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back to discuss it all, joling kent, jack howe and chris murphy.serious article in "the new york times," they were talking about one wingman who charges $1,000 for four sessions if you use them within a month. [laughter] and he goes with you to the bar to help you pick up the ladies. you are laughing, are you covering for the fact that you're a paid wingman -- >> i certainly wouldn't pay me to be a wingman, that's for sure. what i would say is, you know, put the keyboard down, you know, put the xbox away, get out there, talk to people yourself. be a person, for god's sakes. melissa: i don't know, i remember as a lady the perfect wing lady was pretty enough to attract the crowd but just a litt less pretty than you -- [laughter] the idea of finding the perfect person and paying them to come along, there might be something to that. jack, you look befuddled. >> i'm confused. i get the idea, you hang out with someone better looking -- melissa: not better, slightly less good looking. >> you want to be the catch. you need a thousand bucks for not being so

joining me, chris murphy, democrat from connecticut. you support this amendment, but is this not just a campaign stunt, a thing to do to get the base ginned up? is there actual constitutional thought put into this? >> well, listen, i don't think it is a news flash that this constitutional amendment is not likely to pass. the point is we need to wake the american people up to what's happening. this is not about politics or energizing the base, this is trying to inspire a movement of regular average everyday people there, recognize that there are 190 or so people out there that are 60% of donors to super pacs, who are spending more money in campaigns than individual candidates are together. they're on the verge of taking over our democracy on the idea that somebody like sheldon aid ellison could advertise he is going to back a candidate and command individual audiences at his house, with half of the republican field tells you right now that we are on the verge of losing our democracy. aid ellison is not doing that because he has personal

. >> reporter: democrats also touted benefits of the law, and connecticut's chris murphy zeroed in one balked at embracing key provisions, such as expanding medicaid. >> what are the ways in which we can work in a flexible manner with these states as they maybe wake up to the reality of how well the implementation is going after the initial botched rollout. what are the ways in which we can work with some of the states that haven't done things like connecticut to try to make this work in all 50 states rather than just in the handful that have set up their own exchanges? >> i think there are two things and it does come back to the point about flexibility, is one of the points. and i think what's important is to send a signal that folks are willing to have the conversations. as i said, it's important if there are fundamental principles, to articulate those in terms of the change you're trying to get, but be willing to have the conversations and hear the ideas. >> reporter: burwell's answers generally seemed to go down well. some republicans even spoke of her reputation for competence. b

cicilline: tomorrow i will introduce the 21st century buy america act with senator chris murphy to modernize decades old buy american standards and help create new manufacturing jobs in the united states. congress should make american taxpayers ought -- ought to make sure american taxpayers dollars are used to buy goods and hear at home and not overseas. our bill will strengthen existing buy american standards and make a number of important changes to support our domestic manufacturing base t will make manufacturers of items in short supply here at home eligible for resources to help them compete against foreign manufacturers for u.s. government contracts. in addition, this bill increases transparency requirements for agencies that provide waivers. and it increases the domestic content percentage requirement so that to qualify as american made you have to prove that a majority of the materials are actually made right here in america. most importantly, this legislation will help grow our manufacturing sector, create new jobs by providing an increased demand for american made products by the f

that's why i introduced the college affordability and innovation act with senators chris murphy, patty murray and bernie sanders. the bill is about holding schools accountable to taxpayers and students. we want to reward those schools that are focused on affordability and give incentives for the rest to make affordability part of their mission. if you're a -- in college you can have whatever admission that you want but you have no special right to federal funding. our bill says very simply if you receive federal dollars, part of remission must be about affordability and access. there are potentially billions of dollars that are not being used wisely. as we invest in higher education -- and we should -- through student loan subsidies and federal financial aid, we should make sure that schools are actually fulfilling our federal public policy goals of making college more affordable and more accessible for all students. let's work together to make sure that a college education is a path of opportunity for all students and not a life of debt. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the

more to carry out your your counterterror operations around this is further reinforced by senator chris murphy and mary i'm sorry. i don't know who the who the person's ability to marry macleod again let's check it out. if that country has not itself expressed a threat to the united states but is harboring an entity organization that poses an imminent threat in order to pursue conduct against. that nation do you need prior congressional authorization. so it's. just stunning you can whisper in stunned how can we trust any actions taken on this piece of legislation as even constitutional in the war on terror if they can even answer this question well you can hear muttering well that's that's a hard one what what senator murphy is trying to get at is they say that the administration says it doesn't need to have to carry out a top aeration is the u m f basically told the administration they could go into this war in afghanistan a country that harbored terrorists who are in imminent threat so a christmas who is saying ok if you don't think you need to your math do you think that the president belie

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bring in kasie hunt who is nbc political reporter, and jane murphy who is a contributor to the daily beast. good morning. >> good morning, chris>> good morning. >> start with north carolina, we have tea party candidate going with rick brannon against thom tillis. yesterday, rand paul was there and he took a swipe at the gop part party. >> i see people of blue collar workers, and race and ethnic group much more so than in the republican party. >> okay. what are the chances that prannpra brannon will get enough votes to pull off a race like this? is. >> well, the polls are showing that there is a lead for brannon and that is probably because of democrats on the air attacking thom tillis. and they claim they are not mettling in the primary, but this is where republicans lost several senate seats that they should have won, because the candidates they chose in the primaries were not acceptable, and the democrats would love to see something like that happen, and driving it to the runoff, and that is what everybody is expecting. everybody expect ps till lis to win the contest, but the question is whether he is going to get more than