mr. rush limbaugh has issued two apologies for the comment. >>> he was briefly in the political spotlight has taken a bigger step closer and want well wall was named joe the plumber the it will let dough area couldn't -- the toledo area of couldn't greg's is expecting to hold that -- congressional department is holding that spot. >>> president shimon peres focused on iran. >> they are a corrupt phenomena in our time. >> president shimon peres spoke before a crowd of 2000 at emanuel. he expressed concern and he also said israel appreciates the alliance with the united states. >> outside temple emanuel, there were dueling demonstrations. earlier president shimon peres visited facebook headquarters. >>> they have agreed to resume talks with iran over the nuclear bombs. sanctions are starting to take affect inside iran and he urged patients. >> this notion that we have a choice to make in the week or month or two months is not born out by the facts : >> iran has allowed us to visit chris has to be a nuclear weapons program. they will have to set aside a million dollars a year. this is accordi

mr. rush limbaugh.ficult interview nor a gotcha question but he did take no less than two opportunities to make his position abundantly clear. >> i'll just say this which is it's not the language i would have used. i'm focusing on the issues thai think are significant in the country today. >> this moment, quite apart from his general awkwardness in public and his complete failure to connect with anyone other than his wealthy backers, this moment is a defining moment for mitt romney. because this was mitt romney's moment of challenge and controversy. he could so easily have offered a simple but comprehensive condemnation of mr. limbaugh. he could have offered his hand of support to a defenseless college student who was only trying to defend her friend. he could so easily have -- no he couldn't. and that is because mr. romney is what some people refer to as a stuffed shirt. an outfit that contains a body without any real convictions. that's why his utter failure at this moment of challenge was only made a

mr. limbaugh's comments. this was before rush sort of, about what he said. >> it's not the language i would have used. >> it's not the language he would have used? like he wouldn't have said slut or prosecute but other than that you were cool with it? mitt romney is giving the same caliber of apology for rush limbaugh that rush limbaugh did. remember, what rush limbaugh said, among other thing this young woman was a slu tchb and prostitute who couldn't afford contraception because she had too much sex because in rush limbaugh's mind the more sex you have, the more birth control pills you must take or something? the only problem mitt romney has he wouldn't have used that specific language but the rest is okay? this started off as a rush limbaugh it still is, but it's now also a mitt romney for president problem. >> rush limbaugh, who is obviously a prominent radio personality, does he have some power within the republican party? >> sure, absolutely he has influence because he has a strong conservative base. i know that the stateme

mr. limbaugh's horrific comments, this is great for them. today the ongoing moral catastrophe of rushbaugh had one more unintended positive consequence came by mr. limbaugh attacking another young smart american woman and dragging her name for the mud for something she didn't do wrong. sometimes having a universally reviled enemy is more valuable than having the most powerful allies. the latest woman to be attacked by rush limbaugh joins us for the interview tonight. that is next. >>> every time i find evidence of a massive forthcoming event to take away little bit of our freedom here and there, under the guise of improving our health or safety, i'll warn you about it. the ultimate end game is to take away your freedom. now we have a book by the tracie mcmillan, has as the premise that only the fancy and snobs get good food. what is it with all these young single white women over educated, doesn't mean intelligent. >> joining us now is tracie mcmillan for her first interview after being attacked by rush limbaugh for doing nothing wrong, the author of the new book "american way of eati

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rush limbaugh from its website. that site is the next target of activists looking to convince advertisers to stop sponsoring the rush limbaugh radio show. this, after mrlimbaugh said nasty things about a woman testifying before congress. he late ar poll guised but that didn't stop a number of sponsors leaving including tech companies like santa clara's sitrux. >> thank you. >> hot weather we had over the weekend. really nice temperatures. will the spoiling continue? >> yes it will. for today your birthday. coincidence, i think not. conditions are just right for outside plans. plenty of upper 60s and low 70s as we head throughout the afternoon. a live look at san jose now. you can see we do have haze. and it's a little bit hazy everywhere across the bay area. as of tomorrow when we get shower activity that will not be the case. taking a live look now at san francisco. air quality's better off. we have high clouds hanging out. let's get to your forecast for today. temperatures climbing into the upper 60s and 70s. 69 degrees in san jose. 69 in santa cruz today. about 70 degrees in santa rosa whereas yesterday we were closer to 80 degrees in the warmest c

mitt romney tonight passing up another opportunity to put the rush limbaugh thing behind him, mr. romney was asked paraphrasing the question, rush limbaugh criticized sandra fluke, you have said that was not the language you would have used, was it appropriate for him to criticize her and what language would you have used? mr. romney's response, my campaign is about jobs and economy and scaling back government and i won't weigh in on that particular controversy. i know you want to make it about jobs and economy and scaling back the size of government as long us a don't weigh in on that particular controversy, that controversy lives in the campaign. >> no comment. no comment. that is a courtageous stand. no comment. i think i know why mitt romney doesn't say anything, because he keeps talking, i see his notes, speech tonight, he's concerned about the debt. two ways to reduce the debt. he hasn't explained how he will do it. won't raise taxes, lower taxes by three trillion dollars on the rich. that is not reducing the debt in the long term. two, what will he cut? please tell us, if yo

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mr. romney, along with those conservative and independent pundits, these weren't his comments, they were rush limbaugh'somments, did mr. rom have to be more forceful than saying rush limbaugh used words he wouldn't have used? >> let me rescue you from this worry you're being too harsh. i am -- when -- i watched mrs. fluke's testimony live. our oldest daughter is exactly her age, just almost exactly she is in law school. we have three other young women, two daughters and a daughter-in-law, mother of our only grandchild all of reproductive age. he does not understand what he unleashed, he went after my girls. he went after the girls of mothers all across this country regardless of their politics. and that is what he has completely under estimated. as have the candidates, what is the down side to saying you don't ask women, young women to post video, he asked for video, rachel, of this young woman. he called her a slut because she wanted to be responsible about birth control. they have no idea yet it seems to me, what has been unleashed but they are about to find out. there is no going back on this one. an

mr. steele, here's rush limbaugh that started it all with his show yesterday.s the spiritual leader. you guys are all afraid to offend. let's listen to him on this issue of who is a slut and who isn't. let's go. >> what does it say about the college co-ed susan fluke who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex? what does that make her? it makes her a slut, right? it makes her a prostitute. she wants to be paid to have sex. >> you know, this cost don imus a lot of career, this kind of talk. calling people sluts, this kind of stuff. i just wonder about this guy who you guys all bow before as the great alexa hente. that either approves your crop of thinking every year. are you going to take him on or leave him out there alone? >> i've already gotten in trouble on that front. remember, i tried to put in context when asked as chairman, you know, what does rush limbaugh mean to the party? he means different things to people. in this instance, a lot of people have a problem with it. i'm sure his lawyers are having a

mr. rush limbaugh's programs, their voting with their feet and their disgust with this type of antthe i womananti respect, not only respect to sandra, but to women in general. >> if you are viewing this purely from a sorry to use the word amoral in connection with politics, purely listeria stoogic thing, at what point if it didn't matter to you would you abandon the attack on women's rights to defend sandra fluke who's clearly been viewed by a majority of this country as not just a victim but essentially in vent bystander swept into this set of circumstances by putting one little toe in the national dialogue pool and being yanked into the deep end of it. even if you were somehow running for president on a republican campaign, at some point, wouldn't you punt on this when you saw just how no matter how fiercely your supportedders believed that it's time to roll this back and make this 1951 again, wouldn't it dawn an you that you could salvage something by not doing what all the other republicans are doing? >> i don't agree with them to begin with. i think women's rights should be respected and

mr. peabody used in the days of "bullwinkle" and rocky the squirrel. they and rush limbaughter for hot debate. that they can score points attacking those young people protecting themselves from pregnancy during their college years. well, are they crazy? are they politically nuts enough to think the way to win votes in 2012 is to head deep into the long ago territory of attacking people for using birth control? i have not heard a priest give a sermon on this topic since i was in grade school. why are politicians and their radio ringleader out there in the church tent riling up people about something they put to bed a half century ago at least. if it's only about an old fuddy duddy argument, that would be one thing. but listen to limbaugh calling a young college student a slut. just listen to him. this man who leads the republican party spiritually. >> what does it say about the college coed susan fluke who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex. what does that make her? it makes her a slut, right? makes her a prostitute. s

rush limbaugh. some saw it a lingering issue for the republican party. yesterday "washington post" columnist george will suggests republican leaders are afraid of limbaugh. >> mr. boehner comes out and says rush's language was inappropriate, using the solid fork for ouren tray. that's inappropriate. the liberals unfailingly fail to police the excesses on their own side. it was depressing because what it indicates is the republican leaders are afraid of rush limbaugh. they want to bomb iran but they're afraid of rush limbaugh. >> rick santorum called the remarks absurd, while newt gingrich said it's silly to think he speaks fort republican party. mitt romney for his part saying those are not the words i would have used. >>> turning away from politics, residents in the midwest as deadly tornados blanketed much of the middle of the country on friday. as many as 30 tornados carved a path from towns in seven states, kentucky, indiana, and ohio baring the brunt. video footage taken from a home in tennessee. 165-mile-per-hour winds from one of the tornados ripping down trees and tossing debris. in all, 39 people died in friday's storms, bringing the death toll just t

mr. limbaugh. >>> we start with the mouth that roared and wouldn't shut up. rush limbaugh couldn't resist using his e mor mouse microphone to berate, humiliate a young woman who dared to testify about women's reproductive rights. >> the woman comes forth with this hilarious claim that she's having so much sex and her buddy is with her, that she can't afford it. not one person says did you think about maybe backing off the amount of sex that you had. >> this comes just 24 hours after he compoundsed his contempt originally referring to her as a slut and prostitute with these words. >> if we are going to pay for your contraceptives and thus pay for you to have sex, we want something for it. i'll tell you what it is. we want you to post the videos online so we can watch be. >> just minutes after the rant today, the young woman received a telephone call from the president. a call she described to my colleague andrea mitchell. >> what feels really personal for me is he said to tell my parents that they should be proud, and that meant a lot because rush limbaugh question

rush limbaugh. afraid of him. let's listen. >> mr. boehner comes out and says rush's language was inappropriate. using the salad fork for your entree is inappropriate. just as the liberals fail to police the accesses on their own side and it was depressing because what it indicates is the republican leaders are afraid of rush limbaugh. they want to bomb iran, but they are afraid of rush limbaugh. >> they want to bomb iran, but they are afraid of the guy on the radio. providing george will's point, he was asked about his comments late friday night. let's listen to his response. >> it's not the language i would have used. i'm focusing on the issues that are significant for the country today. that's why i'm here talking about jobs in ohio. >> senator, you mentioned earlier that you have three potential opponents come november. >> they said nothing. in fact, the man who selected rush limbaugh and defending that decision today for the missouri hall of fame is in fact one of my opponents campaign chairman. i would think the three candidates running for the republican nomination ought to step up, like

mr. limbaugh? >> i've been advised it's a possibility. >>> sleeptrain pulled advertising from the rush limbaugh show after a twitter campaign in support of fluke. >>> today president obama headed to the hospital. don't worry, he's just fine. he left the white house and made a trip to walter reed medical center in bethesda. the white house does not allow cameras to follow, but we're told the president met with 27 troops wounded while serving in iraq and afghanistan and he awarded eight purple hearts. >>> smoky robinson is in town. the motown legend paid a visit to the duke ellington school of the arts in northwest washington this afternoon. problem in son has scored 37 top -- robinson has scored 37 top 40 hits in his 50 years in the music business and today shared his insight with dukeling ton students who serenaded him with a song -- duke ellington student who serenaded him with a song. ♪ he's the guy that puts tears in my eyes ♪ >> always give kids stuff that they're interested in that keeps them connected to school, that keeps them wanting to there be and so we should do whatever we can to restore

a guy like rush limbaugh it's just i'm an sombreentertain erer. do whatever uhyou like, mr. lim mr. mbaugh. what happened, tough guy? you are not so tough when tit comes to rush. right? >> so sad because rush is nein massive truckouble. he has lost so much power base here when tit comes to tis advertisers and, of course we told uhyou about teahe station in hawaii dropping him. soh what's he going to do? now he's going to pretend he doesn't really care that much about at thisdvertisingers. let's listen. >> they have decided they don't want you or you'rer business any more. soh be. /*it. teahe show is about you. it's not about teaheters at thisdvertisers. >> o ricksh, naho schulte nah. no. rush, we would never care about the at thisdvertisers. >> that's why he tripled down wednesday through friday and when teahe at thisdvertisers pulled out on saturday, i am so sorry . i am so sorry schulte. i'm so sorry schulte. police. please. yeah come on. now, you are telling me you don't care about teahe money? get out feof here. you know whaty at thisdvertisers are lead leaveing? i said this over

mr. president to believe the rush limbaugh apology to the georgetown law student is genuine ... and are you in agreement with those dropping in not supporting were sponsoring his show ... and you think the somali distasteful or provocative statements on the part of some of a liberal media is appropriate ... >>i don't think i'm gonna comment on the economics or the politics or the sponsorship or the sincerity of the rush limbaugh apology or programming. all decent folks can agree that the remarks that were made do not have a place in the public discourse. the reason i called that student is because i thought about my two young girls and some of the things that i want them to do as they get older is to be able to speak their mind in a civil and thoughtful way about the issues they care about and i don't want to see them get attacked or called horrible names because they are being good citizens whether i agree with their position on issues or not ... and i want to that student to know that i thought her parents ought to be proud of her. we want that message sent to all of our young

. >> rush limbaugh on thursday. >> so mrs. fluke and the rest of you femmen nazis. the videos online so we can all watch. >> rush limbaugh on friday. >> obama just called sandra fluke to make sure she was all right. that is so compassionate. what a great guy. >> and rush limbaugh on saturday. we want to be fair so i'm going to read his entire statement, a statement he calls it of apology. for over 20 years i have illustrated the ubsurd with ubsurdity. in this instance i chose the wrong words. i ended up kneeing a personal attack. i think it is absolutely absurd that we are discussing personal sexual recreational activities before members of congress. i personally do not agree that american citizens should pay for these activities. where do we draw the line? if this is accepted as the norm, what will follow? will we be debating if taxpayers should pay for new sneaks for all students that are interested in running to keep fit. in my monologue i posted that it is not our business to know what is going on in anyone's bedroom nor do i think it is a topic that should reach

rush limbaugh. media matters is spending $100,000 to run radio ads targeting stations that carry mr. limbaugh. >> local station, wlf, broadcaster radio host who repeatedly attacked a feel mail student for no other reason than participation in a public debate about women's health. wls shouldn't talk about women this way. our community deserves better than this. this community service announcement was paid for by media matters for america. >> bill: now a limbaugh spokesman has issued a statement, quote: these media matters mobs very simple message renounce our enemies or become one of them. they barrage small business with threats until they cancel their advertising, unquote. media matters was somewhat successful in damaging glenn beck's brand although is he prospering right now on the net. emboldened by that they are going after limbaugh target number one for liberal america. there is something he very fascist about all of this. shut down opposition. punish people who support them. every totalitarian state in the world tactic number one. silence the opposition. last week suggested to t

rush limbaugh. media matters is spending $100,000 to run radio ads targeting stations that carry mr. limbaugh. >> local station, wlf, broadcaster radio host who repeatedly attacked a feel mail student for no other reason than participation in a public debate about women's health. wls shouldn't talk about women this way. our community deserves better than this. this community service announcement was paid for by media matters for america. >> bill: now a limbaugh spokesman has issued a statement, quote: these media matters mobs very simple message renounce our enemies or become one of them. they barrage small business with threats until they cancel their advertising, unquote. media matters was somewhat successful in damaging glenn beck's brand although is he prospering right now on the net. emboldened by that they are going after limbaugh target number one for liberal america. there is something he very fascist about all of this. shut down opposition. punish people who support them. every totalitarian state in the world tactic number one. silence the opposition. last week suggested to t

rush limbaugh. law student sandra fluke recently testified in favor of mr. ama's policy requiring church affiliated employers to cover birth control. fluke became a target for limbaugh who compared her view on free birth control to prostitution. an emotional fluke made an appearance on msnbc today and said president obama called her personally this morning with some kind words. >> he said to tell my parents that they should be proud and that meant a lot because rush limbaugh questioned whether or not my family would be proud of me. so i just appreciated that very much. >> republican house speaker john boehner called limbaugh's words inappropriate. so far, limbaugh has not apologized for his comments. >>> in just a few wieks, a flashy and modern new casino will open up in san jose. at the same time, a not so flashy card house that's been part of the city's landscape for more than 60 years will close its doors. nbc bay area's marianne favre row joins us. marianne, what next? >> reporter: well, when i talk to people here who go to garden city, they say what they

mr. limbaugh." do you think that the republicans should denounce rush limbaugh and what he has said?> well, i would just start off by saying thank you to all of the members of congress who have supported me in this. it really has meant a lot to me. and i think to women across america. but in answer to your question, i don't really see why anyone would not condemn this type of language. >> if you're asked to go back and testify again, will you do it? or have you had enough of this? >> i would always be willing to speak out in favor of women's health and the type of accessible, affordable health care that they need. >> sandra fluke, you're very brave and it's unfortunate that a college student has to put up with this. and now you have become a focal point in all of this, just because you went to congress to speak your piece to the american people. it's rather an amazing story. i feel like i have to apologize for you tonight, and i want to say that you're very brave to stand in front of the media and do what you're doing. i appreciate it. >> well, thank you. >> sandra, thank you for you