in our washington studio, james core liss, and from the cato institute. what is the contract between a rise in the gas tax and the obama administration's current plan? do they yield the same amount of money, and do the people who use the facilities end up paying . >> very few have proposed raising the tax gas. the obama m has talked about the corporate tax reform, repatriate the funds. if we grease the gasoline tax and index it to inflation we get something that is a bit more sustainable. >> chris edwards, i know you're not in love with either proposal, but which one is the easer one to swallow? >> i don't think president obama's corporate tax plan will go anywhere. the federal government than been known for bridging to nowhere. that's why i think it makes a lot more sense for state governments to tackle these problems. you're looking at gas tax revenues or electronic tolling or local, private partnerships, i think the solution is at the state-government level not the federal level . >> is there any analysis of one approach over the other? you heard about

and mel liss' strait is here in time's square. this is what matters to traders now. bonds rallied. they have been the lowest yield since okay. they are close to a 10% direction. but the s&p, well, guess what, it's still near its record highs. so will it be the next to fall? let's find out. dana than, we are talking about how much we seen 30 pockets in the market really fly. the s&p is really -- >> it's potentially troubling. it's not right now. it seems the last 24 hours, traders were staring at the moving average in the s&p 500 and it just wouldn't break. what did it do late in the afternoon? it popped. so really on a week that didn't see a heck of a lot of movement. we basically closed the week where we started it. yields got failed some to me, with the vehicles closeing where it did on the lows of the week. i think the move in bond yield, really, if you want to get a sense where risk is, it was there. the largest index options trade on the day happened right on the bell t. trader bought 15,000 o. vicks september 31 call spreads for 70 cents. between 2170 and 30. that's a possibl

. >> dana, in terms of our colleague, chris ill liss is a and the 82% likelihood that the republicans will take the senate, you see all sorts of polls from all sorts of organizations saying the republicans intend to take the senate, hold the house and make president obama's life miserable, how much of a disservice are those polls doing when we're focused on who is going to win as opposed to what the candidates are saying and the positions they're take? >> certainly we can be moan the effect of poling on our system. we might as well be whistling into the wind. there's not much we can do about it. i would prefer in an ideal world that we'd be dealing with the issues. but jonathan, we can just be happy. >> like a room without a roof. >> pharrell. that's what's up. >> dana milbank, thank you. >>> up next, she's back, whether hillary likes it or not. we'll spin on the profile that's been trending all day as "the cycle" rolls on for wednesday, may 7th. you, my friend are a master of diversification. who would have thought three cheese lasagna would go with chocolate cake and ceviche? the sa

. >>> the "los angeles times" reports actor ephron zeff liss jr. died known as the sauv private eye stuart bailey on" 77 sunset strip." and also the father of actor stephanie zim bliss. he was 95 years old. >>> and a bus belonging to willie nelson is up for sale a plush interior. gets 7 miles per gallon that is with the generator working. it was bought by a collector a few years ago who says he only used it twice a year. it's apparently one of two. willie had two identical ones like this made. >> do you get high when you walk on the bus? [ laughter ] >>> it's about 22 after the hour. a look at the weather for your weekend. >>> coming up who is putting razor blades in children's playgrounds? several children have been hurt in separate incidents. the latest on the multistate investigation. >>> and later, no wonder they call him floyd "money" mayweather as he prepares to defend his title, why this boxer is so rich. you're watching cbs "this morning" saturday. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ barks ] whoo! mmm! ♪ ♪ ♪ oh, yeah ♪ [ whistling ] [ male announcer ] discover your

sticks cannot be considered to be robin liss some people joke that he does have killer instinct i can assure you that the only murder he can commit is by licking you to death in all honesty situations you can see him running around and playing with it since he gets on a bike he gets in his own and everything changes he feels confident i'm proud to be on a motorcycle well other dogs are just messing around and barking. a lot of animal lovers will be a little bit concerned they will think motorcycling can be a dangerous hobby how many precautions do you take to ensure think she's safe there . and when we go on long rides he has special crosses to protect him from the window and like any self respecting animal owner i treat his safety is the number one priority let me time and straight away. he is used to these classes and has been wearing them since he was a puppy. or their custom made and this is how he looks in that they have a special anti for ventilation system. and of course like any real bike he has his own helmet here it is. let's put it on with all his gear on his ready for the

. >>> further south, five candidates vying to fill a seat vacated by retiring senator saxby chand liss. wh they may be on the losing end, interesting, because georgia anchored the tea party movement the past five years. peter hanby joins me now. this race called a free for all and one of the leading non-tea party candidates actually gained traction with uniting the republican party. that resonated with republican voters here? >> yeah. the message you're hearing from the front running candidates in georgia is that they are conservative but they can win. you mentioned the tea party candidates in that race. paul brown, phil, two very conservative congressmen that if you talk to republican thes, -- republicans in washington, gosh, six months ago, they were terrified one of these guys could slip into a runoff and become the republican nominee against the likely democratic nominee michelle nunn and alienate women voters to social conservative stands, but it hasn't shaped up that way. look, the establishment isn't really super thrilled with the three candidates who are in the lead right now.

two big names, bill and hillary clinton were not enough to endorse marge gentlemen march goll liss. joining me to talk about this, gloria borger. hi to you. >> hi. >> let's talk a bit more about kentucky and the race to come in november. this female candidate is strong. this could be one of the most expensive races in history. >> $100 million. >> and the most vicious. >> look, mitch mcconnell is a tough politician. she's going to have to be just as tough, fighting back. you saw him there last night talk about two things. one is his wife, his family, women who have been important to him. so that's sort of a key, that women are going to be important in this race and grimes needs to get those women out there to vote. and the other thing is president obama. not only is obama care unpopular in the state of kentucky, but the president himself has a 32% approval rating. so they're going to try and tie democrats, of course -- it's going to go on around the country to the president. it's not only obama care, it's the president himself. that's what mitch mcconnell is starting to do with ads t

there was another $300,000 grant that came from stomach liss -- stimulus funds that was disbursed to a married couple to travel around the world and study stray dogs to see how dogs became man's best friend. sounds like a heck of a honeymoon to me. the most ridiculous was a fwrnt toport a robot rodeo hoedown. i would like to point out how laughable it was to my staff to work with legislative counsel to define what a hoedown was for purposes of the amendment. it programmed small robots to dance to the chicken scoot shuffle. i suppose it wasn't an a total loss, it produced hundreds of youtube views. i want to thank senator coburn bringing ff for these to light. my amendment won't prevent all such studies but i hope it will cause them to have more discretion. i have a feeling i will be back here again next year offering a similar amendment. i reserve -- i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >> i make a point of order against the amendment. it proposes to change existing law and constitutions legislation in an appropriation b

although, they put in liss the cadillac tax. are you familiar with the cadillac tax?oes up. >> except for unions. they don't have the cadillac tax. >> it's another prime example of this law. go ahead. >> has created an urgent need from employers to lower their cost of care. that's unsustainable the cost of care. so now you are actually right. one thing that's happening is more and more people paying out of pocket. here's the deal, as you say, you are paying out of pocket. you have no idea what you are buying or shopping for. that's where the castlight platform comes in. >> one thing. >> that's how we started the business. >> maybe we should have approached reforming health care from this point instead of doing it with the cart in front of the horse? >> transparency is the building block of every free market. and health care has now been a free market since 1935 when the employers. >> this is the closest thing to discovering the price of corn. you are trying to discover the price of a mammogram, the price of whatever trucks you are taking. >> we are much more than that