accomplish anything significant. and of course the affordable care act is the most significant accomplishment of this president or of any president it would be. and so this is, i think, another effort on the part of chairman issa to put a few more lines under that asterisk that you talk about. like hank aaron really didn t hit all those home runs. therefore, therefore, therefore. thank you. anyway, thank you for joining us. up next, sarah palin takes another alaska sized potshot, this time at the pope. this is hardball, a place for politics. [ thunder crashes ]
always a witch hunt, looking for the witch. it goes back to what we ve said many times. they want to make sure that this president has an astrifk by his name saying that he did not accomplish anything significant. and of course the affordable care act is the most significant accomplishment of this pritz or of any president it would be. and so this is, i think, another effort on the part of chairman issa to put a few more lines under that asterisk that you talk about. like hank aaron really didn t hit all those home runs. therefore, therefore, therefore. thank you. anyway, thank you for joining us. up next, sarah palin takes another alaska sized potshot, this time at the pope. this is hardball, a place for politics. [ male announcer ] how can power consumption in china,
and may have big-footed congress. kate bolduan is on the case. we heard it moments ago. the white house asserting executive privilege. reporter: it is the latest twist in this ongoing battle that is coming to his leading up to this showdown vote, this contempt vote, that the republican chairman of the house oversight committee, congressman darrell issa, has been threatening. he says he had a subpoena for documents relating you of the department of justice relating to this botched gun-running operation known as fast and furious. he wants these documents and the department of justice there has been a lot of back and forth, how they will get the documents if they could give over the documents, put all those details aside and the background. today what we are watching right here, you are see thing video of the live hearing going on right now. it is the chairman is moving forward with this vote to hold the attorney general in contempt of congress on this would be very bi
time will tell. and mississippi s governor is under fire. 200 pardons in his final days. new information on who was set free and what these convicted killers are now allowed to do. we also understand that these are unconditional pardons, which means that their constitutional rights are restored. we re going to find out a little bit more about that. apparently, they re going to be able to vote and own guns. 2011 was so last year because 2012 got some stocks on a tear. the dow climbing to the highest level since july. what the what? we re going to figure all this out with christine romans in just a few moments. and the death of actress natalie wood, who died back in 19 1981. was she killed? new this morning, what police found since they reopened this investigation two months ago. that woo hoo you heard at the top of the news cast, could be sounding like the power train for mitt romney as he heads to the next stop. i wonder if this is going to be a sweep. is south caro
their fair share. that brings me to what s being called the buffett rule, named for billionaire who says the super rich are undertaxed. the president is insisting people who earn is million a year or more pay as much in taxes or more as ordinary wage earners do. republicans are up in arms but the president says it is not class warfare it is math. gloria, does the president s math actually add up? well, what he did today really was lay down a political marker. this is a president who s been accused by his base of not participating enough in his own health care reform plan or of negotiating with himself too early. what he did this time he said, look, if this were a perfect world for me, this is what i would do, and you ll notice in here that there aren t real entitlement cuts to beneficiaries. there are some to providers in medicare. so he largely left social security untouched. medicare cut-backs to providers. so what he s saying is, i m leaving that off the table, let s