sergeant stein has questioned the president's birth certificate.s accused of endangering good order, discipline and violating a policy limiting the political activities of service members. sergeant stein spoke to cnn earlier today and here's what he said to defend himself. >> i swore an oath to defend the constitution but i don't have the right to interpret it? i mean i'm an american. that constitution is a part of the founding documents of my country. just because i sign a document saying that i'm going to join the military doesn't waive my right to interpret the constitution. >> michael breen joins us again. good to see you again, captain. let me just put this question straight to you. is this free speech or is this -- i don't know what the right word would be, but calling the president the domestic enemy our oath speaks about doesn't feel right. >> no, it doesn't feel right because it isn't right, erin. what's shocking about this frankly is that sergeant stein seems to be surprised that he's leaving the marine corps over this or is likely to. he

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right now, americans are fairly confident about the economy. >> and ben stein. i just don't want to confuse folks back home that better is the same thing as not still being kind of so-so. the the numbers are better, but-- >> and the stage of recovery, could be allowed there and i don't want to, you know, rain on a parade, but i want to remind people, this is a fairly disorganized thing, like everyone is marching and i want people to be aware of the wobbly and the wavy line. >> 4.3 or 4.4 is considered full employment and 4.4% employment would be roughly unemployment. we're roughly double the level of unemployment that would be considered full employment. we're a long, long way from prosperity. on the issue of gas prices, gasoline prices, most american families spent a small percentage of the monthly income or weekly income on gasoline, so even if it rises by 10, 20, 30%, it's a very small addition to the volt consumption. and the only historical data on slowing the economy would be-- >> and that was-- >> and everything went all-- wait, to ben's point, everything

. >>> we begin this morning with tea party sergeant gary stein. this morning at least two california newspapers are reporting that the marine corps is taking steps to boot him out of the service because his armed forces tea party facebook page violates defense department rules. i interviewed sergeant stein in the "newsroom" last week and was highly critical of president obama and said he would disobey a military order in the u.s. president decided to send troops to syria. >> if the president of the united states ordered military action in syria without first getting the approval and authorization from congress, that in fact would be an unlawful order. that's unconstitutional under article i of the constitution. >> could the military kick you out for not following orders? >> they can kick me out for not following lawful orders, yes, they could. i have never refused to follow a lawful order. >> sergeant gary stein is on the phone right now. good morning, sergeant. >> good morning. >> what have you heard from the marines? >> yesterday i was basically

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sergeant gary stein says he's facing dismissal from the military after he posted anti-obama comments on his facebook page. now, he founded the armed forces tea party and wrote on the

what would ben stein do if you were sitting at home out of work?jobs out there. they're not the jobs people necessarily want to take, but there are jobs. it's an astonishing thing, brooke, how some of the manual labor jobs, retail clerk jobs. i know where i live during part of the summer out in the desert near palm springs, there are help wanted signs in many, many, many windows. i had a very funny experience. i just hired some men to clean my windows. i had to pay them almost $80 an hour for scraping a squegee with windex. >> why? >> that's what the going rate is out there. that shows you an ingenius person who is willing to charge only $60 an hour could really clean up down there. >> are these he had indicateduc though? you talk to people with degrees and they don't want to do manual labor. >> i don't know if they want to or not, but i figured out on an annual basis, these window cleaners are getting paid more than the professors at the state university of california. the point is in a recession, people have to take jobs they don't want. that's a

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. >>> the marine corps has told sergeant gary stein that he's violating pentagon policy and that he faces dismissal. stein started a facebook page called armed forces tea party to encourage other service members to exercise their free speech rights and said that he wouldn't follow what he called unlawful orders of the president. >>> and former illinois governor rob blagojevich's infamous hair may quickly go gray in prison. his barber confessed blagojevich has dyed his hair for years. he started a 14 year prison sentence last week where hair dye is not allowed. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 13,124 after losing 45 points yesterday. the s&p was down two points. the nasdaq was up one. taking a look at overseas trading this morning. in tokyo, the nikkei gained 40 points. the hang seng added 44. markets were mostly flat yesterday but a warning out of china could spark some concerns on wall street today. a preliminary report shows china's manufacturing may contract for a fifth straight month in march. that could fill fears about oil a

stein is facing discharge proceedings. sergeant stein says he will fight the charges. >>> the keystone pipeline. today, the president put the project on fast track, hoping to help ease u.s. gas prices. tara mergener reports. some critics say it's a little too late. >> reporter: hell -- >> hello, oklahoma. >> reporter: speaking and pushing oklahoma, the pipeline and crossroads of the world, the president ordered a fast track to the oil coast. >> there's a bottleneck pipeline here. because we can't get enough of our oil to our refineries fast enough. >> reporter: this is the third leg of a larger keystone excel project, designed to run from canada. >> the whole issue of the keystone pipeline has generated obviously a lot of controversy and politics. >> reporter: earlier this year, the president rejected the earlier portion. >> here he is standing on the northern portion. ask say this part can go. and put one foot on the other side. that part can't. >> reporter: this election year, some americans are already paying more than

as loewen stein explains he's managed to enrage both the right and left, which roger argues as series of daring and ultimately fairly effective efforts to get things moving again. i'm hoping that there will be some disagreement as well as some agreement with our conclusions over the course of today. this issue is out today. there's some other wonderful stuff in it if i may say, including a nice piece on how our spending habits have changed over the last few years. a terrific piece by the political philosopher michael sand dell about how market logic has seeped into our consciousness. for those looking for something more fun, a terrific profile by mark bowden of the man who broke atlantic city. a gambler who successfully took three different casinos for $15 million and how he did it. at the same time, our special money report on our website goes live later this afternoon. now it falls to me to bring steve clemmons up here. i generally feel silly introducing steve clemmons because it already turns out that everybody always knows him. if you do know him is a man who believes deeply in se

that is frightening. >> sam stein, why do you hate the first amendment?irst amendment. if they want to give money, they should give it to me. >> ok. >> at least you admit it. >> gerrymandering, obviously a real problem. >> it is a real problem. but we tried something a little different in 2010. we brought in a new crop of folks to sort of shake up the system, and look at the reaction to it. people went to their retrenched positions and rebelled against those who came under reform. so we're not ready for this game to be played the right way, i don't think. >> we have nonpartisan civil servants in the uk that do the districts and takes the politics out of it. >> if only we could do more like britain. >> or socialist italy. >> basically a glorified museum now. i'm good where we are. >>> did you see "the new york times" article this weekend on the freshman class? they are supposed to be so rebellious. >> and they're not. >> they are falling in line. >> it's the long timers. >> there's a reason why under this, quote, tea party congress that the deficit went up

stein is intoxicated and has traces of cocaine in his system.rest stein and he's found guilty two of counts of aggravated vehicular assault and is sentenced to three years in prison. >> kind of one of those things where they are going to do what they are going to do regardless of the consequences. >> those consequences turn out to be severe. trooper kyle albright is forced into medical retirement because of his injuries. >> i do miss it. that's all i've ever been since i've been 21 years old. that's all i've ever known is being a cop. >> but kyle albright has turned the life-changing events of that night into a positive. he uses the dash cam video as a teaching tool. >> i go to schools, high schools. i talk about the effects of drinking and driving and i use that video to show them this is real and it doesn't just affect me. it affected my family. and i try to put that across to kids when they want to go out and drink and drive. think about your family. you have to either, a, come visit you in the hospital or, b, get to go to your funeral. >>> c

pam stein told me she was. go to wikipedia on that one. >> jeepers. >> speaking of jeepers, i trust you have news you can't use. mitt romney, shamelessly, shamelessly trying to pick up the young vote saying yes, he, too, is a fan of that show where teenagers go around, hunt each other and kill each other dead. >> he saw "the hunger games." he loves it. he loves young adult books. >> he likes the "twilight" series? >> yes, he does. >> maybe it's just me, willie, it doesn't ring true. it doesn't ring true. >> you think he dropped the grand kids off and split? >> i think he had an aid go in there and take notes on an etch a sketch and read it. >> he sat there painfully enduring it thinking it would help taking notes of what is good and terrible about it. >> if he went to see this movie, he's relating to 98% of the people who can't vote. i don't really -- if you are rick perry and believe they vote at 21, 100% of them can't vote. i don't understand it. he does shoot varm its. >> on occasion. >> we are going to spea

sergeant gary stein is accused of violating a department of defense policy. one that limits the political activities of u.s. service members. but stein spoke at a tea party meeting in san diego county yesterday and says he did nothing wrong. >> no, i don't think i'm in the marine corps. but i do speak on behalf of myself and beautiful the military men and women do not lose rights when they join the marine corps. >> they're going to discharge him over that post. >>> right now republican presidential candidate mitt romney is holding a campaign event focused on attacking president obama's health care reform. romney has scheduled his repeal and replace obama care event on the second anniversary of the president's signing the health care reform legislation into law. these are live pictures right now of the event, obviously not mitt romney speaking at the moment. romney also wrote a piece in usa today calling the health care law an unfolding disaster for the u.s. economy but critics say the plan romney is very similar to the president's plan. president obama's heal

>> sam stein, my lord. >> help us.arshmallow man walking down main street. this is out of "ghostbusters." you have actually got rick santorum saying that barack obama would be a better choice than mitt romney. what's going on? maybe he wants to be vp, right, for obama? >> that one was a head scratcher, i'm not sure that is going to last another three hours. i'm guessing the santorum campaign has to pull that one back because you can just see, you know, the obama campaign gleefully playing up this quote five months from now when it is romney investigators suss obama where they can say, listen, even rick santorum, your primary rival that obama would be a preferable candidate to mitt romney t is a classic sort of santorum foot in the mouth unnecessary error moment where he didn't need to go that far, could have stuck with the etch a sketch thing and he just went there. >> let's look at exactly what he said. the next test is tomorrow in louisiana's presidential primary and mitt romney, by the way, got an endorsement, a nod

. >> reporter: and sergeant gary stein first started his facebook page back in 2010 to criticize the president's health care overhaul, but he voluntarily took it down when the military told him he was violating a pentagon directive which reads, and i'm quoting. >> reporter: stein says he did research, decides he was not violating the code, then restarted his facebook page. during an online debate about allowing u.s. troops to be tried for the quran burnings in afghanistan, sergeant stein said, and i'm quoting online: would not follow orders from the president if those orders included detaining u.s. citizens, disarming them or doing anything else that he believes would violate their constitutional rights. stein, who's been in the military now for eight years and hopes to sign on again, is now facing dismissal, and he would also be a reduction in rank, right? the sergeant says he plans to fight this, and he's not backing off his stance. in fact, early this morning he was back on facebook and issued this statement, again quoting: >> reporter: and while the military is deciding his fate,

. >> nicely done for you young franken stein fans. because people here were born in the 70s and 80s. >> i don't watch black and white films. >> i got the joke. it took you explaining it to me. >> by the way, always a hallmark of a good joke. if you don't have to explain it, it is not funny. >> always my motto. greg you suggested that maybe the justices are getting them to trick us which is a typically stupid thing you say. sometimes the justices can appear to be leaning one way, but decide the other way. and a former clerk for justice kennedy notes that it is entirely possible and he hasn't made up his mind yet. >> can't trust him. they are just like the robe guys in "planet of the apes." >> and also, greg, you brought up the preexisting condition thing. i tried to use this playing blackjack when the dealer has an ace and i turn down the insurance and then they have blackjack and then i try to get insurance. >> i have blackjack too, but it is a medical disorder. it was black for months. >> i had blackjack too. that was a name of the p

we caught up by phone with sergeant stein who says he's speaking as a civilian. views saying they are protected by the constitution. >> it's my free speech. if i want to go against the president's policies and talk about those policies and how we can better america, i think a military that is strong in knowledge about the u.s. constitution and white means to them. when a member knows what they're fighting for and understands what they're fighting for we fight harder. >> but his facebook site still has come under review by his superiors. he is now under investigation by the u.s. marine corps which said in a statement to cnn "the marine corps strongly supports the first amendment rights of marines. however, it does not condone comments made against the president of the united states". d.o.d. rules limit the political activities of active members and restrict about what can be said about the president and the secretary of defense. david glazier says the chain of command including the president is sack row sanct. >> it's all about order and discipline and making sure

but the president says ben stein -- ben stein thinks this number is more like this number. ♪ when yourhain of supply goes from here to shanghai, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ chips from here, boards from there track it all through the air, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ clearing customs like that hurry up no time flat that's logistics. ♪ ♪ all new technology ups brings to me, that's logistics. ♪ >>neil: and now the national average is nine cents shy of $4 a blond and questions the white house will tap into our emergency reserve. according to french officials the white house asked france to join in a possible joint emergency release. and our guest says this is a big mistake. why, phil? >>guest: it is ludicrous. right now there is no shortage of oil. anywhere. we have oil here. we is record supplies here in the united states. and in europe it is not so much a shortage of supply that is driving up the prices, they are hoarding oil if europe and in asia so if you release oil from the global strategic petroleum reserve you are going to put it in one storage tank to another from europe to the united states a

you need to look back to ben stein. classic ferris bueller performance hike what they can do to the can china has a powerful economy but enough to push this country in a recession. it is certainly powerful enough. it is a totalitarian government. walmart had 350 stores in china . china decided walmart was not playing the game right. and they made comments on to the chinese press about changes that they thought that the chinese government should make. and they look at control of inflation and they fined uni leaver 300,000 . they can do that, they can do anything. our imbalance is over 290 million a year. was last year. and so where is their mercy. >> julian who is in charge? that is a well known and proven fact. and same time tariffs that we imposed on them. i think even if there were trade wars. and so it costs $60,000. >> and it is a two-way treat. let me finish my point, johnathon. >> they chet. and while some consumers like that, because we get solar panels at a less expensive rate. china is trying to corner the mark

as far as marc stein brg's comments, how you would describe someone pfsz in depth conversations would be up to the person, but i spent 110 days a year with tiger. i was talking to him on the phone probably another 100 days a year, i played golf with him probably 50 times a year. obvio obviously, you have quite a few discussions. tiger is a very closed-off person. you don't get a lot of in depth discussions, but i made a lot of observations and did talk to tiger a lot during six years, over 200 day as year, you have a lot of conversations. >> what do most people not know about him? you write in the book while you didn't know about his extramarital activities, but upon reflection, you talked about how you thought tiger also always had a wall up, that on, quote, some deep level, i was expecting something to break. what do you mean about that? is that wall something that many people don't know or is it something else? >> i think many people know there's a wall up. i didn't know anything about the affairs he was having. in fact, the first time that i really heard an inkling there might be

weinstein -- is that what we said stein?e was talk to be perry about a project and possible role in the film. the movie would be about british opera singer paul pots. perry would play pots' wife. okay. >> what'd you say? >> i don't know. [ laughter ] >>> the author of the widely popular trilogy "the hunger games" is giving two thumbs up to the upcoming movies. suzanne collins wrote on the "the hunger games" facebook page that she was quote really happy with the movie. she says jennifer lawrence is extraordinary at the young heroine katniss. >>> coming up in just a moment, annie yu celebrating texas independence day. >> she's taking us to a barbecue joint for a little bit of fun and the two step. ♪ . >>> and more newsic, 15-year- old jack -- music, 15-year-old jackson guthy is in town for a show tonight but first he has stopped by the studios to talk about his debut cd and to perform for us, we'll be right back. ♪  the droid razr by motorola, now with amazing tools like the hd station. share your

nnifer westfeldt is a tony nominated actress that's previous films included "kissing jessica stein." her latest project is called "friends with kids." she not only stars in it, but also about directed and wrote it. >> you do not want to subject that kid to a tragic marriage. >> a tragic marriage? >> our tragic marriage. >> the one that we would have? we do not want to fall into the trap -- we want to do it in a way that doesn't kill the romance. the thing is i'm old. >> you want to have a kid without all of the problems of marriage. tavis: how many other ways could you have offended your friends? the idea for this project came from where? >> it came from observing family and friends and people in our lives making transition and becoming parents. we do not have kids yet. we have a dog that feels like a child. being out of sync with your peer group and making your game changing decision. being on the outside and observing how different people handle it and how different people make that big shift in their lives. tavis: it is fascinating taking the real-life issues and circumstances and

. >> i'm joined tonight by congresswoman betty sutton of ohio and also sam stein, political reporteror the "huffington post." great to have both of you with us tonight. >> thanks, ed. >> congresswoman, are the democrats happy the president is taking on the republicans as directly as he is on this issue? >> i think that the democrats and ohioans across the board are very happy about the president speaking to issues that they really care about in a direct, straight-on way. whether it's standing up for jobs, which is really what is on their mind, first and foremost, and, obviously, pushing back on the things that the republicans are trying to perpetrate related to gas prices. fearmongering, you know, no one likes these high gas prices, and maybe we ought to cut those subsidies we keep giving to big oil. that's what democrats would like to do. >> sam, today the president was using visual aids to back up his points. here it is. >> the bar on the left shows that six years ago, 60% of oil that we used was imported. since i took office, america's dependence on foreign oil has gone down every

governor jerry brown acapulco septembered three -- accepted three gifts and one was a $325 beer stein. newsome had gifts including a teddy bear worths $100. there was a trip to ted lou rt worth more than $3,000. and the los angeles senator accepted $5100 in travel expenses for a trip to china. >>> a more bidly obese livermore man who wants to regain his health says response has been overwhelming since he posted on youtube. >> robert gibbs weighs more than 600 pounds. he says he has been overweight his entire life. by 8 he was 150 pounds. within 24 hours of up loading his youtube video he received 200,000 hits. robert who turned 23 today has been hospitalized for weight problems before, but he says this time will be different. >> this birthday i am hoping will be better than the rest of them because i finally asked for help and i am getting it. >> robert is among 18 million morbidly obese americans. that means they weigh at least 100 pounds or moreover weight. >>> a spectacular public debut for the san francisco-based review site, yelp. shares started at $15, but closed at $24.5. analy