the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. chairman. i would just ask our colleagues to take a look at the latest analysis put forward by our own budget office, the referees here. what they tell us is half of the deficit in this year is a result of the fact that millions of americans are still looking for work. three quarters of the projected deficit next year is for the very reason which is why we get to the heart of the issue by going after the jobs deficit and then reducing the deficit in a balanced manner over a long period of time. the issue isn't whether we reduce our deficits dramatically, it's how we do it. we call for a balanced approach that, yes, asks the very wealthy people to get rid of some of their special interest tax breaks which our republican colleagues concede they have but get rid of them in part to reduce the deficit. our colleagues refuse to take one penny from closing tax loopholes, not one, to help reduce the deficit. they'll only do that to help finance tax breaks for higher

host: hite is no, maryland. democrats' line. dee is online -- hyattsvilee, maryland.aller: donna, i hope you do take up the issue of the infrastructure because the bridges are falling and everything. my daughter just got laid off yesterday, and she is in crystal city and the building i worked in in rockville, maryland, across the hall they had a lot of contractors for defense and a lot of them moved out the building or either got laid off january 31. the end of january, they left our building. so, a lot of people who have property in the area who have tenants, they are going to be losing out, too, because they serve as defense and other areas. host: thank you so much for your comments and your perspective. i am sorry to hear that your daughter was laid off. but that is the ripple effect through the economy with these kinds of drastic cuts. in fact, for some of our agencies, and for some military facilities out across the country, an entire economy survives on it -- coffeeshops, dry cleaners, all of those residual small businesses that cater to the facilities. and so,

the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: i thank you, mr. chairman. i would just point out to my colleagues that the affordable care act with the reforms it made to medicare, we extended the life of the medicare trust fund as part of that effort going forward. i would be happy to yield. mr. ryan: does that mean there is no money going to fund obamacare and there is a hole in the funding of obamacare? mr. van hollen: in your budget we will help reduce the deficit by whatever amount it was. but what we do not do in our budget is fund tax breaks for folks at the very top by raising them on folks in the middle. listen, let me just one other thing here, mr. chairman. we have had four balanced budgets in the last 40 years. wasn't under president reagan or the first president bush or the second president bush, but 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001. under president clinton and then president bush came in and did a big tax cut in 2001. put us out of balance for a long period of time. and during the period of time when the budget

much of maryland, now, coastal maryland and delaware, rain and some of it is moving into cape may, newut plenty cold i-95 north and west up through southern pennsylvania, it's snowing and snowing pretty good and it's going to stick on the roads. telts dipped down to 33 even in d.c. at the airport so again thinking about 1 to 3, baltimore and d.c., higher totals are found in the ohio valley. a lot of that is already on the ground. >> what a day it's going to be. >> travel trouble. >>> just ahead, robert redford could join forces with a superhero. [ kitt ] you know what's impressive? a talking car. but i'll tell you what impresses me. a talking train. this ge locomotive can tell you exactly where it is, what it's carrying, while using less fuel. delivering whatever the world needs, when it needs it. ♪ after all, what's the point of talking if you don't have something important to say? ♪ [ sneezes ] [ sniffles ] [ female announcer ] for everything your face has to face. face it with puffs facial tissues. puffs has air-fluffed pillows for 40% more cushiony thickness. face every day with pu

>> yes, her family was from maryland and her father was born in maryland, which is very important because that's how she makes her claim that no, i am an american. i might have been born in london, but my father is an american. i'm very much an american. her uncle was the first governor of maryland. so she has an important connection with maryland and actually is able to use those once she is campaigning to get maryland to vote for john quincy in the 1824 election. >> how about the second question, which is how involved was she really in the politics of the time. >> you know, it's always been murky. there is no clear line between social politicking and the process leading to x number of votes being cast on the floor of the house. in this city, they have always overlapped. one of the great skills, in some ways it began with dolly madison who understand that more could be achieved out of a committee room off the floor of the house in a social setting. and in that sense, louisa catherine is a politically attuned figure. i don't think you would find her dictating a platform or like, say, bett

. >> they lost twice to them this year. >> maryland's beaten them two timed solidly.e yesterday laid an egg, knocks them out of the tournament after one round they're sitting at home. the positive is duke has a weak to rest. maryland needs to win the acc tournament or make it to the finals if they want a shot at making it to the big dance, they play north carolina later today, the winner of that game goes to the acc finals. >> that won't be easy. >> we did have a big east game yesterday, georgetown, syracuse, they've played each other for decades, final game in the big east because syracuse is jumping ship next year to the acc, of course this game went into overtime, syracuse won in overtime so they play louisville tonight. in my humble opinion, best dunk of the conference tournament so far, this guy has been great all season, vickor oladipo, he's a big ten defensive player of the year, he's very good with the rock as well, indiana moves on today to play wisconsin, in the end a lot of teams saying they could win the national championship. this year as opposed to last

in maryland? do you know of them? >> her family was from maryland. her father was born in maryland. that is very important because that is how she makes her claim that she is an american. i met the war in london, but my father is an american. her uncle was the first governor of maryland. so, she has an important connection with maryland. she was able to use those when campaigning to get maryland to vote for john quincy adams the 1820 four election. >> how about the second question -- how involved was she in the politics of the time? >> it has always been murky. there is no clear why between social politicking and the number ofading to x votes being cast. begin the great skills with dolly madison, who understood that more could be achieved out of the committee room, off the floor of the house, in a social setting. louisa catherine is politically and attuned figure. i don't think you would find her dick dating a platform -- dictating a platform. john quincy was 100 years ahead of his time. famously, in his first message to congress, -- remember this is a man whose legitimacy had unque

the storm is moving through the ohio valley, now hitting maryland, d.c. and maryland. we've picked up as much as three to four inches in some areas of maryland. that's pushing into philadelphia and new jersey. the storm will be gone by tomorrow. indianapolis and columbus, around six inches there. d.c. will probably end up with two to four. same with maryland. philadelphia and new york city, a little less. one to two inches. big, huge airports get enough delays, it will ripple across the country. it's kind of calm in the west. there is a storm coming on shore over the next 24 hours in the west. but it's mostly just going to bring clouds. there's not a lot of rain with it. we'll keep the showers out of the forecast. temperatures not bad. upper 50s to low 60s from seattle to l.a., 67. not a bad spring day. that's a? >>> mid-70s, huh? >> yeah. otherwise a day of superlatives in the east, right? >> i think i've been wearing my coat for, like, six months. >> exactly. it might be eight months the way things are going. >>> are republicans considering cashing in on the gay marr

that's counting maryland, the state i'm in steerchghts now, while your case is compelling, let's ignorefor a moment because -- [laughter] -- the facts 6 your case will prejudice the jury. [laughter] how can you get rid of the death penalty completely? it is a known deterrent because everyone who kills someone thinks ahead of time i wonder what will happen to me if i get caught. why do you want to get rid of it? >> as i know, and i work for an organization called witness to innocence. i'm the advocacy director for them. we've found 142 exonerated death row surrifors in the -- survivors in the united states. >> stephen: they were on death row and exonerated through the use of dna? >> not all of them but through other mans. people falsely confessed to crimes. >> stephen: do you mean witness identification problems? >> i'll give you an example. in my case it was -- they said the person was six foot five, curly blonde hair, tan skin and skinny. when we finally caught the real perpetrator of the crime some years later was five foot six and 160. >> stephen: no way he just lost weight and heigh

schools are closed in indiana, west virginia, virginia and now even maryland. thousands of flights have been canceled, mostly out of chicago and baltimore and washington, d.c. >>> speaking of washington, d.c., they're calling this snowstorm the snowquester. that's what happens when you let a geek in a cubicle name a snowstorm. let me show you the storm this morning. interstate 81 through virginia, wrest virginia, northern maryland is difficult to travel on. none on the ground yet in washington, d.c. and baltimore, but the worst of it will be as we go throughout the late morning and early this afternoon. along the coastal areas just dealing with rain for maryland, new jersey and new york city. i'll pinpoint snow totals for you and travel impacts later in the show. >>> even though many americans are still feeling the impact of the 2008 financial crisis, wall street is feeling no such pain. yesterday the dow finished at an all-time high, breaking the record set back in october of 2007. this year alone the dow is up 8.8%. for more on the bull market and whether it'

we want to get to steve centanni who is in hagerstown, maryland.ituation on the roads now? it looks better. >> it was s. a little bit better it was a nightmare this morning. let me tell you. folks around here wondering whatever happened to springtime. i'm standing right by i-70 which this storm pretty much followed from west to east over the past several days. take a look at the traffic situation right now. not too bad as i said. but the storm began in colorado, came all the way across illinois. missouri, parts of ohio and now the east coast. kind of like a long haul trucker carrying a load of weather trouble. right here in the d.c. area, western maryland, schools had to be closed. there were a rash of traffic accidents. and a scattering of power outages. but maryland state police here say things could have been worse. listen. >> this particular storm came in quickly. fortunately we got the good media coverage and alerted everybody about it they saw the problems that were in the midwest. traffic today on the interstates is much lighter than it norm

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maryland nose ben cardon and he has this reputation on the hill and in maryland as an incredibly hard worker, who knows -- you saw it here, asking about the post office. you can't stop the guy. right? he knows all of the details. so that's the kind of bern that we used to elect. >> ben cardon delivers the mail. so does john nichols. we will be right back here on the "full-court press." >> this is "the bill press show." [ music ] democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. hershey's simple pleasures chocolate. 30% less fat, 100% delicious. current tv is the place for true stories. with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines. real, gripping, current. documentaries... on current tv. [ music ] >> heard around the country and seen on current tv this is "the bill press show." >> bill: all right. we don't have any more smoke to report. >> no spoke >> bill: we have our eyes on the smokec

president, i want to thank the senator from maryland. first of all, let me just say it is truly a pleasure to be on the floor with the chairman of the appropriations committee and i just remember senator, when you and i were here back in 1992 and it was the year of the woman, and now here we are managing these really critical bills. ms. mikulski part of the critical framework for the united states. mrs. murray: making sure they have the research and investment they need for their health care and so many transportation infrastructure projects that allowed them to go to work and raise their families in a responsible way and i really, really respect and admire the work you're trying to do right now on a very difficult, challenging budget c.r. that no one wishes looks like it does but we recognize the reality of the task you've been given and you're just managing it in the best way possible. to answer your question, i would tell the senator that we are in a very short time frame. our budget committee will proceed through the amendment proces

why does there need to be an airport in frederick, maryland? >> well, one of the reasons that we have an airport is for economic growth. we have a number of corporate entities that fly into our airport and then head down to d.c. the tower provided an extra level of safety to allow those corporate jets to come in. without the tower, we're going to probably start seeing a decrease in that jet activity and that's how our airport makes revenue, the sale of fuel. >> diana, your airport is key to the aerial fire fighting aircraft that protect 1.7 million acres of land susceptible to fire. without the control tower, can this fire fighting continue? >> well, the firefighters will stay, but the problem is you got an airport, an airport that in 1995 there was a midair collision between two u.s. forest service planes that killed three people. that was the motivation by building the tower, and getting the tower staffed by the faa. this is a foolish move by the faa and the federal government. and it is a great example of how the feds can't get the budget ac

hamptton pearson is live in maryland. >> reporter: you know it took fredrick, maryland about ten years to get federal money to build the brand new control tower behind me. now just ten months after it opened it is a budget cut casualty. less than a year after it opened the $85 million air traffic control tower at the fredrick, maryland airport is now a casualty of the automatic sequester budget cuts. >> in 2010 the federal government awarded us $5.3 million to construct the air traffic control tower because it was needed for safety. and then fast forward to 2013 and now they are saying it is not needed for safety so it truly is the world of mixed messages. >> reporter: the faa announced it is closing 149 airport control towers as part of an overall plan to save $637 million. aviation advocates argue the faa is putting dollars ahead of safety. >> the reason the towers are here is safety and to help the efficiency of flight operations. >> reporter: airports like this one will remain open but without the air traffic controllers it will be up to the pilots themselves to sequence their take

katy tur, nbc news, westminster, maryland. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. lester holt reporting from new york. for all of us here at nbc news, good night. >> announcer: nbc bay area news starts now. >>> right now at 6:00, a trip home for spring break college student ends in death. he was gunned down in the bay area. tonight, what investigators say led up to the shooting. also -- >> it's really important that the guys from the area give the ultimate sacrifice in vietnam. >> it's called the sons of san jose. a new memorial that drew a crowd today. >>> spring showers could affect your plans for easter sunday. >> good evening. i'm terry dwyer. >>> police are looking for a person who shot and killed a 19-year-old student. it happened on 24th and bryant street. kimberly terry is there with more for us tonight. kimberly? >> reporter: diane, that young man was shot right in front of his home and his family tells us tonight that it was his father who heard the gunfire and went downstairs to find his son. he was taken to the hospital where he later died. his family h

but first let's bring in our brianna keilar who is at the conference in maryland. so, brianna, this is romney's first speech. highly anticipated. >> reporter: highly anticipated his first major speech, fredricka, since his loss in november. we saw him give an interview recently to fox news channel. but as you can imagine it's very different i think sitting down one-on-one with someone versus being here in an auditorium of so many people, literally could be thousands of people watching him here in national harbor, maryland. we're told by a source familiar with what he's going to say that his comments will be personal and that they will be forward looking. obviously his campaign -- he and his campaign weathered a whole lot of criticism for the loss in november. so it will be really interesting to see how he deals with that. because the theme of this whole conference even though we're seeing a little looking back with mitt romney being a speaker and sarah palin being a speaker tomorrow, the whole idea is conserve etism and specifically the future of the republican par

the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: thank you very much, madam president. i'd like to comment on the remarks by our colleague from connecticut, senator blumenthal, who has just spoken. senator blumenthal, we in maryland want to once again express our condolences to the people of newtown. we've lost people in gun violence, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing like you did, but we have it there. and most recently when one of our high schools opened up, a young man who really needed mental health help came into a high school and shot one of our young men was shot. fortunately, he survived. he's an intellectually challenged young man, full of spunk. he's made an honorary raven,, lady gaga who is his favorite even sent him cds. we've got to deal with this issue. we've got to deal with guns and i agree with the n.r.a., we've got to deal with mental health but we have to put mental nelt the federal checkbook so we can train the professionals, do the research, know we're doing the right thing. one of the fathers from th

in maryland? do you know of them? >> her family was from maryland. her father was born in maryland. that is very important because that is how she makes her claim that she is an american. i met the war in london, but my father is an american. her uncle was the first governor of maryland. so, she has an important connection with maryland. she was able to use those when campaigning to get maryland to vote for john quincy adams the 1820 four election. >> how about the second question, how involved was she in the politics of the time? >> it has always been murky. there is no clear why between social politicking and the process leading to x number of votes being cast. one of the great skills begin with dolly madison, who understood that more could be achieved out of the committee room, off the floor of the house, in a social setting. louisa catherine is politically and attuned figure. i don't think you would find her dictating a platform. john quincy was 100 years ahead of his time. famously, in his first message to congress, -- remember this is a man whose legitimacy had been questioned

host: bel air, maryland, democrat line. jim, good morning.r: i heard the lady call from maryland and other people talk about keeping firearms in armories. to me, the meaning of the second amendment is home and self- defense against a terrorist-type government. i live in a rural area. i do not know who they think they are going to call if someone breaks in their home or threatens their life. the police will not be there in two seconds. to me, my firearms in my home or my self protection. maryland is trying to pass the flaws that make no sense at all and it mostly is posturing because our governor o'malley wants to run for president and let me ask you two a question. do you have guns in your homes on the or what protection do you have? , are youy with us, jim a member of any gun advocacy groups like the nra? caller: for years to read am a member of national rifle. we have background checks. i have no problem with background checks, but now maryland wants to fingerprint you. i do not understand where that is going. they want me to register my fi

near as i can tell, it's been hanging out in maryland at the cpac conference.inkets, stand with rand posters. not necessarily an endorsement. >> i'm still twitching, so you know, three days after at cpac. but rand paul had an entire campaign going on. this did not happen by accident. >> here's what i want to do. two sound bites from this week, two different visions of the road ahead. let's play that and get some reaction. >> we don't need a new idea. there is an idea. the idea is called american, and it still works. >> the gop of old has grown stale and moss covered. i don't think we need to name any names. do we? >> one of the things he means i think, senator mccain, or picked a fight with hawks in the republican party. what does it say about who's the face right now? what does it mean to be a conservative in the party right now? >> i don't think we know. i think that we learned something in these last three days, is that you can see it one of two ways. there's a very healthy debate going on or the conservatives are suffering from multiple personality disorder

several were from maryland who were also members of the team and the assistant coach is also from maryland. the assistant coach, kristin santafalopi, is also from maryland. this happened in cumberland county. we're now waiting the details. but it is a very sad day that this promising young woman with the world ahead of her, who by all accounts was not only an athlete and who could teach athletics but that she was an inspirational leader that girls -- you know, they're young women -- just loved her and, you know, la crosse is a tough sport to play, and there they were. they were on their way to a great game. seton hill is a great college, a catholic college. there was excitement on the bus, anticipation. and we're sorry about this terrible, terrible tragedy. and, again, here we extend our heartfelt condolences to her parents, who live in baltimore, and to her husband, who lives in the seton hill campus. in addition to that, because each one had a story, was my own pal and good friend larry symms. larry symms, as i said, was a great marylander. his official name was lawrence symms sr., and h

he has accepted guilt but makes no apologies for what he did at a pretrial hearing on a maryland military base u.s. army private bradley manning admitted to sharing u.s. classified documents and videos with we say that he believes the american public have the right to know the true cost of war the twenty five year old pleaded guilty to ten of twenty two charges before reading

the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: i would really like to compliment the senator from south dakota for his excellent job on this as the chairman of the subcommittee on military construction v.a. he has worked steadfastly to bring this bill up. we are in agreement with the house. and i just want to give a sense of urgency why this has to happen. in this bill, thanks to the leadership provided here, it increases funding to improve and accelerate claims processing through increased staff, business processes and enhancements. mr. president, that kind of sounds bloodless and technocratic, but i stand before you today to tell you we have a claims processing crisis for our veterans, particularly in the area of applying for disability benefits. and i hate to tell you that baltimore has one of the worst records. there are many reasons for that. it wasn't my fault. but we have let the infrastructure deteriorate, staffing issues, and the incredible number of our men and women coming back from the longest war we have fou

. >>> a major gathering of conservatives in maryland. it's the conservative political action conference. >> it's the conference where conservatives layout the ground work for the future, and this year they have their work cut out for them. who do they turn to for advice? how about mitt romney? >> we need the leadership and the ideas of the governors, and we need to hear from the governors from the blue and purple states. people like mcdonnell, and scott walker, and casic, and brian sandoval, these are the people we have to listen to and make sure their message is heard loud and clear across the country. >> sure distinguished list, and interesting thing about the list, bob mcdonnell and chris christi were not invited to c-pack. >>> and then an attack on gun control advocates, but we start with his take on crime control. >> the one thing a violent rapist deserves to face is a good woman with a gun. you know, they can call me crazy or anything else they want, but nra's nearly 5 million members, and america's 100 million gun owners will not

a single worker her maryland factory does the work of 10 in china. >> that is the only reason we can actually bring jobs here is highly automated. >> reporter: how would you compare the productivity of american and chinese workers? >> my chinese staff are more willing to do whatever it takes, but american workers are more thoughtful. they will give me comment about the product. they will tell me what's working and what's not. >> reporter: and she says there's another big advantage to coming home. do you take pride in the fact that these candles are now madedl here in the u.s.a.? >> huge. we're shipping those to china. that's the most profound happiness i find. >> reporter: her marylandor factory now has about 60 employees and she plans to add 15-20 more in the coming months to satisfy growing demand for her "made in america" candles all around world. chip reid, cbs news, glen burney, maryland. >> axelrod: later, evidence that burn pits in iraq and afghanistan put the health of u.s. soldiers at risk. yankee closure mariano rivera says this is the season that will close his career. and

the beauty of spring meet winter's wrath here in potomac, maryland. it's basically been coming down pretty steady. ever since we got here we've been kind of doing this unscientific test. christine of how much snow is gathering using my finger as a ruler. we're guessing about three inches right now. because my finger sticks down pretty deep up in there. again, this is the really kind of dry stuff that's sticking together pretty easily. just to give you a sense of where we are, we're on i-270. this is a main artery into the nation's capital into washington, d.c. folks from as far west as west virginia, north of pennsylvania. this right here, we're expecting it to be a serious mess with all of the snow on the highway. you can see in the distance there, a lot of red lights, a lot of cars braking, suggesting that there's a little bit of traffic stuff going on up there. also, christine, another concern, snow hanging onto the trees. just want to show you this. you can see how the snow is pretty much just hanging on these branches. some of it is actually poun

and close by is maryland where i live. where are you, maryland? i know maryland is in the house.aight allied organizations like mine, individuals, opinion leaders, politicians, families of all shapes and sizes. i've got to policy. let's look at these beautiful families. [cheers and applause] let's look at the beautiful families. parents, friends, coworkers from kansas to kentucky, new york to nevada. what is new york? i know you are in the house. right on. we are all witnesses to an active participants in american history today. so let's get this party started. [cheers and applause] >> let's get it started. all right, let's kick it off. this program that we're taking off today is so special. in front of this monumental building in the heart of the most powerful city in the world, and most importantly, i really want to take a moment to pause before we get to introducing our speakers, to thank you, to thank everyone for coming out on this wonderful day. and i want to also take a moment to thank ellen. we have come, we have some true american heroes that have come here today to cele

maryland is very close. i happen to be a citizen, resident of maryland. next it could be introduced to abolish the death penalty but to use the savings from what the state spends on maintaining a flawed death penalty system to invest in programs to support the others loved ones. there's a big tie-in between the money we spend on a system that doesn't deter others, that doesn't keep us any safer, that costs a lot of money. it could be put into helping the dems, maybe put it more police protection, going after criminals on the street. .. >> increase security at every stage. this is the one issue that the court system really, really wants to get right. so the appeals, you know, move on and on and on. when you compare the cost of keeping somebody in prison for life versus executing them, the studies that i have seen, $2 million to a capital case to proceed with an execution, and that is whether an execution is actually imposed not. often you have these guys sitting on death row and guiltily they are exaggerated or for whatever reason are not executed a we sti

there hasn't been an execution of a prisoner in maryland since 2005.ll the death penalty in maryland itself may be all but dead. the maryland house voted 82-56 on march 15th to repeal and replace it with penalty of life without parole. the maryland state senate passed the bull a few weeks ago so all that's left is the signature of democratic governor martin o'malley who promised to sign it into law at the end of the session on april 8th. writing in an op-ed governor o'malley wrote that capital punishment is expensive an the evidence tells us it does not work as a deterrent. he cited the most recent fbi statistics that showed in 2011, the murder rate in states that kill their own prisoners exceeded the rate in states prohibited from killing prisoners. that is simply what it is, right? a state killing its own prisoners who you remember are people and sometimes those people are, in fact, innocent. a maryland man was almost among those innocent victims until he became the first american on death row to be exonerated by dna evidence. this is how kirk blood

the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: i thank you, mr. chairman, i yield two minutes to the ranking member of the commall business committee who recognizes how important it is to keep our economy moving forward, not backwards. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. velazquez: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise in strong opposition to this ill-conceived budget. for working families this tax of uld mean a $2,000 making it harder for families to aed for rent and put food on the table. the dwmplet o.p. plan also shortchanges seniors, ending medicare in 10 years, equally problematic, the affordable care act will be repealed, reducing health care assistance to 176,000 families in my district and preventing 68,000 young people in my part of new york from staying on their parents' insurance. we can also expect our economy to take a hit. with two million jobs vanishing next year alone. is this what we need to get this economy growing again? and for small businesses, this budget will mean losses. 16,000 small firms in

host: john in maryland. republican caller.ront page of "the new york times" has the story about when the bill was signed into law by president clinton in 1996. peter baker writes -- it says, the source of tension with friends, advisors, and gay rights supporters. inside the piece in "the new york times," peter baker goes on to write that in 2004, when 11 states put measures against same-sex marriage on the ballot, mr. clinton probably advise john kerry to endorse a constitutional ban, including -- accordance in the history of the campaign but a spokesman called the account completely false. let's go to jim in melrose, massachusetts. democratic caller. jim, you are up next. what are your thoughts about same-sex marriage and the court taking of the case? caller: my premise and my conclusion and i will try to be brief. my religious views, what the good lord has taught us, he loves everyone unconditionally so why should i be unkind to gays? as to marriage, i would not change the law as existing in many states as only between man a

obama arrived at joint andrews in maryland, j >>> president obama is back home. he arrived in maryland a few hours ago after visiting idrail, the west bank -- israel, the west bank, and jordan. but it wasn't all business. the president managed to do some history-minute sight-seeing before he left. >> reporter: president obama, the tourist, walked through the ancient city of petra in jordan. >> spectacular. >> reporter: in iman, he met with king abdullah, and announced he's working to deliver an additional $200 million in aid to help jordan care for the more than 460,000 refugees. >> the sight of children and women being slaughtered that we've seen so much i think has to compel all of us to say what more can we do? >> reporter: president obama spent the first three days of his mid-east visit here in israel. he reaffirmed his commitment to the country's security and sat down through several meetings with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> reporter: president obama also used a speech to israeli students to make a direct appeal to peace with the palestinians. an i

can tear a person down or build him back up, as steve hartman found "on the road," in columbia, marylande bedroom light fool you. inside this home and too many others like it in america, it can get pretty dark. >> there are a lot of kids out there that suffer from depression and anxiety. >> reporter: not many are willing to talk about it on national television. >> not many are willing to talk about it, period. >> reporter: noah brockelbank is a 7th grader from columbia, maryland. he is okay with people calling him depressed mainly because over the past couple of years, he has been called worse. >> like fat, ugly, annoying, loser. saying sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me, i really don't think that, uhm, that really applies. >> reporter: noah's mother karen says the bullying combined with the underlying depression ultimately led to the night of january 26th. >> it's so scary. you just want to save him, you know? >> reporter: that night, her son posted a clear warning on the internet, a picture of his arm all cut up and a note that read, "day of scheduled sui

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i'm going to go to chris in maryland. chris?caller: boo-yah, cramer, from snowy maryland. >> yeah, i saw al roker today on the "today" show. holy cow, it's heavy, wet snow. what's up? >> reporter: than >> caller: thanks for having me. love your show. >> thank you. >> caller: i like yelp. i liked it back in 2007 when the smartest guys at our college went to work for them. they're going to graduate school, and i also like how yelp is working with the theory applications. after the disappointing earnings report and the possible future market share lost if facebook and google. what's your take on the stock now? >> i think you've analyzed it correctly, chris. i think i'm concerned about the competition coming in and yelping yelp. that said, look, a lot of people do like the site, you figure out where it's the best restaurant. but i think that the google, i think facebook's got a good product coming in and i would be scared of the facebook application, that's the one i would be most concerned about if i were yelp. let's go to carol ag

the death penalty debate in this country is coming to a head again with maryland saying it doesn't want to kill its inmates anymore the same legislator booted to abolish the death penalty and a loss currently on governor melis desk awaiting a signature. would be the eighteenth state to abolish the death penalty take a look at this map all the states in red have the death penalty the ones in white dove who says the united states iran north korea saudi arabia he says we can agree on anything one common link they all still practiced executions here's another map for you all of these countries use the death penalty the world's top executioners in two thousand and eleven were china but more than a thousand kills followed by iran with three sixty saudi arabia with eighty two iraq with sixty eight the us with forty three yemen forty one and finally north korea with a mere thirty death penalty kills. the offenses that equate death vary remarkably from country to country and well let's face it there are a lot of justifications countries used to kill criminals for instance being a homosexual in t