i think of the seven the most likely to change his mind is bill nelson.nly state -- he represents the only state of those seven senators that voted for president obama both in 2008 and 2012 and florida has the types of voters that would be much more likely to support gay marriage. you mentioned the polling data, the evolution of the florida electorate has changed dramatically just in the last decade. so if you had to put a bet on which one of the seven is going to flip next, i would say bill nelson is a good choice. >> when we look at north dakota's heidi hide camp, she won't face voters until 2018, but the post thinks she won't flip because she believes it's a state issue. do you think the supreme court potentially will provide a lot of people cover in late june? >> it's possible, though heidi hidecamp is an interesting choice. she has publicly said she believes it's a state issue. she side-stepped the question. but because she's not going to be on a ballot until 2018, for another six years, there's a good chance that she has aa lot more wiggle room to e

florida senator and former astronaut bill nelson said this would help nasa have the capability to nudge away a after asteroid away from earth. if nudging doesn't work they could develop coaching technology. i love a plan to drag an asteroid into earth's atmosphere because nothing em bodies the spirit of american laziness like bringing space to us. [cheers and applause] because this -- this, ladies and gentlemen, is the land of convenience. you can't expect us to travel millions of miles to. dprk -- to extract media sediment, i mean "the bachelor" is on. congratulations nasa for space-ploation. i dream of a day when one small step for man is literally one step because we parked the moon outside the kennedy stais center. folks, we've lost our way as a nation. the majority of americans now support amnesty for illegal immigrants and marriage for the gays and now we've lost another moral battle. >> a pupil says most americans think marijuana should be legal. this the is first time pew has has had this result. >> times are changing, something is blowing in the wind. they say. >> stephen: ever

i mean, i really don't. >> four democratic senators, soon after bill nelson, what do we think the chances are of someone like a senator mary landrieu who is from a red state. how much of the consideration goes into the fact that the supreme court is going to come at the end of june with its rulings and the fact that these people don't want to be on the wrong side of history? >> well, listen, louisiana is a very roman catholic state and it is people take that very seriously as their religion and the church is against marriage equality. >> chief justice john roberts is a very roman catholic guy and when it comes to social justice and equality matters, the separation of the church and state. >> that's exactly right. but she has to go home and run and, again, understand the democrats have a five-seat majority. i'm not making any excuse for mary. i'm not. i know her personally. i love her to death. i wish she would change her stance but she's running for re-election in a very tough state. i'd like to see her return as a senator in 2016, 2014. >> when we look at catholics, how they feel nationa

you guys are doing great work. >> there's a reason i was plugging a little bit on bill nelson, he'll chris jansing, in the next hour. check back after the show. we'll detail some of the stranger twists and turns of that mark sanford campaign. it has been a wild week. that's it for edition. have a great weekend. bye-bye. >>> i'm meteorologist bill karins with your spring weekend forecast. there's two things going on this weekend. one is warmer temperatures, just about everywhere. the other one is some heavy rains and today they're in areas of oklahoma and arkansas. they'll be spreading is overnight tonight into the weekend into areas of tennessee, kentucky, and through the southeast. if there's one rainy spot this weekend, it's having to deal with on and off rain, it's the southeast. the rest of the country, enjoy. and do you know your... blood type? a or b positive?? have you eaten today? i had some lebanese food for lunch. i love the lebanese. i... i'm not sure. enough of the formalities... lets get started shall we? jimmy how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching t

senator bill nelson of florida said the goal is to combine the sig mining and deflecting them. >>> oneouse was recently torn down giving us a new look at the deadly disaster, and what is even scarier, the 20-foot wide hole, and thousands of sinkholes open up in florida alone, and another sinkhole growing under another family's home, and it's two feet wide in 2011 now it's threatening to get bigger. and alexandra steele is here to explain these two us. how do they form? >> there is one culprit. it's the limestone, that's the type of rock, you see grass and soil and rock. and that rock is very porous. and that rock with water can move. rain falls down, and that rain water becomes acidic, and that acidic water eats away at the limestone. think of a sponge and all the holes get bigger and bigger and bigger and that cannot support the weight of the home above it and thus the sinkhole. those pictures are hard to see and this is a clear one. this is florida, and you can see how it developed. the making of a sinkhole, where are they common? florida, of course. a lot of places in the southeast.

. >> i want to bring in senator bill nelson, democrat from florida. senator, good morning. >> good morning. >> well, i guess you can add me to the list of people who on a personal level is flying this weekend. so on that level, i'm happy, i guess, about this. but is the message from this bill that people who lost their jobs because of the sequester, kids who got kicked out of head start, seniors who won't get meals on wheels are less important than travelers who need to get to their destinations on time? >> the message is awful. we are balled up in this ideological rigidity and excessive partisanship and it's very hard to build consensus to do the common sense thing. and what you just said is the common sense thing. we shouldn't have a sequester in the first place. >> then why did everybody vote for it? >> because a year and a half ago, the government was going into default. and that's what the republican house insisted on. and last march, the government was going into default again. and that's what the republican house insisted on. and if we get out

senator bill nelson says the plan would speed up by four years in existing mission to land astronautsn an asteroid and help nasa that are understanding how to deal with asteroid heading toward earth. >> is it too early to be thinking about the weekend? >> not at all. >> planning on heading to the red cross gala in separate cisco? an umbrella will cramp my style . >> i am sorry heather let's get to --. >> it matches the outfit. >> you might not needed a few clouds out there a few light showers nothing too major this weekend it is not a washout the tracking quite a few clouds were being into the bay area in fact that the live camera and looking to the tower you can do the clouds on a cruise with clouds moving in i do pretty good rate increasing over the next few hours. life storm tracker 2 right now clouds and rain showers not here but basically up to the north here is the latest images you can see clouds to the south bay lots of overcast for the coastline moving to parts of sonoma county. here is a closer inspection not much in the way of radar coverage but still a few sprinkles out th

want to go on down the road a little bit before you come kicking down a door with a family in nelson. >> bill to do that in nelson. >> wyatt earp. again, i don't understand this. >> bill: idiotic thing to say. >> it is one thing to have gun education. but requiring everybody to buy a gun, you can just see the obviously capitalistic nature. the nra does not care about your safety. they care about you buying their product. it is pretty basic and capitalistic math. >> bill: and the gun manufacturers. >> it is obvious to me. just as a society, you would think i'm smarter than this. these people are clearly trying to get me to buy a tool that will only hurt somebody. >> bill: you know, obviously they can't get away with this. if it is worth challenging. but they can't force you to buy a car. they can't force you to buy a house. they can't force you to buy -- you know, an 80 inch flat screen tv. they just can't do it. >> i can't imagine -- what do you do there? you get into a traffic dispute next thing you know, everybody is pulling guns because everybody has to have them? that's just weird. >> bil

senator rather florida senator bill nelson had this to say about the investigation let's take a listen the f.b.i. and all law enforcement responded very well and you know this stuff about russia warned us well we inquired of russia some will times and russia didn't respond so the f.b.i. and our intelligence community was all over that. ok stephen so what do you make of this because the reports show that the u.s. intel agency of both the f.b.i. and the cia both had families are not on their radar think the tips from the russian government and both governments were communicating what else could have been done to prevent that from happening. well if the congressman think that the f.b.i. and the cia did a for an adequate job obviously we need a new f.b.i. new cia we're not safe at all i think that the problem and certainly we hear this coming from the congressman is the relationship between washington and moscow here's the basic problem. put in the criminal moscow have one narrative about what's going on in the world and washington the white house the congress have a different narrative an

the next one, bob casey from pennsylvania, then senator tom carper, bill nelson from florida. two more, one from north dakota, joe donnelly of indiana. then tim johnson of south dakota toppled. that's 12 u.s. senators in three weeks evolving in rapid succession. that doesn't mean it is all of them. there are a few holdouts among senate democrats, by a few, i mean three. mary landrieu, mark pryor, and joe manchin. and being among those three is an awkward place to be. >> i have very personal views about same-sex marriage. i believe people should love who they love and marry who they want to marry. i am a lot like other people said my views evolved. my state has a strong constitutional amendment against gay marriage and i think i have to honor that. >> personally, i am totally for people having rights but you know, i am just a senator, personally love and marry who you want to love and marry but i will actively work to deny you your rights i believe you should have. leadership. arkansas senator mark pryor tried to justify being one of the last three. he said i would put me down

florida senator bill nelson says the mission is part of president obama's new budget plan.would first catch the asteroid with a robotic spacecraft, and then tow it back towards earth. this is real. it would be placed in a stable orbit around the moon. nelson says the asteroid could be used for research, mining, developing technology for future deep space missions that would be cool, i guess. >>> millions are in the path of a spring blizzard that's on the way. jennifer delgado has the who, when, where and why from the cnn weather center in atlanta. >> why is right. everybody wants the warm weather, right now it's all in the east and and the south. the west is suffering. we have winter warnings and advisories in place for 16 states. winds will be picking up later into the evening. some of these locations, not even far away from denver, could see a foot of snowfall. it's not going start until later this evening, once we get more of that cold air wrapped in. right now mainly looking at some rain, you can see a line making its way through st. louis, that wintry mix for areas inc

senator bill nelson says the plan would speed up by four years in existing mission to land astronauts on an asteroid and help nasa that are understanding how to deal with asteroid heading toward earth. >> is it too early to be thinking about the weekend? >> not at all. >> planning on heading to the red cross gala in separate cisco? an umbrella will cramp my style . >> i am sorry heather let's get to --. >> it matches the outfit. >> you might not needed a few clouds out there a few light showers nothing too major this weekend it is not a washout the tracking quite a few clouds were being into the bay area in fact that the live camera and looking to the tower you can do the clouds on a cruise with clouds moving in i do pretty good rate increasing over the next few hours. life storm tracker 2 right now clouds and rain showers not here but basically up to the north here is the latest images you can see clouds to the south bay lots of overcast for the coastline moving to parts of sonoma county. here is a closer inspection not much in the way of radar coverage but still a few sprinkles out

then came senators mccaskill, rockefeller, tester, hagan, casey, carper, kirk, bill nelson, heitkamp, donnelly and today tim johnson. three have not backed it. louisiana's mary landrieu, arkansas' mark pryor and senator manchin. why does it seem to happen day after day after day? is it a big plus for democrats? >> it's a big plus for democrats. republicans have explaining to do because it's the party of limited government. it's the party of get government out of our life and it's also, in this case, the party of hypocrisy. because they seem to be -- >> that's what you would say if you're a democrat. yeah. go ahead. >> does your party have a problem -- the hill has plenty of gay staffers, gay republicans. there are a lot of gay republicans around. how do they stand in this position? the active people? >> i think the most interesting thing that's happened when rob portman made his decision to come out in favor of gay marriage, all these democrats immediately said, i'm with rob portman. >> what do you think that was about? >> they were worried about their constituencies back home. i thin

sergeant bill nelson was that day's shift leader and one of the first on the scene. >> now i can see that the inmate has a box cutter. pam is pleading with him not to hurt her. i try to open up a dialog of conversation, what's going on? let her go, we can work this out. he yells, get out or i'm going to kill her. >> i kept hearing him say, let her go, take me. let her go, take me. >> pam is still pleading, please don't hurt me. she's crying. and i go, hey, i'll trade with you. let her go. then you've got a sergeant. you can have me. >> he had the utility knife. i felt it scratch my cheek. >> he made a cutting motion with the blade from underneath her let ear to underneath her right ear. i saw the gaping wound open up, the blood fly, and he pushed her. what i did not realize is when he cut her, the whole world exploded through the doors behind us. >> officers flooded the sewing factory and swarmed the inmate. within seconds, kahanic was rushed to safety and the inmate secured to a transport restraint chair was taken to a segregation cell. >> and a short time later, i seen them bring p

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latest names just coming to, the senator from north dakota, heidi hide kamp, joe donnelly and bill nelsonle who haven't shift on the position, landrieu, pryor, and what holdout is for those folks. are you thinking at any point they do come around to this? >> probably the biggest consideration for the holdouts is how it may or may not impact them politically when they come up for re-election. for instance, senator mary landrieu is up for re-election in 2014. a lot of the people who have announced their support for same-sex marriage, they're all over the map. they're in red states and blue states. they were either just elected, such as senators heitkamp and do not he widonnelly, or would be portman who was the first sitting republican to come out for same-sex marriage, he is up for re-election in 2016. a lot of people who say, who criticize him for not doing so earlier for political considerations need to take into account that in 2016, the people in the state of ohio might hold him accountable for the position he's taken. >> do you think given the fact that the headlines have waned in some

. >> democratic senator bill nelson of florida is a member of the senate armed services committee. he joins us live from washington. thank you so much for joining us. i imagine that causes great concern to hear that official say kim jong-un perhaps doesn't know the off-ramp. in other words, he does not know where to stop here. >> i agree with the admiral. this is a very dangerous situation. and this young fellow is inexperienced. he is probably being teaed and toasted and told that he is god's gift to everybody. and he is going to find out, if he were to launch an offensive strike against anybody in the region, including japan, south korea, he is going to pay dearly. if he in any way harms u.s. personnel, he will pay multifold. and yet when you're dealing with somebody that is so inexperienced and so unpredictable, in a nation where he doesn't care about human life, only his comforts, then you've got a problem. that's what we're facing. >> u.n. secretary general ban-ki moon says it is very dangerous and he fears even a small incident caused by misjudgment or miscalculation may crea

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florida's bill nelson who just got re-elected, of course, reversed his opposition to same-sex marriagehe "tampa bay times" that we're all endowed by our creator are unalienable rights. we will be right back. >>> we're back. today marks 45 years since civil rights pioneer dr. martin luther king jr. was shot and killed at the lorraine hotel or motel in memphis, tennessee. back on april 4th, 1968. take a look at this photo of dr. king the day before his assassination. he was gunned down, by the way, on that same hotel balcony that very next day. i was down there. it's amazing to visit that room, in fact. the night of dr. king's assassination then-presidential candidate robert kennedy broke the news actually to a mostly african-american crowd at the airport in indianapolis where he was campaigning for president. rfk pleaded at the time to try to deal with this horrible development. >> for those of you who are black and are tempted to be filled with hatred and distrust of the injustice of such an act, against all white people, i would only say that i can also feel in my own heart the same k

one who lost to bill nelson last year in the senatorial contest. so it matters but it is not the most consequential thing. sfim come down to a candidate's skill as well as probably the most important thing, the overall political environment. republicans have a better time turning off voters in offyears. the gop to retain the house. maybe even pick up the senate. which are the democratic dynasty candidates who could help their party stave that off? >> you mentioned two of them. in democrats, being able to win the senate seats. in louisiana and in arkansas next year will be crucial their ability. up for re-election, mary landrieu, the democratic senator from louisiana, as well as mark pryor. if one or both are able to win come november, 2014, odds are democrats will probably hold on to control the u.s. senate. and going to your point, the landrieu name is a very famous name in louisiana. it is very similar to being a kennedy in massachusetts. that has helped her family win contests in that state. she is hoping that is one thing that can help her bein

senator bill nelson, a former astronaut and chairman of the senate science and space subcommittee, sayst-up money will be included in president obama's budget which comes out this week. that will be used to capture a 500-ton, 25-foot asteroid in 2019. that's the goal anyway. with a space capsule. that's how they want to do 0 it, and they want to put astronauts on the rock. it's also considered a key stepping stone to mars and its moons. for anyone who has ever wished chocolate was a diet food, well, some good news. you're halfway there. researchers from the university of warrick say they've found a way to cut the fat in chocolate in half by injeblgting it with fruit juice. most dark chocolate has about 13 grams of fat. the texture of this healthier chocolate is supposedly the same and so is the taste. researchers hope the food industry will follow their lead to create healthier chocolate treats. next in our sports lead, just a day with the guys for the former secretary of state. condoleezza rice hits the links sporting a look most men would kill for. more than two years ago, the people

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senator rather florida senator bill nelson had this to say about the investigation let's take a listen yes and our law enforcement responded very well and you know this stuff about russia warned us well we inquired of russia some more times and russia didn't respond so i and our intelligence community was all over that ok stephen so what do you make of this because the reports show that the u.s. intel agencies have both the f.b.i. and the cia both had hammarlund or knives on their radar thanks to tips from the russian government and both governments were communicating what else could have been done to prevent that from happening. well if the congressman think that the f.b.i. and the cia did a for an adequate job obviously we need a new f.b.i. new cia we're not safe at all i think that the problem and certainly really here this coming from the congressman is the relationship between washington and moscow here's the basic problem. i put in the criminal moscow had one narrative about what's going on in the world and washington the white house the congress have a different narrative and th

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glen from "politico" the top of the next hour, and one of the things we'll be talking about is bill nelsonalways flipped on same-sex marriage, and he has -- the latest member of the senate to now support marriage equality. that leaves six democrats who still oppose. got to keep the pressure on them. hey, we have been talking about the marijuana -- legalization of marijuana. glenda says oh great, just reading that my creep governor indiana has signed a bill increasing punishment on marijuana charges. and robert says talk about poverty, the sequester and cutting benefits reminds me of reminiscing with a black man about christmas parades, he said that santa claus was always out of candy by the time he got to his end of the street. that's a good way to put it. [♪ theme music ♪] >> bill: my fellow americans good morning good morning! it is friday morning april 5th, great to see you this morning, thank you for joining us and welcome to the "full court press," coming to you live all the way across this great land of ours from washington, d.c. our nation's capitol and our studio on capitol hill ri

florida senator bill nelson has joined a recent wave of democratic senators announcing their supportosition, saying civil liberties for one must pertain to all. and nearly two dozen massachusetts middle schoolers went hungry at lunch this week because they didn't have enough money on their lunch debit card. the students were told to throw away their food because of negative balances. >>> and lance armstrong's quest to take on swimming is floundering. he was registered to compete at a swimming championship in texas, but the governing body of swimming ruled he is nibble to take part. >>> and take a look at this. >> you want a kiss. >> oh! >> oh, no, that is so cold. prince william, his kiss dissed by a 4-year-old, no less. the royal had been greeting well-wishers with his wife katherine in scotland but the little girl was having none of it. >>> we told you earlier that president obama is getting ready to unveil a new budget proposal next week. sources say it will propose changes to medicare, and that could save millions of dollars over ten years. it also asks for some new tax hikes. jo

bill: nelson is about 50 miles north of atlanta in northern georgia. mandatory gun law does not apply to convicted felons and those with certain physical and mental disabilities. martha: new details that are just coming in from warrants in the indicates of the texas district attorney and his wife who were tpwupbd down in their own home over the weekend. it shows that they were shot a number of times. there were casings that were found near their bodies that are being only hraoeuzed as part of -- analyzed as part of this investigation trying to figure out who did this to them. there is new focus on security for prosecutors and other courthouse employees in the wake of this. others in the same line of work are raising concerns about the danger that comes with this job. and i'm very glad to be joined now by doug lowe, anderson county district attorney, not far from kaufman county where this happened. and, sir, thank you for being here, and our sympathies are with you. the mcclellans were friend of yours. >> yes, he was a friend of mine. i'm mourning the l

tom carper did on april 2nd, bill nelson on april 4th, two more on april 5th.akota's tim johnson switching on april 8th, that meant that in just 16 days one quarter of all united states senate democrats had dropped their opposition to the right of all americans to marry regardless of gender leaving just three senate democrats who still oppose equal status under the law for gay couples. it's not just gay marriage equality where a progressive politics are insurgent. after 19 years of virtually unbroken indifference to gun control, even in the face of multiple mass shootings, democrats this week picked up just enough republican support in the senate to kill a filibuster and open debate on expanded background checks and stricter penalties for gun traffickers. even george w. bush couldn't get republicans ta pass immigration reform. the bipartisan senate gang of eight is soon expected to release an immigration blueprint that will include a path to citizenship. cultural issue, it's clear the democratic party has embraced an aggressively liberal posture. but now look a

bill nelson says he is not going to run for governor.t earlier this week but now he claims he has his hands full and has no intention of trying to challenge currently wildly unpopular rick scott, however, charlie crist charlie chris is planning to run against scott and he will do so as a democrat. there is a joint hearing this morning entitled islamic extremist in chechnya. no one from the administration is scheduled to attend but speakers include academic experts on islamic extremism in the region. russian security services warned the fbi and cia about tamerlan tsarnaev, saying he was a follower of radical islam and planned to travel to meet with groups in the region. the fbi said it did its due diligence, and found nothing. it says that hindsight now is 20/20. we'll be back with more show after the break. you are going to want to stick ash. we'll see you on the other side. honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm goin

i am very happy that my senior senator bill nelson came out and endorsed gay marriage yesterday.has changed so much, wolf, that i remember when coming out used to refer to a gay person coming out of the closet. nowadays coming out refers to a politician or public figure coming out and endorsing and in support of gay marriage. if you notice, what we haven't seen, in the last few weeks and months, is anybody speaking that ugly tone and the hostile rhetoric against homosexuality. i mean, in an elected office. >> it takes leadership. >> and i think that in itself is great progress. we haven't heard senators or congress people speaking harshly against gay marriage. if they're not for it, they're mostly silent. >> a lot of evolution going on right now. >> absolutely. >> all right. thanks very much. >>> coming up here in "the situation room" hillary clinton gets treated like a rock star or like a presidential candidate. is she back in the spotlight to stay? texas governor rick perry talks to me about guns, immigration, and a whole lot more. grated sec, we consider ourselves business opt

senator ben nelson of florida, former astronaut himself, is -- >> alisyn: bill nelson. >> clayton: did the moon. therefore, we can land on the asteroid, investigate it, make sure we don't get hit by future asteroids and then potentially mine the astroid more minerals. >> tucker: is this wonder woman's las? >> clayton: magic laso and use an invisible jet and call her am zonian friends to help. >> alisyn: you said national fiber? is that because it looks like a tubous root? looks like a baked potato? is that why you thought of the american fiber? >> wendy's baked potato to outer space. >> alisyn: combining two talking points. fast food and asteroids. delicious together. >> look, i get the idea of wanting to find out what the makeup of an asteroid is and perhaps see if it's a potential disaster waiting to happen. >> just go to russia. the landscape is littered with asteroids, right? >> alisyn: there it is. that's it. that's what happens. part of the thinking is if they studied and lasoed the asteroid they wouldn't come crashing to earth like they did last month. >> we can't even control t

senator bill nelson of florida chairs this 90-minute hearing. >> good afternoon. welcome to the second hearing of the subcommittee. , and, today, we're going to focus on the challenges and the opportunities for human space exploration. we want to get back in that business. it's vital to our space program. it's vital to the ions community. it pushes america's best and brightest to the limits of their creativity and all of us on earth benefit from it. the allure of exploration keeps our students in science, technology, engineers, mathematics, just look what the apolo program did creating a whole generation of young scientists and engineers and mat ma tigses. it generates basic research in other high technology areas, so in the authorization bill, we required nasas, quote, to expand human presence below lower earth orbit, end of quote, calling on the agency to explore beyond leo for the first time since the 1972 apollo 17 mission. under the guidance of that authorization bill, nasa has been working with the nation's space industry to sustain a human presence on board

bill. (applause) >> all right. last but not least, my personal favorite. jennifer nelson began working with me four years ago and through some downturns in the economy ended up having to leave and take a different job, was making pretty darn good money. and a year ago december jennifer approached me and said, i hate my job. she says, but i loved the nonprofit. so, jennifer. [laughter] >> please come up. (applause) >> this wouldedthctionv have happened without her. and phoenix is going to be 2013 or 2014 graffiti international. thank you, graffiti fighters. (applause) >> it's cocktail time. [laughter] ... (music) >> herb theatre,open rehearsal. listen to the rehearsal. i think it is fun for them, they see our work process, our discussions, the decisions we make. it is good for us. we kind of behavior little bit when we have people in the audience. msk (music) >> we are rehearsing for our most expensive tour; plus two concerts here. we are proud that the growth of the orchestra, and how it is expanded and it is being accepted. my ambition when i came on as music director he

it is nice the two of you snuck off to the teacher's lounge earlier to celebrate willie nelson's birthday. >> bill being. a great individual. such a -- so many great songs. >> i loved him in "wag the dog". >> holy cow. that's right. >> bill: i love the stories about his bus and the cops walk on to his bus. you talk about secondhand smoke man. he keeps this great big -- what do we call them? >> barrel. wheelbarrow? >> bongs? >> bill: yeah. >> what do we call them? i think you call that every morning. >> bill: on his desk. makes no bones about it. willie. we love ya. julie mason is here as a "friend of bill" the entire hour. we'll be joined by will dobson from slate later. we've got a lot of ground to cover. we'll get right to it but first dan? big stories of the day. >> other headlines making news on this tuesday. jason collins is credited for his college roommate for motivating him to come out. his stanford roommate, now democratic congressman joe kennedy's participation in the boston gay pride parade last year motivated him to start thinking about coming out. collins wrote he was angry at the tim

that the georgia town only has one police officer the bill will likely not be enforced as it is more symbolic in nature than anything else on nelson isn't alone springs city utah passed a resolution in february that recommended its residents keep firearms and last month the official from the town of byron may propose a similar measure that would require guns in homes but it was shot down by all fifty of its voters so it seems that the themes linking these pro-gun towns out there are small practically rate of crime and many residents all of ready carry guns. well it's no great surprise when a public official turns private these days but it's usually gets people's blood boiling when there is a link to the two thousand a financial crisis the residents lori harshness gives us a glimpse out one official making the trip through the revolving door between wall street and washington. i have a little story about a revolving door so wall street executives almost destroyed the american economy right they created a horrible financial products that were basically designed to make money off of people losing their houses and pension these guys r

the environmentalist and writer bill mckibben narrates this short film by my friend and colleague, peter nelson. >> let's think about bees in a hive. they go out every day when the temperature is high enough. there're not like other farm animals. they're this weird wonderful cross between wild and domestic. and they head out into the open world, and they come back as it were, with reports about that world, you know, what it's like miles away. so one little bee yard some place is a kind of hub for understanding whole huge swath of territory. understanding whether it's been farmed well, or treated as kind of a monoculture. whether it's being saturated in pesticides or whether it's producing a wide beautiful variety of flowers of all kinds. there're sort of accomplices in figuring how healthy and together our landscapes really are. one of the reasons i like being out with bees is that you do sort of slow down and enter their world a little bit. i think they're quite beautiful, i like watching -- i confess -- i like watching in early spring the first few days of bees coming back with pollen and jus