and i told charlie pierce one of my highlights was getting to hug charlie pierce. >> that was fun foring all of my left-wing fans jealous. i threw a raincoat over the head of a small child who was sitting next to me -- >> stephanie: yeah, i was a little pimpy. >> now i have to do the news. then we'll come back to you. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: oh. >> good morning. so maybe this is what the first lady was rolling her eyes at. house speaker boehner has released an info graphic showing what you can do in four years. these comparative calculations clearly a good use of the house speakers staff time. this in preparation for tomorrow's vote on raising the debt ceiling. i don't know anyone who would necessarily be against congress going without pay at this point. chuck schumer said a budget is in the works, but it disease include a plan to raise taxes. there were two other unscripted memorable moments from yesterday's inauguration. first malia obama making funny faces. and al roker declaring victory, dropping the mic and then getting joe biden to jog over and shake his hand. there is a lot

: good morning charlie pierce. >> happy new year! in berkas. [ buzzer ] >> stephanie: oh, i can't get enough of those jokes. >> i'm willing to bet you can. shall we try. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: charlie pierce? >> yes hello? you were talking about [ inaudible ] piece this week how biden must translate obama for the normal people and you say -- >> for post menopausal irish people of both sexes yes. >> stephanie: you say just call them uppity and then get back to work. >> that has been a tick of hers for many many years. no more sprawling across their cases in rolling stone. >> stephanie: and then i can't say his name -- >> [ inaudible ]. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: you also read the same piece i did in the times, i can't say his name ross dodat. >> i think it's ducat. it opens almost to almost on unpleasant series of puns. >> stephanie: yeah. you said ultimately he gets around to giving credit to boner. i guess how anybody can say that that's doing a good job i'm not sure. >> the man desperate. because republicans are insane. >> step

charlie pierce as usual our tuesday pal. "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: the president talking about guns. selling a new generation on guns? >> yeah. >> fantastic. what could go wrong? >> yeah. it's a picture of a guy and a bunch of kids with a bunch of -- >> munitions. >> stephanie: using contests, games, and semi automatics. this is honestly like the evil of what we're up against on this debate. i'm thinking first of all is this legal? >> yeah, it is. >> stephanie: number two can they -- i guess they can. >> yeah. >> stephanie: remember they cracked down on ad for children what is his name -- joe camel use -- trying to hook kids on cigarettes. isn't there something similar here? >> the fda has no jurisdiction over guns. >> there is the gun safety eagle. they have had that for years. >> stephanie: yes. threatened by long-term declining participation in shooting sports they have poured millions of dollars into trying to getting more guns in the hands of -- >> kids. let's give hand grenades to infant infants. >> y

let's bring charlie pierce into the conversation.tor editor of esquire and writes the political blog. he comes to us from west newton, massachusetts. welcome inside "the war room"." >> happy new year, governor. >> jennifer: happy new year. i know you wrote about this woman. i was curious with your take on it. if you had a chance to talk with debralee hovey what would you say to her. >> i would say stay off--limit measure facebook postings to pictures of her dog and what happens in the town hall council meetings, this is indicative of her. if going forward gabby giffords and mark kelly follow through to push back against the nra, the slime machine will come after them. what happened to her will not make her immune. sarah braidly got slimed. jim brady got slimed. it's going to happen. i certainly don't have any reason to think they're not but i hope they're ready for it. debralee hovey is just the beginning of itism. >> jennifer: i totally agree with you. gabby giffords took a bullet. i guess she can take the slings and arrows for a go

we have representative rosa delauro, charlie pierce rescheduled for today. yeah, jim, do it. >> stephanie: 1-800-steph-12 the phone number toll free from anywhere. >> for me, it is -- it lasted two weeks. >> stephanie: everything else is going great in my life. [ wah wah ] what is it? 11:50 today eastern, the president will unveil his gun control measures. >> although jacki says it has been moved to 11:55. we won't have it on our show. just say. >> stephanie: no. did you see so we were talking about the nra's new ad about the president's children have fancy protection. >> why does he not want your kids to be protected? who does he think he is? >> stephanie: why don't your children have special secret service? oh! because you're not president. what is the point of them? here we go. >> are the president's kids more important than yours? >> stephanie: yes! >> then why is he skeptical about putting armed security in our schools when his kids are protected by armed guards. mr. obama demands the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes but he's just another elitist h

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. >>> amanda bynes resurfaced with her cheek piercing. >>> charlie sheen is going to be a grandfather now that his 28-year-old daughter is pregnant. her mother is sheen's high school girlfriend. >>> elton john sewn husband david furnish welcomed a baby boy to their family on friday. the second son completes our family in the most precious and perfect way. >>> river phoenix's last film "dark blood" will make a debut at the miami international film festival 20 years after the actor died of a tragic drug overdose. >>> finally, prince harry was named town and country's most eligible bachelor. he topped that list that included tim tebow, jack nicholson and george clooney. >>> finally, vatican city is home to a cover model. his personal secretary is promoted not only to archbishop but also to the front page of italy's vanity fair magazine. he is known as gorgeous george. papal assistant's headline says it's not a sin to be beautiful. a spokeswoman says the archbishop did

charlie pierce has the sick. he is rescheduled for tomorrow.en forrest gump finally talked. >> i'm pretty tired. i think i'll go home now. >> clarence thomas sounds exactly like that. >> stephanie: yeah, that's what he said. he actually said he is going to go home and watch porn and then take a nap. >> apparently it was a joke. >> stephanie: yeah, and it just game out as herp derp. he couldn't find his what scalia said stamp, so he said herp derp. >> ermahgerd. >> stephanie: charlie you are on the "stephanie miller show." good morning. >> caller: good morning. i'm just glad i didn't have to follow road flair mary >> stephanie: i know right. >> caller: i have a question about this debt ceiling thing. how come nobody talks about the pay for the congressmen and senator. i have called several times to people like cantor and boehner and asking how much does it cost just to turn on the lights there and you guys to sit in the chair and say nothing. >> stephanie: right. there you go. if you want to cut the useless fat, cut their salaries, but not jan s

. >> stephanie: karl frisch charlie pierce will be there. >> that's right, shaneo and danielle are goingthink sue in rockville. >> rocky mountain mike. >> stephanie: right? okay. >> it sounds like a family reunion. >> stephanie: it is. let's dive into the right-wing world. here we go. oh, kneel cavudo. >> republicans well delirious after the president signs 23 executive orders he says will help curve gun violence but they say is a mockery of the constitution. a beefed up background system [ inaudible ] share that data of their own for that background system, and expanding the affordable care act to include allowing doctors to ask their patients, do you have guns in your home? [♪ dramatic music ♪] >> oh, no! >> ahhhhh! >> it is the end of the world. >> stephanie: i think i saw, karl, george w bush did about 300 executive orders the president has done about 140, something like that. >> yeah. i would point out that the president would have done anything on this. they would have played right into the nra membership retention themes which are basically fear and paranoia. >> stephanie: right.

piercing. prompting fans to ask why? it's not too bad. charlie sheen is going to be a grandfather as his 28-year-old daughter cassandra is pregnant. cassandra's mother is sheen's high school girlfriend. >>> elton john and david furnish welcomed a baby boy to heir family. the couple says their second son completes their family in the most perfect and precious way. >>> river phoenix's last film "dark blood" will make its u.s. debut at the miami international film festival almost 20 years after the actor's tragic drug overdose. >>> and finally, prince harry was named town and country's top bachelor. the prince topped that list with tim bebow and george clooney at number 23. jack nicholson he's still got it. >> don't know. >> we can only hope to make the list. >> there's always someone for everyone. >>> and this comes from connecticut where members of the talking heads and the tom-tom club put together a jam session with students who are still grieving over the sandy hook massacre. ♪ somewhere over the rainbow way up high ♪ >> proceeds from the group

charlie gasparino is here. >> look at the chart kind of says where the stock was and where it is now. shows you where ackman was, right, back in december, trading around 40. we pierced this is pretty interesting. the company's shares are urge sealing up another 8%. i haven't seen the latest stock charts. why are they up? last week they had a company presentation. what went up on news we foreshadowed first on fox business that dan lobe had a major investment in it. now what we have is two sort of interesting events that don't really, you know, add or detract from what ackman is saying, that is the company is a pyramid scheme. it will run out, in a pyramid scheme you make money by more distribution, not by selling products. distributors pay you a fee. at some point the distributors run out. these two events don't necessarily detract from that argument that it is a pyramid scheme. but they provide a lift. one argument they will preannounce earnings that will be pretty good at decent analyst expectations or maybe beating them a bit. number two, right after they do that, they will do that this week apparently there will be a stock buyback. those are two headlines you see