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Business over there. what is your sense of china and where things are heading? >> guest: i think china is in the midst of a big change. obviously, they have new leadership that has just taken over. china in the middle part of the first decade of this century made some policy changes. which i think have been not good for world trading system. they promote chinese interest over other companies that may be operating there. that they call it indigenous innovation. they are trying to build the econom...

We will not rest until we have done that, which makes our children safer. >> connecticut governor dan malloy today speaking at the state capitol in hartford, where more than 5,000 people turned out today, two months to the day after the newtown shootings to demand policy changes in response. joining us now is connecticut senator richard blumenthal. he serves on the senate judiciary committee. he has introduced the ammunition background check act of 2013. senator blumenthal, thank you for joining...

Dont assume that we have nothing to say because we havent necessarily talked to a particular group before, because actually, again, were at a unique moment where we know people actually agree with us. so now is the perfect time to engage in the conversation and lets engage in the conversation in a way that doesntbarriers. thats the message that democrats are trying to work on and took away from president clintons message. >> thats quite heartening, they are in a position of strength and unity to...

To fix the image and hes angered a lot of republicans, especially far right conservatives by talking about his plans to go against the most extreme in the primary. mark levin, the talk show host, says conservatives are being stabbed in the back. erick erickson, the editor of redstate.com says the efforts will, quote, crush conservatives, destroy the tea party, and put a bunch of squishes in republican leadership positions. whats your response to that? >> i tend to think thats kind of alarmism. w...

It was really telling the activist community im your guy now. you dont have to worry about the first few years when we were fighting, and like you can -- lets go for it. >> the first term wasnt exactly a term without policy changes, key changes in american politics. >> paul crudman, who had been very critical of the president on the first day of the new term, wrote a column saying, wait a minute, lets look at the progressive achievements of the first term. i thought that was important. i think y...

Have moved so hard and done so rapidly in ten years or so on the issues away from the establishment of the republican party. you look at immigration, the demographic challenges, they are going do have to make some policy changes. when they say, does that mean change our principles? if your policies do not represent a majority of the people you will be a minority party. you will not be a majority party. this is going to push the republican party on climate, on gay rights issues, on immigration, o...

>>. >> arthel: a new report raising concerns about nations federal spending warning that if no policy changes are made the country is on unsustainable path. the government accountability office which is non-partisan government agency notes the dealt held by the public has increased to 73% of the g.d.p.. that is the highest of 2000 and its grown by a whopping 54% over the last four years. at that pace were going to top $25 trillion public debt by 2017. now, the sobering report comes as we get a b...

Gun. they searched the backpack and suspended the child for ten days making what theyre calling, a quote, terrorist threat, but reduced the punishment later to two days. her family not surprisingly is hiring a lawyer and fighting the suspension. >> . >> jamie: a new government report raising concerns about federal spending warning that if no policy changes are made. the country is on an unsustainable fiscal path. and the office which is an independent nonpartisan government agency notes the debt...

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That goes beyond whether or not you could be kate upton or jennifer lawrence. theres a question about the health of our communities as well as ourselves. john, are there actual policy initiatives that legislatively or legally we can start to move toward so they are not pie in the sky ideas or you should do better ideas, but we are reengineering the environment to be healthier? >> the business is powerful. theres not much of a counter balance. i mentioned change.org and the advocacy outlets. this...