♪ >> good morning. welcome to the full-court press. this is bill press show. the day 1 of the full-court press here on current tv. i am bill press. it's good to have you with us this morning as we talk the big issues. if you are like me, here is a he request you are probably asking yourself: how did dick cheney qualify for a heart trans plant. isn't he too old for a heart transplant? think about it. if you were a doneor, would you want your heart though go to dick cheney? probably

let's start off bike talk to go jackie chocschattner. >> here is what we have to keep you current. oral arguments will begin as the supreme court gets set to weigh in on the constitutionaltalty of health care reform the individual mandate which is the requirement requirement that everybody pay health insurance. twenty-six states have contested the individual mandate, a federal government over reich but the administration argotsues everything everybody needs health care and health insurance and it puts an undew financial burden on the system. there will be no cameras in the courtroom but there will be audio and trips online by 2:00 o'clock today at supreme court.gov. the supreme court will hear six hours of arguments over the course of three hours, the most they have heard in 45 years. meanwhile, president obama is spending the day and night in seoul, korea. he has spoken at a university

about stopping the predspread of nuclear weapons and he has met with the president of russia for bilateral talks and then the president of china. he will spend the evening overnight in seoul. the cran datarepublican candidates are turning their focus to wisconsin. that primary is a week from tomorrow on april 3rdrd. rick santorum coming off of a big win in louisiana and even though it may be given him some personal oompfh, but mitt romney continues to be the front-runner. bill press will speak with ryan grimm, and you will want to stay tuned because at 7:30, he will talk to current tv founder and former vice president, al gore. you are going to want to stay with us for all of the good stuff coming up.

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so thank you so much for being with us this morning. i am bill press. we have got a lot to cover this morning here in our nation's capitol. president obama out of town but before he left he said some very powerful words about the trayvon martin case. absolutely. big primary win for rick >> lauren sanders: down in louisiana on saturday. but poor rick >> lauren sanders: he is like rodney dangerfield. yeah, he won louisiana, but it doesn't make any difference. obama in president republic of k north korea. we will take your calls. i know you want to weigh in on these issues at 866-55-press. >> that's our toll-free number. 866-555-press and our new t.v. watchers today. so everybody, join the conversation. >> that's what we do here every day here with the team, peter

ogburn. >> ihi, there. >> welcome. and dan hemming in the studio here dan, good morning. >> good morning. >> this day, a very big day, very big day march 26th, it is leader pelosi's birthday today. how about that. you never know who will pop in. >> this is your birthday song. it doesn't last too long. hey >> you can do the full version today. you think so? [applause.] >> my colleague, the second verse is exactly like the first verse. >> oh. don't sing it? >> ♪ this is your birthday song. it doesn't last too as longlong. shay hey. >> who says boehner and pelosi don't get along. pretty good with that.

>> happy birthday. oh my god. >> everyone is stepping in. >> w. got up, too? nancy didn't know how popular she was. >> we have a great line-up. he manual cleaver, coming in studio with us a little bit later. nia myspace malika henderson is going to be in as well and ryan grimm from huffington post will you have update us on what we couldan expect from the supreme court today on the first day of free arguments about whatevereverybody is now proudly calling it and we will at thetell you the latest about george zimmerman and his attorney and friends fighting back in the trayvon martin case. making news tiringger woods uponwon his first pga tournament in 30 months at faye hill over graham mcdowell.

he held his own through the weekend and moves up in the rank rankings to number 6 in the world. he had been down close to 50. he now hisas his eyes, set on the master's this morningnth. >> my impression was that the competition is tough. >> really? >> did he celebrate with parnorn stars as in years past? >> no. >> how do you know? i bet he did. >> speaking of celebrateing, aretha franklin turned 70 years old yesterday. showing no signs of slowing down. she spoke with abc news before a party at a new york city hotel saturday night announcing she has partnered with old friend producer clive davis to produce a new album. she hopes to start on this later this spring with a release date by the end of the year. and the party included diane sawyer and form ter fiance but willie. >> i love it. >> more complaints about the ipad 3 following consumer

reports. >> glad i didn't buy one. >> following tests, the new tablet last week cned.com is here -- cnet.com is comeshowing losing wi-fi connectivity. and customers are burning through their power. >> i am throwing mine in the garbage today i am glad i stayed with my ipad 2. we talked about this. i figured out how to connect to my wireless. all of that stuff. facetime on the ipad. >> pretty cool? >> really cool. >> sweet. >> thank you dan. yes, indeed. a lot happening in the case of trayvon martin which we have been talking about on the bill press show. president obama, you may remember last monday a week ago

and and we spoke to jay carney about this. i was the only one-to ask whether the white house had any comment and the president had talked about and whether or not the department to get involved. no, we have no comment on a local law enforcement matter. the rest of the week, nobody nobody asked a word. i couldn't believe it. and when the president made his nominee to head the new world bank and mike bucera from nbc popped out a question. and usually reporters shout out questions when the president is in the rose garden. he usually walks back.

he was ready for this question about it. rayvon martin. the president powered some of the most powerful words we have ever heard from any president. he was he was, withas so many millions of americans, as a parent. >> i think about this boy. i think about my own kids. and i think every parent in america should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this. >> and then the president utter uttered words i think he will always be remembered for. talk about striking home. this really says it. >> you know, if i had a son, he would look like trayvon. and, you know, i think they are right to expect that all of us as americans are going to look

at what happened in terms of what happened. >> you would think at that moment everybody in america would say, liberal or conservative, so on to say, you know what? absolutely, we have got to get to the bottom of this. we have to find out what happened. oh, no, no no, no. but then you have got a smallsmall brains like newt gingrich who has to dump on obama even for that. he can't not -- he doesn't have it in his gut or in his heart to ever say on this one case, president obama, i will identify with him. no. he can't do that. he is constitutionally impaired from doing that. here is pea-brained newt gingrich over the weekend. >> what the president said in a sense is disgraceful. it's not a question of who that young man looked like. any manyoung man from an ethnic

background should be safe. period. we should be horrified no matter what the ethnic background. is he suggesting if it was a white, it would be okay because it wouldn't look like him? it's nonsense, dividing this country. it would have been -- >> shut up, newt. come on. so disgusting. the president wasn't saying too bad it wasn't a widehite kid who was shot. not at all. he was identifying. of course if he had a son, he would look like trayvon martin. any parent can identify with a parent the parents of trayvon martin. if that wasn't bad enough geraldo rivera. why do people have to find some excuse for george zimmerman as if you have to make this case two sides, so on the one hand and on the other hand and that's what jer aldgieraldo rivera did.

>> i have a different take, brian, on that. i believe george zimmerman, the overzealous neighborhood captain should be investigated to the fullest extent of the law. and if he is criminally lieable, he should be prosecuted, but i am urging the parents of black and latino youngsters particularly to not let their children go out wearing hoodies. i think that hoodies. >> no. no. no. >> is as much responsible for trayvon martin's death as george zimmerman was. >> that's just like the judge who says denied -- and we have heard, just like the judge who would say. i'm sorry, money you are asking to be raped. you were just begging to be rape raped wearing a low-cut dress like that. yeah, honey. it's your clothes. that was an infitation to rape, just like geraldo rivera saying the hoodie. look.

it is not the 450die that trayvon was wearing that got george zimmerman's attention. it was the fact that he was a younghoodie that trayvon was wearing that got george zimmerman's attention. it was the fact that he was a young black teenager, not the clothes he was wearing. it was the color of his skin. let's face it. now, the zimmerman camp is starting to fight back. okay. saw abc news. they had the george zimmerman's attorney on, a guy named craig zim. we know zimmerman was told by the police don't get out of your car or your truck. don't pursue this guy. he did it anyway. he's got a gun. the telephone conversation trayvon martin was having with his girl. this -- girlfriend. he turns around and asks him why he is following him. now zimmerman's attorney wants us to believe that it was -- that he attached the neighborhood watch guy.

here is craig. >> a broken nose and he had an injury to the back of his head. he was attacked by trayvon martin. >> this kid who weighs maybe 140 pounds attacks a guy who wayseighs 250 pounds with a gun on his waist in a holster? i don't think so. then they trot out the family friend of george zimmerman, a guy named joe oliver who tells david muir why george zimmerman was after trayvon martin carrying his bag of candy and iced tea. >> the reason he was following this person is because that neighborhood has had a rash of break-ins. >> yeah, but i come back to look at the brochure. we read from it last week, the brochure for the neighborhood watch commander. in fact, i have had a lot of e-mails from neighborhood watch people who say don't call this guy a neighborhood watch volunteer because he does not represent us. they know their rules. and the book clearly says: do

not pursue. do not put yourself in harm's way. you are not the police. you stay in your car. you stay in your house. you report it. it's not their job even if this was a suspicious -- a guy acting suspiciously. it's not their job to play police officer. >> that's exact what george zimmerman was trying to do provokeing an attack, confronting trayvon martin and ending up shooting him, killing him, when he may have been losing a fist fight to trayvon. who snowsknows? doesn't justify mergedurder. the question is on 866-55-press. do you think president obama went too far? do you think it was right for him to speak out? do you think it was right for him in this case? i sure do. absolutely. and the other thing is, do you think that phony defense that trayvon martin attacked george zimmerman and broke his nose is going to stand up? and why don't people just accept

the fact, this is a horrific crime. this is like m.s. hill, the civil rights crimes we saw in the '60s, this is something that should never happen in america today. can't we all agree with that? full-court press on a monday morning on your radio on t.v. the bill press show on current tv.hd

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this is the bill press show. live on your radio at current tv. >> goodwe hear from you by e-mail and facebook and twitter. thanks for all of the comments. so, on florida's gun law dan says, i am in, in no way trying to defend the sheriff but blaming him is like blaming needles for the drug problem. what we need to do is stay out of florida. go to disneyland rather than disney world, the monterey bay aquarium instead of sea world. tell them that you fear for your life when you cancel your summer vacation. and on geraldo, naman says, oh my god. he is an idiot. it was raining that day, idiot. >> that's why he put his hood up and you would, too. thanks for reminding the prosecutors to bring the weather data with them inp into court. nia malika henderson coming up next.

>> good morning. welcome to the full-court press, the bill press show here on current tv day 1 of our new show. very excited to be here. thank you for joining us as we tackle the big issues of the day here in washington, around the country and around the globe. and like me, here is a question you are probably asking your friends and your family this morning: why have no charges still not been filed against george zimmerman? and does anybody really believe that that guy acted in self defense? also, why didn't the police takehis

gun away from him? why did they allow him to keep his gun after he killed trayvon martin? we will talk about that and a lot of other issues including dick cheney's heart transplant. first, let's jump out to los angeles and say good morning to jackie schekner with a good morning news update. >> good morning. here is what we have got thisat's current as bill was mentioning. it has been a month since george zimmerman shot and killed trayvon martin as the 17-year-old was walking home from a convenience store, unarmed down in sanford, florida. today, martin's parents plan to speak out at a city meeting and there reportedly will be some famous faces in attendance including the baltimore ravens ray lewis and hall of famer patrick ewing. the big rally scheduled is for today at 5:30, tonight in atlanta, georgia. of course, atlanta is the city with the highest concentration of historically black colleges in the country. but the outrage is spanning

nationwide. there have been a lot of rallies over the weekend. atlanta, the one scheduled to the. republican presidential candidates are speaking out about the incidents. newt gingrich sawcalling the shooting a tragedy saying local prosecutors should bring the case to a grand jury. rick santorum cawlling the case horrible and saying in spite of all of the outrage, the investigation should be left to local and state authorities. in our big news, oral arguments are set to begin as the supreme court will hear and rule on the constitutionalty of health care reform specifically they will focus on the individual mandate and whether or not people can be forced to buy health insurance or pay a penalty. all of the information, audio and transcripts will be online by 2:00 p.m. today at supreme court supremecourt.gov. they will hear six hours of argument over three days, the most in 45 years. bill press and al gore coming up. you are not going to want to miss that.

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no other television show does that. we're keeping it real. >> broadcasting across the nation, on your radio, and on current tv this is the bill press show. >> yes we can. yes, we did. and yes we are going to do it again. what do you say? hello, everybody. welcome. welcome to full-court press: the bill press show here on this monday march 26th. so good to see you today. thank you for joining us. we are coming to you live, coast to coast from our little radio studio here on capitol hill in washington, d.c. tackling the big issues of the day here in our nation's capitol, around the country and around the globe, coming to you live on your local progressive radio station as well as today

for the first time, how about it? on current tv. the full court press. so good to have you with us. wherever you haveppen to be in this great land of ours. man, so much going on today, the president is in south korea visiting the dmz participating in the nuclear summit and meeting one on one with many of our world leaders, big, huge march tonight in orlando in memory of trayvon martin demanding justice be done in that case here in washington, d.c., the supreme court about to a couple of hours from now, opening up with a historic daysthree days of arguments on the affordable care act or as everyone now calls obama obamacare. people have been lined up all weekend weekend long camping in front of the supreme court for a ticket

to sit in the court for an hour or so. good to have you with us: peter okayburn ogburn. >> hello. >> dan henney and siprion, our videographer, the man behind the cameras cameras here. >> indeed. >> appreciate your good work. you know thecongratulations have been rolling in here on our new current tv show. it's very, very exciting. congratulations on the current t.v. morning show. i wish you the best of suggestions. by the way, are you looking for an intern? i may soon be looking for a new job. this is from scott walker, the governor of wisconsin. >> looking for an intern. so. there. >> i wouldn't higher scott walker. never

he is number 1, he is the wrong party. no. 2, he is incompetent. >> there you go. >> pred did ijudice. >> didn't stop you from hireing us. >> it's nice of him to reach out. don't you think? >> that's very nice, reaching across the aisle. >> thanks, governor, but no thanks. by the way, we've got a lot coming up including a for-real call from al gore a little bit later in this hour. and i am very excited about that. but i am -- i must admit: i am a little nervous because i mean what do you call him? right? al? >> you can't call him al. >> i don't think you call him al. >> vice president gore. >> vice president? call him mr. gore? >> i don't know. i think once you are vice president, you are vice president for life. >> yeah. >> okay. not al? >> no. you can -- why don't you try and see what happens action big al. give "big al" a shot. >> i will have to decide between now and then. emmanuel cleaver is the head of

the congressional black caucus. he will be in the studio with us as well as nia malika henderson and neil king from the wall street journal. a busy day today. we will get to it. what about dick cheney's heart transplant? i want to say it's a heart transplant, not as some people suggested, a heart i am mrapt. >> that's mean. >> right nowplant. >> that's mean. >> right now. he did have one. wasn't doing too well. they have given him a question: if you arewere the doneor, would you want your heart to go to dick cheney 866-55-press is our toll-free number. calls welcome. first, this is the full covered press. >> on this monday t james cameron. >> take a poll, by the way here, everybody gets to answer the question. >> james cameron took a deep dive over the weekend in thea submarine, the director behind titanic went to the bottom of the marianna trench one of the deepest parts of the ocean with

seven miles deep. over 35,000 feet down and e special -- a specially designed vehicle. the water pressure is so intense it's equivalent to three s.u.v.s sitting on your toe. cameron was filming to transfer a new project with national geographic. >> you can't see anything down there. >> they lit it up. >> you can see two feet in front of you? >> a couplecouples getting married are sometimes worried about wedding crash crashers. >> this is not a federal research project? >> no. national geographic. i think he has enough money to cover it himself, too. >> good thing. i want my money back. >> couples getting married are sometimes worried about wedding crashers coming to a party on their big day for free. it happened to a pair in england this weekend but they were happy with the wedding crasher. turns tutout it was the queen of england. the huffing uponton post says queen elizabeth walked in while john

and francis canning were tying thegote. they posed for pictures with the queen and prince phillip and got a royal blessing on the marriage as well. >> you know, that's a heartwarming side but the question about: doesn't the queen have anything better to do than to crash a party? i mean can't she even -- is the royalty so ill-considered in england today, they can't get freaking invited to a wedding? >> maybe she had a hankering for shrimp dip and wanted to show up. >> the back story is -- the whole back story is the groupom invited the queen several months ago and they declined saying, sorry, the queen is not going to come to your wedding. >> you are getting married, soon soonish. >> maybe the queen will come to my we hadtion. >> to oxford? >> oxford maryland. oxford, maryland. >> yeah. >> that's right. of course. >> first lady will appear on nbc's, the biggest lose her next month.

politico says michele bachmann welcomed -- michelle obama says it will air in april. she joined the contestants for a workout in the east room and took time to promote her "let's move" campaign". >> biggest lose her. >> yeah. >> really, really fat people and make them lose weight. yeah. >> that's the description. >> all right, dan. thank you. yes, indeed, it was big news over the weekend. you know, a couple of years ago, dick cheney has had serious heart problems for a long time, i think he had his first heart attack when he was 37. he has had five. a couple of years ago, he was equipped with -- fitted with a pump, a heart pump, external pump. he has shown it on television all of the different parts that he had and it's well known, was reported at the time that that pump doesn't last that long.

it is, at best only bridge to a heart transplant. so this idea of a transplant has been in the works for a long time and finally, a doneor became available over the weekend. the actually the average weight, what i have read is like five or six months maybe maybe. dick cheney waited a little longer. it raises questions, the fact that he is 71, getting a heart transplant at that age and at this time. i would like to hear your take on it because i am not totally comfortable with it, myself. i will tell you why. first of all, what i am not saying before i am attacked by rush limbaugh and all of these right-wing right-wingers. i am not saying he didn't deserve a transplant. i am not saying that we should have just let him die. i am not saying thathe is such a right-wing vice president and

responsible for the war in iraqvack iraq and everything else that we should not care about him. and i wish him well and hope he has a full recovery and has many more years, happy years with himself and his family with his new heart. but i think there is a very legitimate question here: first of all, does somebody who is 71 years old, are they -- people in their 70s, are they the ones who ought to be getting new hearts? there are a lot of people who need one. don't you think it would be more appropriate to give that heart once one becomes available, to somebody maybe in their 30s or 40s? it used to be, by the way, richard besser reported last night on abc, the cutoff date use to be 55. it's no longer. now to look at all of the other factors, do they have other serious disease?

if he even if they don't in their 70s they can be a candidate. i am not sure when that changed. it wasn't that long ago. the other question is: who decides? who does make the decision as to who gets a heart and who does not in the does the thedoneor or the done donor's family have anything to say about it? and it gets me to the question that if you were the donor and you are given a choice would you want your heart to go to dick cheney? would you say, okay. i mean let's say you're in a serious auto accident. you are conscious, but you are really banged up and the doctor says, you know, your injuries are such. you are not going to survive. we see on your card here that you are a doneor. i have got one of those cards, by the way in my wallet. i carry it all the time. dick cheney is waiting for a

heart. is it okay if we give your heart to dick cheney? what would you say 866-55-press, i know i am a bleeding heart liberal and i know what i am supposed to say. i am supposed to say my heart goes to the next person at the top of the list. i don't care who it is. but that's not what i think. i would say, no. i want it to go to somebody who has a young family and needs some more time. dick cheney has had a long life. i wouldn't say a good life. he's had a long life. and i would rather it go to somebody younger. that's my vote. >> i agree with you. >> you are a hard-hearted -- >> yeah. i won't disagree with that. it has less to do with who he is as a person because, let's face it, he is a pretty terrible guy. but the guy has had a long history of heart disease and heart problems. he has no heart beat as we know because of the contraption.

>> that's inwhy he needs a heart? >> he is 71. he has such poor health. why would i want to waste my very strong heart? on that? >> and dan is busy on the phone. dan, yes or no? >> yes. yes. >> what? >> give him a heart. >> get out. >> everyone deserves to live. >> you are fired. let's go to the phones. mine is calling from portland, or gone on the great kpoj in portland, oregon. >> good morning, bill. first of all, dan, quit working on your carm karma, dude. as to my vote, i would say no. no way. give it to a younger person that has something that may actually contribute to society instead of taking from it. and as for the two-year wait. >> i have to say i would say that about anybody of that age.

not theat 70 is that old but i mean there are a lot of younger people. right? who have a much longer part ahead of them, potential that i think should come ahead of anybody in their 70s. >> absolutely. there is no doubt about that. if it were mye, i would rather it go to somebody in their 30s or 40s. if it's a long weightait, it may be that they had a problem matching up the correct species for that guy. >> i knew something would have to go there. is it camell? >> hi. >> what's your point? >> my point is, you know, if is not a good candidate for a heart transplant -- >> why? >> dawesbecause it's going to take way more to try to keep him alive and he's havingprobably not going to stay that much -- live

that much longer. leave it up to god. you are 72. you have lived your life. pretty much on that list, that's obvious. you are not a good candidate. they were trying to tell you that. >> got it camell. well, you know, i don't think in the -- i know in the doneor program, you don't get a choice as a doneor. maybe you should as a doneor. but the real question is: was dick cheney the best person for this particular heart transplant? i think there had to be a more qualified and a more appropriate recipient that got passed over for dick cheney. if you were a doneor, would you want your heart to go to cheney? 866-55-press. the full court press here, monday morning. >> this is the bill press show. tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's new morning news block. it's completely inappropriate for television.

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you said, rick santorum was able to pull out a pretty big victory. >> crushed mitt romney. >> 22 points. >> 49 to 27. >> yeah. gingrich had about 16%. >> 16. >> a really strong win there. he we want in about 12 points ahead. so no surprise that he won but certainly a surprise that he won so big. but again, i don't know how much it changes. about 20 delegates were up for grabs in that one. he has a 300-point deficit to mitt romney. he calls that romney math, and his numbers are apparently a little different. but it looks like this thing is over. >> well it's -- i almost feel sorry for santorum. he is sort of like the rodney dangerfield. >> right. >> you know, he can't get no respect. >> he could get more respect than he used to. >> that's for sure. i intrude him in february of 2011 in a krispy kreme in south carolina and he had given a

speech wherema michelle bachmann and she got more praise and cheers and standing ovations than he did. he has been able to reverse those over the past year. >> he won 11 primaries. as you point out it's gotten to the point where mathematically, he is not going to be able to catch up? >> he is not going to be able to catch up. gingrich is saying he is going to stay in this thing. they pretty much admit it's not a matter of getting to 11 tower 4 themselves but denying mitt romney getting that 1144. so we will see. he is going to go to this convention convention. in his mind, he has some power now. he is the face and voice of social conservatives of the religious right. so we will have to see. >> we will talk more about the louisiana brim nia malika hinder hinderson. not just louisiana but what's coming up is more important and how president obama's campaign is shaping up as well. we will take your calls at 866-55-press. >> this is the bill press show.

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bill press, as one of your big fans, i am glad that even more americans can start the day energized, informed, and kept current. >> very nice. >> how about that. >> great use of "current". >> thank you nancy pelosi a great leader a great friend and also former chair of the california democratic party, as i was. she was there of. today is her birthday. >> wow happy birthday. >> happy birthday nancy. good to have you in studio with us, emily. so i was looking ahead during the break. we were talking about louisiana. >> that's behind us. coming up they have a little time april 3rd, we go gointo wisconsin, mayor cylinderland and

washington, d.c. >> whibere do they have? that? >> rick santorum is probably wonder wondering, i bet he imagined he wouldn't get this far. at some point, his daughter was in charge of actually researching how to get on the ballots and people ri saypeople are saying if he can't do well in wisconsin it's probably time for him to bow out. but it doesn't look like he is going to. >> then we go to april 24th. >> right. >> which is connecticut, del air delaware delaware, rhode island. so kind of getting away from santorum country? >> that's right. >> that seems to me his chances get diminished rather than grow. >> it will be hard for him to maintain momentum through april. it's going to be a cruel month for him. he has a bright spot in pennsylvania, his home state. so he should do well there. >> he didn't doo too, too well?

>> 18 point loss to bob casey in 2006. but, you know, he is obviously hoping that that will be a race that he wins and that he can go into may where there are more southern contests and he can pick up momentum but you almost imagine there will be a situation in april where romney does really, really well and santorum just connedtinues to fade. >> peter, the bite we used earlier from santorum where he is talking about mitt romney as the possible nominee, he certainly has not let usp at all on romney. here he is. >> he is the worst republican in the country to put up against barack obama. why would wisconsin want to vote for someone like that? >> now at some point, you think he is not going to be the nominee. you kind of got get behind romney. >> he has to fall in line at some point. >> he has to back off some of the statements. how can he back off? >> the worst republican every in

the history of the universe. at some point, he called a possible romney win saying it would be a hollow victory in louisiana. >> he said almost better almost be better to have obama? >> be basically the same type of he has backed off of that and said that he would obviously campaign for whoever the republican nominee is. but again, you think that the democrats are going to miss this opportunity to use santorum against romney in the general? you can almost imagine them using those ads against him. >> at some point, he is going to have to, as you pointed out i guess, what his goal is to keep romney below 1144, to go into the convention and be the broker or where he thinks he could thing then rally people behind? >> yeah. his platform, social conservative, the religious right who have very much been in the political hinterlands, bush didn't pay them much attention. of course, he, you know, he sort

of could youtowed to them during election but in office didn't do much for their cause. you imagine rick santorum can go into tampa and have some authority, some leverage to maybe influence the republican party platform. i think at some point, romney is obviously going to have to pick up the phone and say, hey, santorum, what do you want? >> nia malika henderson washington political reporter for the "washington post." thank you for coming in here. so let's look at the one big event. not a political event, and yet it really is, the supreme court today taking up the affordable care act or as even the obama campaign now is willing to call it and proud to call it, "obama "obamacare. >> that's right >>." >> that's right. >> give us your read on the court may uphold it or they may dump it. right? how does that affect play for president obama in this campaign? >> i thinkhave been thinking about this. i think the conventional wisdom

is that it could be a wash mean meaning it could damage. >> either way? >> it could damage rom ney. it could damage obama inning a grassing gat-- in aggregate. the oral documents, three days, six hours, a long, long time, the longest time they have delibbrated. >> can you imagine clarence thomas staying awake that long? >> it will be a challenge for a lot of people. >> he better pop some -- i don't know i don't know what you would pop to stay stake but drink a lot of coffee. >> this obviously will affect the way the obama campaign has to it kind of craft their argument around had heealth care if this thing goes down. >> if the court says, which ryan grim huffington post was on our first hour and he reducts the court will uphold the afford

affordable care acbecause he thinks john roberts wants to restore the reputation of the court. but if the court were to do that account that's a huge win for obama. >> that's a huge win. i think that's right. >> what is itf it doesn't? is that necessarily -- >> i don't know that it does because it's not like -- i mean part of the problem of the health care act to begin with in terms of campaigning on it is that a lot of this hasn't gone into effect thereyet. there are no fines for people who don't get health insurance. there aren't the state pools where people can actually get a health insurance at this point. some provisions have gone into effect. but i do think if it goes down it could have something of a bear ing on the campaign but i think people will hate the health care law hate the health care law. they are not going to hate it anymore if it goes down. >> i could also see how the obama campaign could use it to their -- a loss in the court to their advantage. >> to rally the base. >> rally the base and say look.

this is why the supreme court is so important. >> that's right. >> that's why we hadneed to keep obama there so if we have a chance, we can turn the court around. >> get this thing back. yeah. >> it will get worse if you have a republican president. so i think he comes out of it okay etee wayeither way. >> i think that's about right. >> the other question is: look at santorum and look at romney. can santorum run on the social issues in the general election where were he to become the form knee? >> i don't think he can. and you have seen romney very smartly stay away from the social issues and try to make this all about the economy. he hasn't been so successful. >> right. >> but it's hard to see how if you are santorum you run on contraception. you hear his wife saying on cnn, my husband is okay. he is fine with contraception. he is not going to do anything with that. she knows full well that

wouldn't play so well in a general election and that women are going to be so important in the fall to this scam pain. >> hard to believe birth control is the number 1 issue americans want to be talking about and voting on november. but that's santorum's big issue 866-55 press is our toll-free number. we are talking the current political scene here on current tv with nia malika henderson from the "washington post." say hello to ken. ken is calling from greenfield wisconsin. hi, ken. good morning. thanks for joining us? >> good morning. congratulations on the show. >> how about it? thank you. >> and it's awesome to talk to both of you. i have seen you guys on msnbc. >> here we are. >> i basically wanted to say it's great when the republicans are going to have their primary because it brings more attention to our recall walker campaign. >> amen. >> and all of the other republicans that we are recalling.

even though one of them has the gall to up and quit. >> i know. >> can you imagine? i am net going to give you the satisfaction of recalling me. >> that recall, of course, is so important. we have been talking about it non-stop it seems on the show. and what is the date again? june 5th? is that right? ken? >> for the recall, i am not actually sure. >> all right. i am pretty sure. you ought to know you are a wisconsin voter. what the hell. >> nia malika henderson in studio with us. it is the full court press here on monday, march 26th. we are talking politics taking your calls at 866-55-press. >>driven to find the truth. >>how did romney get his bill press show. new on current tv.

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>> heard around the country, and seen on current tv. this is the bill press show: >> 13 minutes before the top of the hour congressman emmanuel cleaver said of the congressional black caucus he will be joining us here in the next hour on this monday march 26th. we are surveying the political scene on the republican side and the democratic side with "washington post" national political reporter nia malika henderson in studio. taking your calls at 866-55-press. so nia malika i don't know anybody else with a-eniated first name. how did it come about? >> well, my parents, they werewere -- >> couldn't make i hopeup their minds. >> they couldn't make up their

minds but i actually hyphenated my name. malika is my middle name. i had this really short first name, n. i ia and a long last name. so i felt like my last name needed company. so i hyphenated it. >> you are not married. >> no but people think i am because i have a hyphenated name. >> let's say you marry joe smith. >> right. >> nia-malika- henderson-smith. >> a long by-line. >> the obama campaign doing nothing but raising money right now. >> that's right. >> and sharpening their message. >> sharpening their americanmessage. >> i have the impression that impression that they are like ready to leap out of the box. >> they are chomping at the bit to get in this thing. obviously, president obama, a very competitive person a very

competitive person. >> a great campaigner. >> over the last couple of days you have seen campaign sends out messages about health care really trying to rally the base orn around health care. they have these new shirts about health care calling it a bfd of course that is what joe biden -- yeah, so they have these shirts and david axelrod sent out an e-mail message this weekend that says, hell, yeah. i love obamacare. so it's getting a little cas annual there. but, yes, so they think this is an issue they can raise money around and also rally the base around, health care. >> your calls again welcome at 866-55-press. josh is calling from chicago. hey, josh. >> hi, bill. >> hi. >> malika. >> hey there. >> i wanted to say or comment on why the national media hasn't picked up on the clarence thomas recuseing himself because of his wife and the money that she ishas obviously made off of this. >> well, that's a good question. i had forgotten, when she was

head of the liberty thing, whatever. >> yeah. >> she was being paid. she was like theleading the lobby, leading the lobby against the affordable care act and for repeal. >> she is a big player in those conservative circles. >> and took a lot of money from cooing koch brothers and others to fight that issue. here is her husband who gets to vote? >> yeah, it does seem like an issue. i am not sure. >> good point. >> that's a good point. i am not sure if it will come up in some of the reporting on this case, but, no, you certainly wonder. >> there were stories on it when she was still there. >> right. i think -- she resigned. >> and now this think with tucker carlson over at the "daily caller." ? >> yeah. >> i haven't seen any mention of that for quite awhile so shame on the national media for not reporting that. he should have recused himself. all right. michael in magnolia new jersey. hi, michael. >> good morning. >> good morning. yeah.

>> could gratlations on the show. i like both of you guys so. >> hey, thank you. glad you are there. a friend. >> my question is: i am really confused that people that are so against the health care law. i am wondering if you have any -- honestly just an opinion but what's the nature of people being so against people getting health care when they are not well or when they can't actually afford insurance? i mean i work two jobs. i still can't afford it. i work with people who their insurance levels have doubled since they have gotten insurance and they immediately have to drop it. so i am wondering why people are against it. >> it's an excellent question. nia-malika, i will let you go first. i have my theory. >> going to some of these rallies and hearing santorum talk about it and talking to people in the audience, i mean their big beef is the federal government actually forcing people to buy something, and

they immediately leap to the gee of what if the government forces me to buy broccoli. should i have to do that? that's right. broccoli is delicious. i think that's the issue for most people. this issue of the government compelling you to do something that maybe you don't want to do. so that's the issue. but again, bill -- >> you know what i think it is? obama is for it. they are against it. seriously. >> is that what you think? >> the big deal is simply that this is something, after all, that republicans and democrats have fought for and talked about for 100 years. >> yeah. >> finally, it gets to obama who can get it done or nixwhere nexton couldn't get it done and some of the others didn't try. and suddenly they turned against it. you know the lemmings follow their leaders and say it's got to be bad. these are people who oppose the obama care. right? who don't want to give up their

medicare, medicaid. >> there is that contradiction. >> they don't want to give up their health care. they need it. right? >> uh-huh. >> let's say hello to pat from beloit, wisconsin. >> bill, i will tell you one thing, i was a republican until i became a pre-existing condition 24 years ago, and i got a million dollar limit because i had cancer in my clogs and colon cancer eleven years ago this raising the debt limit action the maximum you can use it pretty important to me. >> yeah. there are a lot of people out there like that. i think people who are out there now rallying against mcmorrieshealth care, when they have a condition like pat -- >> they might change their minds. >> they might very well change their mind nia-malika henderson, utyou are great. >> you are too. >> mutual affair. >> hei love being with you. >> you will be here. we will see you often. i will be back.

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nuclear summit. it's interesting to give you a schedule of the day because most of the stuff has already happened, given the international dateline and everything. but at 10:30 in korea time gave remarks at the han high school cook university and had a bilaterally meeting with russia and with the president of kazakhstan and with the president of the hu of china and off to a welcomeing ceremony for the nuclear security summit and a working dinner at the nuclear security summit or nuclear, as jimmy carter used to say. which is probably taking place right now as we speak here this is the full court press on your local progressive radio station. we will be back with emmanuel cleaver. >> this is the bill press show:

>> good morning. welcome to the bill press show. day 1, so excited to be here with all of you. as we talk the big issues of the day here in our nation's capitol, around the country and around the globe, and i don't know. if you are like me, what you are probably asking your friends this morning is: why did and how did dick cheney qualify for a heart transplant? i mean isn't he too old? for a heart transplant? think aboutwere

the done ornor and you were given a chance, would you want your heart to go to dick cheney? probably not. >> that's one of the big issues we will talk about today and the latest on the case of trayvon martin here on the full-court press but first let's go to los angeles and say if morning to jackie schner. >> hill bill. here is what's current right now. coming up a big win in louisiana, rick santorum is look ahead to wisconsin, the primary for that state is a week from tomorrow on april 3rd, but it may not matter mathematically whatever momentum he is building may not be enough for him to catch up to mitt romney especially in the delegate count. it's looking like he is going to be the event annual nominee. jonathan martin today writing about how the tone seems to be shifting with conservatives and republicans republican officials. instead of the time will tell, wait and see they are talking about more about rallying around mitt romney and party unity.

romney is in san diego today. he is focusing on california but that primary is not until june 5th. it may be tupough for all of the candidates to focus on wisconsin right now because scott walker is fateinge facing a recall election there. all of the resourcess state and otherwise otherwise are focused on that fight. beyond wisconsin, pennsylvania could be the do or die state for rick santorum. if he doesn't win his home pennsylvania is important. rick santorum is going to make a stop in d c. where he is going to speak of the steps of the separate property as the high court gets set to hit oral arguments with regard to health care reform. six hours ahead over the course of of three days, that's the most they will hear in 45 years. you can do the audio and transcripts online at supreme court supremecourt.gov. come stay tuned.

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nancy pelosi's birthday and there have been all kinds of people coming in this morning to wish happy birthday. >> this is your birthday song. it doesn't last too long. hey. >> hey, do we have a second verse? >> no. it's the same. i couldn't come up with one. >> happy birthday. >> happy birthday george w. isn't that nice. speaker pelosi. neil e-mailed this morning con grass gratlations bill press, as one of your big fans, i am glad more americans can start the day energized, informed and kept current. >> nice. good plany on words there. >> how about that? she is in bet are shape today than chris ginseng was on msnbc. chris is a good friend. i have done her show many times and i have had this problem, too, so i idea with it. here she is asking a question, well neil, friday morning. >> joining me is democratic

congressman. >> good morning, how are you. >> at the heart of republican an individual mandate beginning on mandate. excuse me. >> whoops. whoops. oops. >> i hope you are okay chris. >> thank you. frog in my throat. i think we are going to take a break. >> man, that's bad. take a break. >> i hope you are okay chris. >> yeah. that's happened to you before. >> it has happened to me. oh, man. so anyhow, kelwe will kick off this, emmanuel cleaver, congressman from the congressional black caucus will be in the decidestudio with us. first: a big story on the full-court press. >> on this tuesday, headlines in sports ncaa men's basketball tournament several upsets led to a final 4 that only has one

number 1 seed in it, syracuse unc and michigan state lost their match-ups. leaving kentucky as the sole top seed in the tournament next week's final 4. we will see kentucky play number 4 louisville and kansas. >> come on. with the rest of the story. >> the bracket challenge, bill press leads it. he has kentucky playing louisville. >> amazing. >> and sipgrian and i have one left. >> he is surrounding by people who watch sports and he never watches any sports and he is beating all of us in our bracket challenge. >> did you fill out your bracket? >> i have ohio state playing kentucky in the final but the other two are not. >> you have two? >> i have two, yeah. >> that's good. >> any time peter dan you want to get together with me after the show, i will tell you. >> talk about your message. >> how ian lies my methodology.

>> he picked louisville because he likes saying louisville. it's not a joke. >> that's a good one. >> i picked kentucky because sam youngman, my fren from reuters went to keep kentucky. >> republicans are win okay twitter, the washington examiner reports on a new study by adel adelmen of twitter accounts that find g.o.p. lawmakers are using the platform more in terms of getting retweets but the moster with the most, bernie sanders of vermont ahead of john boehner, dared isamsa and john mccain. >> who would have thank youunk? >> you can see him breathing? >> that's good. he is a socialist. >> oh. and a huge weekend for "the hunger games," the highly ant it'spated raked in $155 million, the third highest debut in

hollywood history behind harry potter, the hol owes and based on suzanne clinesollins's trilogy. it could threaten the twilight series. >> my daughter annial 18-year-old or 14 to 20-year-olds. >> that seems to be his audience? >> look, i am so far out of the loop loop. >> girls? young chick flick? >> no. >> it's pretty gory. it's pretty gory. a future you'ristic movie about fighting. >> the lead is a powerful woman so they are aiming this at the ladies. >> okay. >> she is pretty so it has brought a few. >> good analysis there neil. >> are you saying that section sells? -- sex sells? >> neil king wall street journal.

first of all, come on, okay. so your wall street journal you know a lot about the economy. let's start there. mitt romney, ceph -- his thing is i am going to run on the economy proves the economy is in the toilet. it's barackbam obama's fault is that going to work. ? >> whereremember when john mccain ran as national security candidate and 2008 came around and the whole ground shifted? it became about the economy? it's hard to fall apart in the summer. he paused his campaign to come back and figure oughtt what to do. >> they had the meeting and george bush called on him and he had nothing to say? >> right. i don't think so i don't know if it's going to be rim reminiscent of that but it is the can a is that mitt romney has staked his campaign on mr. fix it. the economy is in bad shape. i will do something about it. he has had to modify that a bit in the last couple of months as the economy has begun to improve. his line becomes if it hadn't been from obama we will have

been improving faster more rebustly which is a fine argument to make but i don't know if that's the kind of thing that moves voters. look at ohio. ohio's unemployment rate as of january dipped below when -- where it was in obama came into. so you look at that, you know fever chart and on the face of it it, in a key state that republicans have to win, that's a fairly good story for obama. >> if you look at the indicators, they are not everything we want them to be. but job growth is up. the market is up. almost almost historic levels compared to where it was when obama took. and the gdp or the growth is up still kind of tepid but up? right? but to deny all of that you have to kind of almost talk the economy -- romney almost has to talk the economy down? >> right. >> as you say, it could be better. >> that's a harder argument to

make than it is really bad now. >> i wasn't a huge fan of the docket documentary they released. >> the obama campaign? >> yeah but the thought that i thought was very powerful is just reminding people of what it really was like had they come in. i mean i know republicans likely to go after obama a lot but always talking blaming bush and so on. about what he literally inherited and that graph showing what economic decline was like which is extraordinarily precip us to in the summer of 2009tows in the summer of 2009. we aren't where we need to be. it was coming out of an extraordinary downturn and of course on the job site. >> the documentary we talked about it last we'reek the road we have traveled. you can easily get it online. the romney campaign put it out. seventeen missed long. it's powerful in the 7 you pointed out, they showed how bad things were, where they came back and they gave a little

glimpse of all what they considered to be the schooechlts of the obama administrationachievements of the obama administration administration. if you are running for re-election, you have to tell people. people forget. >> right. >> forget about health care and the auto industry and the lilly ledbetter and osama bin laden and momar gadaffi and say here, remember this. >> we erase our memories as we go. i think it's a national at any rate. >> in the meantime so the republican party is really fixated on main taining the tax cuts, the bush tax cuts for the wealthiest of americans which are set to expire at the end of this year. they were set to expire before and the president greed to continue -- agreed to continue them for two years. you don't think he is going to do that again? do you? >> i would find it very unlikely that he would do that again. he has had to agree to continue continuation s under very unusual circumstances or just the whole press of events as we

have seen them unfold and, you know the math gets to be more and more difficult if you keep those the way they are. >> he has the american people behind him. given that i want to ask you about in this morning's "new york times", steve ratney who was the auto zar and now his job is managing michael bloomberg's money is probably a aboutbig job? >> a lot of money. >> he has an op-ed in "the new york times": the rich get richer where he points out in 2010, 93% of all income went to the top 1%. >> all additional information. >> to the top 1%. >> yeah. >> under bill clinton, it was 45%, under george bush it was 63%. under, again policypomresident obama, now 93% and he pointed out that

that's an average increase of 11.6% to those families making above $352,000 in income. the bottom 1% got like an $80 -- $80 increase. so it's gotten -- i mean, the gap, the gap keeps getting wider and wider and wider. i mean this is something that we have got to take seriously. >> it's an extraordinary thing. not only if you have a lot of money. romney when we paid attention to his tax returns, you know, earlier this year, it was kind of one of those classic lessons for a lot of people including my kids and i talked to them about it. it's a matter of fact if you have a lot of money, you make money off of money and you pay less taxes off of money you make off money because that's how the tax system works. that in itself benefits those who have a lot of money. i am sure one of the reasons this gap has grown that much more quickly is because the people on the other end of the spectrum are making less money

for a whole lot of reasons because they are, you know, they are under water on their house and and there has been wage erosion on the lower end of the spectrum. so we have this which is a lot of people have made the argument. it's a true challenge to our country and our democracy. >> it is. and just look at politicalcallyly, if you are a national political party and your goal is to win the white house, who are you appealing to if you arer agenda a is geared to that top 1%? there are not enough voters in that top 1%? >> it's not really perceived in that way. i mean that may be who some of these things benefit but it's not seen that way by a large portion of the population who, you know it is, you go to a rick san towertorum rally and the people that are there are -- >> they are not the 350,000 dollar yearsa year. these are truly working class

people. everyone talks about the reagan democrats. for one, these people were too young to have been reagan democrats but it's a very different demographic and that really is the base of the party. obviously. >> neil king in studio with us national political reporter for the wall street journal inch. follow him at @nking of d.c. here we are in the full-court press. we will back with neil. take your calls at 866-55-press. 8-66-press. join the conversation. look meets television the bill press show, now on current tv.

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same gender, he is perfectly fine. >> hey, now. >> get something started here this is your progressive morning show. so, okay. what's your question, chris? >> one of the things, i was responding to the comment about the inequality conversation you were having earlier. >> yeah. >> regarding the 93% versus, you know, and wasn't it really the bush tax cuts that created such the increase and the decrease between our -- well, i am not sure how i am saying this. i think a chance this morning. my apologies. >> i think i have your question neil. the question is thewere the bush taxes what created the income gap? >> this has been in training for decades, going back to the 20s. and it has as much to do with the tax system as it has to do with the structure off our economy

economy and the closer you are to the flow of money in certain areas there is a lot of money that you were going to make in certain professions. ceos make astron omcally more compared to the base wage of their own company that those things in the 1960s. >> we were when john edwards campaigned about the two americas, john edwards in his good days. i thought steve rat neverner summed up the piece. he wasn't calling for a native distribution of wealth. he said we owe those at the bottom a fairer shot of moving. i think that's where we come down. we have to do something to sort of level the playing field. >> two americas is definitely right. it's a distinction problem. >> neil king we always run out of time before we come anywhere close to exhausting our issues. thank you for coming in this morning. >> it's a great pleasure. >> we will see you again. neil king from the wall street

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show host. i just found out. rep presenting missouri 5th congressional district and sharechair of the black calling us emmanuel cleaver. >> good to be here with you. >> thank you. do you miss talk radio? he has a voice for it. >> he does. if you want to start a radio show, i will send you my resume. >> i did share on npr, the local npr in kansas city and for about three, almost three and a half years. it was a live show. >> this is live, too except our audience is pred all out and it's radio and t.v. today. our first day on current tv. congress congressmen, so thank you for helping us kick off this new adventear here we were talking during the break.

i want to ask you about tonight it's going to be this huge march in orlando, florida to again raise consciousness and demand justins be done in the case of trayvonckvan martin. do you think the president did the right thing by jumping into this case on friday? >> i think it would have become more and more obvious that the president had not weighed in had he not said something. i mean after afterll, this is perhaps the single-most discussed issue in the united states, and people are talking about this all over the country and all over the world. we have gotten at least one call from europe where people are looking at what's going on here and wandering about the turn that the country seems to have taken. which i don't think is actually the indicates. i think we had some lingering problems of race in this country. we would be wise to admit it.

i think the most powerful thing the president said and even thoughs he has been hammered, he said if i had a son, he would look like trayvon. i don't understand whyat he did in that that was wrong. >> newt gingrich implied the police department president said itf he would have been -- if it would have been a white kid, it wouldn't matter. if he had a son, he would look like trayvon martin and responded as a parent and said when i think of him, i think of my kids. i think that's what -- the way almost every parent in this country -- >> absolutely. >> -- would have responded. what does it mean to you, as head of the black caucus? i mean i have heard the name emmett tild mentioned and i have heard medford egas arizona and the poor little girls in the birmingham church. does this remind you of those days? >> it does.

i was a boy. >> 14? >> yes. he was 14 years old. he whistled at a white woman, and he was lynched and then burned and jet magazine carried a photograph of him, which some people thought was over-the-top and was grotesque but they were trying to send a message. i think in many ways this is trying to send a message to the turning point. i hope i hope it is. this is when emmitt tild jet magazine ran the photograph african-americans all over the country were outraged and many whites all over the country, including the south looked at what happened to this 14-year-old kid and they had said they said, something has gone terribly awry in this country degree. so it created a whole new sense of outrage at race relations and segregation and jim crow and so forth. this hopefully good go beyond

that. it should call attention to the fact that there is subblimliminal racial bigotry in the country and we need to try to figure out a way to address it. i think back in the emmett tidl days we had three major t.v. stations. my kids can't imagine that. >> without 250 or 350 choices? >> yes. >> and all three focused in toon it. all three t.v. networks focused and there were no apologists for the clan that had done it. so that helped to galvan eyes the energy of the nation to push washington to begin to address this problem. >> this is a sort of reminder. you say there are some residual problems of racism still lurking in this country.

do you believe that trayvon martin was singled out because he was a black teenager? >> absolutely. you know, i know that i am supposed to say i don't know but i think absolutely. if you listen to the tape, the tape just says everything. then, they asked him about, you know, are you following him? yes. don't do it. we don't need you to do that is the exact quote on the tape. we don't need you to do that. so the man followed him anyway. and i think if this goes to court? >> >>, mr. zimmerman is going to have to try to explain two words that at first appeared inaudible, but as it is being dealt with by many experts, the words are becoming more and more

clear. >> a racial epithet, these f'ing da-da-da always get away. so that if he were not an african african-american, trackvan trackvanyvon would havebe alived today. >> he did not belong in that neighborhood. you know, they said i think he is on drugs or something. well a 14-year-old kid walking down the street, evenating schedulekittles is on drugs? it would be a little much for me to believe that he shot this kid in the chest at close range and didn't know he was black. >> so what do you think about geraldo rivera saying it was the hoodie, he should not have worn the hoodie. it was his clothing that was just as responsible for his death. >> that's what geraldo said on fox friends friday morning, just as responsible as george zimmerman. >> i think it would be okay if the man could just shoot the

hoodie. he shot a human being. to -- that's almost like blaming women for being raped. you know, it was the clothes. you know, she was provocative. you know, i mean that makes no sense to kill somebody because their clothing was suspicionussuspicious. we would excuse rapes over and over again if we started talking about clothing. >> of course we have heard judges made make that argument. >> that is absolutely correct. >> congressman emmanuel cleaver is our guest in studio. we will be happy to take your calls at 866-55-press. what does the community want? what are you looking for? >> i think justice. you know i had a conversation with the state attorney general on friday. >> uh-huh. >> afternoon. we had a nice lengthy conversation. i felt very good about it. she mentioned that she was going to appoint or had already appointed a special prosecutor. i think things are taking place now that should have taken place

a month ago. we have probably lost some vital evidence in the meantime. >> sure. the police -- sorry. they did not do their job in terms of secureing the scene. right? or getting any evidence from the scene? they didn't sees his gun? >> i was mayor of kansas city for eight years. had one of our police officers or a group of police officers investigated a homicide so casually, they would have been fired. you know, maybe even charges brought against them. and the neighbors said one of the witnesses, that the police just took everything that mr. zimmerman said as fact and in kansas city and probably the same would be true lear in washington. i am not sure. if a police officer shoots an individual, that police officer

is is automatically suspended with pay. >> pending an investigation. >> right. this man was able to shoot track trackvanyvon and martin. >> he was not aple and go home. and we were supposed to feel sorry for him now because he had to move and he had to unlist his phone, congressman. so his friends are saying we have to feel sorry for this man. congressman emmanuel cleaver, we will take a quick break here on the full-court press and come back and continue our conversation. live on national radio and current tv. is on the new news network. >>it is an independent bill press show now on current tv. >>people like somebody who's got a spine. >>determined to find >>we need government to ensure that people have freedom. >>driven to find the truth... >>what's really going on? >>fearless, independent and

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>> on your radio. on t.v., the bill press show. new on current tv! >> you have 13 minutes before the top of the hour now. on current tv. we are politically direct. talking liberally with stephanie miller follows on current tv. i know most of your talk stations we are visiting here in stud yes with congressman emmanuel cleaver, chair of the congressional black caucus. we have been talking about the trayvon martin case with a big really in orlando, florida tonight. do you think congressman charges will be filed against george zimmerman? >> i thinkdo. i do think there is -- has to be

at least. >> i think there is a special prosecutor now who is on the ground in sanford, florida, meeting with people, looking for new witnesses and there may be some witnesses we don't know about at this time people who have have been ret siticent about speaking up. i think there will be some charges filed i think mr. zimmer mr. zimmerman's attorney expects that because he said the defense would be self defense. >> he also said that zimmerman, the first time he heard this, the police didn't say this, that zimmerman had a broken nose as a result of an altercation as a result of alwith trayvon martin i would never want to have someone who weighed over 200 pounds as the neighborhood watch pen and he gets a broken nose with a kid who weighed 145.

i mean this is really interesting. >> even if there were a fight and even if the kid was able to land a punch that broke his nose, you don't take out your gun and shoot him? >> no. >> that's his defense? let's say hello to congressman greg is calling from chicago. hi, greg. thank you for joining us. >> good morning, bill. >> yes, sir. >> listen. when is a person who is pursueing an individual defending himself? first of all, i think lester hold holt did bum job on his interview yesterday on his show when he asked this guy's friends about him saying it's notclear that they don't know him that well when he makes remarks that are derogatory concerning people of

colorty agree whole-heartedly with you. this young man, his age and his weight was considerably different that this guy, zimmerman. and i think the sanford police did a sham job in handling this whole case. and i believe that justice is going to reign in the end of this whole situation. >> greg, appreciate the call very much. congressman congress congressman, greg makes a point that you heard the attorney for mr. zimmerman as well as his friend said that he at in self defense. as fred said, the reasonable he pursued trayvon martin was because there had been break-ins, several break-ins in community. but that doesn't -- >> that's still not axcceptacceptable.

>> he was told not to pursue. >> that's it. >> that's called stalking. the police said do not. we don't need you to do that. he did it anyway. that is just flagbber gasting. i don't see how anybody can defend that. >> nor do i. why while we have you here i want to talk about 1 important project we spent time talking about. i know you are and the black caucus are concerned about very efforts in various states to suppress the vote. what can we do about that? >> i think awareness is one and we can try to figure outweighs in which we can empower senior citizens who are unable to vote because they don't have government-issued id to come out and vote. my father turns 90 on july 16th. my father is very active. he is still dating rides bike

bicycles three miles a day. but theremost 90-year-olds can't do that which means they don't have a driver's license. in the state of texas, you can vote with your gun license but you can't with your student id. so what we have got to do is figure out and a birth certificate in the state of texas costs $22. >> that's the new -- >> poll tax. >> poll tax. i think that's horrible. we have to make people aware what we are going to do is, in our tour, we are going to go aaron around the country and we are going to use the media to get people out. we will buy their id if they need it. whatever it takes to get people to vote, that's what we are going to do. >> this isere is no doubt, it seems to me, is there, that all of these moves in the various states all have one purpose. the right? to suppress the vote among plural among the poor and moon orty voters who might end up voting democratic. >> i would like for your listen

listeners to remember two facts: first, two-thirds of all of the new voters who came out in 2008 voted democratic. two-thirds. but the other is: there are 19 laws approved in 14 states which represents 63% of the 270 electoral votes needed to become president. nineteen laws, 14 states representing 63% of the 270 notes needed to become president. that ought to tell it all. >> glad you are on top of it, congressman like many or issues. we appreciate your leadership on many important issues facing the congress and particularly appreciate your time coming in here this morning. fellow talk show host. come on back emmanuel cleaver, head of the congressional black caucus. i will be back with a parting shot. >> this is the bill press show!

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>> ♪ >> the parting shot with bill press. this is the bill press show. >> on this monday, march 26th, my parting shot for today, you know, by now, we should be used to people making outrageous statements but it just walks all over me. the fact that trayvon helped bring about his murder by what he was wearing. quote, i think the hoodie is as much responsible for trayvon martin's death as george zimmerman was" jerury rivers told the host of fox and friends on friday morning. how can somebody so smart say

something so stupid? stupid and wrong. first of all, as far as i know, the hoodic was not packing a 9 millimeter handgun. second, the argument that what somebody wears invites harm or abuse is totally fatuous. women know that. how many times have we heard some redneck judge say a rape victim got what she deserved because she was wearing shorts. sadly sadly african-americans know that. how many times withhave they been told they should not wear certain kinds of clothes in white neighborhoods. he was killed not because of way what he was wearing but because of the color of his skin. if he were a white teenager wearing a hoodie he would still be alive today. >> that's my parting shot for today. thanks so much for being with us here on full-court press. think progress and melanie sloan for citizens of responsibility and ethics and randy winegarten will be with us with all of you tomorrow. >> this is the bill press show.