political columnist for "the washington post" and in pennsylvania msnbc contributor professor james peterson. welcome to you both. professor peterson, briefly your thoughts on the economic piece of this agenda there. >> i think i agree with the guest that the promise zone initiative represents an important and powerful opportunity for new partnerships between local government, particularly municipalities, and the federal government in areas of housing where it's deeply needed in terms of development as well as fighting crime. can you imagine some of these local law enforcement initiatives having the justice department behind them both to help keep them honest but also make them nor effective in policing communities that need it host most? i like what's happening here. be interesting to see how the educational piece rolls out as well. it's important, the president seems committed to it as an act of principle, and my hope is philadelphia in particular will take full advantage of it. >> i hear you on that. the president at times emotional about this. it's emotional for people in the country. da

. >> joining me now are james peterson and joe madison.g here. >> thank you, reverend. >> thanks, rev. >> so, joe, when did signing an executive order turn an american president into a dictator? >> it hasn't. and i don't know where, you know, limbaugh is coming from. if he had been around when roosevelt was president, he would have had a serious problem when he signed the executive order that gave african americans the right to work in defense plants. and he certainly would have opposed abraham lincoln who i think signed a few executive orders. so he really doesn't know what he is talking about. >> let me say this, professor dr. peterson. it's not just in areas for african americans or blacks. look at the fact that ronald reagan, let me give you the list, call the roll, as we say, ronald reagan signed 213 executive orders. george h.w. bush signed 166. george w. bush, who i believe karl rove worked for, we played a clip of, george w. bush signed 173. president barack obama has only signed 147. so how is he a dictator when he has signed the

james peterson, professor at lehigh university.washington post." we're going to take a trip down memory lane. here are some of the more famous quotes by republicans about women. >> even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> back in my days, they used bayer aspirins for contraception, they put it between their knees. >> james, before huckabee got to the libido part, he was trying to make the point that republicans were fighting a war for women, but doesn't it get lost when the words libido and uncle sugar come out of his mouth? >> i mean, i'm glad you played those clips, because people need to remember what the political context is within which we're judging mike huckabee and these comments. at this particular point, i think we have got to conclude that for the most part, the conservative wing of the republican party is ideologically against women. there's no other way to co

joining me now is our rapid response panel, james peterson, ruth conniff, editor in chief of the progressivee you with us tonight. we know where this is going. gosh, we haven't had enough coverage on benghazi and all they're talk about is bridgegate. they're ginning up an angle. but this senate report that came out, is it going to dog hillary clinton all through? ruth, your thoughts on it. >> absolutely not. you know, this report does not amount to a hill of beans or refried beans if you like. this is the same thing we already knew. so it says basically that hillary said everything there was to say about it, that she was not hiding anything, that when she took responsibility for the death of chris stephens, which she already did, that's what john mccain is saying she needs to do now, she did that, there's nothing really else to say. as far as the comparison to bridgegate, christie's staff clearly, what we know is they were trying to create chaos and there was a lot of damage as a result to people in new jersey. that was not the case in benghazi. hillary was not trying to kill her friend chri

our friday agenda panel, thanks so much, james peterson, viviana hurtado and bill scher, liberal oasis front of me in studio. you can find more at thomasroberts.msnbc.com. >>> on a more serious note, the family of a little girl left on life support after tonsil surgery goes horribly wrong gets a really powerful ally. i'm going to speak to terri schiavo's brother about how he hopes to help in the case of jahi mcmath. that's next. >>> it's time for the "your business" entrepreneur of the week. derrick peka lost his coat at a bar in college and thought there had to be a better way. the entrepreneurship major decided to update the coat check process for the digital age using phones, tablets, photos and qr codes. for more watch "your business" sunday mornings at 7:30 on msnbc. there are cameras,, police, guards...ds us. but who looks after us online, where we spend more than 200 billion dollars a year. american express can help protect you. with intelligent security that learns your spending patterns, and can alert you instantly to an unusual charge. so you can be a member of a more secure

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peterson gives it up to james robinson for the finish. he had 13 points in this game. ter in the half, panthers up by eight. terps with the pressure. pitt will get past that pressure. peterson with a game-high 28 points. they win 83-79. >>> john thompson iii and the hoyas trying to snap a three-game skid in creighton. first half, tied at 13-13. smith, showing off the range here. 2 of his 18 points. hoyas up by two. later in the half, creighton on top by four. kicks it out to ethan, the long three ball there. creighton up ten at halftime. second half, they started to run away with this thing. mcdermott with the work down low. nice footwork. hoyas lose their fourth straight, 76-63. >>> george mason hosting george washington. mason now in the atlantic ten conference. that means these two are now conference rivals. patriots lead it by three. johnny williams knocks down the jump shot. he had a game high 18 points off the bench. mason up by five. second half, it's all colonials. maurice creek with the three ball there. a few plays later, this is to armwood for the flush. g.w.