Why is that? well, the one thing that, you know, i would add to the report that you just got is i think what s going to happen between the closed doors of that republican conference this week is you re going to have some of the republicans making the argument, hey, look, we ll become a small tent party. if we ever want the white house again, you ll have a very powerful faction of the republicans saying let s not bring up this issue that devieds our base. let s keep our soul focus on the affordable care act. that s the issue for us. a lot of the members are not going to want this on the plate and i m afraid that political argument may overcome the policy argument among the republican conference. congressman, what about this argument as well that you ve heard i m sure you ve heard from a few members on the other side of the aisle that part of the opposition is rooted in the fact that a lot of immigrants when they come to this country vote democratic and passing comprehensive immigr
The pledge says undergod, i will the not take god out of the name of our platform. i will not take god off our coins and i will not take god out of my heart. we re a nation by god. clayton: of course, pat robertson some. did you see him. dave: no. clayton: right over his shoulder there. i m not making that up. alisyn: there s a punchline coming. clayton: no, kind of looked at him, i mentioned god, do you like that, pat? right over there over his shoulder. alisyn: i bet he did. and the headlines, what else is happening, a lot to report. is house minority leader nancy pelosi ready to retire or stay on as the democratic leader after the election. the 72-year-old is keeping everyone guessing. at last week s national convention, she kept rigorous meetings and speaking of gaugement and 62 fund raising events raising 6.8 million dollars. she could rake it in. pelosi will only say her soul
Opportunity to have a campaign at the appropriate time. at that point we ll let the chips fall where they may. when we have the opportunity to make our case, the president will be in strong shape. is your soul focus going to be on mitt romney s own career, his earnings capacity, his wealth as opposed to his policies? no, i think it will be both. we started to learn a little bit today about what mitt romney, for example, pays in taxes. this is not an issue of what he pays in taxes. he follows the law. the american think the law is unfair. he s opposed to changing the law so that people in his situation pay a higher rate than their secretaries and so forth. he s posed to that. he wants to continue to have the wealthy continue to do well and not do anything for the middle
Wilderness, but often times you re the first people. reporter: the next big adventure? a 1400-mile paddling trip, less than 500 miles from the north pole. bradt hasn t lost his taste for waterfalls but he says he s not going to try to break the record. unless someone else breaks it first. it s amazingly adventurous stuff. i can t help but think, what propels you to do this, the risk of being hurt, drowning, dying, people s survival instincts sort of take over. yet you do this very dangerous stuff. why? there is no experience like it. i started kayaking at a very young age. it s been my soul focus ever since then, and there is the places you re able to go, the experiences you re able to have, and just the sheer thrill of being out on a river and running white water is absolutely unreal. and so it s that s my driving force. i just love it. every aspect about it.
It s amazingly adventurous stuff. i can t help but think, what propels you to do this, the risk of being hurt, drowning, dying, people s survival instincts sort of take over. yet you do this very dangerous stuff. why? there is no experience like it. i started kayaking at a very young age. it s been my soul focus ever since then, and there is the places you re able to go, the experiences you re able to have, and just the sheer thrill of being out on a river and running white water is absolutely unreal. and so it s that s my driving force. i just love it. every aspect about it. when were you kayaking people say i think that s runable. i remember that from the few times i ve kayaked. what you thought was runable was a 189-foot waterfall, taller than niagara falls, for context. how was that runable? at what point did you say this is going to be okay to do? when i was growing up kayaking, a very tall waterfall was 70, 80-feet tall. i ran one 107 feet tall, that