we'll debate thit this morning with kirsten gillibrand and republican, former presidential candidate and congresswoman michele bachmann. plus, we'll analyze how the gender gap figures into the fall campaign with our roundtable, with us, savannah guthrie, harold ford, republican strategic mike murphy and nbc's chief courthouse correspondent and political director chuck todd. first this morning, i talk to the president's point man on the economy, treasury secretary timothy geithner about jobs, your taxes and the fight over economic fairness in this campaign. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning. the president is in south america for a trade summit this weekend. his visit has been overshadowed by some news and the news is alleged misconduct with prostitutes involving at least 11 secret service agents. the investigation is continuing this morning. we'll have more on this story and reaction as we go through the hour. back at home, tax day is tuesday and with the general election now under way, the economy is still the number one issue to voters. but some troublin

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we'll get more background on all of this in just a couple of minutes and yesterday senator kirsten gillibrand from new york had this to say. >> i rise to join a strong and growing group of my colleagues in support of violence against women act, a common sense bill that since it was first signed into law has always been an issue we can build a consensus around both democrats and republicans alike. the reason for this is quite simple. there is no room for tolerance of violence against women in the home anywhere in our society. when we're talking about the safety of our families, there is simply no space for partisanship. that's why i am calling on my colleagues to not seek to block or delay this important piece of legislation any further. to do so is a disservice to the families so deeply affected by domestic violence every single day. anyone who is guilty of domestic abuse should be held accountable tofullestextent of the law and any victim should be empowered to speak out and have access to help and support. keeping women and families safe is a basic, common sense principle and one that we ha

her good friend kirsten gillibrand also. attended also.fords resigned in january 1 year after being shot in the head during an event in tucson. google is launching a new cloud storage service. >> and there's a new vacuum that cleans and modest -- that cleans and counts your calories. rob nelson has more. >> google's drive allows you to store videos and documents and photographs and it is cheaper than another service. appapartially paralyzed man poked up to an electronics computer sends messages to a computer 6 miles away just by thinking them. he directs a small robot to of. a new high-tech vacuum compresses the dirt and makes it easier to discard and it tabulates how many calories you burn. those are your "tech bytes" and i am rob nelson. >> interesting. >> that will give you some incentive to do the housework. >> not a bad day today. cold this morning. warming up nicely this afternoon. unsubtle tomorrow. i think there's more beneficial rain on the way. we could still use some showers around here. giving the gardens and natural drink. fro

we talk about the broader issues surrounding the gender gap and the economy with kirsten gillibrand and i go one-on-one with timothy geithner on the key issues of this election year, jobs, taxes, and eco >> now, traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. -- now, your insta-weather plus forcast with ava marie. >> the heat continues in the second part of the weekend. looking at the current temperatures, it is pretty mild. 62 it b.w.i.. 63 downtown at the inner harbor with low 60's down on the eastern shore including 66 cents ausberry. 63 in westminster. it will only get warmer as we head towards the afternoon. we are starting off today with quite a bit of clouds. there were a couple of showers over night. does the ball cleared out and it will take a while for the skies to clear, as well. expect partly cloudy skies throughout the sunday. high temperatures in the lower 80's in central maryland. the same case along the eastern shore. in the 70. mountains in the 70's, as well. the skies are clearing out in the southern part of the state. south of baltimore, near dc. if the showers are

we'll debate thit this morning with kirsten gillibrand and republican, former presidential michele bachmann and plus we'll analyze how the gender gap figure into 2 fall campaign. nbc's savannah guthrie. former democratic congressman, mike murphy and nbc's chief white house correspondent and political director, chuck todd. but first this morning, i'll talk to the president's point man on the economy. i'll talk to tim quiter, about jobs, your taxes and the fight about economic fairness in this campaign. >> from nbc news in washington, "meet the press" with david gregory. >> good morning, the president is in south america for a trade summit this weekend, but his individual sit there has been ov overshadowed by some news. the news has been -- 11 secret service agents. the investigation is continuing this morning, we're going to have more on this story and reaction as we go through the hour. the economy is still the number one issue to voters, but some troubling numbers for white house. six out of ten americans think the country is on the wrong track. 12.7 million people were unemployed and only

we'll debate thit this morning with kirsten gillibrand and republican, former presidential candidateswoman michele bachmann. plus, we'll analyze how the gender gap figures into the fall campaign with our roundtable, with us, savannah guthrie, harold ford, republican strategic mike murphy and nbc's chief courthouse correspondent and political director chuck todd. first this morning, i talk to the president's point man on the economy, treasury secretary timothy geithner about jobs, your taxes and the fight over economic fairness in this campaign. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning. the president is in south america for a trade summit this weekend. his visit has been overshadowed by some news and the news is alleged misconduct with prostitutes involving at least 11 secret service agents. the investigation is continuing this morning. we'll have more on this story and reaction as we go through the hour. back at home, tax day is tuesday and with the general election now under wa

senator kirsten gillibrand is pushing to make it easier for officials to round up and kill canada geese on a federal wildlife refuge near jfk airport. she's introduced legislation. wildlife advocates are criticizing the measure saying there are other methods to control the geese. >>> parents of a missing 6-year-old girl in arizona say they will never give up searching for her. police say they are scaling back the search new for isabel celis who was reported missing from her family's tucson home last saturday. >> we are here today to me for a safe return of our baby girl isabel. >> we're lacking for you, isa. we love you, and we miss you so much, and we will never give up. we will never give up looking for you. >> police are describing the girl's disappearance as suspicious but haven't identified any suspects in the case. >>> supporters of trayvon martin marking the two-month anniversary of his death. the naacp and other groups now hosting a rally tonight in l.a. civil rights activists are expected to join celebs like magic johnson, stevie wonder, chaka khan and others. he died february

of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable kirsten gillibrand, a senator from the state of new york, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: the senate is considering a motion to proceed to s. 1925, violence against women reauthorization act. republicans will control the first half-hour. the majority the second half-hour this morning. the republicans will also control the time from 11:30 to 12:30 today. the majority will control the time from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at 2:00 p.m. the senate will resume consideration of the postal reform bill. there will be several roll call votes, six to eight votes, at that time in order to complete the bill. madam president, i am very, very gratified about the work that's been done for the last many months which will culminate today in the passing of this postal bill. it's been extremely difficult. lots of people worked on this, and it's been a bipartisan effort. and it's going to be somethin

new york senator kirsten gillibra gillibrand, donald trump and bill clinton have been among the classme change" said there is a 99.4% chan hillahil chance hillary will run for president in four years. maybe president obama isn't a strong enough advocate for women and hillary clinton might benefit from renewed focus on issues like abortion and birth control. ever the politician, the former president's leaving the door open for his wife to take a run. bill clinton says, quote, i believe she's being absolutely honest when she says she doesn't think she'll go back into politics, but if hillary changes her mind and decides to run for president he would, quote, be happy. for her part, hillary clinton says she doesn't want to serve a second term in the obama administration. pardon me. she wants to finish up as secretary of state and take time to reconnect with family and friends, hit the writing and speaking circuit, et cetera. hillary clinton says all of the talk about running for president is flattering, but she's not at all planning to do that. she says she has no desire or intention to r

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 resume consideration of the motion to proceed to s. 1925, the violence against women. the majority will control the first 30 minutes, the republicans the final 30 minutes. filing deadline for first-degree amendments to the postal reform bill is 1:00 this afternoon. i really hope that we can work an agreement out on the postal reform bill. i spoke to senator lieberman last night, the chairman of the committee, and he is hopeful as i am that we can move forward on this legislation. it's a shame if we can't. as we speak, there is more than half a million men and women working for the postal service, 25% of them are returned veterans, and we have 30,000 post offices around the country. we have about eight million people that depend on the post office for their jobs. so to