i would like to think that i know him well, but suffice it to say that i know him well enough to know that he is one of the greatest world leaders, if not the greatest world leader alive today. that sound bite happened in november, 2013, but here s an update. he said to the russian press what? he said that he thought that our stance on the ukraine was idiotic. america s stance? yeah. and that he completely understands putin s push into that area to protect the russian-speaking people of crimea. protect them from what? you know, that s a good question. i mean they want their independence, he s claiming, and that he s protecting his military base there as well. he says he has every right to do that and it is very reasonable. so seagal is siding with putin and russia against his own country. i understand these comments were made from romania. he s shooting a movie there. he s a big star there. he and vladimir putin have
is where they are now, far outside of what most of america is thinking. it s interesting this new idea i keep hearing about the primary was the problem. and part of what they re saying is we spoke too articulately and too clearly about what we really believe. we need to have fewer debates, i.e., don t tell them what you really think, don t let john king and outsiders question us. we re just going to have rens priebus or somebody from fox question us so we don t let people know what we think. i don t think democrats and liberals are having a problem letting people know this is what we think about choice or these sort of things. tell them whatever we think. the republicans are, like, let s have four debates, not let them know what we think and move to the middle and pretend we re on the middle instead of on the extreme right. abby, one of the things that has really brought to me that this is not my being overly cynical, but that they re not really changing, was something you said. you
do they have to continue the series? the braves and the pirates. or was that the last game of the series? that s a good question. i haven t committed the pirates schedule to memory yet. we ll figure out if they have to face each other again. ok. checking. coming up in three minutes, stuart varney brings up a good point and let s debate the designated hitter rule for the american and national league and joining us now to discuss this, tim mccarver. let s bring in tim mccarver and stuart varney. should there be a d.h. in baseball? cricket next. fantastic. what we re hearing right now. and pitchers shouldn t have to hit either. to the stories making headlines at 6:30 a.m. in the east coast, a symbol of hope that remains standing in the rubble. but a group of atheists don t want the cross displayed at the 9/11 memorial and museum. they are suing claiming it shouldn t be used, the cross was lowered into the museum this weekend. meanwhile, the race already on for congress
charlie rangel, still on the job. maxine watters has three ethics violations. it s extraordinary. she s waiting for her day in court. you have anthony weiner and, they re looking into his claims. and then you re looking at his it s his birthday and everybody knows you have tickle fights on your birthday. some republicans have had to resign as well. coming up on the show, lower than low. a man uses a wheelchair for sympathy to rob a bank. details at the top of the hour. then the tea party shot her into the national spotlight. what does christine o donnell think about nbc calling the tea party people a bunch of drug junkies? huh? good question. k9 advantix ii.
you only control republicans only control one chamber. so you can t pretend if you have the gavel and you have the white house. so you got to be somewhat practical. he used the term suicidal to knock back boehner here. exactly right. meanwhile, we got a new member of the fox family. ed henry came over from one of those other channels down the dial, yesterday was his first day in the white house press briefing room and he asked jay carney a great question regarding the president s primetime address the night before. what was the point of that? listen to this exchange. if you basically have this boehner plan, that you say can t get through the senate and you ve got the plan that the republicans don t think you can get through the senate or the house and saying we want to compromise, what was the point of giving a primetime address to the nation without an obama plan and say neither of these other plans can work. i understand the idea that there is not an obama plan. it is like pl