. >> was a political adviser to frank lautenberg. right, julie, who am i supposed to believe between the two of them? or are they both right? both telling the truth? both lying? i'm confused. >> i'm confused, too. i'm going to have to say in support of the president, no, actually, if you had a plan that was not good and it was not the kind of plan that -- in fact, you can't keep it. i don't understand why the .doesn't come out and say that. look, if you had a plab that had a cap on lifetime benefits and you you have exceeded those benefits -- >> why he doesn't sell it that way, gretchen, is a mystery to me. >> well, thank you for admitting that. it's past tense. why for three years they sold it as a lie. why wouldn't they just say, just have the caveat. and instead you have the leading architect of obama care yesterday blaming the insurance companies. i mean, come on. >> well, it's not the insurance company. and the reason, and now it's being characterized as political fear. the reason that the liar in chief lied about this, he knew

if he had not held a special election for the senate seat to replace frank lautenberg and last nighthe vote had been between steve lon gan and cory booker, the republican would have won. but his ego got in the way. there goes another senate seat. >> i'm aggravated. there is a coronation today for chris christie. the exit poll shows he wouldn't beat hillary clinton on the biggest night of his political life. how does he win with some of the appointments he's made, the economy in new jersey. it's nothing to brag about. he's wrong in terms of the conservative base on immigration, guns, the economy, green technology being the future. how does he win in a red state? everyone is making this prediction today. they are so wrong i can't believe it. >> as uh yyou know, i would def him on everything except amnesty. that's a mistake for the republican party. we are the party of the middle class, not wall street. when republicans come out for amnesty do the bidding for the plutocrats and the wall street crowd and not the working class americans, blacks and hispanics. that's our party. we are the

you know, forcing lautenberg into retirement and when lautenberg died, it was his for the taking. i think after that, people had real doubts. democrats in new jersey had real doubts about whether booker, who would have been their strongest possible candidate, could have beat christie. without him, they didn't even feel like running. >> in a very politically shrewd move, christie made sure he was not on the same ballot as cory booker, even if he was running for a different seat. last question in terms of money. i mean, terry mcauliffe, $32.8 million spent on that race. ken cuccinelli spent $19.1 million. a lot of money. chris christie in the new jersey election, there was twice the amount of money spent. a lot of it was on down ballot races. i think that's evidence that the state level, the municipal level, this is where all the action is going to be in american politics, and we can just expect a wave of money in the upcoming midterms and of course in the presidential. >> when don't we see that? of course, it just keeps going up and up, and there seems to be a wellspring that canno

he will fill senator lautenberg choose and be a valuable member of her team.i have worked closely and making sure things work and you have done a great job. you have been an exemplary public servants for the federal level and one of the city level and i thank you for that in look forward to working with you and look at each of you and think of the calm patients we have done together in terms of negotiating and getting things done so thank you to shaun donovan john porcari jo-ellen darcy cas holloway and i haven't dealt with ms. tighe because she is oversight and she's supposed to be watching what we are doing so keep an eye on us. there is so much to say. first, there is a question everyone asks. how is it going? it's going over all very well. the amount of money that has been spent and allocated is large and at least up to now and let's hope it continues we haven't seen a major misspending of the money. we want to avoid the money being in use despite senator landers great efforts in louisiana and what she warned us as well. lots of money sitting there they ca

and senator lautenberg.you have never seen stronger champions than my colleagues to put themselves in the shoes of every family and advocates for what they need most. i want to thank them for their leadership in i know senator booker will stand and senator lambert's -- senator lautenberg's shoes and he will be the same strong advocate. he has shown it as mayor and i know you will show it as senator. obviously, the road to recovery is long and hard. new yorkers are strong. we rebuild, we rebuild better, we rebuild stronger. the damage was severe. we lost 61 lives. we lost hundreds of thousands of small businesses. we lost 300,000 homes. i remember senator landrieu, who suffered far more loss of life, really could not quite conceive of the loss we separate at home -- we suffered in businesses and homes because our population was so dense. our road to recovery was difficult and different. our solutions are difficult and different. i think what you're doing is essential to meeting our goals. congress has worked

senator booker is serving out the rest of the term of the late senator frank lautenberg and now to utah the murder trial of dr. martin mcneil. is he accused of drugging and drowning his wife in the bathtub. defense says she died of heart disease. medical examiner taking the standed to grey testifying that michelle macneill may have died with drug toxicity combined with heart disease. he is not saying she drowned but it is possible. denying a town's attempt to shut down a hot sauce factory. the town wanted the factory to stop production since saying it was emitting stinky fumes pepper and garlic. the drug rejected that request. the hot sauce company says it is working with the city to reduce the smell. finally sponge bob sponge bob square pans spng bob get the act? so his boss can save the whole nickel that's tonight's speed read. now, brace yourself for this one. the agency that is implementing obama care paid out $23 million for dead people. you heard right. according to a new inspector general report the senators from medicare and medicaid services paid $23 million to providers and pl

a former political adviser to senator frank lautenberg, a fox news contributor and political editor for townhall.com and fox news contributor. all right. julie full blown crisis mode? >> not full blown crisis mode in terms of the whole administration. obama care, yeah, i would say it's in crisis to the extent that we had a website that was supposed to work seamlessly. to the extend this is the president's number one domestic priority and it's not going as well as it should. it should be in crisis mode. if the white house doesn't fix it quickly it will continue to be in crisis mode that will affect not just the views of republicans who hate this program but really affect independents and democrats as well. >> maybe generations of people. guy, here's a quote from a white house source in a report today. if i had known, according to mr. obama, we could have delayed the website, he would have. do you believe that he would have delayed it, number one and do you believe he didn't know about the glitches moving forward? >> i think it's tough to figure out exactly how the president of the united

he was sworn in today by vice president joe biden to fill out the remainder of the late frank lautenberg'sm from new jersey. he'll need to run for re-election next year. his arrival pushes the democratic majority in the u.s. senate back up to 55-45. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." voters are so angry at republicans for shutting down the government that once-reluctant democratic candidates are now stepping up to take on the gop incumbents. well, the state democratic party chair in deep red nebraska told "the new york times," quote, if i ever see ted cruz, all i'm going to say, thank you, thank you. i would have been in witness protection because i didn't have anybody to run. democrats are still a long shot to take back the house in 2016, but their path to victory is now more realistic prior to the political showdowns and shutdowns. thanks to the gop's plummeting poll numbers throughout and the likes of ted cruz and cruz is the reason for the democrats' come back. political analyst charlie cook says democrats need four things to happen if they want a serious shot to take

joining me now, dana laesh and julie riginski former adviser to senator frank lautenberg.e start with you. you home school your children. common core is a big deal with parents who have children in public schools because it is changing the way we test our children and in some ways educate them. so it's controversial. tell us why the secretary of education seems to be so upset with people like you. >> this thing about arnie duncan is he needs to meet the many, many diverse families who provide more diversity, education than he realizes. we home school our kids. i have two boys, aged 12 and 8. at a certain anyone they decide if they would rather go to a traditional school. they get to make the choice with our input. i'm worried as a parent because common core isn't just going to affect public schools. it's already affecting private school and standardized testing which ultimately, no matter which route you go to teach your children will will affect those who choose to home school. it doesn't teach to children in manner best suited to them. it removes district sovereignty. al

. >> if he had not held a special election for the senate seat to replace frank lautenberg and last nighthe vote had been between steve lone gan and cory booker, lonigan would have bon but his ego got in the way. >> were it not for christie's big ego, mcauliffe would have been defeated by the tea party. what evidence is there? >> that's never never land. the reason he held a different election date for cory booker was because he was afraid of his own candidacy. you would have the democratic base come out and he would -- his governorship itself would be contested highly by buono. let's take a step back. i think what we're really seeing right now is a fraction not only within the tea party movement but the tea party media movement. if you look at a quiet election that took place in alabama with the candidate who was a pro business guy that got heavily funded by the business community and was supported by senator flake and mitch mcconnell, they actually started -- they used it as a test case to see what could happen if big business starts putting forth candidates and actually basically break

i wish that senator law-abiding had -- lautenberg, the last world war ii veteran in the senate, i wish he were here today to see its passage. a special thanks to senator cornyn for his work on in and especially senator ayotte. they have my personal thanks for helping to bring so many republicans to sponsor this bill with us. many of you know the story of the doolittle raids. 71 years ago, following the attack of pearl harbor just four months earlier, 80 brave american airmen launched a mission that would become our nation's first offensive action against japanese soil in the second world war. they volunteered for what was called an extremely hazardous mission without knowing at the time what it actually entailed. under the leadership of lieutenant colonel james doolittle, the raid involved launching 16 u.s. army air corps b-25 mitchell bombers from the deck of the u.s.s. hornet, a feat that had never been attempted in combat before. on april 18, 1942 -- again, just a few months after pearl harbor -- 650 miles from its target the hornet encountered japanese ships. fearing the mission mi

cook, frank lautenberg, ted kennedy, they all died in office.e have too many people that die in office. and it annoys me that there's not more of a push for term limits. obviously, they're not going to say that in washington. they love the jobs there. we know that 7 of the top 10 wealthiest counties surround washington, d.c., why not stay there for a career. a great career, great benefits, great money around you. i mean, it's a life worth keeping, isn't it? and it annoys me that sometimes the tea party people are constantly ridiculed and mocked. constantly. but the details of what they believe in, the radical concept of a balanced budget, that's really radical. smaller government, radical. why are they such bad ideas? host: term limits and tea party ideas? guest: my job isn't to focus on one party. but to focus on the tea party part, i share their frustration with washington, i share their frustration with congress. the question is is -- are term limits the answer? and i would challenge anyone to point to a state legislature in the country that

in the democratic party, won a special election to fill out the term of the late senator frank lautenberg. >>> a wild ending to last night's bengals/dolphins game. with the score tied in overtime, miami's cameron wake sacked cincinnati quarterback andy dalton in his own end zone for a safety to end the game. the score there was 22-20. >>> and 45,000 runners are tuning up, getting ready for sunday's new york city marathon, and it's the first since 2011 because last year's, as you remember, was canceled in the aftermath of superstorm sandy. extra security will be in place because of the boston marathon bombings, but as one athlete said, "we don't plan on running scared." good luck to all of them. >>> james bond has nothing on daredevil katie hampton. check out this incredible video just starting to go viral on youtube. it shows fearless katie jumping out of a plane. she opens her chute, then makes that perfect landing in the passenger's seat of a moving convertible. i wonder how long that took to get that just perfect. >> she didn't know the guy! [ laughter ] that's amazing! >> surprise! co