jimmy breslin and tom wolfe, and all these nice guys would say, you write like a man and i would say, thank you. and it wasn't until -- i mean, the experiences in my case, maybe yours too, had to pile up before i saw the pattern. and then i had an epiphany related to my own experience which is maybe true for each of us that i covered a speak-out about abortion and i realized that i had not told the truth about having an abortion myself at 22 and why not and why? you know, if one in three american women approximately has needed an abortion at sometime in their life, why not? what was secret about it. you know. and then as soon as i started to speak about it, you know, then i discovered that it was often part of other people's experience or their family's experience. i remember sitting in a taxi in boston with flo kennedy. the great flo kennedy. right? and she had written -- flo had written a book called "abortion wrap." which was totally about this -- and we were talking about her book, and old irish woman taxi driver, very rare probably as a taxi driver, turned around to us and said,

this is like a tom wolf novel.northern neighbors get to know some people and see how many layers there are in this whole onion and learn how he could get re-elected. >> reporter: you know, it is hard to find politicians that are funnier than the comedians who mock them. but then, rob ford is unlike any politician anywhere. >> i was very, very inebriated. >> reporter: and it is all the more vivid because this is canada, a place so friendly that one assumes up here, crack is just a sound made in hockey. >> is canadian crack maple flavored? >> i'm the wrong guy to ask. >> reporter: and walking into toronto city hall, there are no metal detectors here, no security, you can go right in and go past the baby-sitting visiting records, oh, and just a few feet away they're giving away free health care, even to pesky americans. >> do i get a lollipop. >> so you're from the states, right? >> yes. >> how much would you pay if you went to your own doctor for a few shots. >> $75. >> 75 bucks. >> reporter: see, while we're shocked

. > tom wolf says we're all journalists. but sit to a platform is that -- this.t this is worth our attention. the platform is it will allow participation in a way that broadcast news does not. tom, you found that's a liability but yet a tremendous hunger on the part of the audience to participate in the conversation. question n either/or or is there a way that blogs can for those whoorum want to participate in the conversation? anybody can start their own blog. they have it in the effect, in a twitter.e the number of people who tweet out, like i have -- the number tweeting out are about the supreme court is roughly about one every three seconds. so there is a national conversation going on. peoplethe things is that frequently think we're the twitter feed of the supreme court. whenget very upset with us we do things like invalidate part of the voting rights act. there's a whole internet meeting wonderful -- if we respond to them as if we have the supreme court, it can get mean. >> by me. the do think that development of techno

this is like a tom wolf novel. head to the northern neighbors get to know some people and see how many layers there are in this whole onion and learn how he could get re-elected. >> reporter: you know, it is hard to find politicians that are funnier than the comedians who mock them. but then, rob ford is unlike any politician anywhere. >> i was very, very inebriated. >> reporter: and it is all the more vivid because this is canada, a place so friendly that one assumes up here, crack is just a sound made in hockey. >> is canadian crack maple flavored? >> i'm the wrong guy to ask. >> reporter: and walking into toronto city hall, there are no metal detectors here, no security, you can go right in and go past the baby-sitting visiting records, oh, and just a few feet away they're giving away free health care, even to pesky americans. >> do i get a lollipop. >> so you're from the states, right? >> yes. >> how much would you pay if you went to your own doctor for a few shots. >> $75. >> 75 bucks. >> reporter: see, while

and the other guys, and they were very nice guys, jimmy breslin and tom wolfe, all these nice guys, wouldsay to me, "you write like a man." and i would say, "oh, thank you." and it wasn't until -- the experiences in my case, maybe yours, too, had to pile up before i saw the pattern and then i had an epiphany which was related to my own experience. which maybe is true for each of us, which is that i covered a speak out about abortion and i realized that i had not told the truth about having an abortion myself at 22. and why not? and why? if one in three american women, approximately, has needed an abortion at some time in their life, why not? what was secret about it, you know? and then as soon as i started to speak about it, then other -- i discovered it was often part of other people's experience, or their family's experience. i remember sitting in a taxi in boston with flo kennedy, the great flo kennedy, and flo had written a book called "abortion rap," which was totally about this and we were talking about her book. and the old irish woman taxi driver, very rare, probably, as a taxi dr

tom wolfe, these guys would say you write like a man. thank you. and it wasn't until -- the experiences in my case maybe yours too had to pile up before i saw the pattern. i had an epiphany related to my own experience which is maybe true for each of us that i covered a speak out about abortion and i realized that i had not told the truth about having an abortion myself at 22 and why not and why? if one in three american women approximately has needed an abortion at time in their life, why not? what was secret about it. and then as soon as i started to speak about it, you know, then i discovered that it was often part of other people's experience or family's experience. i remember sitting in a taxi in boston with flo kennedy. the great flo kennedy. flo had written a book called "abortion wrap." the old irish woman taxi driver, very rare probably as a taxi driver, turned to us and said, honey, if men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament. that's where that came from. i didn't make that up. so it's that experience, i think, of telling our

tom. >>> our reporters out in the field, reynolds wolf in buffalo, katy tur in la guardia and tom costello in cold, chilly pittsburgh. we'll have meteorologist bill karins break down the forecast for us today and tomorrow and that's coming up. >>> turning now to the nation's health care law and another legal challenge at issue, the law's contraception mandate and whether employers with conflicting religious beliefs must comply with the law's requirement to provide birth control. the white house says the president believes no one, including the government or for-profit corporations should be able to dictate those decisions to women. on the west coast, tuesday, the president took on critics of his signature piece of legislation. >> anybody who's going to keep on pushing against that, they will meet my resistance because i am willing to fix any problems that there are but i'm not going to abandon people to make sure they have got health insurance in this country. that is not something we're going to do. >> meanwhile, some senate democrats are putting pressure on the white house to do more to

. >> tom, thanks very much. wolf, back to you. >> good discussion. lots of information.ing up, passengers at l.a.x. ordered to keep running as the gunman moved closer. we will hear from a witness who says she was scared, she started crying, she panicked. all of our reporters at l.a.x., indeed, around the country, are watching this story. search warrants now in effect both at l.a.x., at the suspect's residence there, as well as new jersey, a search warrant under way there as well. we've got teams of reporters, analysts watching what's going on. more eyewitness accounts. the drama continues at l.a.x. our special coverage here in "the situation room" resumes after this. ♪ ♪ never loved ♪ [ sighs ] ♪ ♪ have you ever, think ♪ ooohhhh, oh, oohh ♪ ♪ perfect work of art ♪ i knew right from the start ♪ i was sent here for you ♪ we were made to love [ male announcer ] the all-new 2014 chevrolet impala. made to love. [ babies crying ] surprise -- your house was built on an ancient burial ground. [ ghosts moaning ] surprise -- your car needs a new transmission. [ coyote howls ] how

wolfe whend like tom he says basically we are all journalists. , but tom to a platform got this and i think this is where attention is very to the platform will allow for participation in a way that broadcasting is does not. tom, you found that that is a tremendousut yet a hunger on the part of the audience to participate in the conversation. is it an either or question or is there a way that blogs can serve as this forum for those who really do want to participate in the conversation? anybody can start their own blog about the supreme court. microhave an ad in the blogging platform like twitter. the number of people who tweet , the number of people who are tweeting out about the supreme court is roughly about one every three seconds. there is a national conversation going on. one of the difficulties is that people frequently think we are the twitter feed of the supreme court and they get very upset with us when we do things like invalidate out of the voting rights act. there is a whole internet meme that is very wonderful and that we respond to them as if we are the supreme court. it

are you surprised, tom, that this is still going on as intensively as it is approaching one hour into this incident? >> reporter: wolf, i would question whether or not this may have already ended and the reason i say that is watching the video feed of the area around the terminal, they're bringing passengers out, putting them on buses. they seem to be fairly nonchalant about it. if they thought they still had someone running around that airport that has a high-powered rifle or explosives, there would be much greater urgency on the part of law enforcement authorities to make them run to that bus, get those buses out of there. you have people looking like they're going on a vacation excursion here boarding the l.a.x. buss. so lease a good possibility that this is already over on the inside of that terminal and they've just not said so publicly. the police may be aware of it but the public and media may not be aware of it yet. it's my opinion looking at what appears to me to be a lack of urgencicy evacuating peaks from the vicinity of that terminal. >> why wouldn't just a technical question. why wouldn't police, if it's

tom hanks. he's behind a new cnn documentary about jfk. i'm wolf blitzer.room." >>> the president spent a good part of an hour talking about the fumbled. and he acknowledged upsetting many americans and causing serious problems for his own democratic party. even before he left the pod union critics started to extend the plan. our chief congressional correspondents, let's go to our senior white house correspondent brianna keilar for the latest. brianna? >> reporter: wolf, these were remarkable admissions as he unraid the plan for americans to remain on their policies for another year. he took blame. he add illustrate mitted that he over-promised and admitted he was underinformed. >> that's on me. i mean, we fumbled the roll-out on this health care law. i'm accused of a lot of things, but i don't think i'm stupid enough to go around saying this is like shopping on amazon or travelocity a week before the website opens if i thought it wasn't going to work. i'm not a perfect man and i will not be a perfect president. my pledge to the american people is we're goi

congratulations, tom, as our winner, we will tell you, bill wolf will tell you, here's what you havechampion, you will have your name printed in exquisite sharpee on the coveted "up against the clock" gold cup. you get to show it off to friends, family and local school chin for exactly one woke. you will receive an appearance this coming week on msnbc "the cycle" airing weekdays 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. eastern time. you get to play if our bonus round for food's grand prize of a gift certificate to little pony the most authentic eating and drinking experience in new york's historic village and while there, get a tattoo or a piercing. back to you, steve. >> that is an exciting prize packet. congratulations former congressman tom davis with ve a little unfinished business for that $50 gift certificate, we have your jackpot question. it is this, starting this month, the united states capital dome will gain $60 million restoration project which will cover the dome and scaffolding two years. this will be the first overhaul of the capitol since who was president? >> a practice ham lenton. >> dwig