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Witt. here is what is happening. john kerry is warning other countries not to take action against insurgence in iraq. he said it could exacerbate the sectarian turmoil. lebanon a suicide bomber blew up part after hotel. the third bombing to hit the country in less than a week. authorities believe the activities linked to isis the militant group destabilizing iraq. asking dealers to stop filling new and used 2013 and 2014 chevy cruz models due to potential air bag issues. now back to "hardball"...

♪ the policies of the last six years have left america diminished and weakened. our enemies no longer fear us. our allies no longer trust us. empty threats, meaningless red lines, leading from behind and engagement with rogue regimes have put america on a path of decline. good morning. its thursday, june 19th. so good to have you with us. that, of course, vice president dick cheney. >> welcome to "morning joe," everybody. >> and youre going to enjoy talking about this. >> no -- >> all libe...

Because of a policy against confirming senators family members. there has been a huge backlash, as you may have heard, to this bizarre day in virginia state politics, and questions about whether this kind of deal would constitute illegal bribery. puckett now says he wouldnt even take the famous commission job. it is too early to tell whether the alleged deal achieved these politicians narrow goals. but the broader goal of expanding health care remains stymied yet again by some very short-term po...

Joining me now, virginia state senator luis lucas and ezra klein, editor in chief of vox.com. welcome to you both. senator lucas, walk us through what 457d todahappened today, w learned about politics here in virginia, and how much of this is going to then affect medicaid expansion. >> sure. well, you know, we only found out about senator pucketts resignation late saturday afternoon, and then on sunday of course we were able to get that confirmed. and i can tell you i was just absolutely smokhoc...

This grave problem that of course is global in nature. >> white house counselor john p podesta, thanks for your time and thoughts. joining me now is bill nye, the science guy, and editor and chief of vox.com, ezra klein. bill, let me start with you here. in terms of the magnitude of these regulations, a lot of people are applauding the president and epa for going out in force, but when it comes down to actually getting america and the country -- america and the globe off of a fossil fuel-based...

Certain companies more for greater bandwid thy effective think? >> i dont have a lot of sympathy for the argument that this needs to happen. the internet has largely worked on a -- you know, consistent with net neutrality for 20 years and its worked well. i think theres some legitimate question about whether or not you can define that neutrality clearly enough to have rules that people can comply with of the the other issue, you mentioned netflix and this deal where there was an agreement they h...

Is in some way or another directly dependent on obamacare. i do think it will continue to be a problem for the gop in this particular way. youre going to have hillary clinton or some other democrat running in the exact position the american people want which is that okay we have this law, there are ways we can make it better, its pretty good, there are ways we can make it better. the gop candidate is really going to have a lot of trouble getting through a primary with amend it, doend end it kind...

Measure the success of the health care law from 2013 to 2014. >> well get a one-year read on what things were like before obamacare and be able to compare how well the law is or isnt doing. >> and most importantly, the changes are not new. they are the culmination of 14 years of research, and two national tests, 2010 and 2013. the census has been talking about the changes way before the aca was an idea. but if you think this is the last obamacare conspiracy? think again. because the higher the e...

Time while there is an element of the democratic party that elizabeth warren represents, i think its still a minority of the democratic party. i think most of the democratic party, joe, and i dont disagree with you about hillary being more muscular and centrist in a lot of was. but i do think the majority of the democratic party is still behind her for all the reasons were talking about. >> to your best point, shes gotten to be able to articulate with why she wants to be president. i dont disagr...

To mention the 2 million americans who would directly benefit from that assistance. but instead relief, those americans of americans are getting hit again today with a tax bill. msnbcs susie kim explains all federal jobless benefits are taxed just like wages. 33 states plus the district of columbia fully tax their unemployment insurance as well. one of the millions of jobless americans who will be having a tough time april 15th is mary mitchell. mitchell estimates shell owe some $3,000 in taxes ...