rush and darrell issa inadvertently gave the country a much needed reminder of the importance of a woman'sdecision making. when barbara boxer started running for the senate, there was one democratic woman and one republican woman in the senate. and when barbara boxer was sworn in as a senator, suddenly there were five democratic women in the senate. on one election night, the senate was transformed into a place where women had a real shot at getting elected and earning power. today, there are 12 democratic women and 5 republican women in the united states senate. barbara boxer would like to see that number go up to, oh, say, maybe 51%? which is the female percent of the population in this country. senator boxer has created a video with a little help from her friends to emphasize the importance of a woman's voice in our politics. the video's soundtrack is a song composed by music oscar winners marvin hamlish and the husband and wife team of alan and marilyn bergman. by the way, this is not the bergman's first venture in song writing for free that's about empowering women. they actually wrot

stampede of his advertisers because it was only after darrell issa made the colossally idiotic mistakean's voice to be heard at his hearing on contraception that rush limbaugh felt compelled to attack georgetown law student, sandra fluke. rush knew nothing about sandra fluke other than a republican committee chairman suppressed her voice. that was good enough for rush to go on the attack. rush and darrell issa inadvertently gave the country a much needed reminder of the importance of a woman's voice in our political and governing decision making. when barbara boxer started running for the senate, there was one democratic woman and one republican woman in the senate. and when barbara boxer was sworn in as a senator, suddenly there were five democratic women in the senate. on one election night, the senate was transformed into a place where women had a real shot at getting elected and earning power. today, there are 12 democratic women and 5 republican women in the united states senate. barbara boxer would like to see that number go up to, oh, say, maybe 51%? which is the female percent

the republicans in the house darrell issa's committee called this panel of witnesses to testify on the issue of contraception being covered by health insurance. when the democrats realized the republicans were not calling any women in their initial panel of witnesses at a contraception hearing, they asked sandra fluke be called as their democratic witness, to testify about getting insurance through a catholic institution, that would not cover birth control and how it had cost a friend of hers one of her ovaries. the friend needed contraception not for birth control purposes, but for therapeutic purposes, birth control has a lot of therapeutic purposes other than preventing getting pregnant. but because ms. fluke's friend had to navigate around the georgetown universities objections to her prescription, it ended up being too late for her. she suffered serious consequences, she lost an ovary. that would be sandra fluke's testimony about the importance of health insurance covering contraception. the republican chairman darrell issa said she was not qualified to testify on the issue of con

the testimony that darrell issa would not allow. republicans wouldn't allow it at the official hearing, the reason the president ended up calling sandra fluke today while waiting to go on andrea mitchell's show, because conservative radio host rush limbaugh has been making the case on his show for the republicans position against contraception coverage. and he has been making that case by personally attacking ms. flu fluke. it's not like mr. limbaugh slipped up and accidentally said something offensive and maybe he'll apologize because he didn't mean it. he has been doing it for are three straight days now. this was day one. >> a georgetown university c oed told nancy pelosi's hearing that the women in her law school program are having so much sex they are going broke apparently four out of ten coeds are having so much sex that it's hard to make ends meet if they have to pay for their own contraception. said sandra fluke's research. can you imagine if you're her parents? how proud of sandra fluke you would be? your daughter goes up

people like darrell issa who's very committee deemed her unqualified to speak on the matter. she's a regular guest. i'm beginning to wonder if the only conspiracy here is that of certain congressmen at a timers flailing about trying to find a coherent line of attack. they went for the culture wars in contraception. that didn't work. they love to focus on the economy, but that's improving. they went for gas prices, but people are not stupid and they understand that the administration has very little control over the cost of a gallon. in the absence of creative thought or evidence they went back to the tried and the trusted, insult the president. >> barack obama has never been, i think seen in the conventional, traditional way of we who describe man of valor. >> diversion, make believe, victimhood and insults. they think bill maher is a bad guy. joining me now is karen finney, jonathan capehart and julian epstein. good day to all of you. karen, just so that we can understand her argument, ms. palin says that rush limbaugh is a good guy because she was called a four-letter word

apologies to darrell issa for being women. you and i were live on air when this whole thing erupted. both of us were disgusted. you decided to take action. what have you done? >> i got on twitter and i started voicing my concerns there. then, someone suggested to me the idea of let's put some pressure on his advertisers. the reason this guy is on air is because companies are sponsoring this vile trash. say to them, do you support these comments. if not, pull your ads. we are not going to patronize your companies until you do so. we started a twitter hashtag boycott o rush. this morning we launched a petition at boycottrush.org. it's really in its infancy. it has close to 10,000 signatures. this has struck a nerve. >> sleep train mattress said we don't condone negative comments directed toward any group. in response, we are pulling our ads with rush limbaugh and a second advertiser is also withdrawn. it's having an effect. >> that's right. select comfort said they will be pulling ads. other companies said they are considering d

well, darrell issa, admitted drilling his way out but gas prices are still rising?he republicans logic makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. the real culprit behind high gas prices, oh, those wonderful speculate tors on wall street. oil speculation, that's it. congress and peter welch says speculation adds 56 cent as gal-to the price of gas. part of the dodd-frank act limits speculation in the energy markets. republicans in congress are trying to block the rule from going in effect in october. joining me now is senator bernie sanders of vermont. good to have you with us. >> good to be with you. >> if i said anything wrong i want you to correct me. >> i don't think you have. here's the interesting point. most people think that oil prices have something to do with supply and demand. supply today is greater than it was three years ago when the price of gas was 1.90 a gallon. it's greater. demand today is lower than it was in 1997. you have to go back to 1997. so the issue is not supply and demand in the united states. what is the issue? the issue has to do with the fac

does darrell issa have anything to do with this? he is the chairman of the committee that would not allow sandra fluke to testify. if he let her testify she would have been another american citizen going up on capitol hill, giving her take and insight and story of a friend had real problems, medical problems and needs the contraception medication. he's also ignoring one person who created a controversy out of the sandra fluke testimony, not just darrell issa, it's rush limbaugh. republicans, i tell you what, they have stepped in it day after day on this. number one, they don't have the character to call limbaugh out on it. in fact they don't want to wade into it. why? they'll need him in the general election. the secondtotally disregarding the feelings of sandra fluke. no where have they said anything about sandra fluke and what she has been through. the republican party has now ripped off the scab and let all americans to see and voters to see that they just don't know anything about women's health care and they refuse to learn abo

this attack started long before darrell issa's all male congressional hearing.he war on women's health is at the top of the agenda for the right wing lawmakers. how do i know? mike pence of indiana introduced count them three separate bills, three bills to ban federal funding from family planning clinics. anti-abortion activists like pence have framed these restrictions and these measures as cost-saving measures. yeah, right. that is where there is more than 1100 reproductive health provisions introduced across the country just last year alone. it's not their agenda. the ability for women to access contra shin and reproductive health services is being targeted in the most aggressive way we have ever seen in this country. it is more important than ever for americans to hear the voice of people like sandra fluke, she plays an important role right now. the right wingers, they can try to silence her by brow-beating her on cable. it isn't going to happen. she has her allies. they can't spin their way out of this one. as o'reilly says, he has no proof that the white h

congressman darrell issa blasted d democrats, i find your narrow focus on this to be self focused. >> john boehner also had a mild response through a spokesman. the speaker obviously believes the use of those words was inappropriate, as is trying to raise money off the situation. no calls for rush's firing or temporary suspension from the right wing. the republican candidates, they don't want to touch this one a. cnn reporter said when cnn tried to get mitt romney to comment on limbaugh this afternoon, he walked right by our camera. nbc news reported romney addressed limbaugh's remarks tonight at an event in ohio. romney said "it's not the language i would have used, i'm focusing on the issues i think are significant in the country today." rick santorum also had a weak response. >> well, he's being absurd, that is an entertainer, he can be absurd, he's taking the absurd sort of point of view how far do you go and look, he's in a very different business than i am. >> to diminish rush as an entertainer is absolute nonsense, no broadcaster has ever been so connected to the republican par

darrell issa thank you for your time. >> thanks, bill.y now, a family running for their lives trying to escape the wildfires in colorado. take a look at this video. >> daddy -- where's mom? what you stopping for? martha: you can hear the panic in that child's voice asking where is mom, and why is she stopping. they were in two cars, the family trying to escape the wildfire. they join us now. doug and kimberly are with us now. they are waiting to hear if they have a home to go become to. welcome to both of you. thank you for making some time for us in what i know is an impossibly tough time for all of you. how are you doing? >> holding in there. >> yeah, we're doing fine. martha: because we've played that video a couple of times, which child is saying in the back, where is mom and why is she stopping, and what was happening in that moment? >> that's by daughter, ronabella. she was one of the first ones in the car, and basically while we grabbed the last box she was looking out the window and saw the fire coming, and my son is actually the

rick, have you heard congressman darrell issa we were talking about the t.a.r.p.id you get to hear any of that? >> especially heard the part where mr. issa you don't really believe -- how can you not think t.a.r.p. saved the orlando? yes i heard part of it. >> rick, what i said to our friend mr. sorkin afterwards was that the beautiful thing about t.a.r.p. and you can have whatever opinions you want to have on it, but it is a return that ten years from now you'll be able to make a determination whether that was a good investment or not. i'm not talking about whether it was a good social investment, whether it was a good arithmetic investment. ten years from now will he look back on it as an arithmetic investment and say it was a good deal? >> look at the article today in the "journal" that shows us how far we are off on gas demand. my answer to your question is if there's siphoning going on within the government arithmetically i need to draw conclusions over the next ten years to come up with the right answer i won't come up with the right answer. i don't need ten

though that's not a field in their foia database which is really sort of bizarre and that was in darrell issa's letter yesterday when it did the report card for agencies, and it noticed that the cia did not give names of requesters in the foia log, and then they said or, if you have to, but this is really disfavored, you can give us a copy of every request you've received for the last four years. and they said we cannot determine what information you're looking for, so we're going to refuse to process this request, it's not reasonably describing the records sought. that was one of the policy challenges that we were fighting against. and then they briefed in a motion to dismiss. this is why it's vague. and then they briefed in a motion for summary judgment why that particular request was vague. i opposed it, and then they reversed their position, sort of. they said we will now process this request. we will only give you the every request letter we've received. that will cost approximately $10,000. do you wish to pay now or later? and along the lines of what some of the other people have been tal

. >> is congressman darrell issa ready to make good on that threat? he is here with an update after the break. >> plus he is one' president obama's top economic advisers but is ge ceo jeffrey immelt secretly rooting against the president in the upcoming election? wait until you hear the stunning new report. >>> and crisis caught on video, a hot air balloon pilot gives his life to save a group of skydivers. now the amazing tribute to him. >> he said a couple of times, he's like, you know, you guys are lucky, you're getting out, but we thought for sure he'd probably just land it down, but there wasn't many landing options for him, either, by the time he had gotten to where we just -- c'mon dad! i'm here to unleash my inner cowboy. instead i g heartburn. [ horse neighs ] hold up partner. prilos isn't for fast relief. try alka-seltzer. it kills heartburn fast. yeehaw! megyn: new developments on the campaign trail today. voters in illinois are heading to the polls right now to make their pick in their state's big primary. we are now learning what rick sant

>> darrell issa i love it. because he is like both sides are to blame. really?s sandra fluke to blame for rush limbaugh being an idiot? and carly was on television and she was like maybe that wasn't such a good idea. >> that language is insulting, insinnedary, and a distraction. >> and how about john boehner. every morning he does a press conference and it's fiery. let me show you a normal morning. this is a collection of those. all right. well, then i can tell you, he normally comes out and say these democrats are destroying this country! you know what happened this morning? no press conference. didn't want to be on video. that's really weird. he put out this statement instead. quote: in other words oh, damn they got us. democrats are trying to raise money against this basic assault. so that's the republican reaction. they ought to denounce and reject rush limbaugh as they asked democrats to constantly denounce and reject people. although, of course, the republicans never do likewise. but how about rush limbaugh. people give this guy too much credit. you always

. >> this is an attempt by darrell issa and other republicans in congress to distract eric holder from the real problem in this country, people being denied the franchise to vote in america. this is a way to keep him out of the news. >> eric holder is a joke. >> he's been a fine attorney general. >> jeanine: do you defend fast and furious? >>

darrell issa is here. mortgage giant fannie mae is trying to grab more cash from you. company has cost you billions of dollars. what do they want now? you'll have to hear this one. but first, here comes super tuesday. last night, governor mitt romney took michigan and arizona by a landslide but that was last night. already the g.o.p. candidates are turning to the next ten states, setting their sights on big prize of super tuesday. that is 419 delegates. newt gingrich banking on the south to keep his campaign alive. fred thompson hitting the campaign trail with speaker gingrich. >> i think we're in the tipping point in this country in a bad way. when you have a debt that is big as the entire economy of the country which is three or four european countries in worse shape than we are, you have a serious problem. you have a president who intent not doing anything about it but demagogue go anybody that tries to do anything about it. he is trying to divide the american people. you got a serious situation on your hands. >> greta: in 2008, senator thompson ran for president hi

congressman darrell issa wants answer on a that. the sound that keeps folks in one town up all night long. >> we sat up recording a number of things in that split second you can tell if there was movement. >> everybody is trying to figure this out in clintonville. >> everybody is trying to figure it out in clintonville. boomtown they're calling it. freaking some people out. ♪ people with a machine. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if youbank doesn't let you talk to a real perso24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. bill: here we go. just into "america's newsroom." new polling before the next big primary battle, that is louisiana. rasmussen reports the following. rick santorum out in front with 43% in that polling. mitt romney in second at 31% followed by newt gingrich and ron paul with 5%. the candidates battle for 20 delegates in louisiana. scott rasmussen is here from rasmussenreports.com. good morning to you. what did you find, scott? >> good morning, bi

. >> this is an attempt by darrell issa and other republicans in congress to distract eric holder froml problem in this country, people being denied the franchise to vote in america. this is a way to keep him out of the news. >> eric holder is a joke. >> he's been a fine attorney general. >> jeanine: do you defend fast and furious? >> [ male announcer ] for fastidious librarian emily skinner, each day was fueled by thorough preparation for events to come. well somewhere along the way, emily went right on living. but you see, with the help of her raymond james financial advisor, she had planned for every eventuali. which meant she continued to have the means to live on... even at the ripe old age of 187. life well planned. see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. find new ways to optimizetted to heltheir cash flow.esses so, stop in and ask for a regions cashcor analysis and see how easy it is to get your cash flow (whistles) heading in the right direction. let's talk.

they then surmise that darrell issa would hold a hearing on contraception without one woman on the main panel and rush limbaugh would say something stupid about a georgetown student, one identified by the white house after an exhaustive search as the one woman guaranteed to get under the skin of that sack of skin. the white house knew that limbaugh would demean miss fluke as a prostitute and a slut. they knew she would demand to see nonexistent porno tapes of her. yes, ladies and gentlemen, that is their conspiracy. it's sad but predictable. a wounded beast like the gop is bound to lash out in the most unpredictable of ways when it sees itself being outdated and its on view of freedom outdated. that's nothing compared to the wrath of one caller when yours truly dared to speak his name. >> wimp, martin bashir. girly man. little transvestite girl. he's a wimp. he is afraid of women. this pervert. pervert. his wife had five abortions. we love rush limbaugh. he's a real man. not like the little wimpy wuss martin bashir. she didn't leave me her name or number. joining me now is krystal ball

the letter from california congressman darrell issa and iowa senator chuck grassley gives administrationpril 4 to respond. tonight, correspondent william la jeunesse looks at the personal impact of the case. >> ice agent was murdered a year ago by a drug cartel in mexico. the weapons used to kill him were purchased in texas. >> there for generations to keep on killing. >> they say the obama administration is less than forthcoming about their son's death. >> no one told us anything. >> but you know about the case? what happened to my son is what we know. >> zapatas hired former u.s. assistant attorney martinez to find out. >> the family would like answers and closure. >> a gun at the crime scene purchased near houston on behalf of accused drug dealer barba. the other by a dallas trafficking wing that included buyer osorio. police arrested carnet espinoza for killing zapat and wounding his partner avilla as they drove along a dangerous mexican highway. >> we understand there is a written directive for agents not to get on the road because it's dangerous. >> i'm shows the atf in dallas had

the next two, top five, darrell issa, republican, california, then senator john mccain.list is up there as well. i'll tell you, i encourage you to check it out and see how they are coming up with those numbers. in the end it's not that definitive. but lawmakers are trying to reach social media to reach people. this is the best study i see of how well they are doing at that right now. so we'll see where things go from here. >> i do follow a lot of them on twitter, those you mentioned. mccain, i will say, i get a lot of tweets from mccain.

it was darrell issa's committee which rejected the testimony. that is not a conspiracy. i think what you're hearing is the attempt to get him to silence. she spoke and said i won't be coerced in silencing my voice. she speaks for millions of women who won't allow rush limbaugh to silence their voice with vile visionness. >>> government spending underwent a huge increase under ronald reagan, but not under president obama. so then why do republicans only scream about deficits when a democrat is in the oval office? robert reich will join me on that. >>> sarah palin has dubbed herself the president's enemy of the week. after his campaign featured the former governor, half governor, in the latest ad. now she is challenging the president to a debate? details ahead, stay with us. >>> welcome back do "the ed show" thanks for watching. charts, i love charts. since president obama took office, we've seen how republicans have tried their best to absolutely sabotage the economy. here's more proof. this shows the net change in government spending under president ronald reagan and pre

here's what darrell issa had to say today. >> in controlling the price of gas heen at the pump, do youurself an a-minus? >> i would say i would give myself higher. >> secretary, i am going to give you a grade. we are going toive give you an "f." it's up 110%. you have an "f." >> i totally agree with you, eric. i want to congratulate lehigh university! dream killers ruining everybody's brackets on friday, beating duke in a 75-70 victory. now they went on to get crushed by xavier -- hold o. but they still made the mountain hawks and every alumni of lehigh university very proud. so congratulations, boys! >> you should get that helium all the time. >> i am going to protect my integrity and not do helium. i will not reduce myself to the helium talking. i will talk about tim tebow because big announcement myby my hometown, denver broncos are paiking up peyton manning for a cool $96 million and there are rumors that tebow will go to miami, maybe flor day. i think jacksonville, north florida group. went, he went to florida. i think tebow in florida makes a lot of sense and jacksonville makes m