will be hard pressed to find a republican to stand by him. in the latest televised rant, he took off the boot and showed a dead calf, and talked about rosa parks. how this catapult turned out to be what the grand old party does not need. >> are you kidding me! >> oh, who can forget that classic john boehner moment. well, i'm not kidding you when i say, a new issue has the speaker flexing the thespian chops again. i'm craig melvin in for chris jansing. you only tease the ones that you love and that is how john boehner mocked the colleagues over the difficulty of passing immigration reform. at his home district at a rotary event in ohio, the speaker contorted his face and contorted the body and let out a loud

groan, and don't make me do this. imitation is not flattering. the speaker said that immigration reform is not going to be easy. he said he was elected to solve problems ark and the senate immigration bill was passed in congress, and he will be back to work monday. and i want to bring in lauren fox political reporter at u.s. news and world report and nick con fesore from "the new york times." and now, lauren, given that last article from the new york journal, boehner says he is hellbent on getting immigration reform done. he is facing three challengers in the home district of ohio, and does that have anything to do with what was happening yesterday and now? >> well, it is a cry for e help from john boehner saying that passing a bill is good for the

country and the party, too in the midterms and beyond. it is important to him, and he can't get it done, and he has too many members of the caucus who say, if i vote for this, i am going to be hammered. >> this is the first time i can remember him mocking the open forum. what was the motivation? >> well, if you are john boehner and the house speaker and you have a unruly bunch of people and the different factions and you can't bring them along despite the best efforts, it has to be frustrating. >> what we saw was the frustration manifesting itself. >> lauren, speaker boehner also talked about making hard choices and not taking the path of the least resistance, but does this congress at this point, does he have the political courage to do anything, something, on the immigration reform or is this issue dead on the midterms? >> well, one of the things that you have to look at is that the house republicans may not be that motivated to do something on immigration. you have two dozen members,

republican members who have more than 25% la tee the -- latino vo voters in the district, and so they are not that motivated, but if the republican party wants to win in 2016 and take the white house, they have to do something about the amount of la tee the know voters that they lost in 2012. so the republican party is at a crossroads here, and i know that the house republicans may not be motivated, but national ly, the republicans have to be. >> number five guy in the house, a fellow named james langford is running for the senate in oklahoma right now. he may be in some trouble, because of the surging t.w. shannon who had a huge fund-raiser and sarah palin and ted cruz showed up, and he is the poster boy of sorts for the tea party movement there in oklahoma right now, and he has surged according to one recent poll some 35 point, and down

still 10 to langford and is t.w. shannon positioning himself to be the next senator of oklahoma? >> yes, absolutely. there is a huge market for that brand of politics. >> there is all of the running room to the right, and shannon can get in there and be the next senator from oklahoma. >> he is very conservative. >> yes sh, very conservative. >> and he had a good line last night, lauren, and he said that i heard that you can tell a lot about a man by the company and the friends that he keeps, and what do you think of my friends? that is what he said. to win this in oklahoma, what does he have to do? >> one of the things that he has to do is to go out to really do some retail politicking, and that is how you win some of the states, and especially in the middle part of the country, and you know, shaking hands and kissing the babies is how you

win races. i think that the other thing that he can do is to tout the credentials and those on the hill endorsing him, and it really helps him that he has more more of the conservative fringe there. >> and sarah palin was back him, and does she carry that much sway? >> well, that is the two years ago or even 2010, sarah palin endorsement would have the holy grail. and now it does not have the same pop, and not as noticeable, and her stock is not as high as she used to be, and she is out of commission a little bit. she has been off of the hustings for a long time now. >> and i wanted to talk quickly about the piece this morning, and it is very interesting piece on rand paul, and wealthy libertarians, and this is perhaps the last block of really wealthy people that don't, have not picked a horse in politics yet, and who are the with wealthy libertarians and where are they and are they all lining up behind rand paul en masse? >> well, they are all over the

country, and in silicon valley, and beyond wall street. people think that wall street is full of financed republicans, but it is really self-described libertarians, and a millionaire hedge fund founder, and all around the country at these, you know, kind of money management funds, you have guys who are big donors to think tanks to the various research groups to promote the market ideas and they are untapped force in presidential politics. >> to this point, it is a group not tapped into? >> well, for the most part. and david and charles koch are the most prominent donors. they are highly active in the politic, but for the presidential campaign, and for a primary, and primary super pacs and the fund-raising and the bundling, these people have not been tapped very much. >> and thank you both on a

friday morning. >> checking the newsfeed right now, president obama is in south korea today against the backdrop of the deadly ferry tragedy gripping that country. the president led a moment of silence, and he offered several items of remembrance including a a magnolia tree from the white house lawn which symbolizes renewal and the deep sympathy of the american people. >> i want to express our deepest condolences to those who lost loved ones. i'm the father of two daughters of this same age or close to the same age as those who were lost, and so i can only imagine what the parents are going through at this point. the incredible heartache. >> families, frustrated by the pace of recovery efforts there confront and surrounded and then held the south korea ministries official

officials -- the south korean fisheries minister of the coast guard overnight. more bodies are still trapped inside of the sunken ship. investigators say that the life rafs may -- rafts may not have worked properly only 2 of the 26 were launched properly, and rafts on the sister ship were also found to be faulty. in the face of tragedy, nothing but courage and strength from the family who lost dr. umanos yesterday. >> we are aching not only for ourselves burk aching for the multiple losses that the afghan people have experienced. we don't hold ill will toward afghanistan in jgeneral or even

the gunmen who did this. we don't know what the history is. >> he was working at a children's hospital in kabul when a security guard killed him and two other americans before turning the gun on himself. his closest friends and colleagues were reportedly then operated on the shooter, saving his life in the same hotel and in the same hospital that he attacked. in a change of plans. michelle obama is not going to be addressing seniors at a graduation in topeka. she is going to be speaking the day before. because students and parents complained that combining all five high schools would limit the seating for the family and friends and now the first lady is going to speak on may 16th. and come up today, players in chicago are huddling to cast what could become a landmark vote. should players be allowed to form a union and could they ultimately lead to college athletes being paid. >> and the nra is calling it the

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we will turn to gun rights and restrictions and it will take center stage in indianapolis. some 70,000 people are gathering in the city for the national rifle association's annual meeting. stand and fight is this year's theme. the headline from one local paper put it this way, money, guns and politics, the nra convention come ts to tound. that is the "indy star" there and the speaker is some possible gop candidates and among them marco rubio and senator rick santorum, and governor bobby jindal, and this is two days after the georgia governor signed the safe protection carry act which expands licensed gun owners can carry their guns to

bars, churches an schools bars, churches an schoochools. i want to bring in the chairman of the "stop gun violence" and also the executive director of stop handgun violence as well as larry platte and handgun owners unite. >> this is in addition to what has been accomplished. >> john n is the second meeting since newtown and we know that larry's side is celebrating more victories than your side this these days, and what is the best way to fight a force like the nra that combines money and politics, and et cetera, at such a powerful level? >> well, first of all, the

majority of the americans who support a background check and reasonable e restrictions on the gun sales --? hey, john, can i stop you there, because we have heard that from a number of folks and the poll after poll bears it out, but if that is true, why haven't we seen more, and if a majority of the folks believe that, then why hasn't that majority taken to the streets with pitch foshg fo hand? >> well, largely, because the special interest politics and their gun industry blood money have seriously undermined the democracy to the point where republicans are owned and the democrats are intimidated into submission. since newtown alone over 43,000 americans have die d from guns, and kopg has not al required a criminal background check for all background checks. >> and larry, expected in the meeting in indianapolis are mother

mothers aligned with new york mayor bloomberg who recently announce head is spending $50 million of his own money on a new campaign called "everytown for gun safety" and back candidates with gun control measures with the rolling out of 1 million gun reform supporters at the polls. and the campaign is significantly targeting the moms, and in the news that broke the campaign, and you said that he has the money to waste, so he is free to do so. and why are you so confident? sgl >> well, he doesn't have the folks. mr. rosenthal's lament is based on the fact that they don't have the grass roots, public opinion when it goes to vote is not with them. in fact, people believe in self-defense, and they understand that the police are minutes away when they need something now in seconds, and so, the message that we ought to

be disarmed, and the message that it should be harder to get a gun, doesn't fly in the real world. >> and larry, is that the message? john, is that the message, rather. is the message that the people should be disarmed and we should make it -- what is the message? >> well, first of all, i'm a gun ownerer and strong supporter of the gun rights burk i do not believe that the founders ever intended for the criminals, and the mental i ill or the international terrorists to come to the u.s. to buy guns in 33 states and thousands of gun shows without an i.d. or gun check, and thanks to the gun lobby, and since 1980, 1.4 million americans have died are from the guns, and there is no background check requirement. that is more americans died from guns than all u.s. servicemen and women kaled in all foreign wars combined, and we are losing a classroom like sandy hook every three days, and the gun lobby just keeps on buying off the congress, and congress keeps

avow i avowing the americans to die at the rate of 83 everyday and shame on congress. and shame on the gun lobby for killing so many innocent americans. >> and george washington knew at valley forge that he fought because we knew that we needed background checks. that is what the war of independence is about, and you are off. that is not what the founders had in mind. >> and sir, there were no ar-15s at valley forge. >> exactly. >> and the brits didn't like the fact that we had any guns. they saw our muskets and in the early rifles as a assault wep pons, and they were trying to ban the importation of those, and the power for them, and they did not want us to shoot back at them, and that is what the 2nd amendment is about, controlling the government, and we used it before the 2nd amendment was on the books to control the government. king jorng knew all about it. >> and we are talking about the balls and the powder, and we know that all of the major gun manufacturers will be in

indianapol indianapolis. >> and the 1st amendment has been changed -- >> and think that you meant the 2nd amendment. >> no, the 1st. if you are saying that the 2nd only applies to the technology of the 18th century, then it does not apply to the technology that we are using -- >> no, what i am saying -- >> that with the technology that we are using now. >> and the courts, larry, when it comes to speech or other of the -- of the amendments as well, when technology changes, the laws that somehow restrict that technology should also change? >> no, that is a happy argument that you might want to make, but the fact of the matter is that we are able to use the technology of the day to protect ourselves from criminals and from the government. >> john, i want to run through the -- go ahead, john. >> okay. so, the supreme court recently ruled that you can't ban guns, but you could put the reasonable restrictions on how they are sold. and scalia wrote that did not include the assault weapons, and

they were not in the use at the time, and -- >> they are now. >> and congress has given immunity to the industry, and the rich white guys own the industry, and they intimidate congress and it results in the gun violence epidemic that is preventable if we simply get the american people to stand up and say no to this preventable gun violence, and -- >> it is not going to happen. >> and speak out and get our democracy back from the special interests that own congress. >> and john rose nthal, and lary platt, thank you so much, and appreciate both of you spending so much time with us on this friday. >> and to this, defending racist remarks to invoke martin luther king jr., and rosa parks, and the republicans are running away, but should they do more? meanwhile in south korea, two items dominating the ukraine and

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the mideast and ukraine are dominating president obama's news conference in his second stop in the week-long trip to asia. and in addressing his counterpa counterpart, he was forced to confront the breakdown of the mideast talks between the palestinians and iz raisraelis. >> and recently president abbas took the unhelpful step of rejoining talks with hamas. it is just one of a series of choices that both the iz ray sr and the palestinians have made that are not going to help confront the crisis. >> they have stopped the talks, because they have a coalition with hamas which is considered

by israel and the west to be a terrorist group. >> and joining us is ann guerin, and john kerry says that there is a way forward here, and is that as one of my previous guests called it "happy talk"? >> well, he does not want to declare it completely dead, but it looks close to it. kerry has worked for nine months and actually longer than that, and well more than a year to get the talks start and then for the last nine month ts to keep them going, and he is low to say it is come meetly over, but the israeli position is adamant here, they will not negotiate with a government backed by hamas, and which any unity government that emerges from the agreement of fatah and hamas, it

appears to be just exactly the thing that the israelis say they can't deal with. so when president obama say ts s that this was an unhelpful step, i mean, it is more than that. it was deliberate on the part of the palestinians, either to strengthen the hand if that is the way they see it or to as a sure-fire way to end the talks if that is what they want. either way, it was done with full knowledge of what would happen next. >> president obama has also talked about ukraine in the trip. we know that hes h talked to at least four european leaders and called angela merkel to talk about ukraine and it seems that the american and the european leaders are laying the groundwork for more economic sanctions against russia if moscow launches a military incursion into ukraine. is that the answer here or are more sanctions going to resolve the situation? >> well, if by resolve, craig, you mean that will it make russia back off?

with well, so far no evidence that is the case. the sanctions that are on the table right now are more of the same. individual sanctions against the bad guys, basically as opposed to the kind of broader sanctions that president obama also referred to today of what they call the sectorial sanctions which would mean the sanctions against russian banking, and russian oil and gas and the russian defense industries and the broad swathes of the industrial sector in russia. and the europeans are not ready to do that yet, and when obama say says he is going to be talking to the europeans today, what he means is that he is going to try to tee up the first round of sanctions which is ready to go more than a week ago and sort of put on hold to to see whether diplomacy could resolve things here. it hasn't. so now they are ready to go forward with the first set of the sanctions, and could be

today, and my guess is that it is more likely to be next week. and then they will see. the bigger step of the more sanctions has to wait, and if russia invades that would have to happen. >> and washington post, ann gearen, thank you. and coming up, clive van bundy is a late night joke. >> i wonder ed if they are bettr off picking cotton and doing things or better off with government subsidies. >> well, interesting question, and history will decide, well, history has decided, and no, they are not. they are better off now than slaves and anybody would be better off than as a slave, what the [ bleep ] >> and clive van bundy is still talking the morning, and can the republican republicans who previously supported this cattle rancher run far enough and fast enough to protect the brand? are you ready grandma? just a second, sweetie.

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and the racist remarks of clive van bundy invoked racist remarks and said he wanted to take the boot off to not use bad language again, and i want to hear from him as he used the offensive language gaj. >> and martin luther king wanted us to get off of this stuff, and i said yesterday, it is time for a discussion about this, and we need to get over this, and i don't care what the race is, and whether we need to get over this prejudice of those words that are not offensive. they are not offensive to me. you can say them to me, and i would not be offended. >> and patrick hayes, i cannot remember the last time i have heard the word negro on tv, but 48 hours ago, bundy was held by conservatives as a hero as standing up to the government for land usage laws and refusing to pay $1 million in grazing fees and the defenders have all but disappeared and the

republican public officials are coming out. rand paul said he con e demed the remarks and the rnc chair rinse priebus called the speech highly offensive and 100% wrong on race. the strategists are here. cory elan a former communications advise to president obama, and hogan rid ley a republican strategist, and good to see you both. and now, corkocorey, enough for conservatives and others who were so quick to back cliven bundy and his remarks and now call them racist and walk away? >> well, it is tough to defend the indefensible, and we have heard what he has said over the past week or so and talking about the black and slavery in a nostalgia type position where he is invoking them better off as slaves and picking cotton. that is certainly not the space where the majority of the

american people are. and folks who are racing out to support him before, if they have common sense, they are trying to distance themselves as much as possible. now, this is happening right at the time when reince priebus and the gop are struggling to build up the republican party, and this kind of talk, and when you have somebody like this who is the face of conservatism, and you have conservative media back backing him up, it is much tougherer for them to do their jobs. >> and hogan, it was not long ago that we saw the support for the "duck dynasty" star phil robertson who made offensive and homophobic comments as well. and going back to what was said as the gop continues the reach-out effort to the minority voters, how do you think that it comes across to the voters and the potential voters when conservatives rally behind the people like? ? >> we . >> well, it does not come out good for anybody. first of all, i was kconfused

from to get-go, because he owed taxes, and i am confused why republicans were rallying around that in the first place, but i did understand from the more libertarian wing of the party, and the libertarians in general thought it was the poster child for some type of beatback of the federal government's encroachment on personal private liberties and i understood that part of it, but nobody knew this man individually, but now we are understanding by what he said how wrong and insensitive and sick this guy's comments were and he does not understand anything. it is very obvious, and he is not a sympathetic figure at all and i don't understand why the republicans came out the support this guy, and the one thing that the government did is to send this post apocalyptic s.w.a.t. team down there, and it almost ended in a gruesome way which is silly. they should have handled it through the courts and fined him and when he didn't pay it, put

him in jail b tow try to rebrand the republican party, and i would say sit is more of a libertarian issue and conservative issue, but however, some conservatives thought it with was a good idea to get behind and now running from it, they shouldn't have gone there in the first place. >> and corey, so many folks have pointed out how hypocritical this argument has been all along that cliven bundy criticizing the people for being on the government dole, and being on the government assistance when he, himself, is on government assistance and has been for roughly two decades. >> right. it is the same, and in the same line as the folks against the aca, and don't touch my social security or the medicare, and the same type of thing. and with cliven bundy, here is the real danger here on two points. we have to be considerate of the gop as they try to rebuild the brand. this is not just offensive to african-americans and other minorities burk it is offensive

to middle-class swing voters who don't want to have themselves affiliated with the ideology or the party that has this type of individual and politicians who support him representing them. they don't want to be a part of that, and the second thing, toox and more insidious is that if you have an tie government fervor ramped up, and that is clearly where the folks are, it is dangerous, and this is exact same type of issue that these folks who are sovereign citizens and the same type of issue that brought us ruby ridge, and the same issue that brought us 168 people killed in oklahoma city, and again, our friends in the conservative media have to be careful when they stoke up the anti-government fervor, because it can lead to people losing their lives and that is more serious. >> okay. >> i think that you want to chime in there real quickly. >> yes, real quickly, and the only distinction is that they were rallying behind the cause to beat back the federal government. >> is that rallying behind the

character? >> well, it is a -- well, it is a very difficult thin line needle to thread here, and that is the point. that is why you have to be careful and one of the famous sayings that your heroes need to be dead and that is why you know about the hero and nothing new to come out about your hero, and for this guy to champion the government and what he thinks, a lot of people have egg on their face and they need to get away from this in a hurry. >> and thank you both, and you can follow hogan on twitter to find out where he got that ensemble today. >> and speaking of twitter, the tweet of the day comes from the friend of the show, grio.com goldie taylor who had this to say about cliven bundy. >> many are given him the benefit of age, and he is 67, and not 87. he grew up with the opportunity to know better. who would have thought three cheese lasagna would go with chocolate cake and ceviche? the same guy who thought that small caps and bond funds

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vote under way at northwestern university. these are the shots of the players headed into the morning's vote. up to 76 football players are deciding whether to unionize and this is after the national labor relations board paved the way saying that players were employees. there are two voting sessions with the second session set to vote in 15 minutes we are told, but it may be a while before we learn the votes, because they are going to be sealed while the nrlb hears the appeal by northwestern. before we get to guests, i want to show you how much college sports brings in every year. more than $14 billion and that is according to the most recent stats available. while that is all college sports combined for the kcomparison, check this out, the nfl, it generates $9.5 billion every year. steal olynyk is a sports attorney, and also joined by

alee a sha jessop a forbes contributor, and this is not just confined to the world of sports, because big labor unions are voicing supporter, and harry reid weighed in supporting the unionization, and set is the stage for us, because how big of a vote is this and what are the implications for college athletics? >> well, it is a game-changer. if this vote happens and we have more than a simple majority when the votes are opened, it is an absolute game changer, because for the first time in the ncaa's history, what it does is to give the college athletes bargaining power, and forces the hand of allowing them to have a seat at the table, and letting their voice be heard on things about whether their scholarship amounts should be increased, whether they should be provided better health benefits, and so it is a game-changer, because it is going to give the student athletes more of a voice than they currently receive. >> and steve, northwestern's

football coach pat fitzgerald who is beloved on that campus, to say the least, has come out strongly against the unionization, and he has written the letters to the students and the parents as well. here is the excerpt of the e-mail that he sent. you should understand that by voting to have a union, you would be transferring your trust from those you know, me, your coaches and the administrator the here, to what you don't know, a third party who may or may not have the team's best interests in mind. the all-out push to prevent these kids from starting a union there at northwestern, the push has been fairly intense would you say? >> absolutely. you have the kids and then the former alums and the former players, and they are actively being able to go there and say, hey, look, we need the rights, but then you will get the opposition from the administration. the coaches. i mean, it is very tough to have a coach look at you, and say, so what are you going to vote, and

you are a potential starter next year. >> and the kids are 19, 20, 21 years old in some cases, and still very young and impressionable minds, and it comes in the form of authority of the beloved football coach. if you had to handicap the chances of this thing going to pass, what would you say? >> i don't think that it is going to pass. >> no? >> and because the kids when it comes down to it, their education, and the scholarship, and the potential to go play in the nfl is at risk if they don't play football and they have to transe fer. it is a very difficult process, so my chances of it actually passing, i would say very slim. >> and alicia, here is the big question that a lot of the folks are asking, if this does pass and defies the odds and does pass, does this then pave the way for paying college football players? >> it is one path being used to hopefully pave -- and yes, one path. what happens is if they pass the vote to unionize, they can ask northwestern to come to the collective bargaining table.

and the national labor relations act which governs relations for employee says that the wages and the hours of employment are mandatory terms of collective bargaining, and northwestern if the students do unionize will most likely be forced to open up a discussion of whether they should compensate them behind the skcholarships. >> we will leave it there. big thanks to both of you. we will continue to follow the vote throughout the day, and update you at home should we find out anything. adrenaline junkies, if you are looking to go to the extreme this spring, "usa today" has a list of the best new attraction attractions, and here is the banshee at kings island, and this is kings island, ohio, and it is the world's largest inverted roller kocoast. and this one in alaska is opening up the glacier skywalk which is a glass forward platform some 1,900 feet above

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senator elizabeth warren is raising her profile, and fueling speculation that she is in fact considering a run for the president. she has knocked down 2016 talk, but it has not stopped the washington and the social media buzz as she tours the media circuit to plug a new book. it is time for the reputation report on this friday. a weekly look at the top trends on the social media. howard bragman, chairman of reputation.com is here with the exclusive analysis. howard, always good to see you.

and elizabeth warren is very popular as you know with the more liberal wing of the democratic party, and on a big book tour the, and the book is profiled in this sunday's new york times book review, and how is she doing on the social media? >> well, social media is lobbying her and she is 50% to 60% positive depending upon the filter that you put against her, personal or ethical filter, and a rising star on the left wing of the democratic party, but honestly, craig, it is hard to see a role for her in the presidential election as long as hillary clinton remains a potential candidate, it is hard to see elizabeth will get a toehold, but what she can do and is doing is to change the dialogue. she is talking about the income inequality, and lot of the things that are red meat for the left wing of the democratic party, and by that measure, she is doing a great job in

reminding people of some of the principles that the party was founded on. >> and elizabeth warren's star is rising, but a different story for singer chris brown who just found out this week that he is going to be remaining in jail at least until june. his assault trial has been put on hold. what social media saying about chris proun? >> el -- chris brown. >> well, he is 37% negative. i wonder who the other people are. when you take a guy with anger issues and you lock him up in jail for months at a time and make him spend millions of dollars on lawyers, this is is not going to help the anger issues and the focus is not on the music where it should be, but it is getting out of the really legal morass that he is. it is like airplanes trying to land at o'hare this guy's legal cases. they are all on top of each other, and this is not going to end well for chris brown. >> and finally on this friday,

lupito who won an honor of people's most beautiful people, and her next role is in the jungle book, and what do you think about this girl? >> with well, "the girl is on fire" as the song says and trending 90% positive on the huge volume, and she is the hottest actor in hollywood bar none right now. and people are circling around her for projects. and you know what is interesting is that e she's very exotic looking and yet she has wide mainstream appeal, something that is very hard to achieve. aim seeing her a as the next bond girl and i think that she would be rocking in a bond movie, and this girl can have anything that she wants. she is surrounded by a good team. she has a great personality.

she has acting chops, and the world is hers. >> and well, you should be her agent, and someone has a little crush there. good to see you again, howard. >> thanks, craig. >> to politics now. jimmy fallon wanted to know if barack obama and vladimir putin sought is out relationship counselling from dr. phil. the answer? take a look. >> well, it is true, that you have been ignoring the president e president's calls and why? >> well, look, i have been wrapped up in the "game of thrones." >> the tv show? >> no, my life. ha, ha, ha. >> isn't that the problem right there? he just, dr. phil, he keeps putting up the walls and it is like, i try, and try and try, and i can't get through. >> you mean like the obamacare websi website.

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remarks as his conservative supporters run away from him. he just keeps on talking, and in fact, within the last hour sh, made a bizarre an rambling appearance on cnn in which he used the term negro even as he compared himself to rosa parks and said that he wanted the same thing that martin luther king wanted, liberty and freedom, but bundy did not back away from the original comments in which he suggested african-americans would be better off displaying the comments. they made national headlines as you know, and they drew immediately con e dem nation from conservatives like dean heller and others. bundy called a press conference amid the outrage and once again, he repeepted his words. >> i have been wondering, are they better off with their young women abort iing the children? are they better off with the

young men in prison? and are they better off with the e elder people on the sidewalks of the government-issued homes and are they happier were when they were in front of their own homes with their chickens and the gardens and the gardens around them, and the men having something to do? >> joining me now is michael who is a correspondent for the daily beast, and we have not seen you in a while, michael, and it is a perfect way to get this started with you on this friday, and talk about this, his remarks comparing his remarks to rosa parks and wanting the same thing the as martin luther king, and what is the next step for this man? >> well, to go away, and start to get some decent public relations advice