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Say, partisan-contested rules around early voting and the availability of voting machines. how long it was going to take people to vote. is there -- as you have championed the idea of reforming the role of money in politics, is there also sort of energy right now for the idea of election reform? there being federal advance thement for the states to get their acts together. >> the electoral system is a state function. but in a federal election, we should be able to pass legislation that people sh...

Election reform? there being federal advancement for the states to get their acts together. >> the electoral system is a state function. but in a federal election, we should be able to pass legislation that people should be able to vote and the rest of the long lines are an obstacle. they are a form of voter suppression. whether its money suffocating the air out of the air waves, whether its suppressing the vote through regulation or state laws, or its just telling people that this is poisoning ...

There being federal standards, federal advancement for the states to get their acts together? >> as you know the electoral system is a state function. but in a federal election, we should be able to pass legislation that people should be able to vote in one our or two hours, and the rest of these long lines are an obstacle. they are a form of voter suppression. whether its money suffocating the air out of the airways with endless money. whether its suppressing the vote through regulation or stat...

Right now for the idea of election reform? there being federal advancement for the states to get their acts together. >> the electoral system is a state function. but in a federal election, we should be able to pass legislation that people should be able to vote and the rest of the long lines are an obstacle. they are a form of voter suppression. whether its money suffocating the air out of the air waves, whether its suppressing the vote through regulation or state laws, or its just telling peop...

On, that rivals everything else, ive introduced legislation like that. thats a bit of an overstretch to say that ive done away with the second amendment. >> i need to respond to that. because the fact is if we did not have a national liability bill, then people would have been able to go to states like, say, massachusetts or new york and sue gun manufacturers where they would not pass a gun liability bill. so unless you have a national standard to protect manufacturers of guns, you would create ...

Iceland and the next day to westminster abbey to sign the guest book. here is his note. its great. a great privilege to commemorate our common heritage and sacrifice. he does the date in a european way. put the number before the -- except its signed 2008. mr. president, just keep reliving that year. i know it was a good year for you, wasnt it? did you inherit the wrong date from the last administration? of course, our illustrious president had a chance to redeem himself and set everything right ...

Caused by the volcano in iceland and the next day to westminster abbey to sign the guest book. here is his note. its great. a great privilege to commemorate our common heritage and sacrifice. he does the date in a european way. put the number before the -- except its signed 2008. mr. president, just keep reliving that year. i know it was a good year for you, wasnt it? did you inherit the wrong date from the last administration? of course, our illustrious president had a chance to redeem himself ...

That family. isnt that nice that shell be staying there. her whole family will be there. unlike diana, right? >> reporter: diana stayed there, but she stayed there and the palace workers say that night she was all by herself. and that they literally brought her dinner to her on a tray. and she ate by herself the night before her wedding. kate said im staying with my whole family. the entire hotel has been taken over by a lot of the royal guests. a lot of the middleton family. they were allowed t...

Rehabilitate people before they let them back out onto the street. >> tucker: how lame is your state that thats not a state function? the whole idea here, encase our viewers have been following this, they counties are now taking up the slack where the state is no longer involved. the idea is, the state prisons are overcrowded, the counties need to do their part. maintaining prisons is really, i think fair to say, a state function. if the state so dysfunctional and cant maintain prisons without h...

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