i want to thank debby wasserman schultz and reince priebus. go to twitter. who do you think is more in touch with the voters? 62% of you say democrats. 38% say republicans. we noticed an awful lot of people voted for neither which was not even an option. >> do we have time to discuss th results? the debate continues. join us tomorrow for another edition of "crossfire." erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront," speed, sleep and the search for why. >> every indication that he would have had time to get full restorative sleep. >> plus, bob dylan wrote songs of peace. ♪ why is he beast accused of inci

. >> i just have this crossing my desk from the republican national committee, reince priebus putting out this statement saying president obama is now admitting after years of deliberate lies that obamacare is unaffordable and a hardship for millions of americans. it goes on to say that unilateral delays by this president can't change the basic fact we all know obamacare is fundamentally flawed and must be repealed and replaced with a plan that must include health care. there's one more paragraph in the official statement. there is nothing that goes on to explain what their alternative is for repealing and replacing, just wanted to make sure i saw that accurately. so they go on to pan it but we know that the white house is pushing back against this kind of claim and talking about the number of cancelled policies with more accuracy. fewer than 500,000 have actually lost coverage because of the law. meanwhile we have enrollment in the state exchanges soaring 30% to 40% in certain states. kentucky, as we see there being a role model. at the same time we have industry groups, sarah, and t

reince priebus is with us. >> thank you for having me on. you rattled off a bunch of problems just to name a few. >> just to name a few. but the president challenged republicans. i think this was a chase the rabbit trying to divert attention scheme like the class warfare speech yesterday and trying to talk about aids the day before. tom price has a specific plan. it wouldn't be my plan but it's better than what we've got. there is a plan on the table. >> look, you led into this a little bit talking about young people. what the obama care package is was intentionally designed to screw over young people. was it a mistake? it wasn't an accident. it was a package intentionally designed to screw over young people. he's spending all day now talking about young people. to your point, it's very true. we never tried at a federal level ending junk lawsuits. never tried having doctors and hospitals tell us what they are charging. never tried pooling people together to drive down costs and increase access. we have never tried it. we proposed it. they sh

the human embodiment of what reince priebus was trying to do was marco rubio.an party. none of that has worked and he has been shamed into running back to try to be ted cruz's side kick. it's pathetic. >> michael, what about the biggest winner of twpt? >> barack obama, right? >> not by a mile. patty murray and paul ryan. i think that they at the 11th hour show we can actually get something done where the house and the senate and the white house can come around, coalesce, and move the budget forward. yes we have a debt ceiling issue that will be part -- >> and threats. >> and i think they're real and legitimate threats and should not be, you know -- >> they're real. i don't know if they're legitimate. >> krystal, who won the year? >> i would say senator elizabeth warren. i think she has single handedly shifted the conversation in this country in a more populist and more pro-worker direction. she's been courageous since she's been in the senate. and she raised the issue of let's stop talking about cutting social security. we need an expansion of social security.

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. >> so jonathan, okay, so 2013 was supposed to be the year of reince priebus and american rebrandingso maybe in 2014? >> i don't think so. look, the gop autopsy, accurate -- i mean, as i wrote gop autopsies are done on ted things, and the republican party is doing everything it can to remain dead. that autopsy said the republican party needed to reach out to women, young people. african-americans. latinos. needed to pay attention to immigration. lgbt rights. and on all of those things, the republican party has proactively done things to turn off all of those constituencies and to do the opposite of what they need to do on those issues that i enumerated before. >> you know, josh, the one thing i think republicans believe they can run on is obamacare. the affordable care act. i think they still think that that's going to be in an area of vulnerability for candidates. if you look at a place like kentucky where it's been going quite well, given the fact that the website itself is doing better, increasingly better, it seems like that might not be a good bet for them. >> i think it's still

just this past month, reince priebus was in detroit meeting with black business and community leaderso talk about ways that we can move forward. talk about positive solutions to some of the problems that ail us. i don't remember the last time debbie wasserman schultz, the head of the democrats national committee was in detroit meeting with black business and community leaders, do you? >> but why would you send rand paul to detroit? >> i'm sorry? look, what we're doing here, what we're doing here at the rnc is an effort -- you know, we realize that we need to expand the electorate so we're making every effort to meet people in the places where they live and in places where we haven't necessarily always been before. and so, for example, you know, chairman man reince priebus just last month as well was in new orleans meeting with black families, parents and students who benefit from this louisiana scholarship program. let me tell you about the scholarship program they have down there in louisiana. it benefits low income families. white and black. eight out of ten louisianans support the

debbie wasserman schultz and reince priebus will be with us. erin burnett starts right now. >>> out front next. deadly speed. >> the event recorders shows that the train was traveling at approximately 82 miles per hour as it went into a 30-mile-per-hour curve. >> the latest on the crash that killed four people. >>> plus a new attack on the president. >> i think the current administration has taken lying to a new level. >>> and death of

the republican party. >> in the crossfire tonight, republican party chairman reince priebus along withn schultz. the congressman has just published a new book, for the sdprexe next generation. we're delighted to have you here. >> thank you very much. >> i'm

the key prediction, reince priebus will announce in 2016 held in june in cleveland building on the super bowl win that year. >> thank you for being with us. we appreciate it. happy new year. >> the left wing new york times launched an investigation into benghazi terrorist attacks that left four americans dead. to no one's surprise the paper had their own conclusion saying al qaeda wasn't to blame and the attack was because of a youtube video. congressman jason chafetz will be here to weigh in. >>> and phil robertson's suspension from "duck dynasty" is lifted but not everyone is happy. welcome back. how is everything? there's nothing like being your own boss! and my customers are really liking your flat rate shipping. fedex one rate. really makes my life easier. maybe a promotion is in order. good news. i got a new title. and a raise? management couldn't make that happen. [ male announcer ] introducing fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. [ male announcer ] introducing fedex one rate. ...are the hands that do good things for the whole community: the en

debbie wasserman schultz and reince priebus will be with us. erin burnett starts right now. >>> out front next. deadly speed. >> the event recorders shows that the train was traveling at approximately 82 miles per hour as it went into a 30-mile-per-hour curve. >> the latest on the crash that killed four people. >>> plus a new attack on the president. >> i think the current administration has taken lying to a new level. >>> and death of a hollywood star. >> next thing you know, we hear a big, big crash. >>> paul walker's friends on his final moments. let's go out front. >>> hello, everyone. i'm don lemon in for new mom erin burnett tonight. out front first tonight, 82 miles per hour. that's how fast the new york commuter train was going when it rounded the turn and derailed. four people were killed and at least 67 were injured. they are still trying to determine if the crash was caused by human error or equipment failure. what are you hearing? >> reporter: law enforcement official is telling us that there is no evidence that the engineer was usi

. >> the importance of this now is that we know as we look towards 2016 reince priebus has pretty much said it i have a piece of sound we don't have time to play they made it clear they're going to use benghazi against her and basic shy what she said in the hearing was true and correct and very much in line with again a lot of confusion, a lot of things we didn't know at the time but in terms of getting the record straight i think for hillary it's very important. >> this is important and that's again one of the reasons that's what fueled this fever for the right wing was a two-fer. you hit obama and hillary clinton. two most famous democrats in the country. they think benghazi will derail krnt hillary clinton's campaign run. there's no information this spreads outside the bubble but the damage that bubble does smearing ruining careers, waste of money, throwing around all senseless allegations about terrorism and patriotism. >> not surprisingly chairman mike rogers this morning suggesting that the "new york times," they're in cahoots with hillary clinton and trying to clear the record.

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the gop's national chairman, reince priebus, continues to insist that expanding the party's demographicrban america in general never been as hostile to the gop as they now are. are paul's gestures sincere? is the national gop committed to reaching out? do they truly understand why their party has fail so miserably to connect with the voters jack kemp worked so hard to cut rate is? here to discuss this, we have back with us, msnbc contributor perry bacon jr., "new york post" editorial writer, robert george, syndicated columnist and political reporter bob franken joins us and msnbc contributor goldie taylor is here with us. goldie, i will start with you. i wonder when you hear the history we just went through there, the story of urban america, the story of african-americans' relationship with the republican party, if you start in the days and decades after the civil war, the republican party was the home to african-american voters, that was lost during the civil rights revolution. you had republicans like jack kemp trying to rekindle that and now you see where we are today. when you see t

. >> the rnc chairman reince priebus has been outspoken about wanting to convedense the prima calendarlicans thought it dragged on too long. >> and it hurt them. >> too much intraparty fighting, self-inflicted wounds things that dragged down mitt romney in the general election. they are now working behind the scenes to both shorten the primary calendar and they have done in this sort of new panel passing a lot of motions to figure this out. one big thing is debates. last time in 2012 there were 20 republican primary debates, i was at 19 of them so for reporters, how many more stories can we write about this. they provided endless drama, the rick perry oops moment, romney saying self-deport, these things hurt republicans. what they want to do and haven't passed a lot of specific things behind the scenes, still working on what to do, penalize candidates who participate in non-sanctioned gop debates stripping them of a full third of their delegates to the convention which could be crippling. they're figuring this out. they're talking about working with the networks to massage who they mod

so reince priebus and the gop had a little bit more time for their reboot. you'll recall they initially announced findings of the growth and opportunity project back in march. well, here's what they said they needed to change. quote, the republican party must focus its efforts to earn new supporters and voters in the follows demographic communities. hispanic, asian and pacific islanders, african-americans, indian americans, native americans, women and youth. notice, old white men, not in that list. nine months later, how is that going for them? >> for everyone who's a value dick tor yan, there's another 100 out there, they weigh 130 pounds and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert. >> barack obama, a lot of things he's done wrong, he's not a traitor as far as i can tell. i've not come across any evidence yet he's done one thing to harm. >> you look around the congress, a lot more females in the democrat caucus than there are in the republican caucus. you know, some of our members just aren

look, i debated, my counterpart reince priebus last week, and he refused to rule out shutting the government down. he said i doubt it, when asked whether he thought it would happen again. i mean if they thought that that was -- that spending $24 billion, that that shutdown cost our economy, was a bad thing, you'd think that the chair of the republican national committee would be distancing himself as much as possible, yet they are digging in hard on whether or not we're going to spend $25 billion giving the long-term unemployed up employment benefits. >> let's talk about the unemployment benefits issue for a second. you know, it's going to run out, i believe, on december 28th and could affect over a million people. senator dick durbin in the other chamber said that perhaps it doesn't have to be a part of this budget deal. have a quick listen to what he has to say. >> i do support unemployment benefits for the 26 weeks that they're paid for. if you extend it beyond that, you do a disservice to these workers. there was a study that came out a few months ago and it said if you have a worker tha

this morning the rnc pointed out to us that their statement released by reince priebus says we rememberrole she played in fighting racism and ending segregation. so, molly, this is -- i mean obviously they wanted to be thoughtful in making remarks, but it seems as if they're trying to clean up a little too much over making that thoughtful remark. >> well, you know, the republicans know and they have said multiple times in things like their autopsy report that they have got to make the party more appealing to minorities, and they are clearly trying. the original tweet was an attempt to show that they are trying. and then they sort of stepped in it. i think it's clear, number one, that they don't know how to talk about race. there's a sort of cluelessness every time they step out into this arena. i think that that's a byproduct of the fact that there's clearly not enough diversity in the republican ranks to have had someone at the controls before that tweet went out who could have spotted that problem and said, hey wait, this doesn't reflect this lovely and constructive statement that we

chairman reince priebus. >> we're going to be more involved in the both the debate process and the calendarommittee is considering several key changes such as a short primary season, three months long instead of six. and far fewer debates, less than ten. >> i don't think it's a good use of a nominee's time and money spending six months killing each other. >> reporter: the proposed changes might sound technical but they could have a big impact. romney couldn't touch his general campaign contributions until he became the party's official nominee at the end of august, exposing him to months of attack ads without the means to fight back. >> your nominee becomes basically a duck on the pond until you get to the convention and we just can't that have for the good of our party or nominee. >> reporter: of course, priebus says the party has no nominate a relatable, likable nominee, but says people inside the party, the grassroot, the establishment across the board agree the changes are necessary, republicans, they hope can have the strongest possible contender to take on that democrat in 2016. >> th

was it reince priebus, the dnc, or rnc? >> rnc. sorry, i tweeted? >> that is true. it is the rnc. them a little bit of time to -- >> realize racism is over. >> my newest pet peeve with the republicans, i was watching msnbc, i was watching and they brought on a white racist republican, and republicans -- their like biggest name-dropping thing, they always try to name drop abraham lincoln. they're like, tell my why abraham lincoln was a republican. it's like, yo, if that's the last dude you have, who was also kind of racist. >> i will say, abraham is my favorite kind of racist. i don't care if you have bad emotions about me if you end slavery. do not care. if anyone actually wants to know what rosa parks did, feel free to read this lovely new book. all right, tweet number two, which u.s. congressman alluded to a tragic chapter in american history in a marched madness tweet that read, "it's official, ohio state is luckiest term in the tournament, #trailoftears." was this iowa representative bruce braley, tim brian, or speaker john boehner. >> whichever one of those guys is a white gu