they include john huntsman and last year's rnc featured guest and famous open-chair talker, actor clint eastwood. >>> well, it is sequester day in washington. a meeting is set for later this morning at the white house between president obama and congressional leaders, but it might be too little, too late. lawmakers have so far not acted, and it prompted a rare public outcry in the senate. >> rise up, oh, god, and save us from ourselves. pour your wisdom upon our lawmakers so that they will do your will. >> nbc's tracie potts joins now from washington. tracie, good morning to you. what do you have to say about reverend barry black there? >> reporter: well, it's kind of interesting when you take a look at what's going on and the fact we've seen these public polls where they seem to echo that same sentiment. now today the white house saying the number one purpose of this meeting is to try to avoid these cuts, but as you noted, it may be too late. >> we're not going to walk away from the only chance of getting spending under control around here. >> reporter: but they did, literally. the hou

are also filing briefs in support of gay marriage with several well known republicans including john huntsmannd clint eastwood. in december, washington became the ninth state to legalize gay marriage. >> we're so fortunate. >> opponents have said they believe the decision will swing their way. >> what is the purpose of marriage? marriage brings together men and women for the reproduction of the human race. >> officials in monday tanya said yes to arming school police with rivals. this was arjly ceremony yil as the rifles were ordered well before the sandy hook mass qlaer. they cost nearly $20,000 stored in locked safes on campuses, critics say they don't belong around schools and the money should have been spent to restore counseling >> what i don't want is to close that line between providing security and safety and mill tarizing our public system. >> i'm for anything to protect our kids, i'm for it police say there have been no specific threats to the fontana unified school district. >> a prize-winning dog may have been poisoned at the kennel club show. his owner believe bleaches an animal

even former governor john huntsman notice d a fox connection at the republican debates.e said i looked down the debate stage and half of them were probably on fox contracts at one point in their career. >> they end up on the contract after their political career. this is the sad aspect of when the fairness doctrine ended. when i first started off in talk radio, we had a fairness doctrine. if you had one side on, you had to have the other side on. now, you can own all the media out lets in a single town and drown out the other voices. >> i have nothing against people having opinions. i certainly express mine. but to be reading other people's talking points, using their graphics and then asking them questions like they don't know what you're going to ask what the answers are, now, that is not an opinion. that's trying to play the public as being stupid. joe ma dayson, thank you for your time tonight. >> always good to see you. like, in selma, really enjoyed it. why we must continue to fight next. first kid you ready? [ female announcer ] second kid by their second kid, eve

. >> in 2008 we had a republican candidate, john huntsman. >> sean: you didn't mean the nominee, i thinkple-- >> no, no, i talked to george afterwards when this controversy-- george was not asking me if it was the nominee, he was asking me if a candidate. >> sean: okay. >> and of course, i think that a candidate could say that. i personally am strongly in favor of traditional marriage, but i recognize that people in our party disagree he with that issue and likely a candidate will espouse that in 2012-- in 2016. >> sean: i think we ayou'll goi you and goolsbee on together. >> he should not be telling such a fib like that and his students deserve better and i think-- >> i think going to go to the booth school and you and i are going to straighten things out over there, mr. rove. >> there you go. >> sean: we'll eat that steak together. >> no, no, tube steaks, i'm from texas, and-- >> i'm on the atkins diet. >> i need one, too, but not yours, man. >> sean: i'm getting my own, a t-bone. >> thank you. >> sean: and dr. benjamin carson joins me to respond to critics and people now attacking him

-- the republican primaries of 2012, and we found that all of them, with the one exception of john huntsman, were calling into question the basic reality of the problem itself. were basically saying, in some cases, saying that it was a hoax, okay? this is a remarkable turn for the party itself. and you know -- and what we're seeing of course right now is that in the aftermath of the loss of 2012 -- republicans are beginning to look inward and they're trying to say, "where have we gone wrong? where are our new opportunities to engage the public?" immigration is one of those issues that they're beginning to say, "maybe it's time to change our position." climate change could be another of those. because it's one of the ways that they can appeal back to the middle. our own work, we found that independents are much more like mocrs otheir beliefs about climate change than they are republicans. so if republicans want a way back, this is one of the ways that they could do it. and there's actually a historical precedent. we used to have a huge acid rain problem in this country. we created essentiall

marriage equality is a conservative cause, wrote the newly emboldened john huntsman.ed from the shackles of the 2012 campaign. another signatory steve schmidt was more blunt. >> it's difficult to make the case to go work for a political party that wants to discriminate against their friend who happens to be gay. >> are these 131 republicans representative of a wider shift in the gop? maybe. not so much? maybe? last week also saw go crowd left off the list for invitees for this cpac conference. only two are current office holders. ileana ros-lehtinen and -- >> while significant, the movement within the gop may be less than meets the eye. "the fact is that any republican office holder who supports gay marriage is basically begging for a primary challenge. that's why very few have. nicole, you are very involved in this effort, and we commend and applaud you for it because i think it is absolutely the right thing to do, and it's great to see conservatives come out for, this but the question is as aaron blake points out, there not a lot of office holders on that list. is t

you have some people saying -- john huntsman, rob portman saying, look, let's get this -- we supporth reed this is a fundamental principle for our party. what do you do? >> soul-searching in the party right now. but to joel's point earlier, this is very much a generational divide. if you look at evangelical millennials, 64% of evangelical million ennials. if you look at republican million ennials, at 58% support for same-sex marriage. america is changing. >> the number i'm always struck by, "washington post" poll, 1849 self-identified republicans. 53%. >> remarkable, generational shift. >> going forward, hillary clinton last week, she had been one of the last -- i don't want to say hold-outs but high-profile people to switch. is this a position you must have to be a serious contender going forward in democratic party politics? you must support gay marriage? >> i think this is a position that anybody running for public office is going to have to have. >> republicans included. >> absolutely. look, the country has changed. this is a position in every demographic group. the numbers you j

and worked for the john huntsman campaign in 2012.ear communicator with the new technology. listen to their goal z. we're going to have dedicated trackers to all the democratic candidates up in big races in 2014 and all of the potential democrat rising stars down the line for 2016 races or the future and so we did not have last cycle was one organization that sole purpose was to take that video, to monitor the interviews they're doing and making sure what they're saying back home isn't different than what they're saying in d.c. >> so a lot of folks, sandra, raising their eyes and saying, boy, we have more name calling and mud raking but the flip side so that coin is that it's information and it's supposed to be factual and voters need to get it so there will be more of it which means headaches for democrats and republicans think it will tilt the playing field their way. in the last few elections democrats have been more effective. sandra: thank you very much, carl. full house resorts has revenue up 3% in the state of nevada. c.e.o. te

huntsman never had a chance. it was his turn in the barrel. the rest of them were -- >> johnn huntsman who was never the front-runner at all. that campaign was so depressing, sara mclaughlin was doing late night infomercials for it. speaking of altered states, hippies were right. if everyone would spark up a don't doob everyone would be okay. nationwide legalization to bring $6en 4 billion in new tax revenue. do you think if we decriminalize cannabis, could we really make that much money and help our deficits? >> based on a very small biased selection of my friends which are mostly musicians and comedians, we will be rolling in dough. >> two things that will bring in big revenue to the states. dope and gambling. >> john: elaine, you're shaking your head. >> you're not going to get a penny because everyone is going to forget to pay their taxes. >> it will be in the price when you buy it. >> oh. >> john: the real reason you'll never see in our lifetime is it is such a big threat to pharma. >> and also to alcohol. people want to get high. people want to get drunk. pot doesn't ha

former presidential candidate john huntsman has gone to some of their events and others. the party elders looking at this with some excitement. >> hey, jim, i'm out of time, but real quick, the tweet you sent out about the white house canceling tours, what's the reaction been by the public? >> silly, i think it just accentuates the notion that the place is back in d.c. is dysfunctional and this was a move that looks to be penny wise pound foolish. i don't think people were too impressed by it at all. >> okay. good to see you both, thank you. >> thanks. >> in just a moment, another act of defiance from north korea, does the u.s. really have to worry about north korea's threats to attack. william cohen is next. marjorie, i can't stand you. you're too perfect. even the inside of your dishwasher sparkles. okay. so i'm the bad guy for being clean. you said it. ladies, let's not fight dirty. cascade kitchen counselor. see, over time, a competing gel can leave hard-water film on your dishes. new cascade platinum's triple-action formula not only cleans your dishes, it helps keep

more than any republican officials including john huntsman, were among those who signed a letter supportingll, the thing about it is marriage is a conservative value. and conservatives want their gay friends and family to settle down and get marrieded and be happy. and more and more people are seeing it that way. more and more are supporting the marriage. >> jimmy, thank you. appreciate your time on this saturday. >> thank you. >> several comments about race and voting at the supreme court this week are provoking debate across the country. we'll dive into the hot button issues. also getting inside first lady michelle obama's head on the week she relaunched he let's move campaign. kelly wallace talked to the first lady just a few weeks ago. she'll be live to talk about it next. it's tax refund time and the bashams want to stretch their money further. how much is your current phone bill? it's $192 a month! time to save some money. alright! she can tell you about straight talk. sure! you get unlimited talk, text and data for only $45 a month per phone. can we still get the same cool phones? ye

he said -- john units huntsman. said between the twooep united states and beijing. up next. tracy: too many americans are not saving enough and the scary numbers. we have those ahead. but first, let's give a look how oil is trading today. down a little on the cyprus turmoil, down $1.25. $92.49 a barrel. $92.49 a barrel. we'll be right back. ♪ rain horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. tracy: that time of day to make some money. charles payne is here. this hour he is looking at united states natural gas. charles, people say gnat gas is the next big boom this country. >> nat-gas has been the big boom. it was supposed to be hot play couple years ago and it hasn't turned out. it made a stealthy room. it is up big already. i'm not pounding the table on it. it has to be on everyone's radar right now. inventorieses are coming down. drawdown in storage last time we came out with the numbers, 19% year after year. we know one of the things when it got to $2 these guys stopped. they slowed down producti