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Think the great similarity is that they have very much the same vision, but they have a determination in practical ways to meet the major challenges of our time. i would put high on it what king did in his speech on the lincoln memorial. the "i have a dream" speech was that we must open the doors of all opportunity to every child born alive with the fierce urgency of now, and i think they both have that fierce urgency, but they have a vision that takes them beyond partisanship. >> that fierce urgency of now, those are words that president obama used frequently early on when he was campaigning ...

>> yeah. >> it's to get commitment for service all year long. >> you left congress, you mentioned, during the break in '94. left congress in '95 and the republican party rode that election wave into power. tell me a little bit with b where we are now in terms of the hyper partisanship that seems to permeate washington, d.c. versus that period of time where, again, a lot of folks said hyper partisanship was permeating washington, d.c. is it different at all, or is it about the same? >> i think there's a roller coaster ride through american history. and part of it, ups and downs, have to do with...

Right for us. if we don't do anything, the result is catastrophic. actually, a slew zooming toward us and act or doom is certain. maybe like orwell "war of the worlds." there are none asteroids or none i know of. >> you're scaring steve. >> he's not listening. there's balls of ka ma'amty. >> excellent! >> rising temperatures. rising entitlements. rising equality. rising births to unmarried women. could cause a lasting impact on our world but as the next guest says, hyper partisanship is blinding us to obvious problems and solutions. >> we are doomed unless we start acting now. what's wrong wit...

And i really think whether a democrat or a republican, i fundamentally believe the united states is going to be able to bounce back from this and we actually have responded a lot differently than europe has, there's not enough time to get into that, but i think that we have responded in a different way than they have and i don't think we are going to end up in the same place that they are. >> megyn: what do you make of that, the cultural influence, chris? because america has been sharply partisan for much of its history, the founding of this country and the next hundred years we've always been...

And afghanistan. prince william and catherine middleton greeted by hundreds of fans as they arrived in cambridge. their first visit since being given their titles of duke and duchess of cambridge. they plan to tour the city and meet with cambridge university students during their visit. senate majority leader harry reid says raising the debt limit has to be part of any package. john tester a members of the banking committee. newly re-elected. >> thanks, andrea. >> thanks very much for being with us. you're from one of the reddest of red states, you squeaked through. congratulations on that...