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>> this bill with rubio and m manchin will produce is imposing that federal government mandating that religious organizations would have to pay for contraception. and this is similar to what john boehner the speaker of the house from ohio said yesterday said that the legislative body will get involved and try to stop what they see as a mandate getting into the white house with the white house overstepping their bounds. in terms of birth control and contraceptives, it's long been a political hot button issue, but with long conversations that i have had with democrats on the hill, they were sort of perplexed that the obama administration would bring this out in an election year. and you see some of the democrats -- expect probably to see legislation like this move forward in the house, it faces an uphill battle in the senate because harry reid would be reluck tantd to give it a vote on the senate floor, you're going to see over the next few weeks, pervade all throughout washington and into the country. >> it's a political hot potato for sure. >> i just want to give a programming note, e

let me start with you, senator manchin.ill to try and get rid of this mandate? >> first of all, it shouldn't be political and next of all, i tried everything possible. i sent -- i was on the conference call december 3 talking to the white house, strongly opposing the direction i thought they were going and asked them to consider it before they did it. they went ahead and invoked the rule and february 3, i wrote a letter to the president asking him to repeal it. i thought it was wrong and encroachment on religious freedom and constitution and that's really what it should be. marco and i -- there are more of thaws are working together on common issues and what we think moves this country forward than just plain politics. this is political. >> gretchen: senator rubio, is this a religious liberty issue or is it as senator boxer described it, a medical issue for women? >> well, it's a constitutional issue. this is a straightforward concept. it's not about medicine. it's about constitutional rights. here is the question, should t

as julie manchin, there is a $35 consultation that is available -- as julie mentioned. >> any other questions? there are multiple languages available. vietnamese, tagalog, chinese. just to let you can receive assistance from some very qualified individuals. >> any other questions? if not, thank you very much for coming. [applause] çççç>> want to welcome you . of course, we have former mayor willie brown joining us. we have former supervisor sophie maxwell here as well. we have charlotte, a protocol officer. we have all the members of our board of supervisors, our current board. we have naomi's . harlon, kelly, the kids are here. naomi's mom is here bang today. thank you for being here as well. mrs. lee is here. [laughter] >> yeah. >> of all, today has been a very active day of the just wonderful announcements, of decisions being made that really reflected the values of the city. i have another one that reflects the value of this city, someone that i have spent privileged to work with for so many years, one began her career as a special assistant, worked her way up as the purchaser, direct

. >> police in new zealand have seized a manchin owned by a german at the center of an internet piracy case. the 2.5 million euro house belonged to a jubilant kim dotcom. he was detained in january after his internet platform was accused of hosting copyrighted material. >> to sports now. >> exactly right. to soccer. the bundesliga have either coach after the shocking defeat. >> he had only been in charge of the team since the beginning of the season. club officials say the move was prompted by poor results. oppenheim have only had one victory in their last 10 bundesliga games. stanislavski is the fifth coach to be fired this season. the german cycling legend has been banned for two years for doping. the sport has annulled all of his results from mid-2005. that is when the court says there is proof that he was working with a spanish doctor, a specialist in blood doping. it was the first german to win the tour de france in 1997. he did retire, though, from the sport by years ago. >> one artist turns 80 today, and to mark the occasion, a major retrospective of his work opens in berlin on

chamber of commerce manchin 250,000. there are some critics that safety net gain would be basically zero because it would destroy a lot of jobs. >> what jobs are going to be destroyed? >> jobs on farms -- >> it is going to be very to -- varied. pipelines will be laid. 20,000 jobs is the right number. in the philadelphia, they are closing refineries because they do not have the volume of crude they once had. in texas, they will be adding refinery jobs. this is a $7 billion construction project. it is here. in one of the president's saturday radio addresses said, i will do whatever it takes to get jobs. this is a jobs bill. most folks will agree that this is 20,000 direct jobs. there are 118,000. more than 100,000 indirect jobs in hotels and restaurants and the different things that come about. and is nearly 1 million barrels a day that we do not have to get from somewhere else. if gas prices go up, they will go up another 60 cents before memorial day. some are predicting as much as $5 a gallon by the fourth of july. deman

not true was decisive it was that welsh cooperate took a surprising lead in the first half when joe manchin picked up a can of food ball seven time when is levelled matters midway through the second hard defender martin st tell the acting quickest to make it one zero after i flick it for three extra time then i thought i'd want it for liverpool before i dramatical eyes are from ben turner making it to all meaning penalties and what day of mixed emotions for the family and missed penalty for cardiff the transfer ever pulled one three two and seven to lift the cup. i. do so before it was the. way you lived through probably for a few whom you have to work through. to the moment you're going on some you know off the next season or are going to put you through. a recruiter who. falls on sunday much sooner to close the gap on leaders manchester city back to two points in the english premier league after winning two one at norwich trying to celebrate his appearance for the club with the winning goal in the late game of the day bates who won't see nail fantastical came from two goes down against ta

flew back to manchester after three months of unauthorized leave in his native argentina manager manchin says he welcomes the return of tevis who has not played since he allegedly refused to walmart in city's tuna last by munich in september the striker has paid an estimated three hundred fifteen thousand dollars a week has lost an estimated sixteen million dollars in wages fines and lost bonuses and is now undergoing fitness tests at the club who hope to have him back in action for the premier league run in city currently top the table two points clear of manchester united with thirteen games left. well in scotland glasgow rangers have gone into administration the winner of a record fifty four domestic league titles were immediately hit with a ten point deduction which leaves them fourteen points adrift of legally disabled tick with twelve games to go fans were understandably angry at the decision however club owner craig whyte is adamant it's the right decision. because he was strong on the soccer like the issue was. very. difficult to talk straight that was right. now with a couple of

senator manchin, did you have a question you wanted to ask at the beginning? i was told you had to leave. [ inaudible ] okay, why don't you go ahead. >> thank you all of you for coming -- thank you. and i'll get right to the point. it's the xl pipeline, and i'll ask all of you to comment, but i'm having a hard time why this has become a political football. it makes so much sense that you want to buy off your friends and not your enemies. and i think going down where we're going to go with the jobs, i want to hear y'all's maybe a yes or no, maybe a comment. there should be jobs created in the united states by this building of the pipeline. i understand that there's a difference between what the state department has done, the environmental, versus the epa. our own government's fighting among itself for whatever reasons. and next of all, the ability that alberta and canadians are going to produce this no matter what. and if china becomes a player or the asia becomes a player market, taking this product, if we don't, what it does to our security and security shoul

cine after a few years refusing to warm up in a champions league game back in september and claims manchin had treated him like a dog the origin time now says he wants to get back. part of. the way through now i will face this challenge for me that is to come back to training and come back to see all my colleagues because you thought you would have. another football use plaskett rangers have lodged. legal papers signaling their intention to go into administration the iraq's club took the decision after admitting it could be facing a tax bill if substantially more than seventy seven million dollars if they perceive the scottish champions would immediately be hit with a ten point duction which would effectively end bed bid for a fourth successive title ranges from life four points behind league leaders and arch rival celtic club's owner craig wright says the decision was hard but necessary to safeguard the club's future. better times they for fans of zambia they gave their team hero's welcome on their return from winning the africa cup of nations thousands gathered at the saw port where the

. >> senator manchin? >> thank you very much. i know it's been mentioned before, the president in his state of the union address says that the country needs to -- an all-out, all of the above strategy and develops every available source of american energy. a strategy that we all agree is cleaner, cheaper, full of new jobs but also hopefully keeping the jobs that we already have. i want to show you a chart we put together. this information is from the eia, your own department, showing where we are as far as the first through 2010, 20% is in nuclear and oil and other liquids. when we get to 2025, 27% will be coming from natural gas. renewables 16%. coal and steel, 39% and the rest at 18%. with that being said, the president's budget basically had $2.7 billion that you all submitted for the energy efficiency renewable energy. a 47% increase from current levels. if you hold this one up, tom, so you can see the comparison. stand up. this is where your money's going. this is what you're going to get out of the investment. this is by yo

to work with in the senate on budget issues people like senator ron wyden people like senator joe manchin so i think that the portrayal of the senate as kind of a gridlocked house were nothing to get past is is a little i know that's not true i mean we see it all the time right when it comes to certain legislation i mean we always mention it defense appropriations bills whatever passing the patriot act or extending it there is managed to come together that but however and i think to look at the people it's still it is a place where it's easier to get something done just about anywhere because there are so many things attached even if you want to get something passed democrat republican you are serving a lot more people than just yourself or your constituents you have lobbyists you have people so i think that i agree sometimes that it's played out that nothing can get done but really it is a very difficult place to get and obviously i don't agree with the statement that you have to shake someone or shoot them or whatever but resort to but i was there john i love and did in fact send a publ

. >> senator manchin, as i mentioned before i hope all of us look at the proposals in the budget in front of us to raise additional raise $3 trillion in deficit reduction. it came in the budget yesterday. seems a lot of us are not aware of that. half of that is upper income tax increases, restoring their bracket. the millionaires tax, a number of other revenue measures are in this budget request. and i, was kind of surprised that so many of our colleagues here today talking about the need for deficit reduction and, the importance of avoiding sequestration, which i think by the way is a bipartisan goal. are unaware of the fact because i don't think the administration frankly has done a good job of focusing on what is in their own budget in terms of defecit reduction. it meets the 1.5 or 1.2 trillion dollar goal. >> mr. chairman, we've had this discussion and i, we can raise the revenues without raising taxes by closing the loopholes. >> exactly right. >> changing corporate laws. making sure there is fairness. if the american people think we're putting fairness to the system i guaranty they

kaine, manchin and nelson in nebraska, all from major swing states that obama won last time but not lookingd now. you are watching obama's numbers go down. more important, who is the most powerful catholic in the united states politically? joe biden. the first catholic vice president ever. he is saying nothing public. that's me being silent on gnome awareness week. >> andrea: it would be weird if you had nothing to say. >> greg: i'll speak up. who is running the white house? sebelius, valerie jarret and michelle. it's becoming "the view." what is next? we'll have lamase classes there. this many women in president's ear since clinton. >> kimberly: okay. all ears. >> bob: do you have any idea how much response you'll get from what you just said? >> greg: which part? >> kimberly: let's not rehash it. >> bob: don't want to go over it. >> eric: still trying to figure it out. >> kimberly: listen to the highlight reel. >> andrea: aside from the knock-knock joke that went over like a lead balloon -- >> eric: i thought it was great. >> andrea: brought up a number of democrats speaking out on this. w

like governor kaine who is running for senator in virginia has come out against this, and senator manchin as well. when you have that support drift away, and then you have the ground swell of support behind it, the archbishops aren't long when they read the law. the general councils aren't wrong. the spin from the white house has been less than appetizing to a lot of people. the religious freedom act was sponsored by ted kennedy and signed by president clinton. >> eric: take a listen to some of the liberal friends. here is how they see it. >> of course, it's not good for the democrats to go head-to-head against any church so we don't intend to do that. the caucus supports the president. i do. >> the republicans and house of representatives have been waging a war against women's health since the moment they came to power. >> this whole thing about the preventive amendment, is all about birth control is so exaggerated, so overblown, so out of contest with what we want to do, i'm just shocked. >> i've got a -- >> eric: let me ask you a question. >> bob: you read that and say he affirmed, wha

have come out and said there needs to be a compromise, you've got bob casey, dan larsen, senator joe manchin. we have been reading about today how the vice president had argued pretty strongly warning the white house about this and they say this is not about women's health, they say this is a first amendment issue, this is about forcing the catholic church or any organization to do something that's against the basic tennants of their faith. so are all these democrats wrong? >> i think it's important to point out that there is an exemption for churches. 335 champions. >> we're not talking about schools we are talking about hospitals. >> if you let me finish. that is an exemption, the states of california and new york have both upheld that kind of partial exemption and the question is are we going to allow an individual to practice their religious nate, we're going to allow all those women who work for universities and hospitals have to abide by whoever faith is supported by the people who have started may not even be running those hospitals and universities anymore. so i think this is about i

bill: that is a democrat, joe manchin talking that way.hat was a number of prominent democrats siding with their faith over the white house. this issue has not gone away. that was marco rubio in the pack ground. martha: i will eventually talk as well. good to see you this morning. morning, everybody. president's supporters say this is women's health care rights but not religious freedom. house speaker john boehner does not agree with that notion. he says this provision will not stand. >> if the president does not reverse the department's attack on reledge just freedom, the congress acting on behalf of the american people and the constitution that we're sworn to uphold and defend must. bill: more on that statement in a moment. there is new poll from rasmussen reports shows 50% of the americans oppose a requirement that runs against their strong religious belief. charlie hurt, a columnist for "the washington times." where are we on this issue now that the heat is coming significantly from the other side, charlie? >> i think president obama a

senator joe manchin who is hanging on by his fingernails. and daniel lipinski. kaine said, think they made a bad decision not allowing a broad enough religious exemption. >> i was on the conference call with the white house on december 3rd urging them not to do this. i thought it was wrong and an infringement of the religious rights that we have in the institution. they went ahead and did it anyway. >> in a letter to the hhs secretary sebelius, u.s. congressman john larson said, i believe that further flexibility needs to be granted to religiously affiliated organizations. john heilemann, this isn't about birth control coverage in your health care plans. which is now required by obama care, by the president's health care plan. for example, governor kaine made it a point of calling us and making sure we know that. it's about whether there should be a broad religious exemption for churches, hospitals and other religious groups that don't believe in birth control and are against it as a matter of sin if youio will. >> well, look. i watched it on our network last ni

john manchin also. kaine said "i think they made a bad decision in not allowing a broad enough religious employer exemptions." >> i was on the conference call with the white house on december 3rd urging them not to do this. i thought it was wrong and an infringement of the religious rights in the constitution. they went ahead and did it any way. >> the chairman said i believe that further flexibility needs to be granted to religiously affiliated organizations. john heilemann, this isn't about birth control coverage in your health care plans. for example, governor kaine called them out to make sure we know that. it's about whether there should be an exemption for churches and other religious groups that don't believe in birth control. >> well, look. i watched it on our network last night. i watched david boise make a compelling argument about why they are wrong. why the people who think there should be an exemption, it doesn't raise an issue. it's about an employment law. the same laws can apply. they ar

you start putting people like senator joe manchin, another re-election coming in west virginia also hasn with the president on this. these are people who in the main, casey and kaine very close and loyal to the president. this decision which secretary sibelius was driving. it has divided my party, united the republicans. taken very difficult policy and made it very bad power. >> you disagree completely with this decision. but you could argue if the president knows a friend like bob casey or tim kaine is going to be mad if he made the decision it's right policy decision you could make the argument on principle good. >> the problem is that principle and politics and compromising gets to be a very muddy business. when you have catholics and evangelicals, the president has done what jesus christ cannot do. he has united jews, christians, southern baptists all against him. muslims, jews, catholics, southern baptists all together against a presidential decision. he didn't have to go as far as he did. that's the problem. >> you're the policy expert. these guys are good political guys. you're b

. >> another moderate democrat joe manchin is worried about hurting social security. >> shepard: tell us what lawmakers are saying tonight. >> interesting nugget i picked up from the negotiators, sources say the senate republic negotiators did not sign the agreement today because they weren't consulted on the deal. this is strictly between the senate democrats and the house republicans. they may be a yes tomorrow. now, a key senate democratic negotiator explained the importance of this tax relief. >> so i think that's enormously helpful in terms of being able to keep the recovery moving in the right direction. so, and whenever we can get something done here that's bipartisan and has a positive impact on jobs, that's a good result. >> now both the house and senate are expected to take up this measure tomorrow. shep? >> shepard: mike emanuel on capitol hill. thank you. huge news out of detroit today. general motors is on a roll. we learned today that last year g.m. earned its highest profit in the history of the company. the car maker banked $7.6 billion in 2011. beating its old record

manchin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. manchin: mr. president, i rise today to recognize two pillars of west virginia, an educational institution that is kwraeugts the people of our state -- educating the people of our state and a beloved figure who put our state at the forefront in advances of mental health. first please allow me tow recognize southern west virginia community and technical college for its distinguished ranking as the 14th best community college in the nation because of all the work and staff and students have done together to develop the skills necessary to compete in the workplace. all of us in my great state know about southern's dedication to active and collaborative learning, and we are so proud that washington monthly recognized the school's achievements and most recent rankings. this accomplishment is not the work of any one person but is shared commitment to excellence from the school's leadership, faculty staff and students. i applaud everyone involved at southern for their focus on improving educational quali

should we tell them they're wrong, senator manchin -- this isn't the republican party.stion, sam, is -- and michael, actually, both of you, all of you, but weren't policies like this in place during the bush administration for religious institutions and catholic institutions? i didn't see republicans shocked and appalled at the attack by the federal government. is this like the debt and spending, where it's only bad when they're not the ones doing it or thee not the ones in power? >> it was in place in certain states, by not by the bush administration itself. >> they should have been fighting it, because it was so shocking, such an attack. this should have been a war. >> i think the problem here is not -- i might be wrong. i'm jewish, not a catholic. i think the problem here is not the contraception issue, which polls very well. even catholics are fine with it. the problem i think people have with it is the federal government saying to catholic hospitals and universities that you will have to -- as part of the health care plans you offer your employees, it will have to

then senator tom casey from pennsylvania, joe manchin from west virginia, other sort of red state or swing state democrats stepped forward and said this is not going to work. what the president is trying to do today is straddle. he's trying to say, he still has the authority to require this. he's keeping the rule but saying that he's going to shift the onus off of the religious institutions themselves and onto their insurance companies, he's hoping it can make it stick. >> reporter: chris the white house was very clear before the president came out to make the statement to release information that this was an accommodation, not a compromise. you speak washington ese, what does that mean? >> reporter: what it means is that the president, if he is seen as caving in on this issue to the catholic church, to people concerned about religious liberty then he will offend a very important part of his base, women, and we heard divides inside his own administration, women on the left who say this is an issue of providing pre-contraception. this is a moral issue for them too. if he's seen as cav

you have senator joe manchin blasting the president, you have catholics angry about this.oming from republicans, this is coming from catholics, from rome, the catholic leadership, this is coming from even like i said democrats on the hill. and catholics could be disaffected by this. and it does deal with religious freedom of institutions. i think people are very upset about this and what i think the obama administration will do is to walk back from it. and i would imagine they're going to try to probably find some middle ground between the liberals and the catholic community in terms of some type of waiver process like they offered to businesses across the country. >> i want to ask you about rick santorum. he won three states, of course in one day, he's raised a bunch of money. he had so many visitors to his website that it crashed. so is he a viable candidate here? >> well, this process, this political season has been so topsy-turvy, and frankly rick santorum has been the one who hasn't surged, so it is his time. it would be a big mistake on behalf of romney or gingrich t

>> he is going to lose several democratic votes, harkin, warner, manchin, others worried about the future of social security if this isn't paid for. they are going to need republican votes. republicans have been willing to support this, even though many of them also had the same doubts about running up the decifit to give a payroll tax cut. jen and parnl not wanting to fight over the payroll tax cut this time around. we'll continue to follow this today. jim, thank you as always. general jon: you know who is not generally fond of running up decifits? the tea party. we'll be talking to one of them, the protests that the tea party launched changed the conversation, but where are they now? a key leader gives us a blueprint for 2012. jenna: they have a plan, and we hear more about health care in this country, but there's an op-ed in the "wall street journal" that suggests that costs are going down and that has ramifications about how we should approach health care. jon: a skier crashes and loses the use of his leg but that terrible accident was not enough to keep him down. his amazing comeback