you referenced michele bachman. there was almost a problem terry of a glass ceiling about michele bachman be a woman running for president. secretary clinton and sarah palin changed the game on that and it is still a challenge for a woman to build organization and raise the money and have political experience to get elected but really changed again for women candidates going forward and a great way for the country just as mitt romney running as a person who is a mormon this time around made that a lot easier for himself. that is a great legacy and important barrier to have -- not eliminated the that least reduced. >> one of the things the movie makes clear is governor sarah palin has a future beyond this campaign and she clearly has. she had that future largely because of the rise of a portion of the republican coalition that was not as important in 2008 and in 2000 and the populist grass-roots part of the party people refer to as the tea party became an important part of the electorate in 2010 and it is playing out

you see nancy pelosi and you see hillary clinton and you see michelle bachman and people think it's mission accomplished. there are women everywhere. there are plenty of them. but the reality is we're talking about 17% in congress. 24% in state legislatures. of all of the governors in this country, only 6 women. and that's down from the record. we've been going down in statewide elective office consistently. >>> so we see this kind of flat lining. and we all sort of moan what can we do? and we looked at the year 2012. and we said this is another year of opportunity. and we thought about this at the center and with our partner, mary hughs out in california a while ago and we've been working on something called the 2012 project to take advantage of 201. let's look at this year. it's redistricting year. every congressional district redrawn, creating new open seats, making incumbents a little less entrenched, more retirements than we normally see. so we see some similarities there. it's also a presidential election year. that we only get every 20 years, redistricting every ten. and in president

a minnesota congresswoman michelle bachman now owes more than 1 billion from are unsuccessful if to becomehe republican presidential nominee. half of that debt is owed to a fund-raising consultant in to the other half goes to her campaign manager. bob left the gop race after philistines -- finishing last in the iowa caucuses. she is now trying to run for a term in congress. >>darya: at 6:20 a.m., san francisco's suspended share of ross mirkirimi reported to probation at the hall of justice. the cameras were there following and even though he would not say anything. this is a part of his sentence after he struck a plea deal ed pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor domestic violence charge. a mercury me also attended a mandatory orientation for the domestic violence intervention program that he has to do. he has been suspended from his job of by the mayor. he is fighting back and says he will not step down. >>james: in belmont police are looking for a man who robbed a base wearing a mask that made him look elderly. the robbery happened just before 9:30 a.m. at a citibank on roles about it. the sus

. >>> plus, at the start of republican presidential race, of course, we all know michelle bachman was an early front-runner. her campaign eventually lost steam. she's yet to endorse a candidate but that's not stopping her from calling on her party to unify quickly. she is in the house. we'll ask her about that coming up. >> and let the games begin. "the hunger games" officially hit theaters overnight. excited fans coast to coast waiting in line and packing theaters. so, was it worth the wait? we will have some early reviews. >> we're going to find out. i'm interested in that because i have a teenager in the house who i think wants to see that movie tonight. let's now begin with this serious news. the official cause of whitney houston's death. nbc's craig melvin is in beverly hills with this update. craig, good morning. >> ann, good morning to you. the beverly hills hilton, where whitney houston drowned in her bathtub on february 11th, thursday the coroner's office told houston's family what killed her. the coroner also released this one-page preliminary report. the report confirms wha

look at michelle bachman.since 1832. >> gretchen: don't you think it's different this time around that let's say that mitt romney is the nominee. wouldn't it be so much more important this time around to pick somebody who will shore up the conservative base for him because he had this complete -- >> no. >> gretchen: you don't think so? >> no, i think the most important thing is pick somebody you think is the best possible counselor for you. this is your first biggest personnel decision, your first management decision that you're going to tell the country that you would do. and very rarely do people say, i'm going to vote for mitt romney because he chose allen west as his vice president. that doesn't usually happen. i'm not saying it can't help and it might give you some comfort and you have to think about the bumper sticker. will the name fit? gore-lieberman, that was a long one. mccain-palin, nice and tight. you have to think how long the names are. that's important. >> steve: something very important is the

course, acknowledging the overflow of filth that has been directed at people like sarah palin and michelle bachmanm and myself would ruin the narrative that they and their left wing thugs are trying to portray. really what i think people need to understand fundamentally about this war on rush limbaugh and conservative talk show hosts while they ignore all of the left wing talk hate is that this is another attempt to criminalize and marginalize conservative speech and dissent. >> steve: absolutely. >> gretchen: one of the things they use, too, is that they'll say that bill haher is a comedian. so we've heard this from other comedian when is they got into the applycal realm. they say, well, they're comedians, so they can say what they want. how do you feel about that? >> yes, absolutely. this is the humor card that they always play as their last resort. and it really is the ultimate sign of cowardice. the other day i called bill maher a dirt bag, but i was wrong about that and i'm sorry. what he really is is just an invertbrate coward for trying to cloak his extreme political views in humor. there i

. >> sure, we have, michelle bachman kept talking about it during the debates.e, we need to be able to access good medical care, and catastrophic insurance is one of the main things we need and the way you get that by allowing insurance companies to compete across state lines, and not to have federal requirements. under obamacare, they're going to have the hhs secretary issue the mandates and it has to cover this, presumes and this-- >> and you are the hhs counter for romney-- >> my-- would be fantastic. >> that would be three months until romney repeals it. >> dave: okay, governor romney you've heard it. >> that's what i want. >> dave: hhs. >> clayton: ann coulter, great to see you, we appreciate it. >> alisyn: up next, a very controversial topic, diet for your kids. how young is too young to put your daughter on a diet if the case of this mom you're seeing right here, her daughter was only seven. is that too little? she denied her daughter dinner to keep off the extra pounds. we had the pediatrician who started this family next. >> plus, celine dion's song hel

michelle. mn first time i've seen your show well done so i just want to say thank you for watching all of them and making fun of bachman is always a good time so keep coming back and spread the word and i'll set my rantings and i are back with more as usual later in the week. hey guys well guess what this week is sunshine week and even though spring is in the air here in d.c. so isn't about the weather this is about shining a light on a government secrecy the sunshine week was created in two thousand and five by the american society for news editors and it's designed to highlight the public's right to know what its government is doing and why and ever since the society first came up with this idea or journalism groups have expanded the concept to create sunshine week as we know it so this week we're going to be hunting scouring i live in a few issues on how transparency comes into play now here is the first one here is . so here's the first thing that i would like to talk about it's senate bill twenty one o five aka the cyber security act of two thousand and twelve it's legislation even the first attempt by capitol hil