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Politics, on foreign policy issues, there is a real test for how we handle these questions in our nation that has nothing to do with short-term partisan gain and score settling and pointing and laughing at people who need to be pointed at and laughed at. there is something real that we can do here to sort of cut through both the funny stuff and also the bull. it is the genius of the founding fathers and the way they structured our constitution that when questions of war and peace arise, as they ...

Happening right now on our politics, on foreign policy issues, there is a real test for how we handle these questions in our nation that has nothing to do with short-term partisan gain and score settling and pointing and laughing at people who need to be pointed at and laughed at. there is something real that we can do here to sort of cut through both the funny stuff and also the bull. it is the genius of the founding fathers and the way they structured our constitution that when questions of wa...

Better. because nape pucthey put it all lynn. and to see attacks against the military family. he knows it. he is playing for the crowd. >> let me ask you while i have you here, i know you were a j.a.g. lawyer, what do you think about the more serious part of the criticism, the administration aired not provide knowing tis under commander chief power in the constitution there is a clear legal argument they can do this and net tie after? >> thats right. to be very clear. congress declares war, arti...

Housing in selected neighborhoods in what became unlivable settings. just one more example. >> so let me -- >> subsidized housing that was done with section 8, for example, again creating concentrations of the very, very poor. so to answer your question, what can the federal government do? the main thing is to stop doing that kind of damage and then seriously enforce fair housing anti-discriminatory measures. we put a great emphasis on our watch on strengthening fair housing, which is intervenin...

Thats a very good question. they said in five minutes you can figure out how much land they can own. you tell me. >> the constitution in article 1 section 8 and in the fifth amendment gives the federal government the right to appropriate and purchase land. your state constitution recognizes -- >> for what purpose? >> for purposes that it deems appropriate. >> for what purpose can they do it? it dont say that. >> absolutely it does. you should read the book instead of just holding in your pocket ...

Use of the land. your state constitution says that you should pay for it. the constitution in your pocket that you have inside of your jacket says that the government, the federal government, can own land. you know all of this but youre resisting the rules. >> okay. how much land does it say they can own? how much land does it say they own? you tell me how much land it says they own. thats a very good question. in five minutes you can figure out how many land they can own. you tell me. >> the co...

>> thank you, joy. congratulations. >> thank you very much. i want to start with you, congre congresswoman. what we just heard were members of the other party saying essentially that the military is being sacrificed on the altar of entitlements. how do you respond to that? >> well, first of all, they havent even seen the details of the budgets. for them to come out already against it tells you they havent even had time to do their homework. secondly, its the job of the congress under article i, ...

Things to come up during the midterm elections. why is that not part of the conversation? just the political advantage that that might give. >> it should be, but there are those in congress, probably 65 to 70 members of the tea party, or tea party supported members, who really dont want to bring up anything that would help the middle class and that would help people who are striving to become middle class. nor really want to help the poor or low income people. so when you look at raising the min...

Action. the democrats are fully in support of that. im very proud of what the president is going to say tonight. we need to address income inequality and address it in a way that reassures the american people that were on their side. when you look at $7.25 an hour, how can anyone survive off of that? when you look at the fact that the taxpayer subsidizes, mind you, big corporations to the tune of billions of dollars and urges their employees to apply for food stamps, medicare section 8, its abou...

Take. the programs exist so they have a decent standard of live. >> were talking about food stamps, and money to buy heating fuel, right? we have section 8 housing vouchers. theres all different programs we have in the safety net. milton freeman said, get rid of all that stuff. give people money, let them do with what they will. >> yeah, i mean, its a decent idea. you couldnt get rid of the whole welfare state, and it would be good to have, like, a tiered system. a guy who im friends with whos a...