Also tonight the terrifying prospect that one result of the bankruptcy of the city of detroit could be the thousands of potential personal bankruptcies caused by the slashing of retirees pensions. A full discussion on that is coming up. All that plus i am absolutely geeking out a little bit over what i think is the coolest car ever. The tesla. I will tell you why its so cool but also why its so important. But tonight we begin with a man who i believe is the most dangerous politician on the american right. In october 2007 i sat in the media gallery of the United States Supreme Court and watched the solicitor general of texas argue on behalf of the state that he should have the ability to put to death a mexican national, jose, who had been convicted of raping and murdering two teenage girls in houston. He won that argument and he was executed by texas on august 5th, 2008, despite the objections of the United Nations and the International Court of justice. At the time, i had no idea who t
I will tell you why its so cool but also why its so important. But tonight we begin with a man who i believe is the most dangerous politician on the american right. In october 2007 i sat in the media gallery of the United States Supreme Court and watched the solicitor general of texas argue on behalf of the state that he should have the ability to put to death a mexican national, jose, who had been convicted of raping and murdering two teenage girls in houston. He won that argument and he was executed by texas on august 5th, 2008, despite the objections of the United Nations and the International Court of justice. At the time, i had no idea who this man arguing on behalf of texas was. But all i could think was holy crap, this guy is good. It was one of his nine times arguing before the Supreme Court and he was witty, incredibly fast on his feet and clearly had a brilliant legal mind. It is to this day one of the most impressive displays i have ever seen before the court and i have had
Everything. If it is itchy, you should see a doctor. Stephanie it is not does this look infected. We may have to do another mini corner later. Ok. Stephanie it leads to another exploding mailbag. [ explosion ] like a wall . Stephanie right. It is like an exploding uvula. Eww thats not a thing. Side effects of the Stephanie Miller show. Stephanie here she is. One of the sidekicks of the Stephanie Miller show. Jacki schechner. Good morning, everybody. Boston marathon bombing suspect gentleman car tsarnaev will appear in court for the first time today. His arraignment is scheduled for federal court in boston this afternoon. Authorities have charged the 19yearold with using a weapon of mass destruction which killed three people and wounded more than 260. No official word on how many of the victims or their family members will be present in court today but the u. S. Attorneys office says it has reserved space for those who might want to attend. Police captured tsarnaev hiding out in a boat
There were lots of people on sight with signs and banners supporting people doing this civil disobedience, particularly supporting the people who got arrested. So that happened yesterday in phoenix. It went as planned, a successful protest. But then Something Else happened. A bus showed up. And a bus started to pull out of that facility that they had chained themselves to the gates of. And it was a bus that was loaded up with immigrants, who were being forcibly deported out of the country. The protest at the fence, at the gates where the people had chained themselves to the fence there, that had been a protest for Immigration Reform. The protesters were saying, stop splitting up our families, stop breaking parents and children and brothers and sisters and husbands and wives apart from each other, when their only crime is wanting to live here peacefully, together. 1. 7 Million People have been deported under president obama alone. These protesters say they want a moratorium on the depor
Los angeles. He will be down at Camp Pendleton later this afternoon. We will bring you up to date on the news of the day and take your calls at 186655press. Look forward to hearing from you on twitter at bpshow and on facebook at facebook. Com billpressshow. In the news today, of course, everybody still buzzing about the fact that the Washington Post was sold. Could the New York Times be next . Thats what people are asking. And around washington, the most common reaction is well, jeff bezos bought it, at least it wasnt Rupert Murdoch or the Koch Brothers. Good news on the child obesity front. Give some credit to first Lady Michelle obama. Pardon me. Oh, my god, i dont think ive ever done that on television before but for the First Time Ever not ever but in a long time, the numbers on child obesity are coming down. Michelle obamas efforts are paying off. Ill promise to try not to sneeze again right here on current tv. Conversation started weekdays at 9 eastern. Im a slutty bob hope. The