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Roe v Wade Abortion Anniversary

Support for Roe at all-time high, but state battles persist

Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards and Diane Derzis, owner of the only abortion clinic in the entire state of Mississippi discuss the current abortion debate on the 40th anniversary of Roe Vs Wade. Read More

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks after being sworn in during the presidential inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC.   Barack Obama was re-elected for a second term as President of the United States.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

NOW Today: Progressive Priorities

A day after his historic second inauguration President Barack H. Obama kicks off the first work day of his new term. The 44th U.S. president used his inaugural speech on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to lay out an ambitious and progressive agenda. Much of the early analysis likened the speech to Read More

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Here’s what’s trending a day after the inauguration:

Magid CPI: Inauguration: Obama Takes Aim At Paul Ryan In Inaugural Address; Obama: Gay Californians… Read More

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There’s no war on the Second Amendment–despite what the NRA phone line tells you

Changing gun culture means reinstating bans that were on the books before and other common sense measures. But the NRA wants to recast the debate as an attack on basic gun rights. Read More

NOW panel on Lance Armstrong’s interview

The NOW panel discussed Lance Armstrong's interview with Oprah and gave their takeaways... Read More

The Jan. 14, 2009 file photo shows seven-time Tour de France cycling champion Lance Armstrong of the U.S. during a stop on the third day of training with his team Astana in Adelaide, Australia. UCI, the cycling governing body, agreed Monday, Oct. 22, 2012 to strip Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles.  (AP Photo/Aman Sharma, file)

NOW Today: Belief to betrayal

Seven straight Tour de France titles, countless magazine covers, millions in endorsements, hundreds of millions raised to fight cancer and now this? After a decade of denial and months of speculation, cyclist Lance Armstrong finally came clean last night. In part one of an interview with Oprah Read More

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A very sports world-themed list of trends this morning:

Magid CPI: Armstrong: For Armstrong, a Confession Without Explanation; Algeria hostage crisis not… Read More

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie during a news conference in Trenton, N.J. on Dec. 7, 2012. (Photo by Mel Evans/AP)

Christie slams NRA, calls ad of Obama’s daughters ‘reprehensible’

"I think it's awful to bring public figures' children into the debate because they don't deserve to be there," New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said at a news conference in Trenton. Read More

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) unveils a series of proposals to counter gun violence as Vice President Joe Biden looks on during an event at the White House in Washington, January 16, 2013. Vice President Joe Biden delivered his recommendations to Obama after holding a series of meetings with representatives from the weapons and entertainment industries as requested by the president after the December 14 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in which 20 children and six adults were killed. (Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters)

Obama’s policy push strategy: Give speech, Tweet, repeat

President Obama has honed a formula for dealing with an obstructionist Congress over the past several years, and he's using it again on the gun safety debate. Read More

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Here’s what’s moving the trending traffic this morning:

Magid CPI: Gun control: Obama extends presidential power in bypassing Congress on gun control;… Read More

US President Barack Obama speaks on proposals to reduce gun violence as Vice President Joe Biden watches on January 16, 2013 in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House in Washington, DC. President Obama Wednesday will sign 23 executive actions to curb gun violence and demand Congress pass an assault weapons ban and other sweeping measures in response to the Newtown massacre. A senior official also said Obama would call on Congress to pass deeper measures, including bans on high-capacity magazine clips of more than 10 rounds and to prohibit armor-piercing bullets. (Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

NOW Today: Taking it on the road

Following its announcement yesterday, the White House now says you can expect to see more of President Obama and Vice President Biden out on the road talking to Americans about their plans for comprehensive gun safety reform. The administration says the President and Vice President will also continue to Read More

Rush Limbaugh (Photo by Ron Edmonds/AP)

Limbaugh mocks kids at Obama gun safety event, calls them ‘human shields’

King of Talk Radio Rush Limbaugh stoops to a new low, mocking the children appearing alongside President Obama at Wednesday's announcement of gun safety measures and calling them "human shields." Read More

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) announces the creation of an interagency task force for guns as as Vice President Joseph Biden listens in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on December 19, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Obama announced that he is making an administration-wide effort to solve gun violence and has tapped Vice President Joe Biden to lead an interagency task force in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.  (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

NOW Today: “Significant” Reform

President Obama is set to announce a package of proposals to reduce gun violence at 11:55am ET in the White House today. The President and Vice President Biden are expected to be joined by children from around the country who wrote letters Read More

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Here’s what’s trending this morning:

Magid CPI: Gun control: Oregon sheriff: I won't enforce some new gun laws; Armstrong doping confession: Who's… Read More

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Fast-food chains continue to slash worker hours, blame Obamacare

The NOW panel discusses reports that fast-food chains are cutting back employee hours and blaming it on costs associated with the employer mandate contained in President Obama's health care law. Read More

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Will Boehner play ‘Dr. No’ in the debt limit fight?

Despite warnings of a downgrade, will Speaker Boehner refuse to lift the debt ceiling? Read More

President Barack Obama speaks about the debt limit in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)

NOW Today: Ready for a fight?

Following a day in which President Obama dominated the news cycle by holding the last news conference of his first term, the headlines this morning are focusing on two major White House agenda points: the debt ceiling and gun control. Read More

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A mixed bag of trends this morning:

Magid CPI: Armstrong: Australian state seeking return of appearance fees after Lance Armstrong confession to Oprah; Gun… Read More

National Rifle Association (NRA) Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre speaks on December 21, 2012, in Washington, DC, on the one-week anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown, Connecticut. The United States' most powerful pro-gun lobbying group, the NRA, called Friday for armed police or security guards to be deployed to every school in the country.  (Photo by Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images)

How the NRA got Tea Partied

The message of intransigence and refusal to compromise redefined the NRA three decades ago, much like the Tea Party has done in the Republican Party. Read More

U.S. President Barack Obama holds a news conference in the East Room of the White House January 14, 2013 in Washington, DC. This is Obama's final press conference of his first presidential term.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Obama defends diversity of his administration

"Until you've seen what my overall team looks like, it's premature to assume that somehow we're going backwards," the president said. "We're not going backwards, we're going forward." Read More