. >>> joining us now, james clyburn. thank you for joining us and your thoughts today over the debate over the cbo report. >> well, thank you so much for having me. well, i think that what we have to do is remember one thing, there's a big difference in losing a job and leaving a job, and i think that what the cbo report says to us is that a number of people will be leaving their jobs. not because they are being pushed out, but because for the first time in their lives, they now have choices that they can make. they can choose to stay on the job if it's a productive job, they feel good about, rather than to be hostage to a work environment only because you needed to have benefits. so the affordable care act is providing a plethora of choices for people that they've never had before, and because of these choices, they will be a bit more mobile in the workplace and if you really look at the report, that is what the conclusion is, more people will be leaving work rather than losing their jobs. >> congressman, i hear you spe

. >> so you called james clyburn as, quote, i love hillary clinton.he's made a tremendous contribution to the political order in this country. i have three daughters and two of my grandchildren are girls. so i am very partial to women who run for office. >> clyburn, the highest ranking democrat, prominent african-american leader, has a new memoir out where he recalls bill clinton calling him after the south carolina primary in 2008, barack obama ran by 28 points, largely on the backs of african-american voters. bill clinton said, if if you bastards want to fight, we're going to give it to you. if you accuse clyburn of the neutrality in that primary and say you've been working for obama. relations were frosty. clyburn says in the book he did end up voting for obama. but as i quote him in the piece, he, too, is critical of running for hillary. this is a group trying to drum up energy for 2016 when they should be focusing on the midterms in 2014. >> let's talk about that. i want to bring in white house correspondent for yahoo! news. there is, matea, crit

south carolina democrat congressman james clyburn says former president bill clinton had some choicefor him when hillary clinton failed to win the 2008 presidential primary in his state. u.s. news and world reports says in his new memoir, he said he took a late-night phone call from mr. clinton essentially blaming him for black voters choosing barack obama. quote, if you blanks want a fight, you damn well will get one. he said it was clear that the former president was holding me personally responsible for his wife's poor showing among south carolina black voters. >> a group monitoring freedom of the press worldwide has issued a strong rebuke to the u.s. the world press freedom index ranks the u.s. 46th this year, down from 13 spots down from last year. reporters without borders says the u.s. had, quote, one of the most significant declines in press freedom. it cites the government's pursuit of bradley manning and edward snowden and the a.p. phone tapping scandal. that puts the u.s. between romania and haiti on the press freedom index. >>> finally, every child's favorite sheriff, woo

this is a democrat brain child from the daughter of congressman james clyburn, if you can call it a brainld. at this point they should be wearing uniforms. >> oh, come on, that's the kind of over the top -- it makes a good soundbite, chris, but that's the kind of over-the-top rhetoric that i don't think helps your side. i would like to see the president respond to this and say this is not the way we conduct a free press in the united states. >> very interesting, guys. sorry to disappoint you both with that response. i hope you have a great weekend. >> thanks. >>> severe weather slamming parts of the united states where tornadoes now are being reported and which straights are under a watch. >>> giving a new meaning to baked goods. one girl scout catering to a different crowd by setting up outside a pot shop. so we want to hear from you. do you think it's thinking outside the box or over the line? tweet me @gretchencarlson. use the # real story. we'll air your comments at the end of the show. too big. too small. too soft. too tasty. [ both laugh ] [ male announcer ] introducing progresso's

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clyburn,er, james steve israel and chris van hollen came to hold a greetings press conference yesterdayvening. democratsre asking only this morning to talk to us about what they want the party to do for the priorities for 2014. tell us what democrats are saying their priority -- you touched on a little bit, but legislationwise, what will they push for? guest: you know, they are very, they came to cambridge is certainly feeling in terms of morale better than they had had a come late in the year. rolloutr with a rocky of the affordable care act and a lot of pressure on democrats to explain why the law was not being of limited as smoothly as they had hoped and dreamed and promised. they're coming off of helping republicans passed the debt ceiling vote on tuesday. which to them proves how instrumental they are at passing legislation to the house. and even the speaker john bane oehner conference. withhope they can come up legislative priorities that republicans as well as democrats that maybewards, this is a watershed moment for bipartisanship. democratic caucus vice-chairman said he was not