he's a tea party freshman in the texas statehouse, but his charisma could take him far. one colleague said turner is one of the few people who gets an ovation after delivering a prayer. by the way, he played nine seasons in the nfl. a third rising star to keep an eye on is state representative sarah davis. she was the only republican to oppose the controversial abortion bill last year. anti-abortion groups targeted her in the primary, but she got more than 70% of the vote. so different wings of the party represented on the republican side. on the democratic side, the rising starts agree with the woman "mother jones" called the future of her party, and that's leticia van de putte. you saw her on "the daily rundown." she'll face either dewhurst or conservative dan patrick. next up on our rising star democratic list is state representative rafael anccia. he ran uncontested in this week's primary, and is the son of mexican and spanish immigrants.

new jersey time from the statehouse in trenton. we will have live coverage. it can watch a entirety -- in entirety on our bloomberg channel. >> with just three days before the sign up dead like a man has met its rejected target of halving 6 million americans enrolled in health care changes. but if you take a closer look around the country some states are doing far better than others. the winners and the losers, they may surprise you. megan hughes reports. >> with days to go before the end of opener enrollment, a dozen states are far behind expectations. with fewer of 50% of the sign-ups the government projected. the worst in the nation, massachusetts. so far it has met just 6.5% of its target. the rd, this is the state that inspired the law. rather than upgrade massachusetts oscar already existing universal health care exchange, they decided to start from scratch. the new website has been a technical disaster. the second worst estate, or about -- worst state, oregon. no one has been able to sign of completely online. rankedd also close to the bottom. just las

the statehouse of delegates passed a measure to phase in a minimum wage of 10.10 by the year 27 teen. the bill would increase the current 7.20 -- 2017. the bill would increase the current 7.20 wage to 9.20 and then 10.20 in 2016. >> too fast, hurting people having job and also people with business. i feel not very good because people need the job, maybe they can hire. that way maybe more unemployment. >> i think a lot of people are struggling. i think minimum wage should be at a point where people can make it and a lot of people have to start at minimum wage. i think it's something that should be done. >> the bill is off to the state senate. >>> tomorrow morning a pregnant woman who drove her three children into the atlantic ocean will face the judge. 32-year-old ebony wilkerson of south carolina charged with trying to kill her kids was released from the hospital this morning booked into police custody. she faces three counts of attempted first degree murder and aggravated child abuse. according to an affidavit, she told rescuers she was taking them to a "safer place." >> you're suppo

statehouse bureaus have shut down and disappeared. city halls are not covered. we literally have gone dark in huge parts of america. the media is failing to do the basic job to provide the information necessary in a democracy. people say we have the internet now. it is a complete fantasy. the internet is a fabulous to will for organizing and sharing information but the number of people making a sustainable living doing journalism on the internet is an absurdly small and does not care -- keep up with the print journalist that you lose some. so we are holding of journalism and at the same time we are flooding in money literally allowing the wealthier people into the country and the most powerful and corporations to pour money into the campaign. we were talking with one of the smartest audiences in don't have to make the connection but when you dumbbell journalism and flood of money from the wealthy and in the to and the most powerful, what do you get? a political discourse defiant by wealth and privilege. as a result of what we discuss in america seriously is how

directives that the rape cases should be reviewed and they are now reviewing the rape cases in the statehouse of assembly. >> the rape penalty is being increased to life if it is a minor. staffs say the law cannot come soon enough. the extent of the suffering lately has been overwhelming. northern nigeria. >> coming up on aljazeera america, turkey wants to block all access to twitter and that has given people there something to tweet about. >> the courts are forcing kansas to increase school funding. what the ruling means for students and taxpayers. >> the turkish government is blocking twitter because the prime minister said people are spreading lies. >> many twitter users in turkey logging on to the social media website got this message, it reads: the protection measure has been taken for this website. the state's telecommunications regulator t.i.b. said its decision was based on four court orders against twitter. the government said twitter has ignored previous court orders to remove some web links. the decision came just hours after the prime minister warned to wipe out the social media w

[applause] in the end, we have the type of people in statehouses throughout this country who can makeference in our country's future. we have to stay focused on the task at hand. as i travel around the country, as the chairman of republican governors, what i feel more than anything else is a frustration in our country with everyone who believes that government no longer works for them. government works for itself. we need leaders who are willing to say, not only that we are against obamacare, which we are, we need leaders that are going to say we're against higher taxes, against a bigger government. against intrusion into our constitutional rights. we are against all of those things, but we need to talk about what we are for. we need to talk about the fact that we are for a free-market society that allows your effort and ingenuity to determine your success. not the cold, hard hand of government determining winners and losers, which has been what this administration has been all about. [applause] we need to make sure that we say we are for america being a leader in the world and we are

. >>> a raid on his statehouse office and home, the u.s.torney's office, fbi, irs and state police carried off boxes of evidence. the 52-year-old democrat promises he will serve out the remainder of his term. >>> a bill is brewing in massachusetts that would for bid divorcing parents from having sex in their home with other partners unless the court gives the go ahead. that's until a divorce is finalized and all financial and custody issues are resolved. >>> and former secretary of state hillary clinton dodging the 2016 question like countless times before. >> look, i am -- i am very much concerned about the direction of our country. i'm obviously thinking about all kinds of decisions. >> but even though jimmy kimmel couldn't get clinton to answer, he could take an epic selfie tweeting to ellen degeneres, no brad cooper but three clintons and kimmel. >> nice. joining me for your first look at politics. david nakamura of the washington post. hi, david. >> hi, veronica. >> we mentioned david silver's predictions. how are democrats seizing on

man: you're looking at the house chamber in the vermont statehouse and what is once again an extraordinaryhe most volatile and heated and divisive issue i've ever covered. poussaint: the civil unions legislation was passed by vermont's general assembly in the spring of 2000. woman: well, there you go. poussaint: it gave this state the distinction of becoming the first to give gay and lesbian couples the same legal rights as married couples. and by the end of today, we will be, believe it or not, legally connected to each other. well, civil unions is about sex, morality, marriage. it's about how society organizes itself. it's about equal rights. it's about the dignity of people and tolerance. poussaint: and it's also about public opinion and the role it played or perhaps didn't play in decision-making by vermont lawmakers. man: they weren't listening, they didn't want to listen. poussaint: reverend craig bensen was and is an ardent opponent of civil unions. he says there's absolutely no doubt that the majority of vermont's electorate opposed civil unions. the majority opposed both same-sex

six days ago on the same day this bill passed the georgia statehouse, a shooting in a bar near atlantais called milo's and it was the scene of a fatal shooting last april. the mother of that victim, the one that died, hung a sign at milo's over the weekend. it read "my son was killed in a bar with a 9 millimeter gun. without that gun we'd still have him here. do we need more guns in bars after this? seriously?" this bill seriously passed the georgia legislature by a vote of 112-58 last thursday. that is all for now. i will see you back here tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. eastern. "the ed show" is up next. >>> good evening, americans and welcome to the ed show live from detroit lakes minnesota in the north country. let's get to work. >> those already in line for enrollment by phone or web site will be able to complete their transaction. >> what the hell is this, a joke? >> they know they're going to end up way short of their target so they're trying to string it out. >> why won't the white house just officially delay the mandate all together? >> yeah, you don't need health insurance until you ne

around some of the most repressive anti-democratic legislation that's being passed around senate statehousesr this country, whether it's voter suppression laws, whether it's energy policy, whether it's immigration laws, these are all hatched in these sort of outside conservative groups, whether it's alec, groups funded and supported by the koch brothers. they are writing legislation that literally makes its way into -- they are writing the legislation that then becomes law and we forget where its root is. >> david axelrod and alex wagner, thank you very much for joining me tonight. >> thanks, lawrence. >>> coming up, in a last word exclusive, elijah cummings will explain his challenge to darrell issa and in the "rewrite," every time chris christie speaks, he says that can and will be used against him and he did that again today. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, like me, and you're talking to your rheumatologist about a biologic... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain. this is humira helping me lay the groundwork. this is humira helping to protect my j

protest in south carolina, 17 members of a truthful tuesday coalition were arrested outside the statehousecolumbia. it was the group's largest action, bringing its total arrest to 39 over the last three weeks. we go back to georgia where we are joined by dr. reverend raphael warnock who serves as senior pastor of the avenues or ebenezer baptist church. he was among the 39 protesters arrested for nonviolent civil disobedience. he is the author of, "the divided mind of the black church: theology, piety, and public awareness." to democracy now! talk about why you got arrested this week. >> thank you so much, amy. it is great to be here with you. this is a critical moment in georgia politics, really, in the history of our country. sinced submit that not brown versus board of education have we seen the kind of obstruction that we have witnessed and only in the state of georgia, but across the country, in the wake of a decision made at the federal level. not since 1954 have we seen a federal decision made that would give ordinary american citizens access to the free seminar for its of our great

joining suss a statehouse reporter for the "bergen record." you for being here. >> thank you. >> we knee that a traffic jam is not a capital crime. we know people get stuck in traffic for all sorts of innocuous reasons and it's a sort of nuisance of modern life. >> it's new jersey. >> it's new jersey daily life. how does having the actual 911 tapes add too the understanding of what this jam really meant to the people of ft. lee. >> listening to some of these recordings today, it put color on the canvas, it gave us the vibrant details. i remember writing about the traffic, the motor vehicle accidents and delayed ambulances but listening today to the callers over and over and over reporting their car accidents, hearing the chaos and panic, listening to the woman who called two, three, four times to the dispatcher saying "is the ambulance coming, is the ambulance coming?" and you could hear i think in the dispatcher's voice back some of the frustration responding, yeah, they're on their way, nair -- they're on their way. we knew a lot of this but

statehouse beers had to shut down and disappeared. city halls across this country are uncovered. we literally have a blank cell. it has gone dark and huge price of america. our media is failing to do the basic job of providing the information necessary for democracy. people say we have the internet now. the internet the fact of the matter is that people making it is absurdly small. it does not begin to keep up with a number of print of print journalists use to make basis. we are hollowing out journalism in this country and at the same time, we are flooding in money. we are literally allowing the wealthiest people in this country and the most powerful people in this country and corporations themselves to pour money into her campaign. so i know that we are talking to one of the smartest audiences in america so i probably don't have to make this connection. but when you hollow out, dumbed down and disappeared journalism and new flood in money from the wealthy, money from the elite, for the most powerful, what do you get? apolitical discourse defined by wealth and privilege and as a

administration because when i use that term that means that everybody from state to nsc to the statehouse understood that these are our guys and we need to help them. i am making the statement that those who gave the actual advice went to ask mubarak to go down actually favored the idea that the brotherhood would be leaving that revolt. so when you have the demonstrations which basically began as a result of a call by facebook. it 85,000 likes. that's the beginning of the revolution. facebook was liberal. 30 or 40,000 members of that facebook came down to tahrir square so the original tahrir square april 6 and others. the brotherhood and al-jazeera we stay behind. they were afraid of the regime. they did know how is going to end up. they didn't even know if the obama administration in the west in general were going to a love mubarak to -- it's only when the umbrella was provided to the demonstrated second day, their day, fourth day when the egyptian military was brought by washington do not go. this was the beginning of the collapse of the mubarak regime. then is as if that was coordinate

just three of 47 statehouse republicans voted for a bill last fall to legalize same-sex marriage.either of those three lost. tom cross easily won. for state treasurer. ed sullivan won renomination, and in the 81st district, it's too close to call, but he's up by 153 votes. >>> meanwhile, before we go to break, a little more developing news on a deal between toyota and the u.s. justice department. it was just announced that toyota has agreed to a $1 billion settlement over customer complaints that its cars would suddenly and unpredictably accelerate. officials tell nbc's pete williams that in return for the $1 billion settlement and toyota making commit manies about future behavior, the justice department will agree not to bring criminal charges against the japanese automaker. we're expecting the official announcement in a few minutes from now from attorney general eric holder and transportation secretary anthony fox. we'll bring you any developments as they happen. >>> as always, you're watch iin "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. co: i've always found you don't know you need a ho

governor himself up for re-election, republicans are hoping they can gain enough control of the statehousetogether. joining me is one of the two lawmakers recalled last year, former colorado state senate president john morris. mr. morris, good morning to you, sir. >> good morning. >> so do you believe that the gun issue is something that is once again so divisive in colorado that it's a political problem for the democrats? >> no. i believe that it is divisive in some way, and that there certainly is an extremist fringe that believes criminals ought to have guns at the same rate as the rest of us. but i don't think they're actually going to be able to make any inroads in this upcoming election. i mean, this year, they introduced bills in the legislature to undo everything that we did last year, and they failed right down the line, and there wasn't even much public support for what they were trying to do. i mean, it turns out what we did was modest and common sense and is working to save lives. and so, you know, it's actually going to be a benefit to us, and not a detriment. >> you know, it'

nevertheless, statehouse speaker says the state is big enough for everyone. >> i can say one example from the work we've done over the past years to show that the pundits and partisans who say colorado is a fractured state, split between left and right, rural and urban, are simply wrong. >> governor hickenlooper says the secession movement was actually a good thing, because it ultimately makes the state stronger. but while the movement has mostly faded over the last four months, colorado's political divide has not. curtis lee covers state politics for "the denver post." he covered this story closely. curtis, let me ask you here, the secession movement. how much of it is just simply driven by this growing divide between denver and the me megaopolis and the denver suburbs and rural colorado in. >> the rural divide, it goes back to last legislative session, and this so-called -- republicans have pushed this so-called war on rural colorado, as some of the things you mentioned in your setup piece, democrats really passed a number of controversial pieces of legislation in the wake of the n

. >> there's been some movement in your local statehouse about trying to get the federal government to the viability of hemp as an agricultural product. do you support that? do you support hemp as an agricultural product? >> in the past, it's been sort of a controversial subject in our state, and a lot of other states because of the similarities to marijuana, now that marijuana is becoming more legalized across the country, it seems like maybe it's a less of an issue. obviously, it's a debate that our state legislature has. i don't think we'll decide that here. we don't have a farm program in washington, d.c., although in this last farm bill, there was some dollars committed, i think, to hemp research. but i think it's one of the issues we'll continue to discuss and debate. it's not something in the past i've supported, but obviously, you know, it's an issue that continues to come up every year, every time we have a new farm bill, and every time we have a state legislative meeting, i think in south dakota they're getting opportunity to debate it anew. so we'll continue to have that dis

you walk into any statehouse newsroom in this country and look at all the empty desks, and you can see visually that there's been a huge cutback in the number of people who are covering state houses. so there are areas of coverage where we're clearly missing the kind of important coverage that we've had in the past. but that may come in time. >> and i'm happy to have any reasons for optimism at all after several years of a more negative view of the state of the news media. >> yeah. absolutely. i wouldn't say that this report that we just put out overall is terribly optimistic. but the way i put it is there are some green shoots in there. there are some things popping through the permafrost that are at least better than we've seen in the last decade. >> alan murray, thanks so much for being here. >> great to be with you. >> the pew report, by the way, is available online at stateofthemedia.org. time for a quick break here. we want to keep you up to date on the latest information on flight 370. so stay tuned for more right after this. broadband network and cloud infrastructure. we consta

and as you say, it is going to affect lots of statehouses, legislators, and i expect, also, will end up in the courts one day, one way or another. phil lebeau, thank you very much. let's talk about an apple a day. shares of apple, just a little bit lower a few minutes ago. there you see them down about 75 cents, however they are up about 16% over the past 12 months. the low over the last year, $385, the high was $575. and according to our research, powered by fact set, 34 wall street analysts have a buy on apple, 8 a hold, and 3 say sell it. is this stock range bound? josh lipton is live in san jose. josh? >> reporter: yeah, tyler, tim cook must be wondering at this point, where is the love on wall street? you know, apple stocks have been trading between 500 and 550 for months, causing some analysts to sour on the name. right now, 70% of analysts on wall street have a buy rating on apple. that might seem high, but it's actually very low for the tech titan. it's five-year average is more like 84%. but if you own apple, there could be reasons to cheer that lack of enthusiasm from analy

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. >> joining me now, my msnbc colleague, steve kornacki, host of "up" and mel lisissa hayes, statehouse reporter for "the record." steve, he me start with you. i hesitate to use the word bombshell, but it's kind of a bombshell in terms of developments in and around the christie case. this statement from bridget kelly to me is the clearest indication that she is willing to sing if she is granted immunity. how did you read it? >> yeah. well, it means there's a bit of a competition going on right now because for a while david wildstein made it clear he wants a deal, he would talk if he was given immunity. now bridget kelly, many suspected she might want a deal. that basically explicitly s saying, she is through her lawyer that she wants a deal. there's an effort there in the language of this statement, there's sort of an effort to make the public case for why she should get the deal and not wildstein. she basically sets it up as, like, wildstein made one set of claims, christie has made another set of claims and now here's bridget kelly in the middle who's uniquely positioned to say which

they're going after every house seat, every senate seat, every governor's chair, every statehouse they their hands on, and they're laying the groundwork to put another clubton back in the -- clinton back in the white house. >> no! >> they fully intend to finish the job, to full pill their -- fulfill their commitment, their dream of fundamentally transforming america. into an america that i guarantee you won't recognize. but mark my words, the nra will not go quietly into the night. [cheers and applause] we will fight! i promise you that! [applause] with millions and millions of americans just like you all over this country. that are going to come together. [applause] this election's going to be won or lost on every street, in every corner, in every coffee shop, in every store, in every church in america where every mra member -- nra lives and works and volunteers and campaigns. those nra members, those great americans, they are the real muscle of nra's clout. i ask all of you and everyone watching this out on tv, become one of them. join us and together we will stand and fight and win

two new tweaks to florida's controversial stand your ground law have just passed in the statehouse ofentatives of the so-called warning shot bill passed yesterday by a vote of 93-24 following a tense two-hour debate on whether lawmakers should repeal the entire stand your ground law. instead of repeal, legislators voted to make it legal to avoid retreat and fire a warning shot if threatened. lawmakers also approved a provision that gives judges more leeway in sentencing people convicted of firing a gun, relaxing mandatory minimum sentencing rules. both changes were inspired in part by the case of marisa alexander, the jacksonville mother who faces 60 years in prison if she's convicted of firing what she says was a warning shot at her estranged husband after he allegedly attacked her. the senate takes up the bill next week. we're also paying close attention to the assault on voting. this week we saw yet another setback. this time a federal judge ordering the u.s. elections assistance commission to uphold laws in kansas and arizona requiring proof of citizenship at voter registration. i

and florida statehouse speaker will weatherford. will, let me begin with you. mend it don't end it. that did not work for alex sink. mr. will it work in the general election or do people just want to change the whole darn health care plan? >> first of all, they have been trying to run away from this bill ever since they voted for it. it's been four years since they passed the affordable care act and they're still trying to hide from that vote. mend it and don't end it won't work. and this district was a bell wit. peop bellwether. david jolly was the underdog you but he one for three reasons. he had a great ground game.daviu but he one for three reasons. he had a great ground game. and the president is a liability for all democrats. and obamacare is unpopular in the state of florida. >> steve mcmahon, you look at the "wall street journal" poll, president down to 41% approval. 65% think wrong track. 57%, this is a killer, steve, 57% believe the u.s. is still in recession. that is extraordinary. now, my point is a simple one. besides the handicap of obamacare, there is the handicap of

that's in 2012, and this despite the fact that since 2010 when republicans took over the statehouse theyave been very focused on hobbling state employee unions which tend to give democrats spending parity with republicans an imposing increasing voting restrictions, so why do republicans seem so intent on cutting back voteing? democrats say the proposed changes would have the biggest impact on voters in the state's two biggest cities, milwaukee and madison, both democratic stronghold, but grothmman wants to standardize voting hours all across the states, and rules will apply to voters in the big cities and rural part of the state where republicans happen to do well. is it fair to block options for voters who work irregular hours, eliminating weekend voting hours the best way to ensure equal access to the ballot box for every eligible voter? let's ask scott ross, the executive director of one wisconsin now, a group that's trying to stop republicans from rolling back the clock on early voting. scott, these specific restrictions, are they being seen by your average wisconsin as directed as d

. >> you talked about returning to the virginia statehouse after your tragedy and how hard that was.l us what with the best and worst things your colleagues did or said to you and what advice would you give to others and how to approach someone who has been through a tragedy such as years? -- yours? >> everybody is different. everybody approaches these things differently and you never know how to respond. richmond, orle in at least my colleagues were fair and honest. they know me. they know i am kind of quiet and pretty shy and i like to be left alone. that is under the best of circumstances. this time, i really wanted to be alone. -- the 23rdknow me year i have been in richmond and generally, my doors open and anybody that wants to visit with me have a chance to visit with me. i see constituents or different people all day long all session. this year my door was shut. i didn't visit with people. even good friends would come by and visit with me and say, are you kidding? i would say no. there were some lobbyist that continue to press me and continue to hound me. that bothered me. peo

in the end, we have the type of people in statehouses throughout this country who can make a real differencen our countries future. we have to stay focused on the task at hand. as i travel around the country, what i feel more than anything else is a frustration in our country with everyone who believes that government no longer works for them. government works for itself. we need leaders who are willing to say, not only that we are against obamacare, which we are, we need leaders that are going we're against higher taxes, against a bigger government, were against all of those things, but we need to talk about what we are for. when he to talk about the fact that we are four of free-market society that allows your efforts and your ingenuity -- we need to that we arehe fact for a free-market society. [applause] we need to make sure that we say we are for america being a leader in the[applause] world and we are for a strong national defense not one that allows other countries to run us over all over the world. [applause] other people around the world are struggling for freedom, they used to look

. >> you talked about returning to the virginia statehouse after your tragedy and how hard that was. tell us, what were the best and worst things your colleagues did or said to you, and what advice in general would you give to others on how to approach someone who's been through a tragedy such as yours? >> you know, everybody is different, you know? everybody approaches these things differently, and you never know how to respond. with me, you know, people in richmond or at least my colleagues were fair and honest. they know me, they know that i kind of, i'm kind of quiet and pretty shy, and i like to be left alone. ask that's under the best -- and that's under the best of suckers. [laughter] and this time i really wanted to be alone. people that know me know, this is the 23rd year i've been in richmond, and generally my door is open, and anybody that wants to visit with me, they have a chance to visit with me. i see constituents or different people all day long all session. but this year my door was shut, and i didn't visit with people. even good friends, they'd come by, and they'd v

he also covered previously when he worked at the statehouse news service in boston. guest: that correct. health care is a pretty big deal and everybody thinks of massachusetts a precursor to obamacare. host: a couple of callers waiting for you. ham, north in dur carolina. caller: good morning. i wonder what health care would look like if democrats, republicans, independents, and americans all worked together. looking at some kind of alzheimer's disease. president obama, when he tried to pass health care, he had so much opposition, it would not have passed. theried to push single-payer system, and every republican went against that. g inthey are still callin this, talking about the problems. but i wonder if we all worked together as americans what health care would look like question mark -- would look like? people a few years ago what it might look like if everyone worked together, you might have people describing the system like the one we have, at least if you talk to supporters of this law. they will say this is built on republican free-market ideas where you actu

they were all working out, working out of the governor's office at the statehouse in springfield, the governor of illinois graciously offered the president-elect use of his office and until he left for washington. it was at this point that the officials offered nicolay three times what he been earning his campaign strategy but not long after this deal was struck, nicolay said to lincoln got a mighty good to bring hay to washington as his assistant secretary, to which lincoln replied we can't take all of illinois down with us to washington. i guess we can let hay come. so john hay went to washington. in to mean in temperament, they could have been marketed to remember these are two young men in their early '20s. they had never been to washington to nicolay had only visited it once for three days. hay have never been to the city. they were completely unknown to people in political circles outside implement although angela they were very well-known. they get to washington and there's something taking up residence on the second floor of the white house. they control all access to the pres

martin's parents will be joining jordan davis's parents on march 10th with a march to the florida statehouse to challenge barriers in the justice system. we're shining a light on that because they argue that they want to put and keep people of color in this conversation and the way the law works. to mark the two years since trayvon martin's death, msnbc.com, traf von lee decided to shine his own light on economic inequality which haunds sanford, florida, the town where trayvon was killed. we have juan cartinega, and hollywood actor breyon bein who's the author of rethinking race in the prisons of america. you've kbeen doing this reporting. tell us what you found. >> two years later, golds borrow, is still reeling not just from the spotlight shown down on it after the trayvon martin killing in the case, but they've been reeling from centuries of economic oppression, social oppression. so while the community is still galvanizing after the cameras have gone, after national spotlight has gone, they're still struggling in so many ways. i think that's indicative of the kinds of issues that brought

studying do think they're losing, and that's one way they are if not in public opinion but in the statehousee dissenting from the culture of death. they realize the odds are stacked against them and that's why they're going to high school students. they think going to the abortion clinic is going to the final line. going to the front line is going to the high school students. one in three women will have an abortion. women choose to have abortions for all kinds of reasons and without stig maine advertising that woman's decision you're going to hit a wall if you say we want to end abortion. >> david, you've studied these groups. we forget because we hear about it in politics. we forget to her point, it's not that polarized in public opinion. i want to put up when you ask women and men and minorities and white voters, what you see is that flat line of 50% or near there people being pro choice and fewer being pro life down in the low 40s. this is one of the few areas that is discussed a lot in media, on the campaign trail has a big diverse coalition. >> right, big, diverse coalition that hasn't

. >> in west virginia, the statehouse passed new rules aimed at safeguarding against chemical spills after a toxic leak contaminated the drinking water of 300,000 people in january. the state house and senate now need to work out oh compromise bill. critics say the legislation doesn't go far enough. >> pope francis makes comments about the church's stance on homo suit, suggesting the vatican could change course and tolerate some non-martel civil unions. he described it as a practical way to guarantee property rights and health care. the leader of the catholics said the church's opposition to gay marriage will remain in place. he made the comments to an italian newspaper on the first day of lend. >> a storm is developing in the south, meteorologist nicole mitchell is here with this morning's national forecast. >> rain in the florida panhandle throughout the day georgia southward into florida. as the system moves northward, this is more overnight tonight, because it takes a while for the moisture to head this direction and in those overnight temperatures getting us cool enough, we coul

livio with the statehouse reporter. we appreciate you getting up with us on "washington journal." can governor chris christie move past bridge gate? chance to see his press conference yesterday, we are looking for your thoughts and comments. willll start from -- we start with jayna from philadelphia on our line for republicans. i did see the briefing he gave yesterday. i thought it was very one-sided. i don't think he really explained why he spent a million dollars of the taxpayers money when the guy had no subpoena powers. think he is just trying to push this through on the people and not answering any questions. host: as a republican are you a supporter of chris christie or do you have a favorite for 2016? was.: i host: diane is waiting from livingston new jersey on our line for democrats and special line for new jersey residents. caller: good morning. people outside in new jersey don't care. we do very much care. a we see how the political favorites, they point their friends and colleagues in these -- they appoint their friends and colleagues in these positions and later on the

he also covered previously when he worked at the statehouse news service in boston.uest: that correct. health care is a pretty big deal and everybody thinks of massachusetts a precursor to obamacare. host: a couple of callers waiting for you. ham, north in dur carolina. caller: good morning. i wonder what health care would look like if democrats, republicans, independents, and americans all worked together. looking at some kind of alzheimer's disease. president obama, when he tried to pass health care, he had so much opposition, it would not have passed. theried to push single-payer system, and every republican went against that. g inthey are still callin this, talking about the problems. but i wonder if we all worked together as americans what health care would look like question mark -- would look like? people a few years ago what it might look like if everyone worked together, you might have people describing the system like the one we have, at least if you talk to supporters of this law. they will say this is built on republican free-market ideas where you actual

i want my girls to see me in uniform serving my country and at the statehouse serving my great state.ow that their dad did what he could to ensure every hoosieror and every american. i wanted to know that the answers will not be found here in washington, d.c., but they will be found at home in states like indiana, the states that you live in out in the real world. we are both a laboratory for a shining example that conservative policies actually work. thank you again for this great honor and the opportunity to be with you this afternoon. [applause] >> i was born in columbia city, indiana, a small town. very conservative state. those were the values i grew up with. my dad was a factory worker. my mom was a cook and a local nursing home -- in a local nursing home. we did not have much as kids. that's why they were so proud of me, why it meant so much to me to be the first in my family to get a college degree. now i'm serving in my state senate, making decisions that affect 6.5 million futures. but i go back home to three daughters and a wife. i have to make ends meet like every other ho