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>> sandra: after criticism from the right and even some on the left, former president obama pushing back over accepting a fee from a wall street bank for his speech later this year. his spokesman issuing a statement that reads in part "president obama will deliver speeches from time to time. some of those speeches will be paid, some will be unpaid. president obama will be true to his values." in 2008, he raised money from wall street -- i'll ask you the question i asked eric bolling yesterday, what is at first of all that they are pairing paying him $4o stay up there? >> steve: they think they...

People working at treasury. those ideas will go up to capitol hill. then paul ryan and mitch mcconnell, they're all going to do some chitchatting and chewing. what's going to come out? don't know. nonetheless, within the first 100 days the new president of the united states has suggested the biggest tax cut in history. brian: let's talk about berkeley. ainsley: free speech. started at berkeley and ended at berkeley. ann coulter had to cancel her event because of security reasons. >> i think what's going on with berkeley it, shows how radical the universities are generally. what you are talking...

Thank you. >> harris: this is a big talker. new showdown on free speech. ann coulter says that though her speech was canceled, she may show up today to say hello to her supporters. officials are bracing for a trouble whether she decides to show up. intelligence and online chatter suggests that violence is a definite possibility. coulter telling sean hannity that colleges like berkeley are trying to stamp out conservative speech. >> what's going on with berkele berkeley, it shows how radical universities are generally. i agree that they want to destroy and squelch conservative speech, but there...

Going to get that we haven't heard? >> sandra: the mainstream media isn't pulling their full support behind this. this is a washington post blake saying why the speech was a bad idea. he said it continues to set a devious precedent. it's also retroactively cashing in. democrats trying to be the anti-wall street party. >> meghan: the left filleted hillary clinton for doing wall street speeches and taking large amounts of money to speak in front of corporate america. the great irony is that saint obama who is supposed to be representing everything that is good and utopian on the left is actually...

That we always knew he was. the left still puts him up on a pedestal and a status that i have always felt was saint like. the idea that he is in front of wall street, excepting $400,000, that's his first wall street speech by the way. he's a dirty capitalist just like the rest of us. >> steve: he's done his time. >> sandra: will she show up or not? what ann coulter is saying now after her top at berkeley was canceled. what has become a furious battle over free speech. plus, the unlikely folks coming to her defense. you do all this research