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we'll take your numbers a calls. president obama is on a week's vacation at martha's vineyard. he played a game golf and then he and the first lady and friends went out to dinner. before he left town he signed the student loan bill on friday, and then gave a big news conference friday afternoon. i was there, and he talked about immigration reform, he talked about larry summers, and he talkedded about his relationship with vladimir putin, he talked about the olympics and edward snowden. meanwhile, politicians are flo flocking to iowa on on the topic

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seem to be slumping as many phillies fans as there normalry are in washington, d.c. all you see are red caps, red shirts all over town. not so much this time. we are finally getting our money's worth in stephen strasbourg. he pitched his first complete game and it was a shutout. >> stephen strasbourg will take the mound for the final inning today. superman. complete game! what an amazing play to close it out. >> bill: direct line hit to third base and for zimmerman that could have been trouble, but he caught it, and it was all over. >> great play, he only gave up four hits and no runs. it was a very impressive performance. 11 strikeouts, he was good.

>> i'm sure they were saying the right thing was done. >> maybe, he is is not pitching well. >> bill: jason dufner is having a great weekend. even though he bogeyed the last two holes he won the championship at oak hill in an impressive field. this is a guy who is as cool a s a cucumber and shows no emotion like some of the others we know, but looks can be deceiving. >> i come across as a cool customer, i guess, but there are nerves out there, especially when you're trying to win a major championship. >> bill: well, did he it. had he ever won a major? >> not a major. of course he has won

tournaments. he's fairly a no-name on the pga tour. he has a look about him. calm, cool, collected, not very exciting. >> bill: american, right? >> yes. >> bill: well, i don't know, you have brits and australians who win the tournaments. well, that's the sports for the day. coming up, josh craushar from the hotline will be join us. reed wilson no longer there. it's josh now. he has been there for a year. i should have the name right. leslie clark from mcclachey news. and from emily's list jess mcintosh will be here to tell us all about the madam president

conference out in iowa. we'll tell you all about it. but first. >> this is full court press. >> president obama and family beginning their martha vineyard vacation over the weekend. he played golf with white house chef and robert wolf former counsel on jobs and competitiveness. >> marvin nicholson is still travel directer. >> they played at oak bluffs. the traveling press corp was given a rare opportunity to watch the president play. on one green he made the put. >> i saw that chip. it was a little too long. >> he didn't shank it or anything. >> no, it was right straight at the pin.

>> you and i are familiar with it. >> it looks like my game of golf. >> apple is ready to unveil it's next generation iphone. they'll introduced the iphone 5-s but samsung is realizing its galaxy smart phone a week earlier, which could kill iphone's buzz because there is a lot of buzz around galaxy. >> bill: i have the iphone. >> it isn't what it used to be. >> bill: it works for me. >> yes, but it doesn't have that aura about it. lebron james considering the position to lead the union since patrick ewing did so in

the late 1990s. james tells espn the union is not in a good place, and it's going backwards but he's not positive he would have the time to commit to it the way he would like to. >> bill: interesting. >> not a lot of people realize that these players are unionized. >> bill: the nba player and the mda players unions are unions with real clout because their players make so much money. and they're relatively small unions. they don't have a million members like the steelworkers, 1.2 million members, but their members have a lot of punch, thanks. on friday president obama, you know, a major, major news conference, and it was his last effort before he went away, actually saturday on his way to

martha vineyard he took a detour down in orlando to give a speech in front of the disabled veterans group. friday was a busy day at the white house, he signed the student loan bill, which was not as good as elizabeth warren would have liked. it's down to 3.9%. we hoped it would be 3.4%, but it's better than the range of 6th 9% of student loans. he held a news conference before he went on vacation, and it was interesting for several reasons. first of all, in the buzz, in the briefing room ahead of time, rather, while we were waiting the buzz was the president was going to make an opening statement. he was going to make an opening statement about the nsa and

major changes in the program of collecting met d meta-data becaf all the criticism he has got. people are anticipating and buzzing about that. we got into the east room, 20 minutes ahead of time. everybody gets their seats, and then they give the two-minute warning. the president comes in, and he covered a whole range of topics. this was really a media news conference. i'm sure you read and heard a lot about it. he talked about immigration reform. he talked about whether or not there would be a government shutdown. he talked about larry summers and janet yellen as new chairman of the fed. and he talked about putin. he said that putin sits in a slouch like's a high school likl

student sitting in the back chair of the room like he's a high school student. he talked about the olympics, there was no way we were going to boycott the olympics but we were going to defend lgbt and coming home with a medal is the best way to combat bias in russia. then he spent the rest of the time talking about nsa, the spy program, and that's when he started. he said, first of all look, people are right to be asking questions about what is going on. >> obama: given the history of abuse by government it's right to ask questions about surveillance particularly as technology is reshaping every aspect of our lives. >> bill: he said what is important is that americans have to trust the intelligence

services. >> obama: it's not enough for me as president to have confidence in these programs. the american people need to have confidence as well. >> bill: he said he was going to make a few little changes. one is for now on we're going to find out more about what is going on, and what the legal basis for it is. >> obama: so in under my direction the nsa is taking steps to put in place a full-time civil liberties and privacy officer and release information and details of it's oversight. >> bill: he said we need for transparency and a little more oversight. he said, and this is the key phrase, work with conference to make changes. >> obama: we can put in steps

for greater oversight, transparency and greater restraints on use of this authority. i look forward to working with congress to meet these objectives. >> bill: all in all i would like to know what you thought about the president's conference, particularly on this nsa meta-data collection, but i got to tell you i came away disappointed. disappointed because notice if you really live listened to whae president was saying, and early editorials over the weekend pointed this out. the president was not talking about--he was not defending the program. he wasn't talking about how to fix it. he was talking about how to sprain it better. we need to do things to people have confidence in the system. three things that i felt were troubling. number one, he said he had total confidence in what nsa was doing, the need for it, and he's

absolutely convinced that there is no abuse of this system. that they're collecting all this--all these records on every phone call, and nobody is listening in on any single one phone call. i just find that hard to believe, that if these agents are collecting all this data, and the name pops up like you name it, stephen strasbourg or paris hilton or dianne feinstein and someone thinks, i wonder what she's saying, i wonder what they're talking about. he said there is total confidence and no abuse whatsoever. that's the first thing i found hard to swallow. then he said i'm going to work with congress to do this. i'm going to work with congress for greater transparency. i'm going to work with congress to figure out how to better explain it. work with congress?

that was almost laugh-out-loud funny. he's working with congress on immigration reform. how is that going? he's working with congress on gun safety. how is that going? he's working with congress about obama care, how did that go. this congress is impossible to work with. the idea of bases your hopes on more transparency with this congress ain't going to happen. and then the president said, and i really found this a reach--all this talk about national security and privacy, all this conversation we're happening right now, it would have happened without edward snowden. no way. no freakin' way. we're talking about this because edward snowden released those documents about nsa. i'm glad we're having this

conversation, but it's more about how do we explain it better? it's got to go how do we rein in nsa and stop them unless there is a reason to suspect somebody, then you can go full board. tell me what you think. did he go far enough? we'll be right back. >> this is the pill press show. headlines. real, gripping, current. documentaries... on current tv. for true stories. with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines. real, gripping, current. documentaries... on current tv. ç]

this show is about analyzing, 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? [ ♪ music ] [ ♪ music ] >> this is the the bill press

show. >> bill: the president's news conference on friday about the nsa is a we're not going to make any changes. we're just going to try to explain it better so we all understand it better, and accept it the way the president does. is that good enough for you? ted, out in chicago, what do you say, good morning. >> caller: good morning, bill, i want to say i'm sorry you have lost your trust in the president. >> bill: i have not, but only in this program only. >> caller: you knew i after that press conference on friday,ings i knew bill press would come on and he wouldn't be able to please you. he didn't say anything about the nsa. after he's gone the next

president is going to have it, it's not going away. >> bill: that's the problem, ted. you see, if president obama doesn't fix it, i don't trust the next president to fix it. president obama has got an opportunity right here, right now. i think you have to count on him to do that because he's different. he is a progressive president. i expect him not to be like george bush and dick cheney and just defend the intelligence agencies. >> caller: he's trying to make an effort, and he's trying to knock 'em down. >> bill: he is not making an effort. that's my point. he didn't do anything at all. he didn't offer anything at all on friday to change it. he said he had questions as a senator, but now he doesn't have any other questions. and if only we understood it the way he understands it then we would be perfectly happy with the nsa collecting data, ted, on every phone call that you make.

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[ ♪ music ] >> connect with the the bill press show on twitter using the #watching bp. this is the the bill press show. >> bill: 133 minutes after the hour. and it's so good to see you. josh, kra ushour from the hotline joins us here in the next segment. we're talking about president obama's news conference on fly. i was--on friday.

i was looking for changes in the nsa spying program. we didn't get any. the president said we're going to try to explain it better. is that good enough? 1-866-55-press for your comments. here is another story about identity theft that caught my attention. this one up in connecticut. i tell you it's everywhere, folks. an ad pretending to be hiring for a national company, took all of their information, and of course he used that to open up credit cards and bank accounts in their name. another case of identity theft you are susceptible to it unless you're protected against it as i am with life lock ultimate. the most comprehensive i.d. theft protection available tod

today. protects your bank accounts and of course it can't protect you or your bank account if you're not a president obama. call and mention bill press and you'll get 10% off your life lock protection. for life lock ultimate, 1-800 1-800-356-5967. and just one other piece of audio from the president. he did say that we have no interest at all in what you or i are talking about on our phone calls. >> obama: america is not interested on spying ordinary people. we're focused on finding the information necessary to protect our people and in many cases protect our allies. >> bill: but it still remains to be said and shown how collecting

information on every single phone call made in the united states by every single american who places the call, how long the call is and who they're calling, hard to see how that helps us find a terrorist in the middle east. remember last week this whole new terror scare that we found out about, took action, closed those embassies, nothing to do with this domestic spying program. that domestic spying program did not help one damn bit. i join republicans and democrats in congress. you've got people in congress like john conyers on the left, and james sensenbrenner on the right. you have dick durbin on the left and rand paul on the right all saying there have to be limits to this data collection, and there should be probable cause or some sufficient reason for going after those phone data on

a particular person before you randomly collect the data on every single phone call in the united states. president obama is not there. he defended the program and said basically if we just explain it better you'll accept it. hmm? how about you, not me. >> we tweet at bp show, and the president said he wants to work with congress to open up transparency. >> bill: that's a joke. >> and it's been said work with what congress. and another said it's our responsibility as citizens to create a congress that the president can work with. >> bill: that's true, and to start throw john boehner out i in 2013. >> and another said i'm sick of

you for not supporting the president. does he get anything right? sick of your talk. >> bill: i am not a rubber stamp. i cannot do that. i cannot be that. he's my president, and i support him. but when i think he's wrong i will say you. sorry to disappoint you. i am not an obama rubber stamp or echo. hector is calling from wood bridge, virginia, hector, thank you for your patience and your call, what do you think? >> caller: how can you be elected president and go against your oath of upholding the constitution? this is a violation of the fourth amendment. it doesn't matter how they explain it. we know what it is. the problem is he's not understanding that it's a violation of our privacy. i think really we need to

explain to our government what is wrong, not them explaining it to us. >> bill: that's a good way of putting it. i think it is an unconstitutional program. by the way, i think it was mark youdall, the one from colorado,i believe mark udall. he said the same thing last week. he said if it's not it's very close to violation of the fourth amendment. and the president of all people, a constitutional lawyer, should understand that. i think what happens, hector, in the white house of any president, they get in there and they're surrounded by national security guys, and they give in to them. i expected it from george bush and dick cheney. i'm not--not from president obama. i thought he would be more likely who would say hey, wait a minute. come on, i don't buy that crap. steve in manassas, virginia,

what are you saying? >> caller: good morning, bill. i agree with the president that some transparency is necessary. but i want to add a specific issue that was made public in 2008 in a book called "the shadow factory" by james banford. >> bill: who knows as much about this as anybody else. >> caller: yes, he has been tracing it since the 1980s. the nsa does collect all this information, and then runs it through the super computers that look for key terminology. it's when they run across this key terminology that they then dump the information to a human resource that then reviews it and determines whether or not it warrants further investigation. >> bill: the point, they're collecting so much information.

the new center they're building wherever it is in utah. first of all, it requires a massive army to sort through all this stuff, and they have so much stuff they may never be able to find the needle because they got too much hay if you follow the needle in the haystack analysis. >> caller: well, i agree if it that were the case. but because of the fact that there is such a large amount of information that needs to be screened, it's the super computers that are programmed with these key bits of key terms that are looked for. once they come across these key terms, then they're dumped to human beings for review. >> bill: steve, i appreciate your call, and i'll trust anything that james banford says on this stuff. i've interviewed him before. but the point is we would not accept local police officers

going door to door and just entering houses without a search warrant, without sufficient cause to get a search warrant, and searching those homes. we would never accept that. yet we are accepting the fact that nsa is collecting data on every phone call in the united states without any reason at all. to even remotes possibility of being connected to any terrorist organization or activity that they just collect everything possible. don't tell me they get the permits from the fisa court because the fisa court is a rubber stamp. like dick durbin said, there should be probable cause and then you can get anything you want. but you have to show probable cause first.

the nsa doesn't have to. chet? >> caller: first of all, president obama is once again stone walling about an issue that should have been brought to the american people way, way, way long before edward snowden brought it about. the real issue with that is something that rand paul brought up is the drones. the drone program, where does it stop? where does it stop? that is the scary question. it really is. >> bill: well, it is, chet, and i talked a lot about the drones. the drones did come up in the news conference on friday, and it's been reported that we've stepped up--i'm not saying

this is a wrong thing to do with the terrorist threat last week and the embassies closing. we've stepped up drone attacks and killed several al-qaeda, maybe not top level but second level, and the president was asked about that friday at the news conference. he said, i'm not going to talk about that. again, the secret thing, why can't the president tell us exactly what we're doing and why? i'm telling you, i didn't get the answers i was looking for on friday. to be continued, josh next from the hotline. >> this is the the bill press show.

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[ ♪ music ] >> the bill press show is joining free speech tv starting september 3. find out how to watch at the bill press show.com. >> so good to see you this morning. president obama off on vacation now after a news conference friday afternoon. lots of stuff swirling around here. and josh the new editor in chief of the national journal hotline. >> bill: one of the things we've been commenting on that dominated the news conference,

and i thought interesting to, too, given a chance to defend larry summers, he defended larry summers as a serious candidate as chairman of the fed. does this mean that he has the inside track? >> caller: i think it tells you a lot about president obama's management style. he's someone who values the advice and he has has trust of people who were loyal to him, as he said in the press conference, did a solid job in serving him in the administration. larry summers was a big part of the economic team in the wake of the recession and the measures that the administration took. he valued his expertise and his service at the beginning part of his administration, and i think that's playing a big role that level of personal relationship is playing a big role in who he'll pick.

>> bill: i find it stunning. i had dinner with friends who are big wall street types, if you will. they were unanimous in that larry summers would be a disaster, and that the front page article in the sunday "new york times," how can you read that article and say, boy, he will not even be on the list. he seems toxic, larry summers. >> summers has a lot of critics, and he doesn't necessarily have the best bedside manner of someone who is not a politician, and definitely alienated a whole bunch of folks in both the clinton and obama administration, and also when he was at harvard. >> bill: yes, yes, the faculty at harvard gave a no-confidence vote. >> pretty damaging when you're

not even supported by the professor of your own university. it ultimately only matters what president obama thinks. and you're right he seems to be inclined to take him but we won't find out until september. >> bill: so this is only august 2013, and believe it or not we're already talking abou about 2016. joe biden the reason, one of the reasons is joe biden announced his office that he was going to be the star at tom hopkins steak friday on september 13 a month from now. what does this mean for joe biden? >> it means at the very least he wants to be considered, he wants to be in the conversation of possible candidates running for president in 2016. if you talk to folks, one of the things that irritates people the most is when people automatically assume he's not a serious candidate, he doesn't have what it takes to be president. at the very least, i think his visits to iowa, and his trips to

the steak fry is as much of an attempt that people view him on the a-list of candidates along with hillary clinton. the fact that we're talking about it, you don't want to be seen-- >> bill: indeed. a good move for joe biden, josh kraushaar, and i know, josh, you're working on more news again including "the new york times" story about the virginia governor's race, and new questions about terry mcauliffe. >> yes, a bad, bad weekend for the nominee. the story in the "new york times," "washington post" and associated press all cast a negative light of m mcauliffe's

work and it paints a picture of mcauliffe using political connection rather than using a business model and trying to do things in a traditional fashion. and through a whole lot of unfavorable news stories, hillary clinton brother was in the company but nobody knew what he did. >> bill: my question is terry mcauliffe has lots of political connections because he has done so much work, raised so much money for so many candidates, why shouldn't he use political connections. >> well, the problem is the business is not doing well. it's going bankrupt, and it's the mitt romney problem. he said he created jobs but it's hard to find a business that he

was ceo of that has been successful. that's why green tech was so important to mcauliffe's political career because he could run for governor and use this company as his job creation skill, but it hasn't really worked out that way. >> bill: thank you, we'll look for more on that story. josh, thanks for being with us. we've been talking with josh kraushaar who is the new editor in chief at the hotline. >> this is the bill press show. [ ♪ music ]

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[ ♪ music ] [ ♪ music ] >> bill: here we go, happy monday morning, folks, monday august 12. can you believe it? good to see you today, and i hope you enjoyed the weekend. able to kickback, relax, and recharge your batteries and get ready to go. lots to talk about this morning on the full court press. we're coming to you live from our nation's capitol with the news of the day. not much is happening here in washington since the house is

out of town, the senate is out of town. president obama is out of town, and the vice president is out of town, but we'll let you know what is going on around the country, around the globe. most importantly give a chance to sound off and let you know what you think is goin--what weg on. you can call us on 1-866-55-press. president obama is up at marth martha's vineyard. a round of golf and off to dinner not a bad start. before he left he signed the student loan bill and held a big news conference on friday afternoon. i was there when he talked about a whole mess of subjects, immigration reform, his relationship with vladimir putin, whether or not we might boycott the olympics, if there might be a government shutdown, and he talked mostly about

edward snowden and the nsa. we'll bring you more on that right here on your show on current tv. 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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we're coming to you from a ghost town by the name of washington, d.c. it's hard to find anyone to talk to these days in washington. the house is out of town. the senate is out of town. the vice president is out of town. the president is up at martha vineyard, but there are hearty souls like kar karl frisch. >> i'm just on crutches. i couldn't get away. >> bill: that's right. everything good? having a good summer? >> fantastic, fantastic, bill. nothing like august, humidity on crutches. it's the best. >> bill: you know what is good about it is you can go from one end of the city to the other in five minutes instead of a half hour. you can get a table in restaurants. you can get on the metro.

>> that's true. i called for a reservation, and they said sure, just come on by. >> bill: everybody heads for the hills. why are we here? >> that's a good question. >> bill: we're here with a team, not the entire team. peter, one of those who has run out of town just for today and tomorrow, dan henning, team press here, keeping things together with the help o help. were you at the state fair. >> i did not go to the illinois state fair. >> bill: if you had been there you might have been able to give kyle barton a run for his money. but as it is kyle barton won the hog calling contest hands down.

>> i believe it's cloven hoof town oh oh. [ squealing ] >> here, pig, pig, pig, pig! [ pig noise ] >> bill: now how can age self-respecting hog resist that? >> kyle barton. i believe that's how john boehner corrals the republicans. >> bill: it's caucus time. >> yes. >> yes, they're like pigs at the trough. >> bill: boehner instead of the

voice calling people to prayer at the minerett next istanbul, you can hear boehner calling the caucus. >> here, pig, pig. >> here, pig, pig, pig, pig! >> time to vote. >> by the way, it's got notes. it's got notes like wine. >> bill: he goes from state fair to state fair. he has won the iowa state fair. >> he's like the joey chestnut of the hog calling world. that's a good comparison. >> do you think that showed up on their personality tests in high school? >> bill: karl frisch this hour. and leslie clark will be along

from mcc latchey and karl, you and i will get into the politics of the day. but first, the big stories. >> the full court press. >> collecting votes on bills and it's not hog calling, it's murder. the hill reports republican house majority kevin mccarthy spoke at a luncheon in california with a he talked about actor kevin spacey in the show "house of cards" the netflix program where he plays the house, and he kills a member of congress in the show's first season. mccarthy said if he could do that, too, he would never have to worry about another vote. >> bill: there are some things you should not joke about. >> there would be one less republican in the house. >> bill: i think he would be

killing democrats. i don't think he would be killing a republican. >> one of the 16 public sector employees that won the power ball in new jersey came forward and said what she will do with her share of the money, $9 million before taxes. susan nickel saying she's not quitting her job because she's 18 months away from retirement and loves what she does for ocean county new jersey. she's going to use her money to rebuild her house which had seven feet of water in it from super storm sandy. >> you're going to need the pension when you go bankrupt for having won the lottery. >> bill: i love the fact that these public employees got together, 16 of them, bought a ticket, and there they go. they are the kind of people who should win the lottery. i've said this before. we talked about this last week. by the way, i won. >> did he. >> bill: i won $5.

i spent $6, and i won $11. >> when i was 18 i bought a scratcher and i won a free ticket. i bought that ticket, i won 10 tickets, and then i won one more ticket and i haven't played the lottery since. >> bill: why not. there's pretty good chances. >> and tim clark had no chance of winning the pga championship this weekend, but he's going home with a story. the south african shot a hole in one on the 11th hole. the par 3 at oak hill country club in rochester, new york, he used a hybrid, and it came after a double bogey on the hole before, so he was quite happy. >> i don't know what that means. >> bill: well, hole in one means he won in first try. >> but bogey and hybrid, when

did golf start hybrid? >> ten, 15 years ago? >> bill: no, this is not a combination of gas and electricity. hole in one is pretty impressi impressive. i've friend in california who was playing golf with president clinton and got a hole in one. if you get a hole in one while playing with the president of the united states, that's impressive. >> isn't eagle a move? two under par. how many holes in one does the president get that he doesn't actually get. >> bill: as many as he wants. >> the president always wins. >> bill: it's a big time, buzzy time in the politics, and particularly up in new york city. he refuses to drop out of the race, and-- >> i like we're saying drop out rather than pull out of the race. >> bill: i purposely said it that way. anthony weiner is in there to

stay, no doubt about t and yesterdaabout it.christine quint money to spend. number two, in terms of millions of dollars to spend, anthony weiner, this is what it looks like. >> i have raised a campaign focused like a laser beam fighting for the middle class. i put out two books on new ideas on everything from discipline in our schools and helping our city. many don't want me to win. but this isn't about what they want. if you give me the chance i'll fight for you and your family every single day. >> bill: there he is. at the door bell, door to door. >> that's the last thing you want to open your door to. by the way-- >> bill: that's when he opens the coat, flashes? >> i don't think sydney leathers

is trying to stay out of his w way. >> bill: that is a whole other story. i would not be surprised if the ends up in the run off. >> he's lucky he had all that money when he was considering running for mayor four years ago and chose not to. apparently then it was not time to fight for the people of new york. >> bill: i would love for him to drop out. but i don't think he's going to. >> what does he cam gain by drog out other than a modicum of respect from his wife. the upside is if he makes the run-off he has a shot of being mayor. i don't think he makes the run-off. this is an instance where all the money in the world does not pull someone out of coming in last place. as we all know they don't have a

whole lot of money to spend in new york. there are matching funds. where bloomberg would spend $60 million of their own money, we're talking about $5 million a piece here. i think christine quinn will thankfully come in first with 25% to 35% of the vote and then have a run-off two weeks later with one of the other two guys. >> di blastio or thompso thompson{^l" ^}. >> i don't think weiner has what it takes to pull this oh off. >> he has struggled being an one-man band. >> he's always been an one-man band. he was a grade one jerk. he has no friends in washington.

he said no one to stan up for him because he had no friends. >> bill: joe biden on his way to iowa. >> literally. >> bill: literally on his way to iowa. >> bill: tom hearken has this steak fry, and that has been generally a coming out party for presidential nominees coming this time around. it was announced this morning that joe biden willing heading up the speakers. >> i spent a lot of time--i think washington, d.c. is an unique place in that there are more people in washington that have been to iowa than live in iowa, and i've lived in iowa. i've been virtually to every county, i'm sure, all 99 of them. the fact that i know there are 99 counties in iowa tells you something. >> bill: really, you have?

>> oh, yes, sioux falls, i've been all over the state. >> bill: why? >> working in politics. i worked with howard dean back in my old days as a republican i worked with alexander and john mccain many moons ago. i think biden plays well there, i think hillary plays well there. many of these desands, whether it's martin o'malley or cuomo in new york, all of these people have to do these types of things to keep themselves potentially viable whether or not or not they end up running. if hillary runs, many of these people won't bother but they'll continue to do these types of events just in case she doesn't run. >> bill: just to keep-- >> yes, it's good food and whatnot and showing support senator harkin but all the political activists from all

over the state go to this every year. >> cenk: we're going to be talking in the next hour to jess mmcintosh. they were talking about ma madam president. after the first african-american president, we should have the first female president of the united states. i agree. there is no doubt, this is all about hillary. >> i think it is. i think emily's list would love people to know that hillary is not the only qualified woman. she is certainly the most qualified woman in the country to be president, but she's not the only woman qualified to be president obama. i don't mean 35 years of age, american citizen,

blah-blah-blah. there are many senators and governors in this country that are qualified. >> bill: who are the other women on the list? kirsten gillibrand. >> any number of senators. we've got a great caucus of women amy klovichar is impressive. and there is a dirth of qualified women, and i think part of the goal is to let the media know that if hillary clinton doesn't run, there are many who could. >> bill: karl frisch on the full court press. give us a call at 1-866-55-press. your comments, your questions. give us a holler. we'll be right back. >> follow us on twitter @bp show. this is the bill press show.

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[ ♪ music ] [ ♪ music ] >> bill: here we go. 26 minutes after the hour, karl frisch here. dan comments on we are on social media at facebook.com/bull pres/billpress show. and its commented, it's shaping up to be another clown card when referring to donald trump, and next time weiner has a sexting

scandal he has to enter the same therapy as the san diego mayor. >> bill: oh, god. >> there is a difference between what weiner did and what philner is doing. he's probably doing something wrong and inappropriate. that's the different was that weiner was consensual. >> bill: i want to get back to the clown car because the driver of the clown car was in iowa over the weekend, and here's why he said it's important that he be the next president of the united states. >> i think a great company in a relatively short period of time. for this country to really remain, and i can't use the word owe remain" because as you know i'm talking about the word again

make america great again. the word again is very important. for this country to be great again we have to create tremendous wealth to take care of social security, medicare and medicaid and all the things we can't afford right now. i think i would be very, very good at doing that. >> bill: i would be very, very, very good at being president. >> because of the company that i've bankrupted many times. i don't know if he knows this, but our country doesn't have shirt and tie rights to sell. we can't have america product be sold in stores. we can't sell our name to people. i think he thinks he can do for himself--yeah, i don't think it's possible. >> bill: i envision the white house 1600 pennsylvania avenue with a big trump sign on top of it. beautiful. just like the trump sign on the

trump towers. >> this is the the bill press show. 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

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be off tv for two weeks, but september 3rd we bounce back on free speech tv. you can find out about all the options if go to www www.freespeech.org . on your satellite dish you'll be able to see us on tv, dish tv, direct tv or dish network, and not having a satellite dish will give you trouble with all of those options but you'll be able to stream your sho the show on r computer at www.freespeech.org we have karl frisch and we have our good friend from "huffington post." arthur delaney covers economic issues and the hard times that a lot of americans still face in this country. arthur, great to see. >> you great to be back. >> bill: the delaney downer.

>> the daily delaney downer. >> bill: on the huff post. >> huff post hill. >> bill: can people sign up for that? >> yes, www."huffingtonpost www."huffingtonpost".com/ politi www."huffingtonpost".com/politi cs and then there is a place on top that you would click on that to get the daily delaney downer and the cat videos. i love the cat videos. that's the only reason why i subscribe. >> i get all my news from cats. >> bill: it's a really good round of very irreverent round up of the day's event in washington, d.c. a lot of good information. >> and the downer is depressing. >> bill: and the downer is depressing. like the downer on food stamps these days.

republicans have come up with an agricultural bill where we'll give the farmers some subsidy, and we'll give the poor people some food stamps. this year the republicans said, no, we'll take care of the farmers but screw the poor. >> for the first time in the post-war era separated the farm bill into two parts, and they passed the farmer part in the house of representatives, and we're waiting on the food stamp part. they've got a plan that supposedly they'll vote on. you can't be sure that this will actually happen because there is so much turmoil but they'll cut food stamps by 50%, reduce the rolls by 2 million people. >> bill: all right, my understanding is that the farm bill that came out of the senate that was in front of the house cut food stamps by $20 billion, right? >> the farm bill that the senate passed had a smaller cut by a percent.

which i think democrats are willing to do to get in front-- >> to get the legislation passed. >> right, and to get--you can say that you made this modest cut that bolsters public support. i think that's their thinking there. the republican cut is 40 times bigger than that. >> bill: right. >> and would clearly result in several million people losing benefits. >> bill: here is the problem with food stamps. >> it's not just losing benefits. when we talk about what the--yes, in fact, they would lose benefits but what are they losing? they're losing food. okay? they are one of the things that we require to survive. i just wanted to put that out there. >> bill: our leader nancy pelosi said this is literally taking food out of the mouths of children. i mean, you know this program better than anybody, who benefits from food stamps? who is getting food stamps today? >> well, take it from the congressional budget office the

majority, vast majority like 90% is either children, old people or disabled people. and so-- >> they are the people we really got to crackdown on. >> well, this is what the debate is about. instead of debating in a policy-driven way, it's about who is the face of food stamps? and there is a raging battle over this. >> everybody at this point. i've seen numbers up there that what i consider startling percentage of people at some point in their life will have to rely on these types of benefits. >> absolutely. a genuine cross section of demographics, but you have to be poor to get them. but republicans want to put forward a different portrait of the food stamp benefits. >> bill: getting to my point, as a republican freshman from oklahoma i never heard of him

before, mark wayne mullen. that's his name. mark wayne is all one word. mark wayne mullen. he said in a town hall in oklahoma during this break, and he says this food stamp program is a lot of phoneys, full of fraud. here he is telling the story. >> then i'm looking over, and this guy was built like a brick house. i mean, he had muscles all over. he was in a little tank top, shorts, and really nice nike shoes, and she was standing there, and she was all in shape, and they looked like they just came from a fitness program. and you know, they were both physically fit. they go up in front of me, and they paid with that card.

fraud. fraud. >> bill: fraud. the first to admit that spandex is a bit much. that should an test. >> bill: so what he's saying is you can't be healthy and be on food stamps, right? >> which is precisely is why they want to cut them. they want to cut them who needs it unhealthy because they're not nourished. then they'll get it back when they look gangly and sickly enough. >> this is the type of anecdote that forms this debate at all times. stories at town halls, louie gohmert talking about people buying crab legs in june. if you search food stamps and crab legs, it goes back 20 years constantly. cash register resentment. >> ronald reagan welfare queen. >> exactly. it's a debate in this country who is the deserving poor. but there is this caricature for

one reason or another the person at the cash register in front of them is totally unworthy, and it's usually just one detail about them, not the full portrait at all. but why someone who is physically fit is undeserving? this is new, sort of a twist. he's not used to telling these stories as a congressman. he's freshman. >> he had a lot more descriptions for the guy, all the muscles, sinewing and tank top, but he had a wife, too, but back to the muscles. >> well usually the people in these stories are like overweight and with 20 kids in tow. so he's sort of flip the script. i asked his office what is fraud lent about that, him being muscular and using food stamps, and they didn't respond. but he's insinuating that this

guy had a gym membership. couldn't he get rid of the gym membership before he bought food. >> bill: how many people are on food stamps. >> 15% of this country. >> bill: are they all muscular? >> that's the requirement. you have to be poor. you have to have proofe proved y enrolling in some other set of program. you literally do have to--if you own a car, you can't get on food stamps. >> but if your name is markwayne and your parents don't put a space you don't automatically qualify? >> bill: so your income has to be below the poverty level, which is i think $15,000, whatever it is this year. if you get on food stamps, how long--is there a period? do you sign up for a year, two

years? >> i think in most states you have to recertify every six months. now the law says if you're an able bodied adult without dependents you can only get food stamps for three months out of a three-year period. but because the economy is so bad there are waivers, and 45 states say don't worry about that because there are enough jobs right now can continue to receive food stamps pretty much indefinitely. that is one of the things republicans are targeting in their up coming legislation. they're going to get rid of these waivers. they're not the most federalist approach, but it resembles what they did with welfare in the 90s. >> bill: i'm just glad that we have our priorities straight. we're not worried about the subsidies to the oil companies and we're not worried about all

the big tax loopholes of the millionaires and billionaires, but we're going to crackdown on those kids and those seniors on food stamps. arthur delaney is on top of it. we'll have more questions when we come back. questions on food stamps, 1-866-55-press. >> go mobile with bill press, download podcasts and listen any time, anywhere. this is the bill press show.

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starting september 3rd. find out more at the bill press show. >> cenk: this is monday morning, august 12th with arthur delaney from "huffington post." you know it's www.huffingtonpost.com, and karl frisch at www www.bullfightstrategiesboughtcoe www.bullfightstrategiesboughtcom e. >> we'reonfacebookfacebook playe people are moochers cars get votes for them, that's why they do. and another says the g.o.p.es are christians. i don't remember seeing in the bible god not feeding the hungry or trying to heal the sick.

>> actually when jesus took the loaf of bread, and he had the water that he was going to turn into wine. first he turned it into copies of aran books, and then he withheld the fish and the wine until he finished the book report. >> and there was a means test on the fish. you had to be 100% of the poverty line. >> no fancy sandals. i think your smock is made of blend. chase the money changers from the temple. over here. all together. >> bill: it does give a different meaning to the word "christian" the way these republicans, their politics. >> the bible came up during committee debate, and my favorite quote was from, i think it was stephen fincher who said,

well, the bible says lots of things ran, and then proceeded o read from paul that said those who do not work shall not eat, but this is not pault paulanit t christianity. >> it's easier fo for a camel to get through the needle to get to heavien than a rich man getting to heaven. that nips that one in the bud. >> bill: i want to say beverly is calling from st. david from illinois. what do you say? >> caller: first i would like to say i love your show, and i love karl frisch. hi karl. >> oh, beverly.

>> bill: do you have love for author here. >> caller: yes, of course. >> thank you. >> caller: first of all to the gentlemen, the tennessee guy was also getting $3.5 million in subsidies for his farm. >> yes. >> caller: let's remember that. secondly of all i'm a 60-year-old widow, when my husband died left me with nothing, and i fought back to get housing and everything else. i'm on food stamps. i get $86 a month, and i budget my food very well. and i have to go to food banks occasionally, not all the time. and we have to be checked once a year in the state of illinois you're approved once a year. >> well, you sound spoiled rotten, beverly. >> caller: thank you, karl. >> bill: $86 a month for beverly, and these guys are saying, you know, that calling

you a fraud, beverly, or thinking that you're ripping off the government. >> dubado you buy lobster or crb legs i do not i've never eaten a lobster or had a rob leg but another point that the bill press show needs to know, your two favorite guys the koch brothers, they bought out the most expensive resort in albuquerque, new mexico, and guess who they had as guest at their resort. >> bill: john roberts. >> caller: no, their two favorite republicans in the house of representatives, paul ryan and mr. cantor. >> bill: oh really? look at that. beverly, look, you know, hey, beverly, i want to you hold on because we want to get your name--i want to get your name and address here.

i want to send you a copy of my latest book "the obama hate machine," and thank you for calling and you'll find out more about the koch brothers in that book. just quickly before we wrap up on student loans. the president signed this bill. what does this do? >> washington works. that's what it signifies. it locks in a lower student loan rate. instead of moving arbitrary rates. set the financial market. in the short term, a good deal for student powers. in the longer term they could have higher interest rates when the economy gets better. >> bill: it's locked in at 3.9% instead of 6.8%. >> i like what elizabeth warren suggested, and eventually the system will need some kind of big changes, and not just for students who have these loans,

but for people who are going to these giant for-profit colleges. >> bill: what this doesn't address is a whole discussion of college tuition and colleges charging more and more, they think that kids can always get loans to pay for this. >> we're living longer, 100-year-olds will be finishing their college loan. >> bill: great, guys, arthur deldelaney, great to see you, ad karl frisch, i'll come back and tell you what the president is up to today. he's on vacation. >> this is the bill press show.

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>> this is the bill press show. >> bill: hey, here we go on this monday, august 12th. president obama did not put out an official schedule today. all we know the first day of his vacation yesterday at martha vineyard, the president oh got in a round of golf with the white house chef, and then last night the president and the first lady and friends went out to dinner at the sweet life cafe on martha's vineyard. i'm sure today there will be more golf, more beach time, a bike ride, who knows. i know in our next hour leslie clark, white house

correspondent, will be here at the top of the hour.

[ ♪ music ] >> bill: good morning, everybody, and it is monday, august 12th. great to see you today. hope you had a good weekend, and you're ready to jump into the big stories of the day here from our nation's capitol. not much going on here in the nation's capitol because the president is out of town, the senate is out of town, the house is out of town, the vice president is out of town, but we're here to bring you up-to-date to brin news in washn

and around the globe, and we'll give a chance to join the conversation. you can do so by phone at 1-866-55-press. join us on twitter @bp show and on facebook at facebook.co facebook.com/bill press show. the president obama got in a round of golf and went out to dinner. before he left he had a press conference where he talked about vladimir putin, boycotting olympics and a government shutdown and edward snowden and

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i hope you had a good weekend,, and we're glad you're joining us on monday morning. we'll talk about the big stories of the day and what is means to you. you can give us a call at 1-866-55-press. you can join us on twitter @bps, after the show i'll go down to the gym, work out, a quick change of clothes and then the white house briefings where i join journalist leslie clark in our studio this morning. hi leslie, good to see you. >> great to be here. >> we have a little break. >> yeah, we have a little break. >> bill: and you're heading to the vineyard to play golf with

the president. >> i'll be here instead with reports on what he's doing. >> bill: he had a good start, a good round of golf, out to dinner. >> very relaxing. >> bill: they like it up there. >> they return repeatedly except last year which was an election year. >> bill: you understand they have their priorities. >> right, right, leslie will be talking with us this half hour and then we'll be joined by jess mackintosh with emily's less, and dan henning is here all morning. we have the phones covered and we're looking good on current tv. on the video cam. leslie, you know, i don't know if you heard at the end of last week, sanjay gupta with cnn has

been an outspoken opponent of medical marijuana. he said, all these years i've been wrong. i didn't do my research the way i should have. i took the word of the federal drug agency that medical marijuana was a fraud, and he apologized and admitted that he was wrong. jay leno friday night had a little fun with the announceme announcement. >> cnn medical marijuana expert says he has reversed his blanket opposition to marijuana use. he has changed. he came is to his conclusion on medical marijuana after smoking a ton of marijuana. he's also come out in full support of cool ranch doritos. >> bill: because we all know you get the munchies. but i thought it was noble of

sanjay gupta to admit he was wrong. >> and wasn't he also obama's big for surgeon general. i wonder if he would have come to the same conclusion. >> bill: good point, but wouldn't it have been refreshing to have a surgeon general. >> it would be an interesting topic to cover. >> bill: lots to cover, we were both at president obama's news conference on friday afternoon where he made a lot of news on a whole range of different topics, we'll get to that, but first. >> this is the full court press. >> a quick check of weather headlines we'll start in sports where the tampa bay rays pull off the rare ball trick saturday against the l.a. dodgers after a fly ball was hit out to the outfield, and instead of giving it back to the pitcher like he normally would, james loney tossed it to shortstop escobar

who was standing over third base, and no one was paying attention at that point. they figured the play was over, and escobar held onto the ball in his glove, and then dodgers thinking the next play would start with the new pitch, and he was tagged out. he was faked. >> bill: that's very sneak. >> i that's very hard to do. the last hidden ball trick was six or seven years ago. >> keep your eye on the ball. >> absolutely. >> one of the 16 public sector employees that won the power ball in new jersey came forward and said what she's going to do with her share of the money. she's getting $9 million before taxes after splitting it among her coworkers. susan nicoles says she's not going to quit her job because she's 18 months away from retirement, loves what she does and she'll use the money to

rebuild her house which had seven feet of water in it from hurricane sandy. >> bill: i love when employees pool together and win the lottery. >> yes. >> bill: that's the kind of people who should win the lottery. these are public employees. they don't make that much any how. >> and they'll fix their flooded basement. >> it will be a nice new house after $9 million. and finally it looks like twitter is getting ready to go public. caught wind of a financial reporting manager which was pulled off line over twitter's website shortly after their story about it ran. there was another opening for a stock administration analyst all signs pointing to that the social media is ready to hit wall street, albeit very carefully after facebook's.

>> bill: twitter would be a goodbye, absolutela goodbuy. i tell you. pretty lively news conference friday afternoon. late in the day. >> yes, that was a big hit with the reporters, late in the day on a friday. >> bill: hello, could you have had it earlier in the day so we could have had our story written and take off for the weekend. >> he took a lot of questions, for him, usually he gives pretty long answers, so he doesn't have time for that many questions. >> bill: there were so many questions that came up, first nsa and larry summers, it was asked why he has come forward to defend larry summers, and i'm paraphrasing, and does that give the impression that he has the inside track as being president

of the fed. and the president defended him again. >> yes, absolutely. a couple of weeks ago democrats were grousing about the summers being the leading candidate and the president defend him on the hill and then again on friday. but he has not give the decision on who will be the next fed chair, but he said if someone did good work for him, he'll defend that person. >> bill: right, and he also mentioned janet yellen as a possibility. but just seems to me that even though he denies it he has gone out of his way to praise larry summers many times. he has to be seriously thinking about him. >> yes, both on the hill and then public defense of him on friday. did he play a major role in the administration in the first term during the recovery. it does seem like he's definitely one of the candidates. >> bill: he was also asked about

his rocky relationship with vladimir putin, but the president said not so rocky. >> he said in their conversations it's been candid, they've actually got things done, and the press tends to harp too much on the body language between world leaders. he went on that putin kind of slouched and had the attitude of a kid who didn't want to be in class, which said a lot about body language, i thought. >> bill: it did, that was pretty funny. >> yes. >> bill: instead of going to russia, i mean, there is no doubt that they did snub putin by canceling the summit, right? >> yes, putin definitely wanted him to come to moscow and sit down for a bilateral meeting into so the president is going to sweden instead. >> yes, he'll nobody russia, but he will not g go to moscow for e bilateral. he'll be in st. petersburg for

the summit. >> bill: the president will make an opening statement and announce major changes to the nsa program in response to criticisms that had come from the hill from republicans and democrats. >> and democrats. >> bill: about this program. i listened pretty carefully. he said a lot. i didn't hear any changes. but he started with this point. going to the president very quickly about how he understands what is going on, most americans may not yet. >> obama: it's not enough for me as president to have confidence in these programs. it's important for the american people to have confidence in them as well. >> bill: that seemed to me to be the tone that he was talking about. how did you read it? >> it definitely seemed to be a defense of the program, not necessarily--he didn't seem inclined to be making huge changes in them, but more to

maybe bring people in, to inform the public more about them. he offered a defense of them, and in no way did he seem to say that anything that they were doing was uncalled for or that would be scaled back. just that they would bring more transparency to it. >> bill: right, he said he had total confidence in the program, right? >> mm-hmm. >> bill: he was convinced that the program was not being abused in any way. and if you understand--really the message was if you only understood them better like i do, then you would understand why i have to do this. >> yes, you would have more confidence. one of the changes he did suggest was having an adversar adversarial role in the fisa courts. >> bill: someone in the courtroom who would argue on behalf doctoring argue against the intelligence agencies for why you have to do this. >> why do you have to get this warrant, which seems to be something that is lacking now.

it's just--you have the government case, and that's all. that would be a change. that would require congressional approval, and also as people have noted you don't--we wouldn't necessarily because there is not much transparency, you wouldn't know how adequate that person, the job they had done and whether or not the judge had lived to them. >> bill: because the fisa court is a secret court. >> right. >> bill: and one of the other things that the president said he wanted to work on in terms of achieving greater transparency depended very much on congress. >> i look forward to work with congress to meet those objectives. >> bill: how real is it given immigration reform, gun safety, you name the issue, the president has not gotten through this congress.

i'm not blaming him for that, but the rattle is this is not the most cooperative congress. how realistic is it that we'll get major whatever is needed through ns a through this congress. >> this may be different because you have critics on both sides who have come out and said i have a problem with this. it's interesting when politics hits that spectrum when you have republicans on one side and democrats on the other when something actually hits and gets them upset. so perhaps there is a chance that they could find some sort of common ground. but then you also have on the other end of the spectrum you have agreement from some members of congress of what we're doing and changes aren't necessary. >> bill: to me it's almost laugh out loud. i'm going to work with congress to achieve this. >> because of the track record so far.

>> bill: it has not been great. i thought most surprising the president said, you know, we're having this big conversation now about national security and privacy, but we would have had this any way. even if edward snowden had not released stuff from the nsa. >> right, right. >> bill: i don't believe that. >> yeah, he said that he had called for national conversation before snowden ever came. >> bill: yes, he said, it was my idea, not edward snowden's idea. i get the credit for this. >> yes, he dismissed the idea that snowden had any credit for engaging in the debate, but it is sort of hard to believe that it would have hit this level had the revelations no the come out. >> bill: without getting into the argument whether he's hero, traitor, whatever, i think you have to agree we're having this

conversation, the president had this news conference because of edward snowden. so again, you probably saw the president's news conference. your comments, did he go far enough on nsa, 1-866-55-press, our toll-free number. we'll be right back. >> like us at facebook.com slash bill press show. this is the bill press show. for true stories. with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines. real, gripping, current. documentaries... 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? >> 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. [ ♪ music ] >> live on free speech tv beginning september 3rd. visit www.spreespeech.org to

learn more. this is the bill press show. >> bill: over the weekend, madam president, we'll talk about that in the next segment. right now leslie clark, white house correspondent. it's mcclatchedc.com. >> we have 30 newspapers from sacramento, california, to miami, florida, the heard land. >> bill: the sacramento bee is the one i know best having lived in sacramento for nine years. great paper. looking back and recapping the president's news conference, covered many topics. one issue you haven't talked about the president was asked about the possibility of a

looming government shutdown. >> yes, he was quite heated on responding to that. >> bill: i thought so. he really got into it. >> the republicans have threatened to shut down the government unless he signs a the bills that fund th defunds the healthcare law. >> bill: so what was it, like 30 million people or-- >> yes, i don't know why he would want to shut down government over the idea to close down idea would be to put 30 million people without health insurance. >> bill: this is their priority. >> right. he called it their holy grail. >> bill: their holy grail is to deny 30 million people the opportunity to buy health insurance. but he didn't and wouldn't answer the question, so it was a hypothetical if it came down to cutting that program or shutting down the government, which he would do? how do you read it?

i read it he would rather shut down the government, not rather, but that he would be willing to in order to save obamacare. did you read it that way? >> i'm not really sure on that. i'm not sure if they're still pushing stuff out and they don't want to get boxed in on makin making--setting down the terms on the debate at this point. >> bill: that's a big--that's going to be the biggest showdown when they come back from their break. >> when they come back in the fall that's going to be the whole thing. it will be over the budget. then we have the debt ceiling looming as well in the fall. >> bill: the debt ceiling, the budget, immigration reform, which is still out there. >> right. get your vacation while you can. >> bill: climate change, they're not going to do anything on that. >> and nsa. >> bill: and nsa. it will be a busy fall in washington. thank you for coming in. >> thank you so much.

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director. >> thanks for the promotion. >> bill: good to see you. >> good to see you, bill. >> bill: you stirred things up with this panel madam president. we were just trying to launch the hillary clinton for president chain. >> we wanted to get right to it in 2013. >> bill: couldn't it be a couple of years long? >> never, never. it's bigger than one woman, one cycle. we obviously love hillary clinton. she energizes democrats like no one else in the field, male or female. we're hopeful that she decides to take this run. she's the right choice for the country, the right choice for her. she's take herring time, being thoughtful, and that's great. but we want to make sure at emily's list it's not just about live and it's not just 2016. there is a chance that her successor is a woman.

we want women to be part of the white house conversation forever and ever. so in 2016 we're talking about amy klovashar, and others who are ready for another title. we want to make sure that we're talking about wendy davis and some of these up and comers all over the country in the same way that we talk about the castro brothers, barack obama in 2004. it's time that women were part of the conversation, the polling, the punditry, all of it. >> bill: was that the focus, was that the purpose of the panel on friday? >> yes, we wanted to--emily's list does a lot of polling of women voters. this one polled all voters. we polled iowa voters to find out how ready they were for a woman president and not hillary specific, and it was exciting.

we held a town hall in iowa to continue that conversation. we invited claire mccaskill to come out, who is a huge hillary clinton supporter. and we talke talked about what d it take to get a woman to win. and we had stacey apple on, who is our emily's list endorsed candidate in iowa, who is running to become the first woman that iowa has ever sent to congress. iowa is only-- >> bill: no, really? >> yes, iowa is one of two states who has never sent a woman to federal office. the other is mississippi, which doesn't surprise you so much, but iowa? >> bill: that stuns me. there are so many great progressives there. >> and fabulous women leaders. i think 2016 is the year. >> bill: you mentioned senator

claire mccal mccaskill. here she is from your forum. >> really hard choice as democrats last tight between two amazing candidates, and it was difficult. i'm optimistic that she'll be the candidate and we will be able to say madam presiden president 2016. >> bill: no doubt where she is. >> oh, no, not at all. >> bill: and she said she was with barack obama last time. and i think she felt guilty about it ever since. >> as she said, it was a tough choice last time. it's not a tough choice this time. one of the things that i'm excited to see inside the town hall, keep in mind this is august 2013. we're talking about a run three years from now. it was a packed room. there was overflow, spillover. and one of the things that was awesome to see was the iowa obama '08 people and the iowa

'08 people all talking together and excited to be there and part of the same movement. i think we're going in a good direction for democrats next time. >> bill: donald trump. [ laughing ] >> sorry. >> bill: did he rain on your parade? >> i was expecting more out of him. he had a thin little crowd, and i didn't hear--twitter went quiet on him. which is unusual. i can't even tell what you he said. >> bill: i found it hard to believe that--that anybody other than donald trump takes him seriously. i don't know whether anybody does, but the fact that he takes himself seriously. >> someone has got to, i guess. >> bill: maybe. >> rick santorum was at the fair. he made a bit of an impression. he's trying again. i just think we have a good contrast to them. no matter who their nominee is,, no matter who our nominee is, democrats are walking into the

race with the much stronger side. >> bill: it will be the same clown card, with a bunch of different clowns, not all different, i same clowns but maybe different clowns as well. i try to focus on the decisions we have to make now rather than three years ahead. let's list the women who are in the news today. christine quinn in new york. all we hear about is anthony weiner, as you and i were watching on the monitors, anthony weiner at the parade making a fool of himself yet again. but christine quinn may not be getting as much media attention, but she's head of the pack. >> yes, yes, she is. i think as the fever of summer breaks, voters are going to tune in to substance. we saw a poll out this morning that voters in new york are

absolutely sick of the weiner-spitzer circus happening in their race. they want to talk about issues. new york city, those are smart, engaged, informed voters, and they want to talk about the real candidates. so i think that as we get closer to the run-off date september 10th, and we get past labor day christine quinn is in an excellent position. she's leading the pack. she's leading in the polls, and i think she offers such a clear choice to these guys who are clearly in it for personal ambition, self aggrandizement and see themselves in the paper. christine has been working on behalf of new york city often in total anonymity when she was working on women's health centers, affordable housing, and even going through as the first woman speaker of the city council. she has been in it for new york city all along, which is why a lot of new yorkers did not know her name. she's not flashy, she's not

showy. she's a hard worker with her hard in the right place. in the end that's what new yorkers will want. >> bill: let's forget the problem with weiner there are other serious candidates in the race. the rap that i hear about christine from support he is of bill diblasio or bill thompson is that she would be in effect just another fourth term for michael bloomberg because she and bloomberg were so close. she made it possible for bloomberg to get the third term so she doesn't offer anything new like diblasio and thompson would. >> i think christine quinn has spent her life in progressive politics which cannot be said of mayor bloomberg. she differentiates herself from him in a number of different ways. where her focus is, is on the middle class and working families of new york. i'm not sure that you could say

the same thing about who is herr predecessor. she has always put workers, women and families first. early on to focus on affordable housing and to continue that push in new york right now, that shows just a different mindset entirely. i think we also can't under estimate how important it is to elect the first woman mayor to america's largest economy. this has never happened before. if it were easy it would have already. she's ready to break the glass ceiling, and i'm excited to see her do it. >> bill: thithis is the first sp to madam president from madam mayor. >> we have fabulous women all over the country. i want to see mayors in 2013, governs in 2014, and the president in 2016. >> bill: we've talked about the

republican war on women. when you look at anthony weiner and bob philner mayor of san diego, particularly those two, is there a democratic war on women? >> i know the republicans are trying to reappropriate this and turn it around because what else are they going to do, but the republican war on women is not about david vitter and mark sanford or any of the other numerous bad actors in the republican party who are still in office. it's about a legislative agenda that is a party platform, policies designed to roll back the clock on women's rights and freedoms all over the country. i'm not sure what the strategy is behind them saying democratic war on women, no, it's about laws. they're out of strategy. i think this is just another--another point in the thesis that the republicans

don't understand why women don't like them. >> bill: there are bad actors on both sides, in both camps, and we readily admit that. >> yes. >> bill: but the ongoing anti-women's rights agenda platform is the republican par party. >> it's the legislative agenda. they want to pass laws that will affect every woman in the country. >> bill: and have already done so in state after state after state is doing it right now. let's not let them detract us from that or change the subject or whatever. we're talking women's rights and madam president with jess mcintosh here were emily's list, lots of good things to talk about. give us call at 1-866-55-press. >> follow us on twitter @bp show. this is the the bill press show.

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press show. you it's probably that we could see two women at the top of legislative branches being president and speaker of the house. wouldn't the heads explode. >> bill: yes, i would love to see nancy pelosi. >> two, man, that would be ama amazing intamazing. >> bill: come on, let's get vice president. >> and let's not forget to mention elizabeth warren. >> bill: that's the problem. there are so many outstanding women. you mentioned a few of them, that you can easily leave off the list, elizabeth warren. >> elizabeth warren has been there for such a short amount of

time. >> bill: dianne feinstein. >> i think we should give elizabeth warren the chance to do what she has ru ran on for senate. she does have national appeal. >> bill: and by 2016 she will have been in the senate longer than barack obama. >> that's true. >> bill: i want to ask you about another woman who is getting a lot of attention lately, that is wendy davis in texas. >> yes. >> bill: what is she going to run for? >> she has said she's either going to run for re-election in her state senate seat, and keep in behind texas is so jerr gerrymandering post redistricting. wendy davis holds one of the only swing seats. there are two swing seats in all of texas, and she holds one of them. she's re-elected to a swing seat

in a red state, that would be fabulous. she's going to run for re-election there or run for governor. the way she has energized the country is phenomenal. i got to see her speech in d.c. last week, and her personal story is just so compelling. young single mother, put herself through school. made it to harvard law. made it to elected office. this is a woman whose mother has a sixth grade education. she's very much in line for governor seat in texas. so i think she can speak to texans in a way that the republican party simply can't right now. there is so much enthusiasm around her. i want her to make the best decision for her. she's young. she has a bright future. she can done whatever she wants whenever she wants, but she's weighing this consideration very carefully. >> bill: and new jersey. >> this is another labor day thing. i want to get past the crazy of summer and have voters actually tune in to the substance of a

race. i think christie is certainly vulnerable because of what a faux moderate he is. he's been trying t so hard to convince democrats that he is comfortable. he's not our friend. he is what is standing between new jersey and same-sex marriage. he has try to defund planned parenthood. clinics have closed because of chris christie. he's just as bad for women and families as a marco rubio, as ted cruz, rand paul, he is just better at hiding it. i think as soon as new jersey voters tune in to this, and we have a contrast in barbara bono, i think we'll see things move. >> bill: emily's list is on it no matter where. it's really great. >> there are a lot of women. >> bill: i've been a big, big fan of emily's list, and you've gotten better and better. and you have outstanding candidates to support.

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nsa's domestic spying program, but they were wrong. the president did approve of the program in nsa, he said he had total confidence and was convinced that the program was not being abused in any way. his goal was not to place any limits on nsa, not to change it, but to better explain what was going on. and finally the president said that he had called for a national conversation on privacy and national security long before edward snowden, and we would be having the same conversation today even if edward snowden hadn't told us what nsa was up to. to me that's not good enough. we don't need to better understand why nsa is spying on every american. we need to stop them from doing so. all right, folks, that's it. we go into another week. have a great monday. we'll see you back here tomorrow morning.

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