joining us now, the aof i-team, robert zimmerman.r and publisher of conservative -- crystal wright. >> thank you. lou: what do you think of christie's lines, they sound pretty good to me. >> you know, lou, i do know always love governor christie but he hit a home runed it at cpac, we as a party need to talk about what we're for, end this foolishness 'repeeling obamacare, obolle issues the irs, and say wire the party of opportunity, governor christie you have my -- you did a great job. lou: it took 6 years to get to points you realize that your party conditio -- it has it come up with ideas. chris christie looked like he was running an anger management therapy program. >> robert, and i often don't agree on a lot of things you can give chris christie props, it was not aimingry, h angry, he was well past bridgegate. lou: before you get too excited about it. give it a break. on attacking crist, the coke brothers, a launched -- built on a -- coke brothers, called addicted to coke, the republicans, what a -- that is up seemly. are can do b

robert zimmerman good to have you with us. what do you make of the criticisms? >> certainly, let's be realistic bit the criticisms you're hearing from the republican leaders are just in fact all of the proposals are white house is under is considering and planning to implement so. this political posturing from republican leadership. it's unfortunate, but it's irrelevant. first, republican congress ratings are lower than any other branch of government. it's important not to overstate their influence you see a sense of yun in terms of the actions on the table. >> let's take a look at the reaction of some of those who have spoken out about what is going on. watch this. >> this is the ultimate result of a feckless foreign policy. >> russia believes nudging is going to stop them. >> i think this is partly a result of our perceived weakness because of our actions in syria. you heard that criticism over the weekend. >> of course. you know, martha, you can implement foreign policy through sound byte or tweet, maybe comments would be relevant the negotiations are a serio

. >> joining us to discuss, democratic strategist robert zimmerman and cnn political commentator and the blaze, will kane. thank you for being with us. did russia just call our bluff? does the u.s. look small on the world stage at this point? >> look, russia didn't call just our bluff. russia called the european community's bluff. let's understand, what they have engaged in is not an effort to make us look small. they've gone back to really what vladimir putin represents. he's a thug. these are the tactics of the old russia, what russia represents, and he will continue to isolate himself from the world stage after he's made so many measures to try to ingratiate himself around the world. >> will, how much of what we're watching right now and these things are changing so quickly that it's tough to know what it will be like in 24 hours instead of six or eight months, but how much can that play into party politics here in the u.s., especially as we head to the midterms? >> well, you know, i hope it doesn't play too much into politics. we don't want to filter these things through a politi

george zimmerman's parents are suing comedian roseanne barr - saying a tweet she sent forced them from their florida home. robert and gladys zimmerman say barr encouraged "vigilante justice" and tweeted out their home address in march 2012 -- one month after the shooting death of trayvon martin but before george zimmerman was arrested in the case. the zimmermans say the tweet forced them to flee their home in the middle of the night and they haven't been able to return. george zimmerman was acquitted in the case. barr has not commented about the lawsuit. there is yet another mystery surrounding the death of a woman whose body was found at her home in pontiac, michigan. experts believe pia farrenkopf had been dead for six years when remains, believed to be hers, were found in her garage last wednesday. but now, election records show, someone voted in her name in michigan's election for governor *four years ago... two after she died. her bills were paid automatically through her bank account until it finally ran dry. this lot say will cost you $10. this is from brooklyn. this must be good. they say it's made with