mr. romney's assertion, russia's actions are a problem. >> naivete with regards to russia. >> nooif about the seriousness of russia's intentions. >> they don't pose the number one threat to the united states. >> they are a geopolitical adversa adversary. >> all eyes are on vladimir putin and russia. >> the united states and its allies effectively kicked russia out of the g-8. >> russia is more isolated than it's ever been. >> russia is a regional power. >> hitting vladimir putin by calling russia a regional power. >> right. >> this is part of the putin bravado and ego. >> a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors. not out of strength, but out of weakness. >> president obama discovered the romney campaign is alive and well, at least in the hearts of some white house correspondents. >> do you think mitt romney had a point when he said that russia is america's biggest geopolitical foe? >> with respect to mr. romney's assertion that russia is our number one geopolitical foe, the truth of the matter is that america has got a whole lot of challenges. russia is a regio

mr. romney can't be bothered to get the basics right. that may be why president obama got the better of him in their last real foreign policy debate. >> the challenge we have -- i know you haven't been in a position to actually execute foreign policy, but every time you've offered an opinion, you've been wrong. >> joining me now are steve schmidt, from the 2008 mccain campai campaign, as well as david corn, the washington bureau chief for mother jones and political analyst. welcome, gentlemen. >> good evening. >> good evening. >> good to be with you. >> steve, let me start with you. if you have any responses to a coup of those holes i tried to poke in the op-ed, i welcome them. and is it written by someone who's just sounding off on policy because he's free and independent? or someone who might have yet another campaign inside him? >> well, look, i think the democrats were wrong when they said that we would have a russian policy reset on the basis of the president's personality, that george w. bush was gone, so the russians would act dif

mr. romney talking about rush as the number one threat in the world and barack obama dismissed it. he made a joke about it. i do not know if he just missed it or he does not get foreign policy or fee is ok with the soviet union being rebuilt again. he literally -- or if he is ok with the soviet union being rebuilt again. hear youing i did not talk about was the repeal of the health care law. is that becoming secondary or republicans? the big priority for voters, way ahead of the health care law our job in the economy. republicans feel it is time to just focus on that and put aside the repeal efforts? >> i talked about repeal earlier. i specifically talked about the health care law. it replaces it with reforms. i do not think it is good enough to just repeal the health care law. there were problems before obamacare. the problems are much worse today. the cost is too high. are dramatically higher after obamacare. access is limited and is worse today. we need to go back to the basic things that put patients back in charge of health care. acrossbuy insurance state lines. having more sa

mr. romney's assertion that russia is our number one geopolitical foe. the truth of the matter is, america has a lot of challenges. russia is a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors, not out of strength, but out of weakness. >> the president said the world is a miscellaneousy place. and this issue stems from the election of 2012 and more on this in a matter of moments and lou dobbs standing by also. >>> harry reid renowsing calls to extend the sign up date on obama care with that dead line only six days away. i am bill hemmer. >> and the senate majority leader ignoring the demands for more americans to have time to enroll as they are facing fines. >> mike, hello to you. >> bill and elizabeth, good afternoon to you. senate democrats are facing a lot of heat and expected to continue throughout this election year. ads like this one against obama care and targeted mary landrieu, in louisiana. >> no longer covered due to the affordable care act. >> send the senator a message obama care is hurting the families. >> she is among the

mr. romney's assertion that russia is our number one geopolitical foe.f the matter is, america has a lot of challenges. russia is a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors, not out of strength, but out of weakness.

mr. romney's assertion that russia is our number one geopolitical foe, the truth of the matter is that america has got a whole lot of challenges. russia is a regional power. >> so bottom line there, the president calling russia a regional fire, under fire himself taking a shot at vladimir putin, showing this is getting a little personal. vladimir putin considers himself and russia a superpower like the u.s. the president making clear they are just a regional power, gretchen. >> all right. some republicans are saying there's been little action in europe to actually stand up to putin. >> that's right. you've got republicans like john mccain saying today basically, look, if russia is a regional power, why does it appear vladimir putin is holding the cards here, calling the shots, if you will, especially given the fact there's major action by the president and european allies to kick russia out of the g-8. here is john mccain on imus in the morning on fox business. >> i'm sure that has reduced vladimir to tears that he's not going to be able to be in the g-8. take over part of the country and you

mr. romney's assertion that russia is our number one geopolitical foe, the truth of the matter is that americae lot of challenges. russia is a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors, not out of strength but out of weakness. ukraine has been a country in which russia had enormous influence for decades since the breakup of the soviet union. and, you know, we have considerable influence on our neighbors. we generally don't need to invade them in order to have a strong cooperative relationship with them. the fact that russia felt compelled to go in militarily and lay bear these violations of international law indicatesless influence, not more. >> president obama yesterday in the netherlands explaining that russia is basically a gnat on the butt of an elephant. calling russia, merely a regional power that does not rise to the level of a major challenge for the united states. saying that vladimir putin's actions should be condemned. in brussels president obama made that point again in a formal address. and he made the point in an even more pointed way. >> understand as we

mr. romney's assertion that russia is our number one geo political foe, the truth of the matter is, america's got a whole lot of challenges. russia is a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors. russia's actions are a problem. they don't pose the number one national security threat to the united states. i continue to be much more concerned when it comes to our security with the prospect of a nuclear weapon going off in manhattan. >> regional power? here to respond, the man himself, former presidential candidate, governor mitt romney. good to see you, how are you? >> great, sean. >> you look healthy, rested. >> thank you, i feel good. >> what's your reaction to that, a regional power? >> russia plays a part in many regions in the world, not only eastern europe, but the middle east now, the caribbean, they have a destroyer in cuba. i'm not sure where the president's going, but i think the american people understand the facts which is russia is the nation in the world who has opposed us at the u.n. when we wanted to put tougher sanctions on north korea, iran, sides with

mr. romney's assertion that russia is our number one geopolitical faux. the truth of the matter is that america has got a whole lot of challenges. russia is a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors. not out of strength but out of weakness. ukraine has been a country in which russia had enormous influence for decades, since the break up of the soviet union. we have considerable influence on our neighbors. we generally don't need to invade them in order to have a strong cooperative relationship with them. the fact that russia felt to go in militarily and lay bare these violations of international law indicates less influence, not more my response then continues to be what i believe today, which is, russia's actions are a problem. they don't pose the number one national security threat to the united states. i continue to be much more concerned when it comes to our security when with the prospect of a nuclear weapon going off in manhattan, which is part of the reason why the united states showing its continued international leaders

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mr. romney that did not raise the issue of the affordable care act. >> yeah. >> it was front and center. so the people of this consider consider what was going on, and the proposals that have been brought forth on the aca and they voted to reelect the president anyway. i think eventually that the others are going to get on board when all other alternatives have been exhausted. >> well, it's a great day. it's a historic day. and clearly, as you said, anne, it is still a few more hours before the midnight deadline. but millions of people have a different day than they had in the past. congressman emanuel cleaver and anne filipic, thank you both for coming on the show tonight. >>> still ahead, the democrats fight back. we'll tell you why republicans may be in for a rude awakening if they think health care will be a winner for them in november. >>> also, the gop's 1% problem. why are the biggest names in the party reaching out to billionaires instead of voters? >>> also, is it a new case of too rich for jail? the shocking note from a judge who gave a wealthy man probation for child rape. it'

mr. romney's assertion that russia's our number one geopolitical foe, the truth of the party is, america's got a whole lot of challenges. russia is a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors, not out of strength, but out of weakness. ukraine has been a country in which russia had enormous influence for decades, since the breakup of the soviet union, and we have considerable influence on our neighbors. we generally don't need to invade them in order to have a strong cooperative relationship with them. the fact that russia felt compelled to go in militarily and lay bear these violations of international law indicates less influence, not more. and so my response then continues to be what i believe today, which is russia's actions are a problem, they don't pose the number one national security threat to the united states. i continue to be much more concerned when it comes to our security with the prospect of a nuclear weapon going off in manhattan, which is part of the reason why the united states, showing its continued international leadership, has organized a forum

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mr. romney was caught on tape saying and whether he thinks it's all $250 for somebody worth taxesn paying less than a truck driver. guest: i think numbers often tell a story that is not as accurate as the people quoting the numbers might think. that 47% includes veterans and receive somee who government assistance or some government subsidies. it might be nice if we lived in a society where none of that was necessary or insisted that we don't. a lot of those people in that so-called 47% are people who are conservative and who would vote for a conservative republican candidate who articulates his values well. so, no, although i don't think mitt romney meant it that way, it was a statement that obviously was incomplete and was used rather effectively to push them off into a corner. maybe warren buffet pays less taxes than a truck driver. what we need in this country is a tax code that is fair and and one that does not punish people for success. the president believes we should punish people for success. that hurts everybody. john kennedy, when he was an taxes andmplified use the line, "a ri

mr. romney's former campaign advisers. stay "in the loop."ll be right back. ♪ >> with just three days left until the end of open enrollment in the health care exchanges, the white house announced yesterday it already met its projected target of halving 6 million americans enrolled. if you take a closer look around the country, some states are doing far better than others at getting people signed up. the winners and losers may actually surprise. megan hughes has that story. >> with days to go until the end of open enrollment, a dozen states are far behind expectations. of thewer than 50% sign-ups for the government projected. the worst in the nation? massachusetts. 6.5% of theet just target. any irony, this is the state that inspired the law. existingan upgrade the universal health coverage exchange, leaders decided to start from scratch. the new website has been a technical disaster. the second worst that -- state, oregon. it only met 20% of the target. to date, no one has been able to sign up completely online. maryland also ranks near the b

mr. keene period romney would have won the election hands down all he had to do was ask president obama. when you got caught on the open mic saying he would be more flexible because either right or wrong or good or bad so it had to be something bad that he had intentions of doing with putin. he had no answer to that. also i would like you to investigate franklin rains who got $90 million in five years from fannie and freddie. he's the person that wrote the checks to the 90 million is still working for fannie and freddie. how did he get that $90 million for five years? and then if you want to put a stop to the democrats all you have got to do, there was a sitting congressman on the greta van susteren and show and said isn't there and agency that oversees the safety on these grids and the congress --. >> host: joey we have some issues on the table. let's see what mr. keene would like to respond to. >> guest: well i think if you look at the president's performance and the performance of this administration we focused because of the focus the american people usually have reticulated and bad

mr. romney was caught on tape saying and whether he thinks it's all $250 for somebody worth taxesn payingss than a truck driver. guest: i think numbers often tell a story that is not as accurate as the people quoting the numbers might think. that 47% includes veterans and receive somee who government assistance or some government subsidies. it might be nice if we lived in a society where none of that was necessary or insisted that we don't. a lot of those people in that so-called 47% are people who are conservative and who would vote for a conservative republican candidate who articulates his values well. so, no, although i don't think mitt romney meant it that way, it was a statement that obviously was incomplete and was used rather effectively to push them off into a corner. maybe warren buffet pays less taxes than a truck driver. what we need in this country is a tax code that is fair and and one that does not punish people for success. the president believes we should punish people for success. that hurts everybody. john kennedy, when he was an taxes andmplified use the line, "a risin

mr. romney's assertion that russia's our number one geo flil foe, they don't pose the number win nationalghts. i continue to be much more concerned when it comes to our security with the prospect of a nuclear weapon going off in manhattan. >> so you guys know how this process works. that's a big jarring at the end. number one -- part of it is, they're at this nuclear security summit. they were running around doing table top exercises. they nigh they were going to get a tough question about the criticism back home. he bites his lip before he answers. he's thinking, how far do i want to go here in going back at mitt romney. >> we've both gotten that look too. >> you much more than me. >> he's like, thank you very much for that question. he's trying to figure out if he wants to make it a rehash of the 2012 election. or does he want to say eyes on the prize. is he just trying to make this whole thing go away. a lot running through his head at this time. >> he tries to diminish mitt romney and russia. it's not that big a deal in effect is what he's saying, just as he's saying mitt romney was w

mr. romney's assertion that russia is our number one geopolitical foe, the truth of the matter is that americaof its immediate neighbors. russia's actions are a problem. they don't pose the number one national security threat to the united states. i continue to be much more concerned when it comes to our security with the prospect of a nuclear weapon going off in manhattan. >> well, i tell you what, a web site that watches tv news, they wrote today, president obama's core supporters in the united states may still eat this nonsense up, but the actions of geopolitical foes abroad consider him a pushover. mitt romney was on hannity last night and he responds here to our president. >> i'm not sure where the president is going, but i think the american people understand the facts, which is russia is the nation in the world that has opposed us at the u.n. when we wanted to put tougher sanctions on north korea, opposed us at the u.n. when we wanted to put tougher sanctions on iran, sides with assad, in fact, sides with some of the world's worst actors and let's not forget, they have twice as many nuc

mr. putin. >> mitt romney showing a little bit of his own note arstra damah the aforesight. about eliminating al qaeda, expanding a drone program, is president obama and his team -- the "washington post" writing an editorial today calling their foreign policy a fantasy land -- are they prepared to deal with this threat? is this presidency now going to be defined by this threat? >> well, i think the foreign policy is going to be defined in part by this one, but you know, we're going to have a lot of other threats as well. and part of the complication here is that we have a lot of other interests, including one that mitt romney mentioned, iran, where we are hoping to get at least some cooperation from russia, the same with syria. so, it's more complicated than just cracking down hard on the russians or as hard as we can. and at the same time, our options are limited if we don't have all of our european allies going along, and it's not entirely clear from the conversations that the president's had with angela merkel and others, that everybody is ready to march in lock step. so,

mr. obama was bring out the same candidate who said that al qaeda was on the run. just as our president, he had rurussian worries. the propheticords of governor sarah palin. from sarah palin to mitt romneythat is what mr. obama has learned. president obama has gone too far as what some are saying. this must not stand. pj in arizona says thank you, i don' think anyone would say anything about mexico's responsibility for the illegal immigrants in this country. keep sing it. and what is the arsenal against russia? heavily armed and dangerous. keep hose omments comiming. my new book is a people. e-mail me at loudobbs.com and follow us on twitter at lou dobbs news. that's it for "lou dobbs tonight." thank what does everything mean to you? with t quicksilver cash back card from capital one, it means unlimited 1.5% cash back on everything you purchase, every day. it doesn't mean, "everything.. as long as y buy it at theas station." it doesn't mean, "everything... unl u hit your cash back limit." it means earn 1.5% cash back on every purchase, every place, everoccaon, all over creation. that's what everything should mean. so consider... what's in your wallet? [poof!] [beep] [clicks mouse] nice

from sarah palin to mitt romney, that is what mr. obama has learned.ent obama has gone too far as what some are saying. this must not stand. pj in arizona says thank you, i don't think anyone would say anything about mexico's responsibility for the illegal immigrants in this country. keep saying it. and what is the arsenal against russia? heavily armed and dangerous. keep those comments coming. my new book is a people. e-mail me at loudobbs.com and follow us on twitter at lou dobbs news. that's it for "lou dobbs tonight." thank you for being with us. we will see you here tomorrow night. good night from new york. i'm looking forward to.. for some, every dollar is earned with sweat, sacrifice, courage. which is why usaa is honored to help our members with everything from investing for retirement to saving for college. our commitment to current and former military members and their families is without equal. iwe don't back down. we only know one direction: up weso we're up early.ection: up late. thinking up game-changing ideas, like this: dozens of tax fr

sweet corporate tax rate fifteen percent on carried interest that mitt romney gets on his income so they're willing to pay even less than mr mitt romney as to it's pretty generous no. in january we spoke to dr talley about the u.s. economy specifically income inequality and secular stagnation resulting directly from the financialization of the economy dr paul lee is back now and we want to take the discussion a look further this time getting his views on where the u.s. economy is headed so first and foremost welcome back to the show dr polly i'm thrilled to have you here and you always teach me so much now tom i want to revisit our conversation from last time specifically the idea of financialization because i have taken that word from you and just abused it occur all across the show i love it it's a fantastic term but when we last spoke we discussed financialization increasing the concentration of not just wealth but power and economic ideas basically making it more difficult to reform the system now what i want to ask you today is can you give me some examples of how this is happening making it more difficult. to reform

mr. obama is facing a political blowback at home. in the 2012 campaign, mitt romney called russia the number one foe and dismissed by mr. obama and the republicans citing it as misraeting the russian president putin. mr. barack obama doubled down. >> they are a problem, not posing the number one security threat to the united states. i am concerned when it comes to our security with the prospect of nuclear weapon going off in manhattan. >> and what appeared to be a veiled swipe at putin, down playing russian on the world stage. >> they are a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors, not out of strength, but out of weakness. >> the president leaves the netherlands and on to brussels and this time a major speech promised by mr. obama tomorrow on ukraine. >> thank you, mike, we appreciate it. >> president obama saying he wants changes to the national security agencies's surveillance programs and asking congress to end the nsa's bulk collection and storage of the phone records and snowden revealed the details of that program last year. john? >> g

mr. rove predicted a victory for mitt romney. just saying.m washington is the aforementioned karl rove. you know i pointed out you know i had to do that. of course, bill, everybody remembers that you came out and said that barack obama was going to win a strong victory for a second term i believe. >> no, i didn't. i said he was going to win. i didn't say a strong victory. i said he was going to win. i was right and you were wrong. that's all right. you have been right and i have been wrong on other issues. now let's get so the senate all the races are in front of belief you believe mary landrieu will lose. >> i do. she is one the democrats running are red state for re-election. all of those are either slightly behind, slightly ahead or dead even with the republican opponents. all four of those republican opponents share something in common. they are nowhere as well known as a democrat incumbent. i think the democrats stand a good chance in four seats. three democrat red seats in states that john mccain and mitt romney carried where the democr

mr. putin. >> you were the adviser in the campaign. was mitt romney of a prophet and not just a presidential candidate. >> governor romney was right on this and what we saw was the political media covering the elections just jumped and they didn't get the nuance and geopolitical and the other threat. and so i think the lesson that we learned we have to let foreign policy reporters report on these different types of issues. and when governor romney was trying to seginal the fact that there was a growing threat from russia and they were on the offense, it should have taken more seriously by the president. we are seeing president putten withdrawing from wight white and u.s. and there is no question that the russians wanted to jump in and fill that void with the offense and with their arguments with a way of life. and that debate is really important. ngeneral, we are watching putin move troops in the eastern part of ukraine and so what he's done in crimea. and how concerned should we be that he will continue the expansion until somebody tells him he can't

mr. obama is facing political blow back at home. in the 2012 campaign, mitt romney called russia america's number one foe. a claim dismissed by president obama. and republicans say he misread president vladimir putin. asked to respond, mr. obama doubled down. >> russia's actions are a problem. and they don't pose the number-one security threat to the united states. i consider to be much more concerned when it comes to our security with the prospect of a nuclear weapon going off in manhattan. >> and what appeared to be a veiled swipe at putin, on the regional stable. >> russia is a regional power that's threatening some of its immediate neighbors. not out of strength, but out of weakness. >> reporter: and on wednesday, the president goes to brussels, belgium, for a major speech on ukraine. mike viquera, aljazeera. >> now keeping a watch on the united states and russia, and i talked to the former editor for the daily beast and asked what he has to say about president obama's comments today. >> president obama is in a difficult position. he's trying to show global unit

mr. putin's his energy resources. >> do you believe canada and romney had it right?> i'm not sure, but i would that he is an008 unreconstructed kgb colonel whose actions is where he finds weakness and he can take advantage of. his ambition.n is we have to be listed and treat it accordingly. -- see it as that and treat it accordingly. we establish alliances. the greatest alliance in my view in history was the nato alliance that was formed. .t was incredible i think it was incredible success. in other words, let's draw together again and recognize him for what he is, but not to the point where we are on the verge of having missiles onto launchpad. alamo happened. >> -- that will not happen. >> is it important to get him a way out? an exit ramp? face iftunity to save it looks like it is not in his interest to continue? >> i would very much like to see that. we want russia to be part of the community of nations here and we want to help the russian people. we want good relations. we have a rising threat in the east and a very pugnacious and assertive china. i do not think

mr. vladmir putin. jon: was mitt romney right?president obama didn't say that it was not a threat. i'm not sure about those who have put the president down and called him weak. what do they expect him to do? they want war right now? president and vladmir putin spoke for 90 minutes over the weekend. as you just pointed out and just showed, john kerry about to go to kiev. i don't understand what those who are critical of the president now want. a more muscular reaction at this point? don't we want diplomacy to work? we don't want war. what's our role in that? we have to ask those questions. jon: we have to leave it there, jim pinkerton, alan colmes, thank you both. jenna: secretary kerry just making some statements about ukraine. he's headed there tonight. we'll have more on this developing story after the break. okay ladies, whenever you're ready. thank you. thank you. i got this. no, i'll get it! no, let me get this. seriously. hey, let me get it. ah, uh. i don't want you to pay for this. it's not happening, honey. let her get it.

in the 2012 campaign mitt romney called russia america's number one foe. a claim dismissed by mr. obama. republicans now cite the situation a. >> they do not pose the number one national security threat to the united states. i continue to be much more concerned when it comes to our security with the prospect of a nuclear weapon going off in manhattan. >> reporter: and in what appeared to be a veiled swipe at putin, the president down played russia's stature on the world age. >> russia is a regional pow that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors not out of strength but out of weakness. >> reporter: and on wednesday the president goes to brussels, belgium for an e.u. summit for more talks with allies an and a major speech on ukraine. >> president obama said he wants to change the surveillance programs. he will ask congress the nsa's collection storage of phone records. edward snowden revealed the details that have program last year. >> reporter: thank you very much, good evening from the nation's capitol. if you thought there was anger over the level of nsa spying going on,

and do you think mitt romney had a point when he said that russia is america's biggest geopolitical foe? if not russia, who? and mr. prime minister do you think these sanctions will change vladimir putin's calculation, will cause him to back down? and where do you see a russian red line, where if they go any further where options beyond sanctions have to be considered? thank you. >> well, jonathan, i think if the premise of the question is that whenever the united states objects to an action and other countries don't immediately do exactly what we want, that that's been the norm, that would pretty much erase most of 20th century history. i think that there's a distinction between us being very clear about what we think is an appropriate action, what we stand for, what principles we believe in, versus what is, i guess implied in the question, that we should engage in some sort of military action to prevent something. the world has always been messy, and what the united states has consistently been able to do, and we continue to be able to do is to mobilize the international community around a set of principles and

mr. putin in the long run and the russian empire. >> charlie: do you believe candidate romney had it rightwhen he said russia is the number one enemy of the united states? >> i'm not sure i would have said "enemy," but i would have certainly pointed out, in 2008, that he is an unreconstructed kgb colonel whose actions are dictated by where he thinks there's weakness and he can take advantage of. again, the rest nation of the near abroad is his ambition. we have to realize that and treat him accordingly. that doesn't mean reignition of the "cold war," doesn't mean we'll have armed conflict with him, but it means we're steadfast, we establish alliances. the greatest alliance, in my view, in history, was the nato alliance that was formed up in response to the then soviet union. i think was an incredible success. in other words, let's draw together again and recognize putin for what he is but not to the point where we are on the verge of having missiles on launch pads. that's not going to happen. >> charlie: but finally, this, too -- whatever tactics the united states or strategy it takes, is

about whether his influence in the world is declining and whether romney had a point when he called russia our number one geopolitical foe, mr. obama took a swipe at putin. >> russia is a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors. not out of strength, but out of weakness. >> republicans like john mccain wonder how the president is claim russia is a shell of the other soviet superpower when all of the west leaders here could muster is kicking russia out of the g-8. >> i'm sure that has reduced vladimir to tears, that he's not able to be in the g-8. take over part of a country and you don't get to go to the next meeting in some wonderful european capital. >> the president insists the takeover of crimea is not a done deal because the world has not acknowledged it, even as ukrainian troops continue to pile into buses and withdraw from crimea, and they stormed a ukrainian ship, though mr. obama said he thinks putin is still mulling whether to turn it into full-scale war. >> those will be impacted in part by how unified the united states and europe are. >> that has been strained by revelations the nsa list

mr. rubio's speech was very positive there is going to be to be the seatback strop all. last year rand paul was the winner and the year before that, mitt romneyere'll be 20 names on the ballot, who do you think will come out on top? >> it will be interesting. it will be interesting to see how paul ryan does. interesting to see how ted cruz does. i think it would be problematic for the party if ted cruz were to win. i do not expect chris christie to win. and jed bush is not here. -- jeb bush is not here. i don't know. it will be interesting to see. >> chuck gabriel, a 30 year veteran of political forecasting. thank you so much for your time and perspective. we appreciate it. royce,up, congressman ed the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee lanes affairsstop -- foreign committee joins us. ♪ >> i am peter cook, here on capitol hill, where in just of -- just in a matter of moments, house will be voting to authorize a financial lifeline to ukraine. i'm joined by one of the key players here, the chairman of the house foreign affairs and many, ed royce of california. i know you are getting set to vote here. on this issue, support for ukra

mr. potato head. you have all of the same parts, and not a lot there. he's sounding similar themes. in fact, mitt romneyican century and sounded many same themes about atta s abous about attention to corporations. >> it's great, we've been calling for policy prescriptions from the gop and addressing the issue of economic inequality and poverty in the country, they're pretending they're doing it. but when it come down to laying out specific policies or acknowledging that government may be as part of the solution, there is really -- there is no meat there. its a republican mr. potato head. >> we have burned steak, potatoes. >> hungry. >> there's a meal in here somewhere. look, first two things. you are reminding me of a great column, it sound likes some of the republican policymakers like the idea of having ideas. >> yes. >> versus ideas themselves. but you know, i actually had a somewhat different take on some of the things that he talked about today and you kind of got to it a little bit in your introduction. marco rubio ticked off innovation in i.t., expanded trade. he talked about energy independence