martin bashir kicked off criticism when he discussed a slave owner.de a suggestion about how to respond to sarah palin who critics said had trivialized slavery by clairie i comparing u.s. debt. >> she confirms that if anyone qualified for a dose of discipline, then she would be the outstanding candidate. >> a wide range of critics condemn the remark including one of bashir's co-workers, joe scarborough. >> he has every reason to be ashamed for saying it. >> bashir apologized but critics aren't ready for drop the discussion. is an apology enough and at what point do we have to move on? we have amy holmes and eri erik wemple. martin bashir apologized for his comments. he reached out to the palin family. is there really an issue being made out of? ing that already passed? >> like most americans, i don't watch his show. it's a low rated show. his remarks as joe scarborough said were deplorable and they were planned. there was malice of forethought and for a tv host constantly attacking the president's critics as racist, he cast himself in the role of a vi

commentary and it kind of pushes it off on bashir. we're harndling this mat earn intern -- matter internally. >> they couldn't have handled it worse. after that apology was made by martin bashir on monday, hours later the msnbc twitter feed promoted the segment from friday where the comments were made. after the apology if you're promoting the segment, that's a big issue. that goes up to management to allow that to happen. a day later joe scarborough goes off the -- he said i don't think he wrote it himself. scarborough isn't disciplined in any way. i'm sure if that happened on another network he would probably be suspended. clearly, howie -- >> i'm not so sure about that. he was being candid about a colleague. >> on another network, though, howie? come on. you don't make comments like that about your co-workers there. that's off the reservation, man. i disagree. >> i think scarborough is the problem. >> no, he's not. >> late me take a other side of this. bashir made what sounded like a pretty sin veer apology. are executives at the n

martin bashir in our executive interview. check it out. i can't believe your mom has a mom cave! today i have new campbell's chuy spicy chicken quesadilla soup. she gives me chunky before every game. i'm very souperstitious. haha, that's a good one! haha! [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right. [ male announcer ] campbel♪'s chunky soup. (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. >>> more dysfunction in the nation's capital this week as the problems and finger pointing over obamacare continue. with partisanship at new levels, can anything get done in washington? i talked with former alaska governor sarah palin who has written "good tidings and great joy: protecting the heart of christmas." governor palin, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> an honor to be with you, chris. thanks. >> when you look at all the troubles with obamacare, all the problems with the website, the millions of cancellations, a lot of other things, what

martin bashir, msnbc anchor, has had ugly things to say about you.ouple of weeks ago you made, frankly, inunobjectionable remarks saying comparing our debt to slavery and saying even well we're going to be holden to our foreign masters. mr. bashir took great exception to that. he called you a, quote, world-class idiot. his words. then he talked about a slave owner named thistlewood who used to punish his slaves by having someone defecate -- unbelievable -- defecate in their mouths. then he said this. >> when mrs. palin invokes slavery she doesn't just prove her rank ignorance. she confirms if anyone truly qualified for a dose of discipline from thomas thistlewood, she would be the outstanding candidate. >> governor, your reaction? >> that's funny because bashir has invoked the analogy of slavery also. the definition of slavery is to be beholden to a master and we will be beholden when that note is due when we have taken from our children and our grandchildren and borrowed from china and other foreign countries in order to pay for our wants today. we

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bashir. assume then that disciplinary procedures take place based on the target of the remarks rather than the remarks themselves? i can't wait to hear the answer to that one. fox's own howie kurtz reported she's cancelled her interview with matt lauers is a protest against the network. if you missed it martin bashir said governor palin deserves the same punishment given out by a slave master who forced slaves to defecate and urinate in other slaves' mouths. >> when mrs. palin invokes slavery she doesn't just prove her rank ignorance. she confirms if anyone qualified for a dose of discipline from thomas thistlewood she would be the outstanding candidate. >> here with reaction, author of "never trust a liberal over 3." hello, ann coulter. >> hello sean hannity. >> this is so vile, twisted, sick and ugly. nothing happens to the guy. happens if a conservative -- radio, tv -- >> it goes far beyond. what kind of diseases mind comes up with this? it's worth pointing out. it's hard for me to imagine

plus, sarah palin issues her first public response to the disgraceful martin bashir. did she she accept his apology? "hannity" starts here and thousand. >>> welcome. tonight the obama care white house appears willing to do and say anything to try to change the subject for obama care. for example instead of talking about the president's big lie that you could keep your doctor, keep your insurance plan he'd rather lecture us on immigration and negotiate with the terrorist regime in iran. let's be honest. can you blame him for trying to change the subject? only four of ten americans actually believe the president can manage the country effectively. that's downright embarrassing. in the same survey 53% of americans said he's not honest or trustworthy. stinging poll numbers aren't the only thing sending the administration into a tail spin. you will ma liberal lawmakers like al franken are bailing. u.s. senator al franken said he's open to a brief delay of the affordable mandate that's at the heart of the affordable care act if the federal government's marketplace isn't fix

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but to martin bashir you say, good what.o the executive bathroom keeping you around for a while. selective justice. >> they both did apologize. they both did apologize. one on the air and one did not and one who did not just fired. >> best reality tv right now. this is entertainment beyond our wildest dreams. >> right. you say so. thanks for being here, joe. >> thank you. >>> so we are getting tweets about matt halperin that tried to walk back the remarks about the death panels. we invited him to come on. hopefully he'll do it tomorrow night before ♪ >> you are going to feel what is hitting us in new york. you will soon if you haven't already. the day before thanksgiving i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers. thank you for starting your day with us. the extreme weather alert. >> it is putting a halt on travel plans for 43 million americans. we have live team coverage. >> steve secentanni is one of t many airports. >> good morning heather and ainsley. this storm system is widespread. we have seen the heaviest situat

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now, he has actually said he sees no chance of president bashir assad standing down.ussians are supporting him in that. but also he does say that all sides need to make compromises including the syrian government. so let's hear in more detail exactly what russian prime minister said. >> translator: i think ideas that are sometimes put forward excludes president assad and agree on everything are unrealistic as long as assad is in power. he is not mad. he must receive some guarantees or in any case some kind of proposal on the development of political dialog in syria itself on possible elections and his personal fate. >> reporter: the russian prime minister actually said in a rare moment of humor during the interview that when bashir assad looks at the fate of colonel qaddafi he looks at the president there it doesn't improve his mood. now at the point he was making there was the fact that there needs to be some guarantees. but there is still no real sign of how both the americans and the russians are really going to reach out to get all sides around the same peace tabl

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bashir, great apology. sigh lum. >> his ratings have jumped since that happened. >> i'm glad you're not like alec. kim basing aer a daughter. chris to a point great apology but needs to be accountability. >> thanks for coming in. >>> we'll take a quick break and see you back on "new day" in a second. okay, listen up! i'm re-workin' the menu. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure®. nutrition in charge™. [ bottle ] ensure®. on the table by not choosing the right medicare d plan. no one could have left this much money here. whoo-hoo-hoo! yet many seniors who compare medicare d plans realize they can save hundreds of dollars. cvs/pharmacy wants to help you save on medicare expenses. talk to your cvs pharmacist, call, or go to cvs.com/compare to get your free, personalized plan comparison today. call, go online, or visit your local store today. i s

>> really quick, may not have been written by martin bashir.ccording to joe scarborough saying i don't think he wrote that. you know what happened happen? >> yeah. next time on the set, caution -- i'll be gone. >> vacation now instead of next woke. >> good to see you. >>> more than a million people kicked off the insurance plans found out tonight the president's so-called fix won't do anything for them. charles krauthammer to react to the growing problems of the president's broken promises. [ male announcer at red lobster, we pull our seafood from the best waters on earth... like the cold alaskan seas. it's the cleanes clearest water. a haven for crab. [ male announcer ] and the unspoiled cst of maine. maine lobster is the tastiest, the sweetest. [ male announcer ] we serve it the only way seafood should be... prepared to order by experts. if i wouldn't eat it, i'm not gonna serve it. [ le announcer nd delivered hot from our kitchen, right your table. ♪ that's how sea food differently. now get ten dollars off any two seafood bakes, crabr lobste

martin bashir >> it isn't bad for care okkar e karaoke.event raises money for center point and that raises money for homeless family. >> alec baldwin lashing out after msnbc canceled his show when he used anti-gay slurs. this is the same network that kept martin bashir made comments about palin. he said they killed my show and i have to take responsibility for that myself. we have the author of "outnumbered conservative" a. different standards for different folks. why? >> actually, this maybe the first time i agree with ann colter. this is such a double standard. for women in many cases there is a double standard when they are attacked. i don't think baldwin is a homephoophob homophobe. maybe they put together a bad show and wanted out. >> it only aired five times with low ratings. what about the different strokes for different folks? >> baldwin's comments were made on the street. martin bashir was pre-prlanned and several people have approver that. i think they are required to provide consistency. or are they making the statement it depen

whole different category this vial than martin bashir was pedaling. sarah palin being target of of attacks. she used the term slavery to describe the national debt. made that analogy. fine to criticize her on that. that is fair game. >> you don't do it that way. you just say -- >> -- absolutely not. look at the contrast to alec baldwin. >> do you want to be frank, howard? sarah palin won't do this program. she won't come on the program because she doesn't want to -- speech, nobody gives speeches here. okay? so she doesn't come on. we invited her on tonight. you are in her stead. but i don't begrudge sarah palin that she can come on. if she doesn't come on, if she does come on, whatever she wants to do okay? fine. >> but. >> wait wait wait wait. there is a pattern of behavior. it's not msnbc, it's nbc news. they own it. they run it. okay? they allow it. go. >> first of all, let me give you breaking news. i'm told that sarah palin has cancelled a scheduled christmas interview with matt lauer of the shod show. he today show he is going to go up to wasill

jajouka is also home to one of morocco's better-known musicians, bashir attar.musicians have traveled all over the world to jajouka to meet this the guy. he's a lineage of master musicians, all from this small mountain village. ♪ >> famously dubbed as a 4,000-year-old rock band, by william burroughs, bashir, his son and these musicians maintain one of the oldest still living musical traditions on earth. ♪ we're invited for dinner. it's family style, of course, beginning with braywine, like a kefta pocket, hand formed envelopes of dough seasoned with seasoned beef, baked until golden and then crisped in oil. i'm good for now -- well, one more. uh-oh, here we go. the main event, tagine of chicken. >> welcome, tony. >> thank you. just gorgeous. first, chopped onions, garlic, parsley and turmeric are blended with olive oil. the bird is generously coated an stuffed. then after simmering in a touch of olive oil and water, it is fried until crispy, served with roasted all mondays and olives, paprika and ginger. nice. >> he smells the food. >> like anywhere else in the

i charge forth. >> bashir later did apologize. nbc did not discipline him. she accepts but doesn't want him to get away with it. >> taylor swift taking the american music awards by storm. >> the american music award goes to taylor swift. >> that was just the beginning. she won four awards including artist of the year. she also set a new record becoming the only person to win artist of the year three times. >> my lucky number is 13. so far you have made 2013 the most magical year of yie life so far. >> justin timberlake snagged three cove trees and a big flight for florida georgia line. ♪ >> love, love, love that song. their hit song cruise won single of the year. then there was miley cyrus. she performed wrecking ball with a giant cat floating on the screen in the background. the controversial part of the night when he brought up trayvon martin during the wrapprap albu. taylor swift had a mini see whenned dress and it was mini. lady gaga on the red carpet. not a real horse there. she is not on a horse but she is just as fabulous. lauren simonetti is next. go

accept his apology, and nbc put alec bold win off of air for a racial slur, but they have not taken bashir off of the ware. >> that's the hypocrisy. it defends on the target of the vile rants. and conservative women are a target of them. as for the apologies, obviously, who am i to not accept an apology. everyone must humble themselves and accept that offer to -- of apology. but next time, if they want to say such a thing and get the attention they were seeking after they said it, and then they want to call and apologize to me in private, i would like them to go through say todd or one of my children first. leave the message with them and hear what they have to say from them. >> you have a new book out. it's called "good tidings and great joy" protecting the heart of christmas. you say there is a link between faith and freedom. explain what you mean. >> it's an inherent link and our founders knew that. our government and our constitution -- it is written for a religious and world people meaning you have to have a strong foundation of faith and something greater than self and not being so s

because they're holding msnbc and bashir accountable. when people look at this from the outside looking in, they're often not just looking at what was done or done wrong. how the network reacted is often what is looked at. let's talk about lara logan and the benghazi report. people have been critical saying it took cbs a long time to say anything, to put in place an investigation and to take any, a. none of us are perfect, but none of us want to get a report especially one as significant as that wrong. where do you see cbs fell short? >> it was october 27th when her report aired. some of the information was interesting, but the main source was discredited. an entire month as passed and that's how long it took for them to reese lolease the results of investigation. >> what if they say they were trying to be considerate, did that have any jerk reaction? >> that would be one thing. what it seemed was that they got defensive and tried to avoid any public comment instead of saying we're investigating it, taking our time and we will tell you a

>> the end of the war must be very clear that bashir, he will not have any role in the future of syriaks and fighters and iraqi fighters must leave the country and transitional government under control of the opposition, that is our conditions. >> reporter: okay, so the commander of the free army thank you very much. well scottish government is unveiling it's case for independence from the united kingdom, the first minister hopes the 670-page document will convince skeptics that they can survive on their own after 300 years of union with england and we are live in glascow to tell us more about that document, the paper and what it sets out, sonia. >> indeed. in fact, the white paper sets out is perhaps the most comprehensive details in the scottish government for detailing what it would be like for scott land under independence. now, in this very weighty document it says there are answers to 650 questions which outline directly what the scottish government says would be scott land, an independent scott land and this for example addressing issues and shows the economy, the continuing rel

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martin bashir. was he there? >> no. >> all right. but ed schultz was.mind every -- this is the type of incendiary rhetoric bashir, alec baldwin, chris matthews, and then this guy. >> you damn right dick cheney's heart's a political football. we ought to rip it out and kick it around and stuff it back in him. i'm glad he didn't tip over. he is the new poster child for health care in this country. he is an enemy of the country in my opinion dick cheney is. he is an enemy of the country. lord take him to the promised land, will you? see i don't even wish the guy goes to hell. i just want to get him the hell out of here. you know what they're talking about? like this right wing slut, what is her name, laura ingram? yeah. a talk slut. >> he was there in the room with the president? >> yeah. he was there. that was pretty rank. pretty awful. >> by the way, i could play a montage -- >> i'm going to say i except juan williams from this. i don't have any problems with a meeting like this taking place. as a matter of fact, i'll go a step further and suggest that s

good afternoon, i'm joy reid in for martin bashir.ay november the 4th and president obama beware. the ghost of 2012 is loose oh. >>> what you often hear out of washington can sound like charlie brown's teacher. a jumble of unfocused noise. >> i think it's rotting away. >> out of touch with the things you care about. >> eve got to have a president that can lead. >> we should want be injuring ourselves. >> and right now not able to do so. the campaign manager of ken cuccinel cuccinelli. >> the whole country is waiting for your choice. >> an extreme faction of the republican party, they're willing to hijack the entire party, the country, the economy. >> we want more leaders like your next governor, ken cuccinelli. therveths don't come better than chris christie. >> they try to discern things. >> there are very real consequences when you operate ideologically. >> does ted cruz stand out to you? >> put five red necks on a mower. >> i'm being unfairly targeted by a bunch of

. >> reporter: this is the latest spill over from syria's civil war and iran is a backer of bashir al and fighters trying to over throe and and it's a stronghold and no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, rob reynolds al jazeera. >> we will get the latest from tehran but first let's go straight to dana in beirut and she is at the site of the explosion and tell us what the latest is that you are hearing and seeing. >> well we arrived at the site of the explosion a few minutes after the bombs went off. there were really chaotic scenes, ambulances rushing, we are hearing up to 17 people were killed including the cultural atashay of the iran emergency and dozens were wounded as well. and we understand and these are initial reports from the national news agency this was the work of suicide bombers the news agency saying one bomber approached the embassy on foot and the other approached the embassy in a vehicle and two explosions and what we heard from witnessing on the ground when we arrived is they heard two explosions and iran embassy the target and we will talk more. sir,

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told the arab elite he would attend the conference meet there was a kid time praying for president bashir assad to the town. we've decided not to and to geneva talks unless it is with dignity and status the successful transfer of power was oldest institutions accompanied with a definite timeline lot of editing audio quality the fall when the and is also an end to the attendance of the iranian representative at the mediation table don't want to know what the cat though. that also meant to bring syria is warring sides to get the teeny can see it without any preconditions for me the county the opposition's to the heights of theoubt as to when the conference will be held. arab and western officials have said it's likely to be convened this month. follow up i suppose a cyst his friends jen and is believed to be the best time in a tense in northern mali has been flown to the cap that obama had candy repatriation to fronds the deficit been described as cold blooded assassinations by france's foreign minister who's out to track down the chemist the two were lacking clarity of france in tennessee

and martin bashir researched it, had producers produce the segment. he delivered it.e knew what he was doing. that guy -- >> he should be fired. call for it. >> there should be some retribution for that. >> see. let's go around real quick. bob. >> i think that he should have been fired. and this would have been another incident, another incident. this guy is a walking incident, you know? >> but he was before they hired him. >> that's what i mean. >> they shouldn't have hired him in the first place. and i also think we should have a countdown clock for the moment when he and his wife, when she calls the cops on him because that marriage is a ticking time bomb. >> wow! >> anger management issues? >> i know so. >> she instigated the linda schmidt controversy. she said that's the girl. >> just ask kim basinger. watch. >> billy is the superstar baldwin. >> that's your buddy. >> it's going over the edge. i'm going to wrap it right there. that's true. billy's a good boy. >> stephen's pretty darn good. i like danny, too. >>> okay. we've got some baldwin love. coming up -- tha

governor sarah palin as well, talking about the awful comments from the msnbc commentator martin bashir 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on fox. thanks, chris. >> thank you, jamie. >> jamie, there's a powerful and deadly storm system crossing the southern part of the country. wait until you hear what it could do to your thanksgiving day plans. stay with us. fox news channel on sunday, all the news you need to know. well, did you know the ancient pyramids were actually a mistake? uh-oh. geico. fifteen minutes could save you...well, you know. is a really big deal.u with aches, fever and chills- there's no such thing as a little flu. so why treat it like it's a little cold? there's something that works differently than over-the-counter remedies. prescription tamiflu attacks the flu virus at its source. so call your doctor right away. tamiflu treats the flu in people 2 weeks and older whose flu symptoms started within the last two days. before taking tamiflu tell your doctor if you're pregnant, nursing, have serious health conditions, or take other medicines. if you develop an allergic react

>> i don't think bashir assad can win militarily either. >> does he have the advantage on the ground now? >> only in a few places like up around alepo. he has a disadvantage on the east and south. >> his killing remains unchecked, ambassador ford. come on. it seems like that is a satisfactory outcome to you. the fact is he was about to be toppled a year ago. hezbollah came in and the russians stepped up their effort and the iranian revolutionary guard intervened in what you call a quote, civil war. he turned the tide and he continues to maintain his position of power and slaughtering innocent syrian civilians. and you are relying on a geneva conference, right? >> i would agree in what you said about the balance shifting against him. more and more the regime is dependent on foreign man power because of the manpower shortages i mentioned. but our goal ultimately is to get syrian communities that are afraid of each other to somehow come to a political agreement. i can't emphasize that enough, senator, until the alowee community that is backing assad feels it will not be slaughtered. the

coalition that has been recognized by the international community said there is talk about transition if bashirpart of it and says it will only go if we are talking about ways for him to resign or to step aside. that is not the position that damascus is holding at the moment. nonetheless the media, the state-controlled media today in syria was this visit to brahimi and a national realization that is only a political solution that could stop the conflict inside syria. >> reporter: thank you in beirut and russia appealed to both sides in the war for a compromise so peace talks can go ahead the prime minister wants the conference in geneva to take place before the end of the year. he criticized the syrian opposition for demanding assurance of assad departure as a condition for the talks and russia has been the most powerful ally during the conflict. meanwhile israeli jets have reportedly attacked a military base in the town of jabla and seems like it targeted missiles and we are in jerusalem. >> they do not comment on these matters and we had reports through the year of israeli strikes within syri

syrian rebels have threatened to targ target bashir al assad's allies. >>> these give you a sense of how random these twisters were even with winds of 190 miles per hour, you can see a clear path of destruction. outside trees are standing and cars remaining in parked spaces. those images were from washington, illinois. where nbc's jay gray is at the latest. >> reporter: an eerie silence settled across the strike zone but that is i len will soon give way to families returning to sift through the splintered remainder of their lives. >> hard to look at. >> reporter: washington, illinois. the community ravaged by a massive twister that opened up a path five miles wide and a tenth of a mile long. >> people not in their homes. >> reporter: not nearly enough. every where you look it's impossible to escape the evidence of the tornado's fury and raw emotions of what some across the region have been through. >> i was waiting for it to bust through that wall at any second. >> and take you with it. >> yep. then just like that it was over. >> reporter: while the storms have passed the tragedy is

revolutionary guards' main job here is to make hardened fighters of these syrians, armed by president bashirrstretched military, and the iranians are starting with bases. get your head down, says the lieutenant. you'll get it blown off if you stand up there. in this scene the iranians are taking the syrians out into rebel territory on a reconnaissance mission, but what the men don't know as they get into position is the rebels have spotted them and they've prepared an ambush. these are the rebels. they film their own offensive and once they start shooting the iranians realize they're in trouble. suddenly the camera goes to blank. the cameraman and commander were killed, and both were mourned at elaborate funerals back in iran. iran's role in syria's civil war has been decisive. not only have they been able to turn the tide of fighting in the government's favor in several key battles, but just this year, iran has loaned syria more than $3.5 billion to buy petroleum without which the country probably by now would have collapsed. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >>> well, coming up after you

msnbc's martin bashir apologizes for dirty and disgusting remarks about sarah palin. this morning, palin responds on fox. >> that's the executive hypocrisy that is so prevalent in that media

martin bashir wasn't on yesterday. i think he's probably on vacation this week.ometimes it doesn't. this case with martin bashir is one that seems to be sticking around for a while. so far, though, they haven't taken any disciplinary action. >> we're watching. we know you are. and brian, before i let you go, welcome once again to the cnn family from "the new york times." we're thrilled to have you here. there's a little initiation i want to get you through quickly that we do on my show with our new colleagues. we're going to do a little word association. you with me? >> i'm with you. let's try it. >> okay. i'm going to throw one thing out and you tell me what first comes to mind. wolf blitzer. >> the face of cnn's political coverage. >> morning television. >> oh, my goodness. the most frightening, intimidating, incredible time of the day on tv. >> mainstream media. >> much lamented but most important. it's where we get all our news. >> miley cyrus. >> i'm going to draw a blank. i'm going to completely draw a blank on that. >> we'll go with that. finally, reliable

testimony, but i will say for kentucky, i was completely happy to see and spoke to senator -- governor bashir, kentucky did what i thought we should do, and i have a bill to correct this, to use their licensed health agents to sell the policies, which is a brilliant idea. we did not do that. unfortunately. and so they hit the ground running because their agents were already licensed and understood the market well and were able to sell. we'll hear more about that. that's kentucky, and you'll hear more about kentucky. in d.c. between october 1 and 13, they had more than 84,000 visitors to their website. what i loved about the testimony from d.c., and we'll hear more about it, is that instead of the chamber of commerce dragging its feet, he says, the d.c. chamber of commerce, the greater washington area hispanic chamber, and the restaurant association partnered to build this exchange and put their muscle and their brainpower behind it, and it's probably one of the most successful in the country. nearly 700 employer accounts have been created using their site, and finally in new mexico, and our s

msnbc's martin bashir apologizes for dirty and disgusting remarks about sarah palin.his morning, palin responds on fox. >> that's the executive hypocrisy that is so prevalent in that media

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so, of course, we continue to meet with governor bashir along the way, making decisions about what we were going to do, and so he wanted to wait until after the supreme court had ruled to really dig into this and get moving on it, and that's what he did. and so we presented all the pros and cons to our governor about what we should do or what we shouldn't do, and he kind of stopped us. he said, look, he said, and he's a lawyer, he had read the bill, he said, this bill provides a unique opportunity for kentucky to improve these health statistics. i want you to do everything that you can do to use this bill, not let this bill use me, but to use this bill to improve our health. and that has been the charge that we have accepted and have gone with ever since. you know, my time is getting short here. i do want to share with you, you know, we went live on october 1st, down for a few hours, not down, slowed up for a few hours, got that all straightened out and we've been running ever since and helping people get enrolled, not only in our s.h.o.p., but also in the individual market. so i gues

so, of course, we continue to meet with governor bashir along the way, making decisions about what we were going to do, and so he wanted to wait until after the supreme court had ruled to really dig into this and get moving on it, and that's what he did. and so we presented all the pros and cons to our governor about what we should do or what we shouldn't do, and he kind of stopped us. he said, look, he said, and he's a lawyer, he had read the bill, he said, this bill provides a unique opportunity for kentucky to improve these health statistics. i want you to do everything that you can do to use this bill, not let this bill use me, but to use this bill to improve our health. and that has been the charge that we have accepted and have gone with ever since. you know, my time is getting short here. i do want to share with you, you know, we went live on october 1st, down for a few hours, not down, slowed up for a few hours, got that all straightened out and we've been running ever since and helping people get enrolled, not only in our s.h.o.p., but also in the individual market. so i gues

msnbc host martin bashir apologized after making lewd and deplorable comments, actually, about formererved apology to her friend and family and our supporters and viewers and anyone who heard what i said. >> that's it. there has been no suspension, no firing and nbc hasn't said anything about it so how is bashir able to get away with it? many folks are wondering. hourt kurtz, host of media buzz and fox news contributor join us from our d.c. bureau. good to have you on today. >> good morning. >> i have to get first of all, let's start off, lauren, with the response when you heard the comments. >> i was absolutely shocked. what is even more amazing is that there has been no punishment, no suspension, especially when alec baldwin, who had a gay slur outside of the studio, not on air, was suspended for two weeks. david schuster who used to work for msnbc tweeted this week that he was suspended for two weeks for talking about pimping out chelsea clinton and he said he doesn't quite understand what is going on here. >> i guess the question for you, howard. what do you think is going on here