commit to that pluralism. as you know, pluralism is part of the divine plan. here we have in america, open up our shores and allowed immigrants to come and fuller ash. so, allow everyone to be who they are in their uniqueness, but also to be united to stand. >> host: it's america's blessing on legacy and gift to mankind i think that it has figured out a system where these guarantees, and these are guaranteed berths most diverse immigrants and its oldest immigrants i think our challenge as muslims in other parts of the world, do not have and i often feel that we need to rescue god from the hands of the humanities of the abuse of political power. god is in service as man as opposed to demand service in god and many most the majority countries. fortunately, in america was lost because we don't have to worry about that and got his rescue from the vanity of man and we can thrive in the beauty of our diversity on this journey every day striving towards the beauty of god. >> host: let's go a little deeper into this diversity issue. islam is very diverse in the sense

so they put a sense of pluralism, protective pluralism into the constitution. jefferson himself as an important part believes that citizens, in order for them to vote for a democratic government , needed to vote through their conscience and religion was a key way to develop a conscience. so freedom for him, freedom of religions is freedom of conscience, believe what you want to believe wasn't necessarily to do whatever you want to do. the notion of freedom are the only is more new one and we often get on some of the public displays. >> as i said, the chapters are organized lucky not intolerance of different groups. they're organized by quakers, irish catholics, native americans, june 11th, davidians. how did you pick those groups how did you recognize this? >> this is not a complete history. each one of those shop is primarily books at one moment of intolerance towards that group by the majority. so each one of those chapters could really be developed much more. there are other groups that i don't weep you with at all because they're not meant to be comprehensi

. >> host: so engage with the pluralism and you will commit to that pluralism. it is a part of the plan. and here in america we have opened our shores and allowed the immigrants to come and nourish it. so allow everyone to be who they are in their uniqueness. >> guest: it is america's blessing and a gift to mankind that i think it has figured out a system where these guarantees are the most recent and oldest immigrants. i think the challenge in other parts of the world in the majority muslim countries do not have those and often - likely to rescue god from the humanity, from the abuse of the political power in the muslim countries for gently in america we are lost because we don't have to worry about that and god is rescued and we can thrived. the beauty of the diversity on this journey everyday driving towards the duty of god. >> host: let's go a little deeper into this diversity issue islam is diverse because manhattan is home to this entire diversity. every ethnicity and nationality, every school of thought that i know of. so i called this the mecca. year rou

>> again this is, i think, a result, a direct result of the lack of pluralism.ause the sunni shiite divide in the arab world is not just a religious divide. it's also a political divide. >> it's about power. >> well, yes. and groups, particularly shiite groups in at rab world have lived as second-class citizens for a long time. they were not given equal rights, in my view if all the ethnic religious political groups in at rab world are treated as equal citizens, a lot of these problems would just disappear. but this is not going to be automatic or immediate this is going to take decades of work in which you have to do things to the educational system, the value system, that exists in the arab world. in other words, there are no shortcuts to democracy. >> but in the meantime as you pointed out, extremist elements, violent jihadi elements are taking advantage of this vacuum. the u.s. made clear it's not going to intervene in the classic military sense. what will, i mean other than hoping that plurallistic forces get their act together, what will bring this region

and commit to that pluralism and like you said, you know, pluralism is part of the divine plan. here we have in america opened up our shores and allowed immigrants to come and nourish it and flourish it. so, so allow everyone to be who they are in their uniqueness but also to be united to stand. >> guest: it's america's blessing and its legacy and its gifts to mankind i think that it has figured out a system where these guarantees, these security guarantees its most diverse and oldest immigrants. our challenge is muslims and other parts of the world do not have. i often feel that we need to rescue god from the hands of the humanities, the humanity of the abuse of political power. god is in service is supposed to man's in service of god and fortunately in america we are less because they don't have to worry about that. god is rescued on the vanity of man. the duty of our diversity all on this journey every day towards the beauty of god. >> host: let's go a little deeper into this diversity issue. islam is very diverse in the sense that we have so many nationalities and manhattan

you talk in your book about the need for pluralism in the arab , there is another islamic insurgency.how do you breach the era of mistrust? inwhen the islamists were government, they attempted to push forward a constitution of the the wishes secular elements. today we are seeing the secular elements behave in exactly the same exclusion is manner that they accuse the islamists of doing. the violence is concerning, but i think the solution to this violence must be a political process that includes all elements of society. >> but does the arab world have time for that as we watch what is happening in syria and how it is spilling into other countries? >> there are no shortcuts to democracy. i believe strongly that if the arab world is to transition to pluralist societies, it must put in place constitutional foundations for such a pluralist society. no one should expect that to occur in a short three years. it has not happened anywhere else in the world. it shouldn't happen here. but i argue in my book that the second arab awakening cannot be .ust a movement against it must be a movement f

one of the basic realities in this conflict is the ethnic pluralism. know the shiites, the sunnis, the kurds, the christians, the druids, and various other drives -- tribes, they have to listen to each other's demand, expectations, their personal psychology. all of this has to be dissected in order to find a minimal common ground. it is no use to start with , or with sentences such as "assad has to go." regime change in any negotiations is the last thing to envisage. because it cuts off the political will of those concerned, who feel threatened by regime change. right, wilfred polaski, former german ambassador, thank you for taking the time to speak with us. this is a competent a situation and we see that it continues. thank you for coming in. tensions are running high in cairo. three blasts have struck the egyptian capital this friday. first, a car bomb that hit police headquarters in the early morning hours, killing at least four. the second and third blasts also policeng police off -- forces. security has been stepped up across the capital and there

the senator from kentucky has said within the last week that there are studies, meaning plural, meaning more than one, not a singular, but a plural, that there are studies out there that says long-term unemployment extension benefit social security a disincentive for people to go out and get a job. senator paul, no one else seems to be asking you about these studies, but i'd like to you. where? where are these plural studies that says we just got a bunch of lazy couch potatoes in this country that all they want is the check? they'd rather sit at home and watch espn or something. then there's these six republicans i want to go back to. maybe these six republicans can asked rand paul about these studies he's talking about? they didn't get the studies that rand paul is talking about. that's because rand paul again is plagiarizing. there's no study that shows the human spirit is diminished. there's no research out there that shows that. in just a moment, we're going to talk with an american who has been impacted by her unemployment expiring. she spoke with the white house at today's event.

in the second arab awakening and the battle for pluralism, the vice president for studies at the carnegie endowment for international peace presents a history of political change in the arab world. former provost at brown university recounts the relationship between pope pius xi and battalion dictator benito mussolini in the pope and miscellany:the secret history of highest xi and the rise of fascism in europe. in hundred days:the campaign that ended world war i, the allied push to end the stalemate on the western front in the summer of 1918.

it was a terrible mistake now i'm very hard to make out a little endless again a little longer a plurality ever had sex with the perfect their lives let alone. listen the i'm living. a. much of your advice is centered around the negative aspects of american culture example mindful eating social eating of voiding of snacks how much of an influence do you think this american culture has on the rest of the wall incredible. six to do things with me and will dismiss. the food they did all the countries worldwide. leave. leave. thousands of police officers scoured the. trunk by two tonks as medics fight for the lives of the wounded after reports on very youngest victims of that time. the e.u. has opened its tools to romania and bulgaria and even brands lifting seventy year old restrictions and causing many in person to worry about the possible it clogs. and fine games that lead to serious injury and dads with us please dealing with the spread of random acts on members of the public reportedly as part of gang initiation.

. >> my question, you people, third person, or the second person plural. plural. >> and my point is i think it was doomed, it was a doom regardless of what tactical methods were applied. >> and i would just add to that that i was never on a base in afghanistan where the commanders that they were doing anything but god's work. everyone goes with good intention. that's the problem. [applause] >> we are now to passed the last question for. [laughter] >> this is the third passed the last, or whatever. but going back to the rumsfeld press conference and going back to the region have a different idea of what security is, you know, to me it's the policy that has changed and america has this policy of hegemony, the world's policeman. and so we have, you know, war is still the continuation of politics by other means. i don't think we are starting wars out of some kind of accident. we attack countries that get out of line, and those guys really think that the best way to keep the world at peace and prosperous is for america to make the peace. and so to get to each o

research center, back in 2009, a majority of republicans accepted evolution as a fact but now a plurality rejects it. >> in a free elected democracy, of course, you vote who you want on your school board. there is no provision in the constitution for the government to establish what's taught in schools. it's all relegated to the states. hence, we speak state to state about what is in their eye generals textbook versus another. and so that's the country we've all sort of bought into, if you will, or born into. i think it's a self-correcting phenomena. nobody wants to die. so we all care about health. but above all else, among the republicans i know, especially republicans, nobody wants to die poor. okay? so educated republicans know the value of innovations in science and technology for the thriving of an economy and business and industry. they know this. if you put something that is not science in a science classroom, pass it off as science, then you are undermining an entire enterprise that was responsible for creating the wealth that we have come to take for granted in this country. so,

that drives a dagger through the heart of pluralism. >> on the other hand, said the ambassador, if thewho lives in these modest private quarters feigns off the prime minister, there could be a danger to democracy in an unelected man outside the country dictating terms. who would he support in this year's elections in turkey? >> if i will say something, it will be this. vote for whoever stands for the rule of law and rights, for whoever is respectful of democracy. everyone sees what is going on. >> he is a frail man. twice during the interview, we stopped so he could have his blood pressure taken. 8000is word, even from kilometers away, has the power to shake the whole political landscape in turkey. bbc news in pennsylvania. >> the turkish power player right in pennsylvania. you are watching "bbc world news america." in the fast-moving world of washington, how much can president obama hope to get done before the state of the union? kathy k has gone to find out. of the frenchtner president has arrived in india to raise awareness about child malnutrition. over the weekend, the president m

it was not a vocal plurality like four years ago.his time, it was the largest and loudest voice of affirmation that the people of our state had given to any direction in three decades. [applause] suburbanites and city dwellers, african-americans and latinos, women and men, doctors and teachers, factory workers and tradesmen, republicans and democrats, and independents, together, they have demanded that we stay the course. the course they have helped set. to stand up for what is right. [applause] to fight the fights worth fighting, and most of all, to work together to make government work for each and every one of those voices of affirmation, for each and every one of our people. you see, the people of this state know that the only way forward is if we are all willing to take on what is politically unpopular, if we are willing to share in the sacrifice, if we are all willing to be in this together. we have no moral option, in my view, but to heed the voice of the voters, and that is exactly what i intend to do. [applause] today, i tha

they began with the idea that a name should be the publishing intention, plural of atrium, a place open to the sky and open to new ideas. we want to create an environment where we grow and flourish and produce with books that had created meaning and purpose for people's lives. we wanted to build a bridge between the writer and reader just in the same way the and gent city was connected to the ocean by a series of canals. we also asked ourselves what could we do that's not already being done? we looked at where the gaps were both in the simon and schuster family and where market opportunities presented themselves, we had to think about what would we be good as developing and publishing. self-published authors. the queen of clean -- the queen -- talking dirty with the queen of clean was an opportunity self-published book that presented it to ourselves. they wrote an article for minnesota newspapers about stain removal, and the way to do that and published a little book that came to our notice. we took it over, republished it, started a category for her, and sold over 2 million copies of t

atry a began with the idea that -- it's the pleural -- plural of atrium, which is open to new idea. we want to create an environment where authors can grow and flourish and do things with books that had creative meaning and purpose in peoples lives. we wanted to be able to build a bridge between the writer and the reader in the same way the ancient city of atria was connected to the ocean by a series of canals. we also asked what was atria doing that wasn't're being done? we looked at the gaps and where when market opportunities presented themselves we had too think about, what would we be good at developing and publishing. atria self-published authors. queen of queen, taking dirty was a very opportunistic self-published book that presented itself to us. wrote an article for minnesota newspapers about stain removal, and published a little book. it came to our notice. we then took it over and republished and it started a category for her, and we have sold over -- sold over two million copies of these books. i don't think you could actually publish this book in the same way today beca

ok mark let's keep in mind that people in iran go to elections on a regular basis and there's a plurality you know they don't there are no knowledge of vote for her out of turn you don't want to hurt your feelings you might even see why she didn't and then denounce bill and thanks to our viewers for watching us here in r.t.c. you next on remember crossed off. the you. one of the new poll shows camarillo i should be making news all the face i think i feel alone. a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure. the beginning of the lone politic night mocks in the face it's full island life. in the wind up temptation. the dog was lost for six months. mauled polar bears than people. and it's as easy to hide the rifle as a scooter. because the island is so in a special there are no indigenous people but the world those who do choose this frozen life. this era as could be read about if you're on the conductor. if you got nothing and you got the op or tenet. start to construct your own. kill want to be a bit give don't want to be gangstas don't want to be drug deal that they don't wan

a plurality of people around the world still want to live there. how do you explain that this connected as it suggests that it meant the world that still wants the united states there they just want the united states to live up to the ideals that the united states says it is trying to live up to rather than exporting violence across the world. yes and i think you just sit there and now in an unfortunately in a couple of the countries that you mention that i have the highest in tight us opinion that a lack of affordable price which is one thing when people look at the united states. they are in march. strive for. of that dichotomy in those two speaks exactly up. one of the most troubling things up no one who was conveyed was doing anything that lights the police arrived and though i did i'd shy away from that armed police action because i don't think united states is trying to be the world's policeman. but that's how the perception is changing in altering that perception where we where we manifest our good qualities which without being too heavy han

ok mark let's keep in mind that people in iran go to elections on a regular basis and there's a plurality you know they don't there are no knowledge of vote for her out of turn you don't want to hurt you think you might even see why she didn't and then denounce bill and thanks to our viewers for watching us here in r.t.c. you next on remember cross samples. on their way to antarctica the crew of the i can to make sure that face many challenges. here you have to look out for yourself crashing on to rocks trapped in pack ice in extreme conditions anything can happen antarctica always comes up with surprises you have to keep your eyes open because if there's always something going wrong the ship carries huge reserves of water food fuel as well as helicopters and people able to survive extreme conditions they're ready for anything even an apocalypse she's really an incredible ship calling all antarctica stations this is academic a field of radio check please respond. right on the scene. first for you and i think that you're. on a reporter's twitter. and instagram. could be in the know. on ear

ok mark let's keep in mind that people in iran go to elections on a regular basis and there's a plurality you know they don't they're not allowed to vote for you there are a lot of times you just want to thank you my name is one she didn't and then denies bill and thanks to our viewers for watching us here at r.t.c. you next on remember cross samples. why is the price of gold so high. demand global demand do you think oldest money. know the value of the only place we have to live of the water that we need to survive it's not compared to bill i mean gold we're not going to eat gold we're not going to bait with gold. we're not going to drink what clearly what amal is and is in a desperate economic situation absolutely right what we're wrong to do is say therefore any kind of economic development from the outside is going to be a benefit their only purpose is to extract as much money as possible to feed into the global financial system. with me or a part of the geo political economic system that's extremely exploited or. first of all is a question where the mining should even be carried out

ok mark let's keep in mind that people in iran go to elections on a regular basis and there's a plurality you know they don't they're not allowed to vote for you there are a lot of times you don't want to hurt your feelings you might launch she didn't and then denounce bill and thanks to our viewers for watching us here at r.t.c. you next on remember cross off. the you. i've got a quote for you. it's pretty tough. it's a way it's not story. let's get this guy like you would smear that guy stead of working for the people most issues in the mainstream media are working for each other bridegrooms didn't. number one. they did rather well. plus i was a new alert animation scripts scare me a little. there is breaking news tonight and they are continuing to follow the breaking news. the alexander family cry tears of the war a great things out there that had to be ever read dark and a quart of warm found alive there's a story made sort of movies playing out in real life. one of the wonderful strongarming a life should be making news all the face i describe you know. pleasure to have you with us h

being far and away the leader in this poll as as the greatest threat to violence and yet a plurality of people around the world still want to live there how do you explain that disconnect and does it suggest that that the world still wants the united states there they just want the united states to live up to the ideals that the united states says it is trying to live up to rather than exporting violence across the world yes and i think you just hit the nail on the head no unfortunately in a couple of the countries that you mention that have the highest anti u.s. opinion there's a lack of a freedom of press which is one of the things when people look at the united states they very much strive for that dichotomy in those two buz speaks exactly. one of them one of the troubling things no one who's can who's doing anything bad likes the police around and i shy away from that term police. action because i don't think the united states is trying to be the world's policeman but that's how the perception is changing in altering that perception where we where we manifest our good qualities w

you want to go with that, well -- do you think there was ever any possibility or real majority or pluralityrate nation status? >> in english, you guys say timing is everything. >> right. >> and timing was never better than in the period 1990, 1991, '92, because in '95, this country came inches from being broken up. >> close. >> yeah. >> do you think it will ever happen, in the history of the world? >> i don't know, but i know one thing, everyone who says separatism is dead in this country and this province is a fool. >> no matter how you feel about quebec as either separate from or as essential part of greater canada, any reasonable person loves this place. correct me if i'm wrong, wilensky's famous for the sandwich, the special. >> wilensky special, yes. >> in what tradition does this fall? >> basically eastern europe. it was a survival thing. it was because they were poor. that's what they could make. >> wilensky's, an old-school corner institution around since 1932, serving up pressed-beef bologna and salami sandwiches, or specials, as they call them, along with egg creams and milkshakes

presumably, you would win a plurality of popular vote which would usually bring -- give you a plurality of the electoral college vote. but nobody got a majority. so the election gets thrown into house of representatives where each state has one vote, california one vote, wyoming one vote, and at that time i think republicans had, like, 29 dell gairgses -- delegations, something like that. there was no way the independent could win. i mean, just couldn't. and, but at the same time there was this group or a couple years later americans elect that was out trying to get ballot positions in all 50 states for an independent candidate to get on the ballot. and i remember meeting the guy that was the executive director. i sat next to him at a lunch, at a conference in arkansas. and i kind of laid this out and said tell -- explain to me why it's not impossible, effectively, for an independent to win a three-way race. and, clearly, this had never occurred to him. [laughter] which, you know, prior to this other conversation never occurred to me, so i can't knock him. but it seemed to me if you had

. >> we have 25% of the nations foreign born and we're the first state to have a plurality of familiesifornia is the state where immigrants can dream and drive. >> leading the fight against climate change and same-sex marriage inequality, and adding another string to its bow, fiscal responsibility. joining me now gavin. it is a joy and a pleasure to have you on the show. >> thank you. >> i have to ask you with ever round of accolades, some people say, wait a second. if you look at the reasons why there's a surplus, the richest 1% of californians account for a third of the tax space. so the question to you is -- how much of this is democrats and democratic leadership and how much of this is just the natural part of a boom and bust cycle? >> i think it is a combination of both, candidly, but i appreciate the setup. you said everything i could possibly say about our state. we had 12.4% unemployment. we had folks like rick perry out here every week on hunting trips, hunting for jobs, talking about california dreams exploding and disappearing. here we are with surpluses. our unemployment st

. >> and potential investigations, plural, that may be launched in new jersey in the bridge scandal. what we could so next. >> i am embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team. there is no doubt in my mind, that the conduct that they exhibited is completely unacceptable. 124shgs we are told by our producer that the distribution for water in south charles tht ton is out of water. and people are being turned away. officials say come back after 3 o'clock in the afternoon and we'll find out if there is enough water to be distributed. everyone is warned don't bath or drink with it or boil it and 300,000 people are affected. that is an ongoing matter. another fox news alert for you. we are waiting 1,000 pages of documents from new jersey legislators that may shed new light on the lane closings on the george washington bridge, the ones that new jersey governor chris christy apologized for in the news conference yesterday. here is a piece. >> i had no knowledge or involvement in this issue, in its planning or execution. and i am stunned by the abject stupidity

resume ugly, you would win a priority -- plurality of the popular vote, which would give you a plurality of the electoral college vote. but nobody got a majority. the election gets thrown to the house of representatives where each state has one vote -- california one vote, wyoming one vote. and at that time, i think republicans had something like 29 delegations, something like that. there is no way the independent would win. at the same time, there was this group a couple of years elect, thatcans were out trying to get valid positions in all 50 states for an independent candidate to get on the ballot. guyi remember meeting the who was the executive director at a lunch conference in arkansas. and i kind of laid this out and said, explain to me why it is forimpossible effectively an independent to win a three- way race. and clearly, this had never occurred to him. and prior to this other conversation, it had never occurred to me, so i could not knock him. but it seems to me if you had a group like that that wanted to do something good, what they would do is try to find really substantial,

resume ugly, you would win a priority -- plurality of the popular vote, which would give you a pluralitythe electoral college vote. but nobody got a majority. the election gets thrown to the house of representatives where each state has one vote -- california one vote, wyoming one vote. and at that time, i think republicans had something like 29 delegations, something like that. there is no way the independent would win. and at the same time, there was this group a couple of years later, americans elect, that were out trying to get valid positions in all 50 states for an independent candidate to get on the ballot. and i remember meeting the guy who was the executive director at a lunch conference in arkansas. and i kind of laid this out and said, explain to me why it is not impossible effectively for an independent to win a three- way race. and clearly, this had never occurred to him. and prior to this other conversation, it had never occurred to me, so i could not knock him. but it seems to me if you had a group like that that wanted to do something good, what they would do is try to fi

i would take that to be plural. more than one person in the room if it is staff. would be interesting to know as far as that full briefing is concern eed on the other issue misuse of disaster relief funds. do you think governor christie is out of bounds being involved with these funds being used for a tourism campaign? >> i know how close you are physically to new jersey. you know very well the jersey shore is a treasure for us. it is the backbone of our tourism economy. those commercials were critically important. the question is whether or not the governor needed to participate in them to show it was open for business or not. again, that was a different legislature and a different time. the reality is people are going to look at this. there was a federal inquiry into whether or not this was appropriate long before any of us knew about bridgegate. what is troubling to us as elected leaders is we have families and businesses that even after going through the first season of tourism and vacations are still not back in their homes and businesses that are still not u

the plural of lego is lego. >> yeah, like lego my lego. >> jimmy: it doesn't seem like they should beeen told. now i really feel strange about it. i've always said legos. >> jimmy: it is legos. i don't care what they say. >> yeah! hold on, i'm going to go call. i'm fired? >> jimmy: between the vagina stuff and the legos, you're in a lot of trouble. >> they sent me a bunch. and i hadn't -- i'm sure i played with them as a kid. i'm more -- >> jimmy: played with what? lego? i know you thought i was going to say something dirty but i wasn't. that is on you. that is on you. very sick. well, it's very good to see you. congratulations on your new relationship with your chiropract chiropractor. and the lego movie" opens in theatres february 7. alison brie, everybody. >> jimmy: i'd like to thank zac efron, alison brie, and apologize to matt damon, we ran out of time. "nightline" is next, but first, playing the title track from her album "the blessed unrest," sara bareilles. ♪ let the bough break let it come down crashing let the sun fade out to a dark sky ♪ ♪ i can't say i'd even notice it was

i can tell you that the vast majority of times, a real preponderance, not some plurality, there has always been a better time to buy later in the morning. why does this elude people? there is a natural belief that the train is pulling out of the station when they see the futures up. you can't miss it because another doesn't come around for ages. not only is there another train coming, but it comes with regularity around 10:30, so the panic to jump onboard is misplaced. people realize they just got the top tick for the day and that's a sickening experience, one we've all had. i'm trying hard to excise it from your stock diet. one of those diet no fat resolutions. consider making this one of your 2014 resolutions. you will not pay up for securities, especially on monday mornings. that's a tactic that should be easily embraced. let's talk strategies. there are two ideas. longer term themes that can be bought when there are dislocations in the market, and bankable ceos a salute to 21 of the best only those who have come on the show and made you money time and time again. i am a huge believer i

and this includes plurality in tradition for hundreds of years of diversity and we have to just follow the effects from the seventh century and a very limited short. lack of time. and i think that our journey as americans has to be about refusing -- being told by clerics and others who speak for us and the ideals that we are americans and muslims who need an islam of the 21st century. >> host: in some ways i have heard that some are not proxim jews but they identify with their jewish identity in a very strong way. and so are even suggesting that they are muslims who may not necessarily be practicing all of this and they may practice only one pillar like belief in god and not necessarily fasting for an entire month. but maybe dabbling in those pillars occasionally and not 100%. >> yes. i think there is a statistic that i had mentioned in the book. which is research done in europe which shows that 90% of muslims actually do not adhere to the demands of the religion. and we don't go around questioning christians for that matter and if they choose to self identify as the think they want to

presumably, you would win a plurality of popular vote which would usually bring -- give you a plurality of the electoral college vote. but nobody got a majority. so the election gets thrown into house of representatives where each state has one vote, california one vote, wyoming one vote, and at that time i think republicans had, like, 29 dell gairgses -- delegations, something like that. there was no way the independent could win. i mean, just couldn't. and, but at the same time there was this group or a couple years later americans elect that was out trying to get ballot positions in all 50 states for an independent candidate to get on the ballot. and i remember meeting the guy that was the executive director. i sat next to him at a lunch, at a conference in arkansas. and i kind of laid this out and said tell -- explain to me why it's not impossible, effectively, for an independent to win a three-way race. and, clearly, this had never occurred to him. [laughter] which, you know, prior to this other conversation never occurred to me, so i can't knock him. but it seemed to me if you had

it was not a vocal plurality like four years ago. no. this time, it was the largest and loudest voice of aftfirmatin that the people of our state has given in any direction in three decades. >> unity was also a factor of his speech. he called on the people of new jersey and maybe the nation to put aside their differences and ignore the constant spent. >> new jersey can really be one state. we have to be willing to play outside the red and blue boxes that the media pundits put us in. >> now, it seems like we've heard something like that before. in fact, christie sounded themes that reminded me a bit of another politician. what was his name again? >> there is not a liberal america and a conservative america. there is the united states of america. >> echos from then illinois senator barack obama and christie's remarks today. read in that what you will and rest assured, many of you will. christie did not mention any of his current controversies in his speech today. there's the bridgegate scandal and then an investigation into the tourism ads

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. >> a plurality of americans say yes. but they mostly believe the republican governor from new jersey. according to an nbc news maris poll. the poll was conducted earlier this week entirely after he apologized for the bridge last september, which caused massive traffic jams on the new jersey side of the nation's busiest bridge and entangled the governor in the biggest political controversy of his career. >> i am who i am, but i am not a bully. >> said christie in response to his brash style of politics. it seems most of you agree. only a quarter describe him as a bully, with nearly half calling him a strong leader. he is considering a run for the white house. the poll suggest he's lost ground to hillary clinton in a possible 2016 presidential match-up. they were nearly tied last month. now, he trails her by 13 points in a hypothetical showdown. remember, this is just one early poll with multiple investigations underway, this story could change over and over again over the coming weeks and months and that could change your

this is colorful letti, plural for lettuce. they had honeyed pecans. there it is. i sent a picture of the menu. take that down. we don't want them know what's coming up later. we're showing that later. >> did you take the picture of the meal, itself? >> one year i took pictures in there because you would have thought i set off a bazooka. you're not allowed to take pictures when you have an off the record luncheon with the president of the united states. >> you're right. bad question. >> the president who was in office at the time, apologize again if you're home watching. the other thing that came with this is a reggiano crisp. that's a cracker with air holes in it and tastes a little bit like cheese. >> it sounds delicious to me, though. >> man, i don't know what the dressing was, but it was a really light dressing, had shaved carrots in there. somebody had parboiled, or whatever it is you to do get the skin off the cherry tomatoes. i don't know who spends that much time working tomatoes for a salad, but they are good. >> i've never heard the word parboiled before.

transition necessarily in the first instance, but democracy, secularism and civic societies, all of the pluralismdecisions. >> thank you and he is speaking to us from beirut. for the first time in history majority of congress members are millionaires and as capitol hill deba debates on employment benefits they wonder how compassionate can the politicians be. on the floor of the u.s. senate a debate is taking place over whether to end unemployment benefits for millions of americans out of work for several months. and now struggling to pay for basic needs. >> these workers, the millions throughout the country are worried that they will lose their ability to pay for a roof over their heads and put food on the table for their families, for their children. >>> 1 million americans lost assistance at the end of 2013 when the current insurance program expired and millions more stand to lose it in 2014 because many conservatives in the u.s. congress are apparently unwilling to extend the program. >> but this idea we can just waltz in here because there is a need in the country that we believe should be fu

that's plural these days. not one, not two but three. >> reporter: definitely. so the first one that everyone's going to talk about is representative cathy mcmorris rodgers of washington state, the highest ranking women in the house of representatives and giving the official response after the spth finished. the reason she is giving it is she's powerful and she is a woman and she was holding her baby and working on the state of the union speech. she won't talk aboutly ly bibi rape. we have two more. senator mike lee, tea party and senator rand paul. shawna thomas with the state of the union update and the responses that will follow, good to see you as always. thanks so much. >>> as we head toward the president's state of the union address, the white house instagram account is releasing pictures of the behind the scenes prep. jay carney gave insight on the president's process. >> he very much looks forward to it and he himself and the members of the team take the honor and responsibility of crafting a state of the union address and delivering it before congress a