What did obama do to earn the hatr hatred . Is he some kind of dangerous criminal . Not exactly, obama came up as a Community Organizers, a softcell guy. Hes done just about everything right in his life. Didnt have a father around, but did a great job in school himself. Got into columbia, later, harvard law. Didnt become a money grubber. He decided to work helping people in his own community. A peaceful kind of guy. Is he some bounder who doesnt take responsibiliiblility for h manhood . I say just the opposite. So what is it that the haters fear about this guy . What do they hate . That hes black . Is that it . He didnt push gun issues until newtown. Is it the immigration issue . Hes the same as the gang of 8 right there in the middle. What is it they hate in this guy . They should be applauding him as a role model. A hundred years from now, white, black and brown, this is just the guy youd want standing out there as our role model. Thats hardball. Politics nation with al sharpton starts rielt now. Thanks, chris, and thanks to you for tuning in. Last night, the largest active volcano in europe erupted. Mt mt. Mt. Edna spewed la va and hot ash for a thousand feet in the sky. The blast was so powerful, it was visible in space. Something else is blowing up. The gops relentless disput with president obama. Yep, you can see it right there. In just a few minutes, president obama will leave the white house for a dinner to talk policy and politics with a group of republican lawmakers. Hell break bread with 11 gop senators, talking about taxes and cuts and breaking gridlock in washington. This could be the start of something. Im encouraged by the president s out reach. I hope it bears fruit. There are other senators who will be giving their views to the president tonight. They will probably try to talk sense into him and hell try to talk sense into us. Talking sense into the gop . I like the sound of that. Thats probably why two republica republicans, in particular, wont be attending. Thats right. Senator mcconnell, no soup for you. And Speaker Boehner, no merlot for you, either. Those two Republican Leaders have proven they reject compromise. Theyve shown theyre beholden to the far right. Need an example . Just look at the fit Speaker Boehner threw over the white house decision to stop tours over atmatic budget cuts that republicans allowed to happen. Whats the idea that were going to shut down tours at the white house during the ooeszer season when washington is overrun by visitors, its just silly. And i want to know whos being laid off at the white house . Is this whats going on . All i can say is the capitol is open to visitors. We welcome the American People to come to their capitol. Weve been preparing for the president s sequester for months. Careful now. Stand back. John boehner is out raged. Wouldnt you love it if he were just as out raged to the cuts were seeing to the poor or the cuts to the vital womens programs or, i dont know, how about 750,000 jobs that will be lost if we dont come together on a budget deal . How about some out rage on that, mr. Speaker . And while hes downright angry, congressman paul ryan is practically gleeful with the cuts the latest budget will make to the safety net. The New York Times says, hes likely to propose cuts to many programs unaffected by the automatic redurkss. Like food stamps, medicaid u social Service Block grants and farm subsidies. He would use those savings to reduce some of the automatic cuts, including in the military. Quiet a reverse robin hood. Steal from the poor and give to the pentagon. Joining me now is congresswoman out of illinois and chad bernstein for budget and policies. Thank you for both being here tonight. Congresswoman, let me go to you, first. Some senators may be open to compromise. But it seems the same old ways with the house republicans. There is such an incredible disconnect between the United States congress, the house, the republicanled house and the rest of the world. The real life, the real world that my constituents live in. And everything single thing that theyre doing, the sequester, the continuing resolution, the ryan budget make income and equality much worse. Created, as you pointed out, the loss of 750,000 jobs. Give more tax breaks the ryan budget will give more tax breakst the wetiest americans. Nunl none of this is necessary. This is a selfinflicted pain on the middle class and the poor. Jared, when you look at the president going to dinner with them tonight, reaching out, they always said he did reach out. Hes reaching out again. New york times said this weekend, the president s new strategy in dealing with the gop is is this new strategy a result of what he learned his first four years in aufsz, in your opinion . I think so. I think he learned from silting across the table, negotiating in fairly oldschool style, the idea that the president deals with Party Leaders didnt work for him because the party leader, im thinking of Speaker Boehner in particular, he didnt have his troops behind him. So let me underscore something the congressman said about this. Im very glad theyre trying to work towards compromise. Its a word thats been lacking in washington. We wont move forward woult it. But look at what theyre talking about. Youre not telling me that these folks are getting together to try to figure out how to bring the Unemployment Rate down or to increase the ralt of job growth. Youre telling me theyre getting together to try to turn off sequester and diffuse the latest fiscal time bomb. Thats good. But how about some urgency around jobs, the economy, the things that the congresswoman was talking about. And then, when you look at the real suffering that people are doing and were talking about the preserved loopholes for peoples private jets and their private yachts, congresswoman, its really amazing. But, at the end of the day, though, you have to hope that you can get something done if you really care about people not suffering. Senator graham, who ive been no fan of, he did show some kind of willingness to cooperate. Listen to this. I have said that im willing to bend the retirement curve. Im just speaking for myself. Ive been no fan of his on this show and other places. But, for him to mention revenue, congresswoman, is a big deal. You know, he mentioned revenue, but he also mentioned the real prize that theyre after. And that is social security. That had nothing to do with the deficit. So medicare and medicaid. So thats where they really want to go. So to cut those programs, to cut the benefits of those prachls is what they really want to do. That will cause enormous pain. And i think that is a bad tradeoff for us to be making. Jared, the president is not just at dinner tonight. Theres a lot of reachings out going on. Hes having dinner tonight. Next week, he will address gop house and Senate Conferences and will join republicans for lumpk. Also, hes spoking with congressman paul ryan regarding the bumgt. So hes very proactive in trying to break this gridlock and get something done, which is a good thing if youre one of those 750,000 people that may lose their job. Or if youre in one of the situations that the American People talk ds about. Of course thats right. The president has consistently argued for turning things off. The plan that hes put forth has been balanced between revenue increases on one side and spending cuts on the other. The thing that republicans consistently refuse to remember is weve raised about 700 billion in taxes. We already have an imbalance there. Weve legislated 2. 30 of every spending cut for every dollar of tax increases. The president is absolutely right, thats got to be the way forward. Hes said im going to do some things that many of you may disagree with. Its not as if democrats righthand turn being asked to do anything, either, to koch miez. I mean, there are members of my party who violently disagree with the notion that we should do anything on medicare. And im willing to say to them, i diszagree with you because i want to preserve medicare for the long haul. And were going to have some tough politics within my party to get this done. Both sides need to be willing to compromise. So, when they say that he is not willing to compromise and that hes just inflexible and more and more and more, thats reelly not true. Of course, its not true. We already cut 716 billion out of medicare. Already, the republicans accused us of cutting medicare. Now, they really want to cut more and more and more. We are willing to cut all the fat out of those programs to make them more e fishlt. But when you start cutting benefits, youre talking about taking lifesaving Health Care Away from seniors who make a immediate yanl inco Median Income of 22,000 a year and are already paying 20 of their income outofpocket for health care. We just have to be very careful about where we make the cuts. But of course were willing to sit down and discuss where they can be made safe lly for the American People. Well, congresswoman, im going to have to leave it there. Youre right. We can cut the fat. Its when they start trying to cut the bone that bothers me. Congresswoman and jare jared bernstein, thank you for coming on the show. Ahead, president obama ready to mark a major milestone in the fight for equality. Valerie jarrett joins us live on a winning fight for womens rights. And bill o o reilly losing control. Give me one damn program hes sitting its called entitlements. What are you doing . Why do you want to yell . B because youre lie g. 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Its been a long time coming. Republicans blocked the law for almost a year. Posing its expanded pre eed pro for groups in native america and the l. G. B. T. Kmupty. Most republicans were still saying no. 138 republicans in the house and 22 republicans in the senate. They tried, but they failed to stop the violence against women act. The president s first act in office was to expand womens rights with the act. And, tomorrow, hell make history, once again. Joining me now is white house Senior Advisor, valer valerie jarrett. Nice to have you here. Im honored to be here. Were very honored to have you here and around this occasion. An amazing occasion tomorrow will be. It really took longer than it needed to become law. And to go to the president s desk. Tell me why anyone could be opposed to a violence against womens act. Its hard to imagine when you think that every day, three women die as a result of Domestic Violence. Five women in the course one in five women will be assaulted or raped in the course of their life. And that number 1 in 4 for collegeage women. With that kind of statistic, how on earth could we not move forward. Wed made a lot of progress since it was authored by Vice President biden. Its been reauthorized and strengthened twice before. And this time, we said it should apply to all people. We had resis tense, but ult maltly, it passed and we should be surrounded by stakeholders around the country and it should be a testament to what happens when youp dont give up and you keep pushing. And the act has worked. The 19 years has been into effect. We can see tangible results. Huge effects. If you think back to 19 years ago, the Police Department were trained to recognize it. So oftentimes, acts of Domestic Violence were ignored and men were put right back on the street if they were taken in to begin with. Women didnt have hotlines. There were no Services Available in terms of social services or shelters available. Legal services were not available. So the resources we have in terms of Human Capital and Financial Capital have made a dramatic difference. But we still have hard work to do. Now, i notice that you were able to have a strategy that appears now by getting individual senators and congressman in the republican on the republican side to vote with you. Is that a new strategy . That the white house is just not even arguing with the leadership and repealing directly . The president s attitude is hell do whatever it takes. So were going to talk to the leadership as he met with the leaders last friday about the sequester. You mentioned this evening, hes having dinner with some of the members. Well talk to whoever wants to come to the table and work with us in good faith. Weve had huge challenges in this country, reverend sharpton. As you know. But theres nothing that we cant do with the American People behind us. I think what you saw with the violence against women act is women and men all across the country saying come on now. This is something that we have to do not just the president to do it as the president. Or he did it as a father of two girls, as a husband, as a son recognizing the importance of protecting all of our women around the country. And men. Absolutely. Do you think,as you mentioned when i talked about the show, would this possibly lead to compromise and breakthroughs and other areas . Certainly we hope so. Weve already seen glimmers of light. There seems to be anl awesome momentum but so much of his agener agenda to invest in education and early fall of the state. Infrastructure. That ambitious agenda thats a growth agenda that will position our companies to be globally competitive in order to tackle that fully, we need to get our fiscal house in order. So were going to find that Common Ground and the president , as you know, hes not about to give up now. Now, when you say fiscal house, thats going to be a balanced approach. As i was just talking with congresswoman shakowski, the president has said hes dealing with some spending in some of the things that some in his own party and some on my side of the etiological said that the president is talking about. So far, weve cut 3 for every 12kw4r50ur7bs dollar of revenue. Hes not willing to balance our bujts on the backs of Senior Citizens or children with d disableties or the poor. So we have to make sure that we cant everything everyone else to sacrifice without asking those with the top income to sacrifice. It will lead to investment and growth. Ive spent the last few days in new york meeting with the business people. And theyre more than willing to pay their fair share of support. They took that message to the hill at the end of last year. Many of them were met with deaf ears, but were just going to keep at it. Thats going to be what positions our country for growth. Yesterday, the stock market hit an alltime high. We are on the right track. We just need to still do big things. And i am confident that if were all working together and with the American People behind us, we can still do big things in this country. If we can make the stock market hit an alltime high and unemployment an alltime low, thats the balance we need. White house Senior Advisor and im sure a very proud american tomorrow when he picks up that pen and signs the continuation of the violence against women eegs akts. Valerie jarrett, thank you for your time tonight. Still ahead. No regrets . No joke. Dick cheney is trying to rewrite history. But he wont get away with it. And the truth behind bill orileys freak out. Dont sit there and call me a liar. I am. We can have a disagreement without ca