jonathan allen is a political correspondent for bloomberg.mie parnes is chief white house correspondent for the hill. i'm pleased to have them at the table for the first time. i said you are the chief, i don't know if you are. how had this idea to do the book at this time, about from two different people? >> that's a good question. we both worked at politico and we were very fascinated and looking at her time in state. it may not have been well covered. she has a press corps that traveled with her, but this is a woman who's going to be running for president. we wanted to look into what she did the last four years and see if she was papal bull, if she would pass the test, what voters would look at during her time in state and that's what we did. >> amie and i had done a few stories together and we had a good collaboration. >> how does that work? >> we had two computers open and i would write a few paragraphs that i could see the edits happening in the file and then she would write a few paragraphs. >> you conducted some 200 interviews with peo

jonathan allen is the white house correspondents for bloomberg and former politico. amie parnes is the chief white house correspondent correspondee hill. how did this idea to do this book at this time come about from two different people? >> that's a good question. so jon and i both worked at politico, as he said. we were very fascinated in looking at her time in state. it hadn't been well covered. sure, she had a press corps traveling with her, but we said this is a woman who was going to run for president. we wanted to look at what she did in the past four years, if she was capable, if she would pass the test and voters would look at her. >> we did a couple of stories together and found we had a real good flow going. >> charlie: how does that work? >> actually, we sit across the table from each other. we started at a starbucks in georgetown with two computers open and worked in google documents and i would write a few paragraphs and amie would edit them and i could see the edit happening in the file as it was going on and she would write a few paragraphs and say, n

now let's turn to jonathan allen, bloomberg news white house reporter. jonathan, it seems to me like government oversight should be something both parties can agree on here. i mean outside of gm's responsibility. is this a case where the government regulators were too cozy with the industry that they were supposed to be regulating? >> i don't think it's particularly likely that you're going to be able to oversee at that level from congress, to be able to oversee exactly what they're doing in terms of whether their products are working, whether they're dangerous for people. it's usually a scandal that happens, usually some sort of recall problem or some problem that prompts a recall that gets congress involved. really there's a responsibility with the company to make sure that its product is safe and something that consumers can use. you know, as was pointed out a minute ago by kelly, mary barra coming into this as the new ceo of gm, this was obviously something that was going on for a long time before she showed up there. members of congress are showing o

jonathan allen is white house reporter for bloomberg news.t" at the blaze. thank you all for being here today. jamie, let's start with you. the president is calling the affordable care act a success. but the gop jumped on it with renewed criticism. quote, secretary sebelius may be gone, but the problems with this law and the impact it is having on our constituents is not. what will it take to get to the point where the gop stops calling for the repeal of obamacare at every single turn? >> listen, they will never stop asking that. you know, president obama could send a bill to congress that says the white house is white, and this congress would oppose it. you know, 7.5 million people have signed up for obamacare. more would be in the health care exchanges if all the republican governors would accept the medicaid expansion dollars. >> jonathan, the president has failed at moving some of his other big ideas through congress. immigration reform, gun law reform, equal pay, and higher minimum wage. are we at the point in politics where big ideas ca

. >> terrorist or not, jonathan allen of rueters reports we may see more armed confrontations like thise, energized by their success, bundy supporters are already talking about where else they can exercise armed defiance. in the days since the showdown, right wing websites have begun searching for other bundys. brian, i want to start with you. loving people. is that the way you would describe these patriot groups? >> they're loving people who hate the federal goth, i'll tell you that. i want to be careful. these are not people interested in participating in a representative democracy. mr. bundy lost every court fight he had. this is going on for 20 year, and he owes $1 million to the government. these are people who are declaring war on the government. and this kind of armed confrontation that we've seen here is unprecedented. >> to your point about being unpress tented. they said they could not actually think of another example in rekent decades where different militia groups from around the country banded together to offer this kind of armed resistance to thwart law enforcement. how u

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and jonathan julie allen. jonathan is the author of "state secrets."ors appear to be waiting on the sidelines saying, who should i give my money to, and this is having an effect on who might potentially run. is it not? >> that's right, and it is not just hillary keeping democrats waiting. we found out that on the republican side, there is a lot of donor anticipation as to who their main business-friendly candidate will be. right now, many are waiting to see what jeb bush, the former florida governor, will do. >> because, why not have a race with hillary clinton versus jeb bush? clinton versus bush all over again. >> save money on your bumper stickers. ring out the old one. [laughter] all the same cast of characters. >> what does it mean for those candidates, jonathan, that are thinking about running and need to wait to see what the landscape looks like? what does it mean for their ability to raise funds? >> it is extreme and difficult not only to raise money at this point, but also to create campaign organizations. the shadow operative primary is a fac

this is "newsday" and jonathan allen of bloomberg news writing that. james is from dallas, texas. we are talking about the keystone pipeline, a delay announced by the administration. he is on our independent line. go ahead. caller: thank you, pedro. and i appreciate it when you challenge people's sources and positions. i work at a refinery in corpus christi and baytown. the refinery capacity for this type of oil really only exists on the gulf coast. and this oil will not be shipped down as oil, but a refined product, mostly diesel. it will not be going to china. it will be going to europe, for the most part. again, there are many misconceptions about it. we cannot build a refinery in this country. the epa permitting regulations just won't allow any new refineries to be built. people are upset and want to build a refinery closer to the canadian border. that's fine. we need more refinery capacity in this country. but they will have to call their congressman and have them allow these things to come about. and one more thing pedro. i notice there are not a lot of calls on the republic