i assume that's what they want of debbie wasserman schultz.s saying the truth, nobody thinks democrats will take the house back. she told the truth and she's being attacked for not lying. that's how far we've gone down the rabbit hole in this city that not lying gets you in trouble with your own people. >> all right. i've got to turn to new jersey now. new jersey governor chris christie and on a radio show, making it clear according to him he had no prior knowledge of those bridge lane closures. listen to this. >> the most important issue is did i know anything about the plan to close these lanes, did i authorize it, did i know about it, did i approve it, did i have any knowledge of it before hand. and the answer is still the same. it's unequivocally no. >> now actress sarah jessica parker whose parents live in the garden state weighing in on governor christie's reaction. what you have to say is the fish stinks from the head down. i am a leader and i set a tone in an office, speaking of christie, that made this seem somehow acceptable. leslie,

let's bring in congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz. i imagine you also like zippidy doo da yourself, thinking everything's okay, but that vote on what he put out yesterday, that could come today in the senate, the measure expected to pass, though ted cruz wants a 60-vote threshold. boehner's move surprised many in his own caucus, did it surprise you and what do you think his strategy is right now? >> well, what continues to astonish me is that you've got john boehner, who is skipping along and humming a nice little tune while 199 of his caucus members voted to default. you know, democrats have been steadfast with president obama that we need to pay the nation's bills, that we cannot bring our economy to the brink of default and economic disaster and we need to pass a clean debt ceiling. thankfully, speaker boehner at least realized this was not something that he should allow to continue to twist in the wind out there, but, you know, he is really, essentially, dealing with a caucus of individuals who think that it's okay to just blow of

the honorable debbie wasserman schultz and mr. stephen schultz. ms. juliana goldman and mr.gottlieb. the honorable stephanie rollins blake mayor mayor of baltimore and mr. kent blake. mr. samuel hynes and ms. stacey mills. ms. alexandra stanton and ms. donna stanton. [inaudible conversations] the honorable kevin johnson mayor of sacramento and ms. michelle lee. >> i'm really excited. this is my first state dinner. for my wife and i to big treat. i have learned to french phrases. >> go ahead. >> i can't remember. thank you. the honorable paul ryan and mrs. ryan. the honorable chuck hagel, secretary of defense and daughter ms. ellen hagel. mr. dan barber and brother mr. david barber. ms. mindy kelling and guests ms. jocelyn leavitt. [inaudible conversations] the honorable nancy pelosi and daughter jacqueline kelling. >> this is my daughter jack wayne. she is from texas. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] attorney general erik holder and mrs. holder. >> i'm glad to be here. we have a great relationship which i'm sure will be made bette

congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz, chair of the dnc, showed up at the end of your campaign.lary clinton didn't show up, joe biden didn't show up, vir chilly no one came in, didn't really raise money for you, did injure actually nothing to help you try to beat chris christie. is that fair? >> essentially, but you sound like you're reveling in it. >> not reveling in it. just looking back and i'm wondering if it might have been different if you would have had some support from some of your the fellow democrats. >> there's no question. it was a matter of resources. back in august we lopped ten points off his lead in the polls without spending any money because people were focused on the election. you know, i had a call from one of the political bosses in september saying to me, you know, barbara, i can't tell you who told me this but the internal polls are closing, and i said i know that, i knew that was going to happen when people started focusing on the issues. he said to me too bad you don't have money to go up on tv and, you know, make sure that people know who you are. and

the chairman of the d.n.c., debbie wasserman schultz. i point out you were both at the grammys. i don't know if you hung out and danced like taylor swift and -- > we were -- >> being here is enough. that's enough of an opening act. well, congresswoman, i am going to bring you into the conversation. mr. mccarthy had a lot of time to hog the stage alone. now, the question we're asking all of our participants is, the one thing you learned last night about president obama was blank, was what? >> was that he's going to reach out to congress and continue to act -- ask the republicans to find common ground but that after five years of trying to do that we have a lot of progress that we need to continue to make and he's not going to wait on them. he's going to take the actions that he needs to take to ensure we can continue to move america forward and help more people reach the middle class. the ball is in their court. >> so if you listen to mr. mccarthy and as these fine folks just did, he said there's a bunch of bills the president wants to streamline the job training programs, that's

their own -- debbie wasserman schultz said it herself and they're talking about the republicans winninge. things aren't bad at all. things are looking great. >> mr. chairman nice to see you. >> thank you. >>> and straight ahead, "the miracle on ice" the u.s. hockey team beating the soviets in the 1980 olympics. two members from that team are here as team usa gets ready to take on russia in so kmee. that's next. spokesperson: we decided to settle this. a steel cage death match of midsize sedans. the volkswagen passat against all comers. turbocharged engines against...engines. best in class rear legroom against other-class legroom. but then we realized. consumers already did that. twice. huh. maybe that's why nobody else showed up. how does one get out of a death cage? vo: right now, get 0.9% apr on all passat models plus a total of $1000 in bonuses. bulldog: bulldog: what what? mattress discounters presidents day sale ends presidents day? but mattress discounters has the largest selection of memory foam mattresses under one roof! comforpedic, icomfort, optimum... even a queen-size sealy

debbie wasserman schultz said democrats will run on obamacare this year. >> well -- >> she says theyick to it. >> mary read said democrats would be running for obama and he'd be coming to share states. >> running from him, a lot of them. >> well, look, the reality is people would like to make this election year more complicated than it is. it's pretty straight forward. there is obamacare with an overlay of the economy. so in a midterm election, a referendum on how the implementation of how obamacare is going. >> as i've heard, not so smooth. >> not super. and then there is an overlay of the economy on that, the two issues are interrelated. but is the country going in the right direction? when you see the low approval to obamacare, coupled with a strong sense that -- this is among some 70% or 65% of americans that the country is going in the wrong direction, that means that the party in power is going to lose seats. everybody knows it. and for democrats, they haven't yet figured out a way to talk about this issue or deal with it and you see that when you hear people, democrats say thi

their own -- debbie wasserman schultz said it herself and they're talking about the republicans winnings aren't bad at all. things are looking great. >> mr. chairman nice to see you. >> thank you. >>> and straight ahead, "the miracle on ice" the u.s. hockey team beating the soviets in the 1980 olympics. two members from that team are here as team usa gets ready to take on russia in so kmee. that's next. team usa takes on russia in so chee. soc sochi. does your mouth often feel dry? a dry mouth can be a side effect of many medications but it can also lead to tooth decay and bad breath. that's why there's biotene. available as an oral rinse, toothpaste, spray or gel, biotene can provide soothing relief, and it helps keep your mouth healthy, too. remember, while your medication is doing you good, a dry mouth isn't. biotene -- for people who suffer from dry mouth. >>> here's one of the most fantastic videos out there tonight. actors ben affleck and matt damon auctioning off a double date with the two of them to raise money for charity. the lucky winners get a night out in hollywood with the

democratic party chair debbie wasserman schultz is instead doing the asking on behalf of the democraticarty, the chair has sent letters to all of these cities. asking if they would please consider hosting the democrats for their presidential nominating convention in 2016. i think we have the list here, the list includes all of the cities that applied for the republican convention except for denver. because denver hosted the democrats in 2008. nobody knows if these cities that the democrats are offering themselves to will respond to the letter and try to get the convention, nobody knows if they're interested in hosting the democratic convention. that's going to be a fascinating thing to watch. it's an interesting insight into the way the two parties approach this situation. on the republican side we do know who wants the republican next time around, it's one city each from texas, arizona, missouri, nevada and colorado. but also three cities from the same state. three cities from one state all competing against each other to get the same convention. cincinnati, ohio and cleveland, ohio an

. >> that is one way to look at it, but dnc chief debbie wasserman schultz says congress is making excusesecause they aren't serious about immigration in the first place. here's what she told msnbc's andrea mitchell. >> i think what's playing is, hide the cheese. what they are doing here is just trying to delay and draw this out and pretend that they are committed to the principles of comprehensive immigration reform. >> i want to bring in our company, dafna linzer, managing eder tor at msnbc, and philip bump, staff writer at "the wire." sooner or later, philip, people are going to know that. sooner or later. let's start with the hide the cheese. that's a very serious charge in politics, as you know, but what it is is her saying, i don't believe you. this really isn't about the law enforcement issue and interestingly she got some support on the seriousness aspect on that from "the wall street journal." i want to put up two highlights. they agree the gop is right to mistrust obama. they've felt that way a long time but say the gop is wrong, philip, to claim immigrants steal jobs and the wal

debbie wasserman schultz, terrific.ears ago, 20 years ago. i want to he define those parameters. >> you have let her know about these new rules? >> i don't have to. she watches "fox & friends" every saturday. >> i think the thing that is blaming these women. i think that is really what is offensive to people out there and possibly not the kind of character in candidate. >> a lot of women who thought that hillary should have taken bill out for the things that he did. you know, personally, i'm not as concerned about hillary clinton's issues with her husband as i am with the issues with the policy that she would bring. so many unanswered questions can you name one country that we have a better relationship with after her tenure as secretary of state and during the obama administration? the answer is. no we have royally messed up our relationships with egypt. we have messed them up whatever we had with saudi arabia. we have tried to somehow love up to the iranians and that's been a disaster. they are laughing at us and mock

dnc chair debbie wasserman-schultz came at the very end of the campaign like you are at a funeral. now wasserman-schultz is a reliable public presence questioning governor christie's decision to leave. >> one thing is abundantly clear. chris christie created an environment of intimidation in his office that was directed at his own constituent. >> it's not just democrats. new jersey's largest newspaper "the star-ledger" walked back its endorsement of chris christie last year admitting the paper, "blew this one." and then there's the republican governors association which is likely experiencing buyers remorse. >> right now, he's a distraction to the rga. if republicans' job is electing governors, and you got a guy running the rga that has republican candidates running away from him, that's a serious problem. >> rga made chris christie their chairman and top fund-raiser in november. over the past few weeks, christie's been traveling around the country to fund raise for candidates. the problem, none of the problems he's working to elect want to be seen with him. first, there was florid

javier, steve israel, who is doing an extraordinary job under very difficult circumstances, debbie wasserman schultzabout anybody i know. and all of you, it's great to see you. we just saw each other at the white house fairly recently, so i am not going to give a long speech here. i want to spend most of my time answering some more questions. but let me just make a couple observations since we saw each other. first of all, i stated in our state of the union that the single most important thing we have to do, not just as a party, but as a country, is make sure that there's opportunity for every single person, that we are focused every single day in this town or in washington, on making sure if you're willing to work hard, if you're willing to take responsibility, you can get at it. doesn't matter where you live, what circumstances you were born into, what you look like, who you love, you should be able to make it here in america. and as i said at the state of the union, i want to work with congress to make that happen. but i'm not going to wait. because there's too much to do. and america does not be

i think you have to look at three people, debbie wasserman schultz, clearly ambitious, clearly wants to get up there. joseph crowley and javier bacera, the chairman of the caucus. if the dominos were to fall into place where let's say they lose again poorly, let's say mrs. pelosi decides she doesn't want to continue moving forward, would they make a move on hoyer? possibly, we'll see. one last thing i want to throw in there, jim clyburn introduced joe biden saying he's become almost a native son of south carolina. i wonder why. >> did he now? >> reporter: he did skboindeed. >> i wonder if this clyburn little feud with the clintons is more real than we all think. >> reporter: look at that. look at that. could be a happy early endorsement. take care. >> i fine nugget there. >>> we're digging out and now measuring the snowfall in feet and the economic impact in the billions. first a look ahead at today's politics planner. the president, a very busy day today. we're going to be talking a lot about climate and the trip that he's making to northern california. but let's not underestimate w

the honorable debbie wasserman schultz and mr. stephen schultz. ms. juliana goldman and mr.gottlieb. the honorable stephanie rollins blake mayor mayor of baltimore and mr. kent blake. mr. samuel hynes and ms. stacey mills. ms. alexandra stanton and ms. donna stanton. [inaudible conversations] the honorable kevin johnson mayor of sacramento and ms. michelle lee. >> i'm really excited. this is my first state dinner. for my wife and i to big treat. i have learned to french phrases. >> go ahead. >> i can't remember. thank you. the honorable paul ryan and mrs. ryan. the honorable chuck hagel, secretary of defense and daughter ms. ellen hagel. mr. dan barber and brother mr. david barber. ms. mindy kelling and guests ms. jocelyn leavitt. [inaudible conversations] the honorable nancy pelosi and daughter jacqueline kelling. >> this is my daughter jack wayne. she is from texas. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] attorney general erik holder and mrs. holder. >> i'm glad to be here. we have a great relationship which i'm sure will be made bette

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i also want to thank debbie wasserman schultz. she's been one of the best spokesman we've ever had. [applause] debbie is always there, doing it tol, and i'm trying my best help you raise some money there as well. you are doing a heck of a job for us. i want to thank you. i particularly want to say thank you to shelby, her daughter. every time debbie comes over, i convince her to let shelby stay and hang out with me. look. about america's prospect and about our prospects. really mean that. take a look at where we are relative to many other country in the world, we are so much better positioned than any other 21stry to the lead of the century. i love the stories about how the chinese are doing so well and they will eat our lunch. not do trade positions with any foreign leader for all the money in the world. they have more problems. we want them to work their way through them. america is by far and away the best position to lead the world into the 21st century both -- particularly economically. i know this has been steny's thing, by american, but now it is come home to america. -- buy a

i also want to thank debbie wasserman schultz. she has been one of the best spokesman we have ever had. [applause] debbie is always there and always doing it well. i am trying my best to help you raise some money there as well. you are doing a heck of a job for us. i want to thank you. i particularly want to say thank you to shelby, her daughter. every time to comes over i convinced shelby to hang out with me a little while. folks, look. i am optimistic about america's prospects and about our prospects. i really mean that. if you take a look at where we are relative to the other countries in the world, we are so much better positioned than any country in the world to be the 21st century. it is not even close. it really isn't. i love reading the stories about how the chinese are doing so well on their going to eat our lunch in the europeans are coming back. you would not want to try positions with any foreign leader for all the money in the world. they have more problems. we want to see them work their way through his problems. amer

this is debbie wasserman schultz making introductory remarks.we expect president obama momentarily. live coverage on c-span. >> the president of the united states, barack obama. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> hello, democrats! are you fired up? let's get ready to go. all right, everybody have a seat. have a seat. take a load off. [laughter] i feel a lot of friends here. it is good to see all of you. debbiebegin by thanking wasserman schultz for being the outstanding leader she is. not just for the people of florida, but being an outstanding leader for this party. we are very proud of her. our ceo is here doing a terrific job of it. hit the ground running. thank all of the governors and mayors, legislators and state party leaders, dnc members in the house. officersl of the dnc who are with me today, all of them are just great friends and such incredible leaders who are moving the needle on behalf of justice, equity, and economic growth every single day

as dnc chair debbie wasserman schultz told "the new york times," if republican governors want to keephem as their chair, as their model for the future, well, we are happy to help them out. so, i mean, for me, that really sums it up. this idea that the deeper this goes, the uglier this gets, the more that the democratic party at the national level is like, whoo-hoo! yes! this is great for us. >> well, there's been so much focus on what happened on the bridge and all the developments that are coming out every day. and it's not looking good for governor christie. the reality is that he was extraordinarily effective in the state at building coalitions across party lines, on a certain image. and what's happened, i think people have seen that that image really isn't true. it's not entirely accurate. so if he continues to be the front person for are the party, i think for democrats, it's perfect for them. because there's continuing information. and we don't know where it's going to end up. but right now, we're seeing a lot of things that have not been revealed before, that don't reflect well

debbie wasserman schultz talked about democrats chances for picking up the house and 2014. [video clip] owing to confidently predict that democrats will take the house back. what i will predict is that we will pick up more seats. down boy. [laughter] context of at the the president's speech last night, for the republicans and the country, they are strangled in a civil war where the tea party has been allowed to take control of the agenda. do you share the lack of confidence there from the dnc care about taking back the house? guest: i heard confidence. i'm confident that we have recruited the candidates across this country that will make the case of the american people about creating jobs and growing the economy for the middle-class and those who want to get into the middle class. is it going to be the majority or will it strengthen the congress and we can make that case to the american people. people look at overall approval ratings. republican approval ratings right now are just in the tank. they are absolutely in the tank. when push comes to shove and every single congre

debbie wasserman schultz talked about democrats chances for picking up the house and 2014.o clip] owing to confidently predict that democrats will take the house back. what i will predict is that we will pick up more seats. down boy. [laughter] context of at the the president's speech last night, for the republicans and the country, they are strangled in a civil war where the tea party has been allowed to take control of the agenda. do you share the lack of confidence there from the dnc care about taking back the house? guest: i heard confidence. i'm confident that we have recruited the candidates across this country that will make the case of the american people about creating jobs and growing the economy for the middle-class and those who want to get into the middle class. is it going to be the majority or will it strengthen the congress and we can make that case to the american people. people look at overall approval ratings. republican approval ratings right now are just in the tank. they are absolutely in the tank. when push comes to shove and every single congressiona

like debbie waser m wasserman-schultz. he's letting them go higher and higher and higher, yet he's upset about the president not helping with national flood insurance. it's not right. people deserve better. >> thank you very much. >> joy? >> yes. >> i have a book for you. to joy. god bless you with today's date. >> thank you. i appreciate that. >> now the republican take. kay bailey hutchison of texas. thanks for being here. >> thank you. and congratulations on your new schtick. it will be great to have your own show. >> thank you very much. i really appreciate that. in talking about governors you ran for governor of texas. you have a unique take on the other side of the ledger. give me your critique of what you heard the governor say. what is wrong in your view about his assessment with regulation? >> well, i think right now our country is overregulated because businesses are feeling stifled. they are not hiring because of the instability of our regulatory processes. we have more taxes, more regulations. some of our regul

i also want to thank debbie wasserman schultz. she has been one of the best spokesman we have ever had. [applause] debbie is always there and always doing it well. you trying my best to help raise some money there as well. you are doing a heck of a job for us. i want to enqueue. i particularly -- i want to thank you. i particularly want to say thank you to shelby, her daughter. comes over i convinced shelby to hang out with me a little while. folks, look. america'sistic about prospects and about our prospects. i really mean that. if you take a look at where we are relative to the other countries in the world, we are so much better positioned than any country in the world to be the 21st century. it is not even close. it really isn't. i love reading the stories about how the chinese are doing so well on their going to eat our lunch in the europeans are coming back. you would not want to try positions with any foreign leader for all the money in the world. they have more problems. we want to see them work their way through his problem

i also want to thank deb we wasserman schultz he's one of the best spokesman we've ever had. [applause] debby is always there and always doing it well, and i committed and i'm trying my best, debby, to help you raise some money there as well. so doing a heck of a job for us. i want to thank you. and i particularly want to say thank you to shelby, her daughter, every time debby comes over, i convince her to let shelby stay with me awhile. hang out with me. folks, look, i'm optimistic about america's prospects and i'm optimistic about our prospects. i really mean that. it if you take a look at where we are relative to any country democrat world. we are so much better positioned than any country in the world to lead the 21st cinch i are. -- century. it is not even close. it isn't. i love reading the stories about how the chinese are doing so well, the chinese are going eat our lunch and the europeans are coming back. folks, you wouldn't want to trade positions with any foreign leader for all that -- all the money in the world. they've got more problems -- we want to see them work their way throu