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Been praised throughout his entire career. overwhelmingly signed by democratic members of congress in 1956. according to political only to republicans in support of that. we go back to the 1960s, passage of the civil rights seized the mic 64, and the voting rights act and 65. the same southern democrats tried to stop these historic pieces of legislation being passed including filibuster for months. then the actual vote tally spread let's take a look at the noaa votes for the civil rights act of 64. 112 democrats in congress voted against it. 21 republicans. for the 1965 voting rights act, 78 d...

No legislation being -- and he has no real experience. so to me he's just a guy with a big mouth and no results. >> so as the gop train starts rolling toward a primary, is it already flying off the tracks? joining me now is michelle colon from the national journal and salon.com's joan walsh. thank you both for being here. michelle what does it mean that the first candidate is ultimate the most controversial. >> he wants to get out there, grab attention, and put down his mark el. you know we've got candidates like jeb bush who are establishment favorite. they'll have no problem raising big mone...

There are no parental rights for husband. >> that is so wrong. >> i agree it was wrong. that is the reason she lost. >> as public policy view don't we want fathers however they get women pregnant, don't we want them to be in the children's life? supportings financial and emotionally to be part of their lives. jon: right. there are organizations like now and lesbian groups and so forth who are saying, if a lesbian couple get as child by instreet throw fertilization. we don't want the father coming in saying we want the baby. >> chilling effect. again going back to the legal issues. it is about ...

You don't have to live on a farm to appreciate the farm bill. in fact, some of its biggest impacts are felt far from the field. everything from food costs to healthy options to how it gets to your dinner table. there are implications for renewable energy and your paycheck. it seals like something congress could really make a meal out of, right? well, before we dig in, here's some back ground. congress has been debating a new farm bill for five years. that's right. five years. mostly because everybody split when the check came. a trillion dollars. that's the price of the legislation being debat...

>> sexually attracted. i enjoy young people. i love to be around them. but, no, i'm not sexually attracted to young boys. >> cnn's jason carroll is at penn state. so, jason, what kind of reaction is this interview getting this morning? >> not a good one. in terms of what students are saying this morning and a few last night that this interview actually made sandusky look worse. it's not like some of these students after the allegations had a high opinion of him after the allegations came out. but, clearly, from what we're hearing at least so far, kyra, after that interview, those who...