to rise up and not be at that same level. gregg: another example of government being in business especially nanny bloomberg. good to see you. heather: still to come, growing concerns over the bird flu outbreak in china. there is no cure or vaccination and it is spreading. we ll have the latest from health officials. gregg: florida senator marco rubio leading the charge on immigration reform. a look at what we can expect in congress and what impact the bill could have on his political future. that is coming up in a fair and balanced debate. i would argue to you it will be cheaper, faster and easier for people to go back home and wait ten years to go through the process i ve outlined. that is why it s not amnesty. most people think that after an accident,
and government ultimately pays for a lot of the costs. maybe he gets the cigarette companies to negotiate on a lot of other things, i plaud him for what he s doing. but i don t smoke, i don t smoke not because they re hidden. because michael bloomberg told you not to? i m now saying i was a smoker, but there s a part of me that says every time cigarettes get harder to get, because i live in new york city, some part of me is like i should start. i m going to leave it there. that s the end of the show, thank you to jacob, joy, harold and howard. i ll see you back here tomorrow when i m joined by michael steele, kurt anderson, victoria defrancesco soto. former white house economist and cbo director eken and jay street founder jeremy bename. you can follow me online. next up, luke russert and his boat shoes are sitting in for
candidate will ever be viable, she s sending a strong member to the court is that americans are ready to embrace it. i think it s not unexpected. to say the least. and i do think it does send a signal, no one is going to run for the democratic nomination that doesn t embrace marriage equality. i would just point out that republicans do have some experience talking to empty chairs. so that is bad i totally missed the joke. all the republicans that signed the supreme court brief, do a little exercise and see how many of them will have to face republican primary voters. my guess is very, very few. jacob, josh barrow was writing in bloomberg that while republicans may grouse about d.o.m.a. and prop 8, the best thing that could happen if the supreme court strikes down both, he writes a supreme court
or like alcohol. i think a lot of people argue that the united states prudy policies towards sex, drugs and alcohol sort of fuels young people to want them more. big sodas and cigarettes really are bad. and momma just wants what s best for you. so give him a break. the key thing to remember about bloomberg is he s not a nonsmoker, he s an ex-smoker. the ex-smokers want to persecute the smoker. that said, this has worked. it s been a tremendous benefit to public health and the movement has really spread from here all over the world. it s everything added up, everything you do to add hassle and a little bit of persecution and a lot of costs to smokers reduces smoking. you re talking about false equivalencies here. as between a soda, a sugary soda and a pack of cigarettes it s a big difference, the cigarettes are a more direct route to mayhem in your body and to cost to the country.
an attempt to curb underage smoking. bloomberg s prior efforts to curb smoking has been effective. since he has been in office, smoking among adults has dropped by almost a third falling from 21.5% in 2002, to 14.8% in 2011. howard, chimney that you are, where do you fall on this? is this overreach? or is this a great idea? can you make fun of bloomberg, but you know what, he s right. cigarettes are a scourge on the health of the country. paying for health care is a collective responsibility. whether republicans want to admit it or not. i think they should tax the heck out of them even more than they are and some people think bloomberg didn t go far enough. all he s doing is saying keep them out of sight. it doesn t mean you can t get them. which has been in terms of bad foods, if you don t see them you are less likely to buy them. i would think like if you re an underage smoker and the thrill of getting something you re not supposed to have. now that it s secret it s like po