the only people that believe these rich people shouldn't pay more is republicans in congress. not republicans around the country. we secured tax relief that will lift 16 million low income families out of poverty. auto industry, which was on the brink of destruction, general motors, this icon of american industry, was begging for help. last month was the largest number of -- i am sorry, last year more american cars and trucks were sold than in any time in our history. why? because of barack obama's leadership. osama bin laden has been killed and we destroyed organization that threaten our nation. we have more to do. of course we do. historical agreements on climate change and to stop iran from gaining weapons have been achieved. within the last few days, iran shipped out of iran 12 tons of urr uranium. 12 tons because of barack obama. now we have a lot more to do for america on behalf of the american people. we can't ignore the progress that has been made. my friend talks about the new senate. and there is a new senate because you have a constructive minority. democrats are wi

amongis strong consensus republicans in congress on the civil rights. in terms of captured under privileges in immunities of equal protection, it is impossible to know that when we are only looking at debates over the act of 1866. these precede the formulation of the 14th amendment by about 14 months. what we can ascertain from debates is that they tended to use both terms. they talked about privileges, immunities, equal benefit of the law. in their language at the time, they merged these two concepts. the thing that i would want to add in a preliminary way is that then need to distinguish between radical and centrist republicans is vital. one of the things that continues --happen in reconstruction in the literature on reconstruction is that folks are fine northern democrats who opposed reconstruction done the line and then they talk about radical reconstruction. either radical reconstruction or the northern democrats. that, historically, is a mistake . we need to distinguish between centrists and radicals because the action in terms of how to understan

he's using executive orders to pass those laws... ...bypassing republicans in congress. "they" say-- the president's plan is unconstitutional. we've learned, so far that-- in addition to expanded background checks-- the executive orders would seek to hire more f-b-i agents to conduct background checks. it would also change laws to prevent people with mental health restrictions from buying guns. the president will need help from congress on part of his plan. he's asking for mental health. gary-- it would be up to congress to approve that request. guns stores are busy.. leading up to the president's expected executive action. we got in touch with several local gun sellers... most said they are selling more... and pre-christmas sales were also busy. the owner of longmont's "grandpa's pawn and gun" told us he thinks the increase is linked to the san bernardino mass shooting... but he also said... sales tend to go up when gun control is discussed at both the state and federal level. in colorado, background checks for gun sales have coming up in the next half hour... we'll show

after years of trying,, trying,republicans in congress this week successfully passed a bill to repeal the affordable care act. act.but today, president obama vetoed that bill and congress doesn't have the votes to override the president's decision.republicans knew that going in, but leaders say they wanted to show that a republican president would have the chance to throw out the law.the bill also would have eliminated federal funding for planned parenthood. the spotlight on iowa is isgrowing brighter as the caucuses creep closer closerdemocrat bernie sanders, hopingo upset front runner hillararclinton made stops all l across eastern iowa today. the vermont senator started the day in cedar rapids.then to waverly, followed by a meeting in toledo.and tonight, he's back in downtown cedar pids.cbs 2 news reporter marissa scott scottjoins us now with more on ononhe g-o-p on the g-o-p side, kentucky senator rand ul stopped in the corridor today.he met with voters at the marion public library this afternoon.he also made a campaign stop in north liberty.paul has not been able to muster much s

republicans in congress are already threatening to take the matter up with the supreme court. the white house maintains the measures would withstand any legal challenge. brian webb for cbs news. ((brian loftus)) president obama also wants to hire more than 230 additional f-b-i employees.. to help process background checks. on thursday, he'll be holding a town hall discussion on gun violence. /// ((kirsten joyce)) > students are now getting more vitamins and minerals in their school lunches.. due to healthier food options. that's according to a new study washington. the study looked at 7- thousand middle and high school students before and after new meal 2012. the rules cap calories per meal... and require at least one serving of fruits or vegetables. /// > we'll be right back......../// > southern nevada is getting ready for another round of rain

as expected johnson's vetoes overridden by the republicans in congress. having ended military rule in the north, in ex parte versus mcardle, jerry black saw a writ of habeas corpus in the south. the habeas corpus act of 1867 to allow the freedmen and southern unionists to bypass lower courts and seek their wr its directly in the supreme court. to bringned the table his habeas corpus in northern military role of the south again directed to the chase court where he prevailed once before in milligan. argumentr days of oral the court delayed and delayed handing down its decision long , enough to allow the republicans in congress to repeal the habeas corpus act and deny supreme court jurisdiction and all pending cases, especially the challenge brought by jeremiah black. when andrew johnson was impeached by the house of representatives he retained jerry black on his team of defense lawyers. although advised that so ardent to democrats could hurt his chances, he avidly insisted on keeping black on the team. only a conflict of interest cost -- caused him to refine

in the courts and stopped. he has done all he can do under his authority. it is time for congress to do our work. katty: republicansn congress say the president has abused his authority by sidestepping them. what do you say to that? rep. thompson: i find it curious. his executive order clarifies existing law. how someone could say clarifying existing law oversteps authority is surprising. he wants to beef up the system doing background checks. everyone says they are in support of that. how him the thing up that system can be overstepping his authority is equally mystifying. he wants to properly fund mental health programs. how someone can think that is overstepping his boundaries is beyond me. laura: the president was emotional. you witnessed it in person when about the victims of mass shootings. how frustrated is the president are you spell or to get far with gun control? rep. thompson: the president has had to do things beyond our imagination. he has gone to many of these families that have lost loved ones. he has been to sandy hook to talk to parents who lost their first grade children. tosouth carolina to talk

republicans in congress are already threatening to take the matter up with the supreme court.the white house maintains the measures would withstand any legal challenge. brian webb for cbs news. 3 president obama also wants to hire more than 230 more f - b - i employees to help process background checks. as part of his push this week he'll hold a town hall meeting on gun violence thursday. 3 plans to make major changes to sioux city's five public pools are on hold while the city council waits for more information.the council was being asked to approve plans to close leeds pool and cook pool after the 20 - 16 swimming season and replace them with splash pads for 20 - 17. the closings are part see lewis pool stay open until a new pool opened at cone park... and leif erikson pool would stay open until it couldn't hold water anymore. parks and rec director matt salvatore says the delay is so the council can find out how much money is available for the plan. 3 "this really doesn't impact our decisions. we're still going to be moving forward opening all five swimming pools next summer anyway.

in the game's history. we're live with what you need to know about the drawing. >> >> 5:13. congress convenes for the first time in the new year. house republicans will renew the push to repeal obama care and defund planned parenthood. it's the part of what is expected to be a battle between congress and the white house. republicans in congress are balking about president obama's executive action on guns. yesterday president obama delivered what may have been his most emotional speech in officials. he shed tears recalling his saddest day in office from the sandy hill shooting in 2012. >> every time i think about those kids it gets me mad. and by the way, it happens on the streets of chicago every day. >> president obama's five-point gun safety plan includes comprehensive background checks, new regulations for gun dealers who sell on line and at gun show, hiring more to process paperwork and making sure people with mental illness get help and developing new technologies to make guns safer. the president ordered the changes after congress failed to pass legislation. >> happening today the mother of the toddler whose body washed up on a beach will

. >> reporter: republicans in congress are already threatening to take up the matter with the supreme court. the white house maintains the measures would withstand any legal challenge. the president says these steps are kouns tushl and consist with the 2nd amendment. they will be tested in congress and for a vote. >>> gun-related stocks moved higher ahead of the president's announcement. investors expect the news will before the new rules are implemented. stocks of smith and wesson jumped nearly 6% and republican presidential candidate donald trump is blowing off criminal of his new tv ad. the first one for him. it starts air income iowa today. in the ad, a far rate tore talks about trump's plan to build a wall on the border with mexico to stop illegal immigration. the company video shows dozens of people streaming across what is implied to be the u.s. border. it's actually video from morocco in africa. trump says, that's irrelevant. >> that was just video footage, a display of what our country is going to look like. country. we're a dumping ground, so you can take it anyway you want.

even before the president's official announcement, republicans in congress and on the campaign trail have blasted the actions and some gun rights advocates are already threatening to challenge them in court. >> have to see how that pans out. it's the end of an era. joe riley is saying farewell. mayor who has served the charleston city longer than history is giving a short farewell address tonight. rally is completing 40 years in office. he'll give the message of appreciation to residents that will be streamed live. riley is credited with leading charleston through an urban renewal that's made the city one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. riley has also faced the city after hurricane hugo and more than 25 years ago most recently being the face following the charleston church shooting. and today's council meeting in west columbia could determine the fate of a four acre lot that's been sitting empty for decades. >> this is exciting. columbia developer came forward last spring with the brooklyn development. they want to fill the lot with shops, restaurants and apartm

using his executive authority has been grounded in the knowledge that the gun lobby and the republicans in congress who regularly do their bidding are going to look for ways to stop it. >> mike viqueria joins us from washington. mike, the president seems, appears ready to take on this fight. >> well he does and josh earnest went on to say that whatever the president proposes they feel they are on solid legal ground. it was a year ago when president obama what infamously said he was going ouse his pen to block congress on some of the issues that frustrated him and none more so than his own reckoning, than president obama's own accounting of his inability to block safety laws. since then there's been the roseburg, oregon shooting, at the community college, where you saw that visceral reaction from president obama, and to try to revive the effort really within the administration to find a way around congress to use executive orders to put forward some new regulations. josh earnest says three are under no illusions that whatever they do is going to be able to solve all the problems. the white house loo

. >> reporter: republicans in congress have been putting up road blocks. >> when i am president, foreigns caught overseas will receive a one-way ticket to guantanamo where we will interrogate them and gather as mu much inasmuch as -- as much information as we can. >> the fear has led to a rise of attacks on muslim mosques in the u.s. this is a doctor who emigrated from pakistan to texas and he's the president of a national muslim youth association. but none of that mattered in november when another passenger on his flight reported him as a terror suspect. >> when the flight landed, they pulled me off, fbi, police officers came on, took me into a police car. >> reporter: his experience prompted him to launch a new campaign. he started engaging children at his mosque. >> have you ever had any kind of stress at school? because of the fact that you're a muslim? >> sometimes people are like, oh, no, don't bring any explosives into class. >> we're not the kind of muslims that take anger and revenge on other people. you should tell your teacher if somebody bothers you. >> reporter: but last wee

you know what, republicans in congress say it is doing more harm than good. >> we are confronting the president with the hard honest truth. obama care doesn't work. higher premiums and fewer choices and restricted access, these are not signs of success. obama care is not successful. >> tough words. the bill would cut funding for planned parenthood. that came after an antiapportion group sgloofrjts last year. >> a storm has brought significant rainfall in coastal areas and snow to the mountains. there have been multiple water rescues. yesterday the latest storm to 63 miles an hour. the flash flood warning is in effect through this morning. >> a stunning decision out of tampa. the tampa bay bucs fired coach smith. smith won just eight games in his two years. despite showing improvement, the firing comes after black monday when coaches are usually let go. in a statement, the bucs say they are committed to doing whatever is necessary to give fans the winning team they deserve. >> the singer made the announcement last night calling the rumors untrue. she says she is recovering but she won'

are right, going up, senator reid, not too long ago in washington, d.c., he said that the republicans in congress, care, which is obvious with every vote to repeal obama care. why not get in there and fix it and work with the democrats to come up with a product that actually works, both sides know what the problems are. >> yeah, i will tell you why. a lot of people come to reno and buy homes and then knock them down and build a new one. when you got -- you have a program here that is not getting to the fundamental heart of the problem, you got to start over, so i'm just suggesting, the biggest concern you would have is what happens to the working poor, do they lose health insurance? under my program, they do not. it is that simple. we need to restructure the way in which we do healthcare f. we can begin to pay people for quality and lower prices, both in our hospitals, with personal physicians, with the specialists and who am i working on this? we're implementing this with hospitals like cleveland clinic. health plans themselves know they need to get a handle on costs because you know what is ded

so wrapping all that up, what that gets us toa a place where some staunch republicans in congress, like john cornyn of texas, and president obama in the white house, all want to fix the system. they've propose aid bill, hari, that does a lot of things. two big point on it. one, it would roll back that three strikes rule where if you get three strikes drug crimes you'll have a mandatory life sentence. it cancels that. and the other thing it does is review the sentences for most all federal prisoners and allow some of them to spend a quarter of their sentence at home if they're thought to be nonviolence. >> sreenivasan: and this doesn't happen in a vacuum, as you pointed out. this is an election year. how does that affect the legislative agenda? >> reporter: i'm going to shoald up a little show-and-tell here. this is the house calendar and that is affected by the election year. there are four months the house will be mostly gone, and that's to run for reelection, most of july, august, almost all of october, and november, lawmakers will not be here. their primary job this year, as many of

republicans in congress is vowed to fight the changes while advocates for gun rights are threatening legal action. the president said the changes are in his executive power. >> we will air a special report this morning when president obama delivers his remarks on gun control expected around 8:40 a.m. you can get updates on twitter@abc7newsbayarea. >> in oakland the agenda for the first city council meeting of the year includes proposals to make guns safer including requiring all firearms and ammunition to be secured in unattended vehicles and to keep the firearms secured with a triggerlock or in a locked box. the n.r.a. is urging members to speak out against them and attack the rowals. city council voted to recommend that member adopt the proposals. >> new detail on the armed protesters occupying a federal building at a national wildlife refuge in oregon. they making new demands and say know will do whatever it takes to get the depatches met to respond to claims that local ranchers are intimidate by agents. the group has sent a demand for redress to local, state and federal officials.

the need for bipartisanship in the final year of obama's presidency, but cautioned that the republicans in congress will continue to stand up for their beliefs and constituents. jack: three presidential candidates were in the audience tonight. senators marco rubio, rand paul, and bernie sanders. senator ted he's campaigning in new hampshire tonight. stephanie: historic day at earlier this morning. stephanie: serving governor in u-s history gave his condition of the state address for the 22nd second time. governor terry branstad covered the budget, to energy, to education. like many of the lawmakers said on the first day of the session, governor branstad reenforced that education funding needs to be a top priority. " it is my sincere hope that the general assembly will move quickly to approve supplemental state aid early this session." stephanie: branstad received bipartisan support on a number of issues he talked about, receiving a long standing ovation for his efforts to improve fairness and equlaity in iowa's criminal justice system. jack: we hae new details in the case of a missing trailer from

. >> reporter: republicans in congress are threatening to take up the matter with the supreme court. the white house maintains the measures would withstand any legal challenge. brian webb for cbs3 "eyewitness news". sglifrjts authorities in delaware county are working to identify skeletal remains found at a park. they believe the remains belong to a woman missing since 2014. 25-year-old amanda was last seen leaving her direct ill hill home. the mother of two has a history of addiction and believes she's no longer alive. over the weekend, hiker found those skeletal remains at ridley creek state park. her family is holding on to hope that amanda is still alive. >> that's all i have is hope and faith that she's coming home. i don't know what it would be to lose my baby. >> police asked amanda's family for her dental records. authorities say it will take some time to make a positive identification. >>> a new jersey couple is behind bars this morning. police say they left their young children in the car while they gambled. this happened at parks casino saturday night. three children, age o

in germany. can refugees fill the void? >>> barack obama's latest effort to curb gun violence bypassing the republican controlled the republican controlled congress. when you're on hold, your business is on hold. that's why comcast business doesn't leave you there. when you call, a small business expert will answer you in about 30 seconds. no annoying hold music. just a real person, real fast. whenever you need them. so your business can get back to business. sounds like my ride's ready. don't get stuck on hold. reach an expert fast. comcast business. built for business. >>> welcome back. you're watching al jazeera, a quick reminder of the main news. the sir you know opposition has given a list have demands ahead of peace talks later this month calling for the release of prisoners, a halt to attack on civilians and unhindered humanitarian access. >>> in china,le central bank has spent billions of dollars trying to stop a sell-off of shares listed on the stock exchange. investors continue to sell their shares following a 7% drop in stock value. >>> the bodies of seven refugees have been found in two locations on the aegean coast. it is a starting

. >>> republicans in congress have drafted a new bill aimed at stopping president obama's executive orders on gun control. >> he does not get to bypass congress i will do everything i can to defund this executive order because it is unconstitutional. >> on tuesday the president announced stricter rules on guns and ammunition meant to help keep them out of the hands of criminals and people with mental health issues. republicans in created a new bill that would eliminate his authority to do that. democrats have responded with their own bills to help carry out the president's plan calling for more a.t.f. background checks. >>> lawmakers, lawyers of women's rights groups central florida are fighting antiabortion law in texas. in the u.s. up in court. representative. alan face of orlando and senator bill nelson are teaming up with lawmakers and 12 other states to china one of the biggest changes of the -- take -- challenging regulations inch texas forcing of vision -- abortion clinics a close biblical impact other states about regulating access to an abortion. >>> a professor at south florida u

. >> reporter: the top republican in congress, speaker of the house paul ryan, says obama's plan to "a dangerous level of executive overreach", and the country will not stand for it. one of the republican contenders to succeed obama says he is acting like a petulant child after his defeat >> because they reject your ideas repeatedly and now you're going to try to impose them anyway. >> reporter: the national rifle association the group which opposes any new gun controls says the obama administration is violating the rights of honest gun owners while ignoring the roots of the violence. >> untold secret in washington is that he has all the laws that he needs to stop the blood pressured sthed now. take violent criminals off the street. prosecutor them. underment current federal gun laws and make sure they don't get to their next crime scene. that's the way to save lives. >> reporter: meanwhile felled ral authorities in the state of oregon are weighing what actions to take against a group of armed protesters who have taken over a public building in a remote wildlife refuge. they promised

the president blamed the nra and the republicans in congress for that. >> reporter: the gun lobby cannot hold america hostage. the nra said the proposed executive actions are ripe for abuse by the obama administration. and speaker spaul ryan said rather than focus on criminals and terrorists, the president goes after law-abiding citizens. it's a form of intimidation that undermines liberty. >> he's obsessed with undermining the second amendment. >> reporter: the white house says that's pure politics. >> i believe in the second amendment. it's there, written on the paper. it guarantees a right to bear arms. no matter how many times people try to twist my words around. >> reporter: much of the president's ability to enforce these new actions depends on congress spending the money to hire new investigators at the atf and fbi. republicans have said the president should enforce the existing gun laws. and lawmakers saw they have chance to do just that. jim acosta, the white house. >> and later this hour, we'll have more reaction to mr. obama's plan. we'll hear from the father of a young victim

. >>> republicans in congress already drawing battle lines, accusing the president of over stepping hisuthority. >>> and at dupont they are finding out if they are losing their jobs. wanting to eliminate 100 jobs pending the merger with dow chemicals. >>> and a murder investigation underway after a 68-year-old man found dead inside of a car at mansfield township, new jersey. the police confirmed james dewyer's body was found in a parked car in a shallow ditch along monica court. he was shot to death. they are still trying to determine who killed him and why. >>> two new jersey parents are accused of gambling with their children's well being leaving the three young kids in a cold car while they went, the parents went into the parx casino. temperatures below freezing at the time saturday evening. police say 39-year-old jarrett nelson and 30-year-old wabbling -- ebony walker inside about an hour and a half. their children, ages 1, 3 and 8 are in the care of grandparents after being checked out by doctors. >>> from the new jersey news room the garden state granted a nine-month extension to

republican congressman mac thornberry of texas. then, president obama unveiled his plan to reduce gun violence in the u.s. through executive action. later, republicans in congress hold a signing ceremony for legislation that repeals parts of the 2010 health care law. ms. swain: the chairman of the services committee, mac thornberry of texas, returns to "newsmakers" this week. president will be making his final state of the union address, and also the house plans to address the situation in north korea and iran. let me welcome our reporters. felicia schwartz of "wall street journal." and jeremy herb. sharjourney, your first. mr. herb: what is the most important thing you want to hear from him on defense and security issues? is there anything he can say on the issue vices that will satisfy republicans? rep. thornberry: i do not really think it is a question of being satisfied. i think the most important thing he could do is acknowledge that some of his policies of the past worked as well as he wanted, and in fact, made things worse. in other words, some realistic viewpoint. if that could come through, that the president recognizes he has tried for some things, ho

it's alarming the intelligence community ig working with republicans in congress continues to selectively leak materials to hurt hillary clinton's presidential campaign. with less than two weeks before the primary and caucus season and with mrs. clinton in a tight race with senator bernie smells blood in the water. >> you already see marco rubio up with an ad in iowa and south carolina attacking her on her national security credibility. >> reporter: hillary clinton is disqualified from being commander-in-chief of the united states. >> someone who cannot handle intelligence information appropriately cannot be commander-in-chief. >> this is very, very serious. and obviously could impact secretary clinton's presidential ambition. but are we right [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: in washington i'm jeff barnd reporting. >> reed: the inspector general started investigating the emails at the request of gop lawmakers last year. >> marie: there are new developments in the war on terror today. michelle marsh takes it from here from the terrorism alert desk. >> reporter: from the terrorism alert desk in

now the republicans in congress have voted against the affordable care act 55 times. not because they want to replace it with something, because they want to get rid of it. so i worry that if we give republicans democratic permission to do that, we'll go back to an era before we had the affordable care act. that will strip millions and millions and millions of people out of their health insurance. >> don't talk to me about standing up to corporate interests and big powers. i've got the scars to show for it. and i am proud of every single one of them. we have a big difference over guns. you know that. and i think it's a telling difference because if you're going to go around saying you stand up to special interests, well stand up to the most powerful special interest. stand up to that gun lobby. he wants to roll medicare, medicaid, the children's health insurance program, affordable care act program, and private health insurance into a national system, and then turn it over to the states to administer. now if -- if that's the kind of revolution he's talking about, i am

after years of trying, republicans in congress this week successfully passed a bill to repeal the affordable care act. but it's no surprise that today, president obama vetoed that bill.it is also unlikely that cocoress has the votes to override the president's decision.republicans knew that going in, but leaders say they wanted to show that a republican president would have the chance to throw out the law.the bill also would have eliminated federal funding for plplned parenthood. also today, the president continued his push to reform the nation's gun laws.earlier this week, the president sued execute orders designed to stregthen existing rules on background checks.in this morning's new york times, the president indicated how serious he's taking this issue. issue.saying quote, "i will support any candidate, even in my own party, who does not support common-sense gun reform." tonight, auhtorities in philadelphia are calling the shooting of a police officer an attempted execution. execution.officer jessie hartnett was in his car when a man walked up to his window and shot 13 times at close rang

republicans in congress are already threatening to take the matter up with the supreme court. the white house maintains the measures would withstand any legal challenge. brian webb for cbs news. ((kirsten joyce)) president obama also wants to hire more fbi employees to help process background checks./// ((brian loftus)) > the three democratic presidential candidates will be in las vegas... senator harry reid is hosting them for the battle born- battleground first in the west caucus dinner tomorrow. ((harry reid: debates should be, talking about the issues, and so i look forward talking to them each individually here on wednesday and doing everything i can to make the caucus a success. )) ((brian loftus)) nevada's democratic caucuses will take place on saturday, february 20./// ((brian loftus)) > each of those candidates is planning on also making campaign stops while they're here. martin o'malley will be speaking to the economic club of las vegas on thursday morning at nine oclock./// ((brian loftus)) > and ahead of the dinner... hillary clinton will be stopping in henderson f

republicans in congress and on the presidential campaign trail demetria, how are the roads this morning? demetria obilor i-15 at charleston looks pretty busy right now. drilling work is scheduled today from seven am to five pm. no lane closures, however. expect to see ndot crews out east and west of i-15 between oakey and charleston. < > back to you! ((brian loftus)) > get ready to rock!! because guns n roses is getting back together! ((kirsten joyce)) the shows the original band has finally admitted they will play.... after days of speculation. ((brian loftus)) > and it's time for today's register to win on our facebook ((kirsten joyce)) > is rolling into las vegas today... to kick off his residency at the venetian. he's expected to make his grand entrance at 10- o'clock this morning... in true rock n roll fashion.. leading a parade of 50- harley's. his show called "fortunate son in concert" starts tomorrow.. fogerty will play 8 shows through january 23rd. tickets start at 59 bucks./// ((kirsten joyce)) > and pitbull just announced he's returning to his residency at planet hollywood th

what is the reaction from congress especially house speaker paul ryan and other republicans in the house and senate? >> well, the reaction from congress is pretty much as you would anticipate: neatly divided by party. democrats are saying this is common sense effort to fight gun violence. republicans are saying it is a continued assault by the president both on the second amendment rights of americans and on congress' prerogative to regulate this. their argument is obama is overstepping his ability. >> what were the plans in the house as far as the republicans are concerned with legislation. what is planned ahead for the year? >> not much. the bill that has been sort of the primary talking point for republicans is a bill on mental health issues. every time one of these students comes up over the past six months they talked about the bill that would basically expand resources for people in mental health crisis which a lot of democrats think is a good idea. there is a debate on the margin about what it should do. there is a provision that would expand the court required treatment of people

republicans in congress have voted against the affordable care act 55 times not because they want to replace it but because they want to get rid of it. i worry if we give republicans a democratic commission -- permission to do that, we will before thean era affordable care act that will strip millions of people of health insurance. currently, there is a $19 trillion gap between what senator sanders has proposed and how he has articulated paying for the proposals. that is troubling. john: how is bernie sanders responding? his campaign put out a statement saying the clinton campaign is mischaracterizing his position on health care. the senator was swaggering away at the forum we were at in des moines. >> she has been getting more aggressive with you. >> yeah. inevitable that the candidate for the democratic nomination may not be so inevitable today. i have known hillary clinton for 25 years. i have respect for her. but what we are looking at is an establishment politician. i think it is too late for establishment politicians and economics. john: mark, hillary clinton, chelsea clinton b

you remember the republicans in congress worked with the democratic president in order to get things done, because they had given up on the republican candidate? >> i think you'll see a party that unifies around a pro-free interprice anti-washington, d.c. message. it will weigh in at the ballot box and a majority of members will deliver a conservative mandate. that would force the cronies at the chamber of commerce and elsewhere here in washington, to choose whether they want to join a optimistic free enterprise, or go to the democrats. >>> does the establishment win, does your -- >> if the establishment wins we'll have a continued debate whether this should be a party that playing the chronnyism doing a perfectly capable job of. >> kirsten. >> once that was referred to as bill clinton's bimbo eruption will be problems for hillary during the campaign. the conventional wisdom says this has all been hashed out, but if we look at the bill cosby situation, the country has definitely changed, and these are serious allegations, and her role in them at well. >>> thank you, panel. i predict i