vice president president biden. >> giving democrats a pep talk. >> part of what makes us democrats is we're here to help a bunch of folks out there who are struggling. >> what do they run on? >> equal pay for equal work. >> early childhood education. >> federal minimum wage. smart immigration policies. >> major developments in the battle for marriage equality. >> our family will be recognized just as real as every other family in virginia. >> make every single effort to aggressively push our gender. >> a big push on federal minimum wage. >> the democrats will try to force a house vote on raising the minimum wage. >> if you can apply the pressure

in a way where there feels like there is no way out, then they'll move. >> they're counting on us. a few hours ago, house democrats heard from president obama and vice president biden at their annual retreat in cambridge, maryland. two weeks earlier, house republicans huddled at the same venue. the difference, one party was at a retreat. the other party was in retreat. >> the american people are already where we want them to be. already with us. on every major issue, the american people agree with the democratic party. >> compare that to the conference of last month. >> it is important that we show the american people we're not just the opposition party. we're actually the alternative party. >> the republican retreat

gathered a bitterly divided caucus. the fierceness of that internal battle was made abundantly clear on the last day of the conference. that is when speaker john boehner, the head of this rowdy band of congress people, that's when he decided to release a set of immigration principals. not actual policy, but just a set of suggestions. oh, boy, did john boehner's party not like that. i think it should cost him his speakership. ted cruz announced that anyone pushing an amnesty bill right now should put a harry reid for majority leader bumper sticker on their car. the drudge report ran a photo of the speaker in a sombrero.

when the speaker finally took to the mic to announce the deadness of something he tried to breathe life into, he blamed it on the inability to trust the trust. the party nick picked itself into oblivion trying to decide what to extract from democrats to get a debt ceiling extension. the gop caved. democrats ensured the nation would not default on its debts. this morning president obama took a note of the republican disarray and of the democratic unity. >> the fact that we are no longer going to see, i believe, anybody try to hold our government hostage and threaten the full faith and credit of the

united states of america in order to contract policy concessions, the fact we were able to pass a clean debt limit is just one example of why when you guys are unified, you guys stick together, this country is better off. >> and so instead of pricking trial balloons, today saw the president and vice president talking plainly about what they want and what the country wants. raising the minimum wage, getting health care to those who need it, doing something about the nation's 11 million undocumented workers, and making sure that opportunity exists, even for those who are struggling. >> they talk about the fact that we shouldn't be talking about income inequality. i think it would be a sin if we didn't talk about income inequali inequality. >> yesterday, for example, i had a chance to be with a group of minimum wage workers for federal

contractors. and to see what it would mean to them for us to have a federal minimum wage of $10.10 and how much relief that would give them and how committed they were to the american dream and getting ahead and just hoping that somebody was standing up for them, it reminded me of why i'm a democrat. >> joining me now is the washington bureau chief at "the huffington post" and father of twins as of this saturday. congratulations. robert, i know you didn't just have twins, but i'm going start with you. >> give ryan a chance to catch his breath and relax a little bit there. >> he needs five minutes. he's five minutes behind us temporally. we've been talking a lot about the danger the democrats face in

terms of the balance of power in the senate. if you talk about national unity of a party that contrasts between the republican retreat and the democratic retreat is incredibly pronounced. we talk about generational waves. in terms of national policy, it is a democratic moment right now. >> well, i think there's no doubt that right now you have a pretty strong agreement on a set of ideas that the democrats want to move forward on. you heard a lot of it there. immigration reform, things around the minimum wage, certainly some aspects of climate change. i do think there are quite a bit more things top to bottom in the democratic party. republicans are unified in their agenda. we're not without some of our disagreements. one of the president's top trade

priorities. fast track is not going to happen in this congress. for all the unity we have in the democrat caucus and party, i don't think the congress is going to be a hot bed of producing solutions. >> we have spent the last three years giving a lot of air time to debt and deficit. it feels like a page has been turned in terms of inequality, the haves versus the have-notes. you have a piece out today talking about ceo pay. since 1950, the ratio of ceo pay to worker pay has widened by

$10$1 1000%. i find that number staggering. >> we focus on the minimum wage and that's appropriate because people are working too hard for too little, but we don't focus on where the money is going. why is it that workers are paid so little? so much of the wealth can get sucked up to not just the top 1%, but the top .1%. if you're a ceo that makes $20 million, your deputies are not satisfied with any kind of middle six-figure salary. they're deputies then want to make a half a million, a million, $2 million. it doesn't trickle down to that sea level.

the poor can only be driven so much into poverty. >> reclaiming the phrase entitlement to the upper echelons of society would be appropriate. >> ceos making millions and millions of dollars and the directors paying themselves millions of dollars just to rubber stamp that salary for the ceo, it's the kind of thing that nobody else would be doing. collectivism is okay if it's among the wealthy. >> 72% of the country is in favor of a minimum wage

increase. as with all things congressional, it remains a hanging question as to whether anything will actually be done on this issue. i want to ask your thoughts in terms of what is called a discharge petition. the lanes are so narrow that we must talk about these strange devices about what legislation can get passed. the idea is a discharge petition would need the support of 18 republicans, the majority of the house, and it could force a vote by simple majority on raising the minimum wage. in this particular congress, it seems unlike that house republicans will do anything to support house democrats on this issue. do you think that that could be useful in terms of showing the country where each party sits on

this issue? >> i think that's what it's going to come down to. i think you're somewhat optimistic to think the legislative hasn't played itself out. a discharge petition has the ability for candidates and those running for reelection to highlight where they are and where their opponents are. as a political tactic, it is certainly one that is good to, again, enumerate where people are on an issue. i don't think anything is going to happen this year largely on raising the minimum wage. but it is an issue that the american people support. even as job growth has been getting better over the past four years, wages have flat lined and declined.

you only need to look at what happened at the stock market last year and what happened with wages last year to understand that a discussion on equality opportunity is a discussion worth having in this country. >> it may end up being congressional smoke and mirrors. it's taking the left a really long time to figure out that this is now the game in washington. the right, and specifically the house republican caucus, has been passing all kinds of stuff purely in symbolism. >> right. >> if democrats do this, this will be the first time they've figured out the dance in a long time. why is that? >> well, i think partly because a discharge petition still need a majority of signatures from the house of representatives to move forward. look, the house is completely defined by who is in the majority. you basically get to decide everything. how long the debate is going to be, what the debate will be on,

what amendments will be offered, all determined by the majority. i think, again, it's a good political cudgel. it's not something people will have to study up on. it will be something used in political campaigns, but i doubt we get to 218 signatures on this or immigration reform. i would say this. if you're running for reelection or congress as a democrat, you can say why hasn't my opponent signed the discharge petition. it's a good set of tactical maneuvers to try to keep that issue in the forefront. >> senator schumer has proposed

the same thing. democrats can use these policies to hang over republican heads. immigration reform, the republican party knows it is in trouble. we've got to do it now. it is easier to do now rather than later. the quicker we start, the quicker we'll get it behind us. as evidenced by john boehner's set of immigration principals getting ripped up as soon as they were printed out, they're not going to do anything on it. >> this tactic is only right when you have a huge gulf between where the house majority is and where the public is. work in the sense that public pressure can be brought to bear on republicans either to get a few of them to sign on to it or get them pressured in races so democrats can pick up a few seats. >> ryan, i'm going to say as we

wrap this up, you've been incredibly articulate. you don't look that tired. you look great and you sound great my friend. >> coffee and adrenaline, that's the secret. >> i thought you were going to give us something more interesting than that. always a pleasure. thank you, guys. after the break, it's not just the war on christmas anymore. the louisiana governor warns about a quote, silent war on religion, which is apparently hang every day of the year. every day. first, a federal judge just struck down virginia's ban on same-sex marriage. that's not stopping ted cruz and mike lee doing everything they can to make it hard to be gay and married. jonathan capehart weighs in. that's coming up.

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for people who believe in marriage equality, there is heartening news this valentine's day. last night a federal judge declared virginia's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. it marks the strongest legal reversal of strict marriage laws to date. >> happy valentine's day. i hope that soon gay and lesbian couples in every state across our country will be able to experience the happiness and

relief we feel today. >> the plaintiffs weren't the only ones sounding hopeful. the judge wrote of the uneven but unceasing journey towards truer freedoms. we have arrived upon another moment in history where "we the people" becomes more inclusive. other states are sounding out their own valentine's. in wisconsin, democratic lawmakers announced a bill that would repeal the same-sex marriage ban. and in kansas, the state senate said it will not take up a bill that seeks to protect individuals and businesses who want to deny services to gays and lesbians on religious grounds. there are a few heart breakers in the mix.

not content to rest on the laurels of his latest failure to filibuster the debt limit, cruz introduced a bill to put the definition of marriage on the books. instead, it would defer to the state definitions of marriage for federal protections and spousal benefits. that would make it a lot easier for parties to deny equal rights for gay couples to keep denying those equal rights. after the break, reaction and analysis from jonathan capehart. : in retirement, will you outlive your money?

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this will not stop with the so-called ceremonies. you're already called a bigot. this judge has analyzed people in virginia. this whole thing is a farce. >> that was reaction today from the republican lawmaker who cosponsored an amendment banning same-sex marriage in virginia. the amendment that was struck down by a federal judge. he and other opponents may have to hang their hopes on senator ted cruz who is embarking on a revivalist crusade. >> hey, alex. >> when does the high priest of self-promotion take five minutes out of his day to not

self-promote? i'm speaking of ted cruz. it is hard for me to understand how ted cruz's desire to reinvigorate the defense of marriage act at the state level is beneficial to him. how that's beneficial to him in the long run, given where we are and where the tide of history is going. >> look, everything with regard to senator cruz revolves around two things. you hit on one, ted cruz. the country is moving very quickly from the position that ted cruz and that other person from virginia is talking about. most americans are for equality and fairness. why would ted cruz do this? he's a darling of the tea party. the tea party base of the republican party. when he shutdown the government against the wishes of right thinking people and certainly

the republican leadership, he couldn't careless because he was raising money hand over fist by taking it to the man in washington. well, the same thing is going on here, i think, when it comes to ted cruz banging around here on trying to revive doma, which the supreme court was pretty clear is unconstitutional. >> it seems to me that at some point putting your name on pieces of paper, pieces of legislation like this, will come back to haunt you. not you, but ted cruz. i'm talking to you. >> right. >> nowhere is that shame going to be more pronounced than the state of kansas, which is trying to pass a law that would bar punishment when individuals, groups, and businesses cite religious beliefs in refusing to recognize a marriage or civil union or providing goods and

services or employments to a couple. if you substituted sexual orientation to skin color, these would be jim crow laws. >> it is beyond me. as a piece in "slate" pointed out, this is much broader than just refusing service to same sex couple. it could boil down to refusing services to a gay person. i don't see how in kansas that's going to be allowed to stand. the senate president made it clear that this isn't going to come up for a vote or at least the senate president didn't feel comfortable with this statute because of its discriminatory

nature. >> you have written about it in "the post," this is happening in the old dominion. they're taking up the issue of gay marriage in southern states, which is reflective of how broad the agreement is on marriage equality. >> what we're seeing happening in texas, oklahoma, louisiana, alabama, virginia, utah, nevada, you have court action happening in places where if the people went to the polls to vote on the civil rights of gay and lesbian and transgender and bi people, those would pass in terms of putting in discrimination. that's why the court ruling is

so important. send it back to the states and let them decide. the way justice kennedy wrote the decision and justice scalia in the dissent saying, you're making states invalidate their states constitutions. when a legally married same sex couple or goes and says, we were married in california and then we've moved back home to texas or louisiana or alabama and suddenly we're no longer married, well, we should enjoy the same rights and responsibilities as heterosexually married couples. we're asking for civil rights because we are legally married if we just crossed the border to go some place else. because those couples are asking

for fairness, the argument for special rights goes out the window. any right thinking judge will pull in the supreme court opinion from june 2013 and say, well, you know what? these folks have a point. you might be pointing to this in a second,but there's a "slate" piece out that talks about all the challenges since the supreme court decision have won. >> this is a really important piece of this. since the u.s. versus windsor decision, 32 different judges have considered the case of whether it is about the relationship between state and federal governments or equality?

every one has said equality. it is no longer a question of powers, but a fundamental one about equality. the logic -- you can't disagree with it. >> this is no longer -- the terrain is no longer ideological. it's legal. it's on the law. when it's on the law, lgbt couples win. >> happy valentine's day to you. >> thanks, alex. the white house has issued new guidelines on banks and businesses who sell legal marijuana. i'll talk to you all about pot, profit, and oversight coming up next. now trublend has the perfect blend for each of us.

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over the past few weeks, the war in syria that has left over 130,000 dead and forced 9 million people to leave their homes, that war has gotten a lot worse. in geneva, the second round of peace talks ended today in dead-lock. the three day cease fire was described by the u.n. as anything but progress. it did allow the u.n. to evacuate 1400 people and deliver food to had next to nothing. people and homes were living out

of roots and weeds, if they were lucky. during the cease fire, mortar rounds and gunfire struck envoys. today the u.n. halted evacuation of civilians from the city. 236 people a day on average have died. some of the worst atrocities have been in syria's largest city where barrel bombs have been dropped. on the worst day so far, 130 bombs fell on to the city. the u.n. released a report that said children in syria were being tortured, sexually abused,

and being trained to fight. children get electric shocks to the genitals and fingernails have been ripped out. it's the worst humanitarian crisis in decades. options and action are of the essence. joining me now is the executive director of human rights watch, ken roth and former nato commander general wesley clark. general clark, i'll start with you. this is a crisis whose end we cannot see and i ask you, do you think there are good options left for this white house to pursue? nicholas burns writing today in "the globe," says washington is finding itself in an

uncharacteristically weak position to drive events in syria. do you agree with that? >> in order to get better results in any peace talk, we have to change the situation on the ground. there are two ways to do that. one is to try to strengthen the political opposition and have them move into some corner of syria, put a foothold in on the ground, and gradually enlarge that area of what could be called a "free syria," so there's an alternative government on the ground and gaining territory. another way to do it is for the united states to try to provide military assistance through special operations on the ground working with the moderate rebels. we get involved in military

activities, but we don't have the political leadership behind it. in order for it to work, you have to have a little leadership around it. otherwise, as you say, alex, it is just a long, slow grind. i think assad is eventually going to go. syria may fragment in the process. >> part of political leadership comes from pressure from the public. nick burns in the same piece asks when we're going to have our moment. where we realize as the international community this cannot stand anymore. i think we thought that happened during the red line talk. apparently, it hasn't given where we are today. do you think we're moving towards that moment of realization? >> i think we may be moving there. we have to recognize first of

all that this is not a classic war where two sides shoot at combatants. assad's idea is to make life as miserable as possible and killing as many civilians as possible, torturing children, and depriving millions of people from humanitarian aid. obama has tried to pretend to be doing something about this. he got the chemical weapons to stop, but those were responsible for fewer than 2% of the deaths so far. the geneva peace talks are going no place. what there is a need to do is to put pressure on assad to stop targeting civilians and depriving them of aid. the way to do that is through moscow. moscow has the capacity to

pressure assad. they a >> the other half of the day today has been reserved for olympics coverage. international eyes are on sochi. vladimir p vladim is this a missed opportunity, do you think, on the part of the advocacy community? >> it is a perfect moment to do this. my organization human rights watch has been pushing for this moment. focusing mainly on the humanitarian issue. if we can open up the board rdeo humanitarian aid, we'll stop the suffering of millions of people. the u.s. resisted at first because they thought it would

interfere with peace negotiations. now they're pushing for it. russia is playing ball. they have come forward with their own resolution. there's negotiations going on. the key is to press it forward to resolution while sochi is going and while the russians will be reluctant to veto. >> the president spoke of a red line. there was a lot of confusion around whether or not he was going to decide to send military forces in and he went back and went to the u.s. congress. do you believe that that moment was hurtful or at least undermined our ultimate power to do something on syria and pressure either assad or show the russians we mean business? >> i don't think that that would have been an appropriate way to put the pressure on. i think you've got to link it to something political. i agree with what ken says. it's great if you can bring russia to the table, but if

we're going to get assad out of there, there's got to be a credible opposition. so we're going to have to bite the bullet on how to do that. we've been doing some military assistance for some opposition elements. we've certainly done a lot of talking to the syrian opposition and coaching, but they have to belly up to the bar. if the president had le-- the leadership has to be in there on the ground. they have to be suffering there with the people and they have to be seen to be leaders. this is one of the basic principals of trying to establish this. all the humanitarian and pressure on russia, all of that is important too, but the people themselves have come behind their own political leadership

as an alternative to assad. that's what's got to be worked. >> ken, i'll throw this map up before we let you go here. if you look at how fractured the country is, isis, the government, the opposition, the kurds. that very thing is complicating our action there. >> it is. we have to recognize that it's going to take a long, long time to get a unified government over all of syria. in the meantime, the most we can hope for is where there's not slaughter of civilians. so we should focus on what's doable now and rebuild syria over the long term. coming up, bobby jindal gained the kind of notoriety he

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it is a war against the faith that motivated the civil rights struggle. it is a war against religious liberty. >> religious liberty, something addressed in the first amendment of the united states constitution. congre thomas jefferson who wrote the constitution, wrote, religion is a matter which lies solely between his man and god. if there's one group that threatens this, it's bobby jindal's own party. in the name of religion, his party has entered the doctor's office with the decision to impose a set of principals on a

woman and her doctor. it's entered city hall to legislate what love is and who is entitled to it. the party has entered the boardroom to withhold private health care for employees. as for the guy supposedly in charge of prosecuting this silent war, the president of the united states, he hasn't been all that silent. last week we gave a 20 minute speech at the national prayer breakfast on the importance of religious liberty. >> we affirm the freedoms endowed by our creator. among them, freedom of religion. brave men and women of faith has challenged our conscious and brought us closer to our founding ideals from the abolition of slavery to civil rights, workers rights.

>> from hospitals to courtrooms to office buildings, there's a silent war going on. bobby jindal is on the wrong side of it. i'll see you back here on monday 4:00 p.m. eastern. good evening, americans, and welcome to "the ed show" live from new york. let's get to work. >> vw is a great company. >> i'm glad to see vosk whlkswas standing by its employees. >> volkswagen is a german company. >> this billboard crosses out auto and reads united obama