actually a staffer of phil gramm. chairman of the banking committee.nniversarytuted a investigation of the federal reserve grid on the 100th year in existence, the committee has pledged to spend the year digging into what the fed doesn't how they can change it. janet yellen needs to be on guard. he is a very smart lawmaker. he can try to back witnesses into about spot. >> thank you so much. and sterling studied economics at texas a&m. >> what a surprise. >> i have no idea which way it will go. michael mckee thinks he will be gentle on chairman ellen. i am not sure. >> wall street is so excited. let's see if he will be a puppeteer. when we come back, a game changer in the nfl. we're talking about pro football getting its first openly gay player. we will talk about it when we come back. you're watching "market makers." you can watch all of our interviews on apple tv. it ran new experience featuring live, streaming, on-demand videos. we are on apple. ♪ >> good morning. "market makers" this morning. the vix 15.52 -- sonofi is a giant pharmaceutical company

jack kemp would have horrible fights, you know, with phil gramm and others and then it would come together and they would come up with a tax reform plan. they would be constant battles on the budget, and there were a lot of different ways forward to it and the conservatives we believed even in the '90s, in 1994 we always talked about a legislative laboratory of ideas. and we talked about the market place of ideas, we always talked about the free marketplace of ideas. we would close the doors, go downstairs, debate nonstop among ourselves until we came up with the best plan for reform. that's just not the case anymore. in washington, d.c. if you veer off the path a little bit to the right or a little bit to the left, your ideological witchhunt that it suggests you are insufficiently conservative or republican. that's the tea party. that's a 9% party. that's the record low party. you go outside of this city, that i love and that i love living in and that i loved working in, a politically you go outside of this city and the republican party is a pretty vibrant party. we can probe 60% of -- we

this tradition was later upheld by senator phil gra phil gramm d therefore senator kay bailey hutchison after him. and it is a tremendous honor that this privilege has now fallen to me. on february 24, 1836, with his position under siege and outnumbered nearly 10 to 1 by the forces of the mexican dictator antonio lopez de did he santa ana, "to the people of texas and all americans in the world, fellow senio senior citid patriots, i am besieged bi. i have sustained a continual bombardment and cannonade for 24 hours are and have not lost a man. the minute -- the enemy has demanded surrender at discretion. otherwise the garrison are to be put to the sword before it is taken. i've answered the demand with a canon shot and our flag still waves proudly from the walls. i shall never surrender or retreat. then i call on you in the name of liberty, of patriotism and everything dear to the american characteristic to come to our aid with all dispatch. the enemy is receiving reinforcements daily and will no doubt increase to 3,000 or 4,000 in four of or five days if this call is neglected, i am det

senators like mitch mcconnell, phil gramm and culminated in 1988 with his work for george h.w. bush. he helped to make george h.w. bush the first sitting vice president to hold onto the vice presidency since martin van buren which was by all accounts a stunning achievement. what ailes does was he revolutionized american politics in the 1980s because he brought that show business savvy and those entertainment values to his work as a political consultant. he made some of the most memorable attack ads that still today are taught in the campaign schools. one of his ads which i want to sort of highlight two of them that showcase the thing that i think defines him as a clinical strategist which is his use of humor. because now with "the daily show" and, wilson -- comedy central and rush limbaugh on talk radio these guys are entertainers but it's common knowledge now but again in the early to mid-1980s the use of humor wasn't so widespread and ailes was better at it than anyone so in 1984 mitch mcconnell was running for a senate seat in kentucky. he was a longshot. the seat was occupy

he was the man who worked for ronald reagan, senators like mitch mcconnell, phil gramm and culminated in 1988 with his work for george h. w. bush, he helped make george h. w. bush the first sitting vice president to hold on to the presidency since martin van buren which by all accounts was a stunning achievement. what he did is revolutionized american politics in the 1980s because he brought the show business savvy, entertainment values to his work as a political consultant. he made the most memorable attack ads that still to they are tossed in campaign schools. one of his ads which i want to highlight two of them that showcase the thing that defines him as a political strategist which is his use of humor. now, with the daily show on comedy central region to a degree rush limbaugh and talk radio these guys are entertainers. that is sort of common knowledge now but in the early to mid 1980s the use of humor wasn't so widespread and he was better at it than anyone. in 1984 mitch mcconnell was running for a senate seat in kentucky. he was a long shot. the seat was occupied by a goal boy