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>> bill: good morning, good morning. friday morning, july 26th. good to see you this morning, and thank you for joining us here. welcome to the program. the "full court press." we're coming to you live on current tv all the way across this great land of ours, coast-to-coast with a lot to talk about this friday morning before we let you get into the weekend. among the other stories we're going to be covering anthony weiner says it could be six or ten, who is counting? well, we are. but weiner still refuses to get out of the race even though his poll numbers are sinking like a

rock. we would like to get beyond the trayvon martin case but we can't because the jurors are talking. b-29 appears on good morning america and says she still leaves that george zimmerman got away with murder but that's okay because god will take care of it in the end. and we'll meet the principal character in a powerful new documentary called "bridegroom" which shows how insane it is to prevent two people from getting married because they happen to be of the same sex. cindy boren joins us to talk sports next on current tv. ♪ 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'm given to doing anyway, by staying in touch with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. in reality it's not like they actually care. this is purely about political grandstanding. i've worn lots of hats, but i've always kept this going. i've been doing politics now for a dozen years. (vo) he's been called the epic politics man. he's michael shure and his arena is the war room. >> these republicans in congress that think the world ends at the atlantic ocean border and pacific ocean border. the bloggers and the people that are sort of compiling the best of the day. i do a lot of looking at those people as well. 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?

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♪ >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation, on your radio, and on current tv this is the "bill press show." >> bill: anthony weiner says it could be six. it could be ten. who is counting? we are. and watching his poll numbers too sink like a rock. hey, good morning, everybody. six minutes after the hour now here we start up hour number two on the "full court press." this friday morning, july 26th so good to see you today, and thank you for being with us as we come to you live all across this great land of ours. on your local progressive radio station and on current tv all

across the great land of ours, again, and whether you are listening or watching, good to have you with out, and whether you are listening or watching you can join the program by phone at 866-55-press on at which timer at bpshow and on facebook at facebook/billpressshow. no excuse for not joining the conversation, because it's so easy to do so in many different ways and, you know we talk sports, we talk economy. we talk politics, and when we get to sports we talk to cindy boren from the "washington post." good to see you. >> good to see you bill. >> bill: thanks for coming in studio. everything good? >> everything is fine. >> bill: everything is good except for the nats. peter ogburn dan henning alicia cruz, and siprion bolling gives a big wave on the video cam.

it is sad. >> they won one game since yesterday and they did it in dramatic fashion. they came down to the 9th inning, and were up 7-3, and of course the pirates rallied, and then bryce hits a walk-off home run, no problem. >> bill: any hope for the playoffs? >> sure, there's -- i'm not going to tell you. it's early, but there is always hope. they are what at it games out something like that? and it's not a great division. and the braves who are leading the division lost one of their best pitchers the other day to a broken ankle. >> bill: you have to count on injuries on the other team to give you a shot. >> it doesn't hurt.

>> yeah. >> bill: and david letterman had fun last night. weiner has been giving so many news conferences updating the number of women he has been sexting with. so david letterman last night. >> number 10, allow me to introduce the entire danger family. number nine my pants will be arriving shortly. number 8 does this look like a bullseye rash. number 7, it was never my intention to get caught. number 6, i want to thank my wives for standing here beside me. >> bill: and he finds it up. >> number 4, i am so high right now. number 3 florida says if i don't like your questions, i can shoot you. [ laughter ] >> number 2, i thought i said no

fat chicks. and the number 1 bad press conference opening line, look at you sorry sons of bitches. there you go. [ laughter ] >> bill: anyhow -- do you think he might be in trouble, cindy? >> i think he might be. i think -- a-rod should send him a basket of fruit because he is taking all of the front page headlines away from a-rod. >> bill: yeah, but not for long. i think the first time around with anthony weiner could have gone all the way but this latest round -- no. >> i love the woman who was interviewed was shocked to find out that he wasn't who she thought he was. >> online?

>> bill: cindy boren is here with us, in the next hour meet the subject of a powerful new documentary called "bridegroom," the executive producer and subject of the documentary will be in studio with us. but first -- >> announcer: this is the "full court press." >> there is a new bill in congress to try again to replace the dollar bill with a coin to save money. one industry that is opposed to the measure is strip clubs because it's quite hard to tip a strip we are a dollar coin. the hill caught up with john mccain yesterday and asked him about that problem. the arizona republican said he just hopes that people will tip in larger denominations, giving them $5 bills. >> i don't see that happening. >> bill: this is -- yeah. this is what -- what the -- this is what we're dealing with in

this congress. >> mccain's great vision of this bill that he put together -- >> bill: by the way, they have attempted coins and it never works. >> is this really the most important thing they have to deal with. >> can you imagine how hard or dangerous it would be to make it rain with dollar coins? you could hurt somebody. >> make it hail. [ laughter ] >> whoopi goldberg is livid with the "new york post"." the paper printed a story saying she can't wait until barbara retires. the comment stemming from an on-air argument they had this week. whoopi went on a profanity-laced tirade, saying she and barbara are great friends. whoopi thinks the media went

overboard in the coverage of the baby. barbara doesn't. she hosted an hour-long show covering the birth. and nascar fans attending the brick yard 400 race in indianapolis this weekend will see advertising they likely have never seen before. ads for legalizing pot. they have bought time on video screens to push the theme that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol. the ad is made to look like a beer commercial but carries an anti booze tone. making the point that it has no calories -- >> but the calories you consume afterwards are far more -- >> bill: if i wanted to

advertise for pot, a nascar race would be a great place to do it. >> oh, yeah. who wants to sit and watch a car drive in a circle for hours? i mean you have to get messed up. >> well, they crash sometimes. >> they do. that's true. >> bill: i call this good marketing. cindy bornen you mentioned a-rod, after -- earlier in the week, or maybe already last week, ryan braun is that his name? >> yes. >> bill: yeah, everybody says he was probably cooperating and he's not the -- the last one to fall, that a-rod may be next. >> a-rod is the next big fish. there were two big kahunas out there, ryan braun, the 2007 national league mvp was one and a-rod is the other. and a-rod probably -- most reports seem to indicate that a-rod is going to get -- they are going to drop the big one on

a-rod. >> bill: ryan got what -- >> like 65 games. the rest of the season. >> bill: but with a-rod it could be what? >> they are talking -- people have mentioned a lifetime ban. they are also talking perhaps the rest of this season -- >> bill: a lifetime ban. woe. >> uh-huh. or the rest of this season and next season, which for a guy who is 38 that would end his career. and, you know, it's entirely possible. that's -- the majority leader union -- player's union is very strong, and there's all sorts of negotiation going on but baseball believes in the evidence it obtained from biogenesis, the anti-aging clinic that is behind all of this, that a-rod sought some of the documents himself and was trying to impede their investigation. that's why they are basing it -- basing their case for a

more serious penalty. >> bill: is it just my imagination or is majority leader baseball coming down on this the way other professional sports have not. with cycling it went on for so long, and everybody believed them. >> and baseball's problem is it has been so public for so long this has gone back to mcguire there were the congressional hearings a few years back. but, again, the union is very very strong. >> bill: yeah, because i don't know it just seems that they are very aggressive here. >> they absolutely are. >> bill: trying to make up for lost time, perhaps. >> yeah. yeah. >> you talked about a union, i thought it was interesting in the case of ryan braun he is not going to appeal it. and maybe this has something to do with him helping out in their

investigation in a-rod. >> possibly. we don't know how compelling the evidence is. but conceivably there will be -- in the next couple of weeks, we don't really have a timetable for when this will happen. so this whole drama with a-rod may continue to play out. and there may be another 15 players who are suspended along with a-rod for lesser periods of time. >> bill: so they need somebody to talk to the players and learn some lessons from those who have fallin -- >> like? >> bill: like pete rose speaking out and saying hey, how about me. here he is. >> baseball gave me the opportunity -- i think i could help the game. i think i could help re -- you know restore some -- some integrity to the game as far as what is going on with it right now.

>> integrity to the game. >> bill: how long it has been? >> it has been -- what 20 years? >> i would say it has been 20 years. >> i bet it has been 25 right? >> probably. no, i bet it has been right at 20 years. >> well bart jamadi was the guy that sent him away -- and i'm thinking '88, '89 -- >> bill: he has been barred from baseball since 1989. >> there you go. as much as i appreciate everything that pete rose did as a baseball player on the field. he bet on baseball. that's -- put the drugs aside. you don't bet on baseball. you don't bet on your team. and i know he was -- i only bet on them to win. well, okay. >> yeah this time. >> he bet on baseball. >> bill: so -- so it has been 24

years, so he has been trying to get back -- >> uh-huh. every time somebody does something reprehensible he raises his hand and says i'm looking good by comparison and everybody goes not really. >> love that he wants to bring back integrity to baseball. >> i wish they could take note from what i did. and come clean as quickly as you can. don't lie if you did something. okay? i kind of wish i could go around to all of the minority leader camps during spring training and talk to these guys and tell them what not to do and just look at what happened to me, and go from there. >> dude -- >> and he was also playing during the amphetamine error, when there were stories of the big bowl full of pills in the locker rooms and stuff like that. i don't mean to dismiss him

100%, maybe only 98. >> yeah right. >> but the people he was palling around with, he doesn't have a strong case. >> bill: yeah, i think he ought to accept right now that they are not going to bring him back as the role model. cindy boren is here "washington post," you have been writing about lance armstrong and aaron hernandez. we'll get into those when we come back here on the "full court press." don't forget it's a conversation. you are invited to join at anytime, at 866-55-press on this good friday morning. >> announcer: get social with bill press, like us at facebook/billpressshow. this is the "bill press show." ♪ >> that's hilarious! >> ...and the thinkers thinking. >> okay, so there's wiggle-room in the ten commandments is what you're telling me. >> she's joy behar. >> and current will let me say anything. >> only on current tv.

>> did anyone tell the pilgrims 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. >> and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> only on current tv. ♪

>> announcer: heard around the country, and seen on current tv this is the "bill press show." >> bill: all right. carlos danger with you here. twenty-five minutes after the hour on the "full court press." no carlos danger is in danger this morning. it looks like in the polls. but we're talking sports with cindy boren with the "washington post," and our own "full court press" team here this morning. cindy -- >> we're not going to talk about carlos danger? [ laughter ] >> bill: be my guest. >> the best name since ron

mexico. >> yeah, you are right. ron mexico was really good. i think carlos danger might be better. >> bill: it's a strange name to pick up. and the poor psychiatrist in florida who's name is really carlos danger. >> the woman he was sexting with her name was sidney leathers. >> i got nothing. >> bill: her real name. >> her real name. >> bill: back to sports. aaron hernandez they might as well not even have a trial. everybody has said this guy is guilty. the latest you wrote about is down in florida? >> yeah the -- >> caller: university of florida. >> everyone is expunging him. they have a gator walk outside,

and they were jack hammering that up yesterday. the patriots have offered people an exchange for the jerseys. it's -- we're still at the innocent until proven guilty stage here, and i think it's important to remember that especially since all we're seeing so far is what the prosecution has. it's a very heavily loaded case on their side right now. and they released a grainy photo of him allegedly carrying a gun. >> bill: and you wrote about ray lewis now being very careful -- >> yeah the onegy -- one guy i think everyone wants to hear from on this, because he was accused of being involved in a murder 13 years ago, and he ended up testifying against them, and was charged with obstruction of justice, and the

guys went to trial and actually got off. >> he's a super bowl champion now. >> well, there is to a degree. i think ray lewis -- the difference between the two is ray lewis has a great leadership capability there, and hernandez does not. and you have to give lewis credit for having turned it down. >> bill: so you -- there are a lot of strange stuff going on in sports these days it seems. and you have been helping us keep on top of all of it. cindy thanks for coming in. >> my pleasure. >> bill: have a good weekend. >> you too. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪

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made and continues to make energy and environment one of his main priorities. major speech on climate change and his speeches this week on the economy are all really tied because he sees an energy policy and moving to a less dependence on fossil fuels as part of building the economy. amy harder joins us this morning. always good to see you have. >> thanks for having me. >> bill: thanks for coming in. i want to ask you about something else before we get into the energy conversation, and that is earmarks. so you just specialize in es right? >> i do. it's a great later. >> bill: i thought they were

done? >> they are dead in some sense, but congress finds a way to pass bills that resemble earmarks. you do small public lands works. that's an earmark for public lands, but also there has been this quiet rumbling on the house committee that are starting to defend earmarks quietly, but they are starting to point out that they are actually useful because if we don't allocate the money, the obama administration certainly will. and republicans don't want that. >> bill: i have heard many intelligent republicans and democrats argue to me that earmarks are really an effective way of getting real money to real causes and important causes. >> exactly. and i think earmarks got a bad

rap for reason. there were -- like the infamous bridge to nowhere in alaska. but bill shuster who chairs the transportation and infrastructure committee he points out when used correctly, they can be used in a way that helps advance certain projects. so he is struggling to deal with bills such as the waterways bill, which used to be comprised entirely of earmarks and he is trying to come up with a way to do it without earmarks. >> bill: i think john mccain was out there on his moral high pedestal saying this is terrible. >> yes, and i spoke to house spearer boehner's office and he

said this not going anywhere. now they are coming out more publicly and saying it and i think that starts a dialogue that eventually something that resembles earmarks right come back. >> bill: the president scored in getting mccarthy confirmed as the administrator of the epa. does this mean now she will be carrying out the participate's executive order on carbon solutions -- >> exactly. that will be 97% of her job between now and 2016. on tuesday she'll give her first speech and it will focus largely on climate change. i don't anticipate president obama to focus too much on it. i think he did that big speech in june but now he has handed the torch over to epa, which

will be doing a mix of public events, but also the messy job of regulating -- writing these regulations which will be very complicated. >> bill: what are they intended to do? for existing coal plants right? >> knew and existing coal power plants. they are going back to the drawing board to make separate standards for coal and natural gas. so that is expected to come out sometimes in september the draft rule for the existing power plants is expected to come out in june 2014. >> bill: not until then? >> not until then, and then a year later they will be finalized only at that point can congress enter into the debate and try to do it with the congressional review act. congress is largely hamstrung with what they can do. >> bill: here is my question if we really want to get away from

greenhouse gases, right? why are we building new coal power plants? why not natural gas? why not wind solar? >> we are largely -- the country is mainly building new natural gas plants. that is certainly the winner in this issue. i did a graphic showing the shifts of a lot of the mayor utilities in the country, and there is a clear swift away from coal. nuclear power and wind and solar have increased as well. utilities hope to be able to use some sort of technology so-called clean-coal technology and super clean scrubbers is what they are called to be able to use coal in a cleaner manner. >> bill: i remember the governor from montana who has been in our studio many times, and he always

talked about clean coal clean coal. is that a contradiction, or is there such a thing? >> i think there's such a thing and carbon capture sequestration. the environmentalists and others like to see it is an oxymoron. i think whether you want to indicate clean coal or not, it's a very important piece of the puzzle. because you need it in order to combat climate change. so it's the connection between solving climate change and solving coal. >> bill: and with natural gas do we just have to accept the premise that frac-ing is here to stay? >> president obama has thrown his support behind natural gas, much to the chagrin of a lot of environmental

environmentalists. but he has said as long -- that it is done safely but yes, he does support. and i think certainly you have to prove there is something wrong with frac-ing as opposed to say coal where it already has a bad rap. >> bill: people particularly up in new york and pennsylvania are very very upset. but it looks like the federal government has just accepted this and is not going to do anything to undo it. we had ken salazar on the show and he said he believes that frac-ing can be done in an environmentally responsible manner. so -- >> right. >> bill: when you have the secretary of the interior saying that -- i'm not convinced of that, but that's a lot of weight, pro frac-ing. >> right. the administration i would say

is surprisingly pro frac-ing. they have the regulations on frac-ing. those are moving through the regulatory pipeline. >> cuomo hasn't made a decision yet, has he? >> no, he hasn't. it has been deplayed significantly. and with documentaries like "gasland," which stirs up a lot of emotions i would have to say some of the positions in there are inaccurate, but i know it's a top priority for the administration, both at epa -- they are doing a comprehensive study on the issue. >> bill: you mentioned briefly nuclear. there's a plant i'm very familiar with in southern

california. it has always been there. drive the train between l.a. and san diego and there it is right on the ocean. and they had a little problem with the plant recently and shut it down. and now they have announced they are never going to reopen it. just close it down. and there have been other nuclear plants like that so are we building new nuclear to replace them, or is nuclear fading out? >> i think for the short-term it is a loser right now because of cheaper natural gas. natural gas is simply winning out against all other energy sources. but i anticipate nuclear does come back into the mix, 20, 30 years from now. but this example going back to frac-ing, california has a huge potential for natural gas, and

there's a huge debate there brewing about frac-ing and whether or not california should go ahead with that. this is a perfect example of a carbon free energy. when you have natural gas there -- for now it's an easier shorter-term answer. >> bill: boy if i was still in california, i would be right in the middle i know of this california frac-ing debate. this is one of the most important issues facing us and one of the most important factors of our economy. we'll continue our conversation and invite you to join us at 866-55-press when we come back here on the "full court press." >> announcer: get social with bill press. like us at facebook/billpressshow. this is the "bill press show." ♪

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♪ >> announcer: this is the "full court press," the "bill press show," live on your radio, and on current tv. >> bill: in the next hour top of the next hour, there is a powerful new documentary called "bridegroom," making the case for same-sex marriage. the subject of that documentary will be here in studio with us. right now we're talking energy and environment. whole range of issues with amy harder from the national journal. >> interesting story when we

talk about oil and the gathering of oil and the gulf of mexico spill in 2010. yesterday haliburton you remember haliburton they pled guilty to destruction of critical evidence in the investigation as to what went wrong out there. they had all of these records they created in looking into what happened on the rig, and they depleted a lot of them and they pled guilty and they are going to have to pay the maximum fine which is only $200,000, which is nothing, but they made a contribution of $55 million to the national fish and wildlife foundation. they blatantly admitted yes, we deleted documents. >> bill: but $55 million is also

chump change and bp is forced to pay billions in restitution to the local businesses. >> yeah, three years later we are still dealing with the ramifications of this. haliburton has drug its feet. you can't see lawmakers on capitol hill talking about this and this is a strategic decision to do this when it's not in the public eye as much. >> bill: you think so? there's such a short attention span -- >> right. congress never passed a bill in response to the spill. the interior department did strengthen its regulations, but there is only so much the administration can do without congress, and haliburton is the creator of frac-ing which is

getting this out. >> bill: haliburton -- >> haliburton was one of the first founders of frac-ing so that's where they have made a lot of their money. >> bill: you have written the senate is considering a bill on energy efficiency. something we have talked about a lot. are they really going to do anything about it? >> i'm a little bit split on what i think will happen. i think officially aids for the majority leader and the leaders on the natural resource committee say it is planning to come up next week. >> bill: what would it do -- >> it's a -- just a big mix of incentives to give to states and businesses to be more energy efficient. energy efficiency is called the

low-hanging fruit. and yet has been out of reach in the senate. i think the problem is because there's no urgency for it. if businesses see a chance to be more energy efficient because it saves them money, they will do it whether or not there is a government incentive to do it. and that's why the writers of the bill are having a hard time. >> bill: let's talk about the most important energy issue of all, the incandescent light bulb. >> yeah. and ceiling fans also. >> bill: really? >> right. and those are more symbolic. the biggest energy and environment challenge we have is climate change, and we're debating light bulbs and ceiling fans. >> bill: i just can't believe it, every time i turn around

they are saying you can have any kind of light bulb you want. >> and that's something that regular people understand. they don't understand climate change, most people. >> bill: amy it's a fun beat and very, very important issues. thanks for coming in and bringing us up to date. >> thanks for having me. >> bill: when we come back president obama has a fun day ahead of him. we'll tell you all about here on the "full court press." >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ 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. >> and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> only on current tv.

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all in the next hour here together very excited to welcome the produce -- executive producer of a powerful new documentary that i saw last night at the center of american progress called "bridegroom." the executive producer and subject of that documentary, shane bitny crone from los angeles will be here in studio with us, and then we're going to be joined later by senior vice president daniela gibbs laget. she will be in studio with us. president obama has planned a fun day today. he is taking the entire cabinet and members of their family out to camp david for a big celebration and a party day out at camp david.

he leaves the white house at 9:30 this morning, and doesn't get back until 7:00 tonight. it will be interesting to see how they all get to camp david -- >> i think they have got to drive. >> bill: my guess is i think he'll helicopter and the rest will drive. >> it's an hour. >> bill: yeah, not too bad at all. one more hour coming up here on the "full court press" on this friday, july 26th. good to have you with us. let's wind it up and head into the weekend.

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in place for the fifth day in a row. peter ogburn and dan henning. >> we made it a whole week. >> bill: i can't believe it. we're all back. alicia cruz, and siprion bolling on the video cam, keeping us looking good on current tv. i -- last night carol and i had a chance to go down to the center for american progress, a special screening of a new documentary which will be coming thought fall called "bridegroom," you have got to see it when you have a chance to see it very very powerful story, of a beautiful love affair and couple living in los angeles, and the subject of it -- and the executive producer, shane bitny crone is in studio with us this morning. thank you so much for coming in. >> thank you for having me. >> bill: i want everybody to

hear your story and where you go from here, and all about the documentary as well. >> thank you. >> bill: on a certainly a much less important topic, we can't get enough of anthony weiner in the media. everybody is having a field day with it, including our late night comics letterman and leno and last night conan o'brien had some news. >> he is out there campaigning. i didn't believe it. today he volunteered at a soup kitchen. that's true, yeah. and trust me you don't want to know how he stirred the soup. with a spoon! what were you thinking? [ laughter ] >> bill: it's like there are no limits to the anthony weiner jokes, right? >> apparently not. >> bill: even in los angeles. i would imagine this is good

fodder for l.a. jokes as well. >> it has been the topic of a lot of discussion. >> bill: indeed. a little bit later from the center for american progress the senior vice president will be here in studio with us, and shane we'll get right to your story, but first -- >> announcer: this is the "full court press." >> prince harry spoke about his new nephew yesterday saying he was thrilled to welcome baby george into the royal family and he is ready to be an uncle, but he joked he hopes his brother knows how expensive his baby sitting charges are. >> bill: can't wait to take him to las vegas. >> every family has that crazy uncle, you know, i think we just found this baby's crazy uncle. >> bill: i think harry will be a

fun uncle to have. >> the california tv station that aired those racist fake pilot names, fired three people yesterday in the wake of the incident. confirming that ktvu has let three producers go. >> bill: ktvu they just cannot let this thing go. you know, i think if they would have just dropped it. we would have all laughed about it, and it would have gone away. but they sued the airline -- no i'm sorry, the airline tried to sue them. >> the airline tried to sue them, but they had to do something. i'm surprised it took them this long to let them go. >> bill: how about the anchor. >> the anchors just read words.

>> nascar fans this weekend will see advertising they likely have not come across before at a nascar race, ads for pot legalization. the marijuana policy project has bought time to push the theme that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol. the campaign is made to look like a beer commercial but carries an anti booze message, making the point that marijuana has no hangover and no calories. >> bill: i think it's also less dangerous than driving a stock car too. >> how many calories are in a beer? >> 120 in the light, 250 in a regular beer. >> but how many calories in the three microwave burritos you eat

after smoking a joint. >> bill: if i were trying to sell pot joshgs sell pot, i would think nascar would be a good place. shane, what a powerful story. and i was wondering how you could sit there and go through it again and again and again. it's the story about you and your partner tom tragically met his death when he fell off of a roof, right? what was he doing up there? >> yeah -- >> bill: and you were together how long? >> we were together for six years, and we had a business together. we bought a home together. we built our lives together -- >> bill: and you were talking about spending the rest of your life together as a married couple. >> right. yeah. a few months before he accidentally fell off of our friends building while taking photographs of her -- just a freak accident -- it was a few months before he bought me a

ring, and we vowed to mary when it would be legally recognized in california. >> bill: and now it is. >> and now it is. >> bill: and tom is no longer there. >> being in our 20s death was not something we talked about. we didn't legally prepare for that to happen. which allowed his parents to just come in take him back to indiana where he is from and ban me from his funeral and there was nothing i could do about it. >> bill: this story is tragic in so many ways because of number one, the loss and number two, the way you were treated being his partner, but not his -- not his straight partner, if you will so therefore opportunities for a grieving partner at that time -- you were denied right? starting with the hospital. tell us about that. >> right.

the night of the accident, i went to the er and they wouldn't really tell me what was happening. they said they would have to wait for a family member to arrive -- >> bill: and his family was in indiana. >> right. so i called his mom, it was late at night in indiana, and then i just made sure that she talked directly to the doctors and i also -- i didn't think that i wouldn't ever have a chance to find out what was going on, or what they were doing trying to save him -- >> bill: or to be with him? >> right. that too, so after he passed away, you know, they tried to tell me that i couldn't go back to see him they said because i wasn't family, and fortunately i had some really good friends that were there to stand up for me and say this isn't just some roommate this is his partner, and he needs to see him. and the nurses -- there was one nurse that -- really she risked her job, and she took me back

there to see him. by the time i didn't think that it would be my last opportunity to see him. i assumed that there would be maybe one more chance to be at his burial service or funeral -- >> bill: his family -- his family particularly had a hard time accepting the fact that they had a gay son and accepting you, but his mother finally did -- >> right. >> bill: when she came out to los angeles, at least we thought she did. and then after his death, they just through you under the bus, right? >> yeah, it was interesting because my family -- i'm from a small town in montana and when i came out to my mom, she was completely accepting -- >> bill: your mom comes across as a real hero in the documentary. >> she is an amazing woman, so i thought that you feel like your mom's know that you are gay, and so when i told my mom and it went so well i encouraged tom

to come out to his mom and when he did things just got ugly, and his dad ended up pulling a gun on him, and they told him he needed therapy -- >> that blows my mind. i can't imagine ever doing that to your son. >> yeah. when you come out, the one thing that you want is to know that your parents still love and accept you, and he didn't have that. but eventually his mom did come out and stayed with us. we never talked about what hand but we felt like she is finally accepting our relationship. and she was there a month before he passed away. so it was shocking that after we passed away it was like our relationship never existed. >> bill: they didn't tell you when the funeral was going to be, and they had the whole thing without you. >> right. she was in los angeles and she stayed with me, and then eventually went to a hotel, and she didn't let me know what was

happening, and she took his body back to indiana, and i never heard from her again. and my mom and i decided to find to indiana anyways, and that's when i received a phone call from one of the relatives letting me know if i did show up, that i would be physically attacked. so just knowing how his dad reacting when he came out, and not wanting to put me or my mom in danger, the smart thing would be not to show up. >> bill: at his funeral, his life was all about what happened up until the time he left for los angeles as if there was no life after that. >> right. yeah. >> bill: no mention of anything -- >> no. >> bill: you or the relationship or the partnership, you guys had a business together, you traveled around the world together, and lived together for six years, and it never hand as far as they were concerned. >> yeah they just erased me.

it was approaching the anniversary of his accident, and so i decided i needed to do something, and i felt like if i can prevent what happened to me from not being prepared from happening to someone else then that's what i needed to do and that's why i decided to tell our story in like a ten-minute youtube video that i posted. and it went viral, and a few weeks after that the director approached me to make this documentary. >> bill: who is a great producer by the way, she and harry, her husband. are they still together? >> yeah. >> i think this story is so important, because if there's anybody that's out there that is stuck in their old ways about -- you know, gay people and the ability to get married, and the ability to have a partner, and you don't really understand why they would want to get married, or why there is

this fight, it's for things like this. >> bill: that the rest of us all take for granted. >> exactly. i mean it would never even be an issue. >> bill: right. >> and yet if you have been with someone for years and years and years, the ability to be with them at the last moment. >> bill: i don't know how you have the stamina, as you say to talk about it and live through it over and over and over again. but it's so important that it is out there. and the documentary is "bridegroom" which is tom's last name by the way. >> right. i always thought it was kind of a silly last name because i never heard it before. but it wasn't until the director was like shane, his last name is bridegroom and i need to tell

this story. linda's mother passed away from aids from a blood transfusion, and she is very passionate about human rights issues. >> bill: when does the documentary come out? >> in november. >> bill: for wide release. >> right. start with a small theatrical and then the brood release. >> bill: we'll be back. shane bitny crone in studio with us. if you have a comment, the phone number is 866-55-press. we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ >> she gets the comedians laughing... >> that's hilarious! >> ...and the thinkers thinking. >> okay, so there's wiggle-room in the ten commandments is what you're telling me. >> she's joy behar. >> and current will let me say anything. >> only on current tv.

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>> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: it's twenty-five minutes after the hour. shane bitny crone first told his story in a youtube video, it is now in a powerful documentary, which i had the privilege of seeing last night. it's called "bridegroom." and mere is a quick trailer, shane bitny crone in studio with us. >> they enjoyed living. when they traveled together that's what amazed me. when they went to egypt, and peru and paris. >> we were living the american dream. i think the phrase his dad used was he was going to come out to

california and rip the door off of the house -- >> a man fell to his death from a four-story apartment building. >> they won't let me into see him. >> mom, he died. >> oh, my god, shane. >> a moment i don't ever want to go through again. >> bill: the contrast between the way your family -- and it came as a shock to them still. because you grew up in montana, not necessarily the most gay-friendly place on the planet, but your family was very accepting, very loving and tom's family just couldn't handle it. the contrast is so stark, and then your great grandmother, grandma pat who has the best line in the whole documentary, where she says peter well she says something like -- i'm paraphrasing paraphrasing. she says they are romeo and

romeo, deal with it. >> yeah get over it. >> i love it. >> and she is 92 years old. >> bill: god love her. >> she lives on a small little ranch in hot springs, montana, just to be so accepting of our relationship is incredible. >> i love that. >> bill: what does your experience tell you about the importance of marriage equality and same-sex marriage? >> i think for tom and me marriage wasn't just about the legal protections. for us it was just the symbol of marriage. and there are domestic partnerships available in california, but for us we felt like that was a second class version of marriage, and when you want to spend the rest of your life with someone, and you want to make that ultimate commitment, there isn't a word as powerful and special as marriage, so there are so many

reasons why marriage is important, and i was never really that passionate about it until after he passed away, and it just -- it would have changed so many things. >> bill: that documentary is the strongest argument i have seen yet for why marriage equality is such an important issue, and i hope it is soon in all 50 states. thank you so much for coming in. >> thank you. >> bill: we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ >> no, they said "make us a turkey and make it fast". >> (laughter). >> she gets the comedians laughing. >> 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. >> and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> only on current tv.

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"all-in nation an america that works for all" from the center for american progress. and in the press release i have it says this book lays out a progressive policy agenda in infrastructure, jobs and the economy, health care and healthy communities, education and work force development, immigration, criminal justice, and democratic participation. what is level. daniellea is senior vice president at the center for american progress. nice to see you again. >> nice to see you. >> bill: congratulations. >> thank you. >> bill: that was a big undertaking. >> yes, it is. >> bill: royal baby and royal book this week. >> that's right. it has been a priority of the center for the past year now with our partners at policy

link, which is a think tank out in california. we have been talk about demographic change for a while now. so we thought why don't we do something big and then step back and look at it and see what does this mean? >> bill: so the demographic change meaning we're about to become a minority/majority -- >> yeah, i always put that in quotes. by the way i say it is by 2043 the census projects there will be no ethnic minority anymore. and the communities that are growing the fastest are often the ones that have the biggest

challenges. and we important it was important for us being the leading progressive institution to really talk about this and -- in a positive way and show that, you know, our strength comes from our diversity and if we make key investments now we will be prepared for this change. >> bill: so the policies that we have been pursuing do not fit the new face of america is that basically what you are saying? >> well, the policies of this congress, no. [ laughter ] >> they don't do anything. but a lot of the stuff in here isn't necessarily new. it is something we have been pushing for a while but just haven't come to fruition. but we thought it was important to put it in an economic framework. a lot of times when people say we need to close racial disparity, it is coming from a place that it is the right thing to do well yeah it is the right thing to do, but if we

don't close these racial gaps now, that the america that we all have come to know and love will not be the same in 2043 because these are the folks who will be driving our economy, and if they are not ready to take the jobs that are there in the future all of our standard of live willing drop. >> bill: doesn't it have to start with comprehensive immigration reform? >> that is key in the book. it's key and it has to start with education as well. it shows that 0 to 5 is so crucial and you coplot -- can plot somebody's life sadly in those first five years. so education is very important part of this book, and you are right, immigration reform which, you know, i still am optimistic that we will get something passed despite what is happening

in the house. i have to believe -- it is going to take longer than people expect, but i do believe we'll get it done. >> bill: this year or -- >> yes i'm going to say this year. i have heard other people say other things, and i refuse to believe it. [ laughter ] >> bill: what do we do about our educational system in order, again, to make sure that these rising communities and this -- are -- get those educational opportunities that -- that all americans should -- should be getting? >> right. it's challenging, because you have 50 states and 50 different educational system. and some governors are doing better than others. >> bill: and it is considered a state if not local responsibility. >> yeah, it is. and cap has really been leading the forefront on universal pre-k. and governors are starting to

realize if you are doing this, it will benefit you in the long run. you save money for the state down the road, because you are getting people in a positive pipeline, so i think that -- i'm optimistic that on pre-k there is some movement that is happening in the states. >> bill: how about health care? >> health care is a huge part of it. and thank goodness we have the affordable care act. it remains to be seen how entrenched and stubborn republicans are going to be. they have their own internal time line. their clock is ticking to january 1st, because once people are enrolled they are now going to be taking something away from people. so they are going to be trying to discourage people from signing up for the exchanges,

and that's why at the white house they are putting such a huge push into understanding the law, and obviously it benefits people of color disproportionate disproportionately this law. >> bill: i have my copy, but haven't had a chance to read it so you identify the problem, and lay out some proposals. >> right. >> bill: i guess my first question to you then would be -- isn't this a little late in the game? i mean like we're now -- you know, not quite halfway but a year and a half into president obama's second term. shouldn't this have been around in 2009. >> well we didn't start until a couple of years ago. [ laughter ] >> but i don't think it is too late. we do have time. the changes are happening quickly, but we do have time if

we start making these investments now. and again, a lot of these things are items that we have been pushing for a long time, but i really do think that -- sometimes people they -- they like to focus on the conversation and the narrative, and a lot of times people don't realize that, but i think when it comes to this i think it's really important. and it's really important that the american people don't just see the change in demographics as somebody else's problem, that we see it is happening to all of us. and the efforts we make today will benefit us all in the future. >> bill: so what do you hope happens to this road map? >> i hope many of these prescriptions we put forth actually come through. >> bill: you see the challenge now that you want democratic members of congress to pick this up and run with it or for the

white house or governors or for what? >> all of the above. and also i want people to start talking about the demographic change in this way. i -- again, after the -- the election, you heard people talking about it in a very political sense, and that's good and important. any way we can bring the issue to the public is good but i really want folks to start focusing on the positive aspects of demographic change. there are issues in disparity we need to address but the fact that we have these fast-growing communities, sets us up for a dying work force. countries like japan and italy they are facing a challenge of where they are going to get workers to replace those retiring. we don't have that problem here

as long as we make sure they are equitably treated from here on up. >> bill: the center for american progress has said this is the agenda we need to suck seesz -- succeed for this all-in nation. i love that title. daniela is here to answer your questions or comments. and we'll find out more about what the center for american progress says on the agenda when we come back here on this friday edition of the "full court press." you know the way to join the conversation 866-55-press. >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv, this is the "bill press show." ♪

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this book. peter one quick story? >> yeah i feel like we have been dropping a lot of downer stores which are regards to the environment. the north pole environmental observatory they monitor what goes on at the north poll, and they say as summer comes around you see some ice melting, but the north poll right now is a lake. there is a time lapse footage. i'll tweet out a link at bpshow and it has turned into water. there is no ice. they are saying obviously this has a lot to do with global warming. >> yikes. >> it's terrifying. >> yeah. >> it's not ice or snow. it is water! >> bill: i have never been to the north poll i have always wanted to go and when i go dammit, i want to see ice.

>> bring your swim trunks. >> bill: hello. you were talking -- one of the things i mentioned was democratic participation. >> yes. >> bill: here is a little factoid. in the last election 2012, roughly 12.5 million latinos voted, an estimated 2.5 million latinos were registered to vote but didn't cast a ballot. 8.6 million were eligible to register to vote but did not register. there is almost as many potential as actual. that is huge. >> that was one of the more shocking things we found. >> bill: over 23 million latinos -- >> yeah. >> bill: talk about an electoral

powerhouse. >> exactly. and especially in a state like texas where you find their participation rates are a lot lower than say california. these are votes left on the table, basically, so the question is what do progressives do to reach out to voters but not just during an election cycle. again it's about starting at the beginning. do they feel empowered to run for school board. do they even know what that is. or why it is important to be on the local city council. i feel like the right has been really good at doing that, and we're playing catchup now. and that stat should scare people, anger people, and motivate us to do more. >> bill: eric holder said yesterday after the supreme

court's vote, the federal government is going after texas to make sure they get federal approval before they make any changes in their right to vote bills down there. because they have been trying to prevent these 11 million people from voting. >> exactly. they are very, very creative. >> bill: economic justice, economic distribution, i guess, is certainly an issue a lot of people don't want to talk about, because they say it's class war fair, but this ever-widening gap between the really top 1% and the middle class in america, you cite the pugh research center looking at the census data from 2009 found that whites on average have 20 times the net

worth of african-americans, and 18 times of latinos. >> yeah, and that has grown a lot of it due to the housing crisis, because a lot of communities of color, their assets were tied up in their homes, so it has gotten worse over the past couple of years, even as the economy as started to improve. research shows that societies or cities are more equitable between the races, they have stronger economies. so look nationally at the numbers, that's not good. and we need to close that gap. up with of the things our president mentioned on wednesday, these are policies that help everybody. they help the poor working you know, white class of voters in west virginia. they help lower income voters in

california. anybody who is trying to get a leg up in this economy will benefit from this -- >> bill: and how can people get a copy of it? >> go to all-innation.org and download the copy. free for the people. fact sheets, videos, it's a great website. >> bill: that's revolutionary. good for you. didn't expect that. all-in nation.org. and we'll put up a link on our website as well. congratulations. i hope we actually see these things happen. and i'll be back with a quick parting shot on this friday. thank you. >> thank you. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo)only on current tv.

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>> announcer: the parting shot with bill press. this is the "bill press show." >> bill: okay. i know we're supposed to be all over the trayvon martin case by now, accept the verdict and move on. but how can we move when these idiot members of the jury continue to speak out. first a juror told anderson cooper she walked into the jury room convinced that george zimmerman was not guilty because, quote his heart was in the right place. now another jury says she was sure zimmerman was guilty of murder, but she caved in because she trusted god to sort it out in the end. george zimmerman got away with murder, quote, but you can't get

away from god, and at the end of the day he is going to have a lot of answers to deal with. hey, didn't anybody tell this juror she needed to take care of it in this life. after listening to those two women, no wonner george zimmerman walked. i want to know is it too late for a mistrial? oh, my god. hey, folks have a great weekend. we'll be back on monday. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪

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>> stephanie: well good morning, tv land, here is the three minutes that we fill with television packing material because jacki schechner is not here. however, she is watching right now. >> hi, jacki. >> hi jacki. >> hi, jacki. >> stephanie: she is at a wedding in miami, not her own, because presumably we would have been invited. but i got my