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80s. >> tom: kirsten, should pluto be a planet? >> i was so sad when pluto lost its planet status. you grow up learning the nine planets, this whole part of being a kid, you make the project with the styrofoam balls and you build them all, pluto is the tiny cute one at the end. its not a planet anymore, its awful. im very pro-pluto. >> tom: i think a lot of people missed pluto when it left, eight planets, thats not right. >> im a native arizonan, i missed it until it copped that attitude. pluto ...

Now, craig, its out of control. >> rebecca, i want to bring newt conversation here, talk about arizona republican senator jeff flake. he believes his vote against background checks has, in fact, hurt his standing at home the senator wrote on his facebook page "given the publics dim view of congress in general, that probably puts me somewhere just below pond scum." senator flakes no vote really hurt him that much in arizona and if so, how much? >> you know, we have seen a loft coverage recently o...

We have to see. a similar measure is also winding its way through the georgia legislature. we have a federal constitution to protect our rights, but just like the old saying about politics, most discrimination is still local. governor brewer can re-read this two-page bill all she wants. shed be better off giving her constitution a read tonight. you know, its longer, but i think it would be worth it. now joining us to talk about this is congresswoman an kirkpatrick of arizona. she previously serv...

She previously served in the state legislature and actually currently facing a challenger, for your congressional seat, from the republican speaker of the arizona house, andy tobin. thanks for joining us and lets start right there. tell us about how this is playing out in your race and what you think governor brewer should do tonight. >> well, theres no question she should veto it, ari. im a native arizonan. this bill does not represent who we are. arizona is a beautiful welcoming state. in my d...

Playing out in your race and what you think governor brewer should do tonight. >> well, theres no question she should veto it, ari. im a native arizonan. this bill does not represent who we are. arizona is a beautiful welcoming state. in my district we have the grand canyon which brings millions of dollars in revenue, thousands of job. what arizona needs right now, after being hit so hard in the great recession, is jobs. not this. and so weve got to ask some really hard questions about how this ...

Bill. >> i wonder, i think, we look at the legislative fight and it looks like it was pretty much, as i understand it, it was pretty much a party-line vote, relatively close vote breaking along party lines. when you get out of the legislature and the broader population in arizona, is there any polling, a sense this is 50/50 among voters or are voters pretty much overwhelmingly against this? if thats the case, where is this coming from? where is the drive for this coming from? >> i dont know if a...