alex wagner and chris hayes will join me on the latest. >>> the democrats won today, but the contraception fight isn't over. alex wagner and chris hayes will join me on the latest. and joe scarborough will join me with advice for republicans. >>> the fight over contraception and whether coverage should be required regardless of an employer's moral or religious beliefs. >> we are debating contraception all over again. >> at the end of the day, i don't think the republicans win. >> senate democrats defeated. >> the senate voted 51-48. >> the debate was intense, personal and at even times came down to gender. most republicans are for this. >> it's about a faith principle. >> democrats think very differently. >> what's to come about protecting the rights of corp.s? >> if you're putting your boss in charge of your health care decisions, something is wrong in the country. >> the majority of employers are men. >> their conscious is more important than the conscious of women. >> it's absurd. >> what is the impact of republicans waging this fight n

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chris hayes, host of "up with chris hayes," thank you, my friend. good to see you. >>> at the angry center of the controversy surrounding the killing of an unarmed 17-year-old in florida is a gun law signed by governor jeb bush. we've got details on that, just ahead. >>> for 40 years, beginning in the late 1960s, the u.s. government paid for people in a place called palamara, spain, to go to the doctor, to go to the doctor in madrid. for 40 years, the american government paid for some palamarians to travel to madrid to get their yearly checkup. why did we do that? because in 1986, the u.s. developed two nuclear bombs on palames, spain. we dropped two nuclear bombs on spain in 1966, and they exploded. now, they did not explode in the mushroom cloud way, the way that we think of nuclear bombs, hiroshima and nagasaki, but they did result in two dirty bomb explosions, right in the middle of the spanish countryside. why did we do this? and furthermore, what, we dropped nuclear bombs on spain? it was an accident. it happened because a b-52 carrying those

chris hayes, host of "up with chris hayes," thank you, my friend.. >>> at the angry center of the controversy surrounding the killing of an unarmed 17-year-old in florida is a gun law signed by governor jeb bush. we've got details on that, just ahead. ♪ our machines help identify early stages of cancer and it's something that we're extremely proud of. you see someone who is saved because of this technology, you know that the things that you do in your life, matter. if i did have an opportunity to meet a cancer survivor, i'm sure i could take something positive away from that. [ jocelyn ] my name is jocelyn, and i'm a cancer survivor. [ mimi ] i had cancer. i have no evidence of disease now. [ erica ] i would love to meet the people that made the machines. i had such an amazing group of doctors and nurses, it would just make such a complete picture of why i'm sitting here today. ♪ [ herb ] from the moment we walked in the front door, just to see me -- not as a cancer patient, but as a person that had been helped by their work. i was just blown away.

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joining me now is alex wagner from msnbc's now and chris hayes, the host of msnbc's up with chris hayes. and the latest nonevent in campaign news is that the governor, the republican governor of mississippi, phil bryant, i just found out what his name was now is endorsing willard m romney. pack in one more establishment endorsement and that ought to put him over the top. >> no way. no way. i think it calls for him to get out are ludicrous. >> the calls for gingrich to get out? >> the calls for gingrich and the calls for -- >> what is calling for santorum to get out. that's right. >> they are making a case it's all about mitt romney. >> ron paul is the only one who is happy with everybody just staying where they are. >> ron paul will -- >> not ever stop running. look, why not let this thing play out. if you are a conservative voter and not particularly happy, mitt romney is kind of getting with the emphasis on kind of getting to be a better candidate as the time goes on. they will rewire software, but i think he could come out at the end of the next two weeks as a stronger candidate. tha

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a reminder for viewers to set your dvrs and catch up with chris hayes. i'd like to say i watch you live, but that's early. thank you so much for coming in. >>> we do want to get you caught up on another serious weather threat. areas already hard hit by tornadoes. jim cantore is on the road with his seat belt on heading to louisville, kentucky. tell us how bad it could get and where are they going to see the brunt of it, jim? >> yeah, we're prepositioning for this severe weather. it reminds me of april 27th. this is the storm prediction center's outlook. that middle pink area is high risk. what that means is they only do that maybe seven times a year at most. that means a very high probability of a long-track tornado that you will see winds probably over 200 miles per hour. you can see the tornado probability right around 30%. you don't think that's very high, but it really is. back on april 27th -- we expect a lot of dangerous weather. probably around noon around mississippi. then move in through tennessee and kentucky. these storms are going to move at

also, "up with chris hayes" provided this handy chart this past weekend about u.s. production under bush and obama so far. almost, the republican line here is that president obama won't let there be any oil production in the u.s. that's the line. they also find all this algae business hhysterical, that any administration policy would involve anything other than oil. >> if we're going to avoid high gas prices every single year with a lot of politicians talking every single year, but nothing happening, if we're going to avoid that, then we've got to have an "all of the above" strategy that develops every single source of american energy. not just oil and gas, but also wind and solar and biofuels. >> biofuels. that's what the republicans say is hysterical! that's what newt gingrich says is weird, and that means something coming from newt gingrich. algae, right? biofuels. biomass. this stuff is just crazy! no republican would ever support anything so dumb. >> john and i will adopt the "all of the above" approach to meet america's great energy challenges. those hundreds

i'm chris hayes. in sanford, florida today, thousands of protesters are expected to march on the police department there. and the biggest lottery in human history has a winner this morning and it is not you. at least statistically speaking. at least one ticket is a winner sold to someone in baltimore, maryland. someone for whom i've always had the greatest admiration. right now, i'm joined by the president for american progress and the department of the of health human services. tim carney returning to the program. senior political analyst. doctor claudia, chief medical officer for the junior hospital of cook county, illinois and past president for the physicians. and akila professor of political science, former law clerk for the u.s. court of appeals. also great to have you here. we also have with us today some of the tier rankbroccoli. since this is my show, i'm mandating that we eat the entire thing. i'm compelling you. so yesterday, in secret, the nine members of the u.s. supreme court took an ini

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joining me now is chris hayes, host of "up with chris hayes" seen here on msnbc. >> great to be here,r tuesday to you. >> happy super tuesday to you. >> let's look at the presence of the obama campaign in ohio, not discounting anything in the time left before the general. ten offices, thousands of volunteers, and having events there that are held already. is the obama camp trying to outsmart the gop even before they choose a nominee? >> well, i think actually one of the most undercovered stories in the last four or five months of the campaign is just how powerful and strong the obama campaign infrastructure is and has been on the ground. they have been -- there are thousands of people across the country who are donating for the first time to the campaign. when you think about the level of excitement in 2008, think about all the -- managing to get first-time volunteers and first-time donors, people who weren't sufficiently enthused in 2008 but are so enthusiastic now that they're taking that step. that says something about the strength of the campaign operation. it is by far the most f

>>> good morning from new york, i'm ezra klein in for the great chris hayes n a case that has drawn national attention, police in florida yesterday releasing 911 tapes from the shooting of 17-year-old tray von martin by neighborhood watch captain george zimmermann in which zimmermann is heard describing martin as "a suspicious person." zimmermann has not been charged. >>> and mitt romney arrived in puerto rico yesterday. tomorrow's primary there expected to be a close one with rick santorum who showed up earlier in the week. we will be talking more about the gop and hispanic voters later in the morning. >>> right now, however, i'm joined by elise jordan, former speechwriter for secretary of state condoleezza rice, nancy giles from cbs this morning, jody canter, author of the book, the obamas and spencer ackerman, senior reporter for wire and danger.com blog. thank you for being here. the war in afghanistan began on october 7, 2001 that is to say it has been ongoing for 11 years, five months and ten days, outlasted both the iraq war and osama bin laden, who was, of course the reason we went i

i'm chris hayes. death toll from the tornadoes friday and saturday reached 37 in five states. preliminary counts estimate 74 tornadoes touched down in the midwest oar the two days. mitt romney took 38% of the vote with ron paul at 25%. beating rick santorum by a hair at 24% for second place. we will get to the republican contest in just a moment. right now joining me today we have returning to the program congressman steve cohen, tennessee. michelle bernard, founder, president, and ceo of bernard center for women, politics and public policy. goldie taylor author of "uncivil war." john mcwhorter, columbia university professor of linguistic and american studies and contributing editor at "new republic" and theroot.com. we are just a couple of days away from super tuesday with primaries and caulkes in 11 states and 424 delegates at stake. voters in states including ohio, massachusetts, tennessee will choose more delegates than have been awarded so far. i think we are well past the giddy exuberance phase

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. >>> good morning from new york, i'm chris hayes, a 32-year-old iraqi mother of five died yesterday after being found beaten in her home wednesday in el cajon, california. police say they are not ruling out any motive, but a note found next to her reportedly said, go back to your country, your terrorist. she wore a head scarf as part of her muslim faith. she had helped train u.s. soldiers for deployment to the middle east and lived in the u.s. since the mid 90s. we have steven pinker, a pea fesor of sipsychology at harvar author of "the better angels of our nature." and camilla bay, host of "sparring with jamilla" and a contributor to the "washington post" blog, she, the people. susan jacobi, author of "free thinkers." now out in paper back "never say die." and jamie killstein, comedian and host of citizen radio. an estimated crowd of between 18,000 and 10,000 atheists gathered on the national mall yesterday for the reason raly. the point of the rally was to create connections among people who live a life by not believing in god. here's adam savage. co-host of the cable television s

charmin ultra soft. >>> from new york, i'm chris hayes.ng about the u.s., israel and palestinian conflict. lela hilal and jeremy ben-ami of the lobbying group j street. i also have with me live from tel aviv, i believe, general gazit who is our guest. i just want to make one clarification on the graphic we showed. shows the amount of israelis -- israeli settlers over time. that includes east jerusalem. and the status of jerusalem is contested. it is part of the occupy territories in terms of being -- counting the numbers and it has been the site of some of the most intense conflict of our land now that in areas. general, i want to ask you what -- i left with you a question before we went to break. and -- i want to return to it. which is the window is closing, how do you keep the window open? >> well, i would -- emphasize influence. first point is if were to be prime minister i would say these are the borders that i am suggesting to be the ultimate borders between the israeli state and palestinian state. and they should be reasonable border

i'm chris hayes. kansas republicans will meet today to choose who gets the 40 delegates at state in the republican presidential caucuses there. a financial report shows donations dropped to $1,600 a week and current rate of spending occupy you wall street will be, quote, out of money in three weeks. i'm joined by anna. and mike daisy. i went to dictionary.com to see how monologist is pronounced. the last time i said it sounded pretentious and annoying! >> monologuist and i think agony and ecstacy. change everything or did it as we will ask today? a deep tease there. what we have seen the last week since rush limbaugh called a georgetown law student sandra fluke a slut. 50 sponsors have stopped supporting limbaugh despite limbaugh's apology. here is statement from one of the bigger companies. at aol, one of our core values is that we act with integrity. limbaugh continues to downplay the whole thing. not surprisingly. even the loss of advertisers. >> 28 sponsors out of 18,000. that's like losing a coup

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i'm chris hayes. at least 31 people have been killed by violent storms that swept across the midwest last night and this morning. that death toll is expected to rise today as rescue workers search for survivors. the deaths occurred in three states, indiana, kentucky, and ohio where tornadoes crushed entire blocks and residents say the barrage of storms seemed nonstop. national guard troops are already in both kentucky and indiana. we will bring you any significant developments throughout the program as they occur. >>> in washington state today, republicans are heading to the polls to vote in today's presidential caucuses. right now, i'm joined by katherine rampell of "the new york times." tamara drought vice president of policy and programs for the progressive i think tank and author of the book "strapped." liz maher and doug rushcop. author of "live inc." it's great to have you all here today. >> thank you. >> all right. this is what i want to start with. you may not have known it based on watching t

. >>> our coverage of the treyvon martin case will continue in a discussion with chris hayes. >>> voterse polls already in louisiana. the gop primary is underway. 20 of the state's 46 delegates are up for stake today and will be awarded proportionally. newt gingrich was in louisiana on friday and told reporters he's staying in the race, even though he recognizes he won't win enough delegates to become the republican nominee. >> this is ether going to be romney or an open convention. santorum won't get to 1144, i'm not getting to 1144, ron paul is not getting to 1144. >> mitt romney spent friday laying out his plans for replacing obama's affordable health care act. two years to the day president obama signed that bill into law. we'll be following the primary all day long bringing you analysis and primetime special with my colleague tonight at 9:00 p.m. on msnbc. >>> pope again ticket is in mexico this morning. he landed and was greeted by mexico's president, felipe caldron and the first lady. good morning to you on the early part of the day for you. >> reporter: good morning. it's been a

chris hayes was saying, that we are comparing this to the would thousand and eight race and in that year, you had two great meals to choose from, it's like republican voters here are being presented with a plate of dog food and a plate of cat food and they are like, i just really like a ham sandwich. it's nobody is happy. >> nobody is happy. >> it's so telling. >> the away game comment makes me say, where is your home game? that says volumes about, who can get behind this guy? who does he motivate? >> that poll and sort of the story of tennessee and oklahoma and south carolina tells a story of mitt romney is if he is a republican nominee, he is going to do it without the core support of the republican party base. alabama is a state, in 2008, 77% of the voters in the represent cann prime identify themselves as evangelical is conservatives. he did terrible across the south in 2008. we see people seeing that he will probably be the likely nominee, but he is getting his clock cleaned. >> speaking of newt and snore up up. there's a new newt gingrich that is out slamming rick santorum. let's l