many candidates in close elections highlighting their support of less controversial obamacare provisions. to cut waste and fraud in medicare. force insurance companies to cover cancer and other preexisting conditions. reporter: democratic strategists predict soon obamacare will be old news. to me as more people get enrolled and more people have access to health care, it becomes less of a tangible issue for them. reporter: even republican governor bobby jindal warned recently that his party can t blast obamacare. they need to propose new policies as well. martha. martha: thank you very much, peter doocy. bachelor number three. bill: come on down. pope francis came face-to-face with his mini-me. the pope kicking off carnival with a kiss for a 19-month-old sporting this year s must-have costume. looks good. mardi gras marks period before
him and his policies or think he is not liberal enough. some say he is not liberal enough. others say they are disappointed in his policies or result of his policies. the fact that there is gridlock and no progress. bill: thanks to both of you. thank you. bill: 40% of independents are not happy. right. bill: that is really harbinger of ill for the administration. bill: thank you, doug. thank you, monica. what s next, martha? martha: coming up the poet giving a kiss to a little admirer. why the pontiff s mini-me caused quite a sensation in st. peter s square. look at this little boy. plus this. obamacare has me worried. i always put my patients first. taking time to listen and get to know them. bill: many believe this win the obamacare election. how ad wars are centering around one central issue. my time be spent navigating a complicated system or helping people get well? what will happen to my patients if i have to close my practice? [ fishing rod casting line, marching b
pope ben de benedict brea his silence. an allegation surfaced he had been forced to quit. he denied it in a letter to the website vatican insider writing the only condition for the validity of my resignation is the complete freedom of my decision. speculation regarding its validity is simply absurd. dan browne, you taking notes here? meanwhile, in pope francis news, he met his mini-me, a very unhappy little boy dressed as him. let s go back to that first story and get some perspective. james barton, editor at large of america magazine and author of jesus: a pilgrimage. i think some might argue it s a little beneath a pope, even a pope emeritus, to respond to rumors. why write this letter?
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i honestly hope that he gains the strong qualities from me, and i want to be there. i will be there to teach him how to grow and become a man and a successful man. but penn is struggling with his own issues. he is currently in the close management unit for having assaulted two correctional officers. it s best not to make enemies, point blank, period. i was wrong. i could have went about it a different way. and i accept this as a consequences to my actions and just lay low and get through this as fast as you can. mini me, happy birthday, my dude! i love you and i miss you more than you ll ever know. i love you. happy birthday, kid.