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Brute political power. that's how democrats passed the affordable care act. but obamacare also fueled a tea party backlash that gave republicans control of the house of representatives. did that toe hold also give conservatives the leverage to kill the law? two new senators elected with strong tea party support thought so. ted cruz of texas and utah's mike leigh. september 10th, washington, d.c. >> only you can win this fight. >> the tea party is tired of losing. republican successes they think have succeeded only in delaying and minimizing the inevitable

Talked about our national security interests and then closed the deal by asking america to be with him. none of that happened last night. it was really candidly confounding to me with the seriousness of where we were and find ourselves that we didn't get those kind of clear, commander in chief messages. >> what about russia? would you give in to russia's demand now that military force be taken off the table in that u.n. resolution to go forward? >> boy, i would not. i think that would be a serious mistake. russia has a pretty serious interest here. it's the last toe hold they have in the middl...

Millionaires and other professionals who have moved forward, that we acknowledge there are black people, brown people, poor white people still struggling in this country, still trying to get their toehold in the american dream and that all of us have a stake in trying to make that dream real. we currently have an african-attorney general, eric holder. there are people who say he may not be staying on for the whole second term and there are people suggesting that perhaps you would be a selection the president would want to look to to be the next attorney general. if he called you and said, go...

Loopholes, 49% less suicides with a gun. in states that have closed those loopholes, 17% less aggravated assaults with a gun, including attempted murder. and we have examples of states when they've done just the opposite like missouri that used to be an all permit state. when they rescinded it, murders with guns went up 25%. and so for those people who sort of say laws don't matter, in fact, we've got proof that laws do matter and they keep people safer. and why would any elected official in this country not want to keep its constituents safer? >> with that experience in which some states who ...

Here's the tragedy of it. there are 14 states in this country that have actually closed the background check loopholes so that background checks are required at gun shows or on the internet and those states are safer. in the states that have closed those loopholes, 38% less murders of domestic partners with a gun. in states that have closed those loopholes, 49% less suicides with a gun. in states that have closed those loopholes, 17% less aggravated assaults with a gun, including attempted murder. and we have examples of states when they've done just the opposite like missouri that used to be ...