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There was a lot more energy and focus was paid by some in congress as well as in the media on issues that, while important, are not the highest priority of the american people and they are not scandals. >> all right. so what about phony scandals? how do you define them? jim, the president keeps repeating that line. are the media going along? >> i think its the jedi mind trick. however, there are some strange eruptions of curiosity. in fact, for example, cnns jake tapper reportedly, quote, dozens...

Doubt that -- that more than the intelligence community would have known about that. >> senator jeff merkley of oregon. thank you for explaining that. you have been more clear than anybody else commenting thus far and i think you made news here tonight by being so clear. thank you for being with us, sir. >> youre very welcome. thank you. earlier this week on this show, john stanton, from buzz feed, the guy with the big eyebrows and goatee, skull rings, he said one member of the united states sen...

Senate, obviously marco rubio has been tip of the spear here for the republicans in terms of trying to come up with a bill that republicans can support. early on that meant him going on conservative media and lobbying conservative media host. they should also support this, they should not whip this vote from the conservative side against republicans and hold it against them. in the last couple weeks weve seen marco rubio doing sun servetive media hits where hes talking the bill down, saying its ...

Colleagues saying, oh, i have all of these concerns, we may not be able to pass it. they get a few additions to the bill, couple tweaks. he can then come back and say, look, i was very concerned just like you were and we were able to make some changes, the best policy were going to get, so we need to get behind it and hopefully -- and the reformers, you know, position that would help bring enough republicans along. you know, they should be able to get 60 votes or close to 60 votes in the senate,...

Votes. they thought it was going to pass. even republican senator lindsay graham said today they had the votes that it was going to pass, they got 60 votes, but marco rubio, who is supposed to be the great republican champion of this issue says, no, it is not going to happen. hes counting and he cannot count to 60 on this one. this is the one policy they want, the one thing they are geared up to actually even talk about and everything. and it too is now falling apart? joining us now is the great...

This generation, in order to find out more about our children, we have to massage them through the jeddi mind trick and sometimes instead of standing over them you have to sit down in the middle of the basketball court with them and say whats going on, buddy? whats happening? its a fine line. i dont know im doing it right. hes only 12. i hear those teen years are the killer years. >> get ready. >> get ready from someone who doesnt have kids yet. who am i to say? little more serious here. youve c...

Mind trick he can use on congress. up next, something has gone missing, something very, very big. like new? you ask a ford customer. when they tell you that you need your oil changed you got to bring it in. if your tires need to be rotated, you have to get that done as well. jackie, tell me why somebody should bring theyre car here to the ford dealership for service instead of any one of those other places out there. they are going to take care of my car because this is where it came from. price...

Moreover, besides having effects on jobs and incomes, the slower recovery will lead to lower debt reduction for any given set of fiscal actions. >> that is huge, what ben bernanke said and what the senate should frankly know by now, what he said it would possibly be cheaper and definitely, definitely more cost effective now, to be doing cost effectiveness now and comparing it later. it would cut the long-term deficit, and that is what were worried about. but doing what were doing now, doing defi...

2005. republicans are playing politics with peoples lives. theyre obsessed with cuts instead of jobs. theyre focused on spending instead of hiring. the president kept his job because the american people trust him to create jobs for them. republicans just dont get it. joining me now is melissa harris perry and dana millbank. republicans say this consumer bureau could hurt wall street. but, today, the dow closed over 14,000 for the first time in six years. so whats this really all about? >> well, ...

The reason why a lot of health experts and people across the spectrum supported the mandate. >> republican thinktank was made in the first proponent of it. i went as governor went wh president bush was president, i thought there was no chance for national health insurance and massachusetts was moving in the right direction, we went up and spent about a day with mitt romney and his people there about two hours, very proud about the mandate and told us what was important to make the overall scheme...