this is from the griswold case, one of 14 -- >> mr. olson, let me -- i'm not trying to express a view on gay marriage or any marriage at this point. i'm trying to find out how far we have to go if we are to accept your view of this case. certainly if we start out from the assumption that everybody is entitled to marry everybody else regardless of sex, regardless of sexual orientation, if we have to reach that issue, we would, but as you well know, as you argued the plout case, we are advised not to reach a constitutional question unless we have to. i was not planning on reaching that question for you this early in the discussion, but it seems to come in relation to how we deal with the crawford case. and it was for that reason i was asking you whether in order to distinguish crawford you are saying that we, it's necessary to take the position that you can only, the only thing you can't take away as a state is a right under the 14th amendment. >> there seems to be two questions in that. how far do you have to go in the significance of c

who believes that griswold -- the connecticut should be overturned.e 1% because he was the face of the party. when santorum is ahead, we're going to be talking about contraception and it's going to scare a lot of republican women. forget democrats. forget independents. it's not that he needs to get out and make a definitive statement. >> yeah. one that that keeps it in the lane. because there is a lot of stuff he's written as well that i think women question. >> breaking news out of virginia yesterday. let's go to the most interesting man in the world. >> yeah. >> it seems, you know, yesterday morning i suggested -- >> i don't know how this happened. >> i suggested it mark buchanan and i am not sure if it's the case but i suggested state sanctioned vaginal probes may not be a good way to win swing voters in states like virginia. i'm not sure if you have polling or focus groups to back that up with women but i do. >> you don't need it. >> from my wife and her very pro life, very republican friends who were horrified at that. bob mcdonald stepped back y

number four, before griswold there were no ceos of fortune 500 companies.ntatives. today there are 76 women in the house and 17 women in the senate. all of whom, i presume, do not want their male colleagues speaking for them or other women in on issue that affects us. dylan? >> in 30 seconds. the original concept of no contraception going back thousands of years. written at time when people died below the age of one or two all the time. people don't die all

it's a violation of the woman's private right under griswold versus connecticut and a violation of theinated against in the workplace. so no one is saying that institutions, religious institutions, don't have first amendment rights. they do. they don't have the right to enlist the government's help in forcing their religious beliefs on unwilling women in their -- whether it's their employees or students or what have you. >> no religion should have that right. if you think you were offended there. let me show the congresswoman something that happened earlier today on this station on andrea mitchell's show. a supporter of ron -- of rick santorum had a very -- well, let me show it to you. >> people seem to be so preoccupied with sex. i think it says something about our culture. we maybe need a massive therapy session so we can just concentrate on what the real issues are. this contraceptive thing, my gosh, it's such inexpensive. back in my days they used bare aspirin. >> this is not just a backer. this is a big money backer. the name is friess of rick santorum talking about back in his da

now that last clip santorum is talking about how he has an issue with the supreme court ruling on griswold vs connecticut you know the ruling that said americans have the right to contraception the santorum thinks that it should be up to the states and the state has the right to decide if a woman has the right to birth control when it's convenient because santorum says that he would never personally vote to ban birth control but he doesn't believe it's a right and he thinks that other people should be able to ban it well rick i have to think that the right to make their own decisions when it comes to their health care is very much a right that women should have whether or not a group crusty old male legislators on the state or federal level agree so for his personal and political beliefs and for trying to downplay an absurdly offensive comment made by one of his biggest financial backers rick santorum is tonight's two all time winner. now tonight we have yet another example of your privacy being invaded so it turns out that smartphones are keeping more of your data than you know and the pa

he says griswold was wrong, states should have the law right to outlaw contraception. >> griswold wasrong and roe was wrong. but that's not the same as saying anyone is supporting banning birth control. they're trying to get their pro-abortion feminists all gassed up. it's not going to work. >> you both come back. i've got to run. >>> $4 a gallon gasoline is back for millions of americans. is $5 a gallon far off? details for what's the -- >>> plus a tornado as big as the earth on the sun. you really are going to want to see these incredible images from nasa. i am loving this greek yogurt. i like yoplait. it is yoplait. but you said it was greek. mmhmm. so is it greek or is it yoplait? exactly. okay... [ female announcer ] yoplait. it is so greek. >>> cnn is getting in new details about this terror plot against the u.s. capitol. the fbi and other antiterrorism officials arrested this man. no one was ever in any way threatened, nonetheless the man has been hauled into court. he is under arrest. police are searching various places, and i say we're getting in new details of what this inve

come on, man, it's like law school class and griswold v. connecticut.f you guys know -- >> very controversial story. >> couple of laws. one of them, basically, saying that the rights of a person begins at conception. >> yeah. >> that's one, and that's the law in virginia. and two, all women that are going to have an abortion have to have an ultrasound first. >> that's a real -- that makes a waiting period. >> and critics are saying that extends the waiting period. of course, this is relevant nationally why? because as jim vandehei of "politico" told us earlier, the top choice right now for mitt romney would be bob mcdonnell, the governor of virginia as vice president. we're going to be hearing a lot more about this, aren't we, howard? >> yeah, it's unbelievable that we have an unemployment rate of 8.5% and all people want to talk about is social issues. i think the public is not there. the public is not there. and none of this -- i think ths is going to scare american women. i really do. >> you look at the polls and on abortion, it's split for the most

bob mcdonnell said the supreme court ruling in griswold versus connecticut which says states can't criminalize contra shin he said that was i will lodge kay. he raged against the perverted notion of liberty, each individual should live out his sexual life in the way he chooses, without interference from the state. that was bob mcdonnell's vision for what exactly the state should interfere with in your life and why while he was at pat robertson's university when he was in his mid-30s. now of course, bob mcdonnell these days is being considered as perhaps the top candidate for the republican party's vice president shall nomination. >> romney said mcdonnell would be on any candidate's short list for vice president. >> whomever the nominee is i hope they would choose bob mcdonnell as their vice president. >> i could be looking at the next running mate here. >> let's let everybody else worry about that. >> you would be open to it? >> if you could help your country any of us would think about it. >> the guy sitting across from me would be a number two -- i think any governor you get a call that says

both of them are quoted about their feelings about griswold. think that -- doesn't that have a slippery slope? is that a conversation that the gop wants to have? >> i wouldn't have it. i wouldn't have it there and people are pushing it in that direction. i don't think ultimately that's what the decision was about. the decision was about making religious institutions do things -- >> from last week. >> that's right. >> the point is -- it's still -- it's still unresolved. the hearing yesterday, by the way, only one catholic on the first panel. there were two women on the second panel. >> overwhelmingly men. >> there was a rabbi on there who said, look, i happen to agree with contraception but we look at that as an assault on religious liberty. i don't think that conversation is over yet. >> you can't really take the conversation about religious liberty and remove from it the conversation of contraception. aren't they intertwines? >> you can't when the leading -- for now leading presidential nominee, when mr. santorum says that contraception is bad

i think we're going to be -- people will be interested to see what mitt romney's position is on griswold. i think we need to have a healthy debate about the role of contraception in the american life. >> thanks to boston you. we appreciate it. >>> under surveillance tonight. is the government crossing the line by monitoring you on social media sites. this is a question before congress right now. hearings next week will happen to discuss how the department of homeland security monitor sites like twitter, facebook and the drudge report. is the government looking for suspicious activity or is big brother a more appropriate word to use here and are we having the government infringe on our rights. paul is here tonight. good to see you. lucky you didn't get in front of the birth control beat. a feisty conversation. >> carville shut down. >> the government has been monitoring these sites for terrorist activity. but now we see reports that you go on twitter and post something negative on dhs and that that might be grounds to monitor you. how do we know if they are going too far? >> this thing th

in 1965 the supreme court ruled that states could not ban birg control, in a state called griswold versus connecticut he said states should have the ability to ban birth control. abortion should be criminalized in all instances. homosexual is equivalent to man on dog. he would bring don't ask don't tell back. all the people out of the closet in the military and shove them back in the closet, forget what you heard. rick santorum's national reputation is being the extreme social conservative, man on dog guy, i think is part of the reason pennsylvania voters turfed him out of the senate by a huge margin in 2006 the last time he ran for office. his obsession with government getting its way in the most private parts of your private life didn't jibe with an electorate prioritizing on the war in iraq and the economy. being the man on dog guy didn't make sense in 2006. this cycle, until now, rick santorum had the opposite problem. everybody is a man on dog guy. rick santorum doesn't stand out as furthest right. he hasn't seem unique, there isn't anything to discontinuing witch him. ultimately if

this is the 21st century and griswold versus connecticut has been overturned that allowed the use ofontraceptives between a married couple. but i think many like him would like to return us to the day where government's reach went into women's lives, their bodies, what they could have access to, and while i've been in congress, i've seen a constant chipping away at a woman's right to choose by the right-wing republican majority. but now i'm beginning to see an attempt to roll back a woman's right to contraceptive access. it's to me outrageous, it's troubling, and quite frankly quite scary. i would say about mr. friess, another problem with him and others like him is the supreme court decision that allows people like him to have an undue influence on american elections by being able to give unlimited billions, hundreds of millions to the so-called super pac to influence elections, which certainly does -- his view does not reflect the view of the majority of american women. 99% of whom use some form of birth control during their lives. and to try to deny them that access is just plain

this is from the griswold case one of 14 -- >> let me -- i am not trying to express the view on dimare ridge or any marriage of this point. i'm chongging to find out how far we have to go if we are to accept your view of the case. certainly if we start out from the assumption that everybody regardless of sex and regardless of sexual orientation, if we have to reach that issue we would, but as you know, we are advised not to reach a constitutional question unless we have to. not planning on reaching that question to you this early in the discussion, but it seems to come in relation to how we deal with the crawford case. and it's for that reason that i was asking you whether in order to distinguish crawford you are saying that it's necessary to take the position that the only thing you can't take away is say right under the 14th amendment. as the magazines to me there's two questions. how far do you have to go in the significance of crawford? you do not have to go any further than the case requires you to go. the case is taken away the constitutional right of individuals who are homosexu

the image of him driving on the roof makes me think of clark griswold.crats. he nieds to talk about the fact that bain capital actually owned a dog food company. he talked about the fact in 2006 he made responsible pet owners month. >> if you remember vacation at the end, the dog is no longer there. okay. let's make the point that romney still had a dog. >> that is true. that is true. >> impressive knowledge, kyra. >> i'm a hard-hitting journalist. thank you, gentlemen. >>> straight ahead, millions of americans love their smart phones. but now some cell phone giants are actually trying to throttle the heaviest users. christine romans is here to explain. i'm a little thrown off. >> i started laughing so hard. i remember the movie. >> that was one of the funniest parts. you see the leash. any way. >> we need a buzzer for this one. this is an interesting story. it's about the top 5% of data logs. you might have an unlimited plan for your smart phone. have you notice d that things ae slowing down for you early on in your billing cycle? it's because you reach

guest: he wants to challenge griswold vs.cided they can ban contraception. then he goes on to say, of course no one will do it. then why does he want it repealed? it is double caught -- double talk. they want to appear more moderate when he gets up. but they are questioning whether birth control should be generally available in our country. host: what you make of that all these women's issues are being highlighted? guest: it is shocking. we're going back to the 1970's. something like 90% of americans use birth control and they want to make a controversial. also, as if we do not have a conscious. in other words, the only people who can decide this is big brother. not the individuals. and yet these of the people who are saying it wanted ltd. and small government, but not when it comes to women's lives. they want to prove they are moral by regulating women and frankly endangering their health. when you talk about limiting access to prenatal testing you're also talking about taking away from women modern science. not only for pre

wade, griswold versus connecticut.urrent controversy we thought that was the easy subject, contraception. >> chloe, what has been your sense over the last few weeks? >> i'm totally flabbergasted. i'm with you. i don't think we could have imagined in 2012 we would still be having this discussion about birth control. on the other hand, i'm not that surprised because the anti-choice movement has set its sights on repealing as much law, as much legislation and rolling back as many women's rights as it possibly can. it starts with abortion because lots of people, just less than half the country, feel that abortion is wrong so it starts with something where it has a strong base. but emboldened by that it moves on to contraception. who knows what comes next? >> i know what comes next. >> what? >> aspirin. >> i have it between my knees right now so i can't get pregnant for the rest of this show. >> can i jump in here? social conservatives believe life begins with conception and ends with birth because if you look at their prio