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Could break a record tonight. if we hit 5 degrees the next 24 hours, well break a record going back over 142 years. >> okay, thats the weather forecast. its cold and getting colder. so much for global warming, right? i mean, if its this cold out, the earth cant possibly be getting warmer, right? now, its an easy mistake to make. even your local tv weather forecaster can get confused by the concept. in fact, this is a list of weather forecasters compiled by forecast the facts, part of the center ...

Educate florida that people of color, especially young black males, do not feel safe in the state of florida because of characteristics that have been told to us that theyre synonymous with black culture, such as hoodies and loud music or thug music have been the calls that have led to the deaths of these young men. weve been able to tell these stories, stories such as mcbride and farrell that have echoed these sentiments that people of color are not feeling safe. >> mr. smith, thinkprogress.org...

Now later in the summer, so closer to the time when she would announce, which would come after midterm elections this year. they are talking about policy she can develop. >> all right. i want to bring in todays agenda panel, contributor for thegrio.com, and managing editor of thinkprogress.org, and special correspondent for "newsweek," the daily beast. im going to start with you on this. the politico article goes on to say hillary clintons allies, are doing what you would expect to build the pre...

Contributor, igor volsky, managing editor of thinkprogress.org and sa heel sahil kapur. we saw the headline gop firebrands tone down their message and run again. do you see a major shift in tone or a minor shift in tone? >> its a minor shift in rhetoric. what you say is important, but what you do is even more important. and when you look at the policy, policy towards obamacare, foir instance, what theyre running the 2014 election on, that hasnt changed. they want to take away coverage from peopl...

People call you the "n" word. >> and most of the members said, they refuse to talk about that day, because it was so insulting. >> i was standing there, i was listening, i didnt hear it. >> im sorry. >> again, its a difference of opinion. >> its not an opinion. >> but for you not having been there, and i having been there -- >> i talked to the members, ron. >> i was physically there! >> its not just angela making this point. we saw after the 2012 elections, colin powell, a star in the republican...

But speaker boehner seemed to think that these outsiders should get out of his political business. one thing i know for sure, it is getting darn interesting on that side of the aisle. at the table, angela ry, political strategist and principle of impact strategies. igor bollski, managing editor at thinkprogress.org. katrina beltran with nyu. and ron christie, a contributing columnist at the daily beast and a former special assistant to president george w. bush. igor, let me ask you this, is this...

Saying. talk about the bach ground to the belief we have a social responsibility, a moral responsibility for people who havent made it. i have to ask you a questn you may not like to answer. >> uh-oh. >> this could be tough. an es kay question. >> okay. >> the qualities required of a president. vice president joe biden, former secretary of state hillary clinton. compare and contrast. >> not chance. >> here with reaction to the lovefest, katie pavlic and managing editor at thinkprogress.org. they...

Saying. talk about the bach ground to the belief we have a social responsibility, a moral responsibility for people who havent made it. i have to ask you a question you may not like to answer. >> uh-oh. >> this could be tough. an es kay question. >> okay. >> the qualities required of a president. vice president joe biden, former secretary of state hillary clinton. compare and contrast. >> not a chance. >> here with reaction to the lovefest, katie pavlic and managing editor at thinkprogress.org. ...

Saying. talk about the bach ground to the belief we have a social responsibility, a moral responsibility for people who havent made it. i have to ask you a question you may not like to answer. >> uh-oh. >> this could be tough. an es kay question. >> okay. >> the qualities required of a president. vice president joe biden, former secretary state hillary clinton. compare and contrast. >> not a chance. >> here with reaction to the lovefest, katie pavlic and managing editor at thinkprogress.org. the...

Commerce committee, will be followed up with another hearing on october 30th. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius before the ways and means committee and an additional hearing before oversight committees. if questioning obama care into oblivion isnt enough to make it go away, maybe they can borrow acme invisible paint from the coyote. joining me "usa today" columnist raul reyes and julian, professor of history and public affairs at princeton and author of "governing america," w...