than he had anticipated. there was the rub. the conservative establishment never put this truce into practice because to their base, the culture war isn t a savvy political strategy. it s their entire world view and identity. none other than mitch daniels himself, the very man who articulated the so-called truce ended up signing house bill 1210 last year which barred planned parenthood from receiving medicaid funds for any health services for women. his signature on the law quickly prompted the federal government to inform indiana it would be violating federal law and risked forfeiting millions of dollars in medicaid funding the state received from the federal government. so much for the truce. we re seeing the same thing play out on the national stage. rick santorum who says birth control is, coat, not okay, swept to a surprising victory in three gop contests this week. and even the supposed moderate in the race, mitt romney wants to repeal title 10, the provision of federal law that
the west wing and sort of an off camera background briefing. look, here s the way they portrait the president s activities, actions, posture during these last few days of very tense negotiations. a very firm fist that has sort of covered in a velvet glove. they want to emphasize on the one hand the president was very tough when he needed to be tough, but on the other hand, he acted as a p consill ator, and that s what the american public wants, and that is essential the message that the white house took from the november shell k shellacking that democrats took in november. one water shed moment that the white house wants us to know about is vice president biden thursday night over this issue of public funds for planned parenthood and other so-called title 10 organizes that provide health care for lower income women vice president biden telling john boehner we will take it to the american people. that will not be in this bill. if not, we ll take it just have to take it to the ame
sounded dire, saying he was deeply disappointed. here s how he began his day on capitol hill. this all deals with women s health. everything has been resolved. everything. and to think that the country s going to shut down, every hid line in the country, every newspaper in the country said even even the wall street journal says, what are they thinking? what is their end game? and i don t know. reporter: when leader reid is talking about women s health, what he s referring to is that policy riders that s on the table to take away funding for what s known as title 10 health facilities, planned parenthood and certainly republicans and conservative republicans want to see that federal money taken away from that group which provides medical care and family planning services and does do some abortions. it is a deal breaker here. but, republicans have a different take. this morning they re saying that it is really more about money and the composition of the cuts. now we pressed leader
jillian: the officer trying to hand cuff this woman being evicted from an apartment building in connecticut. she refused to leave and attacked the officer with a knife. two nearby hero officers pulling her off and saving the officer s life. she is now pront hospitalized in critical condition. her attacker charged with attempted murder. today the president is expected to announce massive cuts to planned parenthood and other abortion providers. it deals with title 10 which provides $260 million annually to family planning. federal funds can t technically go towards abortions but groupings like planned parenthood still accept the money for things like checkups. under the new proposal those services can t be performed in the same place as abortions or they won t get the taxpayer money. gina haspel is making history as the first woman to lead the cia u but the backing of six democrats. the senate confirmed president trump s pick 54-45 to lead the spy agency. she had faced criticism over her