john: why would it?his is common sense. >> it is common sense to you and me, but it was couounter to who the district had always done, the way that the unions operate. seniority trumps -- >> but this teaches the good young people. >> forget the young teachers, it cheats the kids. john: test scores went up you were rhee when she was chancellor but in the end the union won. >> we are getting her fired. john: the mayor who appointed her was voted out, when he lost, rhee quit before she was fired. >> rhee lost in dc, but elsewhere in america, all sorts of new school are succeeding, and exciting things are happening. my mother made the best toffee in the world. it's delicious. so now we've turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to take an idea and make it happen. i'm janet long and i formed my toffee company through legalzoom. never really thought i would make money doing what i love. [ robert ] we created legalzoom to help people start their business and launch their dreams. go to legalzoom.com today

[applause] john: are you a republican? >> no. john: democrat? >> no. john: students.ohn: the nation's capital where the students need to be more than 1,000 of them gatherered. now we discussed -- we will also look at the criminal justice system. in coulter will defend republicans. liberty 101 is our show tonight. [applause] ♪ john: i'm in washington d.c. a place that needs a lesson in liberty. i'm excited that tonight i am surrounded by college students, more than a thousand of them will travel here for a students for liberty conference. they came to learn about good government and free. here in washington? [laughter] the conference this year, but in these -- in d.c. we're surrounded by democrats who want to take away my economic freedom and republicans want to take more personal freedom. and glad their is a third party, although it has not got much traction. this year the libertarian presidential candidate got more than a million votes. that, of course, was gary johnson, former governor of new mexico. continues to fight for liberty one of the people who tell me about

>> john: twitter.he reason i did it is because twitter, i think, is the most ideal social media system for what you do. for your -- witticisms. if groucho were alive today, he would own twitter. it is so suited for your tight pointed, one-liners. what have i got to do? it has been so long. >> i'll tell you what though, because of you in this interim which i have neglected your shepherding me into it and really disgraced myself -- >> john: yes. >> every so often i think here's a line. i've got nowhere to put it. i'll save it for my next times blog but that's two weeks off. if i had twitter, i would probably put -- what happened the other day? people like cardinal mahoney make me fervently wish there's a hell. >> stephanie: cardinal mahoney better hope there is no god. that is what twitter is perfect for is for the kind of humor you do. you can reach so many people. >> you can. it doesn't have to be political. it can be just home jokes for the whole family like two men who put their heads together and ma

john: what about cheating? >> some don't get caught john: they all use them?s ubiquitous in professional sports. john: but not baseball or football, i don't think all of them. >> but is a cheating if people do extras brands or weight lifting. >> one is legal. >> these arbitrary distinctions because not all drug czar banned. but mark mcgwire was openly using certain performance enhancing drugs that were the gold but now they are not. it is a gray area with where this is legal and moral but this is cheating. john: people say these drugs make people into freaks, they're dangerous. >> there are two ways. we like to see freaks like lance armstrong and absolute freak of nature the better he was at cycling the more people watched when people are not as good, fewer people watched. question of lot of athletes to damage by using drugs the first thing you should do is ban athletics. a problem with the football players not the steroid but he puts his head against iraq wall for his entire career. you should bring it up above ground so doctors and coaches can open the deal

john: the alabama coach? >> we live in a society we have labor rights for people can negotiate salaries. it doesn't make sense they make millions of dollars nobody turns on the college basketball game to see the coach they look for the players. icahn the parents share in the revenue? john: there's not much of a movement they don't complain >> the complaint. if they speak freely on the issue the ones understand how much money is made are very resentful. remember the fab five from the university of michigan's chris webber talks about seeing his jersey on sale for $100 if he cannot afford to go to mcdonald's. nobody gives that many to be next. the quickest way to get a fair result is for players to get to the final four and say we don't go on the court and tell the family gets many. then they don't get paid and i guarantee they would come to the negotiating table quick. john: i agree with you. but most americans do not agree with us. >> no. >> no. >> no. >> no. absolutely not. >> they go to school to learn. >> i

weekend. >> john mccain has nothing to do. >> john: he has 19 houses, he has plenty to do. >> john mccain i prefer lindsey graham and his preference for lebanese men. >> john: karl rove mike huck which called his new group repulsive. michelle malkin said rove is doubling down on stupid. that's in defense of the tea party, and donald trump called rove a total loser. if the enemy of my enemy is my friend what if the enemy of my enemy is karl rove? anyone? >> i'll just say this puts fox news in a really awkward position. the home of karl rove. they reuped his contract. he's sort of their in-house pundit guy and they essentially created the tea party in 2009. millions of dollars in free marketing, free branding. we'll put together these rallies. fox news is the tea party. now they're fighting each other. now there is this civil war and there are complaints on the right that karl rove is the face of fox and fox news is the home of the republican elite. they created this monster now they've got to battle it out. i don't think fox news does well with let's air our differences. fox news is design

this is "viewpoint." [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> john: good evening, i'm john fugelsang.ou so much for joining us. it's the biggest game of chicken since the hast time congress and the president dueled eye-to-eye over mountain. and in just four days the federal government could pull some $85 billion in spending out of 2013 budget forcing lay-offs and programs cuts and perhaps pushing the country back into recession. the president and his cabinet want you to know that no one will be spared when budget sequestration comes knocking. today mr. obama told the nation's governors at the white house gathering what he has been telling the rest of us for week. >> thousand was teachers and educators will be laid off. tens of thousands of parents will have to deal with finding child care for their children. hundreds of thousands of americans will lose access to primary care and preventive care like flu vaccination and cancer screenings. >> john: but wait, there's more. janet napolitan the cuts will basket mission readiness throughout her department including customs agents on the bor

[applause] john: are you a republican? >> no. john: democrat? >> no. john: students. john: the nation's capital where the students need to be more than 1,000 of them gathered. now we discussed -- we will also look at the criminal justice system. in coulter will defend republicans. liberty 101 is our show tonight. [applause] ♪ john: i'm in washington d.c. a place that needs a lesson in liberty. i'm excited that tonight i am surrounded by college students, more than a thousand of them will travel here for a students for liberty conference. they came to learn about good government and free. here in washington? [laughter] the conference this year, but in these -- in d.c. we're surrounded by democrats who want to take away my economic freedom and republicans want to take more personal freedom. and glad their is a third party, although it has not got much traction. this year the libertarian presidential candidate got more than a million votes. that, of course, was gary johnson, former governor of new mexico. continues to fight for liberty one of the people who tell me about

robert reich, thank you so much once again for coming on the program. >> john: thanks, john. >> john:horrified me, but you're brilliant. going to michael from the daily beast. welcome back. >> thanks. >> john: you wrote about this, and hilariously. will you try to explain john boehner's strategy refuseing to negotiate and insisting this president bears all the blame? >> i think he's just trying to make lemonade out of lemon. which is to say he has a caucus. i don't wanting to tooto go too sympathetic, what he says to his wife in late night phone conversations i don't know but i think he knows he must know on some level that his party really risks getting blamed for this. this is no other reason for him to be doing things like writing this he had tore yam like this op-ed in the editorial saying obama is to blame. his strategy is to just try to bush it off on obama frantically knowing that deep down that's probably not going to work if. >> john: some would argue that that they're telling wall street editors exactly what they want to hear. if it goes through and most people expect, i men

this is "viewpoint." >> john: good evening, i'm john fugelsang. thank you for watching "viewpoint." coming up chaos in the g.o.p. as republicans split on immigration. a new movie asks if a convicted activist was really a cop killer as charged or really a political prisoner and why should the nra draw the line at your right to own assault weapons when rocket launchers need love, too. but first, senator chuck hagel may be a decorateed vietnam veteran, successful businessman and twice-elected republican senator from nebraska. but he ran into a little trouble on the capitol hill today. hagel testified before the armed services committee, which will have to pass onties nomination to be president obama's secretary of defense. >> i'm on the record of many issues but no one individual vote. no one individual quote. no one individual statement defines me, my beliefs or my record. >> john: were hagel then stated his beliefs as they applied to his nomination. >> america has and must maintain the strongest military in the world. that we must lead in the international community to confront threa

john: okay.t gives you the idea that people who are in a third party, specifically because they won't compromise their beliefs withheld an opinion just to suck up to a bigger party? >> i think there are much bigger issues. if you're a genuine libertarian, there's an awful lot to be privatizing right now. why did we have an education department out of washington d.c.? what we have a commerce department, agricultural subsidies? real living in a nation that is 70 percent socialist. there are serious issues where we can really use free marketeers. that's why i say your sucking up to liberals. less to say that things liberals would like. >> my question has to do with marriage and the fact that you just think it should be more difficult for people to get divorced. @% an independent woman who is put myself through college and also as someone who is about my own home with my own money, going through a divorce, and this is the most difficult thing never had to do. why you think should be more difficult fo

. >> john: washington, d.c. or as fox news put it, a few people loitered around outside the white house. tim tebow is so christian he's going to speak at a church whose pastor has hatred for jews and gay folks and catholics. since tim tebow thanks goode when he place football, does he have to thank football when he goes to church? tonight we launch wtf america where each week we'll highlight the most ridiculous stupidity of a different state. tonight we honor mississippi for finally ratifying the amendment that bans slavery after someone saw lincoln and realized they hadn't gotten around to it yet. today is the birthday of smokey robinson benicio del toro and it is the 540th birthday of nicholas cop in cuss, the mathematician who said the sun didn't move, the earth did. kansas is sure to start teaching that in public schools any day now. this is "viewpoint." >> john: good evening i'm john fuglesang. thank you for joining us tonight. coming up, the white house press corps demands complete transparency where the p

this is "viewpoint." [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> john: good evening i'm john fugelsang.nk you for joining us. as washington careens towards friday's rendezvous with the sequester and it's trillion dollars plus in cuts senate senator mitch mcconnell drips with charm. >> mr. president, you honor us with your presence. thank you for being here. >> john: don't look down, ashley judd might be behind you. and it was only yesterday that same senator mcconnell accused the president of quote fanning the flames of. the nerve. meanwhile at the pentagon newly sworn in defense secretary chuck hagel had a minute to savor the job before facing the big challenge. >> budget, sequestration i don't need to dwell on the good news there. that's a reality. we need to figure this out. >> let's hope the president doesn't order cuts in the canneries make budget. maybe chuck hagel will get help before the weekend. a drum roll for press secretary jay carney. >> the president did invite four leaders to the white house for friday where he hopes that they will have a constructed discussion. >> john:

this is "viewpoint." [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> john: good evening i'm john fugelsang.ou so much for joining us this evening. coming up, renewing the violence against women act should not be a political issue but some how it is. the reverend pat robertson embraces his inner homophobe again. first, president obama met senate democrats for a private strategy session in annapolis maryland, today. the topics were sure to include the president's legislative agenda including gun control measures that would ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammo clips. senators who are afraid of the nra or to be polite, concerned over the impact that legislation might have, might heed this warning from comedian chris rock delivered a news conference called by "a demand a plan" advocates. >> the president and the first lady are kind of like the mom and dad of the country. when your dad says something you listen. and when you don't it usually bites you in the ass later on. >> john: but many in the politicians seem more concerned about the nra. thousands turned out to support martin o'malley'

good evening. >> john, good evening to you. >> john: great to have you.of specifics should we expect from the president tonight. >> he'll focus on the new initiatives, manufacturing, infrastructure, education and clean energy. the president has made it clear and you can see this in some of what he has said to other reporters in build-up that none of the new initiatives are going to cost a dime. nonetheless there is every education that there be recommendation for the president on manufacturing to give more tax credit to spark more manufacturing in the united states as opposed to those who attempt to move it overseas. infrastructure roads bridges and tunnels and free up the money quicker. and on education look for a continuation that the president may portray clean education, but they're looking for more of a continuation of existing plans tax incentives, credits to companies who are creating things like solar energy. >> john: we have super environmentists coming to discuss those proposals but this president seems to be getting two bits of advice from his

and now, john stossel. >> john: sun zillions of with yoyouwill make a belt on the sur bowl. if you're a baltimore fan, your team is expected to lose. how can you make a bet that's fair to you? by taking the point spreads which at the moment is about three and a half points. that means san francisco could win and you could still win your bet on baltimore. this makes betting more interesting and makes watching the gamewi more fun. fine. except where does that point spread come from? from bookies, professional bet takers. that's illegal in most of america, and yet these point spreads are everywhere. billions will be bet on this year's game, most of it illegally. isn't it time we legalize gambling? i asked people in times square. >> should betting on sports be allowed? >> never. >> it encourages people, poor people, to spend money they don't have. >> john: america's politicians they've banned many gambling like gambling on the internet.ambling they say things like it's not the right moral choice or sound public policy. there are enough dysfunctional families. my guests tonight s

this is "viewpoint." >> john: good evening, i'm john fuglesang. coming up, another state moves a big step closer to approving american equality and another conservative moves a big step closer to having a heart attack over it. bp pays billions in fines for the gulf oil spill then gets billions more in government contracts. lindsey graham announce he will continue to block lady gaga's tour until she provides more answers about benefit -- benghazi. >>> starting with the senate and majority leader harry reid. >> republicans have made an unfortunate choice to ratchet up the level of destruction here in washington. just when you thought things couldn't get worse it gets worse. >> john: because today senate republicans blocked former republican senator chuck hagel's nomination to become the nation's next secretary of defense. this is the first time, friends in our nation's history that a filibuster has been used to block a president's nominee for that position. the final tally 58 for 40 against and one senator utah's orrin hatch voted present. wow, harr

vip is next with john fugelsang. >> john: president obama gave his fifth state of the union address last night. there are many highlights, especially the moment where he mentioned governor romney and everyone in congress replied who? marco rubio proves it's possible to sweat profusely when you're standing in near darkness. and the voting rights act. two things that could hurt republicans come election time: voting and rights. kim novak is 80 and it's the birthday of peter gabriel. it's henry rollins birthday. [ ♪ music ♪ ] japan good evening i'm john fugelsang. coming up it's ha st. zinger, not r atzenberger my bad. and marco rubio channels his inner mitt romney before blaming god for last night's splashdown. and rand paul doubles the tea party's fun with the state of the united states address. president obama laid out legislative agenda including a hike to minimum wage. >> reader effort and determination with wages that allow working families to raise their kids and get ahead. >> john: he put it a little more strongly last night. >> obama: tonight, let's declare that in the wealthiest n

john: why?actly. a complete and utter sense of dysfunction and lack of accountability. >> they call it the blob like jabba the hut can not be budged, the teachers' union, janitor's union, politicians, a school board bureaucrats if you make a change the blob says we don't have that. we have requisitioned to sign off it is crazy. john: both union leaders escaped the bureaucracy. john: you went to private schools. >> it made me feel i better do good or else. john: i will confront the union bosses when i return. mike and other people have the choice they had? what is the cost one-third of a million dollars to fire one union teacher? what is wrong with these people? john: look to send there kids to private school? and nancy pelosi, hillary clinton, al gore. >> the people who make rules already have a choice i used to be a politician. >> get they oppose school choice for regular people. >> they give for taking my question. do you think molly and sasha would get the same high quality rigorous education

, john.n the 4th of july parade. unfortunately i was sick but i had to be in the parade, so i had my son with me and he was about a year and a half almost two years old. after the parade i was going to go home and suffer in silence, and a friend of mine in the theater group who happened to be gay, said he was having a press releasety -- >> there's a gay person in your theater group! [♪ dramatic music ♪] >> they are taking over the arts too! >> caller: i know. >> john: next it will be fashion. i don't want to hear this. >> caller: any way we went to his house afterwards. and i just went in his room and laid down and he took care of my son. now he -- he changed his diaper. he fed him. he played with him. he laid down with him and -- to get him to take a nap. i mean this was way above and beyond the call of any friendship. >> john: wow. >> and at the end of the day when i was getting ready to leave, i felt a little better and after offering to drive us home, i said i'm going to be okay. and he s

john: the alabama coach? we live in a society we have labor rights for people can negotiate salaries. it doesn't make sense they make millions of dollars nobody turns on the college basketball game to see the coach they look for the players. icahn the parents share in the revenue? john: there's not much of a movement they don't complain >> the complaint. if they speak freely on the issue the ones understand how much money is made are very resentful. remember the fab five from the university of michigan's chris webber talks about seeing his jersey on sale for $100 if he cannot afford to go to mcdonald's. nobody gives that many to be next. the quickest way to get a fair result is for players to get to the final four and say we don't go on the court and tell the family gets many. then they don't get paid and i guarantee they would come to the negotiating table quick. john: i agree with you. but most americans do not agree with us. >> no. >> no. >> no. >> no. absolutely not. >> they go to school to learn. >> it t

this is "viewpoint." >> john: good evening i'm john fuglesang. coming up, the rating agencies help blow up our economy now the doj goes after one about four years too late. l.a.'s catholic archdiocese can't take the cover off habit and we'll find out how the mayor who liked to ask how am i doing actually did. first, if you've ever wondered how president obama's legal team justifies killings drone strikes on alleged terrorists overseas, they had an answer for you this morning. >> we only take these kinds of actions when there is an imminent threat. when we're confident we're doing so in a way that's consistent with federal and international law. >> john: okay. holder made those comments after nbc news released a justice department white paper justifying targeted killings of americans considered high-ranking leaders of al-qaeda. or their kids. a drone strike was used to kill radical muslim cleric anwar al-awlaki in september 2011. al-awlaki is said to play a role in the mail bomb attacks on the synagogues and the attempted underwear bombing over de

>> john fuglesang. >> john: why is that? guys spewing a lot of stuff on tv always scares me. >> john: i think you're right. it scares me too. i fear me. sue costello? >> it is a threat to humanity, the way we treat each other. the way mccain spoke to that woman whose kid was killed. yes, you can have an opinion but we need to speak to each other. >> john: i agree. he's got a heart. >> congressman louis gohmert from texas who said the reason we can't have gun control is because the muslims -- we need our guns to defend ourselves against muslims. >> john: god bless louis gohmert for going off his meds. i was watching fox news yesterday because i'm a thinker and i happened to be watching megan kelly when i heard alarming news about the folks at al jazeera america, the people who just bought this channel. >> there is a real anti-american bias there and yet they're about to infiltrate america. >> they're expanding to eight cities, one of them being detroit, michigan. it is a large community of muslim americans where sleeper cells

this is "viewpoint." >> john: i'm john fuglesang. thank you for joining us tonight. it can mean to isolate or hideaway, to seize, withdraw or to hold but if you can believe president obama it might just be the worst word in our political lexicon today. >> obama: that's a pretty bad name sequester. but the effects are even worse than the name. >> john: according to the white house the effects of the $85 billion in budget cuts that kick in friday, the sequester could cost 3/4 of a million jobs over the next year alone you why for starters. design a series of across-the-board cuts, it will hack $43 billion from military spending $26 billion from programs like health education and hurricane sandy relief, another $11 billion from mandatory spending including 2% cuts on medicare providers and plans. these cuts we're talking about won't be devastating for some programs and our bloated military with more than the 13 nations combined maybe could be able to handle a trim. but many people who are already struggling will have to struggle more if this sequester takes place. two q

john: or politics.ter] john: three libertarian experts with the real meaning of hamas promises. and. [applause] watching the coverage of the "state of the union" i hear republicans and democrats thinking will this help republicans? i don't care. so to talk about freedom and prosperity, our freedom loving panel is here to debate this with kathryn mangu-ward and deroy murdoch and michael moynihan what does it mean to you? >> the onslaught will continue. the american people don't expect people to -- the government to solve every problem. >> we have 15 manufacturing hubs. john: and the government has to create that. >> and a college score card i tha "u.s. news and world report" gave us updates but now the government will do that. and with federal subsidies, more activity and it will cost a lot of money. >> preschool is appealing to people. >> he just wants to give the kids a head start? >> i am highly sympathetic to putting kids in the government hands but headstart has a not a great record spending a billi

john fugelsang and "viewpoint" next. >> john: today democrats and republicans awoke to a world wherevester stallone is to the left of harry reid on assault weapons. and many believe that the protection means protect protecting consumers were bankers. and millions of viewers tuned in to watch beyonce sing at the super bowl. this is the birthday of rosa parks, george romero, dan quayle, and george washington was elected president by the electoral college. it was unanimous which meant that george was never forced to produce a photo of him skeet shooting. this is "viewpoint." [ ♪ music ♪ ] good >> john: good evening i'm john fugelsang coming up, senate republicans show their love for the finance industry by working to weaken consumer financial reform. but first, president obama took his push for new gun control laws on the road in the latest of a series of campaign-stale events the president spoke in front of police officers and sheriff's deputies in minneapolis. and he urged americans to write to congress to back what he described at four common-sense measures to help stop gun violence.

[applause] john: thank you thank you. i am so happy i won again know i don't have to suck up to my base somebody has to be the grown-up speakerur h boehner said i said we don'tnt l havees the spending problem might remember that but we do have the spending problem. with their history government was small. federal-state local government together spent less than $500 per person for more than 100 years government was less thanless 5% and when may grow the most prospering during this period it had plenty of money for the louisiana purchase, this civil war, a transcontinental railroad, under small limi government america became the richest most powerful country in the world but this is world for one, this is world war ii, but notice government came back down after raids but since thenment it shot straight up. lyndon johnson said government can cure poverty and the experts know how and we created welfare payments so government grow but now those programs that need investment didn't work americans for lifting themselves out of p

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(john wayne) john ford was very careful in handling his actors, to make sure that no matter what theyo, that it helps to create an emotion in the audience. cause after all, good pictures are about people. and if he can get the emotions out of his actors, it's naturally going to affect the audience. (lindsay anderson) ford had been a director for over twenty years. and had learned how to work with actors, get performances and to achieve reality in terms of character. i watched you with that baby, that other woman's baby. it looked, well.... well, i still got a ranch across the border. and it's a nice place. a real nice place. trees and grass and water. there's a cabin, half-built. a man could live there... with a woman. will you go? but you don't know me. you don't know who i am. i know all i want to know. (lindsay anderson) dialogue is important, but there are many sequences in "stagecoach," which are purely told through the image. particularly, say, the final chase. (gunfire) (lindsay anderson) a very interesting sequence. it disobeys all the rules. there's no left to right, and righ

(john wayne) john ford was very careful in handling his actors, to make sure that no matter what theyo, that it helps to create an emotion in the audience. cause after all, good pictures are about people. and if he can get the emotions out of his actors, it's naturally going to affect the audience. (lindsay anderson) ford had been a director for over twenty years. and had learned how to work with actors, get performances and to achieve reality in terms of character. i watched you with that baby, that other woman's baby. it looked, well.... well, i still got a ranch across the border. and it's a nice place. a real nice place. trees and grass and water. there's a cabin, half-built. a man could live there... with a woman. will you go? but you don't know me. you don't know who i am. i know all i want to know. (lindsay anderson) dialogue is important, but there are many sequences in "stagecoach," which are purely told through the image. particularly, say, the final chase. (gunfire) (lindsay anderson) a very interesting sequence. it disobeys all the rules. there's no left to right, and righ

john: or politics. [laughter] john: three libertarian experts with the real experts with the real meaning of hamas promises. today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. and. [applause] watching the coverage of the "state of the union" i hear republicans and democrats thinking will this help republicans? i don't care. so to talk about freedom and prosperity, our freedom loving panel is here to debate this with kathryn mangu-ward and deroy murdoch and michael moynihan what does it mean to you? >> the onslaught will continue. the american people don't expect pe

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he lost to john mccain that year. but that year, 2008, also was not john mccain's first effort at winning the republican presidential nomination. he had run before as well. he had run in the year 2000, when he lost to george w. bush. and while that john mccain campaign and his loss that year has mostly been remembered for the egregiously racist dirty tricks played against john mccain in the south carolina primary that year, that's mostly what we think of when we think of him losing to george w. bush that year, now what is starting to become the more salient thing about that losing run, about that losing attempt at winning the republican presidential nomination, what seems more salient now is who john mccain's national co-chair was for that run. it was republican senator chuck hagel. there he is. you can see him in the little circle on the left there. with john mccain's entourage as john mccain was getting ready to launch his presidential bid back in 2000. this is the same chuck hagel who is president obama's nominee f