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Policy? >> he doesnt have a ton of influence anymore. you know, the republican party is kind of, you know, kind of split now over how to handle this kind of behavior because it backfired so badly. you know, the only thing that cheney does really is actually help democrats, if the vote on the iran deal were still at all in doubt in the senate, cheney coming out strongly against it could only help democrats, it could only help unify them in support of it but there are a lot of republicans, i think...

Guys -- who will appear on the big stage, heres what they can expect to be dealing with. >> obama cares going to start kicking in. thats a disaster for the country. in many ways. one of the things people like about me, nobodys taking care of me. i dont need anybody to take care of me. the nice thing about an executive order, the new president can come in and sign it away immediately. you dont have to worry about congress or anything else. i have great relationship with mexico. they buy my apartm...

Its bad. what you want to be is at the main event always. its better to be the 11th man on the michael jordan bowls than first person at a losing squad. but you got to play the hand youre dealt. now i think youve got these candidates who are in the second tier, lower tier, theyve got to find a way to make some news in that tier that the rest of the media has to cover so people watching it on news later on, they wont know the difference between who is where. theyll just see the clips. >> you know...

Dealing with womens issues. his first law he signed into law was the lilly ledbetter act. then the women and girls initiative thats headed by valerie jarrett, his senior adviser, who is a woman. then you also have the president dealing with issues of sexual assaults in the military and on college campuses. hes against that. so i was told that hes very passionate about the issue of rape. he has zero tolerance for it. >> let me go to ryan. you get in here, because i think that was so smartly said ...

And i have no reason to doubt those assurances but i understand, when the federal government has not demonstrated itself to be trustworthy in this administration, the natural consequence is that many of the citizens dont trust what it is saying. >> let me to go ryan. in what world of metaphor or what does a person who is a united states senator, i certainly respect that position, calls up the pentagon or has a staffer call the pentagon and ask them, are you invading texas? first of all, if there...

April ryan who asked the president about cosby. and also jonathan capehart and ryan grim, washington burrow chief of "the huffington post." april, back to you, did you have any hesitancy about that question, was it hard to bring that up for you personally? >> it was hard number one, as a journalist, you know the presidents trying to keep a tight ship and you just want to ask one question but when you get the president, you try to throw it all in there. i had three questions and the last one was ...

House said the president has zero tolerance for rape. and president obama has been very much in the forefront of dealing with womens issues. his first law he signed into law was the lilly ledbetter act. then the women and girls initiative thats headed by valerie jarrett, his senior adviser, who is a woman. then you also have the president dealing with issues of sexual assaults in the military and on college campuses. hes against that. so i was told that hes very passionate about the issue of rap...

It means that people need to work longer hours. and through their productivity gain more income for their families. thats the only way were going to get out of this rut that were in. >> americans are already working record hours. and democrats jumped all over that statement. bush clarified saying he was calling for more full-time openings for people who want them but it isnt good when the top gop candidate has to explain a comment about american workers. economic gaffes and right wing trickle-do...

Assuming that shes the nominee, doesnt poll well. you know, their polls are having her down in the low 40s in places like colorado. if somebody like bush can maybe pick up a little bit of the latino vote plus drive out the base with the resources that they have then you know they think they can take what is maybe, you know a 51/49 election and move it over in their direction. i dont think youre going to sew a whole lot of contrasting around those populous issues that the republicans will be push...

Pass a meaningful infrastructure bill. if you are not willing to refinance student loan interest rates and stop dragging in billions of dollars in profits off the backs of kids who otherwise cant afford to go to college. if you dont say you are going to fund the nih and nis because that is our future. we have to make these issues salient and not just wonky. >> joining me now, ryan grim. its good to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> thats senator warren in california. shes said shes not runnin...