joining me now is senator kirsten gillibrand, democrat from new york. senator, thank you for coming on the show tonight. >> hi, reverend. how are you? >> good. good. let me ask you, what do you think -- what do you make of mr. freiss' comments and are they indicative of a larger problem that the right has with women's rights? >> well, my concern all along has been that there's been a complete disregard of women's rights and women's health care. and this debate in washington and particularly coming out of the house republicans is outrageous. to now having a debate about whether or not bosses should decide what medicines an employee is eligible for is outrageous. >> and i think that what also kind of heightened a lot of outrage this week is when congressman issa has a hearing, women are mostly not heard from. one student sandra fluke, he decided a georgetown student, and not appropriate. so we're going to have mostly men, two women later who, obviously, have already taken the other side. not even having a real open dialogue in a congressional hearing with

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. >> kirsten gillibrand. >> and a cast of thousands on morning joe. mike, if it is way tooerly, what time is it? >> time for "morning joe." but right now it is time for chuck todd and "the daily rundown." >> chuck? >>> six days till the crucial primaries in michigan and arizona. we got new poll numbers. romney leads in both states, a large lead in arizona a small one in michigan. it is a battle between organization and momentum. >>> and about that auto bailout, our poll shows it is very popular in michigan. today, a deep dive in the mitt romney history with the auto industry. he grew up around it. says he loves cars, but could his tough talk for detroit dash any hopes of putting the state in the november battleground? >>> plus, president obama gets set to roll out corporate tax reform today that would lower rates, but boy, does he sure seem upbeat these days? ♪ come on, baby don't you want to go ♪ ♪ airport no place, sweet home chicago ♪ >> did say, that was pretty impressive. good morning from washington, it is wednesday, february 22nd, 2012, this is

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of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable kirsten e. gillibrand, a senator from the state of new york, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks the senate will be in morning business for an hour, the republicans control the first half and the majority the second half. following that morning business, senate will resume consideration of the highway bill. we continue to work on a process to complete action on this bill. we're going to have to do that. if we can't get an agreement to move forward on this bill, i have no alternative but to try to stop the filibuster that is taking place. i hope we don't have to do that. we've agreed to work on amendments that aren't relevant or jer main, senator durbin, the whip, has worked on side by sides and other amendments, so we're ready to move forward but we can't do it unless we get some basic cooperation and it's a shame if we can't move forward on this bipartisan bill. i ask consent flo