[ theme ] stephanie you know, Jacki Schechner, if theres one thing weve learned about life, you never know what gift every day will bring. Including, when economy in and say chris, why is there a monkey inmy seat . [ magic wand ] because someone named julie sent it to you. What kind of monkey . Stephanie i dont really know. An ugly monkey. Stop it [ buzzer ] it is a lovely monkey. Stephanie now it is on talking liberally when we touch the monkey. All right. It was a behr. Now its a monkey. Stephanie speaking of wildlife, how about the turtle on every single sunday show. Well get you another look at him. He was everywhere. Stephanie thats a visual. Eye candy for the gals. Because i move so quickly. Paul ryan. Stephanie no no. All right. No sixpack like paul ryan. Jacki schechner in the current news center. Good morning. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton is back to work this week. Today, in fact, after hospitalization for a blood clot in a vein in her head, she left New York Presbyterian Hospital five days ago and according to the state department has been keeping up with work via memos and talking with her staff. She has a series of meetings including three scheduled at the white house. Shes expected to give up her spot as secretary of state in a few weeks. President obama has already announced hes nominated senator john ker troy succeed her. While he should sail through the confirmation process relatively easily his president s pick for secretary of defense looks like he may have a tougher time today. The president will announce hes nominating former nebraska senator chuck hagel to follow leon panetta as secretary of defense. Here is Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell as stephanie mentioned on one of his many appearances on the talk shows from abcs this week with mcconnell talking about his priorities for whoever takes over as secretary of defense. Whoever is nominated for secretary of defense is going to have a have a full understanding of our close relationsship with our israeli allies, the iranian threat and the importance of having a robust military. Hes just a bundle of energy. Hagel is a vietnam war veteran and a moderate republican. Hes taking heat especially from fellow republicans over his support of israel, whether or not hes supportive enough and whether or not hes willing to take a hard enough stance against iran. Also today, the president is going to nominate his counterterrorism adviser brennan to succeed petraeus as head of the c. I. A. Were back after the break. That viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. They know that im not bsing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. When the democrats are wrong, they know that im going to be the first one to call them out. They can question whether im right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. [ ryon ] eating shrimp at red lobster is a fantastic experience. 30 shrimp for 11. 99. I cant imagine anything better. Youre getting a ton of shrimp and it tastes really good [ male announcer ] hurry in to red lobsters 30 shrimp for just 11. 99 choose any two of five savory shrimp selections like mango jalapeno shrimp and parmesan crunch shrimp. Two delicious shrimp selections on one plate all with salad and unlimited cheddar bay biscuits. 30 shrimp, just 11. 99 for a limited time. Wow, thats a lot of shrimp. Im ryon stewart im the ultimate shrimp lover, and i sea food differently. [ male announcer ] pillsbury grands biscuits. Delicious. But say i press a few out flat. Add some beef sloppy joe sauce. And cheese fold it all up and boom i just made an unbeatable unsloppy joe pillsbury grands biscuits. Let the making begin. [ female announcer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry thats been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design . A toaster strudel. Pillsbury toaster strudel. So delicious. So fun. Announcer ladies and gentlemen, its the Stephanie Miller show. Im walkin on sunshine im walkin on sunshine and its time to feel good hey, all right now and its time to feel good stephanie it is the Stephanie Miller show. Welcome to it. Six minutes after the hour. 1800steph12 the phone number toll free from anywhere. Happy monday, everybody. We welcome seattle back in the house. Woot woot. Play is the station. Play 1180. Stephanie hello. You do claymation on the radio. Stephanie missed you seattle. Youre in claymation on current tv as well. You were once a little dream ball of clay. Stephanie unsolicited testimonial. Sheila and her dog bijou. Hes handsome and romantic. We posted that picture up on facebook. Stephanie i thought you would like to see my rescue dog bijou. Were proudly wearing our steph crap all over the town proudly claiming theyre steph heads. Get your own steph crap at stephaniemiller. Com. Stephanie sexyliberal. Com. Tickets are almost gone for washington d. C. Inauguration weekend january 19th. The sexy liberal palooza go. There are some front balcony i believe, whatever. Two surprise celebrity guests. In fact, two of them were news stories you sent me today and i cant do them. You know me. I have loose lips. Perhaps youve said too much. Stephanie perhaps i have. As people rush to the internet to look for news stories of celebrities stephanie who could be the two huge celebrity surprise guests in d. C. . I dont know. Listeners with fun facts because we got a barrage of right wing callers last week. Yes, we did. Stephanie with the usual barrage of misinformation. John and pat its hard to keep up with it all. They shoot random fun facts at you. John in palatine says you had a caller that said the president loaned 2 billion to brazil for oil drilling. If you google it, she would find thats not true. The misinformation came from glenn beck. [ ding ding ] [ applause ] stephanie thats where that came from. From the horses mouth . Stephanie mike with fun facts on the fiscal cliff deal. Because were there again. Yesterday, if you looked at the sunday shows. Were going to cut spending. This is more like a debt ceiling thing. Stephanie again. As i was saying, what eye candy for the gals to have Mitch Mcconnell on every sunday show. No matter where you turn, that was [ screaming ] okay. This sunlight hits your Television Just right and reflects off his glasses things can burst into flames. You need to be careful. Mike in pittsburgh writes steph hes a fire starter. He did start the fire. Stephanie yeah, well we didnt. Dear steph i keep listening to the criticism of the fiscal cliff, not getting the 250,000 limit. Heres a factoid for you. In 1939, president clinton enacted the tax rate on incomes over 250,000. Now, the i. R. S. And today adjusted for inflation his 250,000 is 397,000 which is exactly what the president got. President obama got the same deal president clinton got back then. I would say the country did pretty good. Thats just kenyan voodoo. [ ding ding ] [ applause ] stephanie all right. Isnt it just like its like an acid flashback or like a flintstones cartoon background. Here we go again. The same rock. The same tree. Rock, tree, dinosaur. Rock, tree, dinosaur. Mitch mcconnell is the dinosaur. Stephanie i was just going to say. So theres that. By the way lots there is a great piece in the New York Times we have to post. More guns equals more killing. Because we got into parts of this last week. There is a story in the Washington Post, the white house considering broader gun control measures. [ alleluia ] what a concept jim doing what they do all over the world and it has an effect in some way. Like the famous buyback in australia. Stephanie thank you, yes. We have a hunter, a duck hunter call in last week. Remember . Youre despicable Stephanie Steven in South Chicago says only a threeshot clip is allowed for duck hunting. Shouldnt we give School Children as much as of a chance as ducks. [ applause ] some right wing nim rod is Going Forward with an arm the teachers thing. Which state is that . Is it alabama . State of denial. Stephanie alabama. [ world news tonight ] if you have to guess mississippi . Alabama . One of those. First two guesses for right wing nimrods proposing ridiculous things. Arming teachers, despite opposition from school officials. Oh boy. Alabama lawmakers state representative carrie rich please and thank you plans to arm teachers and principals next week despite the opposition of School Administrators and oh, heres an added bonus to his plan. It does not seem to provide for any training. Oh, great. Because that would cost money. Whos going to buy the firearms for all of the teachers . Stephanie i think hes a little doughy dont they need some time to actually get acquainted with the gun . Use it maybe do some target practice . Stephanie no no. More than once a year . Stephanie anyway, love this piece by elizabeth rosenthal. Well post it. More guns equals more killings. It is already posted on your facebook page. [ magic wand ] stephanie it is like magic seriously, when all of this first happened and we looked at all of the statistics around the world, how can you just think thats okay . And this is oh, thats the price of freedom that your 6yearold might get shot at school. There is cause and effect. Ive seen a lot of articles. This one, she says in the wake of the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in newtown, connecticut last month the nra said to place a good guy with a gun some of those at fort ord. Stephanie right. Also columbine. She says i recently visited some latinamerican countries that mesh with the nras vision where guards with guns grace every lobby, storefront, atm and restaurant and gas station. Has not made the countries saner or better. Guatemala, honduras, venezuela have some of the highest homicide rates in the world. What a coincidence. Stephanie oh no. You mean Wayne Lapierrre could be wrong about something . A society that is relying on guys with guns to stop violence is a sign of a society where institutions have broken down said an expert, it is shocking to hear anyone in the United States considering a solution mald make it seem more like colombia. Somalia. Perfect. As guns proliferate legally and illegally, people seem more terrorized in guatemala. Riding a public bus is a risky business. More than 500 bus drivers have been killed in robberies since 2007 which tracks organized crime in the americas to call it the most dangerous profession on the planet. When bullets start flying, everyone is vulnerable. I think you pointed this out jim. 155 drivers 54 bus assistants and 14 criminals. Thats a good average right . Yeah, at least you got some of them. Stephanie some were killed by the robbers bullets and by guncarrying passengers and places with more guns have more violent deaths, more homicides and more suicides. Really need a Scientific Study for that. Stephanie apparently you do. Women and children are more likely to die. The more guns in an area, the higher the local suicide rates. If you live in a civilized society, more guns mean more deaths. Some harvard guy. Theres no evidence that having more guns reduces crime. None at all. After a gruesome mass murder in australia, this is the thing everybody keeps citing. In 1996, it provoked public outrage. Australia did something. Isnt that weird . [ ding ding ] [ applause ] stephanie we should, maybe. We should get rid of some of the guns. Stephanie they included a 28day waiting period before purchase and ban on semiautomatic weapons. I dont know, theres probably no connection here jim. [ jeopardy theme ] lets see. Before then, australia had one mass shooting a year. Since then, rates of homicides and suicides have dropped 50 and there have been no mass killings. No none. Coincidence. [ applause ] stephanie im sure thats completely unrelated. Just a theory like global warming. Stephanie the white house is apparently consulting bloomberg and you know, again you can prove it. You can prove it with new york citys statistics. The new mayor of bogota has forbidden residents to carry weapons in any public spaces. Murder rate has dropped to a 27year low. Theyre not a defense. Theyre a risk. We appear to be the only country that is cuckoo. [ cuckoo clock chimes ] that wants more guns. Stephanie studies in central america, people who used a gun were far more likely to be injured or affected. Were not in that circumstance, were a developed stable country. Thank you, more guns equals more killings. [ applause ] dont you tell me guns are dangerous. Ill blow your damn head off. Oh wait. Stephanie okay. [ world news tonight ] the white house is weighing a far broader approach to curbing gun violence in reinstating a ban of assault weapons and high capacity magazines. That was in the Washington Post yesterday. A working group led by joe biden hes getting a lot of work done, that joe biden considering measures that would require universal background checks and track the movement and sales of weapons through a National Database. Whats wrong with that . I dont understand why thats nothings wrong with that. Youre taking away our freedoms. Stephanie right. Except for that. To sell such changes, the white house is developing strategies to work around the nra. Theres a jimdandy idea. Routing support from walmart and others that would benefit their businesses. Were getting tricky now. The white house has been in contact as i was saying with advisers of bloomberg, yada yada yada. This is encouraging. It is encouraging. As soon as we go through the next hostage crisis, we can move on to getting something done. Stephanie all right. Ill tell what you some ridiculous former nra president had to say. Oh, yeah. Stephanie 17 minutes after the hour. We roll along our usual rude pundit coming up, Eric Boehlert and representative alan grayson. That womans about as subtle as a Rhinoceros Horn at the backside. Announcer its the Stephanie Miller show. I want the people who watch our show, to be able to come away armed with the facts, and the arguments to feel confident in their positions. I want them to have the data and i want them to have the passion. Announcer Stephanie Miller. Didnt start the fire, it was always burnin since the worlds been turnin Stephanie Miller. Didnt start the fire stephanie it is the the Stephanie Miller show. Welcome to it. 23 minutes after the hour. His rudeness coming up at the bottom of the hour. Rude pundit. Mike in chicago youre on the Stephanie Miller show. We were talking about guns. Hey, mike. Caller whats going on steph in. Stephanie not much. Go ahead. Caller no ones talked about jan brewer and rick perry our two favorite crazy governors, they want it to be law you can carry a gun anywhere in the state. Because when i think of safety, i think of Nothing Better than college kids drinking in bars. Stephanie what could possibly go wrong. Caller these people are taken seriously. Thats the sad part about it. Stephanie this is a former nra president. [ world news tonight ] banning guns because of the way they look is just like segregation. Oh, god. Stephanie why do you even bother having a debate with people like this . She equated the banning of guns because of the way they look. People were warned that president obama was reelected, he would be coming after our guns. The predictions have panned out. The fact he hasnt done it is proof that hes planning to. Stephanie this is when you start getting into the lunatic fringe the president is behind the shooting in newtown to get gun control enacted. Youre off down the rabbit hole. She said were in for a massive fight like weve never seen before. S the color of a gun, the way it looks, it is just bad politics. Oh, my god. Wow. Stephanie thats exactly the same. And youre not banning a gun because of the way it looks. It is what it does. Youre a gunnist. Thats what you are. You put people in prison because of what they do. Not because of how they look. It makes me look fat. Stephanie right. Thats what i meant. Stephanie alabama, right wing douche nozzle alabama forces teachers to be armed. Another what could possibly go wrong, vermont teacher turns in rifle before being committed to a mental institution. Vermont high schoolteacher was admitted to a Psychiatric Hospital after posting disturbing videos on youtube. Steven davis had a bushmaster rifle in his possession and willingly handed it over to police as they came to his home to investigate. High capacity clips and about 500 rounds of ammunition. The rantings on facebook were highly critical of the high school. He criticized the administration and the unions and said he had plans for retribution. [ wah wah ] stephanie thats another thing about the more gun solution to everything is teaches are people too. You dont know who might be unstable or might not be. It is adding more guns in any situation just seems oh, for instance, this one. Drunk man celebrating his birthday shoots and kills fellow customer in a brooklyn diner over a squabble. As you do. [ world news tonight ] Stephanie Jason lies was trying to stop an inebriated man. The drunk smacked him. He said why did you smack me . We dont have to shed blood for this. The gunman disagreed shooting him once in the chest. He just put the gun to his heart and pulled the trigger said the owner of the diner. It took two seconds. When you talk about more guns because drunk people in a normal argument, it wouldnt end that way, right . Just shoot everyone in the bar just to stephanie make sure you got some of the bad ones. Averages show at least 10 will be bad guys. The other 90 . Oh well, freedom. Stephanie michelle in baltimore, maryland. Hello, michelle, welcome. Caller hello stephanie. First, i would like to say that i would totally go gay for you. Stephanie awesome. Caller i would be your wife. Im a professional chef. I would take such good care of you, my dear. Stephanie now were talkin. Caller of course im your age so youll probably want to find something fun and young on the side.