. >> we'll debunk the lies with joy ann reid and martin bashir. >>> sean hannity released his evidence that the president didn't want to kill bin laden. tonight i will embarrass him again with the facts. >>> good to have you with us, thanks for watching. republicans, they screamed bloody murder about class warfare, haven't they? americans, we haven't been buying it. it's time to roll out the new war, the culture war, the past 24 hours, rick santorum fresh off the three-state win has said president obama is taking us down the road to the french revolution and guillotine. and soviet 8th is why i am. >> taking faith and crushing it, when you marginalize faith in america, when you remove the pillar of god-given rights, then what's left is the french revolution. what's left in france became the guillotine. ladies and gentlemen, we're a long way from that. but, if we do and follow the path of president obama and his overt hostility to faith in america, we're headed down that road. >> the new shiney object in the culture war is the obama administration's position on birth control. requiring h

i'm joined by msnbc host martin bashir and also msnbc political analyst richard wolffe. richard, you first tonight, please. we are in this political war of words right now as to who is at fault when it comes to gas. prices in this country. is what president obama what he needs to do -- what does he need to do right now to avoid the blame game as it being on the administration's shoulders at this point? what would be effective? >> he needs to offer solutions up. there's not a lot you can do in the short-term but there are a whole range of things that will lead to a longer term solution. and by the way, this isn't his blueprint necessarily because his predecessor had exactly the same challenges. president bush saw gas prices go up from $2 to well over $4 and went into exploring alternative energy. i toured those plants with president bush. nobody in their right mind could possibly think that president bush allowed gas prices to go up because he was an environmentalist or too tough on the oil and gas industry so the president now has to say we've been here before. there's a

martin bashir will have live coverage of that. it all starts here at 3:00 p.m. >>> outraged e jipgss are blaming police for failing to prevent a soccer vriot that killed 70 people. nbc's a man mul dean joins me from cairo. was the riot a result of the sports rivalry or politics at play? how is it being determined? >> well, thomas, we have an investigative committee. the key question is whether this was something more sinister than what it seemed to be. according to many egyptians and analysts, they think there is something underlying this violence. now as you mentioned, 74 people killed. but many people are surprised that the sudden spike of violence. yes, politics in egypt are common with sports. but the key question is, why did so many people get killed? was it a result of people rioting at the stadium with weapons planning to attack this club and fans? it's clearly something that cuts across all levels of society and politics. as you mentioned, the people here are putting the blame squarely on the shoulders of the security forc

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. >>> i'm martin bashir, coming up, adventures in sea pack land. faith where the only rule is don't be nice to democrats. >>> word of wisdom from kirk cameron. a new dnc attack dog, rick santorum. back to tamron. >>> it's been four months since the death of steve jobs. now the fbi has released its files. some paninted him as a dishones man. a lot of this reads similarly to what we saw in the biography. why was this put together? >> the first president wanted to appoint steve jobs to a board that makes recommendations to the government>8rtÑ trade polic. in early 1991, the fbi was assigned to do a background investigation. he was appointed to this advisory council, but the fbi had to talk to his friends, neighbors, coworkers. most of them were quite complimentary about him but there were some people who questioned what they said were his behaviors. some people who worked with him at other companies said, for example, one fbi summary that they questioned his honesty and said he will twist the truth and distort reality in order to achieve his goals. a

. >>> i'm martin bashir, coming up, the fight in michigan revs up. mitt romney looking vulnerable.re war ignites a t a congressional hearing. you thought rick santorum made offensive comment bs about women, wait until you hear what his money man said. back to tamron. >>> the colbert reports halt protection. sa cindy crawford puts the breaks on her beautiful daughter's modelling career. why? let's get the scoop from chris witherspoon. let's start off with the colbert report. is he okay? what's going on? >> all we know is that fans received an e-mail tuesday that were going to attend the show wednesday and thursday to not come. the show would be postponed. we don't know why they are not taping. the wall street journal put a report out saying colbert had a family emergency that made them postpone taping. >> even though they sent out the alert some fans showed up thinking they would be attending the taping as well. >> he has loyal fans. this happened twice before with comedy shows. another time when a staff member suddenly passed away. i think fans are concerned. they want that. >> the

. >>> i'm martin bashir, coming up, halftime show of strength from the president.n bet that means a republican field more desperate than ever. the candidate eager to unseat joe walsh and the political ad that will make you cringe. >>> controversy over the super bowl halftime show and controversy over what gisele sed in defense of her man. plus, your favorite super bowl ad. kim, let's start off with the super bowl halftime controversy. the singer/rapper, m.i.a. gave the middle finger to the tv screen there. i guess that's the only way to up stage madonna. >> madonna said before in her press conference when talking about her show, she promised there would be no wardrobe malfunction. she said she had been working on this so hard. you didn't expect anything like that. you didn't expect a finger malfunction. yeah, i think it's interesting that she is up staging madonna in this. it's too bad because it was such a great performance. >> there was a failure in nbc delay system. nbc says the nfl hired the talent that produced the halftime show. our system was late to obscure

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. >>> i'm martin bashir. a new attack line from newt gingrich.stamp president. now mitt romney is the food stamp candidate. millionaire mitt retreats on his lack of compassion for the poor. what's that we hear? the sound of economic recovery. now back to tamron. >>> the denver area is getting slammed with record breaking snowstorm that's dropping as much as three inches an hour. blizzard warnings are in effect for large parts of colorado. some areas under two feet of snow. mike is live on the south side of denver. it does look pretty but i know it's real mess. >> it's not exactly lake shore drive, tamron. it will do on a winter day when we haven't had much snowfalling. in denver one of few spots where they have had above average snowfall. the other that comes to mind seattle and midland, texas. i-25 traffic looking good. it wasn't much of a rush hour. i think a lot of folks threw in the towel and decided to make it a three-day weekend. schools were also closed. you can see traffic moving at about 50, 55 miles per hour. the bottom line is travel w

. >>> i'm martin bashir. rick santorum hits the books this week. satan, then a woman's right to choose, now college. yes, mr. santorum is spreading the word about the evils of education. go team. now back to the university educated tamron hall. >>> coming up at 4:00 p.m. eastern time, dylan ratigan wraps up his job tour. he's been tackling the problems facing the next generation. for college students that means massive debt and these days an uncertain job market. earlier this week the tour stopped in kentucky and also in ohio. today dylan is at the university of chicago. good to see you. >> nice to see you. they're all asking for you. >> i'll be there to visit soon. let me ask you, when we were, we're probably about the same age, out of school and the prospects were tough. people say go into engineering, certain things were foolproof occupation. describe to me what students are saying now. how they feel about this climate despite the numbers? >> when you talk to individual students. this is the inspiring thing about young people in this country, th

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i'm martin bashir.licans and congress railing about? no wonder their approval has hit a new low once again. plus mitt begs the question. where's the laugh? tamron, where's the laugh? now back to you. >> i don't know where the love is, but ellen says she's found the haters and said they will motivate her. that is ellen responding to some criticism. simon cowell explains the shake-up at the x factor". why did he dump paula. >>> and singer adele is being criticized by a fashion icon over her weight. let's get the scoop from brian bagging that czar from pop goes the week. come. ellen and this controversy, a lot of people were not aware of it. she's the jcpenney spokesperson. >> an organization called 1 million moms tried to mobilize a boycott. they released a statement, and i'd love to -- ellen is reacting. they said by jumping on the pro-gay bandwagon, jcpenney is attempting to taken a new target market and in the process will lose customers with traditional values that have been faithful to them over all

reverend jesse jackson prompted by msnbc host martin bashir, has linked republican rhetoric with potentialiolence against president obama. jackson referred to arizona governor jan brewer's recent finger pointing and south carolina congressman joe wilson's you lied yell during a speech three years ago. jackson asserted the president is being demonized. >> we've seen what demonization can do when somebody feels you must get the demon out of the way. and so i don't disassociate these name calling and labels from an ak 747 shooting in the house and hit a window. someone could have been shot and killed. these are very dangerous times and these tones, fit the climate. >> the obama administration is trying to portray the president as running against a do nothing congress in this election year. however, house speaker john boehner's office notes at least four new proposals from president obama after the state of the union address, to spur job growth and grow small business have already passed the house and await senate approval. president obama wants to expand many stock offering a limits. the hous

and richard and steve, that is all for "now," i'll see you back here tomorrow when i'm joined by martin bashir bates, until then, follow us on twitter, happy mardi gras andrea. coming up, holy wars, santorum slams the president's faith again, what he said and what role does a candidates can religion play in politics, we have our guests to talk bit and the supreme court takes up affirmative action. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports" a matter of faith, first it was phone if i theology and now the jeremiah wright issue. >> went to reverend wright's church for 20 years, it's a christian church, he said he is a christian. look, i'm not going question the president, what the president believes in what it comes to his faith. >> while franklin graham, on morning joe today questioned the president's religious beliefs as well. >> so therefore by your definition, he is not a christian. >> you have to ask him. >> you do not

is this the martin bashir show or saturday night live.00 fewer people showed up at the nevada caucuses this year than last year, it tells you that the base is unenthusiastic and maybe even demoralized. if they don't see anyone out there, not anyone who gets enough enthusiasm for them to leave their home, that doesn't say -- it says people have made up their minds, but it means they have made up their minds to stay at home. >> finally, i want to ask both of you, a super bowl ad by a senator is causing quite a stir for using every asian stereo type you can think of. more of the same from the republican play book. krstal what's your response? >> it's very desperate. they are trying to play on the worst angels of americans, fear. that's ail they've got. >> john? >> i'm just shaking my head. when i first heard about it and saw it, i thought it was so low that it was something that could have been from "mad tv" where they push every button, every stereo type. someone who wants to be sent to washington as a senator representing everyone in state

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. >>> i'm martin bashir, foster friess getting the cold shoulder for his contraception remark.alls it a joke but hardly anyone is laughing. mitt says michigan is his to-win. president obama finishes up his west coast swing. we'll take you there live. back to tamron. >>> right now the private viewing for whitney houston is underway. the funeral will be held tomorrow. the queen of soul, aretha franklin will perform at the service. fra she spoke to al roker about her god daughter's final days. >> i was sitting on the side of the bed. i just finished watching george clooney and i flipped back to the regular tv and maybe two minutes after i did that it came across the screen. >> we have some sad breaking news, singer whitney houston is dead. >> i just jumped up off the side of the bed. what? this could not be. what is this? i said oh, my god. that's not good. >> somebody said she was doing well. she was on the verge of a comeback. >> i thought so. she really looked good. e saw some of the previews from "sparkle". she looked fresh and healthy and gorgeous. i thought she conquered her