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Not be making pledges to special interest groups. whether theyre on the right or the left. grover norquist is unrealistic with regard to how were going to solve our problem. were going to need more revenues. we need to get it through comprehensive tax reform. aarp is also unreasonable because they were out there telling ads saying that seniors have earned or paid for their social security and medicare benefits. thats false. that is false. most have not. >> how much impact did those influences on...

>> thanks for bringing it. lets get to the presidents plan here. i know you disagree with this student loan program. in essence and also because it was an executive order. why? >> right. well, this president -- this administration has been bypassing congress on issue after issue after issue, theyve sort of famously issued hundreds of rule changes and executive orders to bypass congress so i think thats a mistake. also, i just think this is a mistake. its very confusing. ive talked to a lot of pe...

Not only to give a very powerful cohort within the republican party enormous control over the legislative direction of american politics at the federal level, but a huge portion of what 2010 did was to give the statehouses, the state senates and these governors mansions to republicans who would make choices that have long-term consequences, that arent just about policies for their administration but actually changing the rules of the game in a dramatic way. whether its about the capacity for lab...

Introduction, but the fact is talking about rule changes is not very exciting stuff for organizing politics on the ground. >> republicans have found it sufficiently organized to be in lockstep on this all over the country. i feel like democrats are sort of watching it happen at this point. melissa harris-perry, msnbc political analyst, professor at tulane university. author of "sister citizen." academy award winning filmmaker michael moore will join us just ahead.

Level, but a huge portion of what 2010 did was to give the statehouses, the state senates and these governors mansions to republicans who would make choices that have long-term consequences, that arent just about policies for their administration but actually changing the rules of the game in a dramatic way. whether its about the capacity for labor to organize. the ability for women to control their own reproductive capacity. or in this case, really for the meaning of the vote, what your vote ca...

Destinations where possible. so quick action by the f.a.a., shep. >> shepard: doug, you are arresting national where passengers are getting extra protection from the airlines that bump us, delay us, or, well, nickel and dime us. >> thats right. these new regulations are sure to please passengers. among them, there will be refund fees for lost bag gadgets. all hidden fees must now be disclosed by the airlines. if you get bumped from a flight, can you reclaim now two times the price of your ticket...

Traffic controllers, eric bitman is not surprised. he is a controller. >> the job is stressful. it makes you tired right there then you change to midshift, where you stay up all night long, stare at blank cope with no traffic. >> they stresses, such as single parenthood, day care issues and regular overnight shift and you have recipe for fatigue, with at least five controllers found sleeping on the job, the latest saturday in miami, secretary of transportation responded with a flurry of rule cha...

Managers will be present at early morning hours and also late night hours. in addition to that there will be a new hand off procedure between regional radar controllers and air traffic controllers in the tower. at 11:00 this morning the faa administrator randy babbitt and paul reynaldi spoke to reporters in slant about this issue as part of a tour they are conducting. they basically echoed the sentiments of ray lahood. here is what lahood had to say yesterday. >> we are going to make sure that c...

To correct this problem. we cannot allow controllers to fall a sleep in control towers. we are not going to stand by and let that happen. gregg: that was transportation secretary ray lahood sounding off on a string of incidents where air traffic controllers literally fell asleep on the job. in response the faa is now phasing in new rules covering rest and scheduling for air traffic controllers. doug mcelway is live from reagan national airport with more on that. doug, what are the charges? >> re...

The world. its one of those -- i guess you call it crimes. one of those crimes you never think about, that you never think youre going to get busted because everybody does it, you know. >> may be better if l.t. hadnt gone on television. back page of new york post, disgraced, l.t.s goes from super here toe sex offender. may not be an nfl season but there will be a few rule changes. the league will move kickoffs forward five yard to the 35 yard line allowing for more touchbacks resulting in fewer ...