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the american public wants it, and he's going to deliver in the second term. >> margie, what is interestingnts that victoria just mentioned, hagel and brennan are both people the president has worked with. he seems to trust the allies. not the same in the lincoln term of rivals. these are not rivals. these people are close to the president. change in strategy here? >> no, i don't think so. i think the president has had people who have different points of view from himself and from each other. we saw that in the case with secretary gates and vice president biden who recommended against making the call on osama bin laden. but the president made it anywhere. i also think it's important to look at how the president keeps momentum of bringing everyone together. in style of bringing everyone together in his administration and across the aisle and voters. i mean, voters -- they selected obama, they voted for obama in 2008. they believed in him and they believed in change. and this last time around in the policies and vision they had going forward. >> that's the point, victoria. that they believe i

marg margie, should the president go s solo? >> it's certainly consistent with what the american people want. the american people, both in the polls and at the polls, have said that they want progress and movement, not more bickering and gridlock. when you see some of these quotes, chris, from republicans saying, we need a government shutdown out of our system, we need to show voters we're ready to fight and we're fighting. voters don't want more fighting. >> south carolina congresswoman clyburn who is number three democrat in the house said the president should take matters into his own hands if he has to. here's what he says. >> if the president, as the chief executive officer of the country, is faced with this kind of a -- on the part of a few members in the house of representatives, i think he will do well for himself and for the country to sign an executive order invoking the 14th amendment. >> we heard republicans, tony, talking about we just heard marsha blackburn not ruling out a government shutdown. >> yeah. >> if that'

joining me now is joe madison and margie omara. you both for joining me tonight. >> thank you, reverend sharpton. joe, let me start with you. this is clearly a calculated move by the president. can he stop some of the right wing vile that is coming he has way? >> well, of course he can. because, again, he has the pulpit of the white house. but, you know, rushl lim burks augh said the reason we stand out like a sor erksz thumb is because of abc. no, the reason they stand out at fox and limbaugh stands out is what limbauh said about women in combat. he said they have a fighting force. that's why they stand out. the reason they stand out is because sarah palin thinks that the kodiak island is the largest island in north america, forget about hawaii. the listen they stand out is because she thinks north korea was an ally of the united states. and so the president has started to do what a lot of us have done and he understands that the voice of the republican party that he defeated was rush limbaugh and fox news and everybody knows it.

. >> and i also wonder, margie, if this super pac does very well, very early, gets a lot of money, maybe other super pacs form, if that could be part of her decision-making process, if it could push her toward an affirmative decision. >> it's possible. i think hillary clinton has a lot of things to think over. she has a well-deserved break ahead of her. and what's great about hillary clinton is that whether she decides in the next few months or in a year or in a year and a half, she's going to be a strong candidate regardless. she's going to be able to raise money. she's obviously incredibly well known, polls show she's incredibly well liked. and by contrast, when you look at candidate who is start much later, who don't have that national profile, that late start, they can't ever get off the ground. whether it's rick perry or jon huntsman, they just can't ever get there. so regardless of the timeline, i think clinton is going to be incredibly strong position. >> speaking of who has a national profile, of course, it's not all about hillary clinton. joe biden has been building his brand. t

margie, the president wants to focus on what he can do administratively with executive orders althoughmultaneously to campaign for public support. very different strategy than he used in his first term, isn't it? >> well, yeah. i think the lesson really here for both obama and for congress is that voters want people to come to the table and find compromise on whatever the issue, whether it's climate change, whether it's reducing gun violence, whether it's jobs or the deficit. voters want to see people coming to the table and you've had a lot of republicans in congress who have had this really failing strategy of just saying no to everything, and it's cost them. it's cost them elections, cost them the presidency, cost them in the senate, and it's cost them support for republican house candidates. >> the president of americans for prosperity which is of course the conservative super pac founded by the koch brothers issued a statement. the president's address read like a liberal laundry list with global warming at the top. americans have rejected environmental extremism in the past and th

. >> margie, meg, meggie. >> ah, there you are, poirot. i've been looking for you. >> what's your name, chief inspector? >> name? what name? >> your first name. >> james. >> james japp. >> jim. jimmy japp. >> jamie japp. >> chief inspector japp and i will leave you to play. >> what about hercule? >> there aren't any for hercule. >> herc? >> it may be what the murderer has been waiting for, inspector. but we cannot be sure--this is a matter of complex and hidden motives, huh? and-- oh, mon dieu. >> what's up? >> i have been blind. blind! complex, i have said? mais non. simplicity extreme, extreme! and miserable one that i am. i saw nothing! s'il vous plait. >> this makes a nice change for me [indistinct]-- oh, bert, look. we're going to sit next to that nice captain hastings. hello. >> good. that is all, i think, monsieur rice. >> in an ordinary case, the will of a deceased person is read after the funeral. in fact, i am proposing to read it now. although dated last february it only reached me by post this morning. however, although it is a

margie. >> it's a great action. let me give the example of domestic violence. you take the cases of domestic violence. now, in some -- there is a federal law that prevents some people accused of domestic violence from getting guns there are big gaps. some states try to make up that gap. some states don't. i think women who are domestic violence victims should be free from having their domestic abuser have guns. that shouldn't be state specific. >> bill: that can be a qualifier for anybody getting a license to have a gun. i don't disagree. basically you ladies are telling me with the exception of powers who wants full amnesty for all illegal alien that's are kind of agreeing with the fascist o'reilly and conservative senator from florida rubio. now, just think about that, ladies. you are not going to be able to go out and have dinner with your friends tonight. they will shun you. you can't be agreeing with us. powers i'm sorry i putter you in a tough spot. >> amnesty to way around. >> amnesty is pretty radically different from what you believe. >> bill: i did po

joining us is executive director margie weingrow. i love what you do.ep kids in college. if they don't have resources or support and your program provides that? >> it does. scholars program works with very low income students, students in poverty. they get to u.c. berkeley where there is over 34,000 students. as you can imagine, fish out of the water there. not only the academic load but the fact this that they have to work while going to school, there is so much going on with them academically dealing with financial aid and all of that not focused on where they need to be when they leave school which is very short period of time. this is real problem at universities now. students are coming into the university and prepared for their academics but not for the professional world. >> there is a lot of stuff, it's more than just staying in school. it's about professional development and personal skills. >> it's much more than that. that is why we see, when we students identify with career that academics go up naturally. what we provide is a professional de

. >> 46 years ago, margie mcnamara went to a meeting that jacqueline kennedy called a ball cap matt haas says and mrs. kennedy has said too told each house, we are each going to do something to make washington a better place for the people who live and work here every day. mrs. mcnamara had a great reputation as a reading tutor. she tutored the wealthier children in town and she tutored children from very poor economic backgrounds. she had found one day in her tutoring how much it meant to the three boys she was tutoring a local public school to be given a book. she had books that are children had years before that had been left at home of course. she let each of them take a book home. well, one of the mothers came to school the next day to return the stolen boat. i said no, we want to chose to have the book and that started the tradition of when i present a book to a shot of writing the child's name in it. it does not pretend to be the teacher of reading. risk is here to help children, particularly those most at risk of not learning to read well and on time. that usually means poor chil

margie, jennifer, and lars, thank you.ou, lars. >>> we're going to switch gears for a second. the nih is concerned today that nfl star junior sayou did indeed suffer from the same kind of brain disease that afflicts many pro football players with many concussions. this comes as the league continues to fight a pricey lawsuit filed by a group of retired players. >>> and also tonight, the stunningly great movie "lincoln takes 12 oscar nominations today. this is my absolute favorite movie. it is a film about washington dysfunction then and now. and it is a film about how abe lincoln solved an incredible problem, 150 years ago to free the slaves. they didn't want to do it. lincoln showed him how to do it and maybe we can all learn something from this fabulous movie. we'll have much more on this later in the show. >> this settles the fate for all coming time. not only of the millions now in bondage, but of unborn millions to come. so if you have a flat tire, dead battery, need a tow or lock your keys in the car, geico's emergenc

principle looks totally fluid giant protective prostate wall can actually prove quite dangerous margie's tom barton with the story for us brian bell vaso loyalists are urged to negotiate on the sixth day of the union flag relations rise in northern ireland but protesters say want to talk and are prepared to take their action to dublin in minutes. maritime dominance somebody has to be turning into a high tech high stakes arms race in the east china sea china and japan are vying for power in the disputed territory and it's drones that are quickly coming to the forefront of the race james covered editor of the age of pandora is news website says some stand to gain from the escalating crisis. i think they are preparing to to be ready to commit more more resources to the military expenditures and they're getting ready to do that even as we speak and i think we see really the start of a new normal here and in east asia as unfortunately i think tension military tensions are going to lead to increasing military expenditures on both sides as japan is looking to buy some more global hawk drones an

- we both know what margie's like. remember three years ago?e. - yeah, i'll be right with you. unless it's an emergency. - no. - good, good. because frankly i wouldn't know what to do if it was. - well, why didn't she ask me to bring in her mail? she always asks me to bring in her mail. - because maybe she left in a hurry. maybe she got swept off her feet. this is marge we're talking about. - can't you go in and look around. - i don't have any cause, dolly. it's only been four days. - come on, i will bet you a slice of your award-winning pecan pie that next week she shows up with a new boyfriend or a new tattoo or both. it is gonna work itself out, i promise. it always does. [sighs] everybody's business is everybody else's business. that's why we live here, i guess. so, how can i help you, mister, um... - monk. adrian monk. - mr. monk. - i was at a wedding last night in montville with my assistant. and we were driving home and the car broke down. it was about a mile north of here. there was a bridge. - yeah, west creek bridge. - well, i saw som

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joining us, margie battle, wells fargo advantage funds senior portfolio manager.but doesn't bode well for what we'll hear out of these companies, does it? >> well i think some companies have done some preannouncements where they're expecting their growth to slow down because we should have some pretty low gdp growth for the next several months because of all the uncertainty. however, most companies have high cash flow and i wouldn't be surprised to see some companies actually have some strength to say their growth might pick up either selectively or as they go further through the year. with expectations so low i think that might be enough to set a base to have stocks move higher especially when treasurys are anchored so near zero. tracy: all they have to say is the outlook stablized. doesn't have to say it is getting better, right? they have to say it is on status quo and that is good enough for the market to run. >> i think so. when you look at stocks in general the cash flow is so high, so far above the yields of treasurys, even competitive with high yield bonds

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. >> margie, the nra's whole messaging on this, and first of all, i was stunned they'd decided to speakthese whole big gun things, they've always stuck their head in the sand and over time, it will pass. they chose not to, which made you think, huh, this one is different, but how they responded, i can't figure out the political strategy. >> they're calling attention to the fact of what we've known to be true for a while, that the nra leadership does not share the view of gun owners or americans. gun owners and nra members want to keep guns out of dangerous hands. and when the nra acts like they have with these press conferences and then that horrible ad, which clearly had no women at the table when they were making it, they weren't thing about aiming it toward women, they weren't thinking about bringing swing voters or anybody, really, into the fold, no wonder that polls show that their favorability is dropping. it's a problem for them. >> and david, they've not, sure how to respond. they've acted more like a partisan conservative ideological organization, rather than what they had beco

. >> and that's not necessarily what we're seeing in investor behavior right now, margie. the same question for you. is this justified given the fact that we are headed into the next couple of months where things will get tougher? we know that we're garnishing defense cuts coming. we know that the fourth quarter was weak because everybody was in lockdown moved. do you want to lighten up on stocks, or not? >> may have a few little bumps in the road. frankically i welcome government spending cuts. i think that would be very positive long term. when you look at way from the government and look at what companies are doing, company results. global competitiveness, hard to get discouraged especially when they are cash flow yields. the opposite of the pes are really better than what you would get in the bond market with the 7% earnings yield. you don't have to think long to know that that's the place to real put your money. >> rick santelli, how do you think this plays out? >> i think belt-tightening is good. we can't artificially try to get rid of all of the hiccups. the recessi

margie, what do you think?ar that the equities are going to continue to do better that be fixed income. i think we hit the influxion point late in 2012. year-to-date equities are outperforming fixed income, all categories. i think that's the trend. i think it will be equities for the next few years. >> rick santelli, that's what we've been seeing money coming out of fixed income. is this trade

we should remind people that by a hugh amongous -- humongous margi margin voted. >> and we've already seen reactions in markets in asia. >> yes, the hong kong market is up right now. number one, while we were fighting about whether people who earn more than $400,000 should see a 4.6% increase in their income, everybody loses 2% on your next paycheck. there was the payroll tax holiday. i don't hear anybody -- i didn't hear anybody, republicans or democrats, fighting for the average american who is going to see 2% less in their check. number two, the s&p 500, many of you will have a 401(k) that looks like the s&p 500, particularly if you're lazy and don't mix it up, it was up 15%. it closed the year up 13.4% because of this nonsense. so they cost you. if you have $100,000 saved up, it cost you a few thousand bucks that now won't multiply over the next 15, 20 years you work. this has cost americans a lot of money because of this. >> let's go to dana bash. what are you hearing? >> you can probably see people walking by. just a second ago the house speaker walked from his office, which is

let's bring in ron bongene and margie o'meara. great to see both of you.sides of the aisle agree that senator hagel can get a fair hearing but why is he best choice from democrats point of view? >> i think it's a strong choice from a really united american point of view. he earned two purple hearts. he is a republican senator who has not been part of the partisan bickering that people have grown to hate here. he has been endorsed by five former ambassadors to israel. he voted for $40 billion in aid to israel. he has been endorsed by four former security advisors and all those folks that have been appointed by republican and democratic administrations. i think he is strong pick and it would make sense for people to come together and confirm. >> jamie: do you think he was the president's first choice? >> i think certainly he has been a key pick. he has been somebody the president has been working with closely and think he has had a real relationship with. >> he has been an advisor but questions keep coming up on positions on israel which is so critical right