joining me with reaction, former congressman and fox news contributor dennis kucinich.e. you are for raising the minimum wanl, right? >> if you consider 21 states have minimum wage in excess of the federal wage the position i take is that minimum wage should be increased to at least $10 an hour is in line t t with the main stream. it's center america. >> i would beg to differ on that. i'm not sure where you are getting your information. >> facts. >> where did you get $10 an hour? >> one of the bills being introduced is $10.10 an hour. california in september increased the minimum wage to $10 an hour. if you looked at t the minimum wage in 1968 the cost of living increased so much that our minimum wage today if you corrected for inflation would be $10.74. >> why not 20? let's go crazy? why not $50 an hour? >> we have to strike a balance between what's appropriate compensation for people for the work they do and what works for the economy. the economy has been struggling. a minimum wage increase that for every thousand dollars it increased. increases in the minimum wage p

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neil: dennis kucinich, what do you make of that?have been a member he and i can ell you that jim senegal has said that we are not going to hit our show phot against our worrs and we want all to perceive and benefit from the fact of the matter is that costco has a lower profit margin. at the same ime they are successful that enables this world for the company. there is no credible economic study anywhere. neil: increasing it would at least be jarring, women. and if you look at the fact that in 1968 it was about a dollar 60 for minimum wage, the growth of the wage could be closer to about $10 and 70 cents to keep pace ith rising cost inflation. tunnelers 10 cents minimum wage puts us in a level of non-wages being higher than the united states. boosting the econo, increasing the goods and services come all the these things are in line with increasing the minimum wage. beyond democrats come back and say it is going to be hiked up g-time. and they want to contue spending on the claimant benefits and awesome uptime. paying for those unemp

and other issues,, you see senator rand paul to name one person, siding with someone like dennis kucinichyria debate which was an absolute debacle for the country and president to do something and entire congress turn against him. you saw in that moment both parties say no. lou: was it a debacle or an example of checks and balances? did our government that one instance work. >> i'm characterizing it that way. find a democrat in this town who wasn't privately furious and embarrassed about the fact that the president created red lines. put them down on the table. had known this was coming for years. could have anticipate ad chemical attack. lou: they're embarrassed for the president? is that what you're saying ab? are you saying embarrassed for the president? >> foreign policy always led by the administration. there is usually bipartisan agreement on democrat and republican. the weakness of this president on all fronts he is not respected abroad or domestically thatch is what is creating all of this. >> syrian thing was a dry run for iranian arrangement. inian arrangement is a very dangerou

see with afghanistan and other issues, you see senator rand paul siding with someone like dennis kucinichis debacle for this country and the entire congress turning against him. but both parties have said no. lou: was it a debacle one example of checks and balances? >> i am characterizing it that way and there wasn't a democratic individual in this town wasn't serious. they had known that this was coming for years. >> are you saying that they were embarrassed for the president? >> at. >> foreign policy is always led by the administration. and there's a bipartisan agreement on democrats and republicans and i think that the weakness of this president on all fronts -- he is not respected abroad or domestically. >> i think the serious thing was a dry run for the iranian regime and i think it's kind of a very dangerous situation for the whole middle east. lou: there are plenty of challenges. thank you so much. it is good to see you. we certainly appreciate it. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] if y suffer from a dry mouth then you'll know how uncomfortable it can be. [ crickets chirping ] but did you kno

let's go to congressman kucinich. welcome. you are interesting to me. i find myself agreeing with you more this year than ever. we have had heated battles over the years. >> and? [ laughter ] >> i thought you were going to weigh in on this. did obama have a bad year? was this a collapse of his presidency? >> i don't know about a collapse. he has another three years. can't talk about a collapse. he's in for three more years. the question is the country. what's happening here? in terms of stories, one of the big stories of the t year is the fact that the american people resisted being dragged into another war against syria. that was an outcry that happened from the american people. >> the american people or did obama back away from his red line? >> oh, no. an outcry was happening. i have never seen numbers of unity among the people saying we don't want to do this. it was reflected in congress's position, too. that was a big development. >> on the other hand, he went behind the backs of the t israelis and saudis and made a deal negotiating with iran who i

i want to bring in chip saltsman and "washington post" reporter jackie kucinich and victoria defran cheskos talk about deportation numbers, the speaker talks about the ability to enforce our laws and we know that this is an administration that has deported more illegal immigrants than any administration in history. what is he talking about there? >> well, i think he's talking about a lot of different things. if you've been to the border, they get picked off for the border and held for 24 hours and released saying he's your court date in 30 days and never come back. secure the border first, that's what most republicans are saying, security the border and enforce the laws on the books. i don't necessarily think that's a line in the sand. i think that's good common sense. >> not a talking point? >> not a talking point. we have a border. why shouldn't we secure it? that's a simple deal and we have laws why shouldn't we enforce them? >> chip, those who would contend our borders now are safer than they have been in a decade. >> let's succeed that point and say they are and still we have thousand

who would sort of have no chance to win, like a dennis kucinich type figure.these real bona fide governor types, it doesn't seem they have the profile to do it. it looks like it's all up to hillary at this point. in terms of joe biden and talking to folks in his circle his approach is to do everything, everything he would need to do just in case something happens and hillary doesn't decide to run. >> i'm sure you've seen this new "washington post" abc news poll that's out. it took a look at governor chris christie and what these scandals have done to his political standing. right now according to this poll governor christie dropped to third behind paul ryan and former governor jeb bush as well. just ahead of ted cruz. one percentage point by ted cruz. what do you make of that? is he done? is he toast now? >> he's not done. jonathan made a point earlier that it is too early to be talking about things like this. at this point in 2008, rudy giuliani was on top. texas governor rick perry obviously a big force coming into iowa and oopsed him off the stage. i'm not

. >> jackie kucinich is from the "washington post." she joins us now from our washington bureau.kie, good morning. >> good morning. >> before this all extorted or at least the big brouhaha christie was sitting on top of about 500 polls for presidential contenders for 2016. how much of an impact do you think this is potentially having jackie? >> we haven't seen it in the polls yet. it seems like people who like christie or don't like christie are sort of taking a wait-and-see attitude toward this scandal, but there's still a lot we don't know on the bridge front and maybe the hurricane sandy funding. there are a lot of questions unanswered and things people are looking into. if christie is telling the truth, i think he's going to be fine. if he's not, if his story turns out not to be true it's a big problem. >> he's undoubtedly a polarizing character in that half think he's a bully and the other half think he's a leader who can get things done. how can we possibly know what impact this can have on his national dreams if they are, in fact, his dreams? >> i don't know that we can at

for "us news and world report" lauren fox and politics reporter for the washington post jacquie kucinich the president's message today, be majority leader harry reid as a says a vote mr. l take place monday on extending benefits. how far is that going to get? >> the real question is the house. they'll probably get cloture in the senate and be able to pass thing is there. there's a three-month extension of benefits they're going to be considering. now in the house as it has been the last couple years, that's where the problem is going to lie in getting enough republicans on board to pass this. so people get their unemployment insurance back. it is going to be a challenge. >> yeah, you know, lauren, i was reading through eric kantor's memo he sent out lining the gop's agenda for the month of january. extending unemployment benefits nowhere on the list. what does that tell you about the chances of getting it passed? >> republicans have said repeatedly in the house they are open to exlending long-term unemployment benefits with one major kavyaate. they want the cost of the program which is e

and bounds, and actually had bipartisan support for that and i voted for an amendment of dennis kucinicho was then in congress, and we actually partnered together, dennis and i did, to try to stop that. i felt like we needed to exercise more strength there. to syria, i led an effort, a letter, calling upon the president to come before congress, and to not just get guidance, but actual literal authorization before engaging any military assets in an intervention in syria. the day he walked out to the rose garden and made that announcement that he was going to do that, i was stunned in a very positive way, and i was really pleased that he pivoted their and i thought that was the right thing to do. we have seen some positive things take place there with respect to chemical weapons. host: and you think that was the direct result of pressure from yourself and other congressmen? than i woulds more go there, but it is fair to say and any objective assessment members, 20at 141 of whom were democrats, this had the full attention of the white house. conversations i have had with senior officials th