it is one hour and 40 minutes. >> politico correspondent mike allen. ou for coming out. the first breakfast of july. welcome to july, and thank you so much for being there. welcome to all of you out in live stream land, and we are very excited to have a meeting lined up today on president obama, and interview to our colleagues and the staffers, the kinds of people who are going to be here, who came together over the weekend. president obama had this amazing week. we should have a conversation about this, so here we are. and just a second, standing in the wings is ambassador michael froman, at after that, we will have to go you'll conversations about marriage. evan wolfson has worked on this for over a decade, and then the president of ethics of the southern baptist convention is going to talk to was about what he is telling his pastors about how he should talk about this issue now, and for the big finish, a lot of you know jim messina, who was the architect of president obama's reelection. he is going to talk about where the progressive agenda goes from

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tomorrow on c-span two mike allen hosted discussion about the obama administration political priorities. congressional approval of trade authority and the affordable care act and the discussion of gay marriage. later a discussion about russia conflict. that's live at 130 eastern here on c-span2. the summer book tv will cover book festivals from all over the country. in the middle of july we are live at the harlem book fair. that's the nation's flagship african-american literary event. at the beginning of september we are live from the nations capital for the national book festival celebrating its 15th year. that's just a few of the events this summer on c-span2. making people aware that this issue that he is needing to be addressed and we are not going away anytime soon and have a lot of people supporting us. so first of all thank you all for coming and for your support. [applause] so, i have an amazing panel and what i'm going to do is that everybody introduced themselves a little and then i will get some serious questions i want to talk about in the state of publishing and what we are

absolutely. >> let's talk about this piece, mike allen.before. does scott walker's lack of a college degree matter? are there people who are actually concerned about this? >> people in his campaign have been wondering how it's going to play. we have a new way of looking at it. so it's been 67 years, 1948 larry truman when americans last elected a president who didn't have president who didn't have a college degree. we have a piece up on politico just now with two political scientists one from the university of wisconsin madison, one from duke looking at the substance of what leaders do once they get in office. they went back to 1875. and they looked at things having to do with peace and prosperity. did they get into wars? economic growth? did they have labor strikes? they found it doesn't make a difference. five days from now when scott walker gets into the race he's going to try to portray himself as an outsider someone who has a sense of priorities of average americans. this helps him make that. the idea of not having a college degree gi

and mike allen, i think this is going to be controversial regardless of the way they do it. but they still something that seems wrong about excluding some of the most qualified candidates in the race. >> you're right. that's why sean's piece, first op-ed in the walt journal,"wall street journal," he makes a great case. it's not just you and mika that have a problem with how the debate lineup is coming out, there is a lot of powerful campaigns that will as well. the rnc punted to fox the mechanics of it. but as we see in that graphic and in the projection of who's going to be in you have very serious people out. governor oror jindal governor kasich. >> it's ridiculous. >> and, april if, we're going to use polls, first of all, everybody down plays donald trump and his impact on the race. forget the polls. and then the polls are being used to pick the candidates in the debate? it makes no sense. >> well right now the polls are a strong hold view of what people think at that moment. at this moment trump is leading. but some polls he's leading. i saw the favorability piece saying

of staff jim messina just trade representative michael fromm and were interviewed by politico's mike allen. [inaudible conversations] >> thank you very much. thank you for coming out so early to the first political breakfast of july. welcome to july, and thank you so much for being there. welcome to all of you out in live stream land and we're excited to have an amazing lineup today i'm president obama's big week. tribute to mark politico event colleagues and staffers, the people fear that this came together over the weekend. president obama has is an amazing week and then we thought we should have a conversation about this for playbook readers. here we are. in just a second standing in the wings is ambassador michael froman, u.s. trade ambassador. after that we will have two conversations about marriage and was suspended from the beginning working for more than a decade founder and -- evan wolfson. president of freedom to marry. russell moore, president of the southern baptist convention will talk to us about what is he telling his pastors about how they should talk about this issue. for

joining us now from washington the chief white house correspondent mike allen.out there this weekend? >> it is sounding more like midnight in america to listen to the republicans who spent the weekend up in new hampshire. candidate after candidate were talking about isis and the economy and epa and bailouts and greece. and reminding new hampshire voters as ben wrote how bad they have it. rick perry of texas was saying that it remind him of 1979 the depth of the hostage crisis. similar comments from marco rubio, from jeb bush from governor jindal of louisiana, governor christie said that reminded people of the terror alerts that are out there and he said i want to remind you, those come to you from people in washington including and he takes a shot at one of his opponents, senator rand paul because of vote -- about extending the government's authorities. and i'm curious if joe thinks that midnight in america for republicans worked. clearly they're trying to tell a story of change. you're thinking of hillary clinton as the third term to need change. is this the wa

mike. >> reporter: allen, what were you guys doing today? sipping a cold latte in an air- conditioned office? paving a highway somewhere? no matter what your day was like, it was no worse likely than the guys that had to fight this fire. on this very hot day when the temperatures in san ramon hit 102 by my thermometer, these firefighters were in the midst of this big brush fire where it was even hotter. >> you can expect another 20, 30 degrees warmer depending how close you get. >> reporter: they were pretty close. >> it's warm. [ laughter ] >> it's not even that hot right now. >> reporter: the captain was being stoic and also busy with the fire at hand making neighbors nervous. >> we could see there were, like, four piles of smoke. >> reporter: the steady thump of thoughts didn't help. >> i was going to leave because the fire just torched to me pretty fast. >> reporter: there were no evacuations but neighbors worried it was coming their way fast. >> what you see up there was a top where the giggles are, from there down to there in the space

"politico's" mike allen, thank you. >> happy birthday to senator bob dole. >> thank you for bringing up that. there is a war waged against christianity in the middle east. as "the new york times" points out, it's very survival there hang ntz balls in the balance. the article's author joins us next on "morning joe." can a business have a mind? a subconscious. a knack for predicting the future. reflexes faster than the speed of thought. can a business have a spirit? can a business have a soul? can a business be...alive? i have moderate to severe crohn's disease. it's tough, but i've managed. but managing my symptoms was all i was doing. so when i finally told my doctor, he said humira is for adults like me who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohn's disease. and that in clinical studies the majority of patients on humira saw significant symptom relief. and many achieved remission. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers including lymphoma, have happene

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mike. >>> over here my friend allen is showing us his shot from the fremont bart station. trains are stopped but that system wide check that they did has completed and they have given an approval for trains to run at full speed, whole service back in for for the bart station. this is the fremont bart station. we are recovering system wide. back out to your maps. yesterday it wasn't so much of an issue for the bart, but it was 680 south down through pleasanton. all lane are clear, that's a smooth drive there as well as the rest of your bay so far. >>> it looks like a stash that could have come from a military barracks or maybe a police department, but investigators say all of these guns and more came from a home and they might not have ever found the stash if they hadn't found a dead man first. ♪ ♪ hush my darling... ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. [snoring.] ♪ hush my darling... [snoring.] ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. [snoring.] take the roar out of snore. yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. i am sir-can-a-lot

we are going to talk to allen holmes the host of the allen colmes show and mike gallagher syndicatedio host. both are fox contributors. both are smiling right now even at each other. but wait great to see both of you. >> in talk shows there's a lot to cover here right? a lot of material. >> is it a game changer if two inspectors general are going to take a look at this now? >> it's a huge story! i mean i don't understand the defense of former secretary clinton if she deleted e-mails and we're supposed to believe that none of that was classified? none of that was sensitive information? listen when she pushes back and says that the "new york times" is engaged in a partisan effort against her? kind of unlikely that the "new york times" would be in cahoots with republican operatives. this is the same publication that recently defended planned parenthood on the abortion issue. there's no way. it defies logic, allen. >> if there are these questions about hillary clinton, and if it becomes a criminal case even if it doesn't -- >> that's a big if. >> -- even if it doesn't. who else is there

allen has more. >> representative pitts is recognized on the amendment. >> reporter: representative mike pitts is virtuallyne-man wrecking crew in the south carolina house. offering amendment after amendment, at least 25 and still counting, dominating the emotional debate about a bill that would remove the confederate flag from the state house grounds. >> yellow jasmine has a good smell. >> reporter: he wants a bed of state flowers planted if the flag and its pole are removed. or a granite monument with the flag cast in bronze. or the flag in a glass case. what his critics call filibuster by amendment. >> clearly you're trying to thwart is this process. >> no. i am trying to reach a compromise and find one amendment that can do that. >> reporter: he hails from a rural community in upstate south carolina, a manufacturing and farming hub. >> why is this flag so important to you? >> i grew up with that flag. the current flag. being almost a symbol of reverence because of my family's service in that war. it was not a racial issue. >> are you concerned that you're on the wrong side of history now? >> no, i am n

allen wrench. >> we will have a furniture party at mike's house. >> if you provide the food i will help. >> not assembledfurniture not assembled. >> i say 8:32. >> explain this whole neighborhood thing. >> we are having a neighborhood contest. philly area, delaware, new jersey, in there, who has the best neighborhood. >> okay, i heard about that. >> we have had people coming in, nominate neighborhood to be part of the bracket. we have teamed up with billy penn.com to let you know is what the best neighborhood in our neighborhood. >> we had to fill out our bracket, last week we showed you the first 28 teams in our 32 neighborhood fields. that left four wild cards. >> so we opened up, people coming into nominate their towns. we have received more than 1,000 nominations. >> do you believe that. >> now it is time to fill out the field. >> here is a look at the city region number one. fishtown, will take one, we will take on northern liberties. graduate hospital area, will take on overbrook. east passyunk will take on pens port. that is in south philadelphia. and mt. airy will play our first wild card team. l

mike at the white house and this is the culmination of negotiations that have been going on for a long time now. >> quite some time and started around the negotiations to free the captive america allenss who was this a cuban prison and worked for the u.s. government, u.s. aid and obama administration and secret talks with pope francis talked behind the scenes with cuban counterparts and on december 17 allen gross was free and the time was right and domino's started falling and dam broke and choose your metaphor and president obama was going to normalize relations with cuba and since then a series of staff meetings to clear the nuts and bolts and details and last remaining issues between the two governments culminating in this appearance today a historic announcement with the vice president by his side and opening the embassy for the first time in 54 years and likewise they will reopen the embassy close to the white house on 16th street both expected to happen on july 20 and ceremonies in havana by secretary of state john kerry. president obama talked about some opposition through the course of the last several months voiced in congress in particular he called them isolationists and

allen martin gives you the aerial view. >> we're along the presidio parkway to give you this unique drone's eye view of the project so mike, if you're ready mike, our pilot of sky drone five. we'll gain elevation here and take you up and above and give you a one of a kind view of this new $1.1 billion improvement project, replacing the old doyle drive that opened back in 193. nobody will argue that after 80 dwreerz served the purpose. your first impression -- 80 years. served the purpose. your first impression? it is a wide open roadway. they wanted to give drivers the same feeling that those are who are in the presidio, which is the national park, would have access to the same wide open feel. there are four tunnels but at one time they wanted this whole roadway to be underground just one lock long tunnel. you would be deprived of the view. as sky drone five tilts up and gives us a view of the west and the golden gate bridge, this is what drivers leaving san francisco will see. chrissy field and the wet lands to the right. we'll vu have you guy xhaez around -- we'll have you guy xhaez around and see what people coming int