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Persuasion of being homosexual. >> now congressman, the religious exemption clause is fairly broad. so would it really force people to hire openly gay teachers, as we just heard? >> the law has been crafted, you know, very carefully to make sure that one, we're protecting people who are gay or lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, but also respect the first amendment rights of religious institutions. i think it's crafted in a way to pass the senate and our job then is to try to get it to pass the house, as well. but it's far past time and i think some of the rhetoric you'll hear from members will ...

Reid has set a vote for monday on legislation that would protect the lgbt community from workplace discrimination. to talk about it, joining us now is representative mark pocan, democrat of wisconsin, and chris geitner, legal editor at buzzfeed.com. the bill in the senate is called the employment and nondiscrimination act and bars companies with more than 15 employees from discriminating against workers on the basis of their sexuality or sexual orientati orientation. and joe manchin of west virginia was the last holdout among the democrats. he's now on board. two republicans, collins of maine ...

Leadership really is clarity and a vision. >> let's get right to our panel. joining us now is the "washington post" nia-malika henderson host of on background, krystle ball who, of course is my colleague and the co-host of the "cycle" and mckay coppins political editor at buzzfeed.com. how about sean hannity and ann coulter, finally locating those weapons of mass destruction. >> amazing >> they found them. >> more than ten years later sean hannity has finally found the wmd. incredible, a day to be remembered. >> excellent. mckay, let's move on to donald who's neatly timed book tour, he's told ...

Featured speakers will be john lewis. back in 1963 he was the leader of the student nonviolating committee. nancy pelosi will also be speaking today along with the families of trayvon martin and emmett till. we'll all get under way later this morning and checking in and bringing you the latest proceedings throughout the day. the panel here in new york. amanda turkal for huffingtonpost.com, evan white house reporter for buzzfeed.com and liz winstead co-creator of "daily show" and author of the book. thank you for joining us. seems like the entire political world is in washington, d.c., glad we ...

Liberty. don't tread on me. >> chris christie says he wants to help this guy but he scheduled the election to avoid being on the same ticket. >> in other words, say anything, do anything, get elected first. and deceive the people in order to get elected. >> wait till they see steve lon gan on the flor of the united states senate. >> for the governor, it's a chance to embrace the tea party segment of the republican electorate he's going to need in his presidential race. >> steve and i have believed and still believe in so many of the same things. >> if you win an election or get re-elected by s...