susan collins to said, referring to the presence of so many women in -- on capitol hill, what i find deference to our male colleagues that women's styles tend to be more collaborative. and senator of minnesota saying a thing there is just a lot of collaboration between the women senators and advisers really standing in for each other the you don't always see with men who are somehow imperfect. dianne feinstein, less on testosterone, good to hear. we don't have that need to always be confrontational, and that think we are problem solvers, and i think that's what the country needs. we will be back with the "a-team" to explain how this much sexism can be tolerated in such an august body. back with the "a-team" and moments. stay with us. [ male announcer ] where do you turn for legal matters? at legalzoom, we've created a better place to handle your legal needs. maybe you have questions about incorporati a business you'd like to start. or questions about protecting your family with a will or living trust. and you'd like to find the right attorney to help guide you along, answer any quest

susan collins to said, referring to the presence of so many women in -- on capitol hill, whati find ish all due deference to our male colleagues that women's styles tend to be more collaborative and senator of minnesota saying a thing there is just a lot of collaboration between the women senators and advisers really standing in for ch other the you don't always see with men who are somehow imperfect. dianne feinstein, less on testosterone, good to hear. we don't have that need to always be confrontaonal, and that think we are problem solvers, and i think that's what the country needs. we will be back with the "a-team" to explain how this much sexism can be tolerated in such an august body. back with the "a-team" and ♪ lou: the speaker just getting the dickens kicked out of him by democrats and republicans alike over the delayed sandy relief bill which, as it turns out -- and bless his heart, governor christie just going after him. congressman peter king going after him. it turns out that $60 billio deal is about half just pure putrid port. >> and he other 30 will relieve the needs of

. >> and mark kirk and susan collins. you can go through the list flt by the way. this is not a republican and democratic issue. >> john boehner, having been humiliated in this situation is going to have to find a situation in which he would allow a vote in the house. and his own majority is impossible to imagine that happening. >> what do you think is going to happen? >> nothing. >> the obama administration is going to tee it up and bring it to 2014. i think they do believe that the politics of this have shifted enough that they can make some republicans pay a price for not being willing to hold a vote. >> the democrats not mauled at the polls afterwards and a lot of people remember that and you are right, a lot of democrats don't want to touch this issue either. but i'm saying there is no common ground here. the people don't want gun control and they recognize that they will pay a price politically for supporting it. >> i think it is a total -- >> in 1994, there are not as many conservatives in those districts. we see them moving in response to the connecticut sh

susan collins said i hoped it would have been a little less partisan at times.ing in ceremonies came the parties. let's say d.c. was rocking into the wee hours. the obamas not only looked amazing, it seemed like they were having a great time. taking it all in. the number of parties were scaled back from the ten four years ago. two last night. there was no shortage of big stars, big moments. brianna keilar has more. >> ladies and gentlemen, my better half and my dance partner, michelle obama. >> reporter: at the commander in chief's ball, jennifer hudson sang "let's stay together" as the first couple danced their first dance of nut term. mrs. obama revealing she chose jason wu yet again to design her inaugural gown. next they appeared at the inaugural ball where 30,000 people were expected to attend. this inaugural ball falls on a tradition that started in 2009 to open the exclusive events to every day americans, a ticket cost as little as $60. and got people access to an amazing lineup of entertainer. ♪ obama's on fire >> alicia keys tweaked a rendition of her p

now, bernanke will answer questions from professor susan collins.'s the dean of the school of public policy at the university. she told the washington post that she does plan to ask him about this quantitative easing qe 4 debate inside the fed. she also plans to ask him about the fed's new targets for when it might start to raise interest rates. it says it won't start doing that as you know now until unemployment gets to at least 6 1/2% or until inflation gets to -- if it hits 2 1/2%, then they would start to tighten. for the first time, the fed chairman is going to take questions through social media, through twitter, but not through the fed's handle, through a handle that the school has established, specifically for this event. we will be on our twitter account as we watch the questions come up. cheryl: peter, i follow the federal reserve on twitter. it is probably the most twitter feed, not lying. they have to step up their game a little bit. if you know people over there, let them know. peter: i will pass your complaints along to management. che

and a spokeswoman relayed this message from senator susan collins of maine saying the debt ceiling is raised. even the coch brothers don't want to allow debt default. the president of americans for prosperity says they're advising members of congress. focusing on the debt ceiling makes the message more difficult. so we're starting to see some kind of responsible leadership. this is just going too far. >> and newt gingrich agrees with that sentiment, as well. i think what you're going to see is more folks, you know, a chamber of commerce republicans, folks from the business community i think are really going to start speaking up as this debt ceiling starts to loom closer in the middle of february. when it really reaches its limit, you'll have some pressure from the corporate community really bearing down on the house gop to get something done. so i think that's one of the things that's going to happen. it could be that they delay these spending cuts in talking about them either around the sequestration or around the time when they have to renew the continueing resolution to fund the go

susan collins believes the debt ceiling must be raised.ve seen how the debt ceiling can be raised without a battle. the first read today, this is an interesting development that perhaps will expedite this debt ceiling battle. >> we have a lot more twists and turns to come in the battle. one of the best predictors of whether one side will win or lose and how unify and united that side is. we are seeing fizzures among republicans and conservative writers as well as gop interest groups who are saying we shouldn't pick a fight when it comes to the debt ceiling. maybe it's better to pick a fight over shutting the government down rather than risking the default of the government when it comes to raising the debt ceiling. this is a significant development. it shows a lot of people thought we were looking ahead to the debt ceiling and the republicans had a lot more leverage. that can call it into question. >> that are sounds like the president describes. i use the word lurching to the next crisis ahead. it was the fiscal cliff and then it was repu

. >> and mark kirk and susan collins and you can go through the list. there are a lot of -- it's not a democratic/republican issue. >> it is. the biggest obstacle is john boehner. having been humiliated in the fiscal cliff situation, he's going to have to find a situation that would allow a vote in the house where most of his republicans would not support it and his own stated policy, it's possible to imagine that happening. >> what do you think is going to happen? >> nothing. >> the obama straight will tee it up to executive action and bring it to 2014. i think they believe the politics has shifted enough they can make some republicans pay a price for not being willing to even hold a vote. >> remember in 1994 the assault weapons ban passed and the democrats got mauled at the polls afterwards and a lot of people remember that, especially in the west or the south. a lot of democrats don't want to touch this either. but i'm saying there's no common ground here because the people who don't want gun control, they don't want gun control and they recognize th

. >> some of the few -- remaining from the northeast -- >> and mark kirk, and susan collins, you can go through the list. it is not a republican/democratic issue. >> it is, the big obstacle, john boehner, he is humiliated, and then has to find a situation where he allows a vote in the house when most of his republicans would not support it. his own stated policy is impossible to imagine it happens. >> so what do you think is going to happen? >> what is going to happen is nothing. >> but the obama administration will tee is up, and bring it to executive decision. i do think they believe that the politics shifted enough, they can make some republicans pay a price that they would not even be willing to vote. >> but remember, in 1994, the assault weapons bill passed and the democrats got mauled at the polls after that. and a lot of people remember that, especially in the west and the south. and you're right, margaret, a lot of democrats don't want to touch this issue either. i'm just saying there is no common ground, because the people who don't want gun control, they don't want gun cont

chris christie is no susan collins. christie isn't even christine todd whitman. christie is a guy i could have served with in the hard core wing of the 1994 republican congress. he would have voted with me 100% of the time on these contract with america issues. he wouldn't have gone soft on some of the things that let's say a more moderate republican would go soft on. which is fine. but christie is a hard core jeb bush, joe scarborough conservative. and the fact that some people in washington, d.c. are angry at this guy because he did what any governor would have done. what jeb bush did when bill clinton came to the state of florida when we were having trouble, jeb bush worked with the man who beat his father in an ugly 1992 campaign. because jeb bush -- you put the interest of florida first. that's what christie is doing. i'm telling you. republicans have been taught a lesson in 2012. i hope it doesn't take 2013 and 2014 to drive that home. we're looking right now as the democrats of 1984. >> i don't like the term san francisco democrats. that was the knock on t

i think that susan collins -- i am very disappointed in my senator. >> when you say susan collins needsr from her after the speech question mark next >> she did not feel that he reached across the aisle. she did not hear the same speech i heard. >> what was the dominant thing that you heard -- the theme that you heard from the president's speech? >> the men could not possibly have done more -- then more open or more accepting or more generous or more openhearted. he wants this country to be one people. he wants us to work together toward one goal. that is what he wants. sincerely what he wants. that is what he believes. that is what he wants the country to work towards. that is what we need. >> president obama spoke just over 18 minutes. we will show all of that later in our program schedule again. you can find the particular speeches in our video library. in that speech he said, we have always understood that when times change, so must we. fidelity to our founding review -- principles requires the responses. let's go to monroe, louisiana. >> i think president obama did a fantastic job.

in fact, maine senator susan collins says, "i don't know that it's really fair to members that do not have significant means and have no control whether a budget is brought to the floor or not." so my question is, does this legislation punish less well-to-do lawmakers, who in truth, have little or no influence over whether this actually gets done. it often rests with the leadership. >> look, the fact is is that they decided to run for the senate or the house. the senate and the house need to do their job, just like every other american. if they don't do their job, they shouldn't get paid. and quite frankly, they ought to put pressure on their leadership to get a budget. look, it's unacceptable the kind of action that we're getting from congress. it's just absolutely out of control. this country has got serious problems that are not being taken seriously. and you know, yes, some don't have as much means, but then they should rethink about whether they want to be in office. >> well, that's the question, i think, that's also being raised, will it discourage people who may not have those

the only person left i think is susan collins now. so what's wrong?hat happened to the republican party of the northeast? the people watching tv right now, by the way. >> we have to be a party that focuses on the issues that bind us together, and they're not the social issues. a national party has got to give a member of congress or the senate the ability to represent their constituency, and a party that denies them that opportunity, they're not going to get elected. >> chris, you can't overstate the problem the republican party has with women voters. new hampshire used to be -- >> i know you can't. >> four male republicans -- >> credit to the senator in indiana, the candidate, and our candidate in missouri. they were just deadly. our brand is hurting badly. >> and the worst thing that could happen this election was the joke that said when you say the rape candidate, you have to say in that campaign which one, the missouri one or the indiana one? thank you, chris shays. it was that bad. you'll be back. thank you, chris shays. >> god bless. >>> up next

. >> senators joe lieberman and susan collins write that senate investigators are being denied a detailed time line on the cia talking points. specifically, how the talking points were massaged with terms like al qaeda dropped. the report says the administration has spent weeks debating internally whether or not it should turn over information considered deliberative to the congress. frustrated by the delays, the committee chair urged the intelligence community never to fall into the same trap. >> it is not the responsibility of the intelligence community to draft unclassified talking points for public consumption. especially in the heat of a national political campaign. >> seeming to undercut administration claims there was no actionable intelligence that could have prevented the attack. the report says patrick kennedy one of secretary of state hillary clinton's top aides told investigators the severe threat environment was well known. >> the system was, in fact, flashing red. in issue libya and benghazi particularly. >> the report concludes that the military commander for africa had no

question out of the box here from the dean of the ford school of public policy at the university, susan collinsquestion on the fiscal cliff. so now big headlines there yet from the fed chairman. but we are awaiting for potential comments on monetary policy, specifically professor collins told the washington post that she does plan to ask chairman bernanke about the news that came out of the fed minutes a couple of weeks ago that there's this internal debate among fomc members on whether or not to start pulling back quantitative easing, to start cutting back on all those trillions of dollars in bond purchases we have seen over the last few years. sometime this year, which was a little bit unexpected, to the financial markets. and there are now it appears a majority of members who might want to do that either earlier this year or by the end of the year. so that will be the -- those will be the headlines we will be looking for. david and sandra? sandra: thank you peter barnes. when you have anything, just jump in, we will take you live. we will break that for our viewers. david: thanks peter. repo

>> of course the questioning, i believe, is going to come from susan collins from the university of michigan who is a very smart person when it comes to monetary policy. also understand there will be questions from students and from twitter and yeah the question becomes does bernanke feel a need now, given what happened in the minutes, given the story we've reported, now given what lockhart said does bernanke feel a need to redirect the market's expectations of quantitative easing in 2013. >> steve, thanks so much. steve liesman with the latest there. all right, coming up on halftime we are trading today's market story. that is apple. the stock is falling below 500 bucks for the first time in nearly a year. we're going to talk to the man who saw the slide coming, told you about it, and find out where he thinks apple now goes. with the spark miles card from capital one, thor gets great rewards for his small business! your boa! [ garth ] thor's small business earns double miles on every purchase, every day! ahh, the new fabrics. put it on my spark card. ow. [ garth ] why settle for less? the s

. >> he took questions from the audience, was interviewed by dean susan collins.id the fiscal cliff deal represented progress but urged congress to raise the debt ceiling, saying it gives the government the ability to pay its existing bills. he said, we think we're getting some effect in lowering interest rates but saying it was still early yet. saying we have found it can be an effective tool but we'll continue to assess how effective and saying that could change over time. this comes in context of a debate on the federal reserve over the effectiveness of the additional quantitative easing and some concern about the negative impact. the felt, d, he said, has the ability to undo the policies before inflation becomes a problem. and then he was asked about the federal reserve enabling congress to spend a lot of money because it buys the government's debt, but he said it's not up to the fed to play games and tell congress what it should and should not be doing on its spending. and he added that the federal reserve has to follow its dual mandate. he was asked about qu

and also, susan collins. in spite of that, she was elected to the u.s. senate in 1996. we have become good friends. she was my sponsor yesterday. she walked down the aisle with me to the swearing in. she's a very able senator, very smart, and absolutely ferocious when she gets into an issue. host: did senator snowe give you any advice? guest: i had a lengthy conversation with her right after the election. her advice was to stay the course. be strong. even though it is frustrating, stay at it. when you walk into one of these situations, it is the sort of a daunting. it struck me in the middle of the campaign -- i have not really thought about running for olympia snowe's seat. it is also george mitchell and ed muskey's seat. those are some very big shoes, and it is a little daunting. it is also encouraging, exciting, and challenging. host: a comment about entitlement spending. this is for mitch mcconnell -- [video clip] >> with taxes off the table, we have to achieve a balanced plan by focusing on the spending side of the equation. particularly, as the president pointed o

. >> it might not be as bad as what they did to susan rice. collin powell is a smart man. i don't think he necessarily is being used. i think this was a well coordinated and pretty sophisticated hit. >> bill: thank you very much. when we come right back, teenage sexting out of control all over the country. why. and what should be done about it. and then watters world the movie edition. best and worst films of all time according to the folks. up up ahead. >> thanks for staying with us, i'm bill o'reilly in the are are we crazy segment tonight. greensburg, pennsylvania, 13-year-old girl, 14-year-old boy have been charged with the transmission of sexually implicit images. last fall the girl sent topless photo of herself at his request. he deleted the picture but the girl's mother discovered the photo and contacted the authorities. the aclu defending the young people saying it is a freedom of expression issue and not a criminal issue. with us now dr. bonnie farce a psychologist and attorney and from los angeles dr. wendy walsh author of the upcoming book the 30 day love detox.

you have susan collins of maine complaining he didn't extend an olive branch, the problem is pragmatice house if he wants to get anything done. if he starts the presidency at $10 trillion of debt and ends at $20 trillion, doesn't matter what he said in the inaugural speech. >> he said we cannot afford to delay and he said we must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect. >> do you think that's a fair way to, when he says we must act knowing that our work will be imperfect. peter, what do you think that means from the president, final word? >> well, i'm not sure exactly what it means. some of the actions he wants to take are things we as conservatives would not support so it's alarming in a sense. he did make one reference to the deficit but offered no proposal for how he was going to relieve it. in terms of the divisiveness he referred to name calling and spectacle and so forth and you didn't get the sense he was pointing to both his own party and his opposition. it seemed like he was pointing fingers at the republicans, that's not a good start. >> peter sprigg, senior fellow at po

outreach he needs to do if he wants to get things accomplished in the second term" and senator susan collins republican of maine chiming in, she had hoped the president's speech would be a little less partisan than it was at times. we heard the pushback in social media particular attention to a comment ali line about the nati of takers and apparent swipe at former gop opponent mitt romney. while a lot of people are celebrating the president's remarks and where the president plans to take the country over the next four years, some concern as well especially from republicans, carol. >> dan, this was also the first time a sitting president addressed the topic of gay marriage in an inaugural address. listen to what the president said. >> our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law. for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well. >> it's interesting the president chose this time to make his strongest stand, because as you know, dan, the supreme court will take up same-sex marriage

. >> it might not be as bad as what they did to susan rice. collin powell is a smart man.nk he necessarily is being used. i think this was a well coordinated and pretty sophisticated hit. >> bill: thank you very much. when we come right back, teenage sexting out of control all over the country. why. and what should be done about it. and then watters world the movie edition. best and worst films of all time according to the folks. up up ahead. on may 18th, five days later, i had a massive heart attack. bayer aspirin was the first thing the emts gave me. now, i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. [ woman ] learn from my story. before you begin an aspirin regimen. i've got two tickets to paradise!l set? pack your bags, we'll leave tonight. uhh, it's next month, actually... eddie continues singing: to tickets to... paradiiiiiise! no four. remember? whoooa whooaa whooo! you know ronny, folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. and how happy are they jimmy? happier tha

. >> it might not be as bad as what they did to susan rice. collin powell is a smart man.'t think he necessarily is being used. i think this was a well coordinated and pretty sophisticated hit. >> bill: thank you very much. when we come right back, teenage sexting out of control all over the country. why. and what should be done about it. and then watters world the movie edition. best and worst films of all time according to the folks. up up ahead. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve daily physical function so moving is easier. celebrex can be taken with or without food. and it's not a narcotic. you and your doctor sho

and also susan collins. she was elected to the u.s. senate in 1996. we have become good friends. she was most gracious. she is a very able senator, very smart, and absolutely ferocious when she gets into an issue. host: did senator snowe give you any advice? guest: her advice was, stay the course. when you walk into one of these situations, it is kind of daunting. it struck me in the middle of the campaign. it is also george mitchell's. those are some very big shoes. it is encouraging, exciting, and challenging. host: entitlements and spending, i want to get your comments. [video clip] >> as i said, taxes cannot go high enough to keep pace with the amount of money projected to spend on them without crushing our economy. the best way to reform these programs is to make them work better. it is not exploding because these programs exist. it is exploding because they are inefficient. they were created in a different era. the era of black and white tv. they should be updated for the age of the ipad. we should want to fix them, not just because you want to lower the debt, but because w

we also hosted a national conversation last fall with cyber czar keith alexander, senator susan collins and anthony romero who is head of the aclu, and how to bring the public into the very difficult discussion on cyber. we addressed a range of issues and will cover some of this again today from privacy to the role of the department of homeland security. all of the participants in that national conversation, i know our secretary does, too, cyberattacks pose a potential catastrophic threat to u.s. infrastructure. i met janet napolitano of long ago. she knows what's coming. when she was a young associate in a phoenix law firm. she claims that she had a perm, but i have no memory. [laughter] since then she has been a u.s. attorney, ma attorney general of arizona, governor of arizona, first woman to chair the national governors association. obviously, i had a great influence over her. and we worked closely together when i chaired the house homeland security subcommittee, and she made one of her first field visits at home and secretary to the port of los angeles, which is the nation's larges

senator mccain and senator susan collins and senator ron johnson saying they saw divisive and did noteason is that we have different political sensibilities and different opinions about the nature of the american regime, how the citizen ought to be related to the central government, how important politics ought to be and the allocation of wealth and opportunity. because barack obama is a serious man in a serious political tradition, the american progressive tradition going back a hundred years to woodrow wilson's first year in 1913 in the white house, because he has driven a serious agenda, he has driven people into a serious opposition and it's not unhealthy and neither, by the way, is gridlock. gridlock is an american achievement. most people in the world live under governments they wish were capable of gridlock and, inning father, the american system presupposes a lot of concurrent majorities in the house with its own constituencies, a majority in the senate with different electoral rita ships and constituents and a presidential majority and if challenged in its constitutionality a

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