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Already have more elderly than you have children in that population. >> well, heres a takeaway, and i think a simple way of saying some of this. if the current trends continue, by 2045 the nation will be less than 50% white. true? >> correct. yes. >> and the political implications of this are very significant. explain what it means in a state like, say, texas. >> texas, you see these demographic trends have already been playing out. right now in texas, the latino population is about 39%, 40% of ...

And thats where a message on tax reform is going to pbe so important. >> before we get to tax reform, i want to delve into that with you when you talk about the suburbs, they are critical. i take you point about what we saw in 2016. when you look at the races last week, overwhelmingly, women, young people were turning out for democrats. so, what do republicans need to do to do a better job of targeting those critical suburb areas not specifically in a state like -- >> tax reform. when voters go ...

Congressman, for example, survive in a state like -- high-tax state like connecticut by opposing the continuation of the deduction for property taxes? >> so the republican party will be wiped out in california, in new york, in new jersey, in connecticut, if they pass any reasonable fax simile of a fax bill thats being proposed in the house of representatives. its not just a handful of states on the east and west coast. the majority of states all over the country have taxpayers that get thousands...

>> and probably will. >> let me just say this. take the top three candidates which are trump, cruz and rubio now, i think people admit. but you know what, theyre each in a very important transition point, whether they can make it or not. donald trump has had a masterful campaign of being a front-runner for months, spending very little money. and now he needs to transition whether he deepens his message with advertising or whatever. whatever he needs to do. thats a critical moment. cruz has done ...

Donald trump in cbs, the latest poll, is at 22. ben carson at 26. marco rubio 8, jeb bush 7. as you go down the list, theres actually not a lot of undecideds there. it seems to me, marco rubio, lets say he takes away from bush. hes only going to take away two points from bush. hes going to have to take point ace way from ben carson or donald trump or both. do you see that happening? >> i wish that governor pawlenty was running this year and i wish he would have been in the debate last night. i t...

It seems to me, marco rubio, lets say he takes away from bush. hes only going to take away two points from bush. hes going to have to take point ace way from ben carson or donald trump or both. do you see that happening? >> i wish that governor pawlenty was running this year and i wish he would have been in the debate last night. i think he would have hit it out of the park. look, i think that these polls are fairly meaningless. i think when you call up somebody and ask them who youre supporting...

National office like the presidency. the 50-state strategy idea does tend to run into some practical concerns down the road, like, whether or not it really makes sense to have a full-scale hillary clinton for president operation in a state like, you know, alabama, when theres an opportunity cost to that. when you might reasonably send those alabama volunteers to, you know, georgia, say, or somebody else where they might get more traction. i dont know. but that campaign announcement today from th...

Its like the idealists platonic form of how you ought righteously campaign for a national office like the presidency. the 50-state strategy idea does tend to run into some practical concerns down the road, like, whether or not it really makes sense to have a full-scale hillary clinton for president operation in a state like, you know, alabama when theres an opportunity cost to that. when you might reasonably send those alabama volunteers to you know, georgia, say or somebody else where they migh...

People hit. they provide 70% of those. i can only imagine. the third state that has come forward with its numbers. we still have to hear from the rest of the states and you have got hhs secretary saying it is going up. i dont know what is going to happen to in. >> i think what you will see come out in the future is this thing is going to implode by its own complexity and own unworkability. already now even the states that dont have exchanges two other states do and you are getting big increases ...

>> theres no cream to be a straw purchaser and to take weapons from a state like -- a southern state and bring it up to new york and sell it out of your truck to criminals. theres no law that says you cant do that, and so now were giving law enforcement the tools they need to go after these criminals and these criminal networks to make sure they cant be selling the guns right out of the back of a truck. >> what about background checks? what about registration? >> huge. the backgrounds bill is vi...