welcome to "the war room"." >> thank you for having me on. >> michael: will they block kordray. >> yes have promised not to vote cordray through as well. what they're asking for in exchange is the way that the agency is structured. they want congress to have more oversight of its budget. they want congress to predict how much it makes per year and what it can and cannot spend money on. they want to exchange the directership with a board. so far the republicans have shown no willingness to give up on that here so you have a stalemate. >> michael: is it the same 'ol song for the republicans in the senate or does it have something to do with the sour grapes that cordray was appointed as a recess appointment. >> i don't think their opposition can't be said to stem from the recess appointment. their decision was the reason for the recess appointment. since the birth of the dodd-frank reform law they vowed not to approve any director. we've seen where that ended up. republicans generally admire and like richard cordray. they think he's doing a good job. their issue is not with cordray himsel

>> good afternoon supervisors, my name is michael wills. i'm an architect and earthquake safety group. i speak in favor of this program because it shows a common sense foresight to have an ordinance that offers and approach to strengthening, financing and a sensitivity to keeping people in their homes. after seeing and working with the details on patrick's committee, i think the city can be proud of this ordinance. it's one that has been drafted with care to all the concerns and not only of the technical seismic committee, technical and seismic professionals, but to the real sense itivity and keeping people in their homes and bringing the financial along with it shows that this is a program that will take care to make sure that all have access to the things that we all wants which is to make a safer, more residue resilient city. so i strongly urge this. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> good afternoon supervisors, my name is david friedman. i'm here representing the earthquake engineering research institute, spur, 38 years of practic

is the most controversial gun measure that has gotten out of committee and it will probably not pass the senate. >> michaeltimately do you think we'll get anything? what do you think will come out of the congress? >> yeah, i think we will get something. there were three--they've been working on this to two weeks holding hearings. there have been three bills and there is the chuck schumer bill which he has some republican support at first but then some republicans have backed away since then. all the republicans said they were hopeful they could back the final bill. there is going to be an amendment that will be allowed on the floor. then you have chuck grassley supported in committee a bill that cracks down on straw purchasers and illegal transfer of guns. that's got a chance. then the least controversial one is the bill that ramps up school safety and security. so three of the four measures--there seems to be optimism that three of those could make it through the senate. some of those possibly the house. we'll have to see. >> michael: for a lot of people who are against guns, the most important is the ass

kelly ripa, co-host of live with "kelly and michael" will be the moderator. it starts at 8:10 this morning. to join in, logon to let's move.gov or white house google plus page. >>> decision makers on capitol hill remain stuck in a stalemate this morning over budget cuts now known as the sequester. $85 billion in cuts went into effect on friday hitting education, military and other federal programs. republicans say they refuse to budge. the white house is banking on pressure from taxpayers to move things forward. it's something that has voters we spoke to frustrated. >> nobody wants to play. >> i know in my house when my budget gets tight, i stop spending. >> there's good news to tell you. a government shutdown could be temporarily averted. it's relative for good news at this point. congress expected to vote this week on a measure to keep the government open through the 2013 fiscal year which ends september 30th. >>> the gridlock in washington poses an interesting dilemma affecting the wealthiest americans. for that and a look at your day on wall street, we sa

michael will relate because he shares that passion with me. 18 african-american speakers, hispanics,n, a lot of republican leaders under 40. we want to show the new face of the party. frankly, we think we've turned a page. >> the most famous, he's going to be speaking there. he's the guy who said there are 78 to 81 communists in the democratic house of representatives. let's hear what he has to say. here he is. allen west. your guy. >> there's no shortage of people telling us what conservatism cannot accomplish. what we can't do. how we cannot connect. how we must change our values to fit the times. well, ladies and gentlemen, i want to tell you that that truly is a bunch of mamalarky. i'm speaking from experience when i tell you there's nothing on this green earth that a liberal progressive fears more than a black american who wants a better life and a smaller government. >> michael, your case. is this the scariest thing on the planet? >> no. it's not. i think -- i think that there's a lot of truth to that. i mean, as a former black candidate as a republican for office, i know exact

up next is michael tomasky will join us.he comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. ♪ >> michael: the crescendo of president obama's state of the union address last month occurred when he immersed himself in the stylistic hand book of jesse jackson, they deserve a vote, they deserve a vote, they deserve a vote. the senator from nevada was in that chamber. and yesterday he decided not to bring the assault weapon's ban to the floor for a vote. i'm no longer wild about harry. he is a pro-gun, pro-life mormon democrat who somehow won the heard. he makes republican senator look like astonished victims of david blaine-like magic. and when it comes to the entire nation he turns the other cheek. guns are another story. the country in poll after poll wants major gun legislation from background checks to assault weapon bans. while the majorities in those polls vary the message does not. shame

we have all of the tools at our disposal, just not the political will. >> michael: and that seems to he real issue is the political will. you have been arrested at least three times for protesting key stone. are you concerned the state department statement issued last week indicates the president will approve the pipeline. >> i have always thought he would approve the pipeline. they was a very close connection -- in fact during the largest climate rally in history just a few weeks ago, he was off golfing with oil and pipeline executives. we need to let him know that that is not in the best interests of americans. americans have been confused through the millions of dollars that they put into campaigning that this is oil that will bring us energy security. this is oil -- they want this pipeline to go through our country so they can get it accessible to the mobile market. we're already processing that oil in oklahoma but they want to get it to the gulf so it can go for sale on the open market. canadians have stopped it so far, so they want to use our country. we are a country that can b

what is important is we stay focused and if we do that the conservative movement will change. >> michael you think that journey's last landing place will be in the gop's party platform in the future in maybe in even 2016? >> i don't know when it will happen, but it will happen and there are many of us who care deeply about changing the republican party platform to be more inclusive and that will shape up to be a large fight in 2016. >> michael: it's a brave thing you are doing, so i really app mire that. tyler deaton thank for coming into "the war room." up next of all of the state laws restricting a woman's right to choose north dakota's make us wince the most. kathy hawken will join us on that after the break. if you believe in state's rights but still believe in the drug war you must be high. >> only on current tv. dude, i need your help fast. well, clearasil's fast. yeah, but is it this fast? faster! how about this fast? clearasil's faster! this fast?? faster!! woh! that is fast! fix breakouts fast with clearasil ultra. it starts working instantly, sending the max amount of medicine

we were established before they moved here and we will be established after they are laying cold in the grave. bloc >> michael: coming up tonight, progressives are hoping the new hope will bring the catholic church into the 21st century on issues ranging from gay marriage to contraception to women's rights. their message, lighten up francis. i'm michael shure, and you are in "the war room." [♪ theme music ♪] >> michael: [ speaking foreign ] it took two days and five rounds of voting but the catholic church finally has a new pope and they have the white smoke to prove it. [ cheers ] >> michael: so without further adieu, i introduce you to pope francis. he is the first pope from the americas. he's aragain tinnian and the first josowit pope. more than 40% of catholics live in latin america. he focuses on social justice and built his career advocating for the poor. he chose to live in a simple apartment rather than a palace. and we cooked his own meals, but he will face bigger challenges than making his own dinner as a leader of a billion member church. starting with the sex abuse scandals. since 1950 nearly 7,00

there will be no resolution through prosecution, will there, michael?ell, i never thought that a man in prison named mandela would be president of south africa, did you? did you ever think you would see the berlin come down in your lifetime? stranger things have happened for the good. and that is the amazing thing about human beings. eventually we get it right and make things a little bit better. so i do hope, because see if we don't prosecute them, then it just tells presidents in the future, that they can literally get away with murder. we have -- the only way you can send a message to future criminals is to tell them and show them what's going to happen to them if they do such a thing. so -- >> do you think it was a wrong move for the obama administration upon coming into office to say, look, we're not going to be stuck on the past. we won't be obsessed with what george bush's regime or administration did. we are going to move forward. do you think we missed an opportunity to address the reaction that americans had to that war and to the potential il

michael gordon, chiefch military correspondent r the "new york times." fouad ajami, a senior fellow of the hoomp institution. dexter filkins of the "new yorker" we hope will be joining us shortly. i go back to michael gordon.ly tell me what the judgment of history will be about our participation in the iraqi war. >> i think too much attentionwa has been paid to the decision tc go to war and not enough on the management of the withdrawal from iraq and where we go from here with iraq. because the story of iraq is not over. and we shouldn't just put thisov chapter behind us and say we're done with it. there were opportunities to be engaged with iraq by the u.s. government on the level of common citizens. there's a tbalt for influence in iraq right now, between the iranian, americans, the turkz, the saudis -- >> but we still have influence, you're saying? >> we still have influence. not as much as we used to, the game's not over, and it's in our interest to be to remain engaged in iraq and try to, to the best we can, shape politics there and make it more congruent with our own foreign policy. >> rose: but i hear you saying were can't tell yet because we't don

>>current will let me say anything. michaelaw arias on the sheet today i thought good, we're going to be talking about the former puerto rican president, that's because i'm a loser. we are talking about jodi arias and the trial costing tacker pairs $1 million. so far it has cost $838,000. let's look at a little bit of the history of this trial as she is questioned. this from at-bats. >> the psychologist who made $250 an hour evaluating the 32-year-old admitted killer diagnosed her with ptsd. he said the stress of shooting and stabbing her exboyfriend travis alexander caused her to forget committing the crime. >> you made it up. >> no, clinical judgment, sir. >> he was forced to acknowledged arias lied to him during the test. back then, she said she was so traumatize because she had to watch helplessly as masked intruders killed alexander. she later claimed she did it in self defense. >> perhaps i should have readministerred the test. michael: this doctor who the prosecutor absolutely ripped was back on the stand today answering

peter's square where the new pope will emerge. >> michael: when we hear all this. and circumstance i find fascinating although it's a little crazy. i love how they say it solemnly. they seem to do everything solemnly at the vatican. but it is something that we're focused on because of all the news the catholic church has been making for not just a few years now going back 10, 15 years that we're hearing about the controversies in the catholic church, and the pope's resignation is sudden surprising and virtually unprecedented. to discuss this i want to invite matthew fox into "the young turks" here. he is the author of over 30 books, including the pope's war. he's the founder of friends and creation spirituality. a catholic priest of 34 years and he joins us from san francisco. thank you for being on "the young turks"." >> hello michael i've been laughing, listening to your wind up here to the conclave, batman and all that. >> michael: good, i'm glad. it worked. how about that. matthew, let's talk about the serious side of what's going to happen tomorrow just for a

and convenient yulely this will be appeals and eventually overturned. >> michael: can this war be wons to be won. a report was just released that the obamacare is now going to cost 32% more than what they originally said it was. medicare will be broke by the year 2024. i want my medicare. it has to be solved. >> michael: doctor thank you. it's tuesday afternoon on the west coast here, which means the stress of the week is already starting to get to brett ehrlich. watch out. he's next. >> coming up john kerry, mock drain, and what is desert? an expose after this. you don't have to compromise. that's what we call healthing. introducing lysol touch of foam hand soap. its rich, thick foam offers 10x more protection against germs on hands while added moisturizers leave your skin feeling so soft, everyone can feel it. new lysol touch of foam. tough on germs soft on skin. that's healthing. ♪ >> now let's head down to los angeles and headquarters of "the young turks," which is under government drone surveillance as we speak. cenk i understanding you spoke with president jimmy carter. when was

i will highlight the 3 request and the one san francisco state request and michael chung will come back to highlight the geneva visibility study request. i know there is an enclosure to the request from the sponsors here. the first project is dpw request to use the funds to replace equipment and repair and cleaning vehicles in order to meet california air resources board requirements. the funds will be used on 36 vehicles that would otherwise be taken out of service. these vehicles will be retro fitted with new parts. this should be complete by 2013. the next project is dpw improvement project. the funds are used for the design and production i am improvements, 23rd avenue and flora drive. this will be a local match for federal grant funts and improvement is flashing being beacons. it will be used to april 14. the project is being coordinated with the cal trans paving project which is set to the paved in 2014. the construction of the production improvement should be completed by march 15. the final is broadway improvement phase, this will improve broadway sidewalk and install sidewalks

. >> michael: and one of those marijuana mavens will be joining us on the show tonight. t's gitmo time. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> michael: before we go to gitmo we follow the president. the president is in israel for the first foreign visit in his second term. a visit he has been seemingly avoided. republicans criticized him that he never made it to israel in his first team. he seemed to de-prioritize it, but not the case today. here is obama with someone who he had a prickly if not distant relationship with. >> obama: i did enough the prime minister that they're very good looking young men who clearly got their good looks from their more. >> i could say the same thing of you're daughters. >> michael: when in doubt go to the children and that's what they did to break the ice. you'll remember netanyahu sported romney in the 2012 election. they were very good friends and his support was overt and vocal. let's go to netanyahu. he brought up things--first at the press conference, and here are some of the things he talked about. >> israel remains fully committed to peace and to the sol

co-host of "live with kelly and michael" will be the moderator starting at 8:10 this morning if you are home. you can join the conversation on our website at abc7.com under "see it on tv." >> any exercise today? >> placing stone in my backyard but tomorrow i will go to the gym when it is raining. right now, everyone, here is a look at what we are seeing with live doppler 7 hd. it is quiet out there. for reports of drizzle. not even any fog out there. if you drive up into the cloud cover, you may get a little mist on you, but you will have to drive into the clouds for that to happen. now, that is going on here from our roof camera you can see the dancing lights on the bay bridge this morning, we will talk temperatures, 48 right now in san francisco, and pleasanton, and 47 in oakland, we have 49 in palo alto and 50 in san jose and 45 this mill valley. as far as what is going on elsewhere, you can see from mount tamalpais this morning, the sun is going to come up and it will see the cloud cover but it will be below where we are at 2,600'. santa rosa and napa at 46, and fairfield and fremon

. >> michael: and one of those marijuana mavens will be joining us on the show tonight. but for tonight, it's gitmo time. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> michael: before we go to gitmo we follow the president. the president is in israel for the first foreign visit in his second term. a visit he has been seemingly avoided. republicans criticized him that he never made it to israel in his first team. he seemed to de-prioritize it,

. >> michael finney will be back at 6:00 tonight with some advise on renting a car and his tips just might save you a fortune, too. >> just how much more productive you can be if only you had someone to sort through your e mails for you. it's coming up in a half hour at 6:00. >> we'll see you then, but here they've been testing new light show on the bay bridge behind us there for months but tomorrow, it will mark the official unveiling of the daylight. >> the art project had a grand lighting tomorrow night at 9:00. or will hold it at 9:00. 25,000 lights go on and off in a variety of patterns. artists say the bay winds and fog and waves inspired his work. >> if you can't get to san francisco to see it, we'll be streaming it live on abc 7 news.com. in the evening you can catch a glimgs behind use it is neat. world news is coming up next. i'm dan ashley. >>> this is "world news." tonight, gathering storm. expected to be the worst snow-maker of the year. millions bracing for blizzards as the roads are already turning into ice. >>> vatican imposter? how did this man sneak in, dressed as a

will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> michael: congress and the president are barely done wrangling over the sequester cuts and already there is another budget showdown on the horizon. that's right, on march 27th, three weeks from now congress will vote on funding the federal government to the end of the year to avoid yet another shutdown. this is how our government operates, the perpetual groundhog day grandstanding without the grand bargain. republicans made it clear where their priorities lie. they don't want to restore fund to go social programs that got axed by the sequester but they do want to fund the military. they'll move $10 billion to the pentagon to train troops, maintain weapons and operations. from this there it would go back to the house where the republican majority will have to decide whether to accept it. and there they would go again coming out of their hole to see their shadow for six more weeks of nonsense. joining me now to dissect the nonsense steve cohen from washington, d.c. congress cohen, so great to ha

and say, oh, look we should be doing this and coming a little late to the party around i am sure michael will- >> hang in there, buddy. >> i can feel him getting fired up. yes, look at this race and where are the contenders and why should we have what seems to be a fairly boring places. >> hey, very quickly, what do you think of the soda ban? do you think cities should do things like this? >> i have a lot of respect for michael bloomberg, for taking on this issue. >> would you have done it? >> not -- that wouldn't be my approach, necessarily, but i think it is important for us to educate people about the fact that obesity and child diabetes is a very significant challenge for us across the nation. and we've got to do something about it. >> stick around. i want to talk a little straight-up politics after this. trivia time. we asked who was the first american to cast a vote for pope. the answer, cardinal james gibbons of baltimore. he voted in the 1903 conclave. that was the first-ever american to have a cardinal vote there. congratulations to today's winner, katelyn mcnamara. e-mail us your tr

they've got to be -- >> no, but i don't-- i think, michael, michael, will correct me, but i don't think we should think of this sing el cell. fl there are millions of cells behind that single cell. >> of course, of course. but you can sample a cell that is closer to the output that is going to carry that information. that will reflect the decision. >> i have to close this down here in just a moment but go ahead. >> i was just going to say that the critical thing is that the operations that the cell is doing are not just about what the answer is going to be or just what the information on the screen was that gives rise to it. it's those steps along the way that are important. and as allen points out there might be competing concerns but different neurons might weigh differently the prior knowledge of what the probabilities of the outcomes are going to be. the amount of costs associated with time as you point out or emotional ackers or social costs. and those are the kinds of things that make, again, back to the original question you asked me about soblt, those are the kinds of things tha

they will be electing a new senator in south carolina, and the slate of candidates offers a little something for everyone. ♪ ♪ >> michaele back. now we will head to the campaign front, when south carolina republican senator jim demint decamped for the heritage foundation, few could imagine the trail of political dreams he would leave in his wake. south carolina governor, nikki haley appointed republican congressman tim scott to demint's seat. that created a free for all in his district. the district hugs the coast from myrtle beach to charleston even though it is nowhere near the appalachian trail, mark sanford is attempting a political comeback. he used to cover the district before withining the state house. ted turner's son teddy is taking a hard push for the republican nomination, but it is not exactly a chip off of the old block. he is making his name for himself as a conservative republican. over on the democratic side business elizabeth colbert-busch is looking like she will get the nomination. joining us to talk about this is "charleston post & courier" reporter robert behre. >> thank you for having me. >> michae

that's all i hope. >> michael: you have the same accent. so that willccept, great. >> michael: fantastic. linda, let's talk about this trial. why is it that a trial comes along every now and then that totally grips us? the earmarks are here for sex violence murder, mystery, but what is it about this trial or trials like this that just grip us as a country? >> well, not only is it a death penalty case, but adorable when you look at her, a young woman who first came on the screen had long blond hair. is she's mormon. he's mormon. and then there is sex sex, sex that you can't even talk about on television. it's that raise racy, it's 50 shades of mormonism. that was a joke. >> michael: i like that. we're going to talk about it on tv because you said we couldn't. here is cnn with a little more of that graphic television. >> arias soon converted to mormonism like her boyfriend and agreed to be baptized. on the day of her baptism she told the court alexander tied her up while they were both still wearing sacred garments and forced her to have anal sex. >> afte

assuming nothing goes wrong in the next eight hours, jayden michael tyler will be the next tgs cast member- eight cities, 40 comics, one slap fight with a tsa agent. i'm done. jayden's the one. [sighs] now we just have to make jack think that hiring jayden was his decision. who are the decoys we will be using for the audition? - uh, middle-aged female comic with a bolo tie, one-man band who only plays halloween music, and australia's jackie mason. jack will hate all of them and pick jayden. - ugh, i hate doing this to people. they all think this is their big break, but we're just using them. - call it the hornberger system. - you've never been on the other side of this, pete. auditioning is hard. so much rejection. elizabeth lemon, i am represented by suzanne's b-plus talent. my carpets need a deep clean. - next! - and then you call your mom and tell her, "it went great," and you've got a really good feeling about this year. - i know it's no fun, but you are making this guy's dreams come true. at your age, it's probably the last time you'll ever make a man happy. - [laughs] that's true, li

>> michael will be happy to buy those treasuries from you when you're ready to sell. >> i can't waitgive them to him. >> peter, what about earnings? are you worried about earnings coming out in the next two or three weeks. >> you would think so, maria. you would think that that's sort of an indicator for the next quarter, but i'm still relatively positive on earnings. i don't think we're going to have a gang buster quarter. and i thought last quarter, we sort of did. because i think everything was so tempered down, i think we'll probably have something very, very in line for what everybody's expecting. i don't think there's going to be any major surprises in either direction. but, you know, that being said, that still means people are making money. these companies are still earning money. they may not be growing at 13% annual, but they still are growing, they still are putting away cash. to me, that's still a positive sign long-term in the market. >> so the fedexes and the oracles are special situations in your view? they disappointmented big-time this week. >> they disappointed, but

talk to me a little bit about that and whether you believe that if any outcome here with dell, michael dell will still abe part of the company or won't he? >> the second part of the company is still the question whether michael dell remains part of the company. he clearly wants to own the company. he tried to buy out the company and in the process has put it in play to the point where he may not ultimately be part of the future of this company. to your first question, there are rarj issues around management-led buyout and there are questions among shareholders who were saying to themselves why has michael dell want to buy this company? is he buying it on the cheap and if he's buying it on the cheap why should i sell it to him and leon cooperman said this is the equivalent of insider trading and he knows something that other shareholders don't and to some extent now that we have a separate offer from blackstone who came with a bid of $14.25, against michael dell's bid of silver lake of $13.65 and an additional bid of mr. icahn of $15, you could say that perhaps the original bid was too low. >> yo

it's what my church teaches me and i can't imagine that position will ever change. >> michael: and thatpeaker is why your party is not taken seriously and it never will be. coming up on "the war room" solutions to the gop problem, not from me mind you, i wouldn't change a thing but republican strategist jack burkman will give us a more constructive diagnosis, plus it seems like we're pretty close to the tipping point on gay marriage in this country. kelli goff will give us the great out of that. it's a monday. it's "the war room." stay right there. ♪ to find reelz in your area, go to reelz.com [ male announcer ] it's red lobster's lobsterfest our largest selection of lobster entrees like lobster lover's dream or new grilled lobster and lobster tacos. come in now and sea food differently. visit redlobster.com now for an exclusive $10 coupon on two lobsterfest entrees. they think this world isn't big enough for the both of them. but we assure you - it is. bites. little greatness. dude, i need your help fast. well, clearasil's fast. yeah, but is it this fast? faster! how about this fast? c

we had a very good frank exchange but the proof will be in the coming weeks. >> michael: the real questionwill paul ryan be sincere? he says he wants to work with the president, but his new budget looks a lot like his old budget. the one he ran on and lost? the wall street journal reports that the spending cuts the republicans force under the southeaster have add nearly pint to the unemployment rate. so the president is making sure he is protecting the fragile economy thomas harvard educated lawyer, who worked at the justice department and established himself as a strong defender of worker and civil rights. as labor secretary -- >> there is one and only one quarterback and that is the federal government. and it is the federal government that must make immigration policy, because immigration decisions as you know can have foreign policy consequences can have law enforcement consequences, can have humanitarian consequences. >> michael: so we glielt l more on thomas perez now as i'm joined by current tv's own david schuster who comes to us from new york. what are you hearing about perez? >> t

the cargo hold michael see it will be bad for them if they run out of bullets what a world we live in is this an urban life or rural life would allow a new born and. are they dragging the other speedboat along there using their guns to signal a child. even in the midst of a conflict so ordinary life takes its course and its twenty three year old named mom goes into labor for. food. and the man came out to his come. five minutes when you're done eating please check her stomach moment. when she is slow to deliver her father feeds her roots and black pepper a traditional remedy to help speed the birth. that is so i said. you're going to want to give you this. route to try to. take it and sure come on. to it stand up. for you this thing is no better take it was a pepper and chew it i don't know it identical album take it quickly come on. my stomach and. if you were cheering it you would have finished it already done. all this once and then was gone demi's used. all of them does not speak to you but they did i did he. is the cause is a need to wish he would and knows how to give us his i l

if you wish to live and work in america, then we will find a place for you. >> michael: okay, soundse he wants to find a way for undocumented immigrants to become citizens, well, not so fast. afterwards paul backpedaled saying while he wants to allow undocumented immigrants to stay he didn't want to pass citizenship. he said candidate we just have reform and then refer to it? wow, great way to say. representative yarmoth. what is happening with your fellow kentuckian rand paul, is this coming down to a path to citizenship? >> i get along with rand paul but this is silly. he obviously doesn't have much respect for the intelligence of his audience in if he doesn't think that people can't see through that. we have 11 million people in the country give or take some number who are here without documentation, and we need to find a way to keep them here. everybody is committed to doing that so to worry about what you call it is kind of beside the point. if you're going to allow people here they're going to become citizens one way or another. >> michael: it seems to me congressman that rand