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Persuasion of being homosexual. >> now congressman, the religious exemption clause is fairly broad. so would it really force people to hire openly gay teachers, as we just heard? >> the law has been crafted, you know, very carefully to make sure that one, were protecting people who are gay or lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, but also respect the first amendment rights of religious institutions. i think its crafted in a way to pass the senate and our job then is to try to get it to pass the hous...

Reid has set a vote for monday on legislation that would protect the lgbt community from workplace discrimination. to talk about it, joining us now is representative mark pocan, democrat of wisconsin, and chris geitner, legal editor at buzzfeed.com. the bill in the senate is called the employment and nondiscrimination act and bars companies with more than 15 employees from discriminating against workers on the basis of their sexuality or sexual orientati orientation. and joe manchin of west virg...

Leadership really is clarity and a vision. >> lets get right to our panel. joining us now is the "washington post" nia-malika henderson host of on background, krystle ball who, of course is my colleague and the co-host of the "cycle" and mckay coppins political editor at buzzfeed.com. how about sean hannity and ann coulter, finally locating those weapons of mass destruction. >> amazing >> they found them. >> more than ten years later sean hannity has finally found the wmd. incredible, a day to b...

Featured speakers will be john lewis. back in 1963 he was the leader of the student nonviolating committee. nancy pelosi will also be speaking today along with the families of trayvon martin and emmett till. well all get under way later this morning and checking in and bringing you the latest proceedings throughout the day. the panel here in new york. amanda turkal for huffingtonpost.com, evan white house reporter for buzzfeed.com and liz winstead co-creator of "daily show" and author of the boo...

Liberty. dont tread on me. >> chris christie says he wants to help this guy but he scheduled the election to avoid being on the same ticket. >> in other words, say anything, do anything, get elected first. and deceive the people in order to get elected. >> wait till they see steve lon gan on the flor of the united states senate. >> for the governor, its a chance to embrace the tea party segment of the republican electorate hes going to need in his presidential race. >> steve and i have believed ...

Also, option six, they could rule prop 8 is constitutional although boyes doesnt think that would happen after his appearance before the court. >> each one of these ways sounded from the question at the time of the argument in the supreme court as if there was one or more justices that were seriously considering each of these approaches. >> want to bring in chris geidner from buzzfeed.com and garance franke-ruta. i want to start with doma and prop 8. i want to start with doma. it seems weird bec...

Cooper disclosed the existence of the journal. enter felepe reynes, aide to hillary clinton. he told cnn they lack humanity to fail to allow assurances to the stevens family to return the journal promptly and not report on personal details. cnn executives dispute that. now enter hastings for buzzfeed.com facing his best known for an article he wrote for "rolling stone" magazine a couple of years back that resulted in the firing of generally stanley mcchrystal. hastings e-mailed reynes sunday mor...

Past three presidential elections. in 2008 nearly 78% of rej sterped voters plasterp ed voters placed a stoet. hawaii was the state with the lowest turnout in the 2008 election with about 49%. west virginia had just less than 50%. arkansas, 52.5%. carinsurance.coms automotive misery index considers how much it costs for you to drive like for gasoline, insurance and whatnot. where do motorists have the worst of it? mississippi. the best? new hampshire. what you want? what you want? what you w...

They are not spending the money there. >> have they made a mistake, s.e.? go all in in pennsylvania? >> no, i dont think pennsylvania would be a consideration for romney. he went in for a couple of times in charter schools. he was burned. >> colorado is the democratic fire wall. obama wins colorado, he can afford to lose ohio. it expands the map for the democrats. >> shameless plugs. mr. buzz feed. >> i dont know if this is buzz feed. anna north published "america pacific." it is like what will ...

Okay, congressman todd akin has about eight hours before the first of many deadlines in missouri. but even with multiple calls, akin is showing no signs of backing down yet. lets bring in our panel. joy ann reid, ben smith, editor in chief of buzzfeed.com. the chickens are coming home to roost. we put it this way in first read this morning. john cornyn and mitch mcconnell tried to get involved in primaries in 2009 with charlie crist in florida and anybody but rand paul. and theyve got bitten and...