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ruth marcus, see you soon. thank you very much. and that does it for us for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." if you haven't seen it, bring a lot of kleenex. and "news nation" is next with thomas roberts.
ruth marcus, see you soon. thank you very much. and that does it for us for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." if you haven't seen it, bring a lot of kleenex. and "news nation" is next with thomas roberts.
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. >> it's early may, 2011, and marcus pace of huntsville, texas, is visiting fight town for the first time. he's walking on the strip with some family members when something catches his eye. >> all of a sudden, i seen like two guys arguing. and it went from like a playful little, hey, hmm, and then it got serious. >> marcus can't believe what he's seeing. it's a scene right off the comic book pages. only, this is no joker. >> that's what turned my head toward the whole thing, batman getting loud. >> i'm going to kick your head! >> maxwell allen, aka, batmax, has been making a living by dressing up as the caped crusader for more than a decade. first on hollywood boulevard in los angeles, and in 2010, he moves to the las vegas strip. >> here we go, folks. >> i like being my own boss. i like working with the kids. and i kind of like being out there. >> like virtually all of the characters on the strip, batmax works solely for tips, posing for photos and relying on the generosity of batman's adoring fans for his income. >> everybody thinks you're making great, you know, money, every, ever
. >> it's early may, 2011, and marcus pace of huntsville, texas, is visiting fight town for the first time. he's walking on the strip with some family members when something catches his eye. >> all of a sudden, i seen like two guys arguing. and it went from like a playful little, hey, hmm, and then it got serious. >> marcus can't believe what he's seeing. it's a scene right off the comic book pages. only, this is no joker. >> that's what turned my head toward the whole...
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i'm delighted to say marcus davis joins us now from houston. good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon to you and thanks for having me on. >> it's a great pleasure. do you believe that in this instance you thwarted someone who would have been the fifth vandal, the fifth time your property was vandalized? >> i'm 100% certain. i had the liberty of watching the surveillance tape each time and on this instance i was able to identify the exact same behavior patterns as the last attack which was a gentleman riding up on a bicycle which was a gentleman standing out on the parking lot on his cell phone, and it was also a can of open paint sitting less than 12 inches away from the mural. >> now, it does seem to us on this broadcast that in some ways your attempt to protect the mural of the president in the face of repeated vandalization is not a bad anal si. almost symbolic of the obama presidency where it doesn't matter if it's the governor of arizona shoving her fingers in the president's face or someone shouting offensively at the state of the union add
i'm delighted to say marcus davis joins us now from houston. good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon to you and thanks for having me on. >> it's a great pleasure. do you believe that in this instance you thwarted someone who would have been the fifth vandal, the fifth time your property was vandalized? >> i'm 100% certain. i had the liberty of watching the surveillance tape each time and on this instance i was able to identify the exact same behavior patterns as the last attack...
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to head. >> now, before we get to chuck hagel, the sort of train wreck that happened yesterday, ruth marcus, the white house is coming out or hhs is coming out with new rules to liberalize the guidelines so that religious institutions are somewhat insulated, somewhat more insulateded. first of all, they're going to more broadly define religious institutions. also, give a separate provider so that the religious institutions themselves don't have to provide birth control to their employees. >> well, first of all, you said white house, and even though hhs issues these guidelines, one can be fairly sure that the white house was closely following this because this has been a difficult issue for them. what they did today was really an elaboration of a plan that they had proposed earlier. the theory, as i understand it, is that it won't be the employers strog pay for couldn't are a acceptings, nor will it be women having to pay for the contraseptive coverage. the insurers will foot the bill. >> the third parties. >> on the theory that they will save money in the long run because pregnancy is prett
to head. >> now, before we get to chuck hagel, the sort of train wreck that happened yesterday, ruth marcus, the white house is coming out or hhs is coming out with new rules to liberalize the guidelines so that religious institutions are somewhat insulated, somewhat more insulateded. first of all, they're going to more broadly define religious institutions. also, give a separate provider so that the religious institutions themselves don't have to provide birth control to their employees....
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. >> marcus, a special needs student who is a manager for the basketball team in el paso, texas, was the focus of true sportsmanship. his coach put him in for the closing minutes of a game and a member of the other team passed him the ball so he could make the final shot. what a nice moment. >>> swedish golfer daniela homequist was bidden on the ankle by a black widow spider. she used a golf stick to squeeze out the ven imand then went on to continue to play. >>> a swedish skier in switzerland has an amazing run which includes a daufrpg us are ach lanch and a risky back flip as a massive snow threatened to bury him. he made it out and safely finished the run. >>> is funny man will farrell venturing into a new arena? and band camp's allison hannah fights back over an alleged stalker. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. ing four. fortunately we've got ink. ing four. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make
. >> marcus, a special needs student who is a manager for the basketball team in el paso, texas, was the focus of true sportsmanship. his coach put him in for the closing minutes of a game and a member of the other team passed him the ball so he could make the final shot. what a nice moment. >>> swedish golfer daniela homequist was bidden on the ankle by a black widow spider. she used a golf stick to squeeze out the ven imand then went on to continue to play. >>> a...
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ruth marcus, james peterson, chip saltzman. appreciate it. coming up, another bombshell in the blade runner murder case. oscar pistorius' brother facing charges for the death after woman five years ago. the other oscar everybody talking about today. big night at the academy awards. especially for political movies. our big question today -- count down sequester. what are you most concerned about if those budget cuts take effect? chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for motorcycle insurance. geico, see how much you could save. >>> new drum a surrounding oscar pistorius. accused of killing his girlfriend. he is not the only member of his family facing charges. his brother, carl, is accused of the death of a woman in 2008. michelle kosinski has those new revelations. >> reporter: for three days, his release on bail, the stuff of global headlines. oscar pistorius has not set foot outside of his uncle's house. waiting army of photographers month doubt a detractor. his older brother, carl, also faces questions of his own out here.
ruth marcus, james peterson, chip saltzman. appreciate it. coming up, another bombshell in the blade runner murder case. oscar pistorius' brother facing charges for the death after woman five years ago. the other oscar everybody talking about today. big night at the academy awards. especially for political movies. our big question today -- count down sequester. what are you most concerned about if those budget cuts take effect? chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for...
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marcus, what if anything can the league do to make football safer? >> i think the league is trying to do everything they can. equipment can be something they can focus on and you can't ask guys to get smaller and smaller because they got bigger and bigger overtime. honestly the way they are trying to alter the way guys tackle without using their head is going to be a focus. it has been ingrained in them for a long, long time. we will have to start at the youth stage and getting guys to start playing without their helmets. not without helmets, but without hitting with their helmets. it will take a little bit of time. the league is doing everything they can and players are also speaking up. back in my day, if you got symptoms of a concussion, we stayed in the game. it was sort of we never wanted to leave the huddle. players are speaking out and the medical staff is taking notice as well. they're trying to do everything they can. >> let's talk about the super bowl. loaded with intriguing story line this is year including the brothers john and jim going
marcus, what if anything can the league do to make football safer? >> i think the league is trying to do everything they can. equipment can be something they can focus on and you can't ask guys to get smaller and smaller because they got bigger and bigger overtime. honestly the way they are trying to alter the way guys tackle without using their head is going to be a focus. it has been ingrained in them for a long, long time. we will have to start at the youth stage and getting guys to...
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. >> all right, marcus. take care. don't drop the soap. >> you need this. you can't go without it. please stay out of trouble. okay? do good. >> i'll do my best. all i can do is my best. >> i know. >> all right. >> take advantage of the opportunity, okay? >> all right. >> you look back, you come back. this time i'm not looking back >> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> they openly declared war against each other. they are preparing themselves for battle. >> you have inmates names and numbers. why? >> because they are my homies. >> the guys i talked to said you are not going to be able to do anything about it. they will retaliate. >> make sure you check everything. use the metal detectors, the mirrors. check every single thing. they know where to hide. >> when they come out, they come out in their boxers and shower suits only. no watches. no rings. no medallions. nothing else. everything else stays in their cells. one thing we learned was the inmates said what they are doing is taking their shanks to the strip cage. they are putting them on the floor. wh
. >> all right, marcus. take care. don't drop the soap. >> you need this. you can't go without it. please stay out of trouble. okay? do good. >> i'll do my best. all i can do is my best. >> i know. >> all right. >> take advantage of the opportunity, okay? >> all right. >> you look back, you come back. this time i'm not looking back >> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> they openly declared war against...
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. >> i will bring in "washington post" columnist ruth marcus and senior staff writer for "the hill" alex bolton. good monday morning to both of you. ruth, this is the president's first big sell to the american people. what do you think he needs to say here? >> well, the president said he was going to give it everything he's got. i think what he needs to say is look, don't listen to the nra, listen to logic or listen to the nra from a number of years ago when it supported universal background checks. i think that there are three issues here in order of likelihood. one is background checks which has huge support and makes complete sense. one is limits on magazine sizes which i completely think the administration is right to push for. and the third and most controversial is limits on assault weapons, but in some ways, that's the one that would have the least impact. so i think the white house is right to push for all three, but the president really should concentrate in my view on the first two, background checks and magazine limits. >> on that which is pragmatic and doable is what you're s
. >> i will bring in "washington post" columnist ruth marcus and senior staff writer for "the hill" alex bolton. good monday morning to both of you. ruth, this is the president's first big sell to the american people. what do you think he needs to say here? >> well, the president said he was going to give it everything he's got. i think what he needs to say is look, don't listen to the nra, listen to logic or listen to the nra from a number of years ago when it...
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chris caliz sdmr a, managing editor of post politics.com, and washington post editorial columnist ruth marcus. welcome all. david taking the 30,000 feet, you, what do we expect from the president? what's the tone? what's the -- you know, how specific, how granular does he get in this speech coming down from the heights of the second inaugural? >> i do think his political playbook has changed. you see him putting a lot of initiatived out there right now. working the outside game a lot more strongly than he has. i think he wants to get out of the business of setting up the idea of a big grabbed bargain with republicans that may fail. he wants to put a lot out there and work as much of his game. not to steel from chris's piece, though, today i think he makes a good point. he is coming at this with an ambitious agenda at a time when he is feeling pretty confident. this is a moment of great confidence for any president. you've just won re-election. you come to the start of your second term. you say okay, i'm going to walk with a bit more strength in my gate here. >> i'm the big sheriff in town, ri
chris caliz sdmr a, managing editor of post politics.com, and washington post editorial columnist ruth marcus. welcome all. david taking the 30,000 feet, you, what do we expect from the president? what's the tone? what's the -- you know, how specific, how granular does he get in this speech coming down from the heights of the second inaugural? >> i do think his political playbook has changed. you see him putting a lot of initiatived out there right now. working the outside game a lot more...
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. >> the "washington post" ruth marcus calls this obama's marriage equality test in a new op-ed she penned saying a president who speaks so eloquently cannot allow his administration to remain silent before the court where words are translated into reality. so should minority rights be put up to statewide vote for majorities to vote on marriage equality? the president basically said in the interview with robin roberts, that's the way he supports this, that states can figure this out. >> what the president said correctly is that the states are wrestling with this and we're seeing progress in the states, whether it be new york or iowa or four states last november. at the same time, we all have a constitution that guarantees us all protections and responsibilities and rights under the law. if every time somebody wanted their freedom to be respected, freedom of speech, freedom to marry, they had to but it up to a vote, it wouldn't be a right, it would be a vote. that's not the way america is supposed to work. >> republicans have realized to win elections in the future they need to court latino
. >> the "washington post" ruth marcus calls this obama's marriage equality test in a new op-ed she penned saying a president who speaks so eloquently cannot allow his administration to remain silent before the court where words are translated into reality. so should minority rights be put up to statewide vote for majorities to vote on marriage equality? the president basically said in the interview with robin roberts, that's the way he supports this, that states can figure this...
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editorial writer for "the washington post," ruth marcus, and the person that is in charge of covering these cats and dogs up there, nbc's capitol hill correspondent, kelly o'donnell. >> i think we're going to get e-mails from cat and dog lovers. >> i know, like, don't compare us to the u.s. congress. there was a little bit of everything on display in the chuck hagel debate yesterday. he department get that 60th vote, why? what do you think it was? what is ultimately the one reason? is it benghazi, is it his performance? is it real questions about hagel or is it personal? >> on some level, it's personal. but there are enough legitimate reasons that can sort of mask the personal dislike. there are many senators who are very upset about how he performed, not just in the show of what a hearing is, but what it might say about his leadership at defense. the benghazi piece is very important to a smaller group of senators. they were able to extract from the white house a letter, giving them a bit more information. and then there's the group that really kind of hopes that a period of time migh
editorial writer for "the washington post," ruth marcus, and the person that is in charge of covering these cats and dogs up there, nbc's capitol hill correspondent, kelly o'donnell. >> i think we're going to get e-mails from cat and dog lovers. >> i know, like, don't compare us to the u.s. congress. there was a little bit of everything on display in the chuck hagel debate yesterday. he department get that 60th vote, why? what do you think it was? what is ultimately the...