during that discussion one man got up and lambasted thomas hart benton the senator from missouri. and took it so long and he startled foot and foot kept backing up and backing up and tell the back was against the desk of the vice president. and dentin kept coming towards him and foot stack the hand in the jacket and pulled out a pistol and benton stopped dead in his tracks and said shoot you diem assassin. of course, the other senators stopped him but he said was just trying to protect myself but this was happening on the floor of the senate with there were so many of them there were fist fights and the sergeant at arms said if there had been an explosion it could not have been any worse. but now the compromise had passed and everybody recognized that the south would not succeed so those attended the national convention argued in favor of secession and decided to allow congress to decide the issue so the south did not secede and for 10 years at north prepared itself so when it came again and henry clay was ted, who did they have but james buchanan and phil more and franklin pierce

coming towards him and foot stuck his hand in his jacket and pulled out a pistol, and, of course, benton stopped dead in his tracks and said, shoot, you damn assassin, shoot. the other senators took it away. he said he was only trying to protect myself, but this was happening on the floor of the senate. it was worse for the way in the house where there were so many of them that there were fistfights, but they said if there had been they said if there had been an explosion, fistfights, but they said if there had been an explosion, it couldn't have been any worse. it ended in a melee. now, you see, the compromise had passed, and everybody recognized that the south would not secede. the men who attended the nashville convention argued in favor of secession, but decided to allow congress to decide the issue, and so they got the ning passed. the south didn't secede, and for ten years, the north prepared itself so that when it came again and hep ri clay was dead, and who did they have but james buchanan and philmore, and franklin pierce, all of those biggies. [laughter] as buchanan said, there

building houses several garment factories, some of which operate 24 hours a day and make clothing for benton, the children's place and the dress barn. some of the workers there telling local media they did see some deep cracks in that building the day before the collapse. one of the workers said he voiced his concerns but a factory manager there reportedly told him the building was, in fact, safe. so far no word on the claims for the owner of the building. >>> in boston a few signs of normalcy returning to the street, that street where the bombs went off. now back open to the public. >> this as mourners gather at mit to remember the officers killed by the bombing suspects. nbc jay gray in boston with the latest. >>> there is an energy back along boylston street today, nine days after the terror attack here boston has reclaimed copley square. >> there's always hope. whenever there's a tragedy, there's always hope in it. >> reporter: there are also still scars here. plywood covers shattered window, new brick and cement replaced a spot on the sidewalk charred by the blast. outside evidence, cit

so for mitch mcconnell and jesse benton, his campaign manager, to say that, well, it's just wrong and it's just a way to dodge the issue. in fact, chuck todd on "hardball" just a few minutes ago said that, you know, he talked to the mcconnell campaign and they swept their offices for bugs and found nothing. >> well, let me ask you this, krystal. when you watch senator mcconnell today dodging the questions on the tapes, look at this. >> do you think it's fair game for you to question someone's mental health or their religious sensibilities in a strategy session like that? >> as i indicated, last month they were attacking my wife's ethnicity. and then apparently also unbeknownst to us at the time they were bugging our headquarters. quite a nixonian move. this is what you get from the political left in america these days. >> now, i don't know if the political left bugged his office. i don't know if the same people that questioned his wife are behind this. that'll come out in an investigation. but we do know what was said on the tape. and they have not denied the authenticity of the tape.

at one point they go, jesse, maybe his campaign manager, jesse benton, has been through her book.d work there, jesse. it's out there, it's public. if people want to read profiles of her, voters want to find out the stuff, they can. he, you know, again, in this meeting never said let's just leave that stuff alone. it's out there for people to consider on their own. we don't have to go that way. >> chris cillizza who writes for the "washington post" and comments on msnbc from time to time says this tape is, i'm quoting him, "much adieu about not much." what's your response to that, david? >> well, you know, in one way chris is right in that this is standard operating procedure. opo research for a campaign happens all the time. i think what's fascinating is, like with the 47% tape, in a way, this is not the type of politics that we americans generally get to see. and if you were to ask mitch mcconnell, do you have a secret strategy meetings where you talk about criticizing the mental health history of your opponents? i'm sure he would not give you a straight answer on that. so while

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. >> megyn: joining me now by phone with reaction is jessie benton, senator mcconnell's campaign manageru for joining us with this breaking news and i want to point out to the audience, the man with whom we had a television conversation, jacob conway, the recognition of him was made in response by a telephone call he made by the local radio station, wftl. he's not running around calling people and he wants people to know it wasn't the democratic party, it was these two guys and your reaction. >> what disturbs me, thank you for having me on. this becoming the tactics of the left against senator mcconnell, the left nationally, very, very crucial they'll do whatever it takes to beat senator mcconnell and the left a month ago were sending out racest messages about elaine chao, that's his wife. now, they're bugging or recording campaign headquarters. they've made it very clear they'll stoop to lows and i think that's terrible. >> megyn: can you set up the campaign headquarter layout for us? according to jacob conway she is guys were there at the grand opening of senator mcconnell's campaign o

>> we're from benton, arizona. >> just married? >> yes. >> i'm assuming it's the two of you?ying to convince me i left my bride back at the hotel but that's not the case. she actually came with me. >> oh, good. i don't know. we'll find out that story in the break. let's get to the boards. one or two things going on. we'll start with the chill in chicagoland coming your way, 81 degrees today. enjoy the beach. 80 on wednesday. 58 on thursday. 57 on friday. dallas, you're getting a chill down as well and minneapolis, this is all part of that pocket of cold air that's bringing snow in some places. in the desert southwest, so close to the first time you've ever been 100 degrees in vegas in april. you are 99 yesterday and you just missed it. >> just look at this incredible audience. look at them. everybody we're going back to who, lara. >> sam's just showing off now. >>> a look at what's coming up on our "gma morning menu." alec baldwin's daughter, the model ireland speaking out defending her famous dad. >>> sherri shepherd weighing in on "dancing with the stars." also talking abou

we have a final word on this from paul in benton, pennsylvania. hey, paul. what do you get? >> good morning, guys. when thingey talk about makers versus takers. this is a perfect example of who the takers are. >> perfect. absolutely. this is that's it. >> that's the way they want it. take, take, take mooch off of all of the citizens there. and go out and fleece the passengers and by the way, if they get in trouble, yeah, you have to rescue us. you have to bring us back to port. and you've got to save our multi-gazillion dollar ship, and we are not going to pay you one penny for it because that's who we are. we are can value and we are too big to sail. >> man, i love it. i hope carnival does the right thing here it looks like they won't. one more reason never to take a carnival cruise. lynn sweet on chicago sun times" on top of all of the news on the day. we will check in with her next here on the "full-court press." >> radio meets television "the bill press show," now, on current tv. [ music ] >> this is "the full court press: the bill press show," live on your radio and on

paul calling from benton pennsylvania. hey, paul. >> caller: good morning, everybody.definitely a -- you know, the republicans are using this as a political football, but what we really need in immigration reform is we need some fairness because it seems that people can come in from anywhere, fill out a bunch of paperwork and within a reasonable amount of time they become citizens but yet if you are hispanic, you have got to go to the back of the line pay a fine, pay back taxes and everything else, and, you know, all of the hispanics that are already here become citizens, they are going to lose their indentured labor force. >> bill: paul i'm glad you raised that, because that's my problem, and that's what i think we really ought to be talking about, is i think this so-called path to citizenship, the more i hear about it, from the gang of 8, i'm not sure these people will live long enough to ever get to then of the path to citizenship. they are talking 13 years or more, and paying back taxes and paying a fee, and learning english, and god knows what else. but the bombin