the obama ha administration, the state of new york the state of oregon and the other state you pointed out. >> california. >> bill: basically said to not only catholic church but to other institutions. >> not to the church, bill. to hospitals. >> bill: no, no. no. >> and universities. >> bill: when you go into the catholic hospital have you got a cross and statues. run by the catholic hierarchy. they don't want this and the government is saying they have to have it and father morris is deeply offended. go ahead. >> let me say that and to reverend, obviously, there is a mandate here of provision of not only contraception but also the day after pill which, in many cases, is also an abort facial sexual harassment let me say facia. when the government comes out and says white meat is actually very healthy for people and we want to mandate all institutions to provide white meat including pork. what happens when a muslim hospital, if there is a muslim hospital and they think you know what? even if it's healthy, it goes against our religious freedom we are not going to provide it is the admin

i'm wondering if there's any evidence of results as a result of that policy that the obama administration has been pursuing, do we have any evidence at all of any inkling of democratic reform or movement to democracy? is there anything positive that has resulted from the obama administration policy toward cuba that we have evidence, tangible evidence? >> in the last three years there have been considerable changes in cuba's economic policies which we see as a very positive development. we think having the cuban people given more economic rights to be able to open businesses, to have more opportunity to pursue their own economic futures goes hand in hand with the promotion of democracy. i wouldn't, you know, claim that our movements were a direct cause. but they were coincident with. and in oppressive regimes like cuba, economic freedom precedes political freedom. >> then you would agree that there has been economic freedom. i dispute that. i don't believe there has been any real economic reforms, genuine economic reforms in cuba. but if you would agree that there have been and we can disagree

obama is a disaster. just take the one example in the last ten days. of the war against the catholic church which the obama administration has launched which is the most ageous assault on religious liberty in american history. this is an administration which consistently, again and again, now they're negotiating with the taliban, they're steadily incrementally accommodating radical islamism. every time you turn around, the obama administration, which has a plan by the way at the environmental protection agency to add 25 cents a gallon to every gallon of gasoline at a time when it's already the highest price in history. i will tell you, i think president obama is so unacceptable that i will support the republican nominee. that doesn't mean that i approve of governor romney's approach. but compared to president obama, i think there will be no choice. >> schieffer: let me ask you just one question about something that's not directly about the campaign. this situation in syria has really taken a turn for the worse. president obama is saying assad must halt his campaign of killing and crimes now and that he must step aside. is there anything we can do beyon

debate and the crisis of leadership within the party and then the obama administration has released a consumer privacy bill of rights outlining a plan to protect your data so is it any good and what are the chances we're actually going to see this go into effect and not just be trampled on we have all that morphine and i including a dose of happy hour but first take a look with the mainstream media has decided to miss. all right so tonight i'm not going to bother with what the mainstream media is covering today because tonight i want to take some time out to shine a light on something that happened yesterday at the white house press briefing which should make everybody in the mainstream media stop and think well since they're not talking about it today and for so that means that it hasn't you see yesterday's press briefing white house press secretary jay carney praise your analyst that have been putting themselves into dangerous situations to bring this whole truth to bring the story specifically he was referring to the two journalists killed in syria recall then and now let's also no

for washington right now for the obama ha administration it's about kicking this can down the road pastber elections no no matter what happens. >> now a couple of things in play. both the united states and great britain have asked the israelis to be a little bit more patient. big sanctions that are strangling the iranian economy are going to have have an effect. china we are going to cooperate with the sanctions. they both ask netanyahu to just give it a bit more time. i understand absolutely the harm that the iranian government would bring to israel if it could. there is no doubt about it i would if i were netanyahu give it more time. if he attacks, world oil is going to go crazy. the muslim world is going to go nuts. world war iii may break out. so you give it as much time as you possibly can. is that an unreasonable position, colonel? >> well, you are absolutely right. that there are no good options in this one. but, negotiations intellectuals. sanctions are for diplomats. of course, israel wants to placate us israel want us on board. if israel gets evidence that iran has taken one m

people up and they can say yeah i have experienced that in my life i don't like what the obama ha administration is doing. newt gingrich happened it smarter this week at a church. rick santorum has this vastly view of america than barack obama. he didn't get the jfk memo he sent out the memo for african-americans for obama at your churches you should appoint congregation captains get everybody in line to vote for me. [ laughter ] >> bill: did he really? can we get that memo. >> yes. that is is an actual video. >> it's not unusual for politicians especially in the black community. >> bill: you are not supposed to do that didn't you hear kennedy saying a minister? not supposed to tell you who to vote for? >> very good, very good. let me just say you were talking about. this i was talking about this vision thing you picked up with it with mary katharine. he also said that obama wants everybody to be like him because he wants kids to go to college. that's just crazy. you talk about a different vision of america. >> bill: we have got to get get that memo that mary katharine just flagged us. get it to

the obama administration has gotten itself into a fight with the catholic church. at issue, its ruling that religious institutions, colleges, universities, and hospitals must provide full insurance coverage for birth control. the catholic church says it is being required to pay for something it views as morally wrong. is this an attack on religious freedom as some but not only republicans are arguing? or simply the effort of the government to provide state-of-the-art health care. let's get to that one up front tonight. >>> plus, you can hear the charges of hypocrisy. opted out when he saw how much money he can raise privately now, after denouncing super pacs, the obama campaign is embracing them. is mr. obama violating a principle? yes. will he get lots of money to fight of republican attacks? yes, again. and will he lose any votes because of it? probably no. >>> also colorado, missouri, and minnesota hold contests tonight in the republican race for president. the big question tonight, can rick santorum pick off a state or two? maybe win two and give the romney cam

the obama administration has more than doubled to about 21,000 -- let me rephrase that. the labor department out with its new four-week average of unemployment claims falling to 375,000. that is the lowest since -- since june of 2008 and tomorrow, the labor department will come out with its unemployment rate for the month of january. well, it's groundhog's day and punxsutawney phil saw his shadow which means six more weeks of winter. there's also potomac phil in washington, d.c. predicting the same thing. the l.a. times trying to tie in what punxsutawney phil saw and what ben bernanke is seeing in the u.s. economy. both are forecast casters paid to see the future. the only issue according to times is that the fed chairman is paid not only to see the future but to shape the future. in one area that the future is shaped in terms of jobs and the u.s. economy, where will the job growth be coming from is an issue he faced before the house budget committee. kathy castor is a democrat from florida and asked where the jobs can be created and how they can be created. >> dr. berna

fight against extradition sweden has generally acknowledged that that extradition succeeds and he could be transferred to the united states than the obama administration has made clear that it considers the actions of manning of asylums that wiki leaks to constitute. for terrorism by exposing the crimes of over american military carries it out ok we'll leave it there joseph thanks so much for time good to hear your views joseph sure there from the socialist equality party joining us there from detroit thank you very much. israel's intelligence services reportedly said that iran's nuclear program has been on the point of no return and must now be stopped through military action that's after an i.a.e.a. mission to the islamic republic failed to resolve any of the controversy surrounding tehran's alleged atomic weapons and bhushan experts report they were not allowed to visit a key military site suspected of hosting nuclear related activities to run insisting on the purely peaceful nature of its atomic program says the i.a.e.a. visit was for the purpose of talks not inspections islamic state or stressed its readiness to return to the negotiating table a

has spent millions hurting him? and you may have heard gingrich say this last night. >> many of you may have noticed the obama administration has declared war on the catholic church and other religious institutions. >> well, newt is talking about the obama administration's recent decision to force catholic institutions including hospitals and universities to pay for birth control including iuds that run counter to the teachings of the church. the administration says the decision is based on health concerns but church leaders say it violates religious freedom. we'll have that debate here tonight. and new tapes from the day president kennedy was shot. >> i wish to god there was something that i could do, and i wanted to tell you that we were grieving with you. >> yes, well thanks, thank you very much. >> that is president lyndon johnson newly sworn in con soelg the president's mother. we have more of the kennedy tapes for you tonight. finally let me finish the dual going on right now between newt gingrich and mitt romney and how it reminds me of the aaron burr and alexander hamilton real thing. we begin with mitt romney sayin

. >> roman catholic bishop said the obama administration is telling the church to "to hell with you." >> the obama administration has found itself in a fight it would like to avoid with the catholic church. >> catholic church leaders are outraged by a new rule by the obama administration. we're going to show you what all the uproar is about. >> it wasn't until this week that the controversy really reverb rated across the media landscape. >> i'm going to say, it is a staggering, staggering decision by hhs. >> as today a fiery debate took center stage about women, contraception, and a white house order that has the catholic church up in arms. >> why did it take the mainstream media to recognize the full magnitude of this story? joining us here in washington, lauren ashburn, president of ashburn media and a former managing editor of "usa today" and gwinnett broadcasting. >> and george, a former cnn washington bureau chief. lauren ashburn, this has created, to use that word we keep hearing, a form storm. how did the media -- >> i think i disagree about the media misjudging this story. the catholic church has just kept i

has abandoned obama. romney is outraising obama by 11-1 on wall street, and that has a lot of obama administration people worried. they want to get back on the side in some cases of the banks to raise money from wall street for the reelection campaign. >> if i can jump real quick in here, the campaign manager was on wall street a week ago telling wall street bankers we may demonize romney, but we are not demonizing you guys. this outreach to wall street to try rebuild those bridges. it's a tricky dynamic because he needs that money in this unlimited arms race. >> absolutely. that's the same point i was going to make. he promised them ok guys, we won't hurt you. believe me, we know you won't hurt them. thank you so much for joining us guys. >> thank you. >> when we come back, john ratzenberger, cliff from cheers has a great cause that we want to tell you about. it should be an interesting conversation. >> back on the young turks. we have a great guest, john ratzenberger. you might remember him as cliff from cheers. he's the spokesperson for most mobile outreach skills training. great to have you here. >>

that is why the obama administration has proposed sweeping changes in the worker's comp program. our bill reflects the changes advocated by the obama administration, by the gao, in numerous reports by the ig of the department of labor which administers the program. on other issues, we have included a two-year prohibition on moving to five-day delivery. our belief that it is important for the postal service to squeeze out all of the costs in the system before doing this dramatic reduction from six days to five-day delivery. that reduction could come about only if gao certifies that the savings have bee made and the prs also ratifies that savings and it is still not adequate to return the postal service to solvency. i think this is so important. one company has told me that 18% of our seniors receive their prescription drugs through the mail on saturdays. there are newspapers that rely on saturday delivery. if we lose those businesses, they will turn to alternative forms of delivery causing a further decline in the postal service's volume. but again, we're taking a realistic view. w

that helped ans, an industry the obama administration has promised to review. the superpac behind newt gingrich raised $11 million, most from casino owners sheldon and miriam adeleson in las vegas. all of this points to what's new in this campaign. for example, if romney goes on to the nomination, scott, all these meg donor can help claim they... can claim they helped fund the romney turnaround. >> pelley: romney could use a turnaround in his home state right now. the latest poll shows him trailing in michigan a week before the primary. rick santorum has a five-point lead, 37% to 32% as he stakes a claim as the conservative alternative to romney. dean reynolds in michigan is covering the santorum campaign tonight. dean? >> reporter: a more focused picture of rick santorum is now being developed as his brand of political conservatism on full display. the bigger crowds and rising poll numbers have him poised for a win here in mitt romney's home state. >> now just one week between now and what could be a sound heard round the world here in michigan. (cheers and ap

(cheers and applause) >> reporter: lately, santorum has taken on the obama administration health care policy in ways that have drawn increasing attention. sunday on "face the nation" he sought to explain his recent attack on insurance coverage for some types of pre-natal testing >> in medical rooms around the country and, yes, pretheyal testing, amniocentesis results more often than not in this country in abortion. that is a fact. >> reporter: but santorum's statement appears to be at odds with the facts. the american pregnancy association tells us there are about 150,000 amniocentesis procedures a year. less than 20% reveal the complications which most often lead to abortions. and abortion, he suggested, was seen by the administration as a way to save money on care for the disabled. >> that, too, is part of obamacare. another hidden message as to what president obama thinks of those who are less able than the elites who want to govern our country. >> reporter: at a tea party rally, he also attacked the obama environmental record calling it a theology that places earth above the human

. >>> a report by "new york times" columnist david carr says the obama administration has been, quote, more prone than any administration in history in trying to silence and prosecute federal workers who are also whistle blowers, end quote. >> but as gary nurenberg reports, this crockdown on whistle blowers is also growing in local governments as well. >> reporter: the disclosures can be big ones about 9/11 and national security. >> regarding what anything they could have known or should have known. >> reporter: or escorts like for charlie sheen. howard county's thomas drake was a senior agent who testified about new snooping software. >> i provided significant amounts of evidence about massive fraud and abuse. >> reporter: he says the government didn't like it when he gave unclassified information about it to a newspaper reporter and charged him under the espionage act. >> i faced upwards of 5 years -- of 35 years in prison. >> reporter: president obama promised to protect whistle blowers. >> there have been more prosecutions under this president of whistle blowers using the espionag

has been a problem. and the obama administration performance here has not been great. to put it lightly. you are getting now is they are coming to the party. they say there is more to come yet in terms of dealing with fannie and freddie and those bundleed these in to the investment security instruments, the mortgages. that is yet to be done. they are also trying to get more out of congress in terms of help for something that the president i think called very worth noting responsible homeowners. so as to the delineate them from people who the american public would feel they should haven't been given mortgages in the first place. it was rampant abuse by the lenders and the government to be offering these mortgages to people who can't afford them. >> the obama administration, though, has been at the party for a while. tarp, harp, tamp, sorry for all the -- that's what they are called. the massive reify suggested in the "state of the union" no, sign of passing or sign of being different than harp or hamp. dodd frank ignored fannie and freddie. he has had chances to deal with it. it feels lik

now the obama administration has announced that envoys will meet next week for the first time in four months. the delegates from the two sides are scheduled to meet on february 23rd in beijing. these will be the first such talks since kim jong-un took over in december. representatives last met in october in geneva. the u.s. department spokesperson said the u.s. side wants to see if north korea is ready to take concrete steps toward denuclearization. the u.s. envoy will visit seoul and tokyo in the days following the talks. glenn davies will report on what he learns. >>> trade in china and north korea hit a record high last year. a 62% jump from the previous year reflects the north increasing dependence on china. there was $5.6 billion worth of trade between the countries. north korea leaders have been inviting foreign investment. they are aiming to boost the country's infrastructure and agriculture sectors. north korea has become isolated and seen little economic progress. the country has been forced to rely on china, a long-time ally. >>> a ratings agency has downgraded countries und

has been gaining some steam over the week. it is that the obama white house administration, through the health and human services secretary, hasecided to make religious organizations violate their conscience clause, that they are going to have to provide f.d.a. approved contraceptives to their employees and at their facilities where they work. the reason this is gaining attention is that it's unprecedented. it hasn't happened before, and archbishop timothy dolen, who has a lot of credibility, has suggested to be promoted by the pope to be cardinal, he had this to say on fox news. >> never before has the federal government forced individuals and organizations to go out into the marketplace and buy a product that violates their conscience. this shouldn't happen in a land where free exercise of religion ranks first in the bill of rights. how about letting our elected leaders know that we want religious liberty and rights of conscience restored? and the administration's mandate rescinded. we can't afford to strike out of this one. >> that was archbishop dolen. everybody is talking about this because it's going to build into someth