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Kevin Hern and the 2nd District’s Josh Brecheen were among the 118 “no” votes against the National Defense Authorization Act passed by the Senate and House on Thursday.

United states and to peace across the world. you though, im scratching my head. why are we letting these guys go? and what kind of explanation is the administration giving for the ration gnatale of letting them go? >> when i was there, there were 650 detainees in 04 and 05. today, as you said there are 127. anyone who is swept up in the battlefield is long since gone. the president knows that. but he is obsessed with closing guantanamo bay. he thinks its too big of a sin that we started it in th...

Speeches and basically demonizes the republicans. theres no trust on either side toward the other side. ed, how lets say optimistic are you that the president really means this and he says look, im going to start working with the congress? do you believe it? >> well, its a new year-hope springs eternal. and i think that parties could work together if we find democrats who truly believe say like john f. kennedy believed that when you release money from taxation and people can invest and produce j...

Some time working person to person, face to face, behind closed doors with members of congress members of the opposition. you cant win those battles out on the trail. youve got to take it inside that private room. ed, will the president do that this time? >> i dont believe so, but i do think that weve got to think about it this way. if we start to talk about comprehensive reform or sweeping reform, were going to be disappointed. i thisnk that incrementally, we could make some progress today. so ...

Accomplish in dealing with obamacare? >> take out the medical device tax. just get rid of it. maybe tweak it around the edges. i dont see president obama ever conceding a way -- a full repeal of obamacare. it has his name after all governor. >> jessica? >> medical device tax, im with you there. but what i think that can be done is also purchasing insurance across state lines, tort reform. but also splapexplaining things better. this is a man who became famous for the way that he talks, right, an...

Passing substantial protections for human life werent easy. and yet learning how to do it was incredibly valuable. it means taking your disagreements with legislative leaders into private and not trying to negotiate on the front pages of the newspapers. it also means not gloating when you win and not pouting when you lose. it means behaving like an adult. now, we havent seen much of that out of washington. but i would welcome the approach. so heres hoping that in the new year of 2015 we see the ...

Presidential campaign, and president of the tripp, scott law firm. ed, jessica good to see you guys. thanks for joining me today. >> thanks for having us. >> lets talk about realistically, is congress and the president going to find the moment to smoke the peace pipe and get this thing acting like a government again? jessica, what say you? >> i say yea, yes. i think its absolutely possible. i think that the new year its a new attitude. the president has a lot to lose right? he only has two years...