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Of the republican party. >> does ted cruz stand out as a light in the republican party? >> i don't know. i've named some and we'll see where it goes. >> we'll take a break and have more with you. i want to ask you more about some of the issues in washington, the president's secretary term and the future of the republican party. you've had a close enough look at some of the divisions of the party, so we'll talk about that with you in just a moment. plus, the man who was at obama's side as the president defended his health care plan, massachusetts governor deval patrick. our new poll shows the...

Tough votes. senator hagen, senator landrieu, senator shahin, who said we may not be for all these gun proposals, but we think it's important for look doing something on background checks. the majority of the senate favors some senate favors some to background checks and that's one of the points that can't be lost here when this comes up again, and i believe it will. >> thank you very much. and we'll be right back. in my first term i sang al green. in my secretary term i'm going with -- michelle said yeah. i sing this to her sometimes. [ male announcer ] if she keeps serving up sneezes...

Yesterday. today it will be taken on the steps of the west face of the u.s. capitol. >> brian: what does the president hope to accomplish in his secretary term? let's not forget first terms are typically the most productive. let's ask form chief of staff for president george w. bush and the 41st president of the united states, texas a & m university, mr. andy card joins us. as chief of staff, you have to set an agenda for the president. what is the challenge with the second term as opposed to the first? >> first of all, today is a day of celebration. yesterday was as well. but today will be th...

President flanked by his defense secretary, leon panetta, and his secretary of state, hillary clinton, that is a reminder of how strange it is that cabinet jobs are sort of expected to all turn over when a president earns a secretary term. big picture. if you are a great secretary of transportation you are doing a fine job running the agriculture department for the nation, why should you leave that job when the president who picked you for that job just got reelected to stay in his job for another four years? it's weird, right, the turnover for the second term. occasionally, people do stay on ...

State. >> the reason is because everybody has done such a remarkable job. my main purpose is to say thank you to them and also to remind them, we've got a lot of work to do. >> mr. president, susan rice -- >> thank you so much. >> susan rice is extraordinary. couldn't be prouder of the job she has done at the u.n. [ applause ] that was the end of the press coverage of the president's first cabinet meeting extended right there. first cabinet meeting since the election. that shot that you see of the president flanked by his defense secretary, leon panetta, and his secretary of state, hillary c...