welcome back to the big picture i'm tom hartman coming up in this half hour justice ginsburg suddenly reveals her feelings on the citizens united decision what are they and could they help get a disastrous decision overturned also the military's use drone technology extensively in armed conflicts over the past decade you might be surprised how much they're being used closer to home and the number of americans using meth as skyrocketing as yours what might corporate america have to do with this startling revelation. in the best of the rest of the news we return to the citizens united front as we've been keeping tabs on last week the supreme court suspended the decision by the montana state supreme court regarding citizens united basically montana ruled that the citizens united decision did not apply to that state because there was one hundred year old law on the books that prevented corporate spending in state elections but the u.s. supreme court said now sorry montana you have to let the corporations spend unlimited amounts of money in your life just like we've dumped on the rest of t

>>> and justice ruth bader ginsburg of the u.s.rt telling countries like egypt that they should look past the u.s. constitution as a model for framing their new goth. her comments setting off a firestorm of controversy, one person even calling for her to resign.ncer is she right? ion? ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8. what is thishorty? uh, tissues si i'm sick. you don't cough, you d't show defeat. give me your war face! raaah! [ male announcer ] halls. a pep talk in every drop. megyn: fox news alert. we are hearing and seeing brand-new video coming in moments ago from the slaughter in syria. a brutal regime ramps up the war against its own people as the united states struggles with a way to address this crisis. brand-new hour of "america live." i'm megyn kelly. fresh scenes of horror as government forces continue to bombard areas. government snipers cutting down those in the street trying to help those who have already

megyn: well, justice ruth bader ginsburg had some interesting words about the u.s.itution which is, of course, the document that she upholds on a daily basis when she sits on the u.s. supreme court, although her critics would deny that. [laughter] during a trip to cairo last week, justice ginsburg told a reporter that egypt's revolutionaries should not use the u.s. constitution as a model for their new government. instead, she has another country's founding document in mind. take a listen. >> i would not look to the u.s. constitution if i were drafting a constitution in the year 2012. i might look at the constitution of south africa that was a deliberate attempt to have a fundamental instrument of government that embraced basic human rights, had an independent judiciary. it really is, i think, a great piece of work that was done. megyn: can't you just hear the critics of the high court now, in particular those on the left, critics of the justices who are on the left work being with that clip? joining me now, leslie marshall, a fox news contributor, and lars larson,

justice ruth bader ginsburg had her purse snatched while walking near the kennedy center with her husband and daughter. the fbi is in nevis investigating. sources do not believe he was targeted but, rather, the victim of random street crime. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> and today is the one-year anniversary of one arab spring uprising that still threatens a key u.s. ally. a year ago today, bahrain's shiite majority rose up. the rulers responded with violence. the country remains deeply lly divided. >>> an american tradition is being embraced by lovers. officially considered an unwelcome and imported western custom, valentine's day is being celebrated by many young iranians. the best part of valentine's day is the chocolate. >> around the world, people get to celebrate a little bit of love. that's cool. >>> time for the weather across the country. a mix of rain and snow from detroit to cleveland, buffalo, pittsburgh, and west virginia. showers from atlanta to jacksonville. spreading to wichita, houston, and shreveport. heavy downpours from seattle to northern california. >>> mo

ginsburg is all it was like a modern day bosum buddy. it's like pusy times 2, we need these shows. more more on the religious eng, exemption story we go to aasif mandvi. what is the reaction to this what is the reaction to this decision. >> well, jon, big winners here are religious freedom advocates. they are thrilled! >> that's their religious decision. respect their religion and respect the -- >> the determination religious liberty trumps all. hands-off. >> wow. >> so big hallelujah went up across the country. >> you hear that, jon. hall a lieu la. >> jon: you seem pretty chipper yourself, aasif. >> chipper no, i'm not chipper. >> jon: are you, are you smiling. >> well, i just find tin diego-- intriguing that the nine justices in their wisdom unanimously agreed that religious law can override civil law, whether it's a lutheran orr abinical council or the imam of a mosque. >> jon: wloe, i see where you are going, no, no, my friend, forget it. >> what did you say. >> jon: you are saying this decision paves the way for the sharia law here in america with the halla part. >> i'm just

. >> and for more on the events in syria, i spoke a short time ago to mark ginsburg who formerly serveds foreign minister to syria. >> so why this hesitancy? >> there is an uncertainty over who represents the syrian people. there are the so-called outsider who are part of an outside group of syrian opposition leaders. there are those fighting inside syria and the political opposition inside syria. they have had a difficult time on agreeing whether military force should be used and whether or not they can be united. in are efforts in istanbul to bring these groups together. >> if the opposition can be recognized as such, and if the syrian rebels were armed, is that something you think should also happen, arming the rebels? >> i think it is absolutely essential. how long will we witness this foreign fighting by body count? how many syrians will be killed before the syrian army is given the means to overthrow the regime or at least protect the syrians rising up? >> could arming the rebels make the violence worse? >> we are already in a civil war. to pretend that the violence will get worse

ambassador mark ginsburg. good to see you, mr.see you, chris. >> you are not adjusting your plan to wind down the war by 2014 but it has reinforced a feeling among a lot of americans that the u.s. needs to get out as quick as possible. how do you think the latest violence has changed the equation? >> well, i think it has brought into sharp focus the fact that general petraeus' surge has not worked. despite what his supporters claim politically, the president has reached the end of the road in so far as reconstructing afghanistan. it's got to be back, we have to revert back to vice president biden's strategy of engaging largely and countering terrorism from the air. whether karzai stays or leaves, i think he'll end up with a pot of money in geneva. tinge taliban will continue to control a good part of the eastern part of the country. the pakistanis have no intention of supporting u.s. aims in afghanistan. and the u.s. military, i think, has already come to the conclusion that whatever they have valiantly tried to achieve on the gro

. >> when ruth bader ginsburg was asked the question, whether she would recommend to a country forming that they should adopt the united states constitution as their constitution. and she said no. but that's what the president believes. that's what the left in america believes. that's what plog progressives believe that this document has lived past its expiration date. >> political statement. more of a legal statement there. jeff, what do you make of that? >> reporter: it was actually very interesting. ruth bader ginsburg was invited to egypt by the new government there to give advice on how they should reform their legal system in the post-mubarek era. they asked her, do you think we should revise our constitution in line with yours? and she said no. well, you know, the south african constitution which is actually a newer constitution, post apartheid, she says that's probably a better model for you. i think it's a very interesting comment by her. i'm not surprised it's controversial. but it's important to remember also that ruth ginsberg is an appointee of bill clinton, not of barack

in 1996 ruth bader ginsburg's purse was snapped walking home from the kennedy center. >> pete williamsthanks. >>> president obama unveiled his budget for the upcoming here. this being an election year, the chances of a $3.8 trillion plan becoming law as-is are being judged at just about zero with the fight over taxes and spending grinding on as it has for the past three years or so. our political director chief white house correspondent chuck todd at the white house tonight with more on this. chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. here is what today was, the president's opening bid. how he thinks the government should collect some $3 trillion in taxes and how it should spend $4 trillion. here is what it wasn't, the likely budget. the president conveniently has a swing state in his backyard, and he traveled to virginia to unveil his 2013 budget. >> i will not read it to you. it's long and a lot of numbers. >> reporter: what he did, sounded the same populist theme he's been using these last few months. >> we can settle for a country where a few people do really well and e

judge ginsburg, brian brokaw, alex turk, kelley oil and, and the sixth wheel is takes after stain. i do not know anyone at "the chronicle." however, this team is very well connected, they do their job and produced this great article today with "the chronicle." we are in good hands with the day to day, because all of you know i am busy with my day job. we will be raising a budget to hire the executive director and donate money to other causes that fill our mission. code for america, who you will be hearing from, is an example of that. i want to talk about our logo for a second. and our logo, which is right behind me, and there is a write- up in your press kit, has some tech folklore in it, too. it was designed by a twitter engineer and designer. andre is here, introduced to me by way of biz stone, the founder of twitter, and he uses standard coding conventions, using parentheses and semicolons, in keeping with tech and open source, the code designed by another member company employee at google. on the jobs front, which is what we would like to switch to and talk about now, we think

ginsburg. >>, to continue to send my thanks to cady, who does such a wonderful job looking at the commission's finances, given the climate. there is a department head meeting going on right now about the city's budget. because you're in this commission meeting presented our budget, they know we are not here. the message the mayor is conveying his although the city it is certainly happy the six- month report indicated positive news, structural challenges certainly remain for the city. it is the mayor's office boss expectation that we continue to manage the budget, which is why it is before you today. for the second year in a row, we will have no layoffs and no program reductions. i think that is a credit to the tough decisions that you as a commission have been making to offset some of the general fund cuts we have had to experience with earn revenues. so on behalf of not just staff, but those who use our services, think you for your leadership in helping us maintain services. while we are at a moment of certainly less bad news and we have had in the past, it is important to note a big piece of

justice ginsburg saw this as an opportunity to review the high ruling writing: >> joining me now former senator feingold and obama national co chair and author. senator, good to see you sir. >> good to see you. >> keith, good to see you. >> is there any other way to beat citizens united besides utilizing the super money you can raise by citizen's united in order to elect people who can overturn it. >> you don't need to raise super pack money. i made it very clear that the president is in great position and because it looks like he's a little more on the side of the average person. this only undercuts that. i made it clear to the obama people that i would publicly criticize this decision. what it comes down to, i've got two choice, sit in the back yard and have a nice cigar and have somebody tell me who won the election because it doesn't matter. the other choice is to actually fight for the guy who will appoint supreme court justice who at least possibly overturn this thing. i have a sneaking suspicion that the people that the republicans would appoint wouldn't even consider overturning

in 1996 justice ruth bader ginsburg had her purse snatched just as david suitor was assaulted while jogging. it's not clear what protection briar may have had at his vacation home. according to bloomberg news, often supreme court justices go without security. it's up to them if they want protection from there. >>> still ahead, after a couple days off, the lin sanity resumes. will the magic be the same with new york getting its highly paid superstars back on the court? carmelo anthony has an opinion on this. that's ahead in sports. >>> david letterman reveals the cover of the swimsuit sports illustrated issue with help from his leg i friends. that's coming up when way too early returns. >> we like to have named t american furniture. it's american pottery, which is very rare in the early 19th century. those are two of the nice ones. so uh this is my friend frank and his, uh, retirement plan. one golden crown. come on frank how long have we known each other? go to e-trade. they got killer tools man. they'll help you nail a retirement plan that's fierce. two golden crowns. you realize the odds

. >> ginsburg says the proposed ballot measure isn't needed. about the ruth gotstein supports it as a way to ensure the survival what was she considers a national treasure. >> i think it's extraordinary, it's amazing. it's a capsule in time. >> in a city noted for its political activism, coit tower and its murals have become the latest battleground. activists have until february 6th to gather enough signatures to put the advisory proposal on the ballot. >> belva: for more coverage of the murals at kqed/org/thisweek. >>> anna demure smith is currently at grace cathedral. sunday morning at 9:30 i'll be her guest in conversation and it's free to the public. i'm belva davis. thanks for watching. good night.

the supreme court ruth bader ginsburg said the constitutions of some other countries like south africasodels for future democracies, because the news ones influence individual rights. it's funny he is not lashing out at the supreme court justice who recently testified that they are much better than ours. and then colby schwartz. he killed in committee a bill that would have strengthened oklahoma new anti--methamphetamine law. it turns out for his last campaign. he received $1,500 from drug maker eli billy, and several others. pfizer who makes pseudo fed took schwartzed out to dinner last august and just to top it off before going to the oklahoma legislation, schwartz was a sales rep in the pharmaceutical industry. to be fair they don't hook just republicans. oklahoma democrats also voted against it and also got donations from big pharma one oklahoma rep said he didn't know how he would be able to look social workers, or cops in the eye, he said: and that was doug cox a republican and he deserves applause for telling it like it is. but his colleague planned parenthood. anna talked to a c

justice ruth bader ginsburg had her purse snatched while walking near the kennedy center with her husbandghter. tonight, the fbi's in nevis investigating. sources do not believe he was targeted but, rather, the victim of random street crime. >> a startling story to read about today. thank you very much, pierre. >>> we turn now, also in washington, the battle brewing over the president's new budget for this country. he unveiled it today, a record $3.8 trillion ready to be spent. what does this budget have in common with the kind of family budget americans wrestle with around the kitchen table? we asked abc's jake tapper to break it down. >> reporter: the budget the president introduced today is a 200-page way of describing his priorities. >> don't worry. i will not read it to you. it's long and a lot -- a lot of numbers. >> reporter: indeed, a lot of numbers. so, let's try it with numbers more easily understood. removing eight zeros from all the numbers so, say, the $3.8 trillion budget is actually $38,000, like a family budget. this budget would have our american family spending $38,000 w

ginsburg? >> the department of emergency management, not just the n.f.c. championship game or preparations for flooding but we had power issues going back to the monday night game in pittsburgh so there was a ton of interagency coordination with sfpd, fire, d.p.w., rec. and park and d.e.m. often throughout that three or four-week process, served as the quarterback and coordinator facilitating conference calls and making sure we were working as well together as we could so my thanks to all of the other city agencies involved in helping us manage the variety of issues that came up at candlestick, special thanks to d.e.m. sometimes even little events, we can use this model and it works and it worked well. thank you. >> we're getting much better at it. we're figuring that out as we move along. thank you, phil. i'm going to move on, then, unless there's other comments, here, to recent fires and we have three presenters today but we're going to start with chief hayes-white. if you could give us a little update, please. >> certainly. good afternoon, mayor lee, el