host: sam stein with "huffington post." join the conversation let's listen to comment april,nt obama made in about sequestration, and something "huffington post" wrote about, listening in particular for the tone of where responsibility lies for sequestration. [video clip] you seem to suggest that somehow these folks have no responsibility and my job is to get them to behave. that is their job. they are elected -- members of congress are elected in order to do what is right for their constituencies and the american people. so, if in fact they are seriously concerned about passenger convenience and safety, then they should not just be thinking about tomorrow, next week or the week after that, but five years from now, 10 years from now and 15 years from now. president obama talking about congress and laying the responsibility for sequestration at the feet of congress. is that still the white house's attitude and what have we learned about the governing ?tyle customer -- style guest: it is complicated. in order to get beyond th

and senior political editor and white house correspondent for "huffington post" sam stein along withe and joe. good morning, joe. >> where do you begin? new york has always felt like when washington hasn't been working, at least we figured out how to run the toughest, biggest city in the world with giuliani and bloomberg. >> he's doing a good job.

huffington post reports that pelosi took exception to a reporter's question which described felner as someone she used to work with. pelosi shot back with an agitated look, quote, don't refer to him as my former colleague, end quote. felner refuses to step down in san diego. >>> they are supposed to look out for your bottom line but seem to be unable to stop spending your money. "the washington examiner" has learned the costs for the protection bureau has soared from $5 million to 95 million dollars. that translates to ruffle $80,000 for every employee there. it's also nearly doubled the gsa's annual budget for

that is one of the reasons that i like working at huffington post.e do those little bite pieces, but there was a piece that we did that shockingly did really well and people were very interested in its. there are often times when stories like that are picked up. if you pitch that to me, as a reporter, i am going to look at candidate or a lawmaker i'm interested in? is this an issue that i am following? if it is something about a candidate and there is a history of corruption or history of drunk driving charges, something like that, i tend not to be as interested in those. if it is something where he is, i don't know, railing against subsidizing food stamps but he is getting all of these government subsidies, a clear place -- a clear case of hypocrisy. it's very subjective. a lot of it is finding out who is the right reporter to pick it up. it definitely is harder. you have to find that right order. it was very interested -- i was very interested in covering wisconsin stuff. if you sent something to me, i probably would have written it, just because i

one of the networks zoomed up to number one. >> huffington post said enough. that zimmerman get acquitted or a mistrial. the disappointment on msnbc as case falls apart. you can see them so sad that zimmerman may get off. >> eric: rick, you are in l.a. and i think of o.j. having been there for that. we have these continually. >> yeah, you know this is a media bias show. i didn't care much about the zimmerman trial until the media jumped in and really judged the case from the beginning. you've got abc news matt gutman who from the beginning manipulated video to make it look like zimmerman didn't have any injuries. now this week and last week we see gutman making all sorts of mistakes. he is not reporting the facts. he is dramaizing. the judge gutman has decided. when the media come in and they decide a case before we even started hearing the facts, i think then the american public gets outraged at the media. i think that is what we're seeing now, the story is completely switched as to what we once were told by the media. >> eric: final judge will be the jury wh

. >> i'm going to associate myself with jack's comments in the huffington post when hay said basically enough. this is -- too much. it is just too much. we have -- as you pointed out, a few things going on in the world and that largest protests in human history in egypt our president having come back from africa and -- nelson mandela on death's door. 19 pyre fighters die in a horrible blaze and all we are see sing zimmerman, zimmerman, zimmerman, trayvon martin. i'm sorry. i think it is overkill. i know it gets ratings but doesn't reflect what the country should be about. >> you hit it on the head. one of the networks is running it all the time and getting zoomed up to number one. >> huffington post says enough. safe bet zimmerman will get acquitted or mistrial. look -- you know, the -- disappointment on msnbc on this case as the case fall apart, it is palpable. you can see them clearly sad that zimmerman might get off. >> rick, you are in l.a. when i think of l.a. i think of o.j. i mean, just -- we have these -- continually. >> yeah. you know, this is a media biased show. i didn't rea

she covers women's issues for "huffington post." happening laura with this issue -- came up about a year ago when kathleen sebelius said and the president said in the final version of obamacare employers with an exception carved out for religious employers will have to make sure contraception is covered in every one of their healthcare plans with no co-pay. what's the status of that now? >> so after a long period of public comment and they heard from women's rights groups and they heard from churches, they've finally announced the final rules on contraception which say that you know, churches basically clarified the exemption. house of worship are completely exempt. they don't have to have anything to do with birth control. what is more murky is religious nonprofits including hospitals universities charities, that kind of thing. they have an exemption basically the third party insurer would have to directly provide coverage to their students or employees so they wouldn't have to deal with it. and a lot of them are still taking issue

huffington post didn't do a story out. they don't even mention it. there is a lot of trying to push the real story aside. >> jon: we have chris matthews on msnbc apologizing for white people. where is all this going? >> let's take another example, nancy grace gets up and uses two words, [ bleep ] that you couldn't put on the air and i couldn't see on the air, we would both be fired. instead she sails right on defamed zimmerman. >> and look, it goes on and on. "washington post", giant section on trayvon martin a lynching victim. only problem is the media are failing to sell this to country. the media will say this is the agenda. >> jon: does it tarnish the memory of emmet till and medger evers. >> this is is a very different country and lot has happened sings then. but his president in the trayvon martin tragedy did not use the word race. did not come into his discussion of this. he talked about gun violence. he talked about stand-your-ground law but he did not talk about race. >> he had eric holder do it for you. >> stand yur ground. >> jon: and the

that is one of the reasons that i like working at huffington post.e do those little bite pieces, but there was a piece that we did that shockingly did really well and people were very interested in its. there are often times when stories like that are picked up. if you pitch that to me, as a reporter, i am going to look at that, is that a candidate or a lawmaker i'm interested in? is this an issue that i am following? if it is something about a candidate and there is a history of corruption or history of drunk driving charges, something like that, i tend not to be as interested in those. if it is something where he is, i don't know, railing against subsidizing food stamps but he is getting all of these government subsidies, a clear case of hypocrisy. it's very subjective. a lot of it is finding out who is the right reporter to pick it up. it definitely is harder. you have to find that right reporter. i was very interested in covering wisconsin stuff. if you sent something to me, i probably would have written it, just because i was interested and cove

he will be coming up as well as reporters from "huffington post" and the "national journal."st... >>> other headlines making news on this wednesday the american league team in this year's world series will have home field advantage for the first time in four years. as the a.l. was victorious in last night's baseball all-star game defeating the national league 3-0. the winning league has gone on to win the world series in seven of the last ten years. the biggest moment of last night's game was yankees closer mariano rivera making his final all-star appearance getting a standing ovation from the sellout crowd of over 84,000 at city field not yankee stadium in new york. >> just for comparison sake, robinson cano, yankee in the home run derby, they booed him because it's mets and they're rival. then this yankee, mariano rivera showed up and he got a standing ovation. i didn't mean to interrupt. >> all of the players left the field during the ovation to give him his moment. he stood alone on the mound. >> bill: great moment. >> he got mvp last night. >> more trouble for michele ba

that's what this is. >> bill: jenn bendery here from "the huffington post."ow, huffingtonpost.com. your calls, your questions, your comments, our conversation continues after the break here on the "full court press". >> announcer: go mobile with bill press. download podcasts at billpressshow.com and listen any time, anywhere. this is the "bill press show." for true stories. with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines. real, gripping, current. documentaries... on current tv. >> did anyone tell the pilgrims they should self-deport? >> no, they said "make us a turkey and make it fast". >> (laughter). >> she gets the comedians laughing. >> that's the best! >> that's hilarious. >> ... and the thinkers thinking. >> okay, so there is wiggle room in the ten commandments is what you're telling me. >> she's joy behar. >> ya, i consider you jew-talian. >> okay, whatever you want. >> who plays kafka? >> who saw kafka? >> who ever saw kafka? >> (laughter). >> asking the tough questions. >> chris brown, i mean you wouldn't let one of your daughters

. >> what is compensated, this is a headline today and the huffington post in france. france has called for muhamed morsi to be released. the eu has to take that into account as well. you see photos of catherine ashton meeting with elbaradei. she scuppered out of that meeting quickly saying her flight would leave. >> they are slaves to the schedule. >> morsi is a blast to the past. she said she had to catch her plane. >> rushing off is probably the best metaphor for all of that. it is now much easier in the u.s. position. it is a very difficult balancing act for them. just a couple of things that reflect that. the white house has not conducted a strategic review. this -- this is like no case i am familiar with. thank you. see you. distaning in our guests froa joining us from a studio in london. is morsi now a figure of the past, as he finished, is he not part of the future? >> i think he is about the past and the present and the future. without acknowledging that morsi >> you need to change her mind if they become part of the process, don't you? >> of course. we did mi

that is one of the reasons that i like working at huffington post.ieces,ose little bite but there was a piece that we did that shockingly did really well and people were very interested in its. there are often times when stories like that are picked up. if you pitch that to me, as a reporter, i am going to look at that, is that a candidate or a lawmaker i'm interested in? is this an issue that i am following? if it is something about a candidate and there is a history of corruption or history of drunk driving charges, something like that, i tend not to be as interested in those. if it is something where he is, i don't know, railing against subsidizing food stamps but he is getting all of these government subsidies, a clear place -- a clear case of hypocrisy. it's very subjective. a lot of it is finding out who is the right reporter to pick it up. it definitely is harder. you have to find that right order. it was very interested -- i was very interested in covering wisconsin stuff. if you sent something to me, i probably would have written it, just be

in the huffington post, violin worth $1.8 million. police say the 300-year-old instrument was taken by thieves three years ago as an acclaimed musician was buying a sandwich at a london cafe. >>> topping our news for you right now, a little recap. anthony weiner will not quit. in a new campaign ad, he pledged to stay in the race but controversy keeps plaguing him. a former intern led him to go on an expletive-laced tirade. >>> a federal appeals court ruled tuesday the government can collect records showing your cell phone's location without obtaining a warrant. the key basis, cell phone use is entirely voluntary and users forfeit the right for location records to be constitutionally protected. >>> talk about pressure, take a look at this tight rope walker in china. breaking a guinness world record. it would take me 38 hours. >> it would take me never. >>> one usher at the oakland a's game knows how to get down. oakland winning against the toronto blue jays. left arm, right arm. the camera scanned over to number 238 here, he's an usher

moving onto some other topics, robert mcchesney, what you think is the aggregator such as the huffington post? >> guest: i think that aggregators can sift through a lot of material. if you find one that you trust, you count on them to save you a lot of work that you'd normally do not a very important role in the news media system. >> host: we are talking with university of illinois professor robert mcchesney about his book "digital disconnect." page 168 from your book. professor, you said with soap and 2011 in this but in 2012, all signs point to this legislae thrust shrinking the right of citizens and expanding the national security state and the internet giants. >> guest: i wrote that come in that is true. what i mean by the internet giants and a whole chapter is dedicated to this is a key part of the book, if you're called and the promise of the internet is that it was going to break down a novelistic giant corporations and create much more competitive markets so they would not have to take shoddier products from other companies so instead of being a force for competition, it is the greate

. >> you wrote this piece on "huffington post."e a teacher. >> i had been a tenured teacher. i had three years at the school where i taught and at that time i published an article in the "huffington post" in defense of the rights and dignity of sex workers in which i used my first-person experience to support the narrative claim that not all sex workers were victims of pimps or under control of traffickers because i hadn't, that was that story. and some days later, weeks later actually, i was front page news. >> literally front page news. >> correct. on the "new york post." >> i went back and looked at the "new york post" coverage. this is like a gift from god to the "new york post." it's like prostitute teacher in your schools. >> absolutely. they had basically taken my story and made it theirs. >> right. now, that is -- i mean, you wrote this great article for "new york" magazine talking about your perspective on watching the spitzer rehabilitation campaign. you said "five years ago eliot spitzer got caught paying women like me a

sam stein covers politics for "the huffington post."walsh is an msnbc political analyst and editor at large for salon. sam, as i read your piece, wiz thinking to myself that the pain is so scattered that politically speaking, maybe that's the reason for a lack of mobilization thus far. small groups are what you document who are feeling significant pain, but there subject seem to be anything or anybody tying them all together. >> yeah, you have a very valid point there. there is an organization in washington, d.c. called ndd, which advocates on behalf of those groups affected by the nondefense discretionary cuts by sequestration. but you're right. i think the pain is so scattered that we're not really seeing a mobilized effort to get these cuts replaced. the other problem that is happening is that a lot of these groups, including head start organizations are doing everything that they can to back load all of the pain. and by that, they're putting off the suffering. they're making sure that parents in the system, stay in the system. and t

and karen cadet, "huffington post black voices." that account george zimmerman gives in that taped interview differs from other testimony we heard. maybe he jumped -- but it's like you followed him, you followed him. you precipitated this whole thing. if it ends up being the case you precipitated him and trapped him for no reason other than he was a suspect in your mind, then it went down the way you said, and this dude beat the crap out of you because you were following him, then you get to shoot him and what? >> you're making the point because this is the frailty of the -- or i think the inherent injustice of the stand your ground law. who can stand their ground? you jump on me, you ambush me, you have a set of stereotypes in your mind and i cream you. i'm getting the best of you. oh, you're going to beat me? >> the standard here isn't even stand your ground. this is just self-defense. right? >> i mean, obviously this was a tragic accident, but i think that trayvon martin's parents have a great case against the state of florida be

. >>> and the huffington post. ruth gader ginsburg resists retirement pressure. she says she's in excellent health and plans to stay several more years on that bench. >>> and topping our news, slowly but surely, firefighters in arizona are quelling the flames to a wildfire that killed 19 of their own. it's now 80% contained. but the firefight in the west is far from over. 37 wildfires rage across the region. 715,000 acres up in smoke. wind driving many of these infernos. >>> and in remembrance, firefighters from across the nation will salute their fallen brothers at a memorial service on tuesday. >>> switching gears to a big find in iowa. these kids wading through a creek found a mastadon tooth. it's about 20,000 years old. and a whopping 5 pounds. so what exactly is a mastodon? they are extinct but kind of look like an inc.ient elephant. the kids say they'll hold on to the tooth and they're going to bring that tooth into class in the fall. okay. >>> key west residents celebrated the fourth with the world's largest key lime pie. was created especially for the ina

sam stein covers politics for "the huffington post."n wall much is an editor atlarge for -- maybe that's a reason for a lack of mobilization thus far. small groups are what you document who are feeling significant pain, but there doesn't seem to be anything or anybody tying them all together. >> yeah, you have a very valid point. there is an organization called ndd, which advocates on behalf 6 those group affected by the non-defense discretionary cuts affected by sequestration, but you're right, the pain is so scattered. the other problem that's happening is a lot of these groups are doing everything they can do backload all of the pain. by that they're putting off the suffering, making sure that parents in the system stay in the system and ensuring -- that helps those people who are dependent on the programs, but has a reverse political -- the pain and suffering is less visible to the lawmakers who would have the authorities to get these cuts reversed. >> joan, i think in the country there's the impression that we gave a sequester and

we start with friend of the show howard fineman, editorial director at the huffington post media group. welcome, howard. >> hi. >> so 72% of americans right now are saying they support spending government money to put people to work and to fix crumbling infrastructure. but will this apply the pressure necessary to get the gop to act particularly on the house side to support president obama's initiatives here? >> well, i think it's highly unlikely. i think what the president is doing on this economy tour, which is going to continue, is to point out a couple of things. first of all, he wants to remind people about the good things that have happened. the disasters that were avoided and the good economic news where there is some, and there is. so he wants to do that. he wants to put the blame squarely where he thinks it belongs, which is on republican intransigents and the republicans especially in the house and the tea party people in the republican ranks who don't seem to think that the government has anything good to do when it comes to the economy. and i think third the president wants

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here we saw the huffington post live doing an interview with raichel admitted ray vonn threw the first pitch. it is a live video coverage. in the followup written piece they don't even mention it. there is a lot of trying to push the real story aside. chris matthews on msnbc apologized for white people. where's all this going? >> well, mine, let's take another example. most flagrant. nancy grace gets up and uses two words, bleep, bleep you couldn't put on the air and i couldn't say on the air. we would both be fired momentarily. instead she sails right on having completely defamed zimmerman and -- >> claimed those words came out of his mouth. >> incorrectly. >> right. still evidence that they did. >> look, it goes and on. "washington post," giant style section article on trayvon martin as another emmett till victim. it is -- the only problem is the media are failing to sell us to the country. the country thinks the verdict is right. media sails on. they are pursuing an agenda. >> does it tarnish the memory of emmett till and medgar evars? >> a lot has happened since then but it is inte

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it's closer to say provulita than the "huffington post." >> the obama administration and the prosecution in the bradley manning case have been trying to bring journalists closer to their sources and trying to indict them in the same way that they're indicting their sources. we saw that with james rosen at fox news when they got a subpoena based on the fact that they claimed that he was a co-con spiritor in espionage. the opinion said he was part of the crime of the leaking. the crime couldn't have been committed without him. and we see it with julian assange and wikileaks. they're trying to say that the publisher, the journalist is actually part of the crime -- the alleged crime with the leaker, and that's the real danger here. it's an incredible danger. they're trying to differentiate wikileaks from "the new york times" and they're having a lot of trouble doing it because they can't. >> the lines are being drawn and the line in this case, i agree with p.j., was drawn more or less properly. it's fine to be a person of conscience and decide this is a whistle that needs blowing, but when y

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what do you think of the role of the aggregators such as huffington post? they play a very important role. sift throughrs can a lot of material. if you find one you trust, they can save you a lot of work. they played important role. again, i wanted them to have something to aggregate than more than opinion pieces about pr pieces. "> this is "the communicators and we are talking with rob wittman chesney about his most recent book. a page of your book. >> i wrote that. it is true. a true false question, i will say true. >> i want you to expand on. the internetclude giants in that statement? >> the internet giants are right in the middle of everything. what i mean and is a key point recall, ik, if you took about the permits of the internet is it was to break down monopolistic giant corporations and make it possible for nuance brewers to come and challenge challenge them a great competitive markets so that -- so they would not be forced to take shoddy or products. instead of being a force for competition, it is probably the big screen eight or of monopoly. ever

joining me today, political editor and white house correspondent at the huffington "post," sam stein, also an msnbc contributor. melissa harris-perry, host of "the melissa harris-perry show," chief national correspondent at "new york times" magazine, mark liebowitz, author of "this town," and contributing writer for "the nation, ari berman. ezra klein, let's talk first about that thing you loathe to talk about -- policy. and specifically the president's version of a grand bargain which is not of course is a grand bargain in the sense we've talked about it but his version of something 345ib tthe two par could come together. what do you think of the offer on the table? >> this is a smallish bargain. right? it is part of tax reform and it is a modest but significant set of jobs proposals. look, i think that this in a normal world would make a lot of sense. right? progressives don't like the corporate tax reform approach obama's put forward and the reason is, it doesn't raise any taxes on corporations. so far the obama administration has said if we are going to raise taxes we are going to

kirding to the huffington post which saw an early copy, 10-2 he should not.family members voting against, romney himself. the author, romney's cold feet had to do with an assessment where the republican party was at the time. "winning as a moderate from massachusetts who happened to be mormon was always going to be difficult. a lot of the thinking on's part of my brothers and dad was, i'm not sure i can win a primary given those dynamics. tag tag romney said he was looking for excuses to guess out of it." his father. romney would have made a better president, he, romney, would gladly have stepped a side, according to the author. what changed romney's mind? that's the question. he didn't think fellow republican contenders were up for the job. "i didn't think any of them hl a good chance of defeating the president. in some case i thought they lacked the experience and perspective to do what was essential to get the country on track." well, of course, romney was overestimating his own ability of defeating the president. maybe he should have listenened to the res

that is the comedy section of the huffington post website with lots of tongue-in-cheek references. that was an irish paper, famous woman gives birth. perhaps the most indicative element of all of this is this coverage. that is very straight daily telegraph coverage of what seems like a fact. let's take a look at that moment on monday, right. >> he is not a real town crier at all. a lot of americans covering this took this as straight fact. the daily trailer graph -- daily telegraph reported on it and did not take it down. the level of theater was so great around this event that even false events such as that were taken is the real deal, which i think says it all. >> many thanks for that. the town crier occupying large segments of our new cycle this week. of course, there is more airtime to fill now in the era of cable news than there was back when william and harry were born. >> much more. the whole problem was, the anticipation was such that people weren't face long before the event, and then they had nothing to do -- were in place, long before the event, and then they had nothing

laura row on wro about it for "the huffington post." is the movement gaining momentum? since the gos nall trial. they are using a different strategy which is you used to hear the pro life people say we are here to protect unborn babies and the pro choice people would say her we're theory protect women's heal and the pro life people are reappropriating that language saying we are going to regulate abortion clinics out of existence and this is for the protection of women's health. the pro choice people don't know how to respond to that exactly. i think that is what is going on right now. >> texas senator wendy davis wrote about this to your point in wp. these partisans have depicted their bill as an effort to improve the quality of care available to women in local clinics. however the filibuster exposed their real intent to close clinics all over the state of texas and deny health care services to thousands of texas women. she is talking about that specifically but we are seeing this on a broader level all across the country? >> that's right. lots of states are working on

organic marketing and positioning, but i'd also like to read you what was posted -- reported in the huffington post this morning. chipotle can't escape gmos. the recent chain became the first fast-food chain to label the ingredients used to contain gmos. the list is deep. in its website, not in its store, 12 out of the 24 ingredients listed on the site indicate gmos. the organic positioning has allowed them to open 1200 restaurants across the country. however, like every other formula retail restaurant, they depend on quantity to meet the demands of their business. while we all know that petaluma creamery is a wonderful place, how many of these 1400 stores can they supply and to make a $2.8 billion business? >> please stand by; change of captioners >> we have $25,000 square feet of new commercial space coming on to market street. we need a vision for market. if we run after every vacantcy on the street and say that we got to rent to this chain regardless of whether the neighbors want them or not, what are we going to do the other 25,000? this is similar to starbucks, which you denied the permit. we

panel, and joining us, robert george and reverent paul raushenbush, senior religion editor at "huffington postrobert, are we talking about all the wrong reasons why weiner should not be mayor of new york? >> just on a totally nonideological level, not partisan level, weiner really sucked as a congressman. >> did you just say, "weiner really sucked"? >> yes. he was there for 9 1/2 years and in that entire time, he wrote and passed one bill. so whether you're a republican or a democrat, you want a dude in there that's going to be a little more effective than that. he was only interested the whole time in sort of grandstanding in front of the public. now he can sort of do that as a laughingstock and maybe we can just get rid of him as someone who intends to hold public office. >> is anyone even slightly surprised that someone running for the mayor of new york is narcissistic and meglomaniacal? it's like, those are the only people that could even run for office. >> the you think about who have been the great mayors of new york, ed koch, rudy giuliani, they have all been huge, larger than life char

"the huffington post" reports it is the only major tv network that did not break into its regular programmingtalk shows and soap operas yesterday afternoon to announce the birth of will and kate's baby boy. they waited until their evening newscast. nbc, abc and fox all broke in with special reports around 3:30 eastern time as well as, of course, the cable network. >> bill: scott pelley did start the news with that last night. i was watching. and he also asked a question, now what if we could say that this baby by that was born today in the hospital in salsbury, maryland is the future president of the united states of america. fortunately we can't say that. >> that shows the silliness of all of this. >> the man who played detective joe fontana on nbc's law & order passed away yesterday. dennis farino was known for starring in get shorty and "saving private ryan." the actor was actually a real cop before he went to hollywood. he spent 18 years as a chicago police officer. >> bill: i know. he really fit into that role. he was good in "get shorty," i thought. >> he was really good in a movie call

what do you think of the role as the ago regray to have such as the drudge report or huffington post in. >> guest: i think they play a very important role. i think aggregators can be like editors. they can sift through a lot of material, so if you find one you trust, you can count on them to save you a lot of the work you normally do. so i think that's a very important role in a news media system, in a media system. but my concern, again, to beat my dead horse is i want them to have something more to aggregate more than opinion pieces about pr releases. >> host: this is "the communicators" on c-span, we're talking with university of illinois professor robert mcchesney about his most recent book, "digital disconnect." page 168 from your book, professor: i wrote that. [laughter] that's true. >> host: i want to go -- >> guest: if that's a true/false question, i'll say true. [laughter] >> host: no, i wanted you to expand on it, i guess, and also why do you include what you call the internet giants in that statement? >> guest: oh, the internet giants are right in the middle of everything.

>> with the gay issue first, first of all, here is the huffington post headline today.reakthrough, pope is okay with gays. what is that? said he is called to love and respect that does not mean that a homosexual? according to the christian doctrine but for the love and respect. lou: but not an endorsement of marriage. >> absolutely not. what he did in a very compassionate way say i of love -- i love all of you we should never marginalize anyone that is the first issue. lou: i support gays and marriage rights floor whenever that matters but at the same time i also support the idea why not open the priesthood to marriage? >> that is a possibility in the future. possibility in the future it is just not part of dr. and but they chose -- the choice of jesus not to be married for the last from the year 800 they have chosen to have celibate clergy. all of thate done a great into the time that we have. [laughter] come back so we can have a greater discretion. thank you so much. coming up hostages jerry committee chairman joins us to explain why he wants to embrace the gang of e

poll up an article from the huffington post where former national coordinator for counterterrorism richard clarke said that hastings car crash was consistent with a cyber car cyber attack there's reason to believe that intelligence agencies from major powers including the u.s. know how to remotely seize control of a car kimberly can you speak to why this crash looks like it could have been the result of a car hack. so i'm mad i mean i actually take it one step further i say we have a lot of drone manufacturers here in san diego and i went out and started to a couple of these folks and they said that it's you know you have to hack into the computer system of the vehicle you can just trigger a sensor and it's going to make the car either slam the brakes on accelerator go you know headlights go out leave your wife there is there's a number of things by just triggering as a sensor on the vehicle and that way they couldn't eat there was no recourse that you couldn't go back and find who hacked into the system because all they did was touch the sensor so there is a lot of talk that this could ha

in a poll up an article from the huffington post where former national coordinator for counterterrorism richard clarke said that hastings car crash was consistent with a cyber car cyber attack there's reason to believe that intelligence agencies from major powers including the u.s. know how to remotely seize control of a car kimberly can you speak to why this crash looks like it could have been the result of a car hack. so i'm mad i mean i actually took it one step further i still have a lot of drone manufacturers here in san diego and i went and spoke to a couple of these folks and they said that it's you know you have to hack into the computer system of the vehicle you can just trigger a sensor and it's going to make the car either slam the brakes on accelerate or go you know headlights go out windshield wipers there's a number of things by just triggering as a sensor on the vehicle and that way they couldn't eat there was no recourse that you couldn't go back and find who hacked into the system because all they did was touch the sensor so there is a lot of talk that this could have b

>> here is the huffington post headline today, breakthrough, pope is okay with gays. what is that?e and every christian is not okay with gays but it is saying to respect every single human being that doesn't mean homosexual? is there for good but to love and respect. lou: it is not an endorsement of marriage. >> absolutely not based in a compassionate way he said i want all of you that we can never marginalize anyone that is the first issue. lou: i support gays in marriage rights for whatever that matters but at the same time and also supports the idea why not open the priesthood to married folks? >> honestly a married catholic priest is a possibility in the future but he is dedicated solely to the mission of the catholic village has chosen to have celibate clergy. lou: you did an amazing job to bring that into the time that we have here. comeback and we will have a greater discussion. that is it for us house judiciary committee joins us to explain why those who want to embrace said gaining debate bill. good night from new york. one that's 80% smaller. uses 89% less energy. and cos

civilians as enemies on their hometown battlefield, with me again is david sirota and joining "huffington postd author of the new book "the rise of the warrior cop: the militarization of america's police forces". thanks for being with us radially. a question jthere has been a frightening up tick in the number of paramilitary forces over the past 20 years. in 199050% had a s.w.a.t. team and in 2005 the number has climbed to 80%. what is this all about? >> well, there are a lot of policies driving this trend, but, you know, without getting into the sentiment that is driving it is the war on drugs our policy makers declaring war on all kinds of things, like drugs, crime. so they set policies that are war like and that mentality filters down to police at the local level, who if you strain cops like soldiers, and arm them like soldiers and dress them like soldiers they are going to start to adopt the mentality of soldiers. soldier's mission is basically to kill people or annihilate a foreign enemy, and the job of the police officer is to protect and serve. >> david: radially, it's david sirota how