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Republicans are pushing for. i wonder, beyond that, though, with the issues that are out there about the affordable care act right now, in terms of the premiums that have gone up, the lack of competition in a lot of places in this country, are there reforms that you as a democrat would like to see and think your party should be pushing for? >> absolutely. we made that clear from day one. you may recall, way back when we first passed the law, i called it the cil rights act of the 21st century. and i said at the time, when you pass a piece of legislation like this, you look to visit it time and ...

Of this agreement with iran do not want him to rip up the deal. they do not want him to. domestically the president has a lot of supporters, conservatives, people who are strong supporters of israel like sheldon attelson who gave five million dollars to the inauguration committee after not supporting him, these are people that want him to tear up the deal. >> i'm not sure how much it hurts to play two sides, to say, look, i'm going to have a different tone than the obama administration had, but ripping it up would be a big act and they decided not to go there. they had had the three month eval...

Really, your point is so important, it all started with those people. without those town halls, the video you showed last night, without those people in those town halls telling real stories to legislatures who clearly never heard them before. wasn't that the amazing part in the video? you could tell this was news to them. >> legislators, even if you don't like them, they are human beings. when you get confronted with somebody you are responsible for and it's within your power to either do something that they say is going to kill them or not, i mean, no matter how heartless you think your publ...

Much because their president needs them to do it. that's how bill clinton got his first bill passed by exactly one vote in the house of representatives and in the senate. there was very little in it for democrats to like. it was a big tax increase along with big spending cuts in medicare and medicaid to reduce the deficit. democrats voted for it in the end. what put the bill over the top was the belief among democrats in the house and senate if their president lost on his first big bill, his presidency would be irrelevant. that's how bill clinton got to 51 votes in the senate. the last ten dem...

Hook, senator warren took to facebook to read ms. king's letter. then she tweeted, "i will not be silent about a nominee for attorney general who has made derogatory and racist comments that have no place in our justice system." "i will not be silent as three publicans rubber stamp and ag will never stand up to the president when he breaks the law." brian kilmeade, did any moment capture a surprise? >> brian: that should've been on broadway, not in washington, d.c. it was all a big act, there was nothing sincere about it. if she felt that way about one of her colleagues, that he is a racist an...