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The past, the violence against women act, thats usually passed with great bipartisan support, may not meet its deadline for being reauthorized. so after the debate on planned parenthood, after the debate on the blunt amendment, you bet women are saying, whats going on? >> well, lets take a look. heres one of your colleagues on the other side of the aisle, jeff sessions, a member of the judiciary committee, a republican, hes against the new version of the bill. he told "the new york times," "i fa...

Women are saying, whats going on? >> well, lets take a look. heres one of your colleagues on the other side of the aisle, jeff sessions, a member of the judiciary committee, a republican, hes against the new version of the bill. he told "the new york times," "i favor the violence against women act and have supported it at various points over the years, but there are matters put on that bill that almost seem to invite opposition. do you think thats possible? you think they might have put things i...

The states is that voters in the states governed by republicans cannot wait until the next election to undo what they have done. they want the politicians and their main priorities out and they want them out now. joining us a lawmaker at the center of the recall effort in wisconsin since day one, john erpenbach, nice to see you again, thanks for being here. >> you too, rachel, thank you. >> when all this started with you and your fellow senators, fleeing the state to keep the republicans from ...

Beltway media doesnt care, never covers it, im here to tell you what we are seeing in the states is that voters in the states governed by republicans cannot wait until the next election to undo what they have done. they want the politicians and their main priorities out and they want them out now. joining us a lawmaker at the center of the recall effort in wisconsin since day one, john erpenbach, nice to see you again, thanks for being here. >> you too, rachel, thank you. >> when all this star...

Never covers it, im here to tell you what we are seeing in the states is that voters in the states governed by republicans cannot wait until the next election to undo what they have done. they want the politicians and their main priorities out and they want them out now. joining us a lawmaker at the center of the recall effort in wisconsin since day one, john erpenbach, nice to see you again, thanks for being here. >> you too, rachel, thank you. >> when all this started with you and your fello...

Explanation for why republicans cannot pass things that they come up with. their own ideas, their own deals. theres a simpler explanation for why republicans cant get anything done. it is, as yet, only a hypothesis, but theres a growing body of support for it. it could just be that john boehner is bad at this job. joining us now with the latest is congressman barney frank. democrat of massachusetts. joins us from the hill. congressman frank, thank you for being here. >> thank you, rachel. >> fro...

Would that be warranted? >>guest: probably is. in fact, even if we meet our $1.2 trillion dole, that is not cutting spending. that is just instead of borrowing $10 trillion over 10 years we might just borrow $8 trillion or $9 trillion. we are not talking serious cuts or reduction in debt and we are still planning on deficits so we are not close to where we need to be and the democrats are not going do cut spending as we saw in what happens in ohio year where you have government workers controlli...

offduty police officer in 1989. working to stop the execution. also have breaking news on the other big story. the release of two american hikers in iran. josh fattal and shane bauer were escorted to their family. well begin with the extraordinary troy davis take. i want to go straight to david mattingly outside the prison in jackson, georgia. there seems to be increased activity in the last hour. apparently family members arriving, a lot of state police arriving. what is your feeling ...

If i thought they would cave to pressure, i would tell them not to. the reality is, they dont care. maybe the strategy is to unite lose the constituencies that big musicians have to help us change the politics in the ground. >> >> practically speaking, senator kyl and senate republicans cannot hold meetings without the approval of democratic chair senator leahy. is this the next step of immigration talking points of the gop dangling repealing the 14th amendment? >> i find it so ironic. arizona i...

Care. it was all on live tv and they let it all hang out for hours clashing on many issues and agreeing on some others b through does not seem to be enough common ground and the majority democrats may try to push through health care reform using controversial senate reconciliation rules normally limited to budget-related rules, but it will bypass the rule that 60 votes are needed to end debate and that means that the republicans cannot block legislation with a filibuster. democrats could rely on...