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you heard speaker baner saying that no go in the house. why? why is this a difficult issue? >> it's become unfortunately a bit partisan. although we are seeing the 193 house sponsors. there are five republicans more coming on every day. i just wrote an ad encouraging that the mormon house members most of whom of the ten are republican, put pressure on speaker baner, because the mormon church has come out and supports these laws. so i am optimistic that the speak her be forced to take this up. >> you were afraid that you would be fired if you told anyone that you were gay, how toxic is this topic inside the republican party. what do they need to do. >> personally it was horrific for me. we where seeing less and less of that. the millen i wills could careless. so we are making progress. but i know what it is like to be discriminated against. i don't know if i would have gotten fired but i have that fear, and it is a terrible way to live. >> you heard speaker baner, you also heard senator dig durbin. do you think in the long run you will prevail, and if so how long before the h

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the same thing tom with ted cruz remember they tried the media tried to do the same thing with john baner for god's sakes so here's a guy that's given two billion dollars in tax breaks to corporations that support him and he's taken that money directly away from working poor and you have these idiots that are talking head. in the media these days and you know he really might be a moderate democrat really yeah he vetoed a minimum wage bill vetoed a tax increase on millionaires three years in a row opposes roe v wade actively oppose the legalization of same sex marriage pulled a jersey out of the regional climate compact refused to set up at obamacare exchange supports private school vouchers act there's another piece of this that i think is interesting and that is that if you look at the history of republicans who they run for president with the singular exception i believe i may be wrong on this but i've read this in several different places with the single exception of droit eisenhower basically since the since the twenty's anyway the republican basically for a century the republican par

. >> we just have to knock some sense into baner to give us a vote, because this is a moral issue. people are getting separated day in and out. >> john boehner has said he won't allow a vote, on what president barack obama has called a top priority. normally, that is when we would see the president do this. lot your member of congress know, get them on record. ask your me of congress -- >> on the debt, taxes and guns. the president has pressured congress by asking the american public to weigh in. but according to poll, the american people are in no mood to listen to him. only 37% approve of the job he is doing. 57% disapprove, and more damaging to the president, the area he has always excelled in has been hit hard. only 49% of those asks say he is honest and trot worthy. due in launch part to his rocky healthcare roll out, a website that doesn't work, policies unexpectedly cancele canced for many it is just too expensive. >> the idea that the t president can go to the country right now and ask for the people's support for say comprehensive immigration reform is fanciful. the presid

speaker john baner is going to lead -- john boehner is getting to lead the tree lighting ceremony onhe lawn of the capitol. >>> it's 6:36. time for the last your money report of the morning. >> jessica doyle joins us live from the newsroom and maybe some of the flight options may be going away. >> good morning, mike, andrea. there are growing concerns that local travelers could suffer because of the merger between u.s. airways and american airlines. the justice department green lighted the deal of course to c the airlines give up gate slots at reagan national airport and other airports around the country. that condition says only the low carriers can place bids on the slots but -- [ inaudible ] the house and senate transportation committees are worried without bids from the bigger carriers, service between d.c. and smaller cities may be cut off entirely. the slots are expected to be sold or auctioned off by mid- march. >>> to mail your letters out next year will cost you a pretty penny more. the u.s. postal service regulatory commission ruled the agency can raise the price of a stamp

why are they more likely to follow baner oehner now? >> he's not going to shut down the government. >> why doesn't john boehner, he's a likable guy in a empathetic way. why doesn't he call a vote, call all republicans in a big room, shut the media out and say i want to vote right now. am i your speaker? or do i got to kiss butt for the rest of my time here? am i your leader? if a bunch of right wing crazies say i get to veto everything you do, say fine. run anybody against me. >> nobody right now could beat john boehner. >> why doesn't he show that? >> if this was a learning process for a lot of new members. they went through it, it was painful. they learned not to shut down the government. they're not going to do it again. when the government doesn't shut down, their ratings go up. >> you noticed. >> i know. >> say with the hammer why are you hitting in your head with a hammer, because it feels good when i stop. maybe that's your party's rule. thank you. >>> next, the white house twgs tradition with a new twist. this is "hardball," the

pete per sprigg, let me start with you and start were the argument that has been raised by john banert this will have an adverse business and litigation impact. explain that for us. >> well, whenever you expand the number of protected categories under these type of laws what you're actually doing is giving a license to sue to new groups that didn't have such a license before. it's almost an inevitable result that there will be further litigation, and that will impose costs in terms of time and expense, even in cases where the merits of the case may be relatively weak. so i don't think any republican should be supporting this kind of further intrusion into the practices of private businesses. >> brown: let me ask gregory angelo why he thinks republicans should support this? >> well, first, to refute that argument that this legislation will be a boon to trial lawyers, the g.a.o. came out with a report less than two months ago saying they've studied states that have employment protections for gay and lesbian individuals and haven't seen an explosion and upnick this legislation and a boon