Hillary clinton where i look at where we are as a country, im so convinced that there is not anybody anywhere who can outcompete us, who has better values, who can do more to provide more people the chance to live up to their own godgiven potential. We cannot take that for granted. So i want to be the champion who goes to bat for americans, for big areas and fights i think we have to take off because they re are those that do not agree with what i think we should be doing. We need to build the economy of tomorrow, not yesterday. We need to strengthen families and communities. We need to fix our this functional political system and get unaccountable money out of it once and for all even if that takes a constitutional amendment. We need to protect our country from the threats we see and those that are on the horizon. Mark in order to make sure we do not miss the point this was the foundation of her campaign she tweeted out afterwards the four points and tweeted a link to a registry laying out the same. John, will this platform be in enduring part of her campaign . Wellill she still be talking about these four things . John three of them are so vague that you certainly will she certainly well. The only thing that is specific was the one about money and politics where she is making a claim, especially from someone about the hundreds of Million Dollars in super pacs. Those are fine principles, but they are not a platform and not even fully a rationale. It is the beginning of what could be built into a real platform. Mark this was effectively her campaign announcement. It was a lot longer than she talked in the video. Those are four principles that are maybe a little more vague than what the republicans have said. She is tending to the base Campaign Finance reform is a big issue for the base. In the next month, i think she will move towards fundraising and the associated with the bigmoney campaign. She needs to take the edge off of that for the base. John she will be a hypocrite about it as much as barack obama was. I really want it but i am still happy i wont spend as much money as anybody. She wants to go back to the old federal funding system that would be one thing. Compared to the republicans, there is no less vague. Build the economy of tomorrow and not yesterday who knows what that means . Mark Hillary Clinton is talking in a way about populist economics that is meant to help her of the base off the party. Hillary clinton as you look across the country, the deck is stacked in favor of those at the top. There is something wrong with that. There is something wrong with ceos making 300 times more than the typical worker. There is something wrong where American Workers keep getting more productive as they have and i saw a few minutes ago is very possibly because of education and training. That productivity is not matched in their paycheck. There is something wrong with Hedge Fund Managers paying lower tax rates of the nurses or the truckers i saw on i80 as i was driving here. Mark she talked a lot about her biography today which is an essential part of being a good campaign. As explainer in chief, that is as good as it gets. I thought she was good with weaving her own story with her politics prescriptions. John she reminded people that when people say they dont know what she stands for, she has a long record and stances, things she has voted on. That will sound like a little bit of an nod to elizabeth warren. She is more to the left on economics and more to the right on politics that her husband was. Mark that is in sync with the people of iowa particularly the democrats. John meanwhile in another crucial early state, Chris Christie was trying to do what bonnie tyler has been telling us for years turnaround, bright eyes. It is true 69 of his own constituents say he would not make a good president , but Everybody Knows new jersey voters do not matter as much as the ones in New Hampshire which is why he was at manchester betting the farm on something that has been sorely missing from this race so far entitlement reform. Governor christie a modest test that only affects those with a moderate income of over 30,000 a year and phaseout Social Security payments entirely for those who have 200,000 a year in retirement income. This would affect less than 2 of all Social Security recipients but would contribute to the Overall Health of the system and recognize the wealthiest among us dont need this benefit. Our leaders in washington are not telling people the truth. Washington is not dealing with this problem. Frankly, washington is afraid. They have an honest conversation about Social Security come medicare and medicaid with the people of our country. I am not. Mark reform medicaid, medicare . Reform Social Security is a different thing. Talk about Social Security in that way . Mark there are huge risks associated with it. We talked about whether Hillary Clinton would talk about this. I have never seen a candidate succeed bleeding with entitlement reform leading with entitlement reform. My guess is this is a sign of something of desperation. John he is fully aware of the fact the Republican Base is older and whiter and making messing with Social Security a very risky proposition. He said he understands the risk which is why there is a little bit of a hail mary quality to this. Mark my hats off to him in the substance. There are interesting things he is proposing. The timing of it is not ideal. We will see what happens. My guess is this will not be in enduring message. Enough about wouldbe president s, the real actual current president barack obama had said before today he would veto a bill requiring congress to renew a deal with iran on nuclear weapons. The Senate AppropriationsCommittee Approved such a bill and now the white house says the president will probably sign it. Does this mean we are more likely to see a five power deal with iran . John more likely but it does not mean it is likely. This shows you how strong bob corker is. I think bob corker would like to get to da deal. The White House Authority would have to confuse everybody is in agreement that it would have to happen. Mark it allows the clock to go towards the end of the spring but the iranians could use this as a pretext. If they want to get out of the deal, they could. I dont think they want to. It shows corkers influence and ben cardins influence. The white house got some stuff back. They did get some stuff of the bill that would have made it harder for the white house to a great. I think this will pass. Until the end, we have to see what is in the deal but i think the president was right from his own point of view to agree to this. John i think if iran wants to get out of the deal, they can do it in a million ways. Coming up, rand pauls wife kelly and Princess Leia. We will be right back. Mark our guest tonight is author kelley paul whose new book tells the story about her grandmother. She also happens to be the wife of rand paul who is running for president. Thank you for coming on the show. We will start you off with the traditional author question. Why did you decide to write this book . Kelley as a way to honor my grandmother and mother. I have amazing memories of my grandmother. She was such an inspiring person. I started out writing speeches about her after rand was elected. After i would give speeches about her, people would tell me stories about their grandmothers. I felt like it was really resonating with people, not only who she was but the way it brought memories to mind for other people. That is when i get the idea to reach out to my oldest friends and go back in time with them, a generation or two and find out who inspired them. Mark you are living in a nuclear household, allm men. The book is about your relationship with women, not just your mother and grandmother. What do you think the relationships men have versus relationships women have . Kelley i have extremely Close Relationships with not only my friends in this book, but my friends in kentucky. I think women tend to be more open. We share more. Our experiences are not just experimential. We open up and share. I have been in a book club. I feel like our relationships a more intimate than mens. John you write about the book but they also contribute to the book. Kelley they were generous and optimistic about this whole process. They will be in new york for a big party we are doing. Mark where at . Kelley the National Arts club. The book has a lot of art in it that i purchased from a homeless shelter in new jersey. We are having several of the Women Artists featured in the book coming and we are doing a silent auction of the art and donating it back to the source. The friends are flying in for that. John you are out here on the beginning of the book tour. We know you were talking a lot about this book. Your husband is running for president and the question might come up about public policy. You dont want to talk about that on this tour. Why . Kelley i want people to look at him for who he is. He is an elected official and running for a higher office. As a voter, i want to look at where the candidate shakes out on the issues i most care about as a voter. I want people to be able to do that with rand not listen to what their spouse thinks about everything. Mark this is your book and not his. What role do you want to play not policies what role will you play as he runs for president . Kelley probably more the same as i did in the senate race. I want our family to station wrong through to stay strong through this. Like any spouse, i want to be there for him. Beyond that absolutely, support him wherever i can whether that is helping him with his speeches, giving speeches from time to time is something uncomfortable with im comfortable with. Just be part of the process. I did tell somebody once they asked me because im a bit reluctant at times i think it is less stressful to be out there and giving speeches and being a part of it then it is to be at home and watching it on television. John mark mentioned your boys. In the course of writing about books about president ial campaigns, we have found that the children of candidates at whatever age are a little bit worried about the degree of scrutiny they will get whether father or mother decides to run for president. Have do your boys feel about this new phase your husband is going through . Kelley that is a big factor and we have talked to each of them about that. They are excited and very proud of their father. They all want to be involved. I keep reminding them that is the world we live in. John does that worry them at all that their facebook twists k posts and tweets, reporters will be looking at them . Kelley it worries me as a mother. They tell me they are prepared and i have to believe them. I dont know if anybody really is though. Mark what do you think your grandmother will think about this book and what you are doing with your life now . Kelley she would love it. She was the kind of person that believes anything was possible. She was the ultimate optimist even though many people might view her life as a very humble and hard life. She worked as a housekeeper her entire life. She was always open to whatever the next great surprise was going to be. She always told me that she thought i was going to have an amazing adventure. Mark she turned out to be right. John after the break, we will go over to our giant wall and show kelley paul something she has never seen before. We will be right back. Mark we are back with author kelley paul. Her new book was published today. It is about a group of very strong women who influenced her life. We will ask you about other strong women in American History and ask you for your reaction of how they influence you and our culture. The first one is based on the fact that you are pretty big star wars fan. How did this woman influence you and america . Kelley you are my only hope obiwan kenobi. I love Princess Leia. She was brave, strong. She fell in love with han solo. John do you approve of her hairstyle . Kelley i had a similar hairstyle when i was younger. My mother used to braid my hair and did these little twisting. S. John are you looking forward to the new movies . Kelley i am. Im a huge fan. John how do you feel about jar jar binks . Kelley he was a bit of a letdown. My kids were small and they loved him at the time. Mark who was your favorite star wars character besides Princess Leia . Kelley probably han solo and jabba the hut. Mark another Great American lady. What do you think about her barbara bush . Kelley i love the pearls her enthusiasm and honesty. She is a great woman. Mark have you ever met her or would like to . Kelley i have not and i would. Mark for any first lady, what you think his heart about the job . Kelley obviously, the spotlight is hard but i think most first ladies have been very graceful and have done the job well and puts the spotlight on things they care about. John she is also notoriously tough. Mark next another Great American lady for you to react to. Kelley taylor swift. Mark what you think of her . Kelley on not that familiar with her. I do like her music. I would not say, huge im a huge fan. My sons duncans age friends they all went to her concerts. She writes her own music i like that about her. John is there a young female artists singer that you like better than taylor swift . Kelley i like Carrie Underwood a lot. Mark on your book tour, you have met reba. How was that . Kelley she was amazing. It was a nice unexpected surprise. She was 10 feet away performing. She has great energy. Mark the couple of more ladies to get to. This Great AmericanLady Michelle obama. Kelley i have met her several times and she is always incredibly warm and gracious. Mark you met her at the white house. Kelley i met her at the christmas parties, first lady luncheons. She is always very gracious and says hi to everyone. My son robert and i helped to build a playground in d. C. She was great and came over. She had great energy. I and admire the work that she and joe biden do for military families. Im a big fan. John people who disagree with barack obama on policy think they have done a great job raising their daughters. Kelley they are really nice family. That is one of the things i dont like about politics just because you dont like what people think about on issues, i think they are trying to do what is best for the country. Mark have you spent any time with ted cruzs wife or marco rubios . Kelley very briefly. I met both of them in brief ways and they seem like great women. I have probably spent more time with kristin gillibrands husband. Mark why . Kelley we always end up to be on the same table. All my Favorite Senate spouses are male spouses. John you will all be great friends . Kelley i think we will. Mark last one what do you think of sarah palin . Have you met her . Kelley a couple of different times. She campaigned for rand. I met her at the Kentucky Derby and couple of years ago. I at meyer her energy and the way she i admire her energy. She ran for mayor and i admire her. John when you are at the derby, did you put money on a horse . Kelley i bet like two dollars or five dollars. I pretty much steadily lose. Two years ago, rand was ecstatic when everybody in the group won. He saw me cheering and asked how much i had on it and i said two dollars. Mark we have a big field of republican candidates this year. Governor palin does not look like she is running. Do you see any women that would run for president in the Republican Party . Kelley i heard carly speak recently. She is a great speaker and has a great story. Im the kind of person that is not necessarily go for identity politics. I think they are great male and female candidates. I want to see who has the best ideas. I think there is one candidate who really does. Mark who happens not to be a woman. John may bebe mitch mcconnell. Kelley the one with the curly hair rand paul. Mark used to be called randy and switched over to rand. Kelley most people made the switch. I never really saw him as a randy. I said i will call you rand. Mark next time i interviewed him i will call him senator randy paul. Thank you for walking the wall with us. It was fun, right . Kelley it was. Mark the name of the book is true and constant friends. We will be right back. John tomorrow on the show, senator Lindsey Graham and nothing is off limits. Until then, we are live 24 7 on bloombergpolitics. Com. Mark up next, opentaking stock. Sayonara. This is what im taking stock on this tuesday, april the 14th 2016. Firstquarter earnings season has begun. Intels results showed improved demand for chips that cowardly world servers. J. P. Morgan chase says profit rose 12 . Her score in revenue from trading stocks and bonds increased for the First Time Since 2010. 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