once again, live from washington sitting in for gwen ifill this week, gloria borger of cnn. gloria: good evening. there's no doubt that tensions are high between the white house and capitol hill over any number of issues. executive power, the nomination of loretta lynch to be attorney general and, of course, the recent negotiations over iran's nuclear program. congress has made it clear it wants to review any deal with iran, especially when it comes to sanction. senator corker: i believe congress should play a role in ensuring all the details that need to be in place are there. gloria: that's the message from republicans. how do democrats see it? senator cardin: i think this is the right way for congress to take up this issue. i think it's congressional prerogative and we have to oppose the sanctions and take it up. gloria: with bipartisan agreement, congress will get the review authority on any deal with iran and somewhat surprisingly, the president seems to be going along. president obama: both senator corker and senator cardin at least in my understanding agreed that there

the change of her twitter page with me now gloria borger john king host of "reliable sources" brian stelter, as well as jeff zeleny. jeff let's begin with you. the way in which hillary clinton presented this announcement and that she really is not the star initially, but she makes a number of other people the star first. >> that's right. >>> good afternoon, frederickrickafredricka, we have been expecting this so long that hillary clinton -- how she did it as you said is a bit unusual. she's trying to drive the point home this is not about her. this is about listening to the concerns of voters. this video was film in the last week or so with real people showing their real concerns. she's going to amplify that as she travels in the coming week to iowa and new hampshire. these are the messages she's fighting for. let's take a look at the video. >> it's spring so we're starting to get the gardens ready. my tomatoes are legendary in my own neighborhood. >> my daughter is about to start kindergarten next year. we're moving just so she can belong to a better school. [ speaking foreign language ] >

standing by live is political analyst gloria borger, kevin madden and maria cardona. what are the odds, what are the real chances at this point, this early in the game, gloria? >> eoh, come on, ashleigh. i would have to say that rand paul is somebody who a year ago looked a lot more in tune with certain parts of the republican party because he was a candidate that was less muscular on foreign policy than he looks right now, with the threat of isis hanging over people's heads, with the question about an iran nuclear deal. rand paul may with be out of sync with that wing of the republican party. however, this is a candidate who is running on a small government platform, who also understands that the republican party has to grow. as dana bash was just talking about, he wants to bring in minorities. he wants to bring in younger voters. he's gone out of his way to try and do that. so the challenge for him is to keep the enthusiastic libertarian base that he's got because of his dad, bring in minorities and younger voters and let the establishment know that he is not out the

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our chief political analyst, gloria borger is joining us.der mitch mcconnell, says a confirmation vote is expected the next day or two. this is a significant development now. >> it's a very significant development. as you say, she's waited as long as any nominee to be attorney general. it's about five months, wolf. kind of unheard of. she would be if confirmed the first african-american woman attorney general. she's replacing eric holder who by the way, wolf republicans did not like. they had nothing but disdain for holder. here they are holding up lynch whom some republicans will vote for. i mean you can't count these votes until you count these votes, but there are some estimates that she does actually have 51 votes at this point which means a handful of republicans and would get confirmed. >> looks like she'll get confirmed. we'll see what happens. >>> let's talk about the new cnn/orc poll numbers. president obama's approval rating has gone up. 48% approve, 47% disapprove. the first time since 2013 more americans have had a slightly membe

. >> let's bring in gloria borger cnn's chief political analyst. good morning, gloria. how much of clinton's past could shape her future? >> i think an awful lot of it. what you saw in what brianna was talking about in the ad hillary clinton is not someone who is running this time on her past. she's going to certainly talk about her experience but in 2008 she ran on her experience and that didn't get her anywhere. the new guy walked in the room and he's the one who won. so this time she's going to run on who she is. she's going to talk about being a woman and she's going to talk about the future and what her campaign ad was about was the new diverse democratic coalition that as brianna was saying she wants to attract. you cannot attract that by talking about the past. by the way, these voters do not really remember the '90s a lot. okay. i covered the clintons in the '90s. i remember the '90s. they don't remember the '90s. they know hillary clinton as secretary of state and they want to take that and move on from there. >> that's true but don't the people in our age brac

gloria borger spoke to those people who know her best. >> unless you've been living on another planet for the last few decades, there's one political star that's been unavoidbly present. >> not too many people with one name hillary. a few hours. down on a few others. everybody knows hillary. >> maybe not as well as close friend virginia governor terry mcauliffe but well enough to be on a first-name basis. as in hillary, the young watergate committee lawyer. hillary, first lady of arkansas. and first lady of the united states. hillary, senator from new york and presidential candidate. hillary, secretary of state, and presidential candidate. >> i'm running for president. >> reporter: it was a decision that surprised absolutely no one. least of all, old family friend and adviser paul begala. >> it's not just i have to do this, make history, i have to be the big shot play "hail to the chief". >> she doesn't need it but she wants it. she's put a lifetime in to herself in a way in preparation for it. >> reporter: it was clear, even back at yale law school in the '70s, when she met this fell

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i'm gloria borger sitting in for gwen ifill tonight on "washington week". >> conditioning -- congress absolutely should have the opportunity to review this deal. we shouldn't count on the administration who appears to want a deal at any cost. gloria: capitol hill flexes its muscle on iran saying any nuclear deal must have congressional review and the president goes along grudgingly. president obama: you'll have ample opportunity to review it and opine on it but right now we're still negotia

gloria gloer borger -- gloria borger. will the congress give it a chance? >> i think the congress will say, we need to approve it. we need input on it. you saw the president putting the congress on notice that they need to cooperate on this. in talking to people in the administration they believe that this is the largest diplomatic achievement of this administration. this is a legacy moment for this president. and the question we all have now is whether this president's legacy moment as he regards it will in fact be killed by domestic politics. what he said directly putting congress on notice is that if congress kills the deal -- he used the word kills -- the united states will be blamed for the failure of diplomacy. those are not weak words there. he was telling everybody who is looking at this a take another look at this. i believe you ought to have oversight of this. we'll answer your questions. i'll be congressional leaders down to the white house. he says compared to alternatives this deal will give us knowledge. knowledge is power. he kept using the w

race for the white house, joining us our cnn political director and our chief political analyst gloria borgera marco rubio campaigning as someone who clearly thinks he's the new generation going after hillary clinton. jeb bush for that matter as the old generation. so yesterday, yesterday yesterday, in his words. listen to what he said. >> just yesterday, a leader from yesterday yesterday, began a campaign for yesterday by promising to take us back to yesterday. yesterday is over. >> that comment he was clearly going after hillary clinton. he wasn't going after jeb bush. there was another reference, a little veiled reference, to people from position of power or whatever he was emerging as someone of a very different background. is that at all risky, to suggest that he's 43 hillary clinton is 67 jeb bush is 63 that this age issue could be a factor? >> as ronald reagan might say he's decided to make a virtue of his youth and inexperience and he's got no choice. he's 43 years old. people are asking what have you done in your life right. ironically now after these obama years when you look at the

i want to bring in gloria borger and peter. gloria democrats love quoting from it so much.e of the recommendations, this is one. when it comes to social issues t party must in fact and indeed be inclusive in welcoming. if we are not, we limit ability to attract young people and others including many women who agree with us on some but not all issues. okay so there it is. >> there are a few things going on here. one of them is that republicans have had so much success at the state level during the obama years. the democratic party has virtually been hollowed out at the state level. what you're seeking is a lot of legislative activity done by republicans at the state level who aren't really caring about very much what the presidential can daltdidates have to do or think. that's what this is about. they are conservatives. >> they care about the grass roots. >> the problem republicans have in addition to republican presidential candidates having to talk about it the demographics of the republican party is change aing like the rest of the country. there's a poll i want to show y

. >> let's assess with our chief political correspondent analyst, gloria borger and jeff.ght. let's take a look at this swing state poll as its called. colorado right now, senator paul 44%, hillary clinton 41%. iowa another swing state, paul 43%, hillary clinton 42%. virginia another swing state. hillary clinton slightly had 47%, paul 43%. he makes a fair point. >> he does but he didn't say he has to win the republican vote first. hers comes back to reality. it's a sign that the e-mail troubles and other things are hanging over her are taking a hit. that's why she needs to jump in now. she needs to go on offense and start defending these thing give voters something fresh about her instead of negativity. >> gloria she's by no means a slam dunk. if she does get the democratic presidential nomination in important battleground states. look at this. the question was would you say hillary clinton is honest and trustworthy or not? in colorado honest and trustworthy, 38% yes and 56% no. virginia they don't believe she's honest and trustworthy. >> it's difficult for a candidate to

list bring in brianna keilar and gloria borger. they're both joining us from new york today.e know about this expected announcement? >> she's going to do it wolf on a video that she has already taped. and this is going to be released by social media. and after the announcement she is off for some early state travel that we are going to see in the days following this announcement on sunday. first we understand she will go to iowa. and this is key because she did not fare well in iowa in 2008. she came in third, behind barack obama, but also john edwards. so this is a way for her to go to iowa, try to show some humility and also according to some of her advisers show that she's trying to campaign aggressively for this nomination even though at this point he is far and wide the front-runner and will be the only declared democratic candidate. les the also there's the question of, what's her message? we know that "the huffington post" got their hands on the epilogue to the paperback of her book. that gives us a glimpse of things. she talks in there about becoming a grandmother and

gloria borger chief political analyst. he's going to say this is a big deal to convince members of congress. that can only derail. it's going to be a historic deal as far as iran's nuclear program is concerned. the question is will he convince republicans and democrats this is a good opportunity? >> he's got a lot of skeptics he's going to have to convince. first of all, we were talking about timing. we heard him say all u.s. sanctions will be terminated. we know they would be terminated once we verify they're implementing their mission as put it. we don't know if that's between now and june 30 th or when that is. i'll tell you from talking to members on both sides of the aisle today, if there is temporary softening between now and june 30th of those sanctions, congress will try to step in forcefully. the president is up against three major stranldds of legislation. they're saying we have to have a final say in the bill. another measure says ratchet up sanctions to get a better measure. the third is they want to make sure

let's bring in gloria borger, she's with us. and jeffrey tubin is joining us on the phone. et to you first. the governor was trying to strike a distinction that he said this measure in arkansas was not similar enough to the federal law that he was comfortable signing on to. >> this was political double-talk. there is only one issue going on here, which is whether private businesses should be allowed in the state of arkansas as in indiana, as in georgia, where these controversies are going on. do these individuals allow private businesses to not do business with gay people. that's what these days are about. the idea that you can compromise and find some language that allows people to not do business with gay people and also protect them from nondiscrimination -- from discrimination, it's impossible. there are no compromises available here. people either can do -- can refuse to do business or they can't. all these politicians trying to pretend that there's some middle ground, there's none. and that's why none of these amendments so far have succeeded. >> jeffrey, help me under

talk about it with jeff zeleny gloria borger chief international correspondent john king who joins usshington. why is she doing it this way? >> social media, a film that's been recorded and edited first and foremost for control. she wants to control her message and talk about what she wants to bring to this campaign. we've talked a lot about is she going to get in or not but not sure what she's running out. she'll outline that income equality trying to help the next generation but then going to iowa and new hampshire next week. but again, like you said, no big rally. she'll do small, small, small downsized events to look like she has a connection and trying to build a connection with voters. >> someone said we don't need to do shock and awe. everybody knows who hillary clinton is. big rallies is not her best thing. they want to reintroduce her in a one on one setting. if you're looking at your device or your computer, you know it is more personal. they believe that sunday afternoon, sunday evening is a big time when people sort of catch up on their social media and she'll have that ne

the president and prime minister we're told will open with statements, jim sciutto and gloria borger with me. one of the highest priorities for the italians right now the humanitarian crisis, in libya. >> no question. a spillover from what was a failed campaign. u.s. and italy were with european partners brought down the government of mommar gadhafi the place home to terrorist groups worse than before and outflow of humanitarian crisis, people flying by boat to italy at the forefront of that. >> and a major humanitarian crisis for the italians and i'm sure we'll hear the prime minister talk about literally hundreds if not thousands refugees trying to flee to italy. >> also he's here to talk about his ambitious economic program, wolf. many ways as a young person, 40 years old, who ran on hope and change and the obama tradition it's important for him to be seen on the stage with the president at this kind of press briefing. >> major initiatives on the economic crisis going on, high unemployme unemployment, 14, 15%. major parliamentary moves they're trying to understake right now. those

gloria borger you've been listening to the president. he came in with a thoughtful answer to this crisis. >> well, as he said, a at the end of his answer, you can tell, sorry i took up so much time but i feel strongly about this. i think this is a president who's not only thought about this a long time, because these events keep occurring, but he's also somebody who's troubled by the fact, as he pointed out, we keep talking about it and it still keeps reoccurring. he said after ferguson we established a task force, these troubling questions still remain, the country pays attention when they see the pictures but when the pictures go away we're not paying enough attention to it. he called it a crisis. he called it a slow rolling crisis, which he clearly believes is going to continue unless cities, communities start doing something about it and you could sense his sort of enormous frustration that congress won't act, that cities don't have the funds for urban policies that might help take care of some of the issues in these communities. wha

keynote speaker this week at the nonpartisan new americas foundation annual conference, and cnn's gloria borger my colleague, spoke with him after his address. >> i'm going to start with the question everybody wants answered, which is are you running for president? >> i don't know yet. i mean i've taken another big step for me which is to create a political organization to begin to accumulate more resources so i can travel more robustly and begin to think about infrastructure. and then once that's done if i should be successful in raising sort of that seed money, then i think the next step is to see if people like what i have to say. and then i think it's going to be to find out around the country whether i can raise enough money to compete at least in the early states. if that works i'm likely to go forward. >> at this point what would stop you from running? >> lack of resources or consideration that i wouldn't win. because i don't want to do this just for -- just to go and do it. i've got a big job in ohio. being governor i've got 11 1/2 million people and a lot of responsibility. this is not

here's cnn's gloria borger. >> poppy, for the past month i've been talking to some of the people whow hillary clinton best, and i've asked them what she's like off stage away from the cameras and why after three decades in the public eye she's choosing to run the presidential gauntlet for a second time. here's what they told me. ♪ ♪ unless you've been living on another planet for the last few decade, there's one political star that's been unavoidably present. >> not too many people with the one name, hillary, a few others, madonna and a few others, but everybody knows hillary. >> maybe not as well as close friend virginia governor terry mccallive, but well enough to be on a first-name basis as in hillary, the young watergate committee lawyer. hillary, first lady of arkansas and first lady of the united states. hillary, senator from new york, and presidential candidate, hillary, secretary of state and presidential candidate. >> i'm running for president. >> it was a decision that surprised absolutely no one. least of all, old family friend and adviser paul begala. >> it's not just i h

i'm joined now by my colleague, cnn chief political analyst gloria borger who spent some time speakingh people who know hillary clinton well. >> i did, dana. over the last month i spent some time with these people kind of asking them about what hillary clinton is really like off stage and what is really driving her to run this presidential gauntlet again? here's what they said. unless you've been living on another planet for the last few decades, there's one political star that's been unavoidably present. >> not too many people with the one name -- hillary -- i guess a few others madonna and a few others. but everybody knows hillary. >> reporter: maybe not as well as close friend virginia governor terry mcauliffe, but well if you have to be on a first-name basis. as in hillary, the young watergate committee lawyer. hillary, first lady of arkansas. and first lady of the united states. hillary. senator from new york and presidential candidate. hillary. secretary of state and presidential candidate. it was a decision that surprised absolutely no one. least of all, old family friend and ad

wait we'll talk about it more and get some insight and reporting from our chief political analyst gloria borgergoing to be doing this listening tour. right? she's going to do a slow roll the video, no big speech. she's going to talk to small groups. we've been talking about the fact she's not going to these big rallies. but specifically just on a listening tour hasn't she been doing that for two decades? what does she have to listen for? a lot of listening. >> well i was talking to somebody in the campaign who put it to me this way. you don't want to do a shock and wau awe, as he put it when you introduce hillary clinton. the question is how do you re-introduce hillary clinton to an america that by and large, believes that it knows her because she's been around for a few decades. you've covered all these events dana so you have rand paul having a rally. you have ted cruz having a rally. marco rubio's going to have a rally on monday. and with hillary clinton i think they decided to do the opposite and they will build to it because they don't want to give the sense of inevitability, even though w

cnn's chief political analyst gloria borger has some insight for us into mrs.h michaela i've been talking to people who know hillary clinton the best and i asked them what she's like away from the cameras, and why she's decided to do it again, after three decades in the public eye? unless you've been living on another planet for the last few decades, there's one political star that's been unavoidably present. >> not too many people with one name hillary, i guess a few others madonna and a few others. but everybody knows hillary. >> maybe not as well as close friend virginia governor terry mcauliffe but well enough to be on a first-name basis. as in hillary, the young watergate committee lawyer. hillary, first lady of arkansas. and first lady of the united states. hillary, senator from new york and presidential candidate. hillary, secretary of state, and presidential candidate. >> i'm running for president. >> it was a decision that surprised absolutely no one. least of all old family friend and adviser paul begala. >> it's not just i have to do this i have to m

gloria borger jeff zellny mia mallika, thanks very much. how much a problem this is bridgegate?ady. he's not in the top tier of candidates. he tries to establish himself as a truth-teller and a great manager, as governor. bridgegate of course plays against both of those narratives. i do think, however, it might have had a positive effect in one sense and that is i see a little bit less bluster in him. he was asked about bridgegate he was kind of chuckling about it. >> he smiled. >> he smiled. i think he's kind of watching himself a little bit, because that bully thing doesn't really work with women voters in particular. >> he's facing a little bit of a tough crowd in new hampshire among some republicans, imagine what he might be facing in iowa south carolina. >> new hampshire has to be a place he makes his stand. a northeast governor a republican. new hampshire, he sort of fits that spirit. but everything, his whole candidacy candidacy, is sort of on hold until those indictments come down. from fund-raising to political plans to the fact that people don't necessarily want to wor

i want to bring in gloria borger. rand paul didn't waste any time.. are you surprised he took such a deep dive? >> it is unusual to do this in a presidential announcement speech. i think he had something to prove here. he had to prove to the republican party establishment that no he's not sort of out on the fringe. he has to bring himself sort of into the mainstream on national security and say, you know what i think we need to defend america. i believe what ronald reagan did. they're all invoking ronald reagan these days. trust but verify. >> his position on several sensitive issues have seemed to evolve over the years, jeff. >> only a short period of time too. he's only been in the senate for four years. he said that all u.s. aid should be stopped in 2011 he said that. in 2014 he said i didn't say that. our foreign aid should continue. civil rights his opinion has evolved. we haven't heard him on the recent issues of gay marriage. he's giving some competing views of that. his biggest challenger in the early part will be the old rand paul versus wha

let's bring in our chief political analyst, gloria borger chief congressional correspondent, dana bashinton evolved her positions on two sensitive issues the past few days, the issue of same-sex marriages and driver licenses for undocumented immigrant immigrants. >> she is cleaning things up as she begins her campaign. the times have evolved, to be fair, put things into context. 2008 was a long time ago, politically. she has work to do with her left flank, what she is trying to do early on here. and what she is trying to remind these liberal voters that she is one of them. 'cause there are some questions about that but i think that driver's license thing that dogged her so much in 2008. she couldn't anticipate the question if undocumented immigrants should have driver licenses. now she is coming out of the gate saying just in a statement that they should. >> what she has done is written an article for "time" magazine praising elizabeth warren the democratic senator, one of the 100 most inflew whens people according to "time" magazine. >> right. right. shocking she would do that right,

joining us now gloria borger our chief national correspondent john king anchor of "inside politics" and senior washington correspondent jeff zelery. it looks like the kids are coming up as well. a nice moment. gloria what do you think? >> i think they're a wonderful, appealing looking family there. i think this was a speech that was clearly devoted to telling americans that it's time for a new generation. he portrayed hillary clinton as yesterday, as he called her, and he also chastised those who say to him, you know, maybe you should step aside. it's not your turn and that is clearly referring to jeb bush. he talked about an america in which government is smaller, there's less regulation. there is tax reform less passive foreign policy more aggressive. talked about modernizing immigration. no surprises here. except for the fact that this is somebody who has just come on the national scene, just became a senator five years ago, and is looking like a very attractive presidential candidate that can bridge between the tea party and the establishment in the republican party. >> just a bit y

our chief political analyst gloria borger and senior correspondent. first official event.ning tour. >> she was listening. she sort of gave her biography at the outset telling everyone who she is. and by the way secretary of state. i think hillary clinton is in a position where she is damned if she does and damned if she doesn't. she is the most famous woman in america. yet she has to let voters in iowa know that she understands their everyday problems, and she gets them. and i think at a certain point, you have an authenticity problem here because she isn't like everyone else. she is a former secretary of state. >> what do you think of her taking notes, jeff? >> it's very typical of her. her aides say she takes very detailed notes. you're right. she can't win in this necessarily. but we're all probably a little more cynical about this than people in iowa and new hampshire will be when they're seeing the local news coverage of this. it's a really good roll-out from her on the ground in that perspective. and that's what the most important thing. >> debbie you're just back fr

let's bring in our chief political analyst gloria borger.n a economic decision? >> yes. when walmart in the state of arkansas says we don't think you should do something, i think you have to listen to walmart because you know as a governor, it's going to have huge economic implications on your state and i do think there's obviously politics here. what was interesting to me about what the governor said he said my son signed a petition saying that i ought to veto this legislation. what he was doing was sort of bowing in a sense, to the demographic shifts we see in this country even in the republican party on the question of same question marriage. 61% of young republicans that's 18 to 29 approve of same-sex marriage. overall in the country, it's over half of the country. he was always taking into consideration. >> he also made the point he wanted to legislation to be similar to the legislation that president bill clinton signed into law in the 1990s. what's the difference. what are we talking about the difference? >> excuse me. i apologize. th

joining ining me to discuss, g borger and ryan lizza. so gloria have an idea already of what a rand paul campaign is going to look like. what do you think? >> well, he's going to talk about government being too big and the republican party needing to grow itself. those are going to be two key themes. what he's got to do here is kind of find that sweet spot for himself. keeping the republican base happy, convincing him he is as robust as republicans are on things like national security. and also keeping those enthusiastic libertarian supporters liking him. some of them have been a little critical of him saying he's gotten too fuzzy on the issues for them. and so he's got to kind of walk a fine line here and also appeal to the establishment of the republican party, many of whom think he doesn't have the national security credibility to be their candidate. >> that sounds like a huge challenge. walking the fine line is not something that politicians can do very well very often. ryan, you have done some extensive reporting about rand paul. you've follo