governor corbett sending out a blast e-mail, if you're a woman who opposes mandatory ultrasounds, tom corbett has a suggestion for you. you have to chose your eyes. close your eyes? does governor corbett have no shame? does blankety blank have no shame? tom corbett of pennsylvania, the governor seriously did say that thing about closing your eyes, how you should close your eyesif you don't want to look at the screen forcibly positioned in your sight line during a state-mandated medical procedure that he, tom corbett, governor of pennsylvania says you have to have. he wants to make this law. the forced ultrasound bill that has been kicking around the pennsylvania legislature is one of the most extreme in the country. includes language like that likely mandates trans vaginal ultrasounds in most cases because of the time of pregnancy for most abortions and what the ultrasound has by law to show. the bill forces doctors to position the screen in front of a woman's sight line, while the procedure is being performed, and it requires a print out of the image to be filed away in the woman's medical r

, the republican governor tom corbett were to ask for changes, just as the virginia legislature heardm their governor, that would be a consideration. we called governor corbett's office today in pennsylvania to find out if he's going to wade into this the the way that bob mcdonnell did, thus changing his life forever. governor corbett has not returned our call on the subject, and we do not expect him too, frankly. although i would love it if he would. what do you say, gov, do you want to nuke your vice presidential chances too? come on. >>> besides trying to convince everybody that the president of the united states is at war with religion, the other leading republican charge of the moment against president obama has to do with algae. green slime is not just a metaphor in politics anymore. that's coming up next. >>> newt gingrich says that president obama is a weirdo. he says he's weird. >> and maybe what we ought to do at newt.org is we ought to get t-shirts that say "you choose." newt, drill here, drill now, pay less. barack obama, have algae, pay more, be weird. >> for newt gingric

here's governor tom corbett on that. >> making them watch, does that go too far in your mind?u can make anybody watch, okay? because you just have to close your eyes. >> close your eyes? just like you're closing your eyes to the injustice of these laws? that's outrageous. and this goes on in the states as this is happening in washington, the senate is taking up the violence against women act. it's been law since 1994. it aids victims of violent crimes. for 18 years, it had overwhelming bipartisan support, until now. republicans are threatening to vote against the bill. why? because this latest version protects battered undocumented immigrants and people in same-sex relationships. and it provides free legal assistance to victims of domestic violence. democrats are calling, shame! >> is the violence any less real, is the danger any less real because you happen to be gay or lesbian? i don't think so. >> this is a bipartisan bill. we authorized this law last time here in the senate unanimously. i'm disappointed that these issues keep coming up. >> combatting domestic violence and

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pennsylvania governor tom corbett said tuesday that he supports the bill. >> i wouldn't change it. obtrusive, but we're still waiting to see. >> obtrusive? i mean, making them watch -- does that go too far in your mind? >> i don't know how you make anybody watch, okay? because you just have to close your eyes. but as long as it's on the exterior, not interior. >> former pennsylvania governor, ed rendell, is an msnbc political analyst. you just have to close your eyes, says the man who followed you into office, about this procedure, governor rendell. what are republicans thinking as it relates to women? it seems as though this is the latest in a string of things, whether purposefully or not, that are alienating the very people they need in a general election, independent women. >> and i think it's unfortunate. because tom corbett is a decent, honorable man, and he's intelligent, and he governed as attorney general in a fairly fair, nonpartisan way. but i think he's falling into the same trap that governor mcconnell did in -- mcdonald did in virginia. first, you saw that the governor

republican governor tom corbett signed the measure into law yesterday. it requires voters to show a photo i.d. before their votes can be counted. opponents say the law discriminates against minorities, the elderly and poor. >>> in health news, there are new guidelines for screening for cervical cancer. every year about 4200 women die of the disease in this country. dr. jon lapook takes a look at the new recommendations. >>> the new guidelines present women and their doctors with a difficult decision. for decades women have been told to get a pap smear as often as once a year. while the new recommendation calls for a test every three years for women 21 to 65. some ages 30 to 65 are being told they can wait five years if they get an additional test for human papillomavirus or hpv. the pap smear looks for abnormal cells in the cervix. the hpv looks for viruses that causes virtually all cervical cancers. the task force says waiting five years is reasonable they say because if the tests are negative, women are at very low risk for developing cervical cancers.

the pennsylvania governor tom corbett announced a plan to disqualify anyone under age 60 who has more than $2,000 in savings and assets, which will prevent families from working towards self-sufficiency. the mayor of philadelphia called this proposal, and i quote, one of most mean-spirited and asinine proposals. to come out of harrisburg in decades. the bill was introduced to beneficiaries to obtain mandatory personal growth end of quote activities. mr. concannon, do you know what these personal growth activities are and do you know how they would be implemented on a national level or state level? >> i'm unfamiliar with that. i've seen references to that in the media but i'm unfamiliar with the specifics of the bill. >> we all know there will be instances of fraud. we all know we need to be vigilant before it happens. and prosecute it in all of these cases. according to your data, fraud rates have been going down, not up. is that right? >> that's correct. >> do you concur with that, miss fong, they have been going down? >> we are aware of fns studies that say that. we have not persona

type of ultrasound but when people you know who had a problem with this ask the governor this is tom corbett this is what he had to say . it's a lose it's not a true sense. but i'm still waiting to see the water. that was. making you pretty much ok because you just have to close your eyes. it is that to close your eyes works i'm not going to defend his statements here at but they do specify it's supposed to be a non-intrusive type of a book of ultrasound and you know i've had an abdominal ultrasound it's not a huge thing to go through what it really comes down to i'm pretty is a pennsylvania's bill doesn't specify what kind of ultrasound it's going to be and so is it has to be a non-intrusive ultrasound in the language is vague to say the big you have to wear . critics of that it's true begun under certain circumstances there might be transvaginal ultrasounds involved but that's an easy fix if if the how he wins and the experience of the legislation well in my eyes if you say you know the dominant doesn't provide enough information to the mother who is going in for an abortion you can say we

governor corbett tom corbett the republican governor says if women don't like the ultrasound the state sanctioned rape i call it then they should just quote his words just close their eyes and quote if they have a problem was three n.b.c. wall street journal n.b.c. news poll says fifty one percent about being asked americans who should be controlling congress after the next election fifty one percent of americans said democrats thirty six percent of americans said republicans are republicans committing suicide with this and limbaugh and everything else that's why they are committing suicide rick santorum is results just speak for themselves he lost by six points when you among republican women alone and what's going on i would argue tom what's going on here is here we are i always beat this drum we're going ninety seventh in the world in the number of women elected office and where is that most evident is that legislation is being written right now and where is it even more evident if you miss congress is only seventeen percent women guess what fourteen percent of them are democrats on

college or sound but when people you know who had a problem with this ask the governor this is tom corbett this is what he had to say . i suppose it's not true since. but i'm still waiting to see he doesn't want. or. make anybody watch ok because you tend to have to close your eyes. you deserve to close your eyes works i'm not going to defend his statements here but they do specify it's supposed to be a non-intrusive type of a book of ultrasound and you know i've had an abdominal ultrasound it's not a huge thing to go through what it really comes down to i'm pretty is it a pennsylvania's bill doesn't specify what kind of ultrasound it's going to be it says it has to be a non-intrusive ultrasound the language is vague to say the big you have to wear a lot of critics have said that it's too big and under certain circumstances there might be transactional ultrasounds involved but that's an easy fix if if the. in the presence of the legislation well in my eyes if you say you know the sound doesn't provide enough information to the mother who is going in for an abortion you can say well then we

that has not stopped republican governor tom corbett from defending it on tape. >> i wouldn't change long as it's not obtrusive. we're still waiting to see. >> making them watch, does that go too far in your mind? >> make anybody watch, okay, because you just have to close your eyes. as long as it's on exterior, not interior, okay? it's a position i took a while ago. it's just on the outside. it's not invasive. >> he keeps talking about this. he is both very visibly super awkward about it but also totally wrong about it every time. not only does he think it's cool to force women to undergo a medical procedure and have a screen showing the procedure forced in front of their face because after all, they can close their eyes but he also doesn't understand the bill, doesn't understand the ultrasound requirement at the heart of the bill he says he supports. the pennsylvania ultrasound bill is not on just the outside thing, governor corbett, it is very much on the inside. everyday at our news meeting there are ten different stories from ten different states where republicans are pushing te

governor governor tom corbett has an excuse for that. >> make anybody watch? okay.ur eyes. but as long as it's on the exterior not interior. >> the whole thing is so uncomfortable. anna kasparian is with us. anna, if they can close their eyes what's the whole part of making them see it? >> it's definitely stupid. what i find incredible is how uncomfortable he is talking about it he is. he is a man. can you imagine how uncomfortable a woman is having to be there and being forced to see it you know, and she is the one going through with the procedure. >> if he is that uncomfortable, why do you not do it? how is that as an idea? one of the other people wage, the war is bill o'reilly. he has a unique conspiracy theory on sandra fluke. anna has a package on that. >> when you thought the right-wing media was through attacking georgetown student sand draw fluke, bill o'reilly came up with a crazy conspiracy theory. >> there is more to her story than contraception. she is on spring break in california with her boyfriend who is the son of democratic stall wart william muderp

here in his own words is the governor of pennsylvania, tom corbett, thon issue.explain this setup. he is explaining his defense in this required legislation and state law that would require women before look at a screen of a sonogram, in effect, an ultrasound before they choose to have an abortion as part of the procedure. here he is explaining that requirement. >> wouldn't change it, as long as it is not intrusive. waiting to see. >> making them watch, does that go too far in your mind? >> i don't know how you can make anybody watch, okay? you just have to close your eyes. but as long as it's on exterior, not interior. >> well, lilly ledbetter, generally, i know you're not an expert on this, but a case where the republican party for whatever reason is pushing very hard here to i think make having an abortion, also certainly not a joyful experience for anyone, to make it even less so, and make it something i would think, putting a burden on a woman, forcing her through a new procedure on top of ones she is already going through. what do you think, you've been in

law when republican governor tom corbett signed hb-934 into law thursday.ancement project, 800,000 people of voting age in pennsylvania lack the proper i.d., and that's in a key battleground state where president obama's margin of victory in 2008 was just more than 620,000 votes. remember, voter i.d. laws disproportionately impact certain groups. according to the nyu brennan center for justice, 11% of eligible voters lack government-issued i.d., but that number rises to 25% among african-americans, 16% of latinos and 18% of senior citizens. frustrated by injustices at home? this week the naacp took action making a case in geneva to the united nations. you heard it right, an appeal to the u.n. more on that when we come back. well somewhere along the way, emily went right on living. but you see, with the help of her raymond james financial advisor, she had planned for every eventuality. ...which meant she continued to have the means to live on... ...even at the ripe old age of 187. life well planned. see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. chase scen

please, here is what pennsylvania governor tom corbett, who is a supporter of the bill said when asked about that last part. >> i am no -- make anybody watch? okay because you just have to close your eyes. but as long as it's on the exterior not there are. okay? >> just close your eyes honey. it won't hurt. really? governor corbett? the bill would lead to the same kind of state-ordered vaginal probes that cause an up procedureerror that forced village to back off. this this. this is out of some orwellian nightmare. shifting to gas prices, i am until i am blue in the face: there is not much the president of the united states can do to lower the price of gas. newt gingrich knows it but he just keeps making ab certifiedsurd comments. >> so when i campaign on 2.50 a gallon gasoline, this is actually an understatement. if oil if the price of gasoline were to drop as much as the price of natural gas has dropped in the last four years, it would be a dollar$1.13. >> newt, newt, newt, as the police department president said today, if you promise to lower gasoline to $2.50, why stop there? how a

. >>> tom corbett says he wared the late -- wishes the late joe paterno had done more after telling child officials about the child sex abuse by jerry sandusky. his fellow university trustees were right to fire the legendary coach and before he was fired paterno says he too wishes he would have been done more. >>> police officers have the right to search your cell phone without a warrant. the ruling stems from an indiana case where a suspected drug dealer had his cell phone call logs searched by police. the decision also affects parts of illinois, indiana and wisconsin. however a local attorney believes it could set a precedent in d.c. because the judges' opinions are well respected. the lawyer also says it's your right to and police to get a warrant before searching your phone. >>> well, we are getting closer and closer to the ipad 3 release date. >> but one expert says you may not want to rush out to buy it. at 5:18, five good reasons why you should wait to shell out the big bucks. we'll be back. denny's new sizzlin' skillets are here for a limited time. so strike while the iron's hot.

in pennsylvania, for instance, republican governor tom corbett is getting more heat for his defense of a state mandated ultrasound for women considering an abortion. >> excuse me, can you tell me why you supported the ultrasound bill? >> it's a position i took a while ago, it's just on the outside, it's not invasive. that's why. >> the bill does not contain the language trans vaginal ultrasound. a woman still could be forced into having one if the embryo is too small. >>> meanwhile the texas republicans are so hell-bent on defunding planned parenthood they are willing to put thousands of lives at risk. the texas program which provides cancer screenings, contraceptions, and basic health care to low income women will lose federal funding because of governor rick perry's decision to block planned parenthood from the state's medicaid program. by excludeing family planning providers, texas broke federal medicaid rules. as "the washington post" reports, the program served about 130,000 women in texas with the federal government footing 90% of the bill. governor rick perry says the state will

governor tom corbett defended the mandatory ultra sound bill moving through his state house this week>> wouldn't change it. as long as it's not obtrusive. i don't want to make anybody watch. okay? because you just have to close your eyes. but as long as it's on an exterior, not interior? >> talking about the mandatory ultra sounds. we'll talk about that more later in the show. new york congressman gary ackerman is retiring after three decades on capitol hill saying redistricting did not play a role in his decision. house minority leader nancy pelosi said ackerman will leave a legacy of leadership and commitment. and indiana senior senator dick lugar has hit a big bump on the road to a seventh term. the county election board ruled that lugar and his wife who maintained a residence here in washington for over three decades are ineligible to vote in their home state. the 2-1 decision significant blow. less than two months away from a tough primary challenge lugar is appealing the ruling. by the way, it is not unconstitutional to live outside a state and serve that state as a u.s. senator

tom corbett says he wishes joe paterno had done more after telling university officials about the accusationssky. governor corbett says he and his fellow university trustees were right to fire joe paterno last fall because he failed to follow up on the allegations. joe paterno died of lung cancer in january. sandusky has been charged with sexually abusing several boys and he has pleaded not guilty. >>> the president of california state fish and game commission may be voted out of office because of a controversial photo. dan richards posed in this photo with a mountain lion he shot and killed at a ranch in idaho. hunting mountain lions is legal in idaho, but not in california. environmentalists and humane society called on richards to resign, but he has the support of hunting groups. however, in a surprise move on wednesday, the fish and game commission voted to change the way the group chooses its leader. so at its next meeting on may 23rd, they may vote to remove richards as president. >>> if you haven't seen them yet, you may get a chance to see those two gray whales around the san francisc

the pennsylvania governor, tom corbett, announced a plan to disqualify anyone under age 60 who has more than $2000 in savings, which would prevent families from working toward self-sufficiency. the mayor of philadelphia calls his proposal this proposal and i quote, one of the most mean-spirited and asinine proposal to come out of harrisburg in decades. other states have pursued similar proposals. in georgia bill was introduced to require beneficiaries to obtain mandatory quote, personal growth end of quote activities. mr. concannon, do you know what these personal growth activities are and do you know how they would be implemented on a national level or a state-level? >> i am familiar with that. i have seen references to that in the media but i'm unfamiliar with the specifics of the bill. >> now we all know that there will be -- and we all agree that we need to be vigilant to prevent fraud. in all of these cases, according to your data fraud in this program has been going down, not up. is that right? >> that is correct. >> do you concur with that, that it has been going down? >> we have