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nobody in washington ever cried before john boehner started crying. and now he's mr. waterworks on live television? g-t-f-o, obama. tears are my thing, k?" [applause] what a nasty, oh. just kidding. but seriously, watching a sitting u.s. president tear up over the deaths of children as he tries to affect change in a seemingly intransigent system... there's got to be something really wrong with you if you find fault with that. or i could say, how did fox news respond? >> it's about something that feels political, that feels somewhat insincere. it just doesn't seem horribly you authentic. >> so i would check that podium for like a raw onion or some no more tears, it's not really believable. >> larry: the guy cries about dead children and you've got notes? first off, everyone knows that if you want to make a grown man cry, you don't use onions, you show him the "bing bong" scenes from "inside out." [applause] "who's your friend who likes to play? bing bon---g" bing bon---g" [laughter] >> larry: jesus, has mourning dead children really become a partisan issue? this is how

ryan already broke with former speaker john boehner by making his pre-state of the union breakfast on the record versus off the record. we're told he said among other things, this, quote: i'm sure president obama will have a gross city rendition of the last six or seven years. i think the economy, though, is very weak. he has basically, quote, practiced trickle down economics, big government, top-down, loose money from the fed. we bring in representative lee zeldin, republican from new york, and john garamendi, democrat from california, who hopefully will join lee zeldin in just a minute. we're waiting on john garamendi, but we're not sure and perhaps you are what the president means by "big things." we thought it odd that the facebook list did not include the economy, it also didn't mention minimum wage, so what do you think "big" means tonight for the president? okay, representative zeldin, can you hear me at this moment? >> i can hear you now. liz: okay. so the president has said he's going to talk about the, quote, big things. i know you're on the other side here as a republican,

john boehner: i told mr. mccarthy about two minutes before i spoke. i told him five times because he did not believe me. [laughter] reporter: should mccarthy be the next speaker? boehner: listen, i am not going to be here to vote. that's up to the members. having said that, i think kevin mccarthy would make an excellent speaker. reporter: who was the first person you told and what did they say? john boehner: i told my wife. reporter: what did she say? john boehner: good. [laughter] my chief of staff and i talked late yesterday. i told him i was thinking today might be the day, and i would sleep on it. so, before i went to sleep last night i said, i just might make an announcement tomorrow. what do you mean? what kind of announcement? that is time to go. this morning i woke up and walked up to starbucks as usual and got my coffee and came back and read and walked up to pete diner, saw everybody at pete;'s. and had gone home and said, yes, i think today is the day. my senior staff was having a meeting at 8:45. kind of walked in before i opened the house

. >> mr. netanyahu was invited o speak by john boehner. a row between the obama administration and israel... >> it's rarely somebody who comes to say your president is wrong and you, the congress, in effect, need to stop it. >> growing tensions between the u.s. and israel... >> it was extraordinary for a foreign leader to come into the united states congress and use it as a platform to try and undermine administration policy. it was a really audacious thing to do. >> he is definitely willing to sacrifice israeli-u.s. relations in order to do what he thinks is proper to fight off the iranian challenge. >> narrator: his audience-- the republican controlled congress-- the president's fiercest critics. >> the days when the jewish people remained passive in the face of genocidal enemies, those days are over. (cheers and applause) we must always remember the greatest danger facing our world is the marriage of militant islam with nuclear weapons. (cheers and applause) >> there was no other time when the israeli prime minister let himself be so de

i will take issue with patty, at least for the time being as mr. boehner. i don't see that. don't judge him by the omnibus. the bill, to me, still had the dead hand of john boehner reaching out. most of that deal was cut before paul came into office. you cannot do an omnibus deal in five weeks. judge by 2016. that's what i tell folks. he's done with all of the stuff cleaning up you can judge by what's going to happen now. you can say he's doing the conservative caucus. he's got one year. we'll have a chance to judge him by a year of his own actions. so yesterday's bill is a step in the right direction? >> absolutely. it was a promise kept. people will cry it's meaningless. but we knew that was going to be the case in 2010. everybody knows that. that shouldn't be a surprise to anybody. especially patty who obviously follows politics. we made a promise, we kept a promise and we're trying to drive a debate. how great would it be if it's a result of what happened yesterday in the house and previously in the senate. and by sending this bill to the president, health care becomes a

and mr. trump's pitch to the washington establishment is he's a dealmaker. he'll go and cut a deal with chuck schumer and harry reid and nancy pelosi and those deals will do exactly what john boehner and mitch mcdonnell have done. >> and one more story from the campaign trail, governor chris christie known for his tough talk, particularly in his home state of new jersey. but it followed him on the campaign trail in derry, new hampshire last night. >> when are you, and you're a fellow goop ba, when are you going to take the gloves off and start smacking him around? you don't have much time. >> you know, i think it's the first time in my political career that people have said to me, you're not aggressive enough. glad i'm in derry tonight. another first. listen, you know when i will? when i think it makes sense to. okay. i'm not in this to just beat donald trump. i'm in this to become president of the united states. >> this morning, we are learning more about the americans freed by iran in a prisoner exchange. "washington post" reporter jason rezaian made a bri

you think john boehner is a weak man? no. >> you're probably the wrong guy to ask. >> i'm just saying. to me i think this is what you want. obama -- my thing is he's too cool at times. and so if you're asking me as a human being, i think, i just think i don't want to be shot. i don't want to be walking in my neighborhood and some thug -- i'm just tired of it. >> believe me, i'm not disagreeing with that aspect. kg what i'm wondering here is the gun control debate. the argument. when he goes for it, executive action, he opens the door. does he open the door to more down the road? >> of course, and this is his kind of favorite go-to. this is the way that he's able to achieve the outcomes that he wants. that are specific to his ideology. i don't begrudge him showing the emotion. he's a father. and anybody talking about children and the loss of lives. but i also think about the children and the christians that are being murdered and beheaded and executed and disabled children being executed by isis and i want to see our presi

the only person who was not there was a very relieved john boehner who was at home watching marathon. i would do that. obama's words were confident andkening back to the optimism that defined his 2008 presidential campaign. he continually returned to the theme of hope-ing you noticed that he dide start with the economy and a basic the united states of america right now has the strongest most durable economy in the world. our auto industry just had its best year ever. nearly 900,000 new jobs in the past six years. gas under two bucks a gallon ain't bad, either.ts nuclear program. if you doubt america's commitment-- or mine-- to seedone, just ask osama bin laden. >> stephen: what?! put them on the table, all in. gas prices! iran! bin laden! not bad.dn't close gitmo or convince zayn to stay in one direction. come back, big z! we need you! of course, obama chalked up theerms not just to himself, but to the spirit that resides in all great americans.dison and the wright brothers, george washington carver, grace hopper, katherine johnson, sally ride. >> stephen: heavy metal suicide. we fire

we discuss the election of the new house speaker, paul ryan, the end of john boehner's term, and the visit of the pope. mitch mcconnell laid out his priorities. >> the american people have simply had enough, mr. president. this past november they had their say. the message they sent was clear. if voters hit the brakes four years ago, this time they spun the wheel. they want the administration to change course and move to the middle. they wanted congress to send legislation to the president that addresses their concerns. this november, the american people did not ask for a government that dress to do everything and failed. they did not want a government that fails to do nothing and succeeds. they asked simply for a government that works. they want a government of the 21st century. one that functions with efficiency and accountability, confidence, and purpose. they want a washington that is more interested in modernizing and streamlining government than adding layers to it. they want more jobs, more opportunity for the middle class, and more flexibility in a complex age with complex de

and mr. trump's pitch to the washington establishment is he's a deal maker. he'll go and cut a deal with chuck schumer and harry reid and nancy pelosi and those deals will do exactly what john boehner and mitch mcconnell have done. >> reporter: so two things at play here. first you've got the cruz attack line now against donald trump that donald trump is part of the establishment. you heard him talk about john boehner, mitch mcconnell, trying to put donald trump in that camp. there's a couple of risks involved in this. one is that people may not buy it. that donald trump is an establishment kind of candidate. however, i'll tell that you ted cruz railing against the establishment as worked out for him at least over the last few days with the senator saying he's raised some $700,000 ever since governor branstad of iowa came out and said that cruz -- caucusgoers in iowa choosing cruz would be a big mistake. what he's doing to marco rubio or at least trying to do there in sort of one fell swoop, painting rubio as the establishment candidate and then right after t