[laughter] by then, your state is hooked like a diabetic jonesing for his insulin fix.h, they love it. get help, junkie! [laughter] luckily, republican governors aren't falling for it, like tennessee governor bill haslam. under obamacare, 180,000 people from tennessee wol be added to his state's medicaid or tenncare program but haslam said no, explaining, "a lot of people say, 'hey, that's an easy call. just expand three years 100% and then walk away at that point in time.' i don't think you can easily walk away. no. do you know how heartbreaking it is to tell someone they're no longer getting healthcare? it's so much kinder to just tell them they're never getting healthcare. [laughter] besides, the governor is confident that tennessee can go it alone, because tennessee already has a great plan for getting affordable healthcare to the those who need it: a health care lottery. twice a year, residents who have high medical bills and who wouldn't be eligible for tenncare can call a state phone line and request an application, but they need to do it quick, because the line

. >> keeping up with the joneses. >> and we love gadgets.ou know people are lining up for that puppy. >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. >>> hillary clinton on the international women leaders. she will speak at tonight's vital voices global leadership awards at the kennedy center in washington, d.c. >>> a special report on women is being released by i-village as well. how healthy are women in america? will report on official statistic from 50 states. >>> happy birthday to a 12 time grammy winner. for "in my dreams" and other songs. country singer emmylou harris turns 65 today. and tonight, be sure to watch "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> how serious is the u.s. government preparing for a possible war there. >>> and sam neill and laura dern are live to talk about "jurassic park's" return to the big screen in 3d 20 years later. i'm richard lui. thanks for watching "early today." just your first stop of the day today on your nbc >>> new this morning, america making moves overn

. >>> i guess you can call this keeping up with the joneses. another company talking about shrinking down the size of its tablet to compete with the mini. seema mody is live with more details. good morning. >> hey, jon, good morning. let's take a look at those markets. today, futures higher, stocks rising for a third state day, the downed s&p 500 hitting new record highs. nasdaq closing at a 12-year high. last month's fed meeting showing members debating when they should stop buying billions in government bonds and mortgages. we do get data back on unemployment and import prices. dow up 128 points. nasdaq, up about 60. president obama will meet with the ceos of several big banks, including jpmorgan, citigroup, goldman sachs and bank of america. they are in washington for a regular meeting of the financial services forum, a trade group that represents 19 of the country's largest firms. they will discuss the u.s. budget, immigration, reform and cybersecurity. >>> in other news, microsoft is thinking about a smaller screen. the company is developi

more than 600 fans at the event. , adam jonesent hosted 100 kids at the harbor east fear for a screeningf the jackie robinson movie called "42." celebratedx and rays pitcher day. day.triot 42.ybody wore number then the red sox went out and won the game. boston has a 2-1 lead. jackie bradley goes for the diving catch. he cannot make the catch. 2-2. bottom of the ninth inning. mike napali. he beats the throw. 4-3.ox win 40 minutes later, the bombs went off at the finish line. ozzie newsome will talk about the draft which begins a week from thursday. the ravens did include number 97, art jones. he was involved in a car accident yesterday morning. he was pushed into the ditch. he is ok and it didn't work out. the situation in boston has put inrything came why game-wise perspective. >> more weather and traffic together when we come back. we will getmistake, to the bottom of this. >> looking for

mary wanted to not only keep up with the joneses, she wanted to be the joneses. >> the that is a glimpse of the life together. how did they meet? they were 10 years apart in age. >> it has been speculated that a relationship with the stepmother may of been a factor, but in 1839, she went to springfield. why springfield? a sister was married to a man who was governor of territorial ill., said she was immediately thrown into the social set. springfield was a tiny town, maybe 2500 people. wealthy and well educated. >> this is something i think people tend to overlook. why rincon was attracted to her in the first place. -- why lincoln was attracted to her. classic opposite. future senators expressed interest in mary. she spoke french fluently. she was by all accounts a winning conversationalist, highly educated. a beautiful woman of her day. and lincolng figure, stood off to one side with his mouth hanging open. the contrast between his own education, his own lack of polish, and one of the things that married did that i do not think she gets a lot of credit polish to add some her unpolished

still doing what he knows best returning to russia for the first time in years as veteran gun no more joneses promoter ahead of the cruiserweight showdown against russia then his leverage of his going to happen on may seventeenth is going to be great but even it is going to be a school lesson i have a profession or a professor ph d. . doctor of letters in fisticuffs. which members are name is going to more jones so he's going to teach them this level and it lead to every is going to be a better fighter no matter what the outcome be. slim and none and sometimes out of town forty year old jones has won thirty eight of his forty two fights thirty by knockout after winning the w.b. a cruiserweight belt in two thousand and seven the panamanian win through a long period of inactivity defended his title only twice in five years and was stripped of his belt in two thousand and twelve after attempting to perspire in a fight with liberty if for the second time the russian was awarded the title and successfully defended it last december against colombian sent on the sill god here in moscow so let it go

state like yours than a bunch of extreme right wing radicals always trying to keep up with the jim jonesesn: this weekend men's college basketball will crown a champion as the four remaining teams will play in the best tournament in sports. but today all eyes were on the rutgers men's basketball team. a team that finished below 500 and head coach mike rice. you see videos realized released by espn show rice using gay slurs while grabbing and kicking his players even at times hurling basketballs at them during practice. rutgers first became aware of rice's actions in november when former cannot eric mourdock showed clips to athletic director tim pernetti. at the time rice was find $50,000 and suspended for three games and forced to undergo angry management classes but four months later espn released the video, and rice was fired. >> i let so many people down. my players, my administration rutgers university the fans my family. there's no explanations for what's on those films. because there is no excuse for it. i was wrong. >> how politics has turned the sports world upside down. dave, than

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somebody who has to be both long and short, those are the guys i respect, and therefore, it's the paul joneses of the world that i look up to. >> i think that's a great point. and joe, isn't that really partially true there? i mean, if you're just long this market -- and look how great etfs have done. it's not active management, that's passive, you know, indexing. and of course you're going to be up. you're in a long bull market. but who are the guys that bet against housing in 2007? who were the guys that bet against dot-com in the 1999. you can't say that's luck. >> and those are the standouts. it's great about bill gross to come out and acknowledge that obviously credit expansion led tremendously to what happened in the market, and made it a lot easier, perhaps, and paved the road. but at the end of the day, if it was so easy, everyone would have done it and everybody's portfolio would have been up or maybe it wouldn't have been, because there wouldn't have been another side to the trade. in my opinion, it's a little bit of a humble bread. it's a great time to put it out there, because ever

mary wanted to not only keep up with the joneses, she wanted to be the joneses. >> the that is a glimpseen speculated that a relationship with the stepmother may of beactor, but in 1839, she went to springfield. why springfield? a sister was married to a man who was governor of territorial ill., said she was immediately thrown into the social set. town,field was a tiny maybe 2500 people. >> she was wealthy and well educated. >> this is something i think people tend to overlook. why lincoln was attracted to her in the first place. classic opposites. future senators expressed interest in mary. she spoke french fluently. she was by all accounts a winning conversationalist, highly educated. a beautiful woman of her day. a compelling figure, and lincoln stood off to one side mouth hanging open. the contrast between his own education, his own lack of polish, and one of the things that married did that i do not think she gets a lot of credit for was to add some polish to her unpolished husband. she was his advocate. two races for the united states senate, and his political career. she imagine h

mary wanted to not only keep up with the joneses, she wanted to be the joneses. >> the that is a glimpse of the lincolns' life together. how did they meet? they were 10 years apart in age. >> it has been speculated that a relationship with the stepmother may of been a factor, but in 1839, she went to springfield. why springfield? a sister was married to a man who was governor of territorial ill., said she was immediately thrown into the social set. springfield was a tiny town, maybe 2500 people. >> she was wealthy and well educated. >> this is something i think people tend to overlook. why lincoln was attracted to her in the first place. classic opposites. future senators expressed interest in mary. she spoke french fluently. she was by all accounts a winning conversationalist, highly educated. a beautiful woman of her day. a compelling figure, and lincoln stood off to one side with his mouth hanging open. owncontrast between his education, his own lack of polish, and one of the things that married did that i do not think she gets a lot of credit for was to add some polish to her unpolis

the course we chart for our country is real for families like the joneses -- jones' in every congressional district. i think we have the potential to improve the outcomes of muscular dystrophy and so many other diseases that our children face. i think this should be a bipartisan effort. as we work in service of our constituents, i hope we will in reflect on the jones utah and real american families. these are citizens who inspire us to work harder, do better, solve problems and to make a difference. mitch's legacy is one of love and compassion, an inspiring young man who faced each new challenge with bravery and faith. here in congress we should strive to live and serve in the same way. mr. speaker, i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from ohio, mr. turner, for five minutes. mr. turner: thank you, mr. speaker. you know, the american public always decries the partisan tone that happens here on this house floor and i'm always amazed when people come down to the house floor and rail on republicans and democrats and try t