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>> what does rockefeller gain from a comment like that? >> probably getting something off his chest that he believes is the case. and put it out into the public sphere. we know there are some democrats who believe the same thing. every time the president has addressed this kind of issue, as you know better than i, he has always said i get some votes because im african-american and lose some votes because im african-american but there are some people who believe that the broad opposition to him i...

Number one, align the ultimate point in november with president obama. calling them the obama candidate and hope that will turn the tide. the second strategy is to actually have some endurance moving into that election. george wilcot points out that this is more about a double standard. take a look at history. it kind of works out in the end. >> when howard dean ran in 2004, i dont recall people saying, gosh, theres a civil war in the democratic party because howard dean says i represent the dem...

Mitigation, plans about preventing future flooding disasters in hoboken. when i asked him in detail what he heard, this is what he told me. >> if you heard the whole conversation, how else did it go? >> i heard them talking about hazard mitigation, expressing her views on it. she does a great job advocating for her town. him listening to it, kind of districting where to go just like when i talked to him prior to going up on stage about hazard mitigation, and him explaining how the money is suppo...

At the same time as it was sending leaders to washington, manhattan was exploding in size. the first american city to top 500,000 people by 1850 and more than 1 million by 1880. after being expanded all five boroughs, it was nearly 3.5 million by the turn of the 20th century. bigger than number-two chicago and number-three philadelphia, combined. with the construction of the statue of liberty and the opening of ellis island, new york became the gateway for american immigration, with as many as 1...

Phase in the transition and rockefeller added it is consistent to promote a free and open internet unquote. so important is this function that is man who first exercised this authority was known as god. >> if this has been the policy and expected for some time, why is everybody so alarmed? >> the internet flourished under the united states control and it isnt clear what the plan they are coming up with. the conservatives wonder if they would come under control from another government less commit...

Privately. vice president nixon and governor rockefeller. >> you know, mr. moran, kennedy had the gall to show up not in white tie but with a regular tux looking like a million bucks. nixon shows up like hes supposed to and kennedy looks better. your thoughts about the sense of humor of the irish. this is an easy one. what is it that makes most irish with the exception of bill oreilly not take themselves seriously? >> you know, they -- i think their parents keep them in check. they usually come ...

The president and brennan are getting propped up by the republicans. >> by the republicans. >> and its backed by -- >> not so surprising when you consider what they are defendinging. it is about john brennan and whether you believe that an agreement that proceeded dianne feinstein, an agreement with kit bond, rockefeller and panetta, that this senate facility with the cia setup with cia computers which was supposedly agreed to that the senate would control those computers and the cia would not b...

Destroyed the controversial documentation. mike hayden, the head of the cia, went to the committee and belatedly said, you know -- he -- he -- we have better evidence. we have documents. so we will give you everything you want. we will give you all of the documentation and that began the saga. 09, she takes over. takes over from rockefeller and an agreement by kit bond. this was the first of the split and it was a very polite division with saxby chambliss going to the floor last night. this is t...

And its because rockefeller was the principle opponent, have they ever been successful. >> everyone, the left is doing it, and some people on the right are doing it, too. theyre talking, and i actually bought into this for a while, theres a split between the republican party in the far right and the center right, and rand paul points this out. he says its less of that than a bunch of individuals who are not all right, far right, or centrist right. they have their own ideology. its not two factio...

People feel they their story, their arguments are not being made strongly enough by mitch mcconnell and john boehner. they want a spokesman who will make their argument against barack obama and that has. happened and i think thats a big source of the frustration. >> but thats the historic weakness of congress. its very hard to have a spokesman coming out of congress which is, you know, 435 people all looking for their tv camera at the same time. its very hard to speak with one voice. >> yeah. i ...