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States of america. [ applause ] >> liberty lovers okay francis, without the y, i took it all the way to libertarian. the results so far of what people are saying on bing pulse. >> were getting viewers like you involved in the bing pulse question of the day. we asked you this question, do you agree with this statement that senator rand paul has a strong chance of winning the republican nomination for president in 2016? all right, lets break down what youve answered so far. starting by the politic...

>> well see you tonight. >> i think it is great hes taking on maybe the media and our understanding of things. and these commercials. i have a problem with the right wing people that put out the commercials. >> i can tell. >> why are we playing them. list the donors every time we run an ad. >> it was the foundation for secure and prosperous america. >> what is that? >> i dont know. >> okay lets find out. >> im going to get on it. >> good move for all of us. thank you, sir. >> weve been getting t...

Were doing something new, thomas just mentioned it our bing question of the day and we want you to get involved here. todays question rand paul has a strong chance of winning the republican nomination for president in 2016. do you strongly agree here? do you strongly disagree? or do you fall somewhere in the middle? tell us what you think. people are already weighing in. we appreciate that. we invite you to do the same. do that at pulse.msnbc.com. well use our new bing technology in the next two...

Thomas. he went out of his way to portray himself as the type of republican candidate who can reach out to different groups that traditionally are not republican voters particularly minorities and young people. when he took the stage today, he was the first white man to go on stage to sell himself. he was preceded by a pastor from west louisville who did a very passionate -- a very passionate speech about how paul is willing to go to places that other republicans maybe dont. and in his speech pa...

Moments. so if we look at 08 and thats a harbinger of the past. how does she reinvent who she wants to be as a candidate this time around. >> she would like to reinvent herself as the candidate who appeared in the second half after she lost to iowa i think people around her and even people on obamas team felt she became a much better candidate. she flew closer to the ground. she did more intimate events and stayed longer at town halls and answered every question questions werent planted as they ...

Bigger conversation about what plus size really is. in a new article, "elle" magazine calls it surprising the fashion industry would still designate dalbesio as plus size. one tweeting, it angers me so much what the fashion industry considers plus size. >> were so used to seeing skinny models that when someone is a healthy size 10, we dont know how to handle it. >> reporter: for a special campaign, dalbesio addressed her place in the fashion world. >> were not skinny enough to be straight size a...

Just kind of a jump start. just a jump start. >> reporter: in kimmys case a restart. >> this is when i plus model of the year. >> reporter: she was a successful plus size model even appearing in the movie "phat girlz." her goal is to lose 60 pounds. >> i was still heavy but i felt i still was thick but i felt better and can wear the clothes. >> reporter: thats your plan then. >> thats my plan. >> reporter: but the plan isnt that simple. >> jumping the border. were going over there. this is excit...

Size. >> youre right. >> its the size of anorexia there. >> id like to interrupt the two of you. marla has commented on-line and says why dont they just leave barbie alone? little girls have been loving her since the 1950s. im 61 years old. i played with barbies and i was never a psychologically damaged. its the adults in society that are whining about everything. the children could care less. people need to quit whining about everything. >> thats how she sees it. i dont know. there certainly is...

Posted a question, should toy companies start making plus-size barbie dolls? if you look at the number of comments that they received, it would seem a vast majority of americans think its probably a good idea. >> thats probably because the majority of americans are overweight or obese. the problem with that is that its an unhealthy figure. i understand not having a little skinny barbie. shes a perfect 10. thats better than that. people say she cant even walk on those legs if her measurements wer...

Lululemon makes a size 12 which is the low ernd of plus size and they were not displayed with other sizes on the store wall. they were actually kind of tossed into a team on a table used to fold all the other pants. so it was a big to do for plus size customers to come in, request their size, the employee would then have to dig out the size, and since they were, you know, under picked, they were never current styles. so the customer who was plus sized had a very different shopping experience tha...