there we did it we got through it and by the way i want to make clear i'm not a huge fan of john asa he seems to have a lot of neo liberal believes that are crushing people's lives and making it exceedingly difficult to watch a happy polar bear in the wild i'm not a fan but just because i don't love asaf doesn't mean i don't want legit alexion it's we no longer have a democracy or a republic we have corporate totalitarianism with a hint of fascism and a sprinkle of bad reality t.v. that's not really reality by the way and nor is it really t.v. all self selection was stolen from them by making it very hard if not impossible for people of color to vote as palace's documented this was done with a combination of neo jim crow laws closed polling places gerrymandering and interstate cross-check cross check alone not to millions off the rolls in the last presidential election and in fact palast was a sultan when he tried to question our opponent about these issues yet for some reason the democrats continue to think they've got a shot in hell a winning these elections and they don't and agai

congressional dixit district is just too close to call at this hour republican karen handel and democrat john asa ford neck and neck throughout much of the race the race was the most expensive contest in congressional history the two candidates spent close to sixty million dollars president trump has slammed john awesome accusing him of not even living in the district joining us for more on this as our political analyst cesar former chair of the florida democratic party mitch nice to have you with us tonight first of all what do you make of the money is this the new citizens united world we're live in and on steroids what do you make of it unfortunately it is this is the most expensive race in congress in the history of the world and frankly i think both sides got carried away specifically it's one seat will give us indicators yes is this the six most educated district congressional district in the country yes is this one for the democrats to lose yes but i think the money is have seen in the average voter obviously is not happy about this everybody every political analyst out there is saying tha

most vulnerable americans, which is why you hear republican goc nors, sandoval in nevada, john kasich in ohio, asachinson in arkansas, saying this is the wrong way to go, don't blow up the medicaid program. so i think it's really time to get people at the table and figure out how to move forward. >> secretary, you make a good point by pointing out those republican governors who don't want to touch medicaid. but when it comes to republican senators, many of them ran on not expanding entitlements and cutting back entitlements. so medicaid seems to be a large sticking point. how do you think democrats and republicans can find a way to agree on that or is there another issue, another part of the health care plan or health care in general where you think that there could be at least a start for bipartisanship? >> well, i would say go to the promises that candidate trump made during the election. he's now the president of the united states. lots of people across the country voted for him because of what he said. what he said is i'm a different kind of republican. i'm not going to touch medicare, medicai

john j. startg the article five convention. tell me, here is my position asa a retired u.s. senator and someone that cares about the future of the country what is your idea to fix it because it certainly isn't getting fixed fr here. how do we guarantee a good future for our kids. we have $144 trillion in unfunded liabilities that is going to be coming due in theouk next 50 years. if you take the 85 million millennialist, they will be the wage earner is how is it fair that they lose 30,000 a year that they have to pay off when we were responsible for its? to not do anything is an injustice to the people that follow us and i know people don't want to pay attention to that but the fact is we have ano obligation for those that come to us and to start acting responsible because we haven't the last 20 years. >> host: the book is called smashing the dc monopoly. thank you for c-span. hello, tom. there is too much stuff that is broken right now so here is my idea or suggestion. is it possible, would it be possible for congress to mustera the courage to create the independent commiss

why old friend john ramsey once described the tour really do ship asa once described the tour reallyhey will do a deal, supply in confidence and so on or try and sort it on as the largest single party but i think she will call upon the queen if she follows the pattern of ted heath, the 1st of march 74, he went to see the 1st of march 74, he went to see the queen to explain what he was going to try and do the weekend by way of doing deals with the liberals and one or two people from northern ireland so i think that president will probably be followed but who knows? we are coming up to 7am, there is a shift change coming now, let me work it out. jeremy vine is staying, yes? peter hennessy, you are staying. we shall have seen, your work is done and you are going home. emily... you are staying right through. you are going?” home. emily... you are staying right through. you are going? i am going to broadcasting house. we have got a dayjob to do, david. to broadcasting house. we have got a day job to do, david. we have been through the night, we came on air just before 10pm, we have been t