Amendments came over the years allowing women to dare to wear trousers for riding bikes or horses. But the law remained on the books until this week, when it was repealed by the minister for womens rights. The correct answer to our gps chall question was a, richard iii was a plantagenets. That dynasty ruled over britain from 1216 with henry iii until august 1485, when richard iii was killed at the battle of bosworth at age 33. And a new battle has started over where his final resting place should be. In leicester, where hes been buried for some 525 years or in york, where he spent many of his living years, or westminster abbey, where most of britains kings are buried . Thanks for being part of my program this week. See you next week. Stay tuned for reliable sources. It may be just a small sign of change on the right, but fox news just dumped dick morris. The political pundit who loudly predicted, no, insisted, that mitt romney was going to wallop barack obama. I think that i was wrong at the top of my lungs. Maybe im being made a poster child for that. But do you resent the decision . Look, fox has given me the opportunity of a lifetime. 15 years, 3,000 interviews, and at some point a great marriage has to come to an end. Is this part of fox news and the Republican Party softening their image . And is the press covering that fairly . Senator Robert Menendez denounces a conservative website that published unsubstantiated allegations about him and underage prostitutes. Should the media touch that story without proof . Were talking about Chris Christie weight again. And you know who i blame . Chris christie. Im basically the healthiest fat guy youve ever seen in your life. Now the governor is mad that others are weighing in on television. Plus, more friends taking long vacations from americas most popular social network. The facebook fatigue taking a toll . And cbs cracking down on tonights grammys with a memo against showing too much skin. Is it time to take a stand against wardrobe malfunctions . Im howard kurtz and this is reliable sources. All that ahead, but first new england recovering this morning from that blizzard that dumped almost 3 feet of snow in some areas. As of this morning more than 350,000 people remaining without power. The storm is being blamed for nine deaths in three states and canada. The latest on the cleanup, lets go to boston and indra petersons. Wanted to ask you what its like standing in the show doing live shots hour after hour and what is the region doing to get ready for tomorrows rush hour . Reporter yeah. You know, i have to say its pretty unbelievable to stand on the lines of history. Talk about a difference. 24 hours ago we were talking about pelting ice and snow, winds gusting 60, even 70 miles per hour. And now check this out. Right . The sun is out. Its gorgeous. But thats only going to mean more problems. Heres the problem. Yeah, let me just take a look. We show you. Were talking about 24. 9 inches of snow out here. This is what we have to deal with as we go through the next couple of days. Heres the problem, though. We have one day to clean this up. The reason . Tomorrow, another storm is headed our way. First of all, remember i talked about the sun in temperatures will be above freezing today. Well start to see some of this melt. Then tomorrow another storm comes our way, so first well start off with a wintry mix then by the afternoon well be talking about more rain. Overnight the temperatures drop below freezing and what is that . Of course more ice on the roadway. A lot of problems to talk about. As far as cleanup, we have to clean up the snow but we still have 250,000 people without power today. The upside, people can already drive, yes, the emergency is still in effect so no one can park on the roadways so they can try and clear this in the short period of time they have. Obviously, no flights. Theyre trying to resume over 5,000 flights. Thanks. Reporter logan about 20 joud bound and 10 inbound flights already today. Thanks very much. Indra petersons in boston. Not a snowflake in the beltway. Maybe its all that hot air. The political coverage this week has been about republicans trying to project a kinder, softer, gentler image. Network most closely associated with that cause seems to be inching that way. Fox news is might sign scott brown, former massachusetts senator, as a commentator. And it dumped the man who kept making predictions like this one. Romney is going to win by four to eight points. Hes going to get more than 300 electoral votes. And ohio is not going to decide the election. Dick morris explained his stance after the election that he was being something of a gop cheerleader. I spoke about what i believed and i think that there was a period of time when the Romney Campaign was falling apart, people were not optimistic. Nobody thought there was a chance of victory. Ened i felt it was my duty at that point to go out and say what i said. So are republicans and fox news engaged in a bit of rehab . Steve robert, professor of media and Public Affairs at the George Washington university, ryan rizzo, washington correspondent for the new yorker and cnn contributor, and lauren ashburn, editor in chief of daily down load dotcom, where i am also a contributor. Is fox news going through a repositioning . They are. But i feel like dick morris is paying for the sins of an entire network. He was not the only one at fox news that predicted a crushing romney victory. Right . A lot of republican pollsters predicted that karl rove, hannity, half the named commentators on fox said things that like dick morris. So why him . He was probably the most over the top. And in the media he became whats the word he became a thing, that dick morris made these ridiculous over the top predictions. But this was something that was, you know, across the network at fox. Lawmaker ashburn, did fox drop dick morris for basically making a wrong prediction about the election . No, they dropped him because its been 15 years of dick morr morris. You get to a point where you need to hit the reset and refresh button. You want fresh voices and fresh faces and theres nothing wrong with that. Theres no saying onlier ayles is isnt saying hes not going to come back. Hes just saying were going to take a break. Its dick morris whos saying your contract is not renewed. Its more than taking a break. Listen to me. Hes on the record as saying that he is going its just not quite a divorce. Were going to take a break. I mean, you know what, people come back all the time. We thought dick morris was dead when he had a political scandal. Right . And look at him. Hes been on fox for 15 years. Okay. But sarah palin also out. Scott brown, the moderate, looks like hes in. Fox has a pretty big megaphone when it comes to the right. Thats true. There is a larger problem with fox. Their audiences are down. Truth in labeling, theyre still bigger than any other cable but they are down. Their trust level is down. The latest surveys, the public trust, fox has taken a significant dip. Look, dick morris is a buffoon. But roger ayles is not. And roger ayles is a very, very smart man who created fox as an alternative to many Mainstream Media. But roger ayles wants to be taken seriously as a credible person. Dick morris is not a credible person. Sarah palin is not a credible person. And i think he got rid of them in part because he wants fox to be taken seriously, and those people diminish their credibility. I getsz hes not coming to dinner at your house. Who . Dick morris. He is a buffoon, but as i say roger ayles is a very, very smart man and he knows he has to be more credible. By the way, you talked about credibility, new survey showing that 40 the problems of working families, talking about working moms. It does seem like theres an effort by the gop to soften the tone on issues like guns and immigration. Is that real . How should the press cover that . Is it real or spirits . Its real. I mean, the republicans lost the election and in their Election Results were some signs that the partys in real trouble and unless they reach out to constituencies they havent been doing well with. We know the demographics asianamericans, hispanics, women. Theyre getting killed among these demographics. Theres a debate within the Republican Party over whether its just messaging and pr and marketing and if they didnt communicate properly in the 2012 election. Others are saying no, at the core, the policy agenda needs to shift to attract voters theyre losing. Thats a big question about what eric cantor is doing with some of their republican leaders. Is it a marketing offensive or a change in the actual agenda . So youre answering our question. A credible journalist with the new yorker find this west interesting. Why wouldnt wekov it, howie . I dont understand the question. First, lets look at the cover of the new time magazine, marco rubio, headline, the republican savior. The more we focus on voices like rubios young, nextgeneration republican and the less we talk about john boehner and the endless budget fights with president obama, we are helping to shift the tone as well. Maybe journalists want the gop to moderate a bit. Well, of course they do. I mean, then you know, thats what makes things interesting. You have karl rove coming out with a new super pac that is going to be funding people who are more moderate. And then you have, you know, other people in the tea party, et cetera, who are still trying to shift things as far right as possible and stand up for their morals and principles. We have to do both. I do think we have to take seriously this attempt by republicans to rebrand themselves. But if theres no change in vote, if theres no change in policy, then are we to some degree thats true. Perhaps being taken in by the packaging . Fair point. But lets see what happens on immigration, for instance. Are there going to be republican votes that back up the four senators, to take one example, four republican senators led by john mccain, who said let me give you some straight talk, we are losing the kinds of people ryan was talking about. That translates into real votes and policy, its serious. Its beyond packaging. At the same time, theres a whole group of people who dont go along. Weve got to cover the tea party deadenders as well as the mccain reformers. You call them deadenders. They would say theyre fighting for the principles they believe in. Let me shift gears pap fascinating deadly story has emerged involving christopher dorner, the former l. A. Police officer who was accused, a great manhunt on right now, of multiple murders and violent rampage. And a manifesto written by him rambling, 11page rant, really, emerged in recent days. He has a lot of opinions on people on television. Chris matthews, joe scarborough, pat harvey, Brian Williams, soledad obrien, wolf blitzer, keep up the great work. Willie geist, youre talent pd stop with the talkshow shenaniga shenanigans. Its bizarre. How much should we care about what this guy says . Its bizarre. I think, you know, first of all, thats one list as a journalist you probably dont want to be on, the killers list of favorite journalists. We should care about it because hes a murder suspect and its worth covering. The other media story here is theres all these allegations in his manifesto against the Los Angeles Police department. You know, a question for the media. Should they be investigating that stuff . Is he credible given the fact hes probably killed people, is he credible in the accusations hes throwing out at the lapd . Its fascinating that all of these people that we know and see on tv are on this list. But the question really is do we want to publicize what this person is saying . He put it on facebook. Facebook has a billion people on it. Everybody is going to read this. So the New York Times made a decision not to actually talk about this and only use quotes sparingly from him. And i happen to think that for the New York Times is a wise decision. You want to see it on facebook, go look for it. Let me mention that dorner also sent a package to Cnns Anderson Cooper which contained a dvd having to do with his being kicked off the lapd and also a bulletridden souvenir coin. Take a look at coopers reaction. What i find so interesting and puzzling is that, i mean, big parts of this manifesto dont sound like they come from an Insane Person or someone capable of doing these killings. He seems aware of reality, the consequences of his actions. Ive been getting a lot of heat on twitter saying this guy dorner likes all these liberals on tv, the media is covering this up, its somehow tying the fact of these media personalities to this murders alleged rampage saying we blame conservatives. It would be different if he said he liked Rush Limbaugh or sarah palin. I dont know what to make of that. I thought the more interesting part of his manifesto was his analysis of the lapd. There is a long history of racism there. And i agree with anderson. There was an intelligence there at work. Now, this man has obviously gone on an murderous rampage and not in any way excusing that. Allegedly. But there is a very serious and careful analysis of the endemic racism in the lapd, a historical sensibility. That to me is worth paying attention to despite the murder the force from which it comes. I think theres a kernell of truth to the criticism on twitter. Sometimes the media has a hair trigger when you find out a murder suspect has ties to say the tea party or a radical right group. I have emphasized that. Sometimes we go over it fairly and sometimes not so much. I understand the sensitivity on the right. But theres nothing in his manifesto that ties him to any organized political group. He was talking about movie, talking about people he likes on tv, talking about politics. I mean, this seems like a very normal joe. Yeah. Got to go. When we come back, Chris Christie downs a doughnut on letterman and lashes out at a doctor for questioning his health. Are the media gorging on his weight . [ male announcer ] this is sheldon, whose long dy setting up the news starts with arthritis pain and a choice. Take tylenol or take aleve, the 1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. Just two aleve can keep pain away all day. Back to the news. Chris christie decided to fight back this week against all the media mockery about his weight. Well let Brian Williams set it up. New jersey governor Chris Christie took advantage of his firstever appearance on David Letterman last night to hit a big issue head on and it happened right in the middle of their conversation. I didnt know this was going to be this long. That of course triggered lots of cable segments about the governors girth. I worry that he may have a heart attack, he may have a stroke. Im a physician more than im a democrat or republican and i worry about this man dying in office. What was christies response to those comments on cnn by former white house physician Connie Mariano . She must be a genius. She should probably be the Surgeon General of the United States i suspect because she must be a genius. Listen, this is just another hack who wants five minutes on tv. If she wants to get on a plane and come to new jersey and examine me and review my medical history, ill have a conversation with her about that. Until that time, she should shut up. Lauren ashburn . Obesity is a big epidemic. Go ahead. Ask the question. Sorry. Would you like me to shut up . Im telling you to shut up. Christie goes on letterman, eats the doughnut, makes the joke about his weight, selfdeprecating and hes complaining everybody is talking about it . A little thin skinned. I have a hard time with him eating a doughnut then lashing out at someone for actually talking act htalk ing about his weight. The larger point here no pun intended maybe hes healthy as he says he is, but obesity is a big epidemic costing billions of health care dollars. And i think that just needs to be addressed. I agree with that, and i think you know, as one commentator said, his biggest physical problem is not his big girth, its his thin skin. He clearly showed that he and if hes going to run for president hes got to get used to this. A lot tougher. Excuse me. Sorry. Somebody accused me of being a bully by saying that we should talk about obesity, saying that i have a prejudice against fat people, which i dont ive struggled with my weight. I think that the question is really do you want to be projecting the image of an obese person . Its not just that. Theres another issue. We have a right, if someones going to be in the national spotlight, to know something about their discipline and judgment. That brings me to one of the questions i wanted to ask. The only reason we in the media are obsessing on this is because we think christie may probably run for president in 2016, which is three years from now. New jersey is happy with him. He has a reelection in new jersey. Of course. His popularity is high, looks like hell have an easy reelection. His whole media strategy this week was im going to make a joke of my weight. Put this behind me. It backfired. He cant take a joke about it. He cant kid himself. This woman made, you know, a comment that any doctor will tell you and he comes out there, doesnt laugh about it, doesnt do any selfdeprecating humor and attacks her in sort of a vicious way and that becomes the story. He calls connie and she tells the press he yelled at her on the phone. It backfired. Were talking about him. Not in a flattering way. Not in a flattering way. Youre the professor here. Before i move onto another subject, the whole convention which television puts on doctor, psychologists who then purport to analyze people, patients they have never met, is there something wrong with that . Does christie have a half a point . Half a point in that she has not looked at his medical records. Her saying shes worried about his health, he may die, i didnt particularly like that because she hasnt looked at his records. The point that is legitimate, he said over and over again, ive tried to lose weight and i havent done it. Does that tell us something about his discipline . Does that tell us something about his judgment . I think the answer is yes. I think somebody else says the answer is no. Going to start to rumble here. When you look at it is true. That to me is the more important issue. Got to move on. Washington poststyle story this week, speaking of weight, about Michelle Obamas