. >> steve, what did you make of arlen spector's comments. man who supported santorum and there he is saying this man is too extreme? >> i think part of it is he's happy to be back in the news. it's true, it was always sort of an awkward one. they represented polar opposite wings of party. it seemed like much of these are two home state senators that have the best interest of their state in mind. i thought it was weird when santorum was out there backing arlen spector. you had the whole incident with spector leaving the party. if he had not left the party like he did in 2010, i don't suspect his name would be as poisonous. >> what do you think of those comments whands do you think santorum's chances are in place like pennsylvania? >> steve is right. politics makes strange bedfellows and spector and santorum is a good show of that. they had to become allies in the interest of their state and the interest that he was a senior, powerful member in the congress. that's how they got together. what's interesting is spector is the real republican her

the other aspect is he did endorse arlen spector. arlen spector switched parties when he ran for re-election in 2010. he went from being a republican to a democrat because, in my polls and others, it was clear he would not win the republican primary against the ultimate u.s. senate victor in pennsylvania, pat toomey. they may make something of that endorseme endorsement, but i don't think that has legs, so to speak. i think it will be largely the government spending and the pork and ear marks. they will go down that road and see what they can locate. >> professor terry madonna, thanks very much for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> this is c-span radio's "washington today." here is a trivia question. what was the 48th state? it is arizona. today, arizona celebrating its 100th anniversary on this date. arizona shed its five-decade status as a u.s. territory. it became the last state in the contiguous united states. jan brewer who is the governor of arizona commemorating the anniversary. >> good morning to all of you on this b

who would have thought arlen spector would ever be mentioned again? let's watch. >> a study came out two weeks ago that listed 15 ways in which romney care was the model frp obama care. >> the reason we have obama care, the reason we have obama care is because the senator you supported over pat toomey in pennsylvania, arlen spector, the pro-choice senator of pennsylvania that you supported and endorsed in a race over pat toomey, he vote d for obama car. if you had not supported him and said no, we would not have obama care. so don't look at me. take a look in the mirror. >> you know, romney had his achorus there last night. applauding on command. are we allowed to say the word piss ant on television? this debate was small. a debate about who is going to command us in the world. we have terrorism going on out there. we have to deal with iran. and they are sitting there talking about, well, you know, all those years ago, you backed arlen spector. give me a break. mickey mouse club. am i wrong? help me here, susan. objective reporter. wasn't it petty las

today spector denied it all.k todd today on "the daily rundown." >> that's flatly not true. we never had any such conversation. it would be improper to make a commitment on a vote before i knew who the normminee was and whether i thought the nominee was qualified. i have a very strong reputation and the record behind it not to make deals like that. >> nobody has a voice like him. he famously left the republican party in 2010 because he thought it would help him get reelected. also says he wouldn't endorse santorum today even if he were still a republican. we'll be right back. [ cell phon e rings ] [ cell [ female announcer ] with secret outlast, conquer your busy day. ♪ burn! let's do it! hello, jenny! ♪ thank you. [ cellphone rings ] working on it. ♪ hi. hi. how are you? [ female announcer ] outlast your day, any day, with secret's 48-hour odor protection technology. new secret outlast. >>> we're back. i'll be watching the oscars this sunday night, where one of the best movies of the year, "the artist," is up fo

when speaking to that commission spector the into the microphone. we will continue with the regular calendar. item 16, case 2011. request for a conditional use authorization. kraska afternoon. a trout -- part of before you is a request for the proposed project at 14 01 howard st.. pursuant to planning code, the proposed project 62 change the use of the building to office resale -- retail. 1401 howard street is landmark number one 20 is located outside of the designated historic district and outside the service of his sister. that building is vacant. the project would result in 18,002 marder 60 square feet of office space, 1300 square feet of retail and 2500 square feet of assembly space. key components include the repair and repetition of the exterior, strengthening of the of church and construction of an interior freestanding mezzanine. the historic preservation commission reviewed the proposed projects and granted a certificate of appropriateness for exterior work is provided a determination of the ability to enhance the feasibility of preserving

led in part by former senator arlen spector and now senator chuck grassley and now jerry connelly. >> that is right. the proponents of the bill are careful to point out it is not a partisan issue or ideological issue. it boils down to whether or not you think the congress should have the authority to, you know, mandate its will on the supreme court obviously under the separation of powers. there are some people who feel like that is not proper. diane feinstein, the democrat, is one of those people. she voted against the bill in the senate judiciary committee. the issue is making that statement of why are we telling them their business. if they don't want cameras, they shouldn't have cameras. why not let them make that decision? >> if this passes by the house and senate, it doesn't force the supreme court to place cameras inside the chamber. >> what it would do is allow the supreme court to decide. first of all, this would only be for proceedings that are open to the public. oral arguments where, you

nuclear weapons know if the marines were working on a nuclear weapon they would have to kick you at spector's he would know that and they don't want that at all they are not working on a nuclear weapon they have not yet decided to do so so the facts or the truth of finance ministers both intelligence agency the way they say it is they have not yet decided to you know nuclear weapons well that means to me simple english means they're not worth you know nuclear weapons going to war i mean if. contrived if you have to take five steps back and say what is this whole about this is about a nuclear capability but it was about regime change. now china is the world's fifth largest holder of gold and seems to be in the market for more it's believe beijing snapped up around five hundred tons of gold in two thousand and eleven that's double what it bought in twenty tannin analysts say china is looking for investment safe havens due to the weakness of the us dollar. china has the largest foreign exchange holding off any country in the world one tree menu as follows. and for several years now chinese econo

as it is in there the poor this was not inspected the group were not is spector's as per se they were there high officers of the agency from the legal political and technical departments coming to discuss about mortality and framework. our future work apart from normally specs and of course regarding those sort of allegations so-called possible military dimension which was reflected in the last report of the g in the annex of the report therefore the aim and the mandate of this meeting around the in tehran was not. for a visit to any place we were supposed to negotiate on a framework in order to have. how to proceed from now on and says that more ality was not conclude it therefore the access of the places which is in their mortality could not be and of course will be implemented after them or their ladies gogu their ok so i hear what you say it sounds very complicated there's a new show here but in the spirit of openness why didn't you let these guys in my phrases like that very wary would question their thing is that part that they have requests and of course these requests as i sai

john wilkes booth, phil spector oj simpson who texted me earlier today. what should i write back?hoot someone, huh? nah. that's crazy, even for us. - i guess it would take a pretty big gas leak to make you think that was a good idea. [laughter] - all right! 100th episode, 100 hours of comedy. - minus the commercials. - 20 hours of comedy. - hey, dummy. - [gasps] damn it. - look, liz, if this is gonna work out between you and me you should know my tarantula sleeps on my face. - oh, my god. my show is getting cancelled i'm never speaking to jack donaghy again, and the worst thing that happened to me today is that you showed up. - ah, 'cause you called me. - when i was high on gas. do you not understand what that means? - no, not really. gas has no effect on me at all. when i was growing up, my school, gerry cooney elementary, it was right next to a gas works in queens. it ventilated into the cafeteria. we got a big settlement from the city. our parents voted to spend it on a boat that the families could share, but then that sank. but you know what? i'm still smart enough to know tha

nuclear weapon know if the marines were working on a nuclear weapon they would have to kick you at spector's he would know that and they don't want that at all they are not working on a nuclear weapon they have not yet decided to do so so the facts or the finance ministers both intelligence agency the way they say it is they have not yet decided to nuclear weapons will that means to me simple english means they're not worth you know nuclear weapons going to war if. contrived if you have to take five steps back and say what is this whole about this is about a nuclear capability. it was about regime change and ad campaign in the u.s. paid for by the israeli government has angered many jewish americans throughout the country the commercials were designed to encourage israeli jews to return to their roots suggesting that americans jewish culture has weakened but as policy or reports the ads seem to have done more harm than good. the big commons could be the family featured in an advertisement recently pulled from american t.v. goal israeli marry to board an american jewish woman what it was sayi

there are some, there are some corporations in our defense industrial base, who with the spector of sequestration hanging over them, are already making some decisions about their workforce. so this is a, this is an immediate problem for them. that will become a problem for us, eventually. >> i know my time is up, we've got to be sure we're dealing with the health care costs, because that takes away from readiness and operations and i know the chairman has talked about putting a budget together, we'd have to do something pretty quickly it sounds like to avoid eroding further the industrial base and making cuts that are devastating and detrimental. >> secretary panetta, i spent a lot of time last year on the joint select committee on deficit reduction, working with democrats and republicans to tackle some of the issues that you're talking about today. all of us went into that committee, knowing that sequestration would be a terrible outcome. we understood that across the board cuts to these programs as well as middle class families and what most americans depend on would be bad policy. senator reed

santorum said spector promised he he would go along with the bush nominations.e said that conversation never took place. >> he's calling out rick santorum there. you heard rick santorum, michael, say he felt he was being double teamed on and everyone was after him. why wouldn't he be prepared for that? >> it goes with the territory if you're the front-runner. i was nonplussed by all of their performances. it's hard to say who won that debate. it was slow and steady. newt gingrich didn't seem like himself to me. he surprised me by his quiet demeaner. >> you mentioned him, i want to bring in this moment that we were talking about. the issue of contraception being put on the table. let me play when the moderator read a question. the question action from the audience and newt gingrich jumping in. >> since birth control is the latest hot topic, which candidate believes in birth control and if not, why? [ boo ] . >> you did not once in the 2008 campaign, not once did anybody in the elite media ask why barack obama voted in favor of legalizing. >> let's be clear. he ch

>> don't we have to sell stocks now just on that spector? >> sell, sell, sell, sell.i heard the obligatory chatter because of the european dominos. the unruly collapse that would bring down portugal and ireland and therefore create a shock to the system that would head you into a global tailspin. >> if wea, lou the bush tax cuts to expire at the same time that we cut more than $1 trillion in spending, it could trigger a brand new recession here, one that could happen easily because of the fragile nature of the recovery. you want to be in stocks if that happens? of course, the debate over obama care and the catholic charts are called into question exactly how meaningful obama care will be and how much it will cost employers beginning next year and how the economy can't afford such a body blow because it makes hiring more costly. by the way, that is something i believe to be true. >> oh, and with israeli embassies being targeted, coupled with the ticking time bomb that is iran's nuclear program. how could you want to own stocks, do you really want to be in the s&p knowi

reason we have obama care is because the senator you supported over pat toomey in pennsylvania arlen spectorn a race over pat toomey, so don't take a look at me, take a look in the mirror. >> mitt romney lets it rip. tearing into rick santorum again and again at the final republican debate before arizona and michigan vote. did santorum just blow his best chance to take down mitt romney? >>> president obama apologizes to afghan's president. as the koran burning leads to the death of u.s. troops. >>> the issue of women's health and who controls bodies dominating the debate both in washington and virginia. i'll speak with the democrats' sole witness on capitol hill. and i'll talk with the virginia lawmaker opposing that state's ultrasound bill. >>> hello, everyone, i'm luke russert filling in for thomas roberts. and we have a lot on th

nation recovering from a financial crisis, but a national psyche that once again is haunted by the spector of permanent american decline. for his likely opponent the fall the way to run against barack obama is clear, blame him entirely for the economic difficulties and insinuate sometimes not so softly, that if reelected, barack obama will guarantee irreparable damage to american supremacy. >> this campaign is about more than replacing a president. it's about saving the soul of america. president obama and i have very different visions of america. president obama wants to fundamentally transform america, and make it something perhaps we wouldn't recognize. i want to restore to america the values and principles that made us the hope of the earth. if you want to make this election about restoring american greatness, then i hope you will join us. >> mitt romney promises to very explicitly "restore american greatness." that message is simple and straightforward for mr. romney. but as we enter into what is more or less the general election season, the central rhetorical challenge for barack oba

tomorrow on the show, former senator arlen spector, he's suddenly the center of the political debate.him to talk about his former colleague and former supporter, rick santorum. coming up next on msnbc. chris jansing and company will be speaking to debbie wasserman-schultz among others. so uh this is my friend frank and his, uh, retirement plan. one golden crown. come on frank how long have we known each other? go to e-trade. they got killer tools man. they'll help you nail a retirement plan that's fierce. two golden crowns. you realize the odds of winning are the same as being mauled by a polar bear and a regular bear in the same day? frank! oh wow, you didn't win? i wanna show you something... it's my shocked face. [ gasps ] ♪ [ male announcer ] get a retirement plan that works at e-trade. [ male announcer ] get a retirement plan that works like many chefs today, i feel the best approach to food is to keep it whole for better nutrition. and that's what they do with great grains cereal. see the seam on the wheat grain? same as on the flake. because great grains steams and bakes the ac

now, the spector of preemp00 is out there, and it comes as iran has cut off oil supplies to britain andeuropean countries. how is the u.s. responding? well, in is interesting, because we have noticed something here, and it is a mixed response. you may remember that earlier this month the "washington post" reported that secretary of defense leon panetta said that there is a strong likelihood that israel would attack iran this spring. the president of the united states was also clear in an interview with matt lawer. >> we will not take any options off of the table, and i have been clear that we will do everything to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon and creating an arms crase in a volatile region. >> and also, iran's region was hit with the stuxnet virus, and it's also why the united states has imposed crippling sanctions on iran. a source who wrote the sanctions was talking me through them today, most of them targeting iran's nuclear and military industries. there's been a change. on february 14th, and maybe in honor of valentine's day, leon panetta said he never thought that ir

is also the sale of spectrum that is intended to bring money into the federal treasury and free up spector for both emergency responders and for the increasing -- and free up spectrum for both the emergency responders and for the increase in broadband. caller: everybody talks about this as a middle-class tax cut. but it reduces social security income funding and will add to the national deficit by about $100 billion. if each person says, well, you know, we will have $40 to $60 in spending in each month how wonderful this is, but this is undermining social security because this is a withholding tax that is taken out on all of our paychecks. and we underdone -- which undermined this in 2011 and once again we are undermining this in 2012. this reduction is increasing the national deficit but it is underfunding social security. i really feel that say we will take the money and replace it with general fund money is incorrect. the reason i believe that is incorrect is because we already have a deficit and we will increase the deficit. whether it is democrat or republican, i think it will be a he