. >> joining me now, fox news political analyst angela mcglowan and -- reince priebus, chairman of the rnc was speaking to myself and mckaley pereira. needless to say we were at the nabj and discussing what the are republican party has to do. angela, what do you think the republican party has to do to reach out to all people, not just african-americans? >> not just african-americans, hiss packs but also women. instead of the republican party just going to places where we congregate, they need 0 to go to those diversity districts where we actually have our life, where we live. go to the barrios, go to the inner city community center cen also churches and talk about what the party will do to create a more prosperous america and better america for us. it takes not only grass tops outreach but grass roots and i agree 0 with the chairman, also messaging. >> chuck, what about you? what's the messaging has the gop lost its messaging with the african-american community and other people of color, comparing it to the democratic party? >> well, there's a reason why 92% of african-americans voted

angela mcglowan and ben wickler join us. i want to start with this. we'll go first to angela.s gridlock good for politics? does it serve both sides to run to their respective position and dig in or ahead of the midterms is it better to work together? >> you have to work together. gridlock is never good instead you're trying to satisfy liberals or conservatives are trying to satisfy tea partiers with the midterms they're going to have to work together or 0 we'll have a government shutdown because self-preservation is the first law of nature and all politics is local. you're going to have members of congress up for reelection wanting to satisfy their local constituencies. >> ben, you agree with that? or does it serve the democrats better to try to dig in and force another kind of government shutdown like we saw in the past? >> you know, i think all of us would like congress to come become to washington and do the job we're actually paying them to do, to solve problems. but what we've seen from house republicans over and over is that their first priority is playing partisan polit

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joining us now angela mcglowan, fox news political analyst, richard fowler, radio talk show host with the richard fowler show. richard, start with you, that news sound okay but americans are not buying it. why? >> listen, i can tell you, in the main streets all across this country americans are hurting. the good news that our economy is rebounding but the question now is, how to make sure the rebound happen on main street and what that's going to require for our government to invest in greatest resource its people. we need to do more infrastructure investment. more education investment. heather: i know where you're going with this. angela, let me get your take. americans are not buying it despite news that sounds good on its face but we're not feeling it. that has a huge impact. >> because, heather, one's perception is one's reality. see advertisements on layaway. people putting toys in layaway for christmas. you have people cutting out coupons and robbing peter to pay paul and sitting on certain bills, heather. heather: by the way, layaway is something not been done close to 30 years

joining me angela mcglowan and doug thornell. good of you to join us today. first of all, are you surprised by this? doug? >> am i surprised? doug, are you surprised by this? >> am i surprised? well, it is a political bombshell. i mean, look, this is a nightmare scenario for someone thinking about running for president. you know, it's a bonanza -- i don't think democrats quite frankly are worried about rick perry right now. for the folks who benefit are rand paul, jeb bush, marco rubio, some of those thinking about running in 2016. >> do you think they're behind it? >> absolutely not. what i'm 0 saying is just politically this has to benefit the people who are not under indictment, not facing criminal investigations. i think that the next two days, next few days will be really tough for rick perry. he's going to be booked, fingerprinted, and have his mug shot. these are not in a presidential playbook. >> hold on to that point. angela, here's the big question. governor rick perfect riff becomes the first governor indicted in tex it tex since 1917. the governor

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joining me now, fox news political analyst angela mcglowan and leslie marshall, radio talk show host and fox news contributor. good to see you both. i think i'm going to go with you first on this one, leslie. now that we're getting information across the board, we're hearing this that isis was more advanced and early intelligence indicated. do you think the targeted air strikes are too little too late or more appropriately timed, leslie? >> no. i think they're actually very appropriately timed. first of all, although on the one hand we constantly think here in the united states and in the international community that the u.s. is superman, we put on a cape or mighty mouse here we come to save the day. but the reality is, when we look at just air involvement, although these drone attacks are very significant, they've been very successful and they will continue to be, a, this is not the united states, it is iraq, a sovereign nation. b, we just had this week compliance from the prime minister of iraq with regard to air use by kurds. c, we can't do this alone. i mean, we need help from th