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[ music ] >> broadcasting across the nation, on your radio and on current tv this is "the bill press show." >> bill: well after yesterday's battle in the united states senate, the score is: women senators: 1; pentagon: zero. maybe it was 99 top zero. it was a rout. happy wednesday. it is wednesday, june 5th here you are with us on the full court press. you are part of the full"full-court press." you make it happen wherever you happen to be in this great land of ours? >> whether you are listening on your local progressive talk radio station. tune in as a loyal follower of that station and this program, whether you are listening on sirius xm this hour only. sorry we can't be with you all three hours on sirius xm. that's their own dumb choice. or whether you are watching us on current tv. good to have you with us today. there were fireworks on capitol hill yesterday. don't forget, you become part of the program any time you want by picking up the phone and calling us at 866-55-press, by picking up your iphone or your blackberrry or whatever, you're smart phone and sending us your comments on twitter @bpshow or on facebook at facebook.com/bill press show. yes, that big hearing yesterday on sexual assault in the military, yet another hearing on the irs. primary battles up in new jersey and the special election called in new jersey and the french are now telling us that they have evidence that chemical weapons were used by the assad government in syria. we will get into all of that with you here on the "full-court press" with the help of our team, peter ogburn. >> hey, hey, hey. >> bill: doing double duty while dan henning continues on his honeymoon. he will be back on monday. alicia cruz is here to take care of the phones for you and cyprianbowling as the phones covered as always. we have to tell you, that hearing from the senate armed services committee yesterday, this subcommittee looking into the problem of sexual assault in the military. remember not so long ago a report came out that there are 26,000 cases last year of sexual assault across the board in the military up from about 10,000 in 2010. it's just a growing problem, and it's also a growing evidence that the military is capable of doing nothing about it, itself. kristen jillibrand said, here is why leaving you guys and continuing -- "you guys" meaning the commanders in charge isn't working. >> every single commander necessarily wants women in the force. not every single commander believes what a sexual assault is. not every single commander can distinguish between a slap on the ass and a rape. i have never third language like that in the united states am senate. >> she meant business. >> she was on fire yesterday. man, and they were a great picture in the washington post this morning, front page of the military all across the board, all of those brassy uniforms. one woman only. from their comments, don't have a clue. even john mccain who is always also out there in support of the military the, given his own record as a graduate of the naval academy, he said yesterday he couldn't -- he continue encourage a young woman today to join the armed services. >> if a woman came to me and said her daughter wanted to join the military and could i give my unqualified support for her doing so i could not. >> bill: i could not. pretty sad tale there. all right. we are going to get into the news of the day with the help of all of you and with governor -- former governor eliot spitzer a little bit later in the program. democratic congressman yon yarmouth will be with us in studio as well as reporters from politico. chris christie laying an egg yesterday but first. >> this is the full court press. >> here's what's making news. bill, if you are not cheating, you are not trying. we might be looking at the biggest doping scandal in the history of american sports. a new story from espn's t.j. quin says major league baseball is set to hand down am suspension including alex rodriguez and ryan braun. the politics are linked to the bio genesis lab in florida, about its link to doping and giving drugs to professional athletes. the only online difference between then and now tony bosh, the owner of the clinic is cooperating with major league baseball, giving them names giving them records, and according to t. j. quin at espn, the players are looking at a 100-game suspension. >> how many games to they play in a season. >> it's over 250. it's a big big suspension. the problem is not only were they dope, but they lied to major league baseball about it because, again, these stories have come up and they have said before, no, no no, no. not us. >> talking big names. >> big names, the biggest in baseball. >> a-rod. >> sorry. you stay classy washington, d.c. the museum has announced they are apenouncing a num exhibit on "anchorman" "anchorman." it the it will happen in november of this year. some of the things you can see at the exhibit inclusion the jazz flute that he famously plays. there will be several of the '70s styles costumes and a little desk where you can practice your sign off. you stay classy wherever you are from. very interesting. >> bill: that is. that was a funny movie. >> yeah. the future is bright and it tastes like pepperoni. if you want pizza and you don't want the human interaction of ordering them for delivery dominoes may have the solution for you. they tested a domicopter in the u.k. it is a drone for pizza. >> bill: wait a minute. >> peter: i am not making this up. >> bill: shoots the pizza to your house? >> peter: they did a test the other day, a little helicopter will carry your pizzas. you orderom pay for it online. it went four miles in 10 minutes. the pizza shows up at your door via drone helicopter. >> how does it get it from the sky to your door? >> it lands. it comes down >> bill: oh, no. how does it walk it to your door? >> peter: lands at your doorstep. here, you walk outside take your peace pizza as and because you have already paid online there is no interaction with any human whatsoever. it seems silly >> bill: first of all, what are they going to do about hotel rooms am?>> peter: good point. >> bill: what about apartment buildings? >> peter: this is not perfect. >> bill: how many people live in an area where they have a big front yard and a front step. >> peter: it's not very big. it's the size of the pizza box. so you don't -- i am not supporting this idea. i am just saying, logistically, it's not much bigger than, you know, a pizza box. >> bill: here, all right. i just say, it's one more reason to get rid of drones. >> peter: okay. >> bill: as if we needed a reason. yesterday, the big political story of the day. this is an impact i nationwide because chris christie is huge. i am not -- that's not -- no. >> that's not a reflection on his ycorporal size. he is a huge figure in american politics no doubt about it and a major potential player in 2016. remember, he gave the keynote address this last year at the republican national convention. he did a lousy job but people see him as a major player on the national scene. so we are all looking, a lot of republicans aren't happy about that because they don't think he is conservative enough. but a lot of republicans are saying, this is just the kind of guy that we need. certainly he is buddy-buddy with president obama. and so people are watching chris christie. yesterday, i believe, we saw chris christie who has coom across as a part sabring guy. i think the way he handled hurricane sandy, look i have been an opponent of chris christie for a long time a critic of his because of the way he treated teachers and public employees in the state of new jersey trying to blame all of the state's budget problems on them and wrecking their pensions and their healthcare benefits and refusing to pay them a living wage. so, i am not your big chris christie defender here but i thought the way he responded to hurricane sandy was admirable. he did the right thing for the people of new jersey. and showing that, you know, he is a pretty smart guy politically. but yesterday, i believe he really laid an egg, and a political miss calculation that is transparent lip hypocritical political and self-serving. this had to do with the death of frank lauten berg. we talked about his legacy yesterday. on top of that so then as a result of that, chris christie gets to do two things: he gets to name an interim senator until -- and then he gets to call the -- until a special election, which then, he gets to call. okay? so name an interim, call the special election. new jersey law is a little complicated. very complicated. it's not clear. you could go either way. you have to have a special election. but the special election could be this year 2013. or it could be next year 2014, when senator lauten berg's seat would be up for -- when he would have been up for reelection. so that's when that t a new six-year term for a senator in new jersey would be decided. and if it's this year, well everybody would say, well, okay. we've got -- this is june. we had the senate primary yesterday in new jersey, which, by the way, chris christie won for the republicans and barbara boneau won for the democrats. so the general election is in november. so if we are going to call a special election this year then, let's just have it coincide, of course, to save money, with the general election already scheduled in november. so chris christie made this big announcement yesterday. first of all, he says this is important, that the people of new jersey have a voice and elect a senator as soon as possible. >> the citizens of new jersey need to have an elected representative to the united states senate and have it adds soon as possible. >> bill: so, he says in other words, i am going to name somebody else, but we need an elected senator as soon as possible. so that means he was not goting to wait until 2014. it's going to do it this year. and when he is going to do it this year, of course, that means he will do it in november when everybody else woman turning out to vote for governor, either to reelect him or to elect barbara become oneau. right? no. wrong. chris christie doesn't want that. instead, what he did was he called yet a different special election in october, three weeks before the regular election. why would he do such a thing? he says because we need an elected senator, again, that clip as soon as possible. no. that's not why he did it. he did it because he knows that if there is a senate race on the ballot at the same time that he is running for reelection. and if the democratic nominee, it looks like for senate is going to be cory booker the popular mayor of new jersey a lot of democrats are going to come out to vote for cory booker in november. he doesn't want that. no. he doesn't want that because he's afraid they will take votes from him, and he wants to reallitiously really pile on barbara boneau in november so that that will catapult him to being the top-running, the top republican for 2016. and so he's moving all that senate vote to october on to get that out of the way zocory booker won't be on the ballot at the same time as he is. first of all, what a cowardtiously and, two, what does he think? why would he have the people of new jersey pay for this little frolic of his? what do you think this is going to cost? reporters, of course asked chris christie that yesterday. >> i don't know what the cost is and i, quite frankly, don't care. i don't think you can put a price tag on what it costs to put someone in the united states senate. all of the people of the state of new jersey will benefit from it. we are not going to penny-wise and pound-foolish. >> he doesn't know the cost? i don't believe that for a second. of course any governor would say how much this is going to cost. of course he knows the costs. and then he doesn't care? i tell you the cost >> it's $24 million. >> that's $24 million. the people of new jersey are going to have to pay so chris crist irving doesn't have to put up with cory booker being on the ballot at the same time he is. you know what? >> chicken -- you can say the other word. >> that's exactly what that is. and this is a governor, remember, who wouldn't pay teachers a living wage wouldn't pay their pensions wouldn't pay their healthcare benefits and yet is spending $24 million on an election nobody needs, nobody wants, nobody has to have. it ought to be in november. chris christie, big-time political mistake. what do you think? 866-55-press. not just the people of new jersey ought to be upset about this but especially the people of new jersey. sound off at 866-557-7377. let's talk about it. >> on your radio and on current tv this is "the bill press show." 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[ music ] >> this is the bill press suppress show >> bill: you bet it is. 26 minutes after the hour now. talking about the big news from new jersey yesterday. chris christie saying uh-uh. i don't want any competition when i am on the ballot. i want that spotlight all to myself. >> that's one other thing. "so i am going to call a special election in october for the senate race, for the senate seat. and i'll name somebody," he said "to 'til fill that seat until october." then that person will have to run a year and a month later in november of 2014. one other thing, i mean, you know how tough it is? we all know how tough it is to get people out to vote. do you think in new jersey they are going to come out to vote in off the and november. joanna calling from the west coast. >> caller: good morning, bill. i think the people of new jersey are going to be hopping mad. >> bill: i hope so. >> caller: spending this money. i went to high school with barbara boneau. my cousins is a teacher. they are not too happy to begin with him but the old christie is back. this is the real christie. >> bill: i know. i think you are right. i think that's the problem with this decision is all of that goodwill that he built up over hurricane sandy is going to dissipate over this. >> he has mr. mr. nice guy for the last few months. right. we will see. now, he is back. i like that. he is back to the old chris christie. wendy calling from parkland florida. hey, wendy. >> caller: good morning, bill. >> bill: good morning. >> caller: my question is: do the people of new jersey have any recourse in the legal system? >> bill: that's a good question. democrats in the legislature have said that they are going to -- that they haven't filed it yet, but that they've at least talked about the possibility of challenging this notice courts. >> caller: i hope they do because it's so blatantly political, like i said. but like the caller before said, he's showing his true colors and it may be it will, you know get the people really invested in this election and get out in vote in both e lex and say, you know, we are not putting up with your baloney any more. >> bill: we will see. you know. if it will rile the people up. i certainly hope it will. i mean i ran a state-wide campaign in new jersey. i am not saying i am an expert on new jersey politics and i grew up across the river in delaware. i don't see the people of new jersey as just rolling over an