>> margie, it is all your fault. you and those boobs.say. >> the thought of rush limbaugh, you know, and the male gaze of rush limbaugh is just too much to take. of course we should be not to blame. everybody knows that. and he's become a laughing stock. he just has to keep getting crazier and crazier in order to get cover elsewhere. for people to pay attention. >> here's my question to you, though. is there any polling anywhere that suggests that women are aware that this is a problem? because maybe we just need to let more women in on the secret. >> yeah. you know, i haven't seen a lot of polling that says let's wage a war on men. i do think just like you were talking earlier, it's good to know people have these biases in advance. any man out there who thinks -- who's going to complain if his wife gets equal pay, he doesn't want his wife to get paid more for the hours she works doesn't deserve to have a wife. there should be a question on match.com that says do you think there's a war on men? any guy who says yes -- >> should automatic

second, i want to go to something you have written about, margie. which is you have argued that there is a lot of polling that basically debunks the idea that the gun advocates have more passion on this issue. explain that to us. >> well, it's something that maybe -- maybe the coverage reflects this, some passion, difference in passion. that's not where voters are. if you look at the 90% of americans who support universal background checks, 90%, you have clear majorities, three-fourths, two-thirds, depending on the poll, say they strongly support universal background checks. it doesn't matter what the intensity is in the 10%, because you're going to have two-thirds or three fourths of those of americans say i strongly support universal background checks. there have been other polls that say would you support someone, would you change your vote for a candidate. whether or not they support universe jam background checks. and in those polls, majority say yes, that would make a difference for me. and so i think for some reason there's this sense out the

joining me now are margie omero and james peterson. margie, let me go to you first.c pollster says it's time for democrats to go on the offensive telling "the washington post" democrats can and should engage on health care. are republicans worried about overreaching? >> well, they should be. they clearly haven't been, because they've been continuing to overreach now for years. and what they've gotten for that overreaching is historical low approval ratings for congress. the results of that overreaching is that democrats have -- the democratic party is seen more favorably than the republican party. what they've gotten for that overreaching is the tea party has historically low favorability ratings. the results of what republicans have done in overreaching is -- you see historic low trust in our government institutions. >> james, a new poll in 86 congressional districts find more people want to implement and fix the health care law than repeal or replace it. 49% want to implement and fix it while 44% want to repeal and replace. these are tough districts, but people wan

margie o'mara is a democratic pollster, hector barreto joins us also. know these protesters have been fasting for weeks. they have prayed at the offices of speaker boehner. in the real world, does something like this help to get bills passed? >> i think it brings attention to the issue and this is an important issue. we were very hopeful earlier in the year when the senate passed their bill that there was going to be more movement on this. the reality is they don't have a lot of days left in this year and they have a lot of big issues so this probably is going to be something that's going to be tackled at the beginning of the next year. >> and even if it waits until next year, there's still this argument over how to get it done. and there's the article in the national review that looks at the benefits of a step-by-step plan rather than a comprehensive bill. if you think amnesty is a good idea, argue for that on its own. if you also think congress has a responsibility to procure additional cheap labor for its billionaire benefactors, make your case for t

i want to start with margie.'ve got to wonder what these republicans do that control by 18 votes or whatever it is. they go home to their districts. they used to go home with a card. they had it in a pocket. and people say what have you been doing. the democrats would have a list. closed the government, then reopened pit that's two bills we passed. what are they going to say? >> we did nothing. don't primary me. the only thing that would give them worse ratings because they have record low approval ratings. even if they did before the holidays got through every single thing on their list of things that are still outstanding, it would still be -- you still wouldn't be able to turn around these horrible numbers. so it's not just how inefficient they are, it's also the things that they actually want to do are unpopular. >> let's look at what the speaker had. this is his big excuse. it's in the "washington post" today. blaming everything on something. he blamed on the low level accomplishment under his leadership. he

and margie, i am on record on this. think this law is working, because it is expanding coverage to people who were previously uninsured through medicare as door number one and through these exchanges on private and state and federal. doors number two, three, however much you want to count. look, i want to be fair about the facts out there, not everyone agrees with that. and look at the numbers in this new cnn poll, where you see democrats, some democrats, turning on the law. you have about half of republicans saying the aca is the president's biggest failure. no surprise. but a quarter of democrats are saying the same thing. how big a problem is it you have so many democrats now skeptical? >> i think this will be a temporary glitch. a temporary blip in the numbers. ultimately, you have a lot of people who are evaluating obamacare based on what they think of the president. and that's rooted in party identification. because they didn't have obamacare. we're not at that stage yet. so -- and health care is co complicated an

headlines for margy international turkish police fired tear gas and rubber bullets in the stone bowl dispersing protesters angry with high level corruption scandal and demanding the government's resignation. right to spy a new york judge says it is illegal for the n.s.a. to gather phone data in bulk the verdict contradicts a ruling in a different case which found n.s.a. surveillance to be unconstitutional. and as the year winds down we look back at some of the most significant stories of two thousand and thirteen among them the force feeding of hunger striking detainees in guantanamo protesting against indefinite detention. in get these stories and more at our to dot com but coming up now max and stacey will be here to take aim at a wall street the kind.

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and margy by go back to president elect. obama said that in two thousand and eight that no country should be subject to missile attacks from an outside entity which of course he was talking about gaza but the same sitting president right now drones the hell out of the world but you know what are the same words you know the international community will not stand another country firing missiles at you but the united states shoots missiles that countries all the time again as i said i think into the term international community use in the by each country i think first of all in order to advance their own national interest there is no i think doubt about it so. you want to be think backstairs on this that you think it is them on the truck is a fierce honest to use a term like that when you're just pursuing your national interest is a dishonest using that term. i think i think it's a very as i said it's a very elastic with term it has to be really defined and is that the thing is that all the country i think it's like every count

fellow of the global policy institute of london metropolitan university and in tampa we cross to margie ruff he's a day he's a political scientist and president of the international american council right gentlemen crosstalk. that means you can jump in anytime you want i very much encourage it my dad if i go to you in tampa when you hear the term the international community when politicians and evoke invoke it when western media says the international community says this or represents what it was that mean to you that's a great question peter i think you hear a lot the politician usually throughout the term international community and it's really varies the depends on the context that you're using it but from my perspective the concept international community community is really too elastic to define it but for the sake of i think our discussion and our debate there are two main you can say definitively for the international community which are you is the classical one international community includes all sovereign states all nations.

margie was there to bring you the full future clash with the police the police are holding and the way to close a camp is a dark spot on and there will be barricades and the bodies i take it down on new year's eve to guard little jean-marie borders you can trigger revisit the q twenty three jeep and outlining what to expect next joining you should know we. are and you'll join our news. can easily be with archie. a period of mourning stops in the russian city of volgograd which was hit by suicide blasts in two days claiming such a four lives and injuring dozens more. also the saddam machines are launching the n.s.a. is reportedly intercepting laptops patches online to install spy in ma where before they reach their destinations. and revelations breakthroughs on protests that was snowden spy scandal a long awaited nuclear deal with iran global rallies against thirty's and frank a look at the stories that shaped twenty thirty.

we'll have margie who is a former consultant and great to have you both here. marjorie, let me start wu. one thing that every american knows about the affordable care act that it has a lousy website that hasn't worked well. what does the president need to say to a skeptical american public? >> it is better late than never. we need to hear about the benefits to the a ca. every consumer is thinking of how is this impacting me? and one of the things that is not talked about what it is doing for the over all cost of health care. ak a or not that would sink us all. 2010, medicaid spending that is happening is dropped. medicare is static. and overall spending by health care providers has dropped in as well. it will help to control costs. >> all right. that may be down the rod. but what about today johnathon? how does he explain it and put the anxieties of so many at ease? >> he will bring a couple of people on the stage who supposedly benefitted. we are spending 2.6 trillion on the law. i hope they can find some people who benefits. but there are literally tens of mi

for a middle class person to have middle class existence like, life with margie, the 1920s movie, the life is less expensive. will prices be higher in 2014? absolutely. we will have some inflation. maybe not enough to satisfy janet yellen and she will keep her metal to the pedal. pedal to the metal, excuse me. adam: it was a long holiday. hope you enjoyed it and had some champagne. peter morici. to you as well, james. >>> money is flying around the world starting in australia where the man is selling his home for bitcoins. cliff white is so taken with the virtual currency he accepted an offer on his house from an american buyer. white who owned the home for more than a decade, plans to keep the proceeds as bitcoin because he expects its value to continue to grow. i will sell this guy a bridge in brooklyn. he originally purchased $9,000 in 2010. it is nearly worth $100,000. not a bad return. >>> in u.k. brits are going crazy over boxing day sales. seen retail stores slash prices in an event similar to our black friday in united states. shoppers rush out to stores in city centers across

and margi simpson.e's going to rally -- he says this big brother type spying and orwell's famous book 1984 is nothing compared to what's going on today. >> the conversation occurring today will determine the amount of trust we can place both in the technology that surrounds us and the government that regulates it. together we can find a better balance. end mass surveillance. and remind the government that if it really wants to know how we feel, asking is always cheaper than spying. for everyone out there listening, thank you and merry christmas. >> so carol, a very positive message from edward snowden about the world we live in today. but i think that over the years, he's obviously been a very controversial figure, and so he has gone from kind of revealing this nsa surveillance program, i think to being more of a -- >> he did tape that in russia, right? because he can't leave and russia's not exactly a place where freedom of speech flourishes and if he said anything against russia, russia probably would

host: margie is in leavenworth, kansas. caller: good morning and happy new year. i'm glad you asked this question. i think that the war on drugs succeeded greatly. they got what they wanted. capitalized punishment in our country. just like other things they are attacking. it is legal and wonderful. --they can drag up your drugged up your kids from day one. make up diseases. they can do anything. then, control the other drugs that people could get that they want. and punish them. i worked in a clinic. it was such a disgusting thing. all drugs should be decriminalized. get off people's backs. the prisons are profiting. all of these drugs are advertised on tv. it is really a shame of the money that is being made. host: thank you that it -- very much. there is a chart from the federal bureau of prisons. these are the folks who are incarcerated. and purple is for drug offenses. the sheriff of king county in we covered a hearing for him in september. here's what he had to say. [video clip] the top law enforcement official in the largest jurisdiction in the country that

by the way, twitter has elected margie scar did i no to the board. a former head of the economist group. i think a nokia director in some capacity. so a little diversity of the board. >> hewlett packard doesn't just have diversity. it's a great turn around. >> i think that's always an interesting point. we talk so much about ladies in the top office, but there you've got meg whitman and cathy lesjack and they are running that company. >> and the cfos in this country, i don't mean to be sexist or even recognize gender, but two of the best cfos in the country are women. women who are watching the show are -- or teenagers or those in your 20s, go into finance. there's jobs there. >> when we come back this morning, a live interview with ford's ceo alan mulally as the automaker unveils a new redesigned mustang for 2016. but what about his future at the company? we'll see what happens. we're going to get factory orders and draghi's presser continues. a lot more "squawk on the street" in a moment. . tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 life inspires your trading. tdd#: 1-8