jennifer granholm just couldn't get -- bullets jennifer granholm just couldn't get. heededatives in michigan the call. washington, d.c. can literally take a lesson from michigan. it gives me great joy to see all the time-tested conservatives in this room today. it makes my heart leapt when i look out there and see all of our young people. i say to you, thank you. thank you for believing in america. thank you for fighting for freedom. the baton has been passed. this is our generation's time to lead, because this is our america. her future belongs to our children. god bless you, god bless our troops, god bless america. thank you so much. >> wow.se] byshannon made history becoming oklahoma's youngest speaker of the house at age 34. no stranger to firsts, shannon was first elected to the house in 2007 as the first republican to hold his state and the first african-american elected to the legislature from southern oklahoma. please join me in welcoming the honorable t.w. shannon. >> good afternoon. it is so great to be her on the same stage as so many iconic conservatives.

former michigan governor jennifer granholm says she won't run for the senate seat now being held by carlthe odds of granholm running were always low, but she made it official on friday with a facebook post, of course, saying the decision was a family one. the two top democratic contenders for the seat are now congressman garry peters and debby dingle. if that name sounds familiar, it should. she is a strategist and also the wife of long-time michigan congressman, john dingle. >>> and cyprus made a deal with enter international lenders for a $13 billion with a b bailout. it will inflict heavy losses on uninsured depositors. without the deal, the european central bank said it would have cut off emergency funds to the banks, which would have triggered a meltdown of cyprus' banking system and forced the country to abandon the euro. >>> and finally, if your bracket wasn't a mess like mine after georgetown's loss to the florida gulf coast eagles friday night, it probably is now after the 15th seed won again. the little-known eagles made history yesterday when they became the first 15th seed to

jennifer granholm, former governor of michigan, first woman governor of michigan, will be one of our speakers, as will rita moreno who shows what another generation of women are still doing at age 80. >> and she's not getting up and she's taking charge of her life. >> that's right. >> we do have to take a break. we have a lot more to talk about with congresswoman jackie speier. she's staying with us for another segment. don't forget to mark your california for the professional businesswomen of california conference. this year's theme the next genderation, thursday may 23rd in san francisco. you can go to cbwc.org for more information. >>> welcome back to "beyond the headlines" i'm sheryl jennings. today we're talking about pbwc, professional businesswomen of california with congresswoman jackie speier and she founded that nonprofit organization 25 years ago. well, it's just incredible, and you are using your position of power to do a lot more in addition to helping women. you're helping veterans, and you've got a big conference coming up. veterans are experiencing huge delays in gett

and then jennifer granholm is leading with a whooping 59%. go jen.becomes senator i will replace her as senator. so i become a senator from michigan one day. i like that idea. and then we turn to movie stars. ashley judd is rumored to be running for senator, mitch mcconnell's seat and republicans are sharpening their clause. today the season toral committee called her a faded hollywood star. speaking of weak candidates, and presidents, george p. bush, nephew of george w. is running for texas land commissioner. you know the guy in charge of practicing the poor oil field from greedy environmentalists and he would be charge of programs for veterans which his family has created a lot. there is an announcement he has singled out one member of his family in particular. >> you probably know her as former first lady barbara bush. to me she's just ganny. the lesson that ganny taught me the importance of public service. >> michael: if only he had taken up the family tradition of doing dog portraits. then we wouldn't have another bush with an ego too big to suc

neverow feel bad i was invited to be on jennifer granholm's program. [laughter] >> you would have been good tv. >> that's what i was looking for. you made the point that there's nobody left in the middle. may i suggest you don't have to be in the middle to get along? the last time i was in this magnificent facility, ronald reagan's library, ironically, as secretary of the interior, i had received a personal invitation from a democrat senator, senator ted kennedy, who had been asked to come to this room and to address a room full of conservatives. think all he he was honored and delighted to be asked -- he said to nancy reagan said that she is going to have small, intimate dinner party for me upstairs in the apartment. i can invite a couple of friends. would you be interested? i said, there's nowhere i would rather be. he wanted a friend in the front row. among the conservatives. it was a tremendous evening. when you talk about the middle americans for democratic action ted kennedy got a 90 and i got a zero. for americans for conservative action -- ted

. >> i think jennifer granholm would be a fantastic candidate. >> caller: she would be great.years campaigning, raising money, and he plans on just doing his job. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: i think that is just really kind of telling the state of our elections. >> stephanie: yeah absolutely. by the way -- [ ♪ patriotic music ♪ ] >> stephanie: chuck writes steph rand paul cares nothing about drones. as the caller said rand paul is first and foremost a racist. did you give hitler credit for a united germany. >> stupid argument. [ laughter ] >> i apologize for using nuance. >> i like the old-ance myself. >> stephanie: chris go ahead. >> caller: hi. this is my first time to call. i'm from kansas where you probably don't get a lot of calls from kansas because there aren't too many democrats here. >> stephanie: right. >> caller: but the thing i wanted to talk about is once the drones, which it seems like we're kind of droning on here -- >> stephanie: oh, see what you did there. >> caller: but when you have rand paul talking about what i felt like were ridiculous hypotheticals, a

yesterday on her facebook page, former governor jennifer granholm announced not to run for his seat.>> and the president is on his way home right now. president obama spent four days in the middle east meeting with israeli, palestinian and jordanian leaders. his last stop to jordan's ancient city of petra, known to some as one of the seven wonders of the world. known to others as home to indiana jones' excellent adventures. >>> president obama and his team are enroute, home from the middle east. but they left one member of their party behind. secretary of state john kerry. martin fletcher is live for must tel aviv with more. martin, good to see you, sir. who is kerry planning on meeting with? >> reporter: well, hi, craig. he is going to be seeing the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyau this evening, having dinner together. i guess if president obama's visit here to try to turn things around was step one in that attempt, step two is a visit now of the secretary of state john kerry. he is going to be meeting with the prime minister. he met earlier in the day in jordan with the pa