first family wishing president happy birthday z later, announcing there is a new puppy at the white house. top tweets for the white house. >> 2013 showed best of man kind and worst. birth of a few tour king, new found leaders and irrational acts of violence. >> mother nature's fury. taking a look back at this past year in history. >> this is just devastation. >> empty spaces. >> just takes a breath of wind. >> job tried to get out of the way. >> just, that is death, devastation everywhere. >> so hungry, and >> half of the runners through. first bomb explodes. >> the search for johar and tamerlan virtually shut down boston. >> over 100 injuries and confirmed fatalities. >> looking at what the victims saw inside of the navy yard building. >> a teacher got shot in the chest. >> a tsa officeer not going to go home to the family. >> it's nothing short of a miracle we had 123 people walk from this. >> are you happy military deposed president morsi yesterday? >> yes. >> supporters of the ousted president firing guns and fire works. >> our nation lost it's greatest son. >> we'll never see the likes of nelson

when nelson mandela died the white house tweeted out a picture of the president in mandela's cell. osa parks died the white house tweeted out a picture of the president in an empty bus. it's always about him. president selfie. it's a great piece by john cass. >> it kills you that he's president. >> it does. >> we have to have a selfie for controversy about barack obama. i don't know what the far left website is but it doesn't represent the left. i do, as you know. there is no racism here among people who are critical. but there is nothing to be critical of. we agree on this, mike. it was a celebration. it wasn't a funeral. it was a celebration of nelson mandela's life. george w. bush took a picture with bono that's on instagram. >> at a time where the president faces charges of being narcissistic and everything having to always be about him. >> charges by who? by you? >> i'm the only one. i don't speak for everybody in conservative land. a lot of americans say it's all about him. and it's president selfie. look at me. >> why does it always -- and the person who said this was on a ri

the obama administration was going to take a stand and caramel was going to get executed the white house tweeted, in fact, no, no, no, they're both going to live. >> stephen: that's right! our coward in chief wasn't satisfied pulling out of iraq and pulling out of afghanistan. now he's pulling out of turkey. (laughter) mr. president, what kind of message does this send the kids? what do parents say when their child looks up with those big wet eyes and ask: "mommy, why do things have to not die?" this is the weakening of our democracy! elections have consequences, sir! next you're going to tell me that the losing miss america contestants get to live! (laughter) well, nation, i for one am not going to stand for it. that's why i'm sitting. also why i've started a petition at colbertnation.com calling on president obama to live up to the duties of his office and execute caramel the turkey. (laughter). (cheers and applause) okay? so head to colbertnation.com and sign my petition. by the white house's own rules, if we get 100,000 responses in 30 days they have to respond. soon obama could be giving th

self yeechl a metaphor for everything having to be about barack obama when roso parks died the white house tweeted out a picture of a president in an empty bus. it's always about him. president selfie. it's a great piece. >> just kills you he's president we have to have a selfie to have a controversy about barack obama? that does not represent the left. i do. as you well know. but you know that is not what it's about. there is no racism here. there is nothing to be critical of. he was a, it was a celebration. it wasn't a funeral. it was a celebration of nelson mandela's life. george w. bush took a picture with bono. there is no controversy. >> but where the president base faiss charges of being everything having to always be him >> charges by whom? >> by you. >> iement only one? come on. >> yes. >> i don't speak for everybody in conservativeland but a lot of americans say it's always about him. and john cash wrote it's president selfie. >> why. y the person who said this was on a rival cable network. talking about how you're racist if you're critical. if you don't like him, you're a racist. if you

♪ lou: a lot of fun at the president's expense, this after the white house tweeted this picture of the's smiling and holding a card encouraging young people's to go beat covered with obamacare because no one should go broke is because they get sick. has been since botha shot dozens of time. a ubiquitous means across the web, a version with the president holding a picture himself with the danish prime minister of well, of course, a version encouraging folks see it covered because obamacare canceled the plan if you have and light and the national congressional committee also participated with a version of the president holding a card reading don't worry because i have $8 trillion coin to fix all of this. the tea party is officially in an all-out war with house speaker boehner. for whatever reason speaker boehner decided to start the feud escalated yesterday saying that some groups have lost all credibility. tea party patriots fired back. they send out a fund-raising e-mail. that is never good. especially when you're supposedly on the same side. saying that boehner delivered a smug and pr

the white house tweeted it out. here is an excerpt. >> his day is done, done. his wings came on a day reluctant to carry his burden. nelson mandela's day is done. no sun out lasts it's sunset but will raise again and bring the dawn. nelson mandela's day is done. we confess it in tearful voices, yet, we lift our own to say thank you, thank you our david, our great courageous man. we will not forget you. we will not dishonor you. we will remember and be glad that you lived among us, that you taught us, and that you loved us, all. >> i spoke with dr. maya angelou shortly before air time. dr. angelou, i watched the poem you wrote and recited and one of the things you struck me, you refer to him as david, not just south africa's david out our david, our david and our giddian. >> a man, a woman we can all be that particular person who has enough courage to stand up and say i am one. i have enough courage to dare to be a lover, not an indulger but something who dares to love. that's what nelson mandela was about. he had enough courage to say i am -- you may call me. i

the white house tweeted this pick of volunteers decorating for the holidays.me military families for the first look at this year's bedecking this afternoon. that wraps up this hour of "jansing & co." i'm chris jansing. thomas roberts is up next. a little underused word, bedecking. have you bedecked your apartment yet? >> no. we have -- yeah. >> that's it? >> yeah. i was trying to think of something good to play off of the bedecking thing. >> but all of it was bad? >> yes. >> moving on. >> moving on. thanks so much, chris. >>> president obama's media blitz continues next hour with a speech on how obama care fits into his overall economic vision for the next three years. >>> we'll also talk about bernie sanders about the democratic strike team the white house has gathered together to sell the aca. >>> how does the white house get those young swiinvincibles to s up for health care? and the offensive rna mistweet with civil rights icon rosa parks declaring that she helped end racism. even though the rnc clarified the tweet, the firestorm continues. we'll speak wit

the white house tweeted out this comment. rest in peace, nelson mandela. that is a picture from his visit to south africa. a number of remarks and comments from other politicians and statesmen as well. former presidents. jimmy carter sending a statement that reads rosalynn and i are of nelsony the death mandela. -- that is from jimmy carter. let's go to your calls. go ahead. jacksonville florida? sonia inove on to tampa. caller: the world is saddened. we have lost an example of what a man and what a person who cares and was able to forgive. he really led by example. is, why did we leave him in prison so long, and not try to free him in the 20 years that he was in prison? to come out forgive, and not focus on that is something people should take under consideration and try to follow in his example. lossart is saddened by his . i want to thank you for giving him honor and allowing your show to share your thoughts. host: he was convicted of treason by the white majority government in 1916 and served 27 years in prison. a tweak here looking at the latest time

the white house tweeted out this picture yesterday.ama with a sign that reads nobody should go broke just because they get sick. critics had a field day with this on the social media. obama zombies author jason mattera is with us this morning. jason, you saw the videos, you've heard about adam levine. it is-- is this approach using these people in this way to get young people to sign up to obamacare, in your judgment, is it going to work? >> i am highly, highly skeptical, stuart, that this approach will work. i think you're right. it's a hail mary. it shows that the white house is desperate to get young people to sign up for obamacare, but it doesn't matter how many adam levines or these stupid and embarrassing rap videos they throw up on youtube, how many they have, it's not-- it doesn't change the fact that young people asked to sign up for a program they don't want, they will not use, and that's very expensive, and they know it's a raw deal. so, i'm sorry, in fact, harvard university released a poll last week and it was pretty damni

tweets and the official photos. don't you want the barack obama selfie on the twitter page? come on, white house. said welcome to twitter. how about the crazy socks? i have taken my crazy sock inspiration from h.w. bush, by the way. >> excellent. >> it's the pictures where you feel like you're behind the scenes. thoughts what makes twitter special. the idea you can have access to somebody like this, you could see an intimate moment of bill clinton with his wife hillary clinton in hyde park. he said i'm enjoying a lovely day with my wife. that's where you feel like you're connected and that the power of technology when you use it the right way. >> they're definitely sculpting their personas. they're thinking through every tweet before they post it. >> they have to. they should, right. we may want the screw-ups. >> if they don't, we'll talk about it. >> it is a great way to make announcements. i remember when the white house got a new dog and it was revealed via youtube and twitter. it was fun to see the dog that way, admittedly in a vipted, organized way, but the most personal way to release that.

also on twitter yesterday reacting -- there is the white house tweet. you can go to the white house to read the full statement. and then speaker john boehner also putting this out yesterday in a tweet. james -- excuse me, david in new york, independent color. caller: good morning. thank you for listening to my comment. one simple question. i was an actual private banker and i never set up offshore trust for american citizens because it is against the law, because the tax law says that every individual citizen has to pay income tax on their worldwide income, wherever they are in it for whatever reason. savings account in new guinea, a company can you -- in kenya. know,ations, as we all they get to park their money all over the world and not pay taxes. i don't understand why corporations have such a huge preference on skipping and avoiding taxes and american citizens like you and me don't. host: so you think this deal should have included closing tax loopholes. www.c-span.org apps -- caller: absolutely. host: that was to big of a reach. she would have love

white house. snoop posted the picture to his instagram feed along with the tweet boss life, me and john kerry at thehite house. the pair bonded over their love of jazz and were caught on camera talking about herbie hancock. >> that's why it makes sense. >> you gave me a pound. >> for his part, kerry tweeted back at snoop, between us, we've sold 30 million. from dogs to horses and what politico is calling a strange political brawl over new york city's famous carriage horses. they're the ones that carry tourists through central park. well, animal rights activists have wanted them banned for years citing the welfare of the horses. and they have a powerful ally in incoming mayor bill de blasio. but the carriage drivers are fighting back and they're doing so with the help of the teamsters. it has the makes of a battle royale. it's not clear whether de blasio will push for an all-out ban once he takes office next week. that's "hardball" for now. up next, your business is jj ramberg. tylenol® provides strong pain relief while being gentle on your stomach. but for everything we do, we know you do so much mo

house. one tweet, obama surprises white house tourists. >> good to see you. what's your first name?l, sir. >> how are you. what's your name? >> janel. >> i love you too. >> i've never been ignored these many times, ever. >> not to worry, steve, at least you have a sense of humor about it. >>> and one nfl jersey could give you a perk. want to board an alaska airlines plane early? wear your russell wilson jersey. they're offering priority seating as lock as they're wearing the seattle seahawks jersey. >>> and a case of social media multi tasking goes horribly wrong. tourists distracted by facebook plummets off pier in australia. a woman was browsing on her phone before falling off the pier in the chilly water below. she was floating on her back because she could not swim and still clutching her phone when help arrived. >>> and coming up, another obamacare battle. insurance companies are not happy with hospitals for trying to help patients pay their premiums. what's the problem with that? you're going to find out next. >>> there is a new bate >>> there's a new battle for obamacare. ins

now down to the wire the white house pr campain. tweetings video of a parent encouraging their son to sign up for coverage. obamacare has a long way to go to catch up. in october just over 100,000 people managed to pick up health plans. that is one-fifth of the number that the obamaed a statio adminn had projected. >> it's morning now into in thad and government supporters have decided to end their protest. this safer nighttim is after nit battles. two were killed and dozens were hurt it's stiring fears of instability. wayne hayes joins us live from bangkok. what do we expect to happen today. >> they say they will keep that today on sunday. and by doing that they say they will be continue their attack on government buildings we have loud speakers and police speakers inside o of government house and they are both shouting at each other preparing for what could be an attempt by this anti-government grou group to go inside of the ghos government he to seize it. there is violence in one area. a big group of pro government the red shirts and outs

exchange over the weekend and the white house correspondent peter alexander is traveling with the president and what is the white house saying about this latest tweethow are they explaining this? >> craig, i think he explained it pretty well. let's try to put it in more clean terms. a white house official describes this is a lot like election day, the point being in you're in line at the end of election day, you can still get your vote cast it somehow it goes after midnight. the point is you have not just through midnight tonight but through tomorrow to enroll in health care, through the affordable care act to get coverage by january 1st. they don't want you to initiate the process beginning tomorrow, tuesday, but ultimately it doesn't appear there's anything that would stop you from doing that. obviously this is an effort by this administration to try to avoid damaging headlines on january 1st from people who might say, hey, i couldn't sign up, there were too many people -- this is something they are trying to head off by extending giving this sort of one day grace period as well. on the topic of the president's enrollment, we're getting new infor

white house. john podesta tweeted. in an old in the view my snashg got in front of my judgment.pologize to speaker boehner whom high have always respected. joining me now from "the washington post," and sam stein, unsuccessfully trying to muffle his chuckles. >> jonestown. >> the apology tweet is the way you begin your new tour of duty. >> that's right. take to the twitters. >> apparently this, it wasn't, this comment, it was in october. wasn't like a year ago or two years ago. not the best way tie to start the fresh time in the white house. starts in january. you have seen from the white house. from washington, the idea of wisemen who can come in, fix things up. change everything. we have seen this white house do this a couple time thousands. with rouse, daily, reorganizations that went on, after 2010. but it is hard to know how effective this will be with the big things that obama has to do. and has to see happen in 2014. namely, really making health care work effectively, for folks, that botched, rollout. we have seen the poll numbers plummet. immigration reform. budget fight

a white house reporter tweeting about some of the comments so far saying that the website is "night and from where it was." " continues.journal >> after the success at bunker hill, they said, you can go up to canada to regroup. they come back to new york city and he knows he cannot face them. he cannot beat them head to head. he has got to use espionage and guerrilla warfare. he has got to be able to anticipate them. needs a spy force. he needs his own cia. then you find out he has this huge espionage background. he is a noted dive from the french-indian war. he went out of his way -- he is from the french- indian war. he says, you have to find these people to help me out. >> a little-known spy ring may have saved the revolution. tonight at 9:00 on "after words ," part of booktv on c-span 2. on august 9, 1974, vice president ford was sworn in. this is the dress mrs. ford was wearing at the swearing-in ceremony in the east wing of the white house. she was excited about becoming first lady. president ford encouraged her saying, we can do this. do this, if i have to i am going to have fun

white house. snoop posted the picture to his instagram feed along with the tweet boss life, me and john kerry at thepair bonded over their love of jazz and were caught on camera talking about herby hancock. >> that's why it makes sense. >> you gave me a pound. >> for his part, kerry tweeted back at snoop, between us, we've sold 30 million. from dogs to horses and what politico is calling a strange political brawl over new york city's famous carriage horses. they're the ones that carry tourists through central park. well, animal rights activists have wanted them banned for years citing the welfare of the horses. and they have a powerful ally in incoming mayor bill de blasio. but the carriage drivers are fighting back and they're doing so with the help of the teamste teamsters. it's not clear whether de blasio will push for an all-out ban once he takes office next week. finally, as he year winds down, it's worth looking back at the year's events and wacky characters of 2013. jib jab put together a highlight video. here's a clip from their year in review. ♪ so long 2013 ♪ it's time to send you on your

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at the hudson institute and author of "what jefferson read, ike watched and obama tweeted: 200 years in the white house and jodie ray, from the university of south florida, and igor, coauthor of "prescriptions for real healthcare reform." jodie ray, you're helping to guy navigate the insurance. how is it going down there now? >> we've been busy. we've been very busy. we have over 90 navigators on the ground, and we've got a lot of folks scheduling appointments and walking in to get assistance to apply. our navigators have been using all forms of applications to ensure that every consumer that comes in get assisted, but we're seeing more and more of those being done villa the web. in fact, for november, 71% of the applications submitted under our project were done by the web. >> jodie, does the problems with the website end up making the navigators more important? in florida you have a large population for whom english is a second and a lot of times third language. and you have a lot of seniors who may not understand what the law means for them? >> well, i think that's true regardless of the condition o

his 1.4 million twitter followers sending in a tweet predicting he will make a white house run in 2016esponding five minutes later tweeting i bet you a roll of chocolate chip cookie dough i won't. >>> a little girl sending an adorable letter to ohio police, posting a note on facebook it came from a child who mistakenly dialed 911. the very remorseful girl thank ing the police for not taking her to jail and writing in all capital letters i won't ever do it again i promise. >>> imagine having to guy a gift for the president. tmz tweeting joe biden, obama and i don't exchange christmas gifts. might be off the hook for the holidays but vice president biden said he does exchange birthday gifts with the president. he said he and the president both love golf and usually give each other something to do with hat hobby. coming up, the o carolout is a disaster so should someone teach the president how to say, you're fired? we know just the man for the job. donald trump is here coming up. >>> an american, yes, one of us, is in prison in iran, a christian pastor and the obama administration not men

white house is sending out save the date cards. >>> secretary of state john kerry and walker snoop dogg walk into a room. and what happens? diplomacy and a fist bump. snoop tweeted. me and john kerry at the white house. john kerry responding, between us, we have sold 30 million. what, what? that's going to do it for your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> and joining me now for our first look at politics, as he does every friday, kevin cirilli. good morning, kevin. happy friday. >> happy friday, good morning to you too. >> we all know the clock ticking for 1.3 million americans who will lose unemployment benefits tomorrow. this congress is already widely disliked by so many people. is there a chance that might reach a compromise here? >> this is hope, actually, senators jack reed and dean heller, a democrat and republican respectively, have put forth a plan to extend this program, which was a temporary program first pro posed as a result of the recession. now some libertarians and republicans say they would like end to this program because they argue it's no longer needed. that said, it's about a $300 check to americans who need it the most. >> right. i mea

white house. secretary of state john kerry, rapper snoop, chitchat it, fist bump. snoop tweetinghe video with the caption, boss life, me and john kerry at the white house. we don't clean up tweets here. to which john kerry added, between us, we've sold 30 million. you're watching msnbc. >>> first lady michelle obama joined -- craig? >> that was stupid. >> that was me on steve kornacki's show this morning. the game is called "against the clock." it went downhill from there. >> 200-point toss-up question, the creator and designer of this firearm which has killed more people than -- david? incorrect. of this firearm which has killed more people than any other firearm in the world? >> ak-47. >> that's correct. craig, bonus question, name that creator and designer of the ak-47? >> what did you just say his name? >> i'm not telling. >> we can't accept that. >> i lost. i finished third. called back. a & e lifts its suspension against "duck dynasty" phil robertson despite his controversial remarks. what the network is saying now. >>> and the economy of porn, changing the industry in a bi

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white house. @healthcaregov. the white house is sending out updates from this twitter handle . a couple of tweets for you -- if you want to follow along on the latest, you can follow that twitter handle. busyol hill will be investigating the health care law. hearings upur there. 2.are covering one on c-span 10:00 a.m. eastern. the house small business committee is holding a hearing tucking into health care law, the effect of the business act on small roles employers -- that is at 1:00 p.m. on c-span 3. the president will be giving a speech today at 11:00 a.m. go to c-span.org for more details about that. yesterday, he touted the health care law, encouraging people to website if they were unable to get on before. push by this white house lookeople to take a second at healthcare.gov. here is a little bit of what the president had to say. --p://twitter.com/cspanwj [video clip] [video clip] the law has helped millions of people and there are millions more who stand to be helped. thate said very clearly our poor execution in the first couple of months on the website clouded the fact that there are a w

i went back and looked at some of the tweets that were coming out of white house communication shop.he early days of obamacare, october 1st, october 2nd, october 3rd. what you heard from the white house at the time was, what problems? there aren't real problems. we have a ton of people visiting the web site. everything is going to be fine with obamacare, then you fast forward and see the kind of tweets that susan mentions and ones even later where they own up on the white house twitter feed or on various white house twitter feeds to the problems that they had just been denying even existed. so i think that's probably because of the prominence of obamacare as a political issue in 2013 and going forward. probably the most significant one for me. >> rick, do you think it's smart, if you were advising democratic or republican candidates in 2014, do you think they should do their own tweets? >> i think only if they have the utmost self-control. if i was a staff working for a campaign i would say please put that thing await a minute then again we have seen people to use it to great effect.

one talk show host tweeting steve harvey surprised white house tourists.weren't the only ones shocked. it looks like mr. harvey is not used to being in the had dose of the presidential spotlight. >> good to see you. >> how are you? what is your name? merry christmas. >> i love you, too. >> do you know steve harvey? >> don't worry about it. i've never been ignored these many times ever. >> not to woerks sterry, steve. at least and you have sense of humor. and one nfl jersey could get you you a big airplane perk. wear your russell wilson jersey. the airplane offering priority boarding to passengers flying out of seattle as long as they're wearing the quarterback number 3 jersey. the deal is good until the end of the season. >>> and a case of social media multitasking goes horribly wrong. the associated press tweeting tourist distracted by facebook plummets off peer in australia officials say. the woman was browsing on her phone while walking along the bay in melbourne before falling off the pier into the chilly water below. police discovering the woman about

tweeted boss life. me and john kerry at the white house.n kerry responding from the state department's twitter, quote, between us, we have sold 30 million. what, what? that's going to do it for your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> and joining me now for our first look at politics, as he does every friday, kevin cirilli. reporter from politico. good morning, kevin. happy friday. >> happy friday, good morning to you too. >> we all know the clock ticking for 1.3 million americans who will lose unemployment benefits tomorrow. this congress is already widely disliked by so many people. is there any chance that they might reach a compromise here. >> this is hope, actually, senators jack reed and dean heller, a democrat and republican respectively, have put forth a plan to extend this program, which was a temporary program first proposed as a result of the recession. now some libertarians and republicans say they would like end to this program because they argue it's no longer needed. that being said, it's about a $300 check to americans w

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the white house is trying to down play this latest tweet, they said if you are in queue online at healthcare.gov today and trying to enroll, you get an extra day into christmas eve, meaning if you try to start the enrollment process tomorrow, you're not going to get in in time to get insurance on january 1st. they say it is just a tweak to let the people who are online today and there is a surge of traffic because people wait until the last minute and other people legitimately tried to go on a week ago or a month ago and couldn't get on. but republican frank upton said this is another last-minute change by the administration saying, while the holiday surprises have become commonplace, the latest extension is another dispointment for the most transparent administration in history, as we celebrate christmas. and as this is to begin on january 1st. since that deadline is here today and into tomorrow, the president himself had promised that he would sign up for an insurance exchange as well. the white house today initially said he did do that, although the details suggest he didn't really do it. let

kerry, the video showing the secretary of state doing a fist hit with the white house jazz my an -- jazz piano legend and snoop tweet add link and posted it on the account yesterday which was re-tweeted believe it or not by the state department on twitter. >>> long time since the early 1990's when he was king of the "bankster" rap, right? >> still ahead, the latest figures for the census will be released and california is the most populated state. >> health begins to arrive for dozens trapped on a ship in the frozen seas off antarctica when ice breakers are expected to reach the ship. >>> traffic is tame this morning and it is still holiday light and people are out of town most likely and we have a few extra cars making their way across the bay bridge but mostly accident >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. it is the 27th day of december, a friday, and this is the bay bridge from our roof camera. it will be a night day. thanks for joining us. >> i an here for kristen sze. we will check with mike nicco hanging out on the roof at broadcast center. we have another warm day and a "spare the air"

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senator booker's 1.4 million twitter followers sending in a tweet predicting the former newark new jersey mayor now senator will make a white houseing down the wager response follower five minutes tweeting i bet you a roll of chocolate chip cookie dough i won't. girl sending apology letter to ohio police. streets borough explaining the note on facebook came from a child who mistakenly dialed 911. the very remorseful girl thanking police for not taking her to jail writing in capital letters i won't ever do it again, i promise. and if you think your relatives are hard to hop for. imagine having to buy a gift for the president. tmz tweeting obama and i don't exchange christmas gifts. he does exchange birthday gifts with the president. what are their get-to the presidents for eacher. biden say he and president obama both love golf. they usually give each other something to do with ha hobby. your turn to hash it out with us. use #greta on all your tweets and posts. >>> coming up next, obamacare rollout is a disaster. should someone teach the president who say you're fired? we know the man for the job. donald trump is here coming up. >

cbs network radio reporter, martin oler tweeted out from the white house today, that's his beat.says that the white house says the tpp is, quote, critical for creating jobs, promoting growth, providing opportunity for american workers and promoting fair trade in asia and pacific. now, if that is where the white house stands and if that's where the president is, don't you think the country needs a little bit of definition of where all these jobs are going to come from? >> i think you're right. i mean, i've lived through this. i come from flint, michigan. and i remember the north american free trade agreement. the same promises of job growth, economic growth and everything was going to work out just fine for flint and saginaw and bay city. we had 50,000 general motors jobs back then. today we've got 10,000. thank god we do have the auto industry being recovered -- going through a recovery now. but we cannot afford another one of these agreements that puts american jobs up against countries that have no environmental standards, no labor standards, no unions. this is not going to wor

after weeks of advertising including videos, print ads, countless tweets the enrollment numbers are growing according to the white houseas been one change after another including now hardship exemptions, confusing tax work and deadline requirements. insurance companies fear that they are the ones left holding the bag here for a ritual that will be vastly different than the white house predicted and means an insurance industry bailout. >> it is the only way that obamacare will survive, it ought to stop before it happens. it ought to be congress ought to say no bailout particularly because this isn't a natural disaster it is a man-made disaster. >> for those who do enroll in plans there may be an element of sticker shock. they consider the monthly premiums they argue is quite reasonable. it is something else to look at the deductibles in the plans which in most cases are quite high something the people may not fully realize until they visit their doctor for the first time. back to you guys. >> doug luzader, thank you. >> duck dynasty star phil robertson breaking his silence. he's refusing to back down from the comments h

more recently, this amazing photo from the government shutdown that shows eight white men ready to make a deal. tweeted by houseeader eric cantor behind the hashtag, fairnessforall. joining me now is jess mcintosh from the political action committee. how successful do you envision this latest seminar? are they contracting with you or anyone else to actually teach the acceptable far? >> you mean have they consulted women on how to talk to women? >> yes. >> i'm not sure that they have women in the room to consult which might be part of the problem. i think it's going to be more successful than their last strategy, which was how to lose friends and alienate women. but this seems to be probably -- i think it's like the tenth or 12th time that i have heard about a gop training course to teach house incumbents -- these are sitting members of congress. these are not first-time candidates -- how not to insult women. and the sad part about it is that that's their strategy to appeal to women voters. don't screw up. >> right. >> don't say something insulting. it's not appeal to them by talking to them about their lives, a

white house's effort to justify surveillance programs. the obama administration has said it will consider making changes. >>> a tweet about a trip to africa cost a public relations executive her job. jus teen sacco posted quote going to africa, hope i don't get aids. just kidding. i'm white. end of quote. sacco worked for iac. the company runs sites like match.com and the daily beast. iac condemned the message and today parted ways with her. >>> a colorado teenager shot by a classmate last week has died. 17-year-old claire davis had been in critical condition since the shooting on december 13th. police say another student karl pierson shot her at point-blank range at arapahoe high school outside denver. they say he was targeting a librarian who managed to escape unharmed. pierson later killed himself. >>> a terrorist attack that killed 270 people was remembered around the world today. 25 years ago, pan am flight 1013 headed from london to new york exploded over lockerbie, scotland. all of the passengers and 11 people on the ground were killed. libyan leader muammar gadhafi later claimed responsibility for the attack. >>> hundreds of the s

white house, snoop dogg. snoop posted the video from when he met at the a party this month. it went viral. snoop tweetedting, i can't do my impression, boss life, me and john kerry at d white house. i tried. >>> secretary kerry responded from state department's twitter account, between us, we sold 30 million. sense of humor. how will michelle obama celebrate her 50th birthday party. >>> doing more of that, dancing. a dance party. the white house report lid sending save the date e-mails for snacks and sips and dancing and dessert party. guests being told to practice their dance moves. [ sneezes, coughs ] i've got a big date, but my sinuses are acting up. it's time for advil cold and sinus. [ male announcer ] truth is that won't relieve all your symptoms. new alka seltzer plus-d relieves more symptoms than any other behind the counter liquid gel. oh what a relief it is. than any other behind the counter liquid gel. don'neutralize them odorand freshen.ash. with glad odorshield with febreze. we're gonna be late. ♪ ♪ ♪ oh are we early? [ male announcer ] commute your way with the bold, all-new nissan rogue.

pajama boy who is of course the image of that young man in his pajamas at the white house and barack obama twitter handle tweeted out a couple of days ago trying to encourage young people to sign up for obamacare you heard mrs. obama saying in the radio interview, saying in another interview that young americans need to sign up for health care coverage just in case they get into a car accident, just in case some sort of medical emergency happens, they don't want to be stuck with medical bills. that's what she's going to be doing and has been doing the last 24 hours, extolling the virtues of obamaobamacare, why working and why it can work for people in the targeted groups the white house wants to see sign up for health care coverage. carol, there's another thing going on, the white house is becoming morement could fortable with what's happening on healthcare.gov. they didn't put michelle obama out there as a spokesperson for obamacare if the website wasn't working better so they're feeling better about that. later today they'll be doing a conference call at the white house talking about the benefits of obamacare

cbs news chief white house correspondent mark poehler tweets this hour that it was 13 years ago todayhat the supreme court of the united states and decided the 2000 presidential rulingn with a 5-4 against the florida recount. that of course made george w. bush the president of the united states. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> it is a rare constant in american political life. if you look at congress in 1901, less than 2% of members came from working-class background, got into politics and eventually up in congress. the average member of congress been less than 2% of their career doing manual labor, service industry jobs. this is one thing that really has not changed, you know, lots of different aspects of the political broadcast of change, broadcast television, the rising candidate elections, big money in politics, decline of unions. while all of this is happening, one of the constants during that , during the last 100 years or so is that working-class people are not getting elected to political office. >> it doesn't matter that there's there is a sociocultu