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find us at bpshow.ne other quick comment to throw in from gary who says unfortunately bradley is going to get what he has coming for standing up to the only folks in the world who allows secrets, the united states government. >> bill: what do i know today -- what do we know today thanks to bradley manning or as a result of his leaks? what do we know today that we should not know? what was in those documents that we do not have a right to know. i ask that about bradley manning and about edward snowden. and i have not heard -- i don't know about you. i really follow this stuff. it is my life, right? i've not heard one thing, maybe stuff that we're not proud of. but i haven't heard one thing that's really dangerous to our national security. that's the difference. you know, you can define national security so broadly that anything we do that's not really on the up and up, right, we just define it national security then nobody ever knows about it. pretty convenient way. dale is out in roseville, california.

also on twitter at bpshow. >> bill: he didn't break laws. i'm not sure. >> on twitter at bpshow. donna says i'm no weiner fan but you all need to leave the man alone. let new york decide. if his wife is okay with what he did, the citizens might be as well. juliet robinson disagrees said he has already addressed these issues. his wife has forgiven him. time to move on. and karen says i say he should quit politics and work for oscar mayer. >> bill: he did. he drove the wiener mobile at one time. >> bet he's regretting that. at bpshow on twitter is where you can follow us. >> bill: look, again, i'm a very forgiving person, okay, the first time around, i was one of the first people in anthony weiner's corner saying yes, he should run for mayor and i would vote for him and yes, i thought he was going to win. i took him at his word that he was focusing on more important things in his life and he had grown up. this is adolescent behavior and we expect more i think from somebody who's going to lead the number one city in this country. there are some other things going on. we want to brin

>> we're at bpshow on twitter at bpshow.as replicated two movies in a short period of time. first it was catch me if you can and now it's the terminal. the tom hanks movie about the guy who lived inside the airport. both tom hanks movies by the way miller says do you ever get the feeling bill press wouldn't be happy until all of our secrets are revealed and other nations are dee feeting the united states. upset with the fact that you think that snowden did -- >> bill: just the opposite. i would like to keep my secrets. i don't want the government prying into my secrets. that's part of the problem. i also want -- don't want the government lying to me, jennifer and so james clapper, the head of the nsa goes in front of the senate intelligence committee. ron wyden, senator from oregon, told him the day before, i'm going to ask you very sensitive question but i'm going to give you the question 24 hours ahead of time so you can plan your answer. he says does the government in any way i'm paraphrasing, spy on millions or hundreds

>> we're taking your comments on bpshow on twitter. kicking myself for voting for obama but then again, look who we had to choose from. >> bill: don't kick yourself for voting for obama. you made the right choice. certainly better of the two by far. >> when we talk about the other option if we had to choose from, we're talking about mitt romney. a nugget we learned yesterday dan has a new book coming out in august called collision 2012 talk become the presidential race. it turns out mitt romney really didn't want to run for president. >> bill: well, that showed. >> he reports in his book that the romney family gathered in hawaii before he made the announcement he was entering the presidential race. they took a vote, a romney family vote and mitt actually voted no against running for president. >> bill: the vote was 10-2. >> romney was one of the ones that said no. >> and it showed. >> bill: follow your instincts, mitt. you go into a presidential campaign to seek the white house, lead your party. con your party into making you the candi

give us your comments also on twitter at bpshow.the best ways to follow the show and to participate in the show. or on facebook at facebook facebook.com/billpressshow. yes, republicans are caucusing today in the house of representatives to figure out what they're going to do about immigration reform. but many republicans are saying we don't care if we have any bill at all. we certainly are not going to support any bill that includes a path to citizenship while democrats are saying if it doesn't have a path to citizenship, then there will be no bill at all. doesn't hold much promise for getting anything done in that area this year. democrats, meanwhile in the senate, will be caucusing tomorrow to see if this is finally the time that they're going to break the filibuster and institute some strong filibuster reforms. let's hope this is -- let's hope it really works this time. all of that and more right here on current tv. conversation started weekdays at 9 eastern. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me. tv and radio talk show ho

look forward to getting your twitter comments at bpshow as always. on facebook, facebook.com/billpressshow. here we go. congress out of town this week for a long 4th of july break. but we're here to bring you up to date on the news of the day. a tragic story out of arizona where 19 firefighters lost their lives fighting the latest wildfires in that state. just a reminder of what dangerous and heroic work they do for us all the time. president obama and the first family continuing their visit to africa. soon, they'll be moving on from south africa to tanzania where it's possible that president obama may be meeting up with former president george w. bush who is also in tanzania. meanwhile, former speaker nancy pelosi has warned the g.o.p. that they had better pass immigration reform if they have any hopes of ever reaching the white house. and alex baldwin getting a special pass. all of that and more when current tv continues. at 9 eastern. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me. tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's mo

follow us at bpshow and tweet using the hashtag watching bp.his is the "bill press show." >> bill: 26 minutes after the hour. talking about the stunning numbers of poverty just released in this country. by the way, the poverty rate for hispanics, 26.6% for blacks. 27.4% and for whites, but just because there are more whites than -- at least for now. there are 19 million whites below the poverty line here in this country. again, that line being $23,o 21 for a family of four. before we go to the phones, peter. >> join our conversation on twitter at bpshow. >> bill: what we should do about it is the question. >> sam local on twitter says won't be long until the 1% build walls bigger than the wall on the border. 99% will not be able to storm the walls. and jim says poverty is why the top 1% thinks there's no racism left in this country. they don't care what color are you if you're poor. >> bill: again, it is stunning to me in light of these numbers that, the priority for the republicans is still to give the wealthiest of americans another tax break

at bpshow is where we're tweeting at bpshow.lack cat says the pope is not making any sense with me. of course, i'm a woman. tracy byrd said pope francis gave the middle finger to the westboro baptist church. >> bill: yes. >> phil says pope francis does one thing and the church does another. don't actions speak louder than words. let's see where this goes. you can find us at bpshow and share your comments there. >> it is worth mentioning that catholics in general are far more progressive than this pope -- than this church even when it comes to issues of same-sex marriage and gay quality, so on and so forth. the majority of catholics saying they support the freedom to marry for gay people and so francis is catching up but he is so far behind his congregation. >> bill: the catholic bishops are even further behind. we try not to spend too much time talking about anthony weiner and bob filner but particularly in the weiner case. but you have reported this week on a lot of people are still trying to drag huma abedin, of course, she wa

at bpshow.mments welcome and on facebook at facebook.com/billpressshow. what do you know. look who showed up. peter ogborn and dan henning. >> good morning. >> bill: good to see you. assisted by alichia cruz on the phones. and monty is filling in for cyprian bowlding on the video cam on current tv. we're coming to you live on your local progressive talk radio station, of course. most importantly and also on current tv. where we're holding down the fort until al jazeera takes over sometime around the 1st of september. al jazeera thrown out of egypt yesterday. banned from covering a lot of the events of the day because they've been doing such a good job reporting on the news, the military doesn't like it. by the way, we found out more about the crash of that asian na airlines flight, number 214 in san francisco a few days ago. the head of the national transportation safety board debra hearstman holding a news conference yesterday saying the guy came in way way way too slowly. >> at impact, airspee

we're take your comments from twitter at bpshow is where you can find us at bpshow.risma molotov says we were all brought up watching cartoons where the good guys are beautiful and the bad guys are ugly. this pic sort of blurs the lines a little bit which isn't necessarily saying they're against it. >> bill: here's a kid who's sort of like a model kid. everybody liked him and everybody wanted to have him over playing with their kids and suddenly he goes off the rails. what the f happened. that's what this article is about. >> black cat says no, "rolling stone" is not out of line. so the public doesn't get confused it states the bomber! directly under the pic. they call him a monster. >> bill: the bomber and then how he became a monster. craig is calling from niceville florida. hey, craig. >> caller: hey, yeah bill, you said he doesn't look like he's evil. i'm wondering what your definition is what someone who looks evil looks like. somebody who is disfigured or somebody in a hoodie or what? >> bill: no but when i saw pictures of like osama bin laden, when i see pictu

we're talking all things related to the media. >> we're on twitter at bpshow at bpshow.a says on msnbc and their ratings, chris hayes is boring and morning joke is a loud mouth. revamp the whole damn line-up. m zotti says i did not know that dylan byers was such a hunk! smart and nice on the eyes! hey, now! it happens. it happens when he comes in. >> that was you. >> that might have been me. >> you wrote that. [ laughter ] >> bill: all right. nice to have you here. so here's the deal. all of these top republicans john mccain and george w. bush telling -- karl rove, telling the republican party this immigration reform is something you better take seriously because you got whomped in 2012. mitt romney and the latino vote. you have to do this to reach out. never have a chance of winning the white house back. bill crystal from fox news, rich lowery, editor of the "national review," two prominent republican journalists conservatives, took the opposite stand and said no. don't do this. don't be conned into doing this. this would be bad for the party. and it looks like the repu

>> we're at bpshow on twitter. join the conversation there at bpshow. miss liberal says i think i speak for many when i say where do we send the money? i would support him in whatever he ran for. >> bill: i'm sure we'll find out from eliot spitzer himself about a half hour from now where you can send the check. >> exactly. pbtrue on twitter says he was going after wall street criminals, go, spitzer go! and a lot of other sentences saying hell, yes run run run. >> bill: that's the thing. he was aggressive as attorney general at going after the wall street criminals and as governor. tom is calling from boetscher city. >> yes yes yes. the man is talented and articulate. that show he had on was a brilliant show. we need more of that on tv. we've got it with current tv, bill press. >> bill: thank you man. thank you. of course, eliot was on cnn with kathleen parker then he came over to current tv. on "viewpoint." and did a great job on "viewpoint." he just stepped down once current tv was sold to al jazeera. otherwise, he would still be there. now maybe we kn

also taking your comments all throughout the show at bpshow on twitter, at bpshow.s a living trayvon might get some legal recourse by telling his side of the story, unfortunately a dead trayvon gets nothing, and that's where we are now. cross hugger says i have always told my children if a person follows them to run, and trayvon did just that. and margaret coalvan on the juror says oh my god, her heart was in the right place. he had no remorse. that's comments from twitter. let's go to the phones chris in chicago, illinois, listening. thanks for calling, chris. >> caller: i was just going to say his heart was not in the right place, but trayvon martin was -- was looking like a gangster, acting like a gangster, and got treated like a gangster. that's how the kids are nowadays. they want to look like that and act like that how do they expect to get treated? >> are you saying he was asking for it? >> caller: no, he did not deserve to die. that is definitely not true. and zimmerman was definitely in the wrong, but with these kids they all want to be -- >> look, man. bla

on twitter at bpshow and on facebook at fies book.com/billpressshow.e in washington, d.c., everybody is still buzzing about president obama's powerful comments friday afternoon on the trayvon martin case for the first time, he spoke as a black man to white america explaining how because of their personal experience african-americans will always see what happened to trayvon martin with a different perspective than white americans will. meanwhile, the president goes back on the road this week, traveling to illinois and to missouri on wednesday. jacksonville on thursday to try to get the focus back on the economy and jobs. terry mcauliffe and ken cuccinelli squared off saturday in the first debate in the virginia governor's race. we members of the white house press corps mourn the loss of our friend and colleague and trailblazer helen thomas and pope francis on his way to brazil. more of that on current tv. (vo) current tv gets the conversation started weekdays at 9 eastern. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me. tv and radio talk show host stephan

at bpshow.facebook at facebook.com/billpressshow. total breakdown. total breakdown in the congress yesterday if you don't think this congress is broken, take a look at what happened yesterday. first of all in the house of representatives, george w. bush -- well, in the house, the same day that president george w. bush gave his speech, calling on the republican party to pass comprehensive immigration reform because it is important for this country, house republicans met in caucus and decided not to do anything about immigration reform. they don't think we need it and they certainly don't support it. in the senate, republicans filibustered yesterday an attempt to fix the student loan problem and prevent student loans from remaining double what they were just a few weeks ago. getting back to a 3.4% interest. there weren't enough with the filibuster, not enough votes to bring that to a vote. finally, house and senate intelligence committee chairs have opposed any aid to the rebels in syria. that and

on twitter at bpshow and on facebook at facebook.com/billpressshow.good morning, good morning, good morning to you and to our team. you're part of the team. part of the other part of the team that's here in the studio with us. peter ogborn and dan henning. >> hey hey hey. >> bill: good morning. then we have alichia cruz with the phones covered and cyprian bowlding has the video cam covered keeping us looking good. again, on your local progressive talk radio station we're there with you and on current tv. as long as there is a current tv be the news announced yesterday that we have a new leader, by the way of al jazeera america which will be taking over -- >> it is the new royal baby? >> bill: no. >> how exciting! >> bill: already has a job. kate o'brien who has been long time at abc news. i worked with here years and years ago when i was starting out in tv at abc. she has a great reputation in the business. i think that's a great start for al jazeera america with kate o'brien at the helm. meanwhile, another buddy of ours from current tv, eliot spitzer

talk to us on twitter at bpshow. that's easy enough. at bpshow.k at facebook.com/billpressshow. lots to cover. lots to talk about with our team. you know the team here. peter ogborn and dan henning. hello, guys. >> good morning. >> bill: yes indeed. alichia cruz there on the phones. cyprian bowlding has the video cam covered. and david letterman came out with a -- with a guest at any rate making some big news. we've seen too many good people leave "saturday night live" lately. >> a lot of them left. >> bill: jason said ache is dropped a bombshell. >> how long will a person continue with this do you suppose. >> person in general or me specifically? >> whatever you like. either way or -- >> a person can go. lorne has been kicking butt for 33 of the 38 years. i'm done. i'm not coming back next fall. >> you won't be back in the fall. >> bill: that's tough. that's tough. he's good. and that's the first time -- there were rumors he was on his way out. >> a lot of people thought he was going to leave. >> bill: first time he said i'm out of here this fall

i'll tweet out a link at bpshow and it has turned into water. there is no ice.to do with global warming. >> yikes. >> it's terrifying. >> yeah. >> it's not ice or snow. it is water! >> bill: i have never been to the north poll i have always wanted to go and when i go dammit, i want to see ice. >> bring your swim trunks. >> bill: hello. you were talking -- one of the things i mentioned was democratic participation. >> yes. >> bill: here is a little factoid. in the last election 2012, roughly 12.5 million latinos voted, an estimated 2.5 million latinos were registered to vote but didn't cast a ballot. 8.6 million were eligible to register to vote but did not register. there is almost as many potential as actual. that is huge. >> that was one of the more shocking things we found. >> bill: over 23 million latinos -- >> yeah. >> bill: talk about an electoral powerhouse. >> exactly. and especially in a state like texas where you find their participation rates are a lot lower than say california. these are votes left on the table, basically, so the question is what do

you can join us on twitter at bpshow, and on facebook at facebook/billpressshow. so much going on.ning. one of our good friends, bob cusack is the contribute -- woe. the managing editor of the hill. he is my boss actually. >> that's right. >> he is a staff writer for the hill. >> bill: good to see you. >> good morning. >> bill: peter ogburn and dan henning. alicia cruz on the phones. and siprion bolling is still on vacation, but monty has been doing a great job for the last month and a half. >> not quite that long. >> bill: filling in on the cameras on ktvu. no, not ktvu. speaking of ktvu i have made a living in television for a long time, and mistakes do happen. but i have never heard a mistake like this. it's in oakland, california been to their studios just south of jack london square, but they were right out in front on this accident at sfo, and they were so intent on continuing to beat the competition on that story that when they were -- somebody leaked to them the names of the pilots on that plane, they wanted to be the first to report them, and they were what -- what a disas

>> we're at bpshow on twitter at bpshow where steve in massachusetts says women must crack the glassling. that is the republican party. the republican party seems to be leaving women behind. once they figure it out, we might make some progress. >> bill: congresswoman will there be -- tell us about this campaign, going to be a series of bills legislation. of some which are already in. but packaged together and moving forward. >> absolutely. there will be a campaign and leader pelosi is leading this effort, i might want to mention my colleagues were there yesterday. a number of them and congresswoman donna edwards congresswoman donna matsui and we had three unbelievable women who spoke about their own personal circumstances with regard to pay to paid leave and with regard to child care. but what we're going to do there are a whole lot of dates commemorating all kinds of historic events, not unlike the anniversary of seneca falls. targeting those to do events. obviously members of congress, men and women. we have some of our male colleagues standing with us yesterday. we'll be going hom