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(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's (vo) no one brings more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> if you believe in state's rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think that there is any chance we'll see this president even say the words "carbon tax"? >> with an open mind... >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> ...and a distinctly satirical point of view. >> but you mentioned "great leadership" so i want to talk about donald rumsfeld. >> (laughter). >> watch the show. >> only on current tv. >> stephanie: it is "the stephanie miller show." welcome to it. six minutes after the hour. 1-800-steph-12 the phone number toll free from anywhere. ricin guy is on the loose. >> he's on the loose. >> stephanie: elvis impersonator has been cleared. >> he's no longer a ricin guy. >> stephanie: he's just crazy elvis guy now. there is so little conspiracies going around him. >> rice-a-roni. >> stephanie: they say he was framed it looks like

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. >> john: welcome back. our thing of the day tonight is our show's de jure which is just french for saying thing of the day. but france just became the 14th country in the world to approve marriage rights for same-sex couples. it wasn't easy. france has a lot of social conservatives out in the countryside and they're still protesting this as the french are demure when it comes to their sexual relations. as of today, same-sex couples can finally get married in that city of romance paris and not just in that other city of romance, seattle. >>> while authorities continue to piece together the causes of last week's attack at the boston marathon, they're finally getting some

(vo) from the underworld to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> occupy! >> we will have class warfare. (vo) true stories, current perspective. documentaries. on current tv. nounce broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: good news, we're not at war with north korea. yet. crazy guy's going to do later in the day. hey, good morning everybody. what do you say? welcome, welcome welcome. to the "full court press." great to see you this tuesday morning. april 2nd. and here we are. coming to you live from our nation's capital and our studio on capitol hill just down the street from the united states capitol building. where they can see the congress, the library of congress, can't see the cherry blossoms yet. everybody came here a week too soon because it's been so damn cold. come on to washington and see us any time here and until you get here we'll just tell you what's going on as we do every morning and take

. ♪ (vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was outhim. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. very, very excited about that and very proud of that. >>beltway politics from inside the loop. >>we tackle the big issues here in our nation's capital, around the country and around the >>dc columnist and four time emmy winner bill press opens current's morning news block. >>we'll do our best to carry the flag from 6 to 9 every morning. ♪ >> michael: president obama will speak at planned parenthood this friday in washington, d.c. the day after the organization's annual gala. the event will honor los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa sex therapist dr. ruth k. westheimer, and the hbo hit show "girls" creator lena dunham, as champions of women's health. planned parenthood definitely has its democratic bases covered. planned parenthood president cecile richards, issued this statement . . . right-wingers are of course already outraged that president obama accepted planned parenthood's invitation. now it remain

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. very, very excited about that and very proud of that. >>beltway politics from inside the loop. >>we tackle the big issues here in our nation's capital, around the country and around the globe. >>dc columnist and four time emmy winner bill press opens current's morning news block. >>we'll do our best to carry the flag from 6 to 9 every morning. >> if you believe in state's rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think that there is any chance we'll see this president even say the words "carbon tax"? >> with an open mind... >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> ...and a distinctly satirical point of view. >> but you mentioned "great leadership" so i want to talk about donald rumsfeld. >> (laughter). >> watch the show. >> only on current tv. >> stephanie: oh, yeah, right out of the chute monday morning. six

(vo) from the underworld to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> occupy! >> we will have class warfare. (vo) true stories, current perspective. documentaries. ♪ >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation, on your radio, and on current tv this is the "bill press show." >> bill: well, remember that man that sent those ricin letters to the president and mississippi senator? guess what he didn't do it after all. that's just one of the things waking us up this morning. good morning, everybody. lots of news on this wednesday april 24th middle of the week. great to see you today welcome to the "full court press." here we go. we're joining you. you are joining us on your local progressive talk radio station, on sirius xm this hour only and on current tv. good to have you with us. thank you for joining us. we promise we'll make it the best three hours of your day. of your morning anyway. >> of your life. don't sell yourself short. >> bill: all right. thank you. so good tha

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> with a distinctly satirical point of view. if you believe in state's rights but still believe in the >> only on current tv. 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 ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? ♪ >> michael: there were countless appalling events over the course of the civil rights movement, but few were as dark and twisted as the triple lynching of three civil rights

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out tontaries that are real, gripping, current. this show is about being up to date, staying in touch with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. in reality it's not like they actually care. this is purely about political grandstanding. ♪ ♪ see that girl watch -- >> announcer: stephanie miller. ♪ -- she's the dancing queen, young and sweet, only 17 ♪ >> stephanie: twenty-four minutes after the hour. i am stephanie miller -- >> lesbian! >> stephanie: all right. everybody knows. i already came out, al. >> he is just trying to help. >> stephanie: i know. 1-800-steph-1-2 -- >> he'll help you grow your lesbian food out in lesbian country. >> stephanie: thank you. the thing that will make me gig until the middle of the right will be this -- >> i like boxer undershorts, i never chafe. [ applause ] >> i wish my brother dzhokher were here. >> stephanie: you remember this one -- >> they will slap me and call me susan! >> stephanie: we don't know why he never calls the

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "bill press show," live on your radio and current tv. >> bill: hey, big change in public attitudes towards legalization of marijuana. legalization, we're talking about now. make it clear. legal all the way. that has jumped up from 33 to 52% today. peter what is the world saying? >> lots of comments. danny says legalize pot to help close the budget debt here in california. wise guy eddie -- >> bill: i'm really disappointed in california lagging behind on same-sex marriage and legalization of pot. it has been on the ballot several times. >> wise guy eddie said i don't smoke pot either but if i did, i would smoke with bill press. and karen said i would rather be around a dope smoker than a drunk any day of the week. >> bill: ike how is it going ike? >> caller: i had some easter egg -- easter weed eggs that would have blown you away. but on a serious note if they legalize weed you know what

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> john: let us praise george w. bush seized the presidency after losing the popular vote, he conned us into a war with a nation that never attacked us. he botched through a recovery through hurricane katrina, he turned a budget surplus from president clinton into a federal debt catastrophe, so today we honor him. all the living presidents gathered in dallas this afternoon to dell said the bush dedicate the bush library and mousse assume. this inspiring monument to hubris and incompetence walks us through the aspects of w. us life. at least he could pass it off with a joke. >> one of the things about freedom is people could disagree. i've created plenty of opportunities to exercise that right. >> john: especially 2% of the population who had to fight all his wars. let's bring in james moore and and medea benjamin. thank you for both joining us this evening from texas. >> sure. >> thank you. >> john: medea

(vo) from the underworld to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> occupy! >> we will have class warfare. (vo) true stories, current perspective. documentaries. on current tv. >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: the nra wins. the american people lose. what a sad day. good morning everybody. april 18, thursday. here we are. it is the "full court press." we're coming to you live all the way across this great land from our nation's capital where senators are elected to do the will of the american people and instead, yesterday they did the will of the gun manufacturers and the gun lobby. you can be sure there will be more mass murders more massacres, in the next weeks and next months in this country but most of the united states senators don't give a rat's ass about it. hate to start with that downer but that's the way it is here on the "full court press" this morning. that's mainly what we'

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> cenk: we're back on "the young turks." well, today was unveiling of the george w. bush presidential library. yes, it contains more than two. it has a record of how he did in office which is a business disastrous. probably one of the most disastrous libraries you've ever gone to. all the living presidents were there, and being the ceremonial thing that it is, they said, we'll do nothing but praise for this guy. >> he takes thinks job his job seriously but doesn't take himself too seriously. he's a good man. as we walk through the library we'll remember the resolve of the bullhorn as he stood amidst the rubble at ground zero. >> the contributions you made to the most needy people on earth. >> i want to thank you for your efforts when president to reform our immigration system and keep america a nation of immigrants, and i hope congress will follow president obama's efforts to follow the e

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out too) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> i think it's brilliant. (vo) first, news and analysis with a washington perspective from an emmy winning insider. >> i know this stuff, and i love it. (vo) followed by humor and politics with a west coast edge. bill press and stephanie miller. >> what a way to start the day. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> cenk: all right, we're back on "the young turks." now we're going to talk to the guy who literally wrote the book on bradley manning. he's author of the "the passion of bradley manning." chase thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. first i want to ask you why did bradley manning want to help al-qaeda so much? [ laughing ] >> well, of course you're referring to the most serious of the 22 charges against him aiding the enemy. also the most ridiculous of the charges. i think it has a slim chance of sticking. the prosecution is going to have to back it up that bradley manning had the intention and knew that the cons

anana took his and and said, you will go to the underworld for half of the year. your sister, since she asked, will go the other half. on the day gestanana is called, that day you will be set free. anana set dimusi's hand in the and of the holy, great is your renoun, holy aristagal. i sing your praises. thank you. tape 55 >> welcome, this is carl. >> great to meet you. >> great to me you, and i want to thank you for your interest and this is the city's animal shelter. and come in and a lot of people come here to adopt a animal or if they have lost their animal or looking for other animals. and we deal with other animals like birds and rabbits and you name it. this is more to see in this facility and more to see in the community. and i suggest you go with an animal control person and see what they co, whether rescuing animals in distress or hit by a car or dealing with aggressive animals or wildlife or a variety of things. you can only get that flavor with them and doing it first hand. >> i have been with animal control for about six years, i spent a year in the ke

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. cenk: we're back on "the young turks." now, in the first district of south carolina, we've got a very interesting special election, pitting elizabeth colbert busch against mark son ford, both famous in their own right in some ways. mark son ford was the former governor of south carolina who said he was on the population trail when he was having sex with his miss stretch in argentina and using public funds to do so. they had a debate last night. it had some zingers. colbert busch went after him right away. >> when we talk about fiscal spending and protecting the taxpayers, it doesn't mean you take that money we saved and leave the country for a personal purpose. [ applause ] >> she went there governor. >> i couldn't hear what she said. [ laughter ] cenk: oh she went there. that was a serious elbow man. nicely done. the tape looks like it's from 1984. colbert busch then sat back as a mad rater asked his own

(vo) from the underworld to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> occupy! >> we will have class warfare. (vo) true stories, current perspective. documentaries. on current tv. [ music ] >> broadcasting across the nation, on your radio and on current tv this is "the bill press show." >> bill: all right. now that we know syria has crossed the line, is it time to rush into another war? god, i hope not. hello. what do you say, everybody? wake up. get to it. rise and shine. monday morning, april 29th. may not be ready to jump into another week but no choice. here we are coming to you live from our nation's capitol, very lively place indeed overed weekend. we will tell you about it. great to see thou monday morning. we are talking to you on your local progressive talk radio station. we are talking to you on sirius xm. we are reaching out to you on current tv, all across this great land of ours with the news of the day and your opportunity to talk about it and join the c

but upon parole he found himself drifting back into detroit's underworld and his familiar role as muscleor hire. >> basically, when i was at the halfway house, i would visit a lot of strip clubs, and i ran into a lot of people, you know, from the past and stuff like that. and you know, one thing led to another, and i started with this girl candy. she wanted me as a bodyguard because she was having some problem with these bikers. and one thing led to another. >> today mico says he works with half a dozen young women, offering protection in exchange for a percentage of the money they earn from dates and dancing in clubs. but based on his own definition, he insists he is not a pimp. >> i don't ever encourage girls to get into the business. only if they come to me and they've already been in the business and they're totally made up their mind, hey, this is what i'm going to do, this is it, right now this is what i'm doing in my life, then i will take a person like that on. but i will never turn somebody out. >> there you go. >> what's going on? >> but mico's self-portrait doesn't square with

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. [♪ theme music ♪] >> stephanie: it is the "stephanie miller show." welcome it to, six minutes after the hour 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. can't we just have that delta gamma sorority girl be a bombing suspect. she will get some [ censor bleep ] answer out of that guy. >> she will [ censor bleep ] punt him. >> stephanie: right. it's like the guy that dropped the f bomb in his first news job, and the sorority girl. >> i didn't read the sorority girl thing. >> stephanie: it's epic. we're going to post -- it's an actor reading it. yes, it's a shakespearean actor reading it -- >> stephanie: not for air. too many f bombs. >> all right. >> stephanie: 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. charlie pierce of esquire.com coming up, and matthew breen, of "the advocate," on to talk about the boy scout policy. [ scooby-doo's "huh?" ] >> they released it friday night righ

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out toim. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. we have a big big hour and the iq will go way up. (vo) current tv gets the converstion started weekdays at 9am eastern. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. (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. this show is about analyzing criticizing, and holding policy to the fire. are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night? is this personal or is it political? a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i am given to doing anyway. staying in tough with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a ba

(vo) from the underworld to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> occupy! >> we will have class warfare. (vo) true stories, current perspective. documentaries. on current tv. very, very excited about that and very proud of that. >>beltway politics from inside the loop. >>we tackle the big issues here in our nation's capital, around the country and around the globe. >>dc columnist and four time emmy winner bill press opens current's morning news block. >>we'll do our best to carry the flag from 6 to 9 every morning. [♪ theme music ♪] >> stephanie: happy friday everybody. darren criss from "glee" coming up on the big show. richard belzer it's a star-studded lineup. six minutes after the hour 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. stephaniemiller.com, the website, check it out. our good friends are bustling around the news room yes we are for all of the latest on the boston stuff. ♪ imagine me and you, and stephanie too, i think she gets up in the night a

(vo) from the underworld to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> occupy! >> we will have class warfare. (vo) true stories, current perspective. documentaries. on current tv. [ music ] >> broadcasting across the nation, on your radio, and on current tv this is "the bill press show." >> today we will have another live show today. we are going to broadcast the best of last week and take you off. april fool's got you. good morning, everybody. it is monday april 1st, 2013. welcome. welcome to the "full-court press" here on current tv. great to see you this morning. hope you had a good weekend. we had a great weekend here in washington, d.c., a very busy weekend. good to see you today as we moved in to the new week and a whole new -- not necessarily new set of issues a whole new twist, maybe, on some of the old issues that we have been dealing with for quite awhile. great to see you today and we invite you to join the program. let us hear from you what these issues me

(vo) from the underworld to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> occupy! >> we will have class warfare. (vo) true stories, current perspective. documentaries. on current tv. ♪ >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation, on your radio, and on current tv this is the "bill press show." >> bill: today's the dedication of the george w. bush library. george bush asked, what is a library? hey, everybody, it's already thursday april 25th, so good to see you today and so good to have you with us here for the next three hours as we tackle the big stories of the day, try to make some sense out of it and we'll tell you what we think about what is going on but more importantly, we'll give you a chance to tell us what you think about it all. we have several ways of doing that, you can join us by phone at 866-55-press our toll-free number, love hearing your voices and getting those voices on the air. join us on twitter as well and talk to us on twitter @bpshow, and be our friend

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out tocumentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> announcer: stephanie miller. >> i also want to thank you for control yourself sexually while we spend time together on this adventure. >> stephanie: all right. it is "the stephanie miller show." welcome to it. 34 minutes after the hour. i'm sorry, what was that senator graham? >> it will be long and it will be hard. >> that's rude. >> stephanie: what? you're right. ♪ the rude pundit ♪ ♪ ooh papa, papa who ♪ >> it will be long and it will be hard. >> stephanie: yes but we'll get through this rude pundit segment. >> thank you for the flashback to my creepy uncle! [ laughter ] >> stephanie: sorry about that. so rudeness, great stuff on the supreme court doings last week. >> well, thank you. >> stephanie: actually, you write the supreme court hearing on the challenge of doma, in particular, you say a couple of the justices seem shocked just shocked that members of congress who voted for it might have been anti-gay bigots. you go through the

terrifying door to the underworld, archaeologists are revealing that a site in southwest turkey couldarris is here with the story. >> happy to explain. we covered all sorts of dramatic finds in the show. many hotly contested. jesus' tomb. the remains of noah's arc and the gates of hell. the gates of hell have long figured prominently in myth logically minded tv shows and movies from "clash of the titans." >> gate to the underworld. kill medusa. >> reporter: to bucky the vampire slayer where the town of sunningdale is built on top of the hell mount. >> i'm not worried. >> reporter: now scientists say they discovered the entryway to the underworld or where the ancients considered it to be. if you're thinking it's a portal like this, this is what is left of the gate. these ruins were once an elaborate temple built around a cave people believe led straight down into the depths of hell. back in 24 a.d., strabo wrote "this space is full of a vapor so misty and dense that one can scarcely see the ground, any animal that passes inside meets instant death" which is why these scientists put on

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out touse him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. this show is about analyzing criticizing, and holding policy to the fire. are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night? is this personal or is it political? a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i am given to doing anyway. staying in tough with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room tonight at 6 eastern alright, in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. th

(vo) from the underworld to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real,gripping, current. >> occupy! >> we will have class warfare. (vo) true stories, current perspective. documentaries. on current tv. >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv this is the "bill press show." >> bill: 25 minutes after the hour. jason collins first of our professional male athletes to come out of the closet yesterday. hailed by the white house and jeered at by chris broussard at espn. what do you think about it? 1-866-55-press. before we go to the phones, peter? >> we're on twitter at bpshow, lots of positive comments for jason collins. we're seeing this morning. don says now that comes came out, it will be a race for other sports to be the first to come out now that the ice has been broken. and jim irwin says with regards to chris broussard's comments, jesus recognized sinners and condemned hypocrites. >> bill: yeah, he did. >> easy as that. >> bill: so you were saying earlier, you don't think

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, it's the "stephanie miller show"! ♪ i'm walking on sunshine woe ho ♪ ♪ i'm walking on sunshine woe ho ♪ ♪ it's time to feel good hey all right now ♪ ♪ it's time to feel good ♪ >> stephanie: happy friday everybody. six minutes after the hour 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. sexy liberal john fugelsang coming up, fridays with fugelsang next hour. oh, fascinating. timonthy kurek wrote "the cross in the closet," exploring life as a gay christian man. he had a friend that came out to him -- >> right. he lived as a gay man just for a year to see what it was like. >> stephanie: yes. because in other news -- >> the difference between bone and winter white. >> yes and accrue. >> stephanie: yes. he had to go to the marcus bachmann center to understand just -- just those kind of facts that no straight man in the world knows what color bone is. [ laughter ]

. >> archaeologists believe a cave in southwestern turkey is a gateway to the deep dark underworld.reporter: the gates of hell have long figured in myth logically minded tv shows, everything from "clash of the titans." >> go to the underworld, kill medusa. >> reporter: to "buffy the vampire slayer" where sunnydale is built on top of it. now scientists say they discovered the actual entry way to the underworld or at least where the ancients considered it to be. if you are picturing a sinister, pulsating portal, not so much. this is what is left of the so-called pluto's gate. the ruins in southwest turkey were an elaborate temple built around a cave people believed led straight into the depths of hell. back in 24 a.d., the greek historian strabo wrote this space is full of vapor so misty and dense one can scarcely see the ground any animal that passes inside meets instant death. which is why the scientists put on gas masks for their work. it is an archaeological find, thrilling enough for an indiana jones' plot. this is not the first claim laid to satan's first door. this crater is al

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. ♪ >> oh, this is the lowest i have ever sunk, and i once made out with -- >> announcer: stephanie miller. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: it is the "stephanie miller show." welcome it to. thirty-four minutes after the hour. 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. wow. that started the [ censor bleep ] storm early this morning. ♪ rude pundit ♪ >> stephanie: rude, you are not only the rude pundit you are the psychic pundit now, because you wrote this great piece about sorry, conservatives you a bigot if you oppose gay marriage. and you wrote this piece about matt salmon. >> no, please inform me. >> stephanie: gay son claimed cnn canceled him when he refused to bash his dad for not supporting gay marriage. he said he still has a good relationship with his father. he wishes he would change his position on gay marriage, but he said he is not a bigot. and you wrote a great piece about how i think that's not true. >> no, he's

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out togs you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. ♪ >> obama: tomorrow the sun will rise over boston. scripture tells us to run with endurance the race that is set before us. ♪ >> stephanie: it is the "stephanie miller show." thirty-four minutes after the hour. david shuster with us all morning from the current news center. that was the president in boston yesterday. wow what a week for boston. >> i said boston is going to need a massage and xanax after this. >> stephanie: yes. logan airport is closed. we're trying to find charlie pierce. david, i -- i don't know if you have had a chance to look at this "mother jones" stuff, again, we don't want to be the "new york post" of radio, but the headline is boston bombing suspect posted video on al-qaeda prophecy on youtube. >> yeah, the older brother, the one that was killed last night, 26 years old, his name was tamerlin tsarnaev. they were both russian-born chef kneeians. the older one was apparently a competitive boxer for a clu

(vo) from the underworld to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> occupy! >> we will have class warfare. (vo) true stories, current perspective. documentaries. on current tv. >> broadcasting across the nation, on your radio and on current tv this is "the bill press show" >> bill: the newtown families make a difference. the senate votes to open debate on gun safety. what do you say? hello, everybody. good morning. good friday morning. ♪ alleluia. ♪ >> bill: you bet. it is friday april 12th. ♪ alleluia >> bill: i know it's your favorite day. we worked hard, worked hard for this weekend here here we go. but we are not just going to the weekend. we have a lot to talk about. great to see you this morning on this friday april 12th. and bouncing off of the big vote in the senate yesterday, the lopsided debate to begin gun safety legislation. it shouldn't have been a tough vote. it turned out to be for some senators. in the end the knew town families won the day. a lot g

(vo) from the underworld to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> occupy! >> we will have class warfare. (vo) true stories, current perspective. documentaries. on current tv. >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: the president's budget is out and believe it or not, it's actually got some good stuff in it, too. saw it yesterday. heard it yesterday. hello, everybody. happy thursday. here we go. our second most favorite day of the week. thursday. because it is the day before friday. thursday, april 11. great to see you today. oh boy oh, boy. lots of news. lots going on here in our nation's capital. that's where you'll find us right in the heart of the action of capitol hill right here in washington, d.c., keeping our eye on what's going on down the street from us. yesterday, a lot of action on the gun control front with joe manchin and pat toomey announcing their breakthrough compromise

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: all right. 25 minutes after the hour. talking about the horror yesterday at the finish line of the boston marathon. terrorist attack, fbi on the case. by the way this speculation about who's responsible i thought it was irresponsible on the part of peter king, who is head of the house homeland security committee who right away wants to stir up the al-qaeda theory. here he is. >> it could end up being someone else but right now it has all of the indicators in every aspect of being an al-qaeda-affiliated attack. >> bill: what's that based on? based on nothing. you know what it is based on? peter king having to get on television. i just think it is time to calm down a little bit. looks it could be but remember oklahoma city was a domestic affect terrorism. the atlanta olympic bombing centennial park was a domestic act of terrorism. this could easily have

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> announcer: radio meets television. the "bill press show" now on current tv. >> bill: all right. here we go. 25 minutes after the hour. it is just delicious to watch these people say ah, had nothing's gonna happen. when it does, say oh, no! oh no! of course, they won't admit they made a big mistake with the sequester. you know what? it's going to get worse and worse and worse and worse! and at some point americans will be down on their knees saying please get rid of this sequester! it's gotta happen. you cannot do these across the board mindless cuts without having impacts like we started to see yesterday. you know what? i hope they continue. i've got a flight coming up to las vegas and a few other places, one out to the west coast. i don't want to have two or three hour delay but i hope it becomes unfreakin' bearable in every way! and then let them cry uncle. >> we're on twitter at bp show where it say

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> michael: outraged by the failure of the senate to pass even minimal gun control legislation, a coalition of gun control activists led a march in washington, d.c. today. they marched on k street holding up a giant symbolic checks made out to key lobbying firms from the nra and delivering crime-scene photos of victims of gun violence to those firms offices. the graphic artist accept heard fairy also unveil a new poster emblazoned with the chilling words america the land where god saves and satan invests in vault weapons and high capacity magazines. consider the silver rights era and the assassinations of martin luther king jr. and medgar evers, june 12th will mark the 50th anniversary of medgar evers death. he was shot in the back while standing in his driveway. for three decades his we widow fought for justice. barren de la beckwith was finally convicted of killing evers in 1994. we welcome myrlie e

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> michael: let's head to the political front where all eyes are on south carolina. when polls close at the top of the hour we'll find out if republican primary voters will forgive mark sanford for his international extramarital affair. he's facing curtis bostic in the first congressional district. bostic received the often covet coveted rick santorum endorsement. elizabeth colbert busch to take over the seat of scott. she's the sister of stephen colbert. she has taken the colbert to the bank. steve will host a fundraiser for his sister. here with me donnie fowler, welcome back in "the war room"." >> i'm glad to be from columbia and not charleston today. >> michael: because mark sanford would not part. your cabash. >> so colb ert busch campaign said she had a small lead over bostic. could she actually win. >> there are a lot of mixed numbers here. barack obama last this district by six point

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out too) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> if you believe in state's rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think that there is any chance we'll see this president even say the words "carbon tax"? >> with an open mind... >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> ...and a distinctly satirical point of view. >> but you mentioned "great leadership" so i want to talk about donald rumsfeld. >> (laughter). >> watch the show. >> only on current tv. >> cenk: cuts to military spending are now on the table as lawmakers look to avert a fiscal crisis but that's not stopping the military hear from moving forward on the development of the most expensive warplane of the future. it's the navy's f-35 joint strike fighter. some hail it as an ingenuous plane others as a military boondoggle. lockheed martin who are leading the project is building versions for use by the air

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, it's "the stephanie miller show." ♪ i'm walkin' on sunshine ♪ ♪ i'm walkin' on sunshine ♪ ♪ and it's time to feel good ♪ ♪ hey, all right now ♪ ♪ and it's time to feel good ♪ >> stephanie: uh-huh, yes we'll get to all of the important stories today like how sequestration is affecting cancer patients, medicare patients, all of that, as soon as we finish watching the caping aren't three-way that jacki schechner sent us who is technically our healthcare expert. get that out of our systems. >> are you going to make me post that on your facebook page? >> stephanie: oh no. 1-800-steph-12 toll free from anywhere. stephaniemiller.com the web site. hump days with sexy liberal hal sparks in hour number three. becky in chicago writes sexy liberal is saturday. hi steph, got an e-mail reminder my event is coming up on saturday. like i needed a reminder. i've been looking forward to

now the mythical entry to the underworld turns out to be real.gists reveal they've made a real-life indiana jones discovery. >> i will take over as new host of "the tonight show" on nbc. excuse me one second. apparently it's a different jimmy that's going to be hosting. >> who will have the last laugh? big changes in late night with leno leaving and jimmy versus jimmy in the battle for funniest man in late night. >>> and good morning, america. whole gang here this morning. great to have everyone here and we have a lot to get to. law enforcement across the country on high alert this morning. many getting extra protection after those killings in texas and colorado. you know, there's a dragnet for two members of a white supremacist gang who appear to be targeting police. >> so we'll have the latest on that and josh just got back from louisville where he went one-on-one with kevin ware and his mother. what she says now about her son's devastating, devastating injury. >> what an afternoon it was. what a great kid he is. >> amazing. >> what a mom. >>>

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. 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 ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? cenk: thearian brotherhood has been implicated in self crimes recently. two prosecutors in texas michael folan and another were also skilled suspected of beingarian brotherhood but we don't know for sure. >> j.r. mcclellan said his father and stepmother's death should sound an alarm. >> it needs to put all public officials an their toes, not just texas. it's basically domestic terrorism. >> her ashes were plac

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> michael: a group of ministers, civil rights activities and students staged a sit in at the north carolina legislature building yesterday. yes, i'm not kidding. policies such as rejecting federal funding for unemployment benefits and reducing access to preschool. reverend william barber, ncaa of the north carolina naacp, also spoke out about the state's voter suppression laws. >> they take three hours to take the first shot at reducing voting rights that took some of us more than 200 years to obtain. what do you do? >> michael: barber and the 16 other protesters there yesterday could face charges for disorderly conduct and failure to disperse. joining me now from raleigh north carolina, author bob zelner. his memoir" memoir chronicles his years as an activist in the civil rights era. he was arrested at the protest yesterday. welcome in "the war room"," bob. >> thank you, michael shure how are you? >> michae

(vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines, way (vo) from the underworld the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. >> john: welcome back to "viewpoint." our thing of the day tonight is our regret of the day. and it belongs to sandra day o'connor. the retired supreme court justice told the chicago tribune looking back on it, maybe just possibly perhaps the supreme court should not have ruled on bush v gore. that decision stopped the florida recount in 2000, and settled the election for george w. bush, the worst president of our lifetimes. on the bright side, if it weren't for that ruling, there probably wouldn't be a current tv and i probably wouldn't have a job. maybe you're right maybe the supreme court should

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. cenk: we're back on "the young turks." what you're looking at is f.b.i. officers who are taking the shrapnel. there's apparently over 1,000 law enforcement officials in the area now combined, which is obviously a huge number. now, we were talking about the bomb there. abc had a report about these kind of i.e.d.'s. we've seen these all over the world. let's take a look here. cenk: that's white smoke the damaging shrapnel tells of an improvised explosive device. we've seen what they do to armored vehicles, tanks and foot patrols in afghanistan. the smaller bombs as in boston are not strong enough to damage structures, but can be deadly to anyone in the kill zone. you can see and hear those dangerous projectiles exploding into the area. the actual blast of the bomb was not strong, mostly causing injury from low flying debris, leading authorities to call it a small, mobile i.e.d. cenk: that's really interesti

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. cenk: we're back on "the young turks" with our panel. joe williams is with us as usual. we've got fouhy who's the senior politics and national cover editor for yahoo news and lee fang. we're going to be talking about president obama's efforts to cut social security. he would like to cut it through chain c.p.i. he says he has got to do it because the republicans want it. represent from oregon said not really, i think it's a bad idea. let's watch. >> i thought it very intriguing in that his budget really lays out kind of a a shocking attack on seniors if you will. we haven't seen all the detail yet, so we'll look at it. when you're going after seniors the way he has done on obamacare, taking $700 million out of medicare to put into obamacare and comes at seniors again, i think you're crossing the line to denying seniors access to health care. cenk: he hasn't gotten his talking points yet. boehner wanted

(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. very, very excited about that and very proud of that. >>beltway politics from inside the loop. >>we tackle the big issues here in our nation's capital, around the country and around the globe. >>dc columnist and four time emmy winner bill press opens current's morning news block. >>we'll do our best to carry the flag from 6 to 9 every morning. >> john: welcome back. it's time for the thing of the day. and tonight it's, yeah sure of the day. our oh so bendable senate majority leader harry reid said he's losing pay against with g.o.p. obstruction with judicial nominees. he's threatening to use the so-called nuclear option again the senate filibuster. here's what he told the nevada public radio friday. >> we as a body have the power on any given day to change the rules with a simple majority. i will do that if necessary. >> john: indeed, we do have the power as long as it's over judicial nominees and not against

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(vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> john: welcome back to "viewpoint." as usual with dramatic events like this one today in boston every news organization is working hard to get as much information as possible out to the public. but of course sometimes as the new york post has already proved that of course can be misleading. here to clean up all the information of today's venezuela is john schrpin. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> john: what is the focus of the police in the boston area. >> those two blasts at the finish line were caused by two portable devices. the police will piece that together and search for any clues. they'll want to look at surveillance footage, to see if cameras caught any suspicious activity leading up to or following those two blast. when those blasts went off there were many runners on the course, and spectators on the stands watching. when it went off people were scattered, running

(vo) from the underworld to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out toe brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> occupy! >> we will have class warfare. (vo) true stories, current perspective. documentaries. on current tv. alright, in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. >> if you believe in state's rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think that there is any chance we'll see this president even say the words "carbon tax"? >> with an open mind... >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> ...and a