>> it was tim kaine. >> i saw tim kaine -- i called the kaine campaign to get a little clarification on this. and they -- i see what they're talking about. they say we're not opposed to making sure that people have contraception. in fact, we want everyone to have access to contraception without co-pays, but we want to expand the religious exemptions to other institutions. and i think that's a perfectly reasonable point to have, but they're not in disagreement with the president's health care approach. >> with his goal. with his goal. >> exactly. >> this was ham fisted, david axelrod made news the other day and said they're willing to compromise. they certainly really -- >> you're going to see them8>y >> and willie, a warning to the left who right now want to make this about contraception. if they want to make this about contraception, they really don't understand what the controversy's about. because, you know, i don't think most americans have problems with contraception. it's the federal government telling a church mandating what a church must do with their organizations and i'll g

it satisfied in number of people, including the governors, tim kaine, who criticized the administration's position and supports it now. religious organizations have to provide the coverage, insurance companies have to. it is not just contraceptions -- mammograms, etc. that is why a it is an acceptable compromise for a number people except people who want to make the ideological argument against it and-barack obama. -- bash barack obama. >> it is beyond ideological and bashing barack obama. it is the christian mission in the world to serve those who are poor and immigrant and -- that is as deep as the cross or anything else -- >> mark, you get the last word. see you next week.

tim kaine, the former chairman of the party, now running in a head-to-head battle. they are the hope of the democrats. formerly who have some disagreement out front with the president and say the exemption for religious employers needs to be broad. it includes tim kaine. he's running a close rate in virginia. senator bob casey. u.s. congressman john larson. senator joe manchin who is hanging on by his fingernails. and daniel lipinski. kaine said, think they made a bad decision not allowing a broad enough religious exemption. >> i was on the conference call with the white house on december 3rd urging them not to do this. i thought it was wrong and an infringement of the religious rights that we have in the institution. they went ahead and did it anyway. >> in a letter to the hhs secretary sebelius, u.s. congressman john larson said, i believe that further flexibility needs to be granted to religiously affiliated organizations. john heilemann, this isn't about birth control coverage in your health care plans. which is now required by obama care, by the president's hea

tim kaine was one of the early supporters of barack obama back in 2007. >>> more debate on capitol hillepresentative gwenn moore is a democrat who spoke on the house floor earlier today. >> mr. speaker, i'm here today to be a voice for the millions of women and men who are celebrating the recent decision by the secretary of health and human services regarding requiring all businesses and corporations to provide birth control insurance coverage, a lifesaving benefit for women, millions of women. under this new rule, virtually all women would have access to birth control coverage without a co-pay, through their employer health plan. if you listen to the politiclig pundits in this town, you come to the conclusion that people do not support the obama administration's decision that people of faith are en route to the white house prepared to storm it because of this decision. but if you talk to the average american, you will realize there is absolutely overwhelming support for the decision on the birth control benefit. this support crosses party lines as well as religious affiliation. in fact

senators, congressman and the former head of the dnc, the former governor of virginia, tim kaine.with the panel. chuck, what about this? >> herman cain o 'canes -- herme bost on the list. she a moderate democrat and loyal and close to barack obama and here he is coming out saying i disagree with you, mr. president. >> bret: prominent catholic also. >> exactly. mind you he is in a close senate race in virginia so he has his political antenna up, too. this has come about because the administration felt or because the president felt he was under a lot of pressure from his base to do hit the way. i don't -- it's clear from the reaction they didn't anticipate throwback from catholics and now he is in position to ask the electorate to choose between him and their own religious teaching. >> bret: david, we saw the house speaker take to the floor today. powerful speech. many people on capitol hill say this is less about contraception and more about the inflingment, expansion and threat to religious liberty overall. mark shields the liberal commentator saying it's the conscience clause. de

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joining us is former head of the dmc, former governor and friend of behind tim kaine. >> let's just talkuickly about what is going on right now which is this battle. you've taken a position on it publicly. >> absolutely. i started with the debate against my opponent george allen on the seventh of december when we talked about his proposal for person hood legislation at the federal level. i pointed out mississippi voters rejected it. why would we want to do something like that federally. now this is grown into a full grown battle in virginia that life begins at conception that would criminalize contraception. the senate of virginia has tabled and carried over until next year the legislation, but my opponent george allen said that we need it at the federal level. between personhood and this invasive ultrasound bill, they're focusing on the wrong issues instead of economic growth and prosperity that the nation cares about. >> so what is your--what is your position on that invasive ultrasound bill, and is he in favor of that? >> we've called on him to speak out against it and he has refused

but you could argue if the president knows a friend like bob casey or tim kaine is going to be mad ifde the decision it's right policy decision you could make the argument on principle good. >> the problem is that principle and politics and compromising gets to be a very muddy business. when you have catholics and evangelicals, the president has done what jesus christ cannot do. he has united jews, christians, southern baptists all against him. muslims, jews, catholics, southern baptists all together against a presidential decision. he didn't have to go as far as he did. that's the problem. >> you're the policy expert. these guys are good political guys. you're both good politically and smarter. >> i'm not saying that. >> if you have his position on the issues, which you don't, you're a republican. but if you share his position on the issues how does he thread the needle? >> more importantly i'm a catholic. i think you've probably got a few on this panel which is emblematic or why he made a mistake. he could have gone with the hawaiian approach which has been discussed where you make

tim kaine we saw this week distancing himself from it and from the president, and certainly, he's goingbe in a heated senate campaign. >> well, kaine is a catholic, but he does believe that the white house, whom he once served, is correct in requiring religious institutions to cover contraception, but he thinks that the conscience clause loophole -- not a loophole -- some people would say it's a loophole, others would say it's something to make this thing work. it should be broadened, but he hasn't said how, and the white house says it wants to work with catholics and protestants and any jewish people, muslims, anyone who has a problem with this, that they want to make an accommodation, but they haven't said how. and it's a huge -- i was on the hill yesterday, and right after speaker boehner had a fiery speech on the floor, denouncing what the president, promising legislative action. immediately, democrats and republicans mobilized with their press conferences, democrats saying that republicans are making an issue out of women's right to have contraception and republicans saying that th

you have bob casey in pennsylvania, tim kaine in virginia, both from swing states. you're in charge to getting democrats elected to this house. how does this issue play in places like ohio, pennsylvania, western and upstate new york where you need to sweep in order to get to that 25? this can't be a good issue for you. >> there is no question there is a pretty strong range of opinion on both sides of this issue. frankly, if you take a look at most of the polling, majority of people agree that if you happen to be a woman teaching at a catholic hospital, you shouldn't be denied access to contraception. a majority of people agree with that. i fully understand this is the kind of issue that is, as mark said, contentious and complicated. maybe there are ways to work it out. i will also say this. the people in pennsylvania, ohio, in other states where we are competing, they want focus on job creation. they want focus on how you rebuild the middle class. they want us to be focusing on reigniting the american dream. for as long as republicans stand up there and say they wil

but front runners tim kaine and george allen have to contend with opponent from springfield.k is a cat. he has put his paws into the race. >> he is running as an independent. >> owner matthew oleary ran him as a ride in canada it as a joke. he garnered a nine votes convincing him that he should aspire to higher office. >> we definitely think he has a face for politics. >> he has ads, stickers, a sign, even a facebook page. >> in the last 24 hours, he has about 2500 lights on his facebook page. >> he supports job creation and spay and neuter programs. voters are a bit skeptical. >> what i consider hank the cat? >> they appreciate the fact that while he has clause, he does not intend on using them. >> we created his message with the idea that political campaigns can be simple and fun as well. >> we need to point out that hank the cat is not an official independent candidate yet. his owner is considering filing for him to be an official candidate after all of the remarkable and overwhelming publicity that he has received. >> oh, boy. >> thank you. >> he is a very preppy capped.

before he had been opposed by rick warren, a pastor who supported him, he had been opposed by tim kaineman. now it is the opposition who is split, so it succeeded, but it was an absolute fraud. >> there are people on both side othe controversy who want to go to war. the fact that they did win back the catholic health association was not ingnificant. but as long as this debate is over religio freedom, obama was losing. as long as it is ovover contraception, which it became the house hearings, the other side wins because it is and 95-5 issue on the issue of contraception. religious freedom is different. >> the firstmendment guarantees freedom of religion. doesn't it also guarantee freedodom from religion? >> yes, and this is where the church has to tread carefully. it is one thing to talk about the government intruding upon religion. it is another thing aether to start saying that ntraception is bad, and anything that supports contraception we are against. and they will lose if they tried to make that are commit -- thank you. >> see you next week.

. >> reporter: hank is running against george allen and tim kaine, two veteran politicians and some think the fact that he's outside the beltway cat could be an advantage. >> he lived a good part of his life inside the beltway and left of of it. >> reporter: hank ran for virginia state senate awhile back and got nine write-in votes. where's a rescue cat from -- cat from a place called animal alli e, s. >> he was rescued from a kill shelter going put him down. >> reporter: and where's a delightful pet, a fewflas. not the best manners -- a few flaws. not the best manners. a little lazy and -- . >> he could be a scared of things that someone is not afraid of. if there is a grocery bag or something, he'll freak out and attack it and he can be on edge sometimes. >> reporter: it's nothing a nice nose rub won't cure. in springfield, virginia, beth parker, fox 5 news. >> i loved his pet tie. you have two cats, right? >> that would last about a half a cat second on one of my cats. >> and i might want to move to virginia. >> there you go. >> and i love that. >> and especially glad they rescued him.

coming up at 7:00, a can dated joining tim kaine for one of virginia's u.s. senate seats. we'll introduce you to him. his name is hank. >> okay. we'll see you and a little more about hank later. still ahead, ron paul may be trailing in the race for the republican nomination, but new numbers about how he matches up against the president may change the game. top. >> still very mild outside. a little breezy. we'll show you the numbers. here's what goes in the books. 64 and 36. averages are 50 and 32. record high 77. record low 8. we'll come back and talk about cooler air tomorrow and when you might need your umbrella. >> and up next, remember that playground game, red light, green light? tomorrow it will be no lights at one very busy d.c. intersection. what you need to know about dupont circle next. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to

here's tim kaine, one of the many democrats caught in the middle of this. he's a former chairman of the democratic national committee. he's running in a very tight race in virginia for the united states senator. he pointed to some of the problems in that rule, but now he supports the president's latest iteration of it which was announced today. let's listen to governor kaine. >> my only concern was that a church or a church affiliated institution not be required to do something or purchase a coverage that violated religious doctrine. that concern has been conclusively solved by this compromise. >> now u.s. senator bob casey of pennsylvania who is strongly pro-life and distinctively so said, i'll review the details of today's announcement to determine whether it strikes the right balance. he's a bit hesitant here. how do you read that? the fact that he's not ready to sign on? is he waiting for the bishops? >> i don't think. maybe i'm reading into and it i don't know for sure. it sounds like he wants to know every detail before he makes a statement that he di

ally of the president virginia democrat tim kaine told a radio station mr. obama got it wrong. >> i expressed my grave concern to the white house about that. >> reporter: some catholics say the church is out of step. >> the bishops don't seem to realize that 98% of catholic women use contraceptives. >> reporter: back at cpac, a much broader appetite for election year red meat. mitch mcconnell found a new label for democrats. >> you know the drill. expose the folks to public view, release the liberal thugs on them and hope the public pressure or the unwanted attention scares them. >> if it's halftime in america, i'm fearful of what the final score is going to be if we let this president start the second half as a quarterback. >> reporter: it's the gop race that will star at that conference tomorrow. three of the candidates will address cpac. familiar ground for rick santorum and newt gingrich. for mitt romney, it will be a higher hurdle, trying to win the confidence of those most conservative republicans who have been so unsure about him this year. >> kelly o

former virginia governor republican george allen is leading his democratic lival former governor tim kaine in the race for the u.s. senate seat. the roanoke college poll suggests allen leads kaine by eight percentage points. both allen and kaine face challenges from multiple candidates in the june primary. >>> there's a new report out looking into the mismanagement of the military's mortuary in delaware. it shows some remains belonging to victims of the 9/11 attacks were disposed of in a landfill. >> the mismanagement of all the remains in question took place at dover air force base. we have the disturbing details. >> it was like a dream. >> reporter: since september 11, 2001, was the worst day of this man's life. >> i lost my right hand person, the love of my life. >> reporter: today he says after years of trying to heal the emotional wounds of that terrible day, he feels like his recovery has taken a significant step backwards. >> this is definitely opened up some old wounds. >> reporter: abe's wife janice, a budget analyst for the army, was one of 140 people killed when american airline

this is attacking tim kaine in his run for the senate. when we come back we want to talk about outside spending groups that are not spending groups. and these groups putting big money into campaigns that are not presidential. [videoclip] >> obamacare could cost virginia up to $2.2 billion. it will kill jobs across america. >> it is one of the great achievements of this president. >> he's are no great achievements. call tim kaine. ask him why he continues to support obamacare. we need more jobs. host: talk to was about that. guest: that type of advertisement is notable. it is like we've talked about before, it is not coming from a super pac. it is a nonprofit business group which has the ability, so long as it does not just exist to engage in politics, to make political communications like that one. that is called an electioneering communication. it is a kissing cousin of an independent expenditure. it will not actually go out and say "against tim kaine or barack obama." anyone will not a stick at a somebody supporting a barack obama or ti

we have tim kaine who is democratic committee is chair and running from this. we have casey, we have members of the house, democratic leadership john larsen of connecticut. we have lipinski all standing up and saying, don't do this. it will cause a huge problem for the president because he doesn't know how to get out of it. i thought his comments, she more afraid of barbara boxer and the pro-abortion crowd of the democratic senate caucus than he some of every cardinal, every bishop, every priest, every nun, every brother in the catholic church. his attitude that doesn't matter to me. i got to play indicate my left wing allies and not worry about what used to be bulwark of the democratic party, working class catholic house houldz holds, they are out. >> greta: lets let me look beyond the issue. this is an issue everybody is passionate about today. we're in february. what makes you think this has staying power come november and 2012. it seems like it's going forever but couple months, contraception what? >> it's like this is fire that is going to burn brightly ou

. >> move over, tim kaine, move over george allen. >> attended a toping to get his way to the top inhe virginia u.s. senate race. hank the cat is in the race. his owner matthew o'leary, his campaign manager, ran hank as a write-in candidates in a recent race. he got nine votes. hank should aspire to higher office, some say. >> e is an independent candidate. he has lots of ads running on facebook and twitter, lots of people supporting him. -- he is an independent candidate. >> lisa baden =. >> i like is little necktie. newschopper 7, let's go together to look at northbound 95. looks good northbound out of woodbrige to get to newington normal volume. everything is open up to the pentagon. there were issues earlier, but those are resolved. adam caskey is next. >> areas of rain today especially this morning and again in the evening. nearly 50 for the high temperature. tomorrow breezy, westerly winds at times, as well into the '60s with sunshine. chance of showers friday night and especially the first part of the day on saturday. cooling off by the end of the weekend. >> thank you.

it was that their allies like tim kaine, the former virginia governor running for the senate, formerocratic national chairman for barack obama. allies like that were saying they were opposed to the policy and it had to be change. i don't think they had a choice walking it back. as to whether they knew about it, people in the administration warned beforehand this policy would bring great criticism from the catholic church and others. that makes -- after all they could have started out with the policy that they have ended up with. it was a policy that was discussed internally before the original rule came out. >> yeah. erin, the fact this has been walked back now, is it over and satisfy the critics or will it continue to percolate? >> it will continue some and i will tell you as a spokesman for house speaker john boehner put out a statement saying they weren't sure if they were okay with it or not. a lot of democratic women coming to on the defense of the president saying they were okay with the policy. right there saying they are okay with it and a little bit of uncertainty from the o

when tim kaine was governor, rated best state for business, best managed state in the country, education week best state to raise a child. now that republicans have total control of the government for the first time in a long time, they turned virginia in a national laughing stock, by pushing this divisive social agenda and this is all part of that divisive agenda that is trying to insert big government into private matters, such as what women do with their health care and with their doctors. >> how would you describe the mood in the legislature right now, the mood particularly among your republican colleagues, what was the rank and file's reaction to governor mcdonnell getting involved, releasing the statement, rewriting the bill and all of his personal involvement here? >> they have been flailing on the issue for the last week, since you and others in the media really started to highlight this issue to the people, and the people started respond, republicans and democrats together started to respond and say look, we don't think that women should be penetrated without their consent. repu

now, hank is running against george allen and tim kaine, two veteran politicians and some think the factt he is an outside the beltway cat could be an advantage. >> hank did live a good part of his life inside the beltway but now we live just west of it so he is outside of the beltway. >> reporter: hank ran for virginia state senate a while back and got nine write-in votes. he is a rescue cat from a place called animal allies. >> he was about five weeks old when we got him. he was rescued from a kill shelter that was going to put him down. >> reporter: he has been a delightful pet, just a few flaws, not the best manners, a little lazy. >> he can be scared of things that normally doesn't scare anything inform there is a grocery bag,ally freak out about it and attack it. but he can be a little bit on edge sometimes. >> reporter: but it is nothing a nice nose rub won't cure. in springfield, virginia, beth parker, fox 5 news. >> i wonder what his platform would be like chicken for all. >> i've officially seen it all after seeing that story. >> true. >>> the money donated on hank's web site a

it includes tim kaine. john larson, who is the chairman of the national kau cushion on the floor of the house. john manchin also. kaine said "i think they made a bad decision in not allowing a broad enough religious employer exemptions." >> i was on the conference call with the white house on december 3rd urging them not to do this. i thought it was wrong and an infringement of the religious rights in the constitution. they went ahead and did it any way. >> the chairman said i believe that further flexibility needs to be granted to religiously affiliated organizations. john heilemann, this isn't about birth control coverage in your health care plans. for example, governor kaine called them out to make sure we know that. it's about whether there should be an exemption for churches and other religious groups that don't believe in birth control. >> well, look. i watched it on our network last night. i watched david boise make a compelling argument about why they are wrong. why the people who think there should

tim kaine came out. joe lieberman came out.house is responding to, democrat complaints. >> karen did you say it seemed like the white house may not have walked out the door together thinking of the ways it can come back to bite them. >> the devil is in the details of how this is written. to me, from the outside it felt like when they went out they didn't have the politics in line. there was no way the church was ever going to be completely happy. it could have been handled better and made clear that the president's main goal is to protect a woman's right to, you know, affordable health care and to whatever it is she and her doctor decide are in her beth interest. >> we just had rick santorum come out and give a confident speech and to a very receptive crowd. they are talking about what's taking place from the white house. don't let governorment tell me what to do. he would rather have the church tell him what to do and women in the country. how do you think mitt romney can come in and get the crowd at cpac to be on his side and