charles blow and mike rogers will join me next. and we're 26 days away from th historic recall elections in wisconsin. governor scott walker is using taxpayer money to help him survive. the democrat trying to unseat walker's lieutenant governor will join me. stay with us. lots more coming up. >>> coming up, the political fallout on marriage equality is getting ugly for mitt romney. charles blow and mike rogers are next to discuss it. the president is literally laughing in mitt romney's face about the auto rescue. gene robinson along with the story. >>> and the war on the poor is getting uglier. you will not believe the cuts republicans voted for in the house today. share your thoughts on twitter using #edshow. we're coming right back. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." president obama may have given mitt romney a political opportunity on same-sex marriage, but romney, he just doesn't know what to do with it. romney is all over the place. he doesn't even think his party should be fund-raising on the issue. here's more. >> i hope the

charles blow and mike rogers will join me next. and we're 26 days away from the historic recall elections in wisconsin. governor scott walker is using taxpayer money to help him survive. the democrat trying to unseat walker's lieutenant governor will join me. stay with us. lots more coming up. today, we stand against the tyranny of single mile credit cards. battle speech right? may i? [ horse neighs ] for too long, people have settled for single miles. with the capital one venture card, you'll earn double miles on every purchase, every day! [ visigoths cheer ] hawaii, here we come. [ alec ] so sign up today for a venture card at capitalone.com. and start earning double. [ all ] double miles! [ brays ] what's in your wallet? can you play games on that? not on the runway. no. >>> coming up, the political fallout on marriage equality is getting ugly for mitt romney. charles blow and mike rogers are next to discuss it. the president is literally laughing in mitt romney's face about the auto rescue. gene robinson along with the story. >

charles blow and mike rogers will join me next. and we're 26 days away from the historic recall elections in wisconsin. governor scott walker is using taxpayer money to help him survive. the democrat trying to unseat walker's lieutenant governor will join me. stay with us. lots more coming up. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is your moment. this is zales. the diamond store. take an extra 10% off storewide now through saturday. take an extra 10% off storewide do you guys ride? well... no. sometimes, yeah. yes. well, if you know anybody else who also rides, send them here -- we got great coverage. it's not like bikers love their bikes more than life itself. i doubt anyone will even notice. leading the pack in motorcycle insurance. now, that's progressive. call or click today. aarrggh! that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. >>> coming up, the political fallout on marriage equality is getting ugly for mitt romney. charles blow and mike rogers are next to discuss it. the presid

chairs of the senate and house intelligence committees, democrat dianne feinstein and republican mike rogers. plus the anemic recovery and the election with the national journal's major garrett and janice rivlin. i'm candy crowley and this is "state of the union." >>> republican leaders and former rivals are gathering around mitt romney's candidacy, but the coalescing lacks a certain warp and fuzzy feature. >> compared to barack obama i would trust mitt romney 100 times over. >> he's the guy. he called and i called him back. we kind of traded some voice mails. >> he's the person that is going to go up against barack obama. it's pretty clear. and we need to win this race. >> i am joined by the latest candidate to exit the race, former house speaker newt gingrich. thanks for being here this morning. >> good to be here. >> my question is these have not been warm embraces. it was a tough campaign, and i get that that's a tough step to take, but do you think that it's time now to try to bring those who would follow you and say, listen to me, i do embrace this guy in a whole manner, because he nee

in 20 minutes we'll talk with congressman mike rogers. head of the house intelligence committee and one of the few lawmakers briefed on the details of this investigation. >>> making news this morning, it's deadline day for the pentagon. house oversight committee wants defense secretary leon panetta to hand over what he knows about 12 military personnel caught up in last month's prostitution scandal in colombia. that scandal cost nine secret service agents their jobs. >>> voters in north carolina are deciding whether the state should change its constitution to ban same-sex marriages. if passed, marriage would be defined as union between one woman and one man and invalidate all civil unions and domestic partnerships of straight and same-sex couples. >>> north carolina is also won of the three states holding primaries today. the other states are west virginia and indiana. this will give mitt romney a chance to pick up more delegates. needs just a little more than 300 more to clinch the republican presidential nomination. >>> besides choosing

mike rogers on the house intelligence committee said basically look we need an investigation here and the defense secretary-- >> i agree. >> paul: democrats aren't disagreeing either. so the operational details here were extensive and troubling to somebody who says we want this to keep going. >> and they got this too early. they had to pull the saudi double agents out of yemen before they wanted to come out. on the other hand, i think it's worth reminding the american public of in a way, making this public is helpful and at the same time, having al-qaeda question, you know, we can trust the guy next to them. that may not be a bad thing after all. this group depends on recruiting from, among themselves. >> and they were already doing that. i mean, they shot two or three people and sent out videos saying they were saudi spies, last year. >> that's true, but another thing to take into account a democrat democratic administration cracking down hard and in the bush administration, you had the swift program, wireless warrant-- wireless wire taps. >> wire taps. >> excuse me. that you had bas

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republican representative mike rogers says the leaks kept the operation from getting to its full conclusion and may jeopardize lives. but fbi director robert mueller told congress that the u.s. is learning valuable information from the bomb that might prevent future attacks. >>> a civil rights champion who worked for two house administrations has died. nicholas katzenbach died at his home yesterday. he may be best known no incident grating the university of alabama in 1963. he read president kennedy taps statement demanding that two black students be allowed to enter the university and escorted them inside the building. >>> the washington region is being asked to come together to pray for chuck brown. the godfather of go-go remains in the hospital battling pneumonia. wpgc is organizing a unit prayer for brown. they are asking folks to stop what they're doing at noon today to offer prayers for the legendary performer. >> prayers are going out to him. >>> are too many tickets being handed out in the district. we'll tell you which city leader says enough is enough. >> i know a lot of people wa

congressman mike rogers has a major problem with the fact he wasn't briefed on the operation before yesterdayt raises a lot of questions given the press schedule of this event and how it was released early, and just raises a lot of questions unfortunately. >> reporter: according to the associated press, the double agent who was working with the cia is now safely out of yemen. congressman king says it was his understanding that a major investigation will soon begin to find out exactly who leaked the story to the media. anita? >> lots of twists and turns. okay, matt. >>> what do you get when you combine a teddy bear, a bunny and a mickey mouse doll? you get a 40 caliber handgun. each of those three stuffed animals contained parts of the gun. airport screeners spotted them when they x-rayed the dolls in rhode island. the stuffed animals belonged to a 4-year-old boy. the father said he had no idea the gun parts were in there. police let that man go, but they are still investigating. >>> next week, the g-8 sum military comes to camp david in maryland and protesters will be allowed to gather at bak

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should arm the syrian opposition but many fellow republicans-- including mike rogers, chairman of the house intelligence committee-- have their doubts. >> i'm not one that believes we should be arming the rebels right now. we're having a difficult time getting a complete picture who they are. >> reporter: how well do you think the obama administration has handled this syrian crisis? >> we should have been engaged earlier. we've had discussions months ago about certain possibilities that we could do. >> reporter: a few republicans-- like senator john mccain of arizona-- have been pushing for u.s.-led air strikes for months. >> are there dangers and risks and uncertainties in this approach? absolutely. but there are no ideal options in syria. all of them contain significant risk. >> reporter: but donald rumsfeld, the defense secretary under president bush, warned on cbs "this morning" this toppling the dictatorship is no guarantee of a better government. >> the world obviously would be better off with the assad family out of there. but the question is, what comes next? and that's a very

industry has cost a shadow over the city extending a pipeline through the logical site iraq expert mike rogers believes the nations of the to have put a price tag on five long history. for the nonce nine percent of us. the heritage of the cradle of civilization and the history of iraq is more important but those who serve the elites and the global oil companies to them world heritage and antiquities mean nothing to them and the end of the most important thing is the mighty dollar part of the problem of the moment is the people are debating about the. legislation there's been delayed for the last six months but the worst of all companies have basically riding roughshod over this legislation because they're signing contracts with the kurdish region in the last the oversea doing no oil contracts with the oil pipeline providers in the south too and none of the legislation is actually in place so it seems to me that the oil companies are fully aware that the legislation that will be in place to benefit them no matter what happens to the iraqi people the legislation is always going to benefit the oi

what role did big money play in this so it's really interesting representative mike rogers the republican republican congressman from michigan he actually took fifteen percent of his total campaign dollars so far this election cycle came from corporations and organizations supporting cisco which is the new sort of cyber spying law that basically allows private firms private corporations and intelligence companies and the government all the share your private online information without you ever knowing and with complete legal sort of waiver and you can't sue them in any way for doing it for doing that and fifteen percent again fifty percent of the fines for his campaigns came from companies supporting this everyone from microsoft to facebook to private cyber security firms in washington d.c. in arlington virginia credible beyond the buyout of congress there's an entirely separate government as it were operating in the name of the american legislative exchange council and they literally get together. lobbyists and state representative is fifty fifty sitting side by side and write legislatio

. >> the tihaied has turned fine stein representative mike rogers say they believe the taliban has grown stronger. >>> i think we both say what we found is the taliban is stronger. president karzai believes the taliban will not come back. i am not so sure. the taliban has a shadow system of governors of many providences. they have gone up to the north to the east. attacks are up. >> this is a huge problem. what we found is maybe the policies of the announced data withdrawal negotiations of the taliban have worked against what our end game is here. listen war is when one side wins and one side loses. >>> he did add one positive is the afghan military is increasing dramatically. >> oo and now it is time for your first degree weather update with maria molina. she has a front moving across the midwest. >> front moving across the midwest that you get to see. it is a slow mover so we are going to have issues with the systems. it is flooding which it says moisture is moving in heavy rains from the flakes down to portions of texas already today. a cold front pushing east wabd across the great la

alabama congressman mike rogers is chairman of the subcommittee investigating this.anagement problem and we're trying to get to the bottom of what happened and make it smarter. tsa is going to be smarter, leaner and tougher and we want to help them get there. we have to have hearings like this to focus on problems. >> in today's smart is the new rich, green shoots in housing. the value of the average home in housing down 25% from the peak in may 2007. $7 trillion of homeowner wealth wiped out. the relentless slide in home prices is slowing. some surveys predict prices will rise a little next year and housing starts for the month of april just came out up 2.6%. another report yesterday showed home builder confidence at a five-year high. another report found home affordability at the highest in years. a family earning under $61,000 a year can now afford a home costing more than $325,000. monthly mortgage would be just 13.5% of what a family makes in that house. it's still harder to qualify for mortgages but rates are at record lows. average 30-year fixed rate home loan

and saying the same thing, democratic senator diane feinstein and republican congressman mike rogers both agreeing, the taliban strength and resolve are growing despite the u.s. troop surge and our continued presence there. >> the taliban has a shadow system of governors in many provinces, they've gone up north, they've gone to the east, attacks are up. >> this is a huge problem and what we have found is maybe the policies of the announced date of withdrawal and have worked against our end-game here and we ought to have a hard discussion, listen, war is when one side wins and one side loses. >> harris: a few days ago the president bounced the tide had turned and we broke the taliban's momentum, end quote. we're expect six months away from general election day. the overriding issue right now as you know the economy and who is better to turn it around. and the presidential candidate mitt romney's campaign coming out with a new ad on this sunday. >> i'd ask if you were better off than before. >> i'm not seeing a lot here. >> that's a terrible number. >> well, the real question. >> job r

congressman mike rogers said the definition shouldn't matter. >> the fact is a breach is a breach.f somebody gets through a check point, a security excess check point is not supposed to, and it is reported to a supervisor, that ought to be reported up to tsa. >> tsa says it's working to correct issues in order to make it more efficient. >> the busiest airport in the world has a brand new international terminal. today atlanta's main airport opened its new $1.4 billion addition along with a bright, new look the terminal includes restaurants and expanded view of the arriving and departing flights. airport managers are hoping this new terminal will encourage more airlines to route their overseas flights through atlanta. if congress can't agree on spending cuts and tax hikes the debt ceiling issue could become a crisis once again. today president obama hosted a bipartisan lunch and offered ideas to avoid that but as steve handelsman reports republicans find some of the ideas on the president's to-do list a little hard to swallow. >> reporter: at the white house today the president lunch

representative from the republican side mike rogers says the leaks kept the operation from getting toconclusion and may jeopardize lives. but fbi director robert mueller told congress yesterday the u.s. is learning valuable information from the bomb that might prevent future attacks. >>> prosecutors say they'll wrap up their case against john edwards today without calling his mistress rielle hunter to the stand. hunter was also listed by the defense as a potential wants at the start of the trial. edwards' lawyers could call her to the stand after the prosecution is finished presenting its case. the former north carolina senator is accused of using campaign contributions to cover up his fair with his mistress. >>> a juror in the roger clemens pretrial has been dismissed for sleeping and showing up late. the juror, an unemployed man in his 20s said during jury selection he would rather been sleeping in court. court. >>> 3700 post offices once recommended to be closed in order to save the nearly bankrupt postal service will now stay open. postal officials backed off a plan to close the m

there are concerns on both sides of the aisle on your counter part in the house mike rogers was upset that it could disrupted the opportunities and could be a crime . is is what defense secretary leon panetta. >> you have to protect the people and the confidence and the classification and the covert nature of this coined of work. when these leaks take place, i can't tell you how much they damage our ability to pursue intelience efforts. >> what kind of investigation should be launched in to how the information was leaked? >> a big one. this was serious. the operation was closely held and sy, f.b.i. and homeland security and tsa. so a limited number of people knew about it. general procedure would have the chairman and the vice chairman of each of the intelligence committees briefed during the attack or prior to it. this was not the case. there was no briefing. apparently the leak came to an ap reporter, the government called and asked that the story be held and the story was held until monday and then released . what this does, it certainly jeopardizes the asset and jeopardizes our ab

house and senate committees, they were in afghanistan, they came ba, dianne feinstein, mike rogers. they said the taliban is stronger now than it was a year ago. >> well, i don't like to contradict senator feinstein but if that suggests that the taliban will come and take over afghanistan, no. afghanistan has moved far enough not to be reversible to those days of the taliban -- >> they had a major show of strength in april when they launched that attack in kabul. >> that's a terrorist attack. >> that's the taliban. >> but that's not a show of strength. that's a terrorist attack. >> so is the taliban stronger now than it was a year ago? >> to put it in answers yes or no, you would not project the real scene in afghanistan. let me put it this way, that the taliban may have the ability to launch attacks, to explode ieds, to send suicide bombers, but for them to come and take over the country and take it backwards, no. afghanistan has moved forward and afghanistan will defend itself and the progress that we have achieved, the afghan people will not allow it to be put back or reversed. >

senator dianne feinstein and congressman mike rogers just returned there.ing on your show about the trip today. what do you expect they will be saying? >> well, there's so much going on in the world but they're both heads of their intelligence committee, rogers on the house side, a republican. feinstein on the democratic -- on the senate side. she's a democrat. first of all, just what their take is on whether afghan soldiers, the afghan military, the afghan police are going to be up to the job if, in fact, the u.s. is going to step back from combat roles sometime next year. the president has said they will be. you always want to know about the threat. what's the threat? is it really down from where it was three years ago? where does the u.s. now look to the biggest threat and, you know, syria is out there, iran is out there. there's always some place in the world where you want to know a little more about. >> a lot to worry about for sure. candy, thank you very much. appreciate that. nition to chat wi nice to chat with you. >> thanks. >> "state of the union

senator feinstein and representative mike rogers i just saw outside, smart guy, former f.b.i.ent, well respected in areas of law enforcement and security of this country. well, as the article points out, there are other articles as well, but this article, from a.p. says, the leaders of congressional intelligence committee said sunday they believe the taliban had grown stronger since pome sent 33,000 more troops to afghanistan in 2010. the report by senator dianne feinstein, d from california, representative mike rogers, republican from michigan, challenges obama's own assessment last week in his visit to kabul that the, quote, tide had turned, unquote, and that, quote, we broke the taliban's momentum, unquote. the two recently returned from a fact-finding trip to the region where they met with afghan president hamid karzai. quote, president karzai believes the taliban will not come back. i'm not so sure, feinstein said. quote, the taliban has a shattered system of governors in many province, unquote. when asked if the taliban's capabilities had been degraded since obama deploy

. >> congressman mike rogers is chairman of the house intelligence committee and joins me. thank you so much for being with us. first of all, arming the syrian rebels. you have said don't arm the rebels. we're hearing a lot of criticism of that. john mccain you know is really out there. mitt romney blaming the president for weakness saying he's not showing leadership saying we have to pour resources into the opposition, not specifically arms but he doesn't say exactly what we should do. why are you so strongly against arming the rebels? >> i could see all of the intelligence every day. that's what i do as chairman of the intelligence committee. i'll tell threw is no syrian resistance in total. there are pockets of resistance, there are some emerging groups. we just don't have a good handle on who they are. we know that al qaeda in iraq is operating there and has a sizable presence there. and have been successful in some of their efforts to destabilize the regime there. so we just don't know. we're not sure. so, i think that that ought to be very, very carefully considered.

. >> there are some even among republicans like mike rogers, the chairman of the house intelligence committee who believe we should not be leading this, that this is not our place. and that we're in iraq. we're in afghanistan. we're pretty much out of iraq but still have troops there. we're still deeply involved in trying to extricate ourselves from afghanistan. we see how unpredictable the arab spring results have been elsewhere. look at egypt. what about the argument that this is not our role than the region should take the leadership but not us. >> governor romney agrees if the question is whether or not we should put boots on the ground. he's not supporting providing u.s. troops like we currently have but is winding down in afghanistan. he's talking about working with the opposition, identifying the opposition, getting them resources, helping accord fate things. but we should not be actually getting ourselves entangled on the ground with some sort of troop presence. he has not been arguing for that. other republicans arguing for the leading approach have not been arguing for that. the pos

the subcommittee chairman mike rogers, republic of alabama said, quote: we must make certain that theillions of taxpayer dollars we spend screening passengers is not in vein. systemic vulnerabilities exist through the back doors of our airports. this particular instance is clearly a major vernlt revealed. >> shepard: i will say. jonathan hunt, thanks very much. the feds announcing the first trials of a judge that could prevent alzheimer's. researchers say they will test it on about 5,000 people in columbia, south carolina. people that have a gene that causes them to develop the disease as early as their mid 30's. today the white house announced it's backing those trials. it's part of a new national alzheimer's plan, which aims to find a treatment for the disease by the year 2025. if you are looking to cut calories, grab a slurpee. 7/11 is now offering the slurpee light. supposedly with less than half the calories of a regular slurpee. 20 calories in 8 ounces of the stuff. the first flavor hitting stores this month. fan that sugar free mango. researchers at oxford university in england