our guest tonight is health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. we're going to ask her about health. and human services. human services. sounds not good for people. it's a cook book. all right. we begin, of course, with the republican presidential race. we checked in last week. when we did it seemed like romney had this thing pretty sewn up. >> most of the polls have romney ahead in south carolina. >> romney has a huge lead in florida right now. >> mitt romney is the juggernaut at this point. >> jon: he is a juggernaut. he can only be defeated if you remove his helmet. anybody? so we were already planning out all our puns for romney through the general election. for romney's convention speech. for when questions were raised about romney's business background. if romney's religion becomes an issue. ( cheers and applause ) we were set. and then saturday night. >> newt gingrich the winner of the south carolina primary. >> very stunning gingrich win. >> won south carolina with 40% of the vote. the closest next was romney with 28%. >> jon: gingrich smo

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secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius will be in baltimore to talk to women and mothers about jobs and health security issues. the secretary will discuss how the health reform laws effect women and how the obama administration is working to ensure that health insurance companies play by the same rules of fairness that families do. starting today airlines will be required to include all mandatory taxes and fees in the advertised price. the new rule will give customers a better idea of how much the airline ticket will actually cost. the price will not include baggage fees and other optional charges but those will be more clearly displayed. j.c.penney changing the way they do business. they will be eliminating coupons and instead plan to mark down all merchandise by 40% offering everyday low prices. they will roll out the price strategy man starting february 1st. today lieutenant governor anthony brown will join health officials in annapolis for a event that will highlight the health benefits of the proposed increase of the taxes of cigars and smokeless tobacco. lynette? >>

. >> in washington this morning, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius touted the benefitzed because of the law. suggested that perception about it is skewed because opponents waged relentless attacks from the time the measure was drafted. >> after years of smears and information, there is still far too many americans who don't know the basic facts about the law and the benefits that are available to them and their families now. will be available if the future. >> sebelius says it contains benefit for small businesses. >> i can tell you we have many small businesses looking forward to new market to have the same political coverage as the competitors have. >> skeptics remain. >> there were great benefits when the law was written you would have seen ground swell support to pass the law but you saw the opposite. >> in a matter of weeks the supreme court will hear three days of oral arguments regarding the constitutionality of law. today, sebelius predicted it will be upheld and that once businesses have certainty about that, they'll embrace it. >> bret: we will cover every mi

. >>> human health services secretary kathleen sebelius comes to baltimore to talk about the healthcareorm. >> being a woman is no longer a preexisting condition. starting in 2014, that's a big step forward. it will not be any longer legal to have the kind of gender discrimination that exists. >> secretary sebelius made her remarks at a private residence in the city. she went on to say that healthcare for all is the center of the president's plan. >>> sweeping changes are coming in school lunches everywhere. the federal government changed what students eat at school. gigi barnett has a look at what's coming up. >> i didn't like it. >> reporter: most students at dunbarton middle school in baltimore county know wathey want for lunch. -- know what they want for lunch. but when it comes to this question, they skip the extra veggies and fruit. but this week, the usda changed its standards for school lunches. now, nationwide, cafeterias will slash sodium, cut calories and reduce fat on the menu. >> these are the things that tend to have the most sugar. things like cookies, chips, high calorie

. >> that's what came down, correct from, kathleen sebelius.s we are going to give that allowance. >> issue is freedom of religion. the employer does have a right to freedom of expression as we found out in supreme court decisions. it's a lesser right than the employees have. the employees are not forced to get that birth control. it's offered to them. >> bill: telling the catholic church if you have to buy insurance, you are mandated to buy it? >> that's an issue. >> bill: you have to buy it? >> that's another issue. >> bill: and the insurance you have to buy goes against your theological teaching. come on. >> there are two problems from the catholic church perspective. have you identified both. but the other problem is that, wait a second, title 7 of has said look it's sex discrimination for you not to provide. >> bill: it's a private concern. >> bill, but the problem is it's not just prevention it's the morning after pill and sterilization. >> bill: the supreme court will side. it always does. >> g.p.s. slapped down a dope dealer's car witho

>> well, today we caught up with health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius.there is a wealth of misinformation out there about the law and that small businesses will actually benefit. here is what she told us. >> we have millions of small business owners who are taking advantage of the current tax credit and i can tell you looking forward to new market where they will have the same affordable coverage as their large competitors have. >> you mentioned we're just weeks away from the three days of arguments at the supreme court. not surprisingly both sides told me today they are going to win. shep? >> shepard: shannon bream on capitol hill tonight. shannon, thanks very much. now at&t now just a few days from debuting bigger data plans for smart phones. bigger data will cost bigger money. five dollars more per month for new customers starting sunday when prices for the required upgrade plans rise to $20, $30, and $50. if you plan to buy a smart phone from at&t and you don't want to pay extra, you have a couple of days to get grandfathered into the old plan. the c

provisions for the end of life counseling, the so-called death panels out of the obama camp, but kathleen sebelius, the secretary of health and human services put them back on her say so. why shouldn't she? the new law contains 700 references to secateurs come up with, shall another 200 to the secretary, quote, may and 139 to the sector, quote, determined. so the secretary may yet shall determine pretty much anything she wants. but at random, quote, the secretary shall develop all health care components that shall include troop levels surveillance, and of quote. troup level surveillance. that phrase is a known to human history. [laughter] but it's in obamacare. george never went in for the troop levels surveillance. if the stories about george washington's lowden t for true, that would have killed the american revolution right in there and then and i'm not sure that colonel ghadafi goes in. from the denture servitude in the mirror quarter millennia. [applause] in a is for monopoly. i mentioned a moment ago that the aspen ideas festival has great thinkers like barbra streisand. so i would like to t

i came out of work well before i began working for kathleen sebelius. and this is why they decided. law degree. i could feed myself. i was privileged in many ways. i will be out of work and i'll see how far it takes me. i never in my wildest dreams believed it would take me to washington as a senate confirmed person by the president of the united states. we've done many things and 31 years. we have much more to do. i am very proud to see this all enviable to celebrate with you our successes as a movement and challenges ahead. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you for being here. this is our dependent on some conference and where just getting started. and how about french class name? i was incredible, incredible. then as a true friend to the task for us and we will be true friend to hand and the naacp. .. as inspiration for my remarks, thus revealing my gender queerness as a gay man and proud of it. [laughter] and yes we do have a conference session to that. we also have a conference session for newt gingrich and his open marriage. [laughter] for those of you playing been go you

i'm honored to serve in a department of health and human services with kathleen sebelius, a woman i workedr about 17 years, and i'm truly honored to serve in the obama administration and be one of the gay, lesbian, bi, and transgender appointees. [applause] i'm not the only one. before i even began my job, and the lights up here with blinding, somewhere out there is brian bonds, and he was doing outreach from the white house to all of us assuring guidance and leadership, and we had support from the beginning. it's been about two years ago that the department of health and human services established a working group on lgbt issues, and i've been proud to be a co-chair in those who two years. we had our monthly meeting, and we had quite a substantive agenda to go through, but galvin knows us and what we've been doing and comprehensive engagement we have. he was impressed at our roll call. i want you to think about the department of health and human services, and when we say we have every agency involved what ma means. the food and drug administration, the centers for medicare and medicaid ser

kathleen sebelius has not been in good standing in the catholic church for decades.egyn: a new development in alabama's fight against illegal immigration. there may be new evidence that a strict new law is helping boost the state unemployment rate. newt gingrich challenges president obama's vision for america. a preview of that debate five minutes away. in just minutes. now it's quicker and easier for you to start your business... protect your family... and launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com, we put the law on your side. enforcement workers boozed up on the job all on the taxpayers dime. the state department of law enforcement say it actually allowed 15 employees to drink hef virginia low on the job so it could test the reliability of this new breathalyzer machine, the intoxilyzer 8,000. the workers blew into the machine and had their blood drawn and sent to a lab to determine if the breathalyzer is just as reliable as the lab work. more than $200 was spent on jim beam, doritos and various mixers. why doritos? that makes no sense. do they affect your blood/alcohol

kathleen sebelius, the secretary of health and human services put them on her say so. they contain 700 references the psychiatry, quote commercial another 200 to the secretary, quote, may and 100 of 39 to the sector, "determined. so the secretary may and shall determine pretty much anything she wants. but at random, quote, the secretary shall develop all health care components that shall include troop levels surveillance. triple surveillance is hitherto unknown history. but it's an obamacare. george iii never went in for trouble surveillance. of the stories about george washington's putting teeth were true, that would have killed the american revolution right there and then. i'm sure even colonel ghadafi goes in for troop levels are villans. from the colonial subjects to the servitude in a mere quarter millennia. [applause] >> m is for monopoly. i mentioned a moment ago the house bill ideas festival has great thinkers like barbra streisand. i would like to cite another great thinker, george harrison of the beatles. in 1969 george harrison and the plight of ranging ramb

we have heard some folks say this before, kathleen sebelius told us we just don't understand. american public doesn't understand what the administration is doing in particular with the health care law, and that's why the poll numbers on it were so low. i don't know, you tell me, did that not alienate the very group you're most hoping to convincesome. >> i don't disagree there's some alienation, but it's not as much understanding sometimes there are just facts on the left and the right, nobody likes to admit it. if john mccain were president, would unemployment be 5%, and if you say, yes, somebody's going to bring you some cash. the reality is if president walked on water, mitt romney would say it's low tide right now. people on the right have a responsibility to rip him, and voters are going to even on the left rip the president. but at the end of the day measure. megyn: what about the central premise of his piece which he says president obama is not an i'd log, that he's in the middle; he's been a centrist, and that he's accomplished all the goals he said he would, he actuall

. >> alisyn: health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius defending the white house's decision their employees. >> and she says it strikes a balance between respecting religious freedom and increasing access to important preventive services. >> dave: the catholic church is not happy, religion contributor and author of the book, "god wants you happy", father jonathan morris, not happy about that. >> it is outrageous to -- for her to say that we're striking a middle ground. because we're allowing religious organizations another year to get ready to violate their conscience. that is what it is. >> alisyn: religious organizations, what are we talking about? >> they have a small exemption for churches, okay? and it is not even clear how that will be defined. how about a catholic university, what about any group of people who, based on, even if you are not catholic or christian, if you decide you do not want to be paying for sterilization, contraception, including -- contraceptions that abort... >> alisyn: the morning-after pill. >> for example, you are not allowed. you have to pay i

>> reporter: we did catch up with health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. we asked her about the numbers this morning. here is her response. >> small business owners right now pay about 18% more than their large competitors for exactly the same coverage and this new law gives them an opportunity to really be on a level playing field. so a new day is coming. >> reporter: the secretary said there is a lot of misinformation out there an inappropriate attacks as the law rolls out people will understand the benefits better. by the way still on track to head to the supreme court in march. dozens of briefs have now officially been filed in the case. an important development earlier this week. there was one original plaintiff to the case whose business went out of business. there were critics who said that killed the standing issue. well this week the supreme court allowed addition of two additional plaintiffs. they believe that clears up the standing issue, the plaintiffs do, and justice department did not object to the issue of those two people. jon: you will hav

dozen faiths that believe this is the right thing to do and health & human services, secretary kathleen sebeliussal strikes the appropriate balance between respecting religious freedom and increasing access to important preventative services. she says that before this decision was made, that they carefully looked at a lot of different considerations but, wolf, clearly, there are a lot of people out there who don't agree with it. >> were there concerns, dan, about the political implications of this in an election year? >> that's a good question. as you know, catholics made up about 54% of the vote for president obama in 2008. they are swing voters. but an administration official telling me that that was not a consideration. that what they were focused on was the balance that secretary sebelius was talking about. but what is unclear at this point is will this outrage grow among the larger catholic body beyond just a few priests that were protesting with this letter this sunday, wolf? >> dan loathian, thank you very much. >>> win or lose in florida tomorrow, newt gingrich says he'll keep fighting f

today, please know as well that his secretary of health and human services has recently said, kathleen sebelius, secretary sebelius said we are at war come in who she at war with? with you. people who believe in the sanctity of human life and that women deserve better. so thank you for standing up for your rights, you write for free speech, right for assembly, and no today that as you march you are "speaking truth to power." god bless you. [cheers and applause] >> imi kelly from northwest pennsylvania, from the keystone state. the rain can't dampen our spirits and his administration can't dampen our mission. we are here today for one reason and one reason only and that is to defend life. you are truly occupying washington. thank you for what you do and god bless you. [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon. i'm congressman mike from the great state of kansas. [cheers and applause] it was just 20 years ago, 20 years ago in my hometown in wichita, the summer of mercy. [cheers and applause] were a flame was lit and all of you here today are a testament to the great commitment to protect every huma

former governor, who is doing now an outstanding job as secretary of health and human services, kathleen sebelius is in the house! [cheers and applause] >> we love kathleen. [laughter] >> well, it is great to be back in the state of texas -- oops. [laughter] >> state of kansas. i was giving bill a hard time. he was here a while back. as many of you know, i have roots here. [applause] >> i'm sure you're all familiar with the obamas of kansas. [laughter] >> actually, i like to say i got my name from my father, but i got my accent and my values from my mother. [applause] >> she was born in wichita. her mother grew up in augusta. her father was from el dorado. so my kansas roots run deep. and my grandparents served during world war ii. he was a soldier in patton's army. she was a worker on a bomber assembly line. and together they shared the optimism of a nation that triumphed over the great depression and over fascism. they believed in an america where hard work paid off and responsibility was rewarded. and anyone could make it if they tried. no matter who you were, no matter where you came from, no

today, please know as well that his secretary of health and human services has recently said kathleen sebelius, secretary sebelius said we are at war and who is she at war with? with you. people who believe in the sanctity of human life and that women deserve better. so thank you for standing up for your rights, your right to free speech, your right to assembly. and know today that as you march, you're speaking truth to power. god bless you. [applause] >> i'm mike telly from northwest state. the rain can't dampen our spirits. and this administration can't dampen our mission. [applause] >> we're here today for one reason and one reason only and that is to defend life. you are truly occupying washington. thank you for what you do and god bless you. [applause] >> good afternoon. i'm congressman mike pompao from the great state of kansas. it was in my hometown in wichita where a flame was lit. all of you here today are a testament to protect every human life from conception till natural death. thank you so much for what you're doing. it is truly the lord's work. we have a big fight ahead of us for

that is kathleen sebelius saying that, the health and human services secretary, who recently said that we cannot have the long-term component of the obamacare bell, which is the class tax portion, because there's not enough money. they admit there's not enough money. we have not even gotten this blot out the ground yet. to make the numbers work for obamacare over 10 years, they had to have all the revenues of the front and the expenditures coming later. the only way they can make the game more. we tried to expose what a fraud this is, that obamacare will never be able to pay for itself, and of course it will not. we also see the stunning level of power that the government has. with obamacare, over 6000 pages of rules and regulations has already be in britain. this bill will never be finished being written. ubs came out with a study saying the number one reason why employers are not hiring, it is obamacare. it is because to date, employers know that every employee that they hire will have at least eight $2,000 price on their head. because it did not offer health insurance, they will hav