they don't want caitlin hunt dating their daughter.e it not only prosecute her but if found guilty to destroy the rest of her life. i know she may not have to register as a sex offender. but if she goes head with the case, she night might be found guilty and have to register as a sex offender for the rest of her life. no one should suffer for the rest of their lives. >> cenk: ana kasparian, also host of the point. impassioned, i like it. i'm going to take a poll of whether you would take a plea deal. i would tell what you the answer is when we come back. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> cenk: i polled the panel. by a vote of 3-1 caitlin don't take the plea deal. fight them in court. "viewpoint" is next. >> john: ed is running for senate against mitch mcconnell in kentucky and there's two things about this guy i already like. one, he did not see divine secrets of the ya ya sisterhood. also we'll look at the issues of atheism. i know, thank god. there are rumors barack obama wants to go the full -- does he have the guts to do it, america or will he embr

in terms of a plea deal to caitlin.uce the charges to third degree child abuse, she would get two years of monitoring, meaning she would have to wear an ankle bracelet. and a year of probation. it would be up to a judge if she would be labeled a felon as she moves forward in life. that sounds pretty serious. in light of the charges, and in light of the circumstances, does that sound like a good deal? >> you know, it does. it does to me. i know that's going to be difficult for a lot of people to hear. especially the parents out there. they are looking at this as two teenagers having a consensual relationship. but as we just mentioned, ashleigh, you can't consent at the age of 14. i would say this kind of deal is a good deal in a case like this that is very, very easy to prove. all you need to do is prove the age of the minor, and the fact that something happened. and we know after seeing the affidavit in this case that this older girl, this 18-year-old, admitted to having this relationship. and so i would say absolutely,

(applause) >> caitlin young. >> i didn't think i planned to talk. i'm caitlin young and i'm from omaha, nebraska. we nominated our senior painter, jeff nicole. he was with the city program 15 years ago, he basically ran it since it started. he ran it for 10 years by himself all over our city. and, so, just through all that he's never changed his dedication. he doesn't take shortcuts, repaint and color match and do all public and private property in our city. so, just his dedication in our program has made a huge difference in our city. we appreciate it. (applause) [laughter] >> congratulations. (applause) >> lisa mc kenzie. >> okay. i'm accepting this award for mike yeager and bill mcdonnis, [speaker not understood]. i think all the cities that have volunteer programs it's usually a handful of volunteers that do a majority of the work. these guys are both retired and they have accomplished so much within their neighborhood. they live in one of the biggest neighborhood associations -- excuse me, homeowner associations in san antonio, about 5,000 hous

. >> what was working super-well about what caitlin did? >> when caitlin said that if you would like it if you did that to her, and she kind of showed her feelings -- that she said that she wouldn't like that that much. >> the actors help the students see that bullying has many forms. it can be physical, it can be emotional, it can be in your face, or on your computer. >> ah, interesting. so, online has some permanence. if you put something up online, it could be there forever, 'cause maybe somebody deletes it, but people have already seen it. maybe they've copied it and pasted it. >> whatever kind of bullying you experience, whether you're a victim or a bystander, you need to get some help from a grown-up. >> i would tell an adult. >> all: one...two...three... freeze! >> okay. so, raising your hand, can you guys give me some adjectives for how you think she's feeling right now? >> "alice's story" was created by making books sing. they believe that theater can inspire learning. the hope is that students will learn that bystanders can make a

caitlin hunt's mother thinks even this is to harsh. she's taken to social media for help.s a stop hate free kate page. there is a petition that has more than 81,000 signatures so people are really feeling very strongly about this, mark. >> mark: hermela also in the plea deal has to agree to being branded or labeled as a sex offender right? >> there is an update on that. if she does not take the plea deal and the case goes to trial and she's found interest is that. >> mark: there is a spector of that if she is goes to trial. >> but her mother says even after two years of house arrest, she believes this relationship was consensual. but according to the law a 15-year-old cannot consent to a sexual relationship with a 18-year-old. >> mark: when you throw in the words lewd and lascivious, you cast it in a light that is ugly. >> and i would beg to guess if there is a heterosexual couple at that same school where there is an 18-year-old senior and 15-year-old sophomore or freshman, and they're dating, no one is going to court over it. this is clearly about what caitlin's mother s

since caitlin hunt rejected the plea deal, now what?i think the short answer is she'll always have another chance to accept the plea deal and the plea deal itself could change before trial but if she says forget about it, i don't want to plead to what the prosecutor wants and the prosecutor says forget it, we're not giving that you deep discount that your mom is talking about, there will have to be a trial. at that point the defense has no point than to organize a nullification defense because the 18-year-old has admitted doing the crime. so there's no real defense here. they may well take this case in front of a jury an say don't find her guilty, it is not that she didn't do it, it is that she is being targeted unfairly because she is a lesbian and sen a message to this prosecutor that these charges are unfair. that could be the strategy. >> would that work being targeted unfairly when it is an issue of age, whether it be same sex or heterosexual? in fact, what is the age of consent in florida that we are talking about here? >> well, g

. >> reporter: caitlin byrne works with braun to achieve a balanced approach to exercising and to eating it's hard because you have to -- you just kind of have to train yourself to eat well. it's not -- it was hard for me. >> reporter: the goal is perfection almost? >> mm-hm. >> reporter: and it's not a reality? >> no, absolutely not. [ laughter ] >> not fun. can be dangerous if you are going too far with it. >> yeah. absolutely yeah. you're right, yeah. >> reporter: and colbert says the warning signs are not hard to spot. >> you're no longer able to enjoy any of the foods that you once did and you're no longer able to participate in a family meal or, you know, going out with a friend. >> now, michelle roberts also reports unlike other eating disorders, orthorexia is just as common in men as it is in women we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,, look at them kids. [ sigh ] they have no idea what it was like before u-verse high speed internet. yeah, you couldn't just stream movies to a device like that. one time, i had to wait half a day to watch a movie. you watched movies?! i was lucky if i c

. >>> joining us from d.c., real clear politics.com reporter caitlin hughie burns.you heard shannon say, no surprise you have republicans saying holder lied and misled congress and democrats saying he was quite honest. your thoughts? >> break down what they're going after. house republicans are saying or pointing to an exchange in which holder was asked whether the doj can and has producted journalists and his answer was no, i have not been involved. now it's a little bit -- there are some questions because of course he signed off on a search warrant for a reporter's email address but the question of whether they have made prosecutions in this case is -- they have not. >> trace: i don't think that's the question. let me stop you because i don't think that's the question. i want to play it one more time and ask you about this. play it again, what eric holder said. >> with regard to the potential prosecution of the press for the disclosure of material, that's not something that i've ever been involved and heard of or would think would be a wise policy. in fact, my vie

>> well, it's not a matter of being for or against low caitlin lowering the blood-alcohol concentrationd.d. has a plan, based on solid research that maximizes the amount of lives saved as soon as possible. as a mother whose daughter was killed by a drunk driver, that's the most important thing to me, to save as many lives as possible, as soon as possible. so this plan includes high visibility law enforcement, as well as getting laws in every single state to require alcohol interlocks for all convicted drunk drivers. and research in the works for advanced technology that is passive technology that will be able to detect the alcohol level of the driver, right when they sit in the car. >> of course, the ntsb doesn't make the laws but they make strong recommendations. they are saying, a spokesperson saying that most americans think we have solved the problem of impaired driving, but it's a national epidemic. she goes on to say, reducing the blood alcohol content would bring the united states up to the measures of other countries that have reduced the blood-alcohol content to reduce the numb

good of you, enjoyer holiday, caitlin. >> you, too. >> turning to another big political scandal now,re stepping up calls for an independent investigation into the irs targeting of tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax exempt status. most democrats and republicans in congress say they want more time for their own investigation. the and steve is live for news d. steve, how many lawmakers called for a special investigation so far? >> trace, total of seven so far. two senators and five members of the house. now, senator lindsey graham of south carolina made that call just yesterday. listen. >> this culture of going after tea party groups that were on the president's case about obamacare, did just not accidentally happen. i think it comes from the top in terms of tone. how does such a culture come about, how vast was it, who was involve, this really does call for a special counsel. >> now, this comes after three congressional hearings on the irs scandal. republicans are studying documents related to the case right now and will then decide how to good forward with their inves

by a vote of 3-1 caitlin don't take the plea deal. fight them in court. "viewpoint" is next. >> john: ed is running for senate against mitch mcconnell in kentucky and there's two things about this guy i already like. one, he did not see divine secrets of the ya ya sisterhood. also we'll look at the issues of atheism. i know, thank god. there are rumors barack obama wants to go the full -- does he have the guts to do it, america or will he embrace another '90s film that most people have never seen. today is the birthday of collins and scrutters who became a victim of writer's block in the shining. 12 years ago today indiana jones and the temple of doom was released and started the pg-13 rating. rip some guy's heart out of hit chest and don't think too much about the stereotypes. this is "viewpoint." >> john: good evening i'm john fuglesang. this is "viewpoint." thank you so much for joining us tonight. as the fate of the defense of marriage act hangs in the balance awaiting a decision from the u.s. supreme court those directly impacted by this discriminato

. >> reporter: catera gendle misses her friend. 15-year-old caitlin sheppard was abducted monday night, just outside this school, after she and -- and a friend got off the school bus. witnesses say that man, michael clunder, lured her and another girl into his truck. a short time later, a farmer spotted the 12-year-old, who managed to escape. >> she was obviously an amazing little kid. very lucky. and we're very thankful that she's okay. >> a news conference, the iowa dci said the story then took another unusual twist. klunder, the kidnapper, was found dead outside of town. he had killed himself. and cath lin had disappeared. >> this is something we never expect -- never expected. everyone in this city knows everyone. it's just a crying shame. >> reporter: volunteer and police search crews spent hours searching the country side for the missing girl. but no luck. >> our plan at this point is to find her alive. but again, as time goes on, that's not, of course, usually a good thing. >> reporter: not good news for cathlynn's cool. >> what we're doing is waiting for an answer, as far as wh

. >> when we come back, caitlin hunt, 18-year-old having a relationship with a 14-year-old also a girl same basketball team. she was arrested. they offered her a plea deal to drop it down to a misdemeanor. did she accept it? she had a decision on friday. we'll tell you what it was when we come back. cenk: last week we were talking about kaitlyn hunt, the 18-year-old dating a freshmanner high school. they both happen to be women so 14-year-old's parents didn't like it. they said 18-year-old is too much it's a crime. she was arrested. last week, she was offered a deal friday she made a decision, although she was going to take that deal. we had a discussion about that deal before she made a decision here on "the young turks." let me show you what our panel came up with on that day. >> by a vote of 3-1 kaitlyn don't take the plea deal, fight it in court. now, did she listen to our advice? i bring in hermela aregawi to tell us the exciting conclusion to the story. jayar is here, anna is here and mark chain of command is here, that's your new title. >> kaitlyn hunt has decided not to accept

then he made just one -- caitlin halligan -- and this is his second nominee to that court. but more broadly, the issue is how has the senate been treating president obama? we've confirmed a total of 190 obama judicial nominations. we've defeated two. that's 190-2. there are 70% of the federal seats, judicial seats without any nominees. 70% of the vacancies without any nominees. look, this is a manufactured crisis. and the core point here, i say to my friend, the majority leader, we have a good relationship. we work together every day. but you gave your word to the senate that we determined what the rules were for this congress. a number of my members felt that it was settled. we voted for resolutions and some rules changes at the beginning of the year based upon your word. it's important for your word to mean something not just to your members, but to ours. and statistically, it's just not true. the math can't be denied. it's just simply not true that we've been mistreating the president in any way with regard to the confirmation process. and with regard to the way the sena

caitlin hunt has just rejected a plea deal that would have reduced the charges from felony sexual battery father set up a petition to urge the state's attorney to drop the case. it now has more than 270,000 signatures. her father's petition says that the parents of this 14-year-old girlfriend disapprove of her same sex relationship with hunt who, again, is 18 years of age. but, this tv affiliate wpec spoke with the alleged victim's parents who say the age difference only forced them to demand an end to the relationship. the couple said they went to hunt, not just once, but twice, telling her to stay away from their daughter. >> we had actually told miss hunt that this was wrong. >> we had no alternative but to turn to the law. and use -- and use it as a last resort. >> so this whole story about you blame kate for making your daughter gay, where did that come from? >> i don't know. you tell me. it didn't come from us because that's not how we feel. >> it was never said. and that's why we feel that we had to tell how we felt. >> so according to florida law, you have to be 18 years old or ol

you look at what happened to gina mccarthy, what happened to caitlin halligan, the candidate for the d.c. circuit. you look at what is happening to tom perez as a candidate for director of labor. is the republican party's new outreach to women , you need toguys bring up your game. this is not working. this is not good outreach to women and latinos to be just throwing the sand in the gears for very qualified nominees because they won't agree with you in advance when you are wrong. it's not the minority's right to get nominees to agree with the minute fans. it's not the minority's right to get them to agree with them in advance when they are so clearly in the wrong. thank you. >> think is a much. and thank you for the statement you made last night, which i'm sending around, in which you take the phrase that they put out there, which was why are we worried, god will protect us from climate change. you used your incredible understanding of religious philosophy and put that whole notion to rest. i thought it was so brilliant. i'm sending it around to others. senator udall. >> thank you, m

>> my name is caitlin. cwa.is my first >> whoo!>> there is a certain intimacy writing a letter, putting it in the mail, everything. broadcast media are sort of anonymous and so on. i wonder if you have any thoughts about what kind of human relationship exists between the people who are participating in the communication on twitter? say, thankant to you, willow. willow has to watch the next session. thank you. [applause] back to the relationship of communication. somehad a tussle with people from anonymous. they are anonymous. i do not know if they are the real anonymous or a fake account they keep setting up. a were launching a cyber attack on north korea. i warned them and said, this is kind of volatile and not your typical country. they do not respond to the same kinds of coercion you might typically use on other countries and hard-liners probably do not know who anonymous is in north korea and they just think of this as an attack from the south and you could be sparking something. it is hard to have that kind of back-and-forth w

record, ask him questions to support it, but regrettably even after the unwarranted filibuster of caitlin halligan, even after the delay of srikanth srinivasan, senate republicans are demanding a filibuster to a wholesale number of nominations to the d.c. circuit by introducing a legislative proposal to strip three judgeships from the d.c. circuit. now, i have listened to a lot of the debate here, and i'm almost tempted to suggest they amend the bill to make it effective whenever the next republican president is elected. i point out that he had no concerns with supporting president bush's four senate confirmed nominees to the d.c. circuit. they did this even though the previous president, a democrat, they said we had too many judges there, but as soon as a republican came in, they suddenly found a need and did confirm four judges to the d.c. circuit, with a lot of democratic votes, i might say. now, those nominees filled the very vacancies for the ninth, tenth, even 11th judgeships on the court that senate republicans are demanding to be eliminated. in other words, they are okay with a re