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So the thing that was interpreted as a black widow terrorist having penetrated the perimeter around sochi, into sochi itself, was not a "theyre there." it was a watch for because maybe these people might be there? it just came across quite differently. >> well, im not working in law enforcement. so had i worked in law enforcement, so i wouldnt be able to give you all the information that people have. but im telling you that all the matters that ive been taking in sochi are good enough in order t...

The agenda. some of it self-inclikted. a lot of it from the outside. why cant can the president get anything more done with less of an approval rating than he had at the beginning of 2013? >> a couple things. first, our hope is to build on the progress of the bipartisan budget agreement that was passed in the fall. its unrhealistic for any president to expect the congress or opposite party to support their agenda. its unrealistic to expect the congress will sign on to the presidents agenda. in a...

Country were the checks and balances that it wasnt supposed to be easy to pass legislation. you had to debate and convince people, so there is a lot of things the presidents not allowed to do. presidents not allowed to write legislation. hes not allowed to amend legislation. hes not allowed to initiate war. and hes not allowed to tell us when were in recess and when were not. i think the supreme court is going to rebuke him on the recess question and there still are some questions, whether or no...

Thing to do. i think he thought it was the wrong thing to do to shut down government. i think he thinks imsimilar good politics for republicans. he believes that the debt limit ought not to be put at risk. the shutdown occurred because of the deal on the debt limit. thats the same thing that happened in august of 2011. well see whether or not he can get his caucus to vote to get the debt limit done as i think many of thiz caucus believe ought to be done, put behind them, not precipitate another ...

Years. so when frankly tom says the majority of the majority has to be for something, comprehensive immigration reform in my opinion would pass the house today. there are 218-plus votes in my view to pass that bill. but youre locking up pieces of legislation because you have a hardcore majority of your party that will not -- >> i didnt notice when you were in the majority you put a lot of bills on the floor. as a matter of fact, i dont recall any. actually, john boehner did that on the fiscal cl...

Congress, work with me or i can do a lot of stuff administratively. >> i dont think its confrontational. its lets find areas to work together. there are areas we can work on together, immigration reform, extending unemployment benefits for 1.6 million americans. patent reform, innovation act, the farm bill. there are things that can get done. the president is not going to tell the american people hes going wait for congress. hes going to move forward in areas like job training, education, manufa...