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As you mentioned in the lead-in, to this whole issue of trying to raise the minimum wage and, actually, using his pen and his phone to raise the minimum wage for federal workers. but the important thing to remember is that, you know, four years ago at the beginning of his administration when presumably, according to the democrats, the economy was even worse, you know, democrats could have -- they had control of the congress, they had control of the white house. and for part of the time they had ...

I ask asked you ten times, let me move on. where whereas elijah cummings outrage at the conservatives that we know were targeted routinely by the irs being intimidated and harassed for having a different political view and the lead-in and silence up to the election. where is the outrage over that? >> if you were in our committee the day that we had our first hearing on the irs you would have seen the outrage by all members of the committee. because we all want to get to the bottom of the issue a...

I ask asked you ten times, let me move on. where whereas elijah cummings outrage at the conservatives that we know were targeted routinely by the irs being intimidated and harassed for having a different political view and the lead-in and silence up to the election. where is the outrage over that? >> if you were in our committee the day that we had our first hearing on the irs you would have seen the outrage by all members of the committee. because we all want to get to the bottom of the issue a...

Is the reset button when you need it? you know, this administrations policy towards russia has been a failure. i think what the president could have done is come out earlier as you mentioned in your lead-in, too little, too late. there is some value in strategic ambiguity, youre trying to involve yourself in further diplomacy, this should have been done a long time ago. and unfortunately this administration, like so many other issues is behind the power curve. >> all right, we want to play a lit...

Have to go to 10:00 p.m.? >> it was kind of bruising for all of us, because we had to figure out what to do just like that. and we thought we were doing a pretty good job at 11:30. >> what do you think was the biggest challenge for him to succeed at 10:00? >> "challenge" is the word. >> a ratings challenge for the nbc affiliates, too. their 11:00 p.m. news casts start taking hits from the weak lead-in. >> they were in a panic. so by october, they were ready to remove jay if nbc didnt. >> ladies ...

I made $5 billion. >> reporter: leno was back with his monologues and headline humor. but not all of his fans follow him. >> how bruising was it for jay to have to go to 10:00 p.m.? >> it was kind of bruising for all of us because we had to figure out what to do just like that. and we thought we were doing a pretty good job at 11:30. >> what do you think was the biggest challenge for him to succeed at 10:00? >> well, challenge is a word. >> reporter: a ratings challenge for the nbc affiliates, t...

Closeness and sexuality as theyre living in their communities and enjoying a sexual experience that most of them never dreamed that they were going to have. >> all right. so thats the good news part of it. but the bad news are the stats that i said in the lead-in to you, which is std rates at the age of the same as 20 to 24-year-olds. so what do we do about it? with our young people, were trying to educate them. >> we need to do a much better job with education. you know, for example, the commer...

>> jim geraghty, a conservative writer at the national review, he skeptically called this new probe amazingly convenient timing, the word, the idea that at sandy funding investigation comes right after the bridge scandal. is there anything to that? are democrats sensing weakness and deciding to go after some things theyve wondered about for some time or some weakness in the governors armer? >> this is a federal probe so im learning about it much as you are, as being reported in the news today. s...

Governor, but theres a personal phone call. governor christie, who is doing a sell job in his press conference that he didnt have anything to do with it, hes just blind sided with all this. it was on his radar screen enough to call someone on the democratic side to ask him for help. dont you think thats a rather important piece of information? >> it raises a red flag. im hearing about this as im listening to your show in the lead-in to this interview. again, the governor made a statement last we...

Bobby flay is a great new york street kid personality. you ask him where he went to college and hell say ucla which you know is the university of corner of lexi lexington avenue? >> right. >> he is a bit of an ego but successful. he is in way hero of the book and who survived. guy, his childhood heroes were evel knievel and elvis. >> you talk about the up and down of the network and how your viewing habits as well. they really havent produced any new stars. >> thats right. >> that is part of the...