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The president had a lot going on, meeting with the secretary of state, welcoming the San Francisco world series winners to the white house. But the big event was lunch with Hillary Clinton. Former secretary of state. Who stopped by and all the buzz at the briefing yesterday was whats this lunch all about . What are they talking about . Is this where shes going to tell him shes running in 2016. Jay carney had the day off take his son to camp. Deputy press secretary said relax. It is just two friends. It is not a working lunch. It is an opportunity for the two who saw each other on a pretty frequent basis over the course of the last four years to get a chance to catch up. Bill there was a little news made that the lunch was originally scheduled for the private dining room just outside the oval office. Instead, it was a nice day. So they went outside on the patio. It was a nice day yesterday. Bill not too hot. Went outside on the patio to relax and then the big news, josh was ready to tell us, what they had for lunch. The white house whipped up some grilled chicken, some pasta jambalaya and pasta for them to enjoy. I havent had lunch myself so it sounds pretty good. Bill there it is. Jambalaya. It doesnt sound all that good. Bill pasta jambalaya . Jambalaya with pasta in it. I hope they dont put rice and pasta together. It doesnt sound very good. It sounds like something you would get at a t. G. I. Fridays. You have pasta or jambalaya, you dont have both. It might be jambalaya, the same recipe but they use pasta instead of rice. Yeah, but thats not jambalaya. It is pasta jambalaya. You dont even know what pasta jambalaya is. Bill let me resolve this. Talk to the white house chef, okay . Dont talk to me dont complain to me about it. [ laughter ] bill give hillary a call. She if she liked it. Coming up, it is tuesday. Tuesday with igor. From think progress will be along. Congresswoman marcia fudge, head of the Congressional Black Caucus will be joining us later as well and the reverend jim wallis, head of sojourners to talk about poverty and immigration and the pope making a lot of news on his way back to rome. But first. Announcer this is the full court press. Other headlines making news on this tuesday. The San Francisco giants visited the white house for the second time in three years yesterday. President honoring the Baseball Team for winning the 2012 world series last fall over the detroit tigers. The hill reports the season Ticket HolderHouse Minority leader nancy pelosi was there along with San Francisco mayor ed lee plus halloffamer willie mays who made for the giants from the 50s to the 70s. Viewers of nbcs today show got quite the surprise yesterday when they saw who was sitting in with matt lauer alongside al and savannah. Carson daley who hosts the voice. Industry insiders suspect it was a way for the nbc show to get buzz over abcs good morning america. Daley didnt do a lot of talking. He stayed away from the serious news segments. Im okay with him not doing a lot of talking. Bill i dont really know him. Hes a douche. Hes an entertainment hes like a ryan seacrest. Like i said, hes a douche. Olympic gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps who is now trying his hand at become being a professional golfer, got injured playing golf over the weekend. He fractured his foot. Washington post reporting he somehow hit his foot in his house and after four Straight Days of golf which equates to 20 miles of walking, he ended up with a stress fracture. Hes now in a walking cast. Bill thats why they have golf carts. Here we go. Yes, indeed. Pope francis, he is making i have to say, making quite an impact worldwide. And showed a lot of what hes become already famous for in his weeklong trip to brazil. Of course, this is a pope who has adopted a much more downtoearth style than any of his predecessors. We know some of the signs of that. He refuses to wear the red shoes. Thats red pradas. Bill the red prated das. He refuses to live in the papal apartments because he doesnt like being alone. He likes being around people. So hes still living in this guesthouse where, inside the vatican, where he checked in when he came in then as a cardinal to vote for the next pope. He doesnt like the big limo and instead just likes to ride in the backseat of a regular car. That got him in trouble down in brazil. And of course, not just his personal style, also his emphasis on the poor. He talks about that, getting back to what the mission of the church should really be all about. Our concern for the poor and certainly showed that in brazil by going into one of those the famous flavelle las there. He really displayed his you know, hes comfortable in his own skin, just by being who he is. He showed that on the flight back from brazil to rome when he walked in no pope has ever done anything like this. And most president s dont do anything like this. He walked into the back of the plane where the press was gathered. And very friendly, said hello to all of them. Said he would be glad to take their questions and he did so for an hour and 20 minutes. Imagine. Obama does do that once in awhile. It is a gaggle, right . Bill the gaggle is when the press secretary does it. The president will go back and informal remarks for 10 or 15 minutes from what ive been in, from my friends in the White House Press corps who have traveled on air force i with him. But for the pope, it is an hour and 20 minutes, the previous pope, you had to write down your questions and submit them in writing and then one of the popes handlers would decide which questions the pope would answer. This pope, pope francis, he just stood there and took questions, any question was welcome. People throw the questions right to the pope and he unscripted just gave his answers. And it was he made a lot of news, at least on a couple of points. Here, for example, is the pope on the first question about women priests. [ speaking Foreign Language ] well, that clears it up. Bill actually, i was wrong. There he was talking about the gay lobby priests and the gay lobby. He was saying you have to distinguish you didnt understand that . [ laughter ] you could have told me he was talking about the San Francisco giants being at the white house yesterday and i would have believed you. Bill i do not speak italian. He said you have to distinguish between the priests the fact that theyre gay and the fact that theyre lobbyists. I love his italian. Sure. Very nice. Bill the first thing he did make news on is women priests and he said ah, women priests, no, the church has already spoken on that. Slammed the door to that. So, you know, hes not modern on every issue. Hes got a ways to go on that issue. On the issue of gay priests, however, the pope did make some news and he said look, who am i if a person im paraphrasing but if a person is willing to accept the lord and they happen to be gay, then he said who am i to judge. Which is certainly different from the previous pope who said the gays it was morally reprehensible and unacceptable and just, you know, like cant even be considered or tolerated. The previous pope. But the pope how are we supposed to function without some religious figurehead judging us . This is such a bizarre thing. I dont understand. Bill it really is. He said who am i to judge heres the exact quote. Who am toy judge if they are seeking the lord in good faith. They should not be marlin nallized. The tendency to homosexuality is not the problem. They are our brothers. So said pope francis which has gotten a lot of positive comments, rightfully so around the world. Although it is important to point out as several have, that while the pope is taking i dont mean to be too critical here. Look, this is very, very welcome change. And change comes about in the Catholic Church like glacially. It takes a long, long time. But for the pope not to condemn the members of the Lgbt Community, just to say that we have to accept them as our brothers and sisters is a big step forward. It is a big advance. It really does represent progress. So his reaching out and his tolerance, if you will, but its important to point out that the churchs official doctrine hasnt changed and several members of the vatican were quick to point that out. The church has always said, im quoting here, that people with deepseated homosexuality tendencies must be accepted with respect, compassion and sensitivity. At the same time, the church still teaches that homosexuality is a sin, that gays are welcome in the church as long as they are not practicing their sexuality. And of course, it still holds that among straight people, any sex outside of marriage is a sin and inside of marriage, it is only for the purpose of procreation. So while the official doctrine hasnt changed, what has changed is this acceptance, this openness, if you will, to members of the Lgbt Community. Mary ann duddy brook who is a spokesperson for dignity u. S. A. Pointed out hey, welcome but this really doesnt go far enough. Theres nothing to be forgiven about being gay or lesbian. It is who god made us. It is a great blessing. Bill and she just says now that the pope has spoken out, i hope that American Catholic bishops were listening. Church management looks to the pope for some indication about where these conversations should go. And if pope francis indicates a more willingness to openness or to mediate his statements, on lgbt people in the same way he has shifted the focus on the poor, that is going to have an impact. Bill yes. Lets just hope the catholic bishops were listening. What do you think about this pope in general . 186655press. What do you think about pope francis saying who am i to judge . And who am i to judge members of the Lgbt Community . Thats a far cry from the condemnation we heard from the previous pope and previous popes and certainly from the catholic bishops which we hear all the time. 186655press. Lets talk about it on the full court press. Announcer this is the bill press show. Real Immigration Reform . With a distinctly satirical point of view. If you believe in states rights but still believe in the drug war, you must be high. Only on current tv. vo current tv is the place for compelling true stories. kaj jack, how old are you . Nine. adam this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. vo with Award Winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines. Way inside. christoff were patrolling the area looking for guns, drugs, bodies. adam were going to places where few others are going. [lady] you have to get out now. Lots of terrible things happen to people growing marijuana. This crop to me is my livelihood. Im being violated by the health care system. christoff we go and spend a considerable amount of time getting to know the people and the characters that are actually living these stories. vo from the underworld, to the world of privilege. Everyone in Michael Jacksons life was out to use him. vo no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. Occupy we will have class warfare. vo true stories, current perspective. Documentaries. On current tv. Announcer this is the bill press show. Bill 25 minutes after the hour. Think progress with igor volsky in the next half hour here of the full court press. As we do every Tuesday Morning, coming to you live from our Nations Capital, talking about the pope who is really making a lot of friends around the world with his new style, his openness and, as demonstrated in his comments on the way back from brazil, a great openness to the Lgbt Community that we have not seen from any other pope. Still got a long ways to go in terms of the Catholic Church on this issue. But you know, some significant progress. Peter . Let us know how you feel about that story on twitter at bpshow. Were reading your comments all throughout the show. A quick followup because friday morning we woke up to find out there was some vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial. Somebody put green paint on the statue of lincoln. Bill not only the Lincoln Memorial it turns out. Four different places around washington, statue of joseph henry outside the smithsonian, luther place memorial church, thomas circle. Then the national cathedral, someone went in and splattered green paint. Good news is bill on the organ. On the organ. The good news is, an arrest has been made. Jamie teahen, 50 years old. She was arrested yesterday afternoon. And so hopefully thats the end of this. Bill she did all of this by herself . Thats what it looks like. Bill what was the thing with green paint . Shes only charged with the cathedral one. They dont know about the others. But one would have to assume. Bill or copycat. Yeah. Bill back to the pope and eric from atlanta, georgia, what do you think about it, eric . Caller thank you, bill. What people need to realize, you need to go back to the history of the roman Catholic Church during the time the roman empire, homosexuality was common. The romans to have sex with. It has been in the history of the Catholic Church. They also have been involved in laundering money for drugs. If you really face the facts of the roman Catholic Church, it is one of the creepiest societies and homosexuality has been existent since the beginning of this. Bill i dont know about exactly what point youre trying to make. I think you could take the ancient practices of the romans and greeks and tie that to todays Catholic Church, i dont know about that. But i understand it has been centuries long, the Catholic Churchs condemnation of homosexuality. I think the condemnation is wrong. I think it will change. I think theyll take a long, long time to change. Probably not in our lifetime but this pope, this pope, francis, has made more outreach than anybody any other pope. Announcer this is the bill press show. They should selfdeport . No, they said make us a turkey and make it fast. laughter . She gets the comedians laughing. Thats the best thats hilarious. And the thinkers thinking. Okay, so there is wiggle room in the Ten Commandments is what youre telling me. Shes joy behar. Ya, i consider you jewtalian. Okay, whatever you want. Who plays kafka . Who saw kafka . Who ever saw kafka . laughter . Asking the tough questions. Wouldnt let one of your daughters go out with him. Absolutely not. You would rather deal with ahmadinejad then me . Absolutely singing i take lipitor, thats it. Are you improving your lips . laughter . When shes talking, you never know where the conversation is going to go. It looks like Anthony Wiener is throwing his hat in the ring. His what in the ring . His hat. Always outspoken, joy behar. And the best part is that current will let me say anything. What the hell were they thinking . Only on current tv. Announcer this is the bill press show. Bill get social here on a Tuesday Morning. July 30. How about it. The full court press. We are live on your local progressive talk Radio Station. We are live on current tv. We are live in washington, d. C. We couldnt do it without igor volsky. We dont know how he does it. Up early every Tuesday Morning for us. We were talking yesterday, igor, youve been doing this for like about a year now. At think progress. Bill here. Here for about a year. In novemberish. Bill we dont think you have missed one tuesday. I was very close to missing today. I have to confess. What . I have to be at the bus foy 5 45. It is a wonder how i look so good. I surprised myself. He came through makeup on his way in. Starting to get some ideas. Bill my point was dont you ever take a vacation . Well, i will very soon. Im getting married august 10th then for a week, on vacation. Well have to figure out a way to get you in here. If just so happened that judd who is the editorinchief of think progress who you know well, a friend of the show, is going to be on vacation that same week as me and it just so happens he is also going to the same place as me. So really, im kind of honeymooning youre going on your honeymoon with jut. Thats how we do it. We all go together. Bill if i were going on my honeymoon and i knew my boss i think i would change venues. Shock to me. Bill dare we ask where . Dont ask him where. Then everybody is going to go. A little privacy. Bill we do want a little bit of privacy. Goodness. What were we talking about . Go to national harbor. Bill there are a lot of rooms available. So, we have been talking started talking about a story that think progress has written about where pope francis is stirring things up a little bit with his comments on his willingness to accept gay people as long as theyre not sexually active of course and not to judge them. This is a step forward . A tremendous step forward for this pope. A break from the past where Pope Benedict has certainly moving in the other direction, his entire career spent in this conservative social order and ensuring his existence. You know, pope francis, i think for many people has been somewhat of a surprise. Hes very approachable. He takes his time to work with the poor directly. He took questions on this airplane which is really kind of not necessarily unprecedented but very rare. An hour and a half, he sat with these reporters and this was one of the questions they asked him. And he gave them this really honest accident. Bill not to be not being he actually stood, leaning on the seat of the airplane. Visiting theyll see a friend on a plane. Theyll walk down the aisle to say hello. They stand there leaning on the seat. The pope did that for an hour and 20 minutes. To give you an idea, Pope Benedict used to his questions were prescreened by his aides. He would come back to the press section of the plane with little index cards and read off the answers they had written out for him. This pope took candid questions and gave a very candid answer saying that if you are a gay priest, who am i to judge . The question was about this idea that theres a group of gay priests who are forming bill gay lobby. To change things within the church. He said my problem isnt with you being gay. It is with the lobby trying to pressure them. Bill that was interesting, too. I dont care whether youre gay or straight. But this lobby, he didnt have good things to say about the lobby. On the other side, on the gay side very historic shift, i think on the part doesnt change basic Church Doctrine but his attitude and acceptance of the Lgbt Community certainly historic among popes. What caught my attention from think progress most this week is your story on here we are, this big decision on the Keystone Pipeline coming down which is going to carry the tar sands from alberta all the way to the gulf coast and yet you report theres already a problem with tar sands in alberta. This is really there has been this spill going on in alberta, canada, for the last ten weeks. Tar sands oil has been spilling out and bill out of the ground . Out of the ground there. And nobody knows why. And the Canadian Oil Company is trying to figure it out. And it is just it is really remarkable to me. Theyre investigating the matter, i suppose. But its been spilling for the last ten weeks and you have protests going on. Some of the native communities saying that this is causing some real devastation. We want to know whats happening and the company has been mute about it saying were trying to take care of it. But youre right. It feeds into this entire discussion about keystone, the decision thats coming up and which way obamas going to go. Bill the president in his interview with the New York Times last friday, Michael Sharon and Jacki Collins out in galesburg, illinois, talking about Keystone Pipeline. Hes been really kind of very distant from the Decision Making process because it is weve been told so many times at the briefing, the state department is doing this referral, questions to them, sort of above this process. But yesterday, i mean friday, he got into it and saying first of all, about the pipeline, the republicans claim it is going to create so many jobs. He said basically, baloney. Maybe 2,000 jobs during the construction. During the construction. After that, he said 50 to 100 jobs in a work force of 150 Million People. Basically, he called it a blip, a blip on the screen. And he also said it was wrong to say that it would reduce gas prices in this country. It would have nothing to do with it. Bill for the president does that tell you that the president s already made up his mind . Well, it tells me hes leaning in a certain direction. Remember, he gave that speech out in gw or georgetown, i believe, where he touched on the environment. It was actually considered a large address about the environment and he laid a very High Standard for keystone saying that look, we gotta make sure it doesnt set us on the path toward contributing global warming. Bill that was the first indication. The followup here. Bill i think its safe to say that even if he hasnt made up his mind, he certainly is into the subject and is aware of the arguments and has been exposed to all of the criticism about the pipeline. Absolutely. It is a hot political issues. The republicans, this is their jobs plan by the way. Ask you them what theyre going to do for jobs, their answer is approve the Keystone Pipeline. Bill if you asked me two weeks ago or even a week ago, what the president was going to do, i would say he would approve the pipeline. After that interview, i think youre right. It is an indication where hes going. And now this story. I mean if youre whatever the Pipeline Company is called and youre trying to sell this pipeline and youve got massive leak in alberta thats been going on for ten weeks, dont you think you would try to keep the leak secret . They have. I havent seen too many stories on this. Bill one other story, think progress so much this week. Rush limbaugh and sean hannity, wow. Who . Bill yeah, right. Losing stations. 40 stations, the biggest, wabc in new york, their big affiliate, both limbaugh, hannity, maybe us. They couldnt reach a deal between the distributors and cumulative cumulus. 40 big markets. It is tough. If you dont have the new york market, it is tough to sell ads, right . Bill tell me about it. I think it also speaks to sort of the waning power of guys like limbaugh and hannity. These guys used to be titans and a lot of people got their news exclusively from these sources. Now they can go to think progress. Bill its important to point out, limbaugh and hannity are still going to be on hundreds of stations. They will still be number one and number two among right wing talk radio but this is a significant decline in their listenership. There was a time, peter, the point youre making not so long ago when no station would ever consider dropping rush and being able to survive the fact that these 40 stations think they can go on without either rush or hannity is really significant. Youll remember during the last president ial campaign when rush made those comments about sandra fluke and it was a firestorm in republican president ial primary politics. Romney was very camey on condemning it. You had republicans coming on the show, praising him saying hes the voice of the grassroots of the party. Hes very influential. During the start of the obama administration, he was the face of the opposition. Will he have the same strength moving forward . Bill didnt sean hannity start at wabc . Not his career. Yeah, i think he did. His first big break. Flagship. Bill thats what they call it. Igor volsky is here from think progress covering lots of issues here this morning. You know what weve talked about so far. Weve talked about the pope and about the tar sands, about lush limbaugh. 186655press. More coming up as well as your comments always welcome. Announcer this is the bill press show. John fugelsang if you believe in states rights but still support the drug war you must be high. Cenk uygur i think the number one thing viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. I think the audience gets that i actually mean it. Michael shure this show is about being up to date so a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i am given to doing anyway. Joy behar you can say anything here. Jerry springer i spent a couple of hours with a hooker joy behar your mistake was writing a check Jerry Springer she never cashed it vo the days events. Four very unique points of view. Tonight starting at 6 eastern. Viewpoint digs deep into the issues of the day. Has the time finally come for real Immigration Reform . With a distinctly satirical point of view. 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At bpshow is where were tweeting at bpshow. Black cat says the pope is not making any sense with me. Of course, im a woman. Tracy byrd said pope francis gave the middle finger to the Westboro Baptist church. Bill yes. Phil says pope francis does one thing and the church does another. Dont actions speak louder than words. Lets see where this goes. You can find us at bpshow and share your comments there. It is worth mentioning that catholics in general are far more progressive than this pope than this church even when it comes to issues of samesex marriage and gay quality, so on and so forth. The majority of catholics saying they support the freedom to marry for gay people and so francis is catching up but he is so far behind his congregation. Bill the catholic bishops are even further behind. We try not to spend too much time talking about Anthony Weiner and bob filner but particularly in the weiner case. But you have reported this week on a lot of people are still trying to drag huma abedin, of course, she was there alongside of Anthony Weiner, she is married to him and has stood by him. To a certain extent she will always be part of the story. Fox news has gone beyond this. Well, the real goal here, of course, to attack huma abedin is to attack Hillary Clinton and to attack what could be who could be the likely 2016 president ial nominee. Thats the ultimate objective to tie the two together and to kind of sink her approval numbers a little bit. Here, we heard this back in 2012, maybe even 2011, some of the real kind of right wing conservative web sites had begun making this connection between huma and other people in the government and the Muslim Brotherhood in arguing that the Muslim Brotherhood was secretly controlling huma and some of the other people, infiltrating the government. Bill shes not a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. No, no. Theres no evidence for this at all. But it was argument that was carried by michele bachmann, by Louie Gohmert of texas, maybe six or seven other house members who wrote letters to all of these different departments of government asking them to investigate, to make sure theres no infiltration. Theres no Muslim Brotherhood. And now, theyre using this candle as another opportunity to bring that whole thing back up. Fox news is, of course, broadcasting and echoing that message. Well see how far they get. I dont think folks are going to catch on because theres nothing there. The overarching scandal of weiner is so much interesting for folks. This is somewhat complicated. But they are making the effort, tying her to the Muslim Brotherhood and ultimately tying the Muslim Brotherhood to Hillary Clinton. Bill right, to me, the craziest thing about this whole weiner scandal, hes now fourth in the polls, the people of new york have said enough is enough. Even Eliot Spitzer last night on hardball said he was not going to vote for Anthony Weiner for mayor. But the most absurd thing is theyre really using this as you point out to attack hillary and to tie Anthony Weiner to bill and Hillary Clinton. There is no connection. He was never part of the he hes the guy that did this. She didnt. He was never part of the Hillary Clinton or bill clinton group. Never worked with them. Was never close to them. His wife happened to have worked for hillary. Thats the only possible connection. But they keep bringing and the reporters keep asking about bill and Hillary Clinton. Only because theyre trying to knock down Hillary Clinton for 2016. Because they know if she runs, they can never beat her in 2016. Their entire crop of stories about clintons trying to distance themselves from huma and weiner and clinton aides, very worried about could this damage hillary. You know, i think huma, a close aide to hillary, widely profiled in a lot of magazines, prominent, how will this reflect on hillary . At the end of the day . Bill not at all. Not at all. Bill all right. Hey, igor, glad you made it this morning. Thank you. Next time, dont try that again. Dont forget, thinkprogress. Org. Check it out. Because igor cant be here every day but you can be with him every day. See you again next week. Thanks, guys. Announcer this is the bill press show, live on your radio and current tv. Documentaries that take you inside the headlines. Way inside. christoff were patrolling the area looking for guns, drugs, bodies. adam were going to places where few others are going. [lady] you have to get out now. Lots of terrible things happen to people growing marijuana. This crop to me is my livelihood. 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It is called American Made movie and the director is in studio with us this morning, vincent and nathan. Good to see you. Good to see you. Bill congratulations. Thanks so much. Bill are you still working on this or is it already finished . Its done. Were on the midst of a 32 day bus tour, were going to different cities, to have a direct connection to the Motion Picture or direct connection to the topic. This is city 27. We just left new york yesterday. Bill you didnt start here . No. Had to work our way up. Bill thank you. This is 27. Wow. Were screening the film, advance screening before it goes theatrical on august 30th as you alluded to. Bill we want to find out more about the movie. Always have to say hello to our team here. Peter ogborn who had to leave the studio. We only have two chairs. Dan henning as well. Alichia cruz has the phones covered and cyprian bowlding is the one who keeps us looking good on current tv. Our videographer. You were in new york yesterday. Didnt you know there is a mayors race going on in new york . You might have heard something about one of the candidates, Anthony Weiner, not known for the Public Policies that hes proposing for the city of new york necessarily as he is the parts of him that hes exposed to. Anyhow, Eliot Spitzer whos had some troubles of his own, was on hardball last night with Chris Matthews and chris pressed him as to how hes going to vote. Heres what that sounded like. If you had to vote for mayor right now, who would you vote for . I would vote. Chris, it is a great question. Answer the question. Look, you know show just say youre going to vote for quinn or whoever. Youre not going to vote for Anthony Weiner . Just say that right now. Fair point. Thats correct. He should not be mayor of new york. That is correct. Bill threw Anthony Weiner under the bus. You know, when Eliot Spitzer wont vote for you, right, for moral reasons, youre really in trouble. I think the guy whos benefited mostly from this whole scandal is Eliot Spitzer. He used to have his own show on current tv because nobodys talking about spitzers troubles anymore. And besides, hes been behaving himself. Everyone is just talking about Anthony Weiner. Lets talk about manufacturing youve made the movie. What did you find . Are we making stuff here . Yeah. I think its good to start, you know with where we kind of came up with the idea to sort of do this. We were look at actually a different area. We were looking at the way people were buying their food and we started to notice that you know, they wanted produce that was fresh from their local Farmers Market and that organic label. It has become so popular. As that demand grew, we saw it filling entire sections of grocery stores, starting to designate shelves to organic goods. It made us think back to the family that weve had in manufacturing. Whatever happened to the made in the u. S. A. Label . Bill there used to be a time where stores make a big thing about made in the u. S. A. Made in the u. S. A. So what did you find . Yeah, we basically kind of forgot of what where things were made. It became less important, you know, in terms of the branding and you know, the production became less important. The branding became more important. What was cool started to influence consumers a little bit more and so we saw, as we were 50 of the worlds Manufacturing Base after world war ii, after a few years of decline, increased competition from foreign countries, america sort of forgot. The consumer forgot. Thats where we wanted to put the focus of our film was what if consumers, what is the relationship we have to the products we make. Bill do people care where things are made . Definitely. Going back to why we made this. It comes to be that politics changes on a daily basis. That clip you just heard, it might have been different a couple of days ago. You felt more confident about anthony getting that vote. But at the same time, with documentaries, you can kind of extract some of the politics and make it something thats a little more timely to give people the basis for understanding why manufacturing went away. Why people stopped caring about it or stopped looking at it. And bring it back to the facts of understanding the two perspectives, look at opening the markets as opposed to being a protectionist. Through that, were able to get people to understand what role they play at consumers. I think people do care about buying things in this country, buying things within their local economy. It is how deep can they go to understand it. We think of ford as being an American Company but then you find one made in mexico or canada and you might say oh, thats not american. At the same time, there are so many pieces from so many other places. Bill im glad you mentioned ford. I know we make cars. Were making damn good cars. But were not making tv sets. Were not making computers. Were not making iphones, right . What else are we making . Apple Just Announced that theyre going to make an emphasis to make things in country. Big retailer walmart saying theyll put billions of dollars toward americanmade goods so if people demand those and the consumers go to the store and buy everything that walmart offers when it comes time, then theyre going to do more of it. I think that really is where we feel that this film can be powerful to open peoples eyes to change their spending habits. I can make a difference and not have to complain about x, y and z. Bill you know one of the areas again, im totally ignorant about this other than cars. I know we make airplanes, too. And damn good ones. Both the big commercial jets and also Business Jets as well. But clothing. Ill bet you everything that the three of us are wearing right here were made in benghazi not benghazi bangladesh is what i was thinking of. These were made in maine. New balance is the last Athletic Shoe manufacturer in america. Bill let me see that shoe again. There it is. New balance. 100 made in america. So, you know, the idea is theres more stuff bill i dont know where mine were made. You have to look. You know what . Hold on. It has an n on it . Youre wearing new balance . This is unplanned. Bill no. The tension is building. Where are his shoes made. Were going to look. Made in the u. S. A. Bill made in the u. S. A. I didnt even know it. Im so proud of myself. Wow. Absolutely. Bill so were making new balance here but shirts and pants, were not making much clothing in this country anymore, are we . No. The apparel industry got hit very, very hard in terms of the years of decline. But folks are trying to make things now. So in new york, theyre trying to do things. When we were in nashville, they have garments coming back. California makes a lot of stuff. My blue jeans are made in california, True Religion jeans which most people buy because of a fashion or longlasting i think quality is still so important. So it is not just where its made. Also how its made and you know, we really want that made in the u. S. A. Label to equate to a quality product more than anything. These guys in maine that are making these shoes, i mean theyre passionate about it. Theyve been making shoes in maine for over 100 years. Theyve gone from a base of 30,000 workers down to about 1,000. Once you have the relationship, you realize there are people behind your products, real people that put their hands and made that shoe, thats kind of the connection we want to build with consumers again. To realize that wow, there is a relationship that i have to a product that i maybe never thought about. So easy to think about a handmade good or crafts when you go to a Farmers Market or trade thing or something in your neighborhood. There is a lot of it affects both sides. There are a lot of liberal folks that would appeal to that buy local mentality that may not think about that when they go to buy duracell or energizer. Then you have conservative folks thinking about jobs are made in the u. S. A. Theyre wearing the red, white and blue. It matters to both of us. All of us. Bill if theres anything that ought to transcend partisanship, it is tho we ought to be making goods here in this country for all kinds of reasons, right . Do you have a web site . Yes. Theamericamademovie. Com. It will have more information when the film comes out to theatres, which markets well hit first as far as information about whos in the film. Bill is there any information on there. I love this idea. I think youre on to something about creating a consumer demand base for goods made in america. And i must say, david muir at abc news has done a lot of this, too. He should call us. If hes listening right now. Bill david muir, it is the American Made movie. Com. And hes gone on to a lot of little plants, ive seen him do these things on the evening news with diane sawyer where theyre making american flags. Some apparel factory. My point is that you guys are really really want to build consumer demand base saying we want to buy goods made in america. If we can demand that, theres so much that can change on a policy level. Theres so much that can change in terms of the economy on a daytoday basis but supply and demand doesnt change. If we demand more of something, we hope that companies will listen to that, that theyll decide to make more stuff here, provide more jobs and the politicians will also listen, too, in terms of making that easier for their constituents to produce things in those local areas. If youre sitting here, lets say you have to go to the big box store. It is thanksgiving and the crockpot broke, right. You have to pick two crockpots, youre probably just going to use it, might stay at your relatives place. Youve got two options. One made in america. Might be 9 or 10 more and then one made overseas, would you personally make that decision to buy the american one . Bill yes, yes. But heres i think youre jumping over a beat there which is most people, including me, dont know where the hell the thing was made in the first place. So you go looking you need a crockpot, you kind of look at which one do you like better, right . Maybe the color, maybe the shape. Maybe the manufacturer without taking the next step which is to find out where is it made . How many times do we really do that . If i go to the Kitchen Store across the street to get a new casserole dish or something, im more interested in the one thats the right size, right color or whatever than where it is made. I think what your movie can do is get people to think about that next step, ask that question. Make that demand. And even tell people at the store, hey, why dont you have one made in america . Right. Bill do a little homework and find out. Thats the great part about it. In a day and age where were all complaining. It is so easy to complain about the issues and the economy but heres a case where we can actually do something about it. And if, you know, concerned about jobs and unemployment, hey, we ought to look at this. Bill were talking about bringing jobs back to america. Manufacturing jobs back to america is a way we can make it happen. At least help make it happen. And thats what vincent vit oro and nathan are trying to tell us with American Made movie. Your calls welcome at 186655press. Im so proud of myself for wearing these shoes that ive been wearing for a couple of years now. Made in the u. S. A. how about that. Announcer go mobile with bill press. Download podcasts at billpressshow. Com and listen any time, anywhere. This is the bill press show. The issues of the day. Has the time finally come for real Immigration Reform . With a distinctly satirical point of view. 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Occupy we will have class warfare. vo true stories, current perspective. Documentaries. On current tv. Announcer get social with bill press. Like us at facebook. Com billpressshow. This is the bill press show. Bill here we go. 25 minutes after the hour now. Americanmade movie is the name of the documentary. It premiers nationwide on august 30. And you can find out where you can catch it at their web site, theamericanmademovie. Com. Vincent vittorio and Nathan Mcgill are the directors, here in studio with us. Guys, thank you again for coming in today. So in terms of president obama now is out on the road again in chattanooga, tennessee today, talking jobs, jobs, jobs. This is one way to really bring jobs back to america, right . And get more people working, making stuff. Without a doubt. Were a country that was found on the innovators, the people making things. It doesnt just stop with the ideas. There are a lot of jobs that can come from manufacturing and it will never be what it was after world war ii, were still making so much that i think people are missing the point. We hear stuff about unemployment or jobs, people cant get jobs in these communities but its a little much to do with the skills gap. I think theres a lot of jobs that are available but we dont have the workforce to put people in that. Weve been doing a lot of travel thog these different cities and doing tours of factories and getting to know the story of different communities. I cant tell you maybe two or three times weve been in factories and the plant manager says see the two machines there . They should be running but i dont have someone trained to do that. To hear that with the other statistics, these are goodpaying jobs, 50,000, 60,000 a year. So there is definitely a skills gap. Bill tell us the story about some plant you know where theyre making things. We talked about new balance. Inside the film, we tell the stories of several manufacturers, one of my favorite stories is a viking range, the way that was founded out of greenwood, mississippi. Bill beautiful piece of equipment. Yeah, it was up to the entrepreneur who decided hey, look, if i cant make it in greenwood, mississippi, im not going to make it. What had happened there, in his community was you know, it was an Agriculture Society in the late 70s, industry was booming. There was about 7,000 industrial jobs there making things. And then as manufacturing declined, foreign competition kind of took its hit on the country. All of those manufacturers left. Youve seen them go to canada, go to mexico. Go overseas and the town was left as a ghost town. So while that was sort of happening, he decided were going to make these ovens and he found a niche in the appliance industry and started creating these. Now theres four plants there and so while manufacturing was declining, you know, he was sort of lifting everybodys boats by providing jobs, largest employer in the area and almost singlehandedly used manufacturing to save his hometown. It is an incredible story you dont think about when you go to buy an oven but it is really cool. Bill back to what we were talking about before the break, how important it is that we should know where things are made and we ought to demand that things be made in america. We can make a difference that way. You guys have made a big difference already, even more so once the movie comes out. It is American Made movie, americanmademovie. Com is the web site. Thank you so much for coming in. Thanks for make us part of your tour. Announcer this is the bill press show. Bill it is 33 minutes after the hour now. Good to have you with us today on the full court press. Coming to you live from our studio here on capitol hill. 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Although, you know, this is a race where polls are coming out quite frequently now and there is a lot of movement. People are up and down and you know, it is not horrible but he has dropped quite a bit. This is someone who was in first place before and second place before and now hes behind someone like public advocate bill de blasio and Bill Thompson and you know, hes in fourth place now. So hes fallen quite a bit. Bill as you pointed out, yes, its true hes in fourth place. But hes not that far behind. Like bill de blasio and Bill Thompson, 21 and 20 and Anthony Weiner at 16, right . Right. Exactly. Bill so hes still in the hunt. Hes still in the game. Miraculously. The reason that Anthony Weiner was able to come in and shake things up so much, like everyone said, it is a weak field. So you know, theres still a chance hell be able to compete here and he is still far enough out from the primary in september that he you know, i sound like im crazy but he might have a chance. It is amazing. Bill i dont think youre crazy. There is six weeks to go before the primary, right . Unless a dozen more women come forward, right, we cannot people cannot continue to talk about the sexting for the latest for six more weeks. It will get back to whos going to do what for the city. If it gets back to that, weiner is a contender, i think, on the issues side. Sure. He, for one, is very committed to staying in this race. He did an interview over the weekend with a local paper on Staten Island and told them youre stuck with me. So hes not going anywhere. His Campaign Manager who quit over this recent development in the scandal is out. But thats not going to stop someone like Anthony Weiner who has been welldocumented. Is micromanaging and essentially runs his own campaign. Bill right. The most unkindness cut of all, i thought, was Eliot Spitzer last night on hardball saying that he would not vote for Anthony Weiner. This race couldnt get more ridiculous, we have Eliot Spitzer judging Anthony Weiner. Go figure. So thats the thing. Anthony ween weiner has all kinds of people calling for his withdrawal. We had meet the press, all of the papers, it is not very good. I think it will kind of be toned down as time goes on and people will move on. If you think about it, two weeks ago, all anyone was talking about was Eliot Spitzer. Now everyones talking about Anthony Weiner. In two weeks who knows what people will be talking about. This race has become the kind thats just bill yeah. It is incredible. Fun to watch even from this distance at buzzfeed. Com, ruby cramer, political reporter on our news line this morning. Now, i am even more interested, ruby, in another story youve been writing about which is the civil war that has broken out or i guess i should say started by Chris Christie against rand paul Chris Christie telling Republican Group last weekend that rand paul is basically endangering our National Security by raising all of these questions about nsa and about drones. And then rand paul firing back and saying no, Chris Christie is the one whos wrong because he wants to spend all of this money on Hurricane Sandy. What is Chris Christie up to, first of all . Is this really like the first shot for 2016 for him . I guess so. I mean, i think this is someone who Chris Christie kind of said this one offcomment about libertarianism at this event. And i dont think that he was planning on making it such a big deal. I think he was pushed by the moderator at this event to kind of say well, youre talking about libertarianism in a bad way. Do you mean rand paul . And Chris Christie said thats one name. Yeah. And was talking about how it is a danger to the Republican Party. Rand paul seizes on to this comment and you know, makes it into this tweets about it. Tweets about it the next day. Kind of makes it into this interparty war and absolutely, it is something that i mean rand paul is the one republican candidate who hasnt been shy about his interest in 2016, right . Hes clearly trying to make it into some kind of first shot, well out from the race. Bill but it does show or does it, that he may not be talking 2016 because hes up for reelection this year. But clearly, Chris Christie enjoys playing at that level and sort of trying to chart his course . Well, yeah. I mean Chris Christie hasnt hasnt whether or not hes interested in running for president in 2016, plenty of people assume he is. Plenty of people assume that he was in 2012. And you know, i would be surprised if we didnt see him during that. But like you said, hes got a governors race to focus on this year. Bill but then the other one who jumped into this, rand paul singled him out for criticism is peter king, congressman from long island, head of the house intelligence committee. Not intelligence National Security committee, i guess it is. And rand paul took a couple of shots at him and even peter king said hes looking at 2016. He probably enjoys this. It is a free for all. Everyone is getting in on it. I dont know. I guess if you spar with ron paul, you can get yourself an article in politico. I dont know. Like you said, peter king is in on this now. Bill it is fun to watch. I know a lot of democrats enjoy watching the republican potential republican candidates for 2016. Forming a sick lar firing squad which used to be the specialty of democrats, you know. To see republicans do it makes a lot of democrats happy. It is pretty crazy up there, ruby. Enjoy it. Have fun with it. Keep writing and talking about it. Well come back and talk with you about it soon. Thanks, ruby. Thanks a lot. Bill ruby cramer, really good political reporter up in new york with certainly the most exciting political race going on. And again, its buzzfeed. What a good site buzzfeed is. Buzzfeed. Com. Announcer connect with the bill press show on twitter. Follow us at bpshow and tweet using the hashtag watching bp. This is the bill press show. This show is about analyzing, criticizing, and holding policy to the fire. Are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night . Is this personal or is it political . A lot of my work happens by doing the things that i am given to doing anyway. Staying in tough with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. Not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. But we do care about them, right . Vo the war room tonight at 6 eastern vo current tv gets the converstion started next. Im a slutty bob hope. You are. The troops love me. The sweatshirt is nice and all, but i could use a golden lasso. vo only on current tv. Announcer on your radio and on current tv, this is the bill press show. Bill in the next hour, the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, congresswoman marcia fudge from ohio will be joining us as well as jim wallis, the president of joe sojourners to talk about Immigration Reform and poverty, latest stats on poverty in this country. Right now, couple of news stories to bring you up to date on, peter. You remember this guy, you may remember this name, mitt romney. Remember him . Remember that name . Vaguely familiar . Bill something about the olympics maybe . Yeah, yeah, i think he might have run for some office. Bill got a lot of kids. Anyway, heres the thing. He sat down for an interview recently and he talked about the infamous 47 remarks that were caught on tape. And he says that he never said that. He never said the 47 of the 47 of americans that are never going to vote for him so he doesnt really care about them. He said that was never said. Bill the people who believe that theyre entitled. Right. Bill he never said it . Nope. That whole thing is all just bill guess, big blown up controversy. Lets go back to september 2012. 47 of the people. 47 who are with him. Who believe theyre victims who believe government has responsibility. Theyre entitled. Government should give it to them and they will vote for this president no matter what. Bill ahha, as first reported of course in mother jones. You know, maybe it is just he just forgot. Heres the deal. How stupid, right . He said what he said. He paid the price at the time. Two years later, you cant deny you said what you said. Now, you can say im sorry. I shouldnt have said that. It was wrong to say it. But in this day and age of the right here, this little this iphone, you cannot you cannot deny you said what you said. Cant get away with it. We saved the tape. Bill whatever happened to mitt romney anyhow . Who . I for got who we were talking about. Bill another story, you might have seen this. This has been an internet youtube sensation. A new book out and its called zealot. Its about jesus christ and it is written by a biblical scholar by the name of riza aslan. He was on fox news the other day and the anchor, loren green, asked him a pertinent question but hes very hes got an answer for her for sure as to what the hell are you doing writing a book about jesus. Heres how that interview went. This is an interesting book. Now, youre a muslim so why did you write about a book about the founder of christianity . Well, to be clear, i am a scholar of religions with four degrees including one in the new testament and fluency in biblical greek who has been studying the origins of christianity for two decades who also just happens to be a muslim. So it is not that im just some muslim writing about jesus. I am an expert with a ph. D. In the history of religions. It still begs the question why would you be interested in the founder of christianity . Because it is my job as an academic, im a professor of religion, including the new testament. Thats what i do for a living, actually. So embarrassing for fox. Bill i know. Buzzfeed is the one who put this up. Under the headline perhaps the most or is this the most embarrassing interview ever done on fox news, right . Which, by the way, is a pretty high bar. Bill exactly. Thats really saying something. The thing just went wild people watching this. But what an impertinent question and of course, heres a guy, four degrees, one of which is in sacred scripture. The idea that because hes muslim and a professor of religion, that hes not allowed to look at anybody other than other muslims, you know, such an oldfashioned, uncanny, stupid, silly, narrow view of the whole field of religious studies. It is stunning. But she was pushing. I thought he did a great job. He told her what time it was. Make no mistake. Bill he sure did. He didnt say you idiot. The fact he did. She couldnt poke holes in the book. Youre a muslim, boogidy, boogidy, boogidy. Thats all it was. He happens to be a muslim. Bill but it was on fox news. President obama on the road again today. Well tell you where hes going and why when we come back and dont forget, jim wallis with sojourners kicks off the top of the next hour on todays full court press. Announcer this is the bill press show, life on your radio and current tv. 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He will be welcoming his former colleague in the United States senate, his former running mate, not running mate but the two of them were both running for president together in 2008. And potentially, his challenger, competitor in 2016, joe biden and Hillary Clinton having breakfast this morning. Then the Vice President will be over at the white house at 10 00 to get the Daily Briefing with the president. After which president obama takes off out to Andrews Air Force base and then down to chattanooga, tennessee, and big Amazon Fulfillment Center down there. Hell be touring that plant and then making remarks, heading back here to washington in the afternoon in order to be there for a meeting with secretary of defense, chuck hagel at 5 10 this afternoon. No briefing today. Jay carney will be doing his gaggle with reporters on air force i. Well come back with reverend jim wallis and congresswoman marcia fudge in the next hour. [ theme ] bill good morning, everybody. Happy tuesday. 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Bill to join our team, peter ogborn and dan henning with alichia cruz with the phones covered and cyprian bowlding keeping us looking good on television. God bless john kerry. Bill the secretary of state admitted, it wasnt going to be easy. Its no secret that this is a difficult process. If it were easy, it would have happened a long time ago. Bill but john kerry said weve got to get to it. I know the negotiations are going to be tough but i also know that the consequences of not trying could be worse. Bill the only way to get there is to start hammering out on these issues, right . Ive been over there. Ive been at the checkpoints, ive gone through all of that. Whats interesting is a new generation of palestinians and young israelis have been working together so politics change is always last at the top. Always. Tremendous courage by a lot of groups on the ground, young people, trying to change the culture. You gotta change culture before politics changes. John kerry, bless his heart, again, hes pulled the top together here. But there are pressures from the bottom on both sides for a new generation to find a way to live in peace. In this beloved land. Well be praying for him and wishing him all the best. Bill what you said about people the people bring about change and politics change. Ghandi said there go the people. I must follow them because i am their leader. On every issue. The common good comes last to washington. It really does. We build it, this last book did i, people are saying i want to work for the common good. Bill, theyre so cynical about washington. I have to almost pastor them to believe that their personal decisions can make a difference. History shows personal commitment is what changes places like washington. Bill you cant blame them for being cynical, watching washington these days. But change is possible. Skepticism is very healthy. You help us with that every day. Cynicism though can become spiritually dangerous because it can really make us not want to make decisions and makes us back away. If it disempowers us, it is dangerous. Be skeptical. It is really important. But we make our personal commitments in young palestinians and young israelis have been doing that on immigration. Outside movement, social movements are what always change washington. Bill it is important people know that so they dont lose sight. Exactly. Bill reverend jim jim wallis with us and well be joined by marcia fudge, congressional head of the black caucus. Well get right to Immigration Reform as you mentioned but first, dan has the big headlines of the day. Other headlines making news out of hollywood, johnny depp might be retiring from acting. The pirates of the Caribbean Star said his latest flop, the lone ranger might be one of his last movies. He said when you realize youve said more words that have been written for you than words that are your own in life, thats sort of an insane option for a human being and it might be time to think about doing something else. He wants to move on to quieter things but it is currently contracted to star in at least two more films. Bill hes not that old, is he, peter . You saw lone ranger, i didnt. I didnt see it. Bill jim, you saw it . It was crazy, it was nuts. If you liked the old tv series, you enjoyed the fun of watching it but it was nuts. The william tell overture was great. And nfl quarterback Donovan Mcnabb retired from the game as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles yesterday. Playing 11 seasons for philly and having been drafted second overall by the eagles back in 1999. He was then traded to the redskins in 2010 and played a season with the minnesota vikings. He will be honored at an eagles game in september when the Kansas City Chiefs visit philadelphia because, of course, andy reed, their coach, is a former longtime coach of the eagles. He coached mcnabb. Mcnabb led the eagles to five nfc championships and one super bowl though he did not win. I thought he already retired. I hate to put it that way. And many mcdonald and other fast food workers took a one day strike looking for a living wage. What would it be do if mcdonalds doubled salaries and benefits of every employee from the 7. 25 an hour workers all the way up to their 8 million a year ceo. And they want to double them to 15 an hour for the regular everyday workers, university of kansas study found it would increase the price of a big mac by a whopping 68 cents from 3. 99 to 4. 67. Also according to the huffington post, every item on the dollar menu like a mcchicken sandwich which costs a dollar would go up just 17 cents. If they doubled everyones salary according to this university of kansas study. Bill jim wallis, if were to Start Talking about moral imperatives, the living wage is a good place to start, isnt it . Imagine these workers are making theyre lucky to be making the minimum wage. 7. 25. Theyre making 15,000 something a year. I had a pastor ask me a pastor who said i worry about dependency. Food stamps. I said you know, most people who get food stamps are families with kids and somebody in the house has a fulltime job. Theyre just not making enough money to buy their food. He said youve got to get that out. So people are working the poor are working and not making enough to pay for food for their kids. Bill i wanted to talk to you about some of the latest poverty numbers. Poverty, the Poverty Level for family of four is 23,021 a year. Okay. So these fast food workers making minimum wage, working full time are at 15,000. Theyre living in poverty. No benefits. Bill no benefits come with it, too. Right. So when living family wage, think of that term. Families have to live and so if youre working hard, if youre working hard and full time in this country, you shouldnt be poor. It is a simple principle we have to embrace. If youre work hard and full time, shouldnt you be poor. Particularly people running the company are making more than anyone who works hard and full time, really justify what they should make. Bill absolutely. This idea that if you pay them 15 an hour, doubled it, it would only increase the price of a big mac by 68 cents. I was teaching at harvard. There was a Living Wage Campaign among the harvard employees and a dean told me, we waste more time every year than it would take to raise their wage they wanted 10 an hour at cambridge which wasnt very much. Only when the students supported them, students went in to occupy the president s office, i get a call. Student says jim, im one of my top students from the last semester. Im in the president s office. Yeah . There are 50 of us here. Actually, hes left. Yeah . Actually, weve taken over the office. Yeah . Were calling about strategy. But the students got the faculty involved and harvard got the press attention and they passed a living wage for workers and housekeepers and security people because they said were harvard students. They ought to make at least 10 an hour at cambridge. It is a simple, moral principle of what shared prosperity is supposed to mean. The bible says prosperity is fine if were sharing it. If were not sharing it, we have a religious problem. Bill if the ceo is making 400 times what the average worker is making, we have a problem. It used to be 30 to 1. Now it is like 415 to 1. Something very wrong about inequality. When the gap is this extreme. Something is terribly wrong. Bill you have talked about, here on the program, youve written a lot about Immigration Reform, the latest article i saw calls it the moral urgency of immigration. That raises this debate to a whole other level. Why . It is very interesting, paul ryan called me two weeks ago. Said i want to help with Immigration Reform. So last week, we had evangelical leaders here in town up on the hill. Had 110 visits on the hill. Paul ryan met with us. Met with the speaker, met with democrats and republicans. Miss pelosi this week. All sides. This is finally something that could happen in a bipartisan way. Could bring us together across all of the boundaries because 11 Million People living in the shadows, we heard stories last week when women are raped, they cant call the police. If youre shot and wounded, i heard stories from pastors about people curling up in the corner hoping they dont die because they cant go to the e. R. Because theyll call the police. Theyll be deported. Families are being broken. Kids are being separated. This is a family issue. It is a moral issue. It is an economic issue. It is a Law Enforcement issue. So weve got bibles, badges and Faith Community, business and Law Enforcement saying this system is broken. Has to be fixed. Lets heal this nation. So only thing standing in our way is politics. How do you overcome politics . Again, movement is outside. Come to washington, say it is time to fix this thing and paul ryan said to us, this time, its different. We didnt have a Grassroots Movement that can influence the right and republicans like evangelicals can do. Bill what reaction did you get from the speaker . You did have movement, as we know in the senate, republicans and democrats did come together. They passed a bill which may not be perfect but it is a it has a path to citizenship. And yet so far, Speaker Boehner has said he wont even bring that up for a vote in the house. Did you get a sense of movement from him . I think there is movement in the house. Im feeling better about things now than i did a week ago. Again, weve had 100 in the house. We heard they heard us say that this is a moral imperative. Youve got evangelicals who have been biblically converted when jesus says as you have done to a stranger, youve done to me. Pastors now believe that means as we have done to 11 million undocumented people. Weve done to christ himself. Thats a big thing for evangelicals. Now in their brothers and sisters are undocumented. When you worship next to somebody, it changes your stereotypes. You get to know those people. We become converted biblically and relationally and now were saying to republicans and democrats, weve got to fix this system. So there is only political battles. There is a big chance to say welcome people out of the shadows, yes, support the rule of law. People will will be here. They deserve longterm, it will be a long process, they deserve to be citizens among us. Bill do you think this is a message that this is the way you can reach some of the tea partiers who might not otherwise vote for Immigration Reform . The obstacle is going to be republicans in very narrow gerrymandered districts who have less than 10 minority in their districts and if they have all white districts and they dont even know any hispanic people and they dont care even were winning the public on this. Overwhelming majority. Want to fix the system. How do you turn Public Opinion into change in those very narrow districts where people only look at their own constituencies. What i hear bill is a lot of fear. I hear from republican a lot of leaders there that a lot of their colleagues would like to vote for this but are afraid to because of being primaried and attacked by the tea party. So ive said and ill say it again, we replace political fear with personal faith. Some of them say theyre people of faith. Now is the time to exercise your faith and overcome this. Take a risk and do the right thing. Bill reverend jim wallis here with sojourners. It is sojo. Net. You can find out more about his great work. Well be back. 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Just be grateful current tv doesnt come in smellovision oh come on the sweatshirt is nice and all, but i could use a golden lasso. vo only on current tv. Announcer this is the bill press show. Bill 26 minutes after the hour. The Faith Community very much in the lead on Immigration Reform. And the reverend jim wallis who helped get this movement started in studio with us. Hes the founder and leader of sojourners. You can find out all about this and exciting meetings theyre having with members of both parties in the house, pushing for Immigration Reform at sojo. Net. Jim, about another minute. Ive got to ask you. Numbers i saw last week, we talk about the minimum wage. Poverty, 46. 2 million americans living in poverty in this country. And a. P. Reported that 80 of americans, four out of five americans have experienced some kind of economic insecurity in their lives. Is this stunning for the richest country on earth, right . It is historic. And what it could do is bring us together. This is across racial lines. It is poor families, working class families who are working and not making enough money. White, black and hispanic. And this it goes to show us weve got to look at this as something happens to not just them but to us, to all of us. And if we can get behind something that really looks at how to change our infrastructure, the infrastructure of our country and of our families, these are mostly single mom families and theyre struggling just to survive. Theyre all us now. No them anymore. It is all us. Thats where this is a matter of solidarity and loving our neb as ourselves. It is very simple. Bill an issue youve been talking about for a long time, too. Thank you for your great work and leadership and thank you for coming in this morning. Young turks i think the number 1 thing than viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. They know that im not bsing them for some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. 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We are live from our Nations Capital at 33 minutes after the hour on your local progressive talk Radio Station and on current tv. President obama in the wake of the verdict in the Trayvon Martin case has said we need a conversation about race in this country. That conversation starts today in washington, d. C. Headed by congresswoman marcia fudge from the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi in the house of representatives, conference this afternoon on race and justice in america. And were pleased to welcome congresswoman marsha funnel on our news line this morning. Congresswoman, thanks for joining us. Good morning, bill. It is my pleasure to be with you this morning. Bill what is the agenda today . Well, basically, what were going to do, we have some speakers that i think are going to be very, very good to start to get us thinking and talking about race and justice in a way thats going to be productive and constructive. So were going to have our committee sit down and talk about how we address some of the issues that are confronting our country today. It is going to be an open dialogue once we get some remarks from our speakers. Were going to talk. Something we havent done in a very long time. Bill right. How do you how would you assess the status of Race Relations in this country today . I mean obviously weve made a lot of progress, right, but when you see Something Like the Trayvon Martin the George Zimmerman verdict, you think maybe we still have a long way to go. We have a very long way to go. Yes, we have made some progress. No question about it. But as we sit this year, realizing that we are now 50 years from the march on washington for jobs and justice, 50 years from the bombings in birmingham and the killing of innocent people in the civil rights movement, we really need to assess how far weve truly come. We dont have the situations going on anymore. What we do have are things like Trayvon Martin. We also have attack on the Voting Rights act. We also have things that are you know, the cutting of food stamps from the farm bill. The cutbacks on education. The cutbacks on training, job training programs. We talk about the budget. If you look at the budget that was passed by the house of representatives, it not only cut education and training, it cut research and infrastructure. It cut things that people depend on, things like medicare. When you look at where thisco country is going, we hear people often say were now a country of haves and have nots and we really are. Civil rights is not just about race. It is also about economics. It is also about opportunity. And those are things i think are being eroded slowly in this country. Bill the president had a meeting yesterday with civil rights hireds and with attorney general eric holder on the question of you just alluded to, the question of Voting Rights. Making this a priority. Do you think theres a possibility that congress will be able to act after the Supreme Court basically gutted the Voting Rights act . I do. Im really very hopeful. Im almost confident that we will get something done this year. I think that all people of goodwill know that there are some issues that need to be addressed. This is one of them. I think that my colleagues, on the other side of the aisle, at some point will understand how important it is to get this done. I think we will get it done. Bill at a meeting yet, i think it was the National Bar Association meeting down in miami, the mother of Trayvon Martin, Sabrina Fulton spoke and she issued a challenge to them, congresswoman. Lets hear from her and i would love to get your reaction. The thing about this law is i just think it assisted the person who killed my son to get away with murder. Bill she was talking of course about standyourground law in florida. Will that be part of your discussion this afternoon and do you think that should be on the agenda for this congress again . Yes, it should be on the agenda for this congress. Because what people dont realize is these standyourground laws increase racial profiling. They protect those who would not only racially profile but but incite violence. If you remember when you looked at the Trayvon Martin trial and even if you looked at bits and pieces of it, George Zimmerman was never on trial. Trayvon martin was on trial for being a black kid in a neighborhood where George Zimmerman did not believe he should be. There was never at any time during the trial, any real effort to look at it with outrage. Even though people said race had nothing to do with it, it was clear race had something to do with it just by the fact that he was profiled by George Zimmerman. We have to look at the standyourground laws. It is not just standyourground laws that theyre putting in place. It is voter i. D. Laws. It is the assaults against women. This country has become a country not working for the people we represent but working against us. I ask you about whether congress can do anything because this is state by state by state that have passed the standyourground laws. Bill, it is state by state. We can do something about racial profiling. That is what started this. So that is something we can do. And we can address that at the federal level. Youre right. A lot of these are state law but we have to work at helping those in states repeal laws like stand your ground which actually increase violence as opposed to decrease it. Bill well, this is an important conversation. Again, the president has wanted to get it going. Im so glad that the Democratic Policy Committee under your leadership is taking this up, congresswoman. Well be watching with great interest. Nancy pelosi will be there as well and hopefully this will stimulate similar conversations all across this country. 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Ok, so theres wiggle room in the Ten Commandments, thats what youre saying. You would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. Absolutely. And so would mitt romney. vo shes joy behar. And the best part is that current will let me say anything. What the hell were they thinking . This show is about analyzing, criticizing, and holding policy to the fire. Are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night . Is this personal or is it political . A lot of my work happens by doing the things that i am given to doing anyway. Staying in tough with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. Not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. But we do care about them, right . Vo the war room tonight at 6 eastern vo current tv gets the converstion started next. Im a slutty bob hope. You are. The troops love me. The sweatshirt is nice and all, but i could use a golden lasso. vo only on current tv. Announcer heard around the country and seen on current tv, this is the bill press show. Bill here we go. 16 minutes before the top of the hour. Tuesday, july 30. The full court press here. With the whole gang, the whole team. And a couple of big stories that we havent had a chance to spend enough time on. We talked in the first hour a little bit about pope francis. He is really shaking things up first of all, this is a guy with a total different style than weve seen of any pope at all. He really comes across in so many ways as someone who is very comfortable in his skin. Hes very humble and he doesnt like all of the trappings and the tra la la that normally goes with the papacy. He refuses to wear the red pradas that benedict loved. He will not live in the papal apartments because he said he doesnt like living alone. He likes being around people. And living in all of those fancy apartments just by himself is not his idea of fun. I think its great. He takes his meals he lives in the boardinghouse, guesthouse inside the vatican where he checked in as a cardinal when he came in to vote for the new pope. He takes his meals with the people who are there. Likes hanging out with them. We know he shuns the official limousine and favors a regular car, sitting in the backseat. That got him a little bit of trouble when he landed in brazil the first day. But thats who he is. And so that came across maybe more than ever on his flight back from brazil of course, the whole focus of his papacy, forget that is this focus on the poor and alleviating poverty and thats the mission of the church. Thats what the church ought to be all about which is so true. So true to the gospels and which the church has really gotten away from. By all of this focus on the sex issues. So in many ways, it is so refreshing to see pope francis and as i started, on the trip back from brazil to rome is where he really showed what a different kind of pope he is when he walked to the back of what do they call it . Pope i . Papal i . Im not sure. Where the press was gathered. He just stood up and said greeted everybody and said hey, im here to take your questions on any topic. Before, they always used to have submit reporters would have to submit their questions in writing. Papal aides would decide which questions the pope would answer. They would write out the answers and the pope would come back and read from his little index cards the answers to the questions that the papal aides had decided the pope would answer. It was so stilted and artificial. This pope stood there for 80 minutes and theres video out, picture on the front page of the New York Times this morning leaning against the front of an airline seat and answering questions on any topic. Unheard of. Most i dont think i dont think the president of the United States has done the same thing. President obama will meet with reporters and take questions off the cuff like that for 10 or 15 minutes but it is all off the record. This was totally on the record for the pope. And they could ask him about anything. And reporters did. They asked him about women priests, whether he would ever see women being ordained as priests. On that one, the pope was pretty closedminded. The pope said hey youre not going to get me on that one. The church has already spoken. This issue is basically resolved. It aint gonna happen. So then they asked him an interesting question about gay whether or not he has discovered that there really is a gay lobby meaning a lobby of gay priests inside the vatican. And the pope, on that, was very clear. [ speaking Foreign Language ] bill all right. There he is. Was that obama or was that the pope . Im confused. Bill i like his italian. Of the point the pope was making there is by the way, you hear the word gay which again, no pope has ever used that phrase. It is a fairly modern phrase. Gay. He uses that. But the first point he makes is he has to distinguish between with the gay lobby, the gay priests, the fact that gay, thats one thing and being part of a lobby is another. So he said the lobby thing, he didnt really want to talk about. But on the gay side, the pope really kind of made history. He said in terms of theyre being gay, who am i to judge . If theyre seeking the lord in good faith, who am i to judge . They should not be manner nallized marginalized. The tendency is not the problem, they are our brothers. Which really is historic because the pope the first time that any pope has not just simply condemned members of the Lgbt Community. When the pope says lgbt huh . Bill then you know hes up to date. First time a pope has said this is wrong. This is immoral. This is abhorrent, we shouldnt talk to them. Or kind of whatever. And this pope is saying again, what a difference. Who am i to judge . Again, the pope is not saying health is great or its okay to have homosexual sex. For samesex marriage or whatever. But just this openness and tolerance and acceptance is a big difference from where the Catholic Church has always been and it is a big difference from where the catholic bishops are in this country. And it got a very positive response. Dignity u. S. A. Is a group of lgbt catholics who are working for change within the Catholic Church. Mary ann dunnny brook is the head of that. She pointed out yesterday that the homosexuality should not be considered something which is abnormal. There is nothing to be forgiven about being gay or lesbian. It is who god made us. It is a great blessing. Bill she also expressed the hope that the catholic bishops, American Catholic bishops, who have been some of the most negative when it comes to outreach to the Lgbt Community and not accepting or openminded at all toward the issue, even of civil unions, remember back to pope francis, when he was cardinal, in south america, he actually was urging his catholic bishops to support civil unions which was again, really revolutionary. So back to dignity u. S. A. , they just hope that the catholic bishops will listen to the leader. Church management looks to the pope for some indication about where these conversations should go and if pope francis indicates more willingness to openness or to mediate his statements, on lgbt, people in the same way he has shifted the focus on the poor, that is going to have an impact. Thats what i was going to ask you. You know about this as much as anybody that i know. So now what . The pope has spoken. Does that mean the church has to go that direction . Bill i dont think it means the church will change its doctrine. The doctrine officially still is it is okay to be gay as long as you dont have sex. Right . Right. Bill just like its okay to be straight as long as you dont have sex outside of marriage but if youre gay, cant have sex ever at all. Thats not going to change. Yet. But his outreach and his acceptance and his attitude of tolerance and openness is a good step in good step in the right direction. With that, wrap it up with the pope and well come back here and wrap up the show with todays parting shot. Announcer heard around the country and seen on current tv. This is the bill press show. c] John Fugelsang if you believec] in states rights but still support the drug war you must be high. Cenk uygur i think the number one thing viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. I think the audience gets that i actually mean it. Michael shure this show is about being up to date so a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i am given to doing anyway. Joy behar you can say anything here. Jerry springer i spent a couple of hours with a hooker joy behar your mistake was writing a check Jerry Springer she never cashed it vo the days events. Four very unique points of view. Tonight starting at 6 eastern. Viewpoint digs deep into the issues of the day. Has the time finally come for real Immigration Reform . With a distinctly satirical point of view. If you believe in states rights but still believe in the drug war, you must be high. Only on current tv. Bill my parting shot for today, tuesday, july 30th, syria is not the only country torn by civil war. Weve got one here. Civil war has broken out in the Republican Party between conservatives Chris Christie and peter king and libertarian rand paul. Christie started it. Accusing rand paul of dangerous talk by raising questions about drones and the nsa. Rand paul fired back that christie and peter king are the ones really putting this country in danger with their reckless spending and recovery from Hurricane Sandy. Whos right and whos wrong . The truth is theyre both wrong. Rand pauls wrong on sandy. Of course fema should help victims of Hurricane Sandy in new jersey. Just like it helped the victims of tornadoes in kentucky. And Chris Christie and peter king are wrong on drones and the nsa. Both of these programs are out of control. Both of them are massive invasions of privacy. And both of them demand that some limitations be put on our government. But the best part is, enjoy it, folks. Republicans are waging war against each other. How sweet it is Melanie Sloan and neil king from the wall street journal join us here tomorrow. Have a good one