national right to life says susan g. komenill face consequences urging the anti- abortion movement to stop writing checks to susan g. komen. >> people want to donate to cancer research organizations. they want to support the work they are doing. they want to make sure their donations and hard earned money is not going to be going to the nation's largest abortion provider planned parenthood. >> reporter: planned parenthood said abortions total 3% of abortion services. susan g. komen said the funding plays for breast cancer screenings and referrals not abortion. it doesn't matter says right to life. for a fundraiser like susan g. komen what matters is whether it can win back donors who rallied support for planned parenthood including a quarter million dollar donation from new york city mayor michael bloomberg. even critics who question the corporate ties say it was right to restore funning to planned parenthood. >> i don't think susan g. komen's job is to make everyone happy. our job is to ensure women's health comes for. it nee

the susan g. komen foundation apologizing after getting hammered online and on capitol hill in what has become a messy political fight. they say the politician made no part in the decision to cut planned parenthood's grant and outside pressure it not play a part in them reversing course. james rosen has the latest. >> reporter: house minority leader nancy pelosi saying when people, quote, speak out women win. komen foundation, nancy brinker, had given various reasons for the funding cut off in the first place. for example she cited the fact that planned parenthood mostly does breast referral services without performing services directly. no mention of that today. we want to apologize to the american public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women's' lives, bringer said. we will continue to fund grantses including those of planned parenthood and preserve their eligibility to apply for future grants. cliff stearns of florida a. powerful subcommittee chairman,

koman does over 700,000 breast examines but what is interesting be the susan g. komenoundation was pulling $680,000 in grants and planned parenthood got $3 million in donation and now they got the susan g. komen back as well. they were instrumental in pushing forward on this matter. so becky, thank you so much for joining us and i want to ask you first what did you do here to create this pressure? >> well, we've had a lot of practice. as you know there has been a long-term witch-hunt targeting planned parenthood because there are a lot of people in congress, especially the tea party republicans who will go to any lengthens to stop planned parenthood from serving women. we've had a lot of practice on these fire drills. when the news came out on tuesday we mobilized our network of activists and we have 350,000 people who had signed the petition to the susan g. komen foundation demanding that the board reverse its decision to defund planned parenthood. >> i want to ask a question before we bring everyone else into the conversation. do you think it was the public pressure,

knoww thehe organizizioio t t they're trying to destroy, it's not susan g. komenut planned parenthood. it's karen hendel who is doing them and trying to destroy them. yes, she has to go. we have millions of people who are going to be talking about susan g. komen. >> i think i know where eric stands. >> i think there is a pro health woman that karen hendel can be replaced by. >> i agree with that statement. >> i want right wingers to work for susan g. komen, as well as a left-winger. i under what you're saying, and i probably vote with eric. you're in the minority within this panel. we recognize that. we want to thank you for coming out. >> komen wanted to step quietly out of the culture wars. planned parenthood are keeping their mits on komen. >> it's totally disingenuous. you love the culture wars. >> he i can under why komen wants to get out. >> i got to go. sorry. when i come back we'll talk about the state of the economy and whose really winning and whose losing in this economy when we return. mornin'. i guess i'm helping them save hundreds on car insurance. i

today's decision. 17 planned parenthood clinics in illinois it did not receive funding from the susan g komen breast cancer charity but carole brite president of planned parenthood illinois says susan g komen scission to continue providing funding to planned parenthood on national level is good news. thanks to three days of passionate criticism for the public >> support from donors and patients and just the average american person who really wanted will planned parenthood and susan g komen foundation to continue working together because we share a joint mission early detection and prevention of breast cancer >> controversy has a silver lining since tuesday breast cancer preventive services 500- $700,000 a year from the susan g komen foundation. president of planned parenthood federation of america conference call with reporters >> very relieved and grateful to resume the of relationship we have had for several years with the susan g komen foundation. our work has always been about their work and health care for women and excited to get back to that now >> group of 26 united states democratic

a bay area backlash against the susan g. komen foundation. >> some women got together tonight to ask what should we do now? with the race for the cure and pink ribbon campaign, the susan g. komen foundation has given planned parenthood money to fund 170,000 clinical breast exams and 6400 mammograms the past five years. but now komen is pulling its funding and planned parenthood says it's because of political pressure from opponents of abortion. >> this decision, as unfortunate as it is, was a result of a political pressure campaign, bullying effort from the komen foundation, trying to get them to break this relationship with planned parenthood. >> but they are just safeguarding their donor dollars and site an investigation into planned parenthood's use of taxpayer funds as one reason. >> regrettably, this shift will affect any number of long standing partners. but we have always done what is right for our organization. >> now facebook and twitter pages are popping up, urging people to boycott susan g. komen. the foundation itself

i would ask that all the members of susan g. komenicy, because it's dangerous for women and it's dangerous for organizations. if susan g. komen comes under partisan investigation here in washington, d.c., they're going to be in violation of their own policy. all together. so we're putting out a letter along with senator lautenberg and 22 senators to ask them to reconsider this terrible decision. >> senator boxer, why don't you speak out as well, as to where you think we should go from here? >> sure, i listened to everything ambassador brinker said, and i have to say, this is a complete revisionist comment that she's making about why, suddenly, planned parenthood lost this funding. which, by the way, has served 170,000 women over the past five years. giving them the absolute life-saving screenings that they deserve to have. and you know, if you just go back a day ago, two days ago, the official spokespeople for that organization, susan g. komen, said the reason was an investigation in the house. well, could i say this? i was not born y

karen handel who was the vp for public policy at susan g. komen foundation has resigned from her position. >> this just in, karen handel, vice president of susan g. komen for the cure foundation, has just resigned. >> karen handel then ran to what she surely thought would be the safety of fox news to tell her story. but even fox news had trouble accepting her spin. >> it didn't smell right. it didn't pass the smell test. it seemed like planned parenthood was indeed the targeted organization. why not just come out and say we have a problem with funding this organization? >> you know, i think the congressional investigation along with the various date investigations, those were a factor in the decision. but make no mistake about it, it was a bigger picture than that. there is a granting criteria. i'm not going to get into too much on the internal aspects of things, but, you know, this organization had a right to make what it felt was the best decision for the mission, for the mission. and i think everyone can agree that if you have a grantee where t

until we have evidence that she was, in fact responsible for pushing susan g. komens political direction i'm not going to hold her views on pro-life as something that should be held against her. but unfortunately we now have proof. well insider of susan g. komen talked in an exclusive and showed the e-mails that corroborated what was saying and apparently it turns out that karen hendel was pushing for this all along. here is one of the quotes, from the insider. she said, karen hendel said this. if we say it's just about investigations we can defund planned parenthood and no one can blame us for being political. did you get that? she said let's be political and defund planned parenthood. let's forget about our goal of curing breast cancer. and then doing it in a way that's crafty and they can't blame us for it. that wasn't all. it turns out that in all the internal deliberations whenever pro-life protests pro brought up and there weren't many of them and they weren't very large large, karen hendel would blowup and say, we have to address this. quote, every time someon

with joe lieberman and al gore and joe biden and his wife, have been significant supporters for susan g. komen the chair of the gala in which i presented an award posthumously to betty ford. it's very painful. 26 senators, most of them democrat, 26 united states senators calling for susan g. komen to reverse this decision. two of them, patty murray and robert boxer on our show, directly to her. and she is not backing down. they say that the reason is because, as you just showed, they have changed their procedures for grants. but the bottom line is, it's only planned parenthood. out of 2,000 grantees being targeted this way. the suspicion among critics is this relates directly to the hiring of this woman from georgia who ran on an anti-planned parenthood, anti-abortion platform for governor and has been very outspoken on this. >> the resignations now are coming in at the komen foundation. >> yes. >> molly williams resigned of this decision was made. she was in charge of helping dispense those funds throughout the country. today, debra anthony, the executive director of the l.a. branch of the ko

there was no running for the controversy created by susan g. komen for the cure when the association pulled a funding from planned parenthood. >> i think we saw susan g. komen trying to pull political impression. >> it's really critical funding and it would have been very devastating to not just planned parenthood but the women that we serve. >> reporter: komen issued a statement saying quote, we want to apoll apologize to the american society. >> i see that as a sister group. >> reporter: komen broke the bond. >> planned parenthood using the overwellingly amount of money to deal for treatment. >> reporter: komen raises the most money of any association in the country. planned parenthood is the largest provider of reproductive services. >> it is what we believe susan komen is all about. it's why we walk 60 miles. >>> planned parenthood says it received $30 million in three days during this controversy. but critics of planned parenthood say that's just further proof it doesn't need the $700,000 a year that the komen foundation provides. >> thank you,

the susan g. komen foundation can begin to fix its image problem with one simple strategy. the truth. they haven't tried that yet. that's in the rewrite. and later, the couple who forced cal's proposition 8 into the courts where it has now been declared unconstitutional. they will join us. >>> republicans don't want a campaign against the president on foreign policy. they know that president obama is absolutely unbeatable on that front with huge favorable margins over the republicans in all polls on foreign policy. they want to go after president obama on social conservative issues, and now they think the president has given them one. campaign ammunition, the kind of campaign ammunition that they think they need by requiring religious employers, especially catholic employers, to provide contraception coverage in their health care plans for their employees. my next guest, who's been a liberal democrat longer than most of you have, thinks the president has made a big mistake. mark sheels will join us next

with that you troops and france has announce you it will withdraw earlier than planned. >>> the susan g. komen'secision to cut funding to planned parenthood is sparking criticism including that from jackie spear. >> i have been a big booster of the susan g. komen but not anymore. >> planned parenthood will no longer receive money from breast cancer screenings. the new policy keeps them from giving grants. they are looking into whether they improperly used money. >> this month my went to serve low income women's breast cancer screenings and it only hurts women to cut this money. it serves no purpose. >> now we do have a statement from the susan g. komen foundation, it says quote, we regret some of these policies have affected plan parenthood but it is not about making decisions. >>> you will have to pay for that privilege. >> this is a crime against humanity. >> yesterday the state pub utilities commission said they will allow them to have analog invested for their homes. they will have to pay for me ther readings -- meter readings. >>> deadly soccer games -- deadly soccer games, here is more, st

komen money goes to planned parenthood only for breast cancer. >> not only is it fair, bill, but there is the ability by susan b. komen and any charity to specifically earmark what funds -- >> bill: that's the way it should go down, correct? >> it's for breast cancer. >> make sure that komen foundation demands that we'll have a follow up report next week. next on the run down, senator chuck schumer attacks karl rove. mr. rove will be here to reply. later lou dobbs on the incredible money being generated by the super >> personal story segment here as you know. carl rove associated with an organization called crossroads gps which raises money mostly for republic causes. charles shuman doesn't really like thanks about $33 million raised by carl rove can stay completely secret. this is the fund expected to be most active in 2012 and we're unable to follow the money trail at all. we're completely in the dark. >> joining us now from naples, florida is mr. o. you had this money in the kay men's in switzerland. where do you have it? >> in u.s. banks. hey, are we talking about senator chuck schumer. hypocrisy? >> bill

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now people on both sides are speaking out again. >> i commend the susan g. komen foundation for seeing the light. i salute the women who spoke out. >> it is disappointing that susan g. komen would continue to do that. great organization that talks about saving lives, not ending grams. >> the grant money is used for breast screenings. the clinic saw an increase in donations, raising $3 million this week alone. we will be right back. more news to come. ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. that's yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i'm yummy. lower cholesterol. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste? honey nut cheerios. want whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. it's a win win. good? [ crunching, sipping ] be happy. be healthy. can i try yours? i've seen your stunts online. i can explain... jumping a ramp in a shopping cart. so 2005. wait, what? and only 3 likes? honey, it's embarrassing. carol's son got over 12 million views on that

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i know you've already spoken with a few people who say they will no longer give donations to susan g. komen at the heart of their explanation for this action? >> well, this issue is not about abortion. and susan g. komen is making it about abortion. planned parenthood has been under attack from right wing groups, anti-abortion groups for the past two years over the fact that 3% of their services are abortion services. in fact, planned parenthood also gives 4 million breast exams every five years and susan g. komen's money was used directly towards providing those exams for women. so to politicize women's health like this, i think women with cannes remember furious, women who have family men who have cancer or if they just find a lump on their breast and want to go in to get it checked. because of a political issue that has absolutely nothing to do with women's health. >> we reached out to susan g. komen for a cure for a comment. they did not provide one to us, but again, in other articles, that have been quoted as saying this is not about the anti-abortion pressure or anything of that natur

after days of controversy, susan g. komen announced they will not cut funds to planned parenthood for breast cancer screenings. we are live in the studio with the details. >> supporters of the susan g. komen foundation reversal are praising the power of social media. in three days, planned parenthood gained 10,000 new supporters and raised $3 million. the susan g. komen decision to cut off funding for planned parenthood set off a firestorm on line and sparked hundreds of thousands of calls and donations. >> we're hearing from men, from everyone this to breast cancer is a personal topic. the idea that funding would be cut from breast care programs did not make sense. >> in contrast, the maryland coalition for life applauded the decision to end the financial support of planned parenthood. friday, the foundation announced it had changed its mind. the founder issued an apology saying "we will continue to fund existing grants including those of planned parenthood." she said that the organization was distressed that changes to the

. >>> the woman at the center of the susan g. komen planned parenthood conflict resigns. we talk to terry o'neill. >>> how do you plead to the charge of political solicitation by a public employee? >> guilty. >> in wisconsin, more bad news for governor scott walker as the legal issues continue to pile up. >>> good to have you with us tonight, thanks for watching. we come to you from minnesota this evening, the land of michele bachmann and con ser va tifs are proud of that. also conservative wilderness when it comes to selecting the candidate that they want to see go up against president obama. here in the middle of the country, again, rick santorum seems to be energizing the conservative base. minnesota, i can tiell you is nt a country club conservative state. middle class voters who care about gays, guns and god. i attended a newt gingrich event in bloomington to check out the enthusiasm. i have to tell you i couldn't find too many people who were excited. >> i thought it was a great speech. i have not made up my mine. >> you have not made up your mind? >> i have not. it

after a firestorm erupted this week, the susan g. komenoundation, the group behind race for the cure, has apologized and back observed their plans to drop funding for planned parenthood. actually, planned parenthood breast cancer screenings. in a statement komen foundation head said "we want to apologize to the american public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women's lives. our original desire was to fulfill our fiduciary duty to donors by not funding grant applications made for companies under investigation. disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political. we'll continue to fund existing grants including those of planned parenthood and preserve their eligibility to apply for future grants while maintaining our ability to make funding decisions that meet needs of our communities." what was the motivation behind those words to drop the funding to begin with? andrea mitchell is on this story, has been, nbc's chief for correspondent and joining us senato

a wild shootout at a bay ara >>> susan g. komen in crisis mode. >> a wild shootout at a bay area taco truck. the gunman ambushed the owner and then the owner turned the tables on them. >> what's going on behind this fence. we take you inside. >> arms ammunitions and explosives. >> the big security problem we stumbled upon. >>> good evening. >> phones are ringing off the hook. e-mails are flying back and forth and the blogs are in an uproar. >> backlash against the susan g. komen foundation. the open revolt. >> reporter: with its race for the cure and pink ribbon campaign it has given planned parenthood money to fund clinical breast exams and clinical mammograms but now komen is pulling its funding and planned parenthood says it's because of political pressure from opponents of abortion. >> this decision was a result of a political pressure campaign from a bullying effort against the komen foundation trying to get them to break this relationship. >> reporter: but the komen foundation says they are just safeguarding their donor dolla

for their part, however, planned parenthood directors furious about the cutback in funding say susan g. komen is giving into pressure from anti- abortion groups. our calls to planned parent hood and susan g. komen were not answered. we hope to have a lot more on the story tomorrow. derek? >> thank you, matt. also new at 11 right now prince georges county police are investigating a deadly shooting that happened in the 1800 block of delphi and police say the vick tip was an adult male and they found him outside just lying on the ground. officers have not released anymore information but if you know anything about the crime the cops would like to hear from you. providing those kind of crime tips and improving communication between the police and public is exactly what one smartphone application inventer is out to do. our ken molestina each plains why reporting crimes is becoming easier and a bit more discrete. >> reporter: let's face it living in a major metropolitan area like washington there's going to be a lot of street level crimes but now there's an app out making it easier for us to report

susan g. komen foundation is an excellent charitable foundation which is a model essentially for many that are throughout the country. many people feel that they have bowed down to politics. nancy pelosi, democratic pressure, people that are siding with planned parenthood. it's one thing to stick to your gun, but then they reversed it right after they had someone speaking on their behalf, even on this air. it's confusing. >> i wonder, bob, if they had listened to your counsel about if you're in a hole, hand me the shovel and stop digging. >> i think that when you start getting yourself in the controversy like this, just stop digging. i mean -- what i don't understand here is that they gave this money to 19 planned parenthood organization, correct? 16 of which were not capable of doing breast -- >> mammograms. >> i wonder why they gave it to them in the first place then. >> well, i think that's maybe what they were all thinking. one of the things that nancy brinker said they had done in the past year

komen money goes to planned parenthood only for breast cancer. >> not only is it fair, bill, but there is the ability by susan b. komen and any charity to specifically earmark what funds -- >> bill: that's the way it should go down, correct? >> it's for breast cancer. >> make sure that komen foundation demands that we'll have a follow up report next week. next on the run down, senator chuck schumer attacks karl rove. mr. rove will be here to reply. later lou dobbs on the incredible money being gerated by the super bowl. i thought it was bad. wait until you hear dobbs report upcoming. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. premier of the packed bag. you know organization is key... and so is having a trusted assistant. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle...and go. you can even take a full-s or above and still pay the mid-size price. here we are... [ male announcer ] and there you go, business pro. there you go. go national. go like a pro. i'm bidding on a 1979 dukes of hazzard lunchbox, but my auction ends in 15 seconds ! even worse, my buddy's bidding on