this bill is a reform bill. it eliminates direct payments. it links crop insurance to conservation compliance. it has all important things in agriculture policy. ohio farmers are clear they wanted a farm bill that eliminated those direct payments and provided the risk management tools they needed when times are bad without the market-distorting policies that ensure farmers are planning for the program and not the market. unfortunately, that was happening far too often. in the last six or seven years in the senate leading up to the 2007-2008 farm bill on the 2014 -- 2013 and 2014 farm bill, if you will, i had roundtables with farmers and rural development people around my state. working with colleagues senator thune and senator durbin, we were able to streamline the farm safety net and make it more market oriented. it's the basis for the agricultural risk coverage program which was included in the commodity title by reforming commodity programs to better align with the market instead of simply sending out checks even when times are good. in ma

bill: fox news alert. some 200 passenger and crew members victims of a hijacking and authorities say the copilot commandeered all of it. welcome back to you, jamie. >> i'm jamie colby in for martha maccallum. this ethiopian airline was headed for rome and landed in switzerland instead. >> reporter: it happened overnight at ethiopian airlines flight 702. while it was still in african air space the alert went out that the plane was hijacked. that came from the copilot who locked himself in the cockpit when the captain went to the bathroom. there was a request for asylum and the government not tampering with the person involved in this hijack. then the plane was diverted to switzerland. after -- after several circles he land. then the cockpit window was popped out and the copilot lowered himself down on to the tarmac. bill: why do they think he did this? >> reporter: there is a history of hijackings and attempted hijackings, but rarely by employees. according to authorities in switzerland, the man could get a

bill. now it is up to the senate and that will be happening this week. join us on newsmakers is senator debbie stabenow. she is chairman of the agriculture committee. our panelists are alan bjerga of bloomberg news, and ed o'keefe of "the washington post." mr. bjerga, you may start the questioning. >> thank you. >> senator, you seem poised to see the passage of a piece of work for several years, a new five-year farm bill. there was a rejection of the house last year. a lot of negotiations back and forth and it seems like with each of these bills that gets passed, there is a bigger chorus of people who say that farm subsidies are too generous. or this time you've faced a lot of criticism on the food stamp program. is this the last farm bill you see being passed this way? is the split in the house last ear a foretaste of farm bill to come? >> we all have a stake in having affordable, safe food. we in america are blessed that there's a group of people that are willing to get up every day and f

turns out these bills are like the trendy new right-wing bill all around the country. in missouri, a republican state senator just yesterday introduced a bill that would allow missouri businesses claiming a religious objection to refuse to serve customers on that basis. in ohio, a bill like this has also been introduced there in the house. in nevada, a bill like this is making its way through pea. same story in idaho. a republican bill has been moved back to committee. republicans in oklahoma have proposed a bill like this. republicans in hawaii have proposed a bill like this. republicans in mississippi have already passed a bill like this through the state senate and it's now on the way to the mississippi house. republicans in utah are trying to pass this measure as an amendment. republicans in oregon are trying to get it on to the ballot. republicans are trying to pass legislation like this everywhere in the country and at lightning speed. so far, at least, though, it has not yet worked. it's interesting, for a while it sort of seemed like these bills were going to p

bill: 2008.re all familiar with that. >> i had a glimpse into the uaw and what they were all about and i think workers, the great employees at volkswagen that are building outstanding vehicles understood that the uwa -- uaw was not going to be something that was constructive. bill: i have a lot to go through here. first from berlin. this is part of the works union out of the volkswagen there. on screen now. the conservatives stirred up massive antiunion sentiments. it is possible that the conclusion we draw this interference amounted to unfair labor practice. what do you think about that? >> let's describe what happened at the plant. the uaw tried to do this through card check. instead of having a secret ballot vote, they organized for two years inside the plant and tried to do so through again, through card check without giving employees a chance to vote. since we encouraged that not to occur, we ended up having an eight or nine-day quickie election but only people that were allowed to be inside

what's the bill do? well, this bill help -- will this bill help alleviate the drought? no. even if we pumped as much water as possible, farmers would still not have enough. there simply isn't enough water to go around. we're in extreme drought, the worst in the last creptry. you can look at these photographs and see the snowpack last year versus the snowpack this year. we're in bad straits and it's a drought. it's not a man-made problem. it's a drought. will this bill kill jobs? yes. the delta supports thousands of jobs in farming, fishing and tourism and has an economic output of more than $4 billion a year. this bill puts those jobs in jeopardy. will this bill harm drinking water that millions of people rely on? approximate yes. when clean water is pumped south, the level of saltwater in the delta increases. people can't drink sea water. the entire state of california is in a drought. you saw it in today's "usa today." there are towns without water. there's more towns in line to lose all the water they have. and it's not due to a lack of pumping, because of a quote-unquot

this is the conserve a bill in this farm bill. and in all the discussions of the farm bill, it too often gets overlooked. in fact, it is our nation's largest and most enduring investment in conservation on private lands, which are the majority of our lands in america. this farm bill includes an historic agreement between supporters of traditional commodities and environmental and conservation groups to link conservation compliance to crop insurance. critically important as we eliminate direct payments and ask farmers to manage their risk through crop insurance, we do not want to create unintended consequences of risk for our land and our water resources. at the start of this farm bill process, commodity groups, conservation groups were on very different sides on this issue, but they sat down together, they listened and they found common ground. and it turned out their differences weren't as great as they thought they were. in fact, mr. president, no one has a bigger stake in protecting our land and our water than our farmers. with

bill. there is another election coming in 2016. this is a sort of giveaway. you can get votes by giving taxpayer money away in an election year. give it what, 50/50 shot? bill: freebies. is this part of the argument about income inequality? is that the way the senator described it. >> it is proposed as a way to a leave eighting poverty. this fits into the income inequality format. bill: you have 11 minutes to go before fbn. stuart varney. see you soon. what do you think? should every american be given $500 at birth? send us a tweet @billhemmer and jamie colby tv. share your thoughts later in the show. >> we'll be interested to hear what folks think about that thank you very much bill. bill: the administration is stepping up the defense of obamacare but is the law waging a war on jobs? we'll look at that. >> plus looks like something you will see in the movie, "star wars." it is happening at sea. the u.s. navy and they are ready to deploy a futuristic new weapon. we'll have details. bill: mo

clearly that bill is an extremely important bill. as we've said we've made progress towards our accreditation and we continue to work hard but clearly without the financial accreditation we faces a cliff. it's gratifying to see the support from senator leno and mayor ed lee pr the mayor has lent his support in all kinds of ways and now we're going to get support in stabilization that puts us on a road to maintain accreditation immediately. i thank all of them and especially senator leno for sponsoring this bill (clapping.) well, you truly it's a pleasure to be able to stand here and tell you that city college is still open and still extraordinary and it's my goal to sustain that for generations to come. with the help that we're being given by the city i want to thank the mayor first and foremost he's been a wonderful partner and perhaps i'd like to call him my new best friend he was the second person who called me when wee i took this job. he is teaching me about how wonderful this city is. i want to thank senator leno and the state

bill is 100% right. there are fewer people starving, fewer people sleeping without a roof over their head. fewer people that are illiterate. life expectancy is generally longer. by any rational measure, things are better. that doesn't mean every place or every person and there will always be a bottom 20% and we will always redefine what that means, but to say that all of the foreign aid and the moneys that the bill and melinda gates foundation or bloomberg or lots of other generous people have invested, hasn't done anything -- that is just not true at all. we have a guy, a doctor in africa, who is trying to get numbers and find out what people are dying from. if you can't measure it, you can't manage it. we don't know. a lot of times you look at birth certificates that will say act of god. that doesn't tell you where you want to put your money to save people's lives. bill and melinda working on polio, this is the chance of really eradicating this disease like smallpox or both of us working on malaria, or

bill, world war ii.tate governments and the national government got together and made higher education available to all the people. we should learn something from that. it is the most important factor that we have in the world markets. we are still doing very well. we are number one in the nation here at the university of oklahoma of all the public universities in the national merit scholars we have on board. last year we had a rhodes scholar in our student body, a marshall scholar, a goldwater, the fulbright. the odds of that are 20,000 to one. we are holding ourselves accountable. it is very discouraging, especially for students and their families to see the state governments cut back. tour ofspan is doing a the big 12 colleges and today our bus is at the home of the university of oklahoma. aboard the bus is our guest, david boren, the first person to serve as governor of the state, a senator, and now president of the oklahoma university. you talk about state budgets and cutting back. that means that s

bill: hang in there.martha: check this out, city of lincoln nebraska tackling the winter storm had done with an emergency parking ban. 70 plows working to clear the major roadways. they have emergency vehicles, bus and school roots are being reorganized and reporting over 20 accidents on the very slick roads in nebraska. bill: who have heard this story of a lot of places in the country especially michigan facing a shortage of road salt. driving up the price as this winter goes on and on. >> just yesterday the price doubled, actually. now it is $600. bill: homeowners facing the same problem, not just michigan. talking about new jersey, new york as well. when i was a younger man, they would call me salt pile willie because out always go out to see how the stock was doing. salt pile willie. martha: we have seen sports stars, pajama boy with his cocoa, and now a new ad campaign for obamacare. ♪ martha: i don't know what to say about that. resorted to using pets. are things that bad commie have to listen to yo

this bill is not about benghazi. this veterans bill is not about iran sanctions. it is not about hillary clinton. it is about protecting the needs of our veterans. so senator burr's bill does not go anywhere near as far as we need to go in terms of veterans issues. it brings the iran sanctions issues into a debate where it should not be brought into. i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. graham: i'd ask a minute -- the presiding officer: the senator from south carolina. mr. graham: thank you. in addition to the burr amendment 2752, therer many amendments on our side of the aisle waiting in the queue to be offered. further parliamentary inquiry. is it correct that no senator is protectived to offer an amendment to this bill while the majority leader's amendments and motions are pending? the presiding officer: the senator is correct. mr. graham: okay. in addition to the burr amendment 2752, there are many amendments on our side of the aisle waiting in the queue to be offered. further parliamentary inquiry: if a motion to table the reid motion to c

this is a good part of this bill. by the way, speaking of this bill, it is a good bill. from the state of alaska, more parks and more refuges than any other state, the refuge the department allow to hunt. park service don't allow us to hunt and i'm arguing that this park and refuge areas set aside for the refuge, managers themselves and not for the people of america, let alone the people of alaska. this legislation is the right way to go. let's think about public lands, not the kings lands, not the administration lands but the land of the people. this bill is a good bill. i urge passage of this legislation. the chair: the committee will rise informally to receive a message. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the united states of the united states. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: mr. secretary. the secretary: i am directed by the president of the united states to deliver to the house of representatives a message in writing. the speaker pro tempore: the commi

speaker, what the bill does. let me give you an example that we heard in the ways and means committee about -- that prompted this, and i look forward to hearing from my colleague, mr. davis. the legislation establishes a new procedure for the i.r.s. to follow when asking questions regarding three areas -- religious, political and social beliefs. the following is the new procedure, that the i.r.s. can't ask those questions. they can't ask about religious, political or social beliefs, and there's pro exceptions. exceptions. if the i.r.s. commissioner deems a question to be important to aid in tax administration and smits to -- submits to congress that report which must include the following and be approved by a joint resolution of congress. state the specific questions that were authorized, describe the class of taxpayers who will be asked the questions and describe the circumstances surrounding the taxpayers being asked those questions. all right. so where is this coming from? what's this all about? we heard testi

it is bad for arizona. >> veto this bill! veto this bill! veto this bill!day arizona's two republican senators john mccain and jeff flake have tweeted they're hoping for a veto. but so far governor brewer says she hasn't made up her mind. >> the bill is in transmittal, and i don't have to make a decision until next friday. so i've got plenty of time. >> this decision shouldn't take governor brewer any time. it should be a no-brainer. just a few decades ago, civil rights activists staged sit-ins at lunch counters across the country to protest restaurants who refused to serve people because of the color of their skin at that time. today it's a different kind of discrimination, but it's still discrimination. joining me now is arizona state senator anna tova, democratic leader in the senate. senator, thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me, reverend. >> the entire country is looking at arizona right now. how could lawmakers there justify this kind of discrimination? >> you know, this is an extreme bill that arizona does not want or does not need. s

anti-homosexuality bill of 2009, known as kill the gays bill.rst for a sentence of life in prison just for being gay. called for a sentence of death by hanging for the death of being gay and hiv positive. could be sentenced for three years in prison for knowing somebody was gay and not reporting them to government. the kill the gays bill landed with a thud on the world stage and almost as soon as it did, the american activists who had been in uganda earlier that year urging zero tolerance for homosexuality were claiming they were shocked by this legislation, had nothing to do with it and opposed at least the capital punishment part of what was called for in the bill. we did lots of reporting on this at the time and learned that even though these american activists were trying desperately to distance themselves from the kill the gays bill when it came out, prominent ugandans aware of how the bill came to be were crediting the same americans for helping with and inspiring the legislation. one priest we spoke with said members of the ugandan parlia

both david wildstein and bill baroni asked them to cover those bills.re's been no decision announced about baroni. wildstein was eventually denied. they said in effect our policy covers you working for the port authority and we don't think what you were up to qualifies. >> strategically it's an interesting issue because it's going to be hard for them to say no to wildstein, you're on your own and protect bill baroni. if you keep cutting the guys off, there's no reason for them not to turn on everybody else involved in the issues in order to save themselves. >> there you have to consider the people making the decision, they're not discussing the rationale. they work for the port authority of new york and new jersey. they don't necessarily work for the christie administration. they don't necessarily have loyally to either of these guys or anyone but the port authority. >> ted mann, "wall street journal" transportation reporter covering the new jersey bridge scandal from the very beginning. thank you for being here. stay in touch. thanks. >>> there was the

omnibus bill. so much for regular order. madam speaker, we have a number of major time sensitive issues we should be tackling here in this congress. we should be extending unemployment benefits for the 1.6 million americans whose benefits expired on december 28 and the 72,000 more who lose them each week we fail to act. we should be raising the minimum wage to help the too many americans who work two jobs and still struggle to make ends meet. we should be finding common ground on comprehensive immigration reform to finally fibblings our broken immigration system. and we should be bringing to the floor a clean bill to raise the bt ceiling which yesterday treasury secretary lew said we'd hit by the end of the month. default on the national debt risks another downgrading of our credit rating but we are not considering any of these items today. instead we have before us another cobbled together lands bill that goes much further than just expanding hunting and fishing opportunities on public lands. it u

bill: and i'm bill hemmer.ting to tighter rules on drone strikes imposed by president obama and america's intelligence chief, james clapper, is said to update lawmakers on current and future threats to the homeland. martha: john bolton joins us now, former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. and a fox news contributor. ambassador, good to have you here this morning. >> good morning, martha. martha: a couple of things at play here, and the most important is whether or not this person poses an imminent threat to american lives overseas. what's your understanding of how, how bad this guy is and what he may be planning? >> well, i don't think it's an issue at all whether hek]xñd pon imminent threat. if we have information that an american citizen or anybody else has joined in taking up arms against the united states, he is a legitimate target in our war against terrorism, a war the obama administration doesn't like to talk about. it's not a question of whether he's an imminent threat. if he's on part of the enemy's side, h

jan brewer has vetoed this bill. this is important for arizona, it's important for the myriad of republican controlled states that are considering this legislation even right now. it's also important for her republican party and for the conservative movement which right now -- and it's a fascinating thing to watch, they have not figured out what they're going to do with their own deep divide on cultural issues broadly, but specifically on the issue of gay rights. she's got some republicans polling her from the legislature this way. some changing her mind. she's got republican u.s. senators pulling her in a different direction. the conservative media pulling her in yet another direction. what do conservatives believe on this issue. what are they evolving toward? and that relates directly to the other major news today on this same issue. which is that the great red state of texas has just joined the great nonnortheast liberal hippie states of utah, kentucky, oklahoma and virginia as states where federal judges have jus

>> i don't think there will be a bill. i think there will be a series of bills.bamacare was a lesson-learner for a lot of people. losey and durbin, the width in the senate for the democrats, are right, that they will not accept anything other than a path to citizenship, i don't think the path ash the house will pass that. i don't think the house will pass that. i think what most immigrations -- immigrants want is to come out of the shadows, raise their families -- >> you don't sound optimistic that there will be an overall bill passed at the summit this year. thef anything, i think that house will demand to series of bills. if the bills have to have a special path to citizenship, i think you will see in the house bill probably -- and i cannot predict -- but my impression is that people who involved with the so-called dreamers, they probably will get a special path to citizenship and that is awfully good all as a. -- awfully good policy. >> you have been a supporter of governor chris christie. here,from the particulars this is not going to end soon. it seems that

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but there needs to be a bill, mr. speaker. there needs to be a bill. if there's not, let's move forward with the one we have, which would pass tomorrow on the floor of the house. i am honored to yield to a leader in the fight to reform immigration, a co-chair of the new democratic coalition immigration task force, my colleague from florida, mr. garcia. mr. garcia: i thank the gentleman from colorado. there should be no question by now, immigration reform is good for america and americans want immigration reform. nearly 80% of americans agree and up to 70% of republicans support reform with a pathway to citizenship. the issue is not simpley about justice and fairness. it's about ensuring america's economic prosperity. in florida alone, legalizing all the currently undocumented immigrants would generate $1.3 billion of new tax revenue and reate 97,000 new jobs. mr. speaker, fixing our broken immigration system will help small businesses expand, foster innovation, increase productivity, raise wages, and help create thousands of jobs. comprehensive immigra

ellison: this is a bad bill. among the cfpb's many accomplishments, they have refunded more than $3 billion -- billion with a b -- to more than nine million consumers. that's good fiscal stewardship. now, the cfpb oversees industries that previously were not regulated by the federal government, including credit reporting agencies, nonbank mortgage providers, debt collection agencies and payday lenders, all of that consumer protection was in. if this bad piece of legislation were to pass. resoundingly say no on this bill. the chair: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. hensarling: mr. chairman, i'm now pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from indiana, mr. stutzman. the chair: the gentleman from indiana is recognized for one inute. mr. stutzman: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of the consumer financial protection and act. the cfpb is disgracefully unaccountable to the american people. richard cord ray and future direct dwhroferse bureau are virtually unchecked by cong

bill: martha.artha: remember the anti-muslim filmed that was once blamed for the dead did i terror attacks in benghazi is back in the news again. we will tell you why this morning. plus this. >> i have a lot of -- >> i have the right to give you back. you. >> hit me in the face. >> get off of my -- bill: we're seeing this once a week now. there is brutal attack on a bus driver caught on video. what in the world started this? martha: whoa. >> [bleep] >> get -- [bleep] [bleep] [bleep] >> get out bill: there's a man in custody after a vicious beatdown of a bus driver the violence caught on surveillance camera on board the bus. a bit after warning. some of you may find this video disturbing right here. >> get. get. whoa. [bleep] [bleep] [bleep] >> get out. >> calm down. bill: on it went. you will need more than one guy to get him off the driver. the beating followed an argument after the bus driver ordered the passenger off the bus for using profanity. they used video to i.d. the man in the state of wa

this bill repeals it. the bay delta conservation plan which my friend referenced is over if this bill passes because the premise of that plan are co-equal goalers in environment and water supply reliability and when you preempt and repeal that there's no basis for that plan to move forward at all. you better include some funding for the federal courts if this bill passes because instead of a solution, you're going to be unleashing a wave of litigation unlike anything the state of california has ever seen. it's going to hurt the san joaquin valley and every other part of the state that needs constructive solutions not a new water war. we have deference to state of california and all other states in administering our water system. that was made clear by chief justice rehnquist. the principle under the public trust doctrine as part of the california constitution and the california supreme court has made it clear that that is a bedrock of california water law. the california legislature in hat 2009 package cal

bill will scrap it. kind of running the train in reverse right now. maybe this looks like an over reaction. it seems like fox which has been celebrating these cases, now looks like they're moving the other direction. >> it's been a weird week for fox. all these horror stories gain notoriety on that network. >> they were the ones who no one knew the oregon baker. >> until they became big on fox. the horror story is much easier to sell. the solution to these horror stories are much harder to sell to the public. it's easy to talk about one or two photographers, when you talk about how you fix it, the solution is allow for businesses to say no to gay customers, it's much less sellable to people in the mission. >> this is not a problem in america, right? so the idea that you need to expand this and enshrine it into law seems ridiculous. >> thank you both, gentlemen. >> that is all in for this evening, the rachel maddow show starts right now. >> good evening, chris, thanks very much. >>> thanks to you at home

bill was about. as a result, many of the veterans -- manufacture our nation's veterans -- many of our nation's veterans must use loans to cover this difference and in the process become indebted with large school loans that will take them years to pay off. my office has heard from a number of veterans and veterans organizations about this problem. we heard from sky barkley who lived in florida prior to joining the u.s. marine corps in 2006. after serving her county, sky decided to -- country, sky decided to remain with her family in north carolina so her husband could finish serving his military obligations. less than a year later, they moved to sky's hometown in florida to transition back to civilian life and finish their college education. sky and her husband changed their residency immediately, started renting a home and ensured her car registration was up to date. however, the school they chose to attend could not consider either of these veterans as in-state students. as a result, they were forc

bill: really?ld be inexpensive way for police departments to get robots. bill: on the cheap, right? >> totally. bill: the biggest challenge, christina, is what here? >> the biggest challenge how well this would work in practice. this would work well to augment existing police strategy. you have an officer and have the robot that can act as a second pair of eyes but the challenge is going to be, making sure that it can manuever itself around and accomplish what it needs to accomplish. bill: talking about disabled veterans or injured police officers getting opportunity to go back to work? >> right. bill: i see other advantages here. do you? >> absolutely. you could do all kinds of things with this. could be a great way for people to monitor, certain parking areas or look over to areas and say, hey, this is a problem right now. you could have 24-hour guard command for different people come in and look through the camera system. bill: so long as they're not writing tickets, i think that is clever idea.

bill: all right. brave man. pay the bills. >> i try. bill: will you go.here a moment ago, and we were talking about the show coming downsideways. and when you catch that gust, i mean, you really have to duck out of the way. smart idea in new york, carry an umbrella on a day like today, because you can just shield enough snow away there your eyes so you can see where you're going. here it goes, it is here. does it last another ten hours? if it does, it could be a record storm. ow. that's brutal. see you in a moment. martha: get out of the middle of the road. you're making me nervous. [laughter] bill: see you in a minute. martha: back to bill in just a moment. >>> so despite u.s. protests, hamid karzai's government did something thought to be unthinkable, released 65 detainees that america considers to be very dangerous to us. what this could mean for our security as we try to negotiate an exit from afghanistan. this is not a good situation. >>> and it's never good to be in the hole, especially like this. dramatic images from a museum that houses vintage ca

was a battle to get the bill passed. republicans declined the invitation to the bill signing. this was a bipartisan agreement. some are calling it are marketable to see congress and the white house coming together to get something done. today, president obama to lord a technology plant that turns crops into fuel. president obama admitted the bill is imperfect. not everything either side wanted. >> it is a sign democrats and republicans were able to break the cycle of shortsighted crisis driven partisan decision-making and actually get stuff done. >> the bill was passed in the senate tuesday by a vote of 68 to 32. >> maybe we are seeing the unraveling of gridlock that has locked down this body so we cannot seem to move on the most important an elementary ideas. >> there was criticism of foreign policy. >> farmers and ranchers produce the highest quality food supply in the world. >> many objected to the custom food stamp programs. the supporters say the bill does keep in place lower milk prices. the bill includes plenty of several -- m plenty of reforms. >> the biggest share of

and that's what this bill was trying to get at. creating a little bit of a cul de sac and protection for those people for what they see as a threat from this new world order that the governor addressed tonight, anderson. >> miguel marquez, appreciate the update. want to bring in new york university professor kenji. he's been our legal guide to what's in the bill and the larger implications of it. your reaction to what the governor said. >> well, i think it was a really smart decision. she didn't wait until the very end. so i think that she had until friday i guess to veto it. i think it was good she did it early. it was fairly decisive. i think she gave dog whistles to both sides in the sense she said the family is under attack so that satisfies the religious right. then she also said i believe in nondiscrimination which satisfied the lgbt community, played it down the middle. >> before she made her ruling, you and i had a discussion with nancy barta, state senator in arizona supporter of this bill, was a supporter and remained a s

and budget bills. although things aren't looking so great for things like immigration and the debt ceiling. del, the president giving a mini state of the union there, hitting some of the high points. raising the minimum wage, put more money into education, and putting a positive spin on the jobs numbers, which by all accounts if you talk to the experts was a mixed bag today. certainly a far cry from the highs -- the double digits highs it was at the outset of the obama administration. one thing i thought was interesting in that regard. the president will always issue a caveat when he is talking about jobs numbers. i didn't hear much of that today. and he said this could be a break through year for america. so the are the is expected to announce some orders, increase exporters and facilitate that. that's what he is going to be talking about here at michigan state university, and then ultimately back to the house with. >> mike in 30 seconds of your wisdom, speaker boehner saying that the immigration bill

bill? it moves -- >> the thing is that it's strengthening so much right off the coast, so it is going to be a big storm for parts of new england. here we go again. bill: thanks, ma ya. you look good in red, maria. happy valentine's day. martha: well, there was ice on an airplane's wing, and that caused a hard landing as wisconsin's airport. the five people on the cessna all survived, but three were hospitalized with minor injuries. the impact broke the landing gear, causing the plane to skid off the runway on its belly. the city's fire rescue chief praised the pilot's skills and how they handled the plane. >> we are very fortunate that there was no fire sparks. gentleman did an excellent job keeping it where he did and making sure everybody on this plane was able to walk away like they did. >> i could hear the plane, planes go by here all the time, and it just came in really low, and it was just really low and really loud. martha: fire and rescue units were on the scene for about two hours.

bill: i am bill hemmer, good morning.he very people who would benefit the most from obamacare. low income americans living beneath the poverty line. but they are apparently victims of a gap in coverage. martha: as many as 5 million americans who make a little bit too much to get medicaid, even if it is $100 per week. but make too little to qualify for the subsidies. the writer for "the hill." good to have you here. explain to us who is falling into this cap and why. >> these are a lot of childless adults more than 20 states around the country that have chosen not to expand their medicaid programs under obamacare. this became optional for stays as a result of the supreme court's decision in the summer of 2012 and a lot of at that point a lot of people praise the supreme court because they said states should have the option to either expand this program using mostly federal dollars or refuse not to if they oppose it. now what we are realizing is a lot of people will not receive government help even though they are destitute

bill: i'm bill hemmer. martha: yes you are. welcome back, bill hemmer. great to see you.reat to be back with you, martha. documents show that high level officials knew of security risks, serious risks now, with some of these websites but went ahead and approved them anyway 4hours before the launch on october 1. -- 48 hours a top security officer writing the following. quote, the front office is signing them whether or not they are a high-risk, end quote, that from late september. martha: chris stirewalt, fox news digital politics editor and host of "power play" of course on foxnews.com of the good to have you here. >> good morning. >> it is stunning when you take a look at this. documents revealing exactly what their concerns were about these connections. let's take a look at this first one that we have here. let's pull that up. got it? there we go. cms views october 1 connections to the nine states as a risk due to the fact that their document may not be submitted completely nor reviewed by october 1. we all know of course the significance of october 1, chris. >> right.

veto this bill. i truly think that the local chamber of commerce, marriott, apple have come out against this. they know it will create an intolerant atmosphere for gay and lesbian folks in arizona and arizona should say no. >> first of all, arizona does not currently include sexual orientation as a protected category under either employment discrimination laws, so this is the status quo. this does nothing whatsoever to change the status quo of the law in arizona. >> neera, i've said i think this bill goes too far. so let's shelf that for a minute. the problem i have and what needs to be discussed in a broader sense is a slippery slope. if you follow this its logical conclusion there are some steps along the way that we could analyze. we'll run a few scenarios by you. i want you to tell me where you stand. for example, this game up in new jersey not long ago. should a baker be forced to write "happy birthday adolph f t hitl hitler" on a birthday cake? >> this is an important issue. there's nothing in

i will not vote against the bill but i certainly hope that if this bill or a similar bill moves to the senate that the majority in the house will keep the commit. s that are made to representative duckworth and the democrats on our committee to find a satisfactory resolution to the legitimate concerns that were raised. mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. farenthold: thank you and i would like to take a moment to recognize the concerns of the gentleman from virginia before yielding to the author of the bill. during the markup, representative duckworth was concerned about certain agencies, like the v.a. and the department of defense, and during the markup, we did add a provision at the minority's request that allowed the office of management and budget to implement regulations in exactly how this is going to be done. it certainly does not prohibit paid for by the army or paid for by the veterans administration, it would simply add paid for by the army at taxpayer expense

we have doctor price's bill, we have dr. coburn's bill. we have other members of the doctors' caucus and the doctors' caucus in the senate is smaller but we -- we're here to help. we want to help. we truly want to bring down the cost of health care and maintain that quality that we're so proud of. and it can be done. it can indeed be done. let me talk a little bit about the economy in regard to current law, obamacare, the patient protection and affordability act osmba macare has forced employers to cut hours and as a result part time employment has gone through the roof. it has already forced many businessings -- businesses to choose between on the one hand hiring new workers or providing health coverage. mr. speaker they just can't do both. obama, president obama always says health costs are rising at the lowest rates ever. well that should not -- that's not because -- that's not because of his bill, that's because the economy is dragging. his bill has not helped the health care industry. the costs are lower because people are not seeking

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all this over a two-page bill. just too much work for these legislators to consume a two-page bill and to come back and say, well, we mailde a mistake. that's amazing to me. alia, rau, thanks for your time. i appreciate it. two-page bill and now they're running away from it. let me tell you something, folks. let's not lose sight of the fact that the house and the senate, you know, this wasn't put together on a bar napkin. they wrote this legislation. they willingly put together a piece of legislation that was going to discriminate against arizona citizens and they got caught. that's what happened. let's bring in arizona state representative a lit ahern hern. ms. hernandez, good to have you with us tonight. >> thank you, ed. >> what are your colleagues in arizona saying about this, the way the republicans are backtracking from this? >> well, it's to be expected. when i first saw you on saturday, when you were last here in arizona, i was feeling crushed at the moment because it was the onset. it had just been voted o

but a senate bill, senate bill 377, which essentially mirrors that house bill could go to vote as early as this coming monday. it has already cleared the hurdles of the judiciary committee who looked at it and they seem to be a place in which they are potentially ready to vote. mayor kaseem reed came out earlier with statements. here is what he had to say. >> it took me some time to evolve on this issue. i was a long time supporter of civil unions but i believe in equal protection under the constitution and gay and lesbian couples should have the same rights as you and i have. >> delta airlines, the largest employer in the state, came out with the statement: if it passed into law proposals would cause significant harm to people and would result in job losses, delta's core values of mutual respect. delta strongly post office these measures and we join the business community in urging the legislators to reject these bills. opposing what state lawmakers are talking about, we'll see if 377 comes to vote this coming monday. session is out on thursday and friday as we watch what happens in ar

bill: and i'm bill hemmer. the relationship between the united states and russia going through one of the arguably roughest patches we have seen since the fall of the soviet union. tensions rising in ukraine's crimea region to, ukraine calling it a military invasion. the ousted president just an hour ago speaking from inside russia. listen. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: russia has the right to act. i think that russia has to and must act, and knowing the character of mr. putin, i'm surprised at the fact that he is still so reserveed and keeping silent. martha: just moments ago. joined now by bret baier, anchor of "special report." bret, welcome, good morning to you. >> morning, martha. martha: yanukovych, nobody knew where he was. he has surfaced and held this press conference. he says he's surprised at the silence of vad anywhere putin on this so far. what do you think about these developments? >> yeah, it was really interesting seeing the write-ups and the whole thing about the press conference.