is appealing to those who resent those who believe that the wealthy are abusing the system. >> bob franken jackie kucinich, thank you both for joining us. >> thank you. >>> coming up -- a big boost for president obama. the brand new nbc poll straight ahead. >>> plus -- new outrage over a man's ridiculous response to charges of racial profiling and harassment in his town. stay with us. we are the house when it comes to the big game. yeah. it's his thing. i don't even participate. boom! here it comes! bring it back! bring it home! [ male announcer ] when you combine creamy velveeta with zesty rotel tomatoes and green chilies, you get a bowl of queso that makes even this get-together better. how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. when they want. where they want. doing what they want. ameriprise. the strength of a leader in retirement planning. the heart of 10,000 advisors working with you one-to-one. together for your future. ♪

she went after o'reilly using critical quotes from the franken book.erview was halfway through i felt as though terry gross was carrying franken's water. that's the npr ombudsman. she won't let it go. she did a bad interview, awful. 40 minutes i put up with that woman. would you put up with that woman for 40 minutes. >> i didn't know that was terry gross. i thought that was martin short. >> you better stop asking me to carry your water. >> bill: did you think as gutfeld did it was martin short and not terry gross. >> i'm not sure. i was confused. >> bill: that's not nice. that was terry gross. >> come on. i said nothing. >> bill: terry gross is not telling the truth and she should for the sake of npr's reputation. >> he threw me under the bus. >> bill: pinheads and patriots on deck. wheel of intoxication on the field tonight. did sajak and white booze it up before their program? they had >> pinheads & patriots, ri >> and "killing lincoln," is the top selling audio book after four months in the marketplace. thank you all of you road warriors while liste

and bob franken, who has covered newt gingrich for years. you both for joining me. >> good evening. >> thank you. >> erin, you are down there. what do you expect to see tonight? >> just as you said, a big fight between newt gingrich and mitt romney. they've been going at each other, mitt romney's finally starting to talk about newt gingrich in his stump speech which he hadn't done in about a month. i think we're also going to see a little bit about newt gingrich's three marriages come up tonight. as you know, another network had an interview with his second wife marianne in which she bashes him for essentially asking her if she would be open to an open marriage with him while he was carrying on an affair with his now wife calista. but, you know, i think, al, that we're seeing a lot of overconfidence from the gingrich campaign. he was talking today at an event in walterboro, south carolina, and saying if he wins here in south carolina on saturday, that he thinks he'll be the republican nominee. it's the kind of language that we heard from him

south carolina, particularly the republicans, just loaded with evangelical christians. >> bob frankenthanks for your time tonight. have a great weekend. >> thank you. >>> ahead -- president obama's case for jobs and justice. it's his plan to win 2012. >>> plus -- big oil, big money and a very big problem for millions of americans. hnw people are what could be the most dangerous project in america. always lookil small ways to be more healthy. like splenda® essentials™ no calorie sweeteners. this bowl of strawberries is loaded with vitamin c. and now, b vitamins to boot. coffee doesn't have fiber. unless you want it to. splenda® essentials™ are the first and only line of sweeteners with a small boost of fiber, or antioxidants, or b vitamins in every packet. mmm. same great taste with an added "way to go, me" feeling. splenda® essentials™. get more out of what you put in. >>> we've heard a lot from the republicans in this show. how about a few words from the man they are hoping to replace? he is the president. >> we won't give up, not now. you've got to send a message we are going to kee

. >> joining me now is bob franken, a syndicated columnist and -- with feature -- king features and ones known mr. gingrich for a long time and covered him for an extensive period of time. and cynthia tucker, pulitzer prize wing syndicated columnist and now a visiting professor of journalism at the university of georgia. she recently wrote a column about class warfare and the gop's reagan problem. let me start with you, cynthia. does romney really think this recycled reagan talking points will hide the fact that he's a 1 percenter as a candidate? >> i think he really does think the strategy will work, reverend. i think that's the reason he keeps using it. but he lives in a bubble. he talks about earning $374,000 in one year in speaking fees as not very much. you know, when he released his income taxes, he said, well most of what i earned was income from investments, but then i earned a little from speaking fees, not very much. that turns out to be more than $374,000, more than seven years' salary for the average american. so when he talks about class warfare, yes, he's trying to hide th

the inspiration behind development of his franken kindel and how it could make reading easier for disabled. we'll be right back here. >>> a one, two combination of cancer drugs are showing promise in shrinking breast cancer tumor buzz this is the first time they've been used together. the tumors began to shrink after just six months according to the study. and the study was published in the lance yet onology. >> a new campaign to ed skate kate teenagers about the dangers of ecstasy in response to what officials are calling a public health emergency. finding one in four have tried ecstasy in past three years five people have died after taking the drug. county officials say it is more available than ever and now, younger children, even those in junior high are trying it kids are getting their hands on it. it's cheap. it's coming in from different places and canada and other countries. sometimes, mixed with other, more dangerous drugs. kids don't know what they're getting. >> and this county is created a documentary that film is available to school districts and online. >> and one in four tee

and bob franken a kings feature syndicated columnist. bob's covered newt gingrich for years. thank you both for being here tonight. >> thank you. >> erin, let me start with you. what are you expecting to see from both mitt and newt tonight? >> i think it's going to be a fight about character. at least that's what both of the campaigns are telling me. mitt romney's been saying gingrich needs to release his contract from his consulting fees with freddie mac. earlier this decade and -- or i guess six, seven years ago and newt gingrich's campaign, his lawyers are releasing that contract tonight which we talked about that last week, al, as you remember. newt released his tax returns going into that debate. he's doing the same thing again as a preemptive strike at mitt romney. >> now, you know, bob, you learn from lawyers. i've never been a lawyer, but a lot of my friends are. you never -- >> more power to you, al. >> you never ask a question you don't know the answer. and it seems to me that mr. romney in asking this, is he shooting in the dark or does he know there's something in

serving as a police officer was a lifelong dream for special agent franken.e served with honor and distinction and was trusted and beloved by his fellow officers. he was a fine man, a good father, a good husband, and a model citizen and public servant. on january 11, a crowd of 4,000 people about half of them union fortunatelied officers from utah and elsewhere, attended his funeral. five of special agent franken's officers on the strike force, five of them, including michael runkis, casey burrell, sergeant nate hutchinson of the weber county sheriff's office and jason vander worth were also wounded in the shooting. officer burrell remains hospitalized as he recovers from the serious injuries that he sustained in the shooting. madam president, along with everyone in utah, i am deeply saddened by this turn of events. at the same time we are humbled as this tragedy reminds us all -- reminds us all of the bravery and dedication of the women and men of law enforcement who risk their lives every day to keep their communities and our communities safe. as i have ser

gotten to say i listen now first i want to respond to a viewer the watch our story on senator al franken and representative jeff landry teaming up to change the language of the n.d.a. clarify the u.s. citizens are barred from being indefinitely detained live damascus commented how about a lot of stop tacking on laws to big spending bills like defense authorization act we need to close that these loopholes of tyranny i personally i wholeheartedly agree i think of the practice of tacking on amendment after amendment to giant spending bills as an incredibly dangerous one there's a way to. so much pressure to push these bills through especially when it comes to defense because you know nobody would dare leave the pentagon unfunded in this town it's an age old washington tactic and it works senators and congressmen object but the bills involved funding the entire u.s. military so while they just have to get pushed through then we end up with situations like this one where hugely important and quite frankly scary things like the provision for indefinite detention get passed and only patched up

a reality there is a call that change the language of the act and this one comes from senator al franken and representative jeff landry they're teaming up to change the provision that officially gives the government the power to detain suspected terrorists even if they're u.s. citizens so landry and frank and it want to take out the u.s. citizens part landry's house proposal came with the following statement is that any sachi that could possibly be interpreted to allow the president to detain american citizens without charge or trial is incredibly alarming frank and express similar concern saying it to not give people a hearing to not give an american citizen the right to have his case heard in a court i think that's one of our basic rights once we start getting rid of our basic rights we're in trouble frank and landry are the only ones that are trying to use their political powers to fight this broad sweeping bill senator dianne feinstein tried to change the contentious element of the bill to exempt american citizens but that was rejected by a majority of republican senators however she

franken, netflix would probably not -- we wouldn't support that. i think the issue for us is really one of, what is video in the future and how do you think about that in the internet age? video embedded into news stories, does that become a news story or is that streaming video? music videos, is that music or is that videos? books, you know, i recently read a book called visit from the goon squad. it's a very good book, interestingly it uses in there texting. it has a powerpoint presentation you can imagine in the future that books will incorporate video does that now mean that's covered by the vppa? so i think we have a host of issues relative to what is video in the future and so just extending the video privacy protection act into the internet raise ashost of issues and i think there's a host of other players that need to be involved in that. so, again, as we mentioned in the testimony, a holistic approach and a comprehensive approach would be one that netflix would support and be involved in but merely taking the vppa and saying it applies to

problem the go to washington and pass another program to put on another layer of regulations -- bob franken is hanging out there, of course, as well -- dodd-frank is hanging out there, as well as obama care, of course. you have got to get that off and i believe that we could do that. [applause] >> my first job is that i teach american and constitutional history at a community college. i want to say thank you for talking so much about the constitution. it is very much appreciated by myself and everyone else in the room. my second job is i work for the new york city police department. i was a first responder on september 11. [applause] i think that a lot of people that like what you say about the constitution and domestic policy are on the rigid policies are on the fence about what you're saying about domestic policy and september 11. could you talk more to reassure the people? >> 9/11 will be remembered by every one of us. one of the significant events of 9/11 was it brought the american people together. it was a devastating day. it should have been a time when we reassessed all of our value

more generally he should speak the way franken roosevelt spoke and act the way harry truman acted.you look at the speeches by roosevelt, he never wrote a speech and he had a voice that was magic that you can't imulate. the words were very simple, punchy and communicated very clearly. he didn't need seven foot sentences. and obama has done that recently, i think a couple of times. if he keeps making that kind of speech and acts more strongly which he started, as well. >> what should he take from harry truman? >> act. do it. don't talk about it. don't talk about it. do it. he has the republicans in a very interesting position. he didn't do it to them. they did it to themselves. they are in a position that they started by saying we can't cooperate with him. if we cooperate with him it will make him look good and we will not be able to beat him in the race. it was selfish and stupid. what happened now is the people are beginning to figure out, you guys, the jobs cut, the tax involved there, you made a good point for the president. and what they are going to start figuring out now that

as much fun as it would be to have her run against al franken in two years, i don't think that's too likely either. put her nose to the grindstone and hopefully rise up in the ranks with the congressional republicans. >> roger simon in new hampshire, you were there when the big endorsement came. they leaked it last night. not just leaked it. but during rick santorum's speech, the romney campaign put out that john mccain was going to endorse romney. doing everything that they could to undermine the speech as it was happening. you've described the endorsement event today in new hampshire as the campaign event from hell. how did it go so badly? >> everything went wrong. first of all, it was a joint town hall where the crowd presumably turned out to see and share his time on the stage with john mccain. john mccain, frankly, does not like speaking in public, is not terribly good at speaking in public. and he proved it today. the second thing was, virtually every question asked was a hostile question. almost all of which came from the front hauls of the road which romney continued to call

six months after he started, he was able to bring the device he called the franken kindle to his sister we have the buttons down here that basically will control it for you. >> after a few minutes of trial and error she was turning the pages of a virtual book. >> just like that. pretty cool. >> yeah. >> using his sister's feedback, he is working on streamlining the design. his ultimate goal is to create a device not only to help her but other disabled readers as we'll. >> the parking scramble, talking app to excitement. it's your social network. all mixed together. with galaxy nexus by samsung, now you can organize your contacts into circles, like you do in real life. so you can choose what people see and what they don't. and with the speed of verizon 4g lte, you can chat as a group in a googleplus hangout without missing a beat. introducing the first phone built for android 4.0. only at verizon. >> carolyn: there is a new tool that may help you park in san francisco. it's an app that guides you to the nearest open spot. alan wang takes it on a test drive. >> it's just a big green butto

. >>> joining me now is bob franken thank you both for being here tonight.hen numerically, that is clearly not true, i mean. >> let me use the term intentionally that you used last night and whether you meant it or not. i do mean it whether it seems to be appeals to the extreme right wing of the republican party. that is to say that there continues to be among many conservatives a real resentment against blacks. this is a way of pandering to that, in addition to which you have rick santorum representing the theocrats and the republican party, which is also part of the base, theocracy, of course, like perhaps the one in iran, they would like to see that created here. this is really an appeal to the base instincts in the republican party, and the base instincts of the republican base. >> i meant what i said. somebody said it was a gaffe. i repeated it last night, that it was in line with the angry -- it was in line with the distortion, so clearly let me show you some of the confusion on this rhetoric. >> i had this discussion with al sharpton the other day on

. >> it seems like they can't franken candidate, the perfect person they can can look together, looking for the x-factor that remains to be seen. we'll see how it all plays out. trey hardin, thank you so much. >> thank you, thomas. >>> on the hunt, a national park is closed right now while authorities try to track down the man who allegedly can killed a park ranger. full details ahead. >>> and next hour on "now," alex talks about the iowa ground game. she'll have michele bachmann's campaign press secretary coming up. you'll want to stay right here with msnbc, the place for politics. this is an rc robotic claw. my high school science teacher made me what i am today. our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. hey, i'm really glad we took this las

maybe not as close as the coleman/franken race but pretty close. >> i'm getting two-minute warning we expect michele bachmann to be taking the podium here shortly. kelly, quickly, have you seen her in the building yet? as i understood it at the top of the hour i didn't think she was there just yet. >> reporter: right outside the doing, i've been attached to the camera talking to you, there's the pipe and drape of campaign world that allows a candidate to come in without being obviously seen. we know that some aides have been waiting for her. if we have the two-minute warning, i'm confident they wouldn't give that without her being in the building. i'm told her best friend from california is with her, all of her family. and that one of the things we will probably hear is what she likes about the other candidates, wanting to be respectful and wanting to remind people that in her word, she could take it to president obama something she said countless times on the campaign trail, referring to her titanium spine and one link is that rick santorum says the next days of the election will be

the two senators from minnesota, myself, senator franken and senator johnson as well as senator kohl to get through the united states senate. this bridge bill allows a bridge to move forward that has been awaiting being built for 30 years. it is a bridge that exists now, that is a beautiful bridge, but it is falling apart, pieces of the bridge is falling into the st. croix river. it is a bridge that is expected to take 18,000 cars a day, and the department of transportation of the state of minnesota believes very strongly that we need a new bridge. what this legislation does is allows the bridge to move forward. i appreciate all the help from my colleagues on both sides of the aisle. they have helped me to work on this legislation over the last few months, senator coburn had some changes at the end, and we worked with every single senator to get this done. the bill now moves to the house where it also enjoys bipartisan support, and both governors of both states support this bill. and they will then be allowed to build the bridge that they want to build. there has been questions raise

problem the go to washington and pass another program to put on another layer of regulations -- bob franken is hanging out there, of course, as well -- dodd-frank is hanging out there, as well as obama care, of course. you have got to get that off and i believe that we could do that. [applause] >> my first job is that i teach american and constitutional history at a community college. i want to say thank you for talking so much about the constitution. it is very much appreciated by myself and everyone else in the room. my second job is i work for the new york city police department. i was a first responder on september 11. [applause] i think that a lot of people that like what you say about the constitution and domestic policy are on the rigid policies are on the fence about what you're saying about domestic policy and september 11. could you talk more to reassure the people? >> 9/11 will be remembered by every one of us. one of the significant events of 9/11 was it brought the american people together. it was a devastating day. it should have been a time when we reassessed all of our value

the order on our site is senator franken, blumenthal and koons. senator franken. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i noticed that her former congressman, jim landsat is here. i would like to recognize him, too for his leadership and mental health. he and any parity for treatment of addiction. minnesota has been a leader in addiction treatment and we are very proud of that. in minnesota, we have seen drug courts do pretty good -- do very good things. we talked to you return on investment, both in your opening statement in response to senator kohl. and part of this is recidivism. we found a minnesota that drug cards are less likely to be arrested for another client has offenders prosecuted in traditional court and this of course with an equivalent kind of arrest senator. i want to after seeing that trend nationwide in terms of recidivism. >> with respect to recidivism. one of the primary things that make them affect what is the impact on me or just depends. and so 84% of graduate school of counter the program remained drug-free. after graduating after the first graduation. with respect to

and now united states senator al franken.have not voted for republican for president since 1972. i love my state, filled with great people, but i know the challenges that mitt based in massachusetts. he cut taxes, he cut spending, he grew jobs, and he did the important work on the behalf of the conservative movement in some ways. i want to share one other point with you, and that is in addition to all the policy positions, in addition to his great record of leadership and results as a governor and a leader of the olympics and a private business leader, i hope you're proud to support a candidate with the character of mitt romney and the future first lady of this great nation, and romney. these are two individuals who do not just talk the talk but they walk the walk, and if you look and see the way that they live their lives lines up with the values that they espouse, it does. there will not be a day -- of the newspaper and we see that mitt romney did something stupider scandalous or that embarrasses the nation. he is the man o

i don't agree that obama is, you know, he's not, al franken or somebody like that. i do... one point about europe. i think europe will play an interesting role this whole year. i agree with ruth we're not greece. we're kind of close but not that close. we could have another europe crack-up. so i was interesting the way the two parties would see it. >> ifill: very interesting the way that the two parties addressed all of this. thank you both for joining us. ruth marcus and david brooks. with that, we end this special pbs newshour coverage of president barack obama's state of the union address. we'll be back at the regular time tomorrow for the pbs newshour. don't forget, you can still join our google-plus hangout host by newshour political editor christina bellantoni going on now at newshour dot pbs dot org. there you can also find details to help us translate the president's speech and the republican respoe into as many languages as possible. i'm gwen ifill. thank you for joining us and good night. to captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions vo:geico, committed to

on the side in favor of the legislation, you have al franken and john conyers lined up with tea partyhamber of commerce and afl-cio while opposing legislation have you nancy pelosi and michele bachmann and justin bieber. perhaps most remarkable is that while this epic battle wages while money pours into lobbying, most americans have absolutely no idea it is going on. a report from media matters surveyed all the major networks and cable networks, prime time coverage, this one included, found exactly zero coverage of the legislation with the exception of a single segment on cnn. the company i work for, nbc universal is not neutral in the legislative vow. they are very, very supportive of the house's stop online piracy act and counterpart. we will be hearing from an nbc representative in a moment. you can get a sense of how my employer feels from this mug sitting in my office kitchen, "steal this mug." it says cheaply but not our content. stealing or more precisely piracy is the problem it attempts to solve. as a copyright holder myself someone that creates intellectual properties such a