joining us now via skype, emily martin, vice president and senior counsel at the national women's law center. good morning to you, and what are some of the ways that pregnant ladies are feeling discriminated against at work? - in the report we are highlighting how 35 years after the pregnancy discrimination act passed, women are still being forced off the job when they need small, reasonable changes in their job duties or job rules, like avoiding heavy lifting for a few months or having a stool to sit on instead of standing all day. too often employers are using those requests for reasonable accommodations as an excuse to fire women or push them out of the workplace on unpaid leave during their pregnancy. - what are those employers saying? what is their reasoning? - i think that a lot of employers think that they don't have an obligation to accommodate pregnant workers under law. we disagree with that. but there's a lot of employer misunderstanding and ignorance of the law. i think for a lot of employers, especially in low-wage industries, there is just a culture of saying no to an em

reporter for the "washington post," emily, and martin frost, democrat from texas, and republican strategistnday. joe, i'll go to you first. obama boom economy. now, take a listen to what republicans said about president obama on the economy ahead of his reelection. here it is. >> barack obama is a socialist. he believes in socialism in redistributing wealth, in confiscating hard-earned dollars. >> we have a president who wants to turn america into another european style social welfare state. >> this might be the last election to turn the nation around. before we go down the road to socialism. president obama and his socialist policies must be stopped. >> obama's socialist policies are bankrupting america. >> okay. with that said, here's where we stand today. the deficit is down $800 billion since the president took office. 38 straight months of private sector job growth, and the stock market is now reaching record highs. so, does that sound like socialism to you, joe? >> well, thankfully the 2012 presidential election is over. and hopefully republicans everywhere are heeding what senator --