guys in hot water. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. we start with the breaking developments out of sanford, florida, where a judge has ruled against the prosecution request that george zimmerman be held without bail or be released after posting a high bond. instead, zimmerman been be released on bond of $150,000 while facing trial on the death of mash tin. his attorney mark o'mara asked that he be allowed to leave the state and that his location be kept secret sleet enormously high profile case and there are a lot of angry or at least a lot of high emotions that exist, and i'm just -- i don't want that to go spill over onto the family or my client. >> joann reid is manager of the grio.com. what is the reaction among people you've spoken to the outcome of tad's very dramatic hearing? >> i can tell you that the reaction both on twitterç and people i've talked to since this

morning's proceedings is actually people are pretty upset about the level of bail. i think that will people who are not familiar with the process in florida saw that as a pretty low bail for a second degree murder case. of course, that amount of bail does vary by judge and by case, but there was a sense of people feeling like the amount kind of devalued trayvon martin's life. >> and at the same time, what about the impact of his an pol jill? i guess you'd call it an aapology? he took the stand and he didn't have to. and he apologized to trayvon martin's parents parents. >> i spoke with one of the attorneys for trayvon martin's parents yesterday and asked them if they would be interested in meeting with him. we just heard for the first time this week that zimmerman, according to his attorney wanted to meet with them. and what the attorney said is essentially this. it's been something like 50 days since the death of martin and they had not heard george zimmerman express any sort of

remorse or contrition before. so they questioned the timing that only the day before his bail hearing did he suddenly wanted to meet with them and then to apologize right off the bat before he was asked a question, i think the sense from the family's point of view was it was self-serving rather than sincerely to them. >> joy-ann reid, appreciate it. in our daily fix today, election day 200-days from today. while the president is ahead in our new poll, expect a very close race. president obama leads mitt romney by six points in the nbc news "wall street journal" poll. obama has a chopping ç47-point lead among latino voters and leads romney by 12 points among women. by ten points among independents. voters see the president as more likable than mitt romney by 36 points. he beats romney on 11 of 138 characteristics that were polled. but romney wins what may be the

most important issue of all, having good ideas on how to improve the economy. nbc news chief white house correspondent and political director and, of course, host of the daily rundown, chuck todd, this is a fascinating poll. your take away from this is that this is going to be a very close fought election. this is going to be more like 2000, 2004. >> it is and in fact, what was fascinating about it is you know, you you want to put these in some context. so we looked at eight years ago. president obama's standing job approval rating which is probably as good of a way to look at where this election is headed than anywhere else, he sits at 49-46. president bush in in same period of time in 2004 after john kerry became the presumptive nominee, 50-46 is where bush did. you see the contours of this election. the polarization taking place even in the poll among certain dem graph nick groups that this thing is starting, you see bother parties starting to

coalesce in a way. it's hard to imagine how this gets out of the 2000-2004 be confines. and it's hard to see how thuts somehow becomes 2008 or 1996 for the democrats. you're looking more at that the very close races that in the popular vote both parties split -"ayrñ and looking down here at notes, chuck, it looks as though you did something very interesting in this poll because what you all did, what peter hart and our colleagues at "the wall street journal" poll did was to poll the talking points. let's talk about that, some of the key moments for both barack obama and mitt romney. let's play -- >> okay. go ahead. >> play president obama's basic message. >> said it before and i will say it again, there has to be some balance. all of us have to do our fair share.

able. >> how did that poll? >> that fairness all of his fairness arguments and balance arguments polls really well across the board even with republicans. but very well with independents and, of course, not surprising with democrats. and again, when we tested these phrases, we did so without attribution, didn't say it was president obama or mitt romney all taken from the speeches they gave to the newspaper editors a couple weeks ago. those where is his best and it polled better than all of the romney quotes that we polled. both polled pretty well but the president's where is better across the board on the fairness argument, andrea. >> but what happens when we listen to this comment from president obama, again, the people questioned were not told who had made this comment. >> right. >> and this is sort of bordering into the class warfare, blame the rich. >> right. >> what drags down our entire economy is when there's an everwidening cham between the ultimate ra rich and everybody

else. >> that doesç not do so well. >> not at all that exactly phrase, ultrarich and everybody else less than 50% of everybody we surveyed said that would make them more likely to support a candidate. compare that with the fairness argument which was 76% said somebody saying that would make them more likely. trust me and i've heard from some democratic strategists since they saw our poll, they thought the same thing when they heard the president use that is phrase ultrarich. frank frankly it caught them off guard when he used the silver spoon. when you point fingers at the rich that doesn't play as well wells middle america as when you talk abouting it more about it under is the umbrella of fairness. >> what about romney's basic message? let's play that. >> i want to restore to america the values of economic freedom and opportunity and small government that have made this nation the lead ter is. >> and how do we see that?

>> that was his best testing message. 64% about 12 points lower than the fairness message, really resonates with republicans. doesn't much with democrats and it's only wok independents. it's more better than it is worse, but it's not as well performing with independents. that's the difference there, why there is a 12-point gap in basic fairness versus get government out of the way, economic opportunity doesn't quite poll, as well. but it's still good if you're mitt romney but it does appeal more to a republican audience than it does the middle of the electorate. >> finally a six-point race but a huge advantage for the president with latino voters inç particular. a gender gap as we've known. this is a 12-point gap with women voter. but romney has one big advantage on likability and a lot of characteristics, the president has the vaj, romney has the advantage on who has better ideas to fix the economy. >> a second one, he also led the

president on being the person that can change business as usual in washington. you would expect that a challenger should be able to get that the mantel fairly easy over an incumbent but when you're the challenger facing an incumbent, you need two things on your side, you need to be winning the economic argument and so far voters are giving romney the benefit of the doubt even though he hasn't articulated a plan and second, he's being given the benefit of the doubt as the change agenting in washington. now, that's what he's got to push on and you're going to see this campaign. i look at it and you look at this poll and understand why the president wants to make this about a referendum on romney as part of the republican party. because the republican party brand is unpopular. and i know romney wants to make this a referendum on the economy because the president's economic policies are not very popular. >> that is the outline of the campaign. we're going to all live and breathe for the next 200 days. >> yes, we are. >> thanks so much, chuck todd. and meanwhile, federal

investigators are trying to track down nearly a dozen prostitutes allegedly hired by members of the president's secret service. three are now out of a job including two supervisors identified as david chain anyny and greg stokes. it has increases a problem becoming politicized on capitol hill some like sq thank you very much. you and chuck the best. >> absolutely. you've been following this. you were down in cartagena following it from the beginning. this is really tough. from the facebook can page of david cheney, one of the supervisors involved, had somerally rough comments, comments including his comment from his facebook page about sarah palin when he was guarding her during the 2008 campaign.

>> that's absolutely right. if you look on his facebook page, you see that he comments that he was checking her out. and there's actually a picture of the two of them in which you can kind of see him in the background and then he has some back and forth banter with some friends about it. certainly something that the former governor herself said was offensive and she spoke about this on fox news just last night. >> i just wanted to play that tape. let's watch. >> this many agent who was kind of ridiculous there in posting pictures and comments about checking someone out, well check this out, bodyguard, you're fired. you know, a lot of people will just i guessoc. say that this boys being boys and boys will be boys but they shouldn't be in positions of authority. >> absolutely, positions of maximum authority. and what is the sense in the white house, kristin? you're covering this so closely. we've always had so much high regard for the secret service.

as to whether this is just aç couple of bad apples if it does prove to be what we suspect the case or whether it is a more widespread problem of bad behavior on the road? >> that's sort of the central question that investigators are trying to determine right now. the white house and also some veterans of the secret service have said exactly that that look, this is not something that happens all of the time but investigators really want to try to get to the bottom of that and try to determine if this is a part of a larger pattern. as you know, andrea, three people are basically on their way out of the secret service because of this prostitution scandal. one of them is of course, david cheney being allowed to retire, the other one, greg stokes, both had been with the secret service for about two decades, both supervisors. they've also obtained legal counsel. we spoke briefly with that person by phone, his name is lawrence berger. he basically said he couldn't comment on why cheney was employing counsel but he said stokes is going to "vigorously

defend himself in the administrative process that was available to him." stokes has 30 days to defend himself. berger says he also considers both men to still be a part of the secret service. so this is a messy process but three men on their way out. sources on capitol hill, andrea, tell us it is likely there will be more departures and we could learn about them end of this week, early this week. we're monitoring it closely. >> kristen welker, thank you. coming up, how long is america going to be spending billions and billions in afghanistan? armed services is chairman senator carl levin up next. and still ahead, was it a freudian slipç in the inside story on marco rubio's v.p. talk? this is "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter jobs on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill, and track work in real time.

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>> the four american troops were killed thursday after an army helicopter crashed in southern afghanistan. the crew mebsz of the black hawk were on the way to a scene of a suicide bombing. u.s. officials say bad weather the likely cause of the incident. as the united states' military moves closer to ending the decadeses long war, after cuban officials are asking about financial support. once the troops leave supposedly in 2014. and that raises some tough issues for congress. michigan senator carl levin is chairman of the armed services committee and joins me now. senator, you've raised questions yourself about what degree of commitment we should have going forward. what have you decided? what is your thinking now after the hearing you held? >> well, first of all, it's important that we continue to reduce our presences in afghanistan. it's important that we shift responsibility to the afghan army which is respected in afghanistan because that is the best way to succeed against the taliban, indeed, it's the

taliban's worst nightmare that they are facing an afghan army that is well equipped and proven willing to fight. and as we transfer responsibility to that army and reduce our presence, that army is going to be built up to about 350,000 or so including the police, and then they're going to require some support as we bring most of our troops out of there because their budget just simply cannot support an army of that size. so it's going to be essential that there be outside support for that army, but it is far, aju-q doing now. we're talking about three or $4 billion compared to about $70 billion which is what we're expending now. >> senator -- president karzai, senator, has asked for guarantees of the money commitment going forward. i think you've said that's something no president can give. >> that's correct. no president, no presidential candidate can guarantee what a

congress is going to do three years down the road. but what the president could do and i hope he is doing and i hope that plbl romney would join him is to assure the afghans that we are going to provide support with hopefully nato allies and others so that they can maintain a strong and large army to continue to take on the taliban so he can make an assurances of best efforts on his part so can governor romney, and i hope that they will not pick a specific number which would of dollars in support which would force the afghan army to reduce its size as we leave. i think it's critically important that the afghan people have the assurance that they're going to have a large army, about 350,000 including the police and that that army will be given adequate support again which will be in the few billions of dollars of costs to

us and our allies compared to the tens of billions that it costs now for our troops to be there. >> how damaging do you think is -- are the photos that were published in week, photos from 2010 showing some of our troops doingç disgraceful things real with the bodies, dismembered parts of the bodies of taliban suicide bombers? >> it is damaging because it plays right into the propaganda hands of the taliban that we're there to occupy and that we are bad people instead of people who have helped the afghans to get rid of the taliban. so the answer is, it is damaging that these kind of events occur and war is too obvious. but that is not an excuse. and that's not -- that doesn't make it possible for to us say just because events like this happen in a war, that this is not there ever not damaging because it is damaging. >> finally, secretary clinton in paris last night said they are

increasing nonlethal aid. they're calling it humanitarian aid but it does logistical gear to the opposition, yet, we're not becoming more involved in any way no, boots on the ground no, military support. what's the right balance given the continuing slaughter, despite the so the called cease fire? >> we've got to continue to do what secretary clinton is doing which is to try to find ways to get russia and china particularly to join the rest of the international community in putting some tough sanctions on syria. right now, there are some sanctions but they're not organized. they're not comprehensive sanctions because russia and china vetoed sanctions at the u.n. we've got to keep trying to bring them into the sanction process because that will make them more successful and i think we've got to consider doing some other things, including helping turkey or supporting turkey in her efforts toç create a safe zone on the border there are with syria and turkey and apparently, turkey's willing to

do that and it seems to me that that's something we ought to consider when i go to turkey in the next couple weeks, i'm going to be exploring that possibility with them. >> key point indeed. thank you very much, carl levin. thank you, have a great weekend. >> good to be with you. >> and up next, the politico brief. how does mitt romney persuade republicans he can win in? foragers, those fishermen... for me, it's really about building this extraordinary community. american express is passionate about the same thing. they're one of those partners that i would really rely on whether it's finding new customers, or, a new location for my next restaurant. when we all come together, my restaurants, my partners, and the community amazing things happen. to me, that's the membership effect. that's good morning, veggie style.

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in today's politico briefing, mitt romney has all but locked up the republican nominati nomination. why does he still have to persuade some big name republicans to support him? joining me now politico's jonathan martin. he is beginning to pick up some support. in particular, mitch daniels seemed to give him a rather awkward back of the hand bit of advice. >> it's fascinating, because you take the daniels critic,

governor rick perry saying if i run in 20816, i'll run in 2015. the political operative class here in washington and the states, there's just this consensus among a certain set of people that he's going to have a hard time winning. that's often the case with incumbents as you well know but it does seem to me the democratic party traditionally was the more fatalistic party. you really pick that up now with a lot of republicans who don't like their chances very much this fall. >> at the same time, in our poll, we see it's only a six-point race with the president. >>ç it's a close race. >> and as chuck todd and i were discussing at the top of the show, mitt romney has some real advantages built in in what people say about him having the best answers for the economy for fixing the economy as well as for shaking up washington. so he's perceived at least right now as being outsider. >> no, and i think there are a

lot of folks that don't know anything about him. he still has the opportunity to sort of introduce himself to a broad swathe of americans who haven't followed the primaries that intently. that's actually what struck me, andrea, doing the story was the disconnect between the polls showing this race to be very competitive and polls showing president obama to be very vulnerable on the economy and the political elites in romney's own party skeptical about his chances. polling has a funny way of altering the conventional wisdom. if the polls do show that this race is competitive i think you'll see some of that pessimism change, but for now, romney does have a task in front of him which is to convince a lot of his own republicans that he, in fact, can beat the president this fall. one of the things i mentioned in the story is the behind the scenes effort that the romney campaign is doing to really reach out to opinionmakers, folks like ed gillespie here in

washington, ron kaufman as well really trying to get folks lined up and enthusiastic for romney. >> he's made some big hires bringing in austin barber of halely bauer çbore's nephew wh had been a volunteer in past campaigns and very well plugged. on foreign policy, rick grinnell, a press guy at the u.n. for john bolton and others who has strong conservative credentials. he's doing the commencement at liberty university so it doesn't get more conservative than that and we saw him embracing the nra and refusing all opportunities to run away from ted nugent's comments. >> he's still doing conservative talk radio nearly every day. so it's fascinating watch this period of the campaign where romney is both shoring up his right flank and also trying to appeal to the broader middle, doing the interview with a rival network on monday with his wife ann romney. so it's sore of in this period

where he's trying to do two things at the same time. the it's an imperative forum nil right now. >> that's the straddle. thanks so much. and thanks to you, jonathan martin from politico. coming up, a crisis of faith. why are americans losing trust in the institutions built to protect them? plus new hope in an infamous cold case. could a new york city basement hold the secret to what happened to a little boy missing for three decades? and on this earth day weekend, the global water crisis. [ man ] hmm. a lot can happen in two hundred thousand miles... are you guys okay? yeah. ♪ [ man ] i had a great time. thank you, it was really fun.

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topping the headlines right now on "andrea mitchell reports," it has been 33 years since the disappearance of 6-year-old etan patz, a block from his home on the way to the school bus, a case that changed forever the way all parents treat their children's freedom of move.. now after all these decades, new york city police and fbi agents are scouring a basement of a handy man who knew the child and

talked to him the day before near where his parents still live. police say they will not stop till they can give the parents someç answers and perhaps some kind of closure. the 13th anniversary of the columbine tragedy was marked with a scare this morning. a boy is in police custody after allegedly threatening to leave a bomb at the school. local authorities recommend the boy be charged with a class 48 felony. and authorities saying a passenger plane carrying 134 people crashed today near islamabad. 118 are confirmed dead. is the jet crashed only minutes before its scheduled landing. right now bad weather is the likely cause of this tragedy. >> was it a freudian slip? florida senator marco rubio had quite the slip of a tongue at the news seeiam yesterday. >> three, four, five, six seven years now, if i do a good job as vice president, i'm sorry.

if i do a good job as a senator instead of vice president, i'll have a chance to do all sorts of things. >> that is still cracking me up. ron foreigne is editor-in-chief. what is happening behind the scenes there? it was very clear this is on his mind. >> yeah, it's very clear it's all on our minds. as soon as he said it, you cos hear the crowd cracking up. we ran 0 our twitter feeds and web sites and put it out there. >> beyond that, you've been writing about the confidence, the lack of confidence in government institutions. it's the cover story in the national journal in nothing we trust. and you went to muncie, indiana and talked to johnny wit myer. let's talk about this man. he didç his job. he paid his bills. his wife was partially disabled, got laid off by a state job, those budget cuts, governor mitch daniels had to make some cuts and this was one of the fallouts from it. they fell behind, they got a

modified mortgage under the obama administration's program and then that was rejected. so they got billed the back payments, they ended up in bankruptcy. the bank had the house, he left the keys on the kitchen table and then the city got him on a citation for tall grass on a house that the bank then owned. what will do we say to people like this who have done their part and are now losing all faith in america? >> you know, it's hard to explain it to people like him. i was talking to him at that house at 1900 west 10th street in south muncie, indiana. and he's out there cutting his grass hoping that will he would have a chance some dale to buy it back from the bank. here's a guy who every institution that should be protecting him, his city government, national government, the bank, the media, everyone in na town that should have been protecting him somehow didn't and yet he still has hope that

maybe he can get his house back, that maybe at the very least he can not be fined $300 for house. the whole story that uses muncie to kind of show how all our institutions are letting all of us down, not just government, churches, schools, unions. >> the secret service. >> practically --ç yeah. practically any pillar of our society right now is failing to adapt to these really gut wrenching and fast-moving it times. and the reason muncie works so well. >> i was going to say in our nbc news "wall street journal" poll, we've got 59% of those questioned saying the country's going in the wrong direction, 33% think it's going in the right direction. that's what you found in muncie, as well. >> exactly. and often people like you and me look at plos and think it's just about the politics, the president's not doing well but it's bigger than that. people mean everything is on the wrong track, their schools,

churches, they go to dmv and can't get their license. everything around us just as johnny said, nothing seems to be working anywhere anytime. people are just tired of it. >> how do people like that vote? >> he do they want change? do they want a mitt romney? do they see the hope in barack obama? what did you pick up in terms of this election and these choices? >> well, the same kind of thing i found in 2008 when i went back to muncie, this kind of tension, this kind of change asking actually affecting politics. washington's not impacting people out there. what's happening in society is affecting their vote. johnny voted for barack obama. he's one of the people in indiana that made barack obama the first democrat to win that state in a generation. he's also part of the white noneducated voting class that is very skeptical of president obama. and right now, he's very inclined to vote against the president having voted for him four years ago, he's very inclined to vote against him.

he's not dead set against him.ç he's really not big on romney. he's not big on any of the politicians because politics have been letting him down. he's been swinging back and forth looking for somebody to get something right. from where he turns, somebody is kicking him in the butt. >> it's a great piece. thanks for sharing it with us, ron. we hope something good happens for that family. thank you. >> congressman pence, his congressman i know has reached out to him already. >> that's great to hear. mike pence from indiana. thank you. it's something we take for granted the ability to turn on faucets and have a glass of water. not always in some cities but the lack of clean drinking water is a crisis that does affect billions of people around the world particularly women and children. joining me now for nbc's green is universal week is m. sanjayan, lead scientist for the nature conservancy. thank you for sharing your insights with us. i remember when i was in darfur and it was the water, the search

for water that made the women of these villages so vulnerable because they had to go and find a well and that's when they were attacked by the ma lishia. so water is just a profound problem in all of these areas. >>en thank you, andrea, for having me here right on the eve of earth day weekend. you're absolutely right. 800 million people really suffer from a chronic lack of water. water is hugely important for growing our crops. yet, if you go out on the streets and ask someone, where does your water come from, the answer you'll get is the tap. and that's been the systemic underestimation of where already water comes from. we spendç so much effort northwest focusing on the faucet, if you will, we don't think about the forests. i want to make sure people understand that water isn't just created out of thin air. it's created from nature. if you want to make sure people on the planet have clean water over the long period of time, you need to make sure that our faucets are there but also

forests are there and create that link. >> tell us about picnic for a planet. it's a wonderfully embracing and intriguing idea. >> right, so earth day started 40 years ago by a senator from wisconsin. this earth day what we really want people to do is go outside with their kids and families and enjoy what nature has to offer. we want people to take food, take water, take something to drink out there and relate the food that you have, ideally local and organic, ideally to nature. food is the one time, food and water that unites all of us as, and if we can relate to the food we have and share it will outside in nature, then i think we're one step closer to understanding that nature provides all the stuff for us that we essentially take for granted. so celebrate this by going to a picnic for the planet. if you go to nature.org, you can get lots of instructions. we hope in 60 countries plus, tens of thousands of people will join us in the largest picnic on

the planet. >> what an exciting idea. it's such a teaching moment for parents and children to understand the linkages, the connections. >> absolutely. i don't want people to say food comes from supermarkets. want peoplr comes from taps. i want them to understand that next link and think about pollinators how nutrients cycle. that's the whole point of it. the other part is on this weekend is, conservation and saving the earth is expensive. i really do want people to take that extra time and help support conservation organizations like the nature conservancy and others to do more work. >> well, weise taking that appeal to heart. thank you very much. thanks for joining us. for more green ideas and tips, do check out our website, green is universal.com. and coming up next, raising awareness. how one young woman's courageous battle against lung cancer continues to inspire others long after she's gone.

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hi, everyone. i'm tamron hall. coming up on "news nation," we're following breaking news involving george zimmerman. a judge ruled he can be released on $150,000 bail as he aways his trial and trayvon martin's death. former u.s. attorney in florida, kendall coffey will join me live along with atomy of reporters on the grounds in sanford. a lot of reaction including reactir reaction from are martin's parents. plus the latest on the prostitution scandal. we now have learned the identities of two of the supervisors now leaving the agency. one of them has a sarah palin connection. >> and this weekend, hundreds of runners are going to be gathering here in washington to join in a national campaign against lung cancer in memory of one very brave young athlete. >> hi, my name is jill. i'm 22 years old and i have lung cancer.ç

>> jill costello was only 21 years old when first diagnosed with stage 47b8 lung cancer. she had never smoked. in fact, she was a college varsity athlete. her cancers diagnosis and treatment didn't stop her from graduating with highest honors and helping her team place second in the ncaa championships in 2010. less than a month later, jill lost her battle with cancer. joining me now, jill's friends darby anderson and casey oakley who helped create the organization jill's legacy an effort tols increase the survival rate from lung cancer, the number one cancer killer for men and women for decades. thank you both for joining us. casey, you were jill's roommate and you know she didn't smoke. she was a healthy young woman. all of a sudden, she gets diagnosed with lung cancer and goes through all sorts of treatments, still remains a

competitive varsity athlete and a year later, she's gone. how do you all deal with that? how did she deal with it? >> it was a shock. and luckily, i from friends like darby and jill's boyfriend bryce. the hardest thing was it's this time and age but the text messages every day and getting used to not having that. we kind of replace that with each other but moving out and finding a new roommate, it's never the same situation. you know, there's always that will gap in your heart. >> andrdarby, you're here. it's a national program on 11 campuses at least to march to run, to jog for jill. you're trying to raise money and awareness about lung cancer, which i mean we know about the case of dana reeves' christopher reeves' wife. it's just a hideous disease, hitting people who have never done anything in terms of their personal health behavior to warrant getting it. >> i mean so many people don't

know that lung cancer is not just a smoker's disease. 80% of newly diagnosed lung cancer patients never smoked or quit decades ago. it's something people don't want to talk about because there's a sense of shame or blame when it comes to lung cancer. it's not the case anymore. jill is a perfect example, dana reebs. we have patients left and right that are being diagnosed and they're young and they've never touched a cigarette. >> and casey, you're an athlete. >> yes. >> you're on the u.s. ski team and you live in park city. so you know the conditioning of the focus that is required. yet, jill was going through cancer treatment at the same time she was still crewing the team. >> that's one of the shocking things is that jill put off, she had the symptomatic coughs and you know hoarse throat. but that's something you get with coming a crew boat too because you're yelling at the boat. she put it aside because she was a healthy athlete and never would have expected it. she was just like any other athlete, strong and at the top

of her game. you never expect one of these diagnoses. >> she's a real leader because she was leading the team, coaching the team in theç wate. >> absolutely and she still leads us, absolutely, with what she left behind. >> and darby, what are you trying to accomplish now? >> the big everitt thing is let people know that will anyone can get lung cancer. through our jog for jills with our young advisory board, it's an advisory board to the lung cancer foundation called jill's legacy and through these jog for jills we're trying to raise awareness and get young people involved. we're trying to start a movement that will let people know that anyone can get lung cancer and we're the ones that will make the difference. we're the next generation of donors, advocates, patients, doctors and if we start getting that message out now, we're going to be able to be the change later on. >> locally here in washington, 10:00 a.m. this sunday, georgetown's campus, rain or shine. it's not a great forecast. 10:00 a.m. is the gathering point.

i've got the bracelet already. the jog for jill, the green bracelet. that's because that was one of jill's favorite colors? >> yes low and teal were her favorite colors what covered our rooms. >> well, in her memory, a living legacy for all of you. >> yes. >> and early diagnosis as you say, casey, she didn't see the signs as no one -- you wouldn't. you're young, you're healthy. never smoked. you're hoarse because you're shouting at the crew team. and by the time she was diagnosed, it really was too late to save her. >> she pushed through as an athlete and continued to. you know, she pushed through to her very last month, went to ncaas the months before she passedç away. it's definitely a character that she will instilled in all of us, as well. >> thanks so much. >> thank you. >> casey and darby for the living legacy of jill costello. we will now hold her in our hearts, as well. >> thank you for having us. and what political story

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which political story will make headlines in the next 24 hours? msnbc contributor jonathan capehart joins us. what a tie, jonathan. you are springing forward. it's beautiful. a beautiful forward. let's talk about politicians behaving badly. in both parties, let's start with john mccain's tweet. he tweeted out what he called a good pic of my son jimmy's bulldog apollo. i'm sorry, mr. president, he's not on the menu. give us the context. >> the context, we know the back and forth about governor mitt romney and his dog being on the roof of the car. the president, actually, david axelrod tweeted out something about this is how compassionate dog owners transport their dogs showing the president and bo in the presidential limousine.

then someone -- >> it was the romney campaign strategist, eric, who tweeted -- >> who revealed, reminded everyone that the president had eaten dog meat during his years in indonesia. and so that's the context of what senator mccain's cheeky tweet. >> he wrote in his memoir about as a child, the shock of getting to indonesia and discovering that they eat dog food -- dog meat. that they eat grass çhoppers, u know, that it was a different culture. >> right. >> so now we reach john mccain suggesting that the president eats dogs. >> right. this is the level of our political discourse. and example number one of politicians behaving badly. the second one being governor schwietzer of montana -- >> a democrat. >> a democrat from montana talking repeatedly during an

interview about polygamy and mitt romney. and mitt romney, george romney being born, i think the quote is, on a polygamy commune in mexico. and he used this word polygamy several times during this interview. of course, polygamy referring to governor romney's mormon faith. which is a sticking point for the governor's campaign but also, for people who may hold that against governor romney in terms of whether they're going to vote for him. >> and it's the first really blatant case of someone in elected office, a democrat, bringing up the mormon issue and polygamy, of course, is no longer part of the faith. but joe biden to esquire was about religious tolerance. i acknowledge i'm a practicing catholic. i don't think it's anybody's business. that's why i'm so angry about the way they're treating romney, who i'm not crazy about.

joe biden pushing back. >> and in a very statesman like way. >> this is going to be a continuing sub text. thank you very much. you have a great weekend. >> that does it for this edition (rq&l reports." monday, john cornyn joins us. next week, my conversation with madeleine albright. my colleague tamron hall has a look at "news nation." >> news as you may have heard involving george zimmerman. a judge ruled he can be released on $150,000 bail as he awaits trial. in trayvon martin's death. the former u.s. attorney kendall coffey will join me. the attorneys are meeting hins the scenes to come to an agreement. can george zimmerman stay out on bail? we've got reaction from trey martin's mother and father. plus, the latest on that prostitution scandal that

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