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former three-term wisconsin senator russ feingold good. (cheers and applause) feingold, jerry, feingold. we begin tonight in new jersey where i was very proud last friday to say that the state legislature, the state where i grew up voted to legalize gay marriage. (cheers and applause) unfortunately, like most events in new jersey, it was immediately thrown off course by a loud italian guy. >> a bill legalizing same-sex marriage approved by the new jersey legislature has been vetoed by christie. >> i believe that the institution of marriage as it's traditionally known is between one man and one woman and that it should stay that way in new jersey. (boos). >> jon: in n new jersey... hey, pipe it down! (laughter) in new jersey we believe marriage should be as it always was intended between one indicted orange-faced man and a woman with high bangs and dead eyes. (cheers and applause) chris christie... how you doing? how you doing? nice to see you? how you doing? chris christie seems to have a fundamental misunderstanding of marriage equality.

melanie and russ are the first deaf couple to open their restaurant here and their venture has become something of a gathering spot for the bay area's deaf community. of course, that does mean the other half were not. making both halves happy is the goal. >> it doesn't matter whether they're deaf or hearing, we give them a hug any way and they can feel warm. i think it's a lost art in the community out there in many businesses. my goal is to make this a family feeling type restaurant with great service, friendly people and also, when we hired our staff to work here, whether they knew sign language or not, i let them know that every customer that comes in, when they come in, they are number one, ir regardless of who they are. >> they opened a little over two months ago and while long-term success is never guaranteed, they feel getting the the place up and running is a success. these are people who have learned over the years how to overcome obstacles and the secret apparently has something to do with never, ever slowing down. >> if you want something, run for it. push yourself. it does

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russ feingold? >> guest: well, iran isn't just a threat to israel, which it is, it's a threat to the united states of america if they get nuclear weapons. so both because israel's an ally and because of the direct threat to our security as well as other european allies of ours, i think we need to take seriously what's going on in iran, but that doesn't mean i'm advocating attack. and as to foreign aid, you know, i agree with the caller a little bit with regard to this. i don't want us to just throw a bunch more money at a lot of different countries in order to solve our problem. what i try say in my book "while america sleeps," is i'd like to see a small apt -- amount of money to help improve our knowledge of countries and having a more positive relationship with people this other countries. you know, let's be citizen diplomats. let's help americans maybe with grants to go for two or three weeks a year to help people and to help them learn certain things that would be of use to them, and maybe they

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. >>> and former senator russ feingold is here. i'm going to ask him how he and a group of senators found themselves on the senate floor one day whispering about thongs. >>> and later, with 259 days to go before the presidential election, i'm going to skip over 258 reasons and give you the number one reason to vote for president this year. [ leanne ] appliance park has been here since the early 50s. my dad and grandfather spent their whole careers here. [ charlie ] we're the heartbeat of this place, the people on the line. we take pride in what we do. when that refrigerator ships out the door, it's us that work out here. [ michael ] we're on the forefront of revitalizing manufacturing. we're proving that it can be done here, and it can be done well. [ ilona ] i came to ge after the plant i was working at closed after 33 years. ge's giving me the chance to start back over. [ cindy ] there's construction workers everywhere. so what does that mean? it means work. it means work for more people. [ brian ] there's a bright future here, a

great great point russ baker who what why dot com thanks a lot for coming on thank you. in other news as we talked about on the show last night the republican strategy on capitol hill of legislating through hostage taking work yesterday and now unions are screwed house republicans demanded that a routine f.a.a. spending bill include a harsh anti-union language that makes it harder for transportation workers to organize see the change raises the threshold for those who want to seek a union from getting thirty five percent interested to fifty percent for transportation workers and republicans basically said that if democrats don't agree to it then those shut down the f.a.a. again just like they did last year yesterday despite nineteen labor organizations writing a letter to democrats calling on them to oppose the bill. democrats kate the majority of senate democrats helped pass the bill and new anti-union laws for transportation workers by a seventy five to twenty vote and this is just the latest in a nationwide war led by republicans against working people from washington

host: joining us next is former senator russ feingold of wisconsin. he has a new book out, "while america sleeps." what are you trying to do with this book, senator? what are you telling americans about the state of our international relations? guest: thank you for having me on the show. during the 10 years after 9/11 when i was serving in the united states senate on the foreign relations committee, the intelligence committee, i saw some changes in the w we were responding to 9/11. it was a terrible tragedy but we were going to work together to address this issue. then things started to go downhill with the divisiveness over the mistaken war in iraq. then we entered a period where we seem to have gone back to sleep in being concerned about the rest of the world bank part of it is understandable because of the economy but part of it is political manipulation. i think that is dangerous. it reminded me of winston churchill. he gave some 45 speeches in the house of commons where he basically said i know we are not used to worrying about the rest , but the

but a lot of professors have enorm russ salaries and -- enorm russ salaries and teach ago assistance in there and the huge pots of federal and state money pouring in that frankly, drive prices high and higher. i think education, john, in america is -- part of education, there are some outstanding schools. but education is one of the biggest rackets going on in america today. >> it's the biggest racket that everybody needs to be a part of if you want to make in society. the taxpayer money is not there to fund t and professors making huge salaries. but i don't believe that is widespread. i think it's expensive because providing classrooms and teachers and the campus ac daze, everything has gone up. and college education now costs three times when it did a couple decades ago. people cannot afford that on their own. people cannot afford their health costs on their own either. and he understands if you invest money on young people to get degrees that is money well spent. he's doing the right thing and it's good for his politics because young people are part of his coalition and they need

. >> russ, what percentage of your runs are open now? >> we've opened up a lot of terrain with the new snow, 50% of the mountain open, 2400 acres, a little something for everybody. black diamond, open falls, going to be a great weekend we are looking forward it to. >> russ, thank you for braving the elements to be with us. see you this weekend. >> thank you guys! >>> later today at 4:00, something everybody loves could make you sick. the cars with the most toxic new car smell at 4:00. then at 5:00, the medical outbreak in san mateo jails delaying court cases those stories and more later today. >>> finally, 's famous royal couple is going plastic in a limit edition barbie collection. the dolls of the prince and princess will go on sale in april in time for their first anniversary, april 28th. >> william will be featured in his especially commissioned military uniform and kate in her custom made dress accessorized with a tiara and veil. >> the set will cost $100. >> one last check of the weather with mike. >> you would like to have hair li

russ, if my eyes don't deceive me that lift is running what is it like for skiers?d me is running just to prove -- my buddy took off behind me two feet of snow on the ground. the snow dance you have been doing has been paying off, great conditions here come on up and enjoy it with us. >> seems like -- [ unintelligible ] this weekend should be good for families too, right? >> absolutely. great time for mom and dad to come out and get their ski legs on. good time to put the kids in ski school. we'll have plenty of snow. we are expecting another foot or so tonight and another dumping tomorrow. the snow keeps falling and piling up and we couldn't be happier. this is music to our ears. >> honestly until now it has been dismal. is this going to do a lot to the -- a lot to extend the season a little? >> march is typically our snowiest month we have an extra day in february. hopefully the storm door is open and just keeps flowing through. we are super excited about what the rest of the season holds. a lot of ski time left we are open until april 15th so get up here and test

the super pacs, russ feingold. and the top democrat says this election is for sale, all about the super pacs, russ feingold. one of the funniest men in show business, see if -- steve carell. >> it's much more funny to be rich and famous. >> i was thinking ron paul is short of a -- >> legendary funny man, steve carell and david steinberg and a tribute to a real all american hero on piers morgan tonight. good evening. our big story tonight, whitney houston, fallen diva laid to rest, buried by side her father in a new jersey cemetery and about the extraordinary performance at the funeral and the song the family asked him to sing and pat o'brien and talking about whitney and his own struggle with addiction and david carell and steinberg. >> are you a funny person by nature? >> as evidenced by this interview, no. clearly not. i don't light up a room. i wasn't the person who can hold court and not a stand-up. i'm not proficient at that at all. >> that's coming up. we begin with whitney houston's final farewell. joining m

in his new book "while america sleeps" former democratic senator russ feingold laid out what he calls plan for this diplomatic area. thank you for joining us. how does your wake-up call play out? >> this of course is a play on words for chur clfment hill's book -- while europe slept. it might be packaged in, but it is also in places like north africa or somalia, from yemen. in nigeria you have -- >> you say the u.s. is focused in the wrong place? >> we tend to focus in one country at a time. it is a big world where al-qaeda is. we need to get out of afghanistan now. i was the first senator to propose we leave. the british know, and all the people in history know, this is not a place you want to stay forever. we can see on the streets now the consequences of staying there basically because we went there in the first place. >> iran starts -- gets accused of trying to get nuclear weapons . >> i don't think it is acceptable to become a nuclear power. that does not mean invading or attacking is the only way to get it done. i believe ratchetting up the pressure is a far better way to do it.

. >> russ, what percentage of your runs are open now?> we've opened up a lot of terrain with the new snow, 50% of the mountain open, 2400 acres, a little something for everybody. black diamond, open falls, going to be a great weekend we are looking forward it to. >> russ, thank you for braving the elements to be with us. see you this weekend. >> thank you guys! >>> later today at 4:00, something everybody loves could make you sick. the cars with the most toxic new car smell at 4:00. then at 5:00, the medical outbreak in san mateo jails delaying court cases those stories and more later today. >>> finally, 's famous royal couple is going plastic in a limit edition barbie collection. the dolls of the prince and princess will go on sale in april in time for their first anniversary, april 28th. >> william will be featured in his especially commissioned military uniform and kate in her custom made dress accessorized with a tiara and veil. >> the set will cost $100. >> one last check of the weather with mike. >> you would like to have hair like

for chiv ral russ horse video. >> it's your lucky day.his horse according to the youtube uploader, he opens doors for the female horses that come in and out of this barn. lady horse comes strolling up. this horse says, okay, hey, allow me. let me get the door for you. my lady. not only does he open it up and holds the door with his like snout. ♪ >> isn't it kind of funny how he follows her in afterwards. like he's like okay this is when the cameras stop rolling. >> who do you think taught this thing? like his owner maybe a doorman at a hotel? >> who says that shiv ralry is dead? >> let this be a lesson to you young kids out there taking girls on dates, take a lesson from this horse here. >> dog with me owe ker acting skills. dog with mediocre acting skills. dog with mediocre, dog with mediocre acting skills. >> [ inaudible ]. good boy. do annoyed. okay. next piece [ inaudible ]. yeah. cross eyed. good. and last one, do your nostril flapping. cool. >>> the super bowl is coming up this weekend. that means ads. let's just take a short walk d

hi, is russ there? we called his house and were told by a woman that answered the phone that he would be back in a little while. we left a message, but he hasn't returned the call. if you hadn't investigated this on your own, you think it would still be going on? >> i'm sure it would be going on. the people who did this were very greedy and very blatant. but the scary thing is, there may be other accounts out there like this, maybe even on other sites that are not being done with the same sort of recklessness. and maybe this has been going on on more than just absolute poker and ultimate bet. maybe it's going on in several other places, and maybe it's even still going on on these sites. >> i'm sure there are people out there right now figuring out, "here's a way we can do it again." >> since this report first aired, the kahnawake gaming commission issued a report and concluded that russ hamilton was involved in multiple cheating incidents. his lawyers, however, deny the accusations. the gaming commissio

russ, if my eyes don't deceive me that lift is running what is it like for skiers?me is running just to prove -- my buddy took off behind me two feet of snow on the ground. the snow dance you have been doing has been paying off, great conditions here come on up and enjoy it with us. >> seems like -- [ unintelligible ] this weekend should be good for families too, right? >> absolutely. great time for mom and dad to come out and get their ski legs on. good time to put the kids in ski school. we'll have plenty of snow. we are expecting another foot or so tonight and another dumping tomorrow. the snow keeps falling and piling up and we couldn't be happier. this is music to our ears. >> honestly until now it has been dismal. is this going to do a lot to the -- a lot to extend the season a little? >> march is typically our snowiest month we have an extra day in february. hopefully the storm door is open and just keeps flowing through. we are super excited about what the rest of the season holds. a lot of ski time left we are open until april 15th so get up here and test i

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because russ said, listen, anything you get by cable is around town by nightfall.o -- and then he said to kenny, no, you better not. i'll have to do it. you're going to come out poorly in this book as it is. >> and one thing she says in here is how compartmentalized their lives were. >> one thing i found that was real, no one in the staff really did anything by memos. we communicated by phone and conversation and that's it. so there are not great records. >> one reason for the old history program. >> that's right. and it made it very refreshing when something you know you had seen or had been done was not recorded. but you could also see -- >> was there anything particularly that you would have liked to have recorded? >> no. no, i have saved up for my book. the thing that i remember best out of all of that is when we came -- it was really about getting some stuff done at the white house and everybody would get all excited about why is so-and-so writing a memo or why are they doing that? we don't need a memo, we just get things done. i think dave powers' remark that

thanks transcanada ceo russ girling.t up on "kudlow," get this. 3/4 of likely voters believe the nation's top earners should pay lower, not higher. thehill.com poll. the american people has spoken. why isn't our populist president listening? we'll debate, right after this. >>> according to a brand-new poll out from thehill.com, one of my favorite websites, and it's a straight-shooting down the middle poll, 3/4 of likely voters, 3/4 of likely voters believe the nation's top earners should pay lower, not higher tax rates. so americans have spoken. but the question is why isn't the white house listening? why do we want to still punish rich people, successful americans who own small businesses? let's bring in our special guests for a wee bit of a discussion. cnbc contributor jared bernstein, former chief economist to vice president joe biden and distinguished senator ron johnson, republican from with wisconsin. mr. johnson, welcome back. >> hello, larry. >> 70% in the poll say 30% or less. that's their tax rate. and presiden

ok, russ manzini? >> i'm just curious if your book contained any information on the modern findings, the archeology of the slave quarters in new york and new england, and some of the atrocities that occurred there. >> i didn't really concentrate that much on that area of the country. i did look at archeological excavations in the south, in an effort to try to determine the food and what the slaves ate and what possessions they had. there's been a lot of archeological work done there and i'll recount that. i made mention of some of the archeological work done, for instance, in new york city but did not cover it to any great degree. any other questions? yes, sir. we'll wait until the microphone gets to you. >> mr. perry, in your research, did you find any differences of service of the black americans in the union versus confederate army, two parts? also, which army first used them? did you find any evidence of that? >> that's a good question. there was service, obviously on both sides, both the union and

one of the most vocal critics russ feingold. he joins me presently. the anger over citizen's united was visible as citizens marched at the supreme court to stay a ruling by montana's supreme court which upheld montana's ban on spending in election eggs. justice ginsburg saw this as an opportunity to review the high ruling writing: >> joining me now former senator feingold and obama national co chair and author. senator, good to see you sir. >> good to see you. >> keith, good to see you. >> is there any other way to beat citizens united besides utilizing the super money you can raise by citizen's united in order to elect people who can overturn it. >> you don't need to raise super pack money. i made it very clear that the president is in great position and because it looks like he's a little more on the side of the average person. this only undercuts that. i made it clear to the obama people that i would publicly criticize this decision. what it comes down to, i've got two choice, sit in the back yard and have a nice cigar and have somebody tell me who

the bankers salaries and the other half being performance based which is handsworth rating agency russ rating explains what's behind the move. trying to harmonize its regulations regulations in other parts of the world harmonize ocean of all regulators. something beneficial it does create an environment in which was a parade. in a. fairly regular fashion and that may help. some of the smaller banks in the medium. to compete with the very large russian banks. and staying with the story angus campbell from london capital group explains how similar measures are already making european bankers more responsible. we're seeing a huge change in banking on the way it works the investment banking arms have had a huge overhaul they have not only been subject to huge job losses but increased regulations they have to build up their capital requirements the risks they are taking at the moment are much more considered much less the risks are. certainly not as big as they used to be in the past and that is changing the way banks currently work potentially my in the long run make them less profitable b

help you say this russ is prepared to go to the polls but love him. since reputation is russ's strong man should be imagination have to make it and all things him in the u.k. and elsewhere whether it's in sydney it's an open question numerous mentality that will stay with us here on r.t. just ahead after spending the better part of two years behind bars america's military whistleblower is finally charged a us soldier facing life in prison for turning over classified documents to wiki leaks is the wrong guy in the docs a attorneys more in a few minutes. the u.s. intelligence community is ruling out suggestions that iran is creating a nuclear bomb the l.a. times reports sixteen special service agencies all reached the same conclusion but it's not making an impact on america's main news outlets as artie's marine important i explain that many remain hooked on painting tehran as a bomb making bogeyman. in the u.s. capitol of media and messages one particular story a unilateral strike keeps spinning round and round iran could attack the united states in a m

help you say that's russ and patsy go to the polls but love him a little bit since reputation is russ's strong man has captured the imagination of to make kids and old in the u.k. and elsewhere whether it's fame or infamy it's an open question numerous mentality . stay with us here on our t.v. still to come this hour work hughes day of aiding the enemy america's most famous whistleblower gets his first court hearing after nineteen months in custody and just two weeks after being nominated for the nobel peace prize more on that if you must. but first spain's students refusing to sit quietly with thousands of again turning out mainly overplan education cuts but also after police came down hard at their last rally officers were accused of brutality at a protest earlier this week that left several people hurt and more than forty arrested r.t. sarfarosh reports from the coastal blocker. we all know the problems that face every day students lack of money a fierce competition for jobs add to that this plane has the highest unemployment in that year of food the nine distance the sixteen to twen

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affect his politics and his outlook having his face on double decker buses won't help you say this russ is prepared to go to the polls but love him or lose to since reputation is russ's strong man has captured the imagination of documentary make his and all things here in the u.k. and elsewhere whether it's fame or infamy it's an open question. r.t. . coming up in the program this half hour accused of aiding the enemy america's most famous whistleblower gets his first court hearing after nineteen months in custody and just two weeks of being nominated for the nobel peace prize more about that. next though spain's students are refusing to sit quietly with thousands again turning mainly over planned education cuts but also after police came down hard at the last rally officers were accused of brutality at a protest earlier this week which left several people hurt and over forty arrested r.t. sara first reports from the cost of blank. we all know the problems that face every day students lack of money face competition for jobs adds to that spain has the highest unemployment in food the nin