the panel will deliberate on the subcommittee report. how do we do this? el meetings and comparative systems subcommittee meeting and preparatory sessions to gather information. from the meeting we heard from more than 380 presenters. the list gives you a sense of the different part of the response that exists out there. and our effort to try to hear from as many interested and as many expert individuals and agencies as we could. so it runs from statisticians, experts on social science to people on the ground in the military justice system and civilian jurisdictions where responding through sexual violence units to respond sexual assault. in the last bullet there, we did this. we managed this flow of information with a website that posted much of it due to efforts of our staff and then also multiple and progressive dliks sessions where we try break down the different parts of our scope. assign them to expert members of the subcommittee, bring them backet to sub committee to deliberate and hammer out the final recommendations. i'll say not everybody agrees o

panel? >> it could boom rang against them. i pointed this out, they didn't boycott theatergate hearings, and then a special panel looking into chris christie and the bridge closing, 12 members, eight democrats, 4 republicans. republicans are outnumbered two to one. >> that's the way it is. when they control the legislature, they get the majority of the votes. pelosi said they would want an equal division of seats on the committee, which is not going to happen. by the way, pelosi herself appointed one select committee when democrats were in command, and there were nine democrats and six republicans on the committee. >> quickly, do you think this committee will happen? >> oh, yeah. the investigation will go forward. they'll probably find new stuff. will it be a day-to-day fight with the republicans or will they do it themselves? >> at least a week or so before we get these decisions. >> that's right. >> always great to see you. >> thank you, eric. >>> coming up here, a burning question for millions of teens and adults celebrating their graduations this month. where are th

62, gil foil, the only people likely to vote republican on our panel are the beckles. >> over my dead, dead, dead. >> you know the drill. special report next. >>> a new inspector general's report says as bad as you thought things were at the veterans hospital in phoenix, they are even worse. this is "special report." >>> good end, welcome to washington, i'm bret baier. we are awaiting an unusual nighttime congressional hearing this evening over the scandal on veterans health care. the timing could not be more appropriate. we're learning just how bad things have become at ground zero for the veterans scandal, the v.a. facility in phoenix. it turns out they were a lot worse than we thought. >> reporter: a rare evening hearing on capitol hill reveals the magnitude of the v.a. scandal has a new watchdog report shows new calls for v.a. secretary eric shinseki to go. >> it's time for secretary shinseki to step down and if secretary shinseki does not step down voluntarily, then i call on the president of the united states to relieve him of his duties. >> mccain and others are the latest to c

we're back with the panel. what's going on with senator reid? aying a lot of different things on the floor and now this interview. with the koch brothers, the democratic party has its own billionaires who are secretly funneling money into campaigns in ways that maybe we should be cleaning up, and to take on the koch brothers is purely a political move that lacks credibility. when he's talking about adelson, there's one reason, the casinos there. >> charles? >> harry reid's pronouncement should be transcribed and all made into s.a.t. questions in which the question ask, can you spot the number of inaccuracies in one paragraph? the koch brothers, the two richest people, that's not true. to say they are the main cause of global warming is insane. the united states as a country is one of the major causes of global warming, in fact our contribution has declined. the biggest cut in the world since 2006 has been the united states. our levels of co2 emissions are now at the 1992 level. so you wonder -- he reminds me of the vice president, except that bec

n you know, the republicans on this benghazi panel are very responsible. of the chairman of the special committee, trey gowdy, has 16 years of prosecutorial experience. these are not bomb-throwers, people playing partisan politics. and they shouldn't overplay their hand. simply asking the questions, what happened before, during and after, and get to the bottom of it. you know, questions like, where was president obama during all of this? we knew exactly where he was during the osama bin laden raid he ordered. we basically have very foggy details about what happened with him. where was he? why was he, you know -- all we know is that he was potentially patching up something with -- something with israel and benjamin netanyahu during that time, paying attention to campaign issues. rather than focusing on what happened. >> you're talking about an 8:00 p.m. phone call we know of, apparently was in the white house but not in the situation room. >> he was reportedly not there. >> but you know -- if you want -- >> not in the situation room. >> bring in ray mcgovern

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the panel is back with me.ught this was interesting timing and an interesting piece from monica. but i have to say as i was reading it, i definitely had some empathy for her, but i was brought back to the right wing conspiracy and this wasn't even about the investigation into clinton wasn't even about this. it just happened. >> unfortunately for her, she was a pawn in the game. and reading that article, i really felt sorry for her. everybody else has managed to move on with their lives and she's in a suspended state where she can't do anything because of what happened. and i understand her anger and her desire to blame people. it really was that timing was not good for her. >> it felt at the time like -- and i will admit i was young in the game of politics, but it felt like just the meanest, harshest, bare knuckle politics i think we'd seen in a long time. you were mentioning mccarthyism, but just the witch hunt in terms of going after the clintons and then this unfortunate thing happens and then o go overboard

i listened to the last panel. it was enlightening. almost every topic that came up was one that we dealt with in our committee. i was happy to hear the discussion about the sustainable growth rate formula appeal. you talk about bipartisanship, it was a repeal of a problem, that, as the lady said, is what bedeviled this town for over 15 years, and it passed the energy and commerce committee 15 1-0. henry waxman was my sponsor. you did not read about it, because who wants to write about it when things work? by february 6, we actually had to sign off, all three committees, house and senate, republicans and democrats, the big guys on each committee, chairman and ranking members, we hit a wall with the senate on february 6, and as a consequence, we ended up passing something on the house side that was not likely to pass in the senate, but here's the good news. everyone has agreed on the policy. every republican in the house of representatives has voted for that policy. now, whether it is in a lame-duck or just before the election because pe

now i'd like to invite to the second panel. while the first one focused on information put forth in the national cloiment one is going to focus on the path forward, how to use that information and that it's beneficial to decision makers and citizens on the ground. we are joined by t.c. richmond, she is one of the vice chairs of the national climate assessment and she committee, practices environmental law at feldman, so it's all yours. >> thank you. like the last panel, we'll be sprucing ourselves. from one of those small coastal communities north of seattle, washington, so from the other coast. of van with the law firm ness feldman, have had the privilege of being the cochair the national climate assessment, and i advise state and local leaders, decision makers and primarily the public how to address land use and environmental natural issues. the nationalet of climate assessment drafting process, the outline progress says, we always intended it to a document that could be used for decision makers. and that's been sort of our gu

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the next is to the panel. why would any information we ask for be withheld because that is creating an uncertainty among us here. if you don't give us the information i am thinking they are trying to hide something. why wouldn't you turn over the documents and they are what they they are? just tell the truth. is there a reason. i cannot understand why there wouldn't be one thing that the chairman and ranking member ask for that they don't have in front of them. in my mind i am i didn't thi think -- i am thinking they are hiding something from us. >> our goal is to be open and transparent. >> if that were the goal the chairman would have all of the documents. >> the office of general counsel responded to the subpoena in accordance with required. and there are a few documents under discussion. >> my time is expired. maybe we can get a second round. >> thank you mr. chairman. i appreciate all of you being here to answer the committee's question. mr. chairman i share your frustration and i am troubled by the va's s

we're back with the panel. retary of veteran affairs shinseki said all of this makes me angry and wants to get to the bottom of it. he came to washington to fix things. there are still calls for him to resign. >> look, in our system, you don't -- in britain, for example, no matter what happens in your department, you resign. you do that. here we don't. otherwise, hillary clinton would have resigned over benghazi. here, only if you're directly involved. so for the secretary here, the only question is, when did he learn about this and was he in any way complicit in the original offense. i think probably not, in which case he won't have to resign. >> i think without pressure from democrats on the obama administration, which perhaps could come, depending on where the investigation goes. at this point, there's no pressure on him to resign and so he won't. >> allegations, obviously, areo hospital in phoenix. >> very serious. but what strikes me is secretary shinseki is trying to pretend like this is something new. the

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it is not the report of the panel. our purpose is to accept and discuss and deliberate the findings of each of our subcommittees. maria, is there anything you want to add to that or does that cover it? >> that's fine. >> okay. i'm sorry, does everyone have a copy of this in the audience? great, professor? >> [inaudible] >> i would like to start out by thanking the staff -- [inaudible] all of us have to work under the direction of colonel to make this possible. that is a pretty -- [inaudible] >> got it. >> i also am here today to -- tell the subcommittee about the comparative systems subcommittee which was going to bring subject matter experts to help the members of this panel with these big issues. the try to understand the difference between military and civilian -- not talking about one thing when we talk about military response. -- types of installations that military members serve at and -- [inaudible] of the. -- encompass many different approaches to the problem of sexual assaults of the so the subcommittee, is fou

each of theank members of the panel today. we look forward to your testimony, boulton here and in the closed hearings to better understand and continue to educate not only our colleagues but the american people on this important and challenging issue. i thank chairman king for the opportunity. >> thank you, chairman. arer committees -- members reminded opening statements can be submitted for the records. i want to introduce the panel. glenn simons is the senior intelligence official. his responsibilities include providing cyber intelligence support for dhs senior operators. additionally, he manages and leads a diverse workforce. it provides operational intelligence support to our nation's 16 critical infrastructure partners and allstate, local, territorial, tribal, and private sector entities to read -- entities. panelist helps lead high-tech crimes including espionage, computer intrusions, and cyber fraud. mr. demarest has been with the fbi for more than a quarter-century and i have seen him operate first hand when he headed t

we are back with the panel. a.b., big deal? priority? >> i don't mean to diminish this issue, the importance of this issue in any part of our geopolitical calculation, certainly it is quofn into our security and national defense. the president cannot make this a priority right now. president obama has talked many times as president he can certainly walk and chew gum. right now they cannot. going to be engulfed by this v.a. scandal from here forward for a very long time. they upended our entire healthcare system and got to the point where you couldn't even sign up for a doctor even if you didn't like them. they are facing off crises all over the globe that they are not successfully able to manage or contain. including trying to stop putin from invading another country. nuclear iran. there is, you know, assad from using more chemical weapons on his people. this is not something that is. >> it seems like this would be a layup. i mean, why not appoint somebody? >> i'm sure the criticism must be a factor. they don't want to have that conversat

and we're back now with the panel. we ask you for questions for the panel.got a lot on this topic. david mansfield posted this. how does an administration who learns all the important news through the media? we got this on twitter from chris. good thing we have the news. seems that is how he learns, he the president learns, about a lot of things in his own administration. kim, why do you think that white house keeps playing this card? >> they can't say they did know or else the next question is why didn't do you anything about it or why were you allowing there to go on? you almost have to wonder if there is a scandal manual in the top drawer of the president's desk. it isn't just the i heard about it from the media. there are five steps that this administration teepz repesteps reporting. i didn't know about it. step two, express great outrage. when that doesn't work, step three is fire a low level bureaucr bureaucrat. >> the study -- >> the study comes next. then we're going to wait and see what the fbi says or the investigation or whatever it is. then six m

we heard the concerns of the panel. what he gives them the most to that we can meet the challenges of climate challenges? i think this is only fair. >> i agree. i give a lot of public talks about climate change because i feel it's important to put my time and to explain to people why this is such an important issue. i worry about our children and our grandchildren, and the future they're going to face. but i ended my talks are usually talking about our hope for the future. we as americans are, have shown through history that we know how to solve problems. and i think we can solve this. we can deal with it but we have to make that choice and get on with it. >> so, i think there's a great advantage in this issue, and that is this nation is very whether conscious. we hear about it every day. it's always in the picture, and it's quite clear that we are experiencing changes that quite literally are unprecedented in this nation's history, as more people see these changes they talk about. the president did talk about it today w

the panel will be bipartisan, but like the house, controlled by the gop. brett? >> i guess this means the main stream media will have to cover this story a bit more now. >> that would stand to reason. we're talking about the formation of a dedicated committee with subpoena power. >> thank you, james. that was the bombshell on the hill. just down pennsylvania avenue, the other bombshell, an e-mail emanating from the white house. here's chief intelligence correspondent catherine her ridge. >> reporter: the administration's explanations about who knew what and when are beginning to unravel in a very public way. an e-mail sent three days after the attack leads directly to the white house and suggests a senior advise tore president obama played a central role preparing susan rice for the sunday morning talk shows -- >> if this is not a smoking gun proving beyond any doubt that the sory told by the administration was politically motivated, nothing will ever prove that. >> reporter: amoeng more than 100 pages of documents is an e-mail from ben rhodes, an assistant to th

people had the truth, john boehner said, i intend for it to have authority and will expect answers, the panel will be bipartisan by like the house itself controlled by the gop, bret. >> i guess the mainstream media will have to cover this more. >> we're talking about a congressional committee with subpoena power that will likely be live streaming testimony from key witnesses. >> thank you, james. that was the bombshell on the hill. just down pennsylvania avenue, the other bombshell, the e-mail coming from the white house. here is chief intelligence correspondent katherine herridge. >> reporter: the information is beginning to unravel in a very public way. the e-mailins lead to the white house, suggesting a senior adviser prepared susan rice for the sunday talk shows where she blamed an anti-muslim internet video for the death of four americans. >> if this is not a smoking gun proving beyond any doubt that the story told by the administration about benghazi was politically motivated and fabricat fabricated, nothing will ever prove that. >> reporter: among more than 100 pages of documents obtai

ntca foryou to the have any hosts this wonderful panel. the i interviewed and others i've been wanting to interview. i'm glad i have this chance to do that. let's get started. the most important personal question i have is for rob markets. -- marcus. after the deal gets done, what are you going to do? >> you are always picking on me. i get that asked a lot. i said the same thing to everybody. it is way too early for me to start on the next chapter. i have a lot ahead of me between now and closing. i will focus on that and not allow myself to be distracted. >> rob and i are neighbors in new jersey. i know i've talked many times about consolidation in the industry. time warner cable and comcast only heard yesterday comcast will be offloading almost 4 million to charter. is are you a buyer or a seller here? >> you don't waste time, do you? i will tell you if i am a buyer or seller. >> are you actively looking? >> we are always looking for acquisitions that are strategic and add value to the company. it is a unique time in the business. there i

four members of the panel who say, forget washington. the interesting stuff is in the private seconder. ray sees an emerging consensus. you got special glasses there, i'm not -- but we're going to have four politicians up here on the stage next. >> when i was advocating the prescription drug benefit for medicare i was attacked from the right and left and we got a bipartisan program. >> more power to you. thank you, great panel. [applause] >> just get the -- just get the next panel up here right away. >> join us for the annual white house correspondent's dinner. the entertain. is joel mchale. our coverage picks up saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern with red carpet arrivals followed by the dinner remarks. we had a hans to catch up with mr. mchale earlier this week. here's a brief look. >> you were on david letterman's show the other night and he had been asked, i guess in the past to host -- ii have to assume he is asked all the time. he is david letterman. >> did he give you any advice? >> his advice was, don't do it. he hasn't done it. i asked

students are not told with the panel recommended. t is still a question of why i was given that information. i cited that in the appeal letter. they upheld the dean's decision and added a probation period. we are allowing him back in the fall, but he will have to check in with the dean once a month, to make sure he is doing ok. you will have a no contact order. he cannot talk to me. it is a weak form of a restraining order. >> your injuries? one, immediately after. sensitivity and all that. finals, i began to have migraines. i woke up with a lump on the back of my spine. we thought it was a tumor. cervicald out it was a lu spine, as a result of being strangled. from late december through early february, i could not walk without help. i could not climb stairs. here and walk and sit be mobile. i am in a great deal of back pain all day long. i still cannot run, dance, do yoga were many things i did before. >> and the panel found your assailant responsible for sexual misconduct involves one or more of the following, penetration, is a forc

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one is the panels for the arrival of buses are not always accurate. if the panel says the bus will be arriving in 12 minutes or 30 minutes and then you walk away from the bus and then suddenly it shows up and these really have to be straightened out. another concern i have is the proposed elimination of transportation on the [inaudible] corridor. it's been a street of small businesses, ranging from [inaudible] street to 32nd avenue. there are restaurants, businesses, services along that corridor. with the proposal by the transit effectiveness, the only stop will be 8th avenue and 6th avenue before the tube turns around. this is the resurrection of the four southern lines. what you are doing is cutting off access to small businesses and how you can have a booth for the small business administration and shut down accessibility along clement street is beyond me. you're really doing a disservice to the businesses of the city and you need to re-examine this. this is just one of the harebrained ideas of the transit effectiveness project which is turning it

the los angeles -- v.a. scandal. scandal. we have a panel discu the performance review. scandal. we have a panel discu that corporate trial by fire when every slacker gets his due. and yet, there's someone around the office who hasn't had a performance review in a while. someone whose poor performance is slowing down the entire organization. i'm looking at you phone company dsl. check your speed. see how fast your internet can be. switch now and add voice and tv for $34.90. comcast business built for business. >>> president obama reaffirming his position on the care of veterans. and we have or guests, george will, and kimberly strassel of the "wall street journal", and charles lane from the "washington post" and, congressional republicans, then, are building a narrative from the v.a. scandal that this is all part of the incompetence of president obama and his big government solutions and a preview, then, of where he would take the country with obamacare. george, given the fact that the v.a. has been a troubled department for decades, is that fair? >> halfway fair. i have a smidgen

i was on the panel. i sat at the end. have the aclu and amnesty international and i'm sure others. they talked about how terrible it was and the city -- was going to be deported. wasn't told about it and it's a big deal. i think everybody agreed if you're going to be deported it's a big deal. as they went on the panel i thought, i must have gotten the wrong case. he didn't fill out some paperwork. you've been in this country 30 years. a family man, a good man and they didn't even call him. i had to go back. because when they got to me, i'm like i must have the wrong case. this guy was in kentucky and had over a ton of marijuana in the back of a tractor-trailer and got arrested. that's not a minor offense, little deal, just fill out some paperwork and he was not a citizen of the attorney. i don't know about you but if i'm in guatemala, mexico or anywhere else with a ton of dough, i figured to be a lot of consequences and i would take he would as well. i think they're on the panel tried to bring some common sense to the dis

lawmakers on and off the panel are eager to get started and they dismiss inaction on the part of democratsw can you call this a kangaroo court before you set it up? let's have nancy pelosi put five people who are willing to look at the facts. shame on them if they don't participate. >> reporter: there is no timetable or schedule laid out for the panel. although it is anticipated to continue through the midterm election. arthel, back to you. >> elizabeth, thanks. >>> the democrats charge republicans are using benghazi as political theater. could the hearings also affect hillary clinton's potential run for the white house? the former secretary of state did address that issue this week >> of course, there are a lot of reasons why despite all of the hearings, all of the information that's been provided, some choose not to be satisfied and choose to continue to move forward. that's their choice and i do not believe there is any reason for it to continue in this way, but they get to call the shots in the congress. >> should it not continue and will she be subpoenaed or asked to testify at potent

i have a question that may be better for the next panel but i'll miss it. gawk -- potentially blinding diseases in the veteran population, what procedures are processes are in place to ensure that veterans with advanced sight threaten can eye diseases have been soon by an ophthalmologist? >> i had trouble hearing you, sir. >> what procedures or processes are in place to ensure that veterans with advanced sight-threatening eye diseases have been soon by an ophthalmologist. do you know that in the va hospital system? >> i know once they're first diagnosed with the first stages, that they're put on like a screening program where they monitor it, three months, six months, but then that's really all they do is monitor it, because macular degeneration, there is medication to slow the progress but there's no cure. glaucoma medications, no cure. they can only monitor it. >> one other thing. your comment here on your testimony, i'm disappointed after the past three years while on dod side they already have over 23,450 eye-injured records in the vision rem registry, b

copeland used the term f'n [ bleep ]. >> so the panel is back with me. und so interesting about this story is i love the way that the community rose up very quickly and said, this is wrong. but one of the things that strikes me is, he's an elected -- he's elected so they really have no way to get rid of him. >> i think that this story is still unfolding and there's going to be i'm sure mounting pressure for him to resign. we'll have to see what ends up happening in terms of him and his position. one of the things that's particularly troubling about this situation is the fact that he's a police commissioner. >> absolutely. >> the person who hires police officers, sets police policy. when you think about the historic around current day challenges, issues that we face between law enforcement and communities of color, whether you are talking about racial profiling, racial disparities in the criminal justice system, this is very, very troubling. >> like donald sterling, steve's there is outrage because he is in a position of authority. he has the right to hire

fornt to commend the ced putting this type of panel together. my question is, where is the light at the end of the tunnel? it?do we do is the answer in the private andor coming in there forcing the politicians into a seen notwhere they are to solve that or are they going to do something? >> it is a perfect way to end the panel. i will make you all answer it. tell us where the light is at the end of the tunnel. >> i would say the light is the private sector. problem is we have unhealthy people who continue to make lifestyle choices that work against them and drive a need for the kind of care we are talking about. , fromtions from diabetes untreated diabetes, medicare pays a lot for amputations. we could stop that if we change the way we thought about preventing a whole variety of things. the private sector, almost all programsloyers have that pay or make somebody pay a penalty if they do not begin taking steps to choose and live a healthy lifestyle. it is almost universal. the number of programs are fantastic. they are exciting and making a big ch

if returned to the panel. i believe we're now going have of 30 minute lunch break and be back here at 130. please join me in thanking. [applause] >> one of the stories that i -- that resonated with me was the moment when they're dead and about whether not they need to inject c water been. it is a matter -- the clock is ticking. they're just about down to the wire. the plant superintendents would have to make the final poll. get water in there very quickly. meanwhile, everybody wants to say, the officials and the japanese government officials of this kind of coming. and he gets an order from one of the supervisors that the government has not signed off on a set. well, he has already started. so he basically calls one of those people over and says, on going to give the order. he very loudly proclaims so everyone in tokyo can hear, of the sea water injection. to me that was a human element in that story in which in japan where ignoring the rules that kind of acting and tehran is not rewarded, here was a moment whe

we want as much space as possible for the solar panels. >> on a sunny day the solar panels can producemuch as double the energy that the house needs. here is where some of it goes. >> this is where it happens. >> the right side is a 10 kilowatt lithowin battery. we can store and charge the car and buffer the energy flow to the grid. >> if there's clouds here, and you weren't pulling from the grid. how long could this charge the house or the car? >> depends what you do in the house. if it's off the battery you can run 10-15 hours. the bruins of the house is this -- brains of the house is this - a home energy management system. a prototype built by honda to balance sly and demand -- supply and demand. >> the integration is happening - 250 channels. all the temperatures, the electric loads, water flows monitored and recorded. >> what was the clicking. >> it's the way the data logger picks through the channels. >> while phil got the big picture from michael. jonathan, an engineer at uc davidson's we were cooling center showed me some of the houses cutting edge technology. >> we are heating

the situation here. let's bring in our panel, jornl will, a.b. toddard and charles krauthammer. >> he was obviously pushed because he was speaking last night and speak this morning shortly before he got to the white house about all the thing he was going to do continuing in his position. and this is rough justice in the sense that the problem did not begin with him and will not be cured with his departure but it serves the public reasonable desire for accountability. it's rifting when the president says mr. shinseki is unhappy because bad news did not get to him. john boehner is right it's a systemic problem. this enormous blob of the federal government has trouble getting information to it. one has to believe there is a stronger incentive to put in place mechanisms so that bad information does rise. >> i found it -- it was obvious that he told him he couldn't stand by him any more. he was quite protective in his remarks. the president was. >> he said what chgeds change was eric shinseki decided he was going to be a distraction which is what we of

more on that with the panel. for just the second time as we said at the front of the show, the second time since june of 2009, the economy posted a quarterly decline in the first three months of the year. the gross domestic product contracted at an annual rate of 1%. a big change from the initial estimate of a 0.1 point uptick. rich edison is here to tell us what changed. >> good evening. the culprit here is american companies imported more products, stocked fewer items on their shelves than first thought. that shrank domestic product, this report means the u.s. economy was smaller in the first three months of this year than it was at the end of last year. that's a rarity outside of a recessi recession. economists primarily blamed severe winter weather keeping shoppers from stores and workers from construction sites. they say the missing economic activity from the beginning of the year is now returning. investors largely slhrugged off the report as goldman sachs reports 4% growth between april and june and one inv

right now i want to go back to the panel. i want to ask jeff who's been walking us through all of this. reading through this, i have to this sounds like he's writing r, the story, you know, of -- for example, a david copperfield. i was born, made friends, i had a life of privilege. and then my life was not so privileged. eats just -- i hate to give him any credit, but this is fascinating to read. >> yeah. absolutely. again, this is his universe, his world. he's the main character. anything that doesn't work in his favor, anything that's not normal he takes as inappropriate and abnormal and it is against him. the other thing which is interesting in reading through this, you don't see anything about having any sort of hallucinations. he's not hearing voices telling him certain things, seeing certain spirits gietding him. it's delusional, sadness, depression, hate. sadness, depression, hate. >> what's also fascinating to him, on the youtube video, girls didn't like me, they didn't gravitate toward me. i can't have a relationship

we're back with the panel. what about with what the speaker said there and the general framing of these primaries? >> look, i think the speaker is fundamental ely right. he likes to -- i think he is he probably exaggerating slightly in saying it there are no real conflicts. there are. this sort of war within the republican party that has been trumpeted in the press is a phony. it's not a war. it's the wings of the party. all parties have wings and they will disagree over certain issues. i think they are largely tactical. i think when it comes to small government and taxation, regulation, there is general agreement. it has to do with the fact, i think, can you govern with control of one house of congress? the answer is no. some people would like to. but, in terms of these primaries, i don't see how of the venom that we have talked about. i think we will probably end up request a slate of almost entirely if not establishment but middle of the road candidates who who who can win and that will be different than it

i agree with most of the panel, this is almost laughable. like they made this up, and it's like a joke headline, and it's april fools' day. tracy made the good point. if you are the hard working consumer protection person and you come in, and he is getting the same bonus as i am? why am i going to work hard? everybody will start slacking because there is no incentive to do a great job. but maybe jonas is right. how we can find a silver lining in this is remarkable. >> he is pretty good. >> maybe this is the best they can do. >> let me point out, the average salary is $117,000, so the bonuses are on top of that. >> it's all the more reason why i want to work at this place. you never get a reason. >> we have to stop there. thanks, guys. >>> turn that cake upside down, and cheers to divorce. the growing trend of throwing lavish parties for splitting up. okay, there is an economic connection, i promise. low prices, we can afford to take more trips this year. -hit the beach in florida. -and a reunion in seattle. [man] when hotels have unsold room

we're back with the panel. jonah? rview with michelle reid a national hero for what she did in washington, d.c. one of the reasons she had such trouble in washington, d.c. is that her political instincts weren't as good as her commitment to excellence to education. that's a problem with common core. not national curricula just national standards. it's sort of a thing de facto curriculum but not a day jua. >> that could be question for a 3rd grader. >> it's a substitute for curriculum. get all the political heat of a curriculum. going to annoy and anger a lot of parents like a curriculum. all the parent say it's not a curriculum. same thing with it not being run from washington. from all intents and purposes it is run from washington. it isn't pushed from the top down especially sips the obama administration tied things to the race to the top funds. that is creating on the conservative grass roots side i haven't seen anything like this in years. there is a real passion against it. >> gallup had a poll out impression of

we're back now with the panel. e violence, i think it's fair to say is increasing in easternure crane with dozens killed in the last couple days and ukrainian forces try to oust pro russian separatist who seized government buildings and russian president putin calling that a criminal act. it seems we're headed bit by bit towards a showdown. >> it does. it does not appear the sanctions imposed so far have deterred putin in any meaningful way which raises the question of, okay, what additional sanctions will likely be imposed and how soon? what would trigger them? if you're talking about sectoral stangss that would hit the russian economy as a whole, much harder than anything done so far, it's not clear that he has key players in europe onboard with him to do that. and it's not clear whether he can get that to happen with only regarding ukraine. now, you know, the situation expands to other nations including nations like the baltics which are members of nato. that might change. but so far, not so good. >> meanwhile, "

and we're back now with the panel. ink it's fair to say that russian president putin is playing a very complicated game this week. he said he wanted to delay today's vote for the separatistsen wiseparatist separatistsen with went ahead with it. he was pulling russian force was being from the border of ukraine. but there is no sign from nato that he did. what you're watching now is he made a surprise visit to crimea to celebrate the annexation of that region of ukraine by russia. brit, what is putin's strategy in all of this? >> his strategy is to pull into russia's orbit as much of ukraine as he can and as much as he wants. and so far nothing that the united states and its allies have done seems to have deterred him even in the slightist bit. he's holding all the high cards at the moment. he can take his time. he can react to the outcome of this referendum however he pleases. he can be patient. he can pause. and then he can move. but i think the direction is clear and i don't think that the disagreements among allies ab