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Teased the smorgasboard throughout the day while blaming the government shutdown for a lack of catering staff due to fact that they've been furloughed. take a listen to this. >> i think we're going to serve mcdonald's, wendy's and burger king with some pizza. i really mean it. it will be interesting. i would think that's their favorite food. because of the shutdown, as you know, we have the great clemson team with us, national champions. so we went off and we ordered american fast food. paid for by me. >> before letting the team have at the food the president showed off piles of pizza, fries...

Relationship and the new basis for discussions. and the basis is that america is to be blamed for its stupidity. and -- i'm sorry i have a little flu. for its stupidity and foolishness, i think is quotation, that america is to be blamed for the troubles in relationships. of course, putin cannot but rejoice on that. that's why my former deputy, sergei lavrov said it's more better than super. and that's wrong foundation and i don't -- i can't believe it happens that it's american.

It is like inside? is there a first class cabin and you guys are in the back. >> it's basically a normal jet. we're in the back. it looks like about three cabins. the pope usually at the very front, then vatican security, then other personnel that he travels with in the middle, then we're in the back. there's about 70 of us total including the vatican press. and just, you know, it's pretty much actually like any other flight. there aren't any special rooms in here or anything like that. we've got a nice menu that i haven't even looked at. sort of a welcome packet from american airlines. and ea...

Was it the right decision for the u.s. and allies to launch the air strikes. 47% say it was the right decision. 17% say they don't know. so slightly more say it was the right decision. if you dig deeper, among republicans 54% say it's the right decision. democrats only 49% say it's the right decision and 44% of independents say it was the right decision. what do those numbers, david, say to you? there's a little bit of good news. republicans are reachable in times of national interest and will rally to a president even of the opposing party. it tells me those are not going to war numbers. a pl...

Getting the money out of politics is the beginning. that's not the solution. that is like getting the alcoholic to stop drinking so we can deal with his broken home and lost job. correct? >> no question. but there's so many legislators, in my time as mayor and gover r governor, said, gosh, if we could vote in secret, i would vote for your proposal, because i know it's the right thing to do, but i can't do it. the other side will raise money on it and will kill me. that's why it's so important, so important to get the influence of money out of politics, because if you get the influence out of p...