that they consistently have a large number of women in their statehouse. so they are very interesting to the study. what difference does it make? very quickly i'm going to focus you on the contrast. these are the bills introduced in the same women's issues category. you can see in 1973, note the scale goes up to two, that there are not a lot of women's issues legislation introduced, and it is primarily introduced by democratic men. that starts to change a little bit in 1983. but republican men and democratic men are still largely controlling the women's issues agenda. i will point out here, this is when republican men started to introduce a lot of bills about those morality issues. as the republican party picked that up under reagan. in 1993, which is the year of the woman, all of a sudden, you see a big difference. you see women start to control the legislation in these issue areas, particularly democratic women who have a pretty good advantage at this time. you may not remember that. but i will point out, 2003 and 2004 is when there was a very close demo

know, which is that a lot of people are just not very tuned in to what's happening in statehouses, whoir state rep is. i would be interested to see what the numbers are like for the u.s. congress because in statehouses in particular, i think everything is a little bit flooky and disconnected or potentially so because the turnout can be so low, and there can be so much apathy. i wouldn't be shock iffed it was also happening at the national level. >> there's also a difference between the way the parties organize themselves, which i think is the reason for the triumph of the conservative movement. if you are a republican dealing with the organized republican base, it's idealogical, it's about issues like gay marriage, about health care, about these idealogical issues. in democratic primaries, as like here in new york city, you're very much dealing with constituencies. you're dealing with labor. you are dealing with ethnic constituencies. it's not so idealogical. i think if you looked at issues -- there are issues where it is for particularly issues around teachers unions, where i bet you

i work with the legislative bureau at the statehouse bill was there. everything you do any is back with us against the wall, ironically enough. my question is, do you remember when a federal committee was formed, and they brought bill bulger in and he took the fifth on every question? do you remember that? >> yet, it was a grand jury investigation that had been convened in part to find out who, if anyone is helping whitey stay out there. and initially he took the fifth. but then he did testify. >> he had to testify before congress, because taking the fifth in front of a grand jury was deemed not civic minded for a president of the university of massachusetts. so anyway, it went up to congress, and he, he claims he had one conversation with whitey and that was, that's dubious. spin but it is all we can document. >> really? that's amazing that two brothers that grew up in boston during that time, and there's no evidence for to them ever had a conversation? >> he said it was one that was document. there's plenty and we write extensively about it. there we

who is representing you on your statehouse is just as important as who is representing you in the house and the senate. it's -- that is where laws are coming from, and it's also where you have the ability to say you're my elected representative, but you're doing everything except by what we elected you to do. there are so many representatives across this country that appear to only care about restricting women's rights no matter what else they said they were going to do when they got elected. on the flip side, there are also representatives that do wonderful work for reproductive rights and should be commended for that by their constituents. is voting is incredibly important. donating time or money if you have the ability to clinics, to local access funds that help women afford abortion. all these things matter, and all these things help keep this right is accessible and legal. but the most important thing and the simplest thing to do is to talk about apportion and about reproductive rights and contraception and their role in our lives and in our society. because the silence surrounding

. >>> a bill making the rounds in the nevada statehouse would legalize gambling on federal elections. the bill's sponsor says it's just another way for the silver state to make some money. >>> if you feel like placing a bet. actor kelsey grammer tells the guardian newspaper he's not ruling out a political run in the future. the staunch republican said it would be a big nut to swallow. however, someone who is ruling out a run is south dakota senator tim johnson. nbc news has confirmed the senate banking chairman will become the fifth democrat not to seek re-election next year. >>> and nancy pelosi traded in the house floor for the dance floor last week. the democratic house leader showed off some moves during a rendition of "american pie" at a fund-raiser. even though she was given a mike, she opted to simply mouth the words. that's your morning's dish of "scrambled politics." >>> we have breaking news to bring you now. italy's highest criminal court has overturned acquittal of amanda knox and ordered a new trial. this garnered worldwide attention last year when she was akncquitted of

a former majority leader of the colorado statehouse at the time of the columbine attack told me that the boat had written state legislature opposing the concealed hand gun bill, apparently would've allowed handguns on school property. one of the amazing things here is the day of the attack was the same day colorado rescheduled for final passage of a concealed carry law. just hours before the state legislature is going to vote, the columbine attack occurred there. i can go through lots of other cases, but in europe of the public shootings, even in switzerland but they allowed to consider kerry in many places is much easier than united states. a taxpayer have all occurred in very few places where guns are banned. they seem to seek out places within the dems can't defend themselves. the way to think about this is these people are committing suicides. you read their statement, look at the videotapes. they want to do so in a way that people will know who they are. the chilling to is they say explicitly that i could only kill more people than such a such attacks did, the killer was apparen

as they realize this as it turned to the statehouse calendar activists are fighting through traditional organizations like planned parenthood, the national abortion federation and also their own tactics conductivities, a social media, grassroots activities. man hears increasingly a sense to offer experience than you can open doors to work for planned parenthood that they don't always respond as quickly or as straightforward as needed because they are the holder into donors are allies in cannot be as nimble as earlier activists. there are blocks that serve a great purpose to make abortions more relatable in the activities more personal and the things that get away from the sound bite that the way abortion is represented in the deuce reid to read people's thoughts and have conversations about what is going on and to work but in a clinic in who you encounter to be a clinic escort that people can get the service free from harassment. going forward while the large organizations have the role of the focus on the federal level but not engaged in the communities that they serve because of their

that is the battle indianapolis, in the statehouse.not determine what a true -- annapolis, the statehouse, they cannot determine what a true assault weapon is. i have friends in montana that use it for hunting, and that is their choice of weapon. host: thank you for sharing your story. philip rucker? guest: this illuminates one of the stories in the gun debate. the divide is much more geographic than partisan. it is really that people in urban and suburban areas are more likely to support stricter gun control, and people that live in rural areas where it might take a long time for a police officer to come to their home, or the use guns to fend off a lease or other predators or other-- coyotes predators, they feel the need to have these guns. host: chris, massachusetts. independent. caller: how are you doing? host: good. caller: first, thank you for having the show. i'm a 20-year-old college student and i recently started watching. i come from a liberal state, so guns is something i am not really too familiar with or even interested in,

. >> a bill to lift the restriction has passed the statehouse and a similar bill considered in oregonrd: those are not bills, not law, the law says they cannot do this and they broke the law. >> that's right. in the case of -- you're talking about the case in the intro? absolutely. that search warrant being signed by the judge violated washington state's law. so it's been talked about if they ever make an arrest based partially on the videotape, that conviction would be thrown out. the interesting thing is they haven't made an arrest. more than a dozen states allow it to access it. it put away a cattle rust letter and a car thief. police say they need a warrant. prosecutors say privacy is not an issue. >> once you walk out your door and walk down the sidewalk, you lose that expectation of privacy. that's always been the case. by definition, things you do in public are not private. >> cops would like to see the cameras at every intersection. opponents call that scary. >> shepard: the people who don't like that would not like midtown manhattans. the problem in washington is the law said

generally speaking, all of these republican held statehouses and this precedent it says.th dakota has a surplus of $2 billion in oil revenues, which makes it a lot easier to fight a controversial decision like the one they are making. >> the crazy thing, this isn't supported by the people of north dakota. and somehow, you know, governor dalrymple by signing these bills today has made north dakota now the most unsafe state in the country for women. and, you know, some irony that today you see before the supreme court, the opportunity to expand the freedom to marry and the state of north dakota taking away a right that people have had for 40 years in america. >> cecile, i want to ask you broadly about the question of a woman's right to choose. obviously things happening on the legislative level, and the debate and the supreme court hearing issues related -- hearing cases related to gay marriage and marriage equality has dredged the whole controversy, a revisitation of roe vs. wade. ruth bader ginsberg said it's not that the judgment was wrong, but it moved too far too fast.

. >> "real reform doesn't happen in our nation's capitol, it happens in our statehouses all across thisntry." >> reporter: props gave way for some lighter moments saturday. newt gingricht laid out his ideas using a candle and lightbulb. >> "we don't need new principles. but we need lots of ideas about how to implement those principles in the 21st century." while sarah palin made the crowd roar demonstrating her right to drink a big gulp of soda. but it wasn't all jokes for alaska's former governor --- who didn't pull any punches criticizing the president. >> "barack obama promised the most transparent administration ever. barack obama, you lied." as republicans look ahead to 20-16, whether the party can redefine its message remains to be seen. i'm cristina mutchler kron4 news pennsylvania turnpike. the team was headed to millersville pennsylvania for an afternoon game. the bus was carrying 23 people. many of whom are being treated for minor to major injuries. >> two people -- including n-f-l player donte stallworth -- are hospitalized after their hot air balloon crashed into power lines

districts that got redrawn, both fathers of three who began their political careers in their own statehousesr is in indiana. mecir lost his first bid, finishes second in a gop primary when he challenged dan burton, but he came back in 2012 winning the seat vacated by mike pence. in his first run, he defeated the son of legendary basketball coach jerry tarkanian. they join me now. are you disappointed you never got a chance to vote on a replacement bill? i want i would like to see it action but the house has passed two, the first almost a year ago. >> but you never got to vote for one, not in this congress. >> you're right. i would have liked to have had that opportunity. i believe that the structure of the sequester cuts doesn't make sense. we all to have those reductions, but this is a debate that's been going on. clearly republicans have put forward a proposal. congressman horseford, were you surprised at the lack of urgency this week, where nobody seemed to be -- there were no back room negotiation. were you surprised at the lack of urgency? >> i did vote against adjourning last week, bec

every single republican in the statehouse and the senate voted against those background checks. gal letter anger is -- gallagher is live with us. >> no witnesses and no surveillance cameras. the reason they sent the police dogs into the woods is you can see it's at the end of a long driveway and there are winding roads around the area. the woods police say would be the quickest escape. then a neighbor came forward saying he saw a car, it was vacant, a white lincoln continental parked a street away and it was still running. he came back and the car was gone. this was just minutes before the shooting. he did not get a license place number but clearly that is the biggest lead police have to date. >> shepard: they say they're keeping an open mind but, trace, this appears to be a targeted shooting, right? >> that really is the working for a couple reasons. he works for the department of corrections and, two, because you look at the crime scene, there's no sign of a home invasion or robbery. they're saying the killer rang the front doorbell. police are not aware of any threats at all

. >> well, in november, the republicans won the statehouse for the first time since reconstruction. so for the first time, they've controlled both the house and the senate. as a result, they have decided to enact or file many abortion bills and the 12-week one was one of many including a 20-week ban that passed on february 28 and was enacted into law. >> sreenivasan: originally the bill would have been abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. why are the number of weeks so crucial in these pieces of legislation? >> i think that a lot of times that we've seen across the country that state houses are taking the abortion issue and doing these kind of bills, filing these kind of bills because they feel like the federal courts and the supreme court is not working fast enough on overturning "roe v. wade." so that's why there's a whole slew of bills filed right now in the arkansas legislature that addresses abortion restrictionings. >> sreenivasan: so this law in arkansas is not set to take effect until this summer. what are the abortion rights groups planning to do? >> the a.c.l.

when we both agreed, we worked together in the florida house when he was speaker and i was in the statehoused we got to work together in the state senate as well, despite he and i being polar opposites. but we thought it was important to bring members to get to know each other better. and the deal was he'd bring five republicans, i'd bring five democrats. and subsequent dinners, each guest was responsible for bringing a date. >> how often do you do these dinners? >> every couple of months. >> do you see the point where legislation actually comes out of it or not yet? >> we're finally evolving because people have continued to come and word has spread. we're starting talk about issues. >> it was all personal at first. >> it was personal at first but we're sticking our tow in and we've had some solid members come who are committed in their hearts. we've had progressives and tea party members come to these dinners where we can sort of not have anyone around and really be open and honest about what we think should happen. >> so us pundit class people who say in the good ole days everybody used to

as people marched outside the statehouse, republican lawmakers yucked it up inside. >> transv word! transv this and transv that! and they hate women and we're the -- in that bill, she killed -- go far enough? she is crazy! >> you also had pennsylvania governor tom corbett who said women shouldn't worry about mandatory ultrasounds because they don't have to look at them. >> i don't know how you make anybody watch, okay? because you just have to close your eyes. >> the republican party has a problem with women. it has spread like a virus through the party's politicians. through the conservative media and through the followers who consume these messages. house speaker john boehner gave an fluff to "roll call" saying the following. when your message prompts death threats and racial attacks, the problem goes, i think, a heck of a lot deeper than just communication. the problem is all about policies. get your cell phones out. tonight's question will republicans ever listen to women on women's issues? text a for yes and b for no. you can always go to our blog and we will bring you the resu

please welcome the speaker of the florida statehouse, the honorable will weatherford. >> how's everybody doing? thanks for the shout out, tw. that was nice. statement has wonderful, distinguished leaders like jeb bush and marco rubio, who who is beginning name dropped a lot today. marco was my first speaker in florida. that's how i got to know him. you got to know him as the man who beat charlie crist. you may not have heard about this, but charlie is thinking about running for office again as governor in florida. this time, he's going to be a democrat. my thought is he should go somewhere where his policies would be appreciated and embraced. i'm thinking the master degrees, maybe. -- thinking the ambassador to greece, maybe. i was homeschooled growing up as a young man. the reason my mom chose to homeschool is is she wanted us to understand fundamental things, things like the fact that our rights are available -- in alienable and do not come from government. understanding that we can have equal opportunity in this country, but not necessarily equal outcomes. sometimes i wonder and think

i heard howard dean wants to do his 50 state plan, today it with statehouses.ld that be a counter to what spn is doing? >> there are liberal think tanks in the states. if you look at the tax disclosure democrats are talking about flipping taxes by pouring their political structure into that state. you have to take the big-picture view. state by state compare the left or the left-leaning institutes and think tankies to the right ones and there's really no comparison. in michigan, i did the numbers and they are outspending the left five orr six oh one. enmany states, it's two or three to one. the monetary advantage is obvious. while a little union money negotiation to the left of center think tanks corporate money is really making the biggest difference. big corporations, you mentioned phillip morris, but there are many of them, really pitching up these state think tanks and winning many of these battles not just on tax and regulatory issues, they are consolidating power. michael: today michigan's right to work law takes effect. that's the union-busting law signe

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and yet you would always find him serving the people on the ground as she is serving in the statehouseay to connect him up to pope john paul ii. lived in great conflict with the government, but at the same time managed to build a church in the place where the government had no intense of ever building a church. supposed to be a symbol, the steel mill factory, where there would never be a church. and yet i think this pope will manage to rebuild the church in the style of francis, not only in argentina, not only in rome, but i think we'll see it spreading through this tremendous message of love and acceptance of all men and women. >> and we're seeing these beautiful images everywhere you turn in st. peter's square, there is a beautiful work of art. on that political front, it's also very interesting we were talking about the argentinean president and here is someone who may have to adjust some of her own thinking because argentina by all accounts has

. >> i tell you, i grew up -- i was born and raised in minnesota and when she was on in the statehouseents from her about terry schiavo. i mean, she's so off always, chris, she's consistently been off, that the one thing that i and i'm normally unwith of those people that is very wary of her and is this a race thing and with her i think she's called from god to do this, she thinks whatever coming out of her is coming through god. it's really -- it's inexplicable, really. >> well, maybe that frees her up from blame, that she thinks she's the oracle. >> i think she does. she thinks she's the oracle. ignorance is no excuse. thank you, li sdplchlt z winstead, and ken vogel, great point. >>> when we return, the tiniest -- how do you talk about anything if you don't know any history and that's michele bachmann. you're watching "hardball," a place for politics. but there are some things i've never seen before. this ge jet engine can understand 5,000 data samples per second. which is good for business. because planes use less fuel, spend less time on the ground and more time in the air. sudden

. >> ifill: michael dimock, this is working its way through a lot of statehouses as well but next week we'll see the first big shoe drop at the supreme court. is there any way to know whether people are following that piece of the argument closely enough to drive opinion >> it's hard to say. court cases will draw a lot of attention. what is complicated in this situation is there are a number of different legal arguments going on across different cases that have been combined into this and i'm not sure the public is engaged in all of those particulars. i think what we're sensing is that the shift is reflecting its generational component and also for people that their experiences in life have changed their views on this. >> ifill: like rob portman. >> a lot of the folks who shifted their views who tell us they changed their mind talk about people they know, talk about the personal shift in how they look at these things and that the world just seems different to them today. and to the point there's not a lot of sense that were that will shift backward under any circumstances. >> ifill: ne

. >> reporter: last month, she was there in the colorado statehouse when democrats unveiled a broad package of gun bills. many of the proposals are familiar from the federal gun debate: a ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines, universal background checks and more emphasis on getting mental health warnings into the background check system. >> enough is enough and the time is now. ( applause ) >> reporter: state representative fields is a lead sponsor of the bills. like watts, her political activism was spurred by a personal connection to violence. seven years ago her son was gunned down in the streets of aurora. then this summer, she got a middle-of-the night call about the mass shooting in her district. >> we went into this grief mode. this disbelief mode. the initial month was attending memorial svices and dealing with the loss. and then after that, when all the cameras left, that's when the real work began in reference to what can we do? >> reporter: while fields supports all of the gun control measures, she says extending background checks to private sales, is perhaps the most import

more than 3,000 pieces of gun- related legislation are being considered in statehouse but even as momentum picks up in some states, a similar push on capitol hill has slowed. yesterday, senate majority leader harry reid acknowledged one bill-- an assault weapons ban crafted by california's dianne feinstein-- did not have enough support to move forward. >> but right now her amendment, using the most optimistic numbers, has less than 40 votes. i-- that's not 60. >> woodruff: a disappointed feinstein later said on cnn that she will not play dead on the issue, adding reid assured her she will have a chance to offer the ban as an amendment to a larger bill. >> if it's an amendment, that is not a symbolic vote. i did the bill in 1994 on the floor as an amendment. it enacted a law. it went on to the house. it was enacted. what senator reid told me is that i would have an opportunity for a vote. i take him at his word. >> woodruff: for now, reid and senate democrats are trying to find a way to get other measures passed. that includes an expansion of background checks, new penalties for gun traffic

the former majority leader in the colorado statehouse at the time of the columbine attack told me thatklebold had written the state legislator opposing the concealed handgun bill, apparently upset about the provision that would have allowed concealed handguns permitted on school property. one of the amazing things here is the day of the columbine attack was the same day that colorado was scheduled for final passage of this concealed carry law. just hours before the state legislature was going to vote, the columbine attack occurred there. i could go through lots of other cases but you know it's not just in the united states. in europe all the multiple shootings in europe and even in switzerland where they allow concealed carry in many places, via taxpayer have all occurred in multiple public shootings in very few places where guns are banned. these killers seem to seek out places where the victims can't defend themselves. the way to think about this is that these guys are committing suicide, these killers. they read their statements and look at the videotape sent other things that they

yesterday the republican-controlled statehouse and senate were able to override the governor's veto,l sponsor state senator is a man who has equated abortions with the holocaust and the ruwandan genocide. 2011 and 2012 were record-breaking years for curbing a woman's right to choose. a slew of medically unnecessary procedures have spread throughout the states. eight states currently ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. ultrasounds prior to abortion are now required in eight other states. 17 states require preabortion counseling, and 26 states now require a mandatory waiting period. happy belated anniversary, roe v. wade. joining us now is nancy northrop, president and ceo of the center for reproductive rights. i'm so outraged by this, nancy, that i am losing my voice one second while i get some water. enlisting that wrath of unnecessary legislation, what strikes me is that this all seems to be part of a larger effort to shame women, which is to say the ultrasounds, the counseling, the waiting period. it's all designed to make what is already an incredibly difficult decision tha

the california statehouse is considering a bill which would force universities here to give credit tortain online courses. a sure sign our education system is either incredibly progressive or incredibly flawed. flawed because the online courses are needed to make up for the fact that we don't have enough money to pay the instructors we need to offer a sufficient number of classes to meet demand. class shortages mean some students spend an extra year in college just to wait for the class they need to graduate. >> how things work is about everyday life. >> online classes could solve that problem easily, broadcasting one professor to thousands of students. some schools like stanford have experimented with online courses on their own, but the real progress has come through private companies, like corsaira and udacity which just inked a deal with san jose state university to offer remedial classes to incoming freshmen entirely online. sebastian thrun is founder of udacity, also a vice president at google, a google fellow, invented or co-invented google street

number two is to help set up a program where i interact with opposition and i invite them to the statehouseto discuss it, to rise above politics and to just focus on issues that are of great importance to the people of malawi. i do the same with the civil society. i do the same with the media and i do the same with the faith community. thank you. >> president macky sall? >> thank you, johnnie. i think in order to maintain a democratic standard, my country must be able to continue to have a constant democratic watchdog because this democracy does remain fragile in light of the offense that occurred. there has to be monitoring of the democracy. we are a country that is still free and independent but a system which asserted its independence. it took the right decisions. it had political actors who have set free the competition and they also have to accept the outcome of the election. the rest of the game have to be clear and transparent for all. we also must i believe insured that it is fair and equitable in the distribution of wealth. to do so, we need to have a growth that would be inclusive

that's how it works in most statehouses.ons feeling closer by the day, that's not likely to be the process. adam was saying that's what is supposed to happen but what happens next and was this all for show? >> well, it's an exercise in each party demonstrating their vision for how you should fund the government. we're still waiting on president obama to release his own budget which will have potentially a competing vision. and adam is exactly right, it's just a matter of inches going forward and the big dernifferen on whether you want to boost investments over the long term or whether it's about cutting spending, these are big questions that lawmakers are facing. i would get in a room with a handful of guys, all men, and they would try to come to table with a deal. that's not how it works in washington. >> should it be at least a starting point? >> well, i think that they usually come together when they actually really need to to prevent something disastrous from happening to the budget or the economy. this is something that

it's been heated contention there in the statehouse over this.eople on all sides of the issue. essentially, it's background checks and a magazine ban, is my understanding, at this point, are the two main parts of that. but just to be clear, mr. clements was not a person that i've ever heard associated with this debate, at all. so, and nobody i've spoken to, so far, in the early hours of the investigation, feel like it's linked. but certainly the irony is not lost, that it's the day that the governor is set to sign this legislation. you know, we've had so many incidents here, columbine, of course, the aurora theater shooting, and it's -- guns have been so, you know, so much on people's minds, to have a gun used, killing somebody in such a personal fashion, right at their own front door, it's just hard to come to terms, carol. >> it really is. and just going back to the controversial nature of this landmark gun legislation, there's actually an ammunition company in town, threatening to leave the state, because these bills were passed into law. >> r

that is the battle indianapolis, in the statehouse. i cannot determine what a true -- annapolis, the statehouse, they cannot determine what a true assault weapon is. i have friends in montana that use it for hunting, and that is their choice of weapon. host: thank you for sharing your story. philip rucker? guest: this illuminates one of the stories in the gun debate. the divide is much more geographic than partisan. inis really that people urban and suburban areas are more likely to support stricter gun control, and people that live in rural areas where it might take a long time for a police officer to come to their home, or the use guns to fend off a lease or other predators on their -- coyotes or other predators, they feel the need to have these guns. host: chris, massachusetts. independent. caller: how are you doing? host: good. caller: first, thank you for having the show. i'm a 20-year-old college student and i recently started watching. i come from a liberal state, so guns is something i am not really too familiar with or even in

us all across america that real reform doesn't happen in our nation's capital, it happens in our statehousesoss this great country. [applause] i mean, think about it. back in the 1990s in my state with tommy thompson or across the lake with john endingler, welfare reform happened in the states. newt gingrich finally got bill clinton to sign it into law a little bit later. you go all the way back to the early 970s when ronald reagan wasn't the president, but the governor of california, and tax reform happened in that state. and it wasn't until later, ironically back in california, when ronald reagan as the president signed into raw the economic recovery -- into law the economic recovery act. real reform happened in the states. as was mentioned yesterday, there are now in america some 30 states that have republican governors and nearly as many that have republican legislatures. [applause] and so that's the good news. the good news is we have success, and it's happening in our states, and we can learn from that to tell our friends and our colleagues in washington how to move forward. because, y

i will be testifying on it next week in the statehouse. >> i want to move on to the next section and that is candidated candidate questions. brief question, one minute to answer, quick follow-up question if you want, and a rebuttal. mr. sullivan to mr. gomez. >> every time you mention your first generation american and you served in the navy, i think of my father. thanks for your service. >> thank you. it was an honor. >> can you describe the largest budget you have had make and are not talking about your household budget that you had to manage? and the amount of cuts you have had to make in a budget that you have had to manage? but in the private sector in the industry i was in, we invest in a lot of companies. small, medium, large companies, companies as large as $3 billion in revenue. i sat on the boards. we were responsible for the budget of that board, to make sure that company grows and is successful? . we are responsible for managing the budget and managing to make sure that the company was operating effectively and able to grow and be successful. >> did you have an opportunit

clearly one of those quid procash things where unless we go along with what they are doing in the statehouse we're not going to get our money. there's a quotation. he says senate democrats made it known sherrifs, obey or not -- rather, sherrifs, obey or no pay for you. the first word thatdoms my mind is extortion. >>brian: let's talk more about gun control. the president of the united states sits down and was asked about pot in the past and said there is a federal law saying pot's illegal. but in colorado you can actually have marijuana and not get elected. they say are you going to crack down on that, mr. president? he says essentially he has bigger fish to fry than to walk around and enforce federal law or state laws in all 50 states. when it comes to guns, it's a different story. first here's the president on pot. >> it does not make sense for me, prioritization point of view, for us to focus on recreational drug users in a state that has already said that under state law, that's legal. >>gretchen: it's the issue of what should the state be controlling. there's a lot of issues in the news

>> mark sanford argued bitterly with the state legislature, famously carrying two pigs into the statehouseect federal stimulus funding for his state, and he prides himself as a tax reformer. but the scandal took its political toll. he left office with just a 36% approval rating and now faces a hungry pack of would-be spoilers. >> i'm talking rick the stick bryant. elizabeth killing them softly mothly. and chip, this is my actual name lime house. >> among the candidates are some other well-known names, including teddy turner, son of ted turner. turner has spent tens of thousands of dollars on ads touting his economic credentials and being a washington outsider. but his famous dad may have an impact. >> what? conservative teddy turner? how did you get to be a conservative with such a liberal father? >> well, my dad asked me that all the time. >> and whoever makes it out of the march 19th republican primary is almost certain to meet democrat elizabeth colbert busch. if her middle name sounds fegly familiar, try pronouncing it without the "t." . holy cow, my sister is running for congress. >>

so all of the action has moved to statehouses where the states have become redder and redder. because they're trying to set up a court challenge to roe versus wade. >> while the republican party seems to be moving more to the side of same-sex marriage, abortion is not an issue where the party is getting more moderate or liberal. they're kind of hunkering down and becoming more conservative on it. >> katrina, this is one of those issues regardless of your politics, if you're running the gop and trying to court women voters especially, we know there's a deficiency in the gop with women voters, this isn't the way to do it. >> it depends on the women. there's more women pro life than men. i have a lot of female friends very pro life. so there are pro life women. >> the messengers, not the messaging. and that's a great place to stop. katrina, this was nice. we have to have you back. >> loved being here. >> that's our show. join me tomorrow. congressman charlie rangel will join me at the able. and i will have michael "blue" williams with me. and don't forget tomorrow, "meet the pres

winning formula, candidate and money to take control of congress, the white house and even more statehouses. the reality though is that it's tough to be a political party chairman, especially one on the losing end of the 2012 campaign for the white house and full congressional control. but when you're a tried and true wisconsin badger, like republican national committee chairman reince priebus, you don't give up easily. mr. prebus, like his state mate, longtime friend and political ally paul ryan, tirelessly barn stormed the country in an effort to recruit and promote candidates, push the party message and earn votes with ticket-topper mitt romney. then came last november. remys did hold on to the u.s. house of representatives and majority of gubernatorial seats among other win, yet given the fiery and sometimes ugly blame game, mr. priebus might have been wished for the days he was recognized as a rising star all while taking the republican party by storm. he's been working on campaigns since he was 16 and wound through the wisconsin republican party ranks and up to the rnc. he is proud to