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Election irregularities, voter intimidation, fraud, suppression, and looking at the vulnerabilities of the various elections we have in each of the states. another point its a bipartisan commission. the first half of the membership formation announcement last week but there will be more members announced, so its a bipartisan group of people, all experts in their field and well look at the facts and go where the facts lead us. >> and what would be the goal, seeing how vote something largely done ...

Fund that may or may not be used for health services. >> as the only member of this panel who has ever needed and used maternity care, i would like to point out how crucially important it is for women and mothers to see their own providers and when the state mandates that those who are not in need of care actually have to purchase care, the result of that is in many instances women not able to see the doctors they would like to see for their own care. >> to my friend from the federalist, thats t...

A state by state basis, and make sure we have health care for the most vulnerable. >> so making it affordable, and for the most vulnerable, i guess youre not talking about a mandate. but when he says insurance for everybody that sort of sends a signal that people are not going to lose the health insurance that they have. >> well, our commitment is to an orderly transition out of obamacare. we dont want anybody to be anxious who has insurance through exchange or the process of obamacare. we dont ...

>> in todays top trender. fly over country fallout. >> fire in the hole, baby. >> 106,000 americans have enrolled in qualified health plans through the marketplace. >> reporter: while state health care exchanges are working. >> can you see an eagerness out there for affordable health coverage. >> its easier to do this on a state basis than having the whole federal system. >> the state exchanges are working where they are properly implemented. >> reporter: i-clyoure clear f takeoff. >> just 27,00...

Calling it quit asks complicated laws and different states having different rules, getting a divorce is tricky. >> so much attention on the debate of allowing same- sex couples to marry and join in civil unions couples are going through divorce. >> it is a state by state basis and it is complicated for same- sex couples. once they cross in the jurisdiction the status can change. coil martelon repreponderates the first couple in a divorce. they married in 2009. she couldnt get a divorce in colora...

>> whether it at the state or federal level, this is such a group of people that are digging their heels in and fighting the sea change and i think we will just as we saw, we will talk about it on an unrelated matter but as we saw on the voting rights act, states like texas for example, introducing legislation within hours of the supreme court decision, i think we will see that happening on state levels with regard to doma on a state by state basis, the supreme court made the right decision but ...

In light of the chairman of the rnc priebus saying lets rebrand after his autopsy report, how far does the state efforts like alabama and the other states i mentioned, how far does that throw them back and can impact the midterm elections that they keep going in this direction in a state by state basis, the republican party im talking about? >> well, i think the republican party is overplaying its hand. you saw last year that people stood up to defend planned parenthood and now hes going out and...

>> greta: first your thoughts on the inaugural address today? >> days like this are always uplifting, but the rubber hits the road the next couple of days and i think with the 30 states that have republican governors, were hoping we have a president thats willing to work with the states and give us some authority to act on behalf of the taxpayers. if we can do that, we will have some good progress, but ultimately its got to be about growth and getting people back to work and the best way to do t...

>> greta: first your thoughts on the inaugural address today? >> days like this are always uplifting, but the rubber hits the road the next couple of days and i think with the 30 states that have republican governors, were hoping we have a president thats willing to work with the states and give us some authority to act on behalf of the taxpayers. if we can do that, we will have some good progress, but ultimately its got to be about growth and getting people back to work and the best way to do t...

the dow is up 217 points, the reason, the jobs numbers for july was better than anyone was looking for. the total number, 163,000 jobs created last month. as you can see, the prediction was 100,000. we need about 125,000 jobs created per month, just to keep up with population growth. so this report does that. but look at the rest of the year. i mean, we havent been able to clear that hurdle since march. its been a really grim stretch. so there was a little bit of relief today. the bott...