any form of acceptance of anyone who's already here is amnesty. i think this is going to walk the democratics right back to the white house. whether it will do anything on the senate or not remains to be seen. thanks so much. that's "the ed show." "politics nation" starts right now. good evening, rev. >> good evening, ed. and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, truth or scare? nor news today the affordable care act is working. but forget real data, all you need to do is hear what republicans are coming up with now. take it away, congresswoman. >> they know they have a math problem with obama care, and the numbers are not going to work out, so that the program is actuarily sound and they're going to have somebody to come to spin the numbers. this is something with burwelcoming from omd, i think they're expecting her to be able to do for them. >> spin the numbers?

she wants us to believe that president obama's new health secretary will of spin the numbers on the health care law. they don't stop with the conspiracy theorys. back on planet reality, 7.5 million people have signed up under health care exchanges, and just today more news that it will save money. the most expensive provisions of the law, things like insurance subsidies, will cost $104 billion less than expected over 10 years. and overall, the health care law will reduce the deficit. let me repeat, reduce the deficit. the republicans can't attack this law on its merits, it used to be about death panels and job killer. now it's about cooking enrollment numbers.

and if you're still questioning how desperate they are, i give you this. >> i don't think it means anything, chris. i think they tier cooking the books on this. >> the numbers are a bit of funny math. >> with millions of obama care applicants appearing out of thin air now in the last few days, kathleen sebelius is fighting off allegations that they're cooking the books. >> the real question is when have they not lies about obamada obamadare. >> they say they had 7 million start-ups, does anyone really believe that? just an impossibility. >> wait a second. wait a second. who was that last guy? donald trump? the birther king doesn't believe the health care enrollment numbers? i've got bad news for the donald. president obama is still laughing about his last conspiracy theory. >> and just to be clear, i know where my birth certificate is,

but a lot of people don't. a lot of people don't. i think it's still up on a website somewhere. do you remember that? that was crazy. >> it was crazy stuff. and denying the affordable care act is not working? that's pretty crazy, too. joining me now, thank you both for being here. congressman, let me go to you, first. republicans are accusing the white house of cooking the books on health care. if you were a doctor, how would you diagnose this condition? >> well, i think it's a sickness

and clearly there is a need for treatment. my great concern is that when you hear people making these outlandish accusations, you know, their mistake is greater than the mistake we made at the rollout. there's nogs opened more by mistake in congress than mouths. that's what we experienced here. if any of those people have any evidence, any impeer kwal dempi show they're cooking the books, it would probably sink obama. if they really want to destroy it or tear it apart, come up with some evidence that somebody is trying to cook the books and that would do it. they have no evidence.

it's killing them that it's working. >> what would be your diagnosis? same question, joan. if you were a dpoctor looking a this apparent condition, what would you say? >> they're delusional would be one thing, or else they're dealing with the seven stages of grief around their impending demise as a party. because this is some serious denial, rev. i want to go back to what marsha blackburn said. first of all, she doesn't know what she's talking about. and second of all, she's basically slandering sylvia matthews burwell and saying she's coming in to cook the books. this is a very well respected centrist numbers person. she was confirmed 96-0 when she was put in charge of the office of management and budget. she's respected throughout washington. john mccain welcomed her appointment, her nomination. so to just come out the gate and say this woman is going to lie to us before she's even been confirmed is bad for them. it definitely puts her in the

good company of donald trump, birther in chief, and now he's obama care truther in chief. >> congressman, joan raises a good point. she was confirmed unanimously to her post as budget director. republicans look like they're gearing up to fight her on this nomination. listen to this. >> kbtoday, seeing the disaster the train wreck that is obama care, in my view, the it's the essence of pragmatism to acknowledge this thing isn't working, we need to start over, repeal every word of it. >> alabama senator jeff sessions said burwell had a, quote, thin

resume on health care and has never run anything on the scale of hhs. >> will her confirmation get ugly in her opinion? >> yes, it will. it's embarrassing to jump at conclusions that are not there. her ultimate confirmation will be in the senate finance committee. they're going to pass. they're going to unfortunately and tragically and to the detriment of the image of government unleash a barrage of accusations at ms. burwell. they're going to use the phone booth clark kent used to change into superman. and ultimately, because i don't

think harry reid is going to allow her to not be confirmed. all we need is 51 voes in the finance committee. they can scream and jump and embarrass themselves for two or throe months and then she's going to become secretary of the hhs. that's a fact. >> you know what ploth botherbo though, is they seem to be ignoring those obstructing the health care laws. when we talked about the orlando weekly put out about a young mother who passed away last month, this was a quote. deal's death was nonunpredictable. she had a heart medication, but she also had to be someone who fell within the gap of the 2012

u.s. supreme court ruling that allowed states to opt out of medicaid expenditure. a friend of charlene's recently shared her frustration. listen to this, joan. >> she could not afford medications. she could not afford to see a doctor. she did not make enough for a subsidy to get obamacare. my best friend died because florida, my state, and i'm a fifth generation floridian, decided not to take the money that would have helped her. >> i mean, how many charlenes are out there. are we going hear more charlenes if we don't break this obstruction move? >> we are, rev. there. >>'s a very respective harvard study that estimated 17,000 americans will die every year if the states that have not taken medicaid expansion continue to refuse it. this is money they're leaving on the table. and these are people they're

leaving uncovered and untreated. they used to pit welfare recipients against the working poor and they used to elevate the working poor. we're talking about the working poor. we're talking about people who are scraping by and who earn too much for the old medicaid rules. but they are covered under expansi expansion, they're doing everything right but they can't get coverage. >> they're going to find all kinds of people. a woman walked upon me and said i kept her from getting her health care. and it's so sad that people are out making up things, and it's even sadder that people are pushing them. you know, i now have a rural part of my fifth district here in missouri, and i have dairy farms and i have all kinds of

farms there now. if you go to one of the cattle pardon mes, you find out the greatest amount of attention is always given to the bull. >> we have to leave it there congressman. thank you both for you time tonight. >> good to be with you, reverend. >> coming up, tragedy in kansas city, a killing spree at a jewish community center leaves three dead and a community shattered. it's being investigated as a hate crime. we look at a dark past from the alleged shooter. and later, the reaction to this -- >> if your strategy depends on having fewer people to show up to vote, that's not a sign of strength, that's a sign of weakness. >> president obama hammered the right for a war on voting rights. and wait until you see how they

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>> now a deadly hate crime in kansas city and a community still searching for answers. it was a normal sunday afternoon when this man, frazier glenn cross open fired at two jewish facilities, a community scepter, and a retirement home. he was armed with a shotgun and a couple of handguns .the exgunman is san exclu clax clan member with a long history of anti-semitism and racism. he was apprehended soon after the shooting and a local news crew caught this moment. >> heil hate ler. >> the victims included dr. william corporon and his 14-year-old grandson reat

underwood. they were editioning for an "american idol" style singing contest. his grandfather was there to support him. today, a heartbroken mom shared her grief. >> it's going to be hard. people keep saying how come you're so strong, and i'm strong because i have a family. i'm strong because i have faith. >> i know my dad would have given anything if it could have just been him. he would have stood up and said take me. it takes no character what was done. it takes no strength of character, it takes no backbone. it takes no morals. it takes no ethics. all it takes is an idiot with a gun. i mean, that idiot, that idiot

absolutely knocked a family to its knees for no reason. >> a third victim was a 53-year-old who was visiting her mother at her jewish assisted living facility a few blocks away. today, police announce they will try this case as a hate crime. >> in the last 22 hour, we' learned that the acts that this person committed were the result of beliefs and his actions -- were a result of beliefs that he had. based on what we were able to put together yesterday, the united states attorney's office will be filing hate crime violations against this defendant. >> joining me now is richard corn. thanks for being here.

tell us what you know about this man and his history? >> well, rev, let me start by saying our hearts really go out to the families of the victims in overland park. we feel a connection to them because we know glenn miller so well. his real name is glenn miller, not glenn drosz. his followers threatened to blow up our building. he threatened to kill morris dees. 'he went to jail for three years. unfortunately the people of overland park, kansas, were unluckiy that he only spent thre years in jail. we're talking and a neo-nazi leader, someone in the '80s had a group of 2,000 follows. he had gotten 200,000 of stolen money. he was training with active military people for the revolution he though was going to come.

a lot of people are dead because of glenn miller, not just yesterday but in the '80s as well in north carolina. very, very dangerous person. >> as you say, he was a grand dragon of the carolina knights of the kkk in the '80s. founder of the white patriot party, he had 2,000 followers and did three years in prison on weapon charges. and he was indicted of an assassination plot of the founder of your association. and we also know the party, the white patriot party was an anti-semitic paramilitary party. it began as the carolina knights of the klu klux klan in the '70s. the group received $200,000 in stolen money from the order. the group collapsed after cross was indicted in the assassination plot.

we're talking about extremism that was organized, absolutely necessary because these are not just random people. these were organized units that were planning to do things. >> miller was following the blueprint of the oklahoma city bombing that killed 148 people. it was all part of a racist fantasy of the country collapsing because of the nefarious jew and people like miller and others going to take over. he helped put a stop to their organization. and, of course, a lot of other people in the government helped as well. i think we were lucky there wasn't more damage done in the '80s. >> now, in 2005, nbc affiliate

kytv interviewed 73-year-old frazier glenn cross, or glenn miller, about the publication and distribution of the racist newspaper, aryan alternative. during that interview, cross talked about the paper and its anti-semitic writings. watch this. >> we're fed up, white people, believe me. we're going to take our country back. white people are third class citizens now. >> this is a guy who went to jail for praning an assassination and was arrested yesterday actually ill killing three people. >> it's unbelievable. there's been a big increase in the number of hate groups in our country over the last decade. really driven by our country's changing demographics. people like miller feel like the country is slipping away from them. and people like miller often, you know, use the oldest conspiracy theory, namely that the jews have done it.

and since obama we've seen a rise in these radical groups. miller, he wanted and raved about president obama every day. for him, the president was a symbol of the country going to hell in a hand basket. you know, i'm afraid that there are more millers out there, quite frankly. thank you for your time tonight. still ahead, president obama called out republicans on voting. and now they're freaking out. i guess the truth hurts. plus, who are the gop going to call for help with its women problem? would you believe donald trump? that's next. [ hypnotist ] you are feeling satisfied

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campaign ads. what a plan. the truth is, the gop's problem isn't pr. it's policy. voters know that too many republican lawmakers oppose things like fair pay laws, even while claiming to support equal pay. >> i find that this war on women rhetoric just almost silly. it is republicans that have led the fight for women's equality. we're all for equal pay. >> there's plenty of talk in washington this week about equal pay. the thing is, it was just that -- more talk. i have always supported equal pay for equal work. >> republicans have led the fight for women's equality 1234? they both really do support equal pay? then why have they repeatedly voted against fair pay laws for women? along with most of the gop member s of congress.

that hypocrisy revealed the real problem for the gop. it's not an image problem. it's a policy problem. joining me now are krystal ball and abby huntsman. thank you for being here. >> do republicans really think they can win women voters by showing waives and daughters in campaign ads? >> i guess they think it's worth a try. but the thing that's funny to me is it's not like republicans have never used wives and daughters in campaign ads before. i don't know any republican daughters who been featured in television ads. >> terrible strategy, terrible. >> so this is not actually a revolutionary strategy. it's either for blackburn to say of course we support equal pay for equal work. they support that right up until the point that it conflicts with their business donors who don't want to have anything to do with the transparency that's involved with this and the potential litigation that comes from

discrimination if you do uncover an incident where a woman sun fairly being paid less than what a man is earning. so that's where the conflict comes in. th they want to say they're for equal pay, but they want to do absolutely nothing about it. >> you're a republican, though i would say a traditional republican, rather than the radical republican. do the republicans have a plan for women? i mean, other than this cosmetic stuff? >> i think they laid out their economic plan, but i think it's clear that it is not at all aimed at women. but the question is, do they actually need one to win big in the midterm elections? the reality is they might be able to win big without even having an agenda for women. if you look at the way the map is drawn today, and the fact that the turnout in midterms is very different from a general election. you have women very older, that are married, not the young unmarried women, a key demographic for democrats. so their whole strategy is let's

get out on the vote and blame the fact that women are struggling today on president obama's economic policies. they feel like that's enough for them to win big, and that might be the case. but there are very serious long-term effects to that. 2016, that will not be a good strategy. and i wish they would focus on that more because they don't know yet how to talk to republican women. >> but that sounds to me, krystal a lot like the midterms is a low turnout and they can win with no agenda and history does give a lot of validity to that. that's why the challenge is for the democrats to turn out their vote and change demographics like they did in 2012. >> to change demographics to turn out their folks. and also democrats in tough states across the country and tough districts are looking at, we have to have a good margin among female voters.

i was speaking to senator mark pryor's campaign last week who is locked in a very tough battle and they say equal pay is a really great, really importantish shoo that each republican women are very concerned about and where republicans are clearly vulnerab vulnerable. they're going on the attack on it and democrats across the country doing the same thing. >> abby, donald trump says he knows what women really think about president obama. listen to this. >> i saw the president about a week ago starting with the women. he's trying to now get the women against large factions of people, including republicans and conservatives, by the way. but the race card is being pl played. the women card they're starting. women are extremely angry about being used. >> the women's card? women are extremely angry about being used? talking about equal pay. talking about women's right to

choose, that's using women? >> i'm not sure donald trump is the right person to be talking about what women actually care about. if you look at recent polling, the majority of women feel the gop doesn't understand many of the problems they are facing. and the intro to the segment was all about the lack of policy. i think that's a real challenge for republicans, they're not putting anything forward to have a real debate. we talk a lot, rev, about how we're not having a debate in this country. when it comes to the paycheck fairness act, why not put forward your own bill. making tweaks here and there where there's less of a burden on businesses but it still gets the ball rolling and moves the ball forward. you could say the same thing about obama care. the fact this they're not putting anything on the table, many people think well, the republicans are just against, against, against. they're not for us. >> you know, a recent poll, krystal, 59% of women say the republican party doesn't understand the needs and concern of women.

>> yeah. it's a real problem for them. and this issue, i think, highlights the overall problem that republicans have with women, but it's really across the board. i think their stance on health care is also extremely challenging for women. one of the provisions in the health care law is that insurance companies can no longer discriminate against women. that's something that's popular among women. even things like the minimum wage, women disproportionately make up low-wage workers. so supporting minimum wage is also something that appeals to women. as you're saying, republicans have a range of issues, policy problems where nevada no solutions that are compelling to women at all. and they also have an image problem of being a largely male, white party. >> and in that environment, abby, you roll out donald trump. >> why not? why not? no, that's one of the biggest challenges. you need women out there talking on your behalf. i think they should be utilizing

the women they have. and that's clearly a struggle. they're thinking very short term if instead of how this is going to affect the party down the road. >> thank you both for your time. and i got advice. they can catch krysal and abby every day on "the cycle" 3:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. still ahead, president obama defends vote rights and the right wingers go nuts. how democrats are fighting their attempts to block the vote. plus, the president's powerful words about fighting for justice. and against poverty at today's prayer breakfast. stay with us. [ male announcer ] legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses. if you have a business idea, we have a personalized legal solution that's right for you. with easy step-by-step guidance, we're here to help you turn your dream into a reality. start your business today with legalzoom.

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>> pushing being an action president, although i do also have style. i do want to point out, i know it's not about it, but i do have it. al is not the only guy with style. >> that was president obama having a little fun while speaking at my civil rights organization, national action network on friday. we had some laughs. but the president's larger point was a very serious one. in some of his strongest

language to date, he called out republicans for waging a war on voting rights. >> some of them have not been shy about saying that they're doing this for partisan reasons. it is wrong to change our election rules just because of the politics. it is wrong to make citizens wait five, six, seven hours just to vote. it's wrong to make a senior citizen who no longer has a driver's license jump stloug hoops and have to pay money just to exercise the rights she has cherished for a lifetime. america did not stand up and did not march and sacrifice to gain the right to vote for ourselves and others only to see it denied to their kids and their grandchildren. >> it is wrong, but that hasn't stopped lawmakers in 1 states from introducing bills to scale back voting rights. in key swing states, they're pushing strict voter id laws. they're limiting early voting. they're even making it more harder to register people to vote. the president called this effort

deadly wrong. but the rnc certainly doesn't see it that way. a spokesman said, quote, democrats want to create an issue out of nothing. the only way they can win is by scaring their base into voting. kr59s are creating an issue out of nothing? that's almost as laughable as what governor huckabee said. >> when i go to the airport, i have to get into the surrender position, people put hands all over me and i have to provide photoid and a couple of forms to prove that i'm not going to terrorize the airplane. but if i want to go vote, i don't need a thing. >> what's he suggesting? that people should be patted down when they want to vote? these new laws are brazen, and so is the right's defense of them. joining me now by phone is ohio state representative alicia reese who's been pushing a bill

of rites in her home state. thank you both for being on the show tonight. >> thank you, reverend. >> thank you for having me. >> representative reece, let me start with you. 9 rnc says democrats are trying to create an issue out of nothing. what's your response? >> i'm on the ground here in ohio, the battleground state, and i will tell you is that the issue is real. in ohio, the republicans have eliminated golden week where you could register and vote the same week that 56,000 people participated then. they've taken away the days of early voting, cutting those days down, taking away souls to the polls where we had major turnout of african-americans to the polls -- >> on sundays. >> the issue is real. >> and ryan, as you look at what she is saying in ohio alone, when you're dealing with ending sunday voting, which clearly helps working people, ending

the -- or at least cutting back on early voting days, which also helps working people, and then the strict voter id laws, even putting voter id laws aside, what would be the logic of cutting back on days to vote when it proved that a lot more people could then vote. that had nothing to do with anything. and then when you deal with the id question, there was no fraud and people always had to have id to register to vote. why do we need new id now when there's nothing wrong with the id process that was already being used? >> i think it actually goes back to that old cynical bumper sticker that a lot of people have that says something like, if voting could change anything, they would make it illegal. well, voting can change things so they are trying to make it illegal. i would even quibble with the phrase calling it an issue. it's not an issue. it's a scandal. this is a concerted effort by

one party to disenfranchise a vast bloc of voters. the president actually did put it pretty well when he said that's not a platform. if your platform is to try to make it harder for people vote, you're not offering very much to voters. >> representative, you were there friday with all of us when the president hit republicans for trying to attract voters, all while restricting the right to vote. listen. >> this recent effort to restrict the vote has not been led by both parties. it's been led by the republican party. you have one republican state legislator point out, making it more difficult for people to vote is not a good sign for the party who wants to attract more people. if your strategy depends on having fewer people show up to vote, that's not a sign of strength, that's a sign of weakness.

>> voting is not a partisan issue. this is not a partisan issue. this is the new civil rights issue, and as president obama said on friday at the national action network, we were there, he talked about folks who marched so their children will have these opportunities. well, we are the children now and we're standing up and that's what we're trying to do here in ohio and take it across the country to fight for a voter bill of rights to put in the constitution. zo that we can have some permanent rights. and one of the things president obama said, it's up to everyday ordinary people. and that's what we're trying to do here in ohio, get petitions signed, it. it on the ballot, let the people soo decide and take partisanship out of this. this is the new civil rights movement of our lifetime. >> this weekend the right wing speaker repeatedly claimed the

new laws were not meant to d disenfranchise voters. take a listen. >> there are no example of people being turned away like the president said. this whole argument is a complete souffle. it's collapsed on itself. >> why was african-american turnout so much greater in 2012? it has had zero effect on turnout. >> i would like to show up to the white house and say i would just like to look around. do you have an appointment? no, i don't have a photo id eith either but i thought i could i should be able to look around, too. >> these target voters who back democrats and the president. 93% of african-americans voted for obama in the last election, so did 71% of hispanics, 60% of young people. and what they're not talking about is there are requirements for id.

we had id when we voted every election since john kennedy through reagan. why do we need new id when there has been no fraudulent use of the id that we've already used to get registrations for voters? >> they don't explain why. they more or less moved past the voter fraud argument because with several years of time to try to find examples, they were unable to find any. so they've kind of been passing -- now they're just talk act the integrity of the vote. but the arguments are remarkably similar to the ones you hear from spokesperson for a poll tax or a literacy test. they would say we're not trying to stop any particular person from voting. any who pays the poll tax or passes the literacy test can vote. don't we want the most informed people to vote? there's ways to dress up what

they're doing, but what are the chances that every single policy they proposed would hurt democratic voters. if they were actually concerned about the integrity of the vote, you would think that by sheer chance of randomness, some of their proposals would hurt republican voters, some would hurt democrat ii iic voters. but that's not what we see. >> thank you both for your time this evening. >> thank you. >> thank you for having me. up next, senator scott brown's campaign needs a little geography lesson. he'll get one in tonight's "gotc "gotcha." and later, prayers for the season. i was at the easter prayer breakfast this morning. president obama talked about getting off the sidelines to help the community. stay with us.

scott brown is having an identity crisis. the massachusetts republican is now running for senate in new hampshire. but he's been criticized for not really being a new hampshire guy. so does he have the best credentials? he said, quote, probably not, because you know, whatever. but i have a long and strong ties with this state. because you know whatever? you got to love it. so the brown campaign could really use a boost.

who's the person to turn this thing around? how about john sununu, the former republican governor of new hampshire who called himself the, quote, crazy uncle of the romney campaign while saying stuff like this -- >> i wish this president would learn how to be an american. he has no idea how the american system functions and we shouldn't be surprised about that. because he spent his early years in hawaii smoking something, spent the next set of years in if indonesia. what people saw last night, i think, was a president who revealed his incompetence, how lazy and detached he is. >> yes. when in trouble, bring in the crazy uncle. ted brown's opponent at a rally over the weekend saying, quote, it's going to be great to have a senator that was born virtually in the state of new hampshire.

jeanne shaheen, by the way, was born in missouri. scott brown was virtually born in new hampshire? just like he virtually knows how to relate to new mexico voters? -- new hampshire voters? >> what i heard from prups is they're thankful i've been around to help them raise money, helping them raise awareness for issues for people of massachusetts -- i mean new hampshire. >> uh-oh. he virtually doesn't know what state he's in. scott brown may have virtually been born in new hampshire, but he was literally born in maine. oops! did john sununu and scott brown wouldn't think they're living in a virtual reality? nice try, but we gotcha. you, my friend are a master of diversification.

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other christian leaders attended the white house fifth annual easter prayer breakfast. the president called on americans of all faiths to unite. and help take care of those less fortunate than ourselves. he also talked about meeting the pope, a spiritual leader who's inspiring people of all faiths. >> his message of justice and inclusi inclusion, especially for the poor and the outskast. he implores us to see the inherent dignity in each human being. but it's also his deeds. simply are profound. hugging the homeless man and washing the feet of somebody who normally, ordinary folks would just pass by on the street. >> it's about words and deeds. the president urged religious

leaders leaders in attendance to continue their work for justice and equality. >> my main message is just to say thank you to all of you because you don't remain on the sidelines. i want to thank you for your ministries, for your good works, for the marching you do for justice and dignity and inclusion. that includes a cause close to my heart. my brother's keeper. an issue we recently launched to make sure boys and young men of color can overcome the odds anticipate achieve their dreams. >> whatever your faith, whatever way you relate to the creator, your deeds, your actions, determine how much you really practice your faith. and that is as we are in this week of easter and passover and other things, become the important thing to gauge. a quick program note, tomorrow i'll be hosting the show from

the world famous yankee stadium here in new york city 37 the yankees are hosting special events to honor two trail blazer, jackie robinson and nelson mandela. tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. eastern, right here on msnbc. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. batting right. let's play "hardball." good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with the upcoming battle with hillary clinton and as yet unnamed republican for president of the united states. the list of contest assistants is not promising. if i were hillary clinton, i would be singing to myself, is that all there is? to begin with, the whole rebl