conservative congresswoman michele bachmann won't run for election next year because for her eight years is long enough. >> be assured my decision was not in any way influenced by any concerns about my being re-elected to congress. rest assured, this decision was not impacted in any way by the recent inquiries into the activities of my former presidential campaign or my former president staff. >> but, in fact, bachmann was facing a very tough challenge. her 2012 opponent is running again, and he raised $100,000 in a week after announcing. she won by just 5,000 votes last time in the most heavily republican district in minnesota. of course, bachmann's unrelented criticism of president obama gave her a platform for runner for candidate. sounding like the candidate that she was she used the video to

point to benghazi, the irs scandal, what she called the foreign policy blunders and the despicable treatment of israel. >> unfortunately today i'm even more concerned about our country's future than i have ever been in the past. so masois issues, we're clearly the wrong track. >> what does it all mean? let mess bring in politico's alex. >> good morning. >> why now. >> you know just in the introduction, michele bachmann, as much as she's saying it doesn't have much to do with it, this would be the moenment to bl if you were worried about either or both of those things. it does give bachmann the chance to sort of serve out her term, maybe getting away a little bit from the idea that she bailed on a tough re-election fight.

>> well, we just got a statement from her opponent. let me read part of it for you. as recent polling indicates, our message is resonating with the people of the six lgts district and she recognized that. she also recognize it would be an uphill battle going forward. i mean, jim, she was already running tv ads, vowing to repeal president obama's plan. what does that say if you're running 17 months out and then decide you're going to drop out. >> we don't know exactly what michele bachmann recognizes, whether in her heart of hearts, she didn't think she was going to win, whether in her heart of hearts she was nervous about the investigation since there was no chance to interrogate her during that very slick eight-minute video announcement which is sort of the counterpart to anthony weiner, the scandal with the tainted soul who came out with his very slick announcement that

he was running for new york mayor. but in what you call the most heavily republican district she won by 1% after outspending the guy 10-1. and in the district the president didn't do all that well and he got about 41%. so whatever true motive is, she surely had an uphill climb? >> she's not the first to step aside. i guess, alex, what does she do now? obviously sarah palin left office and she had a tv platform for a while and jim demint. what do you think? will she go to the heritage foundation or a research council? >> i would be surprised if she went to the heritage foundation. we have discovered if you're a conservative firebrand on either side of the spectrum and you want to leave office to make a public servant salary, that would be a pretty good economic bet. >> she's also a former member of

the tea party caucus. a couple of years ago she gave her own tea party response to the state of the union which gives you a sense of her own platform, but the economic issues are less of an issue now frankly. i don't know, jim. is the tea party sputtering because of that? is that why she felt maybe she was losing some influence. >> well, for sure, some of the economic news we get, people less nervous about selling their home, having a little bit more disposable income, in generally no longer feeling sick and tired, that certainly plays a part. and if you're the democrats and i confirmed this morning with jim israel who overseas their congressional effort to recapture the house. they need 17 seats, chris, this clearly was one of the 55 that they've got on their list, now held by republicans that they think they can get. but i think it's "way too early" to know what's going to happen,

particularly in some of those republican primaries next year and what the impact of the tea party may well be particularly on more moderate republicans who are scared as hell about being, quote, married to the primary in the nation's capitol. >> i want to bring in senator barry sanders. good morning. >> good morning. >> you've probably heard the argument and it's come from democrats and democrat analysts that the reason conservatives don't want to let go of benghazi or other troers ves is they nee someone else. do you think they're doing better, especially in light of the unemployment rates? >> that is a good question, chris. the answer is yes and no. compared to 2008, no question we're doing much better, unemployment is down. we have cut the budget deficit

in about half. state budgets are doing much better. california. knew they're running a sur prus. that's the good news. let me give you the not so good news. that is while official unemployment today is at about 7.5%, real unemployment counting those people who have given up looking for work or they want to work full-time is almost 14% and if you look at young people unemployment or minority unemployment, the numbers are way, way higher than that. more significantly, if you look at the trends impacting the middle class from way, way back, median middle income has gone down $5,000 and most jobs today are not good paying jobs. they're low paying jobs. and perhaps most frightening is we're seeing more income and

wealth in equality. so between 2009 and 2012 all of the income in america went to the top 1% and the gap with everybody else is as wide as it has been since the 1920s. >> they'll argue to that. you've been saying there's a gap between the rich and poor and we ought to tax the wealthy more. we've been saying the exact opposite. we were the ones who said the sequester would not be a doomsday scenario. we are the ones who said the 2% payroll tax increase will not kill us, and, look, it has. . what would you say to those republicans? >> well, what i would say to those republicans is that right now there is massive suffering in this country, and that is my point. the fact of the matter is unemployment remains much, much too high, and despite what my

republican friends are saying, we need a massive jobs program to put people back to work, rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, and transforming our energy system. you talk about sequestration. right now there are millions of seniors who need the meals on wheels program and that program has been cut. so you have the most fragile people in the country. they're sitting at home, trying to get a decent meal a day, and a republican friends have fought to cut that program. you've got kids graduating college today deeply in debt and our republicans friends want to cut the pell grant program. what i would argue is for a significant number of people in the country today, the economy is not doing well. it's doing pretty badly. other points i would make, chris, despite all of the

criticisms of that stimulus package which created millions of jobs when we desperately readed. i think that program worked and helped us get out of the worst part of the recession. >> what do we do next? i'm going to talk about the budget. we did hear for years that the republicans didn't pass the budget. this year they did pass the budget. of course, now, nothing happened how do the two sides come together, the two houses come together? are you throwing up your hands and saying, it's just not going to happen? >> i think it would be a good if they listened to what people want. what they said in poll after poll and in the last election is, yes, we've got to do some judicial cuts, but we also need to ask the wealthiest people in this country who are doing phenomenally well, the largest

corporations, one out of four of which pays zero in taxes, to start paying their taxes so we can do deficit reduction in a way that is fair, so we can use some of the revenue to create jobs we desperately need. some americans are saying that. some cuts, and we have done that. most of the cuts have been cut. we now need rev new so we do not cut social security, medicare, medica medicaid, education, at a time when they desperately need the programs. >> senator bernie sanders, always good to have you on the program. >> thank you, chris. so many good economic signs. we've mentioned them. i'm looking at the markets right now. they're down a little bit. they've been at record highs. can the president capitalize on this? how does he capitalize on it? >> chris, think we find ourselves where the president

and parties find ourselves right now. it's sort of the stalemate aversion. if you look at public polling, you no longer have the same level of anger that's going on with the government and economy as you had a couple of years ago. people do see some signs of home in terms of an economic turnaround, but people still don't feel like it's on the right track, that things are basically trending in the direction they need to be trending. so i don't think you're going to see them out there in 2014 campaigning that happy days are here again, but i do think you're going to hear them making argument that senator sanders just said, we'd be in a worse place. >> how would you make that argument? this comes as he's losing his economic council adviser alan krueger. he doesn't have to worry about

getting a job. he's not going to be campaigning this summer how does he make that move that he wants to make? >> alex's assessment was clear-headed and why there's this conundrum. the president is popular, but not so popular. that's why what happens in washington in terms of the election, there's not much of a change. you look at the glass half full. you look at numbers flashing across the excite, 7.5, and compare it to just a couple of years ago. you go to places like michigan and the auto industry and point to the folks who are getting their jobs back. you point to other folks who are beginning to hire, maybe not at the rates they once did or the salaries they wasn't did, but you say, hey, things are a whole lot worse, i inherited a mess.

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voters, we can be a fickle bunch. anthony weiner is making significant gains in new york city's mayoral race. the former congressman who resigned after a humiliating sexting scandal, weiner is getting back into cam paper mode, appearing at his first debate tuesday. >> this is my first time being on stage with the other candidates. you know, i've only been a candidate for less than a week now, but this is why i'm in the race now, to talk about ideas and the middle class and those struggling to make it. >> i'm joined now by blake zeth from polito.com who's written about this. >> good to see you. >> he made a stew did decision,

lied about it and the conventional wisdom is he's done but your article suggests not so fast. why? >> i'm not predicting a win but i think his strengths are more important than people realize and his challenges may not be as insurmountable as we think. the strength is there's a very wide field. >> there's no superstar, no bloomberg, no giuliani. >> that's right. he's leading the polls, but not breaking out of the 20s. that's like mitt romney leading. it's a wide open field. he has tons of money. he's able to use the money, $5 million, that he had left over from his last race, so he's not going have trouble getting on the air and he also has a lot of charisma and zest for campaigning. >> and the upside of this sexting controversy is it gives you a lot of publicity. this is today's "new york post."

hide your kids. sexting king weiner trolls for interns. >> they're rejoicing. they can't get enough of his double on tron draws. but is this a case some publicity is all publicity? >> he is a household name now. there's gum that says the tabloids will kill weiner and he won't get through it. it's important to note that the tabloids are very conservative. >> in spite of the fact that the city is not. >> exactly. you could have a voter who getting pilloried day in and day out. of course, they don't get this type of treatment every day. this is a bit of a test. but the tabloids are not necessarily rainmakers in the new york politics. >> on the other hand the poll has something concerning in it. the majority say say he deserves a second chance, but 39% nch he

doesn't have the character to be mayor. and he has even said it's possible more lewd picture of him could be out there. and you wonder even if he starts to get momentum, that could be a game-changer. >> in terms of a poll, another key thing to think about is it's not a key race. you don't have to get 50%. if he gets 25 of 30% voters, he could have a runoff. in terms of, you know, whether you're saying there's new pictures, i think you're right. if there are more developments to come out, that could be problematic for him. it's the same static story, the fact that the "new york post" talks about it every day, may not change people's opinions. >> i'm looking at some of the steals we're showing. as i've been looking at him, especially with the people, he's been smiling. he's in his element. he loves to be with the people. hef loves to campaign. new yorkers love that as well.

the "washington post" chris ealey za says even if he isn't victorious and running in the polls, he's relevant because he's part of the political conversation. is that right? i got ought of that stuff out of the way? i answered all the questions? now i'm going to come back? >> yeah. there are a lot of people who said that. so he could sort of get all this bad stuff out of the way and run again in a couple of years for something else and have this in the past. i actually disagree. think he's running to win it. i'm not saying he should win it or will win it but as a political analyst who's looked at the races, i think there's a path to victory for him and it's sort of surprising to a lot of people. >> it is a fascinating story. thank you so much for coming in. >> sure, thank you. the controversy surrounding incoming athletic director julie hermann certainly isn't going away. "the new york times" reports that she was involved in a 2008

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for 5 during the game, touchdown fever. just couldn't get the football through the tiefrmt but check out governor chris christie's first shot. bam. right on target. isn't this cute? he won the president his very own chicago bear. at a fund-raiser last night he tried to clean up the lipstick on his collar controversy as soon as he started speaking. >> a sign of warmth is the lipstick on my collar. i have to say i think i know the culprit. where's jessica sanchez? it wasn't jessica. it was aupty, right there. look at this. look at this. i just want everybody to witness. i do not want to be in trouble with michelle. >> and, finally, something congress really is good at,

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2009. 41% describe themselves as conservative. that's the lowest since president obama took office. the number of economic moderates has climbed 37%. that's up five points from last year. i'm joined now by amy holmes and jill zuckman, good to see both of you. good morning. >> good morning. >> it seems the bigest problem for republicans in this poll is obviously where they're losing ground is losing socialists. amy, can the party oppose gay marriage and abortion and continue to grow and continue to win? >> i think it depends on the politician, his constituency, his dis strict, and what are the issues that will be at play in 2014. the polling seems to suggest that they might be moving to the left on sociali issues. we still have obama care being

enormously unpopular and we still have an economic crisis to overcome. so i think, again, this can be overdeterminative and you have to look at, for example, joe manchin, west virginia, democrat. he took a shotgun and shot it through cap and trade. >> i mean, jill, as republicans point out, in an art cal in "the new york times" today, the democrats are doing kind of their own soul searching particularly in some of the districts that trend a little bit republican or states that are more republican. south dakota, west virginia, montana, arkansas, louisiana. in one of the examples they use is stephanie in south dakota. she's a democrat who voted against obama case, for same-sex marriage, against cap and trade. so do they need to stick to their principles or do they need to moderate to appeal?

is that the reality of the way districts are and the way states are? >> chris, i would. read too much into this one poll. i think if anything my experience as a political reporter tells me that more voters would rather identify themselves as independent. they don't want to align themselves with either party, that they'd rather pick and choose among issues, and there are issues like marriage equality where they're expect across the picture, that it's not really a left or right issue anymore. >> well, jill, then, could you make the argument that if people consider themselves more middle of the road and if you look at these numbers, they do seem to be moderating too much. does it raise the viability not of the ted cruzes but of the more chris christies on the republican side and in that sense could make it harder in 2016 to make it difficult for the democrats? >> i really don't know.

i think you have to take it on a case-by-case basis. if you identify yourself as less partisan, maybe you'll find some appeal in a politician who works across the aisle, maixes it up. >> who wins the teddy bear for the president of the opposing party. so you have that. >> who would you like to have a beer with. and it also has to do with being an effective politician. so for example, bobby jindal, he's very conservative and very popular in louisiana. scott walker, the republican in wisconsin. there was a huge recall. the recall failed. wisconsin, you would think, is a liberal state, but it has a republican governor. >> is there a credibility problem? a study found since january 52% of republicans' statements tracked by politifact were rated

mostly or entirely false. more than half of the statements made by republicans compared 24% of the statements made by democrats. obviously they don't rate every statement. >> and there's a new study that shows that politifact in particular targets republicans for saying their statements are false far more often than they do for democrats so i don't take politifact fact-checking seriously. again, they track with the issues that they care about and going into it i think it's going to be an election about economic issues and liberty and these scandals that are engulfing them at this point. >> are we still going to be hearing about the things that call them skanl dals, controversies? benghazi, the irs, come 2014, the congressional races? >> that is such a long way away, chris. oftentimes they're such flashes

in the pan. we think they have such staying power and people forget about it, you know, a week later, a day later. it just kind of dissipates, and we don't really know what politicians are going to be talking about or what voters are going to be caring about next year. >> good to see both of you. checking the news feed this morning officials say the fire is under control after burning for more than ten hours at the scene of a train derailment outside of baltimore. it collided with a truck yesterday. the driver was the only person injured. police are investigating. police in anaheim, california, are analyzing video of a person who set off an explosion at disneyland. it involved dry ice and a plastic bottle. fortunately no one was hurt and the tune town area was able to open a couple of hours later.

soon michelle obama will visit some of the boston marathon bombing victims who she first met last year. 27-year-old jeff baumann and the man who helped rescue him, carlos arendondo got to throw out the first pitch at last night's red sox game. you probably remember them in this photo during the aftermath of this? >>. meantime sidney corcoran got to go to her prom after nearly bleeding to death after her injuries. she looks so pretty. she said she didn't think it would happen but she made the prom her goal, and there she was. she made it. good for her. well, after all the bad publicity, the irs is naming a new risk officer who will add intreg grit to the agency. the investigative arm of congress that audits government programs. >> and a it looks like former football star keyshawn johnson is not a belieber.

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40%. this according to the pew research study that you referenced. even more interesting is the makeup of these bread winner moms. 63% are single mothers. 37% are mayed moms who make more than their husbands. certainly hat's off to them. is there a downside to working moms? two thirds say it making their life easier but it does strain their marriage and three quarters feel it is harder to raise children. more than half the americans surveyed think kids are actually better off if mom is home and doesn't hold a job. only 8% say the same about a father. so across america it seems to think that traditional notion of family is still favored. >> okay. let's talk about jcpenney. that poor company can't seem to catch a break. this caused almost a fight in our morning meeting today. does it or doesn't it? they're accused of selling a

teakettle that looks like hitler? >> this is one of those situations where when you're in a psychiatrist office they ask you what do you see and they judge you on the answer. in this case it's a negative picture. i have to tell you i stared at it all morning. i still don't see it. it was noticed on monday. tuesday it went viral. that afternoon it sold out on the website and jcpenney, you know, they haven't commented on this but it's the latest in a string of challenges that this retailer has been facing recently. >> one, we should have had the full face shot of hitler. this is my very limited experience. men seem to be able to see it more. >> i'm not going to comment on that smie i'm just saying in my personal experience. don? >> i saw it. >> he saw it immediately. the guys. my producer, mike, just saw it, and the girls were all sitting

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twitter chats, google hangouts, live streams. it's so interesting that it's immigration. why this, do you think, for this huge push? >> well, by the way, it's more data points that show you how impactful social media can be. the latino community. if you were on the ground in the united states and you walked around, people would describe the problem as illegal mexicans. we're talking 52 million in a population, 11 million undock meanted. the latinos used the smartphone first. >> they couldn't afford computers. >> that's right. they didn't have a computer at home. they got a smartphone.

there's a group called the dreamers. >> you watch it online. >> done by david guggenheim, a very famous person. the incredible passion and emotion if you watch that, you might feel different watching that one documentary. >> on one hand you have them trying to activate that entire community, particularly the young community because it is social media. on the other hand they're also letting people know there are forces who oppose what they want to do. ted cruz, the republican senator got bombarded with 300 tweets on -- >> bombarded by 300. i don't think that's bombarded. that said some numbers are very significant. people are talking about it we're bringing a face to the immigration issue which i believe will make all the difference, i believe. >> we mentioned chuck schumer, and i'm going to say i was one of the people. i'm going to fess up. i did not know what that was. so explain, but more importantly

how something like this can be used and how it can be effective. >> you look at it. anybody can do it. he ice doing it in his office by himself. it's pointing the webcam by yourself. >> seven seconds. >> seven seconds has a very large following. all he did was say three sentences and everybody is talking about it. >> you can walk down the street and watch it and hopefully not run into anything in the seven seconds, right? >>. >> be very careful when walking down the street. >> where is it headed and where do you think the significant thinks to watch when it comes to thinks like public policy? >> where it's headed, it's going to be a combination. nothing will replace the old-fashioned real people in washington, d.c. that's still going to need to exist. but what this is able to do with soeshl media, you don't haven't to get a plane ticket or go anywhere, you can do this from your own home. i think that you'll see the two

complementing each other and i think you'll find that washington, d.c. is goi washington, d.c., is going to get e-mails and get things on twitter. >> a lot of folks need to hire someone to do all this social media stuff for them because it has been so important. >> everybody's look for them. >> and eric yaverbaum is one of the early ones. thank you. today's tweet comes from ari of "the cycle." he included a link to his segment on the issue. ry excitedg the shrimp and lobster pot pie. we've never cooked anything like this before. [ male announcer ] introducing red lobster's seaside mix & match. combine any 2 of 7 exciting choices on one plate for just $12.99! like new cheddar bay shrimp & lobster pot pie, and new parmesan crunch shrimp. plus salad and unlimited cheddar bay biscuits. combine any 2 for just $12.99. [ stewart ] for the seaside mix & match, we're really mixing it up.

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there is breaking news to tell you about. a suicide bomber let off bombs at the red cross. anti-security forces are now fighting those attackers.

in a tweet the red cross confirmed an incident has taken place and they say they'll provide more details as soon as they can. we'll keep you posted on that. an american woman, a mormon mother of seven is fighting for release today from a mention cal jail accused of drug smuggling. she was arrest add week ago after a stash of marijuana was found under herr seat on a bus. her family says it's all a big mistake. miguel is with us. you and i were e-mailing back and forth. this is a crazy story. i know she's going to be back in court. what's going to happen? >> she's going to be in court. the witnesses are expected to testify in court. they expect to tell the jum when they entered the bus they had only their possession which they put underneath the bus.

the drugs were strapped underneath the passenger bus. in fact her husband said they were originally found under his seat but they took his wife into custody because she spoke fluent spanish. so we do expect that testimony to happen later on today. her family says this last week has been very difficult for her. she's a mormon mother of seven. what her family calls a church-going person who would never be involved with any drugs or drug dealing. earlier today her brother spoke on the "today" show. >> our greatest fear right now is that our sister will be -- will be lost. she was lost for the first day in the prison system when this first started, so if she's moved and transported around, we may never see our sister again. >> while she hasn't officially been charged with a crime, the hearing today, the judge has

until friday to make that decision, chris. >> you can see how terrifying it is. are they getting any help from the state department, their lawmakers in washington? >> yeah. the state department as well as a lawmaker here in the state of arizona. they say they're both closely monitoring the situation. they've been in contact with the maldonado family, though they've not officially stepped into the case. there are eyes on this from a government level and a state level but so far the lawmakers have not officially stepped in to help the maldonado family. >> thanks so much. that's going to wrap up this hour of chris jansing. thomas roberts is up next. good morning, thomas. >> good morning. michele's overnight announcement that she's not going to seek re-election. what brought it to a halt whapd is the impact for tea partiers. we're beginning to think

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hi, everybody. tea party rabble rouser michele bachmann made a surprise announcement. she will not seek re-election. >> i have decided not to seek a fifth congressional term. after serious contemplating i am confident this is the right decision. >> foreshadowing the existential threat she would run. just after reports that fbi

joined the investigation into financing in her 2012 presidential rupp. bachmann insisting, though, that neither of those was behind this decision. >> be assured my decision was not in any way influenced by any concerns about my being re-elected to congress. and rest assured, this decision was not impacted in any way by the recent inquiries into the activities of my former presidential campaign or my former presidential staff. >> bachmann is just the latest tea party favorite to leave the hallowed halls of capitol hill. for one reason or another she follows in the footsteps of jim demint and former congressman alan west. >> you can set your hair on fire so many times asomugha jish shann so many times until it hurts your hair. we have people who go too far left -- >> it doesn't serve in the long run. >> there's no long play. >> i want