monica crowley's remark is cruel and homophobic.he is saying if you support women's rights and access to health care, well, then, you must be gay and if you are gay, then you are a lesser person? i am joined tonight by sandra fluke. she is speaking out for the first time about the monica crowley tweet. i call it attack. first of all, sandra, congratulations on your engagement. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> exciting times, no doubt. how do you feel about what you read when you saw monica crowley's tweet? >> well, you know, where i'm from when someone tells you you've become engaged, you say congratulations rather than engaging in hate speech. it's certainly not the way i wanted my engagement to be greeted. that said, i'm not going to let this kind of thing get to me personally. what really bothers me about it is exactly what you said, the blatant homophobia in the comment. the idea that's an acceptable thing to say publicly. >> you want an apology from monica crowley. she says liberals can't take a joke. what do you say to th

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here's more on the democratic side of the aisle with joe crowley, democrat from new york on the small business tax cut which did pass today although largely along party lines. >> mr. speaker, i rise in strong opposition to this bill. there are a number of reasons to oppose this legislate jays. one this bill is not targeted towards job creation. frankly it is not targeted at all. it will provide 99.6% of all businesses with a tax break regardless of whether or not they create one american job or not. two, this bill does not prevent businesses from taking a tax cut between they layoff workers. three this, bill fails to help businesses most in need such as new business or startups. fourth, this bill will add billions to the deficit, which will hurt economic growth in america. five, and mostly this bill helps companies with off shore jobs. additionally the amendment stated if a company offshore has jobs next year after this one year tax expenditure expires the funds would be recaptured or taken back by the treasury. this is so a company cannot take the money this year and run away with am

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from cnn's "state of the union" let's bring in candy crowley. >> good morning. for you. >> you always do. let's talk about gas prices. they're quickly becoming a big part of the campaign. do you think either side is gaining traction with voters? >> we have a poll that shows voters split evenly down the line who they blame. the president takes some blame. republicans take almost as much blame. oil companies get a huge share of the blame for the gas prices, but it's certainly in the political mix. it's something that republicans really want to have out there. look, the economy has begun to show some signs of real life that some of the economic figures are getting better. this is going to be, everyone agrees, unless something happens, overseas that's untoward, this is going to be about the economy. and the gas prices right now, in some polls, even supersede the jobless rate in the concerns of americans. they're concerned about the gas prices because, frankly, everyone is affected by it. so it's certainly now in the groundwater in this campaign. >> another issue. wi

crowley and colmes on that. press wanting to see what the cops found out about george zimmerman's confrontation with trayvon martin. back in a moment. >> bill: factor follow up segment tonight, as numbers reporting that abulbasher of in secret service agents and u.s.a. military people actually went to a brothel in colombia called the play club. apparently some of these men engaged prostitutes at that club. right now 11 secret service agents are under suspicion along with a number of other military personnel. what should be done if the allegations are proved to be true. here now monica crowley and alan colmes. what do you do. >> call them in and if the story is true fire them. they have lost their classification. >> security clearance. the story is true in the sense that they were there. nobody saw them there they aren't denying they weren't there this is at a brothel deal and a few of them hired them and took them back to the hotel which is the way it works in that area. you would basically keep it in the indivi

first up, "state of the union" with candy crowley, which begins now. >>> night time tornadoes tear up the planes on the midwest. coordinated assaults rock afghanistan in broad daylight and 294/7 preside4/7 presidenti takes shape. >>> today -- >> instead of expanding the government, i'm gonna shrink it. instead of raising taxes, i'm gonna cut them. >> drawing battle lines with reince priebus, chairman of the republican party. gender politics with congressman morris rogers and carolyn moloney. >>> then, sizing up owe bam ma versus romney with matt bayh "the new york times." >>> and comedian and actor, the outspoken bill cosby on politics and the man who killed trayvon martin. >> doesn't make a difference if he is racist or not racist. >> i'm candy crowley and this is "state of the union". >>> first two break stories we are following, a series of attacks across afghanistan and a deadly tornado outbreak here in the u.s. let's start with those tornados slammed the midwest and the plains overnight. the national weather service says there were 121 reports of possible tornado touchdowns acros

i'm candy crowley. john king is off. new details about what happened and who was on board when a navy plane slammed into an apartment complex. >>> and blood spills in syria with just six days to go until a planned cease-fire. can we trust syria's president to stop the crackdown? >>> plus, is the job market getting any better? depends on who you ask. the bad news and the silver lining in a new jobs report. >>> we begin with breaking news in the aftermath of today's fiery crash of a navy jet into an apartment complex in virginia beach. at a news conference just now, city and navy officials say std they know of no fatalities, even though the fire after the crashed burned at least 40 apartments. also, the city's mayor tells cnn at least nine people including the two pilots were injured, and none of the injuries are considering ligfe-threatening. a virginia beach hospital reported it treated seven people, and except for one of the pilots all have been released. a navy spokesman revealed new details of the crash. >> shorting a

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"state of the union" with candy crowley begins right now. >>> it is april fools' day but it feels like the fall campaign. no joke. today, top republicans gather round romney. an exclusive with one who hasn't, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. >>> then -- >> the next president of the united states, governor mitt romney. >> the house republican idea guy, wisconsin congressman paul ryan, on his state's tuesday primary and budget politics. >>> plus -- >> it is up to iran's leaders to make the right choice. >> the policy and the politics with house intelligence chairman mike rogers and ranking democrat. >>> then never too late to talk vp stakes in election 2012. with dana dash and jeff zeleny "the new york times." i'm candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." >>> a new cnn/orc poll shows president obama's job approval rating is over 50% for the first time since last june, but americans are worried about rising gas prices, and in an election year, when americans worry, politicians act. the president wants congress to end tax breaks for big oil. >> it's time they got by without

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and then to commissioner crowley's point, those listening to the point you made, the briefing that we received, the request is for them not to compete with existing diving excursions. it may be concerns that are out there. >> i had a couple of questions related to one concept that i guess wasn't on the waterfront, it was more on the riverfront. it was a little bit wider, bigger boats and things like that. it does get you from place to place, and i don't know if the concept -- or if you have to actually call. is it something that people can depend upon? these points are all determined, and if that is something we can get clarification. i am just relating to my and experience which was a very pleasant experience on the water taxi there. just to encourage that we can go to the other places that you referenced. i guess it will make it more attractive to be able to go to some of the places where we don't have control. it will go that great a distance. we will put together a plan from the water taxi to go to fort mason for an event. when we go back to the port commission, i want to make sur

crowley and colmes on that. to see what the cops found out about george zimmerman's confrontation with trayvon martin. back in a moment. >> bill: factor follow up segment tonight, as numbers reporting that abulbasher of in secret service agents and u.s.a. military people actually went to a brothel in colombia called the play club. apparently some of these men engaged prostitutes at that club. right now 11 secret service agents are under suspicion along with a number of other military personnel. what should be done if the allegations are proved to be true. here now monica crowley and alan colmes. what do you do. >> call them in and if the story is true fire them. they have lost their classification. >> security clearance. the story is true in the sense that they were there. nobody saw them there they aren't denying they weren't there this is at a brothel deal and a few of them hired them and took them back to the hotel which is the way it works in that area. you would basically keep it in the individual agents? y

crowley and colmes on that. press wanting to see what the cops found out about george zimmerman's confrontation with trayvon martin. back in a moment. ou are a busin. omnipotent of opportunity. you know how to mix business... with business. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i could get used to this. [ male announcer ] yes, you could business pro. yes, you could. go national. go like a pro. >> bill: factor follow up segment tonight, as numbers reporting that abulbasher of in secret service agents and u.s.a. military people actually went to a brothel in colombia called the play club. apparently some of these men engaged prostitutes at that club. right now 11 secret service agents are under suspicion along with a number of other military personnel. what should be done if the allegations are proved to be true. here now monica crowley and alan colmes. what do you do. >> call them i

we'll ask candy crowley what they're saying next. >>> senator chuck grassley may have some explaininge iowa republican sent out a tweet about president obama's comment that the supreme court shouldn't overturn his health care law. check this out. constituents asked why i'm not outraged at the attack on supreme court i said espn. because american people are pot stupid as this x prof of con law. president obama is a former professor of law and they fired back, i think a 6-year-old hijacked your account and is sending out tweets just to embarrass you. grassley actually did have his twitter account hacked in january by the group anonymous. we reached out to grassley's office for a reaction but we haven't heard anything back. >>> cnn's state of the union is coming up at the top of the hour and candy crowley is standing by with a preview for us. let's talk jobs. >> yes, let's talk jobs. >> what do you make of the spin of the gop candidates on this one? >> it was -- even the white house could not put a great spin on he's jobs numbers other than to say we did create more jobs. which is better

crowley. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york. mr. crowley: i thank the gentleman. my friend from michigan for yielding the time. i rise in strong opposition to this bill. there are a number of reasons to oppose this legislation. one it's still not targeted towards job creation. frankly it is not targeted at all. it will provide 99.6% of all business was a tax break, regardless of whether or not they create one american job or not. two, this bill does not prevent business from taxing -- taking a tax cut even when they lay off workers. three, this bill fails to help the businesses most in need, such as new businesses or start-ups. they are not eligible for any provisions in this bill. fourth, this bill will add billions to the deficit which will hurt economic growth in america. five, and most egregiously, this bill provides companies who are in the midst of offshoring jobs with a tax break. during committee consideration of this legislation, i offered an amendment to deny this tax deduction to any company that reduces the number of american workers and jobs while cor

i want to show you, goldie, what bill cosby had to say to candy crowley today on state of the union.ed him about the president's supporters who are disappointed he hasn't accomplished more since taking office. >> i'm disappointed that people who don't look at the woes and the trouble given to this man. people blatantly speaking out against his color, wasting time, starting up new stories about whether or not he was born here, saying things that they can't prove and i feel sometimes, not all the time, that it's like watching -- his job, people want to make it as difficult as the one siphisict had. >> it's bill cosby. is he right? could the president have done more. >> i think if we parse this out, mr. cosby makes some great points about the level of partis partisanship we've seen over the last three years. you haven't seen this kind of divide, at least politically, for several administrations. so people have begun to wonder, what is the root of that? is it the president's race? is it simply that we had a rise of populism in the country where working class people felt overtaxed and ove

well, today on cnn "state of the union," ryan told candy crowley that he misspoke when he accused u.sary officials of not being honest about that budget. here's what ryan had to say. >> i really misspoke, to be candid with you, candy of the i didn't mean to make that kind of impression. i was clumsy in making the point. and the general and i spoke after that, and i wanted to give that point to him, which was that was not what i was attempting to say. >> so what exactly did ryan say that he now retracts? we dug up the comments so you can hear for yourself. >> we don't think the gems are giving us their true advice. we don't think the generals believe their budget is really the right budget. i believe that the president's budget by virtue of the fact that when he released his budget number of $500 billion, the number was announced at the same time they announced the beginning of their strategy review of the pentagon's budget. what we get from the pentagon is not a strategy driven budget. >> let's bring in craig gilbert, the washington bureau chief for the washington journal sint enell.

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. >> i'm candy crowley and this is "state of the union". >>> first two break stories we are following, a series of attacks across afghanistan and a deadly tornado outbreak here in the u.s. let's start with those tornados slammed the midwest and the plains overnight. the national weather service says there were 121 reports of possible tornado touchdowns across four states. in the northwestern oklahoma town of woodward, five people were killed two children. in kansas, 100 tornadoes between last night and this morning causing extensive damage there were no reports of any death he is. twisters also caused massive damage in twist iowa in the town of thurman. three out of every four homes were damaged or destroyed. more severe weather expected across the midwest with dangerous conditions affecting wisconsin, minnesota and iowa. we are joined on the phone by alan riffle, from oklahoma. i understand that you did suffer five casualties overnight. what more can you tell us about the state of your town right now. >> door to doors and seeking unaccounted people, we believe everyone has been accou

candy crowley's exclusive interview with speaker john boehner begins right now. we'll begin in just a moment. thank you. >>> listen. if the election were today, i'd be very optimistic. >> you're looking at the view from the best seat in the house. the question is whether speaker boehner can keep it. >>> also today, the death of bin laden as a political talking point with the president top counterterrorism adviser john brennan. >>> and then the view from out there with two governors montana governor brian schweitzer and virginia republican bob mcdonnell. >>> plus the president's club with nancy gibbs and michael duffy and our exclusive guest house speaker john boehner. i'm candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." >>> mr. speaker, primeau view, great digs. nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >> how many days have you thought, did i actually want this job? >> a lot. >> big headaches. mr. speaker, thank you for joining us. let me start right out with the week's story, which is the student loans. the president has issued a veto threat and said if this keeping

elijah cummings of the house was on cnn's "state of the union" and candy crowley asked if higher headsd roll. >> i'm very confident that what happened here was limited to these folks, but we'll find out. but the thing that impressed me about sullivan is that he acted quickly. keep in mind that the head of the region down there in south america was on that situation immediately, got those folks out of there immediately. she, of course, was acting on behalf of sullivan. i think sullivan has done a very good job. most of us have a lot of confidence in him, both sides of the aisle, by the way. >> now white house spokesman jay carne said that the scandal involved only the agents and military personnel, and he criticized those who are -- and these are his words -- trying to pri politicize the issue. >>> prosecutors prepare to lay out their fraud case against former presidential candidate john edwards. an in depth look next. weight balance from front to back... and back to front. ♪ giving you exceptional control from left to right... and right to left. ♪ the cadillac cts. ♪ we don't just make

that is a wrap on news watch for this week, judy miller, jim pinkerton, monica crowley and kirsten powers see you next week on fox news channel. good night. >> hello, i'm dana perino,long with andrea