[applause] >> i'm michael ashley, student at the university of delts.hat do you think is 5 good outline or effective measure of creating a small govenment that stays small? >> one idea proposed to keep government smaller s to link federal spending as a percentage of gdp with an actual rule, and congressman are held responsible if they want to increase spending above historical norms. that's a good starting place. >> another ia is to repeal five rules and pass one. [laughter] >> my nam is ken williams, political science student at ohio university. in obamacare, with -- how -- where there's a distrust theme for the insurance companies because they want to make a profit, that te solution to that is to andate the insurance companies. >> where the idea comes from, i dot know, it's a dumb ida. [laughter] [applause] insurance companies have incentives to provide the right mix of coverage at competitive premiums, and obamacare mandates this and that coverage, that interferes with private choices. private choices that give rise to better policies in absence mand

i am michael ashley student at university of delaware. what's a good outline or effective measure of creating small government that is faithful? >> to keep government smaller it is to link federal spending as a percentage of gdp. they are held responsible if they want to increase spending above historical norms. that's a good starting place. >> the rules are like the past ones. >> itch ken williams political science student at ohio university in obamacare. there is a a distrust innce comy want to make a profit. the solution is to mandate from the insurance company. >> where the idea comes from, i don't e no. it's a dumb idea. insurance companies have incentives to provide the next mix of coverage at competitive premiums. that is inl fearing with private choices. they would have much better policies of the mandates. >> we are out of time for questions for this segment. if you at home would like to keep the conversation going here's the twitter hash tag ifflc. i don't know how you are supposed to remember that. but stands for international

my name is michael ashley. i'm a student at that time university of delaware. what's a good outline or effective measure of creating small government -- >> one idea that has been proposed to keep government smaller is to link practical spending as a percentage of gdp and have an actual rule. congressmen are held responsible for if they want to increase spending above the historic norms. i think that's a good starting place. >> another idea is to repeal five rules any time you pass one. >> my name is ken williams. i am a political science student at ohio university. obamacare, with how we are -- there's a distrusting insurance companies because they want to make a profit that the solution to that is to mandate buy prosecuting the insurance companies. >> where the idea comes from, i don't know. it is a dumb idea. insurance companies have incentives to provide the right mix of coverage at competitive premiums. the obamacare mandates this sort of coverage and that sort of coverage. that interferes with private choices. private choices that would month doubt give ri

. ♪ ashley: michael sam announcing to the public that he is gay after receiving a warm response fromt. i told my teammates this past august. they took it great. they rallied around me. they supported me. i could not ask for better teammates. ashley: the nfl may not be ready for this. greg joins me now. really, in this day and age? why? >> they are more ready than they were five or six years ago. i think he will hurt his draft status with this. it was really encouraging what he did with his teammates. no one stopped him in the back or cost them any trouble during the year. there is a little bit of a king of the hill going on here. he is more of a tween. he is a rookie. a lot of potential wonder if they really want all of this massive attention. ashley: it is interesting. eight nfl executives were interviewed. they expect a significant drop in the stock. what do you think possessed him to come out at this time? >> i think there were rumors starting to get around. he wanted to control the message. he wanted to control the message and go about it the way he wanted to go about it. ashley:

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ashley wagner at hotels like hilton and hampton. book now at hiltonweekends.com. >>> we're back with lawrence and michael reagan.time for our outrages of the day. today we learned george zimmerman wants to compete in a celebrity boxing match for profit. yeah, this is the same george zimmerman who beat a murder charge by claiming he feared for his life due to an unarmed 17-year-old kid. even more outrageous, it was announced today which would have been trayvon martin's 19th birthday if he hadn't been shot and killed by the poor defenseless boxer. michael, don't you think this is just disgusting? >> it makes the side that supported zimmerman look stupid. >> just go away. >> well said. >> just go away. he keeps getting into trouble. my outrage today, he resembles discomfort. if in my last will and testament i want to be buried in my fire suit, i expect that request to be honored. pope john paul ii had a will. he asked his personal notes to be burned and instead the cardinal has turned them into a book. while it's outrageous that someone ignored the will of the pope, i've got to admit i'm kind of interested to see w

better athlete. [ male announcer ] be a weekender like ashley wagner at hotels like hilton and hampton. book now at hiltonweekends.com. >>> i feel michaeln has a minimum of 20 years on one count. another 20 years on another count. another minimum 20 years on another count. he's got to learn that he must be remorseful for the killing of my son. >> the father of jordan davis talking about michael dunn. very similar parallels here. a 17-year-old young black teenager minding his own business, playing a bit of music a little too loudly. and an older man coming over, poking his nose in, where he hadn't been asked to, making false assumptions, and shooting him dead and not being convicted of murder. what's going on here? is it a florida issue? or a cultural issue? what is it? >> well, a lot of people suggest it's a florida issue. when you look at tot mom and zimmerman, and now this i get it. but the thing about florida, they are the only state that have cameras in the courtroom no questions asked. so we see what's happening in the courtroom. at least zimmerman had one band aid on the back of his head. remember that band aid he had on the back

a better athlete. [ male announcer ] be a weekender like ashley wagner at hotels like hilton and hampton. book now at hiltonweekends.com. michaelwith us i think. gene sperling. great to have you here in the studio. >> great to be here in the studio. >> and in chicago, former senior adviser to president obama, director of university of chicago's institute of politics and msnbc contributor david axelrod i slurred that altogether. joe, you have a choice. >> yes. >> you can tell us what happened while you were late to work the other day or i can tell you what's inside a hot pocket. >> i think everybody would love to know what's inside a hot pocket. >> okay. >> pargs nately hydrogenated soybean oil and corn syrup when packaged together with imitation mozzarella cheese and artificial butter flavor spiked with mono glis rides and hydro chloride. >> that's good. >> getting a contact high from you reading na. >> edible-like products avoided by many health conscious foodies but even the average factory farmed cheeseburger eating joe might think twice about buying hot pockets. >> they're great for america. >> they're not food. a lot of th

michael bloomberg's soda ban won't make americans healthy. and exercise, diet nutrition education can do that. that is just a little bit from the e-mail that was sent out, soliciting signatures or this petition. ashleyin california. good morning. caller: good morning. before i start off, i want to say, this is a public health issue. not a political issue. i am pro-let's move program because childhood obesity causes cardiovascular disease. it causes rectal cancer. these are problems. people don't like their president, that is one thing. obesity isod serious. i find it interesting that people are having problem with something focusing on getting children healthy. i found that article really interesting that you just read , she is not a politician. she worked at the university of chicago hospital and restoration program. qualified tos very talk about children's health because she is a mother and she will understand how diet and exercise work. host: thank you very much. kathleen sebelius talks about obesity this past week. [video clip] >> there may not be one silver bullet in the fight against childhood obesity but the of date being proposed today is one of the many steps we're taking to reach our ultim