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Rideshare driver Jorge Vargas raises his No on 22 sign in support as app based gig workers held a driving demonstration with 60-70 vehicles blocking Spring Street in front of Los Angeles City Hall urging voters to vote no on Proposition 22, a November ballot measure that would classify app-based drivers as independent contractors and not employees or agents, providing them with an exemption from Californias AB 5. Al Seib /Los Angeles Times/Getty Images The passing of Proposition 22 in California dealt a serious blow to gig workers in t...

And we'll get them solved. thank you. >> as i said, all the other candidates set to be there. donald trump. there's his wife, as well, accompanying him. a lot of questions from wolf blitzer about donald trump's policy on muslims on not allowing them at least temporarily into the united states. we heard a lot of disagreement on the stage tonight, especially from lindsey graham. do you expect the candidates to confront him about this on the stage? >> absolutely. >> sure. >> one thing i found interesting is there were some words from eric posner, university of chicago law professor and a very wel...

Would strike down as unconstitutionali as bringing i a group of people who are not to be admitted because of religion. >> and so it would be -- >> well, though the law applies more vigorously to people trying to become citizens, and -- >> due process does? >> yes. >> and this is eric posner of the university of chicago, and he said as you do, probably not. the supreme court has held consistently for more than a century that constitutional benefits that apply to americans do not apply to congress when they can decide who to admit and who do not. >> and religion has a special place in the consti...

Life and theirs. that's not going to happen. was he trying to get a dig in at putin because putin's been insulting him? absolutely. so it's a smart thing to do if you want to play into a european and american audience. it's not a smart thing that you want to do to convince putin to play ball. in putin's mind he's being disrespect sod when you disrespect him more he's less likely to come to the table. i think obama administration has made the conclusion that putin's not going to come to the table for negotiations for now so they might as well insult him and get whatever benefit they can out of ...

enjoying the press conference. >> it was propaganda. it raises has questions as it answers. >> anybody who tries to game out the politics of this kind of stuff years in advance, that's a fool's errand. >> this has all the markings of a very carefully orchestrated rollout campaign. >> christie needed a credible narrative in order to take any presidential hopes forward. >> if chris christie survives this, chris christie's going to run for president. i'm luke russert in for the great ago lex wagner. new jersey governor chris christie, he just wrapped up his first news conference in ei...