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>> who was the guy, the african-american guy in mythic history, who was the pile driver -- >> john henry. >> and he would pound those piles in until he had to finally run against the machine, and the machine beat him. or he beat the machine and then died. >> that's certainly how newt views himself. it's kind of a self-serving analysis. he's saying, i'm the honest guy who wanted to run a positive campaign, just talk about the issues. i won the debates, i was running like i was a member of the house on the floor of the house. not this weird thing that is presidential politics. he's, of course, g...

African-american guy in mythic history, who was the pile driver -- >> john henry. >> and he would pound those piles in until he had to finally run against the machine, and the machine beat him. or he beat the machine and then died. >> that's certainly how newt views himself. it's kind of a self-serving analysis. he's saying, i'm the honest guy who wanted to run a positive campaign, just talk about the issues. i won the debates, i was running like i was a member of the house on the floor of the house. not this weird thing that is presidential politics. he's, of course, going to blame the system...

Baton rouge where the mississippi river is a big part of our economy, our way of life. when you live down here, you know to respect the bayous and the rivers. even someone who was born and raised here and lived my life here, we haven't seen this much water come into these communities about you build these levees. it is like having fire insurance on your home. you hope you never have to use it. >> thank you for coming down. not every day you hear an interview with that banging behind you, is it? that's a pile driver. the governor had the authority to stop that construction. but we decided tha...

the state making a decision to open the spillway and release water into some communities, burying homes in those communities to protect communities like baton rouge, new orleans, one of the extraordinary measures this state is taking. the stakes are enormous. governor jindal saying $300 million alone in crop damage, tens of millions in other property damage. there are a dozen oil refineries in flood zone. there are chemical factories, homes and businesses as well. listen to governor jindal here explaining the tough decision to open the spillway he says will protect larger communities...

President, there was a vignette that the white house aides told us behind the scenes last night. vice president biden telling john boehner either you take out that anti-abortion rider that's cutting off funding for planned parenthood or we take it to the country. the implication being that they would shut down the government over it. $38.5 billion in cuts for spending this year. you saw it there. republicans also wanted to insert some language that would have restricted the environmental protection agency's ability to regulate greenhouse gases. the president had that taken out. republicans poi...