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Terry gall is from the root, and judd legam is the editor in chief. thanks for your patience. i want to start quickly with the winners and losers out of what we've seen in washington, d.c. you say the women have been the winners. >> i tip my hat to the president for proclaiming that there are no winners and there certainly were. women were definitely winners because you look at senators like susan collins who is one of the leading proponents to change the tone of the discourse. she and six female senators created a bipartisan coalition and it helped shift the discourse. i have to say that debb...

>> thank you. well, is senator ted cruz winning his kamikaze crusade or is his campaign to defund obama care crumbling. and the clinton campaign. joan walsh is the editor at large for salon and msnbc political analyst. steve ben an is a msnbc contributor and judd legam is the editor in chief of think progress. thanks for being here this morning. i want to start with senator ted cruz here. there's no shortage of headlines about him today. the "washington post" writes ted cruz happy to be outlier in show down. the week says is ted cruz brilliant or deranged and the daily beast writes can cru...

I can't blink twice. >> you can't blink once or twice to give us a clue. now, our first read team here at nbc points out that president obama's speech with bill clinton later this afternoon is the one to watch, because health care will be the defining issue of his legacy. judd, with president clinton helping to sell obama care, do you think that will make a difference? >> i think it could make a difference with public perception as we head into this budget fight, which has now been tied to obama care. i think what ultimately helps the perception of obama care is to get past the rhetoric and th...

Side. >> the gop fears obama care will eventually be credited for w slowing the rise of health care costs to a more manageable rate. i want to play a clip from cruz on what he calls a discrepancy in the prediction of obama care costs for the average family. let's listen. >> the president promised a $2500 cut for the average family of four. instead you're looking at a $7500 increase. that's a $10,000 swing. judd, these numbers, is that accurate? >> well, it's not. you know, we delved into the numbers on our website, think progress, and found that actually the reason why there's going to be a li...