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It's a lot of money. some of these folks are very politically active, the new york times reported they were part of draft chris christie for president committee. and they won these contracts, these pension contracts, they received millions of dollars in fees, regardless of the performance of their funds, they're helping chris christie's political career and receiving a lot of money. >> this was a campaign issue for chris christie against john corzine when he ran against him. basically he and some of his republican republicans -- he sends a memo to governor corzine, outlining 14 action items, t...

Process. and so they don't want to allow for a process in which they won't be able to make alterations to the final bill which is what this kind of fast track authority would offer. that said, if you don't have that kind of process, if you do kind of have to relitigate each trade deal after you've made all the concessions and all the negotiations with your foreign partner, there's no way to get the deal done. at the moment it looks like ttp is going to join the long list of action items right now that's just completely paralyzed. >> which seems to include tax reform. david corn, i don't want t...

Obama's organization that is a granular community based organization that is perpetual in its nature and the fact is we have to get with it and do the same thing and try to do it even better. and so, look, if you are going to market and brand your party on a regular basis, i think you're going to continue to have problems. and that's a big piece of what we're trying to do here. >> there has been some criticism from folks within your own party regarding these ideas, the national review sort of would say the mouth piece of the professional right says the action items recommended to address these...

Get it. we are forbidden. if you have a dishonorable discharge you can't carry a firearm. we can't have that information. illegal immigrants are not allowed to carry a firearm. we can't have that information. there is nowhere for us to call. >> also today as part of that meeting, the president publicly called on congress to get busy on the action items he has proposed. shep? >> shepard: there is further talk of what officials can do without congress, right? >> yeah. this latest strategy is a financial one. officials from california to new york and many points in between say they want their pub...

You've done on humanitarian assistance and other elements of that strategy that we've worked together on. also i want to commend not just the approach but the words you spoke today about not retrenching, not retreating when it comes to getting that balance right between engagement and also security, both high priorities. i was struck by, and i'm glad you were so specific on page 3 of our testimony, about the specifics on implementation. 29 recommendations by the board, which now has found its way into -- i should say, which now is a set of 64 specific action items. you said in your testimony q...