so it's a distinction without a difference. >> krystal, what do you think of that?out religious freedom. it does not mean your employer gets to impose their beliefs on you. health insurers know it's cheaper to pay for birth control than abortions or pregnancies. this is a cost-less thing. what paul ryan is saying doesn't make sense. they have a base that is not enthusiastic, this is one of the ways they keep the working class and middle class folks who are voting against their own self-interest economically with the republican party, they use this as a culture war tribal clip to keep them in the party, frankly. >> today both of maine's republican senators broke with mcconnell on this issue, joan, what do you make of that, both susan collins and olympia snowe. >> i expected it, frankly, i think it's terrific. i'm excited for elizabeth warren, because scott brown announced today that he is supporting roy blunt's ridiculously broad legislation. he did a great favor to elizabeth warren. >> does she run commercials on that issue, do you think? >> i think so, yeah, i do.

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that we may not be the product, krystal, we may be the capital.actually are the capital that is being sold. it is our content that facebook is selling to the public for their compensation. and obviously, the value that we represent is so high that we're getting incredibly invasive practices from all of the digital atmosphere. thoughts on sort of the cultural change we'll go through in the next few years to shift the community's value from being a predator or something to be consumed to actually being the capital. >> it's been kind of shocking how so much of this has happened under the radar. google changed their privacy policy so they could share information across their platforms. that was made very public. and there was pushback. but at least it was public. what we're seeing now is they are also doing things sneakily below the surface that we don't even know is going on. so in some ways, i think this is a little bit of a generational thing. younger people are more comfortable with having all their information out there than older people. but we

krystal ball, thank you so much. thanks to er

krystal ball and mike williams are also with us.want to pick up where we were with jared and peter. no question this data is a politically valuable for this president and administration. at the same time when you look at the base math, is there lending from our banks into america? no, it's down a trillion dollars. no frtrade flows. is there an investment incentive that says put money long-term into america? the answer is no. the money is to take it out. so how do we reconcile the political viability and the encouragement we all have from the increasing stability in the jobs market, but not get lost in the drunken stuper believing we have solved some sort of problem. >> if you look at the jobs numbers, this was a good first step. we need to go a lot further. it's good you're talking about these visionary solutions to the problems. it's interesting. obama you remember introduced a jobs plan in september. only one part of the plan was passed and that was for veterans. it happened that the unemployment rate for vets went down from 13% t

lizs winstead and krystal ball on the republican war on women's health. >>> a week away from votes in michigan and arizona, the campaign vitriol is heating up. >> barack obama is the most dangerous president in modern history. >> jonathan alter and richard wolffe will break it down. >>> good to have you watching us tonight, folks, thank you for joining us here on "the ed show.." >>> you can make the case the religious right has taken control of the republican party. franklin graham became part of the smear machine to bring down the president and inject more questions in his past about christianity. he was on msnbc this morning speaking about the president's faith. >> do you believe that president obama is a christian? >> i think you have to ask president obama. you can ask me do i believe you're a christian. i think the best thing for a person is to ask you directly so i think people have to ask barack obama, he has saying he's a christian. so i think the question is what is a christian? a christian is a person that believes jesus christ is god's son who died on the cross who god rais

joining us is krystal ball along with dr. james peterson. thank you, sir. david, i have to go to you. yesterday we were being briefed by sources close to trump that he was going to endorse newt. i guess many of us felt that made sense particularly because they could spend some time comparing third wives. now it appears that romney has stolen the endorsement. what happened? >> these guys just don't have any fidelity, do they? you never know who they will end up in bed with. i'm sorry. i'm sorry. i just couldn't resist. the interesting thing to me is not why trump is doing this. trump is doing this because we're giving him the attention. what's happening with mitt romney, not just having the endorsement, he's appearing with donald trumpb today, was announced a couple of hours ago. he'sgoing to fully accept this. why did he do it the day after. he's opinion worried that newt gingrich may make good on this threat to lead a tea party rebelon against mitt romney. as you know from the polls last spring, donald trump was beating mitt romney in the tea party wing of

as krystal says this has is invasive where it would have to be transvaginal. unconstitutional because it sets up a burdensome requirement for some exercising a constitutional right. it's unethical. women or no one should have to undergo a medically unnecessary procedure. if you listen to medical experts rather than politicians, they will say this is no way a medically necessary procedure for a woman that wants to make a determination as to whether to keep or terminate a pregnancy. the third thing is, this is about politics. this is about bob mcdonald who wants to be a v.p. candidate. the kind of republicans trying to reset this conversation on social, conservative issues on the culture wars, it would be the equivalent of democrats putting code pink in charge of our primary election. it may make sense to people that wand to pandser to the far right but it's bringing the republican so far down the chances of them winning are going down every single day with this ridiculous chatter and these time machines back into the 1980s and 1970s. >> when it comes to the iss

joan walsh and krystal ball. that's the ed show.ay through friday, noon to 3:00 p.m. just a quick show note -- not that we're keeping score, but we are -- it's been six days since shawn hannity promised to release his tape of president obama saying he didn't want to get osama bin laden.

i want to talk more about what krystal is saying.d this is what happens when you put women in front line positions it's almost absurd. most happen in rear guard. they happen in operating bases while not completely safe but right aren't the front lines. they happen among support personnel. they happen among personnel coming back from r and r. the discipline breakdown and the other problem is the army brass has not seriously addressed the issue and addressed the breakdown of discipline among the men and taken their concern seriously. it's something he would have to answer from moderate women and the party will have to talk about once the general election campaign starts. >> republicans have an issue with women voters. right now if you look at the polling, mitt romney is beating the president with five points with men. losing by 21 points with women. it's major problem. >> thanks so much for joining us this afternoon. >> my pleasure. >>> stay with us. much more ahead on this valentine's day. >> it's valentine's day. love is in the air.

krystal ball here in chicago. and then ari melber and peter morici.how do you interpret a piece of research about the baby boomers and their design to remain employed relative to the cultivation of our young workforce? is that a fair comparison or is this nonsense? >> it's a fair comparison. older people don't have enough pensions because of the termination of company pensions and loss of jobs. we're much healthier. we look forward at my age. i'm 63, to perhaps living another 30 years. i don't want to be retired for 30 years. there's many more things i want to do and contribute. and folks my age feel that way. at the same time, young people, we're not getting out of the way for them. the economy is not growing rapidly enough. but there's a mismatch of what's coming out of the schools and jobs available. even business schools are producing too many finance majors. >> it's interesting to that end, ari, as we heard at the university of chicago, which is one of the most famous and prestigious graduators of finance professionals, as the enrollment in the f

joining me is krystal ball and perry bacon. good afternoon to both of you.rah palin there. she said she will do whatever it takes to help. do you think she could enter this race? >> no, i don't. >> thank heavens for that. >> in the interview she mentions fire in her belly. she clearly does not have the fire in her belly. she was begged to run. she considered running. she won't run. she does not have the fire in her belly. she seems to want to be a celebrity on fox news much more than a candidate to answer questions and read books. >> she certainly is. krystal, being serious, foster freeze said on andrea mitchell's show that his day gals used bayer aspirin between their knees as contraception. >> i was watching the show when he said that and i was totally blown away. i think andrea was as well. i saw one person suggest he hold an aspirin between his lips hen he's thinking about talking about birth control. i look from the broader perspective of just normal american women who are watching rick santorum's view unfold. they are watching this contraception debate

krystal clear across maryland, on maryland's most powerful radar. that will hold up tomorrow night.id temperatures and much colder. still gusty breeze over there tonight. hit the road at 4, 5 in the morning for d.c., you'll be faced with a frigid start in the morning. give the car time to warm up. winds steady from the west making the wind chills feel like just 15 above. we do bounce back tomorrow. the sunshine will be back. we won't go above average but get back close to average. 44, brewers hill, locust point to about 43. plenty of sunshine throughout the day, so sunglasses, and a thick coat and gloves in the morning. you'll be able to go to no gloves in the afternoon, just the light coat but you'll need is sunglasses all day. looking across the coast right now, quiet pattern will stay quiet thanks to the big high pressure bubble sitting over the center part of the mid atlantic. for tomorrow and tomorrow night. we have no moisture in place so it's actually that chap stick weather that you have to deal with, too, tonight and tomorrow. but things really begin to change. after we war

jonathan capehart and here in new york is krystal ball.ad a bit of fun at the expense of newt. >> she a lot of fun. >> saturday was not very funny for him. he got thumped. >> he got thump and looking forward to tomorrow's caucuses and what's been call add beauty contest in missouri. i think it's going to be another difficult day for newt gingrich. not only does mitt romney look poised to do well in colorado in particular, but rick santorum looks poised to do well in minnesota. that puts him forward as the most viable romney alternative. more tough sledding for newt. >> jonathan, newt vowed to stay in the race in his bitter press conference on saturday night but he talked about to an america of 1950s. talking in romantic terms. this was before the civil rights act. does he want people to go back to a period where institution institutionalized discrimination was the norm? >> i don't think he's thinking object tho about those folks who were repressed by that. certain people were kept in their place, if you will. it was a simpler time then. if

. >> it's interesting, krystal. i can't remember who said it.cians are like the samurai you find in a cave 30 years after the war ended waving their sword around and they are goingç to kill the american soldiers and it's 2012. we know that what you're doing is completely corrupt as you buy and sell tax favors and subsidies. we know that all you're doing is trying to trade power to decide who can sell favors unto thine constituents. and yet they continue swinging their sword around. do they realize? >> one of the recuring themes that has been funny to watch development throughout the primary is they keep saying these debates, we want to get into the issues. give us the chance to talk about the issues. we need to get questions. they have had 20 debates now. they have had plenty of opportunity to spell out their issues. i'm sure newt gingrich is up for a lincoln douglas debate any time. and we don't hear it, because they want to hit the lizard brain. they want to convince people they are real conservatives. rick santorum wants to convince people t

krystal rin. after losing weight, she's now a size 8."sports illustrated." she spoke of her past struggles with eating disorders. here's hoping seeing her and the other healthy ladies in the swim suit edition can give hope to other girls struggling to define healthy as beautiful. >> i conquer with you certainly. i would argue a lot of the production of the modelling architecture is done not by men. in other words, if you talk to men, i have no science to back this up other than my own community. men like women. men do not like

. >> krystal, there's something sad about the fact that the hearing took place today and because of what'shappening with the republican party not much attention will probably fall upon it. what moved you most about what she said today? >> it was how personal it was. it was a personal story and one of the things that the republicans have tried to sweep under the rug is the fact that birth control is used by millions of women not just for fornication, as they would put it, but for basic health care. there's nothing wrong with having birth control for contraception because the abortions that they are so desperate to prevent and we want to prevent are prevented by having access to contraception. women who have access and use contraception are about 85% less likely to have an abortion. they are cutting off their nose to spite their face. i think the larger goal of not having unintended pregnancy, not having women put in terrible situations should be what we're working toward here. >> what did you think of the president's compromise and yesterday the information we got about virginia governor wh

krystal ball, thank you so much. thankso everybody who has been joining us since this 30 million jobs tour has undertaken. as many of you know, i'm no fan of this up to. however, that's wrong. this town is central to what we do and it is for us to apply the pressure not to reject or abandon it, but to engage it. i'm delighted to have the privilege of doing so with you and with them. i am dylan ratigan, i look forward to seeing you monday in new york. we're off to texas for the back half of next week. "hardball" kicks off right now. >>> the economy picks up. will it last? let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, digging deeper. mitt romney insists he misspoke when he said he's not concerned about the very poor. if that's the case, why did he defend the statement when he got challenge challenged. and why did he double down? so maybe mitt said precisely what he meant. he doesn't intend to think about the worst off in in this country. plus you can just imagine how re

pairing of ann hathaway and james franco as hosts turned out to be such a non-event know maybe billy krystal rif on the idea he's old, out of date, passed over for peppy kids like the hero of the artist. could that have been in voters' minds? place your bets on the aging and one-time underdogs. and light a candle for the worthy artists who weren't even nominated. and might wochbder if they matter. they matter to me. >> how are you all tonight. >> osgood: ahead,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> osgood: now an oscar night riddle. what's black and white and all over the red carpet? our anthony mace and has the answer. >> reporter: you'll see a parade of stars decked out in them tonight: tuxedos, black tie on the red carpet. purists call this classic formal wear the dinner jacket. to those who loath wearing it, it's a monkey suit. but where did the tuxedo, the outfit that's become required at every ball, wedding or prom, actually come from? well, it took its name from here. tuxedo park, new york, an enclave built as a resort for new york city's blue bloody least in the 1880s. at the tuxedo club's annual autumn

pairing of ann hathaway and james franco as hosts turned out to be such a non-event know maybe billy krystal rif on the idea he's old, out of date, passed over for peppy kids like the hero of the artist. could that have been in voters' minds? place your bets on the aging and one-time underdogs. and light a candle for the worthy artists who weren't even nominated. and might wochbder if they matter. they matter to me. >> how are you all tonight. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. here's big news from verizon wireless and xfinity from comcast. now get the xfinity triple play and verizon wireless together. call 855-704-7400 to sign up and get a free smartphone. choose one of our

heritage action for america so heritage has its side organization, and you recently saw the saw thebill krystaled, and they did not even have the think tank part of the so you see this back and forth and this back-and-forth kind of raises two concerns in my mind. one is that there is sort of an original sin in their conception meaning that they are founded as explicitly political organizations, and if so, they will have a political lens with which they viewed things and a political perspective, and that will color what they do. the second thing is the notion that talk about in the title of the peace and throughout the piece called the devaluation of the think tank. just as the weimar regime printed more and more currency to try to get out of their economic problems, if you have more and more think tanks and some of them are seen as explicitly political that may devalue the work of the less political think tank. i must say, even though i'm somewhat critical in the article, i am a fan of the think tank enterprise, and i want to what some of the initiatives that have come out of think tanks over t