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So in love with you hell, no, you cant. They have got one plan. They have taken 50 votes to repeal obamacare. I want to repeal the law of the land. Is that clear . I guess theyre going try to take 50 more, because thats all they talk about. Obamacare. Obamacare. Obamacare. You ready to go . Thank you very much. Good to have you with us tonight, folks, thanks for watching. You know the old saying, you cant see the forest because of the trees . Thats where the republicans are. Theyre deep into the...

500pound bombs. The campaign of terrorism against the innocent show all of the warning signs of genocide. To prevent a potential act of genocide. The world needs to join us in a condemnation of isis action. The United States of america cannot turn a blind eye. Good to have you with us tonight. Thanks for watching. We start with breaking news, president obama has authorized targeted military air strikes in iraq. They unfolded today. The United States military conducted several targets in iraq tod...

Believed that the center is now wide open for her to win a substantial victory, a big victory in the fall because trump is not really doing that well even as of last night at midnight, really hasnt gone into the center politically. She can grab it back from him. She can win big. She can maybe win 55 or more in the popular vote. And this guy is going to help her do it. She knows she doesnt need to go to the hard left. Shes not perilous in her choice. She got to pick the guy shes comfortable with....

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Create something better than god in terms of combatting disease? there are certain things we have to do, but we have just made so many assumptions, and its all pointed toward everybody getting a vaccine. >> i mean, wow. theres a lot of people who believe in god and believe that god helped create the antibodies. the amazing, beautiful, human mind that created the vaccines. but the question now is does this all matter politically? or are the structural factors in midterms and the loyalty of the di...

>> if you take a look at the chart, the red tidal wave of debt. sean, this is the most predictable economic crisis. >> ryans solution, of course, was to dramatically cut medicare, medicaid, social security. he never succeeded. once there was a republican back in the white house, so weird he became a lot less worried about the deficit and debt. as speaker he passed spending bills he didnt pay for, pushed through tax cut and the cbo added 1.9 trillion dollars to the debt. when ryan became speaker ...

779 billion. next year thanks in large part to paul ryan and his party its expected to hit 1 trillion. joining me to discuss ryans legacy, charlie pierce and direct from ryans home state, ruth coniff, editor of the progressive magazine. let me start with you, ruth. paul ryan crafted this image in d.c. as a kind of wonk, the rare wonk, the person who really genuinely believed in what he was doing. i wonder what his reputation was like in wisconsin and what is he going back to? >> thats a really g...

Thats the kind of mindset -- im not saying that to brag. im just saying thats the kind of mindset that our country needs. >> but carly fiorina isnt backing down. she says her job as the head of a publicly traded company meant accountabili accountability and standards a privately owned company doesnt have to meet. >> donald trump and i are in a different business. hes in the entertainment business. in the business i was in, we had to report our results publicly, and if i misrepresented those resu...

"progressive." can carly fiorina pack a punch against donald and the other candidates? >> well, i think she proved last time around that she packed enough punch in the first debate. she jumped to the big boys debate. >> the main stage. >> the main stage debate that shes going to be in tonight. and look, we talked about in the earlier segment when donald trump made comments about how she looked, i know he said it was something different, but i think we all know he was commenting about her looks, ...

Conservative union, he is the chairman there. matt, you first. why is scott walker doing so well in iowa before even declaring hes a candidate? >> well we saw this at the cpac straw poll as well. scott walker is revered by republican voters because hes won in a tough state for republicans over and over again, despite the fact that the left has thrown everything at him. and they admire his fortitude and his standing up for what they believe in and what he believes in. >> what about that ruth do t...