if this were a muslim family that owned a company and they were very strict in their religion, they did not believe that women should be coming to work unless they had permission slips from their husbands is, this the kind of thing that they now could mount a case and take this all the way to the supreme court and heavens to betsy there is actually precedent for a religious issue trumping civil rights laws? this is exactly the danger in this case. is it really? heavens to betsy, bill. i m glad to see i haven t seen that lady with the while. the lady with the hot glasses ashleigh banfield i m glad she handed on her feet. the way she is talking it sounds like she might have landed on her head. that s outrageous. she is engaging in islamophobia in order to justify her religious big got tri. it s it the slippery slope that if you give a christian concern this window that you you don t have to do abortion mechanism that they consider to be one. the morning after pill that
what if this were a muslim family, owned a company, and they were very strict in their religion, they did not believe that women should be coming to work unless they had permission slips from their husbands, is this the kind of thing that they now could mount a case and take this all the way to the supreme court and then, heavens to betsy, there s actually precedent for a religious issue trumping civil rights laws, sally? this is exactly the danger in this case. there s really two problems. one is when you say the corporations can claim religious freedom and that religious free comb dom, quote/unquote, can trump certain laws, you do open up an incredibly dangerous minefield. ruth bader ginsburg, 48 pages, warning of the very scary implications of this. it could be a muslim employer of course they do, they create these very narrow rulings. they go in a few years later and
it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. this is cnn breaking news. we begin this morning with breaking news. we have learned that president obama is holding a big event at the white house rose garden later today to resurrect the battle over the bush tax cuts. he will be surrounded by working class americans while he calls on congress to extend tax cuts for everyone, making $250,000 a year or less. republicans want the tax cuts extended for everyone, the wealthy included. the white house will be very busy framing the tax cut debate this week with events planned in new hampshire, nevada, colorado and florida. republicans as i mentioned want the tax cuts extended for all americans, even the wealthiest. at 7:00 eastern on starting point we ll talk about that position with tennessee republican congresswoman marsha blackburn. we have been warning you and now the time has come. hundreds of thousands of people are going to wake up this morning and computers will be dark. no web service.
going in a mad dash. we re seeing violent scenes even. they re tearing down doors. people being arrested. you know what they re all after? a shoe. not just any shoe, though. an air jordan. we ll explain. also, possible ground breaking lawsuit against the nfl. a number of former players suing over concussions they say they got while playing the game. one of those players, jamal lewis, in studio with me in just a matter of minutes. don t miss that. let me start with this major political road block now for newt gingrich and rick perry. both candidates failed to qualify for the virginia primary. neither of them came up with enough valid signatures. this means now that there are only two candidates that will square off in virginia s march 6th showdown. let me bring in our athena jones. first of all, how could this happen? how could they not make the ballot? virginia has stringent rules. among the most stringent of all the states. you have to get at least 10,000 signatures from a
oh! heavens to betsy. oh! see, it was our job to start it badly. we did that. we were [ bleep ] idiots. i recent this president helping to depose gadhafi without the complications and cost of a never-ending occupation. it s frankly unamerican, i won t stand for it. stewart reaching deep into his bag of impersonations last night. still ahead on way too early, why you re awake. your tweets, texts and e-mails are next. morning joe moments away. exclusive to the military. and commitment is not limited to one s military oath. the same set of values that drive our nation s military are the ones we used to build usaa bank. from free checking to credit cards to loans, our commitment to the military, veterans, and their families is without equal. visit us online to learn what makes our bank so different.