so, how does this change the way the media cover the race for president, kirsten?> you see i'm move the camp being upheld with a best case scenario. everybody has a position, if it was struck down, he wouldn't have to defend it. it's part of the debate not voting on 6% name it as a top issue, but still a part of the debate. no way that obama can get away from his central issue and the media look, are on his side, on this for the most part and saying that they're going to say now that it's constitutional, game over. >> jon: up next, another historic moment for the media this week. . >> this is no accident. this is no coincidence, it is a plan on the part of the republicans. >> democrats and the liberal press ignore the facts, as congress moves forward with contempt charges against attorney general holder. can the media pay ford to ignore the outcome? and when it comes to trust in the media, how do americans vote? answer is next on news watch. >> another historic moment. the house of representatives has voted to hold the attorney general eric holder in contempt of co

jim pinkerton, contributing editor of the american conservative magazine and daily beast editor, kirsten powers. i'm jon scott. it has been over a week now since we all learned of the terrible news, reports out of aurora, colorado describing a shooting massacre at a late night showing of a batman movie. news organizations scrambled to report the horrific details but not everyone got it right. >> i want to go to brian ross here. looking at investigating the background of jim holmes and found something that might be significant. >> there is a jim holmes of aurora, colorado page on the cairo tea party site as well talking about him joining the tea party last year. we don't know if this is the same jim holmes but it is jim holmes of colorado. >> that was brian ross talking to george stephanopoulos on "good morning america." of course, it was not the jim holmes. on a scale of one to five if five is completely lacking in journalistic credibility where would you put this one? >> six. i mean and here is why. not only did they get it wrong, not only did brian ross use that great journalistic tool

you have chosen to challenge democratic senator kirsten-gillebrand and wendy long. very, very nice to mee you. >>> attorney general eric holder, you know he took on south carolina first and now he is taking on texas on the voter id law. it could dissen france chias minority -- disenfranchise minority voters. he will be here with his response. >>> the department found this law would be harmful to minority voters, and we reject its i'm plaw men -- implementation. >> in our effort to protect voting fraud we will be vigilant and we will be strong. but let me be clear. let me be very clear. we will not allow political pretext to disenfranchise american citizens of their most precious rights. >> well that was attorney general eric holder defending the administration for suing texas over his voter id law. supporters say it is ensuring the right to vote, but the administration is pursuing these lawsuits for partisan. joining us right now from houston, texas is the republican state senator who sponsored the voter id law. senator tommy williams. senator williams, thank you fo

fox news analyst liz cheney and kirsten powers of the daily beast web site.ith all of the around-the-clock, 24 hour coverage of this terrible event. it is still important to keep it in context. and let me put up stats. for than a billion movie ticket were sold in north america, last year. less than 1% of homicides involved five or more victims and it stayed below that rate for decades, having said all of that bill what are your thoughts about the rampage. >> i don't think i have any original thoughts but i was struck by the act of heroism, by three young men who have saved, in each case their girlfriend or fiancee's lives by pushing them down and covering them and in each case lost their own lives and, it seems to be chair risk of early of these acts. and, the person who barred the door, at columbine and let the students escape. so that is heartening, in what is a terrible story. >> chris: it understandably reignited the debate on gun control and i want to pick up what i discussed with senators feinstein and johnson. some gun rights activists say the answer i

rich lowery, "national review" and kirsten powers, "daily beast".erstand the usa chants were both republicans and democrats. i don't know last time we saw. what did you think about the basic message, rich? >> i thought it was a rousing speech. the basic message is right. you have a very soft economy which makes, makes even less sense to pile new regulations on top of business to make the job of hiring people even more difficult than it is. and the obama administration has just been setting records on that front. bill: what is he saying they're being held back. if you want to create jobs, what was his quote. hang on. take the heavy boot off the throat of america's job creators and let them breathe. kirsten, you, did you say it was phony issue or was not an issue? what was that? >> i think the fact that democrats were cheering i don't think it is a phony issue. i think it is phony partisan issue, the idea only republicans would want to cut regulations or somehow democrats delight in regulating small businesses i think is a phoney issue. --. bill: so y

let's ask kirsten wilson who is joining us now. where do you think the state attorney is right now in thinking? you have a judge who has been a little disgruntled about the fact that he felt george zimmerman and his wife laid about the finances they had. now this report comes back potentially no hate crime charges, but he is still charged with murder. how strong is the case? >> it definitely took some blows with this new evidence that was released for all of the reasons you just spoke about. the elimination of the race card is a huge piece of the case. it certainly as we have seen throughout the country is one that has brought an emotional charge to it that has captured everyone's attention. but there are some things that are helpful, the hero complex. a lot is going to go to the reasonableness of the actions on that day. and there is consistent testimony from a new eyewitness that says she saw someone on top of the other person during the fight, and that person ended up dead on the ground. >> let me ask you one thing, i have never

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kirsten powers columnist for the daily beast.r "christian science monitor" and syndicateded columnist charles krauthammer. okay, liz, the obama campaign is betting this does play, especially in swing states. and for middle class workers who look at his time, mitt romney's time at bain and are not excited by his business experience. how do you think this all is playing over the past couple of days? >> no question this is a successful attack on the part of the obama campaign team. do i think that the average voter cares whether mitt romney left bain in 1999 versus 2002? no. the details in general will get hashed out in washington and the average voter is not going to care about. what it is doing is creating a cloud, creating a sense that maybe mitt romney's business experience one quite what he seemed to represent it as. and it isn't necessarily something that the average voter would even understand. who was still getting paid after he said he left the company. it's raising questions in a way i think probably the romney campaign is

. >> kirsten, you come from alaska where just about everybody has a gun. where do you fall?i grew up with a house with 20 guns, grew up shooting guns. i'm not anti-gun. there were no semi automatic weapons. my father was a member of the nra and got to the point where they had gone past just basic protection of gun rights and i think the defenders of the nra will claim all of the nra members support everything the nra does. that is not true. there are plenty fine with a ban on assault weapons. they don't want to lose the right to have the hunting rifle or weapon in the home to protect themselves. they can see how dangerous the weapons can be. >> should we be talking about banning violence in movies or any number of other things that could help alleviate the problem. >> the gun thing, i don't have a problem with there being a debate about guns in the wake of someone shooting a lot of people. the michael eric dyson thing was gegrerious. so much of the commentary in the press is misinformed or are unrealistic on the issue. the assault weapons ban when it is raised should be poin

kirsten, an internist at the university of california san francisco coauthored a study found that penny-per-ounce soda tax would reduce consumption and prevent diabetes cases and heart disease cases and saving $17 billion in medical costs. the doctor says similar taxes on cigarettes have had a dramatic affect on public health. >> it was a few decades ago when we had high rates of tobacco and high rates of tobacco-related illnesses. the measures really turned the tide and led to lower rates of tobacco across the country. i think the same has the potential to happen in this case. richmond, in isolation, is unlikely to achieve a big effect and richmond has taken bold measures to really be at the forefront of this. many other communities are talking about this very issue. >> the campaign to oppose richmond's soda tax is already under way. a local group with encouragement from the american beverage association and the local teamsters union is going door-to-door to fight the tax. for his part, the council member says he would prefer to have a national or even a state tax passed. but for now, he is tryi

jim pinkerton, contributing editor of the american conservative magazine and daily beast editor, kirstens. i'm jon scott. it has been over a week now since we all learned of the terrible news, reports out of aurora, colorado describing a shooting massacre at a late night showing of a batman movie. news organizations scrambled to report the horrific details but not everyone got it right. >> i want to go to brian ross here. looking at investigating the background of jim holmes and found something that might be significant. >> there is a jim holmes of aurora, colorado page on the

long set to face off against kirsten gillibrand in the upcoming election.iotic in three easy steps courtesy of the right. it all started with a hollywood reporter piece last week saying, quote, the continental branch of the obama fund-raising effort will kick off next week in paris with an independence day celebration. okay. some wealthy donors plan to get together and raise money for obama, fine. cue the right, step one, courtesy of breitbart.com, quote, apparently tiring of u.s. soil as a source of campaign dollars, the obama campaign is headed overseas with its celebrity friends in toe. the european obama campaign starts next week in paris on july 4th. now that's a flag waving campaign. you got it. suddenly this was the latest campaign strategy from team obama. step two, the national review blasts out this headline with a link to the breitbart piece, quote, final jeopardy. category is obama. the answer is, fund-raising in paris. and then step three. karl rove tweets final jeopardy, how will obama be spending american independence day this week. you get i

where are you on this, kirsten?it is clear that he is actually been invited to the white house. i know he is coming to speak to the u.n. general assembly. bill: to be clear we didn't say he was invited to the white house. we said extended invitation here to the u.s.. >> oh i thought you said the white house. this is not obama extending the invitation. it is typical, sort of protocol for him to be invited to the u.n. general assembly and the president may meet him there. i think that the united states needs to be engaged with egypt regardless of who the leader is. i'm not a fan of the muslim brotherhood or any islamist government but as you know we have a relationship with saudi arabia, for example, which is a very repressive government, very islamist government. so i think that it is good for president obama to engage them. bill: tony, is this a good idea? >> well, listen, it is critical bill, that the united states has some sort of constructive relationship with this new egyptian government despite the fact it is b

welcome, kirsten. >> hi. thank you. >> we have to start with the tax returns.red of that line of questioning. but more and more republicans are coming out saying, hey, we need to make this issue go away. so release the tax returns, for goodness sakes. >> well, as you covered in your introduction there, governor romney released 500 pages of tax returns, two years, very, very detailed personal financial statement. so i think he's been very transparent about his finances. he's done the same thing senator mccain did back in 2008. i think every day we spend talking about this, the president's team in chicago is very happy because they are not talking about the fact that their jobs council which we learned today has not met in over six months. i think it's time we start talking about what each of the candidates brings to the table as far as how to create jobs and turn the economy around. >> that's true, but i think what many republicans are concerned about, you know, a lot of people are writing articles wondering why mitt romney won't release more of his tax returns.

for our sunday bill kristol of the weekly standard and former senator evan bayh and liz cheney and kirsten powers. with all of the round the clock coverage of the event it is important to keep it in context. a billion movie tickets were sold in north america last year and less than one percent homicides and staid belo that rate for decades, having say that, bill what are your thoughts? >> i was struck by the act of heroism that saved their girlfriends or fiances lives and covered them and each lost their own lives and that is characteristic of terrible acts. the holocaust survivors in virginia, the professor who barred the door and let students escape. if you want to look for something heartening in a terrible story that is. >> chris: senator, this reignited the debate of gun control and i want to pick up what i was talking about. gun rights activity. if somebody else in that theater were armed, he could have stopped the shooter, your reaction. >> it is possible, chris. i think the bottom line is if everything was armed. it is tragedies. and it is a likelihood. we have 300 million handguns

beautiful weather in the backyard we're at the malloy's house, this is kirsten malloy. thanks so much. tell us about all of the work you've done in the backyard? >> we're having a great old time here today. this is my husband's, bill, this fabulous pond made from scratch. have a little trouble keeping fish stockeded in it because the heron get hungry and take our fish. but we have a lovely frog that keeps us awake at night who laid a whole bunch of eggs. >> only like 50,000 -- >> about 50,000 tadpoles in there now. >> your tadpole pond is a huge hit with everybody else out there. we're sorry to hear the heron comes in to eat your koi oit of the pond. >> my husband is a handy dandy guy. >> we're going to look at his habddy work, they are fitness instructors so the pressure is on about getting in the pool around here. beautiful weather in the backyard. chicken kabobs on the grill. >> are you kidding me? that sounds so good. i know you're coming back to the station. >> reporter: of course it does. >> you'll bring me back some and we want to see you doing the exercises. >>

. >> nbc news correspondent kirsten welker joining us now from the bus towers, talking about an outsourcingrs. obviously that plays into the president going after governor romney. apparently we've had a glitch with the audio. we'll catch up with her later. the president will arrive in erie county and then at 7:15 p.m. the president will be just outside of cleveland, ohio, in a county where he won ç69% of th vote. we've been able to work out this technical thing. so kristin, what's the update? >> reporter: hi, tamron. sorry about the technical difficults. we're on a bus ride headed to parma, ohio, two hours east of maumee, which is, of course, where the president first spoke to voters here in ohio. the fact is president obama is really hammering mitt romney about use sourcing jobs. that's, of course, the popular line for the obama campaign, something they thing is gaining traction. the romney camp has pushed back against those allegations. in addition president obama has touted what he sees as one of his signature accomplishments, namely the auto bailout. that's something that really resona

. >> reporter: kirsten mcneary, fox news. >>> d.c. police are hoping you recognize someone in this surveillance video recorded at the bus stop at seventh and h streets northwest june 5th around 3:30 a.m. this video was taken moments before someone walking by this area was violently attacked. the attack was not caught on camera, but police hope you recognize someone there. if you, do give d.c. police a call. >>> he has been under fire for months, but d.c. mayor vincent gray still has his supporters. today a group of them rallied outside the wilson building showing that they are standing behind the mayor. the event was organized by several churches whose members say they heard the calls for the mayor to step down and they say enough is enough. >> the reality is that we need to learn some civility. we need to be patient. we need to be patient with the legal process, not jump the gun, not begin to sort of take the city at this point through more trauma and drama. >> some of the people who spoke today at the rally say there has been a rush

tom cruise and did a couple of movies with paul bentley and kirsten dunst. >> yeah.ork. >> and during her spider-man movie, i was her tennis coach and she said you would be great for this german character in the movie, wimbledon and i was convincing as a german, i ended up the ukrainian part. >> really? and they saw the talent. >> versatile. >> i smelled an oscar but didn't happen. >> and we're waiting for that win tonight. >> thank you very much. >> thanks, guys. >>> and back to the studio. get out here to the what was and that is all entertaining at 7:00. >> and thanks, dave ross. >> good stuff. >> and that is great. >> probably one of the nicest nights. >> yeah. >> and the humidity is low and the temperature is not out of control and to that 88 degrees. and no storms and there is some changes to the weekend and you will notice them tomorrow morning and what is wonderful about today is that nice, low humidity and can you be outside without losing half of your body weight and fluids and that is a beautiful evening. d.c. mentioned the 87 degrees and leonardtown and c

it will be kirsten's eighth birthday on friday.rity has been the most popular so far this year on google? chris brown, katie holmes, beyonce or tom cruise. >> this year -- [ bell dings ] >> she hasn't said it yet! >> i would say katie. >> now, you can do it. >> katie holmes. >> probably not a big surprise to folks. tom cruise and she have been in the news lately. some other out there definitely, beyonce, tom cruise absolutely. >> she's hot for this minute. definitely for sure. back across to kath. >> from houston, texas. what is the most popular youtube video of all time? "baby," "charlie bit my finger," "david after dentist" or "coney 2012." >> i think it's b, "charlie bit my finger." >> i thought you were going to say bieber. no. she's going to love my album. it's totally appropriate for her age. >> just tell us. it's not "charlie bit my finger, " it's "baby" by justin bieber. but what is "charlie bit my finger"? >> a powerful video. very cute. hysteric al stuff. a boy whose brother bites his finger. that bieber video, it stuck i

a fox news political analyst is here, kirsten powers. she is the author of black-lash.ten to your favorite radio host besides me, mark levine -- >> i listen to him every day. >> sean: tax hikes are triggering a mass exodus from your state of maryland. >> let me ask you something, jerk! how many jobs have you created in maryland? how many people have you chased out of marry lapped? you big dummy. that guy in-state tuition for illegals he's pushing. this guy's right down the line, leftist. you people in maryland, you happy with this? with this jerk! mitt romney bets against america. mitt romney created more jobs and his folks did at bain capital than this guy could ever dream of. >> sean: why are they leaving? >> taxes. >> sean: and everything mark was saying. >> that's how they vote. i don't want the count tree follow suit. that's the bottom line. >> okay. i assume most of these people supported the war in iraq and the afghanistan war, which cost us about $1 trillion. but they don't want to pay taxes to pay the massive debt that we have? i mean, at some point, people hav