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Being kept in isolation. when its isolation, they are sick and contagious. when its quarantine, they are considered well but exposed. waiting to see what happens in that case. >> hopefully well get the all clear. meanwhile, were going to turn to hong kong where pro-democracy demonstrations have entered their seventh day. they are demanding the citys chief executive resign by the end of the day or theyll start occupying key government buildings. and in washington, the chinese foreign minister t...

That was the title of the article. the record hes holding, too, is way too much. meaning two duis. >> ten years apart. 19 during the first one. there is no excuse for a dui, but, yeah, ten years between those two. you dont want to see anybody at any point at any age make this kind of mistake. we shall see. very disappointing. he was flat-out drunk according to some of the numbers were seeing. well turn to the highest criminal court in texas. theyve refused to reinstate two money laundering con...

Quizzical that then he becomes actually more marketable and i dont get him out there. im curiously interested. >> well, look. republicans are going to control the house for the foreseeable future and eric cantor is invaluable for anybody who wants to have public policy now. he hung out with rich people and the clintons are dealing with this as well. over time, when you hang out with rich people, you want the lifestyle that they have had and hes had it a little bit as majority leader and i think ...

That culturally southern party, as majority whip, he becomes a formidable figure in american politics. of course, this was the seat that tom delay held. there you see the tension that any whip faces. that tension is how are you as a conservative insurgent and while at the same time youre the enforcer, which means having some of the largest war chests, having the greatest capacity to raise money, being able to do the most inside business with a lot of the lobbyists, a lot of the associations, a l...

Immigration reform. its not that kind of fight. id say one other thing to remember and that is secret ballot, which is, as we know, people sometimes say theyre going to vote one way and vote another. >> the quicker this election is held, the more likely conservatives will end up being outmaneuvered here. >> which is one reason its probably happening so quickly. >> why they expedited this. >> the other key thing is were not electing a speaker here. i mean the speaker is still the dominant leader ...

Hemsarling in or out? >> i think she out. speaking to his allies this morning, it seems like he knows mccarthy has the votes and not interested in a long, brutal fight. >> this is despite this morning an endorsement from "the wall street journal" editorial page. what i have been finding interesting about this kevin mccarthy situation is that nobody seems to love kevin mccarthy. nobody seems to love the idea of putting him in there but it sounds like nobody wants to try to stop him. >> kevin mcca...

Lets pick harry robotum because hes got an amazing name. the congressman from indiana convicted of taking brabs in 1931. sentenced to a year and a day. yet not every congressman who gets indicted, of course, ultimately gets convicted. there is news of a pending indictment of congressman michael grimm. but being indicted doesnt necessarily mean that youre guilty or that youre going to go prison. a lot of members of congress have been indicted or pursued, bulletly acquitted. tom delay of texas, ak...

Stimulus in 2008. we worked with him on the repair. and by the way, bill clinton had better response from a newt gingrich-led congress and a tom delay-led congress. this isnt just partisanship -- >> before we go, barney, i wanted to ask you, when you say congressman issa is a thug, what do you specifically mean by that? >> that he has no respect for the truth. that he is a bully. that he uses his authority in inappropriate ways, like cutting off elijah cummings, that -- no, he doesnt hit people,...

George bush was president and there was a democratic -- a republican congress and then the last few years, a democratic congress. we worked with him on things. we worked with him on his stimulus in 2008. we worked with him on the repair. and by the way, bill clinton had better response from a newt gingrich-led congress and a tom delay-led congress. this isnt just partisanship -- >> before we go, barney, i wanted to ask you, when you say congressman issa is a thug, what do you specifically mean b...

Repair. and by the way, bill clinton had better response from a newt gingrich-led congress and a tom delay-led congress. this isnt just partisanship -- >> before we go, barney, i wanted to ask you, when you say congressman issa is a thug, what do you specifically mean by that? >> that he has no respect for the truth. that he is a bully. that he uses his authority in inappropriate ways, like cutting off elijah cummings, that -- no, he doesnt hit people, he doesnt use a gun on people, but he uses ...