axelrod saying there could have been a compromise. we add anita dunn who said she knew nothing of a compromise coming from the white house. here we are on friday. >> reporter: absolutely. they kept this close to the vest. i think they wanted to make sure they had their ducks in a row before the president announced an accommodation. a lot of people are saying it is a compromise to some expenttent. what does this do? it will mean that religiously affiliated institutions that had a problem with covering contraception for women would be able to opt out and in turn insurance companies will be able to reach out to women directly and offer them contraception coverage. according to the administration, it will keep costs low because

it will prevent some of the health problems that could come about if contraception isn't used. as you have pointed out, this has really been a lightening rod this entire week. the president announcings himself at the to of his remarks that they wanted to allot a year for a discussion about this be, but year is too long. this became too heated. the voices on allç sides. the president making this announcement. he also spoke about the fact that he did consult with folks within the religious community as well as advocates of this contraception mandate before making this announcement. we're waiting to hear from the bishops on this. we have not gotten their reaction. i have spoken to advocates who say they like what the president had so say. >> thank you very much. let's bring in our panel. thank you for joining us.

gloria, i'll start off with you. planned parenthood has issued a statement saying we believe the compliance mechanism does not compromise a woman's abilities to access these critical birth control benefits. they say we will be vigilant in holding the administration and institutions accountable for rigorous fair and implementation. >> i think the political calculation of the president was probably one of the smartest ones he made. he ripped the band aid off at once instead of letting it go on and on toward a year's opportunity for the institutions to try to work it out. i think that was a very smart thing to do. i will say that the issue still seems to be frank as religion as in morality versus perhaps an implication of wanton women who

need help care. i think this is an issue of women's moral concerns. the birth control is really the mora$ property of women. this is really a bigger issue. >> doesn't it boil down to women's health issues and moral concerns should be left to the individual or if the church but it's a health issue? >> if you don't have access to the health care you can't make your own moral decisions. i think that's one of the most important elements of this. i would like to see the framing be more about women's moral autonomy. my religion says i should be responsible about planning and spacing my childbearing, so for me birth control is a positive thing. i don't like to see it framed as if it's something less. >> let me bring in melinda here. the catholic health association has issued a statement saying they are pleased and grateful the religion liberty and conscious protection need of so many ministries they serve have been thought out here.

catholic charities is welcoming the administration's attempt to meet the concerns of the religious community. at least these two catholic organizations have come out optimistic about this move from the president. what do you say? >> i say it's a big win for all sides. i want to go back to one thing gloria said. i agree with much of what she said but i did not hear anybody dragging wanton women into it. that wouldn't be right way to frame it, but it didn't hear people framing it that way. i think it was a constitutional issue and those concerns have been dealt with. i'm very glad that the president did, what he should have done in the beginning. what a wonderful thing that religious liberty has been guaranteed, contraception and accessç has been guaranteed fo women which is important. and not to get lost, i'm one that believes that both sides of

this abortion issue we have been fighting over for 30 years agree in that they want to reduce the rate. this is a wonderful victory for reducing the rate of abortions. >> i want to play a bit of what the president said. there were gop candidates and some on the right who were saying this was an attack on the catholic church. the president is attacking religion. let me play this. >> from the very beginning of this process i spoke directly to various catholic officials, and i promised that before finalizing the rule as it applied to them, we would spend the next year working with constituti institutions like catholic hospitals to find a solution. >> all right. go ahead. >> there just wasn't that trust to take a year doing this. i think in theory, it would have been okay to take a year but in

practical terms, it would have been a disaster because there was no trust on the other side that was anything other than a ruse to get past the election and then do nothing. >> with this action taken by the president today to establish or reestablish if there was a trust concern with some, you have roy blunt, a republican saying just because you come up with an accounting gim mim and pretend like religious institutions do fot have to play for the msndate does not mean you satisfy the freedom that all americans are guaranteed. still not letting it go. let me let gloria in on this. >> i think it's going to be absolutely wonderful if this ends up being a big election issue. if the republicans keep on talking about it that way they're going to be sorry. the 99%, those of us that are women that have used birth control, we expect to be able to have access to it. women are people.

women have constitutional rights. that is such a widespread belief that i think it will be very fool hearty for those on the republican side to take that. >> senator blunt still not satisfied calling this accounting gimmicks. i'm not sure why he refers to it when you said it was a win-win. women who work for these institutions still have access to this health coverage that they need. >> well, i would have been shocked if roy blunt would have said this is a great outcome. of course, there will be some, certainly, the republicans will not say this furthers anybody interest or is at all positive, and maybe the bishops won't. the important thing is but people who were the catholic allies of the president can feel

that they were listened to. that's the political side of it, but the principle side of it is that religious liberty is extremely important and people can rightly feel that really was a]tended to and changes were made that needed to be made to satisfy all parties. >> gloria, i pointed out planned parenthood makes sure compliance the there and they will be watching. it seems the president came out with the words, but melinda said people are on edge especially when it comes to this administration, this president and when you have folks throwing out these talking points related to him attacking someone's religion. >> he's far from attacked someone's religion. i think he's gone overboard to try to be fair and accommodate the religious beliefs. women will have to be careful to make sure that ta insurance

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developing news, mitt romney just finished what had could be a crucial appeal to the republican base. he faced a crept cal crowd. >> my path of conservative came from my family, from my faith and from my life's work. then there's business. in business if you're not fiscally conservative, you're bankrupt. i did some of the very things conservativism is designed for. i started new businesses and turned around broken ones. i'm not ashamed to say i was successful in doing it. >> thanks for joining us mark.

michael steele said on "morning joe" that he would need to have the eye of the tiger. he set the bar pretty high for him. did he meet expectations? >> he was pretty strong. i thought he looked like he was enjoying himself which is not always the case in a mitt romney speech. he talked about his own family background and his own family history and how that animates his conservatism and he talked about his massachusetts record which everyone have been attacking. he wasn't awesome. he didn't blow the roof off the place, but he was very strong. i think he did well enough to avoid a setback. i don't know if he did enough to propel himself forward. >> i don't knowç kwyou said he

good enough, but the prowith the most conservativconservative. 38% said they would have voted for someone else. that is of a great concern if he's going to get past rick santorum who was on the "today show". said he's raised a million dollars day this week. >> we still don't know how things are going to play out going forward. romney could lose to ron paul this week. this big contests are in a couple of weeks in michigan or arizona. we don't know how it's all going to play out. in florida, he won an overwhelming victory. if you look at the exit poll, he united the party. those were states where romney didn't compete. he didn't spend all the money on tv. now, we'll see what happens.

santorum has momentum. romney has a lot more money. he's going to start spending it although he hasn't yet. until that happens, i don't think we can say that tuesday is the pattern that we're going to see going forward. we may go back to the florida model, which is good for him. >> you're there and you see the audience. you tried bringing in this narrative about his father and he's this every man. he's a self-made man. what was the reaction or what did the crowd react to most in romney's short speech today?ç >> they mostly reacted when he went after president obama. when he has a critique of the president and obama presidency as a disaster which is for this audience that's what they want to hear. there were long stretches where he did not have the crowd revved up. rick santorum was pretty good. overall got a better crowd

reaction, but i think the romney camp made sure to have a lot of supporters in the room. ann coulter had the audience pretty revved up. he does have that back up. >> you mentioned ann coulter has a reluctant supporter. she said if they got the nomination, they could lose to barack obama. her transition could be something beyond reluctant. former congresswoman gabrielle giffords joins president obama in the oval office as the president signs her final piece of legislation. i'm grateful for the people that have stood body me and given me the opportunity to reach out and express our feelings. >> that's new interview with

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been in my home with their kids, when they've attended birthday parties, when they've been on that deck and their kids have been playing in my yard and when their kids have been sled riding when they asked to sled ride in our home. it's difficult for me to understand to be honest. >> sandusky is charged with 50 counts of sex abuse with teenage boys. the judge said he will quickly decide on the bail restrictions. the former university of virginia lacrosse player accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend cried in court today. prosecutors played a video taped statement that he gave to police hours after his girlfriend was found dead in her off campus apartment. he admits an argument turned physical, but he denies he killed her. michael viqueira is live outside

the courthouse. tell us more about this tape. well if think any doubt this is a sad and ultimately tragic tale, all that doubt is removed. there's betrayal, rivalry, drunkenness. a parents worst nightmare when you think of sending your kids off to college. today, the worst or the most dramatic testimony yet. it cave from the defendant himself although he was not on the stand. prosecutors played tape of an interview that heç gave just hours after his ex-girlfriend was discovered dead in her apartment and the scene that huguely describes quite tragic. he said he had been drinking all day. he talked about the dysfunctional nature of their relationship and it was that given all the testimony we have heard over the course of the last three days. he entered her house late at

night after drinking all day. he kicked door down. he told police in the hours after she was discovered that he shook her a little. they wrestled on the floor. he says that ultimately she had a bloody nose and when he left the room when he figured he wasn't going to get what he wanted, he tossed her on the bed and he deny she was unconscious. he said quote, and i believe we have a graphic. i may have grabbed her neck, but i never, like strangled her. about 45 minutes into this interview, tamron, the police detective informs him that his ex-girlfriend was dead and that quote, you killed her. at that point he reacts with disbelief, becomes distraught and says i never did anything that would have done that to her. tell me she's not dead, please.

as this tape was playing in the courtroom today, you could plainly see that not only was love's family distraught, becoming emotional and one juror and george held a tissue to his nose and was emotional himself.ç a dramatic day in court. >> michael viqueira live for us in virginia with this with one. up next. >> the stepchild of obama care. the person in massachusetts who built the largest government run health care system in the united states. >> laser focused on romney. rick santorum took on mitt romney during his speech a few hours ago at cpac. we'll go back there live for an update. a republican state lawmakers gives an emotional speech to explain why she broke ranks with her own party to support same sex marriage. whoa!

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here is what the show shoe shoe "news nation" is following now. tim cain a democrat who went against the president on this plan. the initial plan. we'll see what mr. cane is saying now. former congresswoman gabrielle giffords and her husband join the president in the oval office as he signs her last piece of legislation. the republican who holds one of the most influential positions in the house under inve investigation for violating insider trading laws. there's a story behind my skin. >> why some people are upset over beyonce's new l'oreal ad. her background is described in the ad and some people feel it's playing down her african-american roots. we talked earlier about mitt romney making his case to the republican base, cpac

conversation in washington. romney spoke and the surging rick santorum made his case today. >> ladies and gentlemen, as president of the united states, we will surround ourselves in this administration with people who share our value s, with people who made thisç country great, leaders of the conservative movement. ron mott join us live. he seemed to gauge more of a warm reception to rick santorum with this audience. santorum seemed to focus on rmit romney where mitt romney was trying to put his focus on the president. >> reporter: it seems a much warmer reception for the senator from pennsylvania. mitt romney seemed to be in full sales mode. saying at one point he was quote, a severely conservative governor while he was governor

of massachusetts. here is what rick santorum had to say anything to hitting the president hard on the contraception issue. here is what he had so say about mitt romney but not by name. >> if you mean going negative against one. we need someone that is willing to go out on these big issues of the day and draw contrast. we're not going to win this election, ladies and gentlemen, because the republican candidate has the most money to beat up their opponent and win the election. >> reporter: now, a little later this afternoon we expect to hear from newt gingrich. he speaks a little after 4:00 p.m. eastern. we'll see something we haven't seen a lot of. that's not only a public appearance from his wife, but she is expected to introduce him. >> that's an interesting strategy, rick santorum had his

family around him and callista will introduce her husband. we know ron paul is not showing up. his supporters have come out strong helping with the straw poll. this time around he decided not to play the game. tell me about the audience. i know they had a speed dating seminar for conservatives showing them how to meet each other. >> reporter: this is the hard line the right wing of the party, and it's become sort of a must visit site for republican candidate who is are looking to get to the kwlous. ron paul is not here, but his son did speak to this crowd. what they are trying to keep on that plate, in addition to those red meat issues, they want to talk about social values and they believe that's getting lost in this particular election cycle because so much of the focus will be on the economy. while both candidates spoke about the economy today, at one point rick santorum said it's not about jobs. it is about jobs, but also about those other things that he knows

this crowd responds to, religion, gay marriage and standing up for those types of values. they want to be able to get this audience to go out into the polls. they want to make sure these folks stay excited about this election going forward. >> thank you very much. new details in the murder/suicide of josh powell and his sons s tops our storie. the social worker said she heard powell tell the boys he had a quote, big surprise for them. moments later he attacked them with a çhatchet and set the deadly fire. officials say they found pornographic images on powell's computer. that finding let a psychologist to recommend powell undergo psychosexual evaluation. a former teacher was paid

$40,000 to drop an appeal over his firing. he was being investigated for sexual abuse but he fought to keep his job through an appeals process. officials say dhthey did not ha enough evidence to justify his firing. the second teacher is free on bail. he's accused of fondling a girl in his class. 28 people are dead in syria's most populous city. rebel fighters have denied responsibility for the blast. they are calling the takes government propaganda. this is the first serious violence. back now to the big story this hour. reaction coming in over the white house's change of heart over requiring religious employers to cover birth control for their employees.

the u.s. council of bishops announced it was too soon to tell physical the change addressed their core concerns. president obama announced that insurance companies will pick up the tab directly. joining meç now is tim cane. thank you so much frp your time. you were one of the democrats who came out expressing concern with the initial policy from the president. is what we heard from the president today enough for you? >> i think it's a very fine solution. my concern was first the white house was right. i was very glad they included the contraception mandate as part of the affordable care act. i did not believe it was broad enough. the church affiliate institutions might have to purchase contraception if it was against church doctrine.

the announcement today is a very straightforward flusolution. they can reach out to make sure women have access to contraception which is important to their health care. i think this is a very good solution, and it satisfies the concerns that i have. >> in his remarks today, the president pointed out there was plan to address concerns over a year's time, but voices started to in his words attempt to make this a wedge issue. we heard it come up at cpac. we heard the gop candidates bring this up. there were headlines that said the president was attacking religion and going after religious freedom in this country. then, yesterday, you had this big screen up about eight democrats, which included yourself who did not use that same language but joined in the voicing opposition to çthis. my question is, do you believe that was the straw that brought

us to this point. the right have been complaining about this all weekend and all the way up until they still complain today. >> some of the language was really over the to. i know the president. i know his faith. life is very important to him. he's a constitutional lawyer. the last thing he wants to do was infringe upon anyone's religious liberties. that's why when the white house did include a religious employer exemption. they did that on their own because they wapnted to try to protect religious liberty. it didn't go far enough. after it was on the table, a number of us expressed concerns. we liked that mandate. we think it's a good thing. you have to make sure you balance it right. ink what today represents is you can find compromise. you don't have to pit party against party. you don't have to pit religious liberties against women's

rights. you can find a path forward. i think that's what the president has done today. it sends a strong message to the nation that contraception is important, and should be affordable and accessible. that's important because as you know in states including virginia, there are efforts right now to pass person hoods amendments that might potentially jeopardize the legality of contraception. the white house mhas made clear that women will have access but they have done it in the way that respects the religious liberties and i think they struck the balance the right way. >> i'm not asking you to blame anyone, but how did it get to this?

i wasn't ignoring concerns but now we're being put in this wedge issue. >> i don't think there's blame. there's super heated rhetoric because people wanted to take political advantage of something and that happens all the time. this is how legislation happens. i was governor of virginia and i would sign a,000 bills a year and half of them were bills that were put in to make corrections to bills that passed a year or two ago. it wasn't all new legislation. everything is always getting tweaked and adjusted because this kind of a concern is a serious one. we find that compromise can work in washington, and we can solve promi problems. >> are we jumped the gun by saying compromise can work? we have one saying this is a gimmick. we like to think compromise can

work and you seem positive about the reaction. i've got six statements in front of me where people are attempting to use this political gain and how the president categorized it. >> fair enough. i can't answer for anybody's concerns but mine. i've looked at this resolution very carefully. my only concern was a church or churchç affiliated institution not be required to do something or purchase a coverage that violated religious doctrine. that concern has been solved by this compromise. there might be broader discussions. there are people, including some of the senators who might be talking now who don't believe in women's access to contraception. that's at the heart of a lot of these person hood amendments that are being debated. i think the overwhelming majority of americans believe contraception access is important and reduces unwanted pregnancies and reduces

abortions. you're going to have some people that may not like the policy however it will be. i feel very comfortable with this. >> thank you so much. we'll be talking to you soon. thank you. coming up, coincidence or a stunt? take a look at this picture. it's arnold schwarzenegger and sylvester stallone. they said they had surgery at the same time. here are the things we thought you should know. a speech by a washington state representative getting a lot of buzz online. she crossed party lines to vote for same sex marriage. she's a widow who spoke emotionally about her happy 32-year marriage to her husband. >> that incredible bond that i had with that human being that i really, really wish i still had.

i just think to myself how can i deny anyone the rightç to have that incredible bond with another individual in life. to me it seems almost cruel. >> during her remarks she rev l revealed her daughter came out of closet and she wants to throw a wedding for her one day. the chairman is facing an ethics investigation. the investigation has to do with his stock trade. the house and senate both recently passed bills barring federal lawmakers from insider trading, and those are the things we just thought you should know. [ male announcer ] to the 5:00 a.m. scholar.

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surprise, surprise. some republicans still say it's not good enough. now back to the always perfect tamron. emotional day for former congresswoman gabrielle giffords. right now she's at the pentagon as the navy prepares to announce a new navy ship to be named after her. just a few hours ago she was in the oval office as president obama signed the last piece of legislation she sponsored last month. the ultra light aircraft smuggling prevention act gives law enforcement the greater authority to combat illegal drug trafficking. she looks amazing. singer beon syonce at the cr of controversy of a new ad that highlights her heartage. look at the screen. true match bills itself as the

perfect shade for all skin tones but her multiracial çdepiction drawing some criticism. we started teasing this story at the to of the hour. people have tweets about this ad. what's going on? >> she is definitely african-american and her mother is of creole ancestry. a lot of people take what it means differently. the term means of a mixture of different races. her grandmother is a french creole from louisiana. a lot of people argue that most african-americans are mixed of thing things and it's so far back for that to be proclaimed as something she can point to as a more recent make up of her background makes a lot of people think she's not black which is

insulting. >> i think some people are comparing this so apparently jennifer lepoz has this and it says 100% puerto rican. she has one similar to that and that's the contrast. >> exactly. they are a mixture of european, african-american and the native indian offense that island. when beyonce says i'm not just black, i have to put that with all my different bloodlines are, it's why can't she just say she's black? that's been the overwhelming response to this. >> some of the people that commented on your blog. it's all about marketing. the more multity culture you are the better. if you don'tç identify yoursel as any one thing to any one person. someone can thnot be upset at t.

>> a company that in 2009 was found guilty by the french government of racism within its own country. they said they only wanted to have white counter person for selling shampoo. >> they have lightened the skin of beyonce in one or two ads. >> given the history of this company, it points to the idea that they don't want to cater to black women. they don't want to say they are proud to serve a black customer. it's very insulting because black women in america send between 7 and $8 billion a year on cosmetics. why won't they say we want to serve black women for who they are. >> those are very strong allegations. we reached out to l'oreal and representatives for beyonce and

didn't hear back from either one of them. thank you so much. >> thank you. the frantic search has sended for a man convicted of stalking madonna. two aging action heroes, did they really get surgery together? american idol against the ropes and guess who has idol against the ropes. let's get the scoop from erica from "us weekly." >> robert çhaskings was convicd of stalking her. he scaled her walls and was going to cut her throat. he walked out of the mental facility he was assigned to in california. it was scary moment when thought he was out in the street. >> they caught him. this picture has gone viral.

arnold schwarzenegger and sylvester stallone both having shoulder surgery. >> they have a few bumps and bruises. it's not complete lly out of order. >> there was a time when "american idol" was invincible, but that may be coming to an end. >> "the voice" is closing in on them. it's fantastic voice. it's closing in on american idol. it's causing some sour grapes between the judges. ran dip said "american idol" was the number one and the other shows are copy cats. >> thank you. have great weekend. we'll be right back with today's "news nation gut check." nyquil (st uffy

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time now for "news nation gut check." president obama announced just a few hours ago that he was making a change to the new rule that all employers, even religiuz ones must offer birth control coverage to employees. the president said women will still be guaranteed access to contraception services at no cost but if they work for an religious affiliated group that objects to the coverage, the employer will not have to pay for it. the insurance company will be

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