you may remember o'keefe's a.c.o.r.n. videos, were found to be deceptively edited. was forced to pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a former a.c.o.r.n. employee found in the video, sounds like exactly the source darrell issa would rely on. on sunday, secretary of health and human services, kathleen sebelius responded, writing, what opponents of the new law could not do legislatively by shutting down the federal government they're now trying to do through other means. monday's congressional hearing in dallas is designed to stifle, intimidate, and impugn the reputation of people who have been working hard to help their fellow texans get covered. it's about a battle going on, folks. joining me now, our rapid response panel, msnbc political analyst, david corn, and dr. corey hebert of the lsu health science services. great to have you with us tonight, gentlemen. this is getting real interesting. david corn, wherever you need to hunt, just take darrell issa with you. he's got a nose for everything, doesn't he? >> maybe for snipe hunting. >> there you go. what grou

that's georgia o'keefe's. it's just going to get prettier.tier. >> one of o'keefe's biographers infamously described this landscape which had so captivated the artist as garish, vulgar, and in poor taste, which if you look around is pretty hard to comprehend. this is such the other side of the universe for somebody who lives like i do. people who live in cities, for whom a back yard this big is inconceivable. the idea that there's a certain type of personality who's drawn towards open spaces like this. >> you know, this country, it either embraces you or within a year it spits you out. >> we reach the end of our trail at a place called valley of thieves, once said to be a haven for infamous cattle wrestlers. of course. >> they call it the rabbit. ladies, you know what i'm talking about. jesus, i'm in my 50s. everything -- still with the jokes. i've got to find a distinguished segue into adulthood one of these days. three generations of manzanares are here with me this evening -- herman, david, and max. we'll do our best to put together a litt

james o'keefe, thank you. my new book debuts january 7th. hope you think about reading it and hardcover and audio book version. i narrate that audio book myself. great fun. i hope you will pick it up. just by talking to a helmet. it grabbed thpatient's record before we even picked himp. it found out the doctor we needed was at st. anne's. wiggle your toes. [ driver ] and it got his okay on treatment from miles away. it even pulled strings with the stoplights. my ambulance talks with smoke alarms d pilots and adiums. but, of course, 's a good listener too. [ female announcer ] today cisco is connecting the intern of everything. so everything works like never before. >> joining us now to assess the psychology behind the obama sttement and misstatements and the millennial rubble, doctor robbie ludwig. >> it's great to be here beyond the president talked as if he hadn't been around for five years as he criticized the income gap on this income. he was talking about his own policies, protecting that he was blaming this. so what kind of madness is

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and joining me now for our first look at politics is "washington post" reporter ed o'keefe.gton. good morning, ed. >> good morning. >> so let's start with these congressional retirements that we just reported on. as we mentioned, they're more likely to favor democrats. but how significant of a factor do you think there will be in helping democrats to overcome a 17-seat deficit to retake the house? >> in both cases, there's a chance the democrats could pick up the seats in iowa and virginia. but really what the retirement signal is that folks that have been in congress now for, you know, more than ten years, risen through the ranks don't really see incentive to stick around anymore. latham and wolf used to work for the house appropriations committee. it's not controlled by a bunch of tea party guys that don't put a lot of value in seniority. >> turning to the senate where the report is to pass the budgets, senator mccain called republicans who plan to vote no on the bill lacking intellectual integri integrity. where is there such a disconnect now? >> the one big concern among

. >> the night sandy ripped up the east coast buzzie o'keefe lost much of his life's work.nd was almost barely recognizing. it was almost wiped out even tirely if not for o'keefe's last call. >> i told the guys if it gets any worse and started to rock 'n' roll, open the doors and let the river flowing. >> and it did. >> it did. >> for well over a year o'keefe has been rebuilding and making sure the whole operation is hurricane proof. his new showcase kitchen, all the walls will be enclosed with waterproof foam. the electrical wiring is overhead and he takes every city building code and tries to double it. if they want a 2-inch beam we give them a 4-inch beam. if they want a foot above the water, we give them two feet above the money. >> it's an expensive task but spending money has never been a problem. since it opened its door in 1977 it's had a die hard reputation. >> simple fresh. sweet. >> quality always comes first. >> everything in here is the best. if you want to have a great hard cheese, you have to get the best. if you want to get the best wines, you have to go to

shares are not say canada o'keefe served as a hero as were weaned but after being discharged he was left with only a feeling of the disappointment he burned his password and dedicated himself to a different cause his rich apps of his biography includes being a human shield in iraq sailing on again. protecting marine life in how i am helping to establish dialogue with iran and he is our guest today. as a marine. force against iraq it shuttered his view of the world. ever since he has been fighting a war against more placing american bombs as a human shield or ruining the gaza blockade he is never afraid to speak truth to power what makes him take action for others so i'm here with activist candace o'keefe it's really. really great to have you on our show ken as i know that you've led a human shield action in iraq right before the war started and then you were deported do you follow what's going on in iraq now for example the november death toll was almost a thousand and two thousand and thirteen is the deadliest year since two thousand and eight why do you think the removal of saddam hasn

hello welcome to sophie and co i'm so see shed art not say chemist o'keefe served as a humorist were weaned but after being discharged he was left with only a feeling of the disappointment he burned his password and dedicated himself to a different cause his rich accept his biography includes being a human shield in iraq sailing on again as a flotilla protecting marine life and how why and helping to establish dialogue with iran and he is our guest today. for the kids to rock. his view of the world. ever since he has been fighting a war against more bracing american bombs as human shields really began to blockade . is never afraid to speak truth to power who want to take action for others so i'm here with activist candace o'keefe it's really great to have you on our show ken as i know that you've led a human shield action in iraq right before the war started and then you were deported do you follow what's going on in iraq now for example the november death toll was almost a thousand and two thousand and thirteen is to deadliest year since two thousand and eight why do you think the r

hello welcome to sophie and co i'm so sorry shares are not said chemist o'keefe serves as a humorous were weaned but after being discharged he was left with only a feeling of disappointment he burned his password and dedicated himself to a different cause his rich accept his biography includes being a human shield in iraq sailing on again as a float protecting marine life in how i am helping to establish dialogue with iran and he is our guest today. for against iraq it shattered his view of the world. ever since he has been fighting a war against more bracing american bombs as a human shield already began to blockade. is never afraid to speak truth to power who want to take action for others so i'm here with activist candace o'keefe it's really great to have you on our show ken as i know that you've led a human shield action in iraq right before the war started and then you were deported do you follow what's going on in iraq now for example the november death toll was almost a thousand and then two thousand and thirteen is the deadliest year since two thousand and eight why do you th

afraid to speak truth to power what makes him take action for others so i'm here with activist candace o'keefe it's really great to have you on our show ken as i know that you've led a human shield action in iraq right before the war started and then you were deported do you follow what's going on in iraq now for example the november death toll was almost a thousand and two thousand and thirteen is the deadliest year since two thousand and eight why do you think the removal of saddam hasn't improved the lives of iraqis or has it i don't know. well i think they really want to know the truth about the invasion of iraq there's clearly some some incentives for the invasion the oil securing oil was was one of them establishing permanent military bases in the region was another one for less talked about reality is. it's really plans which made clear the balkanization of surrounding countries in particular in iraq if we go to zero did you know plan for israel in the one nine hundred eighty s. it lays out very clearly a strategy of destabilizing all of the surrounding areas of israel this includes syr

ed o'keefe a correspondent byron york. elise, is it going to work?> i guess we will have to wait to see until the enrollment period ends. that's probably when we will get the data from the administration how the age breakdown worked. of course it's important for these exchanges for millions of young healthy people tone roll. the law does contain some mitigation policies that, would you know, readjust the risk pool if it came to that but the administration is counting on young people to sign up. >> ed, if your mother came home and said this is what you should do, if you were 26 years old? >> if i were 26 years old i would listen to my mother. i would still listen to my mother. i'm married now. there is a competition perhaps. i would listen to both of them. is he doing everything he can to gin up support for. this whether it's using social media or doing interviews with guys like steve harvey this week or bringing mothers to the white house. the administration has to do everything it can to get young people enrolled. and i just, you know, having been a

lee, ed o'keefe, appreciate your time. >> good to be with you. happy new year. >> happy new year to you as well. >>> let's go to the news feed. new information about the man police shot and killed during an attempted bank robbery in arizona. mario garnett served time for making threats against president obama in 2010. the fbi says garnett is responsible for leading police on a nationwide manhunt after killing an officer at a mississippi bank a week ago. >>> the third time was not the charm for the crew on board a research ship in antarctica. bad weather conditions forcing a second ship to abort their rescue attempt. the expedition leader talked about the options that are still on the table this morning on "today." >> what possibilities, hopefully the ice breaker will try again. we can also try a helicopter evacuation or alternatively just a vessel that is in the region and if that were to come for us, it would definitely get us out. >> the 223-foot ship has been stuck in the ice since last tuesday, but reportedly has plenty of supplies. >>> just

>> about on obamacare, accordind o'keefe, senate democrats, the political messing operation is urging senators use the brake to publicize good news about obamacare. mewhile, senate republicans are urging their folks to push website, talkingg about the gripes and shortcomings of obamacare. it is the battle of the anecdote. >> that is the political overlay for this whole thing. whether this is a struggle -- when you get down to it, crystallize the issue obamacare -- between those that want to do something good and decent for people, providing health care to 40 million people that do not have it, or those who have the morality of indifference. ey do not care what happens to these people. this is where thehe real battle is. this is why democrats ought not to run away from enacting this legislation. this is important legislation. ov a point of time, it is doing the right and morally. >> democrats cannot run away from this. this is the signature statute of the obama years. more thanr be anecdos. they better be stories of it is really working a people are pleased with it. this will be -- whe

joining me now for our first look at politics, "washington post" congressional reporter ed o'keefe.. >> great to see you, betty. >> good to see you, too. let's start with that hand shake. xr scrutinized across the world when he shook the hand of raul castro at nelson mandela's memorial. was it protocol? was he upholding the message of reconciliation, or was the a really bad political blunder? >> i think it's a bit of one and two. as he comes upt stairs to the stage, who is the first guy he sees? one of the first guys he sees is raul kcastro. when you're at an event for nelson mandel what? what are you supposed to do? we don't know whether there is anything else in the works, perhaps secret talks between the u.s. and cuba. no reason to believe that just yet. so pretty much just protocol. >> all right. and then, of course, there was the selfie president obama took with the danish prime minister s this modern day diplomacy or disrespectful? >> it depends. i think, you know, it was a long service. there were 90,000 people in this stadium. it's guy opportunity for people to chat with eac

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and we get the main o'keefe aide to ex total pressure. nobody's from russia the card that says the financial pay a lot of thought isn't large enough to prevent damage to ukraine's waiting to call them a little snotty ukrainian businesses nor the government have this amount of money will have any time soon. that's why ukraine is no brady to take responsibilities is not capable of defending. so what does this leave the situation ukraine's proposals for trying to hold talks with russia rejected by kicking the ball brussels finances may not allow them to increase the office he added the european union. mouse over on the employment throughout the course of the antarctic and union they have the euro currency project which is a fiasco realistically the only thing the european union couldn't write today is feed liam storming anybody rush up to parents that calls the european union is ultimately fall in the pocket the saints side of the eu depart to vilnius contemplating what might it be. despite causing present yanukovich. they simply seem unable

on sharing international experience and technology is inconsistent with ganache for the kentucky o'keefe and docks in policing assessment and remediation in kidnap was of immense use the day in extensions to the den and the workshop aims to colleague past experiences state department of almonds and future directions on keel peas ducks in the shoes in the weekend. it would show covers three main topics contamination and risk assessment. jesse and treatment technologies and dancing analyzes and legal guidelines. international delegates also shared experience in minimizing the impact of dancing on the two systems and people's health. they showed concern about the effectiveness of that hatred and projects hotspots in vietnam. who knew a national delegates will show concentrated on the result of melting treatment project in the lab studies to other health conditions people contaminated with that. he also wanted to know by now to treatment technologies in vietnam. the cave i may not want them to do. for forty years many areas in vietnam have been contaminated large amount of debts and to just

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could possibly be alive but the want dune there, and the ship's cook, 29-year-old man named harrison o'keefeged to make his way into a cabin and then close the door. he saw his dead ship mountains but grabbed some mattresses and floated and stayed in this four-foot air pocket for 62 hours. listen to the rescue and look at his hands. >> what's that? >> alive, alive. keep him there. keep him there. >> can you imagine 100 feet down seeing a hand reaching out towards you? he was in total darkness, no food, no water, he said his skin began peeling because of all the salt water, and that he had no idea when that air pocket surrounding him would totally collapse. he thought this was the end. divers say they were amazed when they got to him, how calm and collected he was. look where he is. for 62 hours, 100 feet below the surface. 20 miles off the coast of nigeria. his 12 ship mates perished when that ship capsized. gretchen. >> that is an amazing story. so at first, trace -- i didn't see where you could actually see where he had been. this is the capsule where he was alive for those three days. so,

ed o'keefe, joining us if it is washington post.e told you about time magazine's perpendicular of the year and asks who represents 2013 for you. he said the pontiff. he has set the catholic church on a new course for its future. and darin said our very own helia. coming up next is "squawk box." we hope you have a profitable day. good-bye for now. >>> good morning. a budget deal has been reached. but will enough people get on board? >>> gm is done with the land down under. the automaker is going to end manufacturing in australia by 2017. and uruguay goes up in smoke. it will become the first country to set up a national marketplace for legal marijuana. andrew is checking the flight reservations down there light now. it's wednesday, december 11th, 2011 and "squawk box" begins right now. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc. i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. our big story this morning is the budget compromise. patty murray and paul ryan reaching a deal that will avoid a governmen

joining me now is ed o'keefe. good morning, ed. >> good morning, alex. >> lots of republican infighting. the house voting 32. 94 to pass it. what made speaker boehner crash at his party? he has catered to them and had to apiece them before. >> two things going on. first of all, he has a great relationship with paul ryan, the guy who helped cut this deal for the house. in a weak that paul ryan is completing a piece of legislation. and the club for growth, heritage action, that got under his skin. as he tells david gregory, he got his irish up if you will and tkpwolts a little angry. >> yeah. >> frankly, he has hinted out there. >> it's like he he has finally done what we all said. he is the conscious mat politician. he didn't get there by not being that and being strangle hold has got to be so frustrating for him. ted cruz saying, the best of my knowledge et deal spends more taxes and allows continued funding for obamacare. i cannot afford it. >> and read my lipstick. no new touches. >> do you think what we have go

ed o'keefe, a.b. stoddard, thank you both. >> great to be with you.: now we tush to a fox -- turn to a fox news alert, six u.s. troops killed in a helicopter crash in southern afghanistan. conor powell has the latest from our mideast bureau. >> reporter: the pentagon isn't saying much, only that this crash is under investigation. but defense officials say six americans were killed. the associated press is reporting at least one person survived this crash, although we don't have confirmation of that just yet. it appears this aircraft went down in southern afghanistan. now, initial reports say that there was no enemy fire in the area, most likely this was either weather-related or a mechanical malfunction as most crashes in afghanistan are, but there's always a chance it was attacked or shot down by the taliban, a claim they are making. but defense officials say right now there was no enemy fire in the area. now, this is the single largest loss of life for u.s. and international troops in afghanistan for months. there are still roughly 50,000 or so amer

. >>> joining me now, rebecca and congressional reporter for the "washington post", ed o'keefe. it's great to have you both here. ed, since you're right here in the studio i typically, the president covered a lot. what struck you most. >> nsa. clearly this is something the administration has been thinking about. they are hearing it from capitol hill and the public and they understand changes will have to be made. he will have news for us in january. but it's a sign that all of these revelations as they have rolled out are forcing the white house to recalibrate and think about what nsa should do. >> you're big takeaway from that news conference? >> the contrast from the beginning of the year. this is the president essentially saying good-bye to what's been a very tough year, one of the toughest in his presidency, talking about transformation. ended the year talking about incremental and inching towards change. he is going to be spending his hawaii vacation doing a lot of reading. he will be spending time reviewing the recommendations at the review panel for changes to the program

fact been convicted of a misdemeanor who has paid over six figures in settlements and that's james o'keefe saying what he found with the nagivators is incorrect when he has it on camera? >> don't try to corn the guy worry --time telling the truth about the guy. has anybody here at our fox news ever made a mistake on camera? of course they have. it happens. let me finish. when they did -- >> you can't get away with this. on camera the guy is saying, if you're lying, you'll get a bigger subsidy. >> somebody on camera made a mistake. >> came in the voice -- >> do people -- >> urge them to go to the -- >> one represents the entire class -- >> it happened. >> there's another group, very leftist group, they claim to be nonpartisan, called, enroll america. they're going door-to-door, trying to get people enrolled to in affordable care act. they claim claim to be nonpartisan but their whole leadership and everybody in the organization is leftist. they're democrats. >> leftist? >> completely outrageous and they're trying to get people signed up. so the fraud is -- >> the argument for you. >> politi

we could have a discussion about how legitimate james o'keefe is. can go to the obituary and the names ofh people who recently died in obituaries. there was prosecution on that and james o'keefe was able to do that in numerous states. host: susan on our republican line. hello, go ahead. my main concern -- i was discussing this. we are all republicans. i do not see how we can get another republican president when we have two thirds of hispanics voting democrat and over 90% of -- of african- americans voting democrat. how can we get another republican president in office? great question. coming from the libertarian cato institute, we have our own answer. it is important that the republican party become more libertarian. lostnk republicans have hispanics in a shameful fashion. if you look at ronald reagan and his views on immigration in the 1980s, you would be amazed at how open he is. the hispanic population is a would-be republican voting population if they would become good on immigration. they can understand how bad government can be because they a

kevin dowdell and patrick o'keefe.loss is felt by their families and colleagues and also by jose giagos who developed a lasting friendship with the men who saved his life. >> i don't have any words to express how i feel about these guys. they live in my heart. i carry them in a very special part of my heart. >> although he now lives in his native colombia, giagos has come back to the building where he once feared his life would end. >> it was very hot. there was a lot of smoke coming out of all the windows. >> and we have a surprise waiting for him. on the corner of 7th avenue and 48th street. >> oh, man. >> hi. >> it's kevin shay now retired and living in montana. shay and giagos haven't seen each other for many years. >> what a great surprise. i'm so happy to see you. >> yes. it's a great surprise. >> for these two men, the experience on the 12th floor of this building has created a bond that will never fade away. >> doesn't it feel much better once you know you're not alone? >> oh, yes. >> almost everything feels be

enter james o'keefe. remember him? he is the right-wing activists who staged the infamous acorn stink. he tried to seduce a cnn anchor on film. he pled guilty to entering a federal building, were mary landrieu as a's offense was located under false pretenses. bottom line, nothing he does is credible ever. but that hasn't stopped daryl from picking up his latest video and bringing it along on his anti-obama care road show. you see, over the past several weeks, he has traveled from gastonia, north carolina. >> i didn't vote for the affordable care ex-to apache junction, arizona. and finally, last night, he ended up in richardson, texas, holding official congressional hearings about obama care. >> as we all know, an online exam can be taken by somebody else pretending to be the navigator. >> last night's hearing, obama care implementation, who are the navigator's? >> we cannot have a repeat of the acorn-like activities that led to too many people believing that there was something for nothing. >> the american people are l

a lot of people said, as you know, james o'keefe and others have said, these guys are just obama election operatives who are trying to get information for the next democratic campaign. who are these people? >> well, i think, larry, that's the question that everyone in america should be asking themselves right now. how comfortable are you giving your personal and private information, your social security number, your tax information, your income information? how comfortable are you giving it to people who aren't qualified experts, who aren't health insurance experts, who aren't health care experts? people how may have had five hours of online training who are supposed to act as the gateway to obamacare. these are the people that are on the front lines of imp lemting healthcare.gov. these are the people you're supposed to forfeit your information to. larry, would you be comfortable giving your personal information to these people? most americans probably aren't. >> yeah, heck, no. listen, carrie, let me go to you on this. there's another nasty part of this. it has been reported that numerou

oneka o'keefe recently applied for a cashier's jobs at a large department store.rview went well. because she was handling money, the store told her they would have to do a check on her credit. >> i was certain i had the position, but my credit score hindered me. but they didn't tell me outright that that was the case. >> okieffe said she had crippling student loans, had to open credit d. and her credit rating suffered. senator elizabeth warren wants to make sure people don't get denied jobs because of the credit scores. she introduced a new bill preventing potential employers from using credit checks in the hiring process, reventing them from rejecting you just because you have bad credit. >> why do people have damaged credit? the principal reasons are somebody got sick in the family and they felt behind on medical bills, you lost a job and fell behind on your bills, or you have family break up, either a divorce or a death in the family. and somebody is the struggling to get back on their feet. >> errors on those reports are common. warren says the process is unfa

they wish to live in armny and with equal opportunity it is here which i hope to live for and to o'keefe is anything it is an idea for which i am prepared to die. . >> we are bringing you live pictures 'from johannesburg, south africa, where crowds have been growing in number. they come together to learn the passing of nelson mandela. we have seen them singing and now they are dancing. and as you see, great energy a great man deeply loved by an entire nation and admired around the world in very much so. that is what is cap cured there in the energy and spirit among those mourners there. i am anxious to say we are bringing you special coverage of the former president and anti-apartheid leader died thursday at the age of 95. he had been seriously ill for severals. well, tributes to nelson mandela are pouring in. we are tracking them from london. good to have you with us. tell us some of what you are seeing there online. >> one of the tweets with the most retweets is a message from former us president bill clinton. a simple message he posted on twitte twitter. if you look close toly, he is

ed o'keefe, peter sutterman.rence call this morning with report he is to gr give us an update, and jeff zent techlt, this is what he had to say. >> the bottom line, health care got govern .gov is night and day from where it was. >> sounds pretty confident in my p opinion. so is this the day where it shifts from a technical problem to maybe the conversation being about health care and the system in this country? >> leave it to the republicans to continue the same line that they began on october 1st. and so the work of the government which they began is to get in front much the pure politics of it and demonstrate the ways in which it is working. so they need to hear the real life stories of people who have gone on to the seethe, found deals that were better than what they had before. now we all have the eye on 2014 and the success stories of around this working affordable health care act will speak positively for the democrats. >> we might start hearing some of those and maybe the confidence the white house is tart

writer dan o'keefe. his father created festivus years ago. he is a writer on "seinfeld."er version. >> he may have been raining blows somewhere, but a combination of alcohol and mild mental illness and internal reader's digest politics. i think some of the pressure of that with everything else led him to decide to create a holiday that was just for his family that wasn't beholden to anything political or religious. he decided to, every year, somewhere between october and may, make his family celebrate this very peculiar holiday with very peculiar aspects, which did not involve that pole. that was made up by a writer named jeff schafer. that was his joke. and, actually, i didn't want to put it on tv. >> you didn't? why? >> because it was sort of like a family disgrace. and then my younger brother let it slip that this went on. so the other writers and jerry said, yeah, we would like to give this to america. and i said i don't think america wants it at all and i don't think they should have it. >> america is laughing it up. >> they prevailed and in and out chickens have com

brian o'keefe is from alabama, he's the managing editor. that must have been unbelievable to watch. but it's okay. we might as well try for a field goal. what the hell. what can go wrong? >> yeah, exactly. >> and you just watched in horror. >> i watched in horror because i saw that guy back there to return the kid and i thought, what are the odds of a 57-yard field goal going through and who is going to cover that guy when he catches it? >> all the big fat guys on the line trying to block the kick, right? >> exactly. >> so they had nobody -- they're all trying to prevent a block. anyway, but we digress. sorry. oh, this is me. oh, okay. bull market continues or not? >> well, i think it's pretty simple. either it does or it doesn't. >> i came one that myself. yeah. right. >> i don't know. maybe thanksgiving was the peak. i think, you know, it's really hard to get consensus on that. i think if you look at valuation levels, it's hard to project like huge returns for the market, long-term, but i think we could see it going up a little bit more from here. i think that really we're in a pl

here to weigh in, former white house advisor to iraq, injujere o'keefe.e mikhail gorbachev, explain. >> he was dealing with economic difficulties within the former soviet union while he was president and he sought to disengage with the world to reduce the monies that were being spent on military posture throughout the globe. unfortunately, the steps that he took backwards ultimately led to the complete unraveling of the former soviet union and its demise and disappearance. we have our allies in the middle east in the south china sea area completely confused as to this new isolationist policy of this president. asia and not engaging obviously. we have iran, no doubt in my mind has positioned itself with the agreement with the west for a break through nuclear capability in a matter of three or five years. and it's frighteningly similar. >> we saw president obama having a conciliatory tone to the world. do you see roll backs in military might and power? >> it's not necessarily roll backs in military might, it's just a strategy that he's implementing. i truly

ed o'keefe and philip bump, staff writer at the wire. thank you guys for being here. minority leader mitch mcconnell and his opponent, allison grimes. we've had some comments from people around the state. notably john yarmuth said he wants grimes to be more vocal on the issues. at some point not being mitch mcconnell is not going to be enough, end quote. i guess whether it's politics or policy, my curiosity is how is obamacare going to play into this whole race in kentucky? >> that's a good question. certainly the exchange that's been set up in kentucky is working well. there clearly is a demand for health care in that state. but michigtch mcconnell leading charge against the law and trying to find ways to undo it or tweak it in 2014. he remains wildly unpopular but i think allison grimes will have to step up and begin explaining to kentucky about why unseating the most senior republican in the senate and all the seniority that comes with that for the bluegrass state would make sense by sending her to washington instead. i think she's got a tough road to climb still.