if you talk to these women, debbie wasserman schultz said by working with joanne emerson she was ableor the virginia grand safety act in 2007. these women had a relationship and debby said that she never would have been able to get funding for this act had itjoan. they are honorary co-chairs of the global women's innovation network together. they have worked together there to bring together business executives, people in policy and academics to talk about issues of women in technology. they're working together. when joanne retired, debbie brought in martha roctha robie. they're working together. >> a big win for the good guys last night, press core. >> the bad news babes. >> there you go. >> bad news babes. >> but why do you think it's important particularly for women to spend time together in social settings in networking situations out of a work environment? >> when i talked to debbie wasserman schultz about this she said that finally the women are able in that social environment to act like girlfriends. when they go home to their constituents, sure, in washington they're pit bulls,

joining me now is congresswoman debbie wasserman-schultz, democrat of florida.esswoman schultz knows firsthand. congresswoman, you've been on this case. what's your reaction to the court's decision today? >> you know, when i got the news about the 9-0 decision, i was in an appropriations markup and it was pretty hard for me to hold it together, chris. you know, i am someone who had to go and make a life altering decision. i went through a year of seven surgeries based on the results of one test that when i asked how reliable it was was assured it was 100%. when i asked if i could get a second opinion before i had a double mastectomy and my ovaries removed and reconstructive surgery, i was told that i couldn't have a second opinion because there was a company that had a patent on the gene and the test and they were the only ones that could do it. and that is so -- was so disturbing and that someone, that a company could patent my genes and prevent me from being able to make a full decision based on as much information as i could get. >> so what you're saying, the

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is republican congresswoman shelly capito of west virginia and democratic congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz for joining us. congresswoman wasserman schultz, you just saw senator manchin, it seems like he fits into the category that the president described as the flat earth society. is he a flat earther by the president's definition? >> no. i think that senator manchin perhaps hasn't had enough opportunity to talk to president obama and the senior members of the administration about the importance of focusing on his all of the above energy strategy. we certainly need to recognize that we have fossil fuels. we need to make sure that we are striking the right balance between the fossil fuels that we have, making sure that they aren't adding to our carbon foot print, making sure they're not continuing to harm sea level rise. tucker, we've had nine inches of sea level rise since the 1920s. what that means is that communities like mine in south florida and coastal communities all across the country are facing dangerous sea level rise which ultimately will cause homes to be under water in a few sh

case at issue, earlier in the evening somebody else from the same organization had heckled debbie wasserman schultzird there is -- ought to be a zone of civility in public life. putting yourself out there makes you fair game. it should not make you prey. fourth, when it comes to the first lady she is accorded public respect for her office. she was in the middle of talking about the passionate lives of children who see other children being gunned down, and losing opportunity, and you don't interrupt and heckel the preacher in the middle of aer is month. >> i agree. let's take a look at that clip. oh, okay. so there's no sound on it -- you are just taking a look at michelle obama right here. christine, one other thing she spoke to them like a mom. she said to the woman, listen, if you want to speak i will leave the stage. if you want to let me speak which is what i'm here to do that's what i am going to do. but bill don't you agree that the respect that has been accorded to this first lady and the president is different than anything we have ever seen before? >> it's the disrespect they have received

republican national committee chairman reince priebus to talk about, democratic party chair debbie wasserman-schultz turned us down. i'm sure you watched bob doell's interview, saying your party has moved too far to right, saying neither he or ronald reagan could make it in today's republican party. >> reagan couldn't have made it. certainly nixon couldn't have made it, because he had ideas. we might have made it. >>, but idoubt it. >> chris: too moderate? >> i consider myself none of this hyphenated stuff. >> chris: he's saying the republican party has moved out of the mainstream. >> we all love bob dole, but mitt romney and john mccain, that's a good counter position to what senator dole had to say. we've got the tale of two parties here. number one, we've got a party that in the off year wins about everything imaginable. governors across the country, state legislatures, on the issues we win races, but then you've got a presidential election. if we're being honest about it, we haven't decisively won a presidential race in 24 years. this isn't that suddenly happened. it is something that the nation

here are two congresswomen, debbie wasserman schultz on one side, michele bachmann on the other. let's catch the debate. >> this bill is extreme and an unprecedented reach into women's lives, into women's personal lives. this is a clear indication that the well-being of women in this country is not something republicans care to protect. >> this is a picture that was taken of an unborn baby yesterday. this is the age of a baby, the youngest age at 20 weeks that this bill is referencing. and this is the picture of the mom. we're here because we care about women. >> well, there we have it. a hot new debate. this debate wasn't in it by roe v. wade. the republicans have been using the issue politically without having to deal with the calamity that would come if they get to outlaw abortion. they get all the advantages of debating the issue without having to deal with the reality of it because the court protects them, ironically. isn't that it? >> exactly. they will go at it over and over and over again. they will say that science is on their side. when this notion that fetus feels pain

i would yield to minister a former member of the judiciary committee debbie wasserman schultz. >> thank you. i rise to strongly oppose the child protection act. it has been 40 years since roe versus wade. the -- women still have to fight .or the rights about our bodies we should not have to worry that our government will try to intercede in a personal healthcare decisions. this is an unprecedented reach into women's lives. thatis a clear indication the well-being of women is not something republicans care to protect. it is clear the members of the doesare not only interested in protecting the well-being of women women but are also disinterested in the medical community. we have heard a lot of downright untrue assertions by republicans including by the previous speaker. these are baseless, completely devoid of medical facts or a consensus. predicted. has been just because you say it out loud in the house chamber does not make it true. they do not represent the voices of women in america. every time we let their voices get louder than ours we are going back to the dark ages. andave worked

. >> bill: so does debbie wasserman schultz. >> there was some major trash talk leading up to that gameween politicians and the reporters. >> forbes released its most powerful celebrities list for the year this week after two years in the number two slot, oprah winfrey, queen oprah back on top. jennifer lopez was number one last year. she dropped down to 12th. lady gaga, spielberg beyoncÉ and madonna. oprah is one of three people who has been on the top 100 most powerful list every year since it began in 1999 along with steven spielberg and howard stern. >> bill: queen oprah still reigns in some circles at any rate. >> they started voting on immigration reform. this is the bill put together by the gang of eight in the senate. a bill that chuck schumer at one time said there's no doubt with all of the amendments we're taking, especially that last amendment on border security, doubling the number of agents at the border, totally unnecessary. at any rate with that, schumer said we're going to get -- you watch, way way over 70 votes. they were talking close to 80 votes. it didn't turn out q

nancy pelosi, debby wasserman schultz. i can just name them forever. and i just appreciate being able to serve with them. but i tell you, i'm not always out doing a lot of shopping but i had to go shopping today because i decided to take the -- what we call the food stamp challenge. it mandates that we go out and forpend no more than $31.50 one week's worth of food and so what i did, i'm just coming back from the local safeway. maybe i shouldn't give that name out. because i might have got a better deal at public's, i don't know. but i went to safeway and here is my bill. it is for $29.76. and so i went through the supermarket trying to find a that can th of food get me through. yule -- y'all pardon me for my choice of food, but i had to go ack to my standard quaker oats oatmeal, trying to be healthy. and i've got -- so i can use this for breakfast or for dinner but i've got these for breakfast. my home-style waffles. they already have butter in them so i didn't have to buy the butter. did have to come up with some sugar-free -- of course sugar-free sy

debbie wasserman schultz is up there, elizabeth warren, everybody who could help is helping.dy's at his side. where was karl rove? what were all of the big pacs? >> i can jump in. the one thing that's interesting about this is said something else about the republican party particularly in areas of the country that aren't particularly friendly to the republican party. it is hard to find the right surrogates. you know rubio did some stuff for him. some fund-raising stuff for him. mccain was there but mccain was seen as like one of the few republicans that he's obviously done well in new hampshire spent a lot of time there. chris christie might have been of some service. you're not -- are you going to get mitt romney to campaign with you? do you necessarily want the backing of karl rove american crossroads? yeah, it would be helpful but it would play into the narrative that was being used against him in a big way by the democrats that this guy would be a stooge of the all of the things you don't like about the republican party. there is not a big bench of people they can draw on

would yieldaker, i two menace to a former the judiciary committee, representative debbie wasserman schultz >> do you gentlewoman is recognized for time. >> i rise do solemnly oppose the pain capable act. it has been 40 years since roe versus wade yet women still have to fight to keep decisions about our bodies between us and our doctors. we should not have to worry that our doctors will -- our government would try to intercede. this is an unprecedented reach into women's lives. this is a clear indication that the well-being of women in this country is not something republicans care to protect. it's clear the members who approved this bill, the all-male republican members are not only disinterested and protect and the well-being of women but are also disinterested in the medical opinion. we have heard a lot of insensitive and downright untrue assertions including by the previous speaker. these are baseless, completely devoid of medical fact or grounding in consensus among doctors. no evidence has been presented, they just did it out any citation or reference. just because you say it out lou