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President. i say these things no to the alarm you but because you should be alarmed, as he put it.as we have been focused on our air in washington on this debate over the filibuster, on specific pieces of legislation. but its a debate that the white house really believes is not one that has been engaged in fully by the majority of the public. partisan actors are speaking quite bate about it. he was attempting in this speech to elevate the issue that there is a much broader discussion. a discussi...

Particular thing take off dont always get their way. sometimes some other force takes hold. its especially true in a year like 2012. in the wake of important debate between the candidates and it ended up the topic that everybody was talking about was big bird after everything else, after the tens of hundreds of millions of dollars spent to make them talk about whatever they wanted them to talk about, the 2012 race was brought to you by the letter b. things happen. just as this show is brought to...

Pop culture tv stone when he have saying that. >> this is evolving. my measure david and i take a look at when things change is when the social culture changes. i think will and grace probably did more to educate the american public than almost anything anybodys ever done so far. i think people fear that which is different. now they are beginning to understand. >> as a person who is part of the phenomenon that is glee, how do you think it felt to the will and grace people to be mentioned? >> i k...

Ive got skin in the game but when the president came out and said that he supported the dignity of our families and our relationships that really moved me. that really touched me for the first time. i realized i had been kind of distanced emotionally from it but that broke it open for me. it made me happy. >> thats one of those things that covering it as a gay person, thinking about it as a gay person and covering it as a person in the news. i felt like half of me had to have talk with the other...

Off. people trying to make a particular thing take off dont always get their way. sometimes some other force takes hold. its especially true in a year like 2012. in the wake of important debate between the candidates and it ended up the topic that everybody was talking about was big bird after everything else, after the tens of hundreds of millions of dollars spent to make them talk about whatever they wanted them to talk about, the 2012 race was brought to you by the letter b. things happen. ju...

Pop culture tv stone when he have saying that. >> this is evolving. my measure david and i take a look at when things change is when the social culture changes. i think will and grace probably did more to educate the american public than almost anything anybodys ever done so far. i think people fear that which is different. now they are beginning to understand. >> as a person who is part of the phenomenon that is glee, how do you think it felt to the will and grace people to be mentioned? >> i k...

Kid in the glee club. he wants every kid to have somebody they can point to and go thats me and look im being supported. im in place where people have my back and i get to raise my voice in song. >> i always felt like one of the things that i would always try to explain to people about what i learned from junior high and high school is that popularity doesnt buy you anything in later life. really you ought to look for the kids who are -- the dorkier you are at those important ages, the cooler yo...

Somebody they can point to and go thats me and look im being supported. im in place where people have my back and i get to raise my voice in song. >> i always felt like one of the things that i would always try to explain to people about what i learned from junior high and high school is that popularity doesnt buy you anything in later life. really you ought to look for the kids who are -- the dorkier you are at those important ages, the cooler youre probably going to be as an adult. its not alw...

Ive got skin in the game but when the president came out and said that he supported the dignity of our families and our relationships that really moved me. that really touched me for the first time. i realized i had been kind of distanced emotionally from it but that broke it open for me. it made me happy. >> thats one of those things that covering it as a gay person, thinking about it as a gay person and covering it as a person in the news. i felt like half of me had to have talk with the other...

Obamacare. last weekend, there was a dissent over the travel ban. now the putin comments. bring out a new crop of republicans. although the republicans control the house and senate, they control the senate by a thin margin. 52 votes. they need a united front and the presidents actions in the past weeks have made the republican party more divided. >> i take it, shannon, if they continue down this road, the chances for dealing with substantive issues like obamacare and massive tax plan they want t...