What would you like to happen to this house . I want a medicine man to go in there and pray, you know and let her go and all that. Let her spirit go, because i feel like shes still in there. [ theme ] bill hey, good morning everybody. What do you say . It is thursday morning february 28th. This is the full court press. Welcome to the program here on current tv as we boom out to you live from our studio on capitol hill and bring you up to date on all the goings on today here in our Nations Capital. And around the country around the globe. Today is Benedict Xvis last day on the job as pope. It is jack lews first day on the job as our new treasury secretary. And today is the last chance congress has to take any action to avoid the sequester. It aint gonna happen. The cuts are going to kick in. Now, the only question is who is going to get the blame . We know who deserves the blame republicans in the house of representatives. Thats it. That and a lot more for the full court press. First, l
Ratings are down. To put it in perspective, in 2000 almost 50 of the people watching tv were watching the oscars. By 2012 only 34 of people watching tv were watching the oscars. It needs a little boost, like all the award shows, theyve hurt the oscars. Theres no more surprise. How would you fix it, if you could . First, give me one of these. That changes everything. America would tune in, whos this idiot getting an oscar . I didnt think you liked them. Now you want your own. No, no, im not badmouthing the oscars or people who win it who do you think would win . You, of course, randi kaye, don lemon who is sweet every saturday night, my parents, my girlfriend were out of time. Cue the music. Thank you. Nice seeing you. Im susan hendricks. Thanks for watching today. State of the union with Candy Crowley starts right now. And the award for best dramatic performance go to washington . Today, if you cant beat them, scare them. We are required to cut 1 billion. And if more than half of our e
Host you can join the conversation on twitter, twitter. Com cspanwj. Or join the conversation on facebook, facebook. Com cspan. Lets look at some of the headlines. Usa today. The president and republicans jousted again yesterday. Host the headline on the story from the New York Times. republicans are calling the impact overstated and citing spending as a key issue. Here is what americans are saying. The wall street journal has a new poll. You can see the breakdown of numbers on the opinions of what each is opposing it to do. A 29 Approval Rating in terms of the sequester. 57 disagree with what the republicans are doing. 1 5 of respondents do think sequester cuts are a good idea. Austerity has killed off government jobs, says the New York Times. Host looking at some other stories. This from usa today. Host here is another headline about the misuse of power. We like to hear your thoughts this morning. Caller president obama will release over 10,000 dangers illegal aliens that are guilty
Internet at abc. Com through wednesday. Lauren i had nothing to do with ketchup in those four hours. Catch up in those four hours. Lori terrible at predicting the market. Thinking about the oscars. It is predicted if you dont even watch the movies. Dennis you know she will not win because they endorsed torture. Melissa you knew argo was going to win. All right, dennis, thank you. Lori see you guys later. Melissa i am melissa francis. Welcome back. I missed you. Im happy to be back. Lori i missed relaxing, hearing everybody talk about market. So much better than taking care of the children. Kidding. I am lori rothman. Which state will be hurt most be most by the massive budget cuts. With the deadline looming, it only talks their hearing about is who is responsible. Melissa aig former chief is going to sit down with Charlie Gasparino later in this hour. Lori the dow hovering at alltime highs. How serious are they on stocks . They surveyed all of these things. Melissa is buying a house li
Another brutal wirntd blast buries the heartland. Wreaking havoc up into the plains states. Hurricaneforce winds brought travel to a halt. The second powerful winter storm in a week continues to dump snow and knock out power. It may be worse than the last one. Congress has until friday to hammer out an agreement to avoid the socalled sequester, a series of sweeping federal spending cuts. It looks like we cant defend america, our allies are going to be uncertain and our enemies are going to be on steroids. Hundreds of thousands of americans will lose access to prime care and Preventive Care like flu vaccinations. [ beep ] an explosion rocks a hot air balloon in egypt a couple disappears in peru. Back in december. Family members fear the couple has been kidnapped. I just want somebody to find my sister. The dow posting its worse loss of 2013 on worries that italy could spark another debt crisis. Free speech of speech. In america you have a right to be stupid if you want to be. All that h