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i'm jody gonzalez, red lobster manager and i sea food differently. >>> today the u.s.ate took up legislation that would try the u.s. buffet rule. the author senator whitehouse will join us. and the planned parenthood and komen foundation looking for an excuse to pull support from the group. speaking of snakes the burmese >>this is outrageous! [[vo]]cenk uygur calls out the mainstream media. >>the rest of the media seems like, "ho-hum, no big deal." we've have no choice, we've lost our democracy here. just refreshing to hear. no other television show does that. we're keeping it real. billionaire warren buffet doesn't think it is fair that he pays less taxes than his secretary. new legislation has been introduced in the senate based on president obama's proposed buffet rule. it would require the wealthiest americans to pay their fair share at a tax rate of at least 30%. >> we need to change our tax code so that people like me and an awful lot of members of the congress pay our fair share of taxes. you can call this class war fair all you want but asking a billionaire to

i'm jody gonzalez, red lobster manager and i sea food differently. today the u.s. senate took up legislation that would try the u.s. buffet rule. the author senator whitehouse will join us. and the planned parenthood and komen foundation looking for an excuse to pull support from the group. speaking of snakes, the burmese python population is exploding. and a study shows that republicans have more orgasms. so now we know they lie about sex. sp we've got some vintage ones like this i love stuff like that. insightful perspective. >>a reasonable republican might run in the opposite direction. good luck finding one. (vo)at current tv, we celebrate journalistic integrity. >>vanguard is going out there and aggressively pursuing stories that we believe are important. (vo)at current tv, we expect accountability. >>there's the school sign. here's the cigarette stand. no one has any problem with this? (vo)and current tv creates the commentary that drives the truth. this is the new current tv. billionaire warren buffet doesn't think it is fair that he pays less

i'm jody gonzalez, red lobster manager and i sea food differently. ...we inspected his brakes for freefree is good. free is very good. my money. my choice. my meineke. >>> parents protest the school where two teachers are being arrested, and the queen celebrates her diamond jubilee. it is time to play reporter roulette. >>> and we begin with jessica yellin live at the white house. jessica, let's start with this homeowner deal, all about foreclosings and banks and so on. tell us about that. >> first of all, i applaud you for doing this story. it matters to millions of americans, and it is whether the state and the attorney general will sign this across the country and sort of forgive them for robo signing when they basically signed foreclosure papers with an auto pen without any checking on the documents behind them, and sort of releasing them from liability from it. it looks like that's going to happen with most of the states in the country, and that will happen at the end of business today, but in exchange, banks would then have to put on a big polt of mon pot of money to help out som

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i'm jody gonzalez, red lobster manager and i sea food differently.he new news network. >>welcome to the war room. >>jennifer granholm joins current tv. she's a political trail-blazer. >>make your voice heard. >>detremined to find solutions. >>that partnership in order to invest in our country is critical. >>driven to find the truth. >>how did romney get his groove back? >>fearless, independent and above all, politically direct. >>> all right. we are back on "the young turks." during a healthcare proposal by president obama he said if you are going to provide healthcare coverage, put in contraceptive at no extra cost. but they say if you're a church or religious organization we're going to exempt you. okay. that also makes sense. but if you are a big catholic hospital for example, or college, we can't exempt you because so many non-catholics work there. it would be discriminating to women there. also makes a ton of sense. the republicans decided to attack. >> i think that's a tremendous infringement of religious liberty. you are saying you can have th

i'm jody gonzalez, red lobster manager and i sea food differently. today the u.s. senate took up legislation that would try the u.s. buffet rule. the author senator whitehouse will join us. and the planned parenthood and komen foundation looking for an excuse to pull support from the group. speaking of snakes the burmese the newest voice in cable news is on the new news network. >>it is an independent progressive voice and i love that. >>jennifer granholm joins current tv. she's a political trail-blazer. >>people like somebody who's got a spine. >>determined to find solutions... >>we need government to ensure that people have freedom. >>driven to find the truth... >>what's really going on? >>fearless, independent and above all, politically direct. insightful perspective. >>a reasonable republican might run in the opposite direction. good luck finding one. (vo)at current tv, we celebrate journalistic integrity. >>vanguard is going out there and aggressively pursuing stories that we believe are important. (vo)at current tv, we expect accountability. >>

i'm jody gonzalez, red lobster manager and i sea food differently...we inspected his brakes for free. free is good. free is very good. my money. my choice. my meineke. >>> president obama is very much touching the live wire of birth control. >>> also the dow close to a high mark. it hasn't hit since 2008 and a victim of vicious feeding is seeking justice today. time to play reporter roulette. >>> let's go straight to the white house to chief white house correspondent jessica yellin. republicans, churches, they're lining up against this new birth control policy from the obama administration. first question, might we see any compromise from the white house? >> yes, brooke. in defense, i've been speaking to my sources who are saying the administration is looking for a way to essentially thread the needle. there will be no compromise on the fundamental principle that women will get contraception at no pay, and that won't change, from their point of view. but organizations, charities and institutions, they'll make sure they have a plan where they are unco

i'm jody gonzalez, red lobster manager and i sea food differently. [[vo]]...we're the idea nobody wants to hear. ...until the truth reveals itself. boat-rockers. and above all... and there's only one place you'll find us. weeknights on current tv. >> interesting, but may mott be getting the attention they deserve. story number one. president obama is in hot water with u.s. catholic leaders. they are angry that the president approved regulations that require religious organization toss include contraceptives in their employee healthcare plans. number two. there's fresh evidence that the decision by the susan g. komen foundation to cut breast cancer screening foundation planned parenthood was right-wing politics at its worst. according to a an anonymous source -- handel, who is komen's person in public policy, is an activist. they reversed the decision and had its funding restored. the funding for planned parenthood. our final story is tim tebow is in the news and it's not for his fourth-quarter heroics. what's being called the tebow bill, is now makin

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i'm jody gonzalez, ed lobster manager and i sea food differently.40 delegates in the state congresswoman michelle bachmann joins me now. let me welcome you congresswoman bachmann. good to see you and good to have you back on the show. >> thank you justice. an honor to be with you again. >> here we are the nef neve caucuses a -- nevada caucuses. you haven't indicated who you are going to endorse. will you be endorsing someone? >> i may. i reserve the right to. at this point i haven't made a decision about endorsing. of all of the presidential candidates i think those who are left or decided not to opt into the race have made a decision. i haven't. my whole intent is to be a unifying voice. i want to bring all of the independents republicans and democrats. i want to be sure barack obama is a one-term president. i want to be a unifying voice. >> that is a good thing to hear given the fact that 92 percent negative. right now it appears newt and mitt the top two are going after each other. how does that impact your decision if at all? >> well, we have a

i'm jody gonzalez, red lobster manager and i sea food differently. twizzlers.wist you can't resist. only one who thinks an amendment to the constitution may be in order. that's next on "the war room." ♪ >> all right we're back on "the young turks." now we got to tell what you is happening in syria and unfortunately it is not good news. at least 43 civilians killed by security forces across syria today. and theand the syrian forces attacking a city by some accounts indiscriminately shelling the city, a lot of civilians killed. meanwhile the united states has withdrawn their embassy staff or closed their embassy in syria. there are reports of body parts all over homes and it is graphic and grew some as you see there what is happening in syria unfortunately. the unfortunate part is when we brought a resolution to condemn these acts saying that the syrian president should step down and call for an unity government, the russians and the chinese vetoed that resolution and it was 13-2. it was not a strong resolution. it could have been stronger, but the iran russians

i'm jody gonzalez, red lobster manager and i sea food differently.>> all right. we are back on "the young turks." during a healthcare proposal by president obama he said if you are going to provide healthcare coverage, put in contraceptive at no extra cost. but they say if you're a church or religious organization we're going to exempt you. okay. that also makes sense. but if you are a big catholic hospital for example, or college, we can't exempt you because so many non-catholics work there. it would be discriminating to women there. also makes a ton of sense. the republicans decided to attack. >> i think that's a tremendous infringement of religious liberty. you are saying you can have the name, but you can't actually be a catholic or orthodox jewish institution because we the secular government are going to impose on you. i think that's a very profound moment for americans. [ overlapping speakers ] >> you predict a political cost for the president because of this? >> very substantial, yes. >> of course what gingrich said is ridiculous. he just sai

i'm jody gonzalez, red lobster manager and i sea food differently. twizzlers.'t resist. the newest voice in cable news is on the new news network. >>it is an independent progressive voice and i love that. >>jennifer granholm joins current tv. >>people like somebody who's got a spine. >>determined to find solutions... >>we need government to ensure that people have freedom. >>driven to find the truth... >>what's really going on? >>fearless, independent and above all, politically direct. >> all right, we are back now and looking at what appears to be a crowded and jubilant romney headquarters. they are very excited. romney is set to speak in the next half hour. don't miss that on "countdown." election results on "countdown," as well. now, i promised you although that crowd is excited. people on the internet are not as excited. i promised that anna was going to bring us those numbers. >> if you look at the reaction to mitt romney as a whole through all social media 81% of all commentary on him is actually negative, so people on line are not buying it. they're not

i'm jody gonzalez, red lobster manager and i sea food differently. twizzlers.n't resist. cu >> all right back on "the young turks." a woman named mia apparently was in the super bowl halftime. i hope they found her. but she apparently is not missing in action because she created quite the stir with this moment. see if you can catch it in the super bowl. [singing] >> oh, my god, drama. she gave the middle finger. the world has not yet exploded but i'm going to bring in my rowdy friends to discuss travesty at hand. >> what are the mia so upset about. >> the whole thing was choreographed by obama. it's a traditional values and capitalism. it symbolizes the lack of military and it's lack of christianity. >> stephen buckley said it was her birthday and no one had given her any presents. that's what she was mad about. the question is did mia do this for attention? >> not just attention, but mostly. >> she says it's political. michael, you're epic politics man? >> there is 101% for the attention. nobody knew who mia was before except me here and you. [laughter] and no

i'm jody gonzalez, red lobster manager and i sea food differently. >>this is outrageous! [[vo]]cenk uygur calls out the mainstream media. >>the rest of the media seems like, "ho-hum, no big deal." we've have no choice, we've lost our democracy here. just refreshing to hear. no other television show does that. we're keeping it real. >> major news on the gay marriage front today. federal appeals court ruled that california's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, and the next stop is likely to be the supreme court. or maybe not. in strongly worded opinion the appeals court panel wrote quote, ... >> and then they added this rather entertaining flourish ... >> white house press secretary jay kearney didn't respond to that argument and said, the president did not want to comment on this case. on the republican side, though, mitt romney slammed the decision. in a statement he vowed to protect, quote traditional marriage. and cast himself as the leader in a movement to, quote preserve our values, unquote. but mitt's values appear to be out of line wi

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i'm jody gonzalez, red lobster manager and i sea food differently.y one who thinks an amendment to the constitution may be in order. that's next on "the war room." >> g.o.p. presidential candidate bud d.c. roemer has not participated in any of the republican debates. he is not even mentioned in most polling figures but today, he did something that none of his other competitors are can lay claim to. not that they would probably want to: roemer qualified for matching funds by collecting $5,000. that means the u.s. treasury will cut him a check for 100 granted which will leave him $57 million of matching mitt romney's war chest. if one of the reasons he got into the race was to reform campaign finance, how much weight does today's news carry? let's ask him. the former governor of louisiana joins us from baton rouge. governor roemer welcome here into the war room. >> good to be in the war room. i should bring a weapon of some sort. >> bring the weapon of your minds and your persuasive ability, which i know you have ample amount of. what should voters tak

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