looking at it all through the prism of an election year with congresswomen debby wasserman schultz and michele bachmann. >>> who thinks the minimum wage should be raised, that republicans don't care as much about the poor as democrats and rand paul doesn't stand a chance in the republican party. >> it's a conservative party and will nominate a conservative, not a libertarian. >> rick santorum joins us for party talk. >>> plus -- >> we like voting during the presidential years and during the midterms we don't vote. >> his 43% approval rating isn't exactly inspirational. the challenge for democrats. joe biden's back hand at the clinton administration and a blast from the past, monica lewinsky at 40 and talking. our panel takes it on. this is "state of the union." >>> good morning from washington. i'm candy crowley. first this morning, citizens in eastern ukraine are voting on whether to separate from the rest of their country. russian president vladimir putin urged them to delay the vote. government leaders in kiev and the west called the vote illegitimate and worry it could push the cou

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. >> but nonetheless that's not what you would think if you were list listening to debbie wasserman-schultz. they are coming out the same messages over and over saying the civil war in the gop is over, the tea party won. it's engulfed the entire republican party. what do you make of it? >> well, you know, since it's georgia primary night we'll say bless her heart. it's a tough night for her. tough election cycle for a peter. that's the truth. their hope was that florida and kentucky specifically would be chances for them to take red seats because of disastrous primaries for the republican party. didn't happen. and now guess what happens? the scrutiny shifts from within the republican party in georgia it's got to come after a runoff but the scrutiny shifts to the candidate. guess what? georgia is a great example. michele nunn, she's sam nunn's daughter. as scrutiny shifts to her she's not having a great outing. >> you had a great outing. thanks for being here. >> you bet. >>> we got team coverage tonight of tonight's mid-term primaries. we're standing by to bring us the fallout from the kent

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>> brian, you've got to feel sorry for debbie wasserman schultz because the elections yesterday tookr talking point because over the last couple of months, what have we heard? we've heard them say extremists, koch brothers, tea party. the tea party candidates didn't fare as well as the others, so it took the democrats' talking point away. what's interesting, we had george will refer to howard dean. howard dean was back at it. he was in colorado last week. he was talking to a democratic group, and extraordinarily, this is a new one, kind of a new low even for him, he refers to republicans not as extremists, not as inhumane, but as un-american. >> this country has been sold down the river by the right wing for their own purposes. this is a republican party that has decided they like power so much that they think it's okay to win by taking away the right to vote. they are not american. they feel more comfortable in the ukraine for russia. stay away from our country. this is based on a right to vote. >> excuse me, dr. howard dean. name one republican who wants to take away the right to v

. >> congresswoman, you know congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz pressed republicans at whether this bill was aimed at gutting nutrition standards altogether. listen to this. >> so the majority does not intend to eliminate these nutrition standards and allow school districts to remain out of compliance? >> not in this -- not in this bill. i mean i can say there are movements out there that would like to change it, but this does not do that. >> i mean was that a slip-up, congresswoman? this bill might not have completely gutted but a later one could. is that what he's saying? >> they have got more than one that would gut good nutrition for children. this bill basically says that states can allow schools to opt out of the good nutrition standards. and we know we are what we eat. our children are what they eat and their little brains don't grow at the proper rate or they get sleepy because they aren't eating properly and it impairs their learning. so, reverend, you asked why it's important. it's important to raise a whole human being, a healthy human being, and it starts with good nutri

i want to say what debbie wasserman schultz -- this is what she said on cnn about whether to participate. take a listen. >> not participating in a sham select committee after 13 investigations, 50 briefings, 25,000 pages of documents for what is essentially a political ploy is something that should be considered. it is also perfectly legitimate for us to participate and make sure that we can get our questions answered and help make sure that we can at least try to balance the outcome. >> get our questions answered and balance the outcome. on a 7-5 committee hearing, you know what the outcome is going to be. you can sort of write it now. and the idea that she mentioned 13 hearings, 25,000 pages of briefings, 50 pages of documents, 50 briefings, you have also had four separate completed reports. one that was done by the house armed services committee that found that there was no stand-down order that they said the military really did all that it could do. after all that, what questions do democrats have benghazi? >> well, we have no questions, and i agree with you and it could go either wa

we're going to bring on debbie wasserman schultz, who will be key in making the decision for democrats where they're going on this. a big morning of testing. >> we're all counting on you, chris. looking forward to the show. >> it's a lot of pressure, j.b., but i carry it as well as i can. >> have a great show and a great weekend, too. >>> the 2016 presidential election more than two years away, but the campaign is already in full swing. we're breaking down who's already making a play for the white house, live next. woman: this is not exactly what i expected. man: definitely more murdery than the reviews said. captain obvious: this is a creepy room. man: oh hey, captain obvious. captain obvious: you should have used hotels.com. their genuine guest reviews are written by guests who have genuinely stayed there. instead of people who lie on the internet. son: look, a finger. captain: that's unsettling. man: you think? captain: all the time. except when i sleep. which i would not do here. hotels.com would have mentioned the finger. thoughtful combinations, artfully prepared. fancy feast ele

i'd like to thank my good friend, the ranking member, debbie wasserman schultz, for her role throughout the process. we have worked well together in a bipartisan manner. it's truly been a team effort. also i extend my appreciation to all members of the subcommittee in their efforts in helping bring this measure to the floor. and i also want to thank the truly excellent staff who has nursed me through this. let me just add, parenthetically, we had a pretty unusual situation because of some early retirements and the loss of our dear friend, bill young, we had a lot of reshuffling to do on our committee. on our side, that meant we only had one carryover member, that was my vice chairman, mr. harris from maryland, who was indefensible and helpful to the rest of us. again we got a capable staff and without, frankly, wonderful working partner in my ranking member, we would have had a much more difficult time. frankly i don't think anybody in this institution knows this bill and this process better than ms. wasserman schultz. she's been my friend and as i was once on her committee as a very ju

this is debbie wasserman schultz talking to robert adelman, republican from alabama, about whether this the program. >> so the majority does not intend to eliminate these nutrition standards and allow school districts to remain out of compliance? >> not in this -- not in this bill. i mean i can say -- >> yes, we're not going to kill it with this bill, we will wait and kill it with the next bill is how that sounded. that was a pretty stunning moment. >> that's what we're afraid of. this is just the beginning, the beginning of a way to destroy the programs. we've never seen anything like this in history of the child nutrition programs. they have never been politicized before, not ever. >> but they have been politicized to the extent that they were about, for example, usda agricultural subsidies of corn or making sure everybody has got the milk. they were maybe not part of it, but they were political previously. >> well, the program, i guess, we've never seen our people politicize the program. >> in a left-right, democrat-republican kind of way. >> right. they have always joined together t

from debbie wasserman-schultz district. thank you, megan and cameron for being with us today. and for helping us out all the time in our office. thank you, mr. chairman. >> we're delighted you're here with us today. you need to come up here more often. >> i want to add to the accolade s for chairman wolf, he's been a friend for the last ten years, we'll miss you, frank and can i ask a question about the title iii bill. mr. hastings made the point, we will reach a point where our ability to co travel with russia to the space station will be exhausted and will we have a way of moving our personnel back and forth from what's been a significant investment made by the subcommittee over the years by the space station. clearly precedes my tenure in congress it's a significant investment. and we want to see our scientists continue to participate in that endeavor. >> we may have a problem. the administrator did not feel we would have a problem. if you look at the comment from the russians in the last two weeks, they are going to cut off 2020. we do rely on the russians that should not

debbie wasserman schultz was on cnn's "state of the union.o here's what representative wasserman schultz had to say about this investigation into benghazi. minute.a thebottom line here is that republicans have clearly lost the ability, because we have had such a precipitous drop among republicans, even, in their fervor for repealing the affordable care act. they are clearly doing this to drive their turnout. michelle, i didn't interrupt you. excuse me. to the question, can you just not participate in this when there are so many things echo you know, a new document came out. the committee didn't know about it. it came out this week and it certainly made it look like the administration was shaping the message in a way that turned out not to be true. can you afford to just turn your back on this? does knit them look like we don't want to know what when on? >> the republicans are in them majority in the house of representatives. they can do whatever they want. committee,e select in order to make sure the process is credible, the way they have set

i'd like to put that for the record, and also i joined a letter with debbie wasser wasserman-schultz,the mom of andrew, lives in her district, so we joined debbie on this letter, the 25-year-old marine corps veteran from wisconsinin, florida, and we're very worried about this case, and it took a lot of pressure and a lot of u.s. help to get these cases resolved, and i hope that in the same way you helped the john hammer, that you help out with andrew's case, and i'll put those in the record. so i would like for you to comment on that and secondly, secretary jacobson, thank you for rectifying for the record a statement that had been made in the senate committee about a different case, this one on the venezuela sanctions bill. i did not want to let the opportunity that you're before me always to speak about other areas of interest of mine, including my native homeland of cuba, in this case, venezuela, that you had inartfully said the opposition is the venezuelan opposition was against the sanctions bill. thank you for clarifying that, that is not the case. whether they are or aren't, it

i was sitting at dinner party with congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz.and this is where the twins are. he pinpointed down to the letter where the teenager was. and they were actually in a little bit of a battle. the congresswoman thinks it's an invasion of the kid's privacy, but her husband said no, i want to know where our teenage teens are at all times. isn't that interesting? >> yeah, there is a trust issue. but i think at some point when they're below the age of 15, the trust -- maybe even 20. >> 20 and under, we're watching you all day. >> 30. okay, i'll keep going higher. >> it's getting so much harder to lie these days. that's the problem. >> what happened when you could sneak out the window and no one knew? >>> here's an incredible story of survival. a woman has been found alive after spending what they believe was five days trapped in her car after it went down a road and down an 80-foot embankment near denver, colorado. the car landed on its hood, as you see in that photo there. kristen hopkins of colorado was discovered on sunday by hikers. sh