in barbara boxer's commentary, there was a vitriol in that, she's very intelligent.f you're a woman, you can't vote for mitt romney. that's harsh. is that going to work? that edge and that anger pouring out of her? >> i could understand her frustration. there has been a war on women. whether folks like to use the term or not, it's true and its happening. we see what is happening with the gender gap. in general women agree with barbara boxer. >> let me ask you about that gender gap. we saw a yawning gender gap two weeks ago and then with the polls tightening up even though we haven't seen all the cross tabs you have to believe there is a parity between mitt romney and barack obama, you couldn't get there unless the gender grab narrowed significantly. is that going to carry through november. >> i think it depends--i think with the a couple of weeks ago when we were talking about things like redebateing birth control and invasive ultrasounds i think that really opened up the gap. i think we're going to see a gap both ways, and its scheming towards romney. >> barack obam

megyn: what about the respect that somebody like barbara boxer, a u.s. senator ought to have for those who have legitimate disagreements with her positions. to we have to demonize those on the other side of the aisle? >> that's what the conservative brain believes in. we want a healthy debate on the issues. we want to give the respect to both sides. but when you have this demagoguery, senator, call me senator when a general addresses her as ma'am, is a lack of respect for the general. it's all demagoguery. megyn: it was a good debate. happy friday. coming up, dramatic developments in a florida courtroom as george zimmerman takes the stand in a surprise twist at his bail hearing. the neighborhood watch volunteer who admits he shot and killed trayvon martin but says it was in self-defense had a message for the martin family. we'll play his testimony in its entirety. plus some bombshell revelations by the prosecutor in the case. a 9-year-old boy turns the tables on a schoolyard bully. now he's suspended from school. really? because he stuck up for himself?

the leadership of senator barbara boxer of california and many democrats in the house that stepped up in support of this, it shows that it is -- it had bipartisan support. as you mentioned the overwhelming bipartisan vote in favor in the house and senate creating the bill was part of what brought it into being. my question to you is, maybe you could give us a little history of maybe the meetings that you had and the fact that congress overwhelmingly supported this on the record on numerous occasions, yet for whatever reason, this administration wants to end the program. >> it was favored by almost everyone in congress. of course it was early after 9/11 and we all had our emotions. we all knew what had happened. it was relatively easy to convince even those. we did not make this a gun rights issue because that's not what it is. it's the national security issue. that's what we ran it as. they understood that. so we had great support from folks who you would think would actually otherwise be against it in both the house and the senate. there were a few holdouts but i think our argument w

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. >>> senator barbara boxer is among the a group of democratic lawmaker calling on coverage to renew the law that will renew existing grant programs to shelters. it would include georgia gay and bisexual in domestic violence. the spill expected to reach the senator floor for a vote tomorrow or friday. >>> u.s. supreme court took up the highly charged issue of immigration as the justices grappled with a controversial law in arizona. as our reporter reports they seemed to be sympathic to the law. >> reporter: a heated debate over arizona's immigration law started outside the court and then inside as justices tackled the question. one justice asked if in fact somebody who does not belong in this country does not belong, arizona has no power? chief justice john report roberts say it establish an a frame work for letting official knows when a immigrant is picked up in arizona. a seemingly exasperated replied quote, it seems like the federal government doesn't want to know who is here illegally or not. at one point justice sonya said it's not selling well. why don't you try to come one som

. >> we saw little bit of barbara boxer at the top of the issue.id she mention anything about why we really need a gsa? >> well, you have two sides on this issue. some republicans question -- they want to shrink the size of government, now we look at the gsa, wasting taxpayers' money. >> this is a harry truman creation. >> it's been around 60 years, and its goal is to streamline the -- and by controlling its properties and helping make sure we're not -- >> is it superfluous? don't we have within agencies and the vast fracture of federal government those agencies that can track whether they're legitimate this keep them lean? but as soon as you have -- what is behind this? >> look, you say purchasing all the typewriters, other things, why not get one agency to do the job and purchase -- >> what do you think of that idea? >> i think it's a good idea. >> why can't those agencies regulate themselves. >> then you get duplication. >> no one pays attention [overlapping speakers] government. so vast they can't -- >> if you had 11 and 12 departments going ou

and in a joint statement tonight, senators dianne feinstein and barbara boxer say they are following this closely and will work with the usda and the state of california to ensure that all precautions have been taken. >>> police are searching for the drive by gunman who sprayed a duplex with bullets. the shots were fired from a car that hit a second floor apartment near constitution. the crime scene investigators recovered at least 15 spent shells. no one hit. there is no word on a motive. ?ai no final answer for -- >>> no final answer for people in a san bruno neighborhood. so they will now have to wait to find out what will happen to the pipeline buried under their street. john alston is live in san bruno where they wanted answers from pg&e. >> dan, just knowing that the pipeline is there has been troubling to a number of residents. they tried to balance the emotional trauma of neighbors with the desire to deal with the pipeline with as little disruption as possible. the small section of transmission line that exploded is long gone. but underneath glen view drive there are several

was calling on the carriers to disable stolen phones also california senator barbara boxer says the carrier's tax because close to the safety and security of our citizens is threatened so there is a lot of pressure from the carriers to do something alan. >>> has said it is often violent crime is not just some of these widely when you're out. these days. >>> we've always heard how a important is to get an annual dental check-up but just a couple of hours ago a study was released involving bay area patience marks a year tells us that take away from the research is next time your dentist asks you to get an x-ray and you ask why. >>> that the extra one your dentist's office may be some and you don't give much thought to but dental x-rays could have a little bounce that affects only now coming to light is a question that daniel harris has asked himself. >>> do worry about brain tumors? >>> i do. at the same time life is a gamble. >>> new research from scientists a elin uc san francisco says overtimed denzel x-rays have been found to increase the likelihood is of a type of benign brain tumor. >>> i

and in a joint statement tonight, senators dianne feinstein and barbara boxer say they are following this closely and will work with the usda and the state of california to ensure that all precautions have been taken. >>> police are searching for the drive by gunman who sprayed a duplex with bullets. the shots were fired from a car that hit a second floor apartment near constitution. the crime scene investigators recovered at least 15 spent shells. no one was hit. there is no word on a motive. ?ai no final answer for -- >>> no final answer for people in a san bruno neighborhood. so they will now have to wait to find out what will happen to the pipeline buried under their street. john alston is live in san bruno where they wanted answers from pg&e. >> dan, just knowing that the pipeline is there has been troubling to a number of residents. they tried to balance the emotional trauma of neighbors with the desire to deal with the pipeline with as little disruption as possible. the small section of transmission line that exploded is long gone. but underneath glen view drive there are seve

well last night on "politics nation" california senator barbara boxer told the reverend, that in her view, romney is losing ground because of republican women on women's issues. >> what republicans are doing, including mitt romney, to women's health for example, to women's equal opportunity for equality in the workplace, it just goes on and on. they're hurting women. now, you have mitt romney saying he wants to quote get rid of unquote planned parenthood. he wants to get rid of planned parenthood, that serves three million american, it gives them basic health care. prevention, breast screenings, other kinds of cancer screenings. std screenings. i will tell you this -- it hurts the american people, that type of policy. when you look at the republicans in congress, there's no less than 30 bills introduced by republicans in the house, all of them by republicans, that would restrict women's health, including, listen to this, they want to outlaw the birth control pill, and invitro fertilization. >> well don't miss "politics nation" with the reverend al sharpton, weekdays at 6:00 p.m., on

was on the "rachel mad do you show" that i declared my three favorite liberals to be rachel and barbara boxer and lisa jackson. >> well, i don't like the order. >> actually -- no. actually, i did have you first. anyway, right now the president is in oklahoma and he's standing in the middle of an oil field talking about the virtues of fossil fuel. the -- it's kind of interesting that he's doing that in that his budgets that he's put forward have been very punitive to that industry. he's made the statement how expensive it would be. his agenda is one that has specifically increased the price of gas at the pump and the energy in our homes. and, remember, as president obama himself said that his policies would -- under his energy costs would necessarily skyrocket. those were his words, and that's true and that's happened. now the global warming movement has collapsed. i can see why president obama is trying to associate himself with oil and gas development in oklahoma. as cnn, you ought to listen to this, madam chair. cnn wrote a piece about cushing, oklahoma. right at the convergence of our pipe

. >>> barbara boxer today issued a statement praising the monument designation. she said quote the president's actions will ensure that californians and visitors from around the world will enjoy the rich history and natural beauty of these lands for generations to come. >>> a volcanic mountain in mexico continues to exhale smoke, ash and rock from its crater. the nearly 18,000-foot volcano is located outside the capital of mexico city. many have described the rumbling noises coming from the mountain as a deep low pitched roar. the volcano's last major eruption was in 2000. >>> what a fantastic day today, bill you said it was going to warm up and it sure did. >> i really did. you noticed it. yesterday was warm, today warmer. as we enter saturday warmer still with numbers easily into the low 90s. we might see an odd record there. but this is one of those real interesting spring warm ups. you have a nice weekend to look forward to if you like the heat. there was fog this morning along the golden gate, near the golden gate bridge and also the avenues in pacifica. fog

new fallout over barbara boxer's bold remark.isten to the advice to american voters on the november election. >> the women out there, whether you are republican or democrat or independent, self-respecting human being, please, vote for president obama and to for the chair women, do the same thing. >> back with our panel to talk a little more about. kimberly, i'll start. it looks like romney has a problem with women. by many, 14-point margin over mitt romney? >> maybe president obama has done a better job in getting the message out to women. i know senator barbara boxer and her family very well. she has been a strong add vot cat of the presidency and now for the reelection. that kind of rhetoric does bother me. i think people should be well informed if we before they make their choices, i don't believe mitt romney is against women or doesn't understand women's. i greatly admire his wife and the sacrifices she has made. i don't know how helpful this is. >> it's like being lectured to. how condescending. if you are republican or demo

california senator, barbara boxer, leading the inquiry.ish conference in las vegas. it's important for the inspector general and acting administer to work together. >> we have no excuses going forward not to fix the nightmare. i have to say it starts with the two of you working together. it really does. but the motivation of cleaning house is key. micah: two gsa officials have been fired and the administer as resigned. mark: new meaning of a penny saved is a penny earned. there's a penny worth more than $1 million. this one dating back to when ben frankly said that 1792. already online bidding more than $1 million. one of the first coins ever struck. copper with small silver plugs or a plug in the middle, the center. only 14 like this. this one was past owner to owner to owner over the past 220 years. the current owner wants to remain unanimous. micah: coming up no roles but no problem for the nba bobcats. we have two car insurances that we're going to have you taste. the first one we're going to call x. go ahead and take a sip, and then l

check four, barbara boxer remains deeply damaged in the war on women. >> i got to say that the womenut there, whether you're republican, democrat or independent, if you're a self-respecting human being, please, vote for president obama and to the men who care about women, do the same thing. >> bill: how predictable again. check five, on the subject of women, here is something you should know: fox news correspond sent jennifer griffin waged a fight against breast cancer and won at least for now. she is back on the job and better than ever. so now jennifer is working with the triple negative breast cancer foundation, which raises money for the cause. there is a web site address. i'll leave it up there for a couple of seconds. their annual fund-raiser is may 31. but many of you have already helped jennifer's foundation by ordering stuff on billoreilly.com. last week we wrote a nice check to the triple negative because of sales of patriot mom mugs and pens have been so strong, mother's day coming up. so thank you very much and we continue to hope that you buy our gear. everybody wins on

joining me now is senator barbara boxer, democrat from california. a tireless crusade forewor woman's rights. what do these new women polls on romney tell you? >> well, they it he will knee women get it, that women are tuned in. and if do i nothing else for will this election, it's to make sure that they tune in even more. when you look at what republicans are doing to women's health, to equal in the workplace, just goes on and on. they're hurting women. now, you have mitt romney saying he wants to, quote, get rid of, unquote, planned part hood. he wants to get rid of planned part hood that serves 3 million americans and gives will them basic health care, prevention, breast screening, other independent could kinds of canc screeni screenings. it hurts, that type of policy. there's no less than 30 bills introduced by republicans in the house. all of them by republicans that would restrict women's health including listen to will this, they want to outlaw the birth control pill and invitro fertilization. you have willie led bettbetter around the country

. >> barbara boxer of california said she is encouraged by the plan announced by the fcc, she issued a statement saying if we can produce a financial incentive for them to steal the devices we can prevent the crimes and better protect the safety of the american people. >> wall street suffered it's biggest drop of the year today. today's declines resulted in a five session losing streak. stocks fell amid anxiety and low expectations leading up to the release of earning reports. the dow fell 214 points, the nasdaq ended the day at 56 points. >>> stay with the website for the latest financial news. right now we have a information center to help you file your returns, just look under the business tab. >> political pressure being put on bart to ensure their new train cars are made here in america. over the next few months the board of directors will decide who will build them. it's a $3.2 billion project. they are interesting bids door people in canada, france and south korea. contra kosta congressman is among a group of local leaders insisting bart use an american train builder. they say

one thing we know is that senator barbara boxer says this is going on for decades. there is knowledge that this is going on on capitol hill. it's bad enough we are cheated by gsa, but everyone is looking the other way. >> you want accountability and oversight and criminal prosecution. you want people to lose their job who is have done this and this behavior. you want to make sure that the money is paid back. all of those things need to happen. >> i don't know why these people need to meet. why don't they video conference or rent a high school auditorium? why are they having the conferences? what is so important to get together? >> plus, they had 100 interns that they took to palm springs for $150,000. >> i read the hotel thing. it says that they can get relaxed. you can revivification. i still don't know what revivification is, but you can get that at hotel. >> they went to hawaii for a ribbon-cust cutting that took an hour and stayed nine days. >> his colleagues must have known that was going on. there are so many levels. >> that's why it's a culture. >> a culture!

check four, barbara boxer remains deeply damaged in the war on women. >> i got to say that the womenre, whether you're republican, democrat or independent, if you're a self-respecting human being, please, vote for president obama and to the men who care about women, do the same thing. >> bill: how predictable again. check five, on the subject of women, here is something you should know: fox news correspond sent jennifer griffin waged a fight against breast cancer and won at least for now. she is back on the job and better than ever. so now jennifer is working with the triple negative breast cancer foundation, which raises money for the cause. there is a web site address. i'll leave it up there for a couple of seconds. their annual fund-raiser is may 31. but many of you have already helped jennifer's foundation by ordering stuff on billoreilly.com. last week we wrote a nice check to the triple negative because of sales of patriot mom mugs and pens have been so strong, mother's day coming up. so thank you very much and we continue to hope that you buy our gear. everybody wins on billor

senator barbara boxer explains. >> you have mitt romney saying he wants to, quote, get rid of, unquote, planned parenthood. he wants to get rid of planned parenthood that serves 3 million americans and gives them basic health care, prevention, with breast screenings, other kinds of cancer screenings, std screenings. ly tell you this. it hurts the american people, that type of policy. >> i'm joined tonight by ohio state senator nina turner. senator, good to have you with us tonight. in your words, what is happening in ohio? >> well, like thieves in the night, my republican colleagues in the ohio house the tucked into our mid-biennial budget an amendment that would effect live defund planned parenthood by about $1.7 million. but what that means more than the dollar amount is the impact that this right-wing public policy is going to have on everyday women. this is a social and economic battle that we're fighting isn't the state of ohio that you can no longer be poor. it is a crime to be poor in the state of ohio, to be a poor woman. you won't have access to screenings, like cancer screeni

and michael bennett is there because of the latino vote and barbara boxer. >> usa mitt romney so far is the sharron angle -- you are saying that mitt romney is the sharron angle, so far? >> absolutely. >> republicans have to recognize there's been this vitriolic and insulting language in many ways in the primaries. let's not forget "operation wetback." and some other words used on the "anchor lighke babysit." -- "anchor babies." both sides have said stupid things. but the republicans have not been open to a positive discussion. >> there's been a tremendous amount of damage in language. >> continues to be. >> by the many of those contenders have since waned. >> i'd think romney is pretty high up there. >> let's put some reality to this. we talk about the pure research study. i have just talked to hispanic voters in some swing states. with respect to the research, the president continues to have but a tremendous amount of support among hispanic voters of all kinds. what is also the reality is they don't know about the deportations. >> who does not know about it? >> many of the hispanic

you had a chairman on the environment and public works committee, barbara boxer of california, and aranking member on the environment and public works committee, senator inhofe of oklahoma, who are from about as polar opposite political points of view as they could be, but they found a way to come together on this bill. they worked with all of us on the committee and as a result the bill passed out of the environment and public works committee unanimously. unanimously. every republican and every democrat. then it came to the floor and there are complaints from time to time around here that stuff gets jammed on the floor and there isn't enough of an open amendment process. there was five weeks of debate and amendment on the senate floor of this bill. 40 amendments -- more than 40. i think it was actually 41 amendments were added to the bill, either by vote or by agreement during the course of that. republican amendments, democratic amendments. and when the dust settled on the whole process and everybody had had their say and everybody had had their vote and all the amendments that cou

. >> jim inhoff and barbara boxer to get those two together on any bill.all is in studio with us. we'll be glad to take your calls about jobs and any of the other issues. ken hall is the general secretary treasurer of the international teamsters. some of the press recently, the teamsters going out after hostess. why? didn't hostess declare bankruptcy? >> well, actually, they're in chapter 22 which means that they filed bankruptcy twice now. they filed bankruptcy -- they filed the second time only three years after exiting bankruptcy in 2009. and what we have actually been trying to do is to reach an agreement to allow this company to be able to come out of bankruptcy and be a profitable and on-going company. it has been incredibly frustrating because our members -- despite what the company has put out and media reports, our members have taken over $70 million per year pay cuts and that's been going on since 2008. other unions like the bakery worker's union took similar cuts so this company has enjoyed about $140 million in concessions from their workers. s

that's right, barbara boxer says the general services administration should clean house to root out corruption. >>> and a new round of hearings on the spending scandal got under way today. democrats pointed out the gsa has a history of misconduct. >>> apologies all around now from people close to pippa middleton. the sister-in-law of britain's prince william. she and a car load of folks were photographed in paris a few days ago when the driver pointed a realistic pistol at the photographer. they sigh it was a toy gun. the driver now could face charges. >>> and new mega millions lottery winners are now reveals. merle and pat butler from a small town in illinois. they're holding the winning ticket, the third winning ticket from last month's massive lottery. it's worth $218 million. the butlers came forward today after spending the past two weeks as you can imagine, hiring financial advisers and a lawyer. >> after i looked at it for a couple minutes, i turned to my wife who was right there with me and i says, we won. and she kind of looked at me funny. and i said, no, we won. and then she started

barbara boxer says the general services administration should clean house to root out corruption.on the spending scandal got under way today. democrats pointed out that the gsa has a history ever misconduct under democratic and republican administrations. >>> bin laden's three wives, two daughters now free. no longer under house arrest. they have been in custody in pakistan since the u.s. military raid that killed bin laden. that was last may. now, these five women were convicted of living illegally in pakistan. have to serve more than 45 days ever detention. they could be deported back to their home countries at any time. >>> police say a houston nurse faces capital murder charges for killing a woman so she could steal her baby. an arrest report says 30-year-old verna mclean has admitted shooting kyla golden as she left the pediatricians office. the 3 day-old baby is being reunited with his father. >>> police near ft. bragg are searching an area where a missing soldier was last started. kelly is missing after leaving a bar. they say she sent a text at one point saying, quote, got

as jenna just said california senator barbara boxer says the party is over at the gsa.ard to make sure it doesn't happen again. charlie hurt is a columnist for the washington times. seems like everybody wants to get in on the act when criticizing and showing outrage over the gsa. >> it really is funny to watch. it's bipartisan condemnation by both sides. this is right around the very weak when americans are having to write those tax checks or at least tally up how much of their hard-earned money they've seen slip away between their fingers with every pay check. to have all this come a the same week we have extraordinary hearings into this mindless waste and many an arrogance that is sort of -- it's kind of hard -- friends of mine who are in the private sector who get to go on lavish corporate trips, they are not as cocky about this stuff as these folks are. and it really is shocking. i thought one of the most amazing things to come out of some of the testimony was one of these leaches explained they didn't realize taxpayers were picking up the bill. my goodness who did