[ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> stephanie: okay. hello current tv land. sorry, jacki schechner. the people have been doing the things with the phones over the weekend so we can't talk to you. look at this. looky here. it is the steven stills' new box set. he will be there live in studio, international rock star, steven stills in the house. how cool are we? jim, i have gotten jacki schechner addicted to spinning class. we talked to each other several

times between spinning classes. the instructor always says something in the heat of moment and then you think huh? [ scooby-doo's "huh?" ] he said i give you permission to ignore your body. go, that's not a slipped disk. >> if you're having a heart attack, you should not ignore the symptoms. >> stephanie: okay. what? ignore my huh? >> irresponsible. >> stephanie: i'm fine. look at me. [ applause ] okay. she's fine too. look at her. she's spectacular in the current news center. fit as a fiddle. >> we'll talk more about that when we can talk. former british prime minister margaret thatcher has passed away. she suffered a stroke this morning. reportedly had been in poor health recently and also was suffering from alzheimer's disease. thatcher was the first and only woman to serve as prime minister of the united kingdom, known as the iron lady and served as head of the conservative party from 14979 until 14990 when a

struggle forced her to resign. she stepped out of the public eye in 2002 after her first stroke and had several smaller ones. thatcher was 87 years old. president obama will travel to hartford, connecticut today where he will continue to talk about the need for gun control legislation. congress back in session after a two-week recess. senate minority leader harry reid has put a gun control package on the calendar but it is unclear whether republicans will let it come to the floor for a vote. the bill up for discussion does not include an assault weapons ban or a limit on high-capacity magazines. even though universal background checks are wildly popular with the public, republicans are buying into the fear that universal background checks will lead to some sort of gun registry that will lead to the government taking away your guns. the house says it will only move if the senate does first. so far only one republican, new york representative king has

signed on in support. we'll be back with more show for you after the break. we'll get it together. see you on the other side. 4 going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us.

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>> my math teacher in germany said you will work until the blood is squirting out from under your fingernails and the room is full of steam. he was laughing when he said it. >> stephanie: is that german humor? [ applause ] here is the other thing. i had time to read the rules. there's a lot of rules. in gyms -- you never have time to read them. one of the things it said is no pdas. spinning class. i hadn't thought of it before. but i was seized with the urge to french kiss someone. >> sweating profusely. >> assistance. >> stephanie: i thought it meant -- >> see i wasn't thinking about it before but now i just wanted to because they told me i can't. >> but nobody uses that. >> if you're sweating profusely you don't want to be working with an electronic device. >> it is like that -- the sign on the subway that says no spitting. she said i hadn't thought about spitting until i saw that. now i really want to spit. >> i really want to spit.

you don't know how much. >> stephanie: that catholic school rebel in me. >> now you want to go out and get a palm pilot off of ebay. look at me! i'm doing that while i'm riding. >> palm pilot used to mean something different. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: all right. can i just tell you another love story over the weekend. not the human kind of course, not for me. it is a dog one and it is another episode of mama was right and you mooks, wrong as usual. you suggested -- i rescued a dog, dog was lost in traffic. i told the story that listeners had written me. i found a home for him. you suggested that either i gave her to precious and she was in a dirt hole or they owned a korean restaurant. [ buzzer ] both of which were wrong. in fact, this is where it started. my wife and i lost our australian shepherd mix last month. please take a look at the attached picture.

she was totes adorbs. today we hear you might have that dog. that's how this all started. they live five minutes from me. i went to visit indie yesterday and she's doing great! [ applause ] >> did you have to sign autographs? >> stephanie: no. we took pictures and put them on our facebook page. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: i said stephanie miller is coming to our house now? because you told me i should have done a house check. >> well, yes. organizations do. >> stephanie: i'm not a rescue organization! i'm a rescue drunk. >> i don't think any rescue organization, if they came to your house would approve because you're always passed out on the heating grate. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: i need the dog to drag me off of it. >> exactly. >> stephanie: anyway, so i got her tuesday. they took her thursday and now yesterday, i was over there visiting, she was playing with a

little rope tie. with the chihuahua. they're the nicest people in the world. chimi chura. >> hi, steph after a long night of watching her chase her she's been running around the house. once we started your show, your choice seems to have a calming effect on her. >> inddy is the only creature that your voice has a calming effect on. >> stephanie: she's so romantic. >> our life is full of joy again. we love indie. we look forward to giving her lots of love. you can assure mooks that indie is not trapped in a hole in our basement and we do not own a korean restaurant. much love. >> okay, they have a sense of humor. >> stephanie: guys, i would love to come and visit. the mooks are douche nozzles.

[ applause ] so i visited yesterday. i got around to my home check. okay. everything is good. >> after it had been placed. some social worker you would make. >> stephanie: he went to harvard. they're both spectacular and smart. what are the chances? >> went to harvard? >> admiraliam matto. >> bring another world war ii reference in. >> stephanie: he was speaking german before we hit the bottom of the hour. >> that was japanese. yamamoto. >> stephanie: no, he was speaking german earlier. >> when i was -- >> stephanie: okay, douche and nozzle seriously. what happened? jeff said steph -- we got a lot of these e-mails. steph, i just watched last night's "saturday night live" and heard marco rubio and a scream goat joke. if you're going to steal, steal

from the best. >> they started the show with kim jong-un. >> marco. >> rubio! >> drunk uncle. >> stephanie: travis if someone calls for the address for the check tell them where we're located. okay. looky here. tonya in madison, sexy liberal chicago which is saturday. i'm getting really excited. steph, this will be the third year in a row i can celebrate by attending a sexy liberal. i was disappointed you were doing the show in chicago rather than madison but then i realized i can have a mini vacation without our 8-year-old. it is all about abandoning your children. i'm turning 40 this year. can't think of a better way to do it than seeing all of you. >> what are we going to do? road trip! >> sonya and hubby. the excitement is building, can you feel it? >> don't get fancy just get

dancy. it is the stephanie miller sexy liberal show in chicago. ♪ ride, ride, party saturday night ♪ ♪ turn the radio up ♪ ♪ where is mama at ♪ ♪ come on, raise your glass to stephanie ♪ ♪ sexy liberal ♪ ♪ we will never be anything but proud ♪ ♪ sexy liberal ♪ ♪ all around the world ♪ ♪ so raise your glass and be proud ♪ ♪ sexy liberal ♪ ♪ all around the world ♪ ♪ so raise your glass ♪ >> yeah! >> stephanie: audra coming down from minneapolis. very exciting. i got a text that steven stills is on his way. he might be here earlier than we

thought. time to get your harmonicas. >> no. >> stephanie: don't be embarrassed, jim. you're a fabulous musician. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> i'm not embarrassed. no time for me to get my harmonica. >> stephanie: we'll stretch. chris will do this and i'll tell more dog stories. [ laughter ] >> shaggy dog stories. >> it's happened before! >> stephanie: how is your margaret thatcher imitation? too soon? margaret thatcher has passed away. by the way you said do you listen to the news on the way in? i said no, i talk to roland. >> you came in and i said you heard that margaret thatcher passed away. you were like no. >> stephanie: no. i know everything that happened with rowland's weekend. >> he went to an opera apparently. >> stephanie: that's what he always does. because we're trying to sell a series, gay man straight man with the guy who owns the show. jen with the news from london. thank god. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] if i called jen every morning, i would know what's happening.

you're on "the stephanie miller show." hello. >> caller: hi, there. i'm your doma ex-pats. margaret thatcher has passed away. i was watchinging the news in the u.k. calling her a great leader. she was a polarizing figure. >> stephanie: i didn't like her until meryl streep played her then i found her sympathetic. >> speaking of that movie most of the brits i know, laid back, sweet people but when you bring up thatcher, in particular that movie, i've never seen them with such seething anger. i don't know if the american media is going to capture the polarization that thatcher brought to britain. >> stephanie: jen, what do you mean? what was the reaction to the movie? >> it rewrote history in a sense in that it portrayed her as a very -- with sympathy. a lot of the brits felt that she

had no sympathy for them. there are large parts of britain, scotland and northern england where the economies are still devastated 30 years later. she had a serious impact on the economy of britain long-term. >> much like reagan did here. >> caller: yes, exactly. >> learn about that. >> stephanie: interesting. i had heard some of that at the time. that's the problem with meryl streep. she makes you like anybody. all right thanks, jen. appreciate it. that was our ex-pat report from london. she's our foreign correspondent. >> we have a foreign correspondent? >> stephanie: thank god because roland has fallen down on the job. take accounts for sexy liberal in chicago. 17 minutes after the hour. we roll along on a monday on "the stephanie miller show." >> announcer: join the party! 1-800-steph-12.

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1-800-steph-12 toll free from anywhere. all right. just our usual version of l.a. talk. l.a. traffic talk. we're calculating how long it will take steven stills to get here because coldwater is still closed. [ whatever! ] >> stephanie: we'll figure it out. 1-800-steph-12 toll free from anywhere. let's go to ryan in chicago. hi ryan, welcome. ryan needs to turn the radio off. laura in pennsylvania, hi, laura. >> caller: hi, stephanie. i called you guys friday. i'm back doing it again. >> stephanie: okay. >> caller: i just want to make everybody know that with president obama putting our social security on the table he's opening the door to do away with it. that's called cpi. listen to me. this is important. >> stephanie: i know. >> caller: bernie sanders is the one who said it, not me. as to all of you republican and democrat voters out there call your senator. tell them they will not get a vote from you and i'm a democrat -- well, i would do -- >> stephanie: did you watch

bill maher bernie sanders was on bill maher. >> caller: i missed that one. unusual for politics. i don't miss too much. >> stephanie: of course, you sent me this piece. part of why congress has a 13% approval rating. we talk about how out-of-step congress is in general whether it is gun control or immigration, whatever. but it think is from salon. how conservatives still run america despite losing elections. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] this is what we've said from day one with the healthcare debate. what was the polling on public option? i can't remember. huge. >> it was huge. >> stephanie: right. conserve dems. the nation is still being ruled by a majority conservative party and they refer to -- you know, republicans and the conserve a dems that vote with them. the meager gun control measures recently introduced in the senate would have a majority needed to pass. democratic majority leader harry

reid removed the assault weapons ban because some 15 democratic senators supported the conservative pro gun position make up what the republican senators that majority conservative party. so, you know, they're talking about what's happening on gun control and even the background checks will have the teeth taken out of it. bernie sanders isn't letting him off the hook. he would not cut social security. having him go back on his word when we add to the rampant cynicism that the country is experiencing today. >> good for bernie. >> stephanie: it talks about how do you govern if you're obama or these democrats that are in step with what the majority of america wants. this is depressing, this article. because you just think -- social security and gun safety, salon writes are a couple of the numerous issues in which conservatives get their way and the minority liberal party loses out. even if we get more in the house. it will be like in 2009 when the democrats had a majority in the house. a filibuster approved majority in the white house could enact

very little progressive leg slation. conservative democrats voting to cut social spending, weaken regulations and so on. but they finish by saying we have a conservative majority and a liberal minority. not two less equal parties. how we change the line-up is the political challenge of the generation. good stuff in salon. good and depressing is my point. >> social security should not be on the table. >> stephanie: this is the problem. how do we get anything done? i mean, that's the thing. chris, you've said this back when you were like if they want to win in red states, my problem is what's the point of these democrats? because we can't get anything done. >> that's right. >> stephanie: as you've always said, jim, obama is a realist. he's a centrist. he's trying to get things done. >> still social security should not be on the table. >> stephanie: ryan in chicago you're on "the stephanie miller show." hi ryan. >> caller: good morning, steph. we watched wrestle mania

yesterday and there was a tea party hype man for jack swagger. so they show a little movie for each wrestler to give you the back story. this guy was basically quoting sarah palin verbatim talking about the real america. and so he's talking on this anti-immigration illegals, all of this. he's getting food. he said you may boo me but you know you agree with me. is that something that tea partiers really think? that the rest of us pretending to not be racist? >> yes. >> caller: okay. thank you for that answer. >> also, ryan, did you see that donald trump got booed so badly he had to cut his speech short? >> caller: why is ne the hall of fame? what's the deal with that? >> no idea. >> caller: i totally forgot about that. selective thinking or something. i don't know. that's ridiculous. >> stephanie: thank you. >> they introduced donald trump at wrestle mania and he got

booed so badly, that he had to cut his speech short. >> stephanie: that's a shame. all right. speaking of guns as we were talking about gun legislation dan pfeiffer yesterday, white house senior adviser. >> we're going to try to get the strongest bill we can. this is a 90% issue. can't get 90% of americans to agree on the weather. >> stephanie: thank you. yet we'll have the same problem with the red state democrats. that was depressing by the salon piece, to what degree they go or the nra goes to take the teeth out of things or they scream about we don't enforce the laws we have now. because of you guys. you make sure whatever we enact is not enforced because there's no one in charge of the atf. >> another salon piece says obama making historic mistake on social security. >> if he with go to the floor, i'm still hopeful that what we call the sweet spot, background checks can succeed. >> stephanie: yeah.

there is the nra spokesman, asa hutchinson. >> even if you had your universal background check bad guys will get guns. it will diminish the need for greater security in the schools. >> more guns. >> stephanie: yep exactly. by the way the connecticut governor had some really great thoughts on all of this, dan malloy. he harshly criticized the gun lobby saying they're doing too little to halt gun violence. look at what they got done in connecticut and on a bipartisan basis. it can be done. >> how many gun deaths in japan last year? two. >> stephanie: something in the single digits. exactly. 29 minutes after the hour. right back with all of that on "the stephanie miller show."

criticizing, and holding policy to the fire. are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night? is this personal or is it political? a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i am given to doing anyway. staying in tough with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room tonight at 6 eastern

my relationship with water started when i was a kid. you think of how many people go to the ocean and for such different reasons. it attracts everyone but i think we're all attracted by one similar thing which is the horizon. ya know, there is nothing more peaceful than standing on the edge of the shore and looking out at that horizon. that place where blue meets blue. i'm a story teller. as a story teller i really think that adventure works to draw out people into a story. i have this long relationship with "national geographic". it's afforded me the opportunity to organize expeditions with their encouragement that have taken us by kayak literally around the world. historically a lot of people who go out on adventures go out for adventure's sake which i applaud. but this day and age i think you have to go out with a higher purpose. everywhere we went we talked to people about climate change,

overfishing. all those things we've saw we've seen literally everywhere we've gone. a big part of our motivation in going out and having these adventures is to bring back stories that we can share. ya know, the tools are incredibly important. technology has changed but the goal is the same. it is to enlighten people using adventure as the trigger. on each of these adventures, at one point, i'll just be sitting on a beach, looking at that horizon line and reminding myself how lucky i am to be able to be out there and to be both learning for myself and then sharing. i know that we're not going to change the world from the seat of a kayak but if i'm able to bring those stories back and share them and i manage to change the life of one person or two or three or four then it was totally worth it.

>> bad lighting, delusional girls who thinks it is a steppingstone to mainstream success. >> stephanie: it is the "the stephanie miller show." hmm. >> plans gone awry? >> stephanie: plans gone awry unfortunately. 1-800-steph-12 toll free from anywhere. little healthcare corner. ♪ >> stephanie: here she is. ♪ hello world here's a new sexy, come on, get jacki ♪ >> stephanie: good morning jacki schechner. >> good morning, guys. >> stephanie: time for your

nurse jacki hat. >> got it. >> stephanie: you've seen the headline. employers adopt stricter healthcare policies in face of surging costs. this will be controversial. >> yes. >> stephanie: surprising healthcare costs, they're adopting stricter policies to keep workers healthy. failure to comply could hurt employee's wallets. michelin, the tire company workers there could miss out on reducing their deductibles by up to $1,000 if they show lie blood pressure or waistlines over 40 inches. walmart, home depot are doing similar policies. often the policies require them to share personal health information, something that is unfair and an invasion of privacy. where are you on that? >> personally, i don't have a problem with it. i think that if we are going to talk about reducing costs overall, the amount of money we spend on healthcare in had this country, personal health choices are a big part of that. i don't think it is the primary problem but i think it is a big part of it. if there is an incentive for somebody to lose weight or eat

healthier or exercise more or bring their blood pressure down and that's going to save them personally money and the company money. then die personally have a problem with that. from what i understand, it is revealing information to the insurance provider. you're providing this information the same way when you apply for insurance and you have to disclose what pre-existing conditions you may have. >> stephanie: that's what companies are saying. policies contribute to the overall well-being of the work forces. i'm on the fence about it. people will say it is bloomberg nanny state. fact is we have enormous health issues in this country due to obesity. >> i saw a piece maybe safeway employees, where they were giving incentives, the more you work out the more reduction on your healthcare costs. i thought that's a great incentive. there are some people that they interview that said they wouldn't have had another

incentive to get more active. sometimes money is a good incentive for people, if they're going to save money that is going to encourage them to take up an activity they may have otherwise not thought to do. sometimes people need a little extra push to eat better or exercise. i think we just have such a problem and such an epidemic if this is going to move in that direction. more power to them. >> stephanie: perhaps you and i could get the entire nation addicted to spinning like we are. >> oh, god. i'm allergic to cardio. >> stephanie: we talk about which instructor, which place you went. we're obsessed with it. especially you with the cute guy that teaches at the -- >> stop it! you're going to get me into trouble. [ buzzer ] >> stephanie: everybody has different incentives. >> i did get up early on saturday morning and i thought what could i do at this hour? oh, there's spin class! >> are you serious? >> oh, yeah. never mind i signed up for another one. >> stephanie: you know what?

i got you into this and now you're main lining it. >> it is really fun. people laugh about how obsessed i am with it. it is a lot of music and it is kind of a dancy vibe to it. it is cheaper than therapy. >> stephanie: they tell you things like i give you permission to ignore your body. >> which is -- unwise. >> stephanie and i have an instructor that we went to last week together. she says don't touch your towel or water for three songs. we look at each other like -- >> stephanie: there's no recovery. recovery is staying alive. >> there's no recovery from death. >> who wants to be yelled at during exercise? oh my god! >> stephanie: a little on the other side of the exercise equation. now to girl stuff. we have a couple of girl songs. first of all -- pamela harris thing. are we too prettily incorrect? -- prettily incorrect?

the president said pamela harris is smoking hot she accepted president obama's apology for calling her by far the best looking attorney general -- i mean first of all he said a lot of other things first. it was like an offhand joke. >> inappropriate you would say about a guy. we harass men like gavin newsom. >> health meyers had -- health meyers had a good joke. eric holder said i'm standing right here. >> we're not the president is what i'm saying. we can make jokes about stuff like that. someone who is eminently qualified and happens to be ridiculously attractive. >> stephanie: we sexually harass you every day like that. >> you're not the president. >> we don't have that level of grav us to. >> stephanie: take away from the healthcare knowledge that you're smoking hot. >> it is a little sexist. it is not misogynistic.

there is a difference between saying something that may be a little inappropriate because you wouldn't say it about a guy but it is not offensive. he wasn't putting her down in any way. >> stephanie: he said -- he said she's brilliant dedicated. by far the best looking attorney general. it's true. he was obviously making an offhand joke. her spokesman said the attorney general and president have been friend for many years. she strongly supports him. i guess that's part of it, too. they are close friends. >> that's with a we have to pick on the -- if that's what we have to pick on the president about not appropriate but fine, let it go. you know what? i misspook, i'm sorry. that's the end of it. >> stephanie: here's the president's carney on that very subject. >> they're old friends and good friends. and he did not want, in any way to diminish the attorney general's professional accomplishments. >> yeah. they've been friends for a long time. it is different than if he offhandedly said hey she's a

hottie. it is a different thing. >> stephanie: jim sexually harasses me physically and verbally every day and if he didn't, i would fire him. >> isn't that one of the things you like most about him? >> how come you don't sexually harass me? >> stephanie: jim and i are in the elevator, why aren't you touching me? now, i feel better. >> i never get sexually harassed. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> stephanie: so, jacki schechner, you and i talked about this yesterday. i was on cnn last week with the princeton mom who wrote this piece, right, it has everybody going crazy about finding a husband in college. megan wrote a great piece in the "l.a. times" because a lot of our friends -- i don't think this is -- you know, this has to do with men women gay straight, in my opinion, i thought she made some interesting points, didn't you? >> absolutely. it is such a trick. this is another tricky one right? because you -- this woman is turning around and saying that you should consider looking for a partner at a time in you are

life when you're surrounded by people who are in the same intellectual zone that you are at the moment. and i understand that. but it is a very narrow view of the world. and there are a lot of very smart people who don't have the opportunity to go to school like princeton. >> stephanie: exactly. i said not everybody can afford to go to princeton. basically her thesis is unless you marry a man while you're at princeton, you're screwed. it was a little -- susan patton is her name. she published a letter in the daily prince tonian urging females to find a husband before you graduate. i feel too much emphasis has been -- the odds will never be as good again. that's a little 1952. >> really marry somebody you met in college? >> you change so much from the time you're in your 20s. >> stephanie: i was dating a usc football player. trust me. >> i would not want to be friends with the person i was in

college. >> stephanie: the unformed glob of proto plasm. >> the larger theme they're addressing here which is interesting is a lot of times we -- look, i am a career person through and through. i always thought of my career first. it was always a top priority. some of the men would tell you that as well that i've dated. that's probably why i'm still single. but i do think looking back now that i was hesitant to prioritize relationships for the exact reason that i was so intent on being self-sufficient. i was so intent on making sure my career was a priority and that i could provide for myself no matter what. i think that these women are now saying it's not sun a bad thing to -- it's not such a bad thing to find balance in that if a family is what you want. if marriage is what you want. >> stephanie: i don't think it has to do with sexuality or male or female. the part she wrote that i thought was compelling is she

said as for patton's man hunt manifesto, it is not entirely% wrong. women and men who are certain they want marriage and families some day would do well to keep their eyes open in had case their ideal mate comes along before their premir tal bucket list. sometimes getting your act together requires someone to doing it with you. >> stephanie: i based my whole life on the mahogany, the movie. >> do you know where you're going to? >> stephanie: you know, the success is nothing without someone you love to share it with. i'm a big single loser. >> where are you going to? >> do you even know? >> stephanie: do you care? there's no open door. what are you hoping for? >> let jacki talk! >> i got other stuff to do here. you're lucky enough to find somebody who you're compatible with who has the same general

values and ideas and goals that you do and you can build a life together early on, great. that's ideal. that's what everybody wants. so that's the concept behind what they're advocating. i don't think there's anything wrong with that. >> stephanie: she's divorced. it is a little snuffy to say i'm divorced because i married a dummy that didn't go to princeton. i do think it is probably best when you have someone close to your intelligence level. megan finishes by saying what is problematic about patton's message, it assumes matters of the heart can be approached as pragmatically but many people don't meet their soulmate by the time they're in their 20s. >> the popularity of the first marriage. >> stephanie: her princeton son has to be so embarrassed. mom! oh, god! please date my son. [ laughter ] >> that's not a good one for the

kid. >> shouldn't marry a guy named hoi derp derp. >> there is no one as smart and pretty as jacki schechner. marry jacki schechner. >> mom! [ laughter ] >> stephanie: thank you honey. see you at the top of the hour. >> thank you guys. >> stephanie: healthcare stuff and girl stuff, what's better. i believe steven stills is in the house. elvis has left the building but steven stills -- he will come in a little early. all right. 46 minutes after the hour. right back on "the stephanie miller show." >> wow, i don't believe it. this is too good to be real. >> of course this is real. >> announcer: it's "the stephanie miller show." >> if you believe in state's rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think that there is any chance we'll see this president even say the words "carbon tax"? >> with an open mind... >> has the time finally come for

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>> announcer: stephanie miller. ♪ get on your feet ♪ ♪ get up and make it happen ♪ ♪ get on your feet ♪ ♪ stand up and take some action ♪ >> stephanie: 51 minutes after the hour. i'm not watching that. i touched a rock star. not just any rock star. steven stills of crosby, stills and nash. he will be joining us in studio for the hour, next hour. the whole entire hour. >> he and his box set will be here. >> stephanie: i was like what kind of a rock star is an hour and a half early? >> this early in the morning? not exactly rock star hours. >> stephanie: 1-800-steph-12.

very excited. we were talking about gun stuff. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] so connecticut governor dan malloy -- i'm just -- i'm just frustrated on gun stuff in particular after newtown. he harshly criticized the gun industry saying they're doing too little to halt gun violence. three days after he signed into law new restrictions on weapons bipartisan basis they got everything done in connecticut. the governor compared wayne lapierrre to clowns. said lobbyists want to ensure the industry can sell guns indiscriminately. wayne reminds me of the clowns at the circus. they get the most attention and that's what he's paid to do. he said what this is about, the ability of the gun industry is to sell as many guns to as many people as possible. even if they're derange and have criminal backgrounds they don't care. they want to sell guns. speaking of clowns, senator ted cruz threatening to filibuster any kind of meaningful gun legislation at all because he's a tea bagger.

♪ i thought we should go to war on fairy tales ♪ ♪ financed by someone but not by me ♪ ♪ that's the way it seems ♪ ♪ but then i saw his race ♪ ♪ now i'm a tea bagger ♪ ♪ without a trace ♪ ♪ of fun in my mind ♪ ♪ i'm a tea bagger, i couldn't see straight if i tried ♪ ♪ without a trace ♪ ♪ now i'm a tea bagger ♪ >> stephanie: woo-hoo, thank you, rocky mountain mike! mable in kingwood, texas. hey, mable welcome.

>> caller: thank you. on the gun control i think that we are overrun with a bunch of woozy people, mostly men that are so terrified of life that they can't leave the house without a gun on their hip to defend themselves from anything that might happen. they spend most of their time looking for the black helicopters. i would like to know where we got all of these cowards. >> i think you're brilliant enough to tell me. >> it was disheartening at the rally commemorating the loss of these kids. >> stephanie: intimidating mothers. who are you planning to shoot? when did we stop being human beings? no matter where you are on the gun issue? >> stephanie: carmen in atlanta, you're on "the

stephanie miller show." >> caller: hello. i am absolutely outraged to no degree. not only me but a lot of african-americans are outraged at the constant holding president obama at this unfair, unjustified level that no president ever has been held high to. it amazes me that america liberals feminists moved along and got his b.j. under the desk. for something nice and polite about his friend. and it is a big deal? >> stephanie: that was my reaction. >> caller: i'm trying to understand this. let me tell the people, you're making a very vicious and bad mistake. i'm here to tell them and let them know -- you can mark it on your calendar. this is a bad mistake because we are not going to stand for it. we are sick and tired of them

holding president -- everything he says, everything he eats, everything he -- >> stephanie: it seemed like a pretty harmless, mild joke to me. >> caller: it is petty. you can tell that to your friend, jacki schechner, too. it was petty. it was not a professional environment. it was a fund-raiser. i have been to many fund-raisers. they're relaxed fun atmospheres so i don't know -- i don't know where that came from. but that's their new talking point. >> stephanie: h-e-double toothpicks. >> bernie sanders has a point when he's criticizing obama for chain cpi. >> stephanie: that's a totally different subject. >> she was going to all sorts of different subjects that they're holding obama to a different standard which is true. but they are legitimate reasons. >> exactly. >> stephanie: ellen in -- oops, i went to the wrong line. ellen in pennsylvania. hi ellen.

>> caller: good morning, stephanie. i have a new merger for you. combination healthcare and the nra. i was visiting one of my doctors and radical right wing republican, i live in central pennsylvania which is die hard republican area. >> pennsyl-tucky. >> caller: new thing by the nra is if you tell your doctor you have a gun, it is okay. if you tell your doctor it is a load gun the doctor under the affordable care act because i hate the term obamacare under the affordable care act must tell the government and of course, it is always the government, that you have a loaded gun and that's how they're going to keep track of who has guns and who doesn't have guns. and i was so dumbfounded i couldn't think of rhetoric for my doctor as to whether that's a requirement in the affordable care act or not. so i thought we would ask the queen of healthcare, jacki

schechner. >> stephanie: right. we'll ask her that at the top of the hour. stay tuned for that. it is ridiculous how they can't -- pediatricians can't ask are there guns in the home. they've seen stopped research from happening the nra. marcy in florida. >> caller: hey, stephanie, how are you? >> stephanie: good, go ahead. >> caller: did you happen to catch abby huntsman on bill maher? >> stephanie: i did. >> caller: i was like -- >> stephanie: she is also smoking hot but wrong. >> caller: beautiful girl but doesn't bring a lot to the debate table. and when she said -- i died laughing on a couple of things she said. first thing she said when the economy does well, the middle class does well. you said that there eye candy. you said that backwards there eye candy. >> no, no, no. >> stephanie: i wanted more time for bernie sanders to speak. >> she kept pushing his hand away. gesturing. old man, stop it.

get away from me. >> stephanie: steven stills next on "the stephanie miller show."

[ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> stephanie: all right. hour number two. rock star steen stills live in studio coming up. jacki schechner, i. >>pologyize for some hostility toward from you some woman on the phone. she was offended that you were offended by the president's pamela harris remark. >> i wasn't offended. but i don't think it is appropriate because i don't think it is something the president would say about a man. i think that's of that's just a fair thing to say.

i'm not blaming the president for doing something horrible. >> stephanie: i disagree. she makes a good point, it was at a fund-raiser. that's not an official setting. a little offhand joke to me -- >> as far as dumb things said at fund-raisers go, we know who has the lead on that. mitt romney. >> i'm not personally offended by it but i think it is probably not the most appropriate thing. >> if you didn't know they had been friends for a long time. >> stephanie: exactly. here she is, news rock star in the current news center, jacki schechner. >> good morning, everybody. police have now capture 502-year-old -- 52-year-old leland eisenberg. he took hostages at a hillary clinton campaign office in 2007 and claimed at the time to have a bomb. turned out they were road flares and no one was hurt. in the five-hour standoff with police. he had been sentenced on may 6 2010, and would have been eligible for parole in august. eisenberg went missing from a

minimum security correctional facility in manchester, new hampshire, yesterday. police found him this morning at the cross of lake and hall streets. in addition to the possibility of taking on gun control legislation congress is also gearing up to deal with immigration reform. senators chuck schumer and lindsey graham spoke out on the sunday talk shows varying on the timeframe estimates. both are members of the bipartisan gang of eight and are trying to come to a deal on comprehensive reform. schumer thinks we'll have something done by the end of the week. lindsey graham puts it closer to two. >> republican senators marco rubio and john mccain are disagreeing on immigration reform but for different reasons. rubio wants to slow down the process while mccain says there is no way that this is being railroaded through. we're just at the starting point of conversation. secretary of state john kerry is in the middle east today and tomorrow. holding a series of meetings to try to kick start the peace negotiation process between israel and palestine. he will be overseas for ten days in total leaving for london on

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>> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, it's "the stephanie miller show." ♪ i'm walkin' on sunshine ♪ ♪ i'm walkin' on sunshine ♪ ♪ and it's time to feel good ♪ ♪ hey, all right now ♪ ♪ and it's time to feel good ♪ >> stephanie: he's a rock star seriously. six minutes after the hour. it is "the stephanie miller show." why, look there. it happens to be an international rock star. steven stills. of crosby, stills, nash.

his new box set, carry on is out. i'm holding it. look at that. look everybody look! good morning steven stills. >> good morning my dear. how are you? >> stephanie: carry on, sir. the name of your new box set. >> carry on. >> stephanie: i woke up and there's steven stills. >> morning passes. >> maggie thatcher. >> she worked in the intelligence service with a few holes in it. we got the benefit of the dogueian. >> stephanie: are you going write a candle in the wind type of elton john song? >> i'll refer her to miss reagan. >> stephanie: jim, i have a guest to quote for you. who said stephen stills words and music will outlast us all and they should. who said that?

david bender who wrote a little line. >> hopefully they shall outlast me. >> i'm sure they will. >> stephanie: i don't know if we can guarantee everyone who buys it that you will bring it to their house personally like you did for me but -- wouldn't that be something! i took this on vacation. >> with the lights off. >> stephanie: that's right. you came to my party where there was a blackout. >> we got to know each other by braille. don't read anything into this, people. >> stephanie: i swear to god stephen stills was there. i know you couldn't see him. i took this on vacation. your body of work. staffing from buffalo springfield all the way through crosby stills nash. >> 1962. it is 50 year. >> stephanie: a little bit of a body of work. >> not as big as my body used to

be. [ laughter ] i have the hawaiian shirt tequila era. >> everybody goes through the hawaiian shirt era. >> stephanie: so you and i have gotten to be friends. we played the ponies last weekend. >> that was great fun. i went back yesterday, as a matter of fact. >> stephanie: did you? >> in the morning because i was so mad that i didn't bet the feature the day before which i would have hit because -- and paid. the day we went, nobody got paid. everything was favorites. >> stephanie: i won $17.50. my first and only bet ever. >> i managed to get -- $50. [ laughter ] on the feature. i like the horse. anyway the port is under some fire and i think it is lovely.

and i've been around the creatures all of my life. >> stephanie: there are some great pictures in here with you with horses in the box set. we took one last weekend. you're kind of a horse whisper per. >> um, yes. wouldn't you like to know the sweet nothings that i -- >> stephanie: don't get all equith on me. >> stephanie: people know of you as such a music legend. you watch every day. you've been politically involved for years and years. >> except for this morning where i woke up on greenwich time, i tape it and i watch different segments over the day. >> stephanie: on rock star hours. >> believe me, i'm with you. >> rock stars still start at 9:00 or 8:30. i say hi to the kids before they go to school. >> stephanie: we talk politics

all the time. you're passionate about issues. >> i'm of the opinion that the woolly mammoth should replace the republican logo, yes. because they sort of go together. woolly mammoth neanderthal -- >> extinct. >> the debates that are on-going right now defy credibility. >> stephanie: yeah. >> change of subject. we want to poison the entire mississippi valley with tar sands but we're going to argue about gay marriage. please. and guns. and you know, they've been using this dodge for years and years and years. and it is just time to stop and for sensible voices to speak up. they've been doing this -- i'm from the south.

i recognize this breed. they've been doing this since then. fear fear, fear. fear coward. cower people into a corner where they get your attention and then overreact. then it becomes a deal and in the words of holly i long for the day when the color of your skin makes no more difference than the color of his eyes. >> stephanie: could you have the rock star cheers for that, please? [ applause ] >> i feel the same way about gay marriage. and i feel the same way about most of it. >> stephanie: stephen you alluded to science. there was a piece in the "l.a. times" over the weekend about the gay marriage debate. three justices concern over gay parenting surprises experts. you've got scalia. >> think that -- can't make -- >> stephanie: kids of gay parents don't do -- do just as

well or even better in some studies than kids of heterosexual parents. scalia threw that out. it is that kind of junk -- >> you can't even get dna or anything and make them yourself. >> well, you know, the idea that gay parents make the kids gay ised a ludicrous -- there will be no gay people. >> stephanie: speaking of which, david crosby has helped out some rock star friends. what are the chances i could get some stephen stills genetics if i were to decide to -- you know what i'm saying? >> wow really? >> stephanie: why not. >> you want to hear on the spot? i had a radical process it'sectomy. -- prostatectomy. >> stephanie: i wouldn't want to copy melissa etheridge. crosby has so been done. >> well, there's paperwork and an oral exam later.

[ laughter ] >> stephanie: this is something. when you hear a supreme court justice -- whole piece on this, comments from supreme court arguments startled some child development experts who say kids raised in same sex home fair as well with heterosexual parents. this isn't the first time scalia has done a fox news talking point during oral arguments. >> antonin scalia, i can't even say his name, antonin scalia, reminds me very much of the headmaster of the catholic monastery i went to school at for a year. he rather enjoys the paddling session on saturday morning. and just that kind of throwback. and i don't get it. as long as we keep doing this -- how many on the supreme court are in fact catholic? >> stephanie: scalia for sure. i know what you mean. it becomes like -- all of the

experts, in fact, the whole body of evidence in the prop 8 trial they had all of the experts on. it is like they ignored the whole body of evidence that was presented. >> why should they pay attention? they're appointees for life and and -- but we've got a couple and we're hoping that between now and hillary's second term -- >> stephanie: yea! i was just going to say obviously everybody talking about that this weekend that she's going to run. do you agree? >> i thought it was the silliest question. do you think she's going to run? are you kidding? i've known her for a long time. she is the energizer bunny. it is like the idea of her taking the year off is as ridiculous as justice scalia making sense. although occasionally, i see a

question but justice kennedy actually -- made a good comment in that opinion. i don't know. i don't know what -- i listened to him. i could not make heads or tails of what they were talking about except for sotomayor. >> stephanie: yeah. kennedy did bring up the 40,000 kids of gay couples being raised in california. they is -- they have a stake in this. >> stephanie: what's hillary like? you've been doing stuff for years for fund-raisers for democrats. because everybody -- you know talks about her and speculates about her. what is she like in person? >> she's all woman and she's all there and she's completely present. she's tough as nails. >> stephanie: yeah, one would get that impression. but i think you know, there is such a ground swell it is hard

to ignore it. i think somebody was saying, we want to skip -- and just get to the hillary 2016. >> i think that this guy here should have his chance. he's laid another trap for them. we should let it play out. >> stephanie: who is this? >> obama. >> stephanie: oh, yeah. >> i happen to really like him. i think what he's doing is he's doing a little mouse and cheese with the cpi. >> stephanie: oh. i have a happy clappy. take that. we're going to get into that with stephen stills when we continue and also, he's got a new album out. i've gotten to hear it. it is fabulous. we'll talk about all of that. 17 minutes after the hour. big commerce, kids, you gotta big commerce, kids, you gotta check this out if you can. we all shop online. i don't shop anywhere else because i do not leave my house. unless i go to stephen's.

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18 minutes after the hour. we'll carry on with steven stills. >> see what you did there. >> stephanie: next on "the stephanie miller show."

(vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers

thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. ♪ stop, children, what's that sound ♪ everybody look what's going down ♪ >> stephanie: how cool are we?

live in studio with stephen stills, the new box set "carry on," it is unbelievable. by the way, that was regular rock star feedback. just like a regular rock star conference. >> actually, that was my hearing aids. >> stephanie: so stephen, we were talking a little bit before the break about social security and you said you're a big fan of the president's and obviously a lot of people on the left are freaking out about him putting social security on the table. what are your thoughts on that? >> i think it is a trap. >> stephanie: yeah? >> i think he's putting that out there as a trap to -- >> ensnare -- >> drive away more voters from the republican party. >> stephanie: jay carney, the president's press secretary was talking about this over the weekend. jay carney yesterday. >> not the president's ideal approach to our budget challenges. but it is a serious compromise proposition. >> stephanie: problem is

republicans won't o compromise on anything. >> exactly. exactly. so it is the cheese and the mousetrap. bam! we've got you. >> ooh yummy cheese! ow! >> stephanie: i'm going to let you talk to paul in nevada. you're on with stephen stills. >> caller: stephen stills, what an honor. >> thank you. >> caller: you know, i think that president obama's playing a very dangerous game myself, personally. you know. because by putting the social security out there i mean he's always kayed in negotiations. he always -- caved in negotiations. he always go to the bottom line first and he's already made the tax cuts -- bush tax cuts, 80% of them permanent. >> stephanie: let's go back to say healthcare. we all wanted a public option.

the problem is once again the conserve dems, he wasn't even going to get them. >> 177 filibusters. how on earth do you get anything done? >> stephanie: can you come in every morning? >> caller: harry reid put us in a position where -- >> harry reid doesn't call the filibusters. mitch mcconnell does. >> caller: harry reid could have, at the beginning of the session -- >> he could have called the cloture but he didn't. he got co-opted. >> caller: okay. stephen, i want to ask you a question -- >> stephanie: he's coming in every morning. >> caller: stephen, for what it's worth got murder in my heart for the judge was that any kind of influence for that song? >> actually, i think those two lines -- the baselines are very

similar. bob and i were friends, i'm not sure who got there first or what. i don't care because we were all -- western all sort of, you know -- we were all sort of this amoeba of music. you can make of it what you will. but quite frankly i had something like it or something and if it came out too close it is because we were such a rush to print it. >> caller: right sure. well everybody influences everybody. >> oh, my god yes. i'm still trying to copy -- >> stephanie: the albums aren't coming out until august. the new album, i want to get the prebuzz going. i got to hear it at your house. >> oh, you mean -- the blues.

>> stephanie: stephen is doing a new blues album. i got to listen and he played guitar in front of me. my ticket to a crosby stills concert was right here. i was like eight inches. amazing. >> a lot of people don't know you had an audition to be with the monkees so we could have had crosby torque, nash and young. >> what is the cell -- cellophane in your closet? >> we went to the high schools at the same time. >> stephanie: ralph in florida. >> i actually had this wonderful idea i was going to sell my songs -- to this tv show. and but that was already tied up with the big bow and columbia owned it all. i went never mind. i have a guy you might like. i recommended peter.

>> stephanie: ralph in florida. >> pitching your songs you guys need to really work on your english and your -- try out. do you think i ever would have wanted to go do an imitation on tv in 1965? >> that would make no sense. >> stephanie: all right. ralph when we get back from the break, wants to thank you for the kent state concert. if we just do thank you calls for stephen stills, that will be all morning. there's something speaking of things we should thank him for. there is an amazing thing coming up it he nokia theatre this saturday. benefit that stephen is doing. that's here in l.a. we'll tell you all about it when we come back because if not your wife will kill me. 29 minutes after the hour. right back on "the stephanie miller show."

criticizing, and holding policy to the fire. are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night? is this personal or is it political? a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i am given to doing anyway. staying in tough with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room tonight at 6 eastern

>> i'm sure you're a very nice person and the story of your escape from the sanitarium is an interesting question. >> stephanie: the only thing that saves me from being a complete loser in this life is stephen stills, international rock star. his new box set, carry on. hmm? >> i don't know what to do with that. you're not a complete loser.

we have so much fun. >> stephanie: hi, ralph in florida. you're on with stephen stills. >> caller: i want to thank you for coming to kent state. man, i'm breaking up. my girlfriend was shot at that day and you came and did a hell of a concert for free. thank you very much. >> you're quite welcome. you're quite welcome. >> caller: man. >> stephanie: aww that was very sweet. there is somebody named david bender on the phone. who could this be about? good morning david bender. >> how did that happen? >> stephanie: because i just called you and said stephen is here early. >> marvelous the telephone. >> watson, come here, i need you.

>> i'm in colorado at the conference of world affairs. you all gotta come here sometime. the guy who works at -- talking to -- picking up the radio signals and is ready. he's going to be the first guy to make contact. >> stephanie: wow. >> kind of exciting. hoping you can get him booked on the show. >> are you working for palmetto there? he's the congressman -- did the first -- he eventually got elected. >> stephanie: david bender, we already did guest of quote. you've been friends with stephen stills for how long now? >> longer than any of us are going to say because it dates us in time but long enough to know

that carry on is my metronome. that's the song that starts me out when i get up in the morning and keeps me going. so stephen has been the influence in my life that i define what i do. >> civil war. >> exactly. you know it's funny because if you look at music as a means of motivating people to do something in the world crosby, stills nash, what's really interesting, i don't know if you read this on air but long before i met them, very first piece of vinyl i ever owned my my mom got my me first record player, this it was their first album. very first piece of music i heard. it defines who i am. years later i met stephen. >> stephanie: you wrote a beautiful piece about what stephen has meant not just

musically but politically. >> i have the privilege of seeing firsthand close up, like being a boy on the bus political activism in had this country. i've watched stephen and others but stephen particularly, go around this country and actually get boots on the ground in campaigns. not a lot of people -- people will talk about -- the importance in voting, the importance of electing candidates. stephen actually puts himself where the talking -- >> retail politics. >> stephanie: pardon us while we talk about you while you're dead while you're right in front of us. >> he is very much here. >> stephanie: you said something very poignant about meeting your heroes that we're often disappointed. >> you know, they tell you if you meet the people and as i say, i was 14 when i got that album. i didn't meet stephen for another decade or more. when you meet your heroes, you

often say hey this isn't who i thought he would be. he's very much alive so this is not a eulogy. this is a statement of fact. this is a guy who inspires me every day. so stephen take off your headphones, you don't need to hear this. >> the absolute truth is i see the effect. i watch it. and this is -- you know when you walk out in the world, you watch other people reacting to someone. they can't see it. stephen can't see it because he is looking ahead. i see what happens out of the peripheral vision. i see how people are moved in an audience or a rally when he's playing or talking. and that's what this is about. it is using the power of art and music to make a difference in the world and that is what stephen stills does every -- do you believe that word i'm going to use -- every bleeping day. >> stephanie: thank you for the pre-eulogy. >> i've spoken my piece.

>> i only got to meet my heroes very briefly. three times and -- they were dead within months. >> stephanie: they were who? >> martin luther king, jack kennedy, bob kennedy. >> oh wow! >> stephanie: that has to have an enormous impact you get to meet them and they're gone in such a short period of time. how did that affect your music too, and the stuff you wrote about at that at that point? >> turn the warrior class into a different animal. i went to military schools and it basically -- i did a 180. it wasn't the country. it was the people who were --

entire generation dedicated themselves to finding out who that was. it is the cream rising to the top, right now. >> crosby wrote a song the night robert kennedy was killed called long time gone that they play everywhere. you know, stephen and stephanie that i was there that night. and it is very hard, very, very hard to get through that ever in life. but that song sustains. and so does the cross to freedom. which, you know, stephen helped -- get us all through a war that tore this country apart. pliewsk is the greatest -- music is the greatest healer. thank you. carry on, guys. >> stephanie: i see what you did, guys.

>> aye aye sir. >> stephanie: love the one you're with, david. stephen, talk to us about saturday because it is very exciting at the nokia theatre. you're doing -- >> here in los angeles. >> nokia club which is a little more intimate. it is for -- i think this stuff has been around for awhile. they just had different names for it. now they're dividing up into all of these subgroups but it is all under the same umbrella. if you've met one autistic kid you've met one autistic kid because there are different as night and day as anybody else. bill gates steve jobs, me, neil, we're all spectrum kids. this is a night of celebration of finally getting focused on how to handle it. because i don't think a cure -- i mean, you want -- robots --

focus. the genius that comes out of it is beyond belief. they have -- we have a wonderful -- we've managed to get all of the organizations married. there were about four. >> stephanie: right. >> so it is all under one roof and we're still seeking out, you know, so many aspects of it. >> stephanie: we have a link. >> we've got -- we've just got -- we're pulling everyone together and getting them focused and pointed in one line but we have a wonderful bill. we have jack black is going to host. >> oh, cool. >> and do the emcee. my son christopher and ryan adams are going to do something and then don felder who was in my first rock n' roll band when i was 15, he was 13. >> stephanie: wow. >> and then we have lucinda

williams and crosby, stills and nash. >> stephanie: and we have a link up on our facebook page. you're impossibly beautiful and wonderful wife, kristin of course. i just watched her documentary autism, the musical which is amazing. award-winning. >> there was a reason why the grammys and the rock n' roll hall of fame were banished up to the man cave and in the office. >> stephanie: i visited your man cave. >> that's her office. no, it is in my office. you know. she spoke to me about it. >> stephanie: it will be a wonderful show for a wonderful cause. go to our facebook page to get% tickets for this saturday. i'll be in chicago unfortunately but anyways, it sounds amazing. >> it sounds like it is not

going to be the last of these. >> stephanie: good. all right. remaining moments with international rock star stephen stills as we continue, 45 minutes after the hour. it is "the stephanie miller show." >> announcer: i got her number off the men's room stall. 1-800-steph-12. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines, way inside. (vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current.

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♪ love the one you're with ♪ >> stephanie: i've never felt quite this cool. stephen stills is playing air instrument. stephen still leave in studio with us. by the way, in august, the rise is a new -- you were like i get nervous listening to playbacks so i just had to pick up a guitar and play. we're like okay. go ahead. you don't want to just stand there. >> no. i can't listen to my own music. >> stephanie: it is pretty good, trust me. i have no notes. >> we'll be doing "love the one you're with" with the jazz

orchestra at lincoln center at the end of the month. i have to get back to -- you know, there is a second line at the bottom of that whole beat. there is about -- it is like -- african and cuban and then there's the second line. and so we've gotta get the groove right. >> stephanie: i'll help you with that. now, stephen someone says headline cheney's halliburton made $39.5 billion on the iraq war. how about that. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> well, i actually am drawn to something that was said over the weekend which is how on earth do we expect to address any of these problems when you have more money in tax shelters than we do in circulation in the global economy. i looked it up. it is true. it's true. there are a million jobs to fix the east coast sitting there and there is stimulus money and at

1%, it is cheap money. >> stephanie: right. >> what is wrong with everybody? the bank is saying you don't understand banking. yeah, well you do when money. >> cheap you borrow it and use it and fix the east coast. what's wrong with you people? are you crazy? stoned? or just stupid? [ laughter ] >> stephanie: slim from richmond, virginia has questions for stephen stills. >> i have stephen stills fun facts. as you know, i'm the official guitarist of "the stephanie miller show." i wouldn't be that if it hadn't been for teach your children. once i heard that, stephen i got to do that. that gave me my career in music. thanks for that, buddy. i also want to ask about buffalo springfield. there are so many songs that should have been hits coming out of that band and they should have been standards that people are still playing. what happened? did you guys not get airplay?

why aren't those songs out there more? >> read the bio. it is too long and difficult. with this little time left. honestly, it is all gossip, besides. it came, it went, it was. it came back and then we left again and you know, we were young. and we didn't quite know how to handle it. and the biggest thing that happened to it was it was one of the nashville guys that went into the studio and took his little white cross -- insect orchestra speed. we were much heavier than that. we played a lot slower than that what wet was really good. >> for the bands that came out of that band. >> it was quite a genesis. >> stephanie: i'll say. bob in north carolina wants to talk social security with stephen.

hello, bob. >> caller: good morning. how are you? stephen, it is such an honor sir. i just can't believe it. you did so much for vietnam generation. you got us through that war. you made changes for the voices you had as the stars that you were. and this same generation is getting ready to take a kick in the case again with change cpi and possible medicare vouchers. our generation has paid dearly for this country and it is not our place to have to pay again. and i'm hoping the voices of you and your friends can speak loudly for us again and make them understand that we did not put us in this financial situation and we should not bear the brunt. of hurt again. >> at the same time, i would like to point out that there are more suicides than deaths from the armed forces today and there is another generation that is being equally reamed over and i think that you need to balance the two. >> stephanie: bob, the other

thing is i don't know who is talking about medicare except paul ryan. >> that bunch. they're frightening what they want to try to do. veterans will be affected as well by the changed cpi. i joined during the war. didn't need to. my draft number was 322. i paid my dues. i've worked my entire life. never looked for a break in taxes. and now that i'm retired and i depend on what little bit of social security i got on my statement retirement as an educator to take that away, at this time, will just be devastating. where are we supposed to go to work now that we're out? >> there are 900 veterans that sleep in front of the v.a. hospital in los angeles every night. i think that's criminal. i, for one, was not one of the people who did not welcome home the boys. as a matter of fact, for what it's worth was intended initially as a shout out boys on the line who are trying to get through that day. let alone but war. because that's what it's like.

it is this moment -- second by second, what on earth is going to happen next. incoming. oh. that was an arm. and you know, just say -- you've got to -- you cannot consider social security and this massive baby boom generations coming up without considering those who have paid the greater price. the limbs and you know, post-traumatic stress disorder and the whole nine -- i really -- personally, i did not -- i don't -- i'm probably going to get in trouble here. but i think that the retirement age ought to be raised because it gives a lot more money to work with. and you know, people are living longer. getting older and disability, you can cover disability with

that extra money and there's room to work. but it's gotta be very careful structure and not just disbanded the whole thing. >> stephanie: it is interesting how many people bring up -- obviously you've been documenting musically what's happening politically in our country for so long. you mention the '60s and martin luther king. you've heard me talk about my dad. this is not my dad and goldwater's party. what's happened this party has gone so far to the right. at least they worked together to get something done. >> they've lost their cotton-picking minds. they've become so wrapped up in the iron and steel and on tourance, how can they be so obtuse? i mean it is absolutely morally reprehensible and philosophically, yeah, i just -- it is reprehensible. i really don't understand how you can set there and block

everything that a man does. especially because you don't like him. i'm sorry. they did not do that. >> stephanie: we're about 30 seconds away. i can testify to what an amazing -- not just musician, man, daddy stephen stills is. how many times have i asked you to do friday. no, friday is kids and pizza and whatever. but you've done so much for the world. this benefit is saturday night at the nokia theatre. for autism has affected your family and a lot of other people's families at the nokia theatre. link up on the facebook page. stephen stills "carry on" and the new album will be out in august. i love you more every time i see you. >> well, you have a friend for life. >> stephanie: oh. stephen stills, everybody 58 minutes after the hour. right back on "the stephanie miller show."

[ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> stephanie: all right. hour number three. current tv land. rock star said he loved me. okay. hi, jacki schechner. >> you're such a geek. >> stephanie: i am a geek and now i'm about to geek out on eric boehlert. >> i don't know where to go with this. you just take your moment. >> stephanie: this box set is amazing. it really is. just when you listen to some of the music you think -- i'm looking at like southern cross there are so many that are -- you can't figure out what your

favorite was or where you were at that point in your life, right? >> i'm not a -- i can't even. go. i don't know a lot of crosby, stills and nash music and i'm embarrassed to admit that. >> stephanie: our house makes me weep openly. i will play the box set next time you're at my house. in the meantime, here she is in the current news center, jacki schechner. >> good morning, everybody. president obama is going to release his budget to congress on wednesday. "the washington post" has a good primer up on how the whole convoluted process works. it is a wish list of what the white house would like to see congress prioritize. the house and senate budget committees have their wish list. their proposals are resolutions which aren't binding and frankly, the president doesn't have to approve of. the house and senate will work on a series of appropriations bills to fund specific government programs and they have to come together and present a package to the president that he can sign into law. this is where the process ends up hitting pardon san gridlock

and stalls out. the proposal will call for cuts to medicare and social security. it will raise taxes and eliminate the sequester. he is proposing to charge federal employees more for their own retirement benefits to save some money. most contribute about .8% of their salary to their pension. federal employees hired this year or later would have to put in 3.1%. advocates for federal employees are calling this and the chain cpi for social security a betrail. gabby giffords and her husband mark kelly are making sure they're both seen and heard as congress considers taking up gun control. there is a billboard in times square with gabby giffords and mark kelly on it. giffords has also written an op-ed. this is the billboard you're seeing here. giffords has written an op-ed for "the new york daily news" in which he urges people to push congress to at least pass the law requiring universal background checks. she's also urging her colleagues to pay attention to the people and show them that they're

willing to do what it takes to make us safer. we're back with more show after the break. john fugelsang: if you believe in states rights but still support the drug war you must be high. cenk uygur: i think the number one thing viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. i think the audience gets that i actually mean it. michael shure: this show is about being up to date so a lot of my work happens by doing the anyway. joy behar: you can say anything here. jerry springer: i spent a couple of hours with a hooker joy behar: your mistake was writing a check jerry springer: she never cashed it (vo) the day's events. four very unique points of view. tonight starting at 6 eastern.

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that was the "saturday night live" joke. >> no, it wasn't. >> francisco franco. >> wow. >> stephanie: i couldn't be bothered to prepare. i was out there talking to stephen stills. he is working on a song for me. i could be the next rocks an or -- roxanne or sherona. >> stephanie: kids, some people would like to see more of me including the people going to chicago for the sexy liberal show this saturday including linda. steph, how many attendees to the upcoming show? we're in training for staying up late. i know i am. i can get in plenty of meeting and groping. i'm knitting up my crafty take on the lime green pashmina. many people still -- taunt me with green pashminas in honor of

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>> stephanie: woo-hoo. audra in minneapolis coming down for the big show. all right. i'll be on cnn all this week. monday tuesday wednesday thursday on the erin burnett show. then they will leave me there. >> they should leave you there if you're going to be there all week. >> stephanie: may as well sleep there. eric boehlert from media matters doing the lord's work as usual. ♪ hurts so good ♪ >> stephanie: eric boehlert from media matters who we love. good morning eric boehlert. >> good morning. >> stephanie: loving your tweets as usual. you said -- this is the thing we say all the time until it makes my head explode. remember when crime was spiking in the early '90s and clinton passed the weapons ban and the crime rate dove. why do they say that? we don't know if there is cause and effect. we do! >> i wrote a piece last weekend.

maybe we'll talk about it. this mantra is gun laws don't work. gun laws don't do anything. we've got all of the laws on the books. more regulations don't work. the clinton crime bill is a perfect example of -- people probably don't remember but you know early '90s, '91 '92 '93, crack epidemic, et cetera a number of gun deaths was spiking. and there was this huge crime bill. the government stepped in to do something, regulations change behavior, et cetera, et cetera et cetera. what do people talk about during the clinton years? low crime, great economy. >> coincidence. if you go back and looks the other thing that's driving me crazy now is watching the corveg of the so-called gun debate in the congress and the senate.

it is the 900th time -- republicans obstruct obama. the press blames obama. you know. and so there's a lot of attention. why can't they get all of the democrats involved? why are there four or five democrats who aren't on board with the background checks? the premise is obama always has to have 100% democratic support on everything because he's not going to get any republican support. if you go back to the crime bill, dozens of republicans in the house crossed party lines to vote for that. that was typical. it was common for democrats to vote for republicans, for republicans to vote for democrats. you know, today's radical republicans have put down this line and the press is pretending that it is normal. that's the way it's always been done. >> stephanie: stephen stills was ranting about this with me. >> in studio with us. >> stephanie: i've been talking about this, that you mentioned about connecticut

governor signs sweeping gun measure on a bipartisan basis. you think why can't we get -- even get close to getting that done? the piece you reference that i love of yours new gun laws can't save lives false. just ask the auto industry. it is a great look at the history of that. >> it is very interesting now. bloomberg did some of the analysis in february which first got me interested because if you look at -- the major causes of death in america have always been guns, cars, cigarettes. the government. massive effort, 10, 20 years ago to go after cigarette smoke and to call it what it is. particularly go after young smoking. there was a headline, teen young smoking is now at all-time low. it has an effect. i looked specifically at my piece at the auto industry. auto industry -- auto deaths have gone down 25% 25% from just 2005 to 2011.

in a six-year span, the united states saw reductions of thousands and thousands of auto fatalities. why? why did that happen? experts say the government stepped in. government regulations. demanding -- demanding safer cars, better roads restricting driver's license for younger drivers. also, the auto manufacturers are now completely in on the safety trend and they don't fight it the way the gun industry does now. >> stephanie: you talk about older minimum drinking ages, graduated driver's licenses. as we've often pointed out eric cars aren't designed to kill. you know what i mean? they're regulated way more than guns. that's not their primary purpose. >> guns are the only consumer product in america that aren't regulated for safety. and you know, and so people say well, you know, cars aren't in the constitution. so you know, guns are different.

but it's not. and i talked to -- you know, interviewed public safety experts who say if similar regulations that people are trying to pass now that are being passed in a few states were passed nationally, universal background check you know limits on ammunition magazines, assault weapons ban the public safety experts who looked at the auto industry say oh, if we implement these regulations, we'll see the same decline. we'll see a 10% or 20% decline in the number of gun deaths. we'll see 5,000 or 6,000 fewer people each year being killed by guns. simply if we implement the government regulations. if the firearms industry ever became serious about safety, the way the auto industry does, the way the auto industry now markets its safety features to consumers, if the firearms industry ever did that, you would look at another 10% or 20% but the key -- with the auto

industry, they were facing liability in the courts, gun owners cannot be sued. they face no liability. they were facing stricter government regulations. the auto industry was. and today the gun industry basically faces no national government regulations. >> stephanie: shocking part -- shocking part of your piece of course, is that bill crystal was wrong about something. [ laughter ] he said he's seen zero analysis, zero argument any of the proposed regulations would make any appreciable difference in reducing gun violence and murders. >> the mantra. we don't need -- we don't need new laws. we don't need regulations. it won't do anything. regulations don't change people's behavior. you know, literally the number of people who aren't dead from car crashes and from cigarette smoking is in the tens of thousands, based solely on the government changing people's behavior because both of those

were a public safety crisis, just the way gun violence is today. it is absurd for them to say oh, you know laws won't change or regulations won't change people's behavior. it changes people's behavior all the time. >> stephanie: you wouldn't think you need studies or analysis. you cite a new study from the center of american progress that they have higher rates of gun violence. where there are more guns, there are more homicides. that would seem self-evident but the right wing won't acknowledge that. >> boston's children's hospital, states with more gun restrictions, fewer gun violence. it does. it is like arguing climate change. do you really have to sort of go over these common sense studies? but you know, the gun industry is so entrenched. unlike the auto industry, it is not interested in proving safety. it is not interested in dealing

with the public safety epidemic that we have. we've had for years. in case i didn't finish that thought from bloomberg they found in february, auto deaths, gun deaths in america are expected in 2015 for the first time to surpass auto deaths. >> stephanie: we almost collided getting to the same point at the same time, you complete me, eric. you point out the firearms, fighting regulations tooth and nail and that's fairly stunning. the statistic you just cited. >> yeah. and again you know, tobacco is up in the stratosphere. smoking deaths still way up there. auto deaths and gun deaths were similar. we saw spikes up and down. auto deaths were sadly all the way -- about 10,000 ahead of gun deaths in the united states. if you look at the graph in inn my piece last five years when the government and auto industry got serious about safety

regulations, precipitous decline in auto deaths, we're seeing an increase in gun deaths as those lines are going to cross. and people in the gun industry and the right wing media insist there's nothing you can do. and every public safety expert -- well, i shouldn't say every, the vast majority understand, of course, if we had regulations, of course if we had limitations. we would have fewer deaths but you know, one side isn't interested in that apparently. >> stephanie: thank god you alert us to things we may have missed in right-wing world including bill o'reilly threatened columbia professor. better hope she doesn't run into me on the streets of new york. hashtag tough guy. nothing like threatening to punch a 70-year-old professor. >> this was a story that the "new york post" was pushing last week. they claimed there was a big scoop that this woman who is clearly a radical in prison for 22 years for a murder case,

served her time. was paroled. the new york most pretended it was big news. she's at columbia university. she's been there for eight years. this is not news in any way shape or form but it got into the bloodstream and the right wing. they talk about it. o'reilly said you better hope you don't run into me on the streets of new york. she's 70 years old. >> stephanie: only in right-wing world can the president say pamela harris is good looking is an outrage and o'reilly threatening to purge a woman in the face at 70 is not that big a deal. >> i think she can take it. >> stephanie: thanks, eric. see you next week, honey. ♪ right-wing world ♪ >> stephanie: 19 minutes after the hour. we continue on "the stephanie miller show." >> announcer: ooh, i like her! >> announcer: it's "the stephanie miller show."

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love the bumpers. on a lazy sunday morning i about thought together yoking up in motor city, i felt the show could use more soul and diva. can't wait to meet you saturday. ♪ what i feel for you is real love ♪ ♪ i see you reflected ♪ >> stephanie miller. ♪ never missed a beat ♪ >> stephanie miller. ♪ take a look at me ♪ >> stephanie: thank you ron. clearly no rocky mountain mike but trying. we can all aspire to be rocky mountain mike. >> that was actually very good but it doesn't for the the rules because there needs to be 10 second of instrumental before lyrics come in. if anybody who would like to put together something like that, that's the rule. >> stephanie: are you trying to get somebody else to do your work tom sawyer?

>> caller: hi, guys. i want to make a correction here. president obama actually has called a man good-looking. in particular, his interior secretary, i saw that, andrea mitchell pointed that out on "meet the press" on sunday. >> stephanie: it was a lighthearted joke at a fund-raiser. i, as a woman, did not take offense. did you kate? >> caller: i didn't either. crazy they're picking on him. >> if it was someone he didn't know but they've been friends for a long time. >> what if you had been a female attorney general of the other 49 states? >> well, maybe they're good-looking too. >> stephanie: now we got us a cat fight! [ laughter ] [cat screeching] >> stephanie: billy in jacksonville florida. hi bill. >> caller: hey, steph. i'm actually calling to disagree with something that jacki said. >> stephanie: jacki? what did she do? >> well, she said that she

didn't have a problem with the insurance companies basically putting requirements on weight limits and things like that. and dietary restrictions. >> stephanie: yofng it is a requirement. i think it is incentives to lower your premiums. >> you will be penalized in one way or another if you don't conform to kind of how the insurance companies want you to live basically. my thing is if we had the same access to -- they would subsidize fruits and vegetables the way they subsidize the unhealthy products for us, that would be much easier to do. the thing is, you know -- >> stephanie: that is a component, billy, you're right. >> caller: poor people cannot afford to eat healthy. it is that simple. >> stephanie: hang on a second. now you've poked the news -- hang on a second. let me lock you down here. jacki schechner, it is for you. >> what is in the water today? >> stephanie: i don't know.

>> caller: i love you jacki. >> yeah, whatever. that's what they all say. >> caller: i think we're just coming at the problem backwards. let's make food healthier and make it widely available to people and you will see a lot of our problems evaporate. >> i totally agree. we need to make fresh fruits and vegetables more available especially in areas where they aren't. a fast food store without a bodega that carries fresh fruits and vegetables. >> stephanie: it is a component of this, don't you think, jack? >> totally. nutrition and access to nutrition and teaching families ways to eat better on a budget. i think those are absolutely things that are necessary to do. but i just want to make it clear i don't necessarily advocate insurance companies telling us what to do. if anything, i am the world's like strongest advocate against insurance companies in general. but i do think that if employers are facing increasing costs of

health insurance -- >> stephanie: oh, shoot. i hung up on her by mistake. damn. i'm so sorry. jacki, call back. no, i meant to hang up on you. sorry, billy. all right honey. >> drop him. hit drop. >> stephanie: okay got it. if it takes jacki and i going door-to-door getting every single american getting addicted to spinning, we'll do it. >> spinning isn't right for everybody. >> no, it's not. >> especially if they're nazis. >> stephanie: jacki is going to disagree with that. >> now the phone system hates me? >> she hung up on you. >> stephanie: it was totally by accident. >> if i get too smart she cuts me off. >> stephanie: now i'm putting you on hold and we'll talk to you at the bottom of the hour again. she's so totes adorbs. right back on "the stephanie miller show."

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>> announcer: stephanie miller. >> honestly, i don't know what came over me last night. it was one of those crazy things that sort of happened after a few drinks. >> stephanie: jacki schechner's been there for more than a few of those. hello, jacki schechner. good morning. >> i won't take up too much of your time. however -- >> stephanie: you're calling to defend yourself from several other people who have made you into a jacki schechner pinata this morning. >> it is not even the good candy. [ laughter ] i just want to make it clear that what they're advocating is that employers are offering

incentives for people to meet certain bench marks in order to try to lower costs overall. this isn't a mandate from the insurance company. it is not allowing insurance companies to tell what you to do. it is one part of a larger solution to try to bring costs down and i'm a fan of that. i know it is easier for some people to exercise than others. i know is easier for some people to eat healthier than others but a lot of people aren't doing as much as they possibly can. if money is an incentive for some people, that may be a way to help. >> stephanie: we don't care what jim ward says. we'll go door-to-door and force you to go spinning with us. >> i advocate trying it. i'll tell you. it is a lot of fun. >> stephanie: you are ten times more smoking hot than pamela harrison. >> well then chris is going to have to force you to lift heavyweights. >> i may get smushed under them. >> can you put eight plates on each side of a leg press? >> can i lift them on to it? yes. can i then press it?

no. >> stephanie: love you jacki schechner. >> reform done. chuck schumer says maybe this week. immigration. mccain, gang of eight. they already missed a self-imposed deadline in march. >> we shall see. >> how did they manage to get that book? >> he's usually -- >> i'm not talking to you. >> on the veranda. >> there he was chatting. >> our friend bill richardson, former ambassador talking about north korea this week. >> very difficult. i think we need a new negotiating track. i think the key will be the united states and china. >> stephanie: they're very difficult. their bellicose and belligerent north korea. don't do it, jim. southern bell, lindsey graham. >> i could see a major war happening if the north koreans overplay their hand because the

united states, i think the whole region is fed up with this guy. >> stephanie: wes in seattle you're on "the stephanie miller show." >> caller: hi. i like you guys and jacki to know that the only way that healthcare is going to improve in this country is when we get the bankers out of it. and it is the bankers that are running the health insurance companies. nobody eliminate. they're bankers. you make this one ceo ten years, made $30 million. that's why your premiums are out of sight and are going to continue to climb. we've got to get them out of the business. there must be national healthcare in this country. only way we survive. i have a quick question. i've heard -- you know, we have a few underground bars around here for old hippies. and i've heard rumblings about a

group, akin to the weathermen forming again and going after the tea brainers in the house and the senate to move the country forward. i was wondering if you guys had heard anything like that. >> stephanie: have not heard about the underground scene in seattle. i'll let you know if i do. rutgers university president this has gotten worse and worse. when you realize how much videotape was out there of this coach and how long they knew and apparently it was just so they wouldn't lose money, i think. >> so they could get into the tournament. >> stephanie: exactly. rutgers university president. >> i also apologize to the lgbtq community and all of us who share their values. for the homophobic slurs shown on that video. >> stephanie: which everybody said was particularly's gregious because of the rutgers student who killed himself. >> clemente. >> stephanie: because of being outed. the rutgers university president

again. >> if i had to do it again, i would have asked for that video. >> yeah, because he heard about the video but didn't ask to see it or view it or anything. that's a little irresponsible. >> stephanie: the fired rutgers athletic director, tim personetti. >> i always have and i always will, no matter what, want what's best for rutgers. >> stephanie: by the way former ravens linebacker brandon -- i'm going to say this name wrong. ayanbadejo -- >> that's it! >> what's up, doc. >> you had it in front of you. i didn't. >> stephanie: like that's going to help me. >> exactly. >> stephanie: former linebacker and outspoken gay rights and marriage equality -- he's in talks with a handful of players who are considering coming out together. >> he was let go from the ravens and he thinks it was because he

was so outspoken. >> stephanie: the nfl may see its openly gay player adding there are up to four players who are trying to be organized so they can come out on the same day together. it would make a major splash and take the pressure off one guy. it would be a monumental day if a handful were to come out. we shall see. >> come out come out, wherever you are. >> stephanie: snoop lion has some thoughts. >> he's no longer snoop dogg. >> when did this happen? >> he's now the lion king. >> stephanie: why can't all the icy puffy snoopy people pick one name and stick with it? they have no fidelity so their original name and yet he had thoughts on homosexuality. he says it will never be fully accepted. he tells a publication it creates unique challenges for gay musicians. football team, you can't be in a locker room full of mother [ bleep ] tough [ bleep ] dudes then say hey man i like you. that's going to be tough.

he was asked about frank ocean the rapper who has come out this year. he's a singer. it is acceptable in the singing world but in the rap world, i don't know if -- >> snoop line has accepted to sing. >> stephanie: because the rap is so masculine. he went on to say i don't have a problem with gay people. i have some gay homies as if to make everything he said before that okay. oh snoop kitty whatever your name is now. [ applause ] >> stephanie: they do like lady on the street and -- >> that's ludacris. >> stephanie: or usher or somebody like that. who doesn't like that. >> ludacris changed his name to absurd. >> stephanie: this just in, in other rap news -- ♪ you the one to please ♪ ♪ like double dds ♪ ♪ we want a lady on the street but a freak in the bed ♪ >> all gay guys would have a tough time saying that line and

seeming real. >> stephanie: right. jeremy irons said some confusing thoughts about gay marriage. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] he posted a letter calling the media's implication he's anti-guy is far from the truth to say i believe the earth is flat. however, he did say in an interview with the huff post that he doesn't have a strong opinion either way. on same-sex marriage so i think he probably should shut his pie hole at that point. he was doing the slippery slope argument. stephen colbert said if marriage is legal to jair mir's son max, get ready to make your father the happiest man alive. >> kind of like him. >> stephanie: meanwhile in other gay hip-hop news. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] cindy mccain will star in a prop 8 play. in what do you call it? phoenix. thank you. the wife of john mccain,

appear in a phoenix production of eight the play by dustin lance black about the prop 8 trial. she's going to join phoenix first lady nicole stanton. they'll play our friends the proponents in the prop 8 case. cindy and her daughter megan have broken with senator mccain. >> it is not the policy. >> stephanie: not the policy of the family. >> they did the no hate photo together. >> stephanie: right. they said whatever, grampy. whatever you think, i don't know. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> stephanie: i was saying -- i was talking to -- stephen stills about this earlier. great piece in the "l.a. times". the supreme court justices, they're doing sort of fox news talking points about the comments from supreme court -- kids fair as well as had heterosexual parents. scalia said there is

considerable disagreement -- >> computer says no -- >> over whether raising a child with single sex parents is harmful. not if you paid attention to the entire body of evidence. two other justices agree gay parenting was a new and uncertain development. >> computer says no. >> stephanie: no, not really. the comment startled child development experts as well as advocates of gay marriage. children of gay parents do not have more problems than others. we have 30 or 40 years of studies and there's been no hint of a problem said one professor of pediatrics. there is a fundamental scholarly consensus that says they do fine previous doctor led a committee that examined research on gay parents and their children for the american academy of pediatrics. in its report in march children and adolescents adolescents who grew up fair as well as do children whose parents are heterosexual. i don't understand why in the oral arguments they ignored everything that was in the -- in

the body of the prop 8. >> i don't either. >> stephanie: she said while children benefit from a stable home with two parents the gender of the parents do not appear to be a make difference. justices were arguing over whether there was a valid reason. scalia cited the possible harm in children adopted by same-sex couples. >> also broccoli. >> stephanie: and also broccoli. what? no. [ scooby-doo's "huh?" ] >> stephanie: kennedy and scalia also said it might be wise to move slowly because gay parenting was still no. >> computer says no. >> stephanie: kennedy said we have five years of information against 2,000 years of history. one expert said the questions from scalia and other justices ignored the testimony in the initial trial of prop 8 which is what is before them so they might have perused it. that was the most astonishing aspect given the trial record in this case. there was an enormous amount of evidence that gay parents are fit and loving and their children are doing well. >> which is why they must be stopped. >> stephanie: we have evidence

gay parents are better, why? melissa etheridge does not let her kids listen. she waits and calls after she drops them off. >> stephanie: one expert surprised to hear scalia hear of adoptions from same-sex couples is an open question. no state forbids adoptions based on sexual orientation. i felt like it was 2003 instead of 2013. i think that's where ruth bader ginsburg slapped them down. that's illegal in california. pay attention scalia. one san francisco psychiatrist has tracked children born to lesbian couples as they grew up, the children are compared with others in similar middle-class families. the children being raised by lesbian parents were succeeding academically and greatly admired their mothers. >> it takes work for a gay couple to have a kid. >> stephanie: don't get pregnant by accident. for me, it would take a lot of work. >> unless you accidentally sit down on a loaded turkey baster. >> a you're single and b

you're drunk. >> stephanie: and c my eggs are -- >> 46 minutes after the hour. back with the remaining moments of "the stephanie miller show." [ laughter ] >> i don't get it. >> announcer: it's "the stephanie miller show." (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines, way inside. (vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current.

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miniature goats and miniature horses. oh my god. [ applause ] >> stephanie: i'm going to have cuddles at my wedding. the mini guide horse with the blue eyes and the blue sneakers. yeah. >> a horse with blue eyes. >> stephanie: it is sneakers. ♪ we'll drive you crazy ♪ >> stephanie: although maybe mini gaga would be better. just saying. corky in rochester you're on "the stephanie miller show." hello, corky. >> caller: breaking news for your show. >> stephanie: go ahead. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> caller: government bonds are worthless according to the in house economist for fox news. >> exactly. >> caller: he was on bill maher with senator sanders. senator sanders told him there's over $3 trillion in this whole security fund and steven moore said no, that's just a lockbox with worthless pieces of paper.

government bonds. >> stephanie: what was the book he wrote about the booming bush economy or something? [ whatever! ] >> stephanie: okay. all right. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> former prime minister who said you don't believe in evolution, do you believe in penicillin? because it doesn't work anymore. i think that was it. >> stephanie: appearing on christian broadcasting network rand paul said the republicans and ean elcal christians often seem too eager to go to war. comments like these likely to further irritate the war hawk such as bill crystal who called the senator dangerous and neoisolationist and fox news commentator krauthammer dismissed civil liberties as absurd and ridiculous. fight, fight fight fight. rand paul said didn't organize

coalitions and arm then. blessed are the peacemakers not blessed are the war makers. oh no. bill crystal. saying things jesus actually said. [ applause ] they're a mess. >> they are just a mess. >> a glorious war of the roses over there. >> they'll end up dead in a chandelier on the foyer floor. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> stephanie: this is a little disturbing although the north carolina house of representatives killed a bill that would have paved the way for establishing an official state religion which pretty sure is inconstitutional, new survey finds 34% of adults who favor establishing christianity as the official state religion while 47% oppose doing so. 32% said they would favor a constitutional amendment making christianity the official religion of the united states saying with 52% saying they were opposed. 32% of you are dummies because that's not constitutionally --

>> it is not constitutionally -- very first amendment says -- >> who cares about the first amendment. it is second one that matter. if you don't agree, i can shoot you. >> stephanie: they might ban beyoncé. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] ugandan government is considering instituting anti-pornography laws for anything inappropriate by its integrity minister. >> ethics and integrity minister. >> big job. >> stephanie: any attire which exposes intimate parts of the human body that are of erotic function are outlawed. anything above the knee is outlawed. if a woman wears a mini skirt we'll arrest her. yikes. >> oh, my god! >> there goes my vacation to uganda. >> stephanie: cancel that. [ buzzer ] >> sheesh. >> stephanie: that wasn't going to be my first choice anyway. kill me. okay. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] uh-oh. actor wesley snipes is out of prison. lock down your tax shelters,

everybody. >> hide your kids, hide your wife. >> stephanie: new prank out here in los angeles. kids please. swatting. >> getting ready to swat you pretty soon. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] 911 call sent lapd officers to the homes of justin timberlake and selena gomez, the latest in the series of swatting incidents. such calls intended to draw s.w.a.t. officers as a prank are a growing problem that could result in interference. although probably most of the calls about me are true. >> boy band. >> computer says yes. >> stephanie: let's go -- >> i'm sure he's seen you passed out on your lawn before. >> stephanie: he hushes. if he knows what's good for him. chris in pennsylvania. >> nothing? nothing? >> stephanie: chris in pennsylvania. >> caller: before i make my

comment, i'm watching on current. i tune in every day to see what you will be wearing. t-shirt, baseball cap. and now you go on cnn, you're wearing a bra and a jacket. >> stephanie: it is later in the day, i can get it together by then. >> caller: here's the comment. i wanted to point out that you were talking about the rutgers coach. mike rice earlier. almost a perfect -- it is a visual representation of the way the republicans treat obama. hurling abuse and slurs at him. it is their racism and bigotries, as an example of that. >> stephanie: at least no one has whipped a basketball to his head. i think the secret service would have something to say about that. that's it for us today. like to thank executive director, chris lavoie. voice deity jim ward. >> comedian michael mcdonald in studio with us tomorrow. >> stephanie: we'll see you then on "the stephanie miller show."