vote on the other side. also we're watching john boehner and conservatives in his party, some of whom want to vote him out of that job. it's just not clear that they have enough votes to get that done. barbara? >> thank you, tracie. >>> from mikulskis retirement to funding the department of homeland security we are breaking down all of this news for you this morning. nbc's capitol hill correspondent luke russert joins us with all of that and more. and let's first talk about maryland senator barbara mikulski just announced, we just heard her, she's going to retire. what does this mean for maryland? who do you think might decide to replace her? >> a fascinating democratic primary, because in the state of maryland senate seat essentially is a lifetime appointment for a democrat especially when the race happens in a presidential year like we're going to have. so expect a lot of people to get in this democratic primary, because the bounltbounty is great. chris van hollen, a representative...