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No legislation being -- and he has no real experience. so to me he's just a guy with a big mouth and no results. >> so as the gop train starts rolling toward a primary, is it already flying off the tracks? joining me now is michelle colon from the national journal and salon.com's joan walsh. thank you both for being here. michelle what does it mean that the first candidate is ultimate the most controversial. >> he wants to get out there, grab attention, and put down his mark el. you know we've got candidates like jeb bush who are establishment favorite. they'll have no problem raising big mone...

This weekend as well. and salon.com's joan walsh. thank you, both for being here. >> good being with you, rev. >> congressman, a lot of your republican colleagues who went to selma with all of us don't want to work on voting rights. how do you explain that? >> well, look reverend al what i'm hoping takes place here and i agree with what senator coons just said is that i was talking to a number of my republican -- i'm glad they came number one. but there was a number of them who were relatively young. so i'm hoping that they really had not studied and understood the real meaning of what the vot...

Stop the president from his illicit activities. >> well, that's the -- >> it's a good set of talking points. now all they've got to do is figure out how to govern. joining me now is salon.com's joan walsh. thank you for being here. >> thanks rev. thanks for having me. >> joan if speaker boehner can't get his members to vote for homeland security can he do anything? >> no, i don't think he can do anything. and i -- you know i really think that they put that vote on the floor, they thought that they had the vote. they've done this time and again, rev, where they try a compromise with their membe...

Want to work with them i want to get things done. i don't have another election to run. >> joining me now, emanuel cleaver, democrat of missouri and joan walsh of salon.com. thank you both for being here. >> thanks, rev. >> good to be here rev. congressman, the president wants to get things done this year. any chance your republican colleagues have the same resolution? >> i don't think so. most of the republicans campaigned around the country against the president. in my neighboring state of kansas, for example, most people probably didn't know who the republican senate candidate was running...

There is a battle of wills between the kgb colonel and the colonel is winning. >> this is the playbook for the republicans. foreign policy challenge is an excuse to go after the president. it's the blame obama first crowd. blame america fist. how about coming together and being above politics? joining me now is retired u.s. army captain wes moore and salon.com's joan walsh. thank you both for coming on the show. >> thank you. >> captain moore, before we get to the politics, today president obama are said there will be costs to russia. if the rebels don't cooperate. what kinds of action could p...