hold a news conference in just 30 minutes. with democrats and republicans waging political war like that, it might be time to turn to a leader like this. his holyness, the dalai lama on capitol hill. good morning i'm chris jansing. this has been a morning of fast-moving developments. the white house already today made a move beyond diplomacy, stepping up the pressure on vladimir putin, announcing economic sanctions and directing the state department to impose visa restrictions on those supporting the -- the vote on the aid package. right now ukraine is on the agenda in two separate house hearings and there's a senate hearing scheduled to begin in an hour. the response is part of a growing and emotional debate, with some republicans blaming the intelligence community for not warning about the incursion into crimea.

>> it was not predicted by our intelligence, and that's already been well known, which is another massive failure behalf our misreading -- total misreading much the intends of vladimir putin. overseas john kerry and the russia foreign minister met at a diplomatic forum yesterday after talking in paris, but no agreement. the heightened tension in crimea unfolded in a dramatic confront ace from u.n. enjoy robert serry was cornered by gunmen, forcing him to call for help. he tried and failed to enter crimea just last week. i want to bring if ron johnson, senator, good morning. >> good morning, chris. >> obviously you're a player in the hearing that start in the next hour on ukraine. what do you want to find out.

>> i think this is a point in time where we want to speak with one voice. if the blame really lies with vladimir putin, and we need to come together and come up with a plan for sanctions that actually have some teeth in them. i think the talk has been good. i think listening to samantha powers, secretary kerry and this administration they're talking a good game, but now we have to act. vladimir putin must pay a price for this, so we can discourage him from further incushions that would be really troublesome. we really need to have politics at the water's edge and speaking one voice. and quite honestly the european union. >> a couple things i want to follow up. let's talk about that speaking with one voice. there have been critics in your party. you just heard what john mccain had to say, lindsey graham has been critical. is that not a good idea? >> i think there's plenty of

room for criticism, but the person to blame for this is vladimir putin. in a cold, calculating way, we have to figure out how do we make vladimir putin pay the price. >> and what the white house did this morning is a good start, the sanctions, the restrictions? >> it's a step, but you know, what empowers putin? high energy prices. i'm always always been skeptical that russia -- case on in the mideast keeps oil prices high. i agree with speaker boehner. we need to make europe less dependent on russian oil and gas. those are the times of long-term economic measures. i think we ought to be talking about poland about that missile defense shield. we need to look at things that make shall lad mir putin pay a price for what he's done here. >> long term, but what's the end

game in this congress. what would you like to see the president do? >> i think it's helpful if we are unified so we send that strong signal to vladimir putin that we are going to act. again, not just talking tough, but actually carrying through with those actions. impose those sanctions. don't give them free rein. freeze their assets, restrict their visas, actually inflict some pain on these people to let them know we are serious. it's not just tough talk. it will be tough action and successfully tougher action if they continue this illegal and unlawful activity. >> obviously i don't need to tell you the concern is where do you draw that line between having have laid mer putin pay a price or putting the pressure on him and alienating our allies who have serious and deep economic interests in russia. >> that's what i was talking about longer term, we need to ease our own restrictions in terms of exporting our growingly

abundant energy supplies so we can recruise europe and ukraine's -- that's what gives putin all the power. chaos in the world that drives up oil prices continues to give him power. america needs to be strong economically. we need to show resolve and strength in the world. that's the best way to deter -- >> we're just showing you video from rome, that's john kerry and sergei lavrov. they have a long relationship from the time he served with you on the foreign relations committee. having said that diplomacy seems to be headed toward let's give vladimir putin a road map. there's been no ethnic russian who's been harmed in crimea. at the same time there were several people on this program yesterday who suggested, including the former u.s. ambassador that crimea is lost.

do you believe that, and is that the price that will have to be paid if there's going to be an off-ramp and this isn't doesn't to escalate into something that becomes more bloody? >> we should be providing that off-ramp, but we need to give vladimir putin and russia the incentive to get on that off-ramp and de-escalate that situation. he'll continue to play this game, push us and push us, and then he'll come back and push again. so we have to act, he has to pay a price for this. he has to realize if he keeps moving forward, he'll pay a successively higher price. >> i appreciate you taking the time to talk to us today. >> have a great day. steve clemmons, good morning, i know you were just on the phone with the white house. what did they tell you? >> i was talking to a senior administration official and

they -- by executive order, they have taken the authority to sanction both russian and ukrainian interests. ukrainian is important, because there are certain ukrainians that continue to be part of the moves by russia in this illegal act they have taken. we've already had the authority to deny visas, to traveling russians and ukrainians who have been essential mucking up the is works in the transfer of power and direction. i think -- the senior administration federal told me they are monitoring events closely, and they've been satisfied to see that it is russians have not made further moves in the eastern part of ukraine, which is an important solve the canary in the coal mine. so that hasn't gone forward. and of course we have the vote today in the legislature in crimea, voting to go independent, which is -- which is at odds with the process by

which any section of ukraine can go through a referendum process of declares its independence. there are a lot of tensions, but they're hopeful by identifying these sanction issues and potential visa travel restrictions, they can send a clear message to all those who have invested heavily in engagement in the west and wanting to be a part of russia to be seen as a powerful nation and as a responsible international stakeholder, that all of that it in jeopardy. i think that's what the white house is trying to show a spotlight on, a dark future for the russian establishment if they continue this course. >> senator johnson couldn't have more clear that it's important for the united states to speak with one voice. we have heard the comments from people like lindsey graham and senator mccain. those two notwithstanding, what is your sense on the hill? is your sense that congress is going to come together? that they will be speaking with

one voice and they have a clear sense moving forward about what the u.s. should do? >> i have been pleased that people like senator johnson on the other side of the political aisle of the president have stood up and given a different tone. you know, i think eric cantor in the house was one who very early came on and said that they really wanted to work with the white house in cooperation, bring together into one voice and begin to respond responsibly to russia's unacceptable actions. i think we need to note -- i was just with senator cory booker who talked about working across the aisle, and ukraine, and i think he welcomes this sort of maybe moment tear, but perhaps a new spirit among some of those members of congress in both the house and senate that don't see this as a time to bash the white house. i think that's credible. i think it's important for the american public to see it. i hope senator graham and senator mccain -- and i respect both of them -- get on that wave

as well. >> we've been hearing from hillary clinton, obviously, the former secretary of state, after making some waves with her comments. she went right into the issue before a crowd at ucla, and i want to play that. >> the claims by president putin and other russians that they had to go into crimea and maybe further into eastern ukraine, because they had to protect the russian minorities, and that's reminiscent of claims that were made back in the 1930s. >> clinton also got a bit of a chuckle when she called putin a tough guy with thin skin. what's the cost/benefit analysis of the administration for hillary clinton being vocal on this? >> she wants to demonstrate if if she were president, she can be tough with the bad boys of the world. maybe that's why she used such language. i wouldn't have advised it, because i think, one, the

talking aboutis, despite the jewish community that suffered so horribly under the holocaust, another community that suffered were russians that were at war with the nazis, so there's a touchpoint there, but it broadly walks away from the notion we may be at an inflection point where we're facing a global struggle, the whole chessboard of actions and reaction that is we need to consider with russia and the cost to the united states and europe and its allies will be enormous if we are at that inflection point. if we're not at that point, we need to find a way to coexist and occasional partner and compete with vladimir putin and that language doesn't help. steve clemons, thank you. we appreciate it. >> thank you. yesterday another extension for obamacare, the administration will allow insurers to wait another two years before they cancel policies. it's widely seen as a nod to the

mid terms. this came within hours, voting for the 50ths time to repeal obamacare, a measure that doesn't stand a chance. in the next hour, president obama will be taking questions about health care at a town hall aimed at encouraging hispanics to sign up. today the senate will hold longawaited votes on the handling of military sex assaults. senator jill jill brand -- lawm will hold up or down votes, no opportunity to amend those proposals. for the first time ever, the dalai lama delivered the opening prayer just a short time ago. right now he is meeting with house speaker john boehner and minority leader nancy pelosi, is scheduled to be with the senate foreign relations committee this afternoon. and we'll take you inside cpac. we've heard from ted chris, paul ryan this morning, so who is the

brightest star in this lineup. and later this hour, the war of words. elijah cumming has his say at a live news conversation. that's scheduled in just about 15 minutes. ♪

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conservatives for the next three days. there's no shortage of really interesting story lines at cpac. could it launch senator marco rubio's comeback? what will governor chris christie, who wasn't invited last year, saying this year? who will throw out the most red meat to the audience? the kickoff came about an hour ago with senator ted cruz who offered solutions to winning. >> then, of course, all of us

remember president dole and president mccain and president romney. now, look, those are good men, they're decent men, but when you don't stand and draw a clear distinction, when you don't stand for principle, democrats celebrate. >> but when you look at the list of speakers from cruz to christie, paul ryan. even donald trump, it's kind of hard to figure out how they're defining conservative. paul ryan addressed the gop split just moments ago. >> the way the left tells it, the republican party is in this big massive civil war, its tea party v. establishment, infighting, conflict, back-biting, discord. look, i'm irish. that's my idea of a family reunion. i want to bring in our "the washington post" columnist dana milbank and matt schlapp.

give it to them, good line, but civil war, even if it's not that, dana, is the gop looking like it's trying to figure out the identity crisis? >> well, it's fractured and remains that way. i think what you are seeing, and see it at cpac, on the hill now, i think two things are happening at the same time. one is sort of the tea party is losing some of its clout. you've seen that in the primaries. i've seen that in their ability to influence lawmakers here in washington, but at the same time, the republicans have sort of moved to co-opt a lot of the tea party conservatism. it's made less of a reason for the tea party to be rebelling against the republican party. there are certainly fractures and fault lines within it, but i don't expect you'll see any open warfare. >> does that leave us with the same question that wife talked about for a very long time, which is that the candidate who can get through the primaries for the republicans is not the

one who can get elected in the general election. obviously the argument ted cruz was making was, stick with conservative principles, and that's your best great hope. >> yeah, the bottom line is if we're a fractured movement, we're going to be a movement in the republican party that suffers a lot more losses. i think people in this audience understand that different times of conservatives and different types of republicans have to pull together. what ted cruz' rallies cry is they're not going to pull together over principles they don't understand, and the party will have a nominating process for the first time in my lifetime that is completely wide open. i think it's a good thing for the party and good thing for conservative voices. >> dana, we thought chris christie might be the rising star and then bridge-gate happened and there's a new poll that shows 3 in 10 republicans wouldn't vote for him. he wasn't even invited to cpac last year, and there's been a

suggestions, dana the only reason he's there this year is because conservatives embrace him over what they see as unfounded liberal media attacks over bridgegate. what about chris christie? >> it's always good politics in any good conservative aid yen to bash the media. i will head over there and wear my kevlar vest and helmet, but, you know, system why christie is there this time? cpac is under new management, and i think is also trying to reach out to gay conservatives. they're doing a number of things. i don't know whether that reflects changes in the movement so much as changes within cpac. chris christie has been left for dead, i think, among the pundit class. but, you know, there are so many candidates running for the republican nomination, or possibly running for the republican presidential nomination, and not any one of them really has a leg up on the

other. they're basically asterisks in public opinion polls right now. i think matt schlapp could get in the race and could be in a statistical dead heat. and i'm encouraging him. >> if you come over an let me bash you, they may like me more. >> i'm your campaign manager. >> he would be number 27 on the straw poll list when you're talking about a wide open primary, you're right about that. let me take a trip down memory lane, if i can. watch this. >> since the summer, seven different republicans have led in the polls here. a four-way tie right now, you say that between cain, paul, romney and gingrich. >> nine nine nine. >> newt gingrich is a man on fire. up double digits on mitt romney in iowa. >> ron paul sits atop the latest iowa state university poll. >> former senator rick santorum pulled off an epic turnaround. >> my question for you as we look at what does look to be a

wide-open field, is this what primary processes are all about? and, you know, people come and they go, or is not a bad think, we're an a.d.d. society, we build people up only to shoot them down? >> there's no question with the way media has changed and what happens on the internet and everything else. i mean, your moment of fame seems to come and go quicker. people also seem to tire of you. they number are so low, people seem to tire of folks. that's what seems to happen to front-runners, but i want you to know that an open nominating process might upset people inside the beltway, but it's actually going to be good for the party, good for the first time not to have a nominee in waiting. we'll have a big vibrant discussion, including on your network. i think it will result in a better nominee. i'm not afraid of it. >> dana, be not afraid, but let

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and we're waiting for elijah cummings to begin a news conference this hour in the investigation over the i.r.s., after the committee hearing spiralled into what we could call a fear showdown. chairman issa cut his microphone just after lois lerner took the fifth. >> for the past year the central republican accusation in this investigation -- >> we're adjourned. close it down. >> minute cal -- directing -- the white house. before our -- >> not a single document. >> thank you. -- one witness, chairman issa -- and this way of the president's political effectively and lying

about it during the election year in the polls. >> mr. cummings -- we're adjourned. >> if you will sit down and allow me to ask the question, i am a member of the congress of the united states of america. i am tired they have! i want to bring angela rye, and republican strategist george watkins. obviously you both have a strategic bent, but angela, how do you think this looks to the average american. >> it likes scary. i worked on the hill six years, and i've never seen behavior like that in my life. i think it's very unfortunate. forget the politics on this. just on the human decency level that's not behavior you would expect from a chairman of the full committee. the ranking member, even though they're across the aisle, are

supposed to be your partner, whether it's an investigation, a hearing, a markup or what have you. there's always been a level of respect across the aisle. it was really shocking. >> let me say what congressman cummings had to say this morning on "morning joe." >> as i just looked at the clip, it seems like chairman issa thinks that he can read my mind. he forgets sometimes that quite often we are left out of the discussion on this committee. >> joe, do you wish congressman issa had handled it the differently? >> i know that sometimes in the heat of the moment, in the heat of battle, things happen that otherwise might not have happened. >> you turn off the mike of a ranking member? i agree with aunga today, i've seen a lot -- i've sat in this chair for 15 years and watched this hearing. i don't know that i've ever seen that before.

>> i've seen moments when members have gone after each other. its unfortunate when these things happen. at the end of the day all the elected members are there to serve. i know that congressman issa was concerned about some of the things that congressman cummings was saying and he felt slandered. the two ought to be able to come together, to talk about it, and even if they had disagreements, as i know they do, over these hearings, they ought to be able to talk in a civil way when they are in public. >> joe makes a point, angela. let me play chairman issa's comments about what his version is of what happened. >> sure. >> after an adjournment he then perked up and said i want to ask a question. i said, what is your question? that exchange occurred. he didn't have a question. he was slantering the efforts of the committee. >> is it lost on anybody here

that nobody is talking about the i.r.s.? if the point of this was to learn something about the i.r.s. and millions have been spent on this, i think cummings says the i.r.s. alone has spent $14 million responding to congressional investigations, didn't something get lost here? >> yeah, what got lost here is time. the government reform committee is responsible for overseeing waste, fraud and abuse. at this point the process has been abusive, wasteful. i won't say fraudulent by any means, but it's pointless at this point. they have gotten all they're going to get out of this. >> hold on. >> and mr. cummings, the fierce advocate, was not going to be silent. it's been an abusive waste of time. they weren't going to get anything out of -- i know you disagree, that's fine. i disagree with everything you said as well. >> it does seem that there's so

much politics. is it making itself irrelevant? >> no, it's not, these matters are sometimes not pleasant, but at the end of the day the -- >> disrespectful. >> the duty is to find out the truth and get to the bottom of what's going on. and that's what they're doing. sometimes they are long and tedious, but at the end of the day hopefully we find out what the truth is. that's what congressman issa is trying to do. whether people like it or not. angela, there's no need for us to be ugly to each other. we can disagree on issues. >> i'm not being ugly. >> but we canning being civil. >> and sang. >> i'm being very civil. >> i know you are. >> same with the congressmen. i know they're both fine human beings, and they are good congressmen. they can certainly be civil to each other, i'm sure. >> we will hear from congressman cummings when he comes to the microphone. thanks to both of the you, and

we will keep an eye on the news conference. checking the news feed daytona beach police questioned a pregnant mother just hours before she drove her three children into the ocean in the family minivan. rescuers were able to pull them all to safety, but earlier that day, ebony wilkerson's sister was concerned enough about her behavior that she called 911. >> what is she doing? >> she's talking about jesus and that there are demons in my house and that i'm trying to control her, but i'm trying to keep them safe. >> police did go through, but they said wilkerson didn't give them any legal justification to take her into custody. she had come to her sister's florida home claiming her ex-husband had been abusing her. to the royals, prince harry bringing a version of warrior games to the uk. he's giving the u.s. credit. harry came here last year to watch britain's armed forces take part in the paralympic

style event. >> why bring it to the uk? well, it was such a great concept by the americans that it had to be stolen, quite simple as that, really, but i wanted to bring this inspirational event to a broad are and more international audience. >> prince harry said he wanted to bring the games here as an inspiration for people who are in recovery. is it the francis effect? a year after elected, a new poll shows that pope francis is having an impact on the american catholics. 40% say they're praying more obvious. 26% are more excited about their faith. 21% are actually reading the bible more often. still, pollsters say they are not seeing an increase in the number of people who identify as catholics or drag themselves out of bed on sunday morning and go to mass. let's talk about tomorrow's monthly jobs report. we got the new weekly report,

unemployment down 26 thousands to 323,000, the lowest level in three months. mandy drury is here with me with what's moving your money. always good to see you. a major factor in all these numbers that analysts are looking at has been the weather. >> absolutely, it is the weather. the good news is that the companies are actually cutting fewer jobs. the bad news, however, is that yes, all the snowstorms that we saw, not to mention just very severe weather arnhem parts of the country have limited hiring. what we are looking at here for the numbers that come out tomorrow is the unemployment rate could remain the same at 6.6%. however, 145,000 jobs could have been created. that is an improvement on january, but it's about half the monthly pace that we have seen over the past couple of years imp the dow is up about 74 points. >> we are at record highs, yeah. i think the fact that the market is moving higher, even in face of what we've seen in data recently because of the winter

weather is the market is giving it a free pass, thinking, well, it's temporary, hopefully demand will pick up. people are asking why would companies hire less? if you look at it logically, construction gets put on hold, businesses lose power, flights are canceled. you might stay inside instead of going to a restaurant or going shopping. it does have an effect. very different topic, but i love saying it guac-pocalypse. >> do not hoarding avocados. chipotle has said the sky is not falling, don't worry, we will keep on serving guama mole in their risk factor, they said the

climate change could possibly cause them temporarily to stop serving guam mole and salsa. they want this is just routine. >> that's the good fat, right? >> absolutely good fath. one last factor to end on --, how many thousands of pounds a day do you think chipotle uses? >> not enough. how many? >> 98,000. 97,000 pounds of avocados. >> i was there yesterday. i can't get enough of it. i can sleep well tonight. as -- complete and total turn. as part of their performance, the president and first lady, however, are going to host women of soul. who want to be there for this. aretha, patti labelle, melissae rick, janell monae, jill scott. it would be streamed live and

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same-sex marriage, so as cpac looks to win over younger voters, most remain unyielding even as the tide of opinion is yield -- the republican party's own alps after 2012 suggested change has to happen if they want to win the white house back. texas senator ted cruz gave his prescription for winning young voters. take a listen. >> how do you win young people? who are the two republicans in modern times who have most energized young people? ronald reagan and ron paul. so apparently the key is being named ronald. >> my next guest tasked with helping the gop win over young vote voters, alex smith chairperson of the college republican national committee. good morning. good to see you. >> good morning. thank you for having me on. >> i know it's loud there. hopefully you'll be able to hear me. i don't have to tell you that

the republican party has last the last two election in part for failing to reach out to young voters. what does today's republican party need to do and are they willing to do? >> we as republicans absolutely have to reach out to younger voters. they made up 19% of the electorate in 2012, they decided the election for president obama. what we found in 2012, is we actually have to go where young voters are and give them something to share. going on the campus, going online, which is something or traditional messaging tactics haven't done for young people. let's talk a bit about policy and social issues are very important to many young voters. i'm talked to many of them, key on college campuses, same-sex marriage. is the republican party going to have to move on that? >> i think it shows the diversity on that issue in our party. that's meaningful to some of the other issue that is young people

care about. if we in our party are having a conversation about the size and scope of government with that issue, that means we have the credibility to address the size and scope when it comes to health care, when it comes to national security and the economic. i think that young people in general want the debate. they're not monolithic thinkers. they want to engage in the debate and dialogue. that's something our party offers that the other party simply does not. smex marriage, only one of them, republicans also ceded the women's vote by 11%. we've watched several states working to tighten restrictions on women's reproductive rights. what type of message does that send to women voters? and is that something that is going to make a difference? very real issues for them. >> you know, i think the entire war on women narrative, so to speak, is a deceptive one. it indicates that women only care about a certain said of

issues, which is simply not true, more women are in poverty than ever, and what we see is more women are going into higher education, and they incur unique burdens. the president has not meaningful addressed. there are a number of different issues, particular jobs and the economy, and i think other party offers a range of solutions on any of these issues. >> but reproductive rights and whether or not you have to pay for your own health care, your own contraception, isn't that an economic issue, efederally if you're a college student? >> yeah, i think with respect to these issues, what we have to say is where we stand and what we have to be clear about it. we can't allow the other side -- together we need to be clear about where we stand and i think young women of particular i not averse to multiple viewpoints on this issue, but we have to be clear about where we stand and treat this issue as others, one

like talking about human dignity. there are 26 names on the ballot of the straw poll, but i know that's what you do. you're in constant contact with college-age students around the country. are there a few names you're hearing crop up? people who could excite the young vote? >> we have a number of different contenders for 2016 that are very exciting to us as young people. what we found in our 2013 research was that young people in general, they didn't know who was next, but certainly who was next in ours. they could name a number of different people -- >> who would those names be? >> each of those names has something to offer. you can take someone, for example like senator rand paul, who speaks at college campuses, someone like governor christie, who is seen as a problem solver, which is very appealing to young people. that's certainly not an exhaustiexhaus

exhaustive list. >> alex smith, chairman of the college republican national committee, thank you very much. >> thank you, chris. today's tweet of the day comes from "the washington post" national political reporter robert costa -- think ryan is only looking at the ways and mean chairs? think good just read his cpac speech.

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it's been a dramatic day of testimony at the murder trial of oscar pistorius. he couldn't bear to listen. he covered his ears as a neighbor went into excruciating detail about what- >> he said, i shot her. i thought she was a burglar and i shot her. during that time while i was trying to ascertain if she was was sir vivable, oscar was crying all the time.

he prayed to god to please let her live, she must not die. it is time for the representation report, the weekly look at what's hot, what's not according to social media. howard bragman is here for exclusive analysis, chairman of reputation.com and 15 minutes public relations. how is he doing on social media? >> he should be happy that a judge is deciding his fate and not social media. you put the ethical filter out there, he's 92% negative. what's really been damning for him is the screaming that was heard before, which kind of contradicts his story, number one. the fact that a gun went off when he was involved in a restaurant a few weeks before. these are not working well for him. if he's not convicted, he could end up being the o.j. simpson of south africa. >> meantime, speaking of men who have their hands full, vladimir putin, obviously we've talked about him a lot on this program, but he's causing a lot of

chatter in social media. >> he is. what's interesting is you put the traditional main filter, it's about 60% negative. you put the ethical filter, again it goes in the 90s negative. people don't like putin, but what's interesting is there's not a drumbeat for war. americans don't seem to really understand the situation pretty well. >> it's complicated. >> we don't have the stomach to go to war in a foreign country. we've learned that in the last real deck indicate. >> it may be less about putin per se, but at least in the united states it's an anti-war sentiment? >> i'm feeling a lot of that. >> oscar season, a star was born, lupita nyongo. -- what? we don't have the sound bite. if you saw her, i thought it was the speech of the night. incredibly emotional speech when she won for "12 years a slave." she said it didn't escape her

that miss mona joy told the story of someone who suffered so much. i have to believe she's through the roof on social media. >> she is. 94% positive. the speech, the look, the moment, the performance, everything just worked for her. studios are suddenly going to say this is a hot actress. you're going to see her in action films, comedies. bet on her career. >> no doubt she will get more roles, but in the short term, and she was already getting attention for her fashion sense. she always looks stunning. this is what you do. how do you take somebody who might have a window of 15 minutes, her star is so huge after she made that speech and won that award. >> you play it for the long term. you do a variety of things. you do action, you do comedy, you do drama. she's got a lot of range. she's proven herself an

extraordinary actor at this point, and you play it for the long haul. >> she's just out of yale law school. good for her. howard bragman, always good to see you here in new york. that's going to wrap up this hour of jansen & company. my colleague tamron hall is up next. i will see you back here tomorrow. well, did you know that when a tree falls in the forest and no one's around, it does make a sound? ohhh...ugh. geico. little help here. i need>>that's my geico digital insurance id card - gots all my pertinents on it and such. works for me. turn to the camera. >>ah, actually i think my eyes might ha... next! digital insurance id cards. just a tap away on the geico app. yeah... try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i'm feeling better already. [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer fruits chews. enjoy the relief!

good morning, everyone. i'm tamron hall. this is "newsnation." developing now -- ♪ definitely an entrance you don't see every today. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell making a dramatic entrance at cpac, pumping up the audience entering with a rifle in hand and bon jovi blasting in the background. he then handed the gun to