steven mclaughlin object to voting on the bill the same night it was introduced. >> don't question it, just vote. that's basically the message here. hitler would be proud, mussolini would be proud of what we did here. moscow would be proud. but that's not democracy. >> the comments were immediately rejected by leaders of both parties and mclaughlin apologized. >>> spectacular new images from nasa of the spiral galaxy, which is only 20 million light years from earth. short jaunt. one of the brightest galaxies near us and at its center a massive black hole, but, man, that's beautiful. >>> take you to health news. diet soda will help keep the calories down but won't help you keep sober. drinking diet soda as a mixer with alcohol intensifies the booze. they were 20% intoxicated than those who use regular soft drinks. >>> "early today" health is brought to you by vagisil, bring

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. ♪[ music ] >>> from washington, the "the mclaughlin group," the american original.or over three decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. >> "the mclaughlin group" is brought to you by siemens. factories. and we're building to last. siemens. answers. hardest talk. >> issue one. smarter, not bigger. >>> a growing economy that creates good middle class jobs, that must be the north star that guides our efforts. it is our generation's task then to reignite the true engine of american economic growth, a rising thriving middle class. >> president obama delivered his fourth state of the union address tuesday. in attendance were senate and house members, six of the nine justices of the supreme court, the joint chiefs of staff, members of this cabinet and assorted dignitaries.

what's for a transcript of this broadcast, log onto >>> from washington, the "the mclaughlin group," the american original. for over three decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. >> "the mclaughlin group" is brought to you by siemens. factories.to last. siemens. answers. >>> issue one. sequester showdown. >> so these cuts are not smart, they are not fair. they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. the unemployment rate might tick up again. >> president obama used his bully pulpit this week to call on congress to avoid, get this, sequestration. that's washington nomenclature for automatic spending cuts due to go into effect on march 1, next friday. on that date, both military and domestic programs will feel

>>> from washington, the "the mclaughlin group," the american original. for over three decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. >> "the mclaughlin group" is brought to you by siemens. factories. and we're building em to last. siemens. answers. >>> issue one. drone on. >> drones are uavs. unmanned aerial vehicles. aircraft that are operated remotely from nearby or from thousands of miles away, like the distance between the nation of afghanistan and the air force base in the u.s. state of nevada. drones come in various shapes, sizes and weights. they are used for surveillance, disablement, and killing. and drones are increasingly ubiquitous. there are 64 drone bases spread across the united states alone, and the u.s. has other drone installations across the planet. africa is increasingly a drone base environment. a newly authorized site in the nation of niger will become the sixth u.s. drone base in africa, joining one in morocco, senegal, uganda, and a permanent one in djibouti. u.s. drone attacks ordered by obama have spiked particularly i

>>> from washington, the "the mclaughlin group," the american original. for over three decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. >> "the mclaughlin group" is brought to you by siemens. factories. and we're building to last. siemens. answers. >>> issue one. sequester showdown. >> so these cuts are not smart, they are not fair. they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. the unemployment rate might tick up again. >> president obama used his bully pulpit this week to call on congress to avoid, get this, sequestration. that's washington nomenclature for automatic spending cuts due to go into effect on march 1, next friday. on that date, both military and domestic programs will feel the impact of the monumental $85 billion cuts slated for this year, 2013, alone. not only does the president condemn the cuts, but his administration is also sounding the alarm. first, the secretary of state. >> but in these days of the looming budget

♪[ music ] >>> from washington, the "the mclaughlin group," the american original.or over three decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. >> "the mclaughlin group" is brought to you by siemens. factories. and we're building to last. siemens. answers. hardest talk. >> issue one. smarter, not bigger. >>> a growing economy that creates good middle class jobs, that must be the north star that guides our efforts. it is our generation's task then to reignite the true engine of american economic growth, a rising thriving middle class. >> president obama delivered his fourth state of the union address tuesday. in attendance were senate and house members, six of the nine justices of the supreme court, the joint chiefs of staff, members of this cabinet and assorted dignitaries. over the course of one hour, the president unveiled proposals to boost the economy, help the middlal class, invest in the nation's aging infrastructure, create more high-tech manufacturing, a big emphasis, expand preschool education, up high school standards and make college more afforda

steven mclaughlin said he rejected it the day it was used. >> if that's not dictatorial, i don't know what is. hitler would be proud. mussolini would be proud of what we did here. moscow would be proud but that's not democracy. >> the comments were immediately rejected by leaders of both parties and mclawn lynn apologized. >>> we have spectacular images of nasa of the spiral galaxy 20 mill light years from earth. abbott center is a massive black hole. >>> other health news, diet soda may help keep these calories down but it's not going to help to keep you sober. a new study shows drinking diet soda as a mixer with alcohol is not going to lessen the effects of booze. those who used diet soda were 20% more intoxicated than those who used regular drinks. >>> as bulls and bears continue, earnings continue to flood the streets. keep an eye on disney. they beat the earnings for 2012. after the bell, zynga shot up as the farmville maker copes with online gamers. >>> and chipotle was also high on online sales as it continues to span. cable group liberty global struck a deal with virgin media

mclaughlin, nick wynn and mark muster. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you for being here.hat is your name, and where are you from? >> p.j. mclaughlin from chicago. >> jimmy: welcome, buddy. >> nick wynn from oklahoma city. >> jimmy: welcome, nick. >> mark muster from jersey. >> jimmy: welcome, mark. very good. [ cheers and applause ] thank you for coming to the show. thank you for playing our game. now, you know how the game works. to your right, on the sharp 108, is the dreaded dartboard of insanity. >> oh, hell no! [ laughter ] >> jimmy: now, one at a time, you'll each take this official buzz bee ultimate rapid blast air blaster and shoot a rubber dart at the board. the board will quickly flash between various stunts that you may be subjected to, each of which carries a specific point value. for instance, we have "beat your meat" for three points. [ laughter ] "bride of spanxenstein" for six points. or the dreaded "hula hoop of horror" for 12 points. that is where you attempt to hula hoop while 15 strangers in hooded robes shock you with cattle prods. [ laughter ] now, w

. >> joining us is john mclaughlin, the cia's acting director and with john hopkins school of studies. thank you for being with us. you were a career cia person, and you know the drill. it's very clear that absent anything occurring that we don't know about that john brennan is going to be the cia director. do you think that this conversation about drones, though has been expanded enough or not enough because this is the first we've really had a chance to look at this exponential expansion of targeted killings. >> well, andrea, i think you're right. john, i believe, will be the cia director. i think he will be confirmed. i think he will be a very good cia director. i suspect we're at the front end of a longer discussion about the drones. the paerp that i think your network recently set around after receiving it opened up a discussion, i think, and i'm sure that once john is at the cia, assuming he is confirmed, he will give a lot of attention to broadening this discussion. i think he favors that. >> he -- he has been in charge of a policy that has six-fold increased the targeted killi

. >> and you do great production work for the mclaughlin group and othert? >> correct. >> now you know nancy reagan firsthand. >> yes. of her influ accomplishments of his administration >> you think she served also to strengthen his spine or do you think his spine was quite strong independently? the velvet glove. she needed to be. he would be the good cop she was the bad cop when it came to dealing with staff. >> do you think they ever had disagreements? something. >> sure. >> did she take any negative position on anything that he decision-making process an when they made a decisio they stuck with it jointly. she would make her views known. a good friend of mineaid fo about a four-year period and that gave me a real good window into the relationship between nancy, the way the white house is run, the schedule >> you think that her influence over ronald regan our current president? the -- this presidency, laura bush is very muc involved in the details of policy and decision-making in president bush's speeches >> there are differences o opinion at least their p

mclaughlin is quoted in the press as saying he never heard from you. he doesn't doubt that you did this, but he says that he never heard from you. we have not seen anybody who has come forward and said that they heard objections from you with respect to these programs. moving on, your boss at the cia said that you had a role in setting the parameters of the program, and i quote, "helping to seek justice department approval for the techniques." he went to say that the job would have been part and parcel with that process. how does that purport that you had no role in the programs in the execution or oversight? >> i respectfully disagree with my colleague. and the wall street journal article, he goes onto say that i was not involved in many elements of the program. but i was not involved in the establishment of the program. i had awareness that the agency was going to do this and going forward on it, and i had access into the activities there, but i wasn't involved in any management structure or aware of most of the details. >> that being the case, why w

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erin mclaughlin, cnn, lester, england. >>> if you are a history buff like so many other people i workhis room, there is a lot more on richard iii. i nerd out on this stuff. we have his history, how he died, how the discovery was made. all you need to do is head to cnn.com and you can history yourself right into the next commercial break. to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? and with all the points i've been earning, i was able to get us a flight to our favorite climbing spot even on a holiday weekend. ♪ things are definitely looking up. [ male announcer ] with no blackout dates, you can use your citi thankyou points to travel whenever you want. visit citi.com/thankyoucards to apply. to travel whenever you want. thyou eat less...ing weiyou lose weight.et. it's a great plan... until you get hungry. that's the time to take slimful. one tasty 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water satisfies hunger for hours making it easier to eat smaller meals, and resist snacking. your friends might think you found the secret to losing weight. but

erin mclaughlin, cnn, lester, england. >>> if you are a history buff like so many other people i workhis room, there is a lot more on richard iii. i nerd out on this stuff. we have his history, how he died, how the discovery was made. all you need to do is head to cnn.com and you can history yourself right into the next commercial break. to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? and with all the points i've been earning, i was able to get us a flight to our favorite climbing spot even on a holiday weekend. ♪ things are definitely looking up. [ male announcer ] with no blackout dates, you can use your citi thankyou points to travel whenever you want. visit citi.com/thankyoucards to apply. >>> pakistani teenager who won the world's admiration for demanding an education as a girl has now spoken publicly for the first time since taliban militants tried to execute her. malala's foundation released this video, recorded just before she underwent two surgeries this weekend in england. in the video, malala credits the supporters and prayers sh

(scott-mclaughlin) in the prisons, they would sing songs.and you'd have to ask yourself what was this thing about, why were they singing these songs as they're being beaten? and the reason why they sang the songs was just like when the priest chanted gregorian chants or when a buddhist has a mantra. or when you say, "hail mary mother of god" in the catholic religion. it was a means of going inside of yourself to find the strength within to deal with the outside world. one of my mentors was bill kunseler. there was one scene he told me about when he was in birmingham where he was representing dr. martin luther king. and they had come from a demonstration or rally, and king had been told that there were men looking to kill him that night. and they drove up to a house, and bill and king were staying in the house together with a group of other people. bill told the story that people were petrified that night. i mean, they thought that the house was going to bbombed, and they darkened the house so there were no lights at all. and he was afraid fo

ii will use verizon as an exampe and i get all of john mclaughlin's phone bills. i can see all the calls you made, when you made them and to whom. >> are there more adulterous men or women. >> i think there is more men. i think the women are fast on the rise. they are coming out of the closet. this whole desperate housewife type of mentality. women commit adultery. women have affairs. no doubt about it. >> thanks so much for being my guest. >> thank you for having me. >> be well. >> and you.

. >> the comments were immediately rejected by legislative leaders of both parties and mclaughlin apologized have new images from nasa of the spiral galaxy which is only 20 million light years from earth. it is one of the brightest galaxies near us and at its center is a massive black hole. it really is a sight. >>> diet soda may help keep the calories down but it's not going to help you keep sober. drinking diet soda as a mixer with alcohol intensifies the effects of the booze. test subjects who drank the combination were 20% more intoxicated than those who used regular soft drinks. >>> the power struggle between bulls and bears continues, earnings continue to flood the streets. keep an eye on disney today. they beat the street earnings for the end of 2012 and revealed big news for star wars fans. we'll have the details coming up in entertainment. elsewhere after the bell, zynga shot up on strong profit revenue. they cope with an exodus of online gamers. >>> mexican fast food chain chipotle was higher as they continue to expand. liberty global struck a deal to find britain's virgin media fo

cnn editorial producer erin mclaughlin joins us from london.ur audience, who was richard iii? >> richard iii was one of the most infamous kings portrayed by shakespeare himself as a vial and twisted villain. he's been accused of murdering both of his nephews in an attempt to keep hold of the throne. and he met his demise in 1485. all the way back in 1485 during what was called the battle of bosworth field. he was killed in action and henry vii were victorious in battle and the burial place of richard iii has long since been forgotten. that is, of course, until now. over 500 years later, a team of archeologists are poised to release their findings as to whether skeletal remains found buried in a parking lot, i new thisp mu niceple parking lot are the remains of richard iii. the media is dubbing it, the king in the parking lot. >> why do they think it is him? was it apparent how he was killed or something that was in that parking lot all these years later? >> so far the evidence that they presented is largely circumstantial. the skeletal remains

. >>> and the mclaughlin group joins me and remembering and saluting ed koch, former mayor of new yorkn occasional panelist on the group. our thoughts and prayers are with his loved ones may ed rest in peace. bye bye >>> president obama urges seizing this moment to overhaul our nation's immigration laws. >> now is the time to find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see america as the land of opportunity. >> what does this mean for california? from the central valley to silicon valley? >>> and san francisco implements a controversial law. it enables court-ordered treatment for mentally ill patients at risk of becoming violent. >> these folks are a danger to themselves and to others. >>> plus, the 49ers gear up for the super bowl. a report from new orleans. coming up next. >>> good evening. i'm viviana ritado. welcome to "this week in northern california." what happens or doesn't happen in washington on immigration this year will have a big impact here in california.

just after 9:00 in san jose near story road and mclaughlin. police say the teenagers were shot near an elementary school. one pronounced dead at the scene. the other one right now remains in the hospital. he is expected to be okay. officers investigating whether that shooting is gang related. this marks the city's fourth homicide of the year. >>> 4:35. there is a possible arrest after a deadly shooting in oakland community event. shooting happened downtown during the monthly community gathering called first friday. bay area news group reports police arrested someone on saturday but the suspect's name will not be released until the d.a. files formal charges. one person was killed. three others injured last friday night. mayor jean kwan promised to increase security surrounding the event. >>> three days of meetings in texas for the boy scouts. one of the issues they are discussing is the long standing ban on gay scouts. it's under scrutiny after a boy scout was denied his eagle scout award after coming out as gay to his troop and leaders. they a

artists renderings and all that it looks like the head of the cia george tenet and his deputy john mclaughlin really really just sheaves powell on that and there's lots of circumstantial evidence that's the case that's come out recently say it said he was a condo not a con man necessarily. i think come around to thinking that he was more conned than con man at least on ray mcgovern thank you so much for your time sir are you most welcome all right and that's going to do it for now i'll see you back here at five . technology innovation. developments. we. covered. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harvey welcome to the big picture.

those largest renderings in all it looks like the head of the cia george tenet and his deputy john mclaughlin really really just powerline that news lots of circumstantial evidence that's a case that's come out recently say that he was a condo not a con man necessarily says well yeah i think come around to thinking that he was more conned than con man at least on curveball ray mcgovern thank you so much for us for your times are you most welcome national national security issues aside president obama also faces a host of social concerns back home now on the least of which is the implementation of the patient protection and affordable care act we're calling known as obamacare despite the supreme court ruling last summer the act is no less controversial than it was when it passed in two thousand and ten it has divided the nation's politicians its patients and as our to correspondent liz wahl shows us even as doctors. most of them believe they'll have real stress points on the emergency room and their primary care practices less than a year until president obama's landmark health care reform law

[laughter] i always wanted to get my john mclaughlin on. but seriously, you're wrong. [laughter] >> we're partners here. she's not my publisher, but she is a publisher. >> you might be. >> i'm happy, right? [laughter] i had a very explicit arrangement with harper about like who's doing what here. and, again, because i came more from a digital foundation, i was skeptical of everything. i can do that. i've got spell check, what have you got? [laughter] and it turns out i was wrong about a few things, i was right about a few things, and i learned a ton in the process. in terms of the editorial, having an editor was great. now, of course, i could have independently hired a great editor/writer to help me. i was happy to have the support of the person at harper, that was really cool. the distribution of the digital to still support the digital, that i ignored completely,? i basically got free advertising across the nation in, on book shelves. i can't buy that. no single person can afford to distribute 10, 15, 20,000 books into the hundreds and hundreds of bookstores and libr

>> sara mclaughlin. >> that makes me want to kill animals. >> that's terrible. >> kids at home, don'tatch the television. >> keith, thoughts. >> first of all i want to say i am a huge nerd. >> bill, he stole your part. >> way to go, bill. hope you like the bulls game. >> bill is so wasted he is convinced that you are actually communicating with him through the tv. he is so saying oh my god. and he probably ran out in traffic. >> i will be there in a second. >> he has a hard hat with the two things that cocaine use cans . >> i think it was called coca-cola. >> there are a couple things i can think. i can't help but think somewhere manti te'o is going, come on, really? >> i had to make up a girlfriend. >> i don't know if i would qualify this as gross. i think us, anybody sitting back and saying this is a gross ad is also condescending. why is it gross? he doesn't fit the normal commercial standards -- hang on a second. nobody except the few select of us commended on what was gross and that was seeing the alabama quarterback kissing on national television. his auburn girlfriend, that is

the shooting happened close to story and mclaughlin.n they arrived here they found two people shot. one of them died at the scene. the other was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. >> we're still connecting whether or not this is -- may have been the involved in a gang-related incident. those things are still being connected and put to the. has not been resolved as of yet. >> reporter: police say they have not made any arrests and are in the process of locating and interviewing witnesses. the crime scene on audubon drive is right against the rf kennedy elementary school. multiple shots fired tonight. detectives are combing through the area looking for evidence and anything that may be able to help them with this investigation. police say if you have any information about this shooting they do want to hear from you so you can contact san jose police. live in san jose, kimberly terry, nbc bay area news. >> thanks very much. >>> super bowl sunday is almost a national holiday but can also be a dangerous one for drivers

here's steve mclaughlin yesterday frustrated with how quickly the gun control bill was passed. >> we'reto shut up and vote. that's what this is about. don't question it. just vote. that's the message here. hitler would be proud. mussolini would be proud of what we did here. but that's not democracy. >> there you have it. a few hours later he released a video apology calling his statement an honest mistake. >>> finally, republicans refusing to attend president obama's state of the union address georgia congressman paul broun for example typically stays in his office hooked to his twitter account. where will steve pierce be during the address? his announcement yesterday, public hearing on the chicken is the same day of the state of the union. pearce will be attending a meeting on a chicken to the endangered species list. >>> and their top staffers would rather forget. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. ♪ >>> welcome back to "hardball." we may have just seen president obama inaugurated a second time. here at "hardball" we're reminiscing about the 2012 election campaign whe

. >> michael: right, right, so james warren, veteran of the mclaughlin group.l throw this at you. prediction who wins the race? >> oh, no, no, no. i have one bag to borrow that kelly winds by 15 points. i can say that i may have accepted that wager but nothing more than coffee. probably robin kelly. >> michael: we'll hold you to it and bring you back tomorrow to see how you did with the predictions snowstorm permitting permitting. james warren. >>> coming up we'll look deeper in the sequester. plus a republican starting to change their tune on gay marriage? and a brief signed by dozens of gopers would say yes but can they drive along the rest of the rights. later, some of the most high profile murders bombings and assassinations in the civil rights era went unsolved for year. and if not for the work of investigative journalist jerry mitchell, it still would be. it's "the war room" on a tuesday night and we'll be right back. surprise -- your house was built on an ancient burial ground. [ ghosts moaning ] surprise -- your car needs a new transmission. [ coyote ho

near story road and mclaughlin. police say the teenagers were shot near an elementary school. one was pronounced dead at that scene. the other remains hospitalized but is expected to be okay. officers right now investigating whether the shooting might be gang related. for the record, this marks the city's fourth homicide of the year. >>> there's a possible arrest after deadly shooting at an oakland community event. the shooting happened downtown during a community gathering called first friday. the bay area news group reports police arrested someone on saturday but the suspect's name will not be released until the d.a. files formal charges. mayor jean kwan promised to increase security surrounding the event. >>> three days of meetings this week in texas for the boy scouts. a long standing ban on gay scouts will be discussed. the policy under scrutiny after a boy scout was denied his eagle scout award after he came out gay to his troop and to his leaders. the boy scouts said last week that it is considering changing that policy to allow individual troops to decide whether they