i'm ted cruz and i'm all about ted cruz. >> is it all about ted cruz, is he running for president? i'm old enough to remember in the old days even if you were going to defy your leader in the senate, you drop by the office and you told him you were going to do it or gave him a phone call and edds up. mitch mcconnell was surprised, stunned by ted cruz. what's the carryover? is this a one-off for this spending bill or does it carry into next year? >> all indications are cruz will continue this next year whether it's on immigration or other issues. it's important to remember the number that matters in the senate is one. one senator can hold things up or slow things down. that's what he did this week. he inevitably raised money. he certainly caused a stink, his name is back in the headlines after a few weeks of laying low. elizabeth warren saw this spending bill, wednesday says a speech and says libical democrats should vote against it. house democrats heard her, they held it up, it passed but she got the microphone as well. cruz is exploiting the rules of the senate trying to make his

thank you, ted cruz. his nomination had been stalled for more than a year because the nra decided to wage war on his candidacy. he had never been an activist on gun issues or particularly involved on either side of the gun rights, gun reform debate. but the nra decided they were going to make an example of him. make a big show over opposing his nomination because of a couple of times he expressed his opinion online that gun violence should be seen as a public health matter in the united states. the nra thought that was too far. they had been fighting his nomination. before today's vote, the nra announced they would be scoring the vote on this nomination. meaning, voting for him would hurt any lawmakers' nra rates. if they cast a vote for this guy. even with that threat, the senate voted for him. we are about to get a surgeon general. we haven't had one for a year and a half. vivek murphy is not a gun control activist. he's not an activist on gun issues. there's no reason, substantively, that his nominatio

but then, senator ted cruz of texas decided to pull one of his patented senator ted cruz of texas stunts. he pulled a parliamentary maneuver late friday night which threw the whole plan out the window. the senators in fact, would not be allowed to go home for the weekend. instead, they'd have to stay in washington. they had, in fact, to stay in session on saturday for ten straight hours of voting and parliamentary procedure because of ted cruz. now what ted cruz held everything up for was a symbolic vote. a symbolic, meaning, substantively meaningless vote an president obama's immigration action. there's no reason why they had to take this symbolic vote now as they are facing all these other deadlines in the end of the session. there's no reason it had to be now. ted cruz just decided he wanted it to be now. had it passed, it would have done nothing. it didn't pass. it failed by a huge margin. so what was that about? by forcing that vote to happen this weekend, what ted cruz did substantively was one thing. and democrats, a huge favor by keeping the senate in session over the weekend, th

. >>> but, then, senator ted cruz of texas, decided to bull one of his pat ented senate ted cruz of texas stuntds. he pulled the parliament maneuver late friday night. the senators, in fact rgs would not be allowed to leave to go home e home for the weekend. instead, because of ted cruz, they would have to stay in washington. they would have to stay in session on saturday for 10 straight hours of voting and parliamentary procedure because of ted cruz. now, what he held everything up for was a symbolic vote. a symbolic, meaning, a substantively meaningless vote, on the immigration act. there's no substance as to why they had to take this vote now. there's no reason it had to be now. ted cruz just decided he wanted it to be now. had it passed, it would have done nothing. it didn't pass. it failed by a huge margin. so what was that about? what ted cruz did, substantively, was this. thereby, giving the democrats more time when the senate is in session and the democrats are still in control. specifically, he let the democrats start the clock ticking two days earlier than they otherwise were go

ted cruz has his guy now and they're just a menace. >> i would draw a slight distinction between ted cruz and mike lee because i think mike lee a lot of his approach on thing and we saw this with his opposition on immigration. immigration reform was moving originally, ted cruz was very vocal and out there and more where jeff sessions was which is more tapping into base anger where when mike lee was talking about it, his opposition was much more focused on there are things we agree on. >> but in terms of -- >> yeah -- >> in terms of what happened this weekend it was cruz and it was lee and it was lee who was on the senate floor friday night. it was 11:30 p.m. mitch mcconnell, the republican leader had cut what he thought was a deal with harry reid, still a majority leader for the next few days. mitch mcconnell cut that deal and said, see you guys monday. two hours later, mike lee goes on the senate floor and they are, boom, they're in session for the weekend. is this a preview of what mitch mcconnell is going to have to be juggling for the next two years? he is majority leader. >> the

this is basically the ted cruz playbook.e said he wants to fight president obama in every way possible, including with the nominations. now, there aren't a lot of guys like ted cruz and vitter who want to do this. but you don't need too many. they can't stop it permanently, but they can slow it down. you know who doesn't want to hear this, mitch mcconnell, because it's exposing a rift within the republican party. the leadership doesn't want to look irresponsible. if they go holding up confirmation of the nation's chief law enforcement official, they're going to look pretty irresponsible. >> joan, we did have a hint when dana mentioned ted cruz. we had a hint that conservative centers might go after loretta lynch over immigration. because when she was nominated senators ted cruz and mike lee asked her to put out a statement on whether or not she believes the president's executive amnesty plans were constitutional and legal. if senator vitter is getting tips from ted cruz, this can't end well for him, can it? >> you know, he's

. >> ted cruz does not care about the republican party, ted cruz is all about himself, he's a very brightays thinks he's the brightest guy in the room. he does not care if anybody likes him or not. >> what is his end game? >> his end game is to be the leader of the republican party. he started with the big influence of the republican party. >> is it to be president of the united states? isn't that his end game? >> i don't think that is his end game. >> it is absolutely. >> he's appealing to that base. >> but he angered so many people in his own party, the establishment, everyone becau. i go back to elizabeth warren, she showed enormous power in the house and across the senate. she didn't filibuster, she did not force a vote on her amendment to take out the bank thing. the one thing people are about taking care of themselves first. p warren who likes to say she e's -- i remember somebody on television saying -- >> i'm thinking she's -- there's a really good chance. >> i don't think she does unless hillary stumbles. i think hillary really has that nomination. >> has she stumbled yet. >> she

i like ted cruz for the same reasons.question, bad strategy. ted cruz's strategy a year ago was bad. >> his idea was get rid of obamacare entirely or shut down the government. >> i don't think a government shutdown would have led to getting rid of obamacare. i don't think president obama would have signed that bill. i like elizabeth warren, because she stands on principle. all around a like her. stand on principle, you endorse bad strategy on the left, i like it. >> sahil, be the referee here, let me ask you this. i saw lindsey graham last night, i watched until they adjourned and lindsey graham got down on the senate floor and started -- he was mocking democrats. saying this is what elizabeth warren said, when ted cruz shut down the government. now she's doing. she's part of the problem. and i got people on my side who are part of the problem and they're both doing the same thing. i wonder how much -- i talked to them when they don't want them named -- but a lot of republicans view ted cruz as a problem in their party an

and ted cruz saying i'm sorry? this is unheard of.out you but i'm smelling 2016 more and more. and i think this is just the beginning of us seeing ted cruz moderate his behavior. i'm not saying moderate behavior in general but in term of the teem of republican politics, he knows that yes, he needs the republican primary base. if he really wants a shot at the white house, he needs to temper it. at least have a shot at the general electorate. >> now this is a big victory for the president. 132 judges confirmed seriously impacts the courts. >> it absolutely impacts the courts. it is one of the places overall the obama administration has struggled, marchly because of the make-up of the senate. so you see in federal courts certain laws that have been passed through the congress. pieces overturn and getting challenged. this is why particularly on the left. the importance of the federal bench cannot be understated. and i think going into the next administration, we need make the number one priority. so you're not at the last minute having to

ted, i think, agrees with that. what they did because of justice jackson is that he allow these -- he allowed these things to go forward. so that is what keeps obamacare alive. what i wanted to do was to get rid of wickett and filburn. the little pieces made no sense. the question is, is congress always rapacious? of course not. one of the sad things is many good statutes would be struck down when people do not understand why they are put into play. so it is not that. it is just that you want to get rid of the cartel facilitation that takes place when you are dealing with this. justice roberts opinion is an intellectual blunder of the first order. now, not because he gets the commerce clause wrong, which he does. but the key thing to understand about the earlier presidents, including cases he cited, were that you could not use the commerce clause where you use the taxing power. it's a legal document called these two documents are basically the same stuff and it turns out if you go back and you look at these various

ted cruz goes around denigrating everybody.be trying to nail the coffin in ted cruz's political future, but he is saying he is the purist, he is the ideological crew saider. ron paul did a lot better in getting 25% at one point, and people didn't think that was possible. i don't think he can win. but the point is, he's not playing to the audience that wants to see cooperation. >> is this going the presidency or is it something -- >> all right, loaded term, demagogue ri. he was probably more infamous, more powerful than ever. he had a lot of power. >> look, as long as people talk about ted cruz as someone who might run for president, could have run for president, that's good for him. and i agree with steve. ted cruz is not playing to the 99 other people in that um e upper chamber. he couldn't care less about them. that's why we saw what we saw this past weekend. >> he's van ackerman advising consent. he winds up absolutely shunned. >> he doesn't care about legislative outcomes now. he cares about the epd of the day. that he stan

of course you saw ted in that video. ted, as a former police officer, is there any way to describe the grief of the new york city police department tonight? no greta, no way to describe it the closest you can come to it is for our viewers to think about one of their closest family members having died because this is what is going on in this town. this town is in shock, greta, and it's in morning mourning not an officer black or white but a brother, to brothers that were in blue when you look over my shoulder here, greta, you see this makeshift memorial. and it is at this memorial that throughout the day that men and women from the police department as well as citizens in this city have come to pay respect to two of new york heroes, officer .eneral wenjian lieu and >> there are more than 20,000 names etched on this wall behind me of officers who have fallen in the line of duty. and i suppose what makes this doubling homicide, execution, assassination on n. new york on saturday is so horrific. they are all horrific. the fa

>> ted is a seasoned base jumper, with more than 600 jumps under his belt, not even a number of nastyused on his number one priority. >> not dying. challenges of base jumping are to be able to do it successfully and wake up the next day and do it again. incredibly dangerous sport and there are a lot of risks and only experience, safety, and making smart decisions let's you continue on in this sport. >> on this day, ted and his friends believe they have everything figured out. >> we talked about this jump, what we were going to do. >> you're there, you're there. i'm right here. you're right there. >> we were very safe in our planning. >> and maybe a foot or two behind me. >> so, right prior to us jumping we all had a great feeling. high-fives and feeling stoked and just let's do it. >> a two-person safety crew is there to observe the jump from start to finish and call for help in case of emergency. with everyone in place, it's go time. >> when you first step off the edge, you first have -- you have zero gravity. you're kind of floating and then you start to pick up speed. the wind is b

ted, ted, i've told my wife i'm coming home with a big paycheck. i bet my whole paycheck on this game. ralph held the fence up so ted williams could go awol. maybe he lost the game and ralph had a rough night at home with mary ellen. fate touched ralph hall one more time. as a chairman of the nasa committee here in congress, ralph hall and his friends were great americans. this picture shows the greatest. a man right there named neil armstrong. the first american to walk on the moon. colonel tom stafford, another apollo restaurant. right by the microphone there, captain gene. went to the moon twice on apollo -- apollo 10 and apollo 17. fate touched ralph hall's life. fate touched our lives by giving ralph hall to us. he is america's best. he's texas' best. ralph, we love you. god bless you. fair winds and following seas. mr. barton: i thank the gentleman from sugar land. , mr. ecognize mr. green green. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm not so sure about a noted texas landmark but i want to thank you for asking and scheduling this special order

people talk about ted cruzs. people don't talk about rob portman, the seven republican senators who have to run in states in 2016 who will likely be carried by a democratic candidate. philadelphia, maine, new ha new hampshire, this will put up how they will deal with those seven senators and ted cruz and his caucus. >> when you look at the map, the west and the mountain west i am sure there are a lot of house members who don't want to run in two years as standard members of the party who say you have to run after all. >> and the republicans understand that they need to tread lightly on the immigration issue because there is no way they can win. on the national level all the way to the house races there is no way they can win being an anti-immigration reform party. it's impossible. republicans understand that, but you're right, there are going to be major disagreements among the different kinds of republicans on how to get this done. how much reform to get done. so we'll see. >> even though it's just an executive

cruz in terms of donors if ted cruz does run?> what is obvious is the republicans have a strong bench. if you look at states like wisconsin, where scott walker is from, they are having great success -- rick snyder in michigan, having great success mike 10's in indiana is a guy people talk about who could be a formidable candidate. jeb bush, obviously, chris christie -- we have a strong bench. rand paul is a very serious contender, mike huckabee would be an attractive candidate. we have a really strong team and the democrats have gotten behind a candidate -- barack obama has demonstrated is overrated and flustered on the campaign trail. >> send john some of that stuff you are smoking and send me your barbecue. thank you. when we come back, you have probably seen the trailer for the new movie lampooning north korea's a prima leader decided to make a better one. you will see it when we come back. ♪ >> we have saved the most delightful item of the day for last -- the hacking of sony pictures. it is the back story that makes it especi

so ted is just as strong or stronger. and ted x is completely incremental growth. >> it's almost as if you know you're on to something if your boards, no, don't do that. that would give away the secret. >> then you know you have something valuable. >> yes. >> what i think is even a better thing that happens is quite often somebody knocks on your door and says, "can i have this?" and then you get to say yes or no. you say no if what they're going to do is basically just eat you. it's not incremental. you should continue to say no. however, sometimes crazy people that come your way, they saw value. what we want is to take those assets, that right of way that you have to grow a new complementary business. now it's a little like you're finding a new packard to start the new business. >> that's a great comparison. >> looking back to your p&g experience, how would you apply this idea to the business world? >> so i really -- this book has a target, small entrepreneurs to help them be better entrepreneurs. but also the power of a

by cannot be better served my friend, ted ruger. he has written about american legal institutions by the supreme court. we will have a great conversation. all right, richard, we had so much to discuss. i will jump right in with one of the most striking of your claims, which you make throughout the book, but in in the conclusion, using the central message of classical liberal constitution is to go against of jurisprudence -- you also save repeatedly that the conservative originalists have moved too far in embracing judicial restraint. >> one of the things you have in constitutional law is to sometimes accept the proposition that the obvious proposition isn't true. various kinds at of constitutional provisions, many of them are drafted in very broad terms. you can only way that understand words like freedom and private property is to be they are igure out how used, both as political theory, and common-law. private property, for example, is an old embracing notion. to say that you believe in the fidelity of text, and narrow interpretat

ted, ted, i've told my wife i'm coming home with a big paycheck.ycheck on this game. ralph held the fence up so ted williams could go awol. maybe he lost the game and ralph had a rough night at home with mary ellen. fate touched ralph hall one more time. as a chairman of the nasa committee here in congress, ralph hall and his friends were great americans. this picture shows the greatest. a man right there named neil armstrong. the first american to walk on the moon. colonel tom stafford, another apollo restaurant. right by the microphone there, captain gene. went to the moon twice on apollo -- apollo 10 and apollo 17. fate touched ralph hall's life. fate touched our lives by giving ralph hall to us. he is america's best. he's texas' best. ralph, we love you. god bless you. fair winds and following seas. mr. barton: i thank the gentleman from sugar land. , mr. ecognize mr. green green. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm not so sure about a noted texas landmark but i want to thank you for asking and scheduling this special order for our good frie

and republicans will have a hard time keeping ted cruz onboard.thing, once you have a decision the best election law would allow anyone to give candidates any amount as long as it's reported every night on the internet. i have to say this, to have barbara walters suggest that david koch has a lot of influence, i'd like to know the value of barbara walters' opinion over her career on television, unpaid for. the whole thing the elite media, look at these rich guys -- >> i'm supposed to jump in here, right? >> no, think about it. i'm just saying that this is actually that mccarthy said to walter cronkite in 1968, how about the power you guys have -- what koch represents is an effort by conservatives -- >> michael, power of television -- >> i think he's got a lot more power than barbara walters, in terms of electing people at this stage. they have too much influence and power. >> people on ballots, people who are striking for 15 in the unions. i mean, david koch is one end of the spectrum. what about some balance, these people have been marching. peop

can't be said the same for ted cruz.urday session nobody wanted gave democrats a head start to confirm executive branch nominees that likely would have sat unconfirmed if not for ted cruz. as conservative washington post blog put it. back with me now glen and eugene. glen, are we finally seeing the ted cruz light bulb start to blinker eventually you'on its wo fading to black. >> oh, wow. >> i wanted to give america that beautiful metaphor and have you react to it. >> what's really interesting, i have never seen a senator or even a member of the house, for that matter, so openly criticized by his own party. we had a story today, my favorite was girlt who wanted to go home to see her kid in the nutcracker. you don't want to be on the receiving end of her stink eye. i think this is going to be two years of nothing but naked contem contempt. and he loves it. >> exactly. >> the washington examiner, this was not a simple common occurrence. insubordination. >> whatever it is ted cruz is after, it's not love. not love. he's play

live in long beach township, i'm ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. >> ted, get dry. get up to the minute information on the nor'easter by downloading the first alert weather app. watch our news catch if you happen to lose power. it's a freeload you can get at our website at nbc 10.kovm. >>> breaking news this morning. philadelphia firefighters are mourning the loss of one of their own. the first philadelphia female firefighter to die in the line of duty. a live look now at engine 73 where that firefighter was assigned overnight. the 11-year veteran had been working at engine 64 for the past three years. nbc 10's christine maddela is live with more on the firefighter's years of service. this is a remarkable woman and a faithful public servant. >> we heard the fire commissioner say she was proud of what she did and took a great deal of pride in working with the fire department. while we are not still releasing her name until the next half hour when the fire department makes that publically known, we are learning more about her 11-year career with the philadelphia fire

i don't think ted cruz has provided evidence he wants to wreck government. in general, he's given logical arguments for his viewpoints, whether you agree or not. this is just another example in which some in the media see a liberal who goes even more liberal as a hero and a match rick, but sees the conservative as an ultra conservative as a nut and a crazy and that's just the way they see it. >>> turning now to the depressing story of the horri horrifying story of two police officers shot downgy a gunman who then killed himself and apparently posted on instagram that he get a couple of pigs in retaliation for the deaths of michael grown and eric gardner. now, al sarptharpton for one sa this is a vicious act of senseless violence and tying it to ferguson is republic rehenceble. but i'm hearing a lot of voice owes cable now blaming anyone who has criticized the police for anything and that doesn't strike me necessarily as fair. >> i don't think it's fair, but you also think there's a point to be made here. we talk about the disconnectioning coverage or the bia

katie and ted, what a pleasure. great to be with you. and we also want to ask you about another story making headlines. okay? because a daughter of eric garner, the new york man who died in the chokehold during his arrest has put personal information about an nypd officer online. she directed her twitter followers to a web page listing the addresses of the officer and possibly his relatives. so, are there any legal consequences? that is the question. katie, i will begin with you this time. >> absolutely. what she did was horrible. and at the end of the day, i don't believe her when she says that she didn't realize that she was directing her twitter followers to a web site that had had personal information for this officer. at the end of the day, she could face some sear civil and criminal consequences for what she has done if god forbid anything ended up happening to that officer or five of his possible relatives from what we have heard. >> yeah, ted, as a former officer, doesn't this reallyup set you? i find this to be really inappropri

good evening i'm ted greenberg. traveled to queens to pay respect to officer ramos including 100 from philadelphia. today, mourners remembered him as a devoted family man. he was studying to become a pastor and kept bible study books in his locker. today, new york city's police?i commissioner made him the officer and his partner, wenjian liu, to first grade pi)7etectives. vice prej5v"en was among those who paid tribute. >> they were a part of new york's finest and that's not an idle phrase. this is probably the finest police department in the world. the finest police department in the world [ applause ] they earned that praise. >> outside the church hundreds of police officers turned their backs as new york mayor bill de blasio spoke. this photo was taken by lieutenant keith jermaine of the police department in ocean county. union leaders say the mayor contributed to a climate of police mistrust that led to the officer's murders. the philadelphia police officers who made the trip to new york returned just a short t

i'm ted greenberg. the fate of flight 81 remains unknown a day after it disappeared over stormy indonesia waters. the plane took off from surabaya and was heading to singapore when it lost contact with air control. thed@ x randy gyllenhaal spoke with an aviations expert about this latest mystery. randy, we're waiting for the air search to resume. >> the search was suspended overnight because of really bad weather and darkness. the search will continue to focus on the small strip of ocean in between indonesia and singapore. these search crews will begin scouring the waters for any sign of that wreckage from this airasia flight that suddenly vanished amid heavy thunderstorms. aviation experts are telling me that a quick look at the radar immediately prior to the disappearance reveals a lot about what could have happened g0 ÷ here. heavy thunderstorms, very tall and violent were popping up and usually pilots tried to avoid these kinds of things. airline officials say this pilot did make a radio call lookin

and ted is one of the best examples of it. because what you failed to mention, i'm going to talk about his book for a second, is that this book is got writing which are very capable writer, cartoons, and you're actually an embedded cartoonist. you were filing as a cartoonist while in afghanistan. this does not normally happen. tell us a little bit about, first about the trip, and then, you know, being a cartoonist like this, being a cartoonist journalist. >> cartoon of journalism isn't journalism using cartoons instead of words. it's that simple. joe ozaki is maybe most famous recent example of this but there are others. a book called pyongyang, highly recommended. i've been doing this since the mid '90s when he first heard about this genre, and i sort of realized pretty quickly that it allows you to see things that the camera can't see and that words can't depict a good sort of in between, scott mccloud was a there's about cartooning what about called understanding comics. he talks about how comics are unique in that they all

katie defense lawyer ted williams. ted was also a police officer.wyers having even a fleeting appearance in this video? >> greta, there is no defense when you lay down with fleas, you should expect to get fleas off on you. i'm not outraged. i'm absolutelyjg. pissed off. let me get something clear to our viewing audience. there are wonderful cops out here. and just because of a few incidents,n police department is painted with a broad brush. let me give you, this greta. in alabama, just recently, a white cop went to a place where there was a shoplifter by a black woman who was starving, didn't have eggs. the white cop, greta, went in there and, instead of locking this woman up, he wound up buying her the eggs and helping her out. and just recently, you yourself, went down to the national police memorial and i thank you for that, and the men and women thank you for that. because, on that memorial, you have many men and women. >> more than 20,000. >> moreig than 200,000. >> who have died.h]ho drink the kool-aid where you think that you are clients th

is that a good calculation, or is that just ted being ted?> that's the argument that he's going to make because it's the argument for ted. and the idea that ted cruz is going to get out enough of the kind of like white base in order to overcome the demographic challenges that they have, i think, is a bit of a fantasy. jeb's argument is a different one. he's saying, i'm going to shift some votes in the middle. ted cruz has not demonstrated he can expand the electorate. the people that like ted cruz they tend to vote anyway. >> so is there resistance by a jeb bush or hillary clinton to the tag front-runner or is there more of an emphasis by either folks in the press or the political opponents to throw that tag on to them because it does carry a lot of weight when you go into this contest. how do you see it? >> i think if i were running in this race, i'd rather be the front-runner than someone at 2 or 3%. because when you're the front-runner, you're going to attract the attention -- >> but 16% does not -- >> well, jeb bush he's 23%, he's a soft

. >> but first let's head to ted greenberg. he's live in long beach township. and ted, you've seen flooding all day. >> reporter: and this is 82nd street and we still have high water out here tonight. take a look at that restaurant. it is surrounded by water. and long beach boulevard, the main drag here, it has been flooded since this morning. the water is slowly receding, but it's had a very tough time going down. for most of the day, block after block of long beach boulevard looked like this. after water from the churning barnegat bay surged in to streets on long beach island. >> it's a real drag because your cars get beat up and you really complaint get around the way you would normally. so it's tough. >> reporter: lynn came riley found herself stuck in the how else after flooding from the nor'easter left her street waterlogged. >> so this is like really bad. >> reporter: and a flood prone restaurant known for its occasional waterfront dining, this water likely made an entrance. >> probably got a foot in there. >> reporter: low lying streets in atlantic city

i think republicans like ted cruz and rand paul are going to attack him.emocrats are going to say, oh my god, we can't let jeb bush get ahead. those attacks from his rivals, some elements from the right rush limbaugh and others, they are going to make donors say you know what? this is the strongest guy we have. i think republicans are going to have to figure out a way to taken down early, or he may get a head of steam and become the defective front runner by june. >> the other argument is that -- is the one that mitt romney is making in private, the clot -- the quote. if you thought bain was a problem for me, let's talk about barclays with jeb bush. nobody wants to relive mitt romney in 2012. >> it will be a pure likability issue, not a nomination issue. attacking bayne within the party doesn't help. jeb bush people are going to say, his business dealings compared to the clinton's is this dealings -- >> rand paul might be able to push that case. >> the hillary clinton state department lifted a ban on a rich, politically connected ecuadorian so she could wo

--creit #4 is ted kennedy kennedy. is ted >> i was doing research for this book and decided that if i'm going to do research, i need to do a lot of reporting. to attend the national organization for women conference in chicago. the only way you can do that is to become a member or go through the press. i e-mailed and tried to get in and member of the press, considering i've done all this work in washington -- and they denied my credentials as a member of the press, despite being a female member of the press interested in learning more about the con rents and the people involved in their organization. the day beforel and i decided to go anyway. i discovered that the only way to attend the national organization for women conference is to become a member. so i became a member. i have been a member's is 2013. i have been a member ever since. >> i they are nonprofit? c3.i believe it is a 501 they certainly act like they are in politics. they heavily endorsed certain political positions, that feel like candidates. there are

on the same screen, "ted cruz does it again." meaning, here he goes again. >> i disagree a little bit. i don't think ted cruz has suggested he wants to wreck government but gives arguments for his vice president whether you agree or not and this is just another example some in the media see a liberal who goes even more liberal as a hero and the conservative who is ultra conservative is a not and a crazy. >> that sums it up. now a depressing story the horrifying killing of two police officers in brooklyn shot down by a gunman who posted on instagram before killing himself, the message that he would get a couple of bigs in retaliation for the death of michael brown and eric garner. al sharpton who i have been critical of, put out a column saying this is a vicious act of senseless violence and tying it to ferguson and staten island were reprehensible but a lot of voices are now blaming anyone who criticized the police for anything and that doesn't strike me as fair. >> i don't think it is fair. i think there is a point to be made. w

i separated out in my mind from what ted cruz did and i think more people are angry with what ted cruz did than democrats. >> you made mention of the fact that this is another bill we have to pass in order to see what is in it. >> and no one will find out even then. if it's already passed, why bother to read it. we have two exceedingly rare careers under way here. elizabeth warren, who has one in massachusetts, says that she's really worried about risk. and she's focused on some minor matter about derivatives and banks. yet, a few days ago, fannie and freddie announced they are going to have mortgages for low-income people with 3% down. this is walking right down the same path that the housing crisis that fannie and freddie gave us that catalyzed the recession. and indifferent to the fact that it's a team sport, democrats are more bemused by him. if ted cruz seeks the republican nomination and doesn't get it? then what? he has to come back here? that's awkward. >> "her hard left economics, what the press exactly refers to as economic populism propels today's liberal argument. it's the

mainly through the help of ted kennedy. we got a bill through congress on the creation of a monument of john adams in washington, d.c. -- there is nothing in our capital memorializing john adams. president bush -- president george h.w. bush -- was newly in office and he signed the bill. ted called me and said you should come down. i had never been to anything like that, and i wanted to. we met for lunch at a hotel, that we were going to walk over through lafayette square. ted was suffering from a lot of back pain. it was clear it was difficult for him to walk, but he insisted he wanted to walk and he never complained. so we started out to go to the white house, 2:15, 2:30, and all the way he was going that damn president is doing this, republicans are doing that. i said, i have to tell you, i like the president. he said, so do i. [laughter] that is what we have lost in washington. because you are different you don't have to consider your enemy. the people that could work that way, howard baker, alan simpson, are desperately

so ted cruz isn't done yet. and there can only be one senator who is running for president in 2016 who will get credit for shutting down the government and someone will want to wear that badge. >> i feel cruz has boxed himself into the corner, he has to push for a shut down in some way. >> he has to push for it, but i feel you're starting to see in the house some direct criticism of him saying stick in your chamber. i feel like ted cruz has jumped the shark and lost some support. having said that, it does only take one man to mess things up, he at least has the caucus of one and that may be enough at one of these showdowns. >> that is truly a existential reunion. thank you for your time. >>> coming up, the supreme court just dealt a major blow to workers. i'll tell you why employees at amazon have to keep waiting for workers rights ahead on "now." sign-then-drive event. for practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a german-engineered volkswagen. like the sporty, advanced new jett

so, yeah, ted cruz has a role to play.ere. i'm sure they were. but, you know, they have -- ted cruz doesn't answer to those lawmakers. he answers to a base constituency out there that appreciates his fight. you may disagree with this fight. you may have concerns by the way he carries out that fight, but he's representing a lot of voices and a lot of votes out there that will, you know, actually come into play later on down the road. >> all right. let's switch gears now and talk about the cia torture report. i'll go to you first, governor, it was one of the focus of the sunday shows today. what do you think is to be gained by this report? >> well, the american people are now aware of what was done in their name. and that's important. and we never want it to happen again. and if we've got to choose between the opinion of dick cheney and the opinion of senator john mccain, we ought to listen to senator mccain. this report is important, it was bipartisan, and it was extensive, over 6 million documents looked at, over 6,000 pag

and i think we're going to have a good year. >> we certainly hope ted that it all comes back into thed makes the u.s. story a healther one. i have to ask one of the big stories of the 2014 was the future of yahoo, especially given its valuation in the wake of alibaba ipo and o some investors are suggesting maybe yahoo and aol finally need to merge. i know you are a former aol executive. you spent a long time there? is that a good idea or ill intentioned? >> well i think both companies are doing well as media companies. but what we're seeing is where value is created is when you have true multiple revenue streams and trying to find services and subscription revenues. that's what both companies need to get to. and just being a media business, there's been this big shift into parameter programmatic buying, cbm rates are under attack right now. there is so much inventory out there. that is the issue facing first generation new media companies, how can they use their own inventories to launch subscription based services and software based services and tap into other revenue streams. >> cyb

in fact, just the fact they were here today with senators ted cruz and mike lee breaking ranks. is this a sign of things to come you think? >> it really is. it's a preview of coming attractions so to speak for this new congress that we are ushering in next month. of course, democrats will be in the minority in the senate and in the house so there will be some differences, but what progressive democrats led by elizabeth warren and some of the conservative republicans led by ted cruz has shown during this whole spending crisis has been that they are going to want to be taken seriously in this new congress. they're not just going to roll over for their leaders or for the president. >> you're talking about when -- pardon me, you're talking about when the democrats become in the minority in both houses? >> exactly, exactly. i think it was important for the democrats on their side to show republicans that just because they're in the minority doesn't mean they're going to go along with republican plans to get a budget passed, for example, or to stop the president on immigration reform.

how can you not get 50% against ted cruz? against the clown car, ted cruz. not get 50% against ted cruz? >> people have not checked in. people are not forced to vote one way or the other. if they choose to go to the poll, generally they cast a vote for president. >> i look at poll numbers and i look at the oddball thing. and she doesn't break out of the mid 40s no matter who she's running against. does that say the country is refusing to decide at this point? >> i think it says she's not running yet. she's just being the -- but she's not moving it. she's not saying why it is she would want to be president and what she would stand for. once she lays out that case, then you would expect the number to rise. [ all speak at once ] >> a cadre of people who are never going to be huge fans of hillary clinton. and that's a number for someone other than -- >> who are the enemies who will never change, no matter what happens, they'll vote against her? >> hard core republicans. hard core republicans who can't imagine voting for any democrat. and some who can still hate