>> jason taylor. >> i play professional football for 18 years. i majored in political science and criminal justice. >> and alicia menendez. >> for years i worked in washington making sure more young people are involved in our democratic process. i want us to have a conversation about what it means to be an american. let's get to the point. hi, everyone, welcome to the point. we will be here all week, and you already know the headlines. there's a lot to get to tonight. alicia? >> the ap has new wording around illegal immigration, i'm wondering, is this a tipping point for america? >> my point is about college kids that can't handle rejection. are we raising a generation of winers? >> no. >> yes. >> my point is about bill o'reilly. is same sex marriage dividing

the gop? >> i hope so. >> my question is, why did it take so long to fire that rutgers coach. >> my issue is jay-z, is he america's greatest businessman? >> we're going to get to the top story of the evening, mark sanford who has won his runoff. the question is, is adultery becoming okay? have we totally forgiven adultery? or does it even matter any more. >> he cheated on his wife. >> where did he go again? >> he said he was hiking the appalachian trail, but he was in buenos aires. >> he made a moral judgment about who other people should be able to have sex with, who they should be able to love.

and now we know he can win again. >> he interviewed -- jake tapper interviewed him today. we're going to hear what he said to jake tapper. >> i think the political opponents want to make any event define your life. what i think we find, whether it's you, me or anyone out there, we'll have events where we wish we could have done things differently or handled them better. ultimately, they refine our lives, make us a much better person. maybe walk out into the arena of politics more humble than we were before. >> if you're a philandererer, this is the guy. he's going to get his old job back, probably. he has the woman he cheated with with him there. he asked his ex-wife to run his campaign. it's like nothing ever happened.

>> let me say why he may not be dead. there's a scandal continuum in this country. we're so used to hearing about movie stars who leave their children with the maid. adultery, almost 50% of the people do in this country. it's wrong, but somehow we may be a little more desensitized too. except it's south carolina. >> you're wrong on two points. mark sanford is no philanderer. he's a guy who fell in love with another woman. not a good thing when you're married and you have four children and you're governor. there are a lot of philandering politicians, i've met them. to the point, you're wrong. you said philanderer, as if he has a propensity for this. let me tell you the second point where you're wrong. he's running a campaign which

is -- he's running for redemption. this is the mark sanford apology tour. this matters to them. by asking for their votes, he's asking for redemption. and the question -- this is generally a safe republican seat which may end up going to a democrat. and she's pulling ahead or even with him which issen heard of, because maybe she'll get the women's vote. the women in south carolina are not quite ready to vote for mark sanford. >> he'll lose a majority of the female vote. >> i think america as a whole is a forgiving nation. i understand the further you get away from a situation, the more people forget and forgive. this is wrong, in some people's minds, but i think we forgive. the man made a mistake. we're not going to make light of that, adultery is wrong. if you're looking at someone like bill clinton, who did it while in office. people liked him, so i think he -- it was a little easier for

people to forgive him. this is not adultery, but people do not like lance armstrong, so they're ready to cruse if i lance armstrong. >> bill clinton went on an apology tour and he got his wife on his side. and they stayed together. >> in the days post monica, he spent a lot of his life apologizing for that. >> what we can't stand is the eliot spitzers who are holier than though commit adultery. to your point, there is a difference although wrong. this was a guy who fell in love and blew up his life. that's a flaw that a lot of people can relate to. what's working against him is a bigger picture in this country. you know the mid-70s, half the country thought adultery could possibly be okay? we've actually, as we're getting more progressive toward gay marriage, it's going the other way, as far as adultery. and the reason that's

happening,because people are blaming divorce for -- >> you don't think that's because more women are now adulterers? >> we've gotten more conservative in that area, we're getting more progressive in the gay area. >> where are all these christians in the south carolina state -- >> it was the 3r50i78ry, we'll see what they do in the general. >> speaking of politics. president obama today came out and said he's going to give back 5% of his salary, retro back to march 1st. 5% of $400,000. my point is as a leader, doh, of course, you do that. does he get any points with the average person out there who's suffering, really feeling the pain in the budget cuts? >> no, he won't get any points for it. it's the right thing to do as a leader, it's more symbolic and kind of a pr move. the amount of money is not astronomical, it's not going to affect his lifestyle. the people that are suffering

from budget cuts, whether it be at the airports or the department of defense, i don't think you're going to win any points for it. i like the move. >> and we all know a perception level where he won this election. people felt like he understood their lives, their economic realities, that he got them. >> the point is, 5% of $400,000, most of these guys getting furloughed are making 50,000 or 80,000 dollars. it takes an act of congress to lower the president's salary. that's why he's making a charitable contribution at the end of each month. >> i think it would be better if he gave 5% of his whole salary. chuck hagel is giving back two weeks salary. he makes five times his salary, because he started a cellular company, he was an investment banker. you want to really do something for people, give back 5% of your

whole salary. >> i think the point,congress follows his lead. >> yeah, that's a great. >> and here -- to that point, our leader seems to be following other people. the two boldest things he's done. the two -- he didn't come out for gay marriage until biden did it, and he didn't make this move until hagel did it. >> for whatever that's worth. >> i don't think congress follows his lead. congress makes a lot less money than he does. members of congress make about $180,000. but they have to carry two residences, they live in two cities, they travel a lot. >> not all of them have other ways of making money. although i think the ethics rules prevent them from making money other ways. i personally think the point is that barack obama should donate back this money and put it toward the white house tours so the white house tours that have been cancelled. now the kids can go for their

spring breaks. >> in 2011. >> we're in a recession, and we're all worried about the white house tours. >> in 2011, the nfl had a lockout. the commissioner took a $1 salary during the lockout. coaches, players weren't being paid. administrative people were being put on furloughs. he worked for $1 during the lockout. president obama is going to be okay, and roger goodell was okay. he made $29 million last year, it's a great -- >> the point is, it's a great symbol, but -- >> my point is, the symbolism doesn't solve anything. there's almost a little elitist -- >> one thing, bush would have taken the time off. i wanted to say that. >> in three days on this show, we've gotten a little rough with each other, but not near as rough as the video you're going to see when we come back on the point. [ male announcer ] at his current pace, bob will retire when he's 153,

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did you guys see this video that espn ran? they uncovered the video. he's just abusing his own players, throwing balls at them, calling them all kinds of names. he makes bobby knight look like mr. rogers. he got fired today, and well he should. look at some of these things he's doing. he hits a guy in the head. [ bleep ]. >> a little homophobic epithet for you. >> he's just now fired today,

and the a.d. got the tape in november. >> i want to know how the a.d. and president still have their jobs. did we not live through -- not that this is the same thing as joe paterno. but how did these guys, they saw this, they gave him a little bit of a fine, a 50 -- $50,000 fine. they gave him some time off. and these are children. these are children. how do either of those men still have their job. >> the a.d. got the tape in november. he said he just gave it to the president this week. the president formed a committee or investigators. who needs a committee. >> until new jersey, at rutgers, a student killed himself. i don't remember this. he was abused for being gay. and someone used a web cam to show him having gay sex. this got the state of new jersey to enact some of the toughest laws in the country.

this guy should be highly aware of what's going on. >> viral video is holding rutgers accountable. i wonder if viral video and videos are not holding us to a higher standard of behavior. >> it shouldn't take viral video to hold these people accountable. >> the president knew about this when he was suspended three games. no president of any university is going to watch his basketball team take the floor and their head coach not be there and not understand why he was not there. so the president he needs to be held accountable in this as well. the question i have -- the point i have, is the players are in a very tough situation. we sit here and look at it in agreement. if this happened to me, there's no way. >> has it? >> it has happened to me before with a great great football coach. >> give us his name. >> were you a professional? >> i was.

>> i've done this before in the media, jimmie johnson and i got into it once. >> you're a professional, not that it's okay. these are 18, 19-year-old kids. >> and it was still wrong for the coach -- for a coach at any level to grab a player or hit a player. >> what did he do? >> he grabbed me, i pushed him off. he grabbed me again. i pushed him off. i said don't touch me again. he threw me out of the game. a few minutes later i gave him a half hearted apology. we talked about it, all was well. these are amateurs. i coach youth sports at home. and around my kids lacrosse practice. and i hear coaches to 8, 9, 10-year-old kids cursing, using the f word. i've gone up to coaches and told them, look, i don't speak to my kids this way, there's no reason for you to speak to them this

way. it's a shame a video had to come out for this guy to be fired. not in november. but yesterday. >> there seemed to be f words in there. >> if you use the n word you would be fired as well you should be. i mean, this is atrocious. >> while we're on the topic of gay rights, we have an unlikely ally, bill o'reilly taking rush limbaugh and his compatriot laura ingram to task. >> the compelling argument is on the side of homosexuals. we're americans we just want to be treated like everybody else. that is a compelling argument, and to deny that, you have to have a very strong argument on the other side. >> and the argument -- >> the other side hasn't been able to do anything but thump the bible. >> well. >> so -- >> how many of you who watch fox are bible thumpers? do you think there are any bible

thumpers quote/unquote that watch fox? last night you were sort of marginalized on the factor. >> i think when you said they have to do more than bible thump. i don't think you really needed to say that. >> no, no, no. wait, wait, wait. no, no, no, we're going to get very specific as i told you. >> i'll get specific if you let me talk. can i finish my sentence? >> no. >> may i? >> there's no feud between me and limbaugh, i don't talk to limbaugh, i've never said anything about limbaugh on this program. >> i'm talking about the feud about the issue. >> can we -- >> don't you miss the paternalism of bill o'reilly. >> you and i both had great days with bill o'reilly. >> this is a growing pains for the right. it's an important conversation, and it's time for them to have. >> i've been working on this

issue from the center right for a long time. there's no -- people like to say there's a civil war in the gop. you know, people in the gop, they know there's no civil war. the truth is, this is way more of a generational issue than it is a partisan issue. you take 52% of republicans under the age of 50 are in favor of same sex marriage. this is more generational -- day by day, they're dropping one by one. we had rob portman, perhaps susan collins who seems to be thinking about this as well. that's reflective of the direction the country is going. they're not thinking of marriage as a religious issue, but a civil issue. under the eyes of the law, the argument that people are making, everyone should have a right to be married under the law. but religion, you can do your own thing. >> this is a demographic

certainty. when you look at things, for instance, that 72% of hispanics voted democrat. we now see 33% of people who have changed their mind on same sex marriage, this is no longer -- and i think what o'reilly is hinting at is that guys, this is basically a business decision at this point. it's not even up for discussion. if we ever want to -- >> i want to take a shower after watching all those guys. >> let me finish. >> that it is not up for discussion if a republican ever wants to get elected in a general election again. they have to move off the social issues. that is a polling situation. >> how do you get there, talking about the wing of the party that is more libertarian? >> i think there's a lot of conversations happening within the context of the republican party. about how the republican party is going to reform. i think rand paul has led the march forward.

i don't like saying this is a settled issue. it doesn't give americans room to breathe and have a conversation about it. that's what we need to move on an issue. it's okay if there's disagreement even around this table on the issue. the important thing is to have thoughtful conversations about it. >> is the gop having that? is there a civil war in the gop. >> i work on this issue religiously. no pun intended. a and. >> i think the republicans need advi advice. they have to redefine conservatism. it's about rugged individualism. >> did you read my book? >> yes. >> but no, listen to me. it's about individualism. >> i'm going to give you a hint. >> was it reagan? >> whoever has a great grandfather who was president of the united states raise your hand. her, this is herbert hoover's

great granddaughter. we're going to listen to this. >> on the left, it's great to watch the republicans come apart. it's a mess. the other thing is, i love it when -- the only reason i would ever praise bill o'reilly is that he's at least open minded. he changed on the iraq war, he changed on same sex marriage, he changed on immigration. you ever hear limbaugh change anything? at least this guy has the guts to say, i was wrong. this is the guy that said, next, you'll marry goats, now he's for it. >> the ap is changing, the ap is changing. we have a tipping point. it's wednesday, we have a tipping point segment. we're going to get to it when we come back. would absolutely not have taken a zip line in the jungle. i'm really glad that girl stayed at home. vo: expedia helps 30 million travelers a month find what they're looking for. one traveler at a time. expedia. find yours.

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james, kobe bryant, people who can move the needle on social issues or fashion. or what's cool to do, swag so to speak issues, i think it's a big tipping point. we expect magic johnson to support his son. i think it's great kobe came out and stood up there and -- kobe is a household name all over the country, all over the world. for kobe to come out and do this, i think is fantastic. you're going to say, he's a laker, and he's friends with magic and all that. >> no, what i was going to say. kobe was a guy who called the f word and got disciplined by the nba. he had to take some training classes, he's come around on it, much like bill o'reilly on same sex marriage. so he's very sensitive about the gay thing, he went out of his way to say this yesterday and today. i'm not saying he's

disingenuous. i'm just saying, know where that comes from. >> what about if he prefaced it with all those other things -- >> i understand, people change. >> i want to ask you a point. a lot of people said, oh, if an openly gay player came out in a locker room, it would affect the locker room. you've been in locker rooms your whole life, if all of a sudden a miami dolphin or new york jet said he likes guys, are there any players that are going to care at this point? >> there's a segment of professional sports that still has an issue with it. we saw it evidenced in the super bowl, some of the presuper bowl interviews and it came up, i would like to think the majority of guys would be understanding nowadays, more tolerant, people do things differently in life. and let's find a way to make it work. we can't keep excluding people for doing things we don't like. >> from your house -- >> we all the have had regrets this is a tipping point question.

tattoos, there was this guy, ryan cabrera, he got a ryan gosling tattoo. they were playing tattoo roulette. i pick your tattoo for you, you pick your tattoo for me. we can't look until it's done. he ends up with a ryan gosling tattoo. is everyone going to realize how dumb some tattoos are? >> what would you pick for me? >> i would definitely -- >> don the answer that. >> does anyone have a tattoo on the panel? >> i should because i'm a millennial, but i don't. >> 40% of millennials have a tattoo, 20% of them have more than one. some of them are small or hidden, in discrete places. >> i do not have a family tattoo. >> i have a family tattoo. every male in our family has the

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guys, fascinating story out there, new york university, the kids just all got their college acceptances or rejections this week. new york university has said there's been thousands and thousands and thousands of angry phone calls from parents, how could my kid not get in? >> like a record number? >> to me, it brings up an issue, is this generation so entitled that rejection can't be an option? i've seen generation of kids come through, i do see a difference in today's kids that they expect the corner office at the beginning. i don't know if they've been reading about billionaires at the age of 24. are kids today just more entitled and more spoiled? >> there's been a lot of research about the millennial generation. one things people say, they have grown up in an environment is they all got a trophy for showing up.

it's the trophy participation generation. you can see how that might fuel the sentiment. i did everything right, how come i didn't get into this college? >> why aren't you blaming the parents? >> i do blame the parents. >> we can't have dodgeball in gym class because somebody might be out. my sister is an elementary school principle, no one plays tag any more. now everyone plays duck duck duck. no one is the goose. every kid is gifted and talented. >> it's not just the parents. for those of us who grew up in the '80s, we wore our seat belts. all of these safety laws when we were coming of age. we have this risk aversion, and it's shaped our views on foreign policy. and our thoughts on ourselves and whether we deserve to get

into certain universities. if you're an employer, take that, harness it, make it work for you. >> that is the millennial attitude in carnate. >> i've employed thousands of young people over the last 25 years. there is a difference today. you're going to have to trust me on it. i also think there's -- you brought up a point about parents. there's a fine line. we all want to tell our kids they can do anything, and they're the greatest. you want to build them up, but there is a line between no you can't do everything and there is a reality, and you're not going to always win. >> we all want to be. there's a problem when parents want to be their kids best friends. everyone wants to be their kids. some parents want to be their kids best friends. your job is to be a parent. part of parenting is building them up. but also having to deal with adversity. >> why can't you be told no. trust me, i've seen plenty of

kids around this world that cannot be told no. when you tell them no, they go crazy. you didn't get into nyu. >> really? >> if you ask who -- you should have applied to princeton anyway. >> i hope my mother's watching. she always says it's her fault i'm ruined for life, because she told me how great i am. >> a young lady wrote to the wall street journal. colleges tell you just be yourself. that is great advice as long as your self has nine extracurricul extracurriculars and two moms. to me, that's spoiled milk. >> that's how you grow. >> you also want to go to a college where you belong. if you they don't want you, you don't want them. >> they're coming out of school

soon. >> i coached little league baseball for 13 years. i was hitting ground balls to a kid. and he wasn't doing it, he couldn't do it. i was trying to get him comfortable with it. his mother came out into the field and said, you're singling out my kid and making him feel different. >> they're calling the admissions office and saying, how could you let my child out. >> welcome to the real world. >> these kids, these 17-year-old kids that are coming into college, they didn't get in. welcome to the real world. you will be rejected again. >> you have to love them enough to let them fail. >> there's crime in the real world, right? >> yesterday there was a huge crime right in broad daylight. jay z did it, we'll tell you what happened. [ ghosts moaning ] surprise -- your car needs a new transmission.

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new york yankees who will be the number one free agent next year. the question is, jay-z as an agents, all the other things he's done right. the clothing, marrying beyonce, part owner of the brooklyn nets? >> he can be a part owner of a successful sports agency. he's a brilliant guy. he grew up in brooklyn, drugs. now he's the ultimate symbol of american achievable success. he understands that because he owns that essence, when he puts it next to any business, whether it's a clothing line a sports agency, it's going to open up any door in the world. he's finding the right business partners. he tried to steal someone from

my agency to go into business with. true story. that's the brilliance of his strategy. partner up with the right people. is he going to be negotiating contracts? no, but he will own a very successful sports agent. >> did he learn the lessons of master p? >> he negotiated ricky williams contract. it was a disaster, a horrible deal. he was in unchartered waters, a little deeper than he could handle and it turned out poorly. jay-z understands what he can and can't do. he's a partner with caa, a very established sports agency, that represents some of the top athletes in our country. he has a fantastic story. he is part of the brooklyn nets, the same streets where he was selling drugs, before. where he had been arrested for selling drugs, came all the way up through the ladder, you know,

and now -- music career, clothing line, beyonce, he aligns himself with barack obama. if you ask me, at the inauguration, jay-z and beyonce were the stars. he may not be able to run for president because the right side would probably tear him down, but -- >> why do you say that? >> did i say that? was that my outside voice? >> i think republicans would love jay-z. let me just say. >> let me tell you why he has the potential to make billions and billions and billions. i had a partner at the ad agency, what that allowed me to do, budweiser, now ratchet that up tenfold, because jay-z the superstar, he will continue to partner with tech companies, what not, he will end up with billions and billions. he will be one of the great business leaders of our time. >> to me, i think the story is in the symbolism, you have this modern american dream come to

fruition. the question is, is he america's greatest new age businessman? >> no. come on, guys. let's -- he's not. >> you just built him up, now you're tearing him down. >> he's brilliant at what he does, but i don't think he will go down as america's greatest business -- >> he's certainly pop culture's greatest businessman. >> he's not america's greatest businessman. >> you know what he can do? he put lebron james name in a lyric, he's put a lot of athl e athletes names in lyrics. sign with me, i'll put you in a song. >> sounds trashy. >> if you were hiring someone to run apple or procter & gamble, would jay z be your guy? >> he's a huge celebrity. capitalize on the celebrity. >> you know what his marketing pitch is to these athletes? he's going after these athletes who haven't won titles and

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if you think it's weird having bill o'reilly fighting with rush limbaugh or people getting ryan gosling tattoos. take a look at this, public policy polling asked americans about conspiracy theory. the results are phenomenal. 44 million people believe big foot really exists? >> the guy who shot the picture said he faked it. >> they didn't get that memo. 66 million people believe a ufo crashed at roswell. my question here is, and i know this is bizarre. is america being run by lizard people? whatever that is. >> a lot of people believe america is being run by lizard people. they look a lot like rick. >> i guess you were one of the 1200 people they called. >> you ask enough people, also,

7% of voters thought the moon landing was faked. 17% believe paul mccartney died in 1996. >> i also wonder if -- the internet has sort of double downed on this, we know people subscribe to these theorys in part. even if you know something is true, you go out and search for things that mean it's true, and you reject facts that contradict the narrative you have in your mind. you want to prove something's true there is something on the internet for everyone. >> there is a need to believe there are larger forces at play, that this wasn't an act of violence or people who believe 9/11 was an inside job somehow. i believe there's a psychological need for people to believe there are more malevolent forces at work. >> well, somehow there isn't

chaos in the earth, there's a greater order at play. >> my wife used to be a high school people. she said they are crazy about conspiracy theorys. they're trying to rebell. i think in this society people want to say, no, global warming is a hoax. >> it's not a conspiracy. >> there was a time in this country -- >> explain the bullets. how -- there had to be two shooters, what do you mean there wasn't a conspiracy. >> alicia, bonus own points. >> i want to give my bonus points to mark cuban for the most ingenious pr stunt. he said he's going to consider drafting a woman to the mavericks, she's 6'8", 14 dunks. she's a real pro, i just -- i don't buy it, guys. >> of course not. >> there's no way she can play in the nba. >> it sounds good, the commissioner in basketball said within 10 years there could be a

female nba player. you know what, it's much like barack obama giving back 5%. it's a stun the. >> it's a nice thing, but we'll see what happens. my bonus point goes to eric murdock. he played nine years in the nba. he was actually hired by rutgers coach mike rice to be the director of player development. now, mike rice should have hired him to be the director of coaching development. he's the guy that outed the tape to espn to get this guy fired. it should have been done months aago back in november. he did not get his contract renewed by the coach. >> my bonus point goes to senator from illinois, mark kirk, the second republican in the senate to come out in favor of same sex marriage in the last few weeks. it's particularly pivotal for the state of illinois right now, whose legislature is considering passing same sex marriage.

if it passes, illinois will be the tenth state to pass same sex marriage. >> it's happening. >> but yeah. kudos to him. >> my bonus point, jay leno, we talked about it last night on the show. he'll be stepping down at the end of his contract. here's a guy that's handled it with such elegance and dignity, doing the video last night to today coming out and saying, i wish jimmy luck. jay leno will still have a lot to do in front of him. he went out on top and he's not going anywhere. >> brian banks, he was 16 years old, on the long beach poly high school football team. he was wrongly convicted of rain, spent six years in jail. the woman came out and recanted. he just got signed by the atlanta falcons of the nfl, it's the greatest comeback story of the decade. and -- so it's just great for him. he's a friend of mine, and i'm

happy for him. we're going back to the center of the earth now to be with the lizard people. "ac 360" is next. good evening, everyone, it's 11:00 here on the east coast. fresh nuclear threats from north korea's young dictator. new american moves to counter any type of missile attack. we're going to be live from the region where even a conventional strike could cause mass casualties. and later, what is kim jong-un's nuclear bluster have to do with same sex marriage and gays in the boy scouts? nothing. the president of the southern baptist convention with 16 million followers seemed to agree about a convention. tonight he comes on the program. does he really believe north korea threatening the u.s. might have something to do with gay marriage. >>