no new authority today that he didn't have the day he was sworn in back in his first term. and so if he suddenly finds 23 really good things to do, if i were a liberal, i'd be asking the question, so why didn't you do those? >> i actually thick the way the president suspects approaching it is the right way. to say look, i called for an increase last year, he wants congress to act in this way. unfortunately he's tried very hard and they're not acting. he's taking the right approach which is to say just because the congress is dysfunctional doesn't mean i'm ceding my authority as president. i'm going to make change where i can, improve the lives of the american people wheric. obviously better to pass legislation on a federal minimum wage or minimum wage for everyone, but if they don't act, he should. >> i agree he should act. the house republicans are meeting right now right across the bay bridge. >> right. >> you have an opportunity to tell john boehner, you know,