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i think it depends on how this plays out and the investigation into those funds, i think that ryan brings u wthere's som > comes out on chris christie lin brid could sti nominee? >> absolutely. i think that nothing else is going to come out. if nothing else -- excuse me, if nothing else comes out about bridgegate -- >> so yes from a mark. ryan, what about you? >> i absolutely agree with that. that's right. if his statement at his press conference stands as 100% accurate, i think he'll be fine. >> okay. so, battered but maybe not beaten. and absolutely blasted the republican party, because they wanted to investigate why 25% of this relief funding was pork. you were having millions of dollars go towards areas that weren't in new jersey at all. alaskan fisheries and repairing the smithsonian institute roof. that had nothing to do with victims that needed money. and christie went out and blasted people. even michael bloomberg disagreed with chris christie on this point. so there's some ill will there. some republicans like him, some don't. >> okay, i've got to leave it there. ryan, let me ask you

paul ryan at 79. even george w. bush, 72. more favorable than the establishment republicans. this is consistent with the last paper. when they had to rally about their candidate, the feeling thermometer questions indicate that perhaps they did that. whether those divisions will persist is when we look at the media question, so let's turn it over to jay morris. >> it is clear there is a division on several issue positions and on how tea party versus establishment republicans view certain candidates, certain issues. do they get their news from different sources? we already know through the research on partisan media that democrats, republicans, liberals, conservatives get their news from different sources in today's fragmented media environment. when you look here just at tea party versus establishment republicans and where they get their news regularly, we can look at these several shows from fox news. we can see a dramatic difference. in tea party members versus establishment republicans, and whether or not they watch these fox news programs and these are four of several fox

paul ryan at 79. even george w. bush, 72. more favorable than the establishment republicans. this is consistent with the last paper. when they had to rally about their candidate, the feeling thermometer questions indicate that perhaps they did that. whether those divisions will persist is when we look at the media question, so let's turn it over to jay morris. >> it is clear there is a division on several issue positions and on how tea party versus establishment republicans view certain candidates, certain issues. do they get their news from different sources? we already know through the research on partisan media that democrats, republicans, liberals, conservatives get their news from different sources in today's fragmented media environment. when you look here just at tea party versus establishment republicans and where they get their news regularly, we can look at these several shows from fox news. we can see a dramatic difference. in tea party members versus establishment republicans, and whether or not they watch these fox news programs and these are four of several fox

w. >> we continue to monitor events. ryan will be back tomorrow to cover that. back to davos. found a way to address security concerns in the wake of the nsa revelations, allowing overseas customers to have personal data stored outside the u.s.. microsoft's general counsel discussed this in davos yesterday. our international correspondent who has been following this has more details. if you don'ton, trust us, you can store it in foreign countries, the data. appears to be an elegant solution to a problem that has vexed u.s. tech companies. the interesting thing, microsoft is the only one saying you can make this move. there is a crucial distinction. these are comments from microsoft's chief legal counsel, for customers that live outside the u.s., their data can be stored outside the u.s.. that does not mean if you are an american, your data can be stored and canada. excuse me, quite loud, we have a couple helicopters. francine, the u.s. -- one of the main u.s. tech companies responding to a problem that could estimate a loss of $35 billion for companies. sales inning about chin

on twitter@w@wowowpg÷÷owúç÷gçngg >> the president is going to address the nation on the state of the union address on tuesday night. are americans looking forward to the address? we sent ryano fine out. >> are you ready for the state of the union address? >> couldn't care a less. >> not really. >> are you super excited about the state of union? >> sure. >> what is it for. >> i will go with the broncos. >> have a state of the union party? >> i will definitely consider. it >> this is a breaking game. >> i am good at making games. and so definitely. >> like every time he. >> oh, well. >> and on a scale of 1- 10 how do you rate the country f. >> three. three. >> four. >> and what would you rather watch. puppy bowl or state of the union. >> puppy bowl. >> puppy bowl. >> you think the president will address the nsa spying scandal. >> i will say briefly. >> how dow feel about the nsa spoi scandal. >> it doesn't matter he knows. >> what would you rather bet on. seattle so hawks or joe boyd bide falling asleep. >> joe biden falling a sleep. >> you think the president can tell the truth? nprobably not. >> you think he seems more trouble in hd? >> can you remember anything the presid

but we always had -- look, paul ryan, jack kemp protege, look, every tax cut the republicans have had. reagan had two of them, '81 and '86. let me skip all the way to george wtax cuts lowered marginal rates for everybody, mike, across the board. it's just not true. look at the facts. they all lowered rates for everybody. in fact, the middle and lower got a bigger relative reduction. i just want to get that out there. >> sure, absolutely, but that's not what we're talking about going forward with things like the ryan plan, the official platform of the gop right now. i don't think we're at the marginal rates that would increase some sort of effect. i don't think it's relevant in the 21st century with the rates we're talking about. separately, if you look at things like what the president is proposing, there's plenty of studies that say a minimum wage held up the lower end of the distribution, alleviating some of the gaps in inequality in lower half. i think other things like financial reform, people are worried that a lot of people at the tippy top are getting money off rents or being patent abuse i think there's a genuine reform that would make the economy m

why don't we protect the people here.y w don't wind me as attacking the tea party. s i'mo not. an [inaudible]le >> thomas ryan with bloombergata news.ck can you say what elections you'll be focusing on and what tea party candidates among thosi that you mentioned? can >> the first answer is no e focu and will tea party candidates be among those that you just mentioned? >> the first answer is no because what am i sending a lot of announcements out for? stay tuned, news when you see it. will tea party candidates -- i just segmented between the original -- i'm not trying to be difficult. this is a place i got to be very careful. i want -- you know, if -- i know a whole lot of tea party folks. if a lot of them are running, i'm going to support them. the question is who are we talking about when we absolutely get there? and what do they want to do? people that walk into the -- announce i'm going to run for the house or senate, my idea is to burn down -- i'm hyperbolizing, my idea is to burn down the town, i won't support them. people who believe in the things we talked about will likely to get our support. one litt

w. bush was there, the house voted 368-28 for extended unemployment benefits. it was a bipartisan vote, paul ryanfferent situation. except that president bush was in office. >> but what is the difference now then with the tenure? why do you think such the difference now? they cannot come to any sort of agreement here. >> it's hard to believe that things could be more partisan than when president bush was in office, but it's clear that it is. and there are many -- i think this is really an unfortunate commentary on congress. there are many in congress that will do anything to hand president obama a tee defeat. even if that defeat comes in the form of poor economic performance and higher unemployment. you know, it's a sad commentary that people in congress, many of them just don't think about the folks in their own district. they're more interested in the politics of washington. >> if that assessment is true, sir, it's sad and stunning. what about the income inequality issue the president is touting? do you think that's going to resonate with swing voters this year? >> i think it will. i hear about

ryan, i do believe as you show, this is not about wooing low income voters. they'll never vote republican. it's signaling that we care. it worked for george w. bush, it worked for david cameron in england who took a page from compassionate conservative. that's what this is about. they talked about the earned income tax program. ronald regan invented it, milton friedman idea. on a democratic side, obama came out for a $9 minimum wage. he's been dragged to $10.10. why can't the president say 15 bucks an hour all in with a blend of minimum wage and earned income tax credit. doesn't have to all be on the employer's payroll, all in 15 bucks an hour is a reward for work. he won't go there so the debate won't be where it needs to be. >> let's listen to the president in 2013 talking about that $9 minimum wage proposal. >> tonight let's declare that in the wealthiest nation on earth no one who works full time should have to live in poverty and raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour. >> so the first part of the sentence is not actually quite related to the second part of the sentence. let's declare that no one in the wealthiest nation should hav

ryan does. >> joe? >> don't you, joe? >> yeah. rene can try and i think tough for him. i go back to george w.bout this. i think always this feeling from party types, staebt types that after you lose an election and you lose an election like we lost in 2012 with hispanics rushing away from the republican party there is this idea if you just pass immigration reform that somehow hispanics will magically rush back to you but i don't think that is the case there. the tone during the primaries was so negative that i think that caused a big problem and i don't know that a pathway to citizenship is going to cure all of those problems. you look at the numbers right now. you look at barack obama's numbers right now and, chuck, i guess let's get you in on this too. barack obama is not doing too great with hispanics himself right now. i don't know a pathway to citizenship guarantees you get 44% of hispanics voting for him. >> not now. >> chuck? >> but i think you have to look at this as a ten-year plan. look. it's not going to magically happen overnight but if you lessen the hostility, right? and then yo