who has had hair on her legs, hair on her armpits. i notice it, of course. it is a challenge to societal norms and it s supposed to be a learning experience. why is everybody so upset what s wrong with societal norms? i love societal norms. i want more societal norms! it s called map enners. you see that you have norms. that s interesting. you should grow your armpit hair out and get dread locks. how is that? gross. actually, if you let it grow long enough, you could get dread locks under your armpits. that s what i meant. because i m a sad, strange man. up next, one fan caught on camera sleeping through a game. we ve been there, haven t we, it s baseball. and now he s suing. find out why when we come back. it s one of the fastest growing crimes in america. in fact, there s a new victim of identity theft
who has had hair on her legs, hair on her armpits. i notice it, of course. it is a challenge to societal norms and it s supposed to be a learning experience. why is everybody so upset what s wrong with societal norms? i love societal norms. i want more societal norms! it s called map enners. you see that you have norms. that s interesting. you should grow your armpit hair out and get dread locks. how is that? gross. actually, if you let it grow long enough, you could get dread locks under your armpits. that s what i meant. because i m a sad, strange man. up next, one fan caught on camera sleeping through a game. we ve been there, haven t we, s baseball. and now he s suing. find out why when we come back. you want to save money on car insurance?
recriticism banning twists and dread locks and multiple braids. helene cooper joins me now. it s great to see you. hi, andrea. hi, it s great to see you. let s talk about this. tell me why this is clearly so aimed at african-american women? i think the biggest issue for black women on this is that the army regulations are using the hair of white women as a baseline for what is acceptable. and so i think that is sort of the crux of the matter. so when you re a black woman in the army and so many of the ones i talked to were so furious about this. at the end of the day they say that the army regulations don t seem to recognize the fact that black hair, most black hair is very, very deeply curly, some will even say kinky. if black hair is growing out of
there s a lot going on today. here s something we thought you should know. this morning, david ortiz s selfie with president obama has gone viral. the boston slugger s picture has been now retweeted 38,000 times in the last 24 hours. big papi snapped a pic yesterday during the world champion white house visit. it s drawing sharp criticism for rules many say unfairly target african-american women s hair. now, the regulations include rules on tattoos, hair styles, grooming and uniforms. however, one of the rules which only applies to women is a ban on twists, dread locks, and multiple braids or corn rows that are bigger than a quarter of an inch. an army spokesperson told the army times newspaper the air styles have been barred since 2005, but the new regulations
right now. the governor would have to call in a special session. we called the governor s office. they don t appear to be poised to do any of that right now. they referred us to the lt. governor s office, david dewhurst, he says he is looking at the laws and procedures for removing a judge. she going to be out there. her time is up in one year. she is elected republican. she has been in that position for 19 years. this was insane decision by this woman. and that s that. but there doesn t appear to be the political will in the state of texas to do a whole lot about that at this point. third letter comes from gary, petaluma, california. it s difficult to watch a professional game. dread locks and body ink everywhere. show biz. i feel your pain. some of these guys look grotesque out there. the long hair. the hair doesn t bother me much in the nfl. the helmet. i get it, can t read their name. but, you know, they do that but the nba with the ink all over them, i mean, it is