to the man who made his panlts. in this weeks even more amazing document about presidential health and finance, donald trumps personal physician effusively praised donald trumps health. with which of the following phrases was not part of donald trumps doctors letter. a, to whom my concern. b, his lab test results were astonishingly excellent. c, i can unekwquivocally state . tr...

On board had time to hatch? >> it was b, rescued a fisherman. >> steve, did he get that right? >> lets check out the segment. >> a frigate that costs $4 billion, yeah, it turns out that offers a pretty good platform for collecting the fisherman. >> the correct answer is b, and jessie is 1 for 1. >> yay. >> and now extra challenge. were going to go to question 2, but im going to give you a choice. you can choose a question that is about politics or one that is not about politics. which one would ...

Been arguing with my progressive liberal friends, dont just write him off as a bigot. this is a strategy to win elections. >> im also uncomfortable with strategic racism. >> but this is the strategy of the republican party to win elections. why are we surprised 20 years of dog whistling becomes dog barking. now were all up in arms. he represents a significant portion of the white american electorate. >> so let me just say, i know -- i know the story about lbj signed 64 and 65, then reagan shows ...

And i agree 100% because thats what is implied, that the power is with the people ultimately and thats what killer mike is representative of. he is representative of a voice thats so often unheard and certainly not tapped into at this stage of the political process. this is relatively new. we had king visiting with lbj, but he was not exactly killer mike, by definition. >> lets look at, for example, some of the polling out right now. you have a sizable lead for hillary clinton in national polls....

Virginia really went purple with president obama. he carried that state, right. >> it was stunning because no democrat for president had carried virginia since lbj in 1964 until obama did it in 08. a lot of folks said thats a fluke and it will flip back in 12. it didnt. obama carried that state again. i think it was wake up call to republicans. if they continue to support more government spending, their going to continue losing states if they look too much like the democrats. they have to put fo...

That is hitting bookshelves this week. like cnns own jake tapper. . he made it the subject of this weeks state of the cartoonion. >> the new john meacham biography of her 41st president is full of newsy insights. youve probably already heard of his own secretary of defense and his sons vice president, dick cheney, president bush said, quote, he just became very hardline and very different from the dick cheney i knew and worked with. just iron ass. but theres much more in these riveting pages. a ...

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Team jeb and team marco and they told me regarding marco rubio senate votes were the problem. >> its tough being a no-show and a credit risk. anyway, thank you. thanks to everybody at the "hardball" round table. carol lee, david corn, and rebecca berg. up next the power against the president. a revealing look at how lady bird johnson was the defining force behind lbjs path to the white house. this is "hardball," the place for politics.