republican leaders have called on senator kay bailey hutchinson to create a republican alternative to the violence against women act which is scheduled to be debated next week on the senate floor. the provisions are not controversial and senate democrats had inserted a number of provisions that would expand the program for those in indian reservations and same sex couples in domestic partnerships and as well as undocumented immigrants and in response the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell approaching hutchinson asking her to work on a republican version of the bill. we'll get more background on all of this in just a couple of minutes and yesterday senator kirsten gillibrand from new york had this to say. >> i rise to join a strong and growing group of my colleagues in support of violence against women act, a common sense bill that since it was first signed into law has always been an issue we can build a consensus around both democrats and republicans alike. the reason for this is quite simple. there is no room for tolerance of violence against women in the home anywhere in our

. >> volunteer harriet hutchinson says the sounds have made it to the big screen. >> they've been inungle scene in one of the lord of the rings movies. and they were in jurassic park. i think they were the voice of the dragon in how to train your dragon. >> hutchinson knows a thing or two about odd sounds. she was a kindergarten teacher for 40 years. >> there they are. that's probably a comment on my career. >> once nursed back to health, the center will release the pups into the wild taking with them their unique version of nature's song. joe rosato, jr. nbc bay area news. >>> the marine mammal center is helping an escapee from the rock get back to health. alcatraz, he's a lot more energetic than a week ago when he weighed 31 pounds. he was rescued from the ferry dock of alcatraz. but he's beefing up. he's up po 39 pounds now. he's the 8th rescued from alcatraz. he's cute. >> all sorts of things going on. let's bring in our meteorologist stepping in for jeff ranieri tonight. >> the seven day forecast is unusually active for this time of year. it is gorgeous outside. have high clouds

the hutchinson-grassley substitute protects due process rights that the majority bill threatance.and i'll give you an instance. the majority bill said that college campuses must provide for -- quote -- "prompt and equitable investigation and resolution" -- end of quote of charges of violence or stalking. this would -- this would have codified a proposed rule of the department of education that would have required imposition of a civil standard or preponderance of the evidence for what is essentially a criminal charge, one that if proved, rightly should have -- rightly should harm reputation. but if established on a barely more probable than not standard reputations can be ruined unfairly and very quickly. the substitute eliminates this provision. now the majority has changed their own bill's language. i thank them for that. i take that as an implicit recognition of the injustice of the original language. the substitute also eliminates a provision that allowed the victim who could not prove such a charge to appeal if she lost, creating double jeopardy. the majority bill also would

the hutchinson-grassley substitute protects due process rights that the majority bill threatance. and i'll give you an instance. the majority bill said that college campuses must provide for -- quote -- "prompt and equitable investigation and resolution" -- end of quote of charges of violence or stalking. this would -- this would have codified a proposed rule of the department of education that would have required imposition of a civil standard or preponderance of the evidence for what is essentially a criminal charge, one that if proved, rightly should have -- rightly should harm reputation. but if established on a barely more probable than not standard reputations can be ruined unfairly and very quickly. the substitute eliminates this provision. now the majority has changed their own bill's language. i thank them for that. i take that as an implicit recognition of the injustice of the original language. the substitute also eliminates a provision that allowed the victim who could not prove such a charge to appeal if she lost, creating double jeopardy. the majority bill also would

senator hutchinson? >> thank you madam chairman. mr. attorney general, we will have questions for the record, but i wanted to pursue this public integrity units misconduct against senator stevens. the court appointed counsel after you moved to dismiss the stevens. the court appointed council after you moved to dismiss the case, the court appointed council to investigate the botched prosecution of senator stevens and found the prosecutors engaged in systematic concealment of evidence, but they were not guilty of criminal contempt. according to the summary that was put out in the public, the full report coming later, it said that the court said despite findings of widespread and at times intentional misconduct, the special counsel, mr. schulke recommended against contempt charges because prosecutors did not disobey a clear and equivocal order by the judge as required under law. judge sullivan said, upon review of docket and proceedings in the stevens case, mr. schulke concludes no such order existed in this case. whether the court accepte

ranking member hutchinson, members of the committee, let me close by again thanking you for your leadership and support of the fbi and most particularly the men and women of the fbi in pursuit of its mission. your investments in our workforce, investments in our technology, in our infrastructure, have made a difference to the fbi every day. and the transformation of the fbi that has been undertaken over the last ten years would not have been possible without the support of this committee. my thanks and i look forward to answering what questions you have. >> thank you very much, director mueller. and to my colleagues who've arrived, we're going to have one round of questions here, recognizing people in the order of arrival. when we've completed that, we will recess and then have moved to a classified hearing with the director, particularly on the sensitive matters, and we will do that in our classified center and we'll recess to room 217. >>> director, i want to move right into my questions. first of all, in your testimony you showed the breadth of the work of the fbi from international terr

. >> reporter: lacy hutchinson ran through the streets. you start running? >> yeah, i woke up my in-laws and i hollered. if you can hear me there is a tornado on the ground. please respond. >> reporter: not even heard her warnings. by daybreak, five lives lost including a father and his two daughters after a tornado hit their mobile home. >> don't believe it until you see it, you know? but it hits hard. >> part of them made it. part of them didn't. vehicles got tossed around. there are people trying to get to shelter. it's a mess. >> reporter: 89 homes and 13 businesses destroyed. but so many lives changed forever. >> so many hugs and tears across the region. ginger, the woman screaming out to her neighbors, that is something there. you think of the numbers, more than 120 tornadoes. this could have been deadlier. you have been reporting that the technology in this sweep of tornadoes actually helped forecasters warn of it days ago? >> reporter: almost everyone we talked to said, yes, i knew two days in advance it was going to be bad on saturday. that is going

i think the proposal that senator hutchinson and senator tester put forward to include overseas bases in any of that review that there at least needs to be a mechanism in any future brac to consider where our overseas commitments are even though there are treaties and other things to consider and we just ask you to consider that as you go forward. then of course all of us have thousands of veterans in our areas and people out of our military retirees, you have a number of proposals that you're considering that would impact those military retirees. can we assure those who are retired now or who are nearing retirement that they can feel that their retirement on fixed income is secure? >> with with regards to your last question yes. we made clear and the president made clear that any changes that people ought to be grant fathered in who are serving in the military, who have served or about to retire, that they will get full retirement benefits as promised to them. our goal is to try to look to the future and see what reforms we can make with regards to those that will join the armed forc

toronto, rookie right-hander, drew hutchinson. first pitch in about 15 minutes. the game on masn. the oakland a's will come to town for a weekend series tomorrow. this reminder. see the o's and the a's, here on sunday. game time, 1:30. >>> area hockey fans are in 7th heaven, after a dramatic game 7 win by the washington capitals. rookie goalie made 31 saves in the decisive game at boston. every game of the series, decided by a single goal. four of them in overtime, including the finale, joe ward, knocked in the rebound, three minutes into overtime. to give the caps a two-1, series clenching victory. knocking the bruins out of the play-offs. washington's second round opponents will be determined tonight. and a part of the ravens future will be determined tonight. again, they could trade out. so we'll stand by. we'll find out and have the latest tonight at 11:00. back to you. >> i know you will. thank you, mark. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. dev

courtney stodden married 51-year-old character actor doug hutchinson when she was 16 with her parentssing. she sings, she models, she has some poetry on twitter. she does it all. tonight there's finally a way to silence the stodden scoffers once and for all. courtney has a new message for the world. three new messages. they all start the same. >> well, i was in the grocery store today shopping for sexy veggies. >> i was in the grocery store today shopping for sexy veggies. >> i was in the grocery store today shopping for sexy veggies. >> yeah. she looks really tan, doesn't she? anyway, courtney is on an epic quest for sexy veggies. oh, did she find some. a warning. the produce we're about to show you is extremely graphic, dare we say pornographic. >> i grabbed these veggies. then i turned around and these were calling to me for some reason. they're sexy, aren't they? >> yeah. we blurred the veggies. they were that sexy. sometimes a pepper's just a pepper. not in this case, trust me. i don't want to show you the cucumber she found. let's say it was highly organic. the point is that cou

one near hutchinson weak end. that's good news.t storm is cancelled in terms of a warning, and this is the one rob is on, this storm south and west of wichita. things have been rural so far through the day today, but we're heading into populated areas and heading into nightfall. that's what makes this dangerous. watch means conditions are favorable for tornados to develop, warning means it is happening now, take cover. important to keep that distinction in mind. have your noaa radio on. that storm near salina, we're not getting pictures like that a lot through the rest of the evening because there's so much rain with the storms. watches that are in effect are pds watches. when you hear that term, pds, stands for particularly dangerous situation, means it is not your on the other hand tornado watch, it means this is a biggie, high risk day. only a handful of days happen like this per year. there are about 5 million people potentially in the path of these storms or at least in the risk area tonight. >> you were telling people about t

or people, trying to get around josh hutchinson take his picture and express that.esting, washingtonians. you don't see that side of them very much. >> if at all. >> one of the few times now where you see both sides sort of getting together outside of the normal formal construct where you have this type of really partisan, polarized clashing, to, set aside the politics of the day and either have a casual conversation about politics or talk about the latest movie or whatever. that's those opportunities. they're becoming fewer and far between. >> the wine doesn't hurt either. we are going to talk a quick break. when we come back we'll talk a little built moit more about th president's comments and jimmy kimmel as well. just getting started. our coverage of the white house correspondents' dinner continues right ahead after this. >> jimmy got his start years ago on "the man show." in washington, that's what we call a congressional hearing on contracepti contraception. [ applause ] >> watching the white house correspondents' dinner live on msnbc. where else would you wat

courtney married 51-year-old character act or doug hutchinson when she was 16.els, mosts conscious pseudoey rot i can poetry on twitter and does it all. tonight i think there is a way to succinctly silence them once and for all. she has a message for the world. three messages that start the same. >> i was in the grocery star shopping for some sexy veggies. i was in the grocery store shopping for sexy veggies. i was in the grocery store today shopping for sexy veggies. >> she looks really tan. she is on an epic quest for sexy veggies, and did she find some. a warning, the produce we're about to show you is extremely graphic, dare i say pornographic. >> i grabbed these veggies but then i turned around and these were calling to me for some reason. they're sexy, aren't they. >> they were that sexy. sometimes a pepper is just a pepper. not in this case. trust me. i don't want to show you the cucumber. it was highly organic. the point of these new videos is that courtney is trying to get people to go vegetarian, a noble cause no doubt and thrown herself into it tirele

researchers at the fred hutchinson cancer research center studied more than 2,000 women, roughly half have breast cancer. they found that women who had received depo provera injections within the previous five years were twice as likely to have been diagnosed with breast cancer than women who had never used it. the risk appeared to fade within several months of stopping the injections. the findings are reported in the journal "cancer research." >>> a massive cleanup is under way in texas where 13 tornadoes touched down on tuesday. today texas governor rick perry toured the twister's path of destruction by air. the tornadoes hit the densely populated dallas/ft. worth area. amazingly, nobody was killed. as jay gray reports. >> reporter: the sounds of recovery echo across north texas now. crews working through the wreckage, a string of 13 tornadoes left behind. in some areas using heavy equipment. in others, the work is by hand. for some, all of this debris being pushed into piles is all that's left of their lives before the storm. >> we need help. i know we can't go back in our house. w

poll shows a big racial divide of regarding this case and joining me is grio.com contributor earl hutchinsons for your time. let me take a look at this. this is the questions, and it says do you think there is too much coverage of trayvon. 43% of the those were white said yes. 16% who are black said they think it is too much. then roll down to too much coverage question, breaking it down by how people vote. 56% of republicans say too much coverage and 25% democrats and 37% overall. what you see here obviously the higher number white republicans who believe there is too much coverage here. what do you make of these numbers? what does this tell us about us? >> it tells us two things, tamron. one, certainly the no surprise, we have a great division in this country. i mean, the racial divide is still very much there. i don't think that's any surprise or the revelation of the ages. let's not talk so much about the political affiliation, no surprise republic answers and democrats, always going to be a political divide no matter what the issue is there. more intriguing, the racial divide. every tim

. >> when you look at senator kay bailey hutchinson, she has introduced pieces of legislation that specificallyd women. done nothing. >> do you think the current republican party is doing anything to address fair pay. >> susan collins does not represent the republican party. you know the that. >> look at the facts. republicans do not control the united states senate. when republicans introduce bills, it is up to harry reid and other folks to bring it up to the floor. i'm taking issue with alex's point about doing nothing. >> do you have a bill an that passed? >> i'm not a united states senator. >> robert's bill. >> look, you've already. >> do you have a bill that passed? >> the fact that people introduced bills is nice. >> i think the point stands that this republican party has basically blocked or voted against all attempts to make pail parity a legislative priority. >> let's talk about doing nothing. . the senate was controlled by the democrats for the last three years. let's talk about how come they haven't done anything over the last three years when it comes to women. >> we have to go 0 to

joining me this morning, kay bailey hutchinson who has dealt with a number of immigration issues in herbeing with us. we appreciate it. this report i thought was interesting. this idea of a net zero. what do you think has caused that? the number moving in the same as number moving out? >> i think our bad economy is a major reason. we just have not been able to employ the people coming here seeking employment. i also think that we are beginning to get the border control and the border enforcement in order and i think people are realizing that they may be deported and they may never be able to come back in legally if they are deported because we're getting better data banks. so all of these things i think are a factor but i think it still begs the question why don't we have an immigration policy that supports our border patrol and allows legal immigration. >> apprehension among illegal border crossers down 70%. that number was a surprise to me. does that surprise you? >> somewhat. not completely. because i think there is still encroachment on the border that is illegal and we have clearly

hutchinson: mrs. hutchison: however did the other side on vawa go over the allotted time? the presiding officer: they did not. the senator from texas was actually speaking on their time. the senator from vermont has the order. mr. leahy: 0 would the senator from texas tell me how much time she see needs? mrs. hutchison: i would like up to five minutes to finish on the vawa bill and then go forward with, i do have a support for the two judgeships that are also going to be voted on at noon. mr. leahy: maybe this is an easy way out of this. i ask consent the senator from texas be given five minutes out of the republican side now, without anything showing an interruption in the record here, to finish the vawa statement. we then go back to my time on the judges, and i would assume the republican side would be glad to have her have the rest of the time on the judges. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mrs. hutchison: i do appreciate that because i want to make sure that everyone knows that the republicans have an addition to the violence ag

he also points out that gloria steiman once dismissed kay bailey hutchinson and kirk patrick as beingninflicted about the experiences of the female body. this goes on both ends. guest: women can be as brutal to women as men. but women's votes are up for grabs. guest: let's focus on the issues that everybody cares about as ka mill said at the beginning. host: margaret on the phone. caller: you got yourself in a pickle this morning by mentioning hillary rosen's name and i'd like to concur with the lady from chicago. if you listen to hillary rosen's entire comments, it was that women of means have an easier time of deciding whether or not to stay at home and care for their children as opposed to those women who have to work outside the home and care for their children as well. and i have another comment, if i may. for the fellow from north carolina, i'd like to know if he considers ted nugent's comments reflective of romney's views and where was romney -- romney apologizing for ted nugent's comments? thank you. host: thank you, margaret. guest: find themselves in these situations fairly

shout out for members -- i want to talk about senator pryor who came from the senate and kay bailey hutchinsonfrom the senate -- i don't know if you're still here but let's hear it for the senate. tom harkin, chuck schumer. any others? the most senior of them all. i don't know. we are getting there. i want all our colleagues from the house to waive their hands so they can be acknowledged. [applause] to barbara. now for our surprise guest. barbara can say and why can't we start the program? people have to get to the food and what do it is in the desert. i have a few more minutes. who are we waiting for? she is never in patient. you know that but it really is a tremendous honor for all of us and a real sign of the respect and regard in which senator barbara mikulski has been held for decades and passing this great record, longest serving woman most accomplished woman in congress of the united states ever. for us to have with the same person who has been a champion for the american people, a person who has been a champion for america's women. a bill that is coming up soon. the violence against wo

the hutchinson-grassley substitute protects due process rights that the majority bill threatance. and i'll give you an instance. the majority bill said that college campuses must provide for -- quote -- "prompt and equitable investigation and resolution" -- end of quote of charges of violence or stalking. this would -- this would have codified a proposed rule of the department of education that would have required imposition of a civil standard or preponderance of the evidence for what is essentially a criminal charge, one that if proved, rightly should have -- rightly should harm reputation. but if established on a barely more probable than not standard reputations can be ruined unfairly and very quickly. the substitute eliminates this provision. now the majority has changed their own bill's language. i thank them for that. i take that as an implicit recognition of the injustice of the original language. the substitute also eliminates a provision that allowed the victim who could not prove such a charge to appeal if she lost, creating double jeopardy. the majority bill also would