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>> so when they talk about the environment, i say you hate birds. you hate birds because your win moneys are kill -- windmills are killing birds. what kind of monster are you that you would hate birds. when you talk about gun control, thats a gun ceiling. and it is sexist because youre preventing law-abiding women from purchasing guns -- >> now know that was a very -- in my nerdy way i like what you said about government spending. its your spending, which kind of frames the debate differently. b...

Up and everybody gets a voice. >> how you make the case that you, who has been part of the republican leadership for years, and been the number two for a year and a half, how do you make the case you represent a change other than generational? >> we dont get elected as a ticket, its individual. if you come back here and watched where i came from, right, i came in 06, paul ryan and i and eric cantor created young gun, i recruited candidates different to what washington looked like to elect people...

Do count how many times hes talking about himself again? this is really a problem we have with this president. this isnt about him. you know, putin is watching this, the red chinese communist are watching this, enemies all over the world, allies, of course, what are they taking away? they are taking away this is not a leader. hes not a commander in chief. hes disarming the united states. he goes to west point and he tells these worriers, men trained to be worriers dont worry, im not sending you ...

Radio talk show lowes we call him the great one, mark leaven. mark, im happy with conservative governors. you got guys like rick perry and well be in new orleans tomorrow for the republican leadership conference, bobby jindal, rick scott, scott walker, those conservative governors are doing a great job, deficits becoming surpluses, unemployment rates going down, making good decisions, i dont see the same thing with republicans down in washington. youve been outspoken. i wont speak of boehner to ...

behind closed doors. >> i remember well one time when i was very little and i was fighting with my brother every other minute and my mother put us in a back room and said dont come out until you got it figured out, we stares at each other for a while but came out friends. >> thanks, senator, murray for confirming congress is just a bunch of feuding children. to me thats proof they dont get it. tonights number, it will warm your heart. military widow who lost her navy s.e.a.l. in comb...

America but the very hope of a country. >> killing their brothers over drugs and money. >> mark leaven, executive producer of brick city and joins me now. explain to us what was it about newark that made you want to create "brick city"? what drew you there? >> one, i happened to grow up in jersey, and the second was when mayor cory booker took over, he promised he was going to make newark the model for urban transformation in america. that was a bold promise, and we, my partners, mark benjamin a...

Production of processed foods but you might call junk food, and on the other hand theyre trying to tell people not to eat it, and thats a dual mission not working very well. >> mark, lets talk about how some certain states, cities, opening up farmer markets in lower income areas, called urban deserts, getting fresh food, to allow fresh food to get to people who traditionally have less access to it. what else are we seeing in terms of good ideas that the government can do to help? what still need...

Familiar with the city of newark, some of the struggles that its gone through? >> i would say two things. one, that civil servants, we often devalue them, make them faceless bureaucrats. youre going to see people on the front line who have sacrificed a tremendous amount trying to make a difference. we often overlook that. and on the other side, on the community side, on the streets and the schools, mentoring programs, again, community activists are also often devalued and made fun of and i think...