seiu united healthcare workers west political issues committee. support quality neighborhood schools for all, yes on h, supported by entrepreneur joanna reese and education reform advocates. committee for parental choice and religious freedom sponsored by the jewish community relations council. h no, let parents decide, sponsored by and with major funding from united educators of san francisco. fix our streets, yes on b. yes on proposition g2011, see additional page for full committee name. it was a longer name that involved seiu and labor unions in support of proposition g, a sales tax measure. rebuilding san francisco schools, yes on proposition a. yes on proposition d, supported by public defender jeff hadachy, basic american foods executive george hume and business investor michael moritz. standing up for working families, yes on c, no on d, a coalition of teachers, nurses, firefighters, public employees and healthcare advocates. and finally, san franciscans -- and finally, until the next stack is handed to me, san franciscans united on pensio

for instance, next year united healthcare will switch to its own pharmacy benefits unit. >> tom: while the s&p 500 may be at its highest level since the great recession, insurance, taxes and television haven't exactly been hot stocks. that brings us to tonight's word on the street: contrary. gregg greenberg is a reporter at thestreet.com. so gregg wrkts market in post recession highs is contrary simply an investment, something that just hasn't rallied? >> well, to a certain extent, as we all know on wall street, eventually the last becomes first. that is a great way to make money. everyone says you want to buy when there is flood in the street so it is the best way to make money otherwise you might as well just stick with the index. >> its he easy to say buy low t a tough one to actually do it one of the stocks, the fund managers told you they are looking at, afl is aflac-- aflac, a a big presence in japan. it has been trending lower over the past 12 months what could fuel it higher? >> well, aflac was up about six percent in the first quarter. that compares to about 13% for the s&p. a

it is sponsored by the insurance company united healthcare.s learn about nutrition, fruit not potato chips. grilled food, not fried. and small portions, not large. director cindy mcdermott says the parents are included because most kids learn their eating habits at home. >> that's amazing! >> people think that children won't eat fruits and vegetables. they don't like those foods. they do like those foods. they need to be exposed to them and learn that they are actually better for their body. >> step right up. >> reporter: tyler lost 11 pounds during the program. has kept up the healthy habits since it ended. >> you should be so proud of yourself. >> reporter: he's now lost a total of 20 pounds and he's no longer a risk for diabetes. >> i want to say thank you mom and dad for getting me into this program, and i love you. >> when he's out there running, he's not coming to us, i can't breathe. you know? it's nice to sit on the sidelines and watch your kid do what he's always wanted to do. >> reporter: the rhode island program is an experiment. bu

if any other company is out there dealing with -- weather is blue cross or united healthcare, they are competing. we think if we get out there and compete, we take at least 10% off the top of what we are spending on health care today. >> you presented this plan to congress at the end of march and it was not very well received on either side of the aisle. do you have confidence you can convince and this is something you should be able to do? >> big changes take time. over the course of time, we have been talking about 6 to 5 day delivery for a few years and there are people who do not know if they want to do it. 80% of americans say do it. let us go. let us make the changes. health care is the same thing here people do not change plans unless there company changes health care plans. you are comfortable with it and you know what your costs are end its gears people when we start saying we are going to change health care because they immediately think that all benefits will be cut. what we have on our table is an improvement and it saves money. it gives us wraparound for medicare and it wi

other increases planned for may for customers in health net and united healthcare. now we turn to campaign 2012 coverage. mitt romney appears to be in good shape heading into wisconsin's republican primary. a new poll shows that romney has a seven point lead over his closest challenger rick santorum. a second pulling in wisconsin has from the up five percentage points. >> as the national republican front runner, romney is taking aim at the president's economic policies. >> his recovery has been tepid, underperformed in part because of what he has done has made it more difficult for the economy to recover. he likes to take great applause for his stimulus but the stimulus protected government, not the american people >> heading into tuesday's primary romney has a more than half way of the delta's total delegates he needs for the nomination >> vice-president joe biden joins bob schieffer on face the nation today. the show is expanding to a one- hour format and will also be hearing from newt gingrich and ron paul about their plans for the future. will they make it all t

other increases are planned made for customers of health net's and united healthcare. on to our campaign 2012 coverage mitt romney appears to be in good shape heading into wisconsin's republican primary on tuesday. and a poll shows that he has seven point lead over his closest challenger send form. yes 40% from 33 and ron paul 11 in new gingrich trailing at 8%. a second poll was conscious that are made up by five percentage points. >>> mitt romney now taking aim at president obama's economic policies. >>> his recovery has been tempted and underperformed in part because what he has done has made it more difficult for the economy to recover. elect to take great applause for his stimulus but the stimulus protected government that the american people. >>> heading into tuesday's primary is a total five and a taxi to the kids with a half way to the total he needs to clinch the nomination. >>> history and making today for the southeast asian nation. pro-democracy leaders may have won a seat in prom. >>> unsung as water district and that victory is yet to be confirmed. after s

our medicare, healthcare fraud unit over at the justice department has recovered over $10 billion.hose prosecutions are up 70 percent. >> axle rod trying to turn that one around. responding to comments axle rod made about the economy. >> he is agreeing with what axle rod said. >> the number one issue people are concerned about is the economy. it is the economy. we are going to do what is necessary to replace the president who understands the economy will get it working again for the american people. it is not often i agree with axle rod. i agree with something he agreed on. we have to get off the road we are on and take a new direction. that's exactly right. i agree with that. he was talking about the economy. so i began thinking about the road we are on. how different it is than the road i would take if i were so fortunate as to become presidented. then the road we are on has a president spend about a trillion dollars more than we have been. taking us on a course and become like greece. in my view the words he spoke when he was a senator when he said about the deficits at that tim

>> of the 112 million mexicans, 106 million will have efficient, effective universal healthcare coverage. the unitedtes could follow our example in achieving this, becausing the a great thing. >> greg: so what he is saying is his universal healthcare is so awesome everyone is fleeing to america to get away from it. it's like saying my restaurant is so good that everybody is eating at soro's. >> juan: healthcare to people come to america? freddie our emergency rooms are probably better than their healthcare. >> juan: i think the economic opportunity -- i mean it's not -- >> greg: aren't they linked together? >> juan: c'mon. harper said the same thing. >> greg: economic opportunity is here you have a government who can't offer that, because they're too busy with universal healthcare. dangerous to live there. universal healthcare. they also are -- thank you, juan. they have a higher crime rate than most war zones. >> eric: they're coming from mexico to america for the healthcare. >> juan: rich people. if you have money in america you get the best healthcare in the world. >> eric: canadian and mexicans

and he was very gracious, and especially complimenting the catholic family in the united states in their work for healthcare, charity and education, and he would say, i don't want this administration to do anything to impede that, it is tough for me to see how the strangling hhs regulation dogs anything but that. >> schieffer: let me ask you this. do you ever worry that sometimes -- do you like to be careful about getting too involved in politics? i know this is a new poll out that says 60 percent of catholics say churches and other houses of worship should just totally steer clear of politics. >> yes. i do worry about that, bob. and this is a good place for me to remind everybody, we didn't ask for this fight, i don't enjoy it at all, i wish i was out here on face the nation answering other questions and you probably do too. we didn't ask for the fight, and so we are not going, but we are not going to back away from it. what i say is this, yeah, i don't think religion should be too involved in politics, but i also don't think the government and politics should be overly involved in the church, and that is

host: the united states -- the world's richest country -- is the only industrialized democracy that doesn't provide healthcare for everybody. of course we'd like to cover all the uninsured, but how would you pay for it? these are tough choices... in fact, we could. we have plenty of slack in the current healthcare system to absolutely cover everybody without spending more. and get this, if we did cover everybody, we'd keep our nation healthy -- and probably spend less overall. here's a scoop -- healthy people cost less than sick people do. and now get this -- there are doctors and hospitals all over america who are working hard to cut the cost of medical care. we have a goal to lower the cost of care to our patients by 25 percent in the next five years. the striking thing about american medicine is that there are huge variations in cost from one town to the next. medicare records show that some u.s. counties spend $17,000 per year on the average senior. but other towns provide care that's just as good for about $6,000. there are communities all over america that provide excellent care at reasonable costs, and

healthcare also in the line of fire. republican senator john mccain slamming the process that got it passed. >> it was the sleaziest process i have ever seen in my years as a united states senator! the cornhusker kickback, the louisiana purchase, taking lobbyists in the blair house and blankettenning them into supporting obamacare. no wonder the american people are sick and tired of that. that wasn't the kind of government obama promised the

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a week ago the administration made their case before the supreme court of the united states about the healthcareesterday, obama made a mistake and you can't admit it. was it a mistake what the president did or prettial calculation? >> well, let me just say as you're saying this, all i keep thinking in my head, and you know in tv you have levels of reality is eva longoria knows who i am. [ laughter ] i did hear the question. the answer is, i don't know that it was a mistake to take on the court and a lot of people thought he was going to do that, it kind of energized the base. lord knows conservatives have taken on the court over the years and it hasn't been bad for them. but the way he did it seems to me to have been a big mistake because he made a bunch of statements that just weren't true. it's unprecedented for the court to overturn a decision by a duly elected congress. not true. then he said it's unprecedent to do do it on the commerce clause. not true. now they're saying it's on the commerce clause and an economic matter. the fact that he's had to walk it back three times does not sound li

healthcare and incarceration. >> there is no federal system that would readily clear united states citizens who were stopped during a traffic violation. and will be held at the side of the road for an hour or more while they asked to prove their right to be in the own country. >> the argument drew demonstrators on both sides of the issue about what to do about illegal immigration. john henrehan has that part of the story. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: organized largely by latino community groups, a crowd of about 300 came to the steps of the supreme court to protest the tough arizona law which, is designed to identify and remove people who are in the u.s. without proper authorization. [ cheering ] 15-year-old elizabeth morales from baltimore said strange it was targeting illegal immigrants break up families where many members are american citizens. >> i was born here but one of my ancestors are mexicans and i think that everybody should be able to welcome the -- with no fear of getting supported or anything like that and i think everyone should be equal. >> reporter: mir yam gonzalez said families come to the u.s

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healthcare, republicans and the supreme court. as i tell students in my class five is the most powerful number the united states.ive justices can do virtually anything they want. they can pick a president. they can redefine the constitution. three facts and they are facts i want you to keep in mind as the supreme court litigation unfolds. one, there is no question that the statute is squarely constitutional. the supreme court doesn't write a blank slate. the most conservative judge on the d.c. circuit, the second most powerful court in the nation said with absolutely clarity and no doesn't the statute was constitutional. it doesn't mean that they have to follow it, they can overturn it. the second fact, the idea for the mandate came from the conservative think tanks in the nation. the third fact, newt gringrich and mitt romney supported it without any doubt. mitt romney made it the law of his state. until they were running for president and ran into the buzz saw of the tea party. so what then explains this sudden reversal? the republican opposition to this idea that is constitutional, conservative and put into p

united states. yesterday, the president patronized and maybe insulting the supreme court calling them an unelected group that would know better than to strike down the healthcare law. today in middle of an unrelated challenge to the healthcare law but clearly stinging from the president's remarks of yesterday, a judge from the fifth circuit court of appeals fired back. >> does the department of justice recognize federal court have authority in appropriate circumstances to strike federal statutes because of one or more constitutional -- [ inaudible ] >> yes, your honor. there would be a favorability analysis, but -- >> i'm referring to statements by the president in the past few days to the effect, i'm sure you heard about them that it was somehow inappropriate for what he termed unelected judges to strike acts of congress that have enjoyed -- he was referring to obamacare, to what he determined consensus and majority in both houses of congress. that has troubled a number of people who have read it as a challenge to the federal court or authority or the appropriateness of concept of judicial review. that is not a small matter. i would like to have you from by n

criticizes a coequal branch of the government, the united states supreme court and says there is no way they can strike down his signature healthcareaw because they wouldn't dare think it's unconstitutional. i think he's not being tempered and restrained by the election results of 2010, and he's moving forward on an agenda that is seemingly more and more out of touch. martha: when you lock at some of the things outlined in this piece, creating jobs for veterans was a program that came through that. preventing drug shortages, raising fuel economy can cards. what are you concerned about, what do you think is at the top of his agenda for similar executive powers action. >> you look at gasoline. within a half mile of the studio here in chicago, gas is $4.50 a gallon. the president has not used his executive authority to lower gas prices which will strings that are linked to long-term economic prosperity. martha: how would you use executive powers to lower the gas prices. you don't slow permits, you accelerate permits for oil and gas exploration off the coast, and in the mountain west. you communicate a far different energy agenda, say

the republican party wants to get rid of a healthcare provider that services one quarter of women in all of the unitedplanned parenthood. they don't want to get rid of it. they don't want taxpayer funding for it. >> but it will have the net impact of substantially reducing the ability of planned parenthood to servicewomen in the united states. and it's a provider that is very popular with women, and imagine taking on any institution that serves a quarter of all the women in the united states. the republicans are paying a terrible price for the way they've handled this issue. on the economy let's be clear, the talking points all day from the republican party is this was a bad jobs report. the unemployment rate went down. i don't really understand how the argument that we are hearing, that somehow the economy is going in the wrong direction, we just had the best quarter of job creation in six years, and all the trend lines are heading in the right direction, which is one of the reasons why the republicans are in troeubl right no trouble right now in the national polls. on the two issues here, the econom

united states. yesterday, the president patronized and maybe insulting the supreme court calling them an unelected group that would know better than to strike down the healthcare law. today in middle of an unrelated challenge to the healthcare law but clearly stinging from the president's remarks of yesterday, a judge from the fifth circuit court of appeals fired back. >> does the department of justice recognize federal court have authority in appropriate circumstances to strike federal statutes because of one or more constitutional -- [ inaudible ] >> yes, your honor. there would be a favorability analysis, but -- >> i'm referring to statements by the president in the past few days to the effect, i'm sure you heard about them that it was somehow inappropriate for what he termed unelected judges to strike acts of congress that have enjoyed -- he was referring to obamacare, to what he determined consensus and majority in both houses of congress. that has troubled a number of people who have read it as a challenge to the federal court or authority or the appropriateness of concept of judicial review. that is not a small matter. i would like to have you from by n

united states. yesterday, the president patronized and maybe insulting the supreme court calling them an unelected group that would know better than to strike down the healthcare law. today in middle of an unrelated challenge to the healthcare law but clearly stinging from the president's remarks of yesterday, a judge from the fifth circuit court of appeals fired back. >> does the department of justice recognize federal court have authority in appropriate circumstances to strike federal statutes because of one or more constitutional -- [ inaudible ] >> yes, your honor. there would be a favorability analysis, but -- >> i'm referring to statements by the president in the past few days to the effect, i'm sureou heard about them that it was somehow inappropriate for what he termed unelected judges to strike acts of congress that have enjoyed -- he was referring to obamacare, to what he determined consensus and majority in both houses of congress. that has troubled a number of people who have read it as a challenge to the federal court or authority or the appropriateness of concept of judicial review. that is not a small matter. i would like to have you from by noo

blocks down the street in the united states congress with all of these bills like the blunt amendment that would have denied -- aloud any employer to deny any part of healthcarein state legislatures around the country, that's the real war on women. so, to is a certain extent -- >> it is a war on all of us. this is government saying -- parents, you shouldn't be in charge of when you're going to start a family or how many kids you want to have. that should be up to your boss or a big corporation instead of you. these are conservatives? making this case? yeah. >> bill: they long ago abandoned the conservative principles. guys, so much fun seeing you. katie paris, first time in the studio. come back often. we would like to get you -- we need to know what media matters is up to once a week. >> is that a deal? >> i would love to. >> bill: eric burns, you're welcome. i get the last word always. a quick parting shot. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." 73

healthcare also in the line of fire. republican senator john mccain slamming the process that got it passed. >> it was the sleaziest process i have ever seen in my years as a unitedtates senator! the cornhusker kickback, the louisiana purchase, taking lobbyists in the blair house and blankettenning them into supporting obamacare. no wonder the american people are sick and tired of that. that wasn't the kind of government obama promised the american people. that was an exercise in sleaze and we've got to do away with it examine give the american people a real healthcare that's affordable and available to all americans! mitt romney will do that. >> heather: a very fired up john mccain, we should add and fox news poll from last month shows a majority of americans may agree. they disapprove of how have the president has been handling the healthcare issue and that's about the same percentage who disapproved in december of last year. gregg? >> gregg: a desperate search for a missing soldier in north carolina taking a new turn now. the last person seen with kelly bordeaux arrested for violation his sex offender status. a heart breaking plea from her family. >> please, j

brought up citizens united one of the things that the event tonight is about, and the supreme court obviously is right in the center of this race, they are about to decide on healthcarelture shifts on a pendulum and it swings far to the left and far to the right, and in the case of the supreme court, there are many on the far right who say that the warren court swung too far to the left and i have my opinion of opinion with that but the roberts court shows the conservative movement swinging far too far to the right. and that's one of the important things about this presidential election is that it never seems to translate to people. >> right. >> remember, you know, clarence thomas is going to be there for ten, 20, 30 more years. >> right. >> you have to -- elections have consequences, and you have to really realize this court is so dangerously far to the right it bogles the mind. so what public citizen is doing is beginning the movement for a constitutional amendment to overturn the citizens united ruling, which is the reason we have this insane presidential election now. >> right. >> i will say something in defense of mitt romney. >> okay. >> i know someone who know