186655press. Thats our toll free number and also you can join us on twitter. Of course, at bpshow. And we want you to be our friend on facebook. Join us on facebook at facebook. Com billpressshow. Big day today for the first time, president obamas going to sign the student loan bill and then for the First Time Since april 30, hes going to hold a News Conference in the reist room of the white house. Yes, you bet, i will be there. And we can expect questions to the president on Edward Snowden, on drones, on the nsa, on Immigration Reform, on syria, and why he is giving the medal of freedom to Oprah Winfrey. I think she deserves it but still get a question about that. In other news, georgia republicans say that they actually thing more highly of paula deen than of Martin Luther king jr. Chuck todd and Andrea Mitchell condemn nbcs plan to do a mini series on Hillary Clinton. Lots going on this friday morning. Well tell you all about it right here. To the fire. Are you encouraged by what yo
[ theme music ] stephanie hello current tvland. Well, its official Jacki Schechner i will never be secretary of defense. How come . Stephanie they are holding up his nomination among other things they want some information about someone in his office that sexually harassed someone else. Oh, and you would be more directly involved. Stephanie yes. Im pretty sure chuck hagel never had to make that call the next morning. Stephanie oh to jacki . Sorry, i know you are straight. Im less worried about myself and more worried about tbone and chris. Good morning, everybody, white house Counter Terrorism chief and cia director john brennan will head up to the hill today for his confirmation hearings. He is facing tough questions. Some congressional committees had access to a memo in june but now that it has been made entirely public, it is raising all sorts of concerns about the ethics and legalalty of using force against americans overseas. And the Senate Intelligence committee sent brennan ques
Peters from california joining us tomorrow. Well see you then. Announcer this is the bill press show. [ theme music ] stephanie okay. Thats not working. Hello. Welcome current tv land. I cant hear jacki. Okay. Stephanie all right then. Good morning, everybody we have a new pope. Who wants to throw out the first pope joke . Okay. Ummmmm. A priest and rabbi stephanie you are lucky he even popes for you. He is pope francis. And he has one lung. Stephanie dont cry argentina, the truth is he never left you. He is italian decent. As many in italy are. Stephanie in the meantime here is Jacki Schechner in the current news center. Good morning, we do have a new pope today a lot sooner than expected. The cardinals picked pope francis after just five rounds of voting. He is 76 years old and the first pope from latin america. He is known to be simple and pastoral, but not expected to modernize any of the issues like aborg, gay marriage or allowing women to become priest. President obama congratula
Cenk well looks look were out of time. If you want more young turks, utubd. Com tyt, all the young turks you can handle. Viewpoint is next. John cpac 2013 is underway. And the speaker told us how barack obama is an evil socialist mastermind, and at least theyre on message. The budget stayed up in d. C. With the president offering cuts to medicare now. This is turning into a new reality show. New deal or no knew deal. Well be joined by congressman peter welch. And its pi day. Today is the birthday of the late Albert Einstein and tom coburn and Michael Caine is 80 years old. And Julius Caesar was an emperor, now hes a salad. Heres viewpoint. [ theme music ] john good evening, im john fugelsang, and this is viewpoint. Day three of president obamas socalled Charm Offensive saw him meeting with Senate Republicans and House Democrats following the meeting yesterday with house republicans. Next stop, tomorrow hell be speaking at cpac. Obama did offer an explanation for his recent outreach in
Near killed me, damn near killed my family. Theres the bus, check this out. Thats the one im catching. I get really happy when i walk on the bus and its kind of crowded but i see a seat to sit on especially on the window side so i can just stick out the window and whether its traffic or just buildings or trees or whatever those are things that i didnt get to see in prison for so long and i appreciate those things. Even the very air that i breathe, its something thats a blessing everyday. I have no complaints because if i did. Itd mean that i dont appreciate freedom. Michael this is the war room, im michael shure. Coming up so far the president s cabinet picks have been treated with criticism, and in one case outright venom. So youll forgive him if he starts knocking these out a couple at a time. [ theme music ] michael today president obama called his cabinet together for its first meeting of his second term. They should get ready for serious budget battles. Chuck hagel has health and