we'd like to respond jackie kucinich? >> guest: i wasn't sure what he was saying about the press but i do think when you go out in the state states and you talk to everyday americans they do want washington to want washington do something because they are sick of hearing nicholas -- clichÉ washington is broken, sorry. i think that was one of the messages of this election. they want to see the years are grinding again. >> host: alesia budget passed the senate? >> guest: that's one of the priorities republicans are talking about. the devil is in the details. >> host: good morning i enrich wisconsin coming over the last caller with gail russell chaddock of the "christian science monitor" and jackie kucinich of the "washington post." what's on your mind this morning? cocco thank you. i want to follow-up the topic a little bit. my first topic is health care. my co-pay is $4000 not to mention the premium. i am scared to go to the doctor. i would come close to dying before i could pay all that and go broke. wisconsin has better

gail russell chaddock of the "christian science monitor" and jackie kucinich of the "washington post" were guests on this morning's "washington journal." this is an hour. >> host: we are joined with jackie kucinich of the "washington post" and gail russell chaddock of the "christian science monitor." i want to begin with a headline that you wrote for the monitor. how can congress fix itself? it should stop trying to fix itself. can you explain? >> guest: the monitor did a cover story when we pull together the best people we could think of her longtime congress watches and former congressional leaders. i was involved in entering a couple of them and to think of the evidence. the end of it i realized their suggestions for reform were only about reversing previous reforms all of which had unintended consequences such as transparency laws that were designed to bring people into the negotiations in the said what happened as the negotiations would storm out of the room and there's even less visibility. campaign finance reform, that idea of getting money out of politics and even earmark refo

[ overlapping speakers ] >> i agree with a lot of what congressman kucinich just said.lly suffered under the obama economy. i mean, the irony is that fewer black americans are of working age are working than at any time during my lifetime and i'm in my 40s. so how is that a victory? maybe it's a symbolic victory on the shallowest level, but it's actually a disastrous failure for black voters. >> tucker, look at what mary landrieu said. that her state hasn't been friendly to blacks or to women. she doubled down on the comments. then you've got the opponent of nicki haley using the word -- to describe her, laughing about it, yucking it up with the crowd, not saying i'm sorry. >> you know what i'm against i have to say, i'm against playing the victim card. i'm against anybody in power, whose rich running for office getting up and saying i'm a victim. >> calling a woman -- >> for a two-term or three-term senator from louisiana to say i'm the victim of sexism, really? >> that's nuts. >> you're one of the 100 most powerful people in the world. she said the president's a victi

s former and fox news contributor,;5w"ñ s kucinich.m? >> no. i think that the president he gets the message. the question is,2&xv as we look forward, what impact will this new arrangementja in washington where the republicanñ to power in both the senate and the house, have on the white house? and i think you may be surprised. i think you're going to kiÑñfin particularly in areas of9x fung ofc military force, you'll probably see cooperation. i might disagree with that. butgi7ñ that's what i think you see. >> you say that the president  the message. but what i heard was, look, if you don't do what i want on immigrat 7> fxnywell, i want to bring u something that maybe no one else has mentioned before. the u.s. constitut i, section 8, very clearly states that the congress has the ability to be able to make the -- a uniform rule of -- of naturalization. >> right. >> if you look at the constitution, cov ress has explicit authority there to be able to make

jackie kucinich and josh cross hour. 59 to 41.ly one more vote. >> it's remarkable the great lengths the democratic leadership took to get her the vote and only be one democratic senator short achievement she wanted to use for re-election campaign. >> she didn't get harry reid or his deputy dick durbin. >> you think dick larger energy constituency in illinois dick durbin was waiting until the last minute to make a decision. a lot of moderate tim kaine ended up not siding with landrieu on the issue. the fact they went to get the vote and pull the rug from her last minute one vote short. big blow to her not just legislatively i don't see how she can win that runoff election. tough anyway buttens thats look very very slim. >> why did they give her the vote if they didn't intend to at least help her. >> give her a chance-i she has been attacked for voting with obama 99% of the time. gives her a chance fighting her own party. really striking when you look at the polls on this. voters support this by two to one, three tonrs:ñ one march

. -- host: our postelection roundtable is rejoined with jackie kucinich of "the washington post" and jill -- and gail chaddock of "the washington -- of the christian science monitor. can you explain? the monitor did a cover story where we pull together the ,est people we could think of longtime congress watchers and congressional leaders and i was involved in interviewing a couple of them. at the end of it, i realized that their suggestions for reform all involve reversing previous reforms all of which have had unintended consequences such as transparency laws that were designed to bring people into the negotiations. instead what happened, the negotiations went straight out of the room. there is even less availability too many things. campaign finance reform, we know what has happened with that idea of getting money out of politics. readearmark reform which i about endlessly. i was enthused with the concept which is why cover do so much. one of the things that seems to have happened is that politics is not work as well unless leaders have some kind of leverage over members that are i

that's not what we're talkinz ab#w change with respect to the power.cans coming to >> congressman kucinich thanks for being with us tonight. >> thanks. >>> all right. and coming up, the latest danger ta china. test test. test. >>> this is a fox news alert. north korea released two americans they were holding in captivity. kenneth bae and matthew miller returning back on american soil just moments ago. their plane touched down at joint base lewis-mcchord in washington state. miller was arrested while leading a tour group and charged with activities. matthew miller of bakersfield yensed on espionage charges. their release after james clapper made a secret visit to north korea. we can see kenneth bae with his sister. let's listen in. >> good evening. thank you for being here. it's, we're finally here. my brother is home. all of our hopes and prayers to this moment have finally been achieved. we're so thankful. we're thankful that god was with kenneth and never abandoned us though the last years have been a journey we won't wish on anyone. here he is today. i'm delighted and very thankful kenn

. >> and our political panel "the washington post" jackie kucinich. the hill's alexandraaftery. "washington times" stephan -- you know that wasn't very flattering to the president. that's how he gets votes, right? >> sure. two problems the democrats are facing. first is president obama. what left him tied to president obama is the fact there is no agenda in congress. harry reid, democrats agreed they wouldn't allow votes on anything in congress this year. that means the only thing they have got president obama. so, you know, they can criticize him all they want. i don't think president obama is like the scourge of the party. but actually that's the same thing that happesident bush. it happens very common situation when the shoe was on the other foot with president bush. >> and then we saw big losses for the republican party in 2006 and so, you know, that's what a lot of folks are predicting for democrats this time around and why it is so concerning that president obama is seeing record low approval ratings again, this close to election day. so we have been seeing run away from h

dennis kucinich and angela mccowen. see you. >> good to see you. >> although president obama isn't joining a lot of these senate candidates on the campaign trail, a lot to raise money for them, the clintons, though, both hillary and bill, former president are out there in force and seem to be very popular for these candidates. >> i think it's pretty obvious that the clintons are looking to 2016. but as the fox polls showed, 43% of the people are worried about the economy and we're in a great recession. what we have in this election is the great recession meeting a political age because of the amount of money that is being poured into these elections. they'll skew the results, it will be difficult to interpret why people vote the way they do because billions of dollars are being spent to influence votes. >> let's talk about north carolina and look at the average polling on that. it's been a really tight race but democrats seem to maintain the edge, kay hagan up by a percentage point, but the estimates we got, $100 millio

. >>> brit hume, jackie kucinich, george will and juan williams are here. we asked you questions for the panel. we got this a twitter from jim dixon who writing, send him a budget that defunds immigration and aca, make him shut down the government with his veto. brit, how do you answer jim? if republicans somehow tie funding of the government to opposition, is it a smart political move or another mistake? >> it's a total blunder to try that, because if the president were to veto the bill, a build that would keep the government going and there was a shut down, it wouldn't matter. it never has, what the proximate cause. it's an iron rule, if the government is shut down, the republicans get the blame, not most, not some, but all of the blame. some have surmised who still think that that kind of bringsmanship might work. i doubt it. >> are democrats fully on board of this idea of executive action, did they just feel it's -- to solidify even more the hispanic voter support for the democratic party? and that it make provoke republicans to overreact. >> i don't th

brit hume, jackie kucinich of "the washington post," syndicated columnist george will and fox news politicalst juan williams. well the government to opposition to the executive action, is it a smart political move or another mistake? >> it's a total blunder to try that. because if the president were to veto the bill, a bill that would keep the government going, and there was a shutdown, it wouldn't matter. it never has what the proximate cause of the shut down. if the government shuts down, the republicans get the game. not some of the blame. not most of the blame. all of the blame. and one would surmise that they may have learned that by now. their leaders seem to have, but some within the house and senate still think that kind of brinkmanship might work. i doubt it. >> jackie, are democrats fully on board with this idea of executive action despite all of the threats, all the promises that it's going to poison the well? do they just think it's going to solidify even more of the hispanic voter support for the democratic party? and to get back to the other point, it may provoke republicans to

joining us our political panel, ron fournier, jackie kucinich and chief political correspondent byron york. byron, the president wants to go it alone on this one? >> i think we have seen this before. remember in 2009 and 2000 10, the public was virtually begging the president and democrats in congress to focus exclusively on the economy. instead, the president spent a year working on health care plan. now, if you look at the polls from these midterm elections, the economy is still the overwhelming first concern of voters. they want the public -- they want their leaders to do something about it they used to vote for the president for economic reasons. now they voted for republicans for economic reasons. they actually do want something done. and is he going to do immigration instead. >> except the thing that's getting a lot of members of congress upset is that jackie says he is going to do it alone. is that in 2009 when he had the wind behind his sails in february right after he was inaugurated with overwhelmingly americans with with him on it, he said i won. and wanted to do that one a

. >> i am jim kucinich. i am a dose interior. lincoln got his hatred of slavery from his father and as you mentioned, other inspirations from jefferson and washington. how did he coincide his hatred of slavery with their belief of slavery? >> well, sort may his father may be a source of the. that is probably one of the reasons he left kentucky. the two reasons are troubled with land titles because survey and was just a mask. they were conflicting surveys than thomas lincoln had had to go to court because of rival claims. he wanted to get to the old northwest territory because the federal government has surveyed that it guaranteed the surveys. also, there is also the possibility that he didn't want to compete with farmers who had slaves. he was a small farmer. these are bigger farmers. who needs that? that was an incentive for him to leave. i notice that in one of lincoln's books, one of his primers called the kentucky primer, one of the questions that the kids were given is who has more cause to complain? the india nor the slave?

"washington journal" continues -- host: our postelection roundtable is rejoined with jackie kucinichof "the washington post" and jill -- and gail chaddock of "the washington -- of the christian science monitor. can you explain? the monitor did a cover story where we pull together the ,est people we could think of longtime congress watchers and congressional leaders and i was involved in interviewing a couple of them. at the end of it, i realized that their suggestions for reform all involve reversing previous reforms all of which have had unintended consequences such as transparency laws that were designed to bring people into the negotiations. instead what happened, the negotiations went straight out of the room. there is even less availability too many things. campaign finance reform, we know what has happened with that idea of getting money out of politics. readearmark reform which i about endlessly. i was enthused with the concept which is why cover do so much. one of the things that seems to have happened is that politics is not work as well unless leaders have some kind of leve

i actually voted for a previous revolution by dennis kucinich to impeach george bush. that is a matter of record. i agree with you. the constitution needs to be followed. i have said that about 50 times today. the constitution needs to be followed and we are not doing, and i blame the leadership. we are speaking with walter jones from north carolina, sits on the armed services committee. he represents the third district of north carolina, served in the north carolina general assembly in theyears, four years north carolina national guard, and a former businessman. robert in baton rouge, louisiana. thank you for calling. caller: nice to talk to you. thesis starting to lose public relations battle with the ever spring? atrocities,rbaric instead of inspiring and intimidating, looking like freedom fighters, are they repulsing the average person on the arab streets? either they are intimidated or sign in or are not condemning publicly, as many of us would like them to do. know, this, sadly, is how anyone can be encouraged by seeing a human being beheaded, i do not understand

dennis kucinich and i are friends. and the big reason is, even though i think he's wrong on a lot of issues, the man's never lied to me. he's always been honest. such an n this body is important commodity. and certainly howard coble is one of the most honorable -- honest men that have ever served. and that stands just in such stark contrast to what the statements have been, as discovered by the obamacare architect, jonathan gruber. there's another story from foxnews.com and they found this. of course he had been commenting, oh, well that was just off the cuff and just kind of kidding around. and then another tame was found, a video -- tape was found, a video of him talking and he referred to the so-called cadillac tax on high-end health plans and he said, quote, they proposed it and that passed because the american people are too stupid to understand the difference. the article says, he suggested that taxes individuals would have been -- taxing individuals would have been politically unpalatable but taxing the companie

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it's a busy day, to go inside politics, joining me is jack kucinich.t global challenges, let's focus, before he left, he sat down with bob schieffer of cbs "face the nation." . they are providing legal status to millions of the undocumented. but he says he wants to give the house speaker john boehner a little bit of time. listen to this, the president gives them a little more than a month even. >> so, john, i'm going to give you some time, if you can't get it done before the end of the year, i'm going to have to take the steps that i can to improve the system. >> eventually six, seven weeks, for the house republicans, that's not an offer i think will be accepted. >> ultimatums from the president don't work for health republicans or any republicans. they don't have incentives to do so, republicans just one the senate. they feel like i don't have to listen to you, but thanks. >> there were several reports during this white house meeting, vice president biden leaned over to the speaker and said, how much do you need? the president shut that one down, shot

i remember when dennis kucinich was becoming a favorite of the right of this libertarian wing on this rand paul out there talking, it's young people with this connects, you have been a leader on there issue, congressman ellison so it does connect with people of a certain generation. it's something that surprised me that mark udall did not campaign on in colorado. >> so with this failing, congressman, what are the next stems for those who want to see nsa reform? what do you do now? >> i'm optimistic. i think that even after the 1st of the year, we are still going to have the strong constituencies in the house and the senate or democrats and republicans who want to see this reform done. i don't think our constituents will stop demanding these changes will happen. i think we will take another whack at it and keep on pushing. i'm not pessimistic about this. i think we can get it done. >> all right. keith, it's great to see you go. good luck. i want you to michael and me, we hope peace breaks out in the democratic caucus. >> really. it's bad when you guys are fighting. >> remember rodney k

. >> i'm congressman dennis kucinich. >> this is senator joe lieberman. >> you're watching "fox & friends," one of my favorite shows. >> >> a lot of people have sat on this couch. >> if they sit on the couch they've got to give us a little love. >> you're sitting on the couch. are you going to give us a little love? >> mornings are better with friends. >> good morning, kimberly guilfoyle. >> good morning. >> two democrats introduced us, one republican. before we get to talk, first what's happening with the breaking news. >> we have breaking news we've been following for you. we start with this fox news alert. a suicide bomber leaves at least 48 students dead at a nigerian college. witnesses say the bomber got into the school disguised as a student but he blew himself up in the middle of an assembly. soldiers were chased away angry that the military cannot stop these freect boko haram terror attacks. >> a mysterious leader in the group isis possibly injured in airstrikes in iraq. it is claimed he was badly wounded in a series of airstrikes. here's the thing, he's proven elusive since appea

that somebody like elizabeth warren would be or a less serious challenge in the way that dennis kucinichr would be. >> he's a feisty guy, i don't think he can beat her, but he can give her some grief. >> she might lose and end up winning, but it would be good for her if she was really challenged. >> since fournier and i got gray hair and lost our hair during the clinton. bill clinton was on "ellen" and was asked about his new granddaughter and he was asked a question about imagine u.s. president in the world of how they portray this on "house of cards" or "scandal." listen. >> the thing about "scandal" and "house of cards" that makes it fun to watch is i can't imagine that either president spacey or the president's chief of staff on "scandal" could really get away with murder. i wish i had known about that. you know think of all the opportunities i missed. so little time, so many people that have it coming. >> for some, alisyn, the clinton administration never ended and those comments are only going to stir up his friends. >> absolutely. some republicans will see that as an admission of

melissa: you know i disagree with almost everything that dennis kucinich said, but i, agree with ideas a lot of responsibility that comes with this. come 2016 there may be some regret on the republican side. now there is two years for that to cool off, and set up for hillary clinton, unless, president really fights them along the way, ironically he could be one that deeps this pats thispassion alive. >> all right, ccl colonel allen west, congressman, which do you like? i don't know, just all around american hero. >> it took 22 years to get one of those titles. neil: i am going with colonel then. given a sense of what republicans do. they have a bit of a cushion with these extra seats. they have the senatee >> they do. and i will tell you, it is an incredible achievement you think about fact that republicans went into this election cycle wittout a unifying legislative agenda or a position stance to take. but what president obama came out, and said very sussly his policies were on ballot he gave them a rallies cry, that is why i think saw in virginia a closing of the gap. we still have

. >> that is something i think dennis kucinich thinks is a wonderful thing.democrats go winning control of both chambers to a night like this? >> well, you have to say that economic program should have been forth coming when the democrats had control to not come forth. to go back when fdr was president, democrats filled 333 seats. now, we're down to 190. people are looking for solid jobs, looking for higher wages look how many states voted for increase in minimum wage today the issues are economic. if republicans don't deliver on same issues they lose. this is when we reflect on how well republicans did they deserve credit. it's a time to reflect on under lying issues americans care be. >> do you think anything can get done in washington? >> i don't think that republicans are really going to rock the boat that much. and there will be an attempt to put through certain measures that appeal to promises made earlier on. he does have the power of veto. >> congressman, thank you for stopping by. >> thank you. >> up next, we'll check in with joe trippi and karl rove