from ericson. it's unfortunate to have to disinvite him but i don't want someone on stage who gets a hostile question from a lady and his first inclination is imply it was hormonal. it just was wrong. ericson also took to twitter, called the quote a bridge too far, and explained why he had disinvited donald trump there. there was a lot of excitement for trump. he has a lot of fans so interesting to see what red state conventiongoer think about this tomorrow when ericson has promised, first thing in the morning and explains his decision. >> all right. so, trump campaign response to this has been what, and do we know for certain mr. trump is not coming? >> i mean who can say with donald trump. he kind of improvises. what we have heard from the campaign through a statement, not from trump himself they put out a statement calling ericson a weak and pathetic leader saying they plan to hold an event somewhere else and basically saying too bad red state you don't get donald trump today. now once again i'l

eric ericson was putting a voice to what many republican officials are saying privately.r out. he's survived other scandals so far. he's survived a number of issues that would have ended campaigns for so many other candidates from georgia. even starting with lying about graduating from the university of georgia. which he never did but said on the campaign trail, or lying about serving in law enforcement. all those issues might have brought down any other candidate. they are not counting him out. he needs a very strong defense. it's unlikely we're going to see're statewide candidates rally with herschel walker standby him. they might not say anything directly about the candidacy right now. >> reporter for the atlanta journal constitution, greg, thank you for calling us at the last minute as we're dealing with this breaking political news. we'll have much more on this tomorrow. we'll see how this plays out. again, the son of herschel walker releasing a damning video about his father's campaign all being based on lies. that does it for us this morning. jose diaz-balart picks

eric ericson is expressing bafflement. "how the hell does someone show up at a david duke-organized event and claim ignorance. david duke's views were very well known to the point that the hotel publicly distanced itself from duke's group and a minor league baseball team said it did not want its players stay there. for the time being, skalise's job is safe. the same cannot be said for michael grim. one of the most colorful members, no doubt, of the 113th congress when announced late last night he will resign from congress after pleading guilty to felony tax evasion. he was re-elected by a wide margin. he initially said he would not step down. he reportedly changed his mind yesterday. it may have solved one problem for ben,oehner but it may have created another. a decision roundly criticized from people across the political spectrum. joining me now, momly bald. molly, what is the deal with first, the house leadership running around skalise and then these calls from conservatives to go after house leadership? >> well, a lot

. >> i guess, though frapg, we were in that post eric ericson, the conservative bloger put up sayingvid duke's event. i guess we're saying this conference occurred in 2002 that duke had come within three-points of making it to a run aif for a congressional seat in louisiana. he made the gubernatorial runoff. in was a guy who definitely had a conservative political con stitch when esill in louisiana. is it plausible with a very ambitious audience wouldn't know who duke was involved with? >> i don't know he didn't know who duke was. i think that there definitely are some questions about whether or not he knew who duke was. that might go down to what his defense is here poor staff work. if he only did have one staff work who is being shuttled from event to event, he wasn't necessarily sure what groups he was speaking to. grant it that is necessarily an excuse because you probably should know who you're speaking with. i don't think there's any question he knew who david duke was. i think the question is he knew what this organization stood for when he spoke with them. >> when it comes do

eric ericson is not going to accept a compromise. i don't think special interest groups, heritage action for growth, are going to accept any sort of compromise that comes out of this, anything that isn't total surrender by the president on health care or total surrender by the president on other issues. we know where the president is on this and we know where harry reid is on this. i agree with you, david, i think the only way out for boehner is it's not going to happen, we've got to keep the government going. that's why i assumed this idea of temporary short-term basically putting off, kicking the can down the road two months which the white house is screaming at the top of our lungs to john boehner, do it. we'll lock ourselves in a room. >> margaret, we often wonder about boehner psychology, i'll play armchair psychology, the only thing that makes sense in his behavior is what chuck alluded to earlier, this is a historic moment in the republican party and he's the only thing sewing together these disparate halves. >> he's super glu

paul ericson who is in a relationship is an american. there's reason to think he was described in these charges as person number one he could also become the tarlgt of get of an investigation. >> thank you very much. >>> next up, spoiler alert. the president is worried. in reporting about what the president really thinks about the possibility he will be impeached. that's right after the break. - [narrator] the typical vacuum head has its limitations, so shark invented duo clean. while deep cleaning carpets, the added soft brush roll picks up large particles, gives floors a polished look, and fearlessly devours piles. duo clean technology, corded and cord-free. has named green book andbest picture of the years. and viggo mortensen best actor. nice, huh? -beautiful. and now it's been nominated for five golden globes, including best actor. best supporting actor and best picture. that was a good time. [ laughing ] >>> the president's search for chief of staff was down to five finalist. a lot of folks saying they were not interested in the jo

he is paul ericson, a conservative political activist for the strongest story in republican politics. he was described in court by the defense lawyer as her boyfriend. that said, prosecutors have alleged in their court filings that it might not actually be true love. that they have documentation that at least from her perspective, their relationship, their living together was not a sincere love affair. it was something she was doing somewhat resentfully as part of her covert russian operation for the russian government. according to the "washington post" reporting, on u.s. person one, check this out. ericson lobbied for a role in trump's transition team and complained after the election when he ran into a problem with his security clearance. since we know he was sleeping with a russian spy, i'm kind of happy about the security clearance process in that case. just as an aside. even without official credentials though, eriksson pressed trump donors and former campaign officials pushing for top positions for people he thought especially qualified. one person recalled his lobbying to get

that operative is not named but believed to be a republican party activist and nra member named paul ericsons his help, she allegedly cozied up and tried to befriend american politicians. she attended several events hosted about i groups affiliated with republicans, including two national prayer breakfasts in 2016 and 2017. washington post and "new york times" report that she met briefly with donald trump jr. at an nra convention in 2016. she had proposed a meeting between then candidate donald trump and vladimir putin at the event but was denied. earlier in 2015 at an event she even asked trump what he thought about sanctions against russia. >> if you would be elected as a president what would be your foreign politics especially in the relationships with my country and do you want to continue the politics of sanction that is are damaging both economy, or you have any other ideas? >> i know putin. and i'll tell you what. we get along. i believe i would get along very nicely with putin. okay? i mean where we have the strength. i don't think you'd need the sanctions. i think we would get along

and there was a lot of pressure on the new president, rodney ericson, to do right by joe paterno. to honor him and find a way to make up for the way he was treated. and yet, when he gave his final swan song interview a week and a half ago to sally jenkins to "the washington post," he made clear he didn't want to share in that. he wouldn't bash, he wouldn't criticize the university. he said he wanted to concentrate on the positive. just want to say we just got in what the first of what are going to be many statements today about joe paterno from former president george bush. he was an outstanding american in life as well as on the field of play. he was without a doubt a true icon in the world of sports. i was proud that he was a friend of mine. i think we are going to be hearing a lot of statements like that today. >> we are as well. later on we will share the one that was just released by the university president rodney ericson who you mentioned. michael isikoff, many thanks for the update. >> thank you. >>> another develop, story we are following for you this morning. presidentia

as vision ericson jogs toward a throw-in and then falls to the ground. you see him there.he was taken off the field on a stretcher. just collapsing. the match was against finland. it was suspended. ericson was taken to the hospital and officials from the denmark national team say he is conscious and undergoing testing. so, if we get any more information on that, we'll bring it to you. but just a shocking moment for so many fans watching that game. >>> all right, coming up, everybody, what does $300 mean to you? hundreds of thousands of americans are about to lose that amount weekly as half the country moves to end pandemic era unemployment benefits. why some states are opting to end the unemployment aid early. that's next. that'sex nt. advil dual action fights pain 2 ways. it's the first and only fda approved combination of advil plus acetaminophen. advil targets pain. acetaminophen blocks it. advil dual action. fast pain relief that lasts 8 hours. ♪ you come and go ♪ ♪ karma-karma-karma- karma-karma chameleon ♪ ♪ you come and go ♪ ♪ you come and go-o-o ♪ ♪ loving would be

vonnie ericson: she's great. just a good person. loved to quilt with her neighbors.er family. that was definitely, very important to her. keith morrison: now, she'd never see her children get married, or welcome grandchildren into the world, or be with chris at spider lake. and so, to say her family was in a state of shock would be to profoundly understate the feelings of that awful morning. unaware of the activities of this man. derek woodford: i believe i received the call at about 3:00 am. keith morrison: derek woodford is a senior special agent with the state bureau of criminal apprehension, the bca, in southern minnesota. i know most of the local investigators. when they have a violent crime or homicide or death investigation and need assistance, they call me. keith morrison: so he got dressed and drove to brewster. and before dawn, agent woodford was staring intently at the carnage in chris and jan's bedroom. derek woodford: what i found was the victim on a backboard. she was deceased. what was the nature of her-- of her injury? derek woodford: it was a shotgun

. >> and sean, i want to play for you what conservative blogger eric ericson who is secret lly frustratedident. >> he went on a tirade with the president. he's tired of defending the guy, even though he does because he doesn't want to lose the primary election or have challenges, but it is kind of indicative of the problems. >> erickson said the lawmaker has called him an evil, stupid, forrest gump. is this one house member or is this more widespread? >> these are really strong words, obviously, but i think in more broadly, certainly in private, republicans are more critical and more concerns about the president than what they say in public. and the reason why they don't want to say these things publicly is, less about trump and more about trump's voters. they know if they criticize him, it's very possible the president calls them out. and then trump supporter who is are very loyal to show up to vote in primaries may turn on them. so we don't see this said in private, but there's more clearly being said. >> any indication who the congressman is? >> it is not clear to me who it is. it coul

judge ericson, confirmed with support of every republican member of this committee, at least 11 cases, he sentenced people to below guidelines sentences. does that surprise you? >> it does not, senator. >> i'm not sure if you know judge ericson, but do you have any reason to believe he's soft of child pornography based on these sentences? >> i don't have any reason to believe that. >> do you think my republican colleagues are soft on child pornography because they voted for judge ericson to become a federal appellate judge, even after he issued these 11 sentences? >> senator, i'm not in a position to evaluate whether your colleagues are soft on crime because of their votes. i have no reason to believe that. >> they voted for this person, but i think it would probably be quite unfair to characterize him as being soft on child pornography. i would also like to talk to you about judge joseph bianco, confirmed in 2014 with the support of every member of this committee, including senator hawley. he sentenced a defendant to 16 months in prison when his guideline range was 151 to 188 months.

ericson and her hate proved to be one of the breakout stars of the evening. >> fletcher-free library.t there recently. they refused to allow aadulthoods to use headphones. they said children could use them in the children's library. on chester vermont, no headphones. public libraries, and not all want you to go out and protest, have 35 strike fighter jets because they're designed to be dual capable to carry nuclear bombs and we've got to stop nuclear proliferation. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> let me just say for the record, i think you should be able to wear earphones inside a library. and i think motor votes in which people are swimming are kind of dangerous. there one governor's debate to another, we'll have the fallout over florida next. : and right now, we want to take a shot of the stage. here at bailey hall in broward county. as you can see, the two candidates invited to take part in this debate right now are not stepping up on the stage. [ laughter ] >> ladies and gentlemen, we have an extremely peculiar situation right now. we have governor charlie crist. >> last nig

. >> at the same event butina met paul ericson, with longstanding ties to the republican party.g relationship that turned into a relationship. >> everything she was doing was essentially political operative 101. go out and build friendships, get people who are willing to do favors for you. >> reporter: soon she was rubbing shoulders with some of the republican establishment heavy hitters, john bolton even recorded a patriotic video endorsement -- >> we never forget the joyful optimism that marked the beginning of our democratic history. we wish our russian friends that same hope. >> in 2015, butina went to vegas to attend freedomfest, the woodstock for the libertarian movement, where candidate donald trump was making an early campaign appearance. from the floor, she threw him a question about russia. >> what will be your politics especially in relationships with my country. >> i know putin and i'll tell you what, we get along with putin. >> next, butina moved to the u.s. and enrolled as a graduate student at american university in washington, d.c.. >> maria butina. >> she was ju

ericson and her hate proved to be one of the breakout stars of the evening. >> fletcher-free library.t there recently. they refused to allow aadulthoods to use headphones. they said children could use them in the children's library. on chester vermont, no headphones. public libraries, and not all want you to go out and protest, have 35 strike fighter jets because they're designed to be dual capable to carry nuclear bombs and we've got to stop nuclear proliferation. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> let me just say for the record, i think you should be able to wear earphones inside a library. and i think motor votes in which people are swimming are kind of dangerous. there one governor's debate to another, we'll have the fallout over florida next. >>> it's day two in which we uncover florida's governorship. and i'll talk to last night's debate next. you're driving along, having a perfectly nice day, when out of nowhere a pick-up truck slams into your brand new car. one second it wasn't there and the next second... boom! you've had your first accident. now you have to make your firs

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. >> eric ericson is also on board. he wrote, the romney campaign should double down on what he said. they should own it. meanwhile it's causing headaches for republican seats across the seat. scott brown said today, that's not the way i view the world. there's also a close senate race between linda mcmahon. i disagree with governor romney's insinuation that 47% of americans believe they are victims. congressman murphy's campaign objects to mcmahon's statement. they were quick to post this video earlier today. >> i'd like to see everyone pay their fair share. 47% of the people today don't pay any taxes. >> for more, let's turn to michelle goldberg, writer for "newsweek" and "the daily beast." this has created a riff. who has the potential upside in all of this. >> i think it's pretty obvious that rush limbaugh's incentives are different from those republicans that want to win elections. he has to speak to the base in the most inflamed section. he does as well financially either way whether republicans win or lose. proba

eric ericson, one of the first on the right to call for boehner to be fired is celebrating boehner'sb receipt. victory for now. house goes home. and here's what mark levin said just hours before boehner admitted he didn't have the votes for plan b. >> i'm so sick and tire e ed of being told boehner was delt a bad hand. if the man's not up to the job, get the hell out of the way. we delivered him to the house of representatives. he's speaker and he whines. get the hell off the stage, boehner. >> get off the stage. and he's a republican? ouch. but, look, speaker boehner rode the tea party wave as long as he could. now, it's coming back to haunt him and his party. when the dust settles, what will it mean for the rest of us. joining me now, president and ceo of latino and an msnbc contributor and ryan grim. ryan, let me go to you first. from the start, republicans took an extremist stand against president obama. now, with just 11 days until the fiscal cliff, it seems the tea party is leading the gop into chaos. is there a way out? >> no, not for them. they seem to be operating as if they

the attorney general's association across the country, there are powerful attorney generals like ericsonre on the supreme court to protect voting rights for americans and we must show up to d.c., offer a back-up to our legislatures fighting to create stronger federal protections for our voting rights because it's states like alabama or even texas, where run-away legislatures allowed to gerrymander the state in such a way to diminish the voting power by black and brown actors, we all lose. >> i mentioned in my intro and i know you saw in the washington post, 1,055 fatal police shootings in 2021, according to the news papers tracking, this despite the sustained protest by george floyd and other incidents the year before. your response? >> you know, i'm here campaigning for the office of attorney general in houston and i stopped by bishop dixon's church today and he said to me in private conversation, he says, you know, the law, the society, it doesn't change based on emotion and after 2020 and the murderer of my client, arbery and george floyd and other folks, there was an emotional respon

back with me is eric ericson, blogger and radio host, pete dominick, radio talk show host at serioirius '19? howl the 2020 race start shaping up in terms of candidates? >> it's going to be really, really interesting. first of all, we have to deal with this potential government shutdown by friday, of course, but once democrats take over, you're going to see. i get i worked when people say democrats can't do a number of things, including investigations and trying to get legislation passed. we know that even if they pass anything in the house, it's going nowhere in the senate. but certainly they're going to trying to protect the affordable care act, something on voting rights, something on corruption, something on sexual harassment in congress. they're going to try to rehabilitate government, all while investigating the trump administration and what i think is a level of corruption unlike anything we've ever seen. >> what are you seeing in the areas i've outlined. though i'm a republican, i've been critical of the republicans not investigating some members of the cabinet who, frankly, have

can they convince other democrats that if you don't get ericson silluation that you will. >> it is problematicdon't want ne of -- i think it is problematic in that way. it is take what you can get and when you can get it and come back for more. >> of course senators are going to say we want more and we want all these other things. because that's politics. ty would be crazy not to. and negotiate with. i got to tell you this. that image of bipartisan senators standing with biden. that, my friend is political goal. it is all that americans want and what they believe in joe biden is that he's a guy that can work across the area. >> lord knows, i worked for a by who's struggled to get anywhere. this guy is standing in front of the white house around a really and we can argue, it is not everything in it and i'm siting here watching d.c. with bridges falling down. americans are going to take whatever infrastructure bill they can because it bakes them more activitity and it makes your life better. i think it is a big victory for president biden. >> cornell belcher. thank you so much for jour time. >>>

ericson is in the camp and he's talking about being lobbied by christians, church members. when i see christians saying we have license to choose bad men because god chose bad men i see the sparks of apostasy. that is not healthy but it reeks of deser peration. >> and look, when evangelical christians bring up that bible verse, they're talking about the oppressive old testament forces who went after the jewish people, right? they're comparing -- i forget what particular nebber ka nezer. >> the idea being that the verse in question is god choosing sort of broken or sinner men as leaders. >> that's more high dudgeon than i'm capable of and i'm a drama queen over the top. >> but this has been a key part of how evangelicals make site of supporting trump. one of his earlier issues at "the washington post" i'm on board with this guy. and folks saying the first senator to endorse trump incited this bible verse about it? interesting. >> this is a reality check for liberals, democrats center left if the democratic party put forward a nominee and there's no analog to trump but if the

listen, eric ericson's statement. way too early. what time sit. >> stick around right fou for the daily run down with mr. chuck todd. >>> herman cain scheduled a press conference today after a chicago woman came to accuse him of inappropriate sexual advances. this morning we're hearing there could be a fifth accuser. headlines for cain, gingrich and perry. sobering news for the white house as well. with all this washington dissatisfaction are we seeing the ground being laid for a pop lus third party. >>> was there a heated exchange between president obama and sarkozy. it is super tuesday. a super tuesdayly run down november 8th, 2011. i'm chuck todd. all of msnbc will be focusing on politics and the election today and those one year away. when you hear the music then you get the goosebumps. let me get to my first news in the morning. >>> for the first time herman cain's accuser has a name and a face, at least one of the accusers. this afternoon more than 24 hours after chicago woman came forward to accuse cain of unwanted sexual adv

eric ericson of the red state blog posted in support of phil robertson. this is what he said. phil robertson did nothing wrong. he just did not shy away from the parts of accepting christ that make people uncomfortable. he loves people so much he's not willing to give people a fast pass to hell by not telling them they're not sinners. he did not judge. he just held up the yardstick. where is the middle on someone who believes that because you are gay you are going to hell, that you yourself are a sin, that your entire being is sinful? where do you find the middle on that. >> people are entitled to their opinions, beliefs, you can say what you like. >> you said meet them in the middle. >> we can meet them in the middle when it comes to kbal rights for gay and lesbians. >> what do you think about phil robertson? >> what's happened is people didn't ask, people didn't want to put the conversation out there. they immediately want to -- >> i think people tried to ask and say, what's going on here. part of what happened as to someone's own grandfather called me a sin because i'm mixe

. >> acting president at penn state, rodney ericson. he promised to appoint an ethics officer who will report directly to him. you sounded skeptical about whether that would have prevented something like this from happening. >> things are bad enough as they are. but you were talking about another link in the chain of command. the problem with this scandal is that everyone reported it up to the chain of command. and no one went to the police. i would like to learn more about that. the head of penn state police doesn't go to police? that seems strange. just adding another link. that ethics officer is going to report to the president. i would like the ethics officer to report to a faculty committee as well. >> your official title at penn state is paterno family professor, a job created by joe paterno and his family. what are your thoughts on his fall from grace? >> it's infinite sadness. first of all, everyone asks about paterno because he's so identified with penn state. it's the only thing people know about penn state. the circle of culp

. >> yeah, well, twhen you lowhen you look at conservatives, like eric ericson who is a conservative quote him. he says the echo in the chamber has gotten so loud, it is not well-understood outside the echo chamber in the mainstream press and in the public. it translates only of anger and noise, neither of which are conducive to the art of persuasion. >> exactly. and i think 2012 was a referendum on reality. it used to work for them. that's now changed vrmt it's now a lot more reality-based and we saw in 2012 what happens when people are informed, they can express their views and it's based on facts and reality and they vote accordingly. >> you know, david, when you were talking about how they felt they were going to win these skewed polls, i couldn't help but think about steven corbert and how he explained it. let me show you something he did with the poll. >> the point is, the polls showing romney behind have to be wrong. >> we have a bunch of polls. gallop pugh and cnn which either over-sampled democrats or at least in the case of cnn, appeared to grossly underestimate the percent

laura ingram and ericson want rick perry to drop out and console i date to the anti-romney vote. here is perry earlier. >> the idea we will do anything else other than try to impact this election and that is why we got in it. we didn't get in it because it was our purpose in life to be the president of the united states, we did it because it was our purpose to serve this country and that is what we have been called for and will continue doing. >> bill, what about this, anybody going to drop out and coalesce behind one conservative? >> probably not, because they've got their super pacs and money. ed, i got to tell you for newt gingrich, who hasn't beat santorum yet in two primaries, to suggest that he ought to drop out so everybody can get behind newt, remember madeleine albright called it cahones, he's showing them. >>> they may announce tomorrow a different ending to the iowa caucus, tyler jones at this point it doesn't matter, does it, whether mitt romney won by eight votes or might lose by 12 on a recount, what does that do to south carolina, if anything? >> nothing. i don't t

fox news, eric ericson and others among the hard core saying wait a minute, not so fast. >> but, barb's go where the rubber meets the road. the president is re-elected. what can he get done for the american people? what can he achieve using this momentu momentum? because at if ethe end of the d he's going to be fine. >> the republicans have backed down on the fiscal cliff and i think they're going to staybacked down on that. the president is going to have to push very hard on sequestration. they don't want it to go into effect. i also any there's a real chance to get immigration reform here. now, look, marco rubio, and it doesn't help that zicynthia and prison him. it will be very interesting to see whether he stands his ground here or begins to back um, back up, back up. i also think there's some encouraging signs on the whole issue of guns. you have kwon servetive senators negotiating with their progressive counter parts for some kind of universal background check. i think that might get through despite the fact that the nra is going to, actually, i think every time wane lapierre op

eric ericson quoted one unnamed secretary criticized. if he can get treated that way, what about the rest of us? that's how people think in the real world. meanwhile, reuters reports foreign policy officials are saying, secretary of state he rex tillerson have told him he'll be lucky to last a year. h.r. mcmaster was frustrated by what he sees as disorganization and indiscipline on key policy issues in the white house. you write the big stories. in all seriousness, is there the rest saying, if he can swing it. he's a close pal of the president's. >> look at the chief of staff. reince priebus. >> the level of instability and possible disruption is extraordinary. two of the top ranking cabinet officials, tillerson and sessions, in some turmoil. the national security adviser, people who have given the administration the credibility that it craved at the beginning with some of these big names are now thinking about leaving. it affects the relationship we senators. he wasn't like the most popular senator but he was a respected senator, to the

we have seen people like eric ericson and ann coulter and erin ingram who normally got along, oppositeides of the trump line and george will, temptly very opposite having in common their distaste for donald trump. now you're right, ari, that trump for all of his professed disdain of the media does a great job of working them. there are some who just simply have refused to be worked. erickson and george will being prominent examples. >> yeah, let me jump in. i want to get to that. but before we get to who it doesn't work on, you really report in detail how it works. and that there's more effort there than people may realize. donald trump being canny behind the scenes. many members of this conservative press have visited trump's invitation, joining the resident gatsby for steak and lobster on the patio where trump squints and appears to listen intently while his guests dispense political wisdom. though it's never clear whether he's actually interested in it, simply flattering his guests or sizing them up. and you write, when i dined with him this spring, trump asked me eagerly how i like

and now i would like to turn the podium over to rod ericson, our president. >> thank you, karen. too was horrified when i learned of the sandusky allegations last year and as i watched the process unfold it's become clear to me i need to reconsider our community's leadership culture. since i assumed the office of president last november i have committed myself and my administration to addressing this important issue. as karen noted, my administration has begun to work with the board of trustees more collaboratively and productively than any administration in our recent history. we're looking forward to continuing to develop these relationships to facilitate healthy and productive communications and shared accountability between the two. in addition, i have assembled an administrative leadership team charged with developing and implementing an action plan "atlantis" lates judge freeh's recommendation into a comprehensive program for the university. the team is composed of the vice president for administration, senior vice president for finance and business, and pending approval of

>> the ad was immediately denounced by erick ericson and the right in the republican party. because they think -- >> that's the right wing zoo. >> yes, but they have a bit of a civil war here. >> i think it is. let's talk about that civil war. what happens if you have a good, tough bill which has got teeth in it, no easy rides, no amnesty, just a tough thing. if you want to become an american you got to sweat it, right? what's wrong with that politically for your party? >> nothing except for the fact it's going to be hard to get it out of the house. we have to get 70, 75 votes for it out of the senate to have enough momentum to get it to the house. 80 people voting against any comprehensive immigration bill no matter what it did. >> they like what we got? >> they like what they got and they want to be -- >> that's the alternative. >> they're worried about primaries. for republicans they've got to find a bipartisan path through the house and have the majority of republicans vote for it. that's going to be hard. rubio -- >> can i ask you a question? would it be good for americ

. >> reporter: now, president ericson says this investigation will be extensive. we don't have a timetable just yet before that special committee comes back with any reports or recommendations. but there's going to be a lot of people who will have to answer a lot of questions including some of the perhaps members who are no longer employed here and that would include joe paterno. back to you. >> one quick question. have you found out anything more about the threats against mcqueary? >> reporter: we have not heard any specific details. it was a very short statement that was released late last night from the university saying in the interest of everyone here who is going to be on campus tomorrow for that game between penn state and nebraska it would be best for mcqueary not to be here at the facility. earlier in the day, though, it sounded as if he was going to, in fact coach this game. tom bradley said it was going to be a game time decision where to physically place him. whether he was upstairs in the booth or downtown field and they came to the decision he should

. >> eric: -- jared, eric ericson is not satisfied.ust because john roberts claims it is not a tax doesn't make it a tax and doesn't make it constitutional. he swore to uphold and support the constitution. two points. >> john roberts is a supreme court justice and i believe his job is to determine what is constitutional and what is not. beyond that as tom coburn commissioned a report, one can continue to fund obama care even if a continuing resolution is not passed. >> correct. ryan made the correct point that because this is mandatory funding it will get funded as long as it remains law. it will remain a law unless the president decides to repeal it which he's not going to do. the thing that i wanted to stress here is that as the affordable care act is being implemented, we have a really interesting experiment going on. the states that are trying to abide by the law and bring up these health care exchanges and the medicare -- medicaid expansion are already showing potentially great success. if you look at the states that are working w

mark ericson is the executive director of the open internet coalition and skroins me now. we have this to talk about. a lot of people are probably noticing that a lot of websites, if they aren't dark, they're asking you to move on and complain to your congressman. we have google that has black tape. sites that did go black today aren't going to be affected by an inactment because they don't engage in infringing activities cht is that true? are these sites going dark for no reason? >> absolutely not. this is really an unprecedented step for internet companies in the united states to use their home page to protest a very bad public policy, proposal backed by hollywood studios and recording industry to for the first time, regulate the internet. 200 of the leading venture capitalists in the united states, 100 internet engineers, entrepreneur and innovators have said these proposals will fundamentally change the way the internet works both in the united states and around the globe. it introduces cybersecurity threats for the first time in the united states that are unprecedente

meantime, here in europe, shares in ericson and noyia have dropped in trading today as a result of thether news, activists and investors have foiled a deal between japan's fuji holdings and u.s. photo copy xerox. they have objected to the pricing of the transaction saying it undervalues xerox and claim there are a number of investors waiting in the wings including apollo. but keep in mind that fuji holdings and xerox have a number of closely-linked businesses. it might be difficult for another buyer to step into the arena. watch this closely. >> thanks so much. >>> coming up, everybody, axios's jim and have high has a look at this morning's one big thing. coming up on "morning joe," much more on the u.s. moving the embassy to jerusalem. the potential fallout from that decision as president trump breaks with decades of u.s. policy on the matter. >>> plus, more on the new details on president trump's former personal lawyer michael cohen and his efforts to seemingly profit off of that relationship as his current lawyer rudy giuliani continues to create new messes for his boss. "morning jo

the e-2 summit hosted by mitt romney at the swanky stein ericson lodge in utah. stands for experts and enthusiasts and they have cookouts and sing alongs including pilates with anromney and flag football are marco rubio and tomorrow morning skeet shooting with lindsey graham. and in the interview with kasie hunt, graham explained the summit's performance. >> the people in this room could effect the campaign. it takes millions and millions of dollars to run a campaign. you need two things a good campaign team to make sure that you are effective and you need investment, you need financial resources, to go out and win a rrt -- retail political contest but the good thing is all of the people in that room they don't have enough money to buy what will eventually have to happen and they can give a candidate a chance but if you can't close the deal in small towns in new hampshire and iowa you can't be a big deal. >> and here sally hunt and brian dade. what is this event? it is between a donor and aspen ideas festival all kind of held by mitt romney? >> that is not a bad

in an interview publish in "usa today," president rodney ericson said that he wanted to transform the face of the university from being a football factory to that of an academic institution. we want that to be the front face of the university explained and hope that the sexual abuse scandal would add urgency to discussions about the role of big-time athletics and where they interact with higher education. universities are supposed to be centers of learning, renowned academic communities, where the brightest minds of the nation forge new and exciting ways forward for everything from the development of artificial hearts, to understanding global economics. both crucial to the-in going prosperity of this nation, but what do we find? we find that in colleges the best paid member of staff is not the president but the football coach. witness the extortion salary of $5.5 million a year that's just been agreed with urban meyer at ohio state university, and with money goes immense power. it has since emerge that had long serving penn state coach joe paterno repeatedly clashed with the universit

widely believed to be a man named paul ericson who had ties to the national rifle association. and democrats have release the e-mails he sent suggesting he can broker a better relationship between the u.s. government and vladimir putin through the republican party. russians want american military secrets, guys, but also want influence in washington. they're not going to be in a shooting war with the yooitds any time soon but a lot of diplomatic standoffs. different policy on the occupation of crimea for example this is one way they went about doing it. while she's not labelled a spy, what she's alleged to have undodone is equally insidious. >>> president trump's trade war already hitting some of ameri america's farmers. our own vaughn hillyard is in nebraska. walk us through what you have. >>reporter: coming up on -- ♪ introducing e*trade personalized investments professionally managed portfolios customized to help meet your financial goals. you'll know what you're invested in and how it's performing. so you can spend more time floating about on your inflatable swan. [ding] bil

make and it's one that a lot of conservatives are a little bit piqued about, quite frankly from eric ericsoners who have noted the sort of soft-handed approach to the scalise matter versus the very heavy-handed approach by trent -- by the folks towards trent lot. hogan, how do you reconcile that in the face of how conservatives feel that this is really sort of the establishment sort of protecting scalise when someone like trent lot was thrown out for something far less eampt greejious? >> far less. it was more timely though. this happened 12 years ago with scalise. something happen with trent lot, he was gone the next day. there's a time that heals all wounds in this situation. but as it relates to the misstep, whether it's trent lot making comments, or this guy going to espouse conservative groups to a group that's founded by the kkk, if getting in front of those groups or making the comments that trent lot said is the standard, then they both need to be gone. you can't have one without the other, in my opinion. >> i agree. >> i think a big part of the discussion hinges on that. as "the was

ericson lobbied for a role in trump's transition team and complained after the election when he ran into a problem with his security clearance. since we know he was sleeping with a russian spy, i'm kind of happy about the security clearance process in that case. just as an aside. even without official credentials though, erickson pressed trump donors and former campaign officials pushing for top positions for other people. one person recalled his lobbying to get conversation t. mcfarland named as an adviser to michael flynn, trump's first national security adviser michael flynn. this is u.s. person one within who is named in this latest indictment in the scandal as cohabiting with and essentially being a co-conspirator with an accused russian secret agent who is now being held in jail awaiting washington. according to the "washington post's" reporting, this guy who was very personally involved in her and potentially in on her scheme, he recommended that the new deputy national security adviser should be k.t. mcfarland? that was an unusual choice. k.t. mcfarland had been involved in repub

ericson blogger from red state wrote this. dear members of the press, yes, you can all refer to this as the mitch mcconnell tax hike. red state approves the tea party of louisville, the president saying this week, the next test will come with the debt ceiling debate. let's hope mcconnell compromises and giving in while getting nothing in return. however, if his fiscal cliff negotiations are any indication, we'll most likely see him wave the white flag again. what's your reaction, senator? >> well, the election will take care of itself in 2014. the question is, what will we do now? we know that everybody's taxes were going up a couple of days ago. what we did was prevent tax increases on 99% of the american public. nobody in the senate, not the 90% of senate republicans who voted for this, voted to raise anybody's taxes. and the arbiter of whether something is a tax increase or not is americans for tax reform. the head of americans for tax reform said it was not a tax increase. and had he been a senator, he would have voted for

i talked to sean spicer, former rnc chairman, i spoke with some other rnc members as well as eric ericson, who's been following this from georgia. she's probably not the right fit still but an incumbent protection program. lee zeldin noted this when he pulled out of the race to go against her. he said, listen, i think we need new leadership but her win is prebaked by design and i'm not going up against this. so they're keeping the status quo in place even though a lot of people recognize there needs to be some big ramifications for republican party after this past election. >> that's what i don't understand. it seems more like a club. every republican party leadership fight i've seen or democratic leadership fight all has to do with wins and losses. and so what do you get from the rank and file? how could it be that a guy like lee zeldin, who did so well in new york, that actually helped three or four republicans win u.s. house seats, how would they not take a closer look at him instead of somebody that's kept losing? why does the rank and file not want to hold her accountable? >> i think

. >> eric ericson tweeted yesterday, it's weird people in the room don't remember trump using the wordtrump himself was calling friends to brag about it afterwards. i spoke to one of those friends. the president thought it would play well with the base. was this all deliberate and political coming after a meeting where he was perhaps too soft on dreamers with members of the senate and house earlier in the week? >> in that public meeting that seemed like he wanted to have a deal. i don't know he did it on purpose, but once he had done it, i think he figured, maybe my base will like this. he's the only president i've ever heard use this term, that my base likes this. he's not president of his base. he's president of the united states. obviously a deal needs to be done, legalizing the dreamers, for the border security. i would just almost take everything else out at this point. it's gotten to contentious. it would be the right thing to do. i think both sides could say that -- i mean, the dreamers -- everyone is basically in favor of them staying. everyone is in favor of some measure of in