abe's rivals of the democratic party of japan secured 17 seats, the fewest since their party's founding in 1998. dpj laerd banrikaieda conceded defeat. >> translator: the harsh outcome is a result of public dissatisfaction from when the dpj was in power for 39 months. the dpj has not regained the public's trust because voters were disappointed with the party's performance after it won in a landslide in the 2009 lower house election. >> now let's take a look at the final seat count. the upper house has 242 seats, 121 of them or half, were up for grabs. the figures shown or the seats each party secured in this election. the main ruling liberal democratic party now has 65 seats and its partner 11 seats. the main opposition democratic party has won 17 seats. the restoration party has taken eight seats. your party has eight. and other parties and independents have 12 seats. each of japan's 47 prefectures represents one electoral district. in each of those districts there are one to five seats. voting played out quite differently than it has in the past, especially when you look at the kaejca

party. that just ensures the democrats are a majority party forever.ou don't want to do that, so you have to do what you can to work within the republican party to take it over. i think the right conservative candidate can score -- reagan did did. i know a lot of people. can you stop talking about reagan? there's only one of them. but reagan is a real life example of what can be done, and what happens when a prominent conservative triumphs. the country and the democratic party set out trying to revise history about him, and destroy his reputation and image and so forth. it's a never ending battle. great, a lot of people are probably saying why, why are republicans and conservatives so disliked? i mean, the real battle, folks, that i think is going on is, on the one hand the country is founded with liberty and freedom. and the government is a servant versus another view, which says the government is all powerful and everything is the people who are servant's. that's what the battle is right now. i tell you an interesting story if i have time. >> you do.

abe's liberal democratic party wants to revise article 96 first. the article says modifying the constitution requires a two-thirds vote by lawmakers in both houses of the diet, followed by a national referendum. abe argues a simple majority in both houses should be enough. liberal democrats also want to change article 9, which prohibits japan from having a military. they want to change japan's self-defense force into a military. >> translator: i think that japanese people are starting to consider amending the constitution as a political issue for the first time. >> reporter: but the ldp leaders face a hurdle. their longtime coalition partner new komeito, is cautious on changing the constitution. >> translator: we would like to consider how to further improve the constitution. we think the current constitution is a good one. >> reporter: but new komeito says it's willing to discuss the matter. abe wants to persuade them somehow to support the amendment. abe has also been seeking support within the opposition democratic party. some members favor a re

they're trying to echo the democrat party, be perceived by them and liked by democrat voters. it's a losing game. >> rush, i don't want to rush you, so to speak, you mentioned something, the employer mandate and obamacare. dana has a question regarding that. >> yeah. >> do you think that because they did that in, you know, in a slow news weekend they try to get out -- people, there was a poll not too long ago that said 33% of people already think it's been repealed anyway. if you were advising, one of those consultants for the house republicans or the senate republicans, what do you think they should try to do now? >> well, i don't -- see, this is -- i don't know that i'm qualified -- my business isn't politics. and i have opinions about it but i would -- you're going to laugh at me and throw me off the show. i would advise the republicans just say no. just stop this business. >> that's what they do. they take your advice. >> there's nothing -- well then they need to hold fast to it. all that's broken is we're not enforcing the law already on the books. all we -- you know, bob

the ruling liberal democratic party and its partner new komei already control the upper house, but it is the opposition has the power to block legislation. as a result abe has struggled to get bills through the diet. he says the divided parliament has produced years of indecisive politics. he also says his party needs to win this election to ensure a stable future for japan. recent opinion polls suggest that abe's cabinet still enjoys relatively high public support. the ldp's strong performance in the election last month gave him a big boost. >> we hit on this a little bit earlier. what are the major issues for japanese voters? >> survey suggest many voters are focused upon the government's economic and energy polici policies. many seem to support abe's economic policies dubbed abeconomics. he's been pushing monetary easing and higher public spending. the prime minister says this has changed the mood in japan since he came to power six months ago. and yet many people say that they haven't felt the effects of an economic recovery. regarding energy policies, voters want to know where th

democratic party president banri kaieda said the prime minister's economic policies may look good at the moment but he said they're actually risky. he pointed to the potential surge in the yield on government bonds. candidates from nine parties are running in the election. the groups qualified for political party status. others that fail to meet the standards are still fielding candidates. in all, 433 candidates, including independents, are running in the election. half of the chamber's 242 seats are up for re-election once every three years. of the 121 seats being contested, 73 will be decided in districts and 48 under the proportional representation system. >>> nhk world's special coverage of japan's upper house election is just a click or a tap away. we'll be releasing the latest projections and results of key national races on our web and mobile sites on sunday after 8:00 p.m. japan time. you'll also find backgrounders and analysis along with in-depth reports. www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/election. get online and get informed. >>> a list of names of people who were saved by german indu

>> i think it will happen based on the demographics of the democratic party. who are becoming democrats are latino immigrants, asian-american immigrants and african-americans who are still democrats. these are groups that want to be upwardly mobile. they care about inequality in a material way that i'm not sure is true of their white counterparts. i think politicians will respond accordingly by saying, we have to meet their concerns, which are concerns centered on inequality. >> i'm skeptical of this. i think tom harkin saying that, you know, liberals win by moving to the left is similar to ted cruz or any tea party republican saying, republicans -- >> i totally disagree. demographics are different here. the demographics -- when ted cruz speaks that language, he is speaking to a white, older electorate who cannot sustain their party. >> prokticly what americans say they want, as chris hayes used to say, populism is popular. >> but tom harkin, it's a country that perceives itself as middle class. we discussed this on the break. i think real hard-edged messaging

we're with the san diego democratic party chairman.our reaction. >> well, you know, the ball is in the mayor's court in san diego it's either re-call or resign. looks like he made the decision to try to rehabilitate himself. don't think the people in san diego want a mayor who is in rehab while the story continues to unfold. charges have been filed. and i think they'd rather wipe the slate clean. >> shepard: on both sides of the political aisle across the nation there are god-fearing, country-loving americans who are working very hard to push what they believe is best for the people of this nation. and i am 100% sure that there are people in the democratic party in san diego who are horrified by this. how does this make you feel? >> very disappointed. i mean, mayor filner has a 30-year history also of being a champion for progressive causes. people elect him because he wanted to break, as he said, the years of domination by a small group of people in this city so that everyone in the city, every neighbor was a priority and now it's har

democratic party. ssman chris van hollen was in that meeting. we will have him joining us briefly in a moment. >>> another story we have been following closely today is what we could learn by this friday and the fate of alex rodriguez and major league baseball. according to reports the mlb has told the players union which pros it plans to suspend in its drug investigation and which ones will receive stiffer penalties for allegedly obstructing the biogen sis case. alex rodriguez could face a lifetime bans and his lawyer spelling espn and new york radio, quote, we are focused on an appeal. joining me is ben writer, a staff writer with "sports illustrated." this week's cover store for "sports illustrated" is entitled "the last days of a-rod." and in the interview he talks about being a role model certainly to his own two daur daughters if not other kids out there. ben, thank you for joining us. according to the new york daily news if rodriguez accepted a settlement that could call for him to be suspended t

the democratic party late ninety's and fund raising parity with the republican party and by the time barack obama ran for president they got more. when have the american people been as betrayed investing so much hope energy money and brock obama's campaign. today we're announcing the expansion of offshore oil and gas exploration. take responsibility for solving this crisis. the president and the buck stops with me. obama flies down to florida jumps in the water briefly with his daughter for the photo op and from that point on most of the media has left beaches all along the gulf coast are clean they are safe and they're open for business that's one of the reasons michele saussure and i are here. in reality neither he nor his daughter touched the water of the gulf they swam at st andrews bay a protected area. what happened with safety regulations in the gulf of mexico in the wake of the b.p. disaster rename a couple of agencies change a couple of faces business as usual full steam ahead what does that tell you. the administration that it promised us change made no alteration to be ant

some members of our audience were also members of the democratic party and eventually, thankfully, they saw the light. t.w. shannon, you're the speaker of the house in oklahoma. >> i am, sean. >> were you a democrat? >> i was for two years when i first registered. but the interesting part is i didn't learn my conservative values from any elected official, i learned them from bethlehem baptist church. the bottom line is we cannot continue to wait for the federal government to lead in areas of education, health care, the national party has shown that they are either unwilling or incapable to make the necessary change that is are going to move this country forward. if there's going to be change, it will happen in the halls of state government. >> why is it not helping the whole country, specifically black americans, why did he get 93% of the vote? >> i think it's a symbolism of what he represented. i think we as americans are attracted to icons and his election initially represented a moment in history where we all knew there had been some progress, but the fact that there was an african-a

the liberal democratic party and his partner new komeito, already control the lower house. but the opposition camp has majority in the upper chamber, and that means it has the power to block legislation. as a result, abe has struggled to get bills passed. he says the divided diet has produced years of indecisive politics. and he says his ruling coalition needs to win this election to ensure a stable future for japan. survey suggests that japanese favor abenomics and that helps the prime minister stay popular. he says the benefits of abenomics have changed the mood in this country, even though many people say that they still haven't felt the effects of an economic recovery. voters also are focusing on energy policy. they want to know where the parties stand on nuclear power following the 2011 accident in fukushima. abe favors restarting reactors that pass new safety checks, but voters are divided on the issue. well, as michio mentioned in his story, prime minister abe wants to revise the constitution. his main goal is for japan to have an official military. the constitution

>> like i said, there were some issues that perhaps even in the democratic party we need to make more attractive in terms of the entrepreneurial spirit that the hispanic community has. and just like i thought when i joined the republican party back in those days, that it may have been a better venue. you know we need to let -- the hispanic community know that that's also part of being a democrat. the american dream is also achievable in the democratic party. so regardless of what party you're in, you can do that in both. and for hispanics who are still under the republican party there are some who might be in positions that they may not be able to afford the same thing that i did which was go ahead and take a stand. they have their own personal issues and so -- and reasons to do so and to stay in the republican party. so, you know, i'll respect those but i hope that they're able to see that right now republicans are making it harder for hispanics and right now republicans are not looking at those 11 million undocumented immigrants that are human beings that are in this country. >> joh

the largest opposition group, the democratic party of japan, had a disappointing showing. they secured 17 seats, the fewest since the party was formed in 1998. >>> now that prime minister abe has gained the power to push through legislation and implement policies, the question is, how will he use that power? we got insight from an associate professor at kaio university and an expert on japanese politics. >> so last night's election results completes the ldp's return to power. it now has control of both chambers of the diet, which means that this problem of diet twist, in which the ruling party only controls one of the houses, resulting in legislative gridlock, is resolved. at the same time, the ldp has become a very large power, and they're safely in power in a sense, and this may create the risk of infaction, infighting, and factionalism, which has tended to harm the ldp historically. if abe-san is serious about growing, he will also have to invest in educating the workforce. education and also getting women to enter the workforce and stay in the workforce. it's often sai

used to be the democratic party was the cauldron for these debates.luck with the book "the center holds." jonathan alter's great new book. we'll be right back after this. because all these whole grains aren't healthy unless you actually eat them ♪ multigrain cheerios. also available in delicious peanut butter. healthy never tasted so sweet. >>> "let me finish" tonight with this. this evening here in washington, israeli and palestinian officials are sitting down at the table. it's the beginning of real negotiations over the future of the mideast, negotiations aimed at the creation of an arab state alongside the jewish state. these are not talks about talks, but the real thing, as outstanding as that sounds. i give credit to israeli prime minister netanyahu for taking the step needed to make this happen and palestinian president mahmoud abbas to limiting his demands to what the israeli government was willing to accept. both sides have made a choice for talks, real negotiations with all the risks they entail. i often ask myself what i would support if i

and took a step away from the into workings of democratic party the he was never chairman of the party for example. his dad was. rich daley, the young one, didn't do as much politics as you know of course that the older one day. but in terms of expressing themselves, i think there was some similarity. in terms of their love for the city, and i really believe it, they were the same. they really did care. both of them really cared. they were not as interested simultaneously, or comparatively, in how the government operated as they were in getting things done for the city. i think that's a fair thing to say but i'm always kind of hesitate to be too quick with judgments on them because i want to be accurate. and by the way, my concern in dealing with both, my expenses, personal expenses, i was concerned that people who are thinking big thoughts about the mayors of chicago and really are interested in who they are and what they did, and watched television news and are interested in reading papers about politics, in many ways very negative toward me. they don't like some the things i say. a

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the democratic party aims to wrestle that control. in the days leading up to look at the key campaign issues and hearing from voters about what matters to them. candidates from these nine parties are running in the upper house election. these qualified for political party status. they include established parties and others that were recently founded. several groups that failed to meet the standards. in all, 433 candidates including independences are running in this election. more than 100 million people are eligible to vote. our latest nhk poll participates a picture of what they will be thinking about. he remains popular with voters. we spoke to 3,088 people over the weekend. 57% support his administration. the approval rating was 48%. respondents for a poll are clearly in favor of abe's party. the liberal democrats. 43% say they back the ldp. compare that to the 8% for the opposition democratic party. abe's economic policies helped win him this support. he is focused on the fiscal woes since taking office since the end of december. t

"t democratic party of virginia sponsored this ad." s failedo renew the violence against women act republan and democratic attorneys general from 47 states spoke out to protect women. but ken cuccinelli refused. the roanoke times wrote, "virginians should remember cuccinelli's cowardly inaction as he seeks to become the next governor." "one either stands for tougher punipuments for sexual assaults against women or not." ken cuccinelli. he's focused on his own agenda. not us. >> announcer: live and in hd this is good morning washington on your side. >> billions of dollars are at stake from the damages to the world trade center from the 9/11 attack. >> around pdand plus the prey protests over the george zimmerman verb tickets. der victoria. if you are stepping outside today you are going to feel it's a hot one. let's head over to meteorologist eileen whalen. >> it's going to be the hottest week they have had so far this year. the temperatures climbing well into the 90's. outside of the reagan national and 76 degrees and the dew point of 7

green party meeting in iowa separate you know words the green you know we talked i guess a little bit about libertarians you know just the libertarians on this and that and we talked with democrats republicans where the greens well i had a i had a talk to a delegate from virginia who told me that edward snowden was the best thing to happen to the green party i talked to a local office holder a green in san francisco who basically said that this reveals i mean what edward snowden has down and what other news regarding drones and things like that is it's kind of remove the mask off the democratic party is as being something that's different than bush in these issues at least you know it's been exposed as committing the same sort of surveillance as as bush did committing the same sort of drone warfare around the world as bush did in these things will turn people away from the democratic party the greens traditionally have wanted to pull people who are disenfranchised with the with the democratic party who are left who have gone left of the democratic party and this helps that process and how or how was your time when i was cornfields the corn fields it was my first time in iowa. in

the clintons are in a sense a kind of royal family in the democratic party. he married into that royal family. and he seems to be abusing his privileges. and now he's put her in a terrible position. and the clintons in a bad position. i can assure you that dee dee myers didn't come out on face the nation with guns blazing basically speaking on behalf of the clintons had she not had good reason to do so as a former press secretary to the president. clintons stick together. the people in clinton world generally stay in clinton world. >> fellow that from reporting >>, of course. i know lots of people who are upset at the notion that huma and anthony are using clinton world, using their can the cas for fund-raising to try to get donors for his campaign. one thing i can assure you is dee dee myers' announcement on "face the nation" yesterday is a signal to whoever within the clinton world was willing to or thinking of contributing to anthony weiner that it not only is it acceptable not to do so, but probably it's a very good idea not to do so because lease nos des

compare that to the 8% for the opposition democratic party. abe's economic policies have helped win him their support. he's focused on fixing japan's fiscal woes since taking office at the end of december. his three-pronged approach promotes monetary easing, stimulus spending and a growth strategy to spark private investment. our poll suggests 65% of respondents agree with his plans, and 80% say they consider economic policies one of the major issues in this election. voters give post disaster reconstruction slightly more weight. many people want the government to speed up the pace of the work in the northeast. the third most important issue with voters is social security policies. pension, health care and nursing care for the elderly. it's interesting to note how respondents view one of prime minister's abe's main priorities, changing the constitution. he wants japan to have a military and the power to defend its allies if they come under attack. on a list of eight issues, though, revising the constitution comes last. abe argues his party nee

. >> the second general election thehutan has been won by people's democratic party. with a 47 year-old politician they the town of na, surpass the 47 seats available and the official announcements will be on sunday morning. the --ll be announced at at the local time, globally. thousands went to cast their votes and they still see democracy as a very new thing to be experienced. we followed one particular family to the polling station. they walked along way to get there. >> they have not been able to stop talking about the election. they're looking forward to saturday. >> i cannot tell you how excited i am em to vote. aboutst election was safe, clean drinking water. we have to deal with this issue for everyone. >> she is about to leave to cast her ballot and will have to walk several kilometers like thousands of others across the country. the000 jews who will be in second democratically elected government. they start to arrive early, the young and the old. they see this as an opportunity they do not want to mess. >> i missed the chance to vote in 2008 and i am happy i

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seize on that opportunity to make him the poster boy for everything they don't like about the democratic party. they'll tag every democratic candidate across the country with his behavior and values. joining me is zeke miller of time and tim warren. i lived through all these examples. they didn't like tip o'neill, ted kennedy, they don't like nancy pelosi. they find somebody usually from the coast and they seize upon some sort of left wing imagery or something they don't like. maybe it's just big city behavior. but they're going to have a weanie roast with this guy. this guy represents everything they want to run against, indeans circumstances overexposure, the whole routine, and dishonesty. >> well, certainly. this has been both parties do this. democrats are doing it to mark sanford in south carolina when he was running in the special there a few months ago, and he is in congress right now. if anthony weiner can somehow make it through, be the likely runoff and in the primary and then win the general in november, i mean, this is something republicans are going to hold over democrats for mont

against the party of eisenhower and reagan bush when you were rand paul actually comparing snowden so martin luther king or henry david thoreau this is madness this is the anti-war left wing democrats of the one nine hundred sixty s. that nominated george mcgovern and destroyed their party for almost twenty years i don't want that so the question and just very quickly is peter king obviously is expressing a sentiment that he's not uniquely holding is that a sentiment a genuine fear or is he being. toady for the military industrial complex that's going to make a fortune off i think not a good service from i think he's being a total i think you can talk for hours on how the republican is not an eisenhower republican anymore as well but peter king represents that strand of conservatism that is being more and more tuned out it was people like justin amash in the tea party that brought the republican party back into power in congress not people like peter king but he's being a little bit tricky with the american people who don't understand the details of this the amendment did not fund the entire n.s.a. program it had nothing to do with espionage overseas it only said that if you're goi

this has been both parties do this. democratsre doing it to mark sanford in south carolina when he was running in the special there a few months ago, and he is in congress right now. if anthony weiner can somehow make it through, be the likely runoff and in the primary and then win the general in november, i mean, this is something republicans are going to hold over democrats for months, maybe even years while he is in office. and anyone whoever goes to new york city, there will be a research document, if there is ever a photo with maybe the president and anthony weiner, there will be a press release from the rnc. >> do you think it's going to be welcome to new york city as you walk up the steps of penn station as you arrive at la guardia or jfk, la guardia especially, a big sign, welcome to new york city, anthony weiner. >> i think republicans might pay for that. >> what a card. jim warren, where are you on this now? you spoke to us a while back. have you reconsidered? the question is how is it going to be used politically. i th

outdone, the main opposition democratic party of japan has developed its own app. download it onto your device, pointed in the direction of the party poster and the party's leader will come out and give you his personal speech brought to you on your device. and if you are completely won o ver, another app allows you to pose with him in a poster. >> in japan, the younger generation is getting smaller and they're voting rate is low. so their voices not heard, and this is one way of getting them interested in politics. know if it appeals to the young, this voter told us, but probably to the older politicians thinking it appeals to the young. girls verdict. voting has not started, but in the battle of the apps, buthe parties are running neck and neck. >> you can get all of the latest news on our website al-jazeera .com.

to become mayor, the republicans would make him the poster child for the democratic party.what democrats don't want to happen. i think it's very, very unlikely he gets elected mayor. there's a very good chaps he drops out within a couple of with ex. >> maria theresa, when she took the podium last night she mentioned she had never before spoken at a press conference. is she being used by her husband or do you think she shares his political ambitions? >> yeah, i think that that moment that clip we saw, everybody feels uncomfortable for her. what she's doing is something that's brave but also they're trying to build a relationship and that is private. i do think she has been mentored by hillary clinton who has basically been able to provide a pathway of how do you get yourself out of this trouble when your spouse does something wrong and it's incredibly uncomfortable. will new yorkers forgive him? i don't think so. you have to demonstrate that you can length late but more importantly that your character is being tested. he keeps being not able to come out and share the truth.

so in terms of party, there's all this last part of the democratic party that is somehow not talk about. i said repugnance our at a disadvantage because the media focuses more on the divisions within the republican party and the understood what happened in 22. they're working very hard to try to find a new path for themselves but there's nobody in charge. this is a democracy. there are all these different people who are vying for attention for their own voice, and this is part of the beauty of voices we have in america as well. >> i'm going to let karl's biggest i've informed keeper of the time went down, i' i'm sorr, we can't take any more questions. >> in preparation for today's event i went back and read a lot, and there's a particularly insightful column written on june 17 on this very subject. not by me unfortunately. though my column today is pretty damn good. but on the 17th of june mike wrote this, the single largest constituency within the gop and compose about a quart of the entire electorate. such voters are not baggage from overboard to lighten the ship they are plinks. whic

however, i think the broader question is if you are trying to promote the democratic party, the partyomen, if we want to elect people whom women can trust to stand up for us, and fully respect us why should we undercut our own principle by electing somebody who clearly is not in a position to do that for whatever reason. maybe it's because he is an addict or a jerk. but for whatever reason why not choose the person who fully respects women. >> michael: exactly, and as far as we know everybody else in the race does. but he has the respect of a woman and that is his wife. she spoke today. what did you make of that? >> as we discussed the first time this story came up on your show, i always thought she should run. she is incredibly talented and an incredible person. and i felt that galentry should have been the course of the day. and i don't think it's appropriate for him to subject her -- >> michael: but she may have said i want to speak. >> i understand that. there comes a time -- of course you want to stand by your spouse -- >> michael: yeah imagery is important. >> but i don't like t

iraq or not, and there the splits have always existed in the republican party as well as the democratic party where are you on those issues? the speaker of the house came out the other day and led the republican party in fighting not to restrict the nsa. he's very comfortable with the security approach, this more hawkish approach. where are you on surveillance and wars like iraq? >> i believe -- >> you're a big republican. >> i believe that we have to ask now fundamental questions. and i actually would hope that, as david axelrod suggested, there is some middle ground here and actually some ground for bipartisan agreement. the big fundamental question is, how do we hold these bureaucracies accountable? how do we know they are not abusing their power. >> how do we know that they are competent and ethical? these are huge questions. when the government now has such incredible power, power that we didn't even understand they had six months ago, we ought to be asking those fundamental questions. >> let me get back to you in a minute. here's my general question. should the united states be primaril

they felt like the state democratic party was being steam rolled by the republican party and there was no opposition. they were not concerted enough in fighting them and that the moral mondays arose to fill a vacuum. i'm curious what you think about that and if your strategy changes now going forward? >> well, our strategy certainly changes going forward because we have more north carolinians who understand the issues. the democratic party has been fighting, and if you look at the votes that were taken on the voter vilification intimidation act, as we call it, if you look at the votes that were taken on that as well as votes that were taken later in the session, you'll see that the democrats in the house of representatives are together and we are moving forward. now we have north carolinians await. this administration basically came to power on a bait and switch strategy, so it doesn't surprise us that they lie. they said they were going to create votes for -- excuse me, jobs for north carolina. they said that was their purpose and that's what they do. the session is over. they haven't

and they'll be deciding whether to give his liberal democratic party more power. the ldp controls the lower house, but opposition parties hold a majority of seats in the upper chamber. and that's created a divided diet where passing legislation can be tricky. in the days leading up to when japan decides, we'll be looking at some of the key campaign issues and hearing from voters about what matters to them. candidates from these nine parties are running in the election. the groups qualified for political party status, others that failed to meet the standards are still fielding candidates. in all, 433 candidates including independents are running in this election. prime minister abe has said he wants to win this election to end the political deadlock in japan. he's also hoping a strong showing will help him realize a long standing goal. abe is pushing to amend the constitution. that hasn't been done since it took effect in 1947. the prime minister wants to change its passivist corp and make more like military. even if he gets the political power he needs to do that,

the within the republican party the democratic party the wing that puts more emphasis on civil libertiesn other parts of the parties to. some will tell you that they care, some really care and some sort of care. it is a coalition between those two factions within the two parties. i think it's going to gain strength and i believe i saw a poll michael for the first time that showed a pretty solid majority that this surveillance was going too far and needed to reined in a little bit. >> michael: i wonder if you agree when you see that poll and the president's flags numbers do you think this is why? do you think this is hurting his approval rating? >> i do think it has. it's probably in terms of his approval rating one of a few factors. i don't know how much one can pin on this issue as opposed to say the irs thing which you and i know is bogus, but the media got all overheated about and probably held to drive down his numbers a little bit. maybe still economic questions undoubtedly still economic questions. yeah, i think the surveillance issue has taken it's share of the toll. >> michael: y

not to be outdone, the main opposition democratic party of .apan has developed its own app download it onto your device, point it in the direction of the official poster, and as it i magic, the party leader will come out and give you his own very personal speech brought to you on your own device. and if you are completely won allows you toapp pose with him in your very own campaign poster. >> in japan, the younger generation is getting smaller, and their voting rate is low, so their voice is not heard. this is one way of getting them interested in politics. >> i do not know if it appeals to the young, this young voter told us, but probably to the older politicians thinking it appeals to the young. started, but in the battle of the apps, the big parties are running neck and neck. >> hello, i'm john cleese and i've got a question for you. what do you believe about ecstasy? not the drug, of course, but ecstasy as in the ecstatic state, that phenomenon found in so many religious and spiritual traditions. well, in this program, we will explore the ecstatic state through the inner world of t

joining us here, christine pelosi, chair of the california democratic party women's caucus.stine the democrats today looked like a united front. is this a democratic lovefest? >> it is a lovefest. we are a big tent, and the president has a frank discussion. >> michael: and does this carry over. they are all about to go on vacation. >> i don't know that it is vacation, because people are going home to travel in their districts and hearing an earful about health care, immigration reform. and talk about issues that matter to the american people. so i wouldn't call it a vacation. >> michael: what if a member of congress is on vacation and the leadership finds out about it? >> well, you have some family time of course. but by and large, you'll see a lot of community meetings, a lot of local listening tours and townhalls, and the reason of course is that a lot of these ideas are being road tested at home. the republicans on immigration, i think the republicans would like to cut a deal on immigration, but they have to make sure that the folks at home are willing to stand by their m