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And so this is personal for me. >> anchor kate bad win joins me now. the president seemed to be speaking from the heart right there. how much does he intend to push on these initiatives? how much does he think he can get done in the next two years? >> that's two different answers how much he wants to get done and how much he can get done are two different answers. you see why it's important to him. he points to a study by the u.n. that laid out the issue of the 1858 countries that the u.n. has data on, only three of those countries do not offer some kind of paid maternity the leave, oman, papa...

>> i understand that, mr. chairman and i will look -- >> that's what you said three months ago. >> i'm a staff-level federal employee and i do the best job i can. >> mr. huff -- >> five senate democrats are joining republicans and calling for shinseki to resign, mark ushg call, jeanne shaheen and john walb. political columnist congressman patrick murphy and he's the first iraq war vet to serve in congress and he's also an america s nbc contributor. gentlemen, thank you so much for your time. >> hi, tamron. >> patrick, i'll start with you on this, and looking at the numbers and the information ...

30 students in a nude selfie scandal. but police in new jersey say they really have no idea, gretchen, of how many of these nude selfies are actually on these kids' phones and devices. >> wow. it's such a huge problem, but it does bring to light kind of the privacy and whether or not it's the kids' or parents' business what they want on their phones. it's amazing how this is the new trend -- we didn't do this stuff when you and i were growing up. warning, now, about ecigarettes. what top scientists are telling the world health organization about that. plus, growing bipartisan calls for eric ...

Inexplicable if somebody involved in the creation of the website doesn't get fired. >> so, you know the team. if you were there right now, who would you recommend gets spared? >> well, the way you phrase that question -- [ laughter ] >> i'm making the serious point, this is a -- billions according to bloomberg, two-month-long -- you can't blame the republicans. this is a two-month-long public meltdown. look, shouldn't somebody be held accountable? >> this is a big thing. big things are heart -- there are always bumps in the road. >> we're seeing some of the difficulty, actually trying to bring...

Injured. 32 1/2 hours, that's what's left to go before this government shuts down. joining me live, chrkristen wel. we know president obama has said that he is going to veto the republican plan passed by the house last night. although the senate won't even take it up, so it won't probably get to that. what is, though, the president's strategy now in terms of actually moving the ball forward? >> craig, good afternoon. i can tell you there have been meetings here at the staff level, at the white house yesterday, today, i anticipate that will continue into tomorrow. the strategy moving forward,...