bob mcdonnell voted no on that. by 2009 when he was running against a democrat for of the state, he referenced thesis in an interview, not previously discussed. when he brought up during the campaign that sent "the washington post" to the school to go to the school's library to look up thesis he mentioned on the campaign trial. in the resulting hulabaloo over the evil of women having jobs, in this is thesis, he promised he did not hold those views anymore. for example he told reporters when he was running for governor now he no longer believed that government should discriminate on the basis of sexual or yen tax. he no longer believed government should ban contraceptions. bob mcdonnell got elected governor. one of the first acts to make discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation legal in the state of virginia. he just said he didn't believe that, he said that before the election, one of the first things he did right after he got elected. we covered it at the time. the new governor, mcdonnell in the first mont

these anonymous virginia officials close to the discussions in bob mcdonnell's office say that bob mcdonnell and virginia republicans are changing their minds now in having an emergency meeting to figure out what they will do because they had no idea, they did not realize that their legislation was requiring forced vaginal probes. they didn't know. the whole reason the national media, us included, freaked out about the bill in the first place? it's not -- there wasn't a freak out when it was originally introduced, there was a freak out when virginia democrats explicitly made the republicans who supported this bill spell out in no uncertain terms that their new law would definitely, specifically deliberately require the kind of ultrasound that is not the one that looks like this. but rather is the one that looks like this. virginia democrat david englin put forward an amendment which is the whole reason this got national attention. he put forward an amendment in virginia that said essentially, come on now, you can't just require a vaginal probe without a woman's consent. that cannot possibly

we did call lil' governor mcdonnell's office to set something up. thought we were going to get him as a guest. apparently he did not mean it. governor mcdonnell you shouldn't have said you weren't afraid to do something if you were actually afraid to do it. already not just around the country but around the world, this one's from australia, around the world, the first phrase that pops into people's heads when they see you is transvaginal ultrasound. i cannot possibly make that worse for you, governor. you did that on your own. let's talk about it like you said you would. until then i will keep report g ing on the mess you're in. like i'm going to do in the next segment of this show. don't ab frayed, you said you'd do it, come on. [ male announcer ] we know you don't wait until the end of the quarter to think about your money... ♪ ...that right now, you want to know where you are, and where you'd like to be. we know you'd like to see the same information your advisor does so you can get a deeper understanding of what's going on with your portfolio. w

unfortunately for bob mcdonnells that was a democrat, mr.ker have you had by politico.com alongside three inches away from a maryland's governor, martin o'malley. we are used to sharp political rhetoric in the abstract, this scene is rare in our politics. governor o'malley delivering what turned out to be a screed on everything wrong with his politics while he was three inches away visibly skirming the hole time. >> i would also dare to predict in virginia, where they have seen what happens when you put republicans totally in charge, the legislature has taken a hard right turn and that is exactly the sort of overreach they saw in wisconsin, which has a 49th worst job creation rate, the sort of overreach they saw in ohio, which has the 30th worst job creation rate, and also what they have seen in florida which has the 45th worse job creation rate. you vote for republicans and they take a hard right turn outlawing gay relationship, women's rights, unions, throwing all sort of social wedge issues when what people care is about jobs and economy.

up to vote against bob mcdonnell. the bill in question is one of anti-abortion measures the republican legislature and governor bob mcdonnell are pursuing now that they have complete control of virginia state government. their ultrasound bill would force women seeking an abortion in virginia to under go a medically unnecessary internal vaginal probe and submit to a waiting period thereafter. the virginian pilot newspaper explained how it will work and what it will mean for virginia women. quoting "in order to satisfy the goals of the legislation which includes requirement that a doctor determine the gestational age of the pregnancy, a trans vaginal ultrasound may be the only reliable course. under any other circumstances, forcing an unwilling person to submit to a vaginal probing would be a violation beyond imagining. requiring a doctor to commit an act when medically unnecessary and submit to arbitrary waiting period is demand an be a r abrogation of medical ethics." our next guest would ask a woman's consent before

. >> you were with mcdonnell. it wasn't even mcdonnell douglas at the time. it was mcdonnell aircraft corporation. what was your first job for them here? >> now that was -- again, i was the -- we had an interesting thing. i was supposed to be responsible for the pad operations for the spacecraft. you will realize throughout my active career i had very little to do with the boosters or the rockets itself. in other words, i knew the basic fundamentals of it but i had no input as to what they did, how they did or when they did. essentially i was responsible for the spacecraft preparations for launch. in other words, once the spacecraft hit the cape, then we had to coordinate who wants to do what or who must do what from the time it got here until we launched it. >> this was mercury. >> this was mercury. same thing went on with gemini. that was my job to go ahead and coordinate all these efforts. so in the beginning then i worked with the -- i interface with dr. davis. we were doing something that hasn't been done before. that was essentially my job to shepherd t

virginia governor bob mcdonnell is feeling the heat. the state of virginia was poised to pass one of the most extreme pieces of anti-abortion legislation this country has ever seen. a bill some called state-sponsored rape. a bill that could force women seeking abortions to undergo physically invasive ultrasounds, even if they didn't want it. even if their doctor didn't request it. as recently as last week, governor bob mcdonnell signaled he'd sign it. last month, he praised him. >> i actually was the original sponsor of that bill about ten years ago to give a woman the right to know all the information before she makes the choice. i think it gives full information. an ultrasound is used -- it's modern technology, the costs have been driven down. to be able to have that information before making what most people would say is a very important, serious life-changing decision, i think is appropriate. >> so last month, he thought it was appropriate. and just this week, republican delegate ben cline said, quote, the governor is strongly pro-l

today, 2012 politics from the state side with two leading governors, virginia republican bob mcdonnell and maryland democrat martin o'malley. and then if they had to, could poor conservative s core conservatives learn to love mitt? >>> you, the economy and the election with alex riff lin, douglas holt aiken and ron brownstein. >>> and then israel, iran and the u.s., what we know with house intelligence chairman mike rogers. i'm candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." a gallup poll shows president obama beating every republican comer except one, mitt romney. after months of pounding by republican rivals and the president's team romney is up a point over the president, a dead heat. 35% of republicans are extremely enthusiastic to vote this year, compared to 23% of democrats, 20% of independents. that's called an enthusiasm gap. also troublesome for the president's prospects, four of the 12 swing states have jobless rates over 9%, and four are in the top ten for highest foreclosure rates. joining us now, bob mcdonnell, head of the republican governors association, and his counter

but mcdonnell didn't back down all the way. he has no problem with the government mandating other procedures. he wrote "i am asking the general assembly to state in this legislation that only a transabdominal or external ultrasound will be required to satisfy the requirements to determine gestation age." democrats are not pleased. they called the bill sloppy and say it creates more problems. democratic state representative dave englin says it bullies women and even requiring rape victims and women suffering miscarriages have ultrasound images placed in their medical records. this bill is still a problem for women's rights. and women need to stand up. but mcdonnell and republicans are finding out what other radical republican governors across the country in other states have found out. they found out in wisconsin and ohio, and indiana and new jersey. now they are finding out in virginia, the american people will not sit quietly why a political party tries to stomp on their rights, taking us backing to another century. and beyond

today, 2012 politics from the stateside with two leading governors, virginia republican bob mcdonnell and maryland democrat martin o'malley. >>> then, if they had to, could core conservatives learn to love mitt? we ask the president of the family research council, tony perkins, and dick armey. the economy and the election. >>> and then, israel, iran and the u.s. with mike rogers. i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." >>> a gallup/"usa today" poll of 12 key swing states shows president obama beating every republican comer except one, mitt romney. after months of pounding by republican rivals and the president's re-election team, romney is up by a point over the president, a statistical dead heat. 35% of swing state republicans say they're extremely enthusiastic to vote this year. that's compared to 23% of democrats. 20% of independents. that's called an enthusiasm gap. also, troublesome for the president's prospects, 4 of the 12 swing states have jobless rates over 9% and four are in the top ten for highest foreclosure rates. joining, bob mcdonnell and his counterpart at

bob mcdonnell who is for mitt romney and j.c. watts who backs gingrich. and white house to women's groups. politics of health care is a big issue again. how it can swing the election. and the power ringer puts his money where his convictions are when it come to helping his country, all on "fox news sunday". hello, again from fox new in washington. after a roller coaster ride in january, the republican presidential race is starting to settle down. late sunday in the nevada caucus mitt romney had a commanding victory winning freight percent of the vote. back in second place was gingrich in 23 percent and ron paul at 19 percent and rick santorum finished last. for more results. we turn to fox news national correspondent john roberts in las vegas . >> good morning to you, chris. it is the first back to back wins in the contest and numbers in nevada appear to be down four years ago, it was enough for mitt romney to claim a victory in the silver state in a state where the house always wins, nevada is mitt romney's house. >> this is not the first time you gave m

law that's sitting on mcdonnell's desk.t will have a huge impact in virginia. estimates that more than 600,000 virginia voters may not have photo i.d. that is more than twice the amount of people that president obama won the state by last time. he only won in 2008 by 235,000 votes. 600,000 people may not be able to vote if mcdonnell signs that bill. you know we're having a national march on this next month. this can even tip the scales even more toward your concerns. >> we're very worried. there's so much voter suppression legislation that's -- it's passing. all of it is passing both the house and the senate. what's really ironic with what's happening is it's going to be harder to vote in virginia than it is now to buy a gun with what they are doing on gun control issues. >> why is that?ç >> 20 years ago we had the first african-american governor, doug wilder. and he discovered that virginia was the gun-running state. people were buying guns in virginia and taking them to new york city and boston. so what governor wilder d

governor mcdonnell, let's start with you. virginia drew national attention for the proposal -- >> did they? [laughter] >> by understanding is that they did for the proposal that was working its way through the general assembly requiring ultra sounds for women before they procured abortions. you seem to initially be prepared to sign that bill, but then you did a turn. the other day you said you wanted modifications to it, you were not prepared to sign it. give us the trail of your thinking on that issue and why you, apparently, changed your view of it. >> okay. well, you can't believe everything you hear in the national press, john, you know? sometimes they get it wrong, right? >> this was from saturday night live -- [laughter] >> jon stewart s that your news source too? well, listen, if you believed everything that the northern virginia media said about maryland, you'd believe all governor o'malley's interests are same-sex marriage and raising taxes, and my guess hearing him today is he's interested in a lot more than that, s

this is this invasive procedure that even mcdonnell said would probably violate the fourth amendment,n't say it. they look like men-boys. like children who have no idea the ramifications of what they are legislating or any of it. dplchlt what about the attitude, the free willing attitude like it's no big deal for women? >> that what is it fees like it's a joke, the trans-this and on the big tv, now my wife won't have sex with me. are you kidding me? this goes on in the virginia legislature in. >> terry o'neill, what does this signature to women across the country about the attitude some lawmakers have? >> we have work to do. the word is vagina, his state sponsored rape law required a trans-vaginal probe and trans-vaginal ultrasound. his so-called come rpromise is violation of women's rights. the fourth amendment? search and seizure? the law would have sponsored what have forced doctors to perform a rape, penetration without consent, that is how the fbi defines rape, that is what it would have been. and the compromise is very important to understand. governor mcdonnell i don't think we

bob mcdonnell speaks and digs himself deeper. for decades, virginia governor bob mcdonnell has been leading the charge in the war on women's right to choose. he literally wrote his thesis on it. 23 years ago. quote, the perverted notion of liberty that each individual should be able to live out his sexual life in any way he chooses without interference from the state. this is a man who believes it is the government's job to interfere in your sexual life which is what makes his cave on the radical mandatory ultrasound bill so surprising. today he's asked about his decision on a political panel hosted in washington, d.c. >> i didn't think it was proper to mandate invasive ultra sounds. >> did you not -- >> it wasn't my procedure. you have to realize this wasn't my bill. there were 2,000 bills. >> i understand. >> but you learned that this might mandate an invasive procedure? >> during the course of the discussion after talking to lawyers and doctors on my own after we started to hear some concerns raised in the legislature. i perso

republican governor bob mcdonnell said he will sign it. he's one of the leading candidates on the vice presidential short list, sure all the republican candidates for president have endorsed the ban on birth control personhood thing but now one of the men considered most likely to be chosen as vice president has the chance and says he sign this forced ultrasound thing in law. he will have a chance to sign it in into law a birth control ban. government mandated medically unnecessary trans-vaginal ultrasounds from the state of virginia. that will be the choice for voters in november. let's say they pick bob mcdonnell, will you say it's okay to outlaw birth control anti-family planning presidential ticket that wants to force its way in your -- or pro-birth control or would like to leave your to you. i would love the opportunity to ask bob mcdonnell about the banned birth control personhood bill. i would like to ask him about his vice presidential hopefulness, how his take on those issues fits in his vice presidential hopefulness. bob mcdonnel

governor bob mcdonnell signed a bill yesterday signing that law. it limited individual handgun purchases to one every 30 days. the law passed in 1993 to crack down on virginia's reputation as being a haven for gun runners. governor mcdrop el repealed the law even after meeting with families of the victims of the 2007 virginia tech hoot shootings. they had hoped to convince the governor to veto that repeal. >> i don't want what 50 other virginia families experienced that day to happen to anybody else. this law needs to stay in place. it's shame that governor mcdonnell chose to write it away. >> colin goddard survived the virginia tech shootings. he now works with the brady center to prevent gun violence ad indicating for gun control legislation nationwide. >>> we are learning more about the suspect in monday's deadly shooting rampage at an ohio school. 17-year-old t. j. lane and in juvenile court yesterday where prosecutors said he confessed to opening fire in the school's cafeteria. lane says he did not know his victims but chose them randomly. pro

the house and senate plan to eliminate mcdonnell's proposal to have state employees put money towardublic pension plan. both full chambers must pass their respective spending plans by thursday. >>> and a new survey says most virginia voters approve of governor mcdonnell's job this year. according to the christopher newport university poll, 59% of voters approve of governor mcdonnell. 66% approve of keeping the ban on more than one gun a month. the general assembly just voted to repeal it. 55% of voters are against the proposal requiring women to undergo an ultrasound before having an abortion. >>> donald trump is talking about his latest project to transform the old post office pavillion downtown into a world-class hotel. trump plans to turn the old post office on pennsylvania avenue into a 250-room luxury inn complete with world-class restaurants and conference facilities. all that while maintaining the historic nature of the building, he says. trump says it will be something washingtonians and hotel guests alike can appreciate. >> there was a lot of competition for the old post off

governor mcdonnell is saying, women, i don't trust you to make your decision. not good for women, it's not good for doctors. >> anita, real quick, how much of this reversal do you think is based on bob mcdonnell's desire to possibly be vice president for governor romney. >> that's what everyone is saying. he's trying to strike a balance. we do not think it's a balance, but many people think he's trying to play it both ways. >> always interesting. th thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate your time. >> thank you. >>> from birth control to burgers. it's now time for the political side bar. house minority leader nancy pelosi had a light hearted moment with stephen colbert about a moment on capitol hill. >> they are holding hearings in house representatives right now. about women's reproduction, okay? it's a bunch of guys up there. >> right. five guys. >> five guys. >> that would be all right for hamburgers, but not -- >> we'll talk with the democratic lone birth control witness sandra fluke in just a few minutes. >>> up for a bet? odds are in romney's fav