just when you thought arizona republicans couldn't create any more ridiculous pieces of legislation they got to get state republicans are working on yet another birth or bill which is the latest attempt by arizona republicans to try to prove. that president obama is and says america's economy is in a mess our health care systems are broken americans everywhere are just trying to get by and rather than trying to solve america's pressing issues arizona's republicans are wasting valuable time on a mythical witch hunt that's already under investigation by donald trump and his team of crackpot investigators and all of that it's very clear. if you watch fox so-called news this morning you learn the president obama is stronger board boortz record stands but you didn't learn though was basic economics it was the fox and friends gang's morning mocking a new ad by the u.s. department of agriculture to raise awareness about food stamps for senior citizens and kids is the government now pushing for senior citizens to take more handouts enough they want food stamps. well as our nation

where queen mattresses start at just $699. >> more trouble for president obama out of arizona, the state's republicanre fighting back against the hhs contraception mandate. but they want to broaden the exemption for secular businesses as well. arizona state representative debbie lesco is here. what is the status of your attempt to do this? >> good evening, greta. thank you for having me. the status is pretty good. it passed out of the house and now it passed through the senate judiciary committee and it will go on to the full senate and i think this law will be signed by the governor. >> greta: all right. this is broader than the one, the federal one, the hhs rule? >> you know, i am not as familiar about the federal one. but what my bill does is basically says that arizona employers can opt out of the contraceptive mandate if they have a religious not objection. that's all didt did -- it does. this is about protection of our first amendment rights. >> greta: currently does arizona have that mandate? >> we currently do. there was a law put in place in 2002 and the legislature back in 2003 introduced a

the arizona republican says president obama needs to do something to remove syrian president bashar assad from power. the defense secretary leon panetta says now is not the time for such a move although the president has asked the pentagon for a review of his options. united nations says 7500 people have been killed so far. >>> and new this morning. the government says it discovered about 100 more headstones on the wrong graves in military cemeteries. in addition, 21 graves don't have markers whatsoever. the veterans affair department update raises total number of problems to 250. officials called the number of discrepancies small but unacceptable and will try to notify the family members. >>> the president of california's fish & game commission was greeted by supporters at his first meeting since the mountain lion controversy broke out. now, hunting and fishing clubs as well as gun advocates were among dan richards' supporters at yesterday's riverside meeting. critics call for him to resign because of this picture. he killed a lion mountain in idaho where it is legal. >> they are going a

this has passed the republican-led house in arizona. this blows my mind. the bill would permit employers to ask their employees for proof of medical prescription if the employee seeks contraceptives for non-reproductive purposes. arizona republicans will make you tell your boss if you're having sex but taking precautions not to get pregnant. see what the boss says about that. it's the law. you have to say. over in virginia, democrats sent my friend governor ultrasound bob mcdonnell a letter asking if now that his state government is force virginia women to get ultrasounds they don't want and don't need would he please consider not also forcing them to pay for it? governor's office said we're happy forcing this thing on women and forcing women to pay for it at the same time. republicans in the virginia legislature also had a chance this week to not force virginia women to pay for the ultrasounds that the republicans are forcing them to get. republicans in the virginia senate also said no. bob mcdonnell and virginia republicans want women to pay for the forc

arizona republicans are about to pass a bill that actually allows employers to require women getting reimbursed for birth control to prove they don't plan to use them for birth control. get it? we'll try to. >>> and republicans say the price of gas could come down if only we'll drill, baby, drill. democrats say we are already drilling and the price keeps going up. who's right? >>> as if things couldn't get worse in afghanistan, karzai wants u.s. troops confined to barracks by next year. he's now questioning whether only one american was involved in that terrible massacre. is there any way out of this mess over there? >>> finally, let me finish with the long family secret of ours, who my mother voted for back in 1960 in the kennedy/nixon race. it's a big st. patrick's day story. >>> we begin with the fight for illinois. john howell man writes for "new york" magazine, and david writes for "mother jones." both are nshs political analysts of the highest order. what we have is this. poll taken wednesday, two days ago. of likely republican voters in illinois, shows romney on top with 37. s

joining us live on capitol hill tonight is senator john mccain, republican of arizona. the ranking republican on the senate armed services committee. thanks as always for being with us here on c-span. >> thank you, steve. >> let me begin with the obvious question. were you satisfied with the answer from leon panetta. >> of course not. first of all he said whether we act unilaterally or not, no one is certainly not me is in favor of acting unilaterally. they were spreading that all over town yesterday that john mccain wants to act unilaterally. in fact, it was reported as such because they told "the wall street journal" reporter that when every statement that i made indicates that that's not the case. and then he said he's got to figure out whether it would make the situation better or worse. now, here's thousands of syrians being slaughtered by ba share al asad. how do you make it worse? and, of course, the fact is that so far, they have done absolutely nothing. now, since the hearing and since a very strong editorial in the "washington post" and other organs around the

the arizona republican says president obama needs to do something to remove syrian president bashar assad from power. defense secretary leon panetta says now is the know the time for such a move although the president has asked the pentagon for a preliminary review of military options. the united nations says 7500 people have been killed since assad's government began cracking down on anti- government activists. >>> scientists say the earth is getting a big punch in the nose today from the sun. the largest solar storm in five years promises to shake the globe's magnetic field while expanding the northern lights. when it strikes, the particles will be moving at 4 million miles an hour. the massive cloud of charged particles may disrupt utility grids, airline flights, satellite networks and gps services. >> scary. >> they have that y2k thing, too. they thought everything would g haywire. >> that's a little different. >> i think we'll be all right. >>> coming up, she won the lottery and bought a new car and home. >> won woman's defense for still collect -- one woman's defense for still colle

medicaid funding for women's health programs because they cut off funding when ferreted in arizona republicans are considering legislation to force women to tell to give their entire life medical records from their employer to their employers to the guy who runs the company gets to go are sure what would be incredible in pennsylvania doctor. director. governor corbett tom corbett the republican governor says if women don't like the ultrasound the state sanctioned rape i call it then they should just quote his words just close their eyes and quote if they have a problem was three n.b.c. wall street journal n.b.c. news poll says fifty one percent about being asked americans who should be controlling congress after the next election fifty one percent of americans said democrats thirty six percent of americans said republicans are republicans committing suicide with this and limbaugh and everything else that's why they are committing suicide rick santorum is results just speak for themselves he lost by six points when you among republican women alone and what's going on i would argue tom what's go

arizona republicans are about to pass a bill that actually allows employers to require women getting reimbursed for birth control to prove they don't plan to use them for birth control. get it? we'll try to. >>> and republicans say the price of gas would come down with drill, baby drill. democrats say we are already drilling and the price keeps going up. who is right. >>> as if things couldn't get worse in afghanistan, karzai wants u.s. troops confined to barracks by next year. he is questioning whether only one american was involved in that massacre. is there any way out of this mess over there? >>> finally, let me finish with the long family secret of ours, who my mother voted for back in 1960, in the kennedy nixon race. it is a big st. patrick's day story. we begin with the fight for illinois. john howell man writes for "new york" magazine, and david writes for mother jones. political analysts of the highest order. what we have is this. poll taken wednesday, two days ago. of likely republican voters in illinois, shows romney on top with 37. santorum at 31. gingrich, way down there

. >>> in arizona, republicans are pushing a law that would allow any employer to fire a female worker for using contraception as birth control. katrina vanden heuvel is here next with the latest in the republican war on women. >>> republicans in congress have helped to tank the economy and we have the charts, yes the charts to prove it. labor secretary robert reich will be here for commentary. >>> and the conspire ra cysts says charles ogletree is covering up the president's past. he will set the record straight in an "ed show" exclusive interview. share your thoughts on twitter #ed show. we're right . >>> welcome back do "the ed show." from the state that gave us the show me your papers law targeting hispanics, well here comes another doosy. arizona now wants to enact a "show me your prescription law" targeting women. it would force women who wished to have contraception covered by their health insurance plan to provide proof that they are taking it for reasons other than preventing pregnancy. so here's the bottom line. your boss would have the power to ask you why you're on birth co

apparently the arizona republicans and pennsylvania republicans didn't get this message. >> it's disturbingthe ultimate question is what is this going to do to their turnout? are you going to see women, even within the republican party, saying hands off, women's reproductive systems, we're doing okay with that. it's the idea that have so far lacked coherent messages or focused on other things like moon colonies are suddenly about women's health. >> i really thought this would be the week to get them to follow the leaders. >> it's interesting that the party establishment is not rallying behind the establishment candidate. a lot of people looking ahead to the battles of 2016 thinking even if romney wins the nomination in the end, they're not going to lose by having hung bac back. >> and apparently i picked the underdogs. they both went down. you, however, gene cummings picked correctly. >> virginia. >> they moved on. chaka smart. he knows how to win the games. he had a lot of players from last year stay. he had a unit to work with. >> shameless plugs. you first, tracy. >> hero of the week, gr

arizona republican john mccain says the united states has a moral and strategic obligation to force president assad out of office. several thousand people have been killed there already. >>> 68 people were arrested monday night insides the california state capitol. they were protesting cuts in in tuition hikes. >>> president obama will speak at a high school graduation in joplin, missouri. a year ago that town was devastated by a massive tornado that killed 160 people and damaged 2,000 buildings. >>> communities across the midwest and south spent a lot of money on their early warning system for tornadoes but in one community no one ever turned the system on. >> that would be branson, missouri. a tornado ravaged the downtown entertainment district there. fortunately no one was killed. the city's early warning system is supposed to send automatic messages when a tornado is on the way. the company that made the system never turned it on. that problem has now been fisted. >>> what systems are in place here? >> reporter: as we head into spring, sites like this, a tornado, full of violent rotation

mitt romney sticks his foot in his mouth again and reopens the contraception fight. >>> in arizona, republicansre pushing a law that would allow any employer to fire a female worker for using contraception as birth control. katrina vanden heuvel is here next with the latest in the republican war on women. >>> republicans in congress have helped to tank the economy and we have the charts, yes the charts to prove it. labor secretary robert reich will be here for commentary. >>> and the conspiracists says charles ogletree is covering up the president's past. he will set the record straight in an "ed show" exclusive interview. share your thoughts on twitter #ed show. we're right back. ♪ oh. let's go. from the crack, off the backboard. [ laughs ] dad! [ laughs ] whoo! oh! you're up! oh! oh! so close! now where were we? ok, this one's good for two. score! [ male announcer ] share what you love with who you love. kellogg's frosted flakes. they're gr-r-eat! >>> welcome back do "the ed show." from the state that gave us the show me your papers law targeting hispanics, well here comes another doosy. ariz

the arizona republican spoke yesterday at a hearing of the senate armed services committee. >> time isning out. assad's forces are on the march. providing military assistance to the free syrian army and other opposition groups is necessary but at this late hour that alone will not be enough to stop the slaughter and save innocent lives. the only realistic way to do so is with foreign air power. >> suarez: at that same hearing, defense secretary leon panetta said he was against unilateral action for now. >> as secretary of defense before i recommend that we put our sons and daughters in uniform in harms way i've got to make very sure we know what mission is. i've got to make very sure that we know whether we can achieve that mission, at what price and whether or not it will make matters better or worse. >> suarez: and at his news conference on tuesday, president obama made clear he is not ready to go that far. >> for us to take military action unilaterally as some have suggested or to think that somehow there is some simple solution i think is a mistake. >> we're asking for the u.n. to

mitt romney sticks his foot in his mouth again and reopens the contraception fight. >>> in arizona, republicans pushing a law that would allow any employer to fire a female worker for using contraception as birth control. katrina vanden heuvel is here next with the latest in the republican war on women. >>> republicans in congress have helped to tank the economy and we have the charts, yes the charts to prove it. labor secretary robert reich will be here for commentary. >>> and the conspire ra cysts says charles ogletree is covering up the president's past. he will set the record straight in an "ed show" exclusive interview. share your thoughts on twitter #ed show. we're right back. to keep big winter jobs on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill, and track work in real time. you can't live under a dome in minnesota, that's why there's guys like me. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪ aflac! ha! isn't major medical enough? huh! no! who's gonna help cover the holes

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now arizona republicans want that opt out extended to businesses not just religious organizations.rd from republican state representative and tonight the other side. democratic state representative matt hines joins us. nice to see you? >> great to be here. >> greta: i understand you've described -- you are a doctor? >> i am. >> greta: so you call this ledges malpractice? >> any did legislation malpractice. >> ni time policymakers whether federal level or state level act in a way to take control of patient care from the doctors and do this through a policy such as the one we're discussing that does constitute legislative malpractice. >> greta: i take it doctors could still prescribe birth control but the question is who pays for it. so it doesn't step on what the doctors do? >> i think it does. when you look at the ray way the law is written it specifically says that contraceptive medications if they are for hormone therapy any medical use you actually have to show that to are non-medically trained employer. which means women in their situation, if they go and have a medical conditi

the arizona republican was the first senator to advocate that step. he said president obama had taken too soft a stance. >> the united states should lead an international effort to protect key population centers in syria, especially in the north, through air strikes on assad's forces. the ultimate goal of air strikes should be to establish and defend safe havens in syria, especially in the north. in which opposition forces can organize and plan their political and military activities against assad. >> sreenivasan: the obama administration has pressed for the u.n. security council to demand an end to the violence in syria. so far, russia and china have blocked action. military officials reported at least 107 soldiers died in heavy fighting in the south over the weekend. they said more than 30 al qaeda fighters were killed as well. on sunday, the militants attacked army bases in abyan province. they seized weapons and turned them on government troops. the raids appeared to be aimed at a pledge by yemen's new president to fight the terror network. gunmen

the arizona republic that -- republican and said syria and its neighbors will intervene militarily without the united states. last month, he pushed to supply rebels with weapons. coming up, one of america's greatest of old -- one of america's greatest olympic athletes comes to support women in the area. >> find what drivers and our region want when it comes to the ride to and from work. >> first a dispute stems with [ male announcer ] this was how my day began. a lite bird told me about a band... ♪ ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ ♪ she was in paris but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so where to next? ♪ ♪ >> a man accused of killing his neighbor over dog dropping says he's not guilty. police say the 56-year-old political activist the least that robert reich on sunday morning. according to sources, he became a rage after the dog defecated on his property. he's being held in jail without bond. nearly two-thirds of local residents want local highways to get bigger. a new poll shows 65 percent o

we'll start with the arizona daily sun which says a bill nearing passage in the state's republican-ledlature would allow all employers, not just religious institutions to opt out of providing contraceptive coverage based on moral grounds. also in the bill, women in arizona who want birth control covered by their health plans could be required to prove that they need it for medical purposes. as opposed to using it to prevent pregnancy. >> wow. >> the bill has more passed in the house and now moves to the state senate for a full vote. >> we're a bunch of guys, so we shouldn't say anything, but no. how are you feeling? nothing? >> is that like a newspaper from 50 years ago? a mistake that got caught in the archives? what in the hell? sorry. just can't believe it. >> the "wall street journal," rod blagojevich in his vehicle yesterday got lost in colorado on his way to prison. >> well, he will begin serving a 14-year sentence. while he got lost, he thought he'd stop for lunch. and he did. freddy's a burger joint where he posed for photographs, signed autographs, shook hands like he was runn