it puts pressure on hugh hewitt. i think he will rise to the occasion. he won't pull any punches, because he is the conservative commentator on the panel, this is a good thing in terms of vetting the candidacy. it gives more legitimacy to people who are questioning the media. maybe thinking we're all liberal shills. >> he was asked about how he'll approach it this week. hugh hewitt this week talking about how he'll handle the debates. it's a full screen. it's not sound. he's a radio host. the toughest issue in this election now for governor bush will be common core for senator paul, the size of the navy. they won't lack for training partners but questions that interest the conservative electorate not the beltway manhattan media elite. this week watching cpac you had conservatives interviewing the candidates. mostly sean hannity doing it. sean hannity got some flack for asking some very friendly questions. at the same time laura ingraham interviews chris christie, that's not pleasant. >> he got filleted if you will the thing about hugh hewitt he won't be

hugh hewitt, helene cooper, maria hinojosa and chris cillizza. did the republicans create this cliff or not? i understand what mccarthy is saying putting the blame on the president. this is a tactic that house republicans chose to do. did they set their own trap? >> no i've been a critic of the leadership a lot. this is not an immigration issue. this is about the scope of the president's aggressiveness on the use of his authority. they didn't create the cliff. the president created the cliff. the leader made that point. he also made the point too, i tried to make some news saying it is not in the constitution that was sort of let's go to the nuclear option. i thought wow, my eyebrows went up i had not heard a member of the house leadership say it go that way. >> maria, we're talking about homeland security. the backdrop is immigration. i guess we're not going to see a bill about immigration reform. that's not going to happen. but should it be congress that decides this or should we allow judicial review at this point? are we getting our branches

for example, we just announced that salem radio, the home of hugh hewitt and bill bennett will partner with cnn. so the field day for the liberal media is over. at the r.n.c., we also reformed the primary process is that more republicans have a chance to cast their ballots and have a say in the selection of our nominee. it's going to be different this time. and let me be clear. this is the voters, the delegates who choose the nominee. unlike the democrats, there will be no corronation in the republican party. if you want to win the nomination, you're going to have to earn the nomination. [applause] but when we have a nominee, we'll have to come together stronger and more united than ever to defeat hillary clinton. you know the funny thing about hillary clinton is that the more people that hear from her, the less they like her. in fact, in the last six years her approval rating was the highest when she was out of the country and off the campaign trail. true fact. that's probably why hillary barely comes out in public these days. if there's not a private luxury jet and a quarter million-