here for "the war room" with john fugelsang. good night and we'll see you tomorrow. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: hey, good morning everybody! it is tuesday tuesday june 19th. so great to see you today. thank you for being part of the "full court press." here we go on current tv. your new morning show, progressive morning show on current tv. so good to see you. as we tackle the big stories of the day. coming here from ourition that's capital, around the country and around the globe. how about this. ann romney says if they're elected, they're not going to take as many foreign vacations as that obama family did. only one thing wrong with that, the obama family has not taken

one single foreign vacation! maybe ann romney doesn't know that hawaii is part of the united states! there you go. we'll get into that and a whole lot more. but first, we start out as always getting the latest with this current news update from jacki schechner out in los angeles. good morning jacki. >> good morning, bill. good morning everybody. today is the second and last day of the g20 summit where world leaders are expected to release a statement expressing their unity in working to fix global economic conditions. but the ap words may not be enough in light of the financial crisis. while greece is committed to staying with the euro, spain is borrowing at such exorbitant levels, that investors are extremely nervous. it is expected to put g-20 leaders on the side of job growth as opposed to austerity measures. for its part, the u.s. is promising to try to calibrate any major economic move that

could throw the u.s. into another recession. while president obama is spending much of his time focused on economic conditions, he's also meeting with russia and china over syria. he's scheduled for private talks with you had jintao. he and vladimir putin spent a couple of hours face-to-face. president obama pressed vladimir putin to ease syrian president out of power but putin is resisting pointing to what russia is calling failed transitions in libya. rush russia is concerned they don't have a serious plan for what would happen to battling sanctions if the syrian president did step down. he found common points and the two would continue to talk. we would like to talk to you online. you can join us in chat at current.com/billpress. we'll see you more after the break.

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to talk about the big issues of the day, what they mean to you and we'll tell you what's going on here in our nation's capital. around the country and around the globe. president obama still down in cabo san lucas mexico, the tip of baja, california, with the leaders of the g-20 trying to figure out the economic program post the greek election and trying to line up his allies to do something and get europe back on track. meanwhile, the romney campaign, romney on the bus and the nuns are on the bus too. i think the nuns are having a bigger impact than the romney campaign is. we'll bring you up to date on both and take your calls. here we go. team press peter ogborn, dan henning and cyprian bowlding wind up to serve you this morning. good morning, one and all. >> here we are. >> good morning bill. >> bill: nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >> bill: another big trial yesterday concluded. the justice department with egg on its face yet again.

they tried to get roger clemens once for lying to congress. didn't work. so instead of realizing that they were -- they didn't have a strong case, they brought it back. and yesterday, he was found not guilty all over again. roger clemens coming out and thanking the people that stood by him. >> it was great to see some old friends and teammates and just some neat people. i want to thank those people who took time out of their schedules to come in on my behalf. >> good for him. >> after the john edwards thing and now this thing? boy, get serious about serious stuff, you know. >> there is this sort of not guilty club that's forming and you wonder if john edwards and lance armstrong and roger clemens and barry bonds will all go out and have a beer. >> bill: wait a minute, not lance armstrong. >> he hasn't -- he's not in jail. >> bill: no. but the charges have been filed.

>> this is sort of a tricky -- i don't know that anybody can really say with a straight face that roger clemens was not using steroids okay? >> bill: i agree. i think he was. >> he totally was but this whole idea we have to make it a witch-hunt. >> bill: i don't think the justice department ought to be involved in this major league sports and using drugs. seriously. i think they've got bigger fish to fry. look at the freakin' corruption in this campaign season, right? nobody is saying anything about it. the super pacs aren't supposed to be talking to the campaigns we all know that they are. the amount of money going into these political campaigns obscene. instead, they're trying to get roger clemens. >> what's more damaging to the country? >> bill: exactly. damn it, eric holder, get on the stick. >> you're not on steroids, are you? very angry. >> bill: i might find eric holder in contempt of talk

radio. [ laughter ] >> bill: in contempt of reality, sanity. >> judge press. >> bill: we've got a line-up for you. jane krakowski from illinois will be joining us. bob cusack, the editor of "the hill" newspaper will be with us as "friend of bill." judd legum from think progress will be in as well. and mitt romney and his wife both proving they are so out to lunch it is embarrassing. wait until you hear the latest. but first -- >> this is the "full court press." >> bill, john edwards' mistress is looking to stretch out her 15 minutes of fame. abc reporting rielle hunter has a new tell-all book titled what really happened. >> bill: just what we with need. >> miss hunter claims the two-time presidential candidate with whom she had an affair had at least two other affairs with women dating back 20 years.

hunter said she wrote the book to tell her and edwards' daughter francis, the truth about their relationship. >> that's really the message you want to pass on to your daughter. >> bill: pass this message on to the daughter. i thought she and edwards still had some kind of relationship. obviously not. >> it is vague in the book from the summary. >> bill: she's talking about his former girlfriends, that won't last long. >> awfully open relationship if that's the case. >> new york mets pitcher r. a. dickey threw a one-hitter against the orioles after he threw a one-hitter against the tampa bay rays last week. it makes him the first major leaguer to throw two consecutive one-hitters. he struck out a a record number. >> we may find out more about mitt romney. his five sons are heading to late night television in a rare

appearance. >> bill: they'll probably write a book. >> they're appearing on the conan o'brien show. >> bill: all five of them? >> why would you book that even? that's a train wreck. >> bill: total. okay. thank you, dan. well, you know, don't want to beat up on the guy but at the same time i want to beat up on the guy. mitt romney is out there running to be president of the united states. i just have to ask you this question, have you ever seen anybody more out of touch with average americans? i told a friend about this yesterday. every time he opens his mouth he can't help it. every time he opens his mouth he has to tell you how rich he is. and from stuff we talked about in the past when he has so many friends that own nascar teams. he's never been to a nascar race but he has friends who own

nascar teams. nfl. he has friends who own nfl teams and it goes on and on. the latest is -- well, let's give you three examples. first of all dressage. you know about dressage, don't you? it is a form of sex that only the french practice. >> get outta here! >> bill: dressage. that's what it sounds like to me. [ laughter ] >> bill: then there's dressage. does have that anything to do with cross-dressing? >> perfect. >> bill: it sounds like a sex act. it really does. so anyhow, here is mitt romney. ann, of course is into dressage. she's first told sean hannity in -- this was supposed toly an off the mic conversation but the fox mole released this. he and hannity are talking about what their favorite sports are. >> we've not been home in four

weeks. christmas was the last time we were home. she said i have to get some time in on the horse. >> february is -- what kind of horses you got? >> she has us us austrian warm bloods. it is a dressage horse. for the sport that she's in. me i have missouri foxtrotter. mine is like a quarter horse. just a much better gait. it moves very fast. and doesn't tire. and it is easy to ride, it is not boom, boom, boom. very smooth. >> bill:s dressage. she's into dressage. i wonder if she went to dressage school. anyhow, they got this dressage horse. think about this. how many people even know what the heck dressage is? right? >> i had never heard of it. >> bill: amanda here from "the huffington post," she had never heard of it. i had heard of it but i didn't know -- if you see pictures of

it, these horses are just like dancing, prancing around in a ring. these horses cost a fortune. i looked up yesterday they start maybe about $150,000 up to $250,000 just to buy the horse and then you gotta train the horse, you have to have a trainer. you have to have all of the equipment. you have to fly the horse. her horse now has qualified, the one she owns with a couple of other people is qualified to represent the united states in the olympics this summer in london. imagine what it will cost to ship that horse to london? some special-equipped plane board it all that time. and then of course, we found out this morning -- you're not surprised at this are you -- they take a tax deduction -- they wrote off in 2010, $77,000 as a loss for the care and feeding of rafalca which is mrs. romney's dressage horse.

>> $77,000? >> bill: $77,000. that's more than most americans make a year. they wrote off in taxes for their freakin' dressage horse. which is only one of the horses they own. you know. they've probably got a stable of horses at every house. bob schieffer asked about this on sunday on "face the nation." >> i hear you've got an olympic athlete in the family. >> isn't that something. it is not me. it is my wife of course. she's the athlete. in this case, it is not her personally but she along with two other people purchased a horse and have trained it up. it's done so well that the trainer and the horse are going on to represent the united states in the olympics in london. so she's quite thrilled. i'm sure she'll be watching. i have a campaign to attend to so i won't be able to see it perform but i'm pleased for her. >> the sport of dressage. not many people are familiar with it. >> bill: that's for sure. >> she has a passion.

frankly, her getting back on a horse after she was diagnosed with m. s., she's convinced to help her regenerate her strength and renew that vigor. so she cares very deeply -- >> bill: this is what's so b. s. about that. we with can't criticize her for having this elitist sport because she has ms. as if everybody's got ms, this is the answer to it. this is what doctors prescribe. you have ms, i have an easy cure, just go out and buy a dressage horse and you will be just fine. >> not horseback riding. dressage horse. >> bill: one example of how totally out of touch. as i said yesterday this is not the 1% he represents here. he and his wife. the .000001% maybe. by the way ann romney showed how out of it they are yesterday when she said as i mentioned at the top of the show, okay, if we're elected, i'll tell you one

thing we're not going to do. we're not going to take as many foreign vacations as the obama family has taken. maybe she doesn't realize the obama family has not taken one single family vacation. michelle obama took the girls by herself to spain once. president obama didn't go. the family has not taken one vacation. i think ann romney is confusing hawaii with a foreign country. they went across the ocean damn it! it is a foreign vacation. then there's mitt romney in pennsylvania talking about his experience at wawa. anybody on the east coast knows it is wawa. >> where do you get your hoagies here? do you get them at wawas? i went to a place today called wawa's. anybody been there? i'm sorry, i know it is a very big state. we went to wawa's. i went in to order a sandwich. you press the touch tone key pad

and the sandwich comes out. press this. go pay the cashier there is your sandwich. it is amazing. >> bill: oh, my god. this has been around for years. what's he talking about? he is so stunned. you push the buttons to order your sub sandwich. duh! he reminds me of pappy bush when daddy bush went into a supermarket, president running for re-election the first time he had been in a supermarket probably since he was 3 maybe or something, right? he couldn't believe they had these machines where you just pass products over the machines and a little thing beeps and it shows you how much it cost. scanners. this is amazing! he says. just like mitt romney. amazing. you know what? they also have peter did you realize this, i saw a machine the other day where you push these buttons and money comes

out. >> you don't say. >> bill: i kid you not. >> what do they call these magical devices? >> bill: it is amazing. it is like the wawa. it is amazing. you know what they're called? atms. >> that is amazing. >> bill: what a wonderful world we live in. mitt romney, i'm sure he doesn't know about an atm. you know why? because in la jolla, they go out and pick money off the trees. or if he needs money, he asks his daddy for money. honest to god. i've never seen a more clueless, out-of-it candidate ever! any hope for mitt romney? 1-866-55-press. what do you think? here's the question. can he possibly, possibly relate to average americans? can he possibly relate to the 99%? the harder he tries i think more impossible it is. you tell me. 1-866-55-press. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show."

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>> announcer: heard around the >> announcer: on your radio, on tv the "bill press show." new on current tv. >> bill: oh, my god the world is changing so fast. mitt romney just can't keep up with it. $77,000 they wrote off as a loss for their dressage horse in 2010. most americans out there would be happy to make $77,000 a year. before taxes! ever see anybody more out of touch with the american people.

denzel is calling from up in hamden connecticut. hey, denzel, good morning. hello, there. we've got a bad cell phone? sounds like it. too bad about that, denzel. get in a better spot, give us a call back. in south hadley, massachusetts karl, good morning. >> caller: bill. >> bill: what's going on. >> caller: two ideas for bumper stickers. one is mitt romney's horses have it better than you but not his dog. and the second one is mitt romney like reverse robin hood. >> bill: he is reverse robin hood right? but here's the thing karl. how could people trust this guy right, to care for them or to look out for their interests if he were to ever get in the white house? >> because he's got a bigger voice than you. he has more of the media than you have or anybody else on our side. >> bill: well, he definitely

has a bigger voice than i. he's the republican nominee for president. do you think people can ever get to the point average americans where they would trust this guy to look out for their interests if he were president? >> caller: no. because they're so -- i think of it as -- that old -- robin leech with the lifestyles of the rich and famous. people buy into that con. people think they'll get there. the ones who are doing this to us are the ones who have their feet on our noses and keeping us to the ground. >> bill: those people who think they will get there are never going to get there. one of the reasons is because of people like mitt romney or john boehner or mitch mcconnell who keep all the wealth at the very top and never let any of it trickle down. mitt romney so out of touch. larry is in new britton connecticut. hi larry. >> caller: good morning, guys.

>> bill: yeah, that's up. >> caller: so funny this coming from the cafe in iowa where they wouldn't reason greet the owner. >> bill: exactly. good point. forgot about that. >> caller: what about the people in the southwest that we don't hear about much. the firefighters and how are the wildfires doing out there? >> bill: yeah. with the public employees who are out there fighting the wildfires, the very public employees that mitt romney of course says we don't need anymore of. ed smith who was in studio with us yesterday from ullico said you don't need them until you need them. then you really need them. for sure. there has never been, i don't think, in my lifetime, a more clueless candidate. you thought john kerry was an elitist. come on. mitt romney, so out of touch. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show."

a phrase there. but he said -- exactly what ed is talking about is pile up more and more debt. pile up more and more debt and get to the point where the whole system collapses and then they will have achieved their end of basically shutting down the government. they're anti-government which means i think we're anti-the american people. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [[vo]]joy behar is coming to current tv for one week only

>> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: here we go. 33 minutes after the hour. president kennedy and his family used to play touch football. george bush used to ride his mountain bike. president obama likes to play golf. and the romneys like dressage. yes, if you will. dressage. i would like to see a poll, i would like to see a poll of how many americans a know what dressage is or b have ever seen it or participated in it or have

any interest in it. talk about an elitist. then mitt romney who is stunned when he goes into a wawa and realizes there are actually machines that you can push and order a hoagie just by pushing different buttons. it is just amazing. do you realize peter, there are also machines, i've seen a couple of these like in either -- there's one at the white house actually. where you can put money in and you can push a button and little snacks drop out. >> is that right? what a time to be alive. >> bill: i wonder if mitt romney has ever seen one of those. ever seen anybody so out of touch? 1-866-55-press. we'll get back to your calls about this. but first on the tech front big news yesterday with -- here's a headline in this morning's "new york times," microsoft introduces a challenger to the ipad. can anybody really challenge the ipad? if anybody knows, it is john

herman. he is the -- from buzzfeed. the buzzfeed forward deputy editor. john, good morning. thanks for joining us. >> good morning, bill. >> bill: i can't imagine anyone coming out with a product that can compete with the ipad. can the microsoft tablet do it? >> it is a little bit of a cop-out but it is good. >> bill: it is a good product? >> it is a preview product right now. and microsoft has a bad habit of -- from a developer's perspective, a good habit of showing things off early before they're quite ready and before they can tell what they're going to be like. but this is a very unusual microsoft product, very interesting one. if anyone is in a position to challenge apple here, it is microsoft. >> bill: what are the

advantages or what are they selling the advantages over the ipad. why buy this over the ipad? >> well, they're sort of two -- there are two selling points on this. one is -- sounds a little silly and looks a little silly at first. but it has a keyboard. it works like an ipad. it is a thin tablet. it is sort of like you know, using a very large ipad touch or if you use microsoft's window a very big zoom. or a very big zune. but it's got this soft, magnetic case that kind of covers the screen like the ipad case might. it flips around the back. but it's also got this flat touch keyboard so you can use it like a laptop. >> bill: right built into the cover? >> yeah. >> that, i think is the major distinction between it and the

ipad. >> bill: i have an ipad. i went out and -- which i love, by the way. i got a little keyboard for the ipad. so that's how i use the ipad. if i had to buy that separately another $60 or something like that. but if it is built in and it works, i think that's a big advantage. i also read where this microsoft thing has a kick stand huh? >> right. everyone has been laughing about that because i don't think there's ever been a successful device with a kick stand in it. you can set it on your desk and lean back and watch something. or set it on a flat surface and work with it like you might a laptop. which is part of the tablet. >> bill: i think that's a slight advantage. i have a hard time with my cover of the ipad, folding it up so you can get it to lean up. >> i think it is interesting they're taking away the need to buy the accessories that you have to buy for your ipad. some people buy a keyboard like

did. some people buy the cover that could double as a kick stand. they're eliminating the need to buy extra stuff. >> that's the implication now. we're still not sure what the accessories will be like. this is one of those things, they've given us a lot to chew on and think about but they haven't given us all of the details. >> bill: when are the details coming out? you think this is like a prototype. how soon before you can buy one? by the way what's it going to cost john? >> these are sort of the two biggest questions that microsoft still has to answer and i'm not sure they know the answer. that's something -- they've been through before in their software development process. these are on windows 8. they take for granted people know what windows 8. i don't think most people do. it is very strange and very, very huge change for windows. it looks like windows phone. it has the big colorful panels.

it's got these swiping animations. it has an entirely different feel. it doesn't look like anything you've ever used on a computer before. microsoft is taking its entire computing future on windows 8 including tablets but laptops and desktops. we don't know exactly when this is going to come out. it is probably about six months out but they're still testing it and still letting people test it for them. so there is still a lot that could change, release date could change, some of the features could change. >> bill: i hate to sound like a luddite but don't you think they should test it before they announce it? >> there are hundreds of thousands of people, possibly millions who are using a free test version of windows 8 on laptops. i've useded it.

it is a little rough around the edges. it doesn't feel quite finished but it is compelling. it doesn't feel like windows. which is worth a lot. >> bill: we're talking to john herrman with buzzfeed. i want to switch to ask you john about last week. back to apple. apple came out with a new laptop right? new version of the laptop. how good and how exciting and what do you think about it? >> well, this is sort of an interesting time for both of these companies. apple is releasing what some people have sort of called the last apple laptop. that's not to say they'll never make a laptop after this or that they won't continue making a variety of laptop models for years. but the new mac book pro represents the end point in the apple laptop. after this, i think their goal is really focused on portable devices like the tablet.

like the iphone. so what they've done is they've really kind of blown it out. they've made a laptop with a much sharper screen than any other device has on the market. they've made a laptop that's for what it is, much thinner than anything else on the market. they've also made a laptop that's pretty expensive. they're asking people to shell out more than $2,000 for a machine that most people don't imagine paying more than $1,000 for. >> bill: i find more and more with the ipad, i use my laptop less and less. and finally i have to ask you then we have to run... i've got an iphone. i don't have the latest iphone. is there -- is there another version of the iphone coming out soon that i ought to wait for? >> there's perpetually a new version of the iphone coming. but lately and for the first time in the iphone's history apple has fallen off their once

a year development schedule. so you used to depend on getting a new iphone every year. last time they waited a great deal longer than that. so i don't know if we can depend on an august refresh or anything like that. i would say before the end of the year. there's a good chance we'll see a new one. there are some very interesting leaks on the internet of a slightly taller, thinner iphone. >> they have to have something in place for christmas right? >> you know, they tend not to plan on the holidays. that's because the release schedules have been weighted for june. they've never had to think about it. they've already had something ready. it could come down to a holiday crunch. >> bill: i'll hold on to this one. john herrman, thank you so much

from buzzfeed. talking about out of touch mitt romney. joe is calling from kansas city missouri. hey, joe, good morning. >> caller: how are you doing? >> bill: i'm doing good. romney doesn't even know what a touch screen is. >> caller: yeah. i think we're really missing the bigger picture here. and i don't think it is really a democrat or a republican thing. i think it is more of an american thing. we have to look at the fact that romney does president and the republicans gain more seats in the house and the senate, are we going to turn into a fascist government with all of the corporatism involved in our government right now? >> bill: well, there's no doubt who mitt romney represents. i wouldn't throw the word fascism around but there's no doubt he is a corporatist. he represents -- that's who he is. that's in his blood, right? they're the only people that he cares about. again when he says -- they ask him if he's ever been to a

nascar race, he says some of my best friends own nascar teams. he's got -- his business background is a company buying up other companies and shutting them down for the investors to make more money and the workers to lose their jobs. no doubt about who this guy is. so yeah. i think you're right. add to that citizens united and with the romney in the white house and republicans in control of the house and the senate, oh, my god! average americans would not have a voice in that corporatist government. no doubt about it. good point joe. i will take more calls about mitt romney, the elitist among elitist. and he's the republican's candidate? really? >> announcer: on your radio and on current tv, this is the "bill press show."

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>> announcer: radio meets television. the "bill press show." >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." live on your radio and current tv. >> bill: hey it's 12 minutes before the top of the hour here on a big tuesday. tuesday, june 19th. by the way just a quick personal note. david shuster is going to be here for the rest of the week. guest hosting because i've got a little medical -- minor medical -- minor surgery i have to have taken care of tomorrow. i'm happy david shuster will be filling in. i'll get back to your calls about mitt romney here. being so out of touch. but also speaking about out of

touch. how about this. this just crossed the wires. up in massachusetts, in the senate race, vickie kennedy invited elizabeth warren and scott brown incumbent senator to a debate. elizabeth warren challenging scott brown at the edward institute in boston. scott brown has accepted her invitation to debate elizabeth warren on two conditions. >> oh, boy. >> bill: yeah. the first condition is that msnbc has to drop out as a sponsor of the debate because he does not want -- refuses to debate on -- he says a left leaning network. it is okay if tom brokaw is a moderator but m snbc can't carry the debate. the other condition is that vickie kennedy cannot endorse barack obama for re-election. she's a democrat. she's the widow of a democratic

senator. scott brown says i will debate elizabeth warren only if vickie kennedy agrees not to endorse the democratic incumbent democratic president for re-election. you know what? he's afraid of elizabeth warren. it is pretty obvious don't you think? >> yeah. >> bill: what chicken -- you know what. that's what that is. on mitt romney out of touch steve is in joliet, illinois. what do you say? >> caller: the whole party is out of touch. the only thing you need to know about conservative ideology is their mantra of low taxes and small government is the very definition of a third world country. the top ten economies on this planet all use progressive taxation to invest in education and infrastructure and have lots of public employees. >> bill: it is so true, steve. the thing of it is everything they say right it sounds so good. it has all been challenged. it has all been tried. it doesn't work, right? and again -- particularly after the eight years of the bush

economics, we've seen here -- you don't have to look around the globe. they keep saying this crap, steve. >> it is like religion. >> bill: it is. mitt romney is the high priest unfortunately. well, he was a former bishop of the mormon church. steve, good to hear from you out in joliet, illinois. bob novack's hometown. bill calling from westchester new york. what do you say, bill? >> caller: bill, good morning to you. >> bill: good morning to you. >> caller: i thought you might find this interesting. i'm a teacher but i used to work in the horse business and i used to work with dressage horses. >> bill: you did! all right. >> caller: absolutely. i was a groomer and train little kids and stuff like that. >> bill: in dressage? >> caller: not in dressage. but part of it is dressage. we knew a lot of the dressage people and dressage barns. this is just knot of new york city. so this is the wealthiest suburb of new york city where i am.

the absolute highest priced dressage barn was run by a lady who was in four or five different olympics for dressage. she used to charge -- to keep a horse at her barn, she used to charge $3500 a month just for training board. she would sit on your horse and train it three days a week. that was $3500. then you know, vet bills and shoeing and that brought the cost up to $5,000. my point is not only is it the horse of kings but if they're writing off $77,000 on one horse, it is the taxes as well. >> bill: could very well be. but even so, can you imagine? again, you're paying how many people pay $3500 a month in rent? for an apartment? right? $3500? they're paying $3500 in

westchester, that's a very affluent suburb of new york. $3500 a month rent for their freakin' dressage horse. man. quickly, joe is in orland park, illinois. hi joe. what do you say? >> caller: my point is i think romney's clueless if he thinks he could win. the average joe in america you got your -- >> bill: joe you're right. he is clueless if he thinks you can win. joe, wake up. have a cup of coffee before you call us the next time okay? just maybe run around the bed once or run around the block once. have a -- >> five hour energy drinks. >> bill: red bull. have a red bull! ride your dressage horse before

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>> bill: i've been there several times. how can you be in such a beautiful spot without jumping in the pacific? but i don't know when he's going to have a chance. this morning down in cabo, he attends the second g-20 session and then the third and then a working lunch and then the closing ceremony. then he has a meeting bilateral meeting with president hu of china. then he will give a news conference down there in cabo. i hope neil monroe is not there. and then he'll leave cabo about 7:00 6:30 tonight. cabo time. and not get back to andrews until 1:00 this morning. we'll get back to -- won't get back to the white house until about 20 minutes after 1:00. i bet there won't be much on his schedule tomorrow. bob cusack from the hill is our "friend of bill" for the next hour. lots to talk about. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show."

[ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: hello everybody. what do you say? welcome to the "full court press" this tuesday june 19. good to see you today. and we have a lot to talk about here in our last hour together. on this tuesday morning. coming to you live coast-to-coast from our nation's capital. taking your calls at 1-866-55-press. how about this. ann romney says believe it or not, that if they are elected they will not take as many foreign vacations as the obama family did. yeah, only one problem with that. the obama family has not taken

one single foreign vacation. maybe ann romney doesn't know that hawaii is actually part of the united states. maybe across the ocean it is still america. we'll talk about that and a whole lot more here. first, with today's current news update out in los angeles good buddy jacki schechner. hi jacki. >> good morning everybody. a new survey out today shows that 46.3 million people don't have health insurance. it is a number that's been going up the past 15 years. the national health interview survey includes results from 32 of the 50 states. the bright spot is that the number of children without health coverage has gone down by about 7%. but that is due in large part to a rise in government sponsored care. in case of emergency, who pace for the uninsured? you probably know we all do. "l.a. times" has done a detailed examination of the 26-year-old federal mandate that requires that hospitals treat those in need regardless of their ability to pay.

if the supreme court strikes down the healthcare law or even just the individual mandate we will all continue to shoulder the burden of uncompensated care. that problem is one that health reform is designed to fix. one study says hospitals spend as much as $56 billion in 2008 for the uncompensated care that then gets cost shifted to taxpayers. the g.o.p. still working out a plan ahead of the supreme court ruling expected before the end of the month and according to "the washington post," michael levitt who is leading romney's transition team met yesterday with 20 republican leaders and health reform opponents. although romney says he will repeal healthcare reform if elected, levitt is in favor of the state-based insurance exchanges where people can shop for and buy individual plans. levitt owns a health consulting firm and that was one of the reasons he was asked to meet with these republican lawmakers and opponents. you can join us in chat.

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the full court bus as we head out across the land from our studio right here, radio factory, tv factory book factory in washington d.c. where we welcome back to the program as a friend of bill today, bob cusack is the managing editor of "the hill" newspaper. right here. good morning. >> good morning. >> bill: i contribute to it once in awhile. i get it every day at the door. bob, good to see you. >> always a pleasure to be here. >> bill: lots going on here. we have a lot on the front page we need to talk about. of course, you were joined by our great team here, peter ogborn and dan henning. >> hey hey. >> bill: and cyprian bowlding. >> happy tuesday. >> bill: keeping the good ship afloat. >> we're doing our best. the ship or the bus. >> is it a ship or a bus or a 747? >> bill: right. the blimp. >> the transformer. >> bill: peter we have to share with bob the latest

destination vacation okay because i just love this so much. this has just opened down in tennessee. carol and i already have our plans. we're going. maybe we can make a little family trip out of it. we could rent an rv. to the redneck mud park resort. ♪ just opened here. first people in the door, they were very happy to be there and they don't mind being called rednecks. >> proud to be a redneck. >> redneck, just a good ole country boy. >> i wouldn't call myself a redneck. i would say i'm southern. [ laughter ] >> here's what we done in the state of tennessee. we got here these mudholes, you understand. rather than let the critters fill them up with water we're going to let you come out here with your all terrain vehicle and you can mud it up. >> bill: get on my atv and ride around. as the owner bob of the park says, it is a lot safer than just riding your atv around the

woods because -- >> it is a lot safer than hitting the woods and here it is wide open. you can see everything. in the woods, you don't know what's around the next turn. >> you never know what's hiding out. >> that's right. >> could be a burr. could be a burr or my wife. tough to tell them apart. [ laughter ] >> bill: i'm telling you. you ready to go? >> i'm ready. i would bring my family, too. >> bill: bob cusack is here as a "friend of bill." covering the political waterfront and the congressional waterfront and then jan schakowsky congresswoman from illinois will be joining us 20 minutes from now. we'll get right into it. but first -- >> this is the "full court press." >> microsoft revealed its new tablet. its first tablet computer yesterday to rival apple's ipad. it is call -- details were vague

as steve balmer's announcement. no word on wi-fi or connectivity or a release date or a cost. one feature it does have over the ipad is a built-in kick stand and a magnetic cover which acts as a touch keyboard that comes standard according to the "wall street journal." >> bill: they're not going to compete -- they're not going to be able to compete with the ipad. >> there are ways to rule these things out and there are ways to not rule these things out. >> bill: we talked about this earlier with the guy from buzz feed, john herrman from buzz feed. it is a tease for the announcements and the release that's going to come six months from now. you don't know what it is going to cost. >> you don't know what it does. >> bill: you get one shot. you gotta have it together. >> bristol palin was supposed to be a guest on mike huckabee's radio show but she stood him up. politico reports huckabee was

not happy. he took the opportunity on the air to go off on her saying even though she's a child of a former candidate, she's now "fair game" meaning the media can go after her because she's choosing to be in the spotlight herself. she has a new reality show starting on lifetime this week. >> bill: it was his dumb ass move to book her in the first place. >> hell hath no fury like a radio guest that deals with a guest that stands you up. take notes bob for the next one. >> i'll be here extra early. >> bill: just for the record. bristol palin don't try to get booked on this show. dew point your dumb ass on this show. >> something new at the san diego fair. last summer it was the deep fried kool-aid balls. this year, they're serving up deep fried cereal. >> chef is a stretch i think. >> you have a choice of trix or cinnamon toast crunch. >> no! >> toss in the fryer then top

with syrup. >> bill: this is what they serve at the redneck mud park. >> fried cereal, buddy. shoot, man! >> bill: oh, man. bob, see, you should know better than to come in today. where do we start? let's start with -- i'm going to stick to your front page today. down at the box the page, g.o.p. -- i love this. there are two words in this headline i really like. g.o.p. reels after deft obama move. you don't hear deft very much and reels very much. but president obama coming out with his new immigration policy last friday. republicans are kind of caught flatfoot. >> definitely. i think that they're going to be flat-footed for awhile because right now we've got 140 days before the election. what is the republican policy on immigration? we don't know. they don't have a plan. you know they've talked about pushing everify legislation

which would crack down on employers. that's a minor bill. do they support any version of the dream act? marco rubio had been working on this for weeks. the obama administration comes in releases its new policy. now rubio is not going to come out with his own policy. i think that hurts his chances to be the vice presidential candidate and mitt romney has been deferring to rubio so what now? what will mitt romney do? what will be in the republican platform on immigration? >> bill: you mentioned -- first of all we don't know. mitt romney refuses to say whether he would keep this new policy in place or not. republicans -- the best they can come up with romney was to say well, why did he take so long? well one of the reasons he took so long is he tried to get it done in congress. he tried to get the dream act done in congress. republicans in the senate filibustered the dream act. wouldn't even allow it to come to a vote so then the president

acted unilaterally. you mentioned marco rubio. peter, we've got the clip. here's marco rubio. he gave an interview to david muir from abc news. and his feelings are hurt, bob. >> i'm glad you asked about the dream act because i have an alternative to it. and i've never got an call from a single person at the white house about it. if they really wanted to work on a solution, why wouldn't someone call me? >> bill: does he know how washington works? >> obama himself had some advice for marco rubio. ♪ he i just met you and this is crazy but here's my number so call me maybe ♪ >> he could have called obama. instead of waiting around for the phone call. >> that's very true. this is a tough one. if you look at the spread of how obama is doing against mitt romney among hispanics it is enormous. this is just what the obama administration and the obama campaign is going to be talking about over the next five months.

>> bill: what's interesting to me about that is you know as well as i that obama has gotten a lot of flack from the latino community, i hear it all the time at the briefings because he's done nothing about immigration. it has not been his top priority. now, there are reasons for that. he's had healthcare, i'm not trying to be too critical here but the fact is until this, he hadn't done anything. he tried to get the dream act passed but he didn't. on his own he had not made comprehensive immigration reform which he talks about. he had not really put a bill forward. but with this act he sort of erases that record of nonaction and now he's the guy that has taken bold action and the republicans, as you say are out there saying whoa, what are we going to do? >> if you talk to congressman luis gutierrez he promised comprehensive immigration in 2009, every year has not succeeded then when we interviewed him a couple of years ago, he was ripping obama for having more deportations than george w. bush.

so this obviously placates all of the activists. they're very happy with it. working out the details of how it is going to work but politically, very shrewd move. >> bill: the headline in the hill this morning, dem hopes dim for recapturing the house. we know they need 25 seats to take back the house. >> mm-hmm. >> bill: steve has been sitting in the very seat. he's the democratic congressman from new york, the head of the democratic national campaign committee. he said it's do-able. >> mm-hmm. >> bill: he's optimistic. you're throwing cold water on that. >> cold water in the fact they can win it. israel and i like israel because he and i are both mets fans and we have very much. >> gotta believe and that's what israel has brought to the d triple c the house campaign arm. it is possible. is it possible? yes. but if you look at history only once has a sitting president

picked up more than 25 seats with lyndon johnson. history is against him. if you look at it race by race and we come out with our new race ratings, we have the house democrats picking up in the range of 10 to 15 seats. cutting the house republican majority but not getting to the magic 25. house speaker john boehner has said recently one in three chance that democrats could win it back. >> bill: pelosi said 50/50. here's what gets me about your story is your story is based on, as i read it this morning one the comments one party strategist democratic -- senior democratic strategist who remains anonymous. so how can you come to that conclusion based on one guy who won't even tell you -- let us know who he is? >> we also talked to -- >> bill: i could find you six democratic strategists who would say it is going to happen. >> i'll bet you could find more than that.

>> bill: all right. seriously. >> we also interviewed on the record someone from the cooke political report. democrats are not where they need to be. now, on fund-raising, they have actually in a stunning development, have outraised republicans. the minority party in the haas has outraised the majority party. because of retirements and redistricting and we've gone through the races one by one a big race in california, they really wanted to take out congressman gary miller. the way california does their races now, it is the top two. and that ended up being two republicans, not one democrat in gary miller so that was a setback. obviously republicans are going to retain that seat. now we're a long way off. things can change. we'll be updating the race ratings up until the election. >> bill: okay. now i want to put you on the spot. so i cover the white house. often. i used to sit right alongside sam young who covered the white house for you. now it is amy parnes.

if sam or amy had interrupted president obama in the middle of his statement and thrown out a question whether hostile or friendly but just interrupted him, what would you do? >> i think we would have a discussion because if -- and i know -- >> bill: do you find it acceptable? >> no, i don't. now the reporter said that he didn't think that obama was -- was done with his statement. >> bill: that's total bs. you know how you know when the president is finished, he says thank you. >> it is apparent. how often has that happened in your time? >> bill: never never never. >> i think most people would know when to ask questions and when not. was it out of line? yeah. it was. >> bill: would you fire that person? >> we would have a discussion and depending on how that discussion would go, we would

talk about it. but now -- now obviously that's brought a lot of attention to "the daily caller" and you know, sometimes attention is good. but i think that it was, from what i saw, it was clear that he was in the middle of a statement. >> bill: second thing i want to ask you about so scott brown vickie kennedy at the edward m. kennedy institute in boston had invited elizabeth warren and scott brown to debate. >> mm-hmm. >> bill: and scott brown accepted yesterday. he said he would debate elizabeth warren on two conditions. first condition is that msnbc had to drop out as a sponsor because he would not be a part of any debate that would be broadcast on msnbc and the second condition is that vickie kennedy agree she would not endorse barack obama in the 2012 presidential election. those are his two conditions.

would you accept those? >> i'm surprised especially the second one is bizarre. msnbc, he is going to need people who watch msnbc to vote for him. >> bill: tom brokaw would have been the nominator -- moderator. he either scores or doesn't score. >> i find that unusual. i hadn't heard that. because brown, in a lot of ways, has been deft himself in running his campaign and putting warren on the defensive. but laying out these conditions for debate. i think politicians when they lay out conditions for debate or i'm not going to debate unless xyz. we saw that with john mccain, we're going to suspend the debates and stay here in washington. that backfired. >> bill: absolutely. bob cusack from the hill, managing editor for the hill talking the lay of the land here in washington, d.c. and around the country and would be joined by congresswoman jan

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>> announcer: this is the "bill press show." live on your radio and current tv. >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv this is the "bill press show." >> bill: 26 minutes after the hour now. bob cusack from the hill managing editor for the hill here in studio with us. bob, a lot of the talk this week from the romney campaign, he's out on the road. identifying with average middle

class americans. and he went into a wawa. he calls it wawas. he's not sure how to pronounce it. he was stunned by what he discovered in the wawa. peter, can we hear? >> by the way, where do you get your hoagies here? do you get them at wawas? well, i went to a place today called wawas. you ever been to wawas. some people -- i'm sorry. it is a very big state divide. we went to wawas. i was at wawas and went in to order a sandwich. you press the little touch tone key pad. you just touch that and the sandwich comes out. you touch this, touch this, go pay the cashier there is your sandwich. it is amazing. >> bill: it's amazing! doesn't this remind you of george h. w. bush when he didn't know what a scanner was? >> i don't know if romney wants to talk about wawa or 7-eleven orb anything like that because it does come degrees as forced and it just doesn't work and even though they've tried to do it because you have to relate to

some degree, that doesn't quite cut it. >> bill: it is like he can't relate. >> yeah. and i think he's going to have to do it to some degree. i don't know what it is. president obama some democrats in congress feel like he doesn't reach out and doesn't have the relationship they want to have. he's able to relate to american people in a lot of ways. he fills out the ncaa brackets. he likes to play basketball and golf. sometimes more than occasionally. romney you really don't have that sports connection either. >> bill: when obama goes to a barbecue joint, you know it is not the first time you walk into one and you know he feels at home there. he's not faking it. >> he's not ordering cheese on a cheese steak like kerry did. he looks comfortable. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show."

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>> announcer: on your radio, on tv the "bill press show." new on current tv. >> bill: 33 minutes after the hour now. here the "full court press" on this tuesday june 19. just a quick programming note. david shuster is going to be in for the rest of the week here on the "full court press." i've got a little minor surgery tomorrow morning. gotta take care of. i will be back on monday. no big deal. no dick cheney moment here. just going to be on the sidelines for awhile. happy that david shuster current tv's david shuster is standing by and be good to him

for the next three days and he'll be here with the regular team, peter and dan and cyprian. we're visiting right now with bob cusack from "the hill" newspaper. great coverage of the hill. check it out at thehill.com. you want to know anything that's happening on any aspect of public policy here or politics in washington, d.c., no better source. bob, good to have you back today. so we were talking first of all about president obama on the immigration thing and by the way, to our viewers and to our listeners who want to join the conversation, don't forget you're always welcome at 1-866-55-press. you also report this morning that there are as many as seven democrats now who say we don't think we want any taxes to go up so are sort of poised to vote against president obama's plan to let the bush tax cuts expire.

right? >> yeah. this is one area where democrats on capitol hill want to get more in sync with the white house because remember, obama has set the $250,000 threshold. if you make more than that, you would get your taxes increased. >> bill: he said no way no how is he going to allow the tax cuts to continue. >> that's true. he said that in 2010. >> bill: yeah, he did. then he gave them two more years. >> he did. and really if you look back, i was looking back at some of the democrats who are very outspoken, as you know, the congressional democrats were furious at the white house at the time. so a lot of the democrats are saying this can't happen. but you have other democrats and we interviewed i think seven of them that said well, they don't want to raise taxes now. now, of course that's what republicans say and of course democrats say when is a good time to raise taxes? good time right now. but obviously we were targeting democrats that are up for re-election. senator jon tester, clair

mccaskill is among the group. >> bill: joe manchin. >> who will be re-elected in all likelihood. we saw yesterday he is not going to go to the democratic convention in north carolina. >> bill: so that's -- that's bad news for the president if the seven democrats abandon him on that one issue. >> mm-hmm. >> bill: lots pending in the house of representatives but not a lot happening over there. because of the republican intransigents of the republican leadership. we wanted to check in with a good friend of ours in the house representing the state of illinois or at least the ninth congressional district of illinois congresswoman jan schakowsky on the line with us this morning. congresswoman, good to talk with you. >> hi. glad to be with you. >> bill: you know bob cusack from the hill who is in with us. >> good morning, congresswoman.

>> hi. >> bill: congresswoman, start off with the immigration policy announced by the president last friday. you've seen this policy, you've seen the reaction to it. what do you think of it? is it the right move? >> absolutely. i think that this has been such a boost. there's a reality to it. this isn't just a political move. i represent a very diverse district and there are so many young people. i seem them every -- i see them every day. i've been going to commencement addresses, graduation parties who are -- live in fear now they're not going to be able to get a job when they graduate. they may be deported. and so this is a huge burden lifted off of them and really a downpayment on the dream act and attribute to all of the dreamers who have been campaigning for so long for immigration change. >> bill: i love that phrase that they use. i don't know whether they gave themselves that monday ker of

dreamers or other people did too but that's who they are. their dream is to remain here in the united states and become productive citizens of the united states. >> and to fully participate. and you know in many ways, they are fully -- more fully participating than a lot of young people because they're trying to change the law in a way that would allow them to be part of a country -- the only country that they really feel any allegiance to. >> i just want to ask you if democrats win back the house and president obama's re-elected, would house democrats move forward on a dream act legislatively or -- and/or comprehensive form because bill and i were talking earlier that immigration activists have been frustrated that immigration reform was pushed to the side in 2009 for healthcare. would this be a top priority for house democrats? >> well, the house of representatives did pass the dream act. >> mm-hmm. >> and so you know, i don't think there would be any problem in passing it again.

and also i believe that the country has moved as well. i think the republicans are in a bind over this because most people feel this is a good move that prosecuting deporting these young people makes absolutely no sense. and you see -- you know, the one thing -- let me say to bob, one of the things that has frustrated me from the reporter angle is when mitt romney has been asked what he thinks about it. he sort of blah blah blahed about it. it has to be done in a permanent way. i haven't heard one reporter say to him but governor, you said you would veto the dream act if it came your way. >> bill: that was during the primary, congresswoman. >> yeah. before the etch-a-sketch. oh yeah. that's right. >> then he did backtrack from that in a subsequent primary debate where he said well, he

agreed with newt gingrich should only veto half of it. >> bill: he doesn't want to tell us what his position is or what his position is on immigration. >> they don't have one at the moment. they really don't. >> he's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't from a constituency point of view. they would like to woo the hispanic vote. but if he does, he -- you know, could lose some of the tea party people and the anti-immigration forces that are part of his base as well. so you saw on bob schieffer on "face the nation" he couldn't come up with an answer. >> bill: i want to ask you on the transportation bill, the senate has passed this. when you can get barbara boxer and jim inhoff together on a transportation infrastructure bill, you can't -- we can't get a vote on that in the house of representatives, congresswoman? what's going on? >> what it feels like to me is the republicans have moved from

just rooting for a bad economy to actual sabotage. and i say that because this has always been bipartisan. a transportation bill has never run into this kind of partisan gridlock. and to not pass this well into the construction season now means that 1.9 million jobs are at risk. and to not pass it says that the republicans really do want jobs, unemployment to grow. and to stymie any kind of grob creation -- job creation, not to mention the infrastructure improvements in this country. i think it is plain irresponsible. >> bill: at the white house i've seen several times your colleague from illinois, ray lahood come in. republican. member of congress for years and years. now the president's -- our

transportation secretary. he is more frustrated than anybody about this because he was there. he said these bills were always bipartisan. >> remember john boehner initially said we should be passing that -- the senate passed legislation. and you know, they slapped him around and that was the end of it. >> bill: bob, do you see any hope there? >> i think it doesn't look good. i think the chances are less than 50/50 that that bill passes. but there's always a chance, the republicans are pushing for the keystone language in there. harry reid said he's not going to cave on that. >> bill: keystone has nothing to do with the transportation bill. >> that's what harry reid says. congresswoman, i want to ask you about healthcare. your friend nancy pelosi predicted a 6-3 upholding of the law. do you concur? do you feel confident that this roberts court is going to uphold the healthcare reform law? >> here's my guess. we may have a bad decision in arizona on immigration and a

good decision on healthcare. i think it would really be a historic -- i don't know deviation perhaps from the law if the supreme court decided to completely overturn this massive and landmark legislation. and so i do -- i certainly don't know the numbers or wouldn't predict the numbers but i do think that the fundamental bill would be upheld. even if -- i think even if they were to overrule the mandate that we absolutely could move forward -- >> how would that work though? >> you know, medicare does not have a mandate. but everybody gets on at least part a of medicare which is the hospitalization even if they have like i do, an employer

insurance. if i didn't sign up for medicare part a when i turned 65, it goes up as time goes by. and so it becomes -- there is an incentive and everybody signs up right away. so there are other ways to skin the cat to make sure that people do join and get insurance. so i don't think that it would be a complete show-stopper. >> bill: okay. congresswoman, we're going to let you go but i can't let you go without asking you, last year, the romneys wrote off -- we just learned $77,000 off their taxes for upkeep and care of their dressage horse. ann romney's dressage horse. i was wondering how much you wrote off on your taxes for your dressage horse. >> let's see. not even a dress let alone a dressage horse. no. not a thing.

nope. >> bill: don't you think this is sort of the new definition of elitism? having your own dressage horse? >> well, you know, i'll tell you. i am kind of a horse person so i really -- i really like horses. making a business out of it is a whole other matter. >> bill: how many people who are into horses are into dressage? >> probably not a lot. you know. i think that they have very skilled people who work on all kinds of tax deductions and are looking for every angle. so it is not just a sport. but obviously they set up a corporation and it is a business. >> bill: it is another tax loophole. another way of cheating on your taxes. congresswoman, always good to talk to you. we want you to come in studio with us one of these days. so they can see you on

television. >> i'll do it. thank you. bye. >> bill: congresswoman jan schakowsky representing illinois's ninth congressional district. this is not the 1%. this is the .00001%. >> yes. romney family always has animals in the narrative of the campaign. >> bill: between their dogs and their horses. we'll be right back on tuesday's "full court press." >> announcer: this is the "full court press." the "bill press show." live on your radio and on current tv. >>try to be a little more conservative tonight. [[vo]]joy behar is coming to current tv for one week only until the fall. what happens if you ask her to tone down her opinions?

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this m.o. of kind of keeping people guessing? >> i think at least until the debates. lilly ledbetter, whether he would repeal don't ask don't tell, another one. what would he do if he were in office. those are questions you have to answer at some point. >> bill: he's talking about eliminating some federal agencies. he won't say which ones. he talked about eliminating some tax loopholes. he won't say which ones. at some point you have to come clean. >> i think both candidates, i think the onus will be on both candidates. more on romney because he's not been in the white house to say what they would do clearly. now obviously we know what romney would do on day one repeal healthcare, the healthcare law if it is still on the books. but lay out exactly what your agenda would be on a range of issues. that's why i think that some of these things, they're going to be vague on until they're pressed on it during the debates. >> bill: there was a story this morning that abc is reporting, john karl from abc that marco rubio whom a lot of

people assumed would be the automatic first choice because he's kind of an up-and-coming rock star, romney's first choice for vice president abc news reports he's not being taken seriously. >> i was very surprised by that because you know, about three or four weeks ago, marco rubio went from talking about the v.p. process to not talking about it so a lot of people saw that as he's being -- >> bill: he's been campaigning for it. he has a book out. >> front page of the "usa today" yesterday. doing tv interviews. he's been giving very big speeches. so i'm very surprised by that because other people like senator john thune has gone quiet. he told us two weeks ago i'm not being vetted then he was asked recently, i'm not going to talk about it. i don't know what rubio -- it is hard to imagine he's not being vetted. >> bill: it would seem he would be. if they assume putting him on the ticket is automatically

going to deliver the latino vote, i think they're kidding themselves too. >> i think so, too. i think that he's no longer the front-runner. >> bill: bob, always good to see you. thanks for coming in. bob cusack, managing editor for the hill.com. i'll be back with today's parting shot. >> announcer: radio meets television... the "bill press show" now on current tv. so why isn't -- where are they? where's sean hannity and bill o'reilly? where's michelle , the people that accuse me of being a traitor. why aren't they out there taking on michele bachmann. that's what i want to know. why not? she's trashed the american flag. [ ball hitting paddle ]

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caller" who interrupted president obama last friday. too little attention has been paid to what the president announced, a bold, new immigration policy that lets young people stay here in this country if they came -- were brought here illegally by their parents before they were 15. if they have been here at least five consecutive years and graduated from high school or served in the military with no criminal record. some 800,000 young people and why not give them a break? they are as american as the rest of us except for a piece of paper. they love this country and they want to contribute to this country and we ought to let them -- president obama's new policy is the right thing to do. it is the fair thing to do. it is the bold thing to do. let the republicans squeal. they killed the dream act so president obama could not let them stop a good policy like this from happening. hey, folks go out and have a good one. come back with david shuster tomorrow morning right here. that's my parting shot for today.

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