how might a president perry handle that?ll, we're going to have a real hurdle -- a group of hurdles on our hands if this president continues to perform and send the messages that he's continuing to send from the standpoint of here's a red line, and then debating, backing up off that as we did in syria and then opening the door for allowing putin to come in and basically take credit for that action. so in libya, in egypt, in iran, we've seen this very feckless, muddled foreign policy. we're seeing the same thing. putin is clearly does not fear the united states. diplomatic policy comes in a lot of different forms. i will suggest to you, we have a very powerful tool in the united states today. and i would recommend that the president use it now. and that is sitting down with our european allies and clearly telling them not to worry about russia cutting off their gas. we'll supply it. those lng plants that are coming online in texas and other places in the united states, clearly a powerful diplomatic tool that our allies who re

governor rick perry is here. we have music from aloe blacc.han is sitting in with the cletones. and we'll be right back with rosario dawson. we are live from austin! [ cheers and applause ] >> enjoy a made to order flatizza today. only from subway. subway, eat fresh. on expedia you can book any flight, car and hotel together and save up to 20% when you build your custom trip. expedia, find yours. berry pomegranate mio. do i just squirt a little? or you can squirt a lot. ...really changes your water. it changes everything. [ male announcer ] mio. squirt some. ♪ it changesthey lived.. ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ (dad) we lived... thanks to our subaru. ♪ (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome back. we are coming to you from the long center in austin, texas. the south by southwest festival is going on, and we are right in the middle of it. tonight on the program, he is the governor of the great state of texas. if we do anything terrible this week, he can pardon us. governor rick perry is

perry tweeted this in response.going to give you the biggest spanking when i see you in the uk. this seems like a publicity stunt to me, thomas. it doesn't seem like they're really that angry. >> miley got sharp-tongued, though. >> we're going to bring that you video as soon as we get it when "way too early" cracks that. >>> jimmy fallon welcomed lindsay lohan to "the tonight show" last night where things got a little wet and wild. >> sorry! >> ready? >> you are? just go for it? oh, my god. i'm so bummed out. >> oh, lohan with the smackdown there. she posted some before and after selfies. this before. she looks pretty good there. and after. wow! he's pretty wet there, jimmy. tom as and i are planning a similar matchup right after the show. >> well, too bad we didn't wear our white shirts like those two did. wah, wah. >> that's true. gra gray, dark colors is better. to the other jimmy who had celebrities do their own interpretations of videos this week. this is gordon joseph leavitt after the dentist. >> that kind of

from the new movie, "tyler perry's the single mom's club", tyler perry is here. [ cheers and applausealways just working and writing and directing and starring and acting and funny. i love that guy. speaking of funny. he's the host of a very, very funny show called "billy on the street." do you guys know this guy? it's hilarious. comedian billy eichner is stopping by. [ cheers and applause ] he runs after people on the street. and talk about music. oh, my gosh, are you guys ready to dance tonight? [ cheers and applause ] this guy is gigantic. i'm so psyched. this is, like, a great "tonight show" booking. i'm so happy, we've been trying to get this guy. juanes is here, you guys. [ cheers and applause ] juanes! he's gigantic. he's got, like, almost 10 million people following him on twitter, and he's like -- super giant, and the song tonight, what is it? "la luz?" it sounds french. >> steve: oui, oui. >> jimmy: "la luz" is not french. it's unbelievable, and it's fun. it's dancy. just crank up the bass. crank up the bass on the tv like -- [ beatboxing ] yeah, he's going to go for it toni

rick perry in that camp. chris christie a little on the other side, saying i don't care how we brand ourselves, let's just win, baby. >> that's the big message. >> right. >>

so is rick perry back in the presidential mix? we'll have a live report, all those stories and much more coming up in "the kudlow report" beginning right now. >> good evening. i'm larry kudlow. this is "the kudlow report". we're live here at 7:00 p.m. eastern 4:00 p.m. pacific. sergei lavrov sending a warning to the u.s., saying the u.s. should not take any hasty or reckless actions to damage relations between the two countries. let's bring in jim miklaszewski, live from the pentagon. this sounds nasty. what's cooking? >> reporter: larry, despite all the international outrage over the russian occupying of crimea as of tonight it appears to be fa fait accompli. the russian military is firmly entrenched in crimea and have no intention of leaving any time soon if ever. according to military officials, it's clear that the russians have been consolidating all the gains they made so far. today, for example, by brute force they knocked down the front gates of a ukrainian air force base and seized that base without firing a shot. they scu

paul ryan, and rick perry rising to third at 11%. from a month ago, paul, ryan and perry are heading up. for the rest of the gop field, if you look at our numbers, they are either static or heading down. it is very early but you'd still rather go up than down. peter hanby, rand paul and ted cruz at it this week saying don't say you're the next ronald reagan. these two guys, both freshmen, both tea party guys, both friendly until this past week. what happened? >> i think both of these guys realize that at some point they're going to be playing in the same lane for the republican nomination so they have to create some space for themselves. ted cruz spoke at cpac, actually a conference next door -- gave a foreign policy speech and gently tweaked rand paul saying we can't shy away from the world. rand paul has been walking this really fine line between being his father's libertarian and actually trying to appeal to a larger swath of republicans and make nice with the republican establishment. we saw him sort of straddle that this week ta

but rick perry is not wrong about anything.e territory last night knowing there was at least one thing for which he would get well deserved applause. >> in january, you said you might possibly favor decriminalizing marijuana in the state of texas. is that true? >> what we did was we for over a decade, we've lowered the penalties. we're trying to be smart about it. you don't want to ruin a kid's life for having a joint. and that was historically what you saw. and we put drug courts into place, we've -- i think kids make really smart decisions about dealing with people, particularly when it comes to these small amounts of drugs. and we've been able to shut down a prison in the state of texas. i mean, that is conservative, man. >> and did this decision have anything to do with willie nelson. did he lobby you in any way for this? >> you've got to love will. >> well, yeah. >> okay. you don't got to love rick pe y perry, but you do got to admit that he ain't wrong about everything. ♪ [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwater fans that ar

and rick perry was on the panel. rick perry sounded like eric holder in terms of talking about we want to have fewer people in jail, we want to change our prison sentences work. he sounded fairly liberal and that got a great applause. on criminal justice, mandatory minimums, the republicans are moving left. that could help with minorities and the edge of things. the other thing, think about how many rulings we've had the last few months in favor of gay marriage, but on stage, there were almost no speeches that mentioned that issue. and that tells me -- i talk to people in private about this, too -- the republican activists here feel like that issue, they need to move on from that issue. banning gay marriage is not going to happen and they're losing the issue and people here were talking about the new issue should be maybe religious liberty and think about it that way instead of thinking about banning gay marriage. and i thought the silence on the issue was very striking and tells me the republican party is moving on

>> katy perry. she is not one who decided to remove it. she did not costume the guy.t was an intern. he said we need necklaces. they put it on her and nobody knew what they are doing. i'm sorry, but this whole video, i guess it is a cool idea, but it is not executed well. i am just not a fan. >> they should have been executing people. >> there should have will been riots and misery. >> you meant arab spring? >> same thing. >> sherrod -- >> let's get to the brass tax. >> do you think she was scared or did the right thing. >> katy perry? i think she did the right thing. i don't think she wants to offend that many people. it is not worth it. i think it was a sexy thing to do, greg. >> why is it sexy? >> 60,000 people wrote in. >> people get uh febded about his is not something people should get offended on. >> would you have done it if it was a crucifix? >> me? would i do it? >> 60,000 people. >> if people got offended how i used it? who cares. just do it. my grand mother was a christian. >> that far back? >> your grandmother must have mentioned a fundamental principal t

and governor perry was pretty fired up.o the big lines that get a lot of attention are anti-baum -- obamacare, what happened in benghazi, so a lot of different panels going on here today, and people are getting a chance to have a lot of conversations. >>> libby casey for us at cpac in suburban maryland. libby thank you very much. >>> when we return on al jazeera america, refugees fleeing the violence in the central african republic. taking up lives now across the river in the democratic republic of congo. we'll tell you why. >>> a congolese war lord has been coon verdicted of being an accessory of war crimes. he has been found guilty at the international criminal court in the hague. he was convicted of having a role in on attack on a village. he faces up to 30 years in prison. >>> sectarian violence in the central african republic has caused many people to flee to the democratic republic of congo the drc. malcolm webb has their story. >> reporter: everyone on this boat has had relatives killed or gone missing. they have bee

can i quote rick perry? oops. >> come on. what do you make of the fact it does seem like rick perry is a little different. >> a very energetic speech. i thought he did great energy. didn't leave anything in the dpre greenroom for that speech. what i didn't hear from cpac. i watched today and yesterday. they keep saying they have a different vision what is it? specifics. putting down obama, health care, saying he's a bad president, bobby jindal calling him stupid. what is the new idea? >> mike, do republicans have a big battle in front of them? look at this poll. rasmussen asked voters who would they choose if held today, 47 hillary clinton 3.3% picking jeb bush, 14 another candidate and 6% undecided. >> but it's so early, gretchen, i think allen is right to the degree republicans need to formulate and articulate a message. lets face it. it's not hard to deliver a less government message. anti-obama will win. if we focus on obamacare like i said over and over and over again, that's a winning strategy. i think you're right. rep

>> katy perry? who cares. take it down.t want to offend that many people. >> it was the sexy thing to do, greg, why is it wrong? >> why is it sexy? >> you can't offend that many, 60,000 people. o >> this was the thing people should get offended over. >> would you have done it if it was a crucifix? >> me, would i do it? >> 60,000 people. >> of if people got offended how i use it. why not? what? who cares. just do it. >> all right. >> my grandmother was a christian. >> your grandmother may have mentioned, a principle, turn the other cheek. a prominent christian who had the point of view. >> i would look to see katy perry turn the other cheek. >> delicious. >> andy, you signed the petition? >> offending people should be illegal. the guy who started the petition was polite. the problem he asked youtube to take it down. which he doesn't know how it works. >> yeah. an issue with that. i do disagree. i don't, i don't, i think she took it, they, they changed it for one reason, one reason only. fear. i absolutely believe that. and i

>> yeah. >> or for rick perry? >> chris christie. >> for chris christie, it was really interesting, he comes in as someone who had a lot of skepticism among conservatives, but there was a sense that chris christie was not going to have purple state rhetoric, wasn't going to move to the center as he has in major addresses in the past. this was chris christie looking ahead to 2016, knowing he needs to head into the 2016 election and compete in places like iowa and south carolina whose voters democrats are very much like cpac. >> well, he didn't even get invited to cpac last year, and for people who didn't see it yesterday, let me play a little clip of chris christie. if i wait a second, will we have it? i'm going to things out of order here, i can read it if we're not going to have it. we have it now. let's look. >> we don't need, mr. president, your opinion on what income inequality is. we don't have an income inequality problem, we have an opportunity inequality problem in this country, because government's trying

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>> rick perry kick things off. he got a standing ovation from the crowd. mike huckabee also got a lot of encouragement. they spoke about accountability and still to come, rant paul -- rand paul and rick santorum. >> thousands of people traveled across the country to be here. >> day two of cpac gets underway. was a speakers list roster of potential candidates. they were focused on washington and the cpac as it is commonly known. >> cpac continues today. they will hear from rand paul, on almost certain presidential candidate. organization turns 50 this year. can you believe that? we caught up with the man behind it all. wheree pictures of cpac texas governor rick perry has just begun to speak. it is the largest gathering of conservative activists. they will talk strategy. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back the chairman of the american conservative union. ♪ >> what a week. senator cruz kicked off on thursday. we also heard from congressman paul ryan. we heard from governor christie and governor jindal. we heard from donald trump. yesterday, governor

i bet rick perry would. >> if it was delivered on saturday, i bet rick perry would. >> that's a callback. that's how we do it. i would ask ted cruz two questions about what he believes. look, senator cruz, do you really believe that it was the other guys in the democrats that shut down the government? he said that repeatedly. do you feel you were filibust filibustering during the famous nonfilibuster. is he a true believer who is hopelessly confused or is he misrepresenting to the base and the public? we don't know that right now. >> i wonder if he would do the shutdown now given what's happened to him. he lost favor in the republican party. >> he sold a lot of books or will sell a lot of books. here is where i go on ted cruz. he made a speech yesterday saying the reason the republicans lost in 2008 and 2012 is because they weren't principled enough. they were in 2010. what does that mean? i'll tell you that means absolutely nothing. we like to deal in the world of facts here at nbc news, msnbc. look at the 2012 demographics and what happened to the republican party. obama won by nine. h

but first, texas governor rick perry standing up for chris christie. does the former republican presidential candidate have it in him to try again in 2016? we'll ask governor perry next. [ male announcer ] we know they're out there. you can't always see them. but it's our job to find them. the answers. the solutions. the innovations. all waiting to help us build something better. something more amazing. a safer, cleaner, brighter future. at boeing, that's what building something better is all about. ♪ at boeing, that's what building something better is all about. ♪ led to the one jobhing you always wanted. at university of phoenix, we believe every education- not just ours- should be built around the career that you want. imagine that. so i got the new nokia lumia icon. it's got 1080p video, three times zoom, and a twenty-megapixel sensor. it's got the brightest display, so i can see what i'm shooting -- even outdoors, and 4 mics that capture incredible sound. plus, it has apps like vine -- and free cloud storage. my new lumia icon is so great, even ou

. >> with this in mind he warns his co-worker, perry willings. >> so i just said to perry that when iin across something might happen, there might be an incident, so just grab your phone and record it if anything happens. >> so perry does what he's told, gets into position, and starts to record. >> i heard some loud shouting and stuff. so i got the phone out, started videoing it, and it just all erupted from there as such, and it's just like luke just told me to carry on filming it. so i did. just occasionally laughing because it was sort of funny in a strange sort of way. then she actually tried to push it out on the road. so i went back and stopped it in case it hit a car or went into the front of the car that was driving past. when she was attacking me or whatever you want to call it with the newspaper, i didn't enjoy it, obviously. at one point she actually kicked me. i just, you know, hoped it would be over soon and tried to avoid getting hit too directly. i think she had completely lost control. >> at this point perry wonders should he stop filming? should he do something to hel

what do you think about tyler perry's movie? >>i don't think about tyler perry movies. they don't let us see them so i don't have to think about them and i don't have to rush out and go see them. between those two movies opening this weekend i think it's a good time for the veronica mars fans to stay in and find where they can see it online through on-demand, amazon, or itunes. stay home and watch veronica mars and forget the movie theaters this weekend. >>thank you erik. enjoy south by southwest. >>thank you. coming up... shedding new light on what's happening behind the scenes at on city streets, parking lots and airports. and later in chart talk.. does krispy kreme have the recipe for stock success? stay with us! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm going to pass chemistry, and i'll take it from there. i'm going to do what makes me happy. i'm going to work hard. be independent. live large. make the most of every opportunity. i knew i wanted to go to college. but figuring out how to pay for it? i didn't have a clue. the u.s. department of education has over $100 billion. and that's a lot of

when it comes to marijuana, william f buckley, governor rick perry has come out in favor of decriminalization. pat roberts in. dennis eisley, sean hannity, libertariansgrich. and social conservatives can absolutely work together if we realize we are both trying to limit the government when it comes to freedom. >> thank you so much. point,alding, at some tends to get -- at what point do we dissipate to the point where we are no longer we the people. chose the word

perry, i want to start with you.publicans do gain a senate majority, which they may very well do in november, and pick up eight or more house seats, it will be because of who they are not, not because of who they are. the republicans can win in 2014 without having fixed their problems. when you look at the gerrymandered districts and what's going on, that seems true to me. they don't have to do much in order to have a big win in 2014. >> exactly. remember in 2008 the republicans lost women, blacks, hispanics, young people by a huge margin. they came back and won in 2010. they thought the lesson was, we don't have to change at all. they lost in 2012 again. i think the pattern is repeating itself again. they've given up on immigration reform. they're passing voter i.d. laws everywhere. they're not doing a lot to appeal to the same groups that they lost before. but this year's senate map is kentucky, arkansas, south dakota, montana. these are states without a lot of minorities in them. so the republicans can win the sen

i'm melissa harris-perry. this week the white house was utterly focused on president obama's signature piece of domestic legislation, the affordable care act. as we enter the final days of americans to secure insurance through online coverage, this campaign to ensure lack of -- the wholly sea and saudi arabia.

governor perry was on last night talking about that last night. mostly natural gas. steve moore will come on. they're trying to put this birds as endangered species to take away land to drill and frac on. we did it on the radio last night. steve is coming on in a few

willie, the governor of your state, rick perry was here on tuesday. talking about decriminalizing marijuana here in the state. not legalizing it but decriminalizing it. >> that's good. >> jimmy: which is something. and he said one of the reasons that he's changed his mind on marijuana is because he sees you and he sees how sharp you are at your age and i'm not kidding, he really did say that. and that i don't know if that's a scientific test but he -- [ laughter ] i think they call it weeding by example is what it's called. i think that's interesting that you made that impression on him. >> well, i was glad to hear him come out and say what he said. i would like him to come on the bus and take a trip with us. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that would be something special. rick perry comes out with a ponytail. i know that your buddy snoop dogg was here. you guys are friends. there is one obvious thing you have in common. what else do you and snoop dogg do together? >> well, you know, we have sung together. he sings on this song called "roll me up an

. >>> toddler wanna bes competing for gigs as little versions of everyone from katy perry to jennifer lawrence, inside the strange world of celebrity mini mes and their search for fame. >> i'm leaning toward this girl. >> what this means for parents and their kids. >>> posting innocent photos of yourself online and end up on a revenge porn site and suddenly you look like this. to take them down the site wants $400. this young mother said it happened to her. >> it infuriated me. >> it could happen to you? >> keep it right here, america. "nightline" is back in just 60 seconds. >>> thank you for joining us. brashging news on missing malaysian flight 370, moments ago the associated press reporting that according to a malaysian official the theory that the plane is hijacked is no longer just a theory. it is conclusive. we're expecting to hear from the malaysian prime minister in the next hour. please stay with us and we'll have a full report coming up. we shift gears to a different kind of story. you may have heard about celebrity lookalikes, booking gigs thanks to uncanny resemblance to t

her hours long speech on the floor of the texas legislature last summer there vying to replace rick perry not seeking re-election after 14 years in office. >>> president obama travels to connecticut today to push for an increase in the minimum wage. that's after the president sent congress a $3.9 trillion budget that includes new spending for pre-k program, job training and about $300 billion to repair the nation's aging infrastructure. republicans say there is no chance it will pass. >>> abc news poll out this morning shows record support for gay marriage. the shift in opinion is speeding up with 59% of americans now supporting same-sex marriage. just 34% opposed. 81% say businesses should not be allowed to refuse service to gaiss and lesbians based on religious belief as recently vetoed by that arizona governor in that proposed bill. >>> sad as it is to say another mardi gras has wrapped up in new orleans. >> thousands of people lined parade routes and packed into the french quarter to celebrate. but it ended at the stroke of midnight when the season of lent got under way and if you mis

mark, governor perry brought up.e was proclaiming that republicans and americans need a cogent foreign policy. what is interesting to me, we are talking now this week about foreign policy in a way that we have not, i think, in all years probably, and yet, when it comes to republicans, where do you think their hearts lie? are they more with the rand paul retreat from interventionism or aligned with the hawkishness? >> the republicans are more forward leaning. the current events put rand paul in a bit of a box. he is an isolationist. things were headed in that direction. recent events rebalanced that configuration. so, that is why i think you heard marco rubio said that. that is on the table and map and a compelling political discussion and issue likely in the near future. republicans are going to be jumping forward and leaning forward with the exception of rand paul. >> robert. the issue of foreign policy and projecting america's strength. it did not sound like it got a huge reception. rand paul, it sounds from report

perry is in australia to promote her upcoming tour. >> i like her enthusiasm for 33 degrees in perth.ointer, no less. got to get one of those. >> i know, right. >>> a humorous look at just how fast technology is advancing, just put an ancient relic in front of a child and see what happens. >> kids 13 and younger, completely baffled by this rotary phone in this video by the fine brothers, the children stared, scowled and approached with caution, no idea how it works. >> know what they call that type of phone? >> no. >> no. >> a dial phone. >> a home phone. >> huh-uh. i just want my ipod like this. i have no idea what you're talking about. >> that kid needs to be on a tv commercial. doesn't he? >> wow. >> they also tried their best to figure out how to text on the rotary phone. dial tones, busy signals all foreign to today's smartphone generation. >> wow. yeah, i loved watching them try to text. it was like they can't understand the concept that there was no texting. >> exactly. >>> when you get a lot of snow, you can build a really big snowman. granddaddy right there is 50 feet tall. h

perry, tell us what you are seeing on the ground there. >> good to see you.eal -- a blitz. ymcas, churches, community centers, pretty much everywhere people go, these liberal groups, planned parenthood, enroll america, have set up stations where people can come and when you go there, there is -- people there with computers there that speak spanish or english that will sit down with you and wick you through the entire process. some of the events are very small. between went to a church where there are 20 people and would people who helped enroll there. then yesterday i went where there were about 300 people there waiting to get help with insurance. the big target is people who haven't watched the website stuff. are not watching "funny or die" but still need health insurance. >> to talk about the specific instances have you seen of people trying to sign up. is everyone who is going and sitting down with one of those advocacy groups or navigators actually getting health care. >> no. everyone isn't. i actually met someone yesterday who -- came with his wife. they

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rick perry got a very big reaction this morning. a big star.k perry, when he's on, he can be great and light up audiences. but when he can be bad like in the 2012 race he can be bad. often times the people who win presidential contests, the ones who are consistent throughout. >> rick perry with glasses. >> works for me. >> thanks you, tomorrow is international women's day, celebrated around the world. google's doodle team marked the day with a special video featuring more than 100 women around the globe including malala who embodies the theme of inspiring change. united nations enlisted men to raise their voices in support through what they are calling the he for she campaign from ban ki-moon to actors matt damon and patrick stewart. the idea is that change takes everyone. moments ago former secretary of state hillary clinton work at the women's day event. >> when women succeed, the world succeeds. our new development agenda must be a universal agenda. the goals must apply to every country according to its level of need. [ coughs, sneezes ] i h

the question is whether or not he will be able to capture this rick perry as opposed to the rick perryampaign trail in 2012 and really fumbled, specially in those debates. >> i asked rick perry yesterday on my show, dana, i asked him, what he learned from 2012 that he could bring to 2016 if he chooses to run. he said, don't have major back surgery six weeks before entering the race. he really blames that back surgery for his performance. i have heard some conservative pundits say that the rousing reception governor chris christie got yesterday. it has more to do with the fact we feel like he has been bas attacked and besieged by the media. what's your sense of that analysis from being in the room and talking to activists? >> certainly, that was part of it and the fact that chris christie chose to play that up. that was part of it. the other part of it was, you know, jake, you have covered so many speeches and elections like i have. you have a feeling. a politician has the room. he had the room. there is no question about it. people i talked to afterwards who said they are not going to

we will conclude with his version of the katy perry hit.hen you get back we're going to talk about those who have a problem with you covering katy perry. we will talk about it next time. it is his cover of "i kissed a girl." as they get ready to play, i will say good night. thanks for watching, and keep the faith. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join us next time for a conversation with acclaimed journalists about the epic battle for civil rights. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> next on kqed news room, the fallout temperatures after the fbi sting that led to corruption charges against state senator lee manned yi and others, some with alleged ties to organized crime. the first female chancellor of ucsf prepares to take the helm of the bill and mel linda gates foundation. plus a new dance performance shows a radical transformation of san francisco's bay viewpoint. >> what should happen is the residents of bay view h

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and then, the decision not to expand medicaid by governor perry left 68,000 veterans without the only care that they could have for their families. those are the types of things that all in together are moving us toward a victory. >> i go back -- considering that, you know, your fate may be tied to wendy davis' campaign -- no campaign has another campaign be more in charge of their destiny than their own. are you satisfied with how the davis campaign is being run right now? >> wendy is an incredible woman, and on any great person's candidacy, their campaign and any campaign, they're going to have a few stumbles. let's face it, a couple weeks ago, her campaign had a tough time. i think wendy has answered those questions, and what i know about the magic of wendy davis is meet her daughters. they're incredible women. so if there are any attacks on wendy, it's about her personal story. and i think it's quite showing how men and women are treated differently in politics. >> yeah, it's pretty obvious when you say that. leticia van de putte, thanks for coming in. >> thank you very much. >> i

perry says taxes are too high leading to fewer jobs and stagnant growth.erry also targeted capitol hill at yesterday's conservative political action conference in maryland. >> it is time for washington to focus on the few things the constitution establishes as the federal government's role -- defend our country, provide a cogent foreign policy. get out of the health care business. get out of the education business! stop hammering industries! let the sleeping giant of american enterprise create prosperity again! >> rick perry made a failed run for the white house in 2012 and says he is considering running again in 2016. >>> a peninsula homeowner and her neighbors say caltrains is to blame for their skyrocketing flood insurance premium and want the rail agency to fix the problem. vic lee has more. >> reporter: if only carolyn knew about the culvert under the caltrain tracks. it's about 100 yards away across the street from her home on california drive. water from easton creek flows through it and into the bay. last year carolyn had to pay almost $1,800 for f

i don't. >> governor perry, thank you so much. we come back, we'll talk to jeffrey goldberg about his interview. ♪ >> unease continues in ukraine as president obama threatens more sanctions on russia. for that, we bring in jeffrey goldberg. but start with your exclusive interview with barack obama. this is the fifth or sixth in a continuum. what changes have you seen in him, either in substance or style? >> in foreign policy, the world, basically, i think that he has become much more confident and fluid in the way he talks about his issues. i think he feels he has mastered the subject. when he was in the senate in 2007, it was more talking point-ish at that stage. he feels he has a real mastery and he feels as if he has a long view that he is hovering above. >> that leads me to what he was trying to achieve. you are the most distinguished columnist on this subject. obama was clearly trying to send a message to benjamin netanyahu. did he succeed? >> there is a fantastic passive-aggressive thing going on. kerry has been trying for m

. >> also speaking today texas governor rick perry.here is a lot of animosity at cpac over washington and the federal government, so rick perry and other governors and former governors are finding a lot of favorable reaction from the crowd when they talk about what is happening back in their home state. we're also hearing from senator rand paul, republican of kentucky, a much-watched speech. >>> and that is libby casey just outside of washington, d.c. >>> coming up on al jazeera america, a deadly virus killing 1 million baby pigs and now there are new concerns about how some farmers are getting rid of the carcasses. ♪ ♪ >>> farmer in at least 25 states are dealing with a serious virus infecting pig lets. 4 million baby pigs have died since the virus was discovered one year ago. robert ray has the story. >> reporter: on country roads in north carolina a yellow sign readi reading ped stands in front of many farms, noting that the virus has hit the population. >> the nursing pigs, new barn pigs, most die. >> reporter: nearly 3,000 have di

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i'm jonathan capehart in for melissa harris perry. the search for malaysia airlines flight 370 and the 239 people on board is growing ever more expansive. this morning, the malaysian minister of transportation announced that the area being searched is bigger than ever. >> the search area has been significantly expanded, and the nature of the search has changed from focusing merely on seas, we're now looking at large tracks of land in every country as well as deep and remote oceans. the number of countries involved in the search and rescue operations has increased from 14 to 25, which brings new challenges of coordination and diplomacy to the search effort. this is a significant recalibration of the search. >> the new search area is based on information reported yesterday that a private satellite company picked up signals from the plane hours after it lost regular contact. apparently due to an intentional act to shut down the plane's communication systems. the area stretches in two arcs from turk men stand to thailand in the north to i

. >> we start the program with governor rick perry of texas. thank you for joining us. you have a commode to us reception when you spoke your this morning. you have said that you're going to hold off on whether you will run again for president until the end of 2014. the conventional wisdom has been another texan, ted cruz, has stolen your thunder. >> i hope ted and i are working towards the same goal, which is to make washington less consequential in people's lives evolve the power back to the state. i believe with all my heart that the state is the laboratory of innovation. >> you think being a governor puts you in a better position for senator cruz? >> i think that is a question better for other people to answer. being the governor of texas, you have to do with issues. you don't have the opportunity to push them off or have a cr or what have you. we have a balance budget but a minute. i think that is a good thing. i was the u.s. had that restriction. >> he has not had that opportunity? >> he has chosen to go his row. he is serving a great role in the senate. >> let me

perry says taxes are too high leading to fewer jobs and stagnant growth.n maryland. >> it is time for washington to focus on the few things the constitution establishes as the federal government's role -- defend our country. provide a cogent foreign policy. get out of the health care business! get out of the education business! stop hammering industries! let the giant of american enterprise create prosperity again. >> perry made a run for the white house in 2012. he says is he considering running again in 2016. >>> a peninsula homeowner and her neighbors say a cal train is to blame for their skyrocketing flood ens premium an they want the rail agency to fix the problem. abc 7 news reporter vic lee has more. >> reporter: in only carolyn knew about the culvert under the cal train tracks. it is about 100 yards away across the street from her home on california drive. water from easton creek flows through it and into the bay. last year she had to pay almost 1, $00 for flood insurance, and she was told it might jump as much as 25%. >> i had no idea i was going

rand had the biggest crowd, won last year the straw poll, marco, ted, governor perry, you have everybody, chris christie. what do you think? >> i would eliminate trump from the mix, but the rest are viable candidates. there are bright people here walking about fiscal issues and weakness in leadership which is an indictment of the president. >> what they're not talking about is a pro-growth agenda to create jobs and unite the american people. the republican party lacks it, we didn't hear it. that's why they're at 22% in the gallup poll. >> let me disagree. last week we agreed on one thing. i'm critical of the republican party in general. the one thing i did hear was solutions, answers. i heard them talk about energy, the penny plan, balancing the budget. >> the words i used were inclusive, optimistic, there's not a narrative for the country, the republicans need it. >> i come up with five things i want the penny plan, want to balance the budget, i think the answer to our problems is energy. we have more energy resources than the world combined. we're not using them. i want to control the

among them, governor rick perry of texas.nd he found strength in the governors too. >> what is the common denominator in these states? it's conservative governors, who cut taxes, control spending and invest in jobs. it's conservative governors who trust the people more than the machinery of government. it's conservative governors who know the freedom of the individual must come before the power of the state. >> reporter: he talks about people like scott washing, republican of wisconsin, who fought the union, a very popular name here this week, del. >> sometimes with c-pac, it's not who is there, but who is not there. chris christie last year, and who is not there this year? >> house speaker, john boehner is not here, and there's someone out of the auditorium i'm in passing out stickers against john boehner, with an x over his face. there's criticism on how the house is being run right now, and following the true party, what is the real conservative value? politics be dammed and what happens next be dammed, and follow what is