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on facebook at facebook.com/billpressshow. all right. where do we start? we start with the big vote in the senate yesterday. both sides blinked on the brink of the nuclear option. republicans agreed to approve five out of seven of president obama's nominees. president obama agreed to dump two of his appointees to the national labor relations board and replace them with two others who will get approved. democrats agreed not to change the rules but that means the filibuster is still in place. and you know damn well, republicans will continue to abuse it. in other news, one of the jurors in the trayvon martin case has talked on cnn to anderson cooper and proved that she is an out and out racist. she blames trayvon martin for starting the fight and liz

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>> and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> only on current tv. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: one of the jurors in the trayvon martin case talks to cnn and proves she's an out and out racist. hey, what do you say? good morning, good morning everybody. good to be back with you. it is wednesday july 17. and this is the "full court press." coming to you live on your local, progressive talk radio

station. coming to you live but not for much longer on sirius x.m. we'll talk to you about that in a little bit. coming to you live on current tv whether you're watching or listening, so good to have you with us today. it is a busy, busy news day. lots to talk about on many, many different fronts. thank you peter for filling in yesterday. >> yes sir. happy to have you back. >> bill: thank you. i was up in new york with a whole series of meetings, planning some future projects with my tv agent with my book publisher and with producers for a couple of other outfits and -- >> you're going to "the view"? is that true? >> bill: sex change operation. i'm going to "the view." having fun with john fuglesang on "viewpoint" monday night. >> very nice. >> bill: had a good time with him. he does a great job on that show. really great job on that show.

spent some time, i tweeted a photo out with our good friend, eliot spitzer. i was there when the latest quinnipiac poll came out and showed him -- i think it was 14 or 15 points ahead -- 15 points ahead. needless to say, he was very pleased. >> i can imagine. he gets really good news. >> bill: yeah, right. so i went to spitter headquarters. actually, the head of the spitzer real estate empire. >> ah, yes. >> bill: on fifth avenue in new york. so anyhow, good to be back as we've got lots and lots to cover this morning. what do you know? this is the first time in two weeks maybe that the entire team is together here. >> i guess that's right. it has been awhile. >> here we are. >> bill: i'll call the roll. peter ogborn? >> here.

dan henning? [ bells tolling ] alichia cruz. [ bells tolling ] cyprian bowlding. >> cyprian's here. >> bill: his fan club is happy. >> camera trained on him? >> it is on him. soak it in. >> bill: what do you say in sports fans, last night the big all-star game. i remember when it used to be a bigger deal. >> it still is. >> i have to say -- >> bill: i don't think it is as big a deal as it used to be. >> i don't think it is as big a deal as it used to be. it is not nearly as much fun to watch as it used to be. it drove me crazy. i was watching it with my oldest son last night and it is like they try -- just let them play baseball. will just let them play baseball. they've put the baseball players in the social media room so they have to get on twitter in the middle of the baseball game and

they have like america gets to vote on which veterans have the greatest story to come out on to the field. it's like let the all-stars play baseball. >> bill: i thought the national league had an advantage but last night, it was the american league's turn. here is the final call. >> sling and a ball popped up, shallow center field. going out. he's under it and makes a two-handed catch. and that's the ball game. the american league beats the national league 3-0 and ends the three-game losing streak. >> bill: there they go. magic moment of the night came when mariana rivera took the mound. he's the closer for the yankees. he's retiring from baseball. this is his last appearance in the all-star game. the american league team cleared the field so he could stand alone on the mound and acknowledge the cheers of the crowd. >> he just took the mound by

himself. and tipping his cap to the american league dugout of the national league dugout, getting a standing ovation not only from the entire crowd. but from both dugouts. pretty special moment here at city field. mariano rivera standing alone on the pitcher's mound. >> bill: a great guy and a great player. >> they do something really cool in baseball that i don't think they do in a lot of other sports is as a retiring player -- they did this for chipper jones, they sort of give gifts to the retiring player, the opposing teams. they pay a lot of respect to outgoing baseball players. it is really cool how they do that. >> bill: it is cool. coming up, we're going to be talking to reporters from the "national journal," university of virginia's larry sabato will be joining us again as well as reporters from "huffington post" and then a representative from

public citizen who is going to be here talking about the confirmation -- the consumer financial protection bureau will finally have its official director. but what about that filibuster deal? should we be cheering that or jeering that? but first -- >> announcer: this is the "full court press." >> on this wednesday, other headlines making news. in sports, espn's top-rated saturday morning college football show called college game day, which airs in the fall from different stadiums across the country often features celebrity guests to mix it up with the commentators. this fall, we could see president obama on there. "sports illustrated" is reporting the white house reached out to espn producers asking if the president could come on sometime this fall. maybe even more than once. as a guest. he has of course, been advocating for a better college football playoff system and for

ncaa athletes to be good role models. maybe he wants to expand his message in the sports world. >> bill: the white house looks for these opportunities to get on the shows that none of the other politicians do. like "the view requests ," he's been on a couple of times. >> he knows his sports better than any president ever. >> bill: totally. >> the prosecution's star witness from the george zimmerman trial has got an offer to go to trial for free. rachel was offered a full scholarship to any historically black college or university from the country from national radio host tom joyner. he interviewed her yesterday and wants to help her to get through high school to pass the s.a.t. and then give her a fuel ride to any school she would like. she of course, said thank you. >> bill: good for tom joyner. great move. >> the national transportation

safety board confirmed the offensive fake pilot names of the asian na airlines flights has been fired. intern no more. the college student work at the ntsb for the summer was let go for confirming the names to ktvu tv but the ntsb maintains the names did not originate with the agency. >> bill: of course they didn't! come on. they're just scapegoating him. who they ought to track down is who at ktvu in the newsroom -- somebody in the newsroom came up with that and thought it was a great joke. >> meanwhile the airline is suing ktvu for airing the false report. they're not going after the ntsb. >> they dropped that lawsuit. i just saw it this morning. what are they going to sue them over? >> bill: stupid lawsuit. by the way i mentioned i saw eliot spitzer monday afternoon in new york. on the "daily beast" this morning, dailybeast.com, there is an excellent profile of spitzer by lloyd grove who is a

damn good reporter. used to edit the reliable and write the reliable source -- whoa -- in "the washington post." but i ran into -- when i arrived at eliot's office, lloyd grove was just leaving. >> oh wow. >> bill: elevator door opens and lloyd was waiting for the elevator. we've been friends for a long time. oh, my god, i know why you're here. and he said oh yeah, i was just talking to eliot. i said i know because i was going to see eliot at 4:00 and i got a text saying why don't you come 20 minutes later because i have an interview at 4:00 when i saw lloyd eliot told me he had some dumb interview at 4:00. [ laughter ] lloyd said that was me. good profile on dailybeast.com. all right, so let's talk about the filibuster yesterday. you know what happened. we got to the brink -- we've been talking about this leading up to it. so we get to the brink of the

nuclear option yesterday and both sides blinked at the brink. so there is no nuclear option. you probably know, here's what the deal was. so they had this big meeting in the old senate chamber. 98 out of 100 senators were there. they talked and they talked and they talked and they agreed upon this. there were seven nominees up. the republicans said okay, we will allow a vote. we won't filibuster. we'll allow a vote on five of the seven. we will allow a vote on the other two as long as -- and these were the nominations to the national labor relations board. as long as the president dumps them -- by the way, there was nothing wrong with these -- whatever their names. i don't know them personally, but they were totally well qualified for the post but president obama agreed because

republicans said this is the price. we need something. you have to give us a little face saving thing so the white house agreed they would dump the two that president obama had nominated and replace them with two more equally qualified that the president would nominate and then republicans would allow a vote on these two. this was a gesture without meaning at all. other than to give republicans you know, some little saving grace, something they could brag about that they had accomplished. so, in effect, republicans said we'll allow a vote on all seven of the president's nominees, two being replacements and in return for that, democrats said okay. boom. no nuclear option. we will leave the filibuster in place. both sides immediate said we got what we wanted. this is a big victory. the president's nominees are going to get a vote. and republicans said it is a big

victory because we still maintain the filibuster. here is mitch mcconnell. >> i think it's a step in the right direction that the majority has chosen not to exercise the nuclear option. we feel good about that. i think they feel good about it. so i think that crisis has been averted. >> bill: so the question is should we feel good about it? i'm going to invoke bill press' rule at this moment. if mitch mcconnell likes it, it's no damn good. that's my rule. if mitch mcconnell's happy i'm not happy. you can take that to the bank. i'm telling you. why should we be happy with this deal? because it leaves -- i'm not. it leaves the filibuster in place. okay? that's the -- and you don't think the republicans are going to abuse the filibuster and continue to use it for everything that moves and everything that walks in the senate? of course they will. does the pope wear a funny hat?

this pope probably doesn't. but i mean does a bear crap in the woods? of course. you know they'll do this to filibuster. it is crazy. all right so -- i would love to know what you think about this. i think it's a joke. 1-866-55-press. i hate to see democrats blink again. 1-866-55-press. you know on twitter at bp show but i will say this. there is a lesson here. there is a lesson to be learned here by senate democrats by house democrats and by president obama. and the lesson is hang tough! the lesson is if you fight like hell you're going to win. the republicans will back down. too often we've seen democrats starting with the president give up, back down before they even go all the way before they go to the wall. before they push for a vote. look at the public plan option. i hate to go back to that but damn it, we would have it if

president obama was logical to fight for it but he wasn't. he caved in before they got to a vote. there was a lesson yesterday the republicans no matter how much they whine o and squeal and squawk, you stick it -- you stand up to them. and they will cave. we can win these fights if we're only willing to fight i hope we learn that lesson yesterday. that in itself makes it worthwhile. but this deal, this compromise, i don't like it. 1-866-55-press. here we go. second time in a here the democrats could have changed the filibuster. second time in a year. they walked away from it. on the "full court press." let's talk about it this wednesday morning. nounce this is the "bill press show."

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>> announcer: connect with the "bill press show" on twitter. follow us at bpshow and tweet using the hashtag watching bp. this is the "bill press show." >> bill: you got it. 25 minutes after the hour now. yes, indeed. we thought this was the time, for sure, for sure when we were going to have a change to the filibuster rules which would only be the beginning. we would change it for and outlaw it for nominations to the executive branch and then next we go on to judicial nominations and then to legislation but instead, democrats caved in again. we got something for it but we got no long-term improvement.

what do you say? on the social media peter. >> we're on twitter at bpshow. please follow us there. talking about this situation where bamf cloud said i totally agree, bill. dems should take this as a lesson and open up a can of whoop ass. kevin grussing says bill, you do realize the possibility exists that republicans may get the majority in 2014 in the senate and we may need the filibuster then. >> bill: i was asked about that by john fuglesang monday night. i honestly do believe that as a nation, as a republic, as a people, we are better served no matter who's in charge when there is an up-or-down vote on every issue and 51 votes decides. i mean -- i know this is radical but i'm for democracy in season and out of season. i don't think we democrats should be able to cheat anymore than we should allow republicans

to cheat. i know that may sound really, really radical. but that's my opinion. john from ferndale, washington. what do you say? >> good morning bill. thank you so much for referring to it as filibuster reform. i'm so tired of like -- this term the nuclear option because it's confusing to -- i talk to people that i work with and they're like i don't like nuclear stuff. tell us about filibuster -- but sometimes, like i get this vision of harry reid and mitch mcconnell as charlie brown and lucy with the football. >> bill: totally. absolutely. >> i'm just like we need to -- i'm with you 100%. we need to stop the anonymous holds on bills. we need to have a talking filibuster, not only for president obama's nominees but for the judges and for passing

laws. and it's just a waste of time. there's a lot of people out here losing hope thinking government doesn't work. nothing gets done, i wish reid would have done this a long time ago. >> bill: they've left the filibuster in place. if you think the republicans won't use it, won't abuse it, the first chance they get you are charlie brown. joey's in chicago. joey, help me out here. >> i'm going to give them 30 days. within 30 days one of them yahoos from texas will use this or someone from a southern state that should have got ready to filibuster. by the way don't you still need six republicans to vote for these nominees? >> bill: yeah. i think -- no. they didn't need any republicans. well, they need some republicans to get to 60 if you use the filibuster. you're right. joey, you give them 30 days. i'll give them 15.

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gee, god how grateful we should be that they agreed to have only a 1 votes count -- 51 votes count out of 100. how grateful we should be that they agreed to respect the democratic procedures and rules of the senate. and so -- the replacement nominees of the seven will go forward and the filibuster stays in place. what do you think of that deal? 1-866-55-press. back to your calls and comments. but first here's something to think about. imagine you were just in an accident. you're left unconscious. paramedics arrive. they can't find out from you the information they need to know to get you the proper treatment to the proper place. what you can do about it is something called emergency link i.d. emergency link i.d., a small tag that you attach to your key ring or you put in your wallet or your purse that tells emergency

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show. i'm glad to know there are a lot of options to keep listening. >> bill: thank you man. thank you. >> caller: i don't think it was a bad deal. i understand your frustration in a way about harry reid kind of buckling in to mitch mcconnell but i think really it's the other way around because i've been reading stuff about that mcconnell was trying to pin harry down saying okay, we'll do this but no threat of a nuclear option for the future. and harry said uh-huh. we're just going to do this maybe just like the house. we're going to do a piecemeal. you're going to give us this deal and sacrifice those two sacrificial lambs and you know, go with indeed the majority vote and everything like that. but just, you know, watch yourself mitch. and you know, because we can't trust the guy who said hey we're going to dedicate

ourselves to obama and everything like that. i think what mitch mcconnell said, he was saving face. i'll end it this way. i cannot believe john mccain came to the rescue because he drives me crazy. sometimes he's a great guy and sometimes he's that old grandpa yelling at the kids "get off my lawn"! >> bill: i know. >> i'm going to make a bold prediction by the way. i bet one of the sunday shows will have john mccain on this week. >> bill: no! if they could get john mccain on a sunday show, boy, that producer deserves a raise right? hey, lou, good to hear from you. make some good points. they both claim victory. i'm not saying democrats didn't get something for it. these seven people, good people will be on the job. but the filibuster remains there. we still have the nuclear option. republicans still have the opportunity to abuse the

filibuster. i was hoping this would be a time that would change. lynn down in houston. hey, lynn. >> caller: hey, when is the last time you heard "compromise"? >> bill: yeah, right. one too many times for me. [ laughter ] >> caller: you gotta look at it this way. at least now harry reid has gotten some practice. >> bill: yes. >> caller: he saved this card to use again and he knows it works. >> bill: i agree with that. that's part of the lesson we learned. i just wish we had played the card this time. we didn't play it in january so we saved it until july. now we didn't play it in july. >> caller: but now he's got some practice. the person i have less faith in is eric holder. >> bill: same here. >> caller: to have faith in him to conduct an fbi case, you

know, hate crimes case, i have no faith. >> bill: we talked about that on "viewpoint" with john fuglesang monday night. and i said the same thing. i've been waiting five years for eric holder to show that he has a pair and he hasn't shown it. i don't have much faith that in the end he'll take this on no more than he went after george bush or dick cheney or the wall street guys. he just talked away from -- he just walked away from too many battles. so good to hear from you lynn. nice healthy laugh there this early in the morning. down in houston. >> i like that. >> bill: peter, i jumped over you. any comments there? >> yeah, remember you can find us on twitter at bpshow. find us there. one person pointed out that -- we were talking about sirius and where you can find us. tune in radio app is a great way to continue to listen to us. and also on the progressive voices channel.

you can get ahold of us there. so do find us out there on twitter at bpshow. scott dean says we all know mitch mcconnell will filibuster again and again and again. you can bet on it. >> bill: yep. >> the x class very simply says just say no to pragmatism. >> bill: all right. olivehurst, california. hey, bob. >> caller: first of all, i want to say that sad day to hear you guys are leaving sirius. there are ways we can still get you. >> bill: there are ways you can get around it and we appreciate your taking time to investigate some of those, bob. >> caller: you bet you bet. my lobby into sirius to get you on later hours just reversed and backfired, didn't it? i wanted to say that life-long democrat, i have been ever since clinton. i'm just about sick of us caving in to these ditto heads.

maybe i'm greedy, maybe i'm a zealot maybe i'm asking for too much but we live in a democratic society. we don't live in a republic. we live in a democratic country. we are democrats. we should not be caving in to niblet alone -- i can't say enough exactly about what you said. every single one of us needs to grow a pair and stand up to these republicans, quit caving, quit compromising. maybe i'm a militant one but i don't think that we need to give an inch to these morons. >> bill: i agree with you bob i hated to see it happen in january. i really thought this time we were going to exercise -- bob before you run away. i'm a californian but olivehurst where is it? >> about 30 miles north of sacramento. >> bill: really?

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country and seen on current tv this is the "bill press show." >> bill: here we go. it is 13 minutes before the top of the hour on this wednesday morning. july 17. we've been talking about the agreement reached yesterday. on the filibuster. filibuster stays in place but republicans agreed to allow an up-or-down vote on five out of seven of the president's original nominees and as long as he agreed to replace the two nominees to the national labor relations board with two other nominees, they agreed to allow a vote on them as well. the very first vote was taken was for the president's nomination a couple of years ago of richard cordray as the first head of the consumer finance protection bureau. what does that mean? mike hoffman from the public citizens congress watch division financial policy council joins us on our news line this morning. good to have you with us.

>> great to be here. >> bill: so tell us about richard cordray. first of all nobody ever disputed that he is qualified to lead this agency, right? >> that's exactly right. since his recent appointment in january 2012, he's won praise from pretty much everyone from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to consumers to bankers senator tom coburn, one of the most conservative members in the senate praised him in his nomination to senate. doing a wonderful job and keep up the good work. and then -- >> bill: no, ago ahead. >> the presidents of the mortgage banker's association praise him as well saying he had been inclusive and consensus building so no one had ever questioned his qualifications. his credentials. or his ability to lead the

agency. >> bill: why did they oppose him? >> they opposed him because they don't like the cfpb. they don't like the cfpb, it was a brainchild of senator elizabeth warren, known as a great consumer advocate. the agency was created to bring fairness and transparency in the -- sometimes shady world of consumer financial products and services. and those are products and services that affect consumers' daily lives from the mortgages they take out to the credit cards that they have. their private student loans their auto loans and so there are a number of members, there were actually 43 senators who said that they would contest -- they would oppose any nominee including richard cordray unless there was serious concessions made. basically unless the cfpb was

fundamentally weakened. >> bill: in other words, they were against the idea in the first place. they voted against it. it passed. it became law. and then they said well, we'll retaliate, right. by just preventing the agency basically from operating by not voting for anybody to lead it. >> that's right. they were trying to use the nomination process to re-litigate frank and effectively hold cordray's nomination hostage. >> bill: now, how long -- so he's been on the job since -- as interim director since january you said, 2012? >> correct. and he was just -- he was just renominated by president obama this year. >> bill: so how long is his term? >> well, starting yesterday it's five years. >> bill: five years. you know this -- you mentioned her before. this is really a great victory

for elizabeth warren, isn't it? >> it absolutely is. yesterday was especially sweet because in a final vote for the confirmation, she was presiding. so there were actually two votes. there was the procedural vote yesterday. that passed 71-29. then there was a final vote, substantively on cordray's nomination. that passed 66-34. >> bill: no stronger, better consumer organization in this country happen public citizen. so what do you see now as the future of this consumer finance protection bureau now that we've got richard cordray officially as the head of it? >> thanks for the compliments. cfpb has already started to reign in abusive predatory practices by banks lenders security firms debt collectors

and other institutions. and so in its short time in two years, it's already made substantial contributions. it's returned about half a billion dollars to consumers who are cheated by credit card companies. it's moved to end the era of mortgages designed to -- before they self-destruct the mortgages peddled by mortgage originators and banks prior to the crisis. incredibly high fees. they were destined for failure and they can no longer offer those with any legal protection. they stood up for students who have incredibly high-priced private student loans and shed a lot of light on that market until very recently until last year. no one knew anything about the private student loan market. the types of loans that they offer and how the market really

functions. and also they've protected military families from foreclosure and other deceptive practices. >> bill: all good stuff. we can expect even more now that richard cordray is officially in charge again. public citizen. it is citizen.org. mika hauptmann, thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> bill: i'll come back and take a quick look at the e-mails on the topics of the day. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> watch the show. >> only on current tv.

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well, where do we start? let's start with what happened in the senate yesterday. both sides blinked on the brink of the nuclear option. yep. republicans agreed to approve five out of the president's seven original nominees to the executive branch. president obama agreed to replace two of them with two others. that republicans said they would vote on. in return, democrats agreed to leave the filibuster in place and to drop the nuclear option. both sides say they're happy but the filibuster is still in place and you know republicans will start abusing it again. give them 24 hours. they'll be taking advantage of it again. in other news, one of the jurors has talked in the trayvon martin case, has talked to cnn's anderson cooper proving that she is a racist. she blames trayvon martin for attacking the man she calls

george. george did the right thing. that and a lot more on current tv. they should self-deport? >> no, they said "make us a turkey and make it fast". >> (laughter). >> she gets the comedians laughing. >> that's the best! >> that's hilarious. >> ... and the thinkers thinking. >> okay, so there is wiggle room in the ten commandments is what you're telling me. >> she's joy behar. >> ya, i consider you jew-talian. >> okay, whatever you want. >> who plays kafka? >> who saw kafka? >> who ever saw kafka? >> (laughter). >> asking the tough questions. >> chris brown, i mean you wouldn't let one of your daughters go out with him. >> absolutely not. >> you would rather deal with ahmadinejad then me? >> absolutely! >> (singing) >> i take lipitor, thats it. >> are you improving your lips? >> (laughter). >> when she's talking, you never know where the conversation is going to go. >> it looks like anthony wiener is throwing his hat in the ring. >> his what in the ring? >> his hat. >> always outspoken, joy behar.

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the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo)only on current tv. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: we got to the brink of the nuclear option and both sides blinked. the filibuster stays in place. good morning everybody. what do you say? can't believe it is already wednesday, july 17. here we go on the "full court press." coming to you live from our nation's capital. and our studio right here on capitol hill. we've got it covered what's

happening this end of capitol hill. the united states capitol building. pennsylvania avenue. what's happening at the other end of pennsylvania avenue, at the white house as well. i'll be there for today's briefing later today. we'll tell you what's going on here in our nation's capital around the country around the globe and then open up the phones. open up the social media and get your comments. the phone lines 1-866-55-press, of course. toll free number. on twitter join us at bpshow. that's one way to keep track of everything going on here during the show, and all of the rest of the day you'll hear from us at bpshow. and on facebook, same deal. facebook.com/billpressshow. we are so excited because the entire team is altogether again. form the first time in a couple of weeks. and it is, of course, team peter ogborn and dan henning. >> remember us?

>> bill: yeah, i know. peter, thanks for filling in for me yesterday. alichia cruz has the phones covered. cyprian bowlding is back from his three week vacation. on the video cams keeping us looking good on current tv. i'm so excited. we may not have sarah palin as a candidate but we're going to have liz cheney. yes! who has zero qualifications for the united states senate except for the fact that her father used to be vice president. >> i've been honored to have had the chance to speak with so many of you about your concerns, your fears and your hopes for the future. i've listened carefully and discussed the possibility of running for office at length with phil and the kids. today, i'm launching my candidacy for the united states senate. >> bill: she moved to wyoming a year ago from virginia because she wanted to run for office. everybody knows that.

again, zero, zero qualifications. zero accomplishments, this woman. she had a job at the state department. she had likes a low-level job at the state department when her daddy was vice president because he got -- he told conde rice, hey, can you find something for liz? so that's -- she did that and since then, and before then, absolutely nothing. she's got the name cheney and her daddy was vice president she thinks she should be united states senator. she has challenged, incumbent senator mike enzi. by the way who is a true blue republican conservative. nobody has come up with anything that he has done wrong as a republican. i could as a democrat tell

you -- he's been absolutely right down the line with republicans. never voted for anything the democrats wanted. >> and from my understanding, he's not one of these senators who goes out to try to create a national profile for himself as much as others. he really, truly is from wyoming. >> bill: and works for the people of wyoming. >> bill: he said something yesterday interesting that she is really -- she has really double crossed him and the party. >> she said that if i ran she wasn't going to run but obviously that wasn't correct. >> bill: she had said -- well, mike runs for re-election. he is running for re-election. she would not run against him. >> he made the announcement. she made her announcement moment later. and he said to a reporter after that, i thought we were friends. >> it's kind of interesting that about 30 minutes after i put out a release saying that i intend to run, that she put out one saying she was running.

>> bill: yeah. >> i thought we were friends. someone needs to get him a dog. >> bill: but you know, on this program, we wish everybody well on this program. because we don't hold any grudges against anybody. i hope she loses. oh, god. i hope he crushes her. it will be so great and she just is humiliated. rejected by the people of wyoming. we're counting on you republicans of wyoming. larry sabato, we'll talk to him about that, head of the university of virginia's center for politics. he will be coming up as well as reporters from "huffington post" and the "national journal." but first... other headlines making news on this wednesday the american league team in this year's world series will have home field advantage for the first time in four years. as the a.l. was victorious in last night's baseball all-star game defeating the national

league 3-0. the winning league has gone on to win the world series in seven of the last ten years. the biggest moment of last night's game was yankees closer mariano rivera making his final all-star appearance getting a standing ovation from the sellout crowd of over 84,000 at city field not yankee stadium in new york. >> just for comparison sake, robinson cano, yankee in the home run derby, they booed him because it's mets and they're rival. then this yankee, mariano rivera showed up and he got a standing ovation. i didn't mean to interrupt. >> all of the players left the field during the ovation to give him his moment. he stood alone on the mound. >> bill: great moment. >> he got mvp last night. >> more trouble for michele bachmann who is already under investigation for ethics violations. legislative assistant and the minnesota congresswoman's office was arrested last week on theft charges after u.s. capital

police caught him in a sting operation using envelopes of cash and a hidden camera in a house office building. no word on exactly what javier sanchez stole but "the washington post" reports police have been on to him for several months. >> he should run for mayor of washington, d.c. now. [ laughter ] >> set me up. >> bill: michele bachmann is just surrounded by -- like this dark cloud over her head. so many different things. >> a legendary musician has decided to boycott performing in florida following the george zimmerman verdict. cbs confirming stevie wonder says that until the stand-your-ground law is abolished, he will never perform in the sunshine state again nor any other state where he finds that law exists. >> bill: wow. >> good for him. >> bill: stevie wonder.

yeah absolutely. that's sending a message. loud and strong. well, i gotta tell you what else sent a message. we wondered about the verdict in the george zimmerman case. any doubt about what happened and why i think were erased when juror b37 went on national television on cnn with anderson cooper. peter, i know you talked a little bit about this yesterday. but when i saw the interview last night, i mean i could not believe it. first of all she had no business going on television. right? we respect the anonymity of the jurors and they're sequestered and the whole thing then she goes and blabs on television and she should have kept her big mouth shut i think because to me she proved by her comments that this woman was a racist -- is a racist.

had decided this case before she ever walked into the jury room. and saw -- she sounded to me like a commentator, not an anchor -- a commentator for fox news. she was using all the lines. and to me, the give away was from the beginning to the end -- two different nights. some monday night and some last night on anderson cooper 3670. she called zimmerman -- george, well, george did the right thing. george's heart is in the right place. he attacked george. it was always george, george, george as if he was like her boyfriend. like she knew him personally. so first of all she says oh, no, george is really a good guy. >> he went above and beyond what he really should have done. but i think his heart was in the

right place. it just went terribly wrong. >> bill: his heart was in the right place. yeah, he had a gun when he wasn't supposed to. yeah, he got out of his car when he was told not to. yeah he started to fight. but his heart was in the right place. you gotta feel sorry for him. oh, my god. well okay, so he starts a fight and he's losing the fight so is that a good reason for like shooting -- shooting and killing somebody? she says oh sure. >> i'm 101% that he was -- that he should have done what he did except for the things that he did before. >> you mean he shouldn't have gotten out of the car. he shouldn't have pursued trayvon martin but in the final analysis, in the final struggle -- >> when the end came to the end he was justified.

>> he was justified in shooting trayvon martin. >> bill: so she blames him for getting out of the car. but she doesn't blame him for shooting and killing trayvon martin. so if he had been charged for getting out of the car, she would have found him guilty. but for killing an unarmed teenager, oh no. that was okay. she's 101% sure that he did the right thing in shooting and killing trayvon martin. she was asked so -- anderson said i'm paraphrasing -- what did trayvon martin do to raise the suspicion. she said well, he was walking in the rain. wearing a hoody. and george -- george didn't recognize him. jesus! i mean talk about racial profiling. that's exactly what it was. right? he's a black kid wearing a

hoody. and george zimmerman we know, doesn't like black people. he's said that over and over and over again. he called this guy a punk before he even accosted him. so who do you blame? we're talking again to juror b37. so who do you blame for what happened. she blames trayvon martin. >> do you think trayvon martin played a role in his own death? this wasn't just something that happened to him. this is something he also -- >> i believe he played a huge role in his death. he could have -- george confronted him and he could have walked away and gone home. he didn't have to do whatever he did and come back and be in a fight. >> bill: how does she know what happened there? george zimmerman never testified. how does she know that trayvon martin didn't try to walk away

or didn't start to walk away? how does she know she said he came back and started a fight. how does she know that? she made that up. may made that up. totally. it is outrageous. i think that she gave this interview. and by the way i understand that the other five women on the jury have now put out a statement disassociating themselves from this woman. she said also that they took an initial vote. i've been foreman of a jury at one time. you get in the jury room, before you start to deliberate, you say let's see where we are based on walking out of the courtroom on what we've heard. and that first vote, three of the women already -- and she was one of them, were for not guilty. one was for second-degree murder. and two of them were for manslaughter. and of course, they came out with -- but i think boy, that

interview just speaks volumes about the whole attitude i'm afraid of too many people in florida. and too many people -- let's be honest, too many people around the country. >> when you talk about -- >> bill: he's a young black kid, you know, who was walking down the street in the rain. he's got to be guilty of something. >> yeah. you talk about how the jury got it right. the jury's voted. that's how the justice system works. it shows how out of touch that jury was if this is the person who is out speaking. >> bill: i said what i said monday morning. i'm sorry. justice was not done in this case. i do not accept this verdict as a right and just verdict. justice was wrong and this woman proves it. your comments -- you know what? if i were the prosecution, i would file for a mistrial. based on her interview on cnn. because she was obviously prejudice from the get go.

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mcdonald's, the fast food corporation unveiled a new web site for their workers called practical money skills for life. >> bill: mcdonald's? >> mcdonald's. they're giving their employees a chance to manage their finances to be smarter with their money. >> bill: why don't they start with paying them more. >> it sounds like a good idea but what they do is you have a budget journal where you input the amount of money you make. if you make $1,105 in income from your first job then you will need $955 from your second job to pay for your bills. in other words mcdonald's says if you work for us you need to get another job. you need to have a second job to compensate for the money that we're not paying you. >> bill: no. >> they own up to it. you need to get a second job. thanks for the advice, mcdonald's. >> bill: all of the money they spent. creating that web site. they could have just given

everybody maybe another buck an hour. again, you heard the interview i'm sure. you saw it on cnn with juror b37. i must admit i was stunned by how flat out she blamed trayvon martin for his own death and said george, no, george's heart is in the right place. did he everything right. sinita is in droit michigan. >> caller: how are you? >> bill: a little upset by this. >> caller: my thoughts are the jury deliberated 15 minutes then spent the next 16 hours talking about book deals and tv interviews. >> bill: you got that right. >> caller: thank you. >> bill: you watch. there will be looks out of this -- there will be books out of this. this woman sees this as her ticket baby. her ticket. she's going to ride it all the way. lamont is in maryville --

maryville, indiana. hey, lamont. >> caller: how you doin' bill? >> bill: you tell me. >> caller: it seems like the country is going with everybody. saying there was a fight and trayvon was on top. i don't think that trayvon was on top but he got out of the car with his gun. and the whole like -- if you have to liken this to politics, you could say the defense is republicans and the state were democrats so they put a half case forth, that would be the state and the republicans, which would be the defense they stuck to it. although it is not true. they stuck to that. >> bill: they stuck to one message. lamont, part of the message was trayvon had a weapon. he had a weapon, the sidewalk. the jury went for that. because of that one woman

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>> bill: 33 minutes after the hour. what do you say? great to have you with us today here on the "full court press." we are coming to you live from our nation's capital and our studio on capitol hill. our nation's capital. been talking about the interview with juror b37. other big story of the day here in washington, d.c., we expect nuclear war yesterday at least the nuclear option. but when we got to the brink

both sides blinked and the filibuster remains in place. both sides claiming victory for the deal they worked out. what's the real story here? we tourn chris freights who is the national correspondent for the "national journal," covering the goings on in the united states congress for what it's worth. good to see you this morning. >> good to be with you. >> bill: i got your last name, right, didn't i? >> just like a freight train. >> bill: i like that. who won yesterday? i think democrats had a really good day yesterday. this is a situation where harry reid got almost everything he wanted. he got all seven of his appointees that will go through that republicans have relented. they won't block those anymore. importantly, he got richard cordray through. cordray is slated to head -- under the wall street reform

bill. it looks out for consumer's rights against big banks and republicans that held up the nomination because they believe that the bureau itself needs to be restructured. they want to see more congressional oversight and less administrative fiat they would argue with that bureau. this was a significant win for democrats because republicans essentially dropped the objections. they were able to get a few concessions out of harry reid, out of the white house and out of cordray himself namely that he'll come before congress and the appropriations committee that he'll allow inspector general to oversee and to report on the doings of the bureau. but by in large the republicans got no legal restructuring of that bureau and he passed through, finally after two years of languishing is now the formal head of the cfpb. >> bill: it was hugely symbolic to have elizabeth warren presiding for that final vote and able to announce the vote. of course, it was her baby which she actually launched as a

professor at harvard. >> well, that's right. it was very symbolic, as you point out, that the woman who republicans -- remember, they blocked her. she was in the running to head that agency and republicans felt like she was way too liberal. they threatened to filibuster her. she goes on to win the united states senate and oversee the vote for the person to take that seat. >> bill: how sweet it is. you mention all seven nominees will be voted on. two of the seven are not the originals. republicans got their pound of flesh by saying well, we'll allow a vote on two nominees to the national labor relations board but not the two that you originally named. you have to name two others. what was that all about? >> there was a big scrape over how those appointees were put into the job. the president has the power when the senate is in recess to make what's called a recess appointment, a temporary appointment that allows him to fill a seat until the senate

comes back and can do it themselves. in this case he did it because the republicans were blocking those appointments. he felt he had the power to recess -- they have ruled the senate was not in fact in recess and the appointments were unconstitutional. republicans had used the argument to say there's no way we're going to let people who were put in illegally into that role full time. so what they essentially required was that the president go back, put two new candidates up and allow a vote on those fresh candidates and that was a small concession from democrats. they had argued all along these people are qualified. but in the end, they were victims of the process and the white house has to name those two people and it was a small price to pay. democrats will still tell you hey, look, we're still getting democrats on the board. it is not as if we aren't going to have a full complement of thee democrats on the board.

we'll take that. >> bill: mitch mcconnell said you know, i'm happy with this deal. harry reid said i'm happy with this deal. should we be happy with this deal? in the sense that the filibuster does remain in place. >> it does. >> bill: if you don't think the republicans will abuse the filibuster again you know, you're not living on the same planet i am. >> i think that's right. progressives certainly believe that filibuster reform needs to happen. that was where the pressure was coming from for reid. it was progressive outside groups and in particular, some of his younger democratic members because let's remember, none of the majority of his caucus are all democrats who have only served in the majority. they don't know how frustrating it is to be in the minority. they don't know that that sometimes is your only tool is to be able to block something the majority is putting through and the minority is the only way to go. i think it was a victory institutionally. a lot of the institutionalists

felt we need to preserve the minority rights. guys like carl levin from michigan and dianne feinstein. the old bulls who remember, you know in 2005, the only way -- >> bill: what do you call them? an old cow? >> no! we'll leave that for rush limbaugh to do. >> i think that a lot of those veteran senators would argue that back in 2005, that was their only tool to stop a lot of george w. bush's judicial appointments that they didn't love. so particularly with the news out of montana that brian schweiter wasn't going to run in making that stay a lot harder for democrats to keep in their column. there was a sense this week, hey, maybe we shouldn't be so quick to change the rules that will then be used against us. >> bill: but they could have changed it in january. they didn't. we talked on the show to senator tom udall.

senator jeff merkley was in studio last week. senator sheldon whitehouse. they're the ones who have been pushing for this. they were sure that this time, they were going to get it. >> that's the thing about the senate. every time is this time, we're going to get it. they came up to the brink. both sides kept their card in their pocket. reid also said hey i'm not taking this nuclear option off the table. mcconnell, if you want to come to me and block something again we might be back in the same situation. it is now a lever that reid has successfully used to force the votes he wants. >> bill: we were talking a little bit earlier in the program that -- see if you share my reading of this. is that there is a lesson to be learned here for the democrats. which is hang in and play tough! because they did here. and they brought it right to the very brink and mitch mcconnell did blink.

>> absolutely. >> bill: as "the huffington post" says this morning, he might have been mitch slapped and he may not be very popular in his caucus this morning but i'm getting back to i think there is a lesson for president obama, for senate democrats and house democrats which is play tough and hang in and be willing to go to the wall for what you believe in. and you just might win. >> i think that was certainly how democrats were feeling yesterday. they finally -- you know, did get -- because remember, what reid had behind him was a majority of his caucus. so he knew he had the votes to make this change and that was what he needed. he needed to know that he was backed up and that if he took this to the brink and they had to go over, that the caucus was behind him pushing that button. that had not been the case before. and i talked to a lot of democrats right before the 4th of july break and even more progressive democrats were still on the fence about it. we need to talk about this. something needs to happen.

we're not sure but that coalesced when they came back. we're only going to talk about executive nominations. we won't talk about lifetime judicial appointments or legislation. they took those things off the table. they said let's go hard. let's play ball. mitch mcconnell is playing hardball. he will block us. we need to shoot back. it was successful on reid's part. a lot of democrats feel like maybe president obama could take a lesson from that in the way he handles congress and republicans nationwide. >> bill: absolutely. i'm still of the belief that we could have had a public plan option in obamacare if the president had been willing to fight for it and push it to a vote. we don't know because we never -- we bowed out before they got to the brink on that issue. >> i was in the opposite camp on that bill. i covered that closely and thought the only put the public option up so republicans would have something to shoot at. it felt very much like a paper tiger they were setting up. that they were always willing to let go on so that they could get some of the other reforms.

>> bill: i believe the president that he really wanted it. how foolish of me. i mean he convinced me and a lot of americans that this was an absolutely essential part of obamacare. >> he never went to bat for it. he never got up there and said to his democratic colleagues in the congress, you need to put this in there. i demand it. >> bill: i think if he had, we could have gotten it. chris frates here from the "national journal." when you look at this congress, chris, i want to get your take as to what this senate might look like would liz cheney ever join the ranks. she made it clear. she wants to be there. we'll be right back on the "full court press" wednesday morning. >> connect with the "bill press show" on twitter. follow us at bpshow and tweet

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>> we're getting lopsided opinions on twitter where you can find us at bpshow. we're reading your comments throughout the show. irish boy says harry reid is a caveman in more ways than one. two nominees thrown under the bus. this is not a victory. just more cowardice and capitulation. >> bill: larry cowan from the communications union ripped the president for agreeing to do that. >> harry reid is a wuss, a chicken, an idiot. that would be an insult to a real person. that's a little harsh. >> bill: i said this on john fuglesang's show monday night. i thought he really grew a pair in this fight. and showed -- did show a lot of spunk. i'm sorry he caved in to the very end. he brought it right to the brink. >> to that point bill, the

unions getting upset. he put in an afl-cio counsel to replace one of the members so it is not as if he put in some moderates. he put in some really strong lefty candidates. >> bill: these two people who will get the jobs, i saw one of them working for the afl-cio. by the way so we have a little political news. she put out a video yesterday saying i don't -- she didn't say this. mike enzi, great republican. always votes republican way. never gives obama a vote but liz cheney says yeah, but he's not me. therefore i want his job. >> i've been honored to have had the chance to speak with so many of you about your concerns, your fears and your hopes for the future. i've listened carefully and discussed the possibility of running for office at length with phil and the kids. today i'm launching my candidacy for the united states senate. >> bill: there she is. what are her qualifications for the senate?

>> her last name is cheney. >> bill: stop there. [ laughter ] i think that's it. >> certainly, that's a number of republicans in wyoming have said she just recently moved back from virginia. >> bill: last year. >> she's much more affiliated with washington republicans. she was a fox news contributor. she's someone who has a very, very famous family name. and a lot of republicans were -- looked at this and wondered, really? even the lone house member from wyoming who said she would be interested in -- should he retire. said it was bad form. there is a sense in wyoming she's not really from wyoming. she's got a famous name and will take on a well liked senator. mike enzi is not a squish. he's not too moderate. he votes very republican. he has a very republican state. >> bill: been there 18 years. >> 1997.

people like enzi. so this idea of what is essentially a washington carpet bagger coming back to wyoming because she has a famous name, you know, puts some people off. >> bill: may add -- rand paul said i knew she was running for the senate. i'm just surprised she's not running from her home state of virginia. >> particularly when you have a democrat on the ballot there. you could take -- is she afraid of going against a tim kaine? what's the calculus there? so folks are looking at that. but she does have a very famous last name which is going to help her raise a lot of money. mike enzi's not a strong fund-raiser. i think he had maybe $150,000 in his campaign coffers so far. he copped to it yesterday when asked, look, that's never been my strong suit. but remember he's from wyoming. there is like half a million people there. it is not an expensive media

market and he's so well-known and goes back to the state on a weekly basis. it is not a place he needs to go and ask for a lot of money. now he will. this will be a very -- i think this will be one of the most expensive primaries we'll see in the election next year. >> when you listen to cheney -- >> bill: he works for the people. >> biz a but if you listen to liz cheney's video you know, i don't think she really talks about wyoming at all. i watched a good chunk of it. she doesn't talk about wyoming. it is about obama federal government, about what she knows because she's from here. >> the other thing that was interesting is remember, dick cheney and mike enzi are long-time friends for 30 years. and -- >> they were friends for 30 years. >> they were friends for 30 years. the timing of liz cheney's announcement -- >> bill: his other friend, he shot him in the face.

[ laughter ] >> he shot his friend harry in the face. he stabbed his friend mike enzi in the back. >> somebody on twitter said that yesterday. i'm trying to remember who it was. i think it was a lawmaker. >> could have been rand paul. the timing of this was really interesting because mike everyonezy essentially said you know, i want to make my intentions known because the question was is he going to run? i want to make my intentions known, i'm going to run. more details later. liz cheney comes out a half second later and says then i'm going to primary you. very odd timing. >> bill: for the first time, i may send a check to a republican, to mike enzi. i don't know. chris, so much fun. thanks for coming in this morning. >> my pleasure bill. thank you. >> bill: i'll be back to tell you what the president is up to today. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show."

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>> bill: president obama today getting the daily briefing with the vice president at 10:00 this morning then he'll be making a public statement in the state dining room about the confirmation of richard cordray as director of the consumer finance protection bureau. big vote yesterday in the senate. i was there when he was nominated. he's already on the job. at 12:30 the president and the vice president meet for their weekly lunch together. jay carney has scheduled his briefing for 12:45 p.m. larry sabato from the university of virginia joins us right here in the next hour.

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facebook.com/billpressshow. where do we start today? let's start with a big vote in the senate yesterday. both sides ended up blinking on the brink of the nuclear option. republicans agreed to approve five out of seven of the president's original nominees. the president agreed to replace two of them with two new nominees and republicans would get -- would allow a vote on those and in return, democrats said okay, we will drop any plans to ban the filibuster. four nominations to the executive branch. both sides claim victory but the filibuster remains in place and you know as well as i that democrats will continue to abuse it. starting the first chance they get. up to date on that and a whole lot more right here on current tv. we have a big, big hour and the iq will go way up. (vo) current tv gets the

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>> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: so, liz says my daddy's name is cheney and i my name is cheney, therefore, i should be in the united states senate. we'll see what the people of wyoming say. good morning, what do you say? it is wednesday. july 17. this is the "full court press." welcome to the program. we're coming to you live on your local progressive talk radio station. and we're coming to you live on current tv. with all of the news of the day where it's happening whether it's happening here in washington, around the country down in north carolina, wherever bringing you the news of the day and also taking your calls and your comments, your calls welcome at 1-866-55-press.

and your comments welcome on twitter and on facebook at facebook.com/billpressshow. it is a busy news day with filibuster to talk about and on-going trayvon martin stuff to talk about. and whether or not the department of justice is going to follow through with the civil rights case in the trayvon thing. so much to talk about. we need a little help from our friends on this one and one of our best friends sabrina siddiqui is here from "huffington post" in studio with us. nice to see you. >> nice to see you. thanks for having me. >> bill: look forward to hearing what you've been digging up in congress about what's going on. you join our team of course, peter ogborn and dan henning with alichia cruz on the phones and cyprian bowlding is back. our team is all back from vacation now. at least for a couple of days. we're all back together which is great. sabrina, yesterday we welcomed a new member of the united

states senate. taking the place of john kerry from massachusetts. former congressman ed markey sworn in by the vice president. >> please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear to support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic that, you will bear fair truth and allegiance to the same. that you take that obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion that you will well and faithfully do charge of the duties of the office of which you're about to enter? >> i do. >> congratulations senator. >> bill: ed markey served years and years 30 years in the house. or more. and ran a very strong campaign up in massachusetts. and he takes over and harry reid is glad to have him on board. >> if the senator-elect will now present himself. >> mr. president. reserving the trite object. i know a lot of people want to say some real nice things about this good man but you're going

to have to do it later. we have a lot of things to do here and as he will learn the senate is not always as punctual as the house so all of those who have these wonderful things to say about this good man, do it later. >> how great is that? [ laughter ] >> bill: it is. mr. vice president get out of the way. we've got business to do here, right? they'll have their time. harry reid is glad to have him on board as an ally. so sabrina here with us. first half hour. we'll be joined by larry sabato from the university of virginia. but first -- >> announcer: this is the "full court press." >> other headlines making news on this wednesday. nasa had to cut the launch of the national space station short because a water leak inside an astronaut's helmet. he almost drown because his helmet flooded. luca who became the first italian to walk in space

reported water pooling around his head then going into his eyes. mission control had him go immediately back into the station after being outside for an hour. as soon as he got into the air lock, then his communications equipment failed. so he got in just in time and is safe and unharmed. >> and i thought i had a bad day. >> if you're going to die i mean drowning in space is a new one. pretty crazy way to go. >> espn's top-rated saturday morning college football show, college game day airs in the fall from different stadiums across the country often features celebrity guests to mix it up with the commentators. this fall, we could seat president of the united states on there. "sports illustrated" is reporting that the white house reached out to espn producers asking if president obama could come on some time this fall and maybe even more than once as a guest.

he, of course, has been advocating for a better college football playoff system. >> bill: i know it is announced today that keith olbermann is going back to cnn where he started his career. you may be there two years but obama, after he leaves office, he is headed right for espn, man. >> good retirement plan. >> bill: he will have his own show, i'll bet you, on espn. he knows more about sports than anybody walking and he loves it. >> i for got which basketball game it was he went to and he hopped on and started calling the game a couple of years ago. it was great. >> more trouble for michele bachmann who's already under an investigation for ethics violations. a legislative assistant in her office was arrested last week on theft charges. u.s. capitol police caught him in a sting operation in a house office building. they used envelopes of cash and the hidden cameras to catch him.

no word on what exactly javier sanchez stole but "the washington post" reports police have been after him for several months. >> bill: where was the cash coming from? >> questions about michele bachmann her aides and her entire office has become one story after the next. seems like she probably can't wait to get out of there. >> bill: she's already under investigation. accused of laundering money. >> i want video footage from the sting operation. >> that's what i want to see. with staffers like that, she could run for mayor of washington, d.c. not a bad retirement plan. >> bill: mayor for life. 12 minutes after the hour now. let's start with the big news on the hill yesterday. who blinked? mitch mcconnell or -- your site, "huffington post" has the classic headline mitch slapped.

[ laughter ] who won and who blinked? >> overall this is a victory for democrats. we're talking about up-or-down votes on seven of the president's long-blocked nominees. >> bill: all are going to get confirmed. >> all are going to get confirmed. that's a big deal given the sort of -- they've been blocked for some of them up to two years. if you're looking at richard cordray. the first instance occurred on september 8th of 2011. that's long in the waiting. had jeopardized the president's signature consumer watch dog agency, you know, senator elizabeth warren is happy. the white house is going to cave and meet the demands. >> she pro-sided over the vote which is great. republicans demanded structural changes to the board. they didn't get any of them. i think what's more embarrassing for her for mcconnell is senator john mccain and republicans who took the lead went around him. he didn't even -- he wasn't even

part of the talks really until monday. he had approached senate majority leader harry reid to talk it out and at that point senator reid said i already have the votes. so you know, i don't know what to tell you. but senator mcconnell said i'll give you all of your nominees according to our sources and including the two mlrb appointees for which they're seeking replacements in the deal. if you agree to a long-term binding agreement that you won't threaten the nuclear option and senator reid rejected that outright and ended up working with the white house. they were steadfast in agreeing to replacing the two nlrb nominees and from there on, it was basically smooth sailing. >> bill: all of the democrats gave up were two democrats two different democrats to the nlrb than the ones the president had put in as interim appointments. so to that extent, i do think in terms of the -- what each side

gave democrats came out ahead. but the filibuster remains in place. so isn't that still a setback for at least a missed opportunity? >> certainly, it is. i think that this fight is not over. i think with each time that they reopen this debate, it seems like there might be more room for democrats of course, to get more out of the discussions if it they're able to truly threaten going nuclear but then on the flip side of that of course is each time they don't actually go nuclear republicans are aware of that. in january, they called harry reid's bluff. now, this time, he genuinely had the votes. they were aware of that. so probably decided it is better to give in and just let the nominee have a vote. republicans were fed up with stalling on a number of these nominees. but the filibuster itself remains intact and progressives such as senator jeff merkley and tom udall fighting to end the

silent filibuster, to at least make the senate more functional, they sounded that warning yesterday. it is still intact. it doesn't mean that the obstruction is going to come to an end. even senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said all of the options available to the minority are still there. and there could be controversial nominees in the future. and of course, their definition of controversial might not be the broad majority of controversial. could be more opportunistic of the administration. >> bill: this particular crisis was resolved but the option to abuse a filibuster for republicans remains. and the option to change the filibuster for democrats remains. so in effect -- >> we're still where we were before. i think the nominees were getting frustrating. when the president met with senate democrats when he met

with both parties in both houses, he specifically -- the issue of stalling on his nominees including cabinet nominees which was, of course, at first an unprecedented step. everyone called it unprecedented with chuck hagel it became routine to filibuster the nominees. i think that was a particularly pressing issue. that the president of the white house had called for some sort of revolution. -- resolution. and i think especially with the consumer board, there was concern, the white house had actually been engaged in negotiations. jack lew meeting with senator rob portman to negotiate possibly some of the structural changes and that's why senator warren was so pleased when she was presiding yesterday because they knew that those structural changes giving much more congressional oversight to the board would significantly weaken its impact. >> bill: one other issue moving to the trayvon martin case, the attorney general gave

a speech yesterday before the naacp in florida. the very last cut that we have from the attorney general he talked about after the verdict he announced that the department of justice was investigating -- had been investigating the possibility of filing a civil rights case against george zimmerman and they held off on that until that criminal trial was over. they were going to continue investigating that possibility. yesterday, he talked about it with the naacp. >> i can promise that the department of justice will consider all available information before determining what action to take. >> bill: so two-fold question... what do you hear from your sources, the department of justice and will there be any pressure from congress for democrats in congress, particularly to -- on the department of justice to file

such a case? >> they've opened the investigation. the important thing about the justice department is that while i'm not trying to downplay eric holder's comments, they often say they'll investigate a matter. it doesn't go anywhere. >> bill: tell me about that. >> he's said that on a number of issues. that's what he has to say right now. when this verdict has sparked national outcry that it has. but, of course, the investigation is out there now and i think congress could get involved in terms of members of the congressional black caucus who have expressed their dismay in the verdict and you know, the chair, marcia fudge, specifically said on monday that she does believe that the law stand-your-ground law in particular is disproportionately applied in cases involving african-americans than it is, you know, individuals who are white. that was a strong statement for her to come out and address it as an issue of a race and

express her disappointment in the way that this case was litigated. she said that they put trayvon martin on trial. they didn't put george zimmerman on trial. you could see the cbc get involved. how much pressure congress is able to put or how much time they're going to devote to this issue remains to be seen. some of the initial reaction starts to die down as we've seen in other issues, they move on and move on and let -- kind of depends on the extent to which the public continues the pressure. both the administration and congress to take this up at a federal level really. >> bill: you know, now this proves we need a national dialogue on race. i agree. but after newtown we needed a national dialogue on guns. what happened to that. after nsa came out edward snowden, we needed a national dialogue on security and privacy. what happened to that? and now we need a national dialogue on race.

you watch. as soon as that royal baby is born in london, we'll have a national dialogue on royal babies or something. >> he said a jury has spoken. the way of saying this was brought to trial and the verdict is what it is. that's what the judicial process is for. >> bill: sadly. sabrina siddiqui from "the huffington post." we'll be right back on the "full court press."

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>> bill: we'll get an update on virginia and the governor's race from larry sabato from the university of virginia center for politics. sabrina siddiqui is here from "huffington post" talking about the latest on the filibuster front and other fronts here in studio with us. it is good to you have back. there is a -- kirsten gillibrand in the city and jackie speier in the senate have been way out in front on this sexual assault in the military on top of that case and saying that the only way we're going to really resolve that problem is by taking the decision making out of the chain of command. and gillibrand had a hard time getting the votes in it. yesterday she picked up two amazing supporters. rand paul for one and then ted cruz from texas who said why this makes sense. >> a number of our allies, great britain and israel and germany

had the implemented policy similar to this and the results in practice have been the reporting rates of increase. >> bill: so he says let's work -- chain of command has worked there. this is significant for senator gillibrand. >> it is. it puts a lot more pressure on republicans in this debate because you have two sort of young republican superstars. tea party senators coming out in favor of this. they have always done their own thing. these are two guys building their own brand. they don't take a position on an issue thinking about what the g.o.p. establishment position's is or what their party would want their position to be. they do it based on what they think is best for their own interests and in some cases you've seen them passionately come out for or against something where their position isn't consistent with the rest of the party. this is a case where senator gillibrand has made a very strong argument to take the

military sexual assault out of the chain of command of the military and it's a difficult -- i think argument to really come out against. the issue of sexual assault the report that came out. they're detailing the sheer volume of sexual assaults in the military. how many of those went unreported. how many were just -- how many charges were just dropped or dismissed. i think that it's hard for people who are building an image and a name for themselves such as cruz and rand paul, especially rand paul who say nope, this makes no sense. >> bill: yep. kudos to the good senator from new york. that's a very important issue. i think we'll see some progress on it. sabrina siddiqui, thanks for coming in today. >> thanks for having me. minutes we're going to do the

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>> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv this is the "bill press show." >> bill: hey, you got it. 33 minutes after the hour. what do you say on a wednesday july 17. the "full court press." coming to you live on your local progressive talk radio station and on current tv. so everybody's talking about 2014. a lot of people are already talking about 2016. there are two big governors races coming up here in 2013. one in new jersey. one in virginia. the one in virginia proving to be quite colorful, not so much because of the candidate for governor because of the candidate or the governor who cannot run for re-election. we wanted to check in on that and a whole lot more about our good buddy larry sabato,

director of the center for politics. down at the university of virginia. larry, how are you? >> i'm doing great bill. i'm always happy during scandals. >> bill: don't we all know it. according to the politics of the day, i was wondering, you've been a good friend for a long time. my son is getting married and carol and i are having a hard time putting money together to help pay for this wedding. do you think you can write us a check? >> i don't know about that. but i've got a new book called the kennedy half century which is the perfect wedding gift. you notice how i worked in that plug. is that pretty good? >> bill: i'm excited about that new book. seriously, if you're governor virginia and there is a businessman who says your daughter's getting married let me pick up the tab. why wouldn't you think this may not look right? >> it is far more -- that is a great example. let's remember we're talking about now accumulated total of

well over $200,000 from this one person who was not an especially good friend or friend at all really. come on. just a friend. he just cares about us. it is amazing. i've lived longer than bob mcdonnell. i never meet these people who throw a couple of grand, a couple hundred grand my way because they care. >> bill: johnny williams, too bad you didn't run into him. the point of it is does this -- the scandal of the mcdonnell scandal slop over on to cuccinelli? >> absolutely. we live in a polarized partisan era. the two most important letters in the english alphabet are d and r. the r connects mcdonnell with cuccinelli. had mcdonnell maintained the popularity he's had during the vast majority of his term and his popularity has ranged upwards of 60%, i would have

said cuccinelli was favored but guess what. he's now down in the low to mid-40s. i think he's falling because people are just gradually learning about the scandal. half of the people in virginia still don't know enough to even tell you what the scandal is. so it tells you they haven't focused on it. the half of the people who have focused on it have been very critical of mcdonnell. >> bill: there's no evidence, is there that cuccinelli took money from johnny williams. >> no, he took -- he took vacations from him and he had stock in star scientific which was the company. so no, there are very direct connections between cuccinelli and johnny williams and star scientific. he stayed in williams' home. >> bill: i got it. >> johnny williams paid for a thanksgiving dinner for his family. there is a direct connection. >> bill: no way he can distance himself from mcdonnell or cuccinelli. >> he hasn't taken money -- to the extent mcdonnell has.

he's already tried to put distance between himself and mcdonnell because the truth is they hate one another. they've fought throughout and remember mcdonnell didn't want cuccinelli to be the nominee. >> bill: we said this before about people that -- and it looks like in this case, terry mcallifer may be the luckiest politician in the country. >> it is better to be lucky than good. >> bill: i was surprised in the latest polling i saw where mcall mcauliffe is up. >> that's down a point from may. the libertarian candidate is getting 7%. frankly, the reason is people aren't terribly excited about either candidate. so they have serious problems. everybody i run into says oh, my god! how did we end up with these two? my answer is one of the two will be governor so get used to it. >> bill: speakinging of outgoing

governors, rick perry saying i'm leaving the door open to 2016 because that worked so well the last time, right? >> absolutely. old governor hoops is probably going to run again. although i hear different things. he wants to run and yet he is also running into some resistance from people who were telling him, hey governor, you're not going to win. look at the line-up for the republicans in 2016. it is probably not going to go your way. we'll see whether he actually decides to run. >> bill: there are certainly more -- we remember in 2012, right, it was like he was going to be the savior. he was the one. he had this executive experience. he was the governor and everything and then boy, did that fall flat. he would have tougher competition this time around. >> that's the key. we had his moment in the 2012 contest where he could have gotten the nomination. republicans didn't really want romney and looked at the gang of

little putians running. i don't see how he gets the nomination. >> bill: let's talk about a senate candidate for wyoming. dan, share with our listeners larry. here is the exciting video release yesterday by daughter liz. >> i've been honored to have had the chance to speak with so many of you about your concerns, your fears and your hopes for the future. i've listened carefully and discussed the possibility of running for office at length with phil and the kids. today, i'm launching my candidacy for the united states senate. >> bill: not in her home state of virginia but in her adopted state of wyoming. >> and she was in an undisclosed location. while she gave that announcement. it could have been a field in virginia. could have been a field in wyoming. who knows. >> bill: right. chances?

>> well, look, i don't rule out the chance that she'll push enzi right out of the race. he's 69. he will be 70 next year. he might decide it is not worth having to run a tough race. if he runs, i think he will beat her. my early read is that people are responding in wyoming wait a minute. why should we oust this guy? and people mention this issue and that issue but truthfully, they agree on just about everything. so why do you lose three terms worth of seniority just because the daughter of a former vice president decides to run? >> bill: decides to move to the state. she does have some connection to wyoming. >> look, just a few years ago, bill, she was seriously investigating running for the u.s. house for northern virginia. >> bill: yeah. right. and i mean her resume, she was a contributor to fox. she did have a job at the state department but short of that -- again, enzi, unlike -- people

are trying -- some people are making the parallel. look what happened to dick lugar, right? or look what happened to robert bennett in utah. but i mean enzi is more a real true conservative. >> solid conservative. i just -- i don't see -- she'll pick two or three things. you know how it is in primaries. they get vicious because there aren't many differences. you have to malign the other person. you have to go after them as individuals and she'll find two or three votes to run against. it will be a matter of money and also how the people there in that very individualistic state respond to this challenge. do they like the anti-establishment character or do they say no, we're perfectly satisfied with the guy we got? >> bill: one final thing listening -- i haven't looked at the video but listening to that, she sounds like she's reading it. there is no -- really, really, really flat. i don't think that somebody -- you hear that and you say oh, i want to know more about her.

we'll do a whole thing on the book but when does it come out? >> coming out in october, a month before the sad 50th anniversary of the assassination of president kennedy. the kennedy half century. it covers everything from the rise of kennedy, the administration and the assassination and who did it. what makes this book unique other than what we have found about the assassination which is not a theory but is actual fact and evidence we have kennedy viewed through the lens of the nine successors. how did the nine successors in the white house use john f. kennedy to accomplish their own goals? and that's the focus of the kennedy half century. >> bill: so the half century is since kennedy's assassination. >> precisely. that's the focus of the book. how kennedy's legacy has played out through other presidents. he didn't have enough time to develop a legacy on his own. other presidents have helped him

develop it in order to help themselves. so i think people will find it interesting. it is up on amazon. you can preorder it. i know you're going to give that as your main christmas gift to your thousands of friends. >> bill: i've already ordered 100 on amazon. so listen, you say you have no information on the assassination. >> you know i can't tell. that will be released at the press conference that we have in october at the newseum. >> bill: we're glad to welcome our guest, larry grassy knoll. >> i didn't say it was from a grassy knoll. [ laughter ] >> bill: all right larry. always fun to make the rounds with you. all right. he's at the interest for politics. virginia center for politics. i wonder. i wonder what else is in that book. >> bombshell. >> bill: that's intriguing. back with more news of the day on the "full court press." >> go mobile with bill press. download podcasts and listen any

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with an interview on cnn two-part interview with anderson cooper on cnn where she just proves what was wrong with this whole trial. proves why the verdict turned out, i think the way it is because she was a racist from the beginning. she says, for example, by the way, all the way through this -- in the two -- she never talked about mr. zimmerman or george zimmerman. it was always george. george. my friend, george. my heart reaches out to george. she said yeah, well, george made some -- did some things he shouldn't have done. he shouldn't have had a gun. he shouldn't have gotten out of the car. but still his heart was in the right place. >> he went above and beyond what he really should have done. but i think his heart was in the right place. it just went terribly wrong. >> bill: shouldn't have gotten out of the car. but his heart was in the right place. it wasn't his fault. in fact, she says, yeah, he was

wrong getting out of the car but he was absolutely right to shoot and kill trayvon martin. >> i'm 101% that he was -- that he should have done what he did except for the things that he did before. >> you mean he shouldn't have gotten out of the car. he shouldn't have pursued trayvon martin but in the final analysis, in the final struggle. >> when the end came to the end -- >> he was justified. >> he was justified in shooting trayvon martin. >> bill: honest to god talk about upside down set of priorities. so he was wrong to have the gun wrong to get out of the car. wrong to confront trayvon martin but absolutely 100% right to shoot and kill him. jesus! >> something you've said a lot and something we've talked about. this idea that just because you're getting your ass kicked,

that you have the right to kill someone with a gun. >> bill: look, we don't know what happened but he picked the fight. and he was -- it sounds like he picked a fight and he was losing the fight and he realized he was losing the fight so he shoots and kills him. no, you picked the fight with the wrong guy. dude. you deserve to get your ass whipped. then she says, who do you blame for this? i blame trayvon martin. >> do you think trayvon martin played a role in his own death? this wasn't just something that happened to him. >> oh, i believe he played a huge role in his death. he could have -- when george confronted him and he could have walked away and gone home. he didn't have to do whatever he did and come back and be in a fight. >> bill: how dare that little black boy not run away. right? he picked it.

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>> bill: i don't know about you but i was disappointed in what happened yesterday. just when senate democrats were about to drop the nuclear bomb, they made a deal with republicans instead and the fill filibuster remains in place. we could argue that's a big victory for democrats. republicans did blink. here's the downside. republicans are left with the power to filibuster future obama nominees. you know as well as i, as long as they have that power, they're sure to abuse it. i wish that democrats had stuck to their guns instead of compromising yesterday but at least i hope they learned an

important lesson from this experience. and that lesson is this... that if democrats hang tough if they don't easily roll over, if they play hardball, they will win every time. but you don't win anything by being soft. i hope senate democrats learned that lesson. and you know what? i hope president obama learned that lesson as well. folks, have a great wednesday!

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hello, tv land! representative linda sanchez coming up. sexy liberal hal sparks in hour number three. in hour number, two guess who we got. >> whowth get? >> stephanie: jacki schechner. health plan costs for new yorkers iset to fall 50%. oh no. >> i know. it's working. >> stephanie: oh, no! republicans' worst fears that come true. >> today they're going to take another vote. >> stephanie: really? >> on the affo