the white house instead plans to send a delegation that includes tennis great billie jean king, who's openly gay. >> stephen: actually i think they mean tennis great billie jean qhing is formerly gay. because she was on my show last year and i flipped the script. (laughter) >> you look good, steven. >> thank you very much. you were watch megabackstage. >> i've been watching you quite a bit every place. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: that's right. five minute on my show and billy jean king wanted to snap into me like a slim jim. are (cheers and applause) i'm like -- folks, i'm like a big straight magnet that erases any gay hard drive i'm put next to. when we return, i'll be put next to tennis legend and u.s. olympic dele  >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. thank you so much. nation, if you were watching the show-- and i hope that you were-- right before the commercial break i reported that in response to anti-gay laws in russia president obama is sending an olympic delegation which includes gay tennis legend billie jean king and figure skater brian boitano who just two days afte

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delegation to sochi, legendary tennis player, billie jean king.e just ask you, what kind of reception do you expect, it's been pretty dicey for sometimes for gay people in russia. will you feel safe going there? >> i will be alert, that is for sure. but i have been going to russia since 1962 and i can't tell you the people are fantastic there. they're very hospitable, very welcoming, they have been nothing but very kind to me. i hope it will continue just like that. i went as an 18-year-old. it's been quite an amazing journey going to russia off and on through the last few decades. >> schieffer: if there are demonstrations, if there are parades, if any of the athletes decide to express support for the gay community, will you take part in any of that? >> i'm not so sure we can. i think the athletes if they're asked questions by the media can answer it any way they see fit. the thing that cannot do according to rule 50 is to demonstrate a protest because they could have their medals taken away and be sent home. i think if the media asks an athlete a

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the president named billie jean king to the u.s. delegation.opefully a watershed moment because of the gay rights and for the lgbt community, bringing it to the forefront. it's the civil rights issue of the 21st century. i'm proud to be openly gay. for me personally, if i were still young enough to be going to the olympics to perform, this would give me such high incentive, i would be crazed. i would be like, let's go. >> what would you say to putin? >> to putin? >> yes. >> please change this law. just be inclusive. champion everyone. >> translator: the russian people have their own cultural code. their own tradition. we don't interfere, don't stick our noses in their life, and we ask that our traditions and culture are treated with the same respect. >> his position keeps sports and politics separate. and when pressed, putin pushes back. >> translator: russia does not criminally prosecute people for being gay, unlike in over one-third of the world's nations. 70 of the world's nations consider homosexual behave a crime. seven out of the 70 use c

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he joins tennis legend billie jean king and two-time u.s.ockey olympic medalist caitlin cahow. >> let's talk about what it means to represent our country on the delegation and how important that was for you to get a phone call like that. >> i was honored. when the white house first contacted me to be on the delegation i thought this is a great opportunity. i love representing my country. i always have. i've been to three olympic games and represented them and now i feel like i'm going to represent them in the delegation. >> meanwhile, politics meets the personal life of you. caitlin cahow and billie jean king were already out prior to being on the delegation and there might be others who might be in the closet. we don't know and you decided that you would stake your claim within the lgbt community. why make that declaration now because you've been a private guy all long. >> this was about the message of tolerance and it inspired me and i knew standing next to billie jean and caitlin i had to reveal the private side of my life. i didn't want

jackson, magic johnson, nbc's al roker, and billie jean king. the president's birthday speech was said to be the highlight of the evening. the party went on until 2:00 am. >>> up next, they're back on the ice. the return of the jamaican bobsled team. >>> finally tonight, the upcoming olympic games will feature a comeback for a team that seems to be everyone's favorite underdogs. they come from a place that's better known for sand and surf than snow and ice. but the jamaican bobsled team is now qualified to race in sochi. >> look at the turn. world record! >> it's home to some of the world's fastest men and women on two feet, but while jamaica has plenty of places to run, what it doesn't have is ice. which is what makes the story of the jamaican bobsled team as improbable as it is endearing. and now, after failing to qualify for the last two olympics, the jamaicans are heading back to the games. >> knowing for a fact we're still alive, the jamaican bobsled team is still alive. >> 47-year-old olympic veteran and captain, winston watts, who came ou

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could it be who somebody thanks on the microphones from the medal stands, could it be billy jean kings part of the delegation from the united states that will be there saying something or doing something? could it be something that happens off the athletic field because there are several marches that have been plan forked sochi by lgbt activists and allies. we do not know, but thing i can say is this will probably be the dominant narrative from those games. >> let's talk about the world cup, the other big sporting event. do you think brazil with all of the problems it's been having and a lot of protests down there, will it be able to put on a successful tournament? >> it will put on a successful tournament. no doubt about it. if there is one thing that brazil can do better than any country on earth it's to be able to throw a national party. the question is how mill terrized will the country have to get to do it? already i have done research and started writing about the security preparations, wow . it will be wild. exclusion areas around the stadium. drones flying overhead. cameras ev

we'll see you soon. >> now we'll turn to another woman who has inspired many, billie jean king, one ofhi in just 28 days. billie jean, nice to see you. how are you? >> great. how are you? >> i'm doing fine. i want to talk about what some are calling the statement that is being made by this delegation. i'd like to start and ask you about safety. are you worried? >> i was originally but i'm not now because i know they're going to have security, fbi, state department security, different security. you got to go for it anyway. you can't keep those types of things coming into your head. you have to go for it and go. >> but as an athlete, are you worried to secure these games they're going to have to make it look more like a military exercise than a spectacular athletic event? >> i think when it all gets down to it, it's first and foremost about the athletes. i was thinking about this this morning. i was trying to go way back when i was one of those athletes and how many years of discipline and how hard they work every day. this could be their one moment in time. first represent our country a

olympic delegation, tennis great billy jean king and 1988 gold medalist brian boitana what could they expect. plus analysis on all of this from peg knee noonan of the wall street journal, legendary "washington post" reporter bob woodward, conservative william chris tall of the weekly standard and former white house chief of staff now cbs contributor william daly. 60 years of news because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs >> schieffer: good morning again as you probably know by now there has been another mall shooting yesterday, a 19-year-old police have now identified as darion marcus aguilar of college park, maryland, took a shotgun and two homemade explosive devices in to a suburban mall in maryland, shot and killed two people then apparently turned the gun on himself. plus there is a new threat against the sochi olympics that is surfaced this morning from the same group that claimed responsibility for the bombings in volgograd, rusha those killed at least 34 people. for latest on both of these stories going to the chairman of the house homeland security committ

billy jean great and skater brian boitano. >> reporter: there are nine ambassadors who will represent the united states in sochi, and you have heard maybe of billy jean king and brian boit the -- boitano. >> and i am only there when i am feeling sassy. make sure that gets in. >> okay. i will. >> reporter: as a member of the tremendously successful women's ice skating team, she led the team to the bronze in vancouver, and though there is not a shot for her in sochi, the 28-year-old will be there cheering for the women. >> i sit there on the couch and twitch every single move watching nhl, and so watching the teammates and the jersey, and it is all going to be a challenge, but it is a great challenge, because i live in a country where women grow up with the opportunity to play sports and women grow up with the dreams that they can be in the olympics, and i was one of those women. >> reporter: and so for these games the brantford, connecticut, native chosen ambassador partly because she is openly gay, and the declaration by the united states and specifically president obama in the face of the anti-gay platform of russia. >> i cannot think of a better way to

openly gay athlete billie jean king the tennis player, a signal from the u.s. about how it feels about the anti-gay laws that were passed not long ago in russia. >> our thanks olisa stark. and now to more olympic coverage and a conversation with one of the all time olympic greats. john henry smith. >> it was a fascinating interview, jacki jackie joyner r kerrsee. >> called the triple play, the game plan for the mind, body and soul, coca-cola company is the sponsor and we had over 200 families to enter into the contest and now it's down to five and they're going to be in los angeles and the winning family will have an opportunity to go to the olympic training center in colorado springs, colorado. >> let's get to the upcoming olympics and i tell you the olympics already are controversial. they haven't even started yet, partly because of the russian government stance on the lgbt community and also partly because there are concerns about safety. the state department has put out a message saying that americans should watch themselves over there. did you ever feel un

i was very affected by billie jean king. there was a match that i watched and shirley, my mother took me to see her when she ran for president in 72. i heard her speak at deutsch university and was very much aware that a black woman was running for president and i was frustrated i couldn't vote yet. later on, i was very impressed by the emerging voices of rita mae brown, but i had an interest in what was going on global e in terms of women who had been insiders in the holocaust and then the memoirs that wrote about the struggle for women to tell their stories and a female voice and i majored in jewish history as an undergrad and went to israel for a year so kind as all over the place in terms of survivors and those unafraid to speak and those who were able to use the word. >> host: contemporary who were some of your heroes? >> guest: well i'm thinking who do i have up on the wall in my office. donald, who is my office mate at georgetown, certainly i admired her struggle. i'm very and pressed by the women who have broken thro

delegation for the opening ceremonies, it includes openly gay athletes billie jean king, tennis playeris is a signal from the u.s. about how it feels about the anti-gay laws that were passed not long ago in russia. >> lisa stark reporting. let's continue the discussion about security now. john henry smith spoke about security in sochi with one of the most famous olympians ever, what did she have to say? 7. >> she had some interesting remarks. there is no better place to talk with to get the athletes' perspective on any part of the olympic experience than one of the greatest competitors ever. she's six-time olympic medal winner and three-time gold medal winner. i spoke with the great jackie joyner-kersee, and asked her in light of the sochi security concerns, if she was ever concerned about safety an at olympic event. >> you were aware that there was a possibility that something could happen. nobody can ever perfect what happened in munich. so you're always very aware, but the olympic committee and international olympic committee would do their best to protect us. they wanted us to focu

could it be billie jean king part of the delegation from the united states that will be there saying something or doing something? could it be something that happens off the athletic field, several marches at sochi by activists? >> let's talk about the world cup, do you think brazil with all the problems it's been having and the protests down there will it be able to put on a successful tournament? >> it will put on a successful tournament, no doubt about it, if there's something brazil can do is be able to put on a successful party. how militarized will the country have to be? the security preparations wow, it's going to be wild. there are going to be seclusion zones around the stadium, there's going to be unarmed drones flying overhead, cameras everywhere you look. so i do think there will be protests in brazil. the question is, how long will they last before they're swooped up and entirely put somewhere else. >> 2013 gave us one of the biggest scandals, concussions, where will the story go in 2014? >> the story is going to be largely squelched because the nfl was able to many many

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. >> you know, the other people that were named to the delegation, billie jean king, caitlin cahow, bothy. and i read the message president obama was planning on sending with the delegation, that of tolerance and diversity. and i was like, wow, i believe in this message, but i knew at that point, i think i need to make a decision. i can stay the private guy that i've always been, or i can stand with these other people and be open about my private life and i decided to make the statement. >> there are some in the gay community, some not in the gay community, who believe there should be a boycott of the olympics, or that treats should carry a rainbow flag or a pin or make some sort of a statement. where do you come out on this? >> we should not have boycotted. athletes spend their entire life dreaming about representing our countries in the olympics, they put in a lot of work. i think there's their job, when they go to the olympics, they are there to represent our country and fulfill their dream. i mean, that's their dream. and also do the best job that they can and represent our country i

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he's the figure skater who's joining billie jean king in russia where they are protesting the treatmentf gays. >>> and whether you drink like a democrat or republican, you are what you drink at least politically. this is "hardball," the place for politics. ♪ we're gonna be late. ♪ ♪ ♪ oh are we early? [ male announcer ] commute your way with the bold, all-new nissan rogue. ♪ >>> here the good news for president obama's poll numbers. they can only get better. the president starts 2014 with his approval rating upside down. according to "huffington post"'s pollster trend line, just 41% approve of mr. obama's job performance versus 54% who disapprove. now, that's basically a complete reversal from a year ago shortly after the election when the president enjoyed a healthy positive rating. the two lines crossed in may and they haven't come close since. we'll be right back. she keeps you on your toes. you wouldn't have it any other way. but your erectile dysfunction - it could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be

. >> got to love billie jean king. the only kind of white dusting new orleans is used to seeing is the powdered sugar sprinkled on -- you didn't think i was going to say that. >> i lived there. i know what he's talking about. they're awesome. >> is that it? >> just the binets. i digress. >> the reason we're talking about it, there is a whole lot of other cities in the south that rarely get things called ice and snow. and guess what, they are bracing for a huge winter storm. >> that's right. people from texas to georgia, they're in the path of this winter blast. 140 million people under some kind of winter advisory or warning now. a lot of schools are out, nearly 3,000 flights have already been cancelled. and then you've got power companies preparing for those outages. >> unbelievable. chad myers is in new orleans. that's why i didn't see you here, when i came in today. governor jindal doesn't want anyone out driving. this is a place we think atlanta is bad when there is a whiff of snow. but you just don't see it there,

ceremonies, and you look at some of the others, including famous gay and lesbian athletes in america, billy jean king, brian boy -- boitano as well. what would you like president putin to hear through all this? >> i think what we would like to do is demonstrate that the united states is a very free and open and tolerant society. i'm going to represent my country to support our team, and, you know, partially to represent the university of california, which is the largest public research university in the world. >> and positiliticizing the gamn this way, does it take attention away from the athletes that you said is so important, by making -- even if it's a subtle statement, everybody gets it. >> there have always been politics, at least in my memory, there have always been some politics surrounding the games, particularly in the weeks in the immediate lead-up. once the athletes start going down the runs and doing the skating and the first women's team ever to be ski jumping, the attention will turn. but in the meantime, yes, everybody will be conscious of security and making sure that athletes and spe

he's sending billie jean king.he big news for the team? do you think they'll continue the big record-setting streak that they did in 2010 in vancouver? >> let's go through the numbers again. the american team, the team itself won 37 medals overall. that topped the medals count. so the u.s. ski team won 21 of those medals. the united states olympic committee is not in the habit anymore of making medals predictions, but what's important to know is that the international olympic committee made a big decision in 2011. in vancouver, there are 24 free ski and snowboard medals opportunities. in sochi, there were going to be 48. the united states is very good at these action sports opportunities. so names like nick geper and david wise and maddie bowman, they're going to be big, big, big stars in just a few more days. >> lindsey vonn is a big name. she's not going to be competing because of injury. do you think this is the end of seeing her in the olympics and will our ski team be good without her? >> her career is going t

sending billy jean king to the delegation concentrate tensions on the russian side. it's about very specifically the anti-homosexual laws that russia has. it's not u.s. saying you have to do this and that, it's sending a very strong symbolic message that this is something that we care about and we disapprove the way russia handled the issues. host: jeffrey mankoff happy new year. coming up tomorrow, we will talk about immigration policy. with you heard our previous guest reference that. that will take place at 7:45 tomorrow. also on the program tomorrow author chris adellison will talk about the rule of law. we'll talk about lobbying that took place in 2013. we'll answer your question about that. we'll take a look at the paper and take your phone calls and tweets as well as "washington journal" come your way tomorrow at 7:00. see you then.

the guest will be billy jean king.other guests republican congressman, michael mccall and senator ted cruz of texas and new york democratic senator chuck schumer. >>> a judge ordered a hospital to disconnect a woman from life support. they argue they had a legal obligation to keep the unborn baby alive. anna warner reports. >> this is the decision we sought. there's nothing happy about today. this is a sad situation all the way around. we are relieved that eric munoz can now bury his wife. she was 14 weeks pregnant when her husband eric found her unconscious in their kitchen on november 26th. two days later, the 33-year-old was declared brain dead by doctors at john peter smith hospital. her family wanted to disconnect the breathing machine. the hospital refuses citing a 1999 state law, it says a person may not withdraw or with hold life sustaining treatment from a pregnant patient. larry thompson the lawyer representing the hospital says it believes the statute was enacted to protect the life of the child. a munoz fam

paul mccartney, bill and hillary clinton, billie jean king, magic johnson. a real who's who.w. >> they seem so very much in love. yes. so happy birthday, first, lady. >>> also in "pop news" this morning the 20th screen actors build awards saturday night. so many great moments from the big winners. this is the award show that all the actors all really, really love, and this cast, especially "american hustle" taking home top honors, outstanding performance by a cast. also, "modern family," "breaking bad," matthew mcconaughey as george said, cate blanchett, jared leto, big winners of the night, but our favorite moment came from lupita nyong'o, the new "it" girl, she took home the actor for best supporting actress, and she thanked her family for keeping it real. take a look. >> my dad, i called him, he was the first person i called when i got this role. and i said to him, daddy, do you know brad pitt? i'm going to be in a movie with him, and he said, i don't know him personally, but i'm glad you got a job. >> she is fantastic. >> it's amazing. so thrilled you're working. so glad