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Self-image. a notion that there are two kinds of americans. on the one side, that silent majority, the middle class, middle americans, suburban, royal coalition who call themselves now values voters. people of faith. patriots, or even simply republicans. on the other side are the liberals, the cosmopolitans, the intellectuals, the professionals, democrats. same divide is very much alive today in the subsequent culture war is still raging. so how will "mad men" hand the turmoil of america at this critical time, the year that was ripe with woodstock, with neil armstrong taking his first steps on...

Last week we announced that 7.1 million americans have signed up for private insurance through the market place. as of this week, 400,000 additional americans have signed up and we expect that number to continue to grow. >> that was the big news in health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius' testimony to the finance committee. tonight, nbc news confirmed that kathleen sebelius in the obama cabinet since the beginning is resigning. president obama is expected to nominate office of management and budget director sylvia matthews burwell to replace her. joining me now, reporter from "th...

Because michelle has lived out the legacy of those efforts. because my daughters have lived out the legacy of those efforts, because i and millions of my generation were in a position to take the baton that he handed to us. that's why i'm standing here today because of that legacy. >> we should remember lbj's legacy, but we should also see how that legacy is under attack. already this year, lawmakers in 19 states introduced bills to scale back voting rights. there are nearly 6 million americans who cannot vote due to current or past felony convictions. our prisons are overcrowded and our schoo...

70% oppose food stamp cuts. 65% support raising taxes on the rich. i mean, this is in opposition to what americans say they want to see happen. >> that's absolutely right. so why do they do this? well, the answer is the american people don't want to see the end of medicare as we know it. they don't want to see horrendous cuts in medicare or nutrition programs or in a time when kids can't afford to go to college, major cuts in federal aid to college students so they can afford to go to school. why are the republicans doing it? and the answer is pretty simple. the american people don't want it, ...

Afford to see a doctor. she didn't make enough to qualify fi for a subsidy to get obama care. my best friend died because she didn't have the medical insurance she needed because florida, my state, and i'm a fifth generation floridian decided not to take the money that would have helped her. >> i mean, how do republicans run against that? >> i don't know that they can. there is a -- not just health care here. there's the fact that you have this woman working so many jobs. she paid $9,000 a year, with two children. and you expect americans to live on that? so republicans aren't just standing in...