it is the "stephanie miller show." welcome to it. vid shuster coming up at the tom of the hour. john in minnesota, welcome. >> caller: hello. >> stephanie: hello. >> caller: i am john [ inaudible ] in minnesota. >> stephanie: okay. all right. don't beat your meat. [ laughter ] >> caller: anyway, she should be a shamed to be a tea partier, at the same time she could have joined the occupy movement. why do you let these people off of the hook for being tea partiers. they are morons. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: it didn't start -- they got dupeddy dick army who started a grassroots thing and then took $8 million out the door. but their beliefs were sincere. >> you have got to respect that. >> stephanie: yeah, they got used by the -- >> sure. >> stephanie: bobby in florida. you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> caller: hello. >> stephanie: hello. >> caller: i have a question for you about this cliff that we all just fell off of -- >> stephanie: yeah, ouch. >> caller: what does that mean for a retired smo like me who is living on social

kelly you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> caller: good morning. oundings like a lovely place to shop. >> stephanie: sorry if you are eating breakfast. >> caller: no, i'm laying in bed watching you. >> stephanie: hello. okay. >> caller: i have been listening to the chatter about gun control ever since that horrific incident in newtown, and i want to jump on the other side of the coin as somebody who has been in counseling for clinical depression for over five years. i know people with asperger's syndrome. i don't want a still ma to be attached to mental illness the way it is with pitbull. >> stephanie: yeah. there are obviously different degrees of everything -- >> caller: well, know i mean when people talk about people who open fire on people they talk about mental illness, but they don't categorize anything but yet the guy who took out all of those poor children had -- was diagnosed with asperger's syndrome, but i know a lot of people with asperger's syndrome who would never even touch a gun. >> stephanie: of course. obviously not everyone that is

it is this "stephanie miller show." welcome to it. phone number toll free from anywhere. scott in michigan good morning, scott. >> caller: good morning, stephanie. how are you? >> stephanie: good how are you. >> caller: pretty good. a little cold here in michigan. i called because i want to let you know about this libertarian utopia that this guy wants to buy belle isle from the state of michigan or detroit city for this isle. >> stephanie: yeah and it will compete with glen beck's wally world. did i just say lesbian utopia, i'm sorry that was my -- [ buzzer ] >> stephanie: i meant libertarian. >> caller: theying want to use a currency called the rand. named after ayn rand and their biggest business there is going to be financial, so they want to have like a cayman island hold there so big money people can come there and shelter their tax money and stuff like that. >> stephanie: awesome. >> caller: isn't that a great idea? >> stephanie: right. and no rules or regulations of any kind. no stoplights or stop signs just go. >> are you tir

. ♪ -- if you have half a brain ♪ >> stephanie: it is the "stephanie miller show." the bar and tried to put a margarita in your pants pocket. >> yeah, and my cell phone was in that same pants pocket. it was cargo shorts when they were in style -- >> stephanie: sure. because it was the style at the time. >> and we thought it was a good idea to put the margaritas in our pockets and go into the store. we had too many margaritas. >> stephanie: i have a feeling there will be drinking this weekend, jim. [ applause ] >> my friend's bar is within walking distance of our hotel. >> stephanie: you just told me that, and i'm like. all right, my boy toy. jacob in virginia. >> caller: hi, stephanie. i love your show. >> stephanie: thank you. >> caller: i kind of believe that the president believes that assault weapons kind of are threats from the united states. and if he can ban nuclear weapons in other countries, why can't he ban assault weapons in the united states. he has -- i believe the president has that power. if he feels it is a threat. let him ban the assault weapons. i

richard in tennessee you are on the "stephanie miller show." e tell you up front that i'm an nra member. i'm also generally a conservative. and i don't want to come on your show to bash or argue with you just some facts. >> okay, and you are going to use citations of where you got these facts, correct. >> caller: it's openly pretty much public. >> stephanie: oh go ahead, then. >> caller: has anybody taken a look at canada? >> stephanie: yes. >> caller: i notice the president is interested in a nationwide database. they tried this in canada. this -- this went on for approximately ten years and i think last year or the year before the parliament finally tabled the entire law. it was set up and estimated to cost just a little over a million dollars a year and wound up costing thimbles. >> stephanie: richard they have a lot of guns in canada but have barely any gun deaths, why is that, do you think? >> caller: i would say they do background checks, which i'm not opposed to. the only way you are ever going to curtail these violent deaths like this, i

george in chicago you are on the "stephanie miller show." morning. >> caller: far be it to me to suggest that joe arpaio is an inconsistent blow hard but did he announce he was sending posses of individual landties to protect senator and congressmen to protect those who have meet and greets in their neighbors. >> stephanie: no no. he did not. speaking of the gun debate alex jones who is always so well reasoned -- >> and incitedful. >> stephanie: he is the creator of the support piers morgan petition. >> yeah. >> stephanie: here he is having one of his moments. >> the seventh amendment isn't there for duck hunting. it's there to protect us from tyrannical government and treat thugs. hugo chavez took the guns. and i'm here to tell you 1776 will commence again if you try to take our firearms! we will not relinquish them! do you understand! >> stephanie: wow. >> wow. >> stephanie: wow. >> geez. >> stephanie: just lay back and let him talk. >> yeah, that's what piers did. >> are you quite finished? >> yeah, he was just sitting there blinking and n

john you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> caller: hi, stephanie.i think they are off the wall. but i think why they resinate with people is that, you know there's something missing from the dialogue and that is the government. what -- after we get these laws in place -- and i do believe that we should have these laws in place and background checks and get rid of the high capacity magazines, but what is missing -- and maybe you heard it -- i haven't heard it yet, is that what are we going to do when we catch these criminals? what are we going to do with the drug traffickers or the people smuggling the guns in? there's no dialogue about -- is it going to be ten years? it is going to be no parole? this is what -- and i direct your attention to what happened here in webster, new york where we had a heinous criminal beat his grandmother to death with a claw hammer and the government turns him lose after new york state spent thousands of dollars to convict, 12 people of his peers, and they turn him lose and then they tell us they lost track of him -- >>

rick in ohio you are on the "stephanie miller show." asically momma i wanted to sit there and give kudos to leon panetta and the joint chiefs of staff. >> yeah, hello. congratulations to women. >> caller: oh, no. back in the early '70s i served as a military policeman and we had the first female military police personnel. >> right. >> caller: and they did the same job, and then when i changed careers and went into bomb disposal in '76, there were three women in my class. >> stephanie: yep. >> caller: okay? and, you know, if they can -- you know, it's all volunteer service. >> stephanie: that's right. and listen it's -- for women that are a lot more courageous than i am. that's all i want to say. and i salute them. [ ♪ patriotic music ♪ ] >> stephanie: here is a gun. time to get shot at. oh, i have a bikini wax and a -- i have a thing. >> i have a hair appointment. >> stephanie: yes. a thing. >> i would love to go into combat but i just did my nails. >> stephanie: yeah, and they are gel. they are very -- >> quit talking like you are a gir

josh in memphis, you are on the "stephanie miller show." liberal, but no one is talking about coming and taking guns from people. if that is the case and they are only considering banning the sell of assault rifles and there are already 5 or 7 million in population. how does that help the situation at all, a? >> stephanie: well it helps to not put more. >> caller: i agree, but it would take 80 years for the number just to dwindle down. >> stephanie: well, josh i'm a gun grabber. >> caller: my too. i like swords and stuff. but wouldn't we do better focusing our political capital on like the war on drugs and fixing that situation. >> stephanie: josh i just think -- i said this yesterday, we were talking to john yarmuth, and i'm a big old liberal gun grabber. but can't the gun show loophole. isn't that one thing that we can agree on that would help? rather than doing a large piece of legislation where there are things like you are talk about -- i think we should do it a little at a time. so people don't freak out. >> he is a member of the natio

it is the "stephanie miller show." welcome to it. m. i miss getting to snuggle you in person. >> i know. i love listening while i'm on hold to the traffic report from california because it is snowing here, and i get to go oh man some places it is not snowing. >> yeah, try doing all of that in the rain. the place just shuts down in the rain. >> i realize that you pay with no snow with like mud slides and wildfires and earthquakes -- >> stephanie: and the people drive like ass when it rains. >> when the first rain hits and all of the oil hits the roads -- >> yes. >> stephanie: hello, charlie pierce. >> i'm just trying to figure out how you drive like ass. >> stephanie: listen to this. >> the public's attitude has changes in four years. four years ago they said fix the border. now they much prefer a comprehensive solution. >> stephanie: is anything going to be different this time? >> in the senate, yes. but on the other side of the capitol, it's still playtime. and the indications are that -- because the president apparently is going to

. >> stephanie: it is "the stephanie miller show." he show. >> stephanie: why don't we have a string section in here? >> do you want to pay for it? >> stephanie: i guess is budget? budget-related? >> there you go. >> we ain't rush limbaugh. >> does very a horn section? >> he does. >> stephanie: you know what else he has? wait a second. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] let me see if i have this. you already have it. right-wing world. we'll do it at the bottom of the hour. i know. what day is it? i said something ridiculous? >> oh, wow. >> stephanie: i'll give you a hint. liberals are seeking to normalize pedophilia like they did with gay marriage. [ scooby-doo's "huh?" ] >> what? >> because that involves two consenting adults. >> stephanie: matthew in mobile alabama. >> mobile. >> caller: how are you? >> stephanie: it's the city, not the thing you hang above your baby's crib. hi matthew. >> caller: hi. hey, sexy mama. love your show. >> stephanie: thank you. >> caller: i was thinking about the siege on the guns. they're always going after t

you're on "the stephanie miller show." hi caroline. >> caller: how are you? >> stephanie: good. go ahead. >> caller: well, yesterday i was watching martin bashir and he was interviewing some state senator from tennessee and this guy has a bill in the state senate there that the amount of the welfare checks that the families get would be dependent on whether their children pass the standardized tests in school. in other words, if they didn't pass, then the welfare check would be reduced. >> stephanie: uh-huh. >> caller: martin bashir was questioning that and the guy said well, we're not expecting the child to be a rocket surgeon and i thought rocket surgeon? rocket scientist yes. brain surgeon, yes. rocket surgeon? no. >> stephanie: are there rocket surgeons? i don't know. >> caller: i don't know. all i can think of is it is a good thing the tennessee state senators pay is not based on him passing standardized tests because i'm pretty sure he wouldn't pass. >> stephanie: exactly. >> i'm not a rocket propelled sturgeon but -- >> i just g

you are on the "stephanie miller show." elds, and spreading fear and giving incorrect information. so why not have rubio from florida on. so he gets up and actually says that the president of the united states acted too quickly without understanding the problem. and the best thing to do is nothing. >> stephanie: right. right. >> caller: no regulation no gun checks, no gun lists, no background checks. then turns around from the break and talks about immigration, and then of course it's all about regulations and -- this is living people right? we want to document the living people, where they are coming from, tell them how to do this but let's not do anything on guns. because which is more dangerous? an immigrant or an ak-47. >> stephanie: exactly. well said. guess who fox news just highered? dennis kasinch. we wish him well. [ applause ] >> he is actually very good. >> stephanie: i'm sure part of their thinking is he is this crazy left-wing -- and we're going to make him look even crazier. >> bill o'reilly and him actually ha

[ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> yeah, it's "the stephanie miller show." this is chris. is jim. >> chris is sick as a dog and stephanie's not here. >> it will be a wonderful show today. we only had a day off the fiscal cliff. so there's that. representative john boehner told senator reid to go f himself. twice. >> really? >> according to the folks at politico. so i'm shush we'll be talking about that if stephanie gets here. hoping and praying she gets here. happy new year to everyone out there. yeah, jacki schechner -- >> happy new year. >> happy new year to you too. >> some things don't change. you like to step all over my news before i start. >> oh, geez, did i do that? oh god! okay. there's stephanie. >> stephanie: happy new year. >> let's go to jacki schechner in the current news year. >> whatever, steph. thanks for joining us! good morning everyone. happy new year to you. not only did congress wait until the very last minute to come to a deal to stave off the fiscal cliff but by all accounts, nobody is generally thrilled with what they came to or how it happened. in

you're on "the stephanie miller show." s brought a wrecked total damaged car into the garage and obama. 's just the mechanic. he's trying to fix it. they keep coming back to the garage yelling at them or what happened to their car. it makes no sense but my comment is about mccain and lindsey graham. i'm so sick of them being disrespectful about the president. they were complaining on c-span and mccain said something i found very offensive as a democrat when he was complaining, of course about obama, he mentioned that obama's crowd was cheering and clapping for him. he said all those activists were cheering for him. he needs to wake up and realize most of america i guess we're all activists then and the 50% that are republican still just don't know that they shouldn't be. they've been tricked into believing the brainwashing. they consider themselves republican. once they find out the facts there won't be much left of the republican party. i'm sick of the founding fathers. nobody in america relates to the founding fathers. no

>>now, let's hear yours at the only online forum with a direct line to stephanie miller. ter the hour. we're really losing it. bob in illinois, hello. good morning bob. >> caller: good morning. >> stephanie: go ahead. >> caller: i was just a little upset about this whole gun issue and what's going on and frankly i blame the major networks for not pointing out the simple fact that they have a ton of people in the congress that are getting all their information from three sources. one, only book they've ever read was the turner diaries. tv show they ever watched was preppers and more importantly the only movie they ever watched was "red dawn." >> stephanie: exactly. i go with "ghost" for my patrick swayze movies personally. >> "dirty dancing." >> stephanie: i liked "ghost." let's dive into the right-wing world. laura ingraham. >> the more i think about it, the more it seems that colin powell's appearance on "meet the press" was well-coordinated with the white house. with his dear friend with whom he campaigned. barack obama. people are wondering about the timing of the obama

: it is the "stephanie miller show." feeling very jealous of charlie pierce sitting across the table from you. i would have come and seen you on the first try. >> oh, no. >> stephanie: i love you so much lawrence o'donnell. come and kiss me. >> had we known. >> stephanie: i remember that -- i blame the shooter for the first ten bullets, i blame the law -- oh yeah. it made me go from gay to questioning. >> of course. >> stephanie: and when he walked to the camera and challenged tagg romney to a fight. >> i think he has the reach on him. >> little rabbit punch. >> i'm starting to feel like you are a fair-weather gay. >> you would turn for anybody. >> stephanie: i know melissa fitzgerald looked at me when i was talking to alan grayson, and i said i know. >> you turned for my friend jeff. >> stephanie: i know. >> jeff, i'm friends with stephanie miller. yes, she's here. is she a mess? no i don't think so. give her time. >> stephanie: oh my little boy toy. mail bag, subject line ermahgerd! >> ermahgerd! >> stephanie: oh my go

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. >> this is "the bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> this is the stephanie miller show and it's not stephanieler. 100% less stephanie. we have hal sparks. >> hal: i know! it is amazing. i'm so excited by the way to actually be able to speak before my theme song. it happens so rarely. we have the lovely and talented jacki schechner who is not going to be doing our news breaks but interjecting throughout the entire show. >> cool. >> hal: elbowing us out of the way with facts and figures and a beautiful figure at that i might add. >> i was going to ask which hour i get to hump halibut apparently we get to hump him all three hours. we've all been traveling. >> t-bone, we need some talc in here stat. major chafing on the hump days with hal. chris and jim will be with us. chris will be scrolling through adult sites the entire show as normal. >> get a load of that. whoa! >> hal: now let's go to the news with jacki schechner. on that note. >> good morning. secretary of state clinton will testify today before the senate foreign relations committee about the september 11th attack on our consulate in be

it is "the stephanie miller show" on the road live from washington, d.c. for the inauguration. s's studio. >> this is so discombobulating. >> stephanie: it is like the regular show only with more drinking and less sleep. jacki, how are you doing in there? can you hear me? >> i'm behind the glass. i'm in the news team. >> stephanie: she looks like a lobster. i want that one! >> you want the smallest lobster? >> stephanie: i want the smallest, boniest, spiniest lobster in the tank. the one from miami. i feel like we've overtaken bill press's fort. >> we have. >> stephanie: every time i have to take over, i say the same thing to him. he's like hi, steph. i'm like get out bill. >> daven is out here on the floor. >> dan henning his associate producer. >> stephanie: kids, where do we start? wowee. >> first of all, i have been drunk -- >> stephanie: i took the party plane out. i was telling you guys. >> you made a lot of new friends on the party plane. >> stephanie: the flight from l.a., every single person on the flight was drunk jim. i'm quite certain. >> you've been in a drunken haz

stephanie miller the host of the great "talking liberally" on current tv, so glad you were able to join"the war room," steph. up next it's pretty well documented that if you wait around for congress to do something, you are going to be doing just that, waiting around. and for many of us when it comes to gun safety that is just not an option. that story is right after the break. ♪ hershey's simple pleasures chocolate. 30% less fat, 100% delicious. [ lisa ] my name's lisa, and chantix helped me quit. i honestly loved smoking and i honestly didn't think i would ever quit. [ male announcer ] along with support chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. it put me at ease that you could smoke on the first week. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood hostility, agitation depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of depression or other mental health problems which could

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(vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. just be grateful current tv does not come in smellivision. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. >> chatting at you live at current.com/billpress, this is the bill press shows, live on your radio. and current tv. >> here we go on a friday morning, january 18th inauguration weekend here in washington, d.c. hotels filling up. people coming in by train, by plane, by bus, walking into the inauguration, the reinauguration of the barack obama. we are talking about this bizarre story with a notre dame linebacker man'tao, caught in or himself perpetrating a hoax about this long-time special girlfriend of his in california who decide of cancer and it turns out she never existed. was he lied to, or was he lying? we will continue to take your calls about that and your comments on twitter. call us again at 866-55-press. of course, back to that in just a second but you heard me talk before about try

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(vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you'rent tv audience for the visual candy. just be grateful current tv does not come in smellivision. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. ♪ >> announcer: heard around the country, and seen on current tv this is the "bill press show." >> bill: all right. twenty-five minutes after the hour now. by the way, one thing these guys do is they throw up a big smoke screen. for example, wayne lapierre testified yesterday -- he is under oath, right? so he testifies that last year there were -- last year -- 76,000 people denied from purchasing a gun in background checks because they had a criminal background and yet only 62% -- 62 rather, 62 total were prosecuted. so he and jeff sessions and others were saying -- and chuck grassley, were saying we need to call the attorney general in here and find out why he is not enforcing the law. sheldon whitehouse the senator from rhode island said i prosecuted a lot of these cases when i was in rhode island, so i

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(vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. just be grateful current tv does not come in smellivision. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. >> heard around the country and seen on current tv this is "the bill press show." >> 303 minutes after the hour here on wednesday morning, january 16th. good to see you today. thank you for joining us here on the "full-court press" coming to you live from the nation's capitol capitol, taking a peek at what we will here later this morning from the president and the vice president surrounded by children from across america when they put forth their proposals how to reduce gun violence in this country. in fact, your calls on that topic at 866-55-press, you think finally, this is a time we are going to see action. 866-55-7-377. first just a word about the shocking thing that happened to a man by the name of bradford broyles who lives up in men deny, vermont, which is a small little town in vermo

(vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. just be grateful current tv does not come in smellivision. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. i want the people who watch our show, to be able to come away armed with the facts, and the arguments to feel confident in their positions. i want them to have the data and i want them to have the passion. but it's also about telling them, you're put on this planet for something more. i want this show to have an impact beyond just informing. an impact that gets people to take action themselves. as a human being, that's really important. this is not just a spectator sport. you know who is coming on to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ah

(vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you'recome current tv audience for the visual candy. just be grateful current tv does not come in smellivision. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show," live on your radio and current tv. >> bill: you've got it. 33 mens after the hour. happy friday. january 11, 2013. it is the "full court press" booming out to you live from our nation's capital. our studio on capitol hill. brought to you today by the international brotherhood of teamsters. good men and women of the teamsters union under president jim hoffa building a better america. you can find out about their good work at their web site, www.teamster.org. peter ogborn here with team press. >> dan is in good taste today. he's playing good music. >> i play good music every day. >> well, i'm not going to go there. you played the pixies. >> on the ones and twos. >> normally plays terrible music. >> don't worry. i'll play some sheryl crow for you later.

(vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. just be grateful current tv does not come in smellivision. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. [ music ] >> broadcasting across the nation, on your radio, and on current tv this is "the bill press show." >> bill: president obama challenges the congress: if you don't act on immigration reform and do it fast i am going to send my own plan up to capitol hill. what do you say? hello, everybody. the battle is joined, getting red hot here on immigration reform here in our nation's capitol. great to see you today. thanks for getting up early. thanks for joining us here on the "full-court press." we are coming to you live all the way across this great land of ours, coast to coast, from sea to shining sea, from our studio on capitol hill, in washington, d.c., right here our big united states capitol. not too busy these days because the senate's in session, but the house, for some reason has ta

(vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you're the visual candy. just be grateful current tv does not come in smellivision. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. >> announcer: on your radio and on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: you bet. 33 minutes after the hour now. it is tuesday january 29. great to see you today. thank you for joining us on the "full court press" as we come to you live from our nation's capital. our studio here on capitol hill and brought to you today by the laborer's international union of north america. good men and women under president terry o'sullivan building a better america. that's their web site. liuna.com liunabuilds america.org. bold, new comprehensive immigration reform. the outline of that legislation presented by a group of eight senators so-called gang of eight, four democrats, four republicans. and among the democrats on there, our good friend, a man working on this issue for many, many years. senator dick durbin, the assista

is the good the bad and the very very bad no genesis showily ugly the good stephanie miller miller a fellow progressive talk radio host and a friend of mine is bringing her sexy liberal comedy tour to our nation's capitol along with help from hal sparks and john fugelsang seventy has created a show filled with humor from the left and besides making audiences laugh out loud the show is also benefiting local charities here's a sample of a laugh. so you can expect. you know what here's a little free advice for caribou barbie. from another political candidate i would save a little that fox money for therapy for those kids ears seriously. did you see the big horrible color of the partridge family on crack bus tour this summer. so the big morrow colored bus with sarah pac on the side she was teasing reporters about whether she's running all across the country and the reporter took their picture and little piper eleven goes. for more information about the sexy liberal comedy tour go to sexy liberal dot com tickets are available at ticketmaster dot com or you can get them at the box office a

(vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. just be grateful current tv does not come in smellivision. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. >> announcer: on your radio and on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: hey, 26 minutes after the hour now. igor volsky from think progress joins us for his weekly visit in the next segment of the "full court press." we'll talk about what state after state after state is now proposing to do starting with new york. led by new york on the issue of sensible restrictions on access to weapons of mass destruction. right now, we're talking about this farce of a news conference yesterday. it wasn't the president's fault. the white house press corps letting him off the hook and keep asking the same question as if they think they're going to get a different answer no matter how many times they use it. drives me crazy. pete summer. >> we're tweeting at bpshow. fred says the white house p

(vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you'reelcome current tv audience for the visual candy. just be grateful current tv does not come in smellivision. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. >> on your radio and on current tv this is "the bill press show" >> bill: all right. here we go 33 minutes after the hour on the full court press this wednesday morning, january 23rdrd. it is the full court press coming to you live from our nation's capitol brought to you today by eulaco, incorporated. the good men and women of ulico serving the union workplace for 8 five years providing risk solutions, investment products and services. find out more about their good work under president ed smith by visiting them at our their website, ulico, inc., for the union workplace. the president attending the staff ball last night with the first lady as well as the vice president and dr. jill biden. that was the last of the inaugural events, but people will be talking for a long time about the president

(vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you'reurrent tv audience for the visual candy. just be grateful current tv does not come in smellivision. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. >> jennifer: there must have been some tough talks behind the scenes of a fiscal cliff deal especially if what went on in front of the camera was any indication. take a look at this. >> it's being operated with a dictatorship of the speaker, not allowing the vast majority of the house of representatives to get what they want. >> jennifer: now speaker boehner didn't take kindly to the spade of his remarks, and responded with some choice words of his own. according to "politico," when boehner met reid in the white house his first words to him were go bleep yourself, and that bleep started with an f. but look at it this way with this congress only crises really move the agenda forward. it's in crisis in the fog where you can do your best work. you look for inflection points as opportunities to move. it m

. >> sean: then we got our good friend, stephanie miller.aming talk radio conservatives, fox news, people want to actually protect their homes. meanwhile, we have a lot of crime in the country. watch this. >> sean: home invasions, rape, robbery, murder, things are really happen. look at the murder rate in chicago. >> they are marginalizing anybody that believes in the second amendment. they are all in the extreme fringe. >> sean: now we have crazy eddie schultz. he is a congressman that says republicans are like suicide bombers. imagine if we said this about any democrat. >> sean: what do you say to that? a member of congress, any republican says this, what happens? >> you are really getting it right there. this is a member of congress, his rhetoric is more extreme than crazy eddie. who by the way, i think he is more like sylvester the cat. [ laughter ] >> sean: back to malloy, john mccain spent six years of his life in a pow camp tortured. this is what he says here. >> sean: not worth answering, is it? all right. good to see you. thanks. >>

bill press and stephanie miller. >> what a way to start the day. [ ryon ] eating shrimp at red lobsterfantastic experience. 30 shrimp for $11.99. i can't imagine anything better. you're getting a ton of shrimp and it tastes really good! [ male announcer ] hurry in to red lobster's 30 shrimp for just $11.99! choose any two of five savory shrimp selections like mango jalapeÑo shrimp and parmesan crunch shrimp. two delicious shrimp selections on one plate! all with salad and unlimited cheddar bay biscuits. 30 shrimp, just $11.99 for a limited time. wow, that's a lot of shrimp. i'm ryon stewart i'm the ultimate shrimp lover, and i sea food differently. ♪ >> jennifer: let's take a look at the state of our states. legislatures across the country are wrapping up lame duck sessions. in illinois their session is winding down. but today democrats sent a bill to the floor that would allow undocumented immigrants to receive driver's licenses. and over the weekend in illinois a last-pitch effort to legal size same-sex marriage lost steam and will be taken up on wednesday. president obama won virgin

bill press and stephanie miller. >> what a way to start the day. ♪ >> jennifer: the national rifle association,000 people have joined the nra since the nowtown school shooting. of course we don't know how many people dropped their membership following the tragedy and the nra's con trover shall comments afterwards. but 400,000 people joined mayor bloomberg's group against illegal guns. it is just one of many groups now calling for changes. and the white house is trying to build a strong coalition of religious organizations, medical groups educators, social security outlets, lawyers, retailers, rotary clubs, all of them with a common goal to stop gun violence. vice president biden told these groups to get the word out to their members, and there is also money behind the message. in addition to mayor bloomberg's financial support, gabby giffords says she plans to raise $20 million for her gun safety group she just created. and on tuesday that group received a million dollars check from two big democratic funders. they are a married couple they are gun-owning houston trial lawyers, and have given

(vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you'rethe visual candy. just be grateful current tv does not come in smellivision. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: what do you know? president obama signed the fiscal cliff legislation from hawaii by auto pen. i think that shows what he thinks about it. good morning everybody. great to see you today. it is thursday, january 3rd. this is the "full court press." we're coming to you live coast-to-coast from our studio here on capitol hill in washington, d.c. booming out to you live on your progressive -- local progressive talk radio station and on current tv. good to see you today and good to welcome to the studio today a good friend of the program congresswoman jacki spee from california. -- jackie speier from california. good to see you. we have peter ogborn and dan henning. >> good morning. >> bill: with us on the phones

(vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you'rev audience for the visual candy. just be grateful current tv does not come in smellivision. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. this monday morning current tv presents special coverage of the presidential inauguration. the circumstance & the inside analysis. the presidential inauguration this monday morning at 10 eastern only on current tv. >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv this is the "bill press show." >> bill: here we go. 12 minutes before the top of the hour. rich masters democratic strategist, will be here as a "friend of bill" in the next hour. we're going to be joined by the national coordinator of faith united to prevent gun violence. faith leaders from around the country get into a whole different aspect of this. right now, talking about the president's announcement yesterday with vice president joe biden of the recommendations of the biden task force on gun violence. joining us and joining me in c

bill press and stephanie miller. >> what a way to start the day.. >> cenk: we're back on "the young turks," cenk uygur and ana kasparian. we have more on the kidnappings in algeria. >> well, dozens of foreign nationals have been kidnapped from a bp oil plant in algeria. this is due to retaliation. mali, a neighboring country islamic militants have taken over the northern region of the country and they were attempting to take over the southern region the country which is for the large part being ruled by the government. when france found out this was happening, they decided to get involved and they put boots on the ground and tried to stop the islamic militants from doing this. in retaliation the islamic militants went after the bp because they allow france to use their air as far as. >> al quite link militants are holding three american hostages along with other foreigners as a field partly owned by bp in the african nation of algeria. >> we're going to talk about mali in the south in a moment. but look to the east. it is possibly no coincidence th

bill press and stephanie miller. >> what a way to start the day. >> john: welcome back to "viewpoint.hn fugelsang. it's time now for the thing of the day. and tonight's thing is the photo of the day. as we showed earlier. gabby giffords presented a few stirring words before the senate judiciary committee. her testimony was simple and heartfelt, and seen here is a photo of her handwritten ♪ for this speech. towards the end of her comments giffords said be bold, be courageous. she showed that, and she's the personification of both of these ideals. according to the u.s.-arab league envoy to syria the crisis in the country has reached unprecedented levels of horror. this as yesterday the bodies of 70 men were found in the city of aleppo, as seen here in the graphic image displayed by a numerous media outlets. the men's hands were bound behind their backs and they were killed with a single bullet each chen dumped in a river. israel's concern with syria diving deeper into chaos, the same could be said for the most populous country in the region egypt. president mohammed morsi rejected any c

(vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you'recome current tv audience for the visual candy. just be grateful current tv does not come in smellivision. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. >> jennifer: senate majority harry reid wants filibuster reform so he he can confirm appointments without a single lone senator threatening to bring the whole chamber to a halt. in recent years they have perfecterred using just the threat of a filibuster to get what they want. we all remember how they did that to keep now senator elizabeth warren leading from the consumer financial protection bureau, but there is the case of federal nominees elissa cadish, and caitlin halligan. neither were seen as gun friendly but fortunately president obama is fighting for them, and filibuster reform is becoming the biggest tool in the lobbiest toolbox to block them and others. stephen duffield rat crossroads gps he wrote an op-ed quote this spells the effective end to minority rights in the senate. today's 60

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bill press and stephanie miller. >> what a way to start the day. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> michael: when it comesng what jerrymandering is, a picture is worth a thousand words. or put it another way a carefully drawn map is worth congressional seats. essentially ensuring the g.o.p. retained control of the house. take a look, even in states like ohio and pennsylvania which went for president obama the republicans overwhelmingly retained their house seats. sick and tired of the congressional gridlock steve cohen of memphis introduced a bill this week which would require states to use independent redistricting commissions in drawing those maps. here we in to talk about his bill and what he expects during president obama's second term, is congressman steve cohen. welcome to "the war room"." >> thank you good to be with you. >> michael: do you think they would or could pass this bill. >> whether they would is doubtful but it's an important bill because we have gridlock and the reason for that is too many districts are concerned about the primary and the far right and far left and they don't have to wo