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When i was in afghanistan, the taliban was my enemy. this president is not my enemy. i just want to see us be functional again. its not just a system change. i do believe generally theres a culture change as well. the culture is broken in washington, d.c. and its got to be fixed. >> all right. max rose, thank you very much for being on the show this morning. >> thank you for having me again. >> thanks, congressman. >> good luck. >> i guess right after we hear from a democrat who flipped a republ...

Was only for wealthy countries. >> reporter: thats right. and we should be clear that this agreement has not yet been ratified. theres a vote in a few hours, a voice vote. the french foreign minister will stand before the countries of the world and hell say do we have consensus? and if the room remains silent, if no one speaks then hell ratify it, bang the gavel and the deal will be done. that will be a major, major historic moment. the first global agreement in the 25 years its taken to get to ...

>> wnbc new york, a question for the amtrak ceo. >> let me hear the question. >> he just made a pledge to install positive train control by the end of the year, the federal government had already asked him to do that. so the question is, why had it not been installed before? >> well certainly mr. boardman can explain that, but it is certainly my understanding that that type of work is in progress. i dont believe anyone standing here, and im sure none of you have ever experienced that, if youre t...

And theyre moving these quality incentives down to doctors a and hospitals and holding them accountable for actually -- >> you know the argument on the other side of that is if im getting paid only if i produce quality, im not going to take the sickest patients, im going to take only the ones i cure. >> well, that really depends on the quality measures, look if the quality measures used on medicare are to give people shots against the flu, that will not affect whether you take a sick or healthy ...

A lot of political push-back. the powers that be in k-12 education had this working the way they liked it. more money each year. lower class sizes, more raises, lifetime job security, pensions for life. and why would you want to change that? >> paul: i talked to a prominent republican republican who may run for president. he said we cant wait long new to have this system change. weve got to blow up this system. with a multiplicity of options, vouchers, home schooling, online education, new kinds...