they are doing it again. >> a boxing legend, never lost a match and doesn't plan to, floyd mayweather is in the cycle live this hour. >> convinced this this community of nations can deliver a more peaceful prosperous and just world to the next generation. >> president obama there perhaps hoping to channel some mayweather at the united nations today because also there is iran's new president hassan rowhani. the two have been exchanging letters but will they exchange a handshake and will the u.s. hold high level direct talks with iran for first time in 30 years? rowhani addresses the general assembly shortly. iran along with syria and middle east peace dominated president obama's address to the general assembly this morning. here are the highlights.

>> i do believe that if we can resolve the issue of iran's nuclear program, that can serve as a major step down a long road towards a different relationship. we are encouraged that president rowhani received from the iranian people a mandate to pursue a more moderate course and given rowhani's stated commitment to reach a agreement, i'm directing john kerry to pursue this effort with the iranian gst. there must be a strong security council resolution to verify that the assad regime is keeping its commitments. there must be consequences if they fail to do so. if we cannot agree even on this, then it will show that the united nations is incapable of enforcing the most basic of international laws. the time is now ripe for the entire international community to get behind the pursuit of

peace. already israeli and palestinian leaders demonstrated a willingness to take significant political risks. now the rest of us must be willing to take risks as well. all of us must recognize that peace will be a powerful tool to defeat extremists throughout the region an embolden those prepared to build a better future. >> joining us is mark ginz berg and jay gray at the u.n. plaza. do we have any news regarding a meeting between the president and rowhani? >> reporter: at this point krystal it does not appear they will meet. they were invited to a luncheon at the u.n. this afternoon. president rowhani did not attend. that's not out of the ordinary. there are several world leaders here that were not a part of that luncheon. there was no nod, there was no handshake as has been speculated by so many over the last week or so. it does not look like the two

will get together during this trip. the white house has said they are open to a meeting if indeed it does work out at some point. >> all right, jay gray at the u.n. plaza. thank you so much for that update. ambassad ambassador gins berg, the president urged the security council to pass a strong resolution if syria fails to give up their chemical weapons. what is he looking for there? do you think there's some behind the scenes progress being made between the u.s. and russia here this week? >> actually there hasn't been enough progress for the president's own desires at this point, the russians are being extraordinarily determined to avoid having any security council resolution be adopted under the united nations charter article 7, which would in effect require that there be consequences and those are unspecified but everyone understands that code word for military consequences if syria

does not abide by the security council resolution. russia is foot dragging, kicking and screaming to avoid having that incorporated into the resolution. and that's where the rubber is now meeting the road. >> ambassador, yesterday chuck todd said the white house is optimistically skeptical about its negotiations with iran that are just beginning. how do you conduct diplomacy with people who you need to talk to but who you barely trust? >> well, tour'e, it's obviously the $64,000 question. all of us are encouraged that president rowhani arrives in new york with an offer to negotiate more effectively and forthrightly, a potential agreement on iran's inevitable march towards a nuclear weapon based on everyone's intelligence assessment. however, you and i know the supreme leader and not mr. rowhani has ultimate control over the decision-making. we wouldn't be in this post tour if it wasn't for economic sanctions on iran.

it is clear mr. rowhani is arriving here in order to see if he can get the sanctions lifted in exchange for the charm offensive he's launched and the president made it very clear in his speech, that he's going to want to have solid evidence that iran is determined to march back its enrichment program in order for the sanctions to occur. at least we know the two sides are actually prepared to see if they can trust and maybe ultimately come to an agreement, but you know what i said to you earlier, it's verify, verify and verify again before you trust. >> right, that is always the key issue. i wanted to mention, ambassador, i know you were named ceo of peace works, i wanted to congratulate you on that and work in the middle east. >> thank you. >> on the topic of iran, what does it mean in your view when the iranian government talks about this entire offensive being an issue of heroic flexibility? >> i think that what is basically being said here is

that the iranians may be in effect prepared to go back to where they had been series of offers put on the table over the last couple of years that would permit iran to be able to enrich and continue to enrich uranium up to a level that permits and prevents it from going above a what we would call an enrichment threshold of 20%, which could permit that uranium to be used for a nuclear weapon. i think what the united states is basically signaling there, the international community is prepared to acknowledge that iran could continue to its enrichment program for peaceful purposes provided it had strict version fiction under international atomic energy agency standards. >> ambassador, please stick with us, we're also following the developing news in nairobi. we're getting a more accurate picture of exactly what happened. atia is in nairobi where it is now 10:00 p.m.

what's the latest there? >> reporter: hi, there, it's still been going on this past day. we've had bombs going off throughout the day, small arms fire and that was after word late last night that the situation seemed to have been over. security forces had packed up a lot of their gear only to come back a few hours later because gunfire could be heard inside of that shopping complex. tonight as you just mentioned, president kenyatta did say the securities forces were victorious against the terrorists implying that the situation is over. he also said 61 civilians have been confirmed dead as well as six kenyan security forces. the civilian casualties will rise as they comb through the rubble of the partially collapsed shopping center. although kenyans are weary about the murky information from the government on whether it's over or not over, it's been going on for the last four days. they are hopeful that tonight can finally bring an end to a tragic and heartbreaking ordeal.

back to you. >> atia, thanks so much. ambassador, i want your take on what kenya's foreign minister said yesterday about two or three americans being involved in this attack. obviously this is not confirmed information but is this a real possibility and help us understand what the recruiting process is like here in the united states. >> this goes back to the failed state of somalia and how much -- able to kick them out of mogadishu and kenya itself, as well as ethiopia have been involved as parts of an african peace keeping force to prevent al shabaab from taking over so n ma somalia. they have inmigrated to the united states and just like their brethren from pakistan or from other countries in the

middle east who have somehow or other been self-radicalized, there is a chance and we have certain intelligence to that effect and peter king, the congressman from new york has already went on record as saying that there's at least several score of former somalis that made their way back as either pirates, that was the center of gravity for piracy as well as joining al shabaab, an offchute of al qaeda. >> is there a fear that syria, given the crisis there could turned into a failed statement? >> this is the greatest nightmare in the middle east. this has become in effect the underground railroad forr al qaeda's resurrection. we're going to have a brand-new franchise cell that is going to be probably far more dangerous to the united states as a result of its activities in the growth

by the front and the graph tagsal pull of over al qaeda want to bes. we've heard evidence that there's fluent english speaking natives from europe and canada who have already gone to syria and they were interviewed by an independent television reporter. so that only goes to show you that these are martyrs who have joined al qaeda from the west already and -- they are really becoming a dangerous threat to the united states and to the west in the next few weeks and months. >> scary stuff. thank you as always. >> thank you. >> we've heard the president's u.n. address but all eyes will be on another speech he gives in just over an hour. this one on health care. and team obama is bringing in a ringer. more on that coming up. we have our own political heavyweight senator bob casey on the funding fight and man who knows a thing or two about winning a bout, boxer floyd

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the senate is back in session debating the continuing resolution to keep the government running. harry reid is expected to hold the first test votes tomorrow with a vote to formally end delays and debate on the measure on friday. to protect obama care he'll first try to amend the bill to remove house republicans language defunding it that would require 51 votes which democrats say they have. since republicans have not however found the majority to

stop that, some like ted cruz who you see speaking right here, advocating a filibuster of the entire funding package. there he is on the senate floor. we don't know how long he will be there. some key republicans are not buying his plan though and that includes as of today minority leader mitch mcconnell. he came out against cruz. cruz wants to launch some kind of old fashioned talking filibuster but harry reid says that's irrelevant because they scheduled the vote on the amendments and the cloe tour to end any filibuster. i know you're thinking, at this point you need a senator to understand. luckily we have one, bob casey from pennsylvania. thanks for being with us. >> good to be with us. >> based on the updates, including the remarks from senator mcconnell, what is your take on everything right now? >> i think we're going to be voting soon, certainly in the next couple of days we'll have votes likely on wednesday and thursday and through the weekend. there will be plenty of time for

people to make their arguments. but i think the key thing for the american people, they expect our government to function and i think they don't really have a lot of tolerance for some kind of political high wire act. they want the government to function and us to pay our bills, they treemreally want us focus on the economy and jobs. >> as ari pointed out, a filibuster is not a reality. help us understand what is going on with senator cruz. is this really about getting attention, rather than trying to help solve the problem? >> you'd have to ask him. what's happening today, i mean, he's talking on the floor as we speak, but it's not a filibuster because the vote is already scheduled. he's not going to stop the vote but he'll talk for a while. look, that's his free speech rights and his rights to be able to do that. but the key thing is we need to any way we can speed this up and get this resolved because the longer this goes where there's

uncertainty about funding for the government for vital services for not just vulnerable but for every american and even more uncertainty over anxiety about paying our bills, i think we're -- and the people pushing this are really putting the economy at risk. i think we're a lot better off if we get this done as soon as possible. >> senator, i think a lot of your constituents would like to see you work on legislation to help the steelers and eagles, but seriously last week the house republicans pushed through a bill that would cut funding for food stamps over $40 billion over the next ten years, 4 million folks would lose access to food stamps next year, 3 million the year after that. we have chronic hunger and food insecurity in this country and the new york times called this cantor proposal a national embarrassment. your thoughts? >> it's outrageous, a cut of $40 billion out of food stamps first

of all will never happen. we'll stop it and should stop it. for people in washington who get a nice salary and get their health care paid for and some of them benefit directly from the federal government beyond their health care, for them to say people who are vulnerable to children that they are going to cut this program, effectively ending the program by the way, food stamps if you do that. we're going to stop it for sure, the $20 billion cut they propose was bad enough. it's an insult and mean spirited. >> ted cruz and his buddies are creating fake crises you have been working to address real problems in the country, particularly in education and early childhood education. you sponsored the prepare all kids act. tell us what you think the key provisions there? >> it's a gratd piece of legislation and we're -- it's one of those priorities for business leaders to make sure that young children have early learning opportunities.

we know how connected it is to our workforce and to our future competitiveness. the business community gets it, democrats and republicans get it. we need republican legislators, meaning house and senate members to join us in this. we're trying to set up a voluntary program where states can work with us and we'd focus on a -- make sure we have the best possible teaching methods and also teachers who can provide the kind of early learning. i like to say if kids learn more now, they will earn more later. i think the research is overwhelming to make that point. it's critically important that both parties come together to focus on early learning. >> yeah, and that early investment does pay big dividends, not only for those children but society. i know we've talked with you previously. walk us through the politics. it seems like for a lot of people who would be on your side on this policy are frustrated because it feels like this

entire debate countdown we're doing right now this week is just to renew sequester level funding cuts. how do you up-end the politics for that policy. >> it's difficult because it -- as you know the president has a very significant proposal about early learning, which is a great idea. you're seeing not only the president and leaders? the senate and house focus on this for years but as i said before, the business community, talk to any business leader and it one of their top priorities. we have to figure out a way to get some help from the other side to make even a small investment on early learning for first time really on a new initiative beyond and apart from in support of head start. this is a combination of the benefits of head start plus a new early learning initiative, which i think is really about the future. we need to get folks on the other side working on issues like this instead of taking steps that might lead to a

government shutdown or default on our debt. >> that's what a lot of people are worried about. >> thanks for spending time with us. >> thank you. >> up next, two presidents, one stage and a big challenge, convincing americans obama care is awesome. >> yes. we'll spin on that up next. [ dennis ] it's always the same dilemma -- who gets the allstate safe driving bonus check. rock beats scissors! [ chuckles ] wife beats rock. and with two checks a year, everyone wins. [ female announcer ] switch today and get two safe driving bonus checks a year for driving safely. only from allstate. call 866-906-8500 now. [ dennis ] zach really loves his new camera. problem is...this isn't zach. it's a friend of a friend who was at zach's party and stole his camera. but zach's got it covered... with allstate renters insurance. [ female announcer ] protect your valuables for as low as $4 a month when you add renters insurance to your allstate auto policy. call 866-906-8500 now. what are you doing? we're switching car insurance. why?

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former president george w bush is going to bat for president obama when it comes to playing golf. we couldn't think of a golf plan. bush says it's a good outlet for obama and shouldn't be criticized for taking a break from politics by hitting the links once in a while. >> our president criticized for playing golf, i don't, i think he ought to play golf. i know what it's like to be in the bubble. and i know the pleressures of t job to play golf with your pals

is important for the president. it does give you an outlet. >> good release then? >> i think it is and i think it's good for the president to be out playing golf. >> this interview airs tonight at 10:30 on the golf channel. president clinton chatted with david letterman here in midtown last night promoting his clinton global initiatives. they talked kenya and russia but dave wouldn't let him get out of spe speculating about hillary running for president in 2016. >> if she is running to your knowledge, blink twice. >> i blinked once. >> and the laughs continue this morning when bono of u2 did his impression of bubba. >> when i first met bono he walked into the oval office and i actually thought it was a member of his own road crew. it wasn't really dress the

right. i felt like the rock star on that occasion. >> i must be really easy to make fun of. >> that was awesome. >> pretty good. >> wit and charm and twinkle in his eye, they have tapped the former president to inject the public with a dose of much needed enthusiasm for obama care. in a little over an hour, president obama will take the stage with bill clinton to discuss the new health care law, the clinton global initiative. it was almost 20 years ago to the day that clinton himself tried to sell health care reform to congress and the country. >> let us guarantee every american comprehensive health benefits that can never be taken away. [ applause ] in spite of all the work we've done together and progress we've made, there's a lot of people that say it would be an outright miracle if we pass health care

reform. but my fellow americans, in a time of change, you have to have miracles. and miracles do happen. >> so is clinton the answer to the administration's prayers? will the dynamic democratic duo that one of twon over voters in it again? in terms of time line, the reason we're talking about this, october 1st and new exchanges go online, january 1st the coverage starts and the individual mandate kicks in. i think what republicans are really afraid of, once they see obama care in action they are going to like it but the president does have a job selling americans on obama care. >> and a lot of pressure. this will define the president's domestic legacy and up until now the focus has been on rhetoric, not as much on the facts driven by many politicians that are trying to score political points, you have the right up until now saying let's defund this and left obviously saying this is really important, we

need to focus on this. it's no surprise that a number of americans are confused about what this bill is all about. if you look at our recent polling, you'll see 34% don't understand the law very well. 35% don't -- only understand it some. they have a real responsibility today more than the charm it's very effective from president clinton -- >> that goes to what's happening today. i saw oba bam -- bono do his clinton impression -- >> let's hear yours. >> this is the most important thing we can do, which is to give people health care. >> not bad, not bad. >> thank you. >> i thought it was floyd mayweather day but maybe it's clinton impression day. how many clintons does it take to sell obama care? >> how many. >> at least three. you have president clinton at his own event and hillary clinton, she was there this morning and obviously been a big supporter of this administration in many ways and something very

unusual for clinton watchers chelsea clinton participating in this panel -- >> don't they have a dog? >> i don't know about the dog. there's no doubt that there's a lot of confusion and that if this were a product, it's not a product that everyone is touching yet. this is a product you've heard about and seen the marketing campaign and the delegitimatization campaign and crystal and i have spoken about when the product is in people's hands they may like it more and may realize how much choice is built in. the other piece is trusted messengers. president bill clinton is good at explaining stuff. >> to the point of it being a product that people have to understand, there's a story going around, true story, middle age d man goes up to the booth where they are selling the exchange at the kentucky state fair and goes, wow, i hope this is better than obama care and doesn't realize he's talking about obama care. they are hating on this without understanding what they are talking about because they've

been dealing with -- >> you just blew my mind. >> thank you. they are dealing with demagoguery by the republicans. when you don't need a safety net program and don't have people in your immediate world who need a safety net program, it takes a certain moral imagination and empathy to understand the value and want to be behind it. i thnk a lot of americans are operating without the imagination and empathy for folks. >> it's about the quality and cost -- >> it's about a community and making sure that everybody in america is taken care of. >> i don't know that's -- >> other nations are taking care of everybody -- >> i don't think everyone wants that though. >> that's not fair to the american people because what you see in polling time and time again when they are asked about the specific provisions of obama care, they support it. it's just the big scary word of obama care -- >> one size fits all. >> attached to the president's

name and other issues there in terms of support. that's when support breaks down. i don't think it's fair to the american people to say they don't believe in supporting the community. >> they all do, certainly enough -- they voted for the president. that was a major issue in 2012. but just that we have so many people who are against it, just seems to me a fairly obvious idea that everybody in america should be able to get health insurance. >> i think people do support that that's why they elected this president if the first place and re-elected him in 2012. let's hope he turns on the charm. >> up next in the guest spot, the wbc welterweight champion and super super welterweight champion, pound for pound best fighter in the world! floyd mayweather jr. up next. so i c

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our next guest considered the best boxer in the world today, he's undefeated 45 wins and 26 knockouts and made over $350 million in his career, including more than 50 million for his most recent victory over some guy, doesn't matter what his name is anymore. that is now the highest grossing fight of all time. welcome to the table, a man who has won eight world titles, floyd mayweather jr. welcome. how are you, sir? >> it was eight but now it's ten. >> well, the number grows. >> explain to the people who may not understand fully what you do, what is it that makes you as a boxer so much better than everybody else? what are you doing in the ring that nobody else can catch up to? >> i think just smart, very witty and being around the sport for so many years, coming from a boxing background.

and i think it's more like chess, you know, being ten steps ahead of my opponent and that's how i feel it plays out. >> you do come from a boxing background. your father was a champ and uncle was a champ. to your words, you came from hell and came from nothing in grand rapids and dad did time in jail made you grow up with your grandmother. you said you raised yourself. when you talk about coming from hell, how does that shape the man you are and the boxer you are? >> actually believe everybody is put in certain positions for certain reasons. my dad, we've been through a lot. he's done time. i've done time. well, i've done a vacation, he's done time. i had a small vacation. and i think everything is just a learning experience. you live and learn and you got to take the good with the good and bad with the bad and just be

smart and everything has to be a learning experience. once you go through a lot of rough obstacles you try to surround yourself with positive people. >> you mentioned chess, some people think about boxing as it being aggressive and about the attack. people who watch you see you have a strategy that often is defensive and agile. does that also require you putting aside perhaps a desire to be seen as the most aggressive at every moment in the fight? what is your strategy like the fight you just won? >> i truly believe the less you get hit the longer you last. you look at so many different champions she may have good careers when their career is over but no faculties, i want to raise my family comfortable and be sharp and still be smart at an older age. so -- we just believe in the less you get hit, the longer you last in the sport. i've been in the sport now 17

years and i've been world champion 16 years. >> you started when you were 8, 9? >> well, amateur in '87. >> you look like you've never been hit, obviously. that says a lot. there are plenty of good boxers but very few that create their own brand. you made your own empire, you have your money team and celebrities like lil wayne and justin bieber who want to be around you. what advice do you have? >> i don't have something against, you know, any brand as far as nike, reebok or adid as, i believe on wearing my own brand on my back. i believe in being the first. so do i think the money team some day can be like nike or reebok? absolutely. but everything takes time. >> one of the stories of your life as we've been following you over the years is the

relationship with your father. >> roller coaster ride, yes. >> weren't speaking to him for a while and he's back in your corner. talk about that relationship with your father and you guys are much closer at this point, right? >> my dad, he left my life when i was 16. my dad went to prison when i was 16. >> how long was he away? >> came back into my life when i was 21. i had been on my own from 16 to 21 living in vegas. i moved to vegas when i was 19. i went to the olympic games in '96 and received a bronze medal, didn't have a trainer until i was 19, which was my uncle roger. he started training me. and me and my uncle roger had a great chemistry, i started back working with my dad and he was treating me like a little boy and i'm like i'm a man. i have a lot of responsibilities, had my own house, my own car and my own bills, i know what it's like to be a man and stand on my own two

feet. i think he wanted to treat me like his small little kid or young teenager, but so we didn't see eye to eye. now that i'm a lot older and wiser, you know, we have a more better understanding and better chemistry now. >> let me ask you, when i was watching the fight, my experience watching it was you look really intimidating. meeting you today for first time for a moment you seem really warm, you're smiling a lot. are you a different person in the ring than out of the ring? >> as far as all access, show time, it's business and that's what a lot of athletes, period, if you're in boxing or you're out of boxing, you have to understand it's a business. you can't take basketball or football home with you. you know, leave it at the workplace. >> who's the greatest fighter of

all time? >> i can't really say. i know -- >> ali, sugar ray robinson? >> they were great fighters, but i've accomplished just as much -- just as much -- >> take yourself out of it. >> that's hard but who is it for you then? >> i can't really just pinpoint and say one fighter. i mean, larry holmes had the best jab out of all of the heavyweights. mohammed ali had the best combinations and best footwork. and the list goes on. >> i don't want to get hit and ended up park insons and -- >> you know, i feel bad for ali, legendary champion, paved me the way for me to be where i'm at today. i'm grateful for that. sugar ray leonard, robinson, i take my hat off. the only thing i want to do is

continue to dominate in the sport. >> is there a place you're dying to fight? if you look at legendary fighter -- >> you're going to say new york. >> and he fought in manila and added to his legacy, is there a place you dream of fighting in a certain location that's not las veg vegas? >> no. no. not at all. i love las vegas. m gm grand is home for me, las vegas is home for me. they embrace me with open arms. and my relationship goes back 17 years with mgm grand. >> i know you're never going to fight professionally in new york, but -- >> i wanted to. >> but before seriously though, before the segment, talking a lot of smack, floyd is not that big. i can take him. my defenses -- show him -- you know what i mean? >> the cycle team, right? >> the cycle team.

show him -- does is that sound realistic to you? >> now you're backtracking in his face? >> why don't you say it in his face, ari, like you were talking before? >> you're not going to do me like that, ari, from the west coast, be nice. >> i'm a big fan, you know that. >> thank you. >> he's going to tell you how fast his hand speed is -- >> during the break. >> one thing that i think is different for me from any other athlete, they believe they have to have a brand on their back to make them. you look at every athlete in sports today, may be with nike, reebok, i don't need that on my back. and i've accomplished more than what they have accomplished and. >> and promote your own fights. >> incredible. if you need me to walk out with you on the next fight? >> miley scyrus. >> i can twerk i guess. >> that's not going to happen. >> floyd mayweather thanks for

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people are expecting quite a bit. i see us winning out there tonight. >> friday night lights developed a cult following long past its days on nbc, about a high school football town in texas touched a nerve with many americans who could relate. a small town where high school football is larger than life. the cover of this week's atlantic magazine is touching a nerve, how sports are ruining high school. the article profiles a texas school district performing so poorly academically it was facing closure. the new superintendent did something unthinkable. he ended all sports, including football. the community was none too pleased. then the number of fights went way down and test scores went way up and parent involvement shifted from the field to the classroom. atlantic contributor amanda riply set off to answer the question, if sports were not central to the mission of american high schools, then what

would be? she also covers this in her new book "the smartest kids in the world" and how they got that way. she's with us today. it's great to have you. really interesting read. as you point out, asian countries who outperform us academically have a similar competitive approach to education which can lead also to stress and disappoint. i can attest to that firsthand. what do you want people to take away from this piece, it's ultimately about finding the healthy balance between sports and academics? >> right. there are certain things we take for granted and stop thinking about them. when i followed american students to other countries where they spend a year going to school there, the first thing they notice is that sports were not part of school. kids played sports but it was separate from school and it was not a priority this their lives. it makes you think, what message are we sending the kids in this economy when we're spending two to three times per high school football player what we spend per high school math student. when we routinely let kids miss

class and teachers leave and bring in substitutes to coach games out of state. there's signals that kids pick up on that i'm not out of schoo and into our neighborhoods. >> amanda, fascinating article. one of the things that jumped out at me, this idea that we start school just before 8:00 a.m. or at 8:00 a.m. in a lot of places so we can have the afternoon daylight hours for sports, despite research that shows that kids will do better in school if they start later. i mean, so athletics is running the actual clock. that is bananas. >> and i didn't even realize how crazy -- you just get used to it. i played soccer all my life, i loved the sport. you don't even think about it. but american principals routinely make teacher hires based on whether that teacher can coach. american principals have told me, they spent most of their meetings with parents about sports. all these distractions, financial and otherwise, that we don't even think about when we're, you know, enjoying a high

school football game. >> but, you know, ame amanda, o the other hand, we also have a major obesity problem in this country, a rise in type two diabetes. so talk to me specifically about the example you give in this article of spellman college, where they needed to move the money not totally out of athletics but took their million dollars they were spending and decided to use it on sort of campus wide recreation programs and fitness programs instead. >> yeah, it's a radical notion, right? the president of spellman was watching a basketball game at her college one saturday, and she thought to herself, you know what, these young women are not going to play basketball professionally and probably not even recreationally through the next four or five, six decades of their lives. why don't we flip it? and instead of spending $1 million on 4% of our students who are athletes, spend it on all of the students. and they started having races and more exercise classes and it's too soon to say if it worked. but i think it's an excitinged

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almost exactly 20 years ago to the day, president clinton addressed the nation and tried his best to convince the country to support hillary care. conservatives viewed this as a radical liberal proposal to

impose a federal government directed solution. and many conservatives instead embraced a solution developed by wharton business school professor and adopted by the heritage foundation. relied on individuals to purchase private insurance called an individual mandate. 20 gop senators co sponsored a bill to bring us an individual mandate to buy private insurance, and private equity barron mitt romney adopted the plan for his state. this plan was also embraced by new newly elected president obama. funny, suddenly conservatives decided they didn't care for this idea once introduced by president obama. actually, i'm a little confused about what exactly can it means to be conservative. i thought conservatives were into making things more efficient, free markets and all that. yet republicans have had the chance to modify obamacare to ease the burden on business and

instead decided to pointlessly vote to repeal obamacare. what are we up to now something like a bazillion times? that's odd. and i thought they were into local control, allowing folks at the state and local level to do what works for their citizens. yet a lot of republican governors have opted to have the fed set up their exchanges, rather than doing it themselves. huh. odd. this sad by a koch brother really has me confused, though. >> okay. let's have a look. >> wow. now, i want you to think about this. the gop is saying to young people, we would like to have the government stick an unnecessary transvaginal probe if you want an abortion. but when it comes to health

insurance, don't take any government help. don't go to the state or federal government operated insurance exchanges to buy private insurance. stay away. stay uninsured. skip that pap smear, skip that tetanus shot. skip that prenatal care. skip that cholesterol test. and if you diane agonizing and unnecessary death, one that could have been prevented by the health insurance reform that bears the president's name, at least you know your death will not have been in vain. you will died to serve the noble and patriotic cause of hurting this president and denying him a victory. in the words of the "wall street journal" the gop is flying a kamikaze mission against this president and obamacare. they are willing to destroy themselves and their political future, that they would also encourage young people to go uninsured and risk financial catastrophe and death from preventible disease, means they aren't just willing to sacrifice their own careers to hurt this president. they would sacrifice the lives

of young people if it helped them score political points. that is not conservative. it is a national disgrace. republicans, conservatives of conscience, if there was ever a time to take back your party from the forces of anarchy, chaos, insanity and self destruction, now is that time. all right. that does it for us here at "the cycle." martin ma beer, all yours. >> tuesday september 24th and all the world is his stage, and believe it or not, we don't mean you, senator cruz. ♪ >> some may disagree, but i believe america is exceptional. it should be an easy decision for senate republicans. >> we will not repeal or defund obamacare. >> it's not a tactic that we can actually carry out. >> they're fearful of anything that changes the clubby way washington does business. >> you never told me that

elephants were cannibalistic. >> i'm going to use every procedural means, including filibust filibuster. >> how do you respond to those who say this is a fool's errand? >> i am ignoring all of the slings and arrows. >> you speak to your fellow republicans. are you confident they'll stay together? >> i don't think filibustering a bill that defund obamacare is the best route. >> the votes are fluid. >> america will know exactly who to blame in the senate. >> it's the votes on friday that matters. >> it's why we look to the future not with fear, but with hope. ♪ we begin with the president on the world stage at the united nations. back in washington, his republican congressional opponents pushed the government ever closer to a shutdown over his health care law.