you can be vitter who was not exactly mr. you can survive. >> up or down, i'll say, wiener, is he going to come back and have an elected office. i think it's suicidal. i don't know if he hurt anybody, but what do you make? can he come back? >> yes, i think he can. maybe not now, maybe not in the immediate future, but he's young, he's got fund-raising ability. he's got friends, and he can always say he never actually had an affair. he engaged in some pretty inappropriate stuff. there's some really embarrassing pictures out there. but you know, he didn't actually have an affair. so i say someday maybe. sure. why not? >> i want her on my jury. emily, join my jury if i get in trouble. >> rehab. he's got to do some rehab. >> his wife's going to save him. i think hilma is a star and will be his best character witness. thank you, gene robinson. what a liberal crowd here. emily, thank you. we'll be back after that. [ kitt ] you know what's impressive? a talking car. but i'll tell you what impresses me. a talking train. this ge locomo

reaction now from republican senator david vitter. >> yeah.been working with democratic senator sherrod brown on a bill to make sure the taxpayers never have to bail out the big banks again. that too big to fail issue. we'll get to that in a moment. first you just heard eamon's report on the too big to jail issue in washington. what's your reaction to that? >> i think it's yet another aspect of too big to fail. more evidence that this is, indeed, a continuing problem. and we need to do something to solve it. i think dodd-frank has obviously not solved it. i think it has made it worse because they give advantages. >> do you just want to boost the capital that banks have? or do you want to break these banks up? when you look at the legislation you have been working on, you're requiring banks to hold much more higher capital levels. we all know there are unintended consequences. even the fdic would say the banking capital is at or near record levels. if this is going to hamper the banks' abilities to lend to small businesses, how is that a good i

leland vitter, joining us live from rome this afternoon. thank you.nd catholic institutions in the bay area are sharing in the excitement of a new leader of the church. ktvu's cara lui is live at st. mary's live in morago where students are learning more about the first pope from the emamericas -- from the americas. >> reporter: good afternoon. many told us that pope francis is the first pope from latin america and that could signal progress. it's been about 24 hours since the world found out that pope francis will be the next leader of the catholic church. he will deal with issues including gay marriage. many students we talked to sat st. mary's says the choice gives them hope. >> i feel really proud of him, of anyone pope. but just the fact there was the first latin-american pope, that means something. that means hope. that means change. that's like the first of everything. >> it's just like really flies to see that there's -- nice to see that there's a diversity. >> we talk about how we want to make all of these changes, gay marriage, birth control

emily, what do you make of david vitter's durability?professional sex workers they are called now, everybody knows about it, all his voters knew about it, he's back and they are talking about him for governor. >> it's truly amazing. it really is. i think it shows how much we are willing to forgive. david vitter was put out to the woodshed for a while here in washington. you would see him downen on th floor, on the senate, and he would look lonely. i don't know what went on behind closed doors. maybe they were a little friendlier and warmer and didn't ostracize him but he's put that behind him and a couple years later he's a-okay. he's everybody's best pal and he's really completed his rehabilitation. he's out of the woodshed. so clearly there's a template for this and i think what he did was stuck around and kept his head down, which is one strategy, with you there are plenty of ways for men -- we don't have women with sex scandals. >> hold on for a second. gene, you used to edit all of this and decide what to put in the paper. >> yeah.

leland vitter, joining us live from rome this afternoon. thank you.nd catholic institutions in the bay area are sharing in the excitement of a new leader of the church. ktvu's cara lui is live at st. mary's live in morago where students are learning more about the first pope from the emamericas -- from the americas. >> reporter: good afternoon. many told us that pope francis is the first pope from latin america and that could signal progress. it's been about 24 hours since the world found out that pope francis will be the next leader of the catholic church. he will deal with issues including gay marriage. many students we talked to sat st. mary's says the choice gives them hope. >> i feel really proud of him, of anyone pope. but just the fact there was the first latin-american pope, that means something. that means hope. that means change. that's like the first of everything. >> it's just like really flies to see that there's -- nice to see that there's a diversity. >> we talk about how we want to make all of these changes, gay marriage, birth control

in this case senator david vitter is more progressive on the banks than the obama administration. obama administration with time geithner and now with jack lew and treasury saying we have to protect the banks. our beloved cherished banks not break them up. now you have republicans saying this is a free market principle. comeing to a position that is more progressive than the obama administration. you wonder why i think obama is a right-winger. i talked to sherrod brown more about the grand bargaining and medicare. listen to the details here. where is the red line and what is the president going to do. >> alan grayson's letter on the house, the house side, he said he wants progressives to sign on saying no cuts for social security medicare, medicaid under any deal. do you agree with that, or do you think that that's putting too harsh of a red line. >> i want to trust the president mostly on this, but i also draw the lines, too. for instance, i was in youngstown in a town hall maybe two years ago and a woman stood up, she said, i'm 63 years old. i just want to stay alive for another

leland vitter is live in jerusalem with the latest.ood morning. >> good morning patty ann a beautiful day for the president to arrive. he is going to head to jerusalem and the west bank. he has his work cut out for him. maybe head to go a friendly country. not a lot of love lost between the israel lie prime minister and president obama to hz a notoriously icy even fridge i had relationship. after the smiles and photo opes will be the conversation of iran, iran, iran. they will try to express some kind of promise where they won't allow iran to get nuclear weapons. he will try to push the israeli as little bit on the issue of the palestinian peace process which will all but end. palestinians aren't very excited about it. look at the posters they put of the picture of president obama that has been spray painted over with graffiti. this is seen as a charm offensive to not only talk to the leaders but talking directly to the israeli people. one of the local headlines say welcome mr. president, under it it says awaiting the speech. the speec

however carlson was quoted speaking about david vitter's prostitution scandal.he really did hire one. back then, tucker said... >> john: richard you have be in politics for a long time. have you been seen a more blatant example of be careful what you wish for. >> didn't the woman say she was making it up? >> john: the woman in question said she had never seen menendez. >> she was making it up. >> john: accused "the washington post" of lying. >> this whole thing with men endez is crazy. it is a vendetta. i don't know where -- who found this but good for them. >> john: tina, does this prove tucker carlson is to journalism what he is to "dancing with the stars"? >> yes. he's not a journalist. he's an agitator. completely different. like to call him a journalist is inaccurate and something he would say about someone who was also an agitator. >> john: you're right. >> clearly, i would have to say if it would be more like europe. i don't care what david vitter did or eliot spitzer or anthony weiner or bill clinton. i think we need to focus on policy. >> john: they car

i think that is where you see the convergence between a vitter and brown or elizabeth warren and i think are correct. there is that populism. >> what do you think needs to be and what do you think needs to be done about too big to fail? >> i think we should end it. i think the policies that are articulated by fisher in the op-ed today saying you must raise your capital there will not be a guarantee and say to every customer of your banks you must sign a statement knowing you will not be bailed out. so that if your deposit, anything above $2506,000 or you've bought a credit to fail swap you will not be guaranteed. customers know that they will not be guaranteed. the banks will have to pay more for capital and force them over time to slim down and do you what we did for 50 years, set numerical limits on the size of the asset bank of particular badges to shield the economy from the downside risk of failure. these things are easily done and should be done and i think when we did it for 50 years we didn't have a banking crisis. >> thank you for being here tonight. >> thank you, sir. >>> you c

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. >> disappointed it was not one of the american cardinals vitter in rome whom people were talking about? >> i was very much a fan of shaun o'malley and cardinal dolan, but having a dozen with both makes up for that. >> i am joined by two guests. father, what do we know about pope francis? dexia is an interesting person and has an interesting background he has been a genuine priest all along. he has lived with the court. -- the poor. is very telling. >> you were in charge when pope benedict was chosen and co -- and father bergoglio was the runner up. what do we know? >> the resistance that he was not a political person and that he walks the talk, if you like. -- there is a sense that he is not a political person, any he walks the talk if you like. he did not have a coke. he did not have a chauffeur. he very much wanted to be seen to be for the people, so he really did have that aura around him. it has come as a surprise that had he has been elected because he is 76. this suggests the cardinals do not worry about another resignation. this has set a new direction for the church. >> how unu

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. >> the republican david vitter from louisiana has a bill out and would allow drakes bay to stay open for ten more years. what do you make of all of that? >> well, it's, again, the idea that if we can set a precedent, the republicans, can set a precedent of allowing a private property owner to have extra rights that they don't currently have or recognized by the federal government or the courts, if they can set a precedent through court or congress, it could help private businesses throughout the united states who are trying to get more rights on public land. >> these creatures are floater feeders. they actually clean the water. >> yes. >> how can that be bad for the environment? >> they are not bad for the environment necessarily. the oyster farm is debatable. the end of the day, the question was, are we going to set this precedent and allow this lease to continue on just because this oyster farm is not necessarily bad for the environment. >> what is interesting, kevin, the owner of the oyster farm is backed by the non-profit group cause of action. that is giving him free legal repre

david vitter and bill clinton both held on to power and the media gets over it pretty quickly if youontinue to exercise power, do your job, and move forward. the people who weren't in power, edwards was out. eliot spitzer had a legislature and potential indictment hanging over him. people forced out, then are in the wilderness. and it is easy to beat up on them. other pieces so different about petraeus that has gotten lost is he is in charge of surveillance and was brought down by, i think, excessive surveillance. if you look at what the nsa does nowadays, they take 1.7 billion communications a day. that is an astounding amount of information that is gathered on all of us. and i think if we take a standard in this country or in our political system of the worse e-mail or text you've ever written, and put that in the hand of government or in the case of petraeus, fbi investigation, that started with cyber crime and turned into the highest levels of espionage, which i don't think was overseen properly, we have an investigation because people were interested in the sex and potential abu

vitter of louisiana as well.nd this is a practice that perez has been been using more than decades throughout his career and seems to view the law as something that's malable and incidentally if it conflicts with his goals. >> paul: we'll be following this one. when we come back, fresh off the big soda smackdown, mayor michael bloomberg is at it michael bloomberg is at it again, what's droid-recognition ? understanding you clearly... what is the capital of zimbabwe ? ... the first time you ask with the google voice search. the droid razr maxx hd by motorola. droid recognition. droid powerful. but that doesn't mean i don't want to make money.stor. i love making money. i try to be smart with my investments. i also try to keep my costs down. what's your plan? ishares. low cost and tax efficient. find out why nine out of ten large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and c

on that to protect the public from the radiation and they were little it was a letter from david vitter in the senate and fred upton. in the house telling the n.r.c. to back off regulations that would protect the public from getting dosed by radiation now that's not exactly the role that senators and congressmen are supposed to play when they're doing oversight of the nuclear issue they're supposed to enforce the laws not try to downplay the significance of problems and make them go away and we see this time and time again with different regulatory agencies the f.d.a. michael x. vice president month and the now running food safety i mean is there someone in the industry that's preventing this kind of regulation from happening or is it just a revolving door and conflicts of interest with taking the money they're going. history at the n.r.c. of regulatory capture. back in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight there was a an article written on inner cities coziness with industry written by oversight committees and threads history the n.r.c. has had a habit of siding with the regulated rat

south carolina and by all accounts will win it in may of this year and philandering senator david vitter who cheated on his wife with a prostitute he has rehabilitated his image so well he's running for governor all three went public with an apology. i. i've been unfaithful i want to again offer my deep sincere apologies to all. and disappointed with these actions from my past. so it looks like saying sorry goes a long way but it appears these politicians are made of teflon when it comes to balancing back after scandals. so that here on araa to you when you hear about border drug smuggling you probably don't think of a us citizen a newly released report shedding light on the smugglers from within our country's borders more on that after the break. the same story doesn't make it news no softball interviews no puff pieces some tough questions. let me let me we're going to let me ask you a question. here. is what we're having a debate we have very nice. to be with you it's not it was just about staying there again you're going to be i don't want me to talk about the agreement we. securing o

south carolina and by all accounts will win it and make of this year and philandering senator david vitter who cheated on his wife with a prostitute he has rehabilitated his image so well he's running for governor all three went public with an apology. i. have been faced with what i want for my deep apologies to. and disappointed with these actions from mark. so it's like saying sorry goes a long way it appears that these politicians are made of tough one when it comes to bouncing back after scandals. well still ahead here on r t when you hear about the border drug smuggling you probably don't think of a u.s. citizen a newly released report is shedding light on the smugglers from within our country's borders more of that after the break. the same story doesn't make it news. no puff pieces some tough questions. securing our borders remains a hot topic as the u.s. struggles to keep the bloody drug war in mexico from spilling into the u.s. but you'd be surprised to find out who exactly is caught in these drug busts it turns out it's not the drug lords or members of the infamous drug cartels f

banks is now bipartisan sherrod brown but as progressive as you can get on the democratic side david vitter about as conservative as you can get on the republican side are teaming up to work on breaking up the big banks the six largest banks the united states have combined assets equal to sixty five percent of the g.d.p. of the united states two tenths of one percent of all the banks in america which is basically five banks control seventy percent of all banking assets is this not you know the essence of the kind of an op of the stuff that you know both republicans and democrats have fought against from teddy roosevelt to the day since the gilded age horace absolutely not i think this is a terrible idea and i think it's going to have serious consequences for investors as well as people on the bottom end of the table having a good wells fargo bank of america and elderly wise and everybody and you end up with want to take away too big to fail and monopoly that's what's going on here. so how domino effect on them is we're going to tell you that the only way you can have a monopoly is for the g

. >> michael: they are being lead by david vitter who himself does not have that clean of a slate. >> some stuff at him, but ultimately he will get through. he has been vetted nationally before, but they will throw some blows at him. the thing to watch for is how mean are they going to get? as a count think supervisor perez supported driver licenses for undocumented workers. we'll hear about that. >> michael: at a certain point it just becomes annoying to listen to them do all of this stuff, too. in the autopsy report we heard that they want to embrace some sort of immigration reform. i'm going to play you two different perspectivesish perspectivesish -- perspectives on this issue. first from donald trump. >> you know the 11 million illegals, even if given the right to vote, you are going to have to do what is right, but the fact is 11 million people will be voting democratic. >> we are losing dramatically the hispanic vote which we think should be ours for a variety of reasons, and we have got to understand that. >> michael: okay. trump is a class a buffoon, he is totally insignifica

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. >> there is this bipartisan bill, from senators david vitter, a louisiana rather, and sherrod browng banks. the measure has changed from bill to bill, i haven't looked at them recently. but do you think we have the ability to do that without actually roiling the big banks, it is better than what we have now? >> yes, i think banks can be broken up, it is not something we have a lot of experience doing. and so you would get a lot of wailing and nashing of teeth from wall street. but if you have the will, they are half doing it in the uk with this thing called vickers, where they're basically telling the banks to break themselves in half and run themselves as two corporations, citybank broke itself in half, banks do this all the time. we could force them to do this. >> felix and eliot spitzer, i would love to keep talking about it. thank you for joining us. >>> the first for the united nations is simply admitting they do have a problem. and they do have a problem. coming up. i'll be waiting for you in stall 5. it confirms your reservation and the location your car is in, the moment you

in rome, leeland vitter, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> many bay area catholics attended a special mass today to pray for the cardinals. ktvu's ken pritchett is live in the city where there was a lot of anticipation about what is happening in rome. >> reporter: that's true. no one we talked to expected to see white smoke today. hopes differ on what kind of pope people would like to see. it was a special mass this morning at st. mary's cathedral to pray for the cardinals in rome as the church wades through an unusual and historic time. >> i was kind of amazed at pope benedict, at his presence in the united states a few years ago inspired me to enter the priesthood. >> seminary hopes the cardinals will pick a pope that keeps with tradition. parisher would like to see them move on issues. >> diplomatic, and i would hope someone who is brave enough to make some changes. >> during the afternoon mass, the signal was sent above the sistine chapel, black smoke signifying no one gathered enough. >> anna says she has been watching the coverage live when she is not in church. she does not have a pick fo

vitter from louisiana. my message to you, senators, is shame on you. your salaries are paid by the american people. they're entitled to know whether you would or would not have voted for or against senator feinstein's ban on assault weapons, the type of weapon that killed those poor children at sandy hook. i suggest you find it in yourselves to come back with a response, yes or no. so that your constituents, the people in your states, know where you stand. let's now bring in my all-star panel. van jones, president of rebuild the dream. dana lash and grover norquist, president of americans for tax reform and an nra board member. welcome to you all. van jones, i just spoke to richard feldman who was pretty close to the nra leadership for quite awhile and the message is loud and clear from the nra as it always is. more guns and you'll deal with gun violence. what do you say to that? >> well, i just think people are just flabbergasted to hear this. the idea that the kind of gun, the size of gun, the kind of magazine, well, then, fine, just pass out bazooka

. >> "outfront" tonight, tommy vitter and mike riggs. tommy, let me start with you. what's the answer to senator paul's question? could a drone ever be used in the united states? >> sure. i think the answer is pretty simple. the attorney general said in the letter, the president has not and would not use a drone to take action in the united states. john brennan's been cleared as cia director, he wouldn't have the authority to do so. the president's ruled it out and that if we needed to deal with the terrorist threat in the united states, we would use local law enforcement or the fbi or other means to deal with the threat. >> let me play what the attorney general had to say. senator paul said i'm not going to halt the nomination if i get a detect answer. eric holder did during a senate he hearing this morning. here is what the attorney general said. >> what i said in the letter was that the government has no intention to carry out any drone strikes in the united states. it's hard for me to imagine a situation in which that would occur. we have within the united states

senator vitter from louisiana saying he is is affiliated this group who helps undocumented workers. for minimum wage. he is no good at all. so they just can't help themselves. this is like the need jerk reaction. they see a hispanic name a hispanic nominee, and they just can't help but issue these statements. you know, the party is trying to be -- to become more accepting of more people but they these these folks holding them out, and until they cycle these guys out -- >> bill: but they say they are. >> that's right. >> bill: but then the reality is it's the same old same old bashing of people who are different in any way. they have already broken their promise. the gop autopsy. more on that when we come back here with igor volski it is the "full court press," tuesday march 19th. >> announcer: chatting with you live at current.com/billpress. this is the "bill press show," live on your radio and current tv. ♪ out for us. going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some

bill clinton fooling around, that we'll accept what mark sanford has done, we'll accept what david vitter>> go tell the south carolinas they're becoming europeans. they won't understand that at all. >> well, and going back to anthony weiner, also his other problem is he could not have handled that whole thing in a worse way. less than the infidelity is the dishonesty initially about what was going on. once he came out with it, he seem very contrite. the american people are very forgiving. i thought of another politician who could offer some advice. one of my favorite moments from the republican 2012 primary. let's take a look. >> as you know, your ex-wife gave an interview to abc news and another interview with the "washington post" and this has gone viral on the internet. she said you came to her in 1999, at a time when you were having an affair. she said you asked her, sir, to enter into an open marriage. would you like to take some time to respond to that? >> no. but i will. [ cheers and applause ] i think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it har

homegrown threats, senator feinstein leads the intelligence committing saying 105 terror related arrests vittertually all tried in criminal courts. >> shepard: catherine herridge in washington tonight. thank you. it's now day two of the conclave here in rome. voting for the new pope is set to begin in just a few hours. while the cardinals may not know who will become the next leader of the church there are plenty of folks making decisions. book makers in great britain say people have spent a little less than a billion dollars betting on the outcome of the conclave. the cardinal from millan is the current favorite. but that the long shots are making things interesting. >> we have taken a lot of money recently on the americans. timothy dollan has been cut from 100 to 1 to 20 to 1 on the strength of the amount of money placed on him. that would be a terrible result for him. we are praying he doesn't get in. >> shepard: folks are also betting on when the cardinals will pick the new pope. most people seem to believe it will happen sometime on wednesday. and while some folks are picking their favorit

vitter: thank you. i also ask unanimous consent, madam president, to speak as if in morning business for up to 20 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. vitter: thank you, madam president. madam president, this week, march 10-16, has been designated sunshine week, and what a better time for it this year because the obama administration, president obama, has a brand-new nominee to head the environmental protection agency, and that agency is in desperate need of sunshine and transparency. and so in the midst of sunshine week, i wanted to talk about these very, very serious issues. first of all, let's go back a little bit. the first day president obama took office in 2009, the white house web site declared that his administration would become -- quote -- "the most open and transparent in history." close quote. and the president issued high-profile orders pledging -- quote -- "a new era" and -- quote -- "an unprecedented level of openness" across the federal government. now those are great g

you've got louisiana senator david vitter surviving a prostitution scandal, bill clinton has never beenthe other side, john edwards and larry craig, of course, of the infamous bathroom footsies. what do you think separates someone who can come back from someone who doesn't? >> i think if you look at a lot of people who have come back. bill clinton being perhaps the best example. someone who was able to sort of get back to focusing on substance and allow that sort of salacious conversation to become a side conversation. for someone like mark sanford, in order to have a big rebound, he's going to have to focus on things like his record as governor, things that make him popular from a policy perspective so that the conversation isn't just one about personality. >> is it mostly about that, do you think, chris? or is the key you've got to apologize and look somewhat sincere? you've got to get punished and seem to suffer. more than just, say, get your name recognition up by being mocked by leno and letterman. >> you can never underestimate the ability of the american people to forgive someone

banks is now bipartisan sherrod brown but as progressive as you can get on the democratic side david vitter about as conservative as you can get on the republican side are teaming up to work on breaking up the big banks the six largest banks the united states have combined assets equal to sixty five percent of the g.d.p. of the united states two tenths of one percent of all the banks in america which is basically five banks control seventy percent of all banking assets is this not you know the absence of the kind of an op leaves stuff that you know both republicans and democrats have fought against from teddy roosevelt to the day since the gilded age horace absolutely not i think this is a terrible idea and i think it's going to have serious consequences for investors as well as people on the bottom end of the table how to get wells fargo bank of america and elderly wise and everybody that you end up with want to take away too big to fail and the monopoly that's what's going on here might not know how i'm going to eat anything if i live it will tell you that the only way you can have a mono

roberts, inhofe, blumenthal, blunt, johanns, kirk, manchin, hagan, klobuchar, baucus, tester, enzi, vitter, wyden, warner, ayotte, shaheen, risch, crapo, murphy, rockefeller and wicker. it doesn't sound very provincial to me. in fact, 42 states will have their air traffic control towers eliminated. this amendment is broadly supported by the aviation industry. if there is an aspect of this that is unique to kansas, it's we manufacture many general aviation aircraft. we are the air capital of the world, but this amendment, while being supported by the aircraft owners and pilots association, by the national business aviation association, by the national air transport association, is also supported by the american association of airport executives and the national association of air traffic controllers. again, not a very provincial amendment when sponsored by so many of my colleagues, affecting 40-some, 43 states of the united states and broadly supported by the aviation industry as a reasonable commonsense solution to a problem we face. and i have been adamant about bringing this amendment to

vitter: thank you, madam president. i wanted to come to the floor to join in this budget debate and specifically highlight several amendments that i'm presenting that will be voted on in the context of the debate. civil provisions i think are important that we address, we directly vote on moving forward with the budget. one is a reform idea and it's very simple but it's very basic, and i think it's important in terms of our leading through these fiscally tough times and that is ending automatic pay raises for members of congress. and i'm joined in this amendment by senator mccaskill of missouri and i thank her for that leadership. madam president, there is existing federal law that establishes automatic pay raises for members of congress. we don't have to put it in a bill, we don't have to say "boo" or debate the measure on the floor, much less vote. i think that's really offensive to the american people, particularly in tough economic times like these. now, to congress's credit, we have passed stopgap legislation to re

. >> megyn: as we speak, we are just getting this breaking news in that senator vittert-- senator vitter is coming out and saying he'll block the perez nomination and saying he's committed to doing that and that he was directly involved in the the controversial new black panther voter intimidation case and his record should be met with great suspicion by those in the senate saying in particular his home state of louisiana needs to have cause for concern about the nomination. already begins, chris, thank you. >> yes, ma'am. >> megyn: and again, as we mentioned, mr. perez has been dogged by some controversy throughout his time at the doj, including the testimony he just mentioned to a civil rights commission about his handling of the new black panthers case. again, the inspector general finding that he did mislead when it came to that issue although concluding it was not intentional. that testimony and the background on the controversy are on foxnews.com right now, and if you want to get more on the story you'll find that link right on our home page. we're also tracking a developing story

david vitter and other conservatives say perez is too partisan as head of the justice department's civilsion, but supporters say perez is a fierce defender of civil rights, who's been working to clean up his department. now that hillary clinton is a former cabinet member, she's publicly announcing for the first time that she supports same-sex marriage. that puts her in line with other leaders of the democratic party including president obama, and, yes, her husband. it's adding fuel to speculation she may be laying groundwork for a presidential bid in 2016. i know you think she will. >> if she's healthy. >> if her health stands, yes. >> i think she will. >> yeah. >>> tomorrow, pope francis will be formally installed as head of the roman catholic church. the president of the pope's native argentina will be there. christina hernandez kreshner met with him today. fernandez said she asked the pope to intervene with argentina's dispute over the falkland islands. >> joe biden is representing the united states as the pope's installation and is squeezing in diplomacy, meeting today with the itali