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>> for vacation. >> yes. >> as we said, rand paul is kind to hit a kind of sweet spot here where he pushes a conservative agenda on a lot of the traditional government spending, taxes issues. but he also is pushing libertarian ideas when it comes to things like government spying and to limits on criminal penalties. ronna, does he have the right idea, rand paul, about how to build a bigger tent for republicans? >> i'm not sure he does. i would like to have heard a lot more economic talk for him and a lot more solutions on that front. it's interesting you mention the pope. "time" made the pope t...

There are three things that can grow you money -- your job, your house, and your investments. new numbers show home prices in february rose at the fastest annual rate since 2006. if you're invested in the market, you're doing well, too. the s&p 500 hit a record high this week. and the dow topped 15,000! and in addition to those better than expected jobs gains, first-time claims for unemployment benefits hit a five-year low. but there are some worrying signs as well. the unemployment rate fell to 7.5% in april, but that's still high compared to historical levels. before the recession hit, the u...

Ronna is the author of that article and an assistant managing editor at "time". she joins us from new york. good morning. so it sounds like good news, but 500,000 jobs over three years didn't really sound like a whole lot. >> well, it's the most that have been created in a decade in manufacturing. manufacturing has been on a down swing as we all know since the '70s because of outsourcing to china and other cheaper labor countries. so the fact that we have seen jobs being created, that's the first time in ten years that that's happened. and so there is this sort of sea change and some of the ec...

Advocated that veterans fulfill these positions, people who have seen combat. who knows in f they're suffering from ptsd with the guns outside the schools? i mean, i would assume as a combat veteran, that's a very distasteful suggestion. >> also it's offensive. as if this is the only thing that veterans can do. we come back from iraq and afghanistan and the only thing we do is continue to hold your weapon ask stand guard. there are jobs programs that are needed for veterans. this ain't it. >> that's so true, my friend. we will leave it on that note. thank you to david corn, wes moore, ronna, a...

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