this is the bill press show.mitt romney wins five primaries. does anybody care? say hello, everybody. i know that's cruel. he worked so hard to win those five primaries yesterday, but seriously: who cares? what do you say? hello, everybody. it is wednesday, april 25th. and here we go. our town hall of the morning to talk about the big issues of the day. we are here in our nation's capitol as always at capitol hill. full-court press, the bill press show and it is great to see you this morning. i hope things are starting off well. get ready, to dive into the big issues of the day here from our nation's capitol around the country, around the globe and get ready to hit the phones if you want to give us your point of view. we welcome hearing how these issues impact you and your family. give us a call at 866-55-press. a big line-up of guests. we will tell you all about that today. president obama on the road spending the night in bolder colorado, or thereabouts before he goes off to the university of iowa today, and he

press. >> bill. bill. bill. >> hi, mr. bill. ht by a southern alabama grandmother, give respect. i am a first-time caller. i must say to you, god bless you, sir, for the coverage you have given this horrible tragedy mr. press. >>. >> i think it deserves it t trayvon deserves it. thank you. >> if i could have a few moments. >> quickly. >> i have truly cried for america since the break of this tragic story. it is very disheartening to know that here in 2012, we are dealing with the division over the death of a child. >> kimberlin you could not have said it morel quently. i hate to can youut you off. we are right up against the clock. thank you so much. thank you for being with us every morning. >> this is the bill press show. the ted conference held here every year in southern california is an event designed to bring the brightest minds in the world together to share their most powerful, influential and creative ideas. the speakers share a common goal, making the world a better, smarter place through innovation, technology and the

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this is the "bill press show". welcome to the spin room. >> bill: 33 minutes after the hour. ppy monday, april 23rd. good to have you with us today here on the "full court press." hey, if you don't already have one, go to our web site, "bill press show."com, get your signed copy of the "the obama hate machine." the lies distortions and personal attacks on the president and who is behind them. a must-read if i must say so myself for this political season. exposing the big hate machine put together by the koch brothers. you can get it at your local bookstore or online at amazon but if you want a signed copy dedicated to you or someone else to make a gift to, let us know. we'll send it out to you signed any way you tell us at "bill press show."com. we've been talking about the john edwards trial. also the trayvon martin hearing on friday. he is now out of jail. we'll talk to cnn legal analyst avery friedman about both in just a second. first, we have to jump into the spin room. as we mentioned, there are five primaries up tomorrow, not getting a lot of attention because almost ev

i am bill press.y from the nation's capitol, around the country and around the globe. what about this for starters? the romney campaign announcing it is going to spent $1,000,000,000 this fall in trying to defeat president obama. that makes this the most expensive campaign ever in american history of course and it means mitt romney knows he can't beat barack obama on the issues so he is going to try to buy the white house like he bought the mansion in la hoja and the car elevator and those cadillacs. we will talk about campaign finance reform. one of the issues we will take he will. the latest with the current tv news update from los angeles here is jacki schechner. jacki? >> good morning, bill. prime day for gabrielle giffords. there is no challenge on the democratic side. it's going to be ron barber. he was the former district director for giffords and he has her endorsement. it's doing pretty well in raising money. he was injured in that january 8th shooting in 2011. on the republican side there ar

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this is the bill press show.on your radio and current tv >> richard trumka in studio with us yesterday got some good props from facebook from sky wolfe, neil smith, good morning, just discovered your show on current. richard trumka is right about this country needing more infrastructure projects for jobs and consider that hundreds of thousands of jobs would be created by legalizing hemp and marijuana. absolutely. and on -- >> sky wolfe. >> mostly this morning about the masters, carl says get out of here and shut your f'ing face before somebody shuts it for you. we are members and we are allowed to admit whoever we want want. all right, carl. >> this is the bill press show. ♪ ♪ >> this thursday april 5th, good to see you this morning. this is the full court press. welcome to the full-court press, your new morning show on current t.v. i am bill press, liberal and proud of it. good to have you with us today as we check from the nation's capitol, around the country and around the globe. my question first of all, this

read this book by bill press. read the obama hate machine. iving this election cycle. that's what i think is so important about this book. >> bill: you can buy it for your enemies as well. >> your enemies and friends. >> bill: eric burns is with us. katie paris from media matters is going to be joining us a little bit later as well. first -- >> announcer: this is the full-court press -- >> on this monday headlines making news. katie couric returned to morning television this morning cohosting good morning america on action -- abc. "the today show" has brought in sarah palin to cohost that program tomorrow morning. "the huffington post" reports she'll comment on the days' news through the first hour as a sidekick and host some segments in the second hour of the broadcast. palin has been of course a fox-paid contributor since leaving the 2008 presidential campaign. >> bill: now, the really fun pairing would have been to put katie couric and sarah palin on together. so katie could say now what are you reading these days? >> what country are we? >

what a great team. >> this is the bill press show. ♪ >> here we go. it is thursday april 26th. verybody. welcome to the full-court press, your new morning show here on current tv. i am bill press, liberal and proud of it and so proud of you and so happy that you have all joined us this morning as we tackle the big issues of the day, whether they are happening in our nation's capitol, around the country or around the globe. how about this? yesterday, with no fanfare, with no great big protest, connecticut ended the death penalty, abolished the death penalty becoming the 17th state plus the district of columbia to do so and the 5th state to do so in just the last couple of years. good for connecticut. how long now before all 50 states do the right thing and abolish the death penalty? >> just one of the issues we will be talking about this morning. but first, we get all of the latest, today's current tv news update here in los angeles jacki schechner. >> good morning, bill. good morning, everybody. the white house is holding a conference call at 10:00 a.m. eastern today to talk abo

this is the "bill press show." lcome to the spin room. >> bill: all right 33 minutes after the hour. friday, april 13th. lots of you want to weigh in here on this -- the republican attacks on hilary rosen. she's apologized. i don't think she should have to apologize for her comments on ann romney. all she was was telling the truth saying ann romney never had to worry about a thing in her entire life. which is true. yes, she raised five kids. a lot of people have raised kids. they didn't have it as comfortable as ann romney did. why not admit it. we'll get back to your calls in a second. first, we jump into the spin room. we're also going to get more facts in this case from think progress on exactly what mitt romney is talking about. first, into the spin room. yesterday, in the trayvon martin case, george zimmerman in court for the first time represented by his new defense attorney, mark omara who met afterwards with reporters and again pleaded for us to feel so sorry for poor georgie boy. >> he's tired. he's stresse

this is the bill press show. >> you got it. ess, the bill press show your new morning show on current tv and still your favorite morning show and your local progressive talk radio station around nation. great to see you today. thank you very much for joining us. lots going on here in our nation's capitol and in studio. we welcome a good friend of the program, a man right in the middle of it, just down the street here at the united states capitol, good senate from ohio the senator sherrod brown. >> first time on directv on the show. been on the radio. >> on current tv. >> did i say -- sorry. current tv. >> you are here. >> i know that. i apologize. bad star start. >> we are politically direct. >> i apologize. >> good to see you. lots going on and we will be joined a little bit later in this hour by faz shakir director of think progress and find out the latest going on there. senator you have a lot going on in the capitol today. i want to start out. we are political animals, of course, and there are five republican primaries today

the bill press show. show >> it is april 20th. you know what that means? it is marijuana legalization today. and we are making progress as we just learned, 14 states have already decriminalized marijuana, and 16 states now have medical mayorrijuana laws. the district of columbia is going to join them. we are making progress. soon, marijuana will be legal, and it should be. >> that's the goal. just one of the things we will talk about here in the next couple of hours together on the full-court press, but first, let's get the latest, this current tv news update out in los angeles, here she is jacki schechner. good morning, jacki. >> good morning, bill. good morning, everyone. president obama is going to welcome the wounded warrior project soldier ride to the white house this afternoon. it's the 6th year for the 4-day cycling event. it uses cycling to help injured physically emotionally injured issues unmodified road bike els and adaptives bibles free of charge. financial reports are due to the s.e.c. today

you are right about everything. >> it's the bill press show. ♪ >> happy friday. s friday april 27th. welcome, everybody, to the full-court press this friday morning. i am bill press. liberal and proud of it. good to have you with us as we take off on our daily round-up of the big news of the day from our nation capitol capitol hill washington d.c. news around the country and around the globe. here is good news on the economic front. chrysler is out with its profits and they are reporting the strongest quarter in 13 years. that, of course, is thanks to president obama for saving the u.s. auto industry and remember that mitt romney wanted america's auto makers to fail. big difference between the two on that issue. and that's just one the topics we will be talking about this morning with all of you. and taking your calls of course, first here is today's current tv news update standing buy in los angeles, jackie schechner. >> good morning everybody. trayvon martin's attorney says he misled the court about how much money he has. zimmerman has used his website to raise

. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: good morning, happy monday. it is monday, april 9. good to see you today. welcome to the "full court press." the "bill press show." your new morning show on current tv. good to be with you today as we tackle the issues here in our nation's capital, around the country and around the globe. bring you the latest and take your calls of course. here's what i want to know this morning. is a name-calling against president obama ever, ever going to stop? i mean rush limbaugh recently called him a jack ass. last week. karl rove called president obama a thug and now over the weekend senator, u.s. senator chuck grassley from iowa says president obama is just plain stupid. i mean you know, there used to be a day if you didn't like the man, at least you respected the office of the presidency. no more. not with this gang. first, let's get the latest, current tv news update. we'll go out to los angeles and say good morning to jacki schechner. jacki, take it away. >> good morning, bill. good morning everyone. april could be the

show. >> 13 minutes before the top of the hour, the bill press show. ama taking the gloves off yesterday, guns ablazing on the paul ryan budget in a speech to the associated press. he called it thinly-vailed social darwinism and tied it right around mitt romney's neck. do you think this is the right tack? call out romney. call out ryan. make sure people understand what is in that budget. make sure people understand this is where republicans have staked their claim for 2012. this is what they want to run on: gutting all social programs, gutting all programs for the poor, and for the middle class and giving huge new tax breaks to the wealthiest of americans and the big corporations. >> that's who they are. i thought the president took a great, great jump out of the gate yesterday for him. your comments welcome at 8-66-55-press. other things to bring you up to date on. first wanted to say a word about good friends of ours we have found at the outstanding, outstanding -- provide outstanding products, friends at blinds.com. if you are shopping for blinds sha

i am bill press, and welcome to the full-court press, the bill press show your new morning show on currentmorning as we come to you live from our nation's capitol with all of the big stories of the day, peter from washington, d.c. around the country and around the globe. here is what has me upset this morning. yesterday, first day of the masters, boy am i disappointed not one player walked off the course. not one player refused to play even though augusta still discriminates against women. you know what the problem is? they are only interested in the money. they don't care about the game of golf. they don't care about equal rights. it burns me up. >> that's one of the things we have got on our plate this morning. but first, let's get all of the latest news. the current tv news update. we go out to los angeles and say good morning to schechner. >> hi, bill. good morning, everyone. here is what's current, a military board is recommending dismissal and an other than honorable discharge for a marine who put anti-obama piths on facebook. he started the tea party page on the social networking an

this is the bill press show. is is outrageous! we've have no choice, we've lost our democracy here. the newest voice in cable news is on the new news network. >>it is an independent progressive voice and i love that. >>jennifer granholm joins current tv. a former two term governor. >>people like somebody who's got a spine. >>determined to find solutions... >>we need government to ensure that people have freedom. >>driven to find the truth... >>what's really going on? >>fearless, independent and above all, politically direct. ♪ ♪ this is the bill press show, live on current tv. >> the drug wars and killings violence in mexico can't entirely blame mexico. how about some of the blame on us, here, the united states is where the guns are coming from. lisa is in palhatton virginia. good morning. >> good morning to you. i was going to say we could all be out shooting each other in the streets. in virginia, that's always a chance, but they are not going to bring up gun control in an election year. >> why not? do you think

i am bill press. us today. now, we all have our biases, and i want to give you mine right up front. okay? i am a former teacher, taught high school for three years, two years in philadelphia, one year in san francisco. i happen to think that teachers and nurses i would add, have the most important jobs and do the best work in this country. so i am particularly proud to welcome here to the studio the president of the national education association, dennis van roeckel. >> good to be here this morning. >> tell us, just a quick snap snapshot: what's the state of america's schools today, public schools? pretty good shape? >> i think we have real examples of excellence all across this country. we have a real problem with equity. we have great schools and schools that argumentsen't so great. schools that meet the needs of all of the kids who come there and don't. what we have to do is finland. their school was not excellence. it was equity. we want to make sure every child has a highly qualified and trained

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bill press here. ready to serve you as well as team press peter augburn. >> peter henning. >> hi, there. >> hi, there. >> and cyprian bolling our videographer. >> i'm here. >> i think i can hear through the door. >> how many horses do you own? >> about 12. >> what kind? >> dressage horses. >> of course. >> i have stallions. >> i think they're called lipizzaner. >> that's right. >> how do you not know? >> i have so many. >> he has a special breed they're called zipperzanner. >> it is a strange conversation. one that i've never really had either. i've never had a conversation about my friends who own nascar teams. i've never had a conversation about my friends who own nfl teams. i've never had a conversation about the new car elevator i'm putting in my mansion. >> oh, darn, i was going to ask you if you had any information on that. >> i don't have information on how many cadillacs dan drives. i've never had a conversation about making $374,000 in speaking fees and not much money. and i sure as hell, mitt

author of "bay and her boys unexpected lessons i learned as a single mom," and also joining me is bill press of current tv's "full court press," and his book, "the obama hate machine," looks at who is behind the personal attacks on the president. i like to say welcome to the war roof. because look at this fabulous place. you guys are here all the time but for us it is completely inspirational. we have been talking about the pitting of right and left, and the extremes that have been happening, and bay let me go to you on that. the president was talking about an issue at the military academy, but the point is that the republicans and democrats are sort of flanking each other on issues that i think most people would want to see solutions too. >> there is no question. i find it very humorous that the president talked about for-profit schools. this is a pressing issue. what these military families want more than anything is what all americans want is jobs. and that's what president obama has failed. the policies have hurt americans, american families and certainly the military as well -- >> you k

we should all be figuring out how we can save it. >> bill press and his "full court press" can be seeny,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y, >>this is outrageous! [[vo]]cenk uygur calls out the mainstream media. >>the rest of the media seems like, "ho-hum, no big deal." we've have no choice, we've lost our democracy here. just refreshing to hear. no other television show does that. we're keeping it real. attack on women that perhaps the majority of the population woke up? >> idaho is not known as approaching act i.v. you had hundreds of women show up, thousands signed petitions. they made their voices heard. what happens is that now, the legislators are running scared. very similar laws have passed quietly in other states for the past 10 years, really in the past two years have intensified. pennsylvania a similar law was shelved, idaho this proved to be political poison. women are paying attention and having their voices heard. >> thanks for coming in. >> the aclu considers a demand that to get a job you have to let an employer open your private mail, the senate wants to make

>>bill press and stephanie miller, current's new morning news block.s and gentlemen, it's "the stephanie miller show." ♪ i'm walkin' on sunshine ♪ ♪ i'm walkin' on sunshine ♪ ♪ and it's time to feel good ♪ ♪ hey, all right now ♪ ♪ and time to feel good ♪ >> stephanie: wow, chris i'm impressed with jim. he has classed it up for television. he was actually watching a video of kristin shen worth singing. -- of kristin chenoweth singing. normally we have hot female guest on, he's doing some other kind of internet research. this hour of "the stephanie miller show" brought to you by solar world. they have been making solar panels since 1975. go to solarworld.com. wow, singing. [ applause ] >> opera or something. >> stephanie: kristin chenoweth of gcb which i guess was offensive to right wirks because it is based on a book -- >> the right-wingers say it is offensive to christians and kristin chenoweth says i'm christian. >> stephanie: she's a greasy bucket of christian. >> it was actually good christian blah. >> stephanie: wow. can we hear that again? because

we are the only help for the world. [ applause ] >> only bill press and i can save the world. >> bill, yeah. >> wall street criminals go free. >> that is true. >> he is right. can't have nice contraceptive things now. but he is right. it is largely due to republicans. it's just that -- john edwards sadly there is so levels of douche nozzle read. >> yeah, they may be getting ready to introduce evidence that elizabeth edwards knew about a lot sooner than we thought. >> you have to now be impregnating a porn star on top of your dying wife in the hospital, before people go oh, that's bad. it's political in the sense that it already started under bush which would have looked bad. [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> sarah palin is so duffy. was it on meet the press, when there are serious people discussing the subject like secret service. and then they cut to her, and she's like check this out mr. secret service you are fired. first of all you are not commander in chief. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> i noticed i'm the president and you are fired. [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> sarah palin hi

when you do so few, everyone becomes more of a tension-filled event, and bill press, reporters shouldn't treat romney any differently even though they're spending all their employer's money to fly with him around the country, and he barely does any press availability, but inevitably this is an undercurrent 6 resentiment, is it in snpt. >> i am sick and tired of all these politicians, all of them, whining about the media. give me a break. you know, first of all, i also want to say that romney has been treated poorly by the conservative employeed. joe scarborough says he doesn't know one republican that he talks to that thinks romney is going to win. now, that's not like helping his case. i mean, santorum and gingrich complain about fox. not so long ago they were on fox's payroll, and now mitt romney -- i think the truth is they all have gotten pretty fair treatment. better than they deserve in most cases. >> i would like to second that, and i have made that rant on this program as well that conservatives at least candidates whine about this way too much. they sound like victims. voters ar

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>>bill press and stephanie miller, current's new morning news block. weekdays six to noon. >> welcome to the young turks everybody. the hillary rosen controversy continues including a creepy demand for an apology. >> talk to her. i didn't hear an apology. >> oh, shut up. we'll get to that in a second. now, romney spoke at n.r.a., but remember the old days when you used to talk about his hunting days? >> i'm not a big game hunter. i've always been if you will, a rodent and rabbit hunter, small varmints if you will. >> you're a joke man. we're going to rip that apart as well. finally, defending pink slime. >> let's call this product what it is. and let pink slime because a term of the past. >> why? because they got paid! of course! we'll give you the details later on the show. it's go time. >> all right. we've got one of our fun panel shows for you today guys. look who's in the house stephanie miller from current network. >> calm down familiar. >> we're just getting started. you are making a lot of news today. we'll get back to that. of course our very o

>>d.c. columnist and four time emmy winner bill press joins current's morning news block.>i know what i'm talking about and i love it and i try to bring that to the show. >> paul ryan's budget was passed in the house on thursday, and howard glecman called it a mystery. and quote, being unfair to mystery meat. the ryan budget passed in the house 228-191 with democrats unanimously voting against it. as republicans congratulate themselves on the courage to make tough decisions most of us are left questioning which tax loopholes ryan intends to close to raise the trillions of dollars in revenue the budget promises. edit spite the complete lack of specificity, he had this to say after the vote, i quote people deserve to be spoken to like adults, not pandered to like children. they deserve solutions. they deserve specifics. i agree. the problem is this budget simply doesn't have them. joining me now former labor secretary and profession of uc berkeley and author of " "aftershock" robert recich, the premises underlying the entire paul ryan budget, if we close the loopholes, that

>>d.c. columnist and four time emmy winner bill press joins current's morning news block. try to bring that to the show. >>just refreshing to hear. no other television show does that. we're keeping it real. ♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller -- ♪ got a feeling, oh hoo, that tonight's going to be a good night, that tonight's going to be a good night, that tonight's going to be a good good night ♪ ♪ let's do it, let's do it ♪ >> do it. >> do it. >> did you spill something on yourself? >> i'll having a wet t-shirt contest all by myself. it's rick overton's fault, i am spilling coffee all over myself. >> just like i planned. >> i'm laugh-taiting. >> yes. >> due to your hill lairty. >> i'm honored and lactose tolerant. >> good morning, randy. >> last week on thursday, msnbc they reported there was a powder like substance in the secret service -- >> yes, and it turned out to be cocaine! [ dramatic music ] >> cocaine is out of your system in three days. you can snort cocaine and it is out of your system in three days? >> do we know that for a fact? >> yes. >> hum. >> and another --

chairperson chu: we have take a bill pressed from the department of recreation and parks -- we have jakob would like to reiterate the importance of the park. that was opened in 1985, i believe. there was one of our newest parks in san francisco. in years -- there is a lot of need for renovation. we need to update the park so we can open it to members of the public. open space is very important to the neighborhood because we have one of the least open spaces of any neighborhood in san francisco, but also a high- density of seniors and families and adults who like to use recreational open space in order to build the neighborhood for a healthy model long term. chairperson chu: thank you. jacob? >> thank you. this is a culmination of a five- year planning process of the community. i'm happy to answer any questions about the grant. chairperson chu:

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>>d.c. columnist and four time emmy winner bill press joins current's morning news block. and i love it and i try to bring that to the show. ♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller -- >> oh, all right. better. 34 minutes after the more. 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. wolf blitzer, linda in washington, you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> hi, stephanie, i am so happy to be talking to you today, and i love your show. i was so hurt for hilary rosen to have to sit and listen to wolf blitzer talk to her like she was a 10 year old child. >> talk about the war on women. >> that's what i was going to say. that's the kind of thing that women have to face every day when they go into work. first you have to get the job and then be browbeaten by someone who has the power. and men still have the power. >> i felt like i was back in catholic school. i just could not believe his tone. >> i couldn't. and people are trying to take everything she said out of context, rather than listening to what she really said. >> literally he was like would you like to look in th

>>bill press and stephanie miller, current's new morning news block.> don't worry, sweety i think i know how to whip up an audience, just short of a frenzy. >> it is the "stephanie miller show." welcome to it. 1-800-steph-1-2 toll free from anywhere. director extraordinary, ron paul in that chair hour number three. meanwhile. ♪ the rude pundit ♪ >> good morning, poppa. >> good morning, stephny. >> i don't know if you have heard about the troubling racial new. number broke into a road construction sign in michigan and put trayvon is an n-word. >> that's a charming use of your computer abilities. >> yeah, i know. listening to this poll about the huge racial divide in the trayvon case, it's amazing. we have this racial stuff going on in tulsa, oklahoma. what is going on rude? >> i think it's finally an eruption of the post obama election. and white people who see no future, and scapegoating where they can, and because there is a black man in the white house it's easy to remind them of who to scapegoat. >> i haven't been quick to always play the race card

>>d.c. columnist and four time emmy winner bill press joins current's morning news block. know what i'm talking about and i love it and i try to bring that to the show. ♪ >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, it's the "stephanie miller show"! ♪ i'm walking on sunshine, woe ho, i'm walking on sunshine woe, ho ♪ ♪ it's time to feel good hey, all right now ♪ ♪ it's time to feel good ♪ >> yee-haw it is the "stephanie miller show." welcome to it, 6 minutes after the hour. charlie pierce our tuesday pal coming up at the bottom of the hour. 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. i just saw on the tv the president congratulating the teacher of the year. i'm guessing this guy will not be teacher of the year. [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> virginia teacher fired for shooting blanks at kids. he has been charged with 12 felony counts of alleged i will pulling a blank filled gun on the students and firing several times. [ laughter ] >> just five days after the anniversary of the virginia tech shooting, the welding teach -- welding teachers are always a little weird. o

>>d.c. columnist and four time emmy winner bill press joins current's morning news block.now what i'm talking about and i love it and i try to bring that to the show. >> there is a belief that it is the province of shady busimen and rich folks who set up offshore bank accounts and cheat on their taxes but largely people who we have never heard of. that belief is false. basically every major technologico company every major drug maker in the u.s. relies on the off-shore world for a very significant portion of its profits. >> that's a clip from the new documentary film, "we're not broke." the film reveals how u.s. corporations have avoided paying billions of dollars in taxes by exploiting loopholes in moving money offshore profits off offshore. it's another example of potentially the little guy fighting back the film makers against big and powerful interests. so joining me from washington, d.c. are the producers of that film victoria bruce and karen hayes. thank you for joining us inside the war room. let me start with karin. why did you feel it was important to make this fi

>>d.c. columnist and four time emmy winner bill press joins current's morning news block.bring that to the show. ♪ >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, it's the "stephanie miller show"! ♪ i'm walking on sunshine woe oh i'm walking on sunshine woe oh and don't it feel good ♪ >> aha it is the "stephanie miller show." 6 minutes after the hour, the phone number toll free from anywhere to join the party. charlie pierce of esquire.com joining us in about a half hour. stephanie miller.com check it out. >> i posted a question of alan grayson sandwich. >> yeah. with me and my smoking-hot boyfriend. >> that picture shut him up. >> oh, well. crickets now crickets. >> i wonder if that picture is now dirty. >> oh, well. >> you would have to block out alan grayson. >> he may have already green screened himself into that sandwich, who knows. we could ask him if he was man enough to come on the show. >> we spent the summer in arizona now we can watch you every day on tv. [ applause ] >> yeah, isn't that something. >> i know where page arizona is. lovely town. >> a lot of places you can't h

>>bill press and stephanie miller, current's new morning news block. noon. ♪ >> up next, how romney made his millions by raiding the middle class. but first here's my view. the essence of law enforcement is looking backwards in time. unearthing past acts that violate the law. even when, indeed especially when, those acts are committed by the powerful. so it is inauspicious when the obama administration, shortly after assuming office, said of the issue of torture and so-called enhanced interrogation that they were more interested in looking forward than backwards, and, indeed, there have been no prosecutions. likewise, it seems that the absence of criminal cases against any major wall street figures or firms reflects the same focus on forward looking judgments. will a prosecution destabilize the market has been the question, not did somebody violate the laws relate together markets. again no, cases against the big players. now comes a third arena. the justice department has made such of its prosecutions under the fcpa, the foreign corrupt practices act.

>>d.c. columnist and four time emmy winner bill press joins current's morning news block.ing that to the show. the newest voice in cable news is on the new news network. >>it is an independent progressive voice and i love that. >>jennifer granholm joins current tv. a former two term governor. >>people like somebody who's got a spine. >>determined to find solutions... >>we need government to ensure that people have freedom. >>driven to find the truth... >>what's really going on? >>fearless, independent and above all, politically direct. ♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller -- >> sometimes i look cool. >> on planet douche-a-lon. >> the president was out talking about the buffet rule. jan schakowsky joining us to talk about that. good morning. >> hi, steph. i heard we're on television. i'm all dressed up. >> wait we figure out this skype thing, missy, you are going to have to get dressed up. >> uh-oh. >> let's talk about the breaking news rick santorum -- i think which have known it is going to be romney right? >> we have known it for months. but didn't we like it when rick santo

now for more of this and other topics, bill press who is host of current tv "full court press" is heren, d.c. will welcome back into the war room. >> good to be with you. thank you. >> glad to have you on. i know you have seen this video that came out today, and you heard the quote from rush limbaugh. i'm just curious what your take is on it. >> first of all, let me say, i have looked at that video several times today. i don't buy it. most importantly, we were told that trayvon martin break george zimmerman's nose. i don't see any blood on george zimmerman's clothing. still i don't. i don't see a broken nose. lacerations on the face. maybe, maybe, maybe he has got something on the back of his heed. but whatever it is it doesn't take away from the facts of this case. this kid carrying a can of ice tea and bag of skittles was shot dead by george zimmerman walking home from the 7/11. and george zimmerman who had been warned and told by the police not to get out of his truck, not to pursue him. he did anyway. he confronted him. he started some kind of confrontation, and then pulled out his

>>d.c. columnist and four time emmy winner bill press joins current's morning news block.what i'm talking about and i love it and i try to bring that to the show. >> still to come the conflict in syria is festering. what does it mean if anything, for the the elections in november. my view, i will call it the tale of two bankers. what if anything have we learned since the cataclysm of '08. we will begin with john mac took over as ceo of morgan stanley in 2005. he had a great idea. he said let's focus on derivatives and mortgages and let's leverage the bank. >> that's what he did, leverage of 32 to 1, investing deeply, heavily in derivatives and mortgages and he took home a bonus of $40 million in '06, right at the height of the bubble. then of course we know what happened: disasthe have are because his strategy was guaranteed to take us down the road to a cataclysm. what did morgan stanley do? they turned themselves into a bank holding company, technical jargon. why? so we could bail them out. they got $107 billion loan from us and $10,000,000,000 in tarp money. what has he

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>>d.c. columnist and four time emmy winner bill press joins current's morning news block. i try to bring that to the show. l up troll lop troll lup. vaccinations save lives. >>we are very committed to the safety of our products. >>but are mandatory shots doing more harm than good? >>i see children injured every day. >>the controversy has gone viral. >>how many are being sacrificed? >>see "the greater good" on current tv sunday at 4/3c. >>and while you watch, join the live chat at current.com/greatergood. >>our system is not working. >>there are always some risks. >>i don't think it's that back and white. the science is not there. >>only on current tv. ♪ >> ancient archaeological evidence indicates that -- >> announcer: stephanie miller -- . >> -- was much different before the discovery of alcohol. >> it is the "stephanie miller show" 34 minutes after the hour. hump days with sexy liberal hal sparks. >> uh-huh. >> hal sparks will be in tempe. >> yeah, and wise guys in salt lake city, sunday -- >> a hot bed of activity -- >> the mormon mafia -- >> i have carbonation for you.

>>d.c. columnist and four time emmy winner bill press joins current's morning news block. love it and i try to bring that to the show. >>this is outrageous! [[vo]]cenk uygur calls out the mainstream media. >>the rest of the media seems like, "ho-hum, no big deal." we've have no choice, we've lost our democracy here. just refreshing to hear. no other television show does that. we're keeping it real. ♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller -- stephanie miller >> you sure you won't have one more? >> thanks, but i'm a be it tipsy as it is, bad enough that i peed in your shower. bye. [ laughter ] >> oh jr. arrested development. >> uh-huh. 34 minutes after the hour. 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. will, in chicago. hey, will. >> good morning, guys. first of all i just want to point out the fact that this just goes to prove that mitt thinks he is an average guy out there, and he's not. he is part of the 1% out there, and he still acts like he is un'emmed like the rest of us. if the man wants to know what people are thinking, he would ask his help, not his wife.

>>dc columnist and four time emmy winner bill press opens current's morning news block. do our best to carry the flag from 6 to 9 every morning. >>liberal and proud of it. we're the idea nobody wants to hear. until the truth reveals itself. and there's only one place you'll find us. ♪ >> all right. we are back with a very powerful power panel in the heart of washington, d.c. we have laura bassett, and adam green, the mean green machine, cofounder of the progressive change committee. i love having you guys here. first topic everybody is unfortunately yet another buckle by the white house, caving in on -- it was proposed regulation that children should not be able to do dangerous work actual work on a farm that isn't their family farm on their own family farm they could do dangerous labor, but just not on other people's farm. it seemed like a reasonable proposal. they said, oh my god, you don't understand. and of course president obama said i give up. so bring in the panel here laura does this appear to be the 287th buckle in a row? >> it is definitely a huge buckle. and c

>>d.c. columnist and four time emmy winner bill press joins current's morning news block.hat i'm talking about and i love it and i try to bring that to the show. >> well, obviously we have a powerful panel panel. codirector of the up coming documentary "muslims are coming." it sounds very scary. >> yes, thank you. >> i can say that because i'm in the movie. and raul a "u.s.a. today" columnist. a pleasure to have you both. should president obama take bill clinton's advice. apparently it was to his campaign hey, listen stop saying that mitt romney has no core. instead say that he has a conservative core. i think that's a good question. isn't flip flopper or is he deeply conservative. as one top strategist told politico. if you're going to pin a tail on the donkey, make it the conservative tail. let me start with you, what do you think? is that the right strategy? >> i think flip flopper is more important. you can't define him. nobody knows what he stands for. i'm not even being partisan. george bush, i didn't agree with him, but he was a decider. and barack obama his campaig