tonight an it is anticipation is building as pope francis begins the tour. the first stop washington d.c., the first pope to address congress but with the excitement, this is also skepticism. jim accost to is outfront. reporter: when pope francis arrives in washington for the first visit to the u.s., president obama will be welcoming a powerful political partner, but with the next presidential election heating up. the white house is rejecting the notion the trip is about politics. there is no plan or strategy put in place to try to stage an event to advance a political agenda. reporter: that s a tough claim to make considering the pope s position as the white house led the charge for same-sex marriage, pope francis softened on his stance on gay
this kind of craziness going in and it creates a very unsafe environment for all students. so we ve started an organization. viewers can go to privacyforallstudents.com. they can get involved in the referendum process. we have a short period of time to collect a large amount of signatures, we re going to need everyone to partner with us to get this done. karen, i really appreciate you giving us perspective firsthand from california. thank you very much for joining us. thanks for having me, governor. the abuse of power in washington is going beyond control. can anything be done to stop it before it is too late? we ll discuss that when we return. stay with us. [ male announcer ] house rule number 14.
topics the states would be asked to put before a convention of states. well, anything that limits washington, d.c. s power would be germane. a balanced budget amendment, tax limitations, spending limitations, term limits on congress. mark levin proposed curtailing power of the supreme court by giving the states a method of overriding it. all those things, abuse of the executive order power of the president, the abuse of regulatory power. all of that is up for grabs. anything that washington, d.c. does is up for grabs. the rights of the people would not be germane in the convention, nor the power of the states would be germane in the convention because all we re doing is saying it is time to reign in washington, d.c. just like george mason, who was the delegate at the constitutional convention that insisted this provision be put in article 5. this is mark levin talking to neil cavuto the other day about how would we deal with obama
people. but now take it to the point of here is how we track it, here is how we do it. so talk about the plan itself, how do you make it work. we need 3,000 legislative districts where we have people are volunteering. there are 34 states that are necessary in order to call the convention. so we want to work in about 40 states, 42 states, try to get this to happen right away. i spoke to american legislative exchange council last week, we are getting legislative sponsors. we need citizen volunteers. when citizens stand up, speak up, say we want the states to reign in washington, d.c., it is going to happen. it is up to our state legislators and up to the people. if they join with conventionofstates.com, that s the website, we hired staff, have the mechanisms in place, we have the legal documents drafted for the state legislators, but we need the people to tell the state legislators call a convention of the states. that s the process. what are some of the kinds of
care in such a way. the american people really don t know what this law is all about. i tried to figure it out, you know, you ve tried to figure it out, you work on this every day, and it is clear the president, too, so what do they do? they change the law on the run, which is utterly unconstitutional. a convention of states would actually be able to address obama care and other things that people feel are out of control? the abuse of the general welfare clause and abuse of the commerce clause are the two biggest problems in washington, d.c. obama care came through the general welfare clause. the environmental protection agency comes through the commerce clause. if we can reign in those two particular clauses, it would be simple to do it, by saying if the states can regulate it, the feds can t. if states can spend money on it, feds can t. that rule of exclusive jurisdiction is at the center piece of what needs to be done invention of the states. obama care would be gone. we hav