Transcripts For CNNW This Hour With Berman And Michaela 2014

CNNW This Hour With Berman And Michaela February 24, 2014

Obamacare, no doubt they will come up. The president hosted the governors and joked about some being hungry for his job. Tonight, we want to make sure that all of you make yourselves at home, to which im sure some of you are thinking, thats been the plan all along. Its funny, because it is true. Attorney general, eric holder, wants congress to require retailers to immediately report data breaches to customers in law enforcement. This is in response to the massive data breach. Remember the one we had, several during last years Holiday Shopping season. At target alone, 40 Million People have their debit and credit card information stolen. They want to slight california into six separate states, jefferson south and central california. It is moving forward if it can get 807,000 signatures by july 16th. An adventure capitalist is behind this idea. He thinks the states regions are so vastly different that a single government just cant get things done. This is in all likelihood is going nowhere. Congress would have to approve this. I dont think thats going to happen. Voters would have a thing or two to say. The pentagon plans to shrink the army down to its lowest levels before world war ii. It is a huge move and reflects two different realities. The Way Technology is changing, how the u. S. Fights war and the need to cut costs while maintaining military readiness. It is part of chuck hagels new spending proposals which he will officially unveil two hours from now. We are joined by spider marks, a military analyst for cnn. I remember in 2001, when george bush came to office, they talked about a leaner military. Then, september 11th happened and we needed a bigger army. If we cut down the troop levels to levels before world war ii. America can stay safe. It is a real question of what are our capabilities . Our defense is really base on capabilities, not on a threat. We dont chase every threat thats out there, every other nation that might present some type of a scenario, we have to establish whats core to our department of defense, core to our National Security and then we have to ensure that we can provide that. Clearly, we are going to have to, because of the budget constraints. We are going to have to shrink down the size of the military. There are ways we can do that. Lets talk about that real quick. The fact is, when you say that, that sounds like boots on the grounds wech grounds. We hear that all the time. We are talking actual men and women in uniforms. They are talking about using more technology. We have already seen advancements being made. A modern day warfare, cybertechnology being used. That is expensive. That doesnt come without a price tag too, though, does it . No, it doesnt. Technology can be very expensive. However, the most expensive weapons system we have is the individual insurance, because of the longterm cost associated with that. The United States has to be very, very smart about this. I would suggest we have to increase our partnership and alliances, so we have a presence overse overseas. We see the precursors in conflict so if necessary, we can ramp up for those. We have to have prepositioned logistics in different locations. We have a long history of doing that quite well. The f35 is very contentious, a very expensive, capable aircraft. The question is not whether we need it but how many of those do we need . How many tanks do we need . Those are the key questions that have to be answered. You say eloquently, our most valuable resource is our men and women in the service. I spent time with so many who were doing six, seven, eight, nine tours in afghanistan and iraq. If you cut the troop levels and we are required to do this type of commitment again, would the same thing happen . Would we overextend our military again . By the way, i never heard the commanders on the ground in iraq saying they had enough troops. You never have enough troops. You are absolutely correct. That model of multiple deployments, deployment upon deployment, is not a model that the United States can sustain. If you are trying to conduct Counter Insurgency operations, this is the difference here. You are going to need folks, a lot of folks on the ground. It relies more heavily on great intelligence and technology. It will be agile, capable, modern and trained. How far out do you see this vision that he has . How far out are we looking . Our military is there right now, micayla. It is agile, well trained. It is slimmer, a meaner, leaner. It is going to be far slimmer. In 2001, we had less than 480,000. We are going below those numbers. Congress has to get on board. Governors have to get on board. The politics on this is not easy. This is the toughest fight, is the political fight. We are in a Midterm Election year. Fights will be. You can bet people will be hanging on to their bases. Thanks for being here with us. Ahead at this hour, bush for president. Does that sound familiar . New signs that a campaign could be a possibility. The key state where biden for president is gaining tracks. [announcer] if your dog can dream it, purina pro plan can help him achieve it. Driving rock metal music stops music resumes music stops music resumes [announcer] purina pro plans bioavailable formulas deliver optimal nutrient absorption. [whistle] purina pro plan. Nutrition that performs. But with less energy, moodiness, and a low sex drive, i had to do something. I saw my doctor. A blood test showed it was low testosterone, not age. We talked about axiron the only underarm low t treatment that can restore t levels to normal in about two weeks in most men. Axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18 or men with prostate or breast cancer. 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Bush is speak at an event today in long island where president s and candidates have spoken including his own father and brother. Our national prit political reporter, peter hamby is here. Could it be that bush is thinking, Chris Christie is not looking so terribly hot. Is this a good time to strike while the iron is hot . That is certainly part of it. They are looking around for a different, quote, unquote, establishment, alternative. In republican politics, there is nobody who knows how hard it is to run for president of the United States more than jeb bush. His father did it, his brother did it. So this could be read as him doing due diligence. This doesnt mean he is going to run. His can activity has stepped up a little bit in recent weeks, making phone calls. The question i have about jeb bush possibly running for president and a lot of republicans say this behind the scenes is the rust factor. He has been out of the game so long. The last time he ran was 2002 for governor of florida. He is kind of hot and cold. Frankly, he is the establishment. His family built up the Republican Party and all these donors and operatives who live in washington came out of the bush ranks. He is associated with some of the more unpopular elements of the bush presidency, Medicare Part d spending associated with that. Too expensive wars. That cobuld be a problem for hi. Tonally. He says, we need to modernize, adapt. He is a spanish speaker. Some of these things might not play well. Look at the last two republican nominees. John mccain, mid romney. They werent daryleinlings of conservatives either. You talk about jeb bush being part of the establishment. What about the current Republican Party. Tea partyers are a big part of that. They have no love for george w. Bush. How do the Tea Party People view jeb . Thats right. The bush name is both a problem in a primary and in a general election. Bush is still not exactly really popular among tea partyers. Nationally, george w. Bushs favor ability is on the upswing in recent years. The last favorable rating i saw was around 49 , 50 , which is good compared to where it was when he left office. Associated with some of the big spending elements of the bush administration, his attempts to reform the immigration system which fell flat because of pressure from the right. Jeb bush is going to have to differentiate himself from his brother if he does run again. If he is the nominee, the bush name could be a complication as well. You have great reporting on South Carolina. A key primary state for republicans and democrats. It is a huge state for Hillary Clinton. Apparently, you found strong support for the v. P. , joe biden. I went down to columbia, South Carolina, my favorite political state, for a couple days last week to go to one of these ready for hillary events. The groups gaining support for a potential candidacy. In 2008, she got absolutely thumped by barack obama in South Carolina by 28 points. His win was built largely on the back of africanamerican voters. Just talking to people, there is a little bit of a joe biden appetite. I was recently in iowa, his name didnt come up that much but in south caroli South Carolina, he did. He has a lot of friends there, fritz holing, joe riley, jim clyburn, he vacations every year at Kiawah Island on the coast. He has been down to the state for political reasons and white house business. I randomly talk to people and his name came up a lot. Hillary is still without a doubt the big frontrunner there and a lot of former obama people going to work for her. You should say, by the way, your piece on South Carolina is burning up on cnn. Com. It is fantastic. I get the sense that the hillary people, not the official held larry people, the ready for held larry people, dont fear joe biden. It doesnt mean they arent afraid of some things. You note that there is one thing that a lot of people think could derail the hillary candidacy in South Carolina. In 2008, 55 of the democratic primary electorate was africanamerican. They predict in 2016, it could be as high as 60 . An africanamerican talented, who is talented and charismatic could derail a potential Hillary Clinton candidacy. Just this weekend in some dumb luck, deval patrick, massachusetts governor, set at the National Governor meeting, he is open to possibly maybe running for president someday. That could possibly be a name out there. Again, hillary is in cruise control. Always great to see you. Everybody check out the piece on cnn. Com. Do it right now. Come back after the commercial break. Ahead at this hour, 15 yards for racial slurs. A new controversial rule on the table in the nfl. Could it really be enforced . To quote from whitman, you are here. That life exists and identity. That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse. 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Number three, guaranteeing access to a world access education for every american child all across our 50 states and our territories. Making sure that hard work pays off with wages that you can live on, savings that you can retire on, Health Insurance that you can count on. All of this is going to take some action. So far, in the past few weeks, i have had to lift the wagers of workers who work for federal contractors to make sure their employees are getting paid at least 10. 10 an hour. We have ordered an acrosstheboard reform of our job training programs, och much it aligned with the work mary has done as the head of the nga. We have elected our treasury to create a new way for americans to start i have saiving for retirement and help the longterm unemployed find work and make sure all of our kids have access to highspeed internet and hightech learning tools in the classroom. The point is, this has to be a year of action. Im eager to work with Congress Wherever i can. 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