then they move to his home state michigan where in 2003 she became michigan's first woman governor. the main issue faced the dine on a new industry and high unemployment and budget deficits and crumbling and the structure. no state was hit harder than hers. how did michigan rebuild its economy and what can michigan teach america about recovery the answer the answers to and the governors during the foot for jobs in america's economic future. also hosting the warm on current tv welcome to both of you. the club won think first of all i had to get to this but you group and the bay area that i remember people would say to you when you got married that year from the bay area and he is from michigan and your going to live in michigan. pill what went into the router california had already to arrive to reflect of wanted to go somewhere and have an impact to really work and do something to change the world than we felt like a fish and had a better opportunity for us and his whole family is there. >>> i looked away for 10 years and one of seven kids all there in michigan and won their appointe

but tonight, i am compelled to comment on michigan. michigan's legislature. the legislature's controlled entirely by republicans. and it's considering a bill that was rammed through the house policy schmidt today after a hearing. if that bill is passed, it would be the harshest anti-choice measure in the entire nation. michigan is set to make history and not in a good way for michigan's health. i am joined baylori lamaran, the ceo of planned parenthood. she tried to testify at today's hearing but she was denied. she joins us from ann arbor. welcome inside the war room. >> good evening, governor. nice to be with you. >> all right. so first of all, describe for us what is it that these bills do? what makes this such a surprising -- a surprisingly restrictive effort? >> well, i think what happened was there were a number of bills that were attempting to ostensbly regulate abortion safety but we have a good sense of what the agenda is to outline abortion and they continued them together in one giant omnibus bill that has far-reaching ramifications for michigan's

back how can we learn from michigan's death of democracy so the same thing is repeated from state to state. to the rest of the news states across the nation are desperately looking to bring new industries in that will create jobs course no industry has the that has a normal way one industry that has enormous potential to create jobs is green energy but considering republicans in congress are hell bent on austerity and beholden to the interests of big oil and investing create jobs is pretty hopeless instead the high new industry for jobs in the future might be domestic drones that's right drones for jobs still on the jobs more than a dozen states are scrambling right now to get approval from the f.a.a. the federal aviation administration to run one of six drone test sites around the country in hopes that the burgeoning drone industry might bring new jobs with it is test sites were mandated by congress this year to prove how easily and safely domestic drones can be integrated into the u.s. air space states like florida ohio and colorado are all trying to get into the domestic drone gam

oh, hey, michigan.he republicans control the governorship and both chambers of the legislature and where the house yesterday passed three bills, count them, three, aimed at making voting harder. the bills require you to show i.d. you never had to show before. they make it harder for groups like the league of women voters to hold registration drives to sign up new voters. legislation makes it harder for you to remain a voter if you fail to respond to an inquiry from your local clerk and go a while without voting. as in so many states michigan republicans say the purpose of this legislation is to stop voter fraud. put new requirements on voting, new restrictions for casting a ballot and get less voter fraud. that's the argument that seems to make sense. except as in so many states where lawmakers fulminate about voter fraud there does not appear to be much voter fraud in michigan. last month the republican secretary of state's office reported more than 1,000 dead people and 100 prisoners appear to have ca

yet the michigan house has the ability to bring s.b. six nineteen back up for reconsideration or a simple majority can trigger a new vote on the bill and it could allow it to be defeated so who is behind such as b six nineteen and just how much damage would it do to education in michigan if it were to become a law joining me now is fran brennan michigan director of working america fran welcome to the program. hank thank you very much for having me on thanks for joining us what would s.b. six thousand do. as these six point nine is intended to raise the care of cyber schools in the state of michigan what's in place right now is we have two pilot programs in place to determine whether they are beneficial to michigan and what their challenges and obstacles they may be facing and the six one nine was circumventing that and allowing unlimited amounts of private corporations to start running cyber schools which basically is having your child in their room isolated with just themselves and the internet as an educational program while that does

not only michigan, mr. mayor, beyond michigan, people in the auto industry, the fact is that the state that was saved and auto industry that was saved by president obama's auto bailout, 1.45 million people are working asing a direct result of the action. >> exactly. no wonder romney does wan't wano talk about it. he's on the wrong side of history. it is terrible thing to be on the wrong side of history but that's where mitt romney was. in our darkest time in michigan, when we were fighting for our survival and like you say it would have been way beyond michigan because the supply chain would have affected millions of jobs. the president didn't the right thing. he the courage and guts to do the right zthing. >> joan, the bus tour that he was on, not only did he not mention the bailout he was against, in detroit, he conveniently avoided freeport, illinois, a city hurt by bain capital. and close to where he was on yesterday. now it is very important because here's something he's raised himself, bain capital is

michigan state representative lisa brown got banned from the michigan state floor for using the word"vagina." so tonight with eve ensler watching, representative brown performed "the vagina monologues" on the steps of the michigan state capital. in a last word exclusive, eve ensler and her new star, representative lisa brown, will join me. if you don't like vaginas, this is not your tv show. the capital one cash rewards card gives you a 50% annual bonus. and who doesn't want 50% more cash? ugh, the baby. huh! and then the baby bear said, "i want 50% more cash in my bed!" phhht! 50% more cash is good ri... what's that. ♪ you can spell. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. the card for people who want 50% more cash. what's in your wallet? ha ha. ♪ [ thunk ] sweet! [ male announcer ] the solid thunk of the door on the jetta. thanks, mister! [ meow ] [ male announcer ] another example of volkswagen quality. that's the power of german engineering. right now lease the 2012 jetta for $159 a month. visit vwdealer.com today. >>> would you just repeal it -- >> we'll look at th

michigan state representative lisa brown got banned from the michigan state floor for using the wordgina." so tonight with eve ensler watching, representative brown performed "the vagina monologues" on the steps of the michigan state capital. in a last word exclusive, eve ensler and her new star, representative lisa brown, will join me. if you don't like vaginas, this is not your tv show. >>> would you just repeal it -- >> we'll look at that setting as we reach that. >> the batting practice mitt romney's been getting at fox news did not prepare him for bob schieffer's major league pitching yesterday. and it wasn't as if bob schieffer was throwing curveballs. >> you haven't been bashful about telling us where you want to cut taxes. when are you going to tell us where you're going to get the revenue? which of the deductions are you going to be willing to eliminate? which of the tax credits are you going to be -- when are you going to be able to tell us that ? >> well, we'll go through that process with congress as to which of the different deductions -- >> but do you have any ideas now

michigan, ohio iowa, new hampshire, pennsylvania, wisconsin.he -- what's he going to say to swing state voters that he has the already been able to say? >> he is on the hunt for reagan democrats. he has to find the independents and the democrats that might -- where he might find a crack between president obama's success and his policies and it may be where they are in their life right now. and so i think he is going to be saying to them that we haven't gotten back to our state of economic health. you live every day in fear you are not going to be able to make it and i can do better. >> so he is going in to persuade? >> yes. >> this is not mobilization. this is persuading gettable josh, there was an interesting statement by jeb bush today, speaking of reagan democrats, which basically he said -- and i am going to quote him: ronald reagan would have based upon his record of finding accomodation finding some degree of common ground, they would have had a hard time if you define the republican party -- and i don't, he says, as having an orthodoxy t

the powerful people in michigan, a lot of the michigan press says they're okay with this. they're good with this kind of government by mutually assured conflict of interest. maybe so. i'm not so sure whether the citizens of michigan are all that good with it. on april 26th, the board of canvassers deadlocked on party lines, throwing the petitions out, saying there will be no referendum on the ballot for that controversial michigan law. since then, this thing has been in and out of the courts and in and out of the courts with the last ruling being that the board of canvassers actually has to put it on the ballot, but not until there's a chance for one more appeal. in the midst of all of this, with the clock ticking, with multiple cities and school districts under emergency manager authoritarian rule, which could be stopped if this thing's going to be on the ballot, in the midst of all of this, there is confusion in michigan over what that board of canvassers is doing now, when they're going to meet, what they're planning, how they're going to deal with these court rulings.

the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp, and the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, each will control 45 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp. mr. camp: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. camp: and to include extraneous material on h.r. 346. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. . the house will be in order. the house will be in order. the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp. mr. camp: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. camp: i come to the floor today in support of h.r. 436, the health care cost reduction act of 2012. this bill would repeal two of the harmful tax hikes contained in the democrats' health care law. the medical device tax and restrictions on using health related savings accounts for over-the-counter medication. the legislation also includes a provision that will increase flexibility for healt

i think michigan because of the popularity of the auto bailout is a very tough one. for mitt romney doesn't mean he shouldn't put it in bay i think he has the best chances in wisconsin and pennsylvania. i think the republican governor in michigan said the auto bailout was necessary and a success. so that's a high hurdle. gregg: people pay attention to the polls obviously. take a look at the electorial college map, "real clear politics." wow. president obama has a huge lead there, doesn't he? >> yes, he does. he has more. patti ann: to 270 than mitt

i can live with if michigan is in play. if michigan voters are making a choice. >> but is it fair?lip mated result? we're talking about a party, ever since barack obama has came into office, has monkey wrenched the country. gone out of its way to impede any possibility of a real recovery in a crass, cynical strategy aimed at sticking the incumbent with the blaine. in every state that's in play, an equal cynical play, drop superpac money, torpedo the place with negative advertising. people so disgusting and confused on the day the election comes, maybe they don't bother to vote, real barriers of access to these laws, come up with bogus social issues that get some part of your base rallied and hopefully have a really messy race and at the end of the day your guy wins. >> i don't believe in conspiracy theorys and it looks like that is what's going on. >> we have to put michigan in a logical context of a genuine effort to silence women about reproductive rights issue we're not necessarily talking about people with vaginass, and when we talk about vaginas, we're not talking about necess

i am born and bred in michigan. but until i ran for governor, i have never really truly eggs florida michigan. now why can tell you where the biggest ice-cream cone in the north is. i can tell you where to get a gourmet hot dog on the shoreline. i that many of you have not been there. there's a good reason people live in every place in our state, but seldom do we see that. we only travel through them. the other thing is to find fun activities even as you get older. i took up scuba diving because i wanted to try something new. it is scary when you first start doing it. you find yourself under 60 feet of one -- water wondering, why did i want to be here? i had seen a whole new world that i have only seen on television. the only way you really enjoys scuba diving is if you relax. even though you may be scared, the best way to do it is to totally relax and just float along. it's the best experience. the final question is one that we often do ask but i want to emphasize it. do you feel you were making a positive influenc

what caused you to decide to promote michigan? >> kathleen, my wife and i are from michigan. we decided to come bang here in 1986, raise our family and raise our kids and while i was here i started a theater company and it just, i guess it was the way i was brought up. my dad owns the lumber company in chelsea, michigan. he employs people. he cares about the people he employs employs. there is a relationship between the interior and the employees that goes beyond just the bottom line and i was always struck with that growing up. he really, truly cared as a small businessman about the people who worked for him. so i opened the purple rose theater company and did the same kind of thing and just knew that i was creating jobs that didn't exist before: . i was doing everything i could to keep up with that. i think it was the way i was brought up to care about the people whom you have hired. >> you have your finger really on the pulse there in michigan and, of course, we all know what michigan has been through with the decline in the auto industry. and now that you're playing this

clair in michigan, and it's called jobby nooner. >> summertime in michigan begins with jobby nooner. but it's the michiganders who make this special. from the women with the big 34 ds to the member with the very real 48 bs and just to wear some beads around her neck a girl will show probably more than she probably should, but it's a dare to bare it all and men to rub their fat bellies with delight because they own a freakin' boat. >> this video is, of course, a parody of the many pure michigan videos that are online. >> you know, promoting michigan tourism. >> promising more outdoor adventure than ever before. a 19 million acre playground that's pure michigan. >> let's go back to jobby nooner. >> eventually people will pass out and the party will come to an end, and everybody will head back to the daily grind of the workweek with fond memories of strange hooters. jobby nooner. strange hooters. it's pure michigan. >> do you know exactly what jobby nooners means? >> i think it has something in to do with, like, afternoon delight. girls are showing their boobs. clearly, everyone is moon

he says if he wins michigan, he wins the white house. >> he should be competitive in michigan. his father was the governor there. this illustrates the extent to which romney has failed to exercise leadership over the party. the three wings of the party, two of three were never really -- they didn't really like romney during the primary. you have the evangelical wing that may not trust him for a lot of reasons. one because he's a mormon. you have the business wing that is all in for him, and then the tea party wing. mitt romney doesn't like to talk about the issues. he just want to talk about the economy. in michigan, the other problem is he was against the auto bailout. >> meghan, your father ran for president, he was direct on the issues, but we're not getting that out of romney. is this his waterloo? >> he doesn't really need to talk about anything else because at the end of the day, that's the only thing americans are going to be concentrating on. we have 9% unemployment rate, and romney doesn't have to talk about anything else. >> joy, ari, and meghan, great to have you wit

i left michigan out. >> exactly. down. >> it is coming down. >> i think romney has made some gains in wisconsin. it made sense for him to play there, but those are still structurally democratic states. if you look at the wisconsin recall vote last week, even with that turnout that kept scott walker in office, those voters were favoring obama by eight points. so it does look like this is -- he is playing on obama's turf which he should be doing but we should be clear, it's still obama's turn. >> let's look at the swing state polls. we have recent data. in pennsylvania, we see that the president is up 46 to 48%. messages here that romney is going to have to watch. >> it's interesting. he is still -- this is still a state in the western part of the state where obama has actually under performed democratic performance historically and it's related to your last segment. there is still some kind of racial gap in his connection with white blue clar voters. i bet the pollsters found that interesting. >> working on. >> someth

that's michigan democrat lisa brown with a pretty decent vagina zinger. which by the way is my favorite celestial seasonings tea. mmmmm. oh, that's good tea. no harm, no foul. >> michigan democrat said the word vagina in an abortion debate. republicans barred her from speaking again on the state house floor >> jon: hey, do you believe this lady bringing up vaginas in an abortion debate? you've got a lot of balls, lady. what? oh, no, i'm out too. all right. fine. what are they worried about? vaginas aren't like voldemorts or beetlejuice. invoking the name vagina doesn't make them suddenly appear. believe me, if it did, high school would have been very different for me. i lost my virginity at 81. the girl appealed. i got it back in '83. i don't know what michigan is so uptight about. if they state... clean up your own house. if you insist that the ladies of michigan use more conservative friendly terminology when adding their voices to the women's health debate, vagina is out. can no longer be used. the new preferred term i give you is this. margaret snatch

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so that is michigan. in virginia last week, home of governor ultrasound the state's board of health did something shocking. the state board of health in virginia decided not to make it more difficult for abortion providers to operate in virginia. virginia republicans wanted to do the same thing they are doing if michigan. they wanted to pass regulations specifically targeting abortion providers to put them out of business but the state board of health unexpectly voted to block the republican's move. they voted to exempt existing abortion providers from the new rules that seemed specifically drive on the shut them down. the board made this vote against the advice of virginia's radically anti-abortion republican attorney general. the decision now goes to governor mcdonald for review. that's going on in virginia. in florida, over the weekend, 1200 mayors from all over the country gathered for the 80th annual conference of mayors. at the end of the conference they issued a list of things they voted on, anti-v