and killed 16 people. nine were children. >> we have to make a decision to make the full commitment which president has not done. >> we have lost lives of a considerable a amount of young americas on a war ma is not doable. >> women's rights. >> they want to control how we dresses and act. they even want to control the decisions we make about our own health and our own bodies. >> and texas women fight the states's proposed cut off of planned parenthood, a cut off that has passed now. and the r rating should the movie on bullying not be able to be seen by teenagers. and a new found sarah palin

under study. >> tina was supposed to do this. >> don't worry, i'm filling in i and i'm killing it. >> your not killing it. >> good day, live in washington. and american forces have now stepped up security in avenue fw began stan, bracing for -- afghanistan, bracing for a lack bash after a soldier executed many. secretary of state clinton talked about the incidents. >> like many americans i was shocked and saddened by the ill c -- by the killings of afghans. we send our simpympathies to th that lost their loved ones. we are committed to seeing that those responsible are held accountable. >> atia is live in kabul and jim

is with us. atia, first to you, i know it takes a while for the word to get out. what about the security threats and the way the afghans are reacting to this, those who know about it so far? >> the area that it occurred is a very rural area of afghanistan, so the news is spreading slowed throughout afghanistan. i can tell you that many afghans within the capitol have heard of what happened, even on social media sites, they are going on and posting pictures of the dead children. pictures of a two and one-year-old, with a bullet hole within the forehead and afghans that are usually pro america are frustrated by this soldier that went out on a massacre, really in many afghans, questioning

what the future of the u.s. presence will be. and many questioning whether they still want them to be here. but there are those that do want the americans to stay, but they are still very angry when it comes to the incident. the afghan government, we will see how they use it possibly to effect the partnership beyond 2014, there are many unanswered questions about the future of afghanistan when it comes to the u.s. mission here. >> this does not stands alone, it comes soon after the koran burning and then the previous incident with the urinating on the bodies of dead taliban soldiers. it's a cumulative effect with a bad relationship to start with. what is does it say about the command structure and the fact that that this soldier was able to get off base? >> those with the questions that are being asked. on the heels of the koran incident, the burnings at the

air base north kabul, and now this a couple of weeks later. there may be clues to how it may have been possible. they have not named the suspect. we have learned that he is 38 years old, staff sgt. had three deployments and this one in afghanistan that he signed up for in december. and we are told that he was at a special operation forces forward base involved in village stability operation, that are intended to win the hearts and minds of the people instead of killing them. but in this case, he was involved in security there. so, according to one army official, it's possible that he may actually have been standing guard at 2:00 in the morning when he is alleged to have left the base, walked some 800 meters to a couple of villages and killed -- allegedly killed those 16 people before walking back.

those are some of the details that have to be ironed out, the u.s. military is committed to getting to the bottom of this as quickly as possible. if you have ever worked with military lawyers, you know it could be time before formal charges are operated. in terms of the political backlash, not only there in afghanistan but here at home, the pentagon press secretary said is that despite the tragedy, we are not changing the fundamental strategy that the u.s. military has there and when asked well, won't there be pressures on the white house because this is a political year some the press secretary said we are not uconducting the war guided by opinion polls. so they are digging in right now. >> digging in indeed. it's a terrible tragedy and a complicated foreign policy

challenge for this administration and a political administration, nothing happens in a vacuum. thank you both very much. >> you bet. >> joining me now, msnbc, retired army colonel, jack jacobs. how does it this happen? >> it's a failure in the chain of command, to be honest with you. you should never say never or always, but i've been in plenty of combat, and i cannot see a circumstance where people live with other people 24 hours a day and nobody knew that there was a problem with this guy. i think when there's an investigation conducted, and it will be quickly. as far as his e-mails and talking to his comrades and they will discover he was a problem and should have been recognized as a problem and should have been removed from the unit. i'm reminded of major hassan, the doctor who it

nine people i think? >> nine or 11 people. and memory fails to serve. >> and there's evidence that indicated that his entire chain of command knew he was a problem long before the incident. it can happen when you do not have adequate supervision of people. >> this does not take anything away from the hundreds of thousand of soulders that have served well, to say their mental stresses. we know it, it's a physical problem both -- while in theater and when they come home and there's treatment for that. but it is as you are pointing out something that should be seen by their comrades. >> i'm not very much in favor of a very small number of americans defending the other 310 million of us and so, there's a big burden on them. and while this might be a reason

why somebody does something like this, it's not an excuse, and there's plenty of opportunity to ferret these people out. it was mentioned, the possible of the impact of the relationship between the united states and the afghan people, you can expect that there's going to be a great deal of violence and unfortunately there may be additional loss of life as happened with the burning of the koran. but, i think that the -- i really believe that the biggest impact, negative impact, is going to be actually on the american people. you see, people running for office, newt gingrich, rick santorum, now talking about the possibility that our days over there -- we have long out stayed our welcome. you'll see an increasing percentage of the american population thinking we need to go home. >> ron paul has a large following, he has not been

getting delegates but he has been seen in head to head numbers against the president, is still competitive. if he were the nominee. and all of his followers or most of them are very much against the war. let's talk about the fact whether or not there will be political pressure, this is a political campaign, will the white house feel more and more pressed going into the nato meetings and the meetings this week? >> there will be increasing pressure to be doing something about our mission in afghanistan. i'm reminded of the observation of stan mcchristal, before he left service said this kind of mission can take decades or at least that, and we do not have the patience for that. i believe that, i would astonished if general mattis has

not been already tasked with the requirement to produce a number of operation plans that bring the forces back quickly and perhaps in some instances more quickly than planned. i think the administration is going to pick one of them. there's going to be an a accelerated withdraw. it will not happen before election day, there's political pressure on the president, but it on him to stay the course so that the republicans do not have something to beat him up about. >> hassan murdered 14 people at fort hood, that is the sad number from that case. i, it's a good comparison indeed. thank you concefor being on the program. >> thank you. >> americans were war wary. before the massacre, 60% say

it's not worth fighting. and 30% support what the afghans are trying to do in the country. chris cillizza. chris, that is 2-1 against. >> you look at those numbers and i would say they remind me of another set of numbers i'm used to seeing, when we were in the middle or towards the end of the war in iraq. you saw the same thing. this is a country that since 2001 has been in would wars, both of which, according to the american public, they do not believe were worth fighting and this is the key. they do not see an end, they do not see a victory. they do not think the people want us there. in some ways the lingering effects of vietnam, is this a winnable war, should we be there. interestingly enough, go back

six months and you had people like haley barber not exactly a radical talking about limiting u.s. military involvement in places like afghanistan, he decided not to run. but it's not just the ron pauls of the world. ron paul takes it to it's logical extreme. but it's a strain within the republican party now that says should we even be doing it. it's not a majority, but it's a reality and the polls number that you have shown. >> don't forget, how many of the states that are critical swing states are states with strong military presence. it cuts both ways. the military is wary as well. if you talk to people in mcnorth carolina -- people in north carolina, and other places where there's large military bases, this is starting to on settle

in. the home life is very, very difficult. >> no question, you know, look, andrea, in some way, and we will not get it this year. in an election year, you'll not get the big picture rethink. but it's about what role does, whoever is the president of the united states, but what is their vision of what america should and should not do in this post iraq and afghanistan or in the middle of afghanistan world? what is our role? and i don't know that the american people know. but those numbers suggest they are not happy with the way in which we are currently playing our role in the world community, at least as it relates to afghanistan. it's a much larger conversation that unfortunately in the world of 30 second television is far more complex than this election

year will allow it to be. >> thanks so much. and up next, courting women, the obama campaign trying to capitalize over the national debate of reproductive rights. and weighing in on the r-rating controversy for the movie "bullying." join me today for a live web chat online. this is "andrea mitchell reports," only on msnbc. e. e. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. fantastic!

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>> the high profile political debate over birth control and women's health is driving women to the democrat's side, and the president's campaign is trying to capitalize on that with a nationwide effort today.

stephanie cutter is joining me from chicago. this is sort of falling in your lap, the republicans by most people's account have mishandled a lot of the language on this -- we have had santorum apologizing saying that his wife said he should not have used the language he used in a couple of instances, not on this but other things as well. there seems to be a movement and anger out there, let me play a bit of ann romney today trying to mobilize women to the republican camp. this is in mobile alabama. >> any women out there mad about the way our children are kbog to be inheriting this debt. that is what i hear everywhere, these women are talking about the economy. that is what i am loving so much. is hearing women talk about the economy and what are had they cg about? the debts that their children will inherit. >> how do you counter that appeal? >> i think she is doing a good

job in trying to steer the conversation away from what her husband and his fellow republican candidates have been talking about for weeks which are dividing issues, controlling women's health care and what benefits are available for, she is try to steer the conversation back to what women care about. sending their kids to college, taking their kids to the a movie every once in a while. it's the economic issues that women care about. what our campaign is doing this week is different, it's celebrating the two-year anniversary of the affordable care act, which is strengthening women's health care security across the country as well a as economic security. >> when you talk about the women's issues, there's one woman democrat, democratic woman i should say, who is has been front and center for decades now and although she is technically the secretary of state, let's

play a bit of hillary clinton speaking on this very domestic political issue this weekend. >> why extremists always focus on women remains a mi s a myste me. they want to control how we dress and act and the decisions we make about our own health and our own bodies. it is hard to believe but even here at home we have on stand up for women's rights and reject efforts to marginalize every one of us, because america needs to set an example for the entire world. >> so, that is a new campaign weapon for the democratic re-election campaign, one you may not have anticipated, coming from team obama. >> yes. well, you know, that is hillary clinton doing what she does best

in cutting through and speaking from the heart about, you know, this country and women's equality. there's a point she said that i wanted to touch on, there's debates in this country going on over simple things like birth control. that debate was settled a lot time ago and it's curious why republicans are wanting to talk about these issues. that is what is bothering women. why are republicans talking about these issues and not the things that matter like the economy. ann romney is trying to steer the republican party back on course. >> with all that happened, which has been difficult for the republican side, why do you think the president is still? a statistical dead heat in matchups? why didn't he doing better? there's a new poll today that shows that gas prices are effecting the re-election

campaign effort and that the president has only, you know, 26% approval of the way he is handling gas prices, and 65% disapprove, maybe that is why we hear newt gingrich going around guaranteeing that he can deliver $2.50 gas. >> i would like to see that secret plan. and i'm sure you would do. on gas prices, we have this debate every election cycle. it's on a cycle. but that is not what the president is concerned about. the president is not concerned about the politics. he is concerned about doing somethi something about it. today is the anniversary of the energy blue print, which makes sure that the president is addressing gas prices with all of the above strategies. our dependence on foreign oil is on a 16-year low, we have doubled our renewable energy portfolio. these are the things that make a difference. but we can in the long run, we

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messaging machinery and ballot access machinery, in class like virginia, and washington and ohio, he will have to get a bigger team. and he does not show any sign of doing so. >> let me play a couple of the hits from his campaign. what he did say to david gregory is that his wife karen has told him to watch his mouth. these are the things that drew attention. >> president obama once said he wanted everyone in america to go to college. what a snob. i do have concerns about women in front line combat, i think it can be a compromising situation. to see that people of faith have no role in the public square, you bet that makes you throw up. >> he has apologized for two out of the three. but the bottom line is that the

part of his attraction for his supporters, he does -- he does not do what other candidates do, and that is try to fit in. >> that is how they defend their approach, they say he does not have a protective layer around him. and that's a good thing, when it comes to delivering a message to people across the country, you just need more discipline than he has. and based on that answer on "meet the press" when he was asked who do you take your advice from, and yopolitical an policy council, it did not hear like he had a lot of people that can steer him in the right direction. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> the attack on women's health. and show me the money, the battle between democrats and republicans about campaign cash. this is "andrea mitchell reports." [ woman ] dear cat, your hair mixes with pollen and dust.

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>> there is a lot of anxiety for thousands of women in texas about their health care, they will lose health care coverage this week, when funds are cut for any provider, that includes planned parenthood. how does it come to pass? >> this, this program, the texas woman's health program was put in place in 2007, when republicans were in power. so, it's a new crop of kind of even more extremist republicans that came in in 2010, who decided to gut funding for women's health care in texas in order to punish planned parenthood. >> and secil richards the national head of planned

parenthood, has texas roots. and she was on the daily show and discussed this. >> at planned parenthood, we see 1 in 5 women in america at some point in their lifetime and this year, i think i've heard from all of them. because they are stunned that we are now redebating issues that were settled for a long time. >> for women in texas we are talking preventive health care, which is what most of them get from planned parenthood. >> it's important to understand, that not only the money is not going to fund abortion. in texas,the 14 planned parenthood clinics that do abortions are completely administratively separate from the 51 clinics that provide other kinds of health care. separate board and separate bank accounts. one of the ironies here is that it left the abortion priders untouched because they are privately funded. where you are seeing a huge number of women who are losing

access to clinics. >> and texas, if i'm not mistaken, has the highest rate of uninsured women in the country. ? that is right. the legislature just cut family funding planni by 2/3s, now the are turning down $35 million from the federal government because under federal law they do not have the power to keep any of that money from going to planned parenthood. >> michelle, what is going to happen next? is there an effort to overturn this? >> there's a couple of -- there's on the one hand, you see, you know, people rallying to the defense of planned parenthood in texas, including some kind of old school republicans who have been a traditional base of support for the organization. rick perry is saying that he will replace the money that texas is turning down from the federal government, but it's not clear where that money is going to come from.

if texas has $35 million lying around, that it can spend on reproductive health, why has it just cut the funding so severely? meanwhile, there's parts of the state where are there are just no other options except for planned parenthood, in those places, women are panicked. >> thank you for the update. >> thank you. >> more than 2,000 women gathered to celebrate women. on saturday i was able to moderate a panel with international women leaders, cliing the founder of -- including woman who galvanized the entire group in lincoln center. >> it's the politicians that defines the economy the social

norms, until we get political power we will not be able to make giant strides. to get political power, if every woman in here, we cannot all run for office, but every woman in here needs to be involved in getting a woman elected. >> you are as i say the president of kamaroon's people's party. great to see you and welcome to washington. at the end of the session, hillary clinton evoked your name to talk about the importance of political power for women we are seeing a movement in africa about women striving for political power. what you are calling us to is a global movement, about women trying to determine the reproductive futures by striving for political power. >> absolutely. we as women do not like the way that politics is run anywhere in this world today. and unfortunately for a very

long time, this has kept us out of the political arena, we sort of shied away from it is saying we do not like it. it's too nasty and corrupt and so on and so forth and in some countries like mine, it's too violent. but we are becoming a aware if we want the way our countries are run, the way africa is run and the way the world is run to change, we have to get into political positions of power. we have to be part of the decision making to change it. >> when you decided to run for office, what was consequences, because you were a threat to the regeem. >> in a country like mine. we have a -- they were threatened by new leadership, a new generation, and a woman. and so i suffered physical

violence. i was kidnapped. i went on the street to ask for reform and protest. i got water hosed. and it's a very difficult political environment. we have to declare every meeting that we hold to the government, and they can refuse us to gather. >> you have to get permission to meet? >> we have to have permission to meet. it's a difficult environment. what is encouraging is that the people and women in particular seem determined to take their future in their own hands and bring democracy to our country. >> we all have role models, merylstreep was on the stage, and spoke on the burden of leaders to be role models f s

everyone els. >> it's not a simple job to be a role model. it's not just being epolite and well groomed. it's representing for all women, our best selves. >> and she went on, of course, to give a very emotional and passionate introduction to hillary clinton which sounded like a political launch, if we were looking forward 2016, that whole place was on their feet. >> yes, absolutely. >> what does the american political system mean to you when you -- when women in your country come here you have come here before, you have been honored by vital voice. an organization we have been focused on here in washington. what about politics and the way that women are treated in american politics provides you

lessons or warnings? >> we have both. lessons in the sense that there's, of course, in the u.s., a strong degree of democratic freedom. the possibility to express yourselves. and i think that more than anything else, the american spirit of you know i hate to go to a campaign, yes we can. we can make a difference, we can make changes. our future is in our handzuss, there are lessons in spite of freedom, the reputation of women in congress is 19% in spite of all the freedom, we saw when hillary clinton ran, we saw very sexist attacks and the

discussion you are having now on reproductive rights i think has the -- the women from the rest of the world reeling wondering what on earth is going on? how is it possible in 2012 we are having this kind of a discussion and in if u.s.? so, i think the warning is, it's never over. you have on obtain freedom, but then you have to continue to keep it to make sure that you do not, you know, you do not lose ground. >> it is a pleasure to see you again, great to have you here as our guest and we look forward to i think you'll be returning for vital voices in may, so, safe travels. >> thank you. pleasure to be here. >> thank you, and the obama campaign is expecting massive spendsing by republican super pacs so to prepare for it, they put the rest of the democrat party on a starvation diet. the 2012 team said do not expect cash transfers from the campaign

coffers or from the democratic national committee. harry reid responded this weekdays. >> did they tell you no money? >> well, there helping us. everyone should know that, i don't know know why anyone is concerned about the conversations we have had. it's the same one i've had with presidents over the years. they have to guard their money. i did not expect them to bring checkbook with them. >> we are the congressional correspond dents. no you are on white house correspondent. i just realized that i had your outdated title it just means that you covered both sides. >> that is right. >> what about this friction over the money. >> it's a issue. and, harry reid was candid and polite and that is what they were when they were told by the white house, no money now.

every democrat and republican knows when your president is in charge of the party, the big dog eats first. the president wants as much money a as he can get and he is not of a minds to share it. because they have what has been described to me is something boardering on fear on the cross roads. about a third of the money from cross roads will go to congressional races. harry reid and nancy pelosi have a legitimate anxiety because some of the super pac money will be focused on their seats that they are trying to gain and protect, and yet the president and if white house and campaign are saying find it yourselves. because we need to pursue

re-election. >> every man for himself. >> that is rights. >> it's not like there's great love between this white house and the democrats on the hill. >> there has been at times a checkered relationship. and as harry reid said, this is not a new conversation. i had a talk with john lap on the house side, he said that he worked for rahm emanuel when he had the job and he said he remembers rahm poundsing his fist s fist asking for money. at some point this conversation will be revisited but probably not before the conventions which means mid to late september. so, democrats in the house and senate, you are on your own, find your money and protect your candidates and the president will take care of himself. >> i heard they're having trouble problems raising money to finance the conventions because of the white house ban against corporate contributions. >> and there's another dynamic,

the president is moving into the clinton bundler because those parties of the party were divided. >> to be continued. thank you. >> thank you. >> and it's the movie about teen bullies that teens may not be able to see. ♪ ♪ you do ♪ something to me ♪ that nobody else could do ♪ i'm a wife, i'm a mom... and chantix worked for me. it's a medication i could take and still smoke, while it built up in my system. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke.

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and a two-year-old girl throws a massive tantrum on an airplane, and her entire family is kicked off the plane. celebrities and others are urging the rating to be changed on a documentary film on bullying so that the bended audience can see the film about what they have been suffering. right now it's rated r for bad language. here is a clip at the film. >> they said he was a geek kids told him he was worthless and to go hang himself, he got to a point where enough was enough. a boy, 11 years old, decembsper enough to take his own life.

>> you were remarkable access to the school system of the sioux city school system. thank you i've heard you say as the director that you as a child were bullied in middle school. how did that inform your sensibility and your decision to make this movie? >> i think when you go through bullying, you feel like you don't have a voice. you feel like you can't communicate that. i carried that with me. as i became a film maker i felt if i could help convey what bullying is really like, that i could do something good for people out thereto. that was the inspiration for the film. >> how much of a drawback is the r rating. what do you estimate that will do in terms of kids to see it on their own? not every child has a parent that can take them to the movie. how will this affect the desired

audience? >> i think you're right. not everyone has a parent that will support them. not everyone has the willingness to ask their parents to go with them. we want schools to see this film. we want whole communities to see this film. the level of support from across the education sector, parents, student, youth are saying this is a film for us, and we need to be able to see it. the r for us feels like a total obstacle. it's unfair. there's so many movies that are violent that have profanity. we just are really hoping that the mpa will reconsider and we can get back to the work of getting this in front of kids and schools. >> ellen is one of activists on her show drawn attention to this

fact. let's watch that. >> a petition has been started by a high school student in michigan to change the rating. her name is katie butler. hi. good for you. i'm proud of you. >> you have several hundred thousand signature ons a petition to try to change this rate l. i also really struck, and i know we sdroent a lot of time by how you got access to this community. how did they let you in? >> i have the biggest smile on my face seeing katie. how awesome is she starting this petition. access was incredibly difficult to get. we asked a lot of districts if they would be willing to let us do this film. we were lucky to find partners.

we worked with their superintendent, with the school board. they're very -- they're awesome. they were awesome for letting us in. we couldn't have made this film. we couldn't have add the access and shown what happens had they not been willing to support us. we're really fortunate. >> lee hirsh the film is awesome. thank you. we will stay on this story. >> thank you so much for your support. >> we'll be right back. hey, heard any updates on the game? i think it's final seconds, ohh, down by two, shoots a three, game over. so two seconds ago... hey mr. and mrs. harris, where's kevin? say hi kevin. hi. mom, put me down. put...the phone...down. hey guys. did you hear... the choys had their baby? so 29 seconds ago. well we should get them a gift. [ choys ] thanks for the gift! [ amy and rob ] you're welcome! you're welcome! [ male announcer ] get it fast with at&t. the nation's largest 4g network. at&t. ♪

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