. >> charlie: joining me now, woody harrelson and oren moreman. good to have you.elcome to the table. >> thank you. >> charlie: you know where this came from. tell me the story you're telling. >> the story -- >> charlie: about the man rotting from the inside out. >> it's a story about one man played by this man, woody harrelson a cop who's been in the department 24 years and he's rotten and done a lot of things and figured out his world and going through life with the king of the hill attitude and assigned to the rampart district and while everything's changing around him he' he's refusing to change and will go down and he's got a sweet wives, sisters, they live in the compound and he thinks as long as he'll have the dirty streets where he does his thing and the paradise he's created with this harem and the daughters with the sisters nothing can go wrong but everything goes wrong once he gets caught on tape beating up a motorist and the movie's a character study of a man facing the consequences of his actions. >> charlie: his values are in conflict with his actions

i think it's a rare thing to have the kind of connection i had with oren on the messenger and with benoster and laurence ingli and we were lucky to get to work again together so quickly and in doing "rampart," i have to say he's one of my best friends, oren and we have developed such a trust for each other and i know even when i'm being bad he's not going let me be bad even if the take won't work he won't u the take so he gives you the ability to try anything or go for it and you know you're safe with him. >> charlie: he pushes you to do your work but makes sure your worse is not -- >> it is that but it's also like i don't want to do any but my best for oren because i can't let him down. >> charlie: this is a scene with sigourney weaver who plays an assistant d.a. >> every shooting teimony contains inconsistencies or you wouldn't have a job. no man who ever kills another man is exactly cogent in the moment plans the contact with the enemy. >> did you learn that with the first man you killed. >> i learned that serving my country in the crusade for liberty and justice turned puppet show

reporter: now, it's been four months since the oren steins received that first violation. that's four months of stress and legal fees. but just this afternoon i got an e-mail from a county spokeswoman and it reads, since i spoke to you this morning, we've received correspondence from the property owner indicating that the remaining standing tree section will be converted into a piece of carved artwork. we are dismissing the citation. >> to me it's shocking that back in december when we sent them the contract they didn't read it, but as soon as there's a news crew out, evidently they learned to read. reporter: in silver spring, kristin fisher, 9 news now. >> the county has notified us that they are dismissing the citation, but they still have not contacted the homeowner or his attorney. the statue, by the way, should be finished by next month. >> kind of a neat eagle they're making out of that. >> i'm telling you. something else. >>> how are you doing? >> it's so nice outside right now. we have some showers tonight, but one more really nice spring- like day tomorrow and the

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senator oren hatch of utah says this is about religious freedom and anything short of a full exception is no compromise. >>> barbara boxer said the president's new policy protects religious freedom andwomen's health. in a statement, boxer said the fact that groups from planned parenthood to the catholic association should put an end to the vicious political attacks and allow us all to focus on providing these critical health benefits. >>> republican presidential candidate rick santorum today blasted the president's new birth control plan. santorum said the president has been trying to impose his values on the american people. and he said even the government should not pay for contraceptive devices. >> it's not about contraception, it's about economic liberty, it's about freedom of speech, it's about freedom of religion. it's about government control of your lives and it's got to stop. >> santorum spoke at the annual conservative council. he also said rivals gingrich and romney were also not conservative enough. coming up at 6:00, gingrich and romney fired back. >>> coming up at 5:30, h

now senator oren hatch from utah is a staunch opponent of women's right to abortion care, but senatorch supports stem cell research. the reason people don't like these personhood bills is because it criminalizes a whole raft of things that -- >> that's frightening. >> -- people in this country really want. >> when you talk about under any circumstances contraception under any circumstances, abortion and you become criminal, this is scary stuff. terry, thanks for your time tonight. >> it is. >> we're going to keep following this. >> thanks, reverend. >> still ahead -- the economy is improving and so are the president's poll numbers. why today could be a critical moment in his re-election effort. and some devastating news for mitt romney. how this long, bitter primary fight is crippling his candidacy. stay with us. so, this is delicious okay... is this where we're at now, we just eat whatever tastes good? like these sweet honey clusters... actually there's a half a day's worth of fiber in every ... why stop at cereal? bring on the pork chops and the hot fudge. fantastic. are you done sw

members of congress and government groups have roundly criticized some of these groups for breaking that oren beginning in -- or engaging in politics and spending money on politics and the big difference between them and super p.a.c.'s is they do not have to disclose donors. so there is no way to empirically say they are getting their money from domestic sources or foreign sources or wherever because they don't have it tell us. host: david leventhal is a political influence editor for politico. you can find his work at politico.com/politi politico.com/politicoinfluence. back to the phones, nebraska, jerry on the line for republicans. caller: whenever i hear anybody talking about super p.a.c.'s it is always about the republicans. president obama has super p.a.c.'s. and nobody ever brings that up. he's expected to raise up to a billion dollars for his campaign this year. become in 2008 -- back in 2008 when skrpb mccain agreed to take federal funding for kpeupcampai decided not to take matching funding when he found out how much money he could raise. i want you to comment about that. nobody talk

being american, then you have to have unacceptably deep cuts and benefits for middle class seniors oren separably deep cuts if national security. >> one person who agrees with that sentiment and that is vice president biden. back in 2007 saying paying taxes is patriotic. >> time to jump in, time to be part of the tell, time to help get america out of the rut and the way to do that --. >>alisyn: let me, he did not say it meant you were a good american but for the privilege of be american maybe you should be more. he is not alone. that is the debate. warren buffett has said something similar to that, and as i well know, there is a lot portion of americans that don't pay federal income tax. here are the numbers for you. back in 1962, 23.7 percent of the country did not pay federal income tax. it dipped there as you can see in 1970 but it has chimed since that to the point where it is almost 50 percent today. >>dave: it is staggering when you look at the increase. 15 percent in just over a decade. why is it increasing so rapidly? we will ask michael graham who is a columnist for boston hera

members of congress and government groups have roundly criticized some of these groups for breaking that oren beginning in -- or engaging in politics and spending money on politics and the big difference between them and super p.a.c.'s is they do not have to disclose donors. so there is no way to empirically say they are getting their money from domestic sources or foreign sources or wherever because they don't have it tell us. host: david leventhal is a political influence editor for politico. you can find his work at politico.com/politi politico.com/politicoinfluence. back to the phones, nebraska, jerry on the line for republicans. caller: whenever i hear anybody talking about super p.a.c.'s it is always about the republicans. president obama has super p.a.c.'s. and nobody ever brings that up. he's expected to raise up to a billion dollars for his campaign this year. become in 2008 -- back in 2008 when skrpb mccain agreed to take federa funding for kpeupcampaig decided not to take matching funding when he found out how much money he could raise. i want you to comment about that. nobody talk