comfort individualized. >>> we're back with steve latourette and rick tyler. there's anything you all can cease-fire on. >> i agree with rick. he said if hillary runs she'll have a problem that begins with b, not just benghazi but bill clinton. >> theis is not a cease-fire. this is -- >> they'll take the fight to her. >> i wholeheartedly disagree with it. but most of the american people disagree with it too. but is there anything you two can cease-fire on? >> i think we need a strong candidate that appears to the party and outside the party to socially conservative women. >> i think we all agree that we'll beat democrats. >> i disagree. >> go to facebook or twitter to weigh in on our fire back question. right now 35% of you say yes. 65% say no. the debate continues online at cnn.com/crossfire. we also want to condwrat late newt gingrich, his new book came out today. >> join us tomorrow for another edition of crossfire. erin burnett starts now. >>> what is the white house worried about now when it comes to obama care? we have a shocking memo. then for the first

rick tyler is a republican strategist and former newt gingrich spokesman.entlemen. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> so poll after poll shows frankly congressional aproouchl is in the toilet, single digits. only 47 bills have been signed into law this year. second year in a row that it's the least productive congress. matt, how do lawmakers go home and explain that to their constituents? >> boy, it is really tough. i wouldn't want to be one of them having to do that. there really is no way to explain this to constituents. the fact they're only going to work 15 days between now and the end of the year when we have these enormous problems in front of us. we have another looming budget crisis coming on january 15th and they're not able to get anything done. so it's really tough. i will say it does seem that the senate, weirdly, has been more productive than the house, which is not how it normally goes. they have actually passed a few things, like an immigration bill and a farm bill. but neither side has covered itself in glory here. >> rick, the indications

i want to bring in donna brazil and rick tyler good to see both of you.y big contrast on the campaigning that we are seeing today on this sunday before election day but let's talk about the president and the kind of pull that he would have on the campaign trail as sitting president for this race. so donna, does this president kind of have you know the c axa given his approval rating has dipped to 42%? >> absolutely. look. i wouldn't mind having president obama campaign for me. i'm sure that many of the other democrats across the country would love to have the president. this is probably a base election. off year elections, the name of the game and rick knows this is turnout. the last time around turnout was 40%. so he is trying to get his base out and trying to get independence out and trying to get republicans who are interested in his candidacy as well. so president obama will help him get his base out and help him with interests and others. >> if it is only 30% turnout, who makes out the voters who would come out? are we talking about moderates? typica

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joining me now, contributor james peterson and a professor and republican strategist rick tyler.r being here on your holiday weekend. let me start with you. do you see republicans missing an opportunity and reform is coming up. too many stories that it's not going to come up in the republican-rolled house. >> if we need the reform, they are talking about immigration reform and he lives in california. it's definitely a top issue. i worry about that this will change the subject. this is another attempt by the obama administration to get past the failed roll out of obama care. he lot of so much credibility he can't take the lead on this issue. if he goes out and tries to and make this is a partisan issue and only has democratic support, he is going to 5i8 fail and he will use it a a political football. the evidence is both in the house and the senate and did nothing about immigration reform. particularly in the latino communities. >> i asked about the opportunity and he gave into the politics of it. a lot of people welcome the distraction. >> obviously if it's supposed to be distrac

tyler, back to you. >> rick, thank you very much. we know retailers are watching your every move. airlines are too. the kind of data they're collecting. should you be worried? blackberry giving its ceo a bumper pay package. you won't believe the staggering numbers. we'll tell you about it after these mess ams. geoff: i'm the kind of guy who doesn't like being sold to. the last thing i want is to feel like someone is giving me a sales pitch, especially when it comes to my investments. you want a broker you can trust. a lot of guys at the other firms seemed more focused on selling than their clients. that's why i stopped working at my old brokerage and became a financial consultant with charles schwab. avo: what kind of financial consultant are you looking for? talk to us today. >>> coming off that strong jobs report, president obama is visiting the port of new orleans today and speaking about the economy we'll mn tore that speech. he has just started. we'll go to john harwood, let's go to john harwood who has perspectives on what the president is talking ability. john is. >> what i

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but analysts on wall street, tyler, aren't nearly as excited about what this product launch means for microsoft. rickin of newmore wrote a tough note about the xbox calling it, quote, a distraction, a costly side show that he estimates loses $2 billion from microsoft a year saying xbox is an orphan, cool product line in a successful consumer franchise but also loses a lot of money and we think it's a distraction to the more enterprise strengths of microsoft. but the chief strategy officer of xbox was on cnbc and talked about the great potential for the xbox one. >> we've been profitable with xbox for a number of years, and the opportunity now as you go console gaming today, 300 million people play games. the opportunity just to grow in the gaming sector is huge. gaming as you know is the fastest growing entertainment sector of all, whether talking about movies or tv. >>. >> the analysts say at the end of the day this is about microsoft trying to control your living room and that long term is really the great potential strategic opportunity for the company. back to you. >> thank you very much. let's t