As the refugee crisis unfolds across Europe, another is looming in our backyard. The number of children crossing the southwest border unaccompanied has quietly surged more than a year after President [Barack] Obama referred to the problem as a quote "urgent humanitarian situation."

I think that behind the scenes the Pope [Francis] is seen as more of a religious figure, but obviously he is sort of a global political figure.

I think that it was - Benjamin Netanyahu almost couldn`t help the Iran deal, but John Boehner sort of walked him into it as well.

Donald Trump is accomplishing getting, particularly white, working-class voters, who are turned off by their own party.

The military is such a hierarchical institution. It's an institution where, if you are assaulted by a person senior to you, you're probably the person that's expendable and that's going to get in trouble.

Democrats in the contrast with Republicans, almost no matter which Republican is nominated. Because they are taking such similar positions.

I think that no one roiled American politics and sort of scrambled the left/right dynamic more 2015 year than Pope Francis.