[ ♪ theme ♪ ] [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> hey, good morning everybody. hang. it's wednesday morning august 15th. good to see you today. welcome to the "full court press" here on current tv. we will bring you up to date on the news of the day and take your calls. paul ryan is out there all the time denouncing government spending, but now think progress reports that his entire family ryan family construction company business was built on government contracts for highways and railroads, o'hare airport and

big defense department contracts. see, paul ryan is not a real conservative. he is a freakin' hypocrite. hey, we will talk about that and a whole lot more. we take time out before we start to get the latest, today's current news update from lisa ferguson standing buy in los angeles. good morning, lisa. >> hi, bill. good morning, everyone. the president kicks off his final leg through iowa today, where the first lady will join the bus tour. i with a has just six electoral votes but it's a key battleground state with the plenty of political clout. mrs. obama is still incredibly popular and at times, the president's best advocate. jay carney says this is where the journey began for both the president and mrs. obama and that iowa will always have a special place in their hearts. as for the romney-ryan ticket, ryan is still coming out swinging. he will speak at miami university of ohio today which just so happens to be his alma alma mater.

romney was in ohio yesterday, obviously a very critical state since no republican candidate has ever taken the white house without winning ohio. and romney aides are insisting it was not a fundraiser, just a finance event. either way, ryan's trip yesterday will likely mean more money for the republican ticket. he met with the conservative billionaire sheldon adelson who has already given $10 million to romney's super p.a.c., crossroads gps. aides refuse to say who else was at the meeting. one lucky iowan got a taste of the president's beer yesterday. mr. obama loves beer so much that the white house installed a brewery after he took. that served one light beer and one dark beer during a stop in iowa, someone asked him for a bottle. so he sent a staff member to get one from the campaign bus. seems he even takes his beer on the road. coming up on "full-court press," current tv's own eliot spitzer.

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what's up. >> yes indeed. >> and cyprian bowlding our videographer as well. we have the whole team here today. i love it. president obama out yesterday talking about wind farms in iowa and wouldn't you know he would take a shot at mitt romney and shamus. >> governor romney explained his energy policy this way: you can't drive a car with a windmill on it. >> that's what he said about wind power. now, i know he has tried some other things on top of a car. i didn't know he had tried windmills on top of a car. >> he repeated that joke at all three stops yesterday. i think it's very funny that he keeps -- shamus, man. shamus may be dead, but shamus is not going to die. >> it's the dog that never dies. what a story. i love it. >> i haven't seen -- maybe i am wrong. i don't know that obama has been that public with making the dog joke before. >> first time.

>> so the fact that he did it at all of the stops yesterday. >> the idea, too that this story is so widespread that you don't have to say, now did you know that mitt romney put shamus and drove for 12 hours and did it more than once. everybody knows the story. >> everybody knows. >> we put something else on top of his car. they get it. people get it right away. it's very funny. >> the dog on top of the car and the horse on top of the jet. whatever happened to rafalka. i am telling you glue factory. >> check the glue factory. >> that horse never came back to the united states. okay. what a line-up today dennis van roekel, president of the national education association upset about paul ryan's cuts on education. he will come in studio. and lynn suite will be in studio as well, washington bureau chief for the chicago sun times and, of course, wednesday morning, we will check in with current tv's

host of "viewpoint," eliot spitzer here just a little bit later in this hour. and what do you think when you make a call to get some help for your cell phone and you end up talking to somebody in mumbai? but first: >> this is the "full court press." >> other headlines making news on this wednesday, f-bomb is in the dictionary. that actual word is one of 100 new words aheaded to the merriam-webster's dictionary a light-hearted jumpilyism for somethingeuphimism for something other -- >> here is the question, though. is the f word in the dictionary? >> absolutely. the "f"word has been in there for a while. now f-bomb. f-space bomb is in the dictionary. also in there, new words sexting, gastro pub, energy

drink, cloud computer and game changer. >> well, i mean they are all common usage today. >> absolutely. >> that's pretty much all they are doing, words that are common usage and dump them in. >> what's not there? what is not there that should be there? >> hum. >> that's good, you know. think about it. i know there are words that we are already using now. cyprian's yelling something. >> i can't figure. >> give him a microphone. obama had another beer yesterday, abc reports on the way to his final campaign stop of the night in iowa last night, his motor kade pulled over at the pump house in cedar rapids after he commented how good the beer was at the iowa state fair the day before, he ordered a draft bud light, which was on the house. he stayed for a while, chatting with the owners and patrons

earlier in the day. he also spoke with someone in a local breakfast shop about the beer he brewed in the white house and had a bottle of that stamped stashed on the bus. >> the white house? >> yeah. >> using the honey from the bees there. they had it on the bus? >> amazing. >> he had a stash in the cooler. he this guy a bottle of white house beer. >> what is he doing? i guess he has to because he is the american president but a bud light? i mean he can't figure out a better maybe craft beer? >> a good micro-brewed beer. >> right. >> you know not exactly an american thing any more. >> but we've got that cut from the obama thing where he was talking about the state fair. >> yesterday, i got to the state fair and had a pork chop and a

beer. it was good. i might have the another beer today. >> romney might say, i had some clico. >> lots of repercussions. >> a glass of champagne, please please sorry. >> lots of repercussions for former n.f.l. player oyho cinco. the miami dolphins terminated his contract after the incidents and vh1 said it is cancelling his reality show because of the incident as well. he faces a year in jail and a thousand dollars fine if convicted. >> whoa. >> just ruining his career. wow. >> but the idea is i mean, they are doing all of this even before he is convicted. it's pretty obvious. >> when you are arrested forehead-butting your wife, things go downhill fast. >> thank you dan. i wanted to talk a little bit about -- start off the day today with something that really bugged the hell out of me. i bet it bugs you, too. i am betting it bugs you too.

tell me about it at 866-55-press. they are call centers located overseas. you know, you know what i am talking about. you got a problem with your cell phone. you got a problem with -- we have all been there. right? come on. not just me. you have got a problem with your cell phone. you have a problem with your computer. you have a problem. you want to buy an airline ticket. you have got a prop maybe with your credit card. so you do the good thing. you call them up get some help. you are on hold for a long time. and then somebody answers the phone and you know right away they are not in this country. you are talking to somebody who may speak english but doesn't speak american. and they are in mumbai or the philippines or god knows where. they are not in the u.s.a. it drives me crazy. it drives me crazy for a couple

of reasons. number one, because they are not -- they are u.s. companies but they have outsourced these jobs. these are not americans holding american jobs in america. these are u.s. companies who have outsourced these jobs for cheaper labor and undercutting the american economy. so from a patriotic point of view, i don't like it. the other thing is i don't find the customer services that good because many, many times, they just don't know the territory. i mean i am particularly talking about the airlines. i will hang up. i have had too many bad experiences where people tell you stuff that's not true because they don't know the distance from dallas to san diego or they don't know, which i know, that from national airport in washington there are no non-stop flights to san diego. they try to tell you there are. it's just the service, the jobs

are exported. the service is not as good as it should be, and i know it sounds nativist of me. i admit it up front. but i want somebody. i want -- if i call i want an american speaking american not some diluted form of english. peter, does that make me sound like a racist? >> no. no. i mean look. maybe on some level there is a part of me and you that says, like, you know, damn it, we live in america. you know just we want american goods, american services, service from an american. so if that makes us nativist then so be it. >> there are some companies like i am pretty sure southwest airlines, they have said they will never outsource there their call centers. i know for a while, united airlines, everything was in mum

mumbai and they changed it for people who fly a lot. i fly a lot for speeches and radio and t.v. if you have a lot of miles, and you have the high miles club or whatever it is, you get a number. they have -- i complained until united airlines until i was blue in the face. they finally, changed it. so for their frequent flyers the call centers are all in the united states. by the way, i don't care where they are in the united states. they can be in due buc, tucson. i don't character where they are in the united states as long as they are speaking american. i think for the rest of people who just regular customers who call united, they still get somebody in mumbai. >> that's nice, i think, that movement has been made. but it's also a little unsettling because they realize that it's a probability. >> exactly. >> acknowledge people don't like it. >> the point is what got me talking about this today is that the communication workers of america, the cwa, under party larry fowler have started a new

campaign to get some legislation passed to correct this problem. they have got legislation in which would do three things: it would take away the tax breaks. it doesn't make it illegal. it would take away the tax breaks for companies who outsource call centers. it would take away the right of these companies to get government grants or government centers. and here is what i like: it would give you the right to be transferred, that you could say, every call center, if you say, i would rather talk to somebody in the united states, boom they will switch you back here, which% means, of course, they can't continue to do it because they would have to have two call centers, one there and one here they put out some ads, too. now, this is -- this one, depending upon what congressional district you live in, the one that we pulled happens to be in wisconsin for tammy baldwin, who supports this legislation. >> please hold for customer service. >> we all talk to customer service agents for help sharing some of our most private information. big bangs and corporations have

been bailed out by taxpayers are sending these jobs overseas putting americans out of work and all of us at risk for identity theft. overseas call center employees have been caught selling credit card numbers, mortgage information and even medical records. congress woman tammy baldwin is as outraged as we are so she is supporting a bi-partisan bill. >> she is supporting this legislation. yes even mention that extra threat of identity theft by giving your information to somebody overseas. so anyhow, the cwa, when they introduced this talked about this legislation yesterday, they commissioned a poll. the results are overwhelming. listen to this: overall, 78% of americans say they don't like getting a call center overseas. 78% of americans. it's across the board. 79% of democrats 78% of independents 75% of republicans all say, no. no. no. we don't like these foreign call

centers. then when you break it down the identify of ending tax breaks for foreign companies, 91%. i'm sorry. the right to be transferred. okay? ninety-one percent of democrats, 88 of independent, 98 of republicans that you can get transferred to that call center to one back here at home ending tax breaks for these companies, 84% of democrats 80% of independent, 65% of republicans. so there is widespread public outrage for this practice. americans don't like it across the board. great support for changing it and taking away their tax breaks, taking away their eligibility for grants and giving us a right to be makes sense to me. 866-55-press. we ought to put up, guys on the

website, a link where people who want to support this legislation can find out more from cwa, i guess, cwa-union.org. we will put it up on the website. you have had the experience with these call center. don't tell me you got service, sometimes you could even understand what they were saying. come on. for call centers i want an american on the other end of the line who speaks american. call now. operators are standing by. >> where? we will tell you where. dan, god dan was born in germany? >> my god. that's right. >> but he is an american citizen 866-55-press. >> on your radio, on t.v. the bill press show, new on current tv. >>bill shares his views, now

it's your turn. >>i know you're going to want to weigh in on these issues. >>connect with "full court press with bill press" at facebook.com/billpressshow and on twitter at bpshow. >>i believe people are hungry for it.

>>i jump out of my skin at people when i'm upset. do you share the sense of outrage that they're doing this, this corruption based on corruption based on corruption. >>i think that's an understatement, eliot. u>> i'm not prone tot. understatement, so explain to me why that is. i think the mob learned from wall st., not vice versa. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ]

>> heard around the country and seen on current tv this is "the bill press show". >> yes, hello. can i help you? i wish i could do an indian accent. i can't. that might get me in trouble at any rate. i'm sorry. i have been there too many times whirls i can't understand them. by the way, my name is bob. yeah. right your name is bob. and they don't know the problem, they don't know this country. they don't know the geography. bring the call centers back home. certainly don't give those companies that export the jobs tax breaks. it seems that's the new campaign by the communication workers union. steve from manassas village.

what do you think in. >> good morning. >> i love your book so much that i have read it twice already. >> oh, my god. >> i just enjoy it very much. >> true believer here, yeah. >> absolutely. i have a little tale to regal you with about these overseas call center. i had called one and was kind of waiting while they looked something up on the computer so i thought in the meantime it was obvious it was an indian accent, so i asked him. it was in late all. i said wow. what kind of snowfall did you get in west virginia and he said, i am not sure. our building doesn't have windows and i haven't been outside recently. >> get out of here. >> i am not kidding. i asked him where he was calling from. he said west virginia. i then asked him, what do you think about that big governor scandal up in west virginia. he said, oh, yeah. that's something. so i said, you know what? there is no government swaddle up there and there is no snow

going on up there. where are you actually located? and he said okay. i am actually in india. >> you mean he really tried to con you into believing he was in west virginia for a while? >> yeah. he lied. >> wow. i must admit when i have challenged them saying where are you? usually they fess up to me they are in mumbai or someplace. >> which makes me wonder if the company they are working for is telling them to lie. >> you know what? i don't think there is any doubt about it. certainly if they tell them to say, my name is bob, then, you know, they are starting off on the wrong foot. i think this legislation makes a lot of sense. they don't say we are going to ban it. they say we are not going to pay you and reward you to ship these call centers overseas.

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"viewpoint" with eliot spitzer at 8:00 p.m. eastern joining us again for his wednesday morning visit, and eliot, the land sketch in this presidential campaign has changed dramatically since you and i talked last wednesday. right? >> it has indeed, bill. it wasis great to chat with you early, those of us who work until 9:00 o'clock at night. you know, unless i am missing something, it veered harvard right over the past couple of days with the addition of paul ryan to the ticket. and, you know, i was 13ing yesterday, mitt romney, whatever we think of him, navigated through the primary system without tacking so far right that the public lost its sense that he could be a moderate. then usually, after the primaries, you tack back more to the middle. he did the opposite. he went so hard right with this election of paul ryan, i don't know a single republican who isn't deeply worried about this. >> the other thing, mitt romney skipped through the primaries without getting really specific about anything. right? he is mr. vague when it comes to

public policy. now, he can no longer hide behind that, i don't think. right? >> no. he can't. >> with paul ryan. >> it was weird because we all remember his own campaign came up with the metaphor that he was the etch-a-sketch candidate. say one thing and it disappeared. it was great for those old enough to remember that toy. at a time had a kernel of truth in it. now, he is wrapped in every vote and policy that will paul ryan has articulated. i think he is dead wrong. i don't think his arithmetic is right, let alone thepom. mitt romney is stuck with it, defending everything from medicare to tax bills. i don't know why he did this. >> the commentary seems to go from either this is a bold and a brilliant pick, or it is risky and dangerous. what do you think? >> probably both. what i have learned, bill, and i was in politics, you know on

the other side is you're brill brilliant when you win. you are a dope when you lose. you can run a brilliant campaign but if you lose by one vote, you are a goat. and so i think this is -- it seems to me that this is an effort to get passion over per persuasion persuasion. what i mean by that is they are hoping to energize the really conservative voters, recognizenize, the anywhere is thin and they are not going to increase their 50-plus 1 by getting to the middle any more. they have to go deeper into the reservoir of conservative voters. if there is a logic, i think that has to be it. >> talking to host of the viewpoint 8:00 p.m. eastern and 7:00 central. one thing that has happened, i am sure, looking this morning and yesterday, last couple of days so many headlines,

medicare, medicare, medicare. this has become now not jobs but medicare has become the central issue at least for the moment of this campaign. >> that's exactly right. >> that's why i think they miscalculated. they wanted to change the debate. you know, let's fashion it. most likely past couple of weeks were about mitt romney's tax returns and about things that at the end of the day, in the grand arch of history are not going to be fundamentally important to our policy and our nation. and so the romney campaign for taxable reasons says we have to change the debate. what they wanted to debate was jobs. >> that's if they think they have an argument they can win, it is how to create jobs but they changed the debate to medicare, which when it was the topic of conversation in 2010 was not a winning argument for the republicans and there is a reason for that. their policies are wrong and the public looks at it and even though the public wants some creative thinking, when it sees paul ryan's proposal, it's not what people are asking for. >> no. for democrats to say he would

evened medicare as we know it, i mean that is just simply the fact. right? it would replace it with a voucher program and they can't run -- walk away from it. now, what i love, eliot, i am sure you do, too. mitt romney is saying no. no. no. my medicare is the one we have to run on. not paul ryan's plan. >> so immediately, he is running away from paul ryan's proposals and, you know, the one thing that the beltway media likes about paul ryan was that he was direct and forthright in coming out and saying what he thinks. now, mitt romney is running away from him. again, it doesn't help mitt romney. i tell you i have spoken to some senior republicans form ter elected officials, they shake their heads and say, this doesn't make sense to us. to them, that is in terms of winning the swing states and if you want to get down to the magic number of 270 and you say to yourself, well will paul ryan help in florida? just don't see it. too many seniors there who will very legitimately be worried

about what this does to medicare or even pennsylvania, ohio hard to see where this helps. >> i also think progress reported yesterday, paul ryan, of course, has been a leader out there on too much government spending, government's too big, get rid of all of this, cut, cut, cut here it turns out that think progress reported his construction business, the family business action right, he worked briefly in out in wisconsin is almost totally supported by -- guess what. government contracts to build highways. >> yeah. >> to build trains to build o'hare airport, defense contracts. and ryan voted for every one of george bush's-busting schemes including the tax cut. you know, how do these guys get away with such hypocracy? it's stun stunning. >> consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds. it highlights a deeper issue, which is that paul ryan uses one

language and acts a completely different language. he is a corporatist, not a lanestarian, not a small government conservative. he is a corporate test. he has towed the line of the u.s. chamber of commerce which has always been in favor of the tax subsidies, the corporate welfare, everything that will help the big corporate structures, they are for. i read ryan's budget the past couple of days. the language in there of individualism, self -- making it on your own and not relying upon government and then what does he want to do? cut the social safety nets but not a word about those tax loopholes that benefit the oil industry or other major industries. there is, as you say absolutely no consistency to his logic and ideology. >> untila favorite of the koch brothers, of course. for the issue of the day, i have to ask you about a comment that the vice president made yesterday here for all of our viewers and listeners, vice president joe biden, who was

talking about mid romney's plan to, as he calls it unshackle wall street by getting rid of all of the government regulations. >> romney wants -- he said in the first 100 days, he is going to let the big banks once again write their own rules, unchain wall street. they are going to put y'all back in chains. >> romney calls it a new low in american politics, elliott . >> this is, again, the romney campaign desperate to find something to change the topic. they are the ones used the metaphor of being shack he would. >> unchain wall street. >> you know, they are going to shackle you. i don't even know where to start. it's all this kind of popped onto the wires. this is worse thank silliness. finally, talking about substance. let's stay on substance. let's talk medicare. let's talk taxes. let's talk the real issues we are down to about, you know, 12

weeks to go or something, if i am right. let's get serious about this. >> i think clearly, joe biden was making a play on words, on their own words. right? to unchain wall street. i don't know about you. i am just getting sick and tired of mitt romney whining about every time. he is out with an ad that ageses president obama of wanting to end the welfare to work requirement, which is a totally. ? >> absolutely. >> he accuses obama of being too mean. right? >> this is true. you know, when you ask and speak to the consultants and the republicans, you know, they role their eyes. they acknowledgel their eyes. they acknowledge. it's because the other campaign doesn't have enough to say on the pure substance. i think it's been good we have began to parse the ryan budget. i will give them credit. that has elevated the conversation, and that's all good. they are wrong on the mer itself but let's talk the merits. >> that's why it's been having a more interesting week in terms of the campaign than a bunch of

weekends before. >> this ryan budget, which of course mitt romney called mavelous. can't forget that. what are you looking at? what are you working on? >> you know, i have no idea yet. >> all right. >> i am not supposed to say that. >> we don't know what we are doing in the next hour anyhow. i understand that. >> 6:30 in the morning. for those of us who are goingy-eyed, goingy-eyed, it's too early to talk about lunch. i am sure we will parse the paul ryan agenda because mitt romney had no agenda. paul ryan has a particular one. we will look at that for what it says about the republican ticket, where they would take us. >> the fun part every day is watching mitt romney say, yes, i embrace paul ryan, but i don't embrace his ideas. right? only my own ideas. yeah, i think he pulled that one off. >> one thing i think we will take a look at is there were some senate primaries yesterday. >> yes. >> as much as -- i don't want to take your time but as much as we focus on the white house and

obvious reasons, control of the senate is very much up in play and the primaries will determine not only who wins in november but what the chamber will look like and there will be tommy thompson out in wisconsin, you know, he is an interesting guy, been around a long time not the tea party voice and then in connecticut, beyond linda mcmahonus has a shot at winning in november. you never know with the resources. >> some very important races. we are going to have to run down all of those races on our show too, in the next hour or so. eliot spitzer, great to talk to you as always, my friend. thank you for getting up early for u.s. thank you. >> we will see you have a great day. >> see you at 8:00 o'clock at viewpoint on current tv 8:00 p.m., 7:00 central. >> this is "the bill press show" show".

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>> heard around the country and seen on current tv this is "the bill press show". >> twelve minutes to go before the top of the hour. talking about call centers, the cwa launching a big campaign in support of legislation in congress to crack down on these call centers and at least take away the tax breaks from companies that are exporting these jobs overseas and giving you the option of asking to be transferred to someone in the united states. that link up to that campaign is up on our website at billpressshow.com, and it's also out on facebook and on twitter. we will get back to tour calls at 866-55-press.

one of the things that related about the call centers which you heard on that add and in the cwa information they put out yesterday, they note that identity theft is and in the cwa information they put out yesterday, they note that identity theft is but offshoring call center jobs make it much worse because mostly of these foreign countries have very few privacy protections and so now we have seen cases of social security numbers and other personal information being sold on the black market overseas. one more reason why you ought to think about identity theft in making sure you are protected. i am with lifelock ultimate. encourage you to look into the same thing the most comprehensive id theft protection ever made, including a bank account. they can't protect your bank account. if you are not a member. so call now. mention press 60 for 60 risk-free days of lifelock ultimate identify thing theft production. production. if you are not happy within the

next 60 days call and cancel. see lifelock and give them a call at 1-800-356-5967. again, for lifelock ultimate 1-800-356-5967. lizzie calling from fort collins, colorado. good morning. >> good morning, bill. thank you for doing what you do and writing "the obama hate machine". >> i am glad to be out there for you p what's your experience? >> my experience is rather extensive actually with outsourcing. i have worked with call centers, too. but my -- my job was outsource. i was laid off nine years ago from a fortunate 100 company. the job went to singapore. i was actually project manager. >> whoa. >> so anyway, it was tough finding work after that. about the only work i was able to work was working from home.

the kind of work i have been doing is call center work primarily. and a couple of the projects that i worked on ended up being shipped to philippines and to india. >> really? so you were doing call center work here and those jobs were taken away and shipped overseas again? >> right. because they could do it cheaper. >> yeah. that's the motivation. isn't it? >> the sole motivation? >> that's the sole motivation. >> okay. >> they hire you as an independent contractor so there is really no benefits when you are working. >> i am sure. yeah. think of the whatever little they were paying you you know, they are paying a lot less to the people in singapore or in the philippines or mumbaith. as eliot spitzer mentioned, some

important primaries yesterday which are really going to be very front and center important in this 2012 election and some of the senate races, linda mcmahon, the wrestling champ. she is not the champ but she is with wf businesswoman won the primary over chris chez in connecticut. she will be unagainst congressman murphy, democrat and tommy thompson. i don't know how many lives tom mcmorries thompson has governor, cabinet secretary, ran for president, remember, as the other thompson. now he is back again. >> i totally forgot. you are right. >> tommy thompson, fred thompson was the big star at the time and tommy kept saying i am the other thompson, funny, nerdy little guy. >> total dweeb. >> some love him in wisconsin. he won the primary yesterday. and he will be up against tammy

baldwin. here is how exciting tommy thompson was last night. >> we are going to take america back. we are going to send barack obama back to chicago. >> where are we going to send him back to? where is he from again? tommy, you are running for senate, not president of the united states. he thinks he is running for president of the united states. we will bring you up to date on some of the other primaries a little bit later in the program here. big day for politics yesterday on many fronts. it's a full court press, wednesday, august 14th. >> radio meets television the bill press show now on current tv. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] it is hurting.

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