when john chafee died, lincoln chafee became the u.s. senator appointed by the governor of the time. guess who came in and campaign against him in favor of bill sheldon? that is a little plot twisting their. chafee has never forgiven them for that. i think that chafee could have won, but for their efforts. chafee surprised everyone by saying that he was going to run for president. he got elected in a multi-person race after he lost the senator's job. he chose not to run for reelection because his poll numbers were in the 20's. now he wants to be president of the united states. unbelievable. i do not know if he has any supporters in rhode island. that is probably why he is not announcing their. john: let me ask you about hillary clinton. what is compelling about her at this moment in time? buddy: she has seen it all, run it all, and bought the t-shirt. i met her several times. she came here when we started the city. i gave her a jar of my marinara sauce. she will carry rhode island without any question. she has a fundraiser coming up. she

and she certainly has that in lincoln chafee and bernie sanders. >> she does.ook, she's got to worry more about bernie sanders frankly, he not only has nothing to lose, he has a constituency. he has a lot of, there are a lot of people, you know, who listen to bernie sanders, who really belief that he represents -- believe that he represents their views and it's not, you know, it's not necessarily a, any sort of mortal threat to her candidacy or her getting the nomination, but she's going to have to listen and respond to bernie in a way that frankly, i don't think she's necessarily go to have to respond to lincoln chafee. >> organization counts a lot, particularly in caucus states, and while bernie's never run nationally. we all call him bernie, not a sign of disrespect. if he follows his path in vermont, he went from being a radical, unemployed guy to learning how to do local politics step by step by step. he has a real consulting firm behind him, and i don't know if lincoln chafee yet has that organizational fire power that will threaten votes in key states. >

gwen: that's lincoln chafee. pete: how are the democrats running against hillary clinton? alexis: lincoln chafee from rhode island announced this week and martin o'malley announced last saturday and i covered both gentlemen and none of us in the room were expecting lincoln chafee from rhode island, former governor, former senator. he used to be a republican, turned independent turned democrat to take a t a stand on metrics but there he was and it was an eye-opening moment. the way they're coming at secretary clinton is very interesting. in the sense that in lincoln chafee's case, he is unabashadly, assertively muscular about it and he's normally soft spoken and geeky but he's taking it to her on the questions of the state department, her reputation, emails, money and o'malley is taking her on in terms of experience youth and he is trying to argue also on domestic policy that he can outdo her with voters. gwen: domestic policy might include his record as mayor of baltimore which has its issues lately. they all have baggage. that's what we live for. thank you, everybr.y. we

here we go big ass lincoln chafee, change party he's changing all the rules, you want to say the to the camera. >> i'm big ass lincoln chafee and i managed-- changed parties and i'm going to make this world better by changing all the rules. >> larry: that's what i'm talking about, come on america, that is how you do it right there ladies and gentlemen. all right. stay tuned for more of our sitdown with other presidential hopeful hillary your door knocker earrings are still here, all right? i would be happy to bring them to a meal or sitdown we'll be right back. you know i tried one of those bargain paper towels. but i had to use so many sheets per spill the roll just disappeared. i knew i should've bought bounty. bounty is 2x more absorbent and strong when wet. just look how much longer bounty lasts versus one of those bargain brand towels. and that's a good deal. bounty. the long lasting quicker picker-upper. and now try bounty with new minions prints. minions summer 2015. get ready to be obsessed. sweetarts soft and chewy ropes. with no artificial flavors or colors. new from sweetarts

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lincoln chafee is this eccentric, but very principled person. have high support in rhode island. the thing he's most known for is trying to change christmas tree to holiday tree in the state capitol. but this opens up something interesting for hillary clinton, because if he's not popular and he's polling at 1% it means that he can go after her in a way that the other candidates cannot. so he is the wild card in the democratic side on the primary. >> matt he's already gone after hillary clinton. he said that anybody who voted for the war should not be president of the united states. he's going to be possibly a republican favorite the way he's going to go after clinton. what do you make of it? >> i don't know ed. republicans are still kind of mad at him for leaving us. he's run in every conceivable form you can run. it seems like he does a political calculation on the right party to be a member of when he runs. right now he's going to run as the anti-war guy. i do think for democrats as a republican looking at that primary process, hillary's clear

john: another of big day in politics tomorrow -- lincoln chafee announces his candidacy and then rickry is expected to announce he will be the republican nominee. two more entrance -- two more entrants. john: they just keep coming -- lincoln chafee, a former owner and senator them anything cap no chance of being any competition to hillary, but may the sharpest thorn in her side. he is a formidable candidate if he is on his game, but we didn't see much of his best game last time around. mark: a scouting report of lincoln chafee will be on bloomberg tomorrow and we will have live coverage right after "all due respect" tomorrow. and then on thursday, rick perry's announcement. john: we are only on the television 30 minutes a day. until tomorrow sayonara, folks. ♪ alix: we are moments away from the closing bell. this is bloomberg market day. ♪ choppy session, the stocks finishing lower today, closing lower for the third time in four sessions. but the dow did end up off session lows, up at one point. a did climb their way back by about 30.

>> lincoln chafee says he wants to take on hillary clinton. >> jon: lincoln chafee! why not! first name reminds you of our president, the last name reminds you of the red burning in your groin when you wear polyester! (laughter) really, truliy, very pleasant person. republican turned independent democrat announces his run for presidency in apparently the room your high school uses for a small assembly. the girls will go to auditorium a to watch a video about fallopian tubes and the boys will go to auditorium b to hear lincoln chafee announce his run for presidency. sorry, boys. all right chafe, hit us for your vision of america. >> here's the bold embrace of internationalism. let's join the rest of the world and go metric. (laughter) (applause) >> jon: the time has come america to switch to centimeters. (laughter) and why use cars when we can relax and exercise by traveling only by recumbent bicycles? wait, where is everyone going, i haven't passed around my home maid seitan blondeys yet. why would you launch your campaign by invoking one of jimmy carter's most notable non-ho

. >> lincoln chafee from my home state of rode i'll is going to be here but it looks like two steves. have double vision. look at that. >> if he wants to pick a running mate. i think you have to be first.

when republican voters attack her, but will democrats listen to lincoln chafee?don't think he is somebody that has a large constituency or in the state of rhode island where he was unpopular by the time he left office. he is a marginal voice -- although he did get the metric system diehards excited. i don't think he is a serious threat. when you talk about the liberal policy positions hillary is staking out, she is not running like she has any opponent but running like she is in the primary. she is focussed on winning over the base. she didn't have a very strong challenge, and i think they have been gladdened but would like to know more about her economics. >> i think we saw republicans for months have been using her to kind of boost themselves. we saw it for the first time this week that she is going to try and use republicans to boost her candidacy as well, and republicans want to see people going after jeb bush and the recall. >> if you look at the poll you guys put out this week, this is the lowest poll she has reached in cnn polling at least, since march 200

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so far, lincoln chafee is the only person to say edward snowden should be allowed to come home. he hasn't elaborated on whether or not he is a traitor or not, but i still feel like it's political kryptonite. i interviewed all the guys on hill who are working in the wake of edward snowden to reform our surveillance state. no one will say he has done a good thing for the country. >> right. and part of that is because even though a victory was scored this week for, you know for snowden and those who agree with him that it's unconstitutional, that all these overreaches have taken place, the fact is that even after the bulk collection of phone records was ruled unconstitutional, the vast

y ahora pasamos con otro precandidato presidencial demÓcrata, lincoln chafee.oamericanos. ¿hizo lo correcto? >> bueno, ¿quiÉn mejor para encarar este tema que el presidente obama? orador, talentoso, inteligente, y por supuesto, puede hablar de su experiencia personal. este es un momento importante para el paÍs, tener al presidente obama encarando estos temas de la manera mÁs honesta posible. yo no lo culparÍa por utilizar la palabra que usÓ en estas circunstancias. >> ¿cree usted que la bandera confederada estÁ vinculada al racismo? >> por supuesto, por supuesto. el simbolismo de la guerra civil, la lucha en torno a la esclavitud, los estados confederados tratando de mantener la esclavitud es un sÍmbolo. >> dÉjeme preguntarle sobre hillary clinton. hillary clinton votÓ a favor de la guerra contra irak en el 2012. ¿cree usted que eso la descalifica para ser presidenta? >> sÍ, sí lo creo. es un momento decisivo en la historia de estados unidos cuando la premisa de la guerra era que sadam hussein constituÍa una amenaza y tenÍa armas de destrucciÓn masiva. esa era

>> if it's true that lincoln chafee is living in canada it's a remote part. but the liberal red meat that he will put out is going to excite some people and that could rough her up a little bit. >> her favorables unfavorables among independents 39 to 55 in the cnn poll. she's paying a price for having gone left and for these scandals. i understand why charles said this is over. i hope we don't have to play that videotape back. i would say let's reserve our judgments for now. >> are you planning -- >> i'm just saying stranger things have happened. >> you have to go like lincoln chafee and be bold. >> go metric. >>> next up did the u.s. inadvertently arm isis? we'll talk about it, next. right now, the unthinkable is happening. faithful christians are being kidnapped, tourtured, beheaded and crucified simply because they are christians. this is genocide and it won't stop unless we do something about it. at the aclj, we are the frontlines in washington at the un, and in the region advocating for those who cannot defend themselves. but we cannot do it alone, we ne

lincoln chafee was a republican turned independent who is now an opportunist, what is his big idea foreating isis? lincoln? >> here is a bold embracive international implement let's join the rest of the world and go metric. kennedy: that is it. that will get them. he has a million ideas just like that. but unfortunately he is kilometers remind his fill low dems in fundraising messaging and sincety. on the -- sanity. and also, rick perry hoping everyone that forgets that 2011 debate gaffe he could not quite call third federal agency he wanted to shudder. he' shutter. >> let's see i can't. oops. kennedy: that reminded me of this commercial from saturday night live. >> here we are. >> oops, i grabbed my pants. >> i heard of those. kennedy: now perry just freed himself from texas gubernatorial shackles, she stopped wearing cowboy boots and started wearing glasses, as you know, automatically boosts 20 iq points, in 2012, perry was hoping to establish himself from bush's texas shadow, now w's brother jeb will have to perform the same feat. florida jebudaunt, announced he is ready to announce

lincoln chafee was a republican turned independent who is now an opportunist, what is his big idea for defeating isis? lincoln? >> here is a bold embracive international implement let's join the rest of the world and go metric. kennedy: that is it. that will get them. he has a million ideas just like that. but unfortunately he is kilometers remind his fill low dems in fundraising, messaging and sincety. on the -- sanity. and also, rick perry, hoping everyone that forgets that 2011 debate gaffe, he could not quite call third federal agency he wanted to shudder. he' shutter. >> let's see, i can't. oops. kennedy: that reminded me of this commercial from saturday night live. >> here we are. >> oops, i grabbed my pants. >> i heard of those. kennedy: now perry just freed himself from texas gubernatorial shackles, she stopped wearing cowboy boots and started wearing glasses, as you know, automatically boosts 20 iq points, in 2012, perry was hoping to establish himself from bush's texas shadow, now w's brother jeb will have to perform the same feat. florida jebudaunt, announced he is ready to

>> if it's true that lincoln chafee is living in canada it's a remote part. the liberal red meat that he will put out is going to excite some people and that could rough her up a little bit. >> her favorables unfavorables among independents 39 to 55 in the cnn poll. she's paying a price for having gone left and for these scandals. i understand why charles said this is over. i hope we don't have to play that videotape back. i would say let's reserve our judgments for now. >> are you planning -- >> i'm just saying stranger things have happened. >> you have to go like lincoln chafee and be bold. >> go metric. >>> next up did the u.s. inadvertently arm isis? we'll talk about it, next. hey pal? you ready? can you pick me up at 6:30? ah... (boy) i'm here! i'm here! (cop) too late. i was gone for five minutes! ugh! move it. you're killing me. you know what, dad? i'm good. (dad) it may be quite a while before he's ready, but our subaru legacy will be waiting for him. (vo) the longest-lasting midsize sedan in its class. the twenty-fifteen subaru legacy. it's not just

lincoln chafee says i'm for it. bernie sanders says i'm against it.lary on this. >> i would be shocked if we heard it today. i don't know why anyone would expect her to do that. i think it's getting to be past time for her to weigh in. she's not going to use this beautiful backdrop to weigh in on the most divisive issue on her own party which is otherwise quite unified. that's an example of something her of points and media would want her to do. it's just not something that's going to happen on a day when she controls the story. >> brian fallon is now micced up. i don't know if you saw earlier, lincoln chafee will be one of hillary clinton's opponents in the democratic primaries was on. he said look she should take the position on the transpacific partnership. he says i'm for it what's her view. bernie sanders says i'm against it. she should take a position. so what is the position? >> here is what you'll hear from hillary clinton today. she'll lay out a bold progressive agenda that mentions a whole range of economic issues important to everyday ameri

lincoln chafee was then a republican senator from rhode island. only republican actually in the senate who voted against that resolution clearly a big issue for him, why he voted, he believes the right way she voted the wrong way. we'll be hearing a lot more from the newly declared democratic presidential candidate, lincoln chafee. in a little bit, he's going to be taking our questions live here during our next hour of "the situation room." we'll hear him make his case. >>> there's other breaking news we're following. at the pentagon right now where the defense department finally is talking about the mistaken shipments that may have contained live anthrax, the number of affected labs in states keep on growing. let's go to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr who has more. what are you learning? >> reporter: you're absolutely right. it's been more than a week since this problem came to light. for the first time today, the pentagon coming out public talking about it. where are we? there are now 400 lots of anthrax. this is the large-scale invent

but today, lincoln chafee announced that he is running for president.ln chafee's campaign goes way, way, way better than expect, that would not only make him the first president ever from the state of rhode island. he already, today, became rhode island's first ever presidential candidate. ever. the politics school at the university of minnesota looked at this today. kind of amazing. in the 225 years that rhode island has been a state, they have sent 74 representatives to congress. 48 u.s. senators. there have been 70 different rhode island governors, three of them in link chafee's family. but none of those, none of those people in rhode island has ever made a bid for the white house before lincoln chafee threw his hat in the ring today. he's the first person from rhode island to ever run for president. rhode island congratulations. whether or not lincoln chafee wins the nomination or wins the nomination, he has made presidential history for rhode island just by announcing. and that's it. that's all i got. the world is filled with air. but for people wi

lincoln chafee plans to become number four today. >>> it's 5:45. we have developments this morning in two secret surveillance programs by federal agencies programs that are not so secret anymore. nbc's vai sikahema has more in the digital operations center. vai, we're talking about planes and phones here right? >> reporter: yeah, chris. we're learning more about the fbi's sky spies program. it uses ordinary planes for surveillance surveillance. can lock in on your cell phone. the associated press had an investigation when they found the fbi controls a fleet of possible bloi more than 100 planes with video cameras. they have cell phone towers on the planes that can force the phones to respond back. they use fake companies on the planes. that's to protect pilots and the secrecy of their operations. the bureau says the surveillance is done legally. mean while, the new freedom act is expected to take effect in a couple of days with a few days to go here. the president put his signature on the bill late last night. it's a replacement for the patriot act

neil: lincoln chafee and metric system.ot work at caroline's. >> bernie is good, joke around and talk about 90% tax rate. that is a joke. neil: laugh it off. joseph, thank you very much. great show. great guy. one of the hallmark heroes on "saturday night live." certainly the best sinatra. more after this. neil: want to let you know, ted cruz did send a congrat a laboratory message to his fellow texan, rick perry joining the race. on "your world" 4:00 p.m. eastern time. trish regan as she always does, keeps up with the big ol' newsmakers, lincoln chafee, former rhode island governor. he will spell out what he wants to do with metric system. you heard from, sense of humor. trish: means in kilograms, neil? could weigh less. that is good. neil: that could be very good. trish: could be very good for all of us. thanks, so much, neil. another republican candidate is throwing his hat in the ring. former governor rick perry throwing his hat in the ring moments ago. i will talk to his competition on the other side of the aisle. >> w

during our candidate forums and the primary debates, we will hear about the idea -- >> if lincoln chafeel questions about hillary clinton, is that appropriate? >> that i think our candidates should stick to the ideas that draw a contrast between our party and our party's agenda and the republicans. and those are the appropriate questions to be raised during our primary debate and that we need to make sure we continue to draw contrast. >> one final question you represented district in florida. you know florida, you know florida politics who would be a bigger threat let's say hillary clinton gets the democratic nomination would it be marco rubio or jeb bush to carry florida? >> you know they're both extreme right wing candidates and they're dramatically out of touch with average american voter. they both support cutting taxes for the wealthiest most fortunate americans, they've been all over the map when it comes to immigration reform marco rubio was for comprehensive reform when he decided not to be. i think hillary clinton or lynn connor jim webb whoever our nominee is will win the elect

i mean lincoln chafee got in yesterday.s to boost the economy i'm not making this up. he said is for the u.s. to convert to the metric system. he said we're one of the last countries to not do that and he thinks it will help our economy. maybe it will but that doesn't seem to be front and center in the american political debate and doesn't seem something that hillary clinton would be worried about. martin o'malley. >> let's just stay with chafee for a moment. i think he wants to do that to confuse isis. on the signs it says buffalo 143 miles. if we change it to kilo meters isis guys might not know and they will wind up in albany but maybe that's not true. martin o'malley, number two you say? >> i was there in baltimore when he launched last weekend. he used to be the mayor of that city governor of the state. he had less than 1,000 people in federal hill, historic place in baltimore. okay crowd. but if you are the former mayor, you would think you would have some huge turnout. 2% in the polls in iowa and new hampshire. he do

it turns out the names lincoln chafee and sepp blatter are actual people, and not horses running in the stakes. [ laughter ] >> steve: really? [ applause ] >> jimmy: i was gonna bet on sepp blatter. >> steve: did you really? >> jimmy: not real. actually, lincoln chafee is the former governor of rhode island, and he announced that he's running for president this week. and get this, after his announcement he got 27,000 comments on facebook. compared to hillary clinton's announcement, which got 10 million. [ laughter ] of course most of chafee's comments were just hillary posting "lol!" which isn't -- [ laughter ] that's rude. that's being real -- [ applause ] rubbing it in a little bit. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: and this made me laugh. before lincoln chafee announced that he's running, his wife went on facebook and asked his staff if they remembered his password. [ laughter ] because if a facebook password is too hard to remember, the launch codes for the nukes should be a piece of cake! that should be real -- [ laughter ] [ applause ] don't worry about it. >> steve: was it the dog's name

tonight rhode island's lincoln chafee declares his run for the white house. chafee has a fascinating political story, wasn't always a democrat. in fact he's never held office as a democrat. i talked to him on sirius xmt m radio how he abandoned the republican party because he felt the republican party abandoned him. >> kind of conservative on fiscal issues but liberal on social issues is the general cliche about rockefeller republicans. as the party changed as you know room for us became less and less accommodating. >> on the republican side rick perry announces his bid tomorrow. donald trump has a special announcement set for june 16th and louisiana governor bobby jindal is calling his announcement major, wonder what to could be, that's expected three weeks from today. lts to get to with jimmy williams. always good to see, executive editor of blue nation review. good to see you, bud. >> hey, guys. >> another day, another presidential announcement. there's a lot to get to. let's start with lincoln chafee who makes it official today, running as a democrat but

and it will help our economy. >> lincoln chafee's odds of getting the u.s.he next president of the united states. it's been 40 years since president gerald ford signed the metric conversion act. and 33 years since that law was repealed. america seemingly no closer now than it was then to going metric. our next guest says that's a good thing. he is the author of the book whatever happened to the metric system. how america kept its feet. and he joins us now. i was listening to listen chafee saying let's be like canada and europe is not usually a winning message. is that the problem? is that why we've resisted? we don't want to be like europe and canada? >> you know that's not really it at all. basically, every country that ever went metric did it kicking and screaming. it took something like 70 or 80 years for it to be truly adopted in france which is where it was invented. in brazil when they tried to introduce it there were four months of riots over it. a lot of it has to do with the fact we are an ininterrupted democracy for 200 years. >> let me give people

with martin o'malley. 1.4 to 1.4. >> a real horse race there. >> thank you very much. >> and lincoln chafee small pool of democrat candidates and a lot of observers wonder if a third party candidate will run. gerald si writes similar popullist refraps are coming with cast of characters with role followings sanders and elizabeth warren on the left and rick sanatorium and mike huckabee and rand paul on the right. and you can hear a potential third party platform emerging. the guy who words those words. gerald seib joins me now. you say the spirit is sort of there for a popullist candidate and the framework for a party or that kind of a person running, notes in not necessarily. >> you can see the left and right coming together. and the themes and platform of a third party. but you don't see the person to carry it forward and the money to carry it forward. you need a convergence with those things with ross perot. and that doesn't mean the conditions are not there. you can see it in the people from the sentence in my colsum there is a whole series of issues. anti- big banks and wall street and b

lincoln chafee thanks for coming on.the issues facing this country. but first, you've been pretty critical of hillary clinton, the obvious front-runner if i may say that. and you say she has a credibility problem. what's the strategy behind those comments and what exactly do you mean? >> well obviously they has a credibility problem over a long history of ethical questions, most recently with the e-mails and clinton foundation donations, but really my main criticism, if i could, is her approach to the world. that's really what i want to talk about in the campaign because i think that's what americans care about. credibility is also very important. but where we're going in the world and her tenure as secretary of state, her vote for the iraq war kind of indicates a similarity to the republican candidates running and i just believe in an election you should have choices and the democratic party should have someone who differs from the republican approach of the world. >> her iraq vote indicates similarity to a lot of other

on the democratic side lincoln chafee is the third challenger to hillary clinton.mer rhode island governor and former independent launched his bid wednesday. chafee says his campaign will stress high ethical standards and the proposal to adopt the metric system. i have to make a joke. he is kilometers behind in the polls. >> that's funny. >> i have one for every half hour. >> didn't we adopt the metric system in 1980? i remember a big math segment in my youth. >>> another republican presidential contender ted cruz is apologizing for a poorly timed joke. speaking in michigan cruz poked fun at biden for his verbal gaffes days after beau biden side from brain cancer. he said the nice thing, you don't need a punch line. the next thing it works. i walk up to someone at a party and say vice president biden. cruz later posted an apology saying it was a mistake to use an old joke about biden during his grief. our prayers are with the vice president and his family. people close to the vice president say he is truly racked with grief. >> a reporter in the room at the time an

my loser is lincoln chafee who jumped into the race for democratic presidential stakes this week. on reinstituting or instituting the metric system and worse comparing us to burma and libya. >> oh, yes: joy? >> for my winner taking a page out of the charles krauthammer playbook and going with the white house hawkeye, big star at the white house this week. and my loser mitch mcconnell typically seen as a master dealmaker on capitol hill but really surprised a lot of people with his handling of the nsa debate. >> that is it for the panel. stay tuned to hear one contender's plan for america. >>> finally tonight as nina mentioned, former rhode island senator and governor, lincoln chafee, entered the presidential race this week. he is the fourth democrat to launch a 2016 campaign. as we told you here on "special report." he chose an interesting platform to set himself apart from the pack which got a lot of response on the late night show. >> all right chaffs. hit us with your hillary-crushing vision for america. >> here's a bold and brace of internationalism. let's join the rest of the

lincoln chafee. check out and see what he has to say.texas today. she's going to give a speech about voting rights. some can be technical. she wants the make the case that republicans in several states are trying to make it harder for african americans and other to vote. it's important on the technicalities and the law but it's also critical for her central campaign strategy keep the obama coalition together and you can't beat me. >> she needs to energize the black voters more. they are not going to organically flock to her. but early voting an access to voting is a big, big deal. after the supreme court decision in 2013 she's smart to talk about it. it fieds into her biography. in 1972 she was down in texas as a young campaign worker. but the reality is the voting laws are state by state. she can't call for this early voting national wide. she's giving a big speech to entice african american voter to supporter. >> it's symbolic calling for early voting in every state. it's truly symbolic. it's done on a state by state on a local basis.

my loser is lincoln chafee who jumped into the race for democratic presidential stakes this week.instituting the metric system and worse comparing us to burma and libya. >> oh, yes: joy? >> for my winner taking a page out of the charles krauthammer playbook and going with the white house hawkeye, big star at the white house this week. and my loser mitch mcconnell typically seen as a master dealmaker on capitol hill but really surprised a lot of people with his handling of the nsa debate. >> that is it for the panel. stay tuned to hear one contender's plan for america. audible safety beeping audible safety beeping audible safety beeping the nissan rogue with safety shield technologies. the only thing left to fear is you imagination. nissan. innovation that excites. unbelievable! toenail fungus? seriously? smash it with jublia! jublia is a prescription medicine proven to treat toenail fungus. use jublia as instructed by your doctor. look at the footwork! most common side effects include ingrown toenail, application site redness, itching, swelling burning or stinging, blisters, and p

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here to answer the question is lincoln chafee.e talking to you because so many times people say the two of you look a lot alike. >> you are better looking. >> you are suddenly my favorite candidate. i can't take a side. let me ask you this. when you rolled out your campaign you were talking about the metric system. why? >> well, my campaign was about a new approach american approach to the world, and i talked about waging peace in the world and i offered a ten-point program, and that was the last one. i said oh, by the way it would be good if you are going to be an internationalist to join the rest of the world. there's only two other countries besides the united states, myanmar and liberia that are not metric. let's join the rest of the world. it's good symbolically for the rest of the world, after the mistakes of iraq and no weapons of mass destruction and also to say it's a good for the economy. >> i remember in the 1980s, they tried and it it didn't work. now that you say that that prompted jon stewart to say this. >> all righ

former rhode island governor lincoln chafee is scheduled to announce his candidacy at george mason's center for politics in arlington. he was elected governor of rhode island in 2010 as an independent and became a democrat in 2013. kathleen matthews has announced she is running for maryland's eighth congressional district. the democrat held a press conference this morning at the silver spring metro plaza. matthews is running for a seat that will be open because democratic incumbent representative chris van hollen is seeking the senate seat of retiring senator barbara mikulski. matthew served as public affairs officer for bethesda-based mary and she was also an anchor here at abc7 for more than 20 years. happening today, chance to win more than $1 million. " who wants to be a millionaire" is holding auditions & sweeney has what you need to know. sam: the only have to answer the questions to get to the hot seat and once you are there, you are 14 questions away from the $1 million. hundreds tested their knowledge and brought their energy early this morning. >> i can't believe it. it is

while lincoln chafee was the fourth democratic candidate jumping into the race yesterday. the biggest challenge all of the candidates face, the economy and jobs. the latest fox news poll showing job are priority number one for american voters. how will the candidates convince america? they are the ones. just as the imf says the u.s. isn't close enough to endure rate hikes this year. as the markets drop, we're taking it up. one hour left in the day trade. let's start the "countdown." and we begin with breaking news, the job of selling the american public on a plan to fix the economy got a little harder today as the international monetary fund downgrades outlook for the u.s. economy. here's what the imf said -- our maria bartiromo spoke exclusively with imf managing director christine lagarde who surprised the street with a recommendation on when the fed should raise rates. listen. >> what we are seeing in the data particularly on inflation is that the pickup is very slow, and we believe that there is a good argument to actually defer until early 2016 any rate hike. liz: joi

on the democratic side lincoln chafee is the third challenger to hillary clinton. the former rhode island and former republican will launch on wednesday. he has a unique proposal for global relations. have the u.s. adopt the metric system. did not work out well last time. >> good luck with that. >>> republican contender ted cruz has apologized for a joke about vice president biden. the vice president grieving over the loss of his son beau. speaking at a dinner in michigan, cruz poked fun at died for his gaffes. he said biden, you know the nice thing, you don't need a punch line. honestly it works. the next party you are at walk you were and say joe biden and close your mouth. they will crack up laughing. a lot of outrage over the timing. cruz did post an apology. saying it was a mistake to use an old joke about biden during his time of grief. the loss of his son is heart breaking and tragic. our prayers are with the vice president and his family. >>> time for an early start on your money. u.s. stock futures lower. global bond prices are sinking. yields are moving u

and in case you're not familiar with lincoln chafee, here's some video of him.nk he's just a -- he looks like a nice guy, like a a peaceful gentleman. i like him. here's a video of him making his announcement today. >> we have to find way to wage peace. >> jimmy: he seems pretty confident. he's a sweet guy. but, most people don't think he has a shot against hillary. even his shadow doesn't seem to be taking it very seriously. take a look at this again. watch the rest of it. >> i would repair relations with venezuela, bolivia and ecuador. [ laughter ] the transportation network is deteriorating and becoming dangerous. >> jimmy: can you imagine that? >> steve: that's rude. >> jimmy: maybe he's peter pan. [ laughter ] hillary clinton is going to be tough to beat though. she is raising a lot of money. in fact, hillary is heading back to l.a. to go to a a fundraiser hosted by hbo's president of programs. the event isn't for a few more weeks, but they've already released a seating chart. hillary will be sitting here, in this chair. [ laughter ] and then everyone else