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Democrats are very quick to accuse republicans of stalling this and they are pointing to the fact that were talking about a woman an african-american, the first, who would be nominated for this position but its not about that. there are so many larger issues right now that are holding this up. immigration, obviously, is key because the amnesty bill that president obama wants to push forward to allow illegals to stay here and work legally in this country is a huge sticking point for republicans. ...

Unequivocally? or do you want to wait to see if she takes your advice on moving to a more progressive agenda? >> i think like a lot of people in this country, i want to see a vision. that would be true of candidates on all levels. its time to see a clear, bold vision for progressive economic change. >> so youre technically not yet endorsing her? >> not until i see -- and again, i would say this about any candidate. not until i see a vision of where they want to go. i think shes a tremendous publ...

More breaking news tonight and three e-mails to tell you about. we dont have the actual screen shots of the e-mails though presumably the u.s. justice department does. they had the descriptions. april 2011 the first, shows president obama has a chimpanzee and second of june of that year describes a man seeking welfare for his dog because their, quote, dog has no clue who their daddies are. the third e-mail shows a bare-chested group of dancing women apparently in africa reading michelle obamas h...

Ornament on our tree with the flag and gave a little speech to our kids. i work in one of the places that is a scary place, right? it could be a place that people are interested in being involved. theres so many people out there, police officers. i was out there thanking them and thanking them for them protecting all of the people here in the u.s. and weve had so many problems here in america, abroad, at home. when i look at all thats been going on, all the tensions that have been escalating, it...

Values that we share and concerns like whats happening in ukraine and russias upending the international order, they all, there are about six or seven of them, overwhelmingly took their time to focus on this singular issue as something that they say germ -- average germans are so upset about because they are looking at america as an ally as friends and they dont understand why amongst friends there has to be spying. and so they say everything that they do is pretty much an open, maybe more open ...

Seattle. they security checked the 65-year-old grandmothers i.d. >> you are okay. >> reporter: she waited in line 24 hours for the start of legal marijuana sales in washington. >> im very excited and relieved and happy. >> reporter: by the time the store opened, she had plenty of company. the demand expected to be so high, they would run out. >> this is so exciting. its just like being a pioneer. i came out of retirement to do this. and its the best thing ive ever done. >> reporter: washington i...

Look at the tattoo. >> two out of three isnt bad. >> who is the most admired president? if you said purple you didnt understand the question. according to a new poll from the "wall street journal" it is bill clinton. yes. bill clinton is tops. thats a longtime. he must have beaten out a lot of other presidents. or just three thats right. slick willy beat out the current hated president. the former hated president the first husband did receive 42% of the vote, more than doubling the individual am...

Street journal." grover, rome had high tax ratest >> not always. at first for about 400 years they had no real direct intern taxes cause they looted their neighbors. >> were not advocating that, right? >> we had talks with canadians, but that may not work out. but then even that wasnt enough. so theyt started having dramatically higher taxes, the amount of money they spent on the armies to occupy those other guys cost more perhaps than they were able to extract. taxes -- >> they started with tar...

Miffed how i missed this and i never saw it coming. >> i think the biggest revelation out of this four days after martin left the team they were exchanging text messages well have that later next hour. >> cant wait to hear that. thank you so much. nick, appreciate that. >> comic book fans, brace your selves. marvel comics create a muslim teen girl from new jersey. >> fred, the first miss marvel appeared in comic books 30 years ago. but the new miss marvel is younger, shes a teen-ager and is from...

Only 25% of americans say they have a good understanding of how the law will impact their lives so keep that in mind. this morning, we can proudly say, there she is! nina definite legislatur davulu. is it more of a crown or tierra? or both? she is indian american, the first miss america of indian decent. that -- descent. she performed a bali dance in the talent competition. the competition was back in atlantic city for the first time in six years. >> i would pay to see you don an outfit like t...