to go further in depth on this this cross i'm now to academic and independent journalist jason michael mc con. jason is great to have you on the program today. so was the ban on orthodox easter services? a surprise to you? frankly, it did come as a surprise. i was watching with great interest what has been happening over the last few months and more intensely over the last few weeks. though i am surprised that they've taken this step. certainly with the height of international criticism, possibly not from the united states and threaten or from nato countries. but this is something that francis enrolled has even intervened on asking for the key as regime to show respect for the orthodox community. and it's property shocking that has taken place, and certainly perhaps i shouldn't have been shocked watching the video the shows the how taken place and the treatment of ultimately orthodox worshippers exercising the lead them of religion in the state that is projecting itself to the world of a state defending western volume and human rights. that is quite frankly, quite shocking. yeah. almos

new legislation, and to start a broad inclusive dialogue with got reactions from journalists, jason, michael and the boys of knowledge about the similar actions taken by other states. between the, especially one of this magnitude, if this isn't deep, then the stakes are very high and press freedoms. the very i control and propaganda is instrumental to the public for the giving of arms. and, you know, the use of taxpayers, money to the site of the united states side of western europe. so great to manufacture consent than the all the instruments or media media the, you know, the, the government aligned will fall into line and gives the support. i don't think any but commitments to democracy and free speech implemented at home. and given that they've already nice people roll, he's not already banned old. you know, all the, it's just one of those. if i run it because this decision shrieking about the arrest of wall street journal reporter who was coffee and their eyes, the hack on freedom of press. but this is not because there is to it the head of a prominent shoes. me put on house arrest. i sh

where your reactions from journalists, jason, michael, and the boys are mileage about the new queen in law as well as similar actions by western governments. this is a conflict situation and in every conflict situation, especially one of this magnitude, if this is indeed a proxy conflict between russia and the united states, then the stakes are very high and press freedoms. the very idea of press as an instrument of control and propaganda is instrumental to public opinion gaining public support, you know, manufacturing consent for the giving of arms. and you know, the use of taxpayers, money to fight or be late and stay. so said of western europe, so a great deal of consent is required and in order to manufacture consent than the all the instruments of the, the state than all gra, for media media the, you know, the, the government aligned media in the west and in the united states will fall into line and gives the support. i don't think anybody should expect the west to condemn this for all of their public commitments to democracy and free speech. we could in fact, argue that the ukrai

his own break way organization called the orthodox church of ukraine. independent journalist jason, michael says there isn't much hope for freedom of religion in the country. i don't think it's the largest church in the country. and in all the world, you know of any of the, you know, or any sense of freedom. finally, we have seen unfolding what you have in an acceleration of the key. every regime open pass a q she of the ukrainian orthodox church without any serious criticism in the west or media or from west of allied government. and we are seeing, you know, an acceleration and a more aggressive approach to the so suddenly my opinion is caesar situation getting worse. and i don't think, considering the parallel that this has happened in germany in the 1900 thought key from the creation of lights. that i don't think it's real to describe the situation . i've, you know, pre genocidal. that would almost be my arms. i don't think the c key that's was a bombshell performance as hope blooms under schilling to italian directors have produced a film based on the true story of a theater in the buff

his own break away organization called the orthodox church of ukraine. independent journalist jason, michael says there isn't much hope for freedom of religion in the country. i don't think it's possible to under estimate be the, the great risk that this pauses to genuine religious freedoms in saying that the, the threat of bonding for it's the largest church in the country. and you know, is there is actually a terrifying prospect seen through the lens of what we are seeing. and i will not have to describe western volume. this is a fundamental contradiction. what people and where the more and all world you know of any in any sense, it's partly what we have been unfolding month has been an acceleration of the key every regime, open pass, acute of the cleaning orthodox check without any serious criticism in the west or media or from west allied governments with an acceleration and aggressive approach to the so suddenly my opinion, it's easy to get to watch. and i don't think considering the parallels that the hardest in germany in the 1900 t, something creational. but like that, i don't think

promoting his own breakaway organization called the orthodox church of ukraine, independent journalist jason michael, who says there isn't much hope for freedom of religion in the country. i don't think it's possible to estimate b. the great risk that pauses to genuine religious freedoms in saying that the, the threat of bonding for a lot of church in the country and you know, is there is actually a terrifying prospect seem through the lenses what we are seeing an audible, not a has described as western volume, this is a fundamental contradiction. and where the more world of any, in any sense am partly what we have seen unfolding us. we have an acceleration of the key every regime, open pass the q, shoot off the cleaning orthodox check without any serious criticism. in the west or media or from western allied governments with an acceleration and i'm bored, aggressive approach to the so slightly my opinion it's easy to get to watch and i don't think considering the parallels that the hardest gerald money in the 1900 t. something like that. i don't think of something to describe the situation. i've, y

its own break away organization called the orthodox church of ukraine. independent journalist jason, michael says there isn't much hope for freedom of religion in the country. i don't think it's possible. ready that estimate the, the, the great risk that pauses to genuine religious freedoms in that the, the threat of bonding, or it's the largest church in the country. and, you know, is there is actually a terrifying prospect seen through the lens of what we are seeing. and i will not have to disconnect west on fall use. this is a fundamental contradiction of what people in the west and what, you know, world you know of any and see, you know, or any sense of freedom. sadly, what we have seen unfolding few months has in an acceleration of the key, every regime open past the q. she of the ukranian orthodox church. without any serious criticism in the west or media or from west allied governments. and we are seeing, you know, an acceleration and a more aggressive approach to the so suddenly my opinion is the speed of the th and getting was. and i don't think, considering the parallel that the ha

his own breakaway organization called the orthodox church of ukraine. independent journalist jason, michael says there isn't much hope for freedom of religion in the country. i don't think it's possible to estimate the, the great risk that pauses to genuine religious freedoms in saying that the threat of bonding for is the largest church in the country. and you know, as it is actually a terrifying prospect, seem through the lens of what we are seeing and i will not have to disconnect west on fall use. this is a fundamental contradiction. what, belinda, where the more, you know, the world you know of any and any sense. partly what we have seen unfolding us. we have in an acceleration of the key, every regime, open pass, the fusion of the cleaning and orthodox check without any serious criticism in the west or media or from west allied governments. with my doc, you know, an acceleration and i'm bored or aggressive. i talked to the so suddenly my, me and it's either a th and getting what and i don't think considering the parallels that the money in the 1900 t, something creational. but right t

jason rezaian and michael scott moore and other former captives. you just sit there and think like, how could i have? you know, what was i thinking? this is so stupid and, and he did nothing wrong and it's just helping him process all of that because again, it's, you know, it's this outpouring of, of support. it's amazing, but he's gonna have to, it'll, the glory will fade whatever you want to say after a year. how do you rebuild your life after that? and he will do it. he'll make a tremendous contribution, you know, as a correspondent somewhere else. so i've become an editor. so, um you know, just stay positive with him. >> i was wondering what the level of public awareness about the situation is in russia because as you said, the f s b is not big on press releases and there's kind of a lack of free press in russia. so i was wondering if the public actually knew about this, but on the other hand, is this kind of being lauded as a victory because it was an espionage charge. >> absolutely. yes. i mean, they, have, you know, stated that, you know, he

that's what it's going to be like jason derulo, julia michaels, kelsea ballerini, nicole scherzinger and so, "that's my jam," we're really excited about it. we really worked hard on this thing. and in honor of, that i thought we would do something fun with hash tags this week. so, i sent out the hash tag "that's my jam." and asked you guys to send in some funny or weird things that you like you do, things that are your jam like i said, "saying 'hi' to the dog, before saying 'hi' to the owner. that's my jam. i do that. or french fries on my cheeseburger does anybody do that >> yeah. >> jimmy: that's my jam. i love that, yeah. so, if you want to play along, send out your tweet, and be sure to use the #thatsmyjam we'll show our favorites tomorrow night on the show and then watch "that's my jam" tuesday night. it's going to fun. ♪ >> whoo-hoo! [ applause ] >> jimmy: first, what a show we have for you tonight some of my favorite people are on the show tonight. he stars on "law & order: svu," which airs thursday nights right here on nbc. ice-t is here! >> steve: oh, my god [ cheers and app

it, sick in the head. >> jimmy: that is jason bateman in the new movie "air" which opens in theaters on april 5th. are the kids excited? do they know about michaelhat she can be proud of. from and write. she plays basketball. >> jason: she loves basketball. frenches, who is 16 could not care less about basketball. actually, she is into, she was like, say, i can't wear joordens, i don't think the anymore. >> jimmy: why? >> jason: 54 years old. i would look like, that in -- i look at maybe just getting the black on black. like a raft. >> jimmy: right. >> jason: white on white, i'm a male nurse. i can't get these fun colorful shoes. it is over for me. from maybe wear those "ozark" converse around. hey, everybody, remember the show i was on? look at my shoes. that would be fun. [laughter] >> json: i could get a cheaper online. [laughter] >> jimmy: i want to thank you for a couple of things. first of all, i want to thank you for the other day when our kids go to same school i was crossing the street to get to the school and someone screamed out the window to me, hey, jb, you were great on the oscars. i'm like, and it is him. >> jason: i felt bad beca

michael steel.k, >> h the producer michelet. rennier. >> david k johnson. >> donny deutsch. >> guest jason johnson. >> host mik mika.. >> columnist at the time. bernstein.um annaan navarro. >> bob moser. . >> chris matthews. jennifer ruben. analyst john heilman. >> host joe scarborough. why did i take an entire segment? becausthise the media in america is like the media that o existses in sold soviet union or iran or cuba and china. this is not a free media, listen to these people, dehumanization of a president, a formerey president, look who they are comparing him, to what they are saying about a tim, and what na in a they sayou about you and think about you. you say led elt me tell you about the laws and elements of the law, this is bigger.an than any o af this. thisf th is much, much bigger. the assault on our institutions, the use of federal law enforcement, this is a big deal. this is tyranny. i'll be righ t back. [music stops abruptly] [sigh] the most advanced vehicles are the ones that prepare you for everything. [upbeat music] ♪ ♪ kia, movement that inspires. scout is protected by simparica trio, and he's in it to win it.

michael r amy finkelstein, m.i.t. economics professor and recipient of the jon clark's metal, given to the best economist under the age of 40 area jason furman, a harvard economics professor. richard heintz, a senior advisor for the american benefits council. we are going to divide today's discussion into two parts. first, we will talk about the exclusions affects, and then talk about the policy reforms. michael insisted we start with a razor hand questions because they are fun and to get a sense of where the analysts are. i will start with three razor hand questions. then, we will get into the discussion. raise your hand if you think the exclusion is onnet, a good thing? thank you, richard. [laughter] question number two, razor hand if you agree -- raise your hand if you agree current tax incentives encourage excessive purchase of health care? very good. we all passed econ 101. number three, raise your hand if you agree the amount of players pay for health insurance is foregone employee wages? 3.5 hands for that one. michael, i will start with you. the exclusion is often referred to as the original sin of health policy. i believe you

they're gogoing to finine michael jordan for being too colorful >> seth: please welcome to the show jasonto the show, my friend [ cheers and applause >> seth. >> seth: it's very nice to have you here >> it's been a little too long >> seth: it's been a little bit too long since i last saw you. you know, i think maybe the last time i saw you -- i've seen you since -- last time i saw you in this physical building was when you hosted "snl" in 2005 >> yes >> seth: you've come back since, but after i left >> yes >> seth: yes, it was not as much fun without me >> i said, "i'm not coming back until he goes. >> seth: okay. [ light laughter ] >> you know, they accommodated - >> seth: well, the opposite of what i thought it was. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> seth: i thought it was hard for you to come back it was super easy. [ light laughter ] >> the truth is hurtful. what's going on here there was an f-bomb in the clip. >> seth: yep >> i heard you drop an s-bomb in the "closer look." >> seth: yep >> do those go unbleeped >> seth: nobody -- it turns out the censor always falls asleep right before it start

michael mayer was also supposed to be a first round pick, many said he was the best tight end in the back. many people compare him to jasonegas raiders. and brian branch from the university of alabama also projected first round pick endee second to the detroit lions. here to react is fox sports report kevin -- kevin, great to see you this morning. i actually love the second and third round of the npr draft. i think it's -- nfl draft. i think it's when people actually get to work, where is the real value. which team do you think had the best draft finding guys in the second and third round? >> i love, will, what the chicago bears were able to do yesterday. you know, in the first round they go out and get protection for justen fields who was sacked 55 times -- justin fields, so the optimum thing was get a protector. and then yesterday in the second and third rounds they loaded up on the defensive side of the football. three defenders for the bears. i think they've had a really solid draft. and coming out of this one, look, we are all assessing this and three or four years down the road we'll know if we were right. i i a can

jason in alabama, independent. caller: good morning. when you are talking about michael cohen earlier, he mentioned corroboration. cohen has baggage but trump has baggage. not to mention, alvin bragg do not bring the churches on a whim on a tuesday. he went before a grand jury and the grand jury heard evidence for and against the situation. they decided that what was presented in general was appropriate to bring charges. to pretend like none of this matters and to have the people call in and disregard that fact is crazy to me, not to mention your previous caller. he is a fox viewer and claims to value truth. fox is literally in the middle of a defamation case where they've been exposed as being absolute liars. for anybody to call in and claim truth and be a fox viewer, they are telling on themselves, they are showing nato know what truth is. -- they do know what truth is. host: let's look at marjorie taylor greene who was in new york yesterday. she spoke to trump reporters that had gathered outside the manhattan courthouse. [video clip] >> its against the persecution of an innocent man, not just any man, the form

jason bateman to chris tucker. marlon wayans, even affleck himself who saved a small but media role for himself in air. it's a movie centered around the greatest of all time yet. we never really see michael in anything but a side or back shot. and while there'd be no movie without him, he is not the star of air. it's about his mom and all she did to guide and protect your and the tenacity and risk taking of the sports agent who wouldn't quit. now, if you are only thinking about maybe eventually possibly going to see this movie, all i can do is quote, the famous nike ad slogan and say just do it. it's one of the best movie experiences i've had in a long time. it's a dean's list there's also the movie adaptation of the popular video game. the super mario brothers movie fans of the game will love the leaps of nostalgia here for everyone else. it's a harmless better than average kids film that i was surprised took so long to make chris pratt and charlie day provide voices the italian plumber brothers this perfect offering for kids 6 and above. it's a dean's list. c plus you can always get my movie reviews and home video picks sent right to your phone's every week. >> just by texting the word

jason bateman to chris tucker. marlon wayans, even affleck himself who saved a small but media role for himself in air. it's a movie centered around the greatest of all time yet. we never really see michaell she did to guide and protect your and the tenacity and risk taking of the sports agent who wouldn't quit. now, if you are only thinking about maybe eventually possibly going to see this movie, all i can do is quote, the famous nike ad slogan and say just do it. it's one of the best movie experiences i've had in a long time. it's a dean's list there's also the movie adaptation of the popular video game. the super mario brothers movie fans of the game will love the leaps of nostalgia here for everyone else. it's a harmless better than average kids film that i was surprised took so long to make chris pratt and charlie day provide voices the italian plumber brothers this perfect offering for kids 6 and above. it's a dean's list. c plus you can always get my movie reviews and home video picks sent right to your phone's every week. >> just by texting the word, dean to 9, 7, 9, 9, 9, hope you have a great weekend in chicago. i'm dean richards. lots of great options. >> and a 300 million dol