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Cancer. everybody knows somebody who's 80 or 90 years old who's been smoking all their lives and haven't died of cancer, so you see, must not cause cancer. there's no question that in the last few years, a lot of the public has started to say, well, aren't there a lot of doubts about this climate change science? yeah, it's cold this winter here in new york or new jersey or washington, but it's warmer in alaska. come on, the oceans are warmer, you know, the scientists are quite clear on this. but it's easy to convince people and their representatives in congress that there are some doubts and m...
Comparison to tobacco, but i like the phrase you use, the relying on anecdotal information. it's funny, in politics we use the word narrative so often, what's a campaign's narrative, candidate's narrative, a narrative is a story, so when made up on issues, it's a lot harder to legislate. we are going to retire this segment, but doesn't mean either of us are done working. democratic congressman rush holt, thanks for your time. >> good to be with you. >> good to be with you. now we're going to talk economics and stocks soaring to new heights. apparently bankrupt, our friend, cnbc's mandy drury...
City, women in support of the government marched for peace. and pope francis appointed 19 new cardinals in a vatican ceremony today. they are the first such appointments made by pope francis since he was elected last march. nearly three dozen members of congress will not be running again in 2014. just this week, new jersey democrat rush holt and california democrat gloria mcleod said they won't run again. they need 17 seats to win back majority in the house. are we seeing members of congress flee in larger-than-normal numbers or is it really just business as usual? >> it's basically just b...
Democrats need a net gain of 17 seats this november to win back the majority in the house, and they're now defending 12 seats with retiring incumbents while 21 income benches are also retiring. let's get right to it with a man who thinks a lot about democrats winning back the house. congressman steve israel of new york, chair of the democratic congressional campaign committee. how are you, congressman? >> thanks for having me on. great to be with you. >> thanks for being here. you are the chairman. you are in charge of this stuff. give us your lay of the land first and any response to the idea...