they needed a weapon like this ak-47, but you don't need one of these to hunt birds. >> bob kerry, the courage to lead. >> bob reich, you worked with bob kerry while you were labor secretary, he was in the senate. it seems to me if the democrats have any chance in nebraska, that guy just showed you what kind of machine gun they used, hunting him down in vietnam as the guy who can do it. >> absolutely, lawrence. i mean, bob kerry is not just a maverick, i mean, he marches to his own drummer. he likes to take on causes that are not particularly popular. in that spot just now, took on the the national rifle association in nebraska scl! i mean, this is a man who has a lot of courage. and yes, i think that he is probably the best news for democrats in a very long time. >> e.j., he told me today on the phone that if he wins this election, what we are guaranteed is six years, the country will have six years to watch at least one member of the united states senate say and do and vote exactly what he thinks. he would not care at his age about being re-elected to this seat. if there was politica

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my friend bob kerry is going to run in nebraska. we have some good things going on around the country. >> your friend bob kerry has dropped some pretty broad hints that you sort of put some sweeteners in this to get him to decide again that he would come into this race. what did you tell him you might be able to do for him if he would run for the senate. >> anyone that knows bob kerry knows you don't need to make a deal with bob kerry. he's running because he wants to run. he loved the senate. he's coming back. bob kerry and i had conversations not over a few days, but over many, many months. and the things we talked about were between the two of us. but bob kerry was promised nothing. >> you didn't say i'll give you seniority, i'll put you on a committee, none of that was promised? >> no. it's determined after the election when our steering committee meets. i can make recommendations. i learned a long time ago -- for example, when arlen specter switched parties, he's writing in his book reid didn't deliver what he thought he would

bob kerry says this.relating to the plausible involvement of possible saudi government agents in the september 11th attacks has never been fully pursued. the statements are part of a decade-long lawsuit filed by families of 9/11 victims against the saudi government and other saudi institutions. washington is publicly standing by the saudis as the justice department works to have the lawsuit thrown out on grounds of international immunity. in november an appellate court reversed a previous decision that foreign nations are not immune to lawsuits under certain terrorism claims. >> steve rattner, the suspicion's always been there. and i found it fascinating. you look at bob graham's statement. and bob graham a very, very respected moderate democrat, served his state and country admirably for years. pretty stunning statement by bob graham. but there have been these suspicions for a very long time. >> sure there have. and i think it may fall in the category of things you don't want to know. >> you don't want t

. >>> bob kerry says he wants to get back into politic. kerry announced yesterday he'll seek the democratic nomination for the senate seat he used to a few weeks ago he said he would not run to replace the retiring ben nelson. kerry is a former nebraska governor and ran for president in 1992. >>> republican olympia snow wants out. snow known for moderate positions is retiring after three senate terms. she says she's fed up with the increasingly partisan politic. >> i didn't want to have to continue to explain to people well, you know, people just arguing, we can't solve problems. can't get together. i didn't think that was satisfactory. i said time and again, let's cancel recesses, work weekends. let's get it done for the country. i mean, that's what people want and should expect from their elected officials. that wasn't happening. >> potential candidates to replace snow have just two weeks to qualify for the ballot. snow's retirement is a blow to republicans trying to gain control of the senate. democrats hold a slim 51-47 majority in the

. >>> former senator bob kerry, democrat from nebraska has made it official, something we've been hearing about is going to seat the democratic nomination for the nebraska seat that is being vacated by senator ben nelson, democrat, as well. kerry was also a presidential candidate back in 1992. and he was also a former nebraska governor. and, finally, the smithsonian institution plans a four-day festival with nasa to offer the space shuttle discovery. national space museum announcing plans for more than 25 special exhibits, programs and activities to highlight the history of the space shuttle program and the future of space exploration. discovery is scheduled to leave kennedy space center in florida on the back of a jet on april 17th, fly over parts of the washington area. the smithsonian is planning spot the shuttle gathering at various locations. the formal ceremony planned for april 19th at the museum's center next to dulles airport where it's going to be displayed. back in a minute with more washington today. >> get regular updates about what's on c-span radio with twitter. quick infor

bob kerry going out to nebraska. >> exclusive bob kerry interview. >> we will have to look at that. >if you win nebraska he's the guy to win nebraska. >> liberals are happy to see him replace ben nelson. >> he talked about that today. a war hero and left part of himself in vietnam and he doesn't march behind anybody. great guy. >> the book is so down. taking part in the live web chat after the segment. going to our blog, mojo to ask him a question. thank you as well. we will be checking out the interview with bob kerry on national memo.com today. up next, what new york city is doing to stay competitive with silicon valley. next on "morning joe." this is $100,000. we asked total strangers to watch it for us. thank you so much, i appreciate it, i'll be right back. they didn't take a dime. how much in fees does your bank take to watch your money ? if your bank takes more money than a stranger, you need an ally. ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. sure. cake or pie? pie. apple or cherry? cherry. oil or cream? oil or cream? cream. reddi-wip uses real dairy cream. nothing's more real

at the same time, we had bob kerry, a democrat in nebraska saying he is going to run for ben nelson's retiring ben nelson's seat in nebraska. will the republicans be able to take over the senate? >> it will be hard. maine makes it more difficult. remember maine is not just old, the same old blue state. republicans had a huge victory there in 2010. >> bret: liz? >> uphill climb for republicans now. that i have to win maine and massachusetts. >> i think they are doing better than you think in massachusetts. couple of polls showed scott brown. >> bret: that is it for the panel. stay tuned to find out why you may need to change your saturday night >> bret: finally tonight, another invitation to stay with us saturday for a big day of political coverage here on fox news channel. i will be here in the afternoon and early evenings for updates on the washington state caucuses. i have reports during mike huckabee's ohio candidate forum. that starts at 8:00 eastern. that's going to be very interesting. the candidates talking for the last time really together about the super tuesday before the su

. >> bob: i hope we bring the topic up on five five, but the fact that the roots attacked bob kerry,at in nebraska. only democrat who may win it. the fact the idiots are attacking him that don't know anything about nebraska. never done politics before. leave him alone. good man. >> dana: polarizing can go both ways. >> bob: it can and it is. what about the riff generally? they said reagan could do this? reagan, big tent. there is no reagan. certainly, he is no reagan. is it possible, can he take this for someone to come here with a rich guy and not be able to connect with working class voters? >> andrea: it remains to be seen. if you look at how he performed in the primary, romney has down. he was down before michigan and down before ohio. he rallied. so he seems to work well under pressure. he seems to be coming in to his own a little bit. he is not making the gaffe he made before. so, again, that remains to be seen. i think when you talk about it was social conservatives versus, i know the word you want to use, more chamber of commerce conservative. >> eric: wait a second. why -- >

at the same time, we had bob kerry, a democrat in nebraska saying he is going to run for ben nelson'sg ben nelson's seat in nebraska. will the republicans be able to take over the senate? >> it will be hard. maine makes it more difficult. remember maine is not just old, the same old blue state. republicans had a huge victory there in 2010. >> bret: liz? >> uphill climb for republicans now. that i have to win maine and massachusetts. >> i think they are doing better than you think in massachusetts. couple of polls showed scott brown. >> bret: that is it for the panel. stay tuned to find out why you may need to change your saturday night plans. this at&t 4g network is fast. hey, heard any updates on the game? i think it's final seconds, ohh, down by two, shoots a three, game over. so two seconds ago... hey mr. and mrs. harris, where's kevin? say hi kevin. hi. mom, put me down. put...the phone...down. hey guys. did you hear... the choys had their baby? so 29 seconds ago. well we should get them a gift. [ choys ] thanks for the gift! [ amy and rob ] you're welcome! you're welcome! [ male

bob kerry gets the last word. nebraska and america will be lucky if we get him back in the senate. >>> it all depends on ohio -- again. let's play hardball. good evening. i'm chris mathews. leading off tonight, people running for president. romney knows the business stuff. did the guy ever take an american history course? did he ever learn anything to say about this country if you just won a presidential primary? you're running for president of the united states, mr. romney, not for national consultant. and, yo, rick, senator santorum, you got the stump speech down. it's really solid. all economics now, real stuff. just lose that throw-up line about jack kennedy for good. anyway, on to ohio for both of them and no excuses now. they've both got to win. if neither santorum nor romney was the big winner last night, who was? you could say president obama, whose standing in both states has risen while the gop candidates were trashing each other. >>> plus, what are we to make of olympia snowe's decision to quit the unit

. >> bob kerry in nebraska.with maine, it adds increased importance because republicans need to get the majority. >> you're involved in the indiana race, which if somehow your client doesn't win, would suddenly be competitive. but when you look at the landscape, how concerned are you about republicans not getting the majority anymore? >> i think it makes our primary important, but we're going to win it. but listen up, republicans. show up for dick lugar in the primary. it it does. it's important. but i think people should pay attention in the general. i think the economy is not so locked down as barack obama thinks. >> if you are a satellite subscriber, i will be hosting part of the roll call. so tune in. >> nathan, what do you got? >> i'm going to break down utah, which even though lugar is the first senate primary incumbent, march 15th delegates will be chosen to go to the convention. >> that's where it's win or lose. >> based on march 15th. >> kim, i let you go last because you were frantically trying to fini

it's just bob kerry looking right into the camera and he's at ease, he's comfortable, and he's talkingtical issues in the space of 60 seconds, that are critical to everyone living in nebraska. and it's very good and it's very natural. and it's a normal thing to talk about. >> seems like what people are looking for. >> i think what mike said is the key here. the way this campaign is being run, the fact that he's running against weak candidates is really diminishing him. with every primary, he seems smaller and less presidential, and the issues he's covering seem less important to people's daily lives. even just the gas prices, you know, gas prices are not just important in themselves. they're a symbol for the state of the economy. and they're not being put in that large of a context. they're not being treated as gas prices themselves and obama being blamed as though he himself contrary to what they believe about the free market, he somehow set the gas prices, which, again, contradicts everything they're saying about the role of government. >> but what makes them weak against romney, is

you gave a speech at the school of former senator bob kerry and you praised kerry for his work on education. given that we are still at war in afghanistan and americans are dying over there, if you could update -- do you still believe improving inner city education is an issue of national security for the reasons in that speech? and my question is, if you do, as president, how do you see the federal government's role of implementing that issue of national security? >> well, this goes all the way back to a report in the reagan administration called "a nation at risk" which said there was a foreign government that was doing as much damage to our children as we are. we consider it an act of war. so for some almost 30 years now we had a report that told us our schools are in really bad shape. particularly poor schools. in the hart commission report which bill clinton ask i worked on, we said the greatest threat to america was a bomb going off in an american city. but the second greatest threat to american security is failure our to invest in math and science. so as president i bo do everything

you have now bob kerry in nebraska being hit by the far left and the answer is found in the constitutionf the people are motivated -- >> that's right. all right. senator arlen specter, thank you for joining us this morning. >> it's been enlightening. >> pulling back the curtain. >> a book to buy. >> the humor sells the big ideas. the new idea is called "life among cannibals." thank you, sir. >>> hail, twister, overturned trailer and a couple drives through it with the camera on. >>> president obama tells people to choose. this is from marc's playlist. lee armstrong. do you know what it means? ♪ what's this? [ male announcer ] quaker oatmeal squares have 46 grams of whole grains... mmmm. ...and a touch of sweetness. you'll be delighted to discover how good they taste. >> i love a little cold play. alina cho has the headlines for us. >>> a raid by french police pickses up 20 suspected islamics. mara was killed last week. police not saying if there's any connection between that case and these latest arrests. >>> take a look at this rare sight. a tornado south of the border in northeast mexi

by we mentioned nebraska and bob kerry. big apple bob. he wasn't even a nebraskan resident when he filed his paperwork. in maine we have a couple of candidates that just filed and made the ballot. so i'm confident these races, we hope to take back the upper chamber. host: here's your chance to ask them questions for the next 40 minutes or so. you can do so via phone at 202-737-0001 for democrats and 202-737-0002 for republicans and 202-628-0184 for those i don't have you who are under 30. you can email us or give us a tweet at twitter.com/cspanwj. are you guys on twitter? >> absolutely. host: how is it changing as far as the political process? guest: yes. even facebook where it was four years ago compared to where it is today. every day weaver trying to get information out about what's happening number of the only with what's happening to the candidates. guest: you asked how sit different today than it was in the 1970's and up to the 1990's. i think it's the availability on information. we have 300,000 fans on facebook. so we're excited a

that includes john mccain, john kerry, and bob dole. what's behind the low favorable?of romney. that's a pretty low favorability rating for a candidate who has spent millions or tens of millions of dollars either directly or through his super pac. >> it's about the primary. once we're through the primary, things will be different. he will be talking about barack obama. this is typical of a primary. republicans have formed the circular firing squad and firing at each other right now. pretty soon when super tuesday is over, i think we'll see more and more people jumping on board the romney campaign, as we saw yesterday with eric cantor. you'll see more focus on not just the obama record, but also our positive agenda going forward. >> let me show you some numbers here that must be disspiriting to a guy like yourself. look at how your candidate is doing. the latest nbc "wall street journal" poll shows president obama leads among women by 18 points. that's a heck of a gender gap for a guy in a country where most of the voters are women. >> again, it's very early. a lot of w

john mccain, john kerry, al gore, bob dole. romney's negative rating is lower than theirs were at this time on the cusp of becoming their nominee. he's digging out of a bigger hole than even other candidates were at this point in time. primarily it's with independent voters. he has almost a two to one negative vote among independents. >> in the state of ohio, the big prize on tuesday. it's a great area for rick santorum you would think with the blue collar voters, ev evangelicals bordering his home state of pennsylvania. >> right. >> how big of a deal is it if he doesn't win ohio? >> it ends any path he would have to potentially becoming the nominee. it would end his candidacy. maybe he stays in the race but any idea he has of becoming the nominee would be over. that's good news for mitt romney. you don't have to win ohio to get to the nomination. rick santorum does have to win. another state i would be watching is tennessee where mitt romney was last night. he pulls an upset in tennessee. he combines ohio and tennessee. you wo

and so -- >> given that dukakis was a major party nominee and john kerry and that's -- bob dole.low bar. >> right. he's going to be nominated as republican. meaning democrats sure won't like him. republicans aren't big fans. he was never anyone's first choice candidate. right now, what you are seeing in the party, it is sort of settling on this idea, we're all going to end up with at best our second choice. >> isn't this dangerous for the president's re-election? they are sending out supporter e-mails in addition to the ones that say, heck yeah, i like obama care. they are also sending out ones that don't think of mitt romney as a weak possible contender, this guy just might beat us. >> definitely, and counting on right now, people are saying we don't have to worry about this. mitt romney, nobody likes him. they have to bank on for the democratic side, there will be so much hatred of the current president. everyone will come out anyway. i want to tack on something you said. problem with republican can dates, but people on the outside trying to get in on the convention, like sarah

. >> we welcome in our political power panel this morning, bob shrum, democratic strategist and senior adviser to the kerry/edwards campaign. and chip saltsman, manager for the huckabee presidential campaign. good to have you here. chip, mitt romney, his opponents trying to use the supreme court case to capitalize on what might be their last chance to link the president's and romney's health care plans. mitt romney way ahead in delegates in the polls, is this really going to have an impact? >> i think it can have somewhat of an impact, but i think romney's done a good job talking about the failures of obamacare, the extra spending, what it would do to small businesses and states. i think he's gotten out in front of this. i think it's been obvious from the beginning whether service senator santorum or speaker gingrich or rick perry when they were in the race and herman cain, they were going to attack romney on his health care plan.e well talking about the ills of obamacare. >> a "new york times" poll shows 51% disapprove, nearly four in ten want the entire law overturned. the supreme court says they'll rule

kerry, 42 favorable, 30 unfavorable. george bush was 43 favorable, 32 unfavorable. bob dole, 35 favorable, 39 unfavorable.mney was bill clinton in april of 1992. how, despite the fact that you are writing about he's getting some big republican endorsements, how does he walk back from this kind of lopsided favorable/unfavorable standing with the american public? >> well, yeah. it's not so much about what romney can do to kind guest back from that. it's what can happen sort of around mitt romney that might help him do that. and that's why the example of bill clinton you cited there is worth remembering. it's hard to remember now when you think of bill clinton as the master politician, you know, one of the best ever. but at this point, this exact point 20 years ago, we were talking about -- people were talking about what a terrible candidate bill clinton was. how terribly bruised he had been by the process. all the scandals around them. gennifer flowers and all of that. clinton was a talented politician, is a much more talented politician than romney. but what changed for clinton that year, may, june, july,

bob lichter. >> that's the classic flip-flop ad. as darrell says, it also takes people back to the controversy over john kerry going out wind surfing, which if you want to be a manly american presidential candidate, you know, you play football, you play baseball, you don't go out wind surfing. that's what intellectual snobls do. that's the message that the republicans used to tie it to john kerry. but i agree with darrell. this is very unusual. and i think is so effective, because it's light and, of course, it relies on humor. and some of the very best ads have always done that. >> absolutely. you know, it's -- the humor, the music, the visual imagery, when you look at what makes an ad effective, often times, those are winning ingredients. if someone just came out, said, john kerry is a flip-flopper. that would not have nearly the emotional relevance and the p persuasive power that we saw in this particular ad. >> and we were told by people on the kerry campaign that he was told not to goal out wind surfing and of course, somebody from the bush campaign watching for that moment to take those pictures. >> yes, and that kind of reinfo

bob dole in 96 and gush and gore in 2000. >> they don't call it super tuesday for nothing. >> john kerry in 04. in 2008 it was super diaper tuesday. hillary clinton and barack obama split states and delegates. clinton dominated primaries and obama the caucuses and a struggle ensued. obama didn't wrap up the race until clinton finally dropped out. the candidate for the national following, john mccain ended the race, but again regional strategies emerged with huckabee focusing on the south and romney the heartland and mccain the only that went national. many states opted out. it's small by comparison. just 11 states hold the primaries and caucuses. the largest share up for grabs on any single day. the hopes of romney, santorum, gingrich and paul hang in the balance. three other tuesdays will be almost as important. super tuesday started as southern states wanting influence and wanting to limit the impact of early dates like iowa. instead we have gotten both important and canned days having to run national campaigns from the day they announced. by the way, it could be a year of multiple super tues

kerry romney pac. what is the significance of that event? >> i think part of the significance of that is that bob perry is a mega donor that everyone would love to have associated with their super pac for pure reasons of financial advantage. he had donated to a number of candidates. he donated to tim paw looent, i believe to rick perry and now this is a real anteing up like he hasn't for anybody in this cycle. >> we now move to the issue of rick santorum. how long will he be driven to contend? to talk about that, we go to his native pennsylvania it discuss santorum with tom fitzgerald, politics writer for the philadelphia enquirer. welcome, tom. what is driving him at this point? is the delegate map looks set against him. say what you know about covering him with about what is driving him and what may determine when he decides to get out. >> santorum has a super natural, the guy is a missionary. one of his former aides said you can't understand rick santorum without thinking of him as a catholic missionary. he believes that he possesses you a unique truths. if he can get you to accept it, you can

bob perry. more on him in a minute. if the name doesn't ring a bell, the key to sending swift boat ads from kerry. joining billionaires foster friesz and william dohr who did their part to keep the santorum campaign afloat pumping more than a million into a super pac. the red, white and blue fund and wife of simmons contribute $1ds million. santorum himself had a good month raising money. raised about $9 million on the heels of big wins in colorado, missouri in early february. santorum's ratings jumped, so did romney. newt gingrich's presence in the race completely bank rolled by one family. actually one man. the chief executive in las vegas sands, sheldon. andalson and his family contributed $5.5 million to the broke super pac winning our future in the month of february. they have financed more than 95% of all money raised and spent by that group in 2012. gingrich himself pulled in just $2.6 million and spent all of it. on wednesday he made his pitch for more donations and took a shot at mitt romney's big money donors at the same time. >> i need your help. because i can't raise, you know, million