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Credit for the job mike pence did last night saying he deserves part of the credit because it was mike pence that was one of his first big important decisions as a presidential candidate. later in this speech he went after obamacare, reminding the crowd here that president clinton earlier this week described the affordable care act as a crazy system. anderson, it was interesting to hear donald trump sound like a wonk on the election process. he was talking about early voting dates in nevada, poi...

Americans. david petraeus was questioned behind closed doors for four hours yesterday. democrats say that his testimony was consistent with what he told investigators more than two years ago, and they say that the committee is wasting time and money. >> and so the charade continues. i see it as a partisan effort and a drawn-out partisan effort where we have now spent more than $5.5 million and counting. i think that this is being dragged out to get it as close to the election process as possible...

That would be left over after the peace process finished. a lot of folks arent even sure if both sides are exhausted enough to drag themselves to the peace table and go through the process. and if they do, it could take years. >> lets talk about if there was an election process. first of all, can we trust it? what would the rules be? and how would we know that somehow there would in fact be a fair election process? >> well, the first answer is no. if you just took the general population -- what,...

He told that to byron york of the "washington examiner." texas tribune put up audio of summer 2013 on their website where you can hear the senator say, my objective was not to kill immigration reform but to amend the gang ever eight bill that is solves the problem rather than making problem worse. i said from the beginning i believe in compromise to the texas tribune. ronald reagan said what you do, offer half a loaf, answer, you take it and come back for more. 2013 ted cruz was saying one thing...

A big factor in his thinking is that religious fervor, the commitment to god, what have you. donald trump had come under some criticism, because he had said some things that were going to rattle the bible belt crowd, if you will. thinking that he couldnt come up with a reason to ask gods forgiveness. that annoyed some there. how important will that be in his selection process that its zeroing in on somewhat of a religious right candidate? >> neil, i think it is a factor in his, in his decision-m...

Were turned off, fed up, outraged by what they saw and heard? two-thirds of the people who were polled by us this week think this is the worst campaign they can remember. ever! this year, none of the above had a real crack at winning. its easy to blame the candidates and their handlers, especially when up to 60% of the people that we polled, in many of our surveys, said they would rather have another choice. but were all at fault here. the politicians, the press, the public. we have tolerated a ...

And the question is, is this any way to elect a president? can you remember a presidential election when so many people were turned off, fed up, outraged by what they saw and heard? two-thirds of the people who were polled by us this week think this is the worst campaign they can remember. ever! this year, none of the above had a real crack at winning. its easy to blame the candidates and their handlers, especially when up to 60% of the people that we polled, in many of our surveys, said they wo...

Can you remember a presidential election when so many people were turned off, fed up, outraged by what they saw and heard? two-thirds of the people who were polled by us this week think this is the worst campaign they can remember. ever! this year, none of the above had a real crack at winning. its easy to blame the candidates and their handlers, especially when up to 60% of the people that we polled, in many of our surveys, said they would rather have another choice. but were all at fault here....

Down the chinese and the russians and somehow cnbc scares them. you got to be able to field difficult questions and thats what citizens should expect, and if people are paying attention and involved, i think theyre going to make good decisions. >> lester holt joins me now. so, lester, is he ready to get into campaign mode? with that bite to you, is he revved up? >> we talked about criminal justice reform and he agreed to stop by to talk about general election things, and he offered that up as pa...

And lack of sieve illty and lack of tolerance is not working, thats a step forward for a free and progressive society. >> are you at all concerned about investing and asking others to invest in this election process given the very bad results youve seen with your investments in the past? >> right. yes, i am. i think -- and im going to push with our group and the organizations we support to do two things. to be more careful on what candidates we pac. not that we -- listen. if we only backed organ...