sandra fluke is receiving support from a firm. the former white house communications director is a partner, business person, right? some how this means the white house has orchestrated the controversy around sandra fluke. welcome to the conspiracy world of the right wing. we asked skd to clarify their role today. here's the firm statement. "this week we began helping sandra, a full tile law student, manage the enormous volume of incoming media requests that came to a head when she was publicly disparaged for advocating for contraception coverage. we were first connected to sandra through one of her personal friends who came to us seeking our assistance. i am proud of our staff for donating their time and energy to work with sandra during this important and difficult time." the firm said anita dunn has not met or spoken to sandra fluke. sandra fluke first attempted to testify on february 16th. she was verbally assaulted by rush limbaugh on february 29th. the firm started helping her coordinate public appearances on monday, but bill

educating "the view" lady about the real story behind sandra fluke. but who exactly is running this young woman? we will have a follow-up report also. megyn kelly is furious over the story. she will be here. >> as we start using less, that lower the demand, prices come down. >> bill: not oil prices. they are going up. and mr. obama does not seem to have a solution. we'll continue our reporting on that. ♪ >> and network television is getting even more explicit >> the culture warriors will analyze. >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> thanks for watching us tonight. who is running sandra fluke. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. a we reported last night factor believes sandra fluke contraception manufactured to divert attention away from the disastrous decision to force non-catholic organizations to provide insurance coverage for birth control and the morning after pill. that might very well be unconstitutional. anyway, we're having trouble t

rush limbaugh's fake apology was rejected by sandra fluke. the king of krif talk is bleeding advertisers, conservatives are attacking me? this is the "the ed show," let's get to work. >>> the two words were inappropriate, they were uncalled for. >> rush limbaugh has issued an apology and the woman he victimized isn't buying it. >> i don't think that a statement like this issued saying that his choice of words was not the best changes anything. >> now's terry o'neill on rush limbaugh's attempt at an apology. krystal ball on the latest on the boycott, plus salon's joan walsh and richard wolffe on the sorry republican response to limbaugh's sorry remarks. >>> ohio governor john kasich is refusing federal disaster relief for his state and democrats accused him of playing politics. ohio congressman tim ryan is furious and he will weigh in. >>> it's super tuesday-eve, mitt romney's campaign just keeps getting goofy. >> born on a mountaintop in tennessee, raised in the woods so he knew every tree. >> all the latest on the state of the race with the

it seems there is a powerful presence behind sandra fluke. as the polls show the controversy has benefited the president of the united states who is on the ropes with the church deal. this is all the more amazing because the controversy sandra is embracing is completely bogus as i explained on "the view" today. >> do you guys know what title ten is. >> explain it. >> bill: okay. it's in motion now that if you need birth control and you go to a federal clinic you get it. >> yeah. >> bill: that's under title 10 of the public health act. okay? so there really isn't any problem. you can get it and then if you don't want to drive down to the clinic you can go to wal-mart or you can go to target and get it for $9 a month. so, to insert this into a giant obama care bill seems to be unnecessary to me. >> bill: by the way the ladies were respectful. we had a very good and necessary discussion. now talking points believes that very quietly president obama will pull back on his demand that the catholic church cover contraception. he has snatched victory

enter sandra fluke. a contraception activist. the democrats tried to force a house congressional committee to hear her testimony. but the committee saying she was not diviewstled speak on church state issues which they were talking about turned her down. that's when ms. fluke went public and into the firestorm. so press toe, what was a big loser, president obama intruding on the catholic church became a potential winner, president obama protecting the rights of women. in reality, the whole contraception situation is bogus. under title 10 of the public health service act, 75% of all the counties in the u.s.a. provide free birth control to women who want it. 75%. and the rest of the counties are so rural nobody lives there. president obama well understands that he needs american women to support him next november. 2008 he beat john mccain 56% to 43% among women. thus, sandra fluke is now a major part of the obama re-election campaign. that's what this is all about. and that's the memo. now for the top story reaction. joining us for

educating "the view" lady about the real story behind sandra fluke. but who exactly is running this young woman? we will have a follow-up report also. megyn kelly is furious over the story. she will be here. >> as we start using less, that lower the demand, prices come down. >> bill: not oil prices. they are going up. and mr. obama does not seem to have a solution. we'll continue our reporting on that. ♪ >> and network television is getting even more explicit >> the culture warriors will analyze. >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> thanks for watching us tonight. who is running sandra fluke. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. a we reported last night factor believes sandra fluke contraception manufactured to divert attention away from the disastrous decision to force non-catholic organizations to provide insurance coverage for birth control and the morning after pill. that might very well be unconstitutional. anyway, we're having trouble t

it seems there is a powerful presence behind sandra fluke. as the polls show the controversy has benefited the president of the united states who is on the ropes with the church deal. this is all the more amazing because the controversy sandra is embracing is completely bogus as i explained on "the view" today. >> do you guys know what title ten is. >> explain it. >> bill: okay. it's in motion now that if you need birth control and you go to a federal clinic you get it. >> yeah. >> bill: that's under title 10 of the public health act. okay? so there really isn't any problem. you can get it and then if you don't want to drive down to the clinic you can go to wal-mart or you can go to target and get it for $9 a month. so, to insert this into a giant obama care bill seems to be unnecessary to me. >> bill: by the way the ladies were respectful. we had a very good and necessary discussion. now talking points believes that very quietly president obama will pull back on his demand that the catholic church cover contraception. he has snatched victory

enter sandra fluke. a contraception activist. the democrats tried to force a house congressional committee to hear her testimony. but the committee saying she was not diviewstled speak on church state issues which they were talking about turned her down. that's when ms. fluke went public and into the firestorm. so press toe, what was a big loser, president obama intruding on the catholic church became a potential winner, president obama protecting the rights of women. in reality, the whole contraception situation is bogus. under title 10 of the public health service act, 75% of all the counties in the u.s.a. provide free birth control to women who want it. 75%. and the rest of the counties are so rural nobody lives there. president obama well understands that he needs american women to support him next november. 2008 he beat john mccain 56% to 43% among women. thus, sandra fluke is now a major part of the obama re-election campaign. that's what this is all about. and that's the memo. now for the top story reaction. joining us for

the president tells sandra fluke, 30-year-old sandra fluke, parents should be proud. okay. >> so, there's a huge campaign online to get advertisers to pull from this show. you have some people who defend rush limbaugh and they say it's entertainme entertainment. this is what he does. how does this play different than other things we have heard in the past? >> right now the daylight between rush limbaugh and what republicans in the house and the senate are doing is not that different. he's just being more honest about it. >> john boehner spoke out. what did he say today? >> he said he thought it was inappropriate to use those words, not getting to the substance but it was inappropriate to raise money on it as if they were the same thing. >> any chance that republicans in congress are pressuring rush limbaugh to back out or do they have the ability? chris matthews says every night i want to hear one republican come out and blast rush limbaugh. i'll put you on the show. we've not seen that yet. >> the what john boehner said is blasting, i'd like to see more blasting. rig

the president tells sandra fluke. 30-year-old sandra fluke parents should be proud. okay. >> at the white house press secretary jay carney who was in the oval office took place spoke about what the president had to say. >> he wanted to offer his support to her. he wanted to express his disappoint that she's been the subject of inappropriate personal attacks and to thank her for exercising her rights as a citizen to speak out on a issue of public policy. it was a very good conversation. >> who had the worst week in washington? chris cillizza joins me now. chris, not you. we're talking about the senate republicans now. they had a couple of big setbacks this week. >> through no fault of its own, john corning who at the head of senate campaign arm has two big problems to deal with. one many maine where olympia snowe surprised the political world by announcing her retirement. the other bob carey switched and said he wasn't running. he is running. republicans still favored in nebraska, definitely not favored in maine. that makes a bad week in my book. >> chris cillizza wra

sandra fluke is here to respond for the first time tonight. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> republicans are kicking off women's history month by bringing the blunt amendment to the floor in the united states senate. >> the war on women takes center stage in the senate, as 48 senators voted to roll back women's rights. >> we have men on the other side of the aisle here, for the most part, telling women what their rights should be. >> new hampshire senator jeanne shaheen will weigh in. what will it take for republicans to denounce their leading voice, as he attacks college student sandra fluke. >> it makes her a slut, right? it makes her a prostitute. she wants to be paid to have sex. >> tonight, sandra fluke is here exclusively to respond to rush limbaugh's disturbing comments. plus, reaction with "now's" terry o'neil and professor caroline heldman. >>> a federal judge in montana is under fire for sending a despicable racist anti-obama e-mail. dr. michael eric dyson is here to talk racism in the republican party. >>> good to have you with us tonight, fol

moments ago on his show, bill o'reilly made disparaging comments about sandra fluke. here they are. >> so let me get this straight, mrs. fluke, i'm asking there with due respect. you want me to give you my hard earned money so you can have sex? why then won't the government pay for my activities? for example, i played college football. the government should have bought my equipment. my helmet. shoulder pads, cleats if i don't have those things on the field i meet get hurt. surely the taxpayers should have ponied up for my football activities. >> actually, bill, you played football without a helmet. let's bring back krystal ball and karen finney. what is it about rush limbaugh and now bill o'reilly that don't understand women's health care? krystal? >> that is the question because the fact of the matter is over a million women use birth control for purely medical purposes, nothing to do with contraception and in fact if he had bothered to listen to sandra's testimony, you would know that what she was talking about was a friend who had to lose an ovary because she could

the president tells sandra fl e fluke, 30-year-old sandra fluke, parents should be proud. okay! >> so, joan, you and i are pretty articulate on matters like politics. i think we're beyond the range here of just regular democrat versus republican politics. something strange in the water with rush limbaugh. joining in this fight from his high level, i must say, basically attacking an individual for being part of this debate and then going after them at hom nim and then make comments i've never heard made in the context of public debate. >> right. you said we're articulate. you're articulate. i'm kind of speechless listening to that. i had only read the words but hearing his voice it ace ridiculo ridiculous. of course the president called sandra. he's a father. sandra, i know you're 30 years old and you're a grown-up and i respect and admire you, but there's a certain reaction you have if you're a parent of a daughter. mine is in her 20s, chris, like excuse me, how could anyone say that, how do you get away with it and repeat it over and over. he's crossed a line. i do my best not

the secondtotally disregarding the feelings of sandra fluke. no where have they said anything about sandra fluke and what she has been through. the republican party has now ripped off the scab and let all americans to see and voters to see that they just don't know anything about women's health care and they refuse to learn about it. republicans continue to defend limbaugh and run away from the opportunity to criticize him. you know what they will do? they will pay a real prize when it comes to the female vote in november, and president obama had nothing to do with it. he didn't start it in any way, shape or form. >>> and breaking news tonight, carl levin from michigan the chairman of the senate armed services committee is calling for the removal of rush limbaugh from the armed forces radio network. get your cell phones out, tonight's question, would republicans rather lose the female vote than criticize rush limbaugh? text a for yes, b for no to 622639. go to our blog at ed. >> msnbc.com, we'll bring you results later in the show. i'm joined b

he is the chairman of the committee that would not allow sandra fluke to testify. if he let her testify she would have been another american citizen going up on capitol hill, giving her take and insight and story of a friend had real problems, medical problems and needs the contraception medication. he's also ignoring one person who created a controversy out of the sandra fluke testimony, not just darrell issa, it's rush limbaugh. republicans, i tell you what, they have stepped in it day after day on this. number one, they don't have the character to call limbaugh out on it. in fact they don't want to wade into it. why? they'll need him in the general election. the second thing is that they are totally disregarding the feelings of sandra fluke. no where have they said anything about sandra fluke and what she has been through. the republican party has now ripped off the scab and let all americans to see and voters to see that they just don't know anything about women's health care and they refuse to learn about it. republicans continue to defend limbaugh and run awa

i don't care what sandra fluke does. she san american. she is entitled to do whatever she wants as long as she doesn't break civil law. i don't want to pay for her recreation. this is madness. the progressive movement totally ignoring reality is defining this exclusively as a woman's health issue. but there are health implications for everything we do, including eating a burger. it is misfluke herself who is responsible for what she does. not me and not you. this is all part of what the obama administration is trying to do. regulate the freedom of americans. the president even called ms. fluke before a tv appearance. >> you were in our green room getting ready to come on and the white house tells us we can reveal that you just got off the phone with president obama. >> yes, i did. >> the stakes have been raised pretty high but what did he say to you? >>, you know, he encouraged me and supported me and thanked me for speaking out about the concerns of american women. >> bill: but what about the concerns of americans in general? now, forced

we wrap up reporting on sandra fluke. for six days we have been telling you that the 30-year-old georgetown law student has become a major boyfriend who is the son of democratic stall wart william mutterperl he has made 56 donations to democratic candidates. nothing wrong with that ms. fluke herself seems to be sincere woman. she worked here in new york city working with at risk families and devoted to liberal causes. nothing wrong with that sincere constructive activism is good. as i told "the view" ladies yesterday the whole obama mandating contraception business is a huge canard. ms. fluke can afford to go on vacation, can fly coast to coast to appear on "the view," although abc might have picked up that tab. she can dress very well. she gets all over the place. but she doesn't have 9 bucks a month for pills? come on. this story is really about the nanny state and the imposition of a huge federal apparatus on all americans. when the catholic bishops challenged the nanny state on moral grounds, the white house got nervo

how proud of sandra fluke you would be? your daughter goes up to a congressional hearing conducted by the botox filled nancy pelosi and testifies she is having so much sex she can't afford her own birth control pills. what does it say about the college coed susan fluke who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex. what does that make her? it makes her a slut, right? it makes her a prostitute. >> that was day one. the word we cut off was prostitute. he was calling her a hooker. that was day one for mr. limbaugh, wasn't like a slip of the tongue. this was day two. >> ms. fluke have you ever heard of not having sex? have you ever heard of not having sex so often? ms. fluke, and the rest of you feminazis, if we are going to pay for your contraception and pay for you to have sex we want something for it and i'll tell you what it. we want to you post the videos online so we can all watch. >> today, mr. limbaugh was still going for it. that was day two. today he's still going for

we wrap up reporting on sandra fluke. for six days we have been telling you that the 30-year-old georgetown law student has become a major boyfriend who is the son of democratic stall wart william mutterperl he has made 56 donations to democratic candidates. nothing wrong with that ms. fluke herself seems to be sincere woman. she worked here in new york city working with at risk families and devoted to liberal causes. nothing wrong with that sincere constructive activism is good. as i told "the view" ladies yesterday the whole obama mandating contraception business is a huge canard. ms. fluke can afford to go on vacation, can fly coast to coast to appear on "the view," although abc might have picked up that tab. she can dress very well. she gets all over the place. but she doesn't have 9 bucks a month for pills? come on. this story is really about the nanny state and the imposition of a huge federal apparatus on all americans. when the catholic bishops challenged the nanny state on moral grounds, the white house got nervo

the president steps in and telephones sandra fluke. >> he wanted to offer his support to her and his disappoint that she has been the subject of personal attacks. >> a woman is being called these names and it comes to silencing. >> and still limbaugh cannot stop himself. >> did you ever think about maybe backing off the amount of sex that you have? >> ohio, santorum's lead down to 35-31. he accuses romney of. >> class warfare. he should be paying more. >> super tuesday highlighted by this, whatever it is. >> that's a-- >> bloom versus christie. who can you support in this fight? the right to have police act in new jersey or anywhere else without telling new jersey or anywhere else. >> a lot of the world trade center terrorists went back and forth to new jersey. >> and republicans rejoice. another proved case of voter fraud as a man gets his dog a ballot. only one problem. the man is a republican whose wife works for the republican senate candidate, the senate candidate whose big issue was--voter fraud. you said it, buddy woof. all that and more now on "countdown." >> who let the dogs