peter ogborn and dan henning leading up the team.guys. >> yes sir. >> good morning. >> bill: alichia cruz has the phones covered. cyprian bowlding still off winding up his vacation. he will be back beginning of the week. monty is his abley fill-in keeping us looking good on current tv. our line-up of guests this morning, it is just amazing. >> it is amazing. >> bill: and the line-up of issues that we've got covered in the three hours we got together this morning only one word to describe it. >> amazing. >> bill: amazing. if you hear the word amazing enough on this show this morning, you might actually think you were listening to the chris hayes show. that amazing show on msnbc. it is amazing. it is amazing to me, still that they bumped ed schultz for chris hayes. at any rate, the washington free beacon, a conservative web site has been tracking chris hayes and there is a favorite word of his. >> in the course -- the supreme court decision sometime -- >> 12 hours. >> that's amazing. >> could see something amazing happen. >> this week,

the team headed by peter ogborn and dan henning. good morning guys. >> good morning. >> bill: hey hey, alichia cruz with the phones. and cyprian bowlding as always, keeping us look good on the video cam. well, as good as possible at any rate. >> doing what he can. he doesn't have a lot to work with. >> bill: he's cute, isn't he? i'm not talking about anthony weiner. i was talking about baby cambridge. he's cute. he slept through his debut yesterday. but prince william and princess kate, she is princess kate? >> duchess kate. the duke and duchess of cambridge. >> bill: walked out of the hospital about 7:00 last night with the baby in their arms. they talked to reporters and william said we're not sure of the name yet. but he's a good baby. >> he's a big boy. we're still working on a name. we'll have that as soon as we can. and then they hopped in the car and william drove them back to the palace. >> every father remembers that drive home. from the birthing center or hospital. >> bill: pictures of them carrying him in the car seat, it

peter ogborn? >> here. dan henning?ells tolling ] alichia cruz. [ bells tolling ] cyprian bowlding. >> cyprian's here. >> bill: his fan club is happy. >> camera trained on him? >> it is on him. soak it in. >> bill: what do you say in sports fans, last night the big all-star game. i remember when it used to be a bigger deal. >> it still is. >> i have to say -- >> bill: i don't think it is as big a deal as it used to be. >> i don't think it is as big a deal as it used to be. it is not nearly as much fun to watch as it used to be. it drove me crazy. i was watching it with my oldest son last night and it is like they try -- just let them play baseball. will just let them play baseball. they've put the baseball players in the social media room so they have to get on twitter in the middle of the baseball game and they have like america gets to vote on which veterans have the greatest story to come out on to the field. it's like let the all-stars play baseball. >> bill: i thought the national league had an advantage but last n

peter ogborn and dan henning.lo, guys. >> hey hey. >> good morning. >> bill: good to see you. >> happy july 3rd. >> bill: alichia cruz has the phones covered. cyprian bowlding, i'm sorry ladies. [ laughter ] sorry, ladies, he's not here today. he was here a little earlier. he's off now for a long break. >> you heard him. he showed up when he wasn't even working. early. >> bill: make sure everything is under control. monty does a good job filling in for cyprian. he will be taking us into the world of current tv. >> i don't know how the ladies feel about monty though. >> we'll find out. >> bill: they don't hold back. uh-huh. we're coming to you live on current tv of course on your local progressive talk radio station. and on sirius x.m. this hour only. so big night of baseball last night, huh? >> right. >> bill: bailey, never heard of him before. everybody will be talking about him today. he pitched not only pitched a no-hitter last night. his second -- his second no-hitter and the last pitcher in major league baseb

peter ogborn and dan henning. >> good morning. >> bill: all right. ready to go?let's do it. >> bill: alichia cruz is back from time at the beach with her family. good to you have back. cyprian bowlding here as always. keeping us looking good on current tv. with the video cam. today is the day that down in texas, governor rick perry has called the legislature back in special session to try to pass the draconian anti-abortion bill which was blocked last week to the filibuster led by state senator wendy davis. rick perry then went out and personally attacked wendy davis saying too bad she hadn't learned from the hard times she had growing up. and senator davis was on three of the sunday shows i think yesterday. state senator davis from texas. she cedric perry didn't just insult me. he insulted all of the people of texas. >> you know what's offensive to me is that he's made this very personal to texans, overall. he's obviously fond of talking the talk of small government but this is big government intrusion and it is very unfortunate and sad that people's personal he

peter ogborn and dan henning. good morning guys. >> hey hey. >> alichia cruz on the phones.lame cyprian for the nats. we count on him to go to the games, cover the games and bring them home. dodgers go back to the west coast. i don't know where they go next but they got three in a row out of the nats. and yesterday was horrible. >> it was bad. it was like 7-0 in the second inning. carol turned the game on, it was 7-1, she said i'm not even going to watch it. when carol gives up on them, pretty bad. pretty bad. another big sports event yesterday, how about it. phil mickelson so often the bridesmaid but never the bride. but boy did he come through yesterday. birdied four out of six of the last -- four out of the last six holes including number 18. here's how it sounded on espn. >> phil mickelson slides the putter behind the ball. this to slam the door to one of the finest final rounds in open championship history. on the way. that goes down. yes, the double for lefty. his fifth major championship. >> bill: all right. lefty, huh? >> tiger had a chance there. >> bill: he was 1 b

peter ogborn and dan henning.ello, guys. >> hey, hey, hey. >> good morning. >> bill: everything good? >> everything's great. >> bill: okay. alichia cruz has the phones covered, standing by waiting for your calls. cyprian bowlding -- the phone is uncovered? we are on tv, right? >> we are here. >> bill: we are on current tv and on the radio on your local progressive talk radio station and we salute you whether you're listening or watching this morning. it was big news yesterday. the president had a lot going on, meeting with the secretary of state, welcoming the san francisco world series winners to the white house. but the big event was lunch with hillary clinton. former secretary of state. who stopped by and all the buzz at the briefing yesterday was what's this lunch all about? what are they talking about? is this where she's going to tell him she's running in 2016. jay carney had the day off take his son to camp. deputy press secretary said relax. it is just two friends. >> it is not a working lunch. it is an op

peter ogborn and dan henning. >> good morning. >> hi, there. >> bill: how about it.ne calls coming in, alichia cruz has the phones covered and cyprian bowlding keeps us looking good on current tv, our videographer extraordinaire. how were the boys this weekend? >> they're good. i actually went and saw "the wolverine," not quite as thought-provoking as "fruitvale station." if anybody likes comic book movies and anybody likes wolverine, who is the greatest book comic character of all-time -- hear cyprian freaking out. the first movie was so bad. it was so bad. and they really stepped it up. very, very good movie. very good movie. >> bill: i have a friend who saw it friday night and liked it. >> i really enjoyed it. >> bill: see "fruitvale station." >> we're still going to see that. >> bill: good news on the nsa front. big story in "the washington post" this morning. i'm sorry, front page of "the new york times," above the fold this morning, i -- i know -- i felt like a voice crying in the wilderness when this edward snowden story first broke and i kept saying this is g

>> bill: you join the team of fobs, peter ogborn and dan henning. new term here.h alichia cruz on the phones and cyprian bowlding keeping us look good on the video cam. in the bill clinton days which is when this started, is that what they called them, fobs, friends of bill? >> it predates the bill clinton stuff, it is alcoholics anonymous term. >> bill: it is? >> yeah, friends of bill. >> my name is neil king and i am a "friend of bill." >> it was started by a guy, bill. that was their code. you're a "friend of bill." >> bill: i didn't know that. >> without saying oh, are you an alcoholic, too? >> bill: are you? >> i'm going to be. [ laughter ] >> plan on it. >> bill: wouldn't you know the circus in new york continues. yesterday in the main ring, anthony weiner thought he had answered back to these people who say you know, you don't even live in new york. people are telling him to quit the race. he says -- he put out a video. this is the most shameless video i think i've ever heard of any politician. you would expect it from anthony weiner. here he is. >> i know

peter ogborn and dan henning.hey, hey, hey. >> good morning. >> bill: alicia cruz on the phones and cyprian bowlding on the video cam. >> hey, all right. ladies love cyprian. he's back on camera today. looks like he even took a shower today. he looks nice. dressed up. >> bill: we got the man. -- we got demands. where's cyprian? good to see you guys. happy day for the washington, d.c. area because bryce harper, outfielder for the nationals has been out on disability. lot of angst here in washington d.c. after missing 31 games. it is a wonder he remembered how to do it. his first time up at bat with the nats last night against milwaukee brewers. at the bottom of the pile. any rate, bryce harper proves he's still got his stuff. >> high in the air. he clips center field. this one way back to the warning track. he can't get it. it's gone! good-bye! a home run for harper. in his first at-bat back off the disabled list. >> bill: solo home run last night. but what a way to say i'm back, huh? nothing like it. >> ended up w

peter ogborn and dan henning. hello, guys. >> good morning. >> bill: yes indeed. cruz there on the phones. cyprian bowlding has the video cam covered. and david letterman came out with a -- with a guest at any rate making some big news. we've seen too many good people leave "saturday night live" lately. >> a lot of them left. >> bill: jason said ache is dropped a bombshell. >> how long will a person continue with this do you suppose. >> person in general or me specifically? >> whatever you like. either way or -- >> a person can go. lorne has been kicking butt for 33 of the 38 years. i'm done. i'm not coming back next fall. >> you won't be back in the fall. >> bill: that's tough. that's tough. he's good. and that's the first time -- there were rumors he was on his way out. >> a lot of people thought he was going to leave. >> bill: first time he said i'm out of here this fall. >> it is very interesting. there was a mass exodus of good people 15, 20 years ago and snl went through a rough spot. >> for the first time in a really long time, "saturday night live" has bee

cyprian bowlding's got the week off but otherwise our team is intact with peter ogborn and dan henning good morning. >> happy monday. >> bill: alichia cruz is here on the phones. monty is filling in as he always does keeping us looking good on current tv on those video cams. so everything good? >> everything's good. >> yes indeed. >> slow weekend. >> bill: we were up at the ocean, the beach in rhode island. the water was absolutely magnificent and the ocean -- in the ocean two or three times a day. did some good lobster good swordfish, good, local lobster. great time. everything good in the east bay? >> actually, i had a bit of a harrowing experience. my boat broke down. it was not a situation -- my battery died. had to get towed by a friend. so a couple of miles out you about made it in safe and sound. just turned out to be a much longer day than expected. >> bill: did you call the coast guard? >> i did not. bought myself a new battery reworked wiring. >> bill: airlifted? >> no, not airlifted. >> bill: so, the big event of the weekend we know that, this is the only reason we have a 4t

say hello with me to our team here, peter ogborn and dan henning.d morning guys. >> good morning, bill. >> bill: everything good? >> yes sir. >> bill: damn right. >> i'm so excited to be back for a full week. none of this three-day crap like we had last week. let's do a full work week. >> bill: we have to do five days? it felt like a friday when i got up. alichia cruz is here on the phones. cyprian bowlding, he is still -- unaccounted for. we've been trying to track him down. monty is here keeping us looking good on current tv. good to see you all. i was on "the war room" last night with michael shure. michael does a good job. everybody is asking where is jennifer granholm. i don't know. i'm pretty sure she's still in the san francisco bay area. she's teaching at berkeley. i do miss her as well. well pat robertson, he can't help stepping in it, you know what i mean? certainly public attitudes regarding lgbt, our good friends in the lgbt community. public attitudes regarding particularly we know marriage equality and same-sex marriage have changed wi

peter ogborn and dan henning. >> good morning. >> bill: with alichia cruz on the phones. started to say cyprian bowlding -- still on vacation. monty doing a great job filling out the week for cyprian and keeping us looking good on the video cam on current tv. washington, d.c. shaking things up this week and making some national headlines. there have been a lot of complaints about walmart particularly from some of the labor unions. they're not paying their people a fair wage or paying women as much as they're paying men. they did something that may have reverberations around the country. mike debonus has been covering the story for "the washington post" and joins us in studio this morning. good to see you. >> bill, thanks for having me. >> bill: thanks for coming in on a rainy day. >> rainy. less rainy than it was at 2:00 a.m. >> bill: it was a ferocious storm that went through here. we were talking about this earlier this morning for the first time, my cell phone went off with a flood warning alert at 2:00 a.m. i mean i wake up and i hear this beep beep, beep. i thought w

with our team, peter ogborn and dan henning. >> hey, hey, hey. >> good morning. >> bill: alichia cruz the phones covered. cyprian bowlding, we're all back together again with all of you. cyprian bowlding keeping us looking good on the video cams on current tv. liz cheney jumped in. if she thought everybody was going to jump up and applaud it didn't quite work out that way out in wyoming. a lot of republicans upset she's splintering the republican party and taking on a guy who has a good reputation. mike enzi, as being a good, solid workhorse. hard to work republican senator. and now is he like too old for the job? he's 69 by the way. he says hell, no, i'm not too old. i'm one of the younger ones. >> i'm not too old to be senator. i'm kind of in the median age for this body. i'm in really good health and i'm on the committees that i wanted to be on. and i have seniority which is really trust that you develop. somebody new coming in, they don't trust them yet. but i have trust on both sides of the aisle, people trust me on what i say i'm going to do and what i do do. >> bill: they trust

peter ogborn and dan henning.always. >> hey hey hey. >> good morning. >> bill: alichia cruz on the phones. cyprian bowlding is off this week. monty is keeping us looking good on current tv. and we're very happy to welcome early on this thursday morning to studio, a real leader in the united states senate. he is called in the new issue of the new republic the progressives' best kept secret in washington. the senator that progressives are turning to for leadership on more and more issues. senator jeff merkley from oregon. great to see you. >> thank you. it is great to be here. >> bill: i thought i was the progressives' best kept secret. happy to have you take the title. so particularly, senator on the filibuster, you've been leading the charge for a long time now. that this is -- the abuse of the filibuster is getting in the way of good legislation. good nominations. and it looks like we may get some action on it today. >> been very involved in it with my partner tom udall. basically, we are -- the frustration level

peter ogborn and dan henning. >> hey hey hey. >> bill: good morning. have alichia cruz with the phones covered and cyprian bowlding has the video cam covered keeping us looking good. again, on your local progressive talk radio station we're there with you and on current tv. as long as there is a current tv be the news announced yesterday that we have a new leader, by the way of al jazeera america which will be taking over -- >> it is the new royal baby? >> bill: no. >> how exciting! >> bill: already has a job. kate o'brien who has been long time at abc news. i worked with here years and years ago when i was starting out in tv at abc. she has a great reputation in the business. i think that's a great start for al jazeera america with kate o'brien at the helm. meanwhile, another buddy of ours from current tv, eliot spitzer has been getting a lot of media attention, making the rounds. he was on jay leno last friday before last. and last night, he was on with jimmy fallon on -- i forget what -- nbc. after leno. they did a funny little thing. he's running f

you join our team, you've been here so many times you probably know them well by now peter ogborn and henning of course. alichia cruz. she's got the phones covered. cyprian bowlding has the video cams covered. yesterday, two days ago congresswoman, another big day. the 95th birthday of nelson mandela. yesterday in the congress, was the birthday yesterday or the day before? >> birthday was yesterday. >> yesterday. >> bill: and there were celebrations of course throughout south africa and outside of the hospital in pretoria. and here in the congress, leaders of both parties got together to commemorate the great life of nelson mandela. harry reid speaking. >> the father of a nation, the george washington of south africa the abraham lincoln of south africa, nelson mandela. >> bill: and then john bainer from the house republican john boehner also echoing the sentiments. >> he surely will live on in the hearts of every dreamer of every builder and everyone who toils and says i want to be free. >> bill: one of the great people of our lifetime. >> amen. you know, extraordinary human being. in