her kids inside into the ocean. also, jesse jackson will help us round out the call to action on voting rights. you won't want to miss this, the queen of late night, the lovely miss chelsea habd handler is looking at controversy and comedy. a look behind the bitcoin buzz. where all of our salaries are paid in bitcoin. we have a lot to get to but first our headlines. >> we need to abolish the irs. >> regulation larger than a 30-ounce big gul p. >> we do not accept an american president -- >> who draws phony red lines with a pink crayon. i did say that. >> the real reason the right wing went so hard -- >> the thurgood marshall, the best black civil rights lawyer in the country. >> oscar pistorius's e girlfriend talking about his

guns and cheating. >> he kept it on him all the time. >> president obama spoke on the phone with vladimir putin. >> urging direct talks between russia and ukraine. >> vladimir putin rejected another appeal from the president. >> let's see what steven segal has to say. >> what's best for russia, hear a lot of political spinning -- >> oh, my god. >> all right, we begin with breaking news this hour. any minute we're expecting a live sheriff's briefing on a story we brought you earlier this week. a mother who plunged her mini van in the ocean in daytona beach with three screaming children inside. we're bringing you that

conference right now. take a listen. >> he will announce our charging decision. he'll make an opening state then afterwards we'll take your questions. >> good afternoon. our investigation into the incident tuesday in where the mother wilkerson drove her children into the ocean has concluded. as of this time she has been arrested on three counts of attempted first degree murder and three counts of aggravated child abuse involving great injury. miss wilkinson was driving on the beach at which time she did turn directly into the surf. and luckily beach rangers were available, were around and rescued the children out of the vehicle. at this time we'll answer me questions you may have. yes. >> what led you to come to the charges?

and what all do you look at when taking into consideration her mental status? >> well, the -- you took into account the actual incident, you take into account we've interviewed the woman. she was charged before that but the fact that she did intentionally try to kill the children, witnesses observed this. we had witnesses who actually saw her go into the surf. we had witnesses who tried to get the children out of the car, which she tried to keep them from rescuing the children. we also have the fact of what the children have told us, that their mother was trying to kill them. you take all of this into account, we also take into account, this is a tragic event. and our goal is to get her into the system so that we can protect the children and take whatever action we need to help her too. so at this time -- >> did any of her actions in south carolina and things you've gathered from authorities there play a role in the

decision-making? >> no, but we find no issues in the past at this time of any mental issues along the line. she has -- they have had domestic issues in the past in south carolina and in new york. but we found no issues leading up to this where she's had any other mental crisis involved at any time. >> can you share anything that she has talked to you about, what her mental state was at the time? you know, you're going with attempted first degree murder, is she telling you she has no memory? >> i think she told our investigators that she was trying to drive out of the surf. which all of the witnesses countered that saying she was trying to drive into the surf and her son was actually trying to fight her for the steering wheel to bring them back out of the surf again. but you had people that were around the vehicle who actually saw what she was doing. saw her turn into it. saw her try to keep the officers from rescuing the children. as a matter of fact, one of the beach officers was trying to get

in the window and she tried to prohibit him from getting in the window. >> what did investigators learn from the children that showed that she was trying to kill them? why did they believe that other than her driving into the surf? did she say anything that she wanted to kill them or anything like that. >> she told them to close their eyes and go to sleep, she was taken them to a better place. the children said momma is trying to kill us. one of the children was kind of back and forth vas lating on it, but did also confirm it. but everything that was done, indicated taking them into the surf, including you have seen video of them driving into the surf. >> was there anything prior to that incident? we know the daytona police touched base with her earlier. anything that leld you to think this was something they indicated?

>> daytona did everything they could do when they contact the her earlier. you have to show they are a danger to themselves or someone else. daytona police department spent about approximately 30 minutes with this woman. they talked to her. they brought a second officer in. they -- the children weren't in crisis, the woman said i'm going to a shelter and she showed nothing. there was no display that she was a danger to herself or anyone at that time. so they had no legal right to be able to even -- >> has the mother shown any remorse? >> that i really couldn't answer at this time. i couldn't tell you. >> was she trying to kill herself too or just the children? >> it would appear that it was a whole family issue at the time until it went bad. i don't -- you know, i don't know that you could really say was she trying to kill them all

but she did it while in the car, go in and roll up the windows. originally she the the windows rolled and doors locked. >> wanted to kill herself as well? >> it would appear that way. >> have you talked with the father? >> the father has been contacted. he told us he would be there yesterday and as of this time he has not showed up to talk to investigators. >> have you managed to -- i know on 911 call her sister was alleging abuse, are you looking into that end of it at all? >> that abuse would have occurred out of state. that was not an issue here and i think at this point there may be ab ongoing investigation in south carolina in reference to that. but we have no abuse charges that have taken place in this jurisdiction involving the husband. >> i'm sorry? >> is the man the father of the children? >> from what we understand, yes. >> of all of the children? >> to the best of my knowledge, yes. >> do you know how far long she

is? >> no, i do not. >> have the children ever said they were in fear of their mother prior to this -- >> that is the press conference from the sheriff investigating these charges. for analysis of what this means, we have legal analyst lisa bloom. thank you so much for joining me. >> hi, ronan. >> we have you later in the hour but we want your take on this story first. tell me how relevant is it whether in fact any of these abuse charges or suggestion that she was fearing for her life, if those prove to be true, does that change the outcome or her likely sentencing? >> the issue is whether the insanity defense will apply or not. i'm sure that's going to be her defense. as you know because you have a law degree the insanity defense is difficult to prove. in south carolina as in most places, the burden would be on her to show she was unable to appreciate the wrongfulness of her actions when she drove her

children in that mini van into the water. we know from her sister she was delusional, that she was talking about jesus and demons just hours before. that will help her. but ultimately the question will be whether she was completely unable to separate right from wrong at the time she committed this horrible action caught on video. >> was this what you expected today and do you think the maximum sentence likely is in line with what the public will be expecting given the gravity of her actions? >> we have three counts of attempted murder. that's one for each of the three children in the car. also three counts of aggravated child abuse. one of the most disturbing facts about this whole situation is that when she was holding the 3-year-old in her arms, one of the rescuers who dove into the surf trying to save that baby says she was trying to prevent him from saving that child, trying to push him away as he was trying to save the baby. you know, that's the kind of action that on top of everything else is so disturbing.

i would assume if the insanity defense does not apply she's going to get the maximum sentence. >> again, we will be talking to you later in the show about the pistorius trial, a total hi different note. we'll come back to you if we have further updates on that situation. now we turn to something hopefully a little bit happier, politics here in the united states the conservative political action conference is continuing in washington today. texas governor rick perry started off the morning and fired up the crowd by taking aim at surprising the post office. >> defend our country. provide a co-jent foreign policy and what the heck, deliver the mail, preferably on time and on saturdays. [ applause ] >> get out of the health care business! get out of the education business! stop hammering industry. let the sleeping giant of american enterprise create

prosperity again! >> he was followed by fellow lone star stater john cornyn who said liberals may be a lost cause but there is hope for everyone else. let's take a listen. >> the last five years have taught us anything about our liberal friends, they don't get accountability. while they may be a lost cause, the future of our great country is never a lost cause. >> a little harsh, don't you think. mike huckabee stopped by with ominous words about the state of america as a world power. >> there is no one country on this planet with whom we have a better relationship today than we did five years ago. and for all of the bluster that our president gave when he ran for president telling us how he would play the flut and snakes would be charmed back into the basket and world would be a happy and safe place, the snakes are running all over the world today. >> and former u.s. marine

lieutenant colonel oliver north talked mostly about foreign policy but also touched on the domestic. >> i'm here as a representative of obamacare because i've just heard it's your responsibility, your young people to help old people like me so get with it. >> for insight into what's going on at cpac, i'm joined by sam stein, political editor at "the huffington post" and mark halperin. mark, let's start with you. you actually remarked that marco rubio's comments sort are were causing waves and you this thoughts on that. let's listen to what he said. >> he can say what he wants to about me and he can say anything he wants to i think about mitt. mitt is capable of taking it but when he throws bob dole in

there, i wonder if he thinks bob dole stood for principle on that hilltop in italy when he was so gravely wounded and left part of his body there fighting for our country. >> all right, obviously that was senator john mccain. a good topic to start with and we'll get back to rubio. what struck you about mccain's comments earlier today to my colleague andrea mitchell, they are causing a lot of waves. why are people finding those so powerful? >> senator cruz in the opening cpac was trying to make a point in a lot of conservatives too, that the republicans have nominated moderates and they have lost election and they should nominate someone more conservative. he listed dole, mccain and romney and senator mccain, no surprise, he's not had a great relationship with ted cruz, not only took him to task with andrea in the last hour but said and there's footage of this, on the senate floor he approached ted cruz and said you shouldn't be talking about bob dole that

way. senator mccain, most important word is honor and ted cruz is not someone who should be criticizing. >> he has an old school sense of loyalty -- >> and loves bob dole. >> loves bob dole. what do you think about the big players about mccain who is rising as one of the big stories of cpac. you have written about who the big guns are. who are the names you see emerging? >> we'll hear rick santorum, he's going to talk about blue collar workers and how the party can reach out to working class blue collar voters. that's something when he was auk sesful as a presidential candidate he talked about. that's going to be a big theme for him. he and mike huckabee are both underrated players in this process. as same with rick perry. all three of them get less talk than ted cruz and marco rubio but they could be big players and we'll get a good reception there. >> going back to sam in the trenches, donald trump had a ton

to say about a ton of people yesterday. >> we're getting into jimmy carter territory. i never thought i would see anything like that again. i lived through that time and it was not a good time. and we're pretty close. i think maybe by next month we will have surpassed the late, great jimmy carter. >> more jimmy always a punching bag. how did the crowd react to that? >> well, i mean, jimmy carter is still is a live so he's not the late, great jimmy carter quite yet. the crowd loved it obviously everyone loves a good jimmy carter swipe. it's very convenient to compare the president to jimmy carter. you know, it's an interesting dynamic right now. yesterday was a lot more from my perception a lot more of the red meat type stuff and putting aside what perry and cornyn said this morning. today seems to be more of sort of the post partisan issues they are talking about. there's been a huge panel, for instance on edward snowden with

the room divided, more favorable towards portraying edward snowden as a hero, someone who blew the whistle on government surveillance. another big panel featuring rick perry on prison reform where he talked about he and the department of obama justice -- there's not that clean right/left divide. i'm curious to see the one speaker coming up, rand paul, how he embraces those issues, the libertarian wing is still dominant and supportive of ron paul. >> president carter was the only old school political figure on the table. there are a lot of references to ronald reagan as we want to do. everyone loves a reagan reference. you tweeted yourself with a card board cutout with ronald reagan. i kind of want one for my living room now. >> i'll try to get one. >> please bring one back.

is he more prominent than the current president? >> everyone glorifies reagan, especially at this event. he is the gold standard. the only way to show you how much he's the gold standard is relay a story. i was out in the hall and there's a guy handing owl ronald reagan posters and said do you want a ron ald reagan poster? the attend ee said how could i say no. ronald reagan, still very much idealized. >> sam stein and mark halperin, always a pleasure. we'll turn to you for more updates as it unfolds, despite concerted efforts from the president and other leaders, the crisis in ukraine is continuing to spiral out of control. yesterday russia's vladimir putin rebuffed warnings about future intervention in crimea during an hour-long phone call with president obama.

and today putin declared he could not ignore calls from help from russian sympathizer in ukraine. deepening tensions was a vote to seck seed from ukraine. crimea will vote on that next week. the governing body stood and applied the crimean delegation in moscow. peter alexander is monitoring developments at the white house. peter, putin is ignoring the president. kerry is headed back to the u.s. without much in his hands in terms of victory. is it diplomatic solution looking less possible than when we went into this week? >> reporter: a spokesperson for putin said within the last hour there remains hope for some sort of resolution to this situation. a short time ago we heard from josh earnest traveling with the president on board air force one who characterized the conversations between vladimir putin and president obama as candid and robust. but acknowledged there is a pretty strong disagreement over the events taking place in

crimea between those two men right now. obviously it's that small window of hope that the white house is focused on right now. there are three conditions. one of which is that that may 26th election be accepted. it's results be accepted by the russian leadership and international monitors be allowed into that country and finally that the troops go home to their base in crimea, that's a significant challenge but the referendum scheduled for the 16th of this month is really producing a real challenge for the administration as well, ronan. >> thank you so much. peter alexander, nbc news correspondent at the white house. we'll come back to you as that develops. now, there's been much written on what this crisis in ukraine means for the world and especially the global economy. jeffrey sachz is one of the preeminent economists and wrote about this conflict for foreign affairs this very week. he joins me here today. thank you so much. >> good to be with you.

>> you wrote this article which i found quite controversial, you have a background working with russian political figures -- >> and ukrainian, played both sides of the conflict but did have a prominent role in the early '90s with russia's then prime minister. what you counsel in this is caution. there may be violations, but you say to act too rashly right now could blow things up. you make a comparison to world war i and the events leading up to that. what are you making when you make that comparison and do you think that's a more apt comparison than hillary clinton's comments about world war ii in this context. >> i think we better be careful. this is extraordinarily dangerous, we're not going to go to war over crimea or over ukraine for that matter. on the other hand what russia did is a serious violation of international law and violation of a 1994 treaty of great significance that russia and

united states and the united kingdom and ukraine were all party to to encourage ukraine to give its nuclear weapons to russia in return for guarantees of sovereignty. i think we ought to make a full point of this. russia is absolutely responsible for territorial integrity of ukraine under this treaty and moreover, it says in the event of any disturbances there is an obligation of all four treaty signatories, the u.s., u.k. and russia and ukraine to sit down and talk. i think the security council is the place to do that. >> another point you make in this article is just how economically intertwinned russia and ukraine are. we have a map that shows the arteries of oil pipelines running through. given the co-dependence, do you think it's ever possible that ukraine could survive an economic break with russia? >> i don't think it would really survive well, nor do i think

that would serve the interest of the west. a collapsed country tens and millions of people and desperate straits, not what anyone wants. but we have to understand, of course ukraine is within russia's sphere of influence. are we kidding? look at the map, look at the history, look at the naval bases and the security concerns. one of the things that provoked this was the rather naive idea of some in the west that said we can grab ukraine and bring it into europe. some said nato might extend there. if anybody knows anything about russian history, bringing nato close to the border is a no-no. then when it really destabilizing remarkable set of events took place in kiev, russia, which is not used to living by the letter of the law, let's put it that way, grabbed a response, putin is very tough. he moved into crimea but i believe this is about

bargaining. this should not be about war and nobody should have any illusions about that. >> all right, thank you for weighing in and always a pleasure to hear from you. all right, well, from the international to some domestic news up ahead, what the senate's rejection of this civil rights lawyer could mean for your voting rights. we have the reverend jesse jackson joining me in our call to action conclusion coming right up. iwe don't back down. we only know one direction: up so we're up early. up late. thinking up game-changing ideas, like this: dozens of tax free zones across new york state. move here. expand here. or start a new business here... and pay no taxes for 10 years. with new jobs, new opportunities and a new tax free plan. there's only one way for your business to go. up. find out if your business can qualify at start-upny.com

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welcome back to the show. we have been talking about the state of voting rights across america. this issue has been back in the nuds this week. on wednesday they voted down the nomination to run the department of civil rights division that

oversees challenges to unfair voting laws. no republicans voted in his favor and even seven democrats voted against him. why? his detractors label d him the defender of a cop killer. in 1982 he was on the naacp legal team that commuted the death sentence of a black radical convicted of murdering a white police officer. here's the thing, he has an impeccable record, twice successfully defended the civil rights act. is that the real reason why the nomination was held up? is civil rights leader jesse jackson, thank you for joining us. >> yes, sir. >> republicans continued to emphasize the cop killer story and did so at cpac, take a list ton that. >> no one should be able to make a mockery of our criminal

justice system, fan the flames of racial strive and joy an anti-american campaign along the way, drag the family of a fallen police officer through three decades of hell and then be confirmed to a high post in the justice department. >> reverend, do you think the real reason adegblie was voted down? >> i'm convinced that was true. the worst barbaric rights of americans, if you are head of a defense fund, you handle all kinds of cases. the fact is that was not his case in the first place. it's really about he would have the power to oversee the voting rights act now on attack. this weekend bloody sunday in selma, alabama, the attempts to undermine voting rights acts by

removing precincts from college campuses and reducing the number of days and stopping early voting and making it more difficult to vote, by raising the bar of qualifications is really about that. you're talking about a man who was turned down, impeccable service and great action. >> what can be done to change outcome next time, if anything? >> i'm not sure what can be done except those -- the southern segregationist democrats fought against the right to vote. they ranged partisan and became the southern conservatives, the same type like issa, walk out and turn his back on congressman cummings and deny the right to vote and turn their back on this very qualified young scholar or activist lawyer for holding that position. it's really about against civil rights commission and enforcement for voting rights in

the department of justice. it's a consistent and ugly pattern. we fight wars and rumor of wars for democracy and undermine democracy at home. that's a radical contradiction. >> someone will be nominated by this role by the president and head up the doj lawsuits against states with unfair voting practices. what do you feel the status of is this fight around the country to ensure equal opportunity to get out to vote? >> most people did not realize the case -- until it go so shamelessly he was rejected. and the fact that seven democrats were involved in it, compounded the crisis. president obama is an uphill battle trying to level the playing field. those would fight to enforce eeoc, equal employment opportunities are contract compliance, voter fairness, what we need to be fighting for in selma, an amend to the constitution for the explicit right to vote, not the implied

right to vote. what's happening right now, we have simply thrown the voting rights acts back into the states as it was in 1965. we are left with the car without the key. every state has its own scheme to undermine easy access to voting. we should be fighting for an amendment to the constitution as we have an amendment for the right to bear arms and amendment for the right to vote, which is not explicit in the constitution. in the meantime, should come back again with president barack obama's support and nation as well. >> all right, thank you so much, reverend jackson. thank you also to everyone at home who got involved with our call to action this week. some interesting results. 30% of you came in with the number one shared problem, access to the polls for technical reasons and hours open and restrictions on when early voting can happen. we'll be bringing you more in the coming weeks because this battle is still playing out. we're also going to turn to you once again today before we wrap

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welcome back to "rfd." the oscar pistorius trial, day five, continuing. whether he thought he was shooting an intruder, today the blade runner's ex-girlfriend testified about his love of guns. >> did you know that the accused own a gun in the relationship. >> yes, he kept it on him all the time, my lady. >> when describing the relationship, that ex-girlfriend, samantha taylor, broke down. >> the first time our relationship ended, was when he cheat cheated on me with -- i'm sorry, my lady. >> just take your time, she ta relationship ended. >> this relationship, how did it end now finally end? >> he cheated on me with reeva

steenkamp. >> do you say that when he took reeva steenkamp out for the first time in the relationship with you? >> yes, we were. >> now, live from pretoria, is ayman mow tell dean. and lisa bloom, the author of a new book, "suspicion nation", the inside stortry of the tr trayvon martin trial. >> what was it like when she testified about the relationship. >> reporter: it was very quiet until she made the revelation that in fact oscar pistorius had cheated on her with reeva steenkamp and it was then you koo hear a slight mur muring. the judge has been trying very

much to make sure the gallery, media gallery and public figures there do not disrupt the proceedings as has happened on a few occasions. oscar pistorius remained very stoic, not really looking in the direction of his former ex-girlfriend too much but writing down notes and passing them to his legal defense team. >> what is does the gun use say about the defendant? >> i think that's much more important than the cheating issue which i'm sure the judge will overlook. that's something interesting to the world media but not so significant in the courtroom. there are these two unrelated gun charges, one where he's accused of shooting a gun in a crowded restaurant, just narrowly missing hurting someone in that instance and this one, shooting off the gun in a car. this paints the picture of a man who is careless and reckless with guns. i think that's very helpful to the prosecution. >> ayman, other parts of today's testimony were from witnesses who arrived after the shooting. one described how pistorius

reacted. what did they say about that? >> well, that witness, the direct neighbor of oscar pistorius arrived on this scene after he heard very distinct sounds between a man and woman screaming and yelling for help and what he describe the as gunshots. he was a former soldier so his testimony did have credibility, particularly because he said he also knew the sound of a .9 millimeter pistol. that's what they allege he used to shoot reeva steenkamp. he said he found her dead, and leaning over her was or car pistorius and the witness described it as a sincere emotion coming out of pistorius this evening. >> what are the big differences between the american and south

african cases? >> we see in so many cases in the u.s. when a celebrity is on trial, how the courts seem to bend over backwards to find innocence or at least a not guilty status for that defendant. that's not present here. i think the judge will have a no nonsense attitude towards the case and oscar pistorius' celebrity status probably will not help him. >> we've been covering stand your ground laws a lot on the show. your book is on the subject. what did you find by the biases surrounding stand your ground in florida? >> stand your ground is such a horrific law and half of the states in america now by the way and african-americans who are shot, in those cases the white shooter is 350% more likely to be exonerated, probably not even charged. there's a huge racial bias in the administration of stand your ground laws, that was a problem in the zimmerman case. i talk about how it plame eplay

in the jury room and i hope people can check out my book and tweet me and let me know their thoughts. >> thank you, ayman in pretore y pretoria and lisa bloom. >> writing about her experiences in south africa, chelsea handler. making headlines for oscar commentary that some are calling racist. but the press may not be unwelcome given the timing. she has a new book out, a professional travel log that hits several countries, including south africa for a take of comedy and controversy and treatment of women in the media. a subject she's been outspoken of. she's a laid kind of personality and we did an event there was definitely not not alcohol in the dressing room. we're going to take you behind the scenes to a green room here at 30 rockefeller plaza.

>> hello. >> hi. >> hi. >> thanks for doing this. we really appreciate it. >> you've rejigerred, everything, i feel important. >> you're very important. >> you're in the news for the new book out this week and also trademark uncensored comments, you said angelina jolie just filed for adoption papers, go to africa or buy uganda be kidding me. what do you say to those calling you insensitive? >> people call me insensitive all the time. that's kind of what i do for a living. >> people call everybody on tv insensitive. >> i'm really catering to the people who -- that get my sense of humor and get my comments and that get it, that understand the way i kind of do comedy and my point of view. i'm catering to those people.

all of the people interested in me can follow me on twitter. >> you said you are insensitive to a whole lot of denominations and segments in the population. when you're specifically talking about black people in the country, is there a higher burden -- >> if you're not talking about black people you make fun of everyone but black people, that's racist. >> clearly you're incredibly authentic and that can sometimes lead to you be hard on people in a very transparent way. you've calleded angelina jolie a demon. >> i don't even remember half of the things i say. i'm not trying to shock people. i say things on my mind. usually there's a fair amount of people that either agree with it or -- >> taylor swift song.

>> enough already, i got it. you got broken up with several times. >> you're an entreentrepreneur. your team is 50% women. how deliberate is that choice? that's not all common as we like in comedy? >> for me i'm a woman and like to be around other women. when women don't hire other women, that's a big problem. >> you recently wrote a op-ed where you talked about the new york times quickly went on to note your age, you cannot talk about women without talking about age. how big a problem is it that women are talked about in that way in the media? >> well, you know, you just have to stand up for yourself if you feel you've been wrong or marginalized in any way. it's important to -- it's easy to talk yourself out of it like it doesn't matter, i don't have to -- maybe they didn't mean that. it's -- you're not doing -- you're doing a disservice to other women when you do

something like that. it's important to speak up. you don't have to argue all the time. when you do say it, you should say it loudly. >> you gave an interview to the "new york times" where you talked about your favorite books and favorite writers are woodhouse and chauser. how often do you break out for light reading? >> it's in my room and i've broken it up. i like to read snippets -- >> it's a great antecedent to the kind of comedy you're doing, right? >> my thoughtful ness comes from having long conversation. it's comedy, kind of two different parts ever my brain working. so you know, i think it's good to be off the cuff. i don't like to be overproduced and don't like to be overrehearsed and have a real point of view. that's what comedians do. people don't agree with it and comedy is subjective and that's what it's all about. it's a great world to live in. >> i admire the fact you are

earnest in a setting that is often glib. one thing you told me you wake up in a few years and have eight assistants and don't know what hit you. is that a nightmare or dream? >> it's somewhere in between. it's embarrassing to have so many people doing the simplest tasks for you. with a tv show, you start -- with more success becomes less time and less time equals more people doing things for you that you would normally have done yourself. you become kind of like a hopeless individual. i have a trouble turning on my television at this point. they have it labeled on my house remote. >> you have an assistant to turn on the television. >> not quite. it says remote on my remote. what else could that be? >> why doesn't anyone on team rfd label my remote control? come on, guys. up next, we have our heroes and zeros of the day. what idea did one woman on

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♪ we are back. it's that time, our hero and our zero of the day. one is a woman who has taken a lot of heat for her boldly stated controversial positions, that's senator elizabeth warren. yesterday, speaking for the coalition group addressing student debt, he said america has a choice. quote, we can invest in billionaires or students. she plans to introduce a bill that closes tax loopholes for millionaires and use that revenue to allow students to refinance their loans at a lower rate. quote, every dollar it brings in, she says we use that to refinance student loan debt. for continuing to take on the

$1.2 billion of debt in the nation, senator elizabeth warren is our hero today. now, we turn to one zero justifying the actions of a fellow zero because what a shock, the human rights hot mess al assad is standing up for putin in ukraine. assad praised russia. quote, they have a rational approach which favors peace and supports stability and combats extremism and terrorism. the report praises putin for, forgive the language, quote, supporting the right and truth as con tribe uting to making the future which is aspired for from the people and saving the world from dangerous turnings facing the countries and their peoples. faulty english is the least of the problems of that statement and the collaboration it

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welcome back. we are keeping an eye on developing news out of florida this hour. education is on the president's agenda today as he pay as visit to miami. next hour, he's going to speak at the city's coral reef high school. the president and first lady arrived moments ago in miami. they are expected to focus on the importance of education and economic success. now, the battle of the day. what do you think of the democrats who sided with republicans to block the president's nominee to head civil rights at the department of justice? here is where we landed. rfd is wrong with 89% of the vote. because they were used by the

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two of the love fest. first, we have to talk jobs and wages. the two white whales of this economy. the monthly jobs numbers came out today. it beat expectations. the unemployment was up to 6.7%. the jobs number is better than the last two months revised upwards but not what we were seeing last year when we were hitting 200,000 or more. here is the thing. we are clearly creating jobs now. everyone wants to see rising wages. year after year, average hourly earnings are up just over 2%. congratulations, americans. you are barely outpacing inflation. here is the other thing. that's not good. as paul pointed on out thursday, the current annual rise in hourly earnings is half what we saw before the great recession, which is why president obama has been hitting on the theme of not