following the murders of her two sisters. both women were found shot in the basement of a home they share in pittsburgh. a company recalled nearly 9 million pounds of beef products. health inspectors say the rancho feeding corporation processed unhealthy animals. the meat was shipped to stores in california, illinois, texas, and florida. that is a lot of meat. starting tomorrow, the justice department will tell all employees across the country to give lawful same-sex marriages sweeping legal protections which are equal to opposite-sex marriages. attorney general making that announcement this week in new york, and drawing new criticism for the obama administration that many say is overstepping its bounds. let s bring in the fox news political insiders. and you can join the conversation on twitte twitter @fninsiders an and @harrisfaulkner. john lubeaut lea, republican
let me get to the bottom line. there was something refreshingly honest about the beatles? right? that s what people saw, it cut through all this nonsense. we need the beatles to run for office. you can continue the conversation with the insiders at twitter, and on our website every monday morning, 10:30 eastern. we ll be right back. thanks, guys. mine was earned in korea in 1953. afghanistan, in 2009. orbiting the moon in 1971.
because all civil and criminal matters involving the federal government are now going to involve no discrimination at all between gay couples and straight couples. no matter what the state law says. that s what i was going to say, pat. no matter what the state law is. if a massachusetts couple has an issue in alabama involving federal law, it s the federal law, not alabama law, that croy controls it. i asked the question before we went to break, where have all the jobs gone? to get the conversation started, john on my twitter page says, many of the jobs have gone underground, working off the clock and off the book. senator portman was asked about this issue today, and the economy, and the tie-in now with the affordable care act and this message from this bipartisan report that perhaps it s better if you work fewer hours, take advantage of the subsidies and health care. you don t have to work as hard, get fewer people working full-time jobs.
the former president and anti-apartheid leader died thursday at the age of 95. he had been seriously ill for severals. well, tributes to nelson mandela are pouring in. we are tracking them from london. good to have you with us. tell us some of what you are seeing there online. one of the tweets with the most retweets is a message from former us president bill clinton. a simple message he posted on twitte twitter. if you look close toly, he is grabbing mr. clinton with both hand. many retweets is from the current u.s. president. he posted, let us pause and give thanks to the theft that nelson mandela lived.
a.m. pacific. until then, you can follow the program on twitte twitter @nowwithalexwagner and follow alex @alexwagner. andrea mitchell reports is next. good morning, andrea. good morning to you. coming up, tax or penalty? mitt romney s attempts to clear up the confusion. we ll talk to chuck todd and chris alyssa. david ignatius and israeli nasser are joining us with negotiations going next and pakistan. and 70-year-old dorothy flood. she s granted a wish of a lifetime. she ll be joining us along with olympian jeremy bloom, the man who made it all happen. that next and a lot more on andrea mitchell reports. to a little girl who saw flames reach her home as her family pulled out of the driveway, this isn t just a teddy bear. it s a step towards normal. it s why allstate catastrophe teams didn t just arrive at these fires with cold water and checks to help the grown-ups start the rebuilding. they also brought thousands of these teddy bears for kids. people come first. everythi