joining me now is loretta ross, national coordinator for sister song.for women's health issues. and laura bassett, a journalist who covers these issues for the "huffington post." thank you for joining me. >> thank you. >> let me start with you, loretta. how have these attacks affected doctors and women in your community? >> well, every year we've got to go before the state legislature to fight for women's rights as part of this war on women. now we face the prospect some doctors may be afraid to come out and testify and speak their true feelings on these bills because they've been targeted for speaking up in the past. and so it really has a chilling effect. it really makes us wonder why we move from the legislature to violence. i mean, we should be able to have a civil debate on these issues if you call restricting women's rights civil without this threat of teristic violence. and it is scaring people. i can't say it doesn't care people. it's scaring us. >> one thing that struck me in the article is it says that and i'm quoting from the article, the bur

there's nothing fake or forced about loretta lynn.n where she began writing the songs that now define her. ♪ >> loretta lynn's life has always been a song. >> i'd be out here singing and swinging and rocking the babies. daddy would open the door and say loretta, hush your mouth, people all over this holler can hear you. i'd say, daddy, they are all our cousins, who cares. >> reporter: as a child, she was painfully shy and had to be pushed to perform on stage. now 50 years later. >> going on stage is like coming home because i've been there so long. >> her life was made famous by the book and the movie coal miner's daughter. her hits and grammys she says all come from her country roots. >> i was born the coal miner's daughter in a cabin on the hill in butcher holler. >> her songs are simply the stories of her life. >> there's a story behind every day. don't come home drinkin' with loving on your mind. i had to put myself into a home or i couldn't write it. in the new book, honky tonk girl, it gives insight into her life. she talks abou

host: jeremy from north carolina with representative loretta sanchez.ler: i wanted to make a comment about how we are about to end up like greece. that is exactly where we're heading. we are printing money and we are spending it. we are about to see the fall of the euro. we're about to see the collapse of several european countries if it continues the way it is. people say we should not be having these tax cuts. i do not think we should bail out greece. the global economy is not good. you have to take a step back and think yourself for people like howard stern. host: you can respond to the first point. guest: i have not seen what howard stern is doing lately. we're no place close to where greece is. we are at some good decision points. we have to step up to the plate at congress and as americans. americans have to decide that if the congress comes up with solutions, some of which will be tough on everybody, then you need to stick with us, too. people never come in to me and say, "we understand we are to pay eight little bit more or that we need a cut in

country music legend, loretta lynn, she opens up about her life and career. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and much more. i'm veronica de la cruz. thank you so much for watching "early today." thank you so much for watching "early today." have a terrific monday. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

joining me is democratic congresswoman loretta sanchez from california. and maria kumar, president and ceo of la te-- and msnbc contri. thank you for being here. congresswoman sanchez, let me go to you first. the republicans don't like the president's immigration policy but what's their policy? i mean, is there one? >> well, their policy has been to do nothing for immigration. their policy has been and, in fact, sitting on the homeland security committee, their policy and their efforts have said that hey listen, if you fortify the border, if you charge companies who are misusing the system, if you deport people, if you get rid of criminal aliens and you deport them, once you do all of these things, we will talk to you about some sort of comprehensive immigration reform. guess what? the president worked on fortifying the border. the president worked on deporting people. the president worked on going after criminals. hay has done everything that they have said is important before getting to this issue of what do we do with the people who are already here? g

the one that loretta told you about, cake lawrence. all the people that knew him called him cake, he used to steal the warm cake that his mother put out. he would cut a slice and run off to the crawl space. they call him cake. i use that in my story. those 2 come from my grandmother, she was the germ, the seed of those 2 books and many others. let's go back to that front porch again. this time daddy james is the story teller. we sit at his feet and listen about stories about sara and pat and nollen. that is my brother, my sister, and me. we thought we were just as clever and smart and just as brave as the children in his story. he told stories vaguely familiar, but different some how because he told them his way. you see, i had no idea my grandfather was a functional illiterate and encouraged all 3 of us, his grandchildren to read. the way he encouraged me, he'd say y'all read to me what they taught you up at the schoolhouse today. i would whip out my dick and jane. see jane run. run, he endured that. he allowed me to read to him. i ha

loretta banks is in tiers. her condo unit she's rented was heavily damaged friday night during a storm. she and her family are spending the night at a shelter. it could be months before they can move back in. >> i have a 4-year-old who will be 5 monday and a 3 year 0 old. and i've got -- she's asking me about a birthday party. i have to explain to her, baby, i can't give you a birthday party. >> reporter: meteorologists say it was a microburst packing high winds that tore through the community. >> it blew one guy off the ground. it was very, very scary. flew him up in the air. lord, have mercy. i knew it was time for me to go for cover. >> reporter: prince george's county fire officials say 20 multifamily buildings have been deemed unsafe, 6 with significant long-term damage, another 40 considered uninhabitable for now because power is out. about 600 residents have been displaced. >> i pretty much started walking around the neighborhood. it looked like a natural disaster. >> reporter: this councilwoman is count

. >>> last night on msnbc's politics nation, california congresswoman loretta sanchez spoke about presidentbama's new immigration policy. she told al sharpton despite all the gop criticism she feels on this issue the president has done what republicans have been asking for all along. >> their policy and their efforts have said, hey, listen, if you fortify the border, if you charge companies who are misusing the system, if you deport people, if you get rid of criminal aliens and you deport them, once you do all of these things then we'll talk to you about some sort of comprehensive immigration reform. guess what? the president worked on forty fiing the border, the president worked on deporting people, the president worked on going after criminals. he's done everything that they have said is important. >> lean forward with politics nation, week days at 6:00 eastern right here on msnbc. the place for politics. >>> your first look at how wall street will kick off date. the dow opens at 12,837 after adding 95 points yesterday. the s&p gained 13 and the nasdaq climbed 34. taking a look at oversea

lower recei loretta sanchez of the homeland security committee. home land prosecutor on the oversight committee which is leading the charge to have the attorney general sited for an tempt of refusing for handing over ten that he is of thousands of documents related to fast and furious. welcome everyone. colle congressman going to go out of order gentlemen before the ladies. is there any evidence either the attorney general of the united states or the president either condoned or authorized or even knew about fast and furious prior to agent perry's death? >> the short answer is no. i don't have any evidence eric holder or the president knew about the gun walking fast and furious. the second question is whether or not he shied have known it. there were scores of memos addressed to the attorney general that even casual reading would have put the reader on notice of gun walking and fast and furious. attorney general says he didn't read them. you have no reason not to lea believe him. he is not being held in contempt of congress because he won't turn o

loretta robinson spock at the sentencing of the driver who is an illegal immigrant.n't work anymore because of the emotional impact from her son's death and keeps getting bills from the accident even though her sons what not at fall. she says a $50 bill to clean the street from her son's blood stung the most. >>> if you say a four-letter word in middleboro, massachusetts you could soon be fined. dozens gathered outside town hall for a swear-in yesterday organized by a marine veteran. they were protesting the recent measure passed by the town that would ban cursing in public. the law won't go into effect until the attorney general decides whether or not it is constitutional. >>> just days after facebook added its new find friends nearby app, it is gone. mobile web page is blank. if you click on the find friends nearby tab, it goes to an error page. the app let users find other people near them and quickly add them to the network. this comess an app developer in new york accused facebook of ripping off his idea for the app. >>> new rules for the royals. kate middleton,

loretta sanchez, on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. ms. loretta sanchez of california. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote -- the chair: on this vote the yeas are 182 and the nays are 237 and the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished is request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by mr. polis on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offere

loretta sanchez of california. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 167, the nays are 249, the amendment is not agreed to. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee, upon which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by recorded vote -- by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by ms. jackson lee of texas. the chair: a recorded vote has been

lower recei loretta sanchez of the homeland security committee. home land prosecutor on the oversight committee which is leading the charge to have the attorney general sited for an tempt of refusing for handing over ten that he is of thousands of documents related to fast and furious. welcome everyone. colle congressman going to go out of order gentlemen before the ladies. is there any evidence either the attorney general of the united states or the president either condoned or authorized or even knew about fast and furious prior to agent perry's death? >> the short answer is no. i don't have any evidence eric holder or the president knew about the gun walking fast and furious. the second question is whether or not he shied have known it. there were scores of memos addressed to the attorney general that even casual reading would have put the reader on notice of gun walking and fast and furious. attorney general says he didn't read them. you have no reason not to lea believe him. he is not being held in contempt of congress because he won't turn o

joining me n is congress woman loretta sanchez, a democrat from california. telemundo anchor jose diaz-belart. >> hello. how are you? >> fine. let me start with you, congresswoman. what's your reaction to the ruling today? >> well, for the most part it upholds what many of us have been saying nap is that we shouldn't have to carry around a national i.d. that it's wrong to stop somebody with sort of a profiling instance to try to deport them. to a large extent, i think the ruling is pretty good. >> now, jose, the governor of arizona claimed a victory, yet some feel that she's trying to save face. clearly those that had rallied around sb-1070 as a state's rights were defeated. but it does leave the door open for possible racial profiling. is that not right? >> well, it's certain lay possibility, reverend. let me tell you something. i don't think we could minimize what section 2-b represents. for 180,000 undocumented immigrants that live and make arizona their home. many have children there. have roots there. have established homes and participated in the local

on "washington journal," we will hear from loretta sanchez. also, tom

just before the show, i spoke with democratic congressman loretta can shez of california. of the house armed services committee. i asked her if she's okay with mckeon's idea of kicking the can down the road. >> well, think it's wrong. we've known about sequestration now since last august when the majority of republicans proposed that and put forward that for a vote and it is the law. we have known that the super committee didn't get its work done now since before january. and so we've had plenty of time. i've asked plenty of republicans on the committee. sit down with us. talk to us. work with us to find the extra cuts we need to find. i don't think there's another $500 billion or $600 billion to be cut from defense. but i do believe we can still find some more money. >> where? >> i agree with him in the sense that we're already on a path of cutting about $480 billion even prior to that. >> right, where would you find the $500 billion that doesn't come from defense? >> excuse me? >> where would you find $500 billion to replace the defense see quest they're doesn't come fro

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one of them is congresswoman loretta sanchez of california. and she joins me now.gresswoman, sanchez, thank you so much for being on the program. >> thanks for having me. >> i want to ask you, obviously the obama administration had set records for deportations. is this announcement last friday nullify that in the latino community? they now view barack obama as a friend? >> reporter: look, barack obama as president had worked very hard to do what the republicans and congress had asked him to do. continue to fortify the border, ask -- go after employers who illegally employ people. and deport criminals, and get some of this done. and he has. and so now we move into the second phase, a more positive phase that says, hey, let's take a look and figure out how people who are innocent in having come to this country, like these young people, and who are working very hard can stay here. so, of course, the latino community is embracing this and saying it's about time that we saw the second half. the second half, the part that republicans said, hey, we would be for this if yo

. >> reporter: when loretta gluckst gluckstein encouraged them to jump on a trampoline she never thoughtd be an olympic sport and sibling rivalry. >> they are so close. they've been doing this together every -- i mean literally together every day for the past 12 years. >> reporter: steven has only lost to jeffrey once but it was big. he lost his national title to his baby brother last year. >> it's a feeling to beat a relative but it's a good feeling inside. >> reporter: steven became determined to beat him even as jeffrey remained more friend than foe. >> we spot for each other with a safety mat on the side of the trampoline. i watch his good trainings but he watches mine as well. you have to focus on yourself, your personal best. you are not worried about anybody else. >> reporter: even if that somebody else is literally your better half. carol costello, cnn, atlanta. >> carol, awesome story. i have a 5-year-old and 6-year-old that bounce together, too. maybe there's hope way down the line. >>> okay. so dueling over deportation as immigration becomes the latest hot topic in the race fo

. >> reporter: when loretta glukstein encouraged her little boys to jump on the trampoline, she neverlympic sport and sibling rivalry. >> they are so close. you know, that i have been doing this together every -- i mean, literally together everyday for the past, i would say, 12 years. >> steven has only lost to jeffrey once, but it was big. he lost the national title to his baby brother last year. >> it's a mutual feeling when you beat one of your relatives, but it is also a good feeling inside. >> reporter: steven became determined to beat him even as jeffrey was more friend than foe. >> we spot for each other with a safety mat on the side of the trampoline. i watch his good trainings and he watches mine as well. so trampoline is a sport where you have to focus on yourself and your personal best and you are not worried about somebody else. >> reporter: even if that somebody else is literally your better half. carol costello, cnn, atlanta. >> and thanks for watching, everyone. you can continue the conversation with me on twitter at kyra@cnn or facebook. news international continues ne

. >> reporter: loretta banks is in tears. the condo unit she was renting was heavily damaged friday night. she and her family are spending the night at a shelter. it could be months before they can move back in. >> i have a 4-year-old who will be 5 monday and a 3-year-old. and i've -- she's asking about a birthday party. i have to explain to her, baby, i can't give you a birthday party. >> reporter: meteorologists say it was a microburst packing high winds that tore through the community. >> the wind blew one guy off the ground. threw him up in the air. i knew it was time to go for cover in the house. >> reporter: the fire officials say 20 multifamily buildings have been deemed unsafe. six have significant long-term damage and another 40 are considered uninhabitable for now. about 600 residents have been displaced. >> i walked around the neighborhood and it was like a natural disaster or a tornado. >> reporter: trina brown said she's counting her blessings after running for cover in the bathroom. >> the living room roof blew

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loretta sanchez of california. an amendment by mr. polis of colorado. an amendment by mr. lugen of new mexico. an amendment by mr. chabot of ohio. an amendment by mrs. blackburn of tennessee. an amendment by mr. mulvaney of south carolina. an amendment by mr. flake of arizona, an amendment by mr. king iowa. an amendment by mrs. lummis of wyoming. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time of any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from nebraska, mr. fortenberry, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the yeas prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. fortenberry of nebraska. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the n

dick lost his girl -- dick and loretta lost her a couple of years ago. she was 40 years old, thereabouts. her whole life, she had a heart defect. in the future, mr. president, people like that will be able to get insurance. they cannot be denied. i met over here in the l.b.j. room yesterday morning, i had my welcome to washington, and there were a number of people there. the granddaughter of someone's brother went to school with, teddy, grandchild was there. why? because she was there representing her brother who had cystic fibrosis. i don't know, mr. president, if you have ever been around anyone with cystic fibrosis, but as i explained to them over there yesterday morning, one of my son's coaches had a son who had cystic fibrosis, and they would have to beat on his chest. they had this process to try to loosen the stuff that accumulates in your lungs because of this disease. kids used to live not very long with this. we're doing a lot better now, we have some medicines. but, mr. president, in the future, anyone with cystic fibrosis will not be able to

meanwhile, rep loretta sanchez won between $1,001.15000 dollars from a horse race in california anotheran be found in the pages of "washington post." saying been pershing, writing that the senate majority leader harry reid collins between $100,000.200 $50,000 on his home mortgage. if you were to look below the fold, a few more facts. taking a look at finances, specifically senator reid. assets totaling at least $2.8 million. his gop counterpart, mitch mcconnell, or at least $9.7 million including a money-market fund worth more than $5 million as part of an inheritance from his father-in-law. if you want to look for yourself. san antonio, texas, republican line. caller: on the civility in politics, if anyone has launched -- watched the senate and house of representatives in 2006 through 2010, i was embarrassed at the way they call each other names. they took the whole process all the way back to the days of people shooting each other with guns. it was just embarrassing to me. i think we have some stability in the process that goes on in the senate and house of representatives. caller: th

representative loretta sanchez offered a provision to strengthen the integrity of the twic program. representative laura richardson authored language to allow port ortors to use grant funds to secure provided by local law enforcement. representive -- h.r. 4251 also includes language modeled after a bill i introduced, h.r. 1105, to relieve the nation's port and transportation workers from the hassle and expense of renewing their five-year twic cards, given that d.h.s. has not done its job to fully implement the security program. specifically section 206 of this bill would relieve current twic holders, the men and women who work in our ports from being required to secure new identification cards beginning in october, 2012, given that d.h.s. has not even issued a draft rule for biometric readers. for the full security po ten thombl program to be realized, there must be readers installed at ports to match the biometric cards with the individuals presenting them. since 2007, over 2.1 million longshoremen, truckers, merchant mariners and rail and vessel crew members have undergone extensi