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Thanks for watching us. im sending a signed copy of the last days of jesus and i hope you like it and i would like to thank christina, she goes to school in colorado. her class wrote ess on some of my talking points memos. governor chris christie ran into big trouble when the george washington bridge was impacted by politics and they closed down lanes to punish a local mayor that didnt support the governor. christie is trying to win back hearts and minds. ♪ ♪ [ cheers ] [ applause ] ♪ �...

Thanks for watching us. im sending a signed copy of the last days of jesus and i hope you like it and i would like to thank christina, she goes to school in colorado. her class wrote ess on some of my talking points memos. governor chris christie ran into big trouble when the george washington bridge was impacted by politics and they closed down lanes to punish a local mayor that didnt support the governor. christie is trying to win back hearts and minds. ♪ ♪ [ cheers ] [ applause ] ♪ �...

The bottom line is it shouldnt have happened. when youre wrong, youre wrong. you have to admit it. and it shouldnt happen. >> when youre wrong, you ear wrong. or at least when youre wrong on tape. but this isnt just a story about congressman grimm. it also suggests some pretty fundamental problems with a certain congressional mind set. joining us now krystal ball and "talking points memos" hunter walker. welcome to you.. krystal, i want to start with the original statement after the altercation ...

To that was the coverage was just terrible. you look over twitter and you would just see all these negtive tweets towards his behavior. the coverage from lawmakers who were weighing in on what he did was also unfavorable. and i think he realized sticking with that stance of blaming us for asking that question was not going to work. and then he decided to come out and apologize to us. >> and for more on grimms side of the story, heres what he told kelly odonnell today. >> im a human being. someti...

What is this? >> bill oreilly delivered one of his most controversial talking points memos this week when he called on president obama and civil rights activists to recognize the real problems in the black community. people are still talking about it and oreilley appeared with geraldo to expands on his comments. >> black americans commit homicides at a rate ten times greater in the united states than whites and hispanics combined. >> i think that black people are going to feel that youre stereot...

♪ what is this? >> bill oreilly delivered one of his most controversial talking points memos this week when he called on president obama and civil rights activists to recognize the real problems in the black community. people are still talking about it and oreilly appeared with geraldo to expand on his comments. >> black americans commit homicides at a rate ten times greater in the united states than whites and hispanics combined. >> i think black people are going to feel youre sist stereoty...

John mccain, that was awesome, calling it passive aggressive, rand paul was aggressive aggressive and accused her again and lied again and said she was responsible for misleading the american people about benghazi. when we got those talking points memos and saw even in the weird abc version and the white house official version, the one thing those versions agreed on was that susan rice had nothing to do with it. her staff either. people said that she deserved an apology and lindsey graham shot b...

Talking points memos reports mayor smith said, "there was no sense that he was running to or from anything. in fact, he said the president stayed and had a pleasant conversation with smith, whos a republican, and phoenix mayor greg stanton, a democrat." what does this tell you? >> again, it tells us that governor brewer is trying to play with the facts in order to enhance this photo opportunity. >> and then she does the media tour. >> exactly. >> shes doing the grandstanding all of this. that pi...

Conversation in phoenix. he disputes brewers story about president obama being tense and running off after the conversation, cutting her short. talking points memos reports mayor smith said, "there was no sense that he was running to or from anything. in fact, he said the president stayed and had a pleasant conversation with smith, whos a republican, and phoenix mayor greg stanton, a democrat." what does this tell you? >> again, it tells us that governor brewer is trying to play with the facts i...

President obama being tense and running off after the conversation, cutting her short. talking points memos reports mayor smith said, "there was no sense that he was running to or from anything. in fact, he said the president stayed and had a pleasant conversation with smith, whos a republican, and phoenix mayor greg stanton, a democrat." what does this tell you? >> again, it tells us that governor brewer is trying to play with the facts in order to enhance this photo opportunity. >> and then sh...