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senator jon kyl claims that the benefits provide a disincentive to go out and get a job? plus, a shocking new report about rage on the right. the jump in extremist and hate groups in this country really is frightening. details coming up in my "playbook." and another note, there is a very prominent member opt house ways and means committee, a democrat, is now saying charlie rangel should step down. that in a moment. first, this story has me cranked up today. change. change is bein...

We now know, for instance, that senator blanche lincoln, the democrat from arkansas, now has a primary challenger. youre going to see more and more of this occurring and that is the psychological dynamic affecting lawmakers. >> and on that very point, karen finney, i wonder if a primary challenger from the left might actually help the democrats and that it may essentially thwart to go ahead and support the pass through reconciliation to hold off the challenge from the left. >> it absolutely migh...

Took potentially harmful medication early in pregnancy. mrs. tebow got very lucky. she survived the dangerous pregnancy and the baby she bore grew up to be her famous son tim. the ad was produced, written, and paid for by focus on the family, a very conservative christian group that campaigns against abortion and gay marriage and gay rights. focus on the family says they worked on the ad with cbs for months saying, quote, there were discussions about the specific wording of the spot. weve worked...

Tim tebow antiabortion ad and a planned parenthood pro choice ad and the moveon ad and something, i mean would you rather see all of that stuff or rather see none of it at the super bowl? >> lets talk about some of the ads at the super bowl if we could. because we can talk about their not being advocacy ads but they actually advocate a lot of things like women like to hang out in bikinis around men who drink beer. thats an advocacy ad. not to mention that the super bowl is the number one day for...

We associate, and i think the family has used the national prayer breakfast as a way of acquiring a sort of patina of respectability and credibility. and so perhaps in another year maybe we ought to offer an alternative event so that our congressional people and even the president himself will need to think long and hard about whether they want to lend the credibility of their presence to such a group. >> bishop gene robinson, thank you so much for joining us tonight. i really appreciate you mak...

After president trumps blistering election win. their base, fed up with president trumps hardline agenda and demanding action. democratic national committee members will choose one of seven hopefuls to lead that battle. at the head of the pack is former labor secretary tom perez. he has had a list of endorsers including vice president joe biden and several governors, but right on his heels is congressman keith ellison of minnesota. he picked up the endorsement of top democrat chuck schumer, bern...

Today with opponents of the deal. >> if this deal goes through the obama administration send billions to jihadists who will use the money to murder americans. they do not want to address the substance of governor huckabee, and prime minister netanyahu, all said, that this deal poses a threat of murdering millions of americans and anyone who stand with israel should be categorically owe opposed to the deal. >> people who support the nuclear deal. moveon, mobilizing a grassroots campaign to put pr...

Cruz gave a press conference today with opponents of the deal. >> if this deal goes through the obama administration send billions to jihadists who will use the money to murder americans. they do not want to address the substance of governor huckabee, and prime minister netanyahu, all said, that this deal poses a threat of murdering millions of americans and anyone who stand with israel should be categorically opposed to the deal. >> people who support the nuclear deal. moveon, mobilizing a gras...

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Petraeus now coming onboard with the administration. >> let me make two points about this, sean. first, the attack on general petraeus by moveon.org was despicable. at the time, we were moveon.org but another group about doing some advertising that would be supportive of this campaign. first of all we told them it is going to backfire. it is stupid. secondly, we said we wouldnt do it. with that said, and i dont think that somebody that was a big part of that effort would make a good choice for t...