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Back now ricky gervais. iowa is giving out gun permits to blind people, completely blind people that arent allowed to drive cars. >> ive learned about this through one of your tweets, and i understand you thought this was a bad idea. >> well, what do you -- can you -- you love america. i love america. >> i said next they would say blind people shouldnt drive cars. i think people got to see the difference talking about as an equality issue. >> the constitutional right. >> yeah. >> would be damage...

Shaq 1, pain 0. [ male announcer ] icy hot advanced patch with 50% more medicine. pain over. back now ricky gervais. iowa is giving out gun permits to blind people, completely blind people that arent allowed to drive cars. >> ive learned about this through one of your tweets, and i understand you thought this was a bad idea. >> well, what do you -- can you -- you love america. i love america. >> i said next they would say blind people shouldnt drive cars. i think people got to see the differen...

And to the big finish tonight. freedom of speech is under attack, but the maryland lawmaker trying to attack it got a kick in the butt f you know what i mean. heres the story. a linebacker for the baltimore ravens was one of the first pro athletes to publicly support marriage equality. he said its not only a gay issue. its an equality issue pure and simple. maryland state delegate emmett burns jr. wrote to the rave ravensowner last week saying the football team should inhibit such expressions fr...

Going to anything else. mothers will say i can get my car fixed or my kids teeth fixed, but i need the car to go to work to pay for the dentist. when people are living that close to the edge, medicare where 56% of medicare recipients are women and talk about voucherizing the program, or talk about social security, any of the ryan budget that will cut all of the programs that frankly a lot of women rely on, women understand it as an economic issue, not just an equality issue. >> you are an author...

Everyone, an equality issue. this president has reframed it in terms of middle class and how do you get the economy moving for the middle class in the short term and long term. i think, you know, this is how as president, having the bully pulpit means you set the agenda, the other side has to respond to it in a meaningful way. >> they have not done that. thanks for being wus. >> a lot more coming up. stay with us. >> the reports from mitt romneys koch brother fund-raiser read like an obama campa...

Tax debate about money going to everyone, a sort of equality issue. this president reframed it in terms of middle class and how do you get the economy moving again for the middle class in the short term and long-term. i think this is how as president, having the bully pulpit means you set the agenda. the other side has to respond in a meaningful vote. that doesnt mean another repeal of health care. >> richard wolffe, thanks so much. a lot more coming up in the next half hour of "the ed show. the...

Repealing health care. theyre off message, off content. they want money going to everyone, an equality issue. this president has reframed it in terms of middle class and how do you get the economy moving for the middle class in the short term and long term. i think, you know, this is how as president, having the bully pulpit means you set the agenda, the other side has to respond to it in a meaningful way. >> they have not done that. thanks for being with us. >> a lot more coming up. stay with u...

Around. i think you have the simultaneous equation. oh, yeah, if you are for me and for same-sex marriage, vote for me. how about if you are just for me is a better question. your thoughts? >> i think thats the question that barack obama is dealing with. i also think that barack obama has evolved. i do not believe that when we is state senator in the legislate tour in illinois he was one of the people leading the charge for same-sex marriages. i think he was part of a religious operation that pr...

Prevail. >> i think that is where the conversation will lie at the heart of who wins the next presidential election. that equality issue weighs the other way in terms of what the role of government truly is. kirsten, thank you so much. bill: a terrifying store robbie. two armed men walked into this mini mart, shot the clerk in the arm, bam, while the other suspect apparently shoots at some of the customers in the store. he missed the customers. but that wounded clerk recovering from his injuries...

At the elite universities. they have really lessened the load, but as dr. malveaux says, it is harder for the other colleges to do. pop culture reference yesterday ended up flipping through and watching "undercover boss" and there was a 19-year-old in the situation that you mentioned. the 19-year-old young man who had a scholarship, but he had to work for his family. i do feel that this is not a gender-based equality issue, and i hope that the yong men and women can rise together. but i also fin...