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Breach of trust does not happen again. i also want to assure the people of new jersey today that what has occurred does not define us or our state. >> not to be blunt, but nobody thinks that shutting down that bridge as an act of political retaliation is something that defines the people of new jersey. nobody i know from new jersey did that. except maybe chris christie. or at least the people who work for chris christie. this is an opposite of an "i feel your pain" moment. this is a "dont you fe...

Or our state. >> not to be blunt, but nobody thinks that shutting down that bridge as an act of political retaliation is something that defines the people of new jersey. nobody i know from new jersey did that. except maybe chris christie. or at least the people who work for chris christie. this is an opposite of an "i feel your pain" moment. this is a "dont you feel my pain" moment? i want to assure you this doesnt define us. nobody is worried about it defining anybody except you. well see. subs...

Better for them to have this as something that actually passes. why? in fact, we have some statistics that came out today that maybe help illustrate this. of the people who still dont have jobs, many of them, 37.7%, are those long-term unemployed. and those are the people who would benefit from this unemployment extension that were talking about. so what these democrats say is they believe, politically and substantively, that it is much better, much more of an economic stimulus, to get them this...

Would be at $10. roughly $10. so, i think that we should at least have the minimum wage tracking inflation at a bare minimum and this actually has a lot of support between republicans and democrats. its not something that is just a democratic issue. it has pretty broad based support. and i think the democrats feel this is going to be a real winner for them politically and substantively. its something they believe in. >> how much of an issue, steve, do you think democrats can make about this in m...

Conservatives are doubling down as well. what is the feeling right now going into todays vote? >> the republican party is going to be split. the democrats, too, probably to a lesser degree. and thats what you get when you compromise. this is what a genuine compromise usually looks like. not everybody is happy on either side of the aisle. with the deal. but generally, enough people say its a good first step or its enough of what they want that theyre going to approve it. but focusing just now on ...

E-mail. >> wait a second, wait a second. that is a far cry from the government being able to turn on the camera on your laptop. substantively, it is very different. but people act like they care about privacy more than they actually do. >> that is actually a fair point. one of the things i found surprising is the legs that the story has. i agree with you, i think -- there is a smaller constituency for whom privacy is the primary issue than there are for other issues. and that is everything from ...

Because you have a lot of these stories about privacy from big things like this, to big things like people freaking out about google placing ads with their e-mail. >> wait a second, wait a second. that is a far cry from the government being able to turn on the camera on your laptop. substantively, it is very different. but people act like they care about privacy more than they actually do. >> that is actually a fair point. one of the things i found surprising is the legs that the story has. i ag...

Read the deal and then get back to me. >> i definitely agree this is about nothing more than politics, but thats coming from both sides. i mean, both sides of this conservative food fight. look, substantively, this deal doesnt have much to say for itself, net $23 billion in savings over ten years on an annual, what, trillion dollar plus budget? this thing doesnt have much to say for itself. marco rubio, positioning themselves in kind of a cost-free manner to hold fast principles and look good in...

Know to stop it. look, i give the republican party, rnc great credit for correcting the tweet three hours later, but the problem is the tweet went out in the first place. >> theres a sense some corners of the republican party believe racism is over. >> were the real racist if we say theres a problem with racism. >> thats the racially divisive thing. >> liberal racist. >> because it works for us. the idea on some level someone wants to say, good on you youre trying to engage with black people in ...

Welcome back. time now for the political gut check. yes, another delay for obama care. the administration announcing that small businesses will not be able to enroll online for another year. and with the self-imposed deadline with the website saying its two days away, will they be able to get back on track? ron brandstein is here with us. first of all, happy thanksgiving to you, thank you for joining us. good morning to you. >> happy thanksgiving. >> lets talk about this delay announced. the adm...