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More people go with visa. president obama has just announced several of his picks to replace departing cabinet members and all of the nominees have things in common. theyre all white, theyre all men. the diversity issue in the white house coming up next. for the first week... im like...yeah, ok... little did i know that one week later i wasnt smoking. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. some people had changes in b...

Case for chuck hagel. one thing about taking the step back if you will about this week and what were seeing with the president in this cabinet. there is no equivocation when it comes to placating the washington establishment. he is doing what he wants, regardless -- there is no gates, no hillary. everything else the first four years was about keeping washington in check. not this time. >> presidents have a way of getting re-elected and deciding how about i do what i want to do. how about i choos...

Same old same old? >> well, it seems like it. i think part of whats important to recognize, in this consistency and this willingness to continue with the very clear war on womens reproductive rights, you know, i think what were seeing with the 113th congress is anticipating the fact that roe v. wade is going to be challenged in the supreme court during this session. and so they are just setting themselves, very clearly, that the republicans in the 113th, on the side, theyre trying to continue a ...

Time. i appreciate it. i want to bring in our power panel, perry bacon, ari melber and republican strategist alice stuart. alice, i want to jump in straight off of the remarks of j.c. watts. doesnt seem he supports reince priebus in the head of the rnc, they have a diversity issue of what the brand the republican party needs to march into the future. do you agree there might need to be new leadership at the top of rnc? >> that was a great interview with korngman watts. he made a great point no...

For those of our viewers who didnt get a chance to see the editorial, talk to us a little bit about that role and why its important. >> well, i think this controversy has been widely understood as a religious freedom issue, which it is, but its more than that and i think at a deeper level what is involved is a kind of diversity issue or pluralism issue about the institutions of civil society that provide so much of our education and social services and health care and we hope will continue to do...

the unarmed teenager. zimmerman does not appear to have any injuries consist went a life and death struggle that his lawyer claims he had with the 17-year-old. a police report says zimmerman was bleeding from the nose and the back of his head and was given first aid at the scene, but then this video was recorded. president barack obama tries to tap into the anger over rising gas prices. in a speech just a short time ago, the president called on congress to end tax breaks for the oil ...

Do it? were you in the process of doing it? did you ever consider it? >> no, i never seriously considered it. as an artist, myself and pamela had the picture fully under control. we were trying to depict the child exactly as he was in a photograph. and to have somebody tell you to lighten up the skin tone, it really didnt go over very well with either me or pam. and so it was my decision to step away from it for a few days and reconsider it, and -- >> what was the explanation behind them wanting...

Explanations. mostly couched in the aesthetic value of the picture, whether or not it could be a better picture coming into the light. we knew with the experience we were having from the diversity issue and the racism from the city council members radio show and the audience in the intersection it was -- the center and source of it was concern about the right looking kids on that wall. >> so do you think it was based -- you think it was racism? >> oh, yeah, i do. >> pam? >> i absolutely do. and ...

Mostly couched in the astetic value, whether or not it would be a better picture by having them come into the light. we knew by the experience that we were having with the diversity issue and the racism coming from the city council members, and the radio show in the intersection, it was the center, and the source of it was concerned about the right-looking kids on that wall. >> do you think it was racism, r.e.? >> oh, yeah, i do. >> pam? >> i absolutely do. there were several times when i was pa...

Go on the diversity issue. >> reporter: hes getting public input and, elena kagan is one of them, she has not been sitting in a black robe and theyll be vetted on different aspect an characteristics and once justice stevens steps down some waill sy the court is too white, 7-1 and too male, 6-2 and there will be no protestant on the court and everyone will be ivy league educated once he is gone and they are saying, maybe find someone besides a federal appeals court judge, and they have a lot of c...