senator bill bradley and explorer steve faucet. >> it takes a long time. can't just wake up and say "i'll do my eagle scout in a year." you have to decide you want it and daily grind. >> i like it. we like it a lot. >> reporter: august will have the occupation of going on to -- occupation of going on to become a -- option of going on to become a scout leader. >> it's like they are saying to me in one day, all of the things i learnt my morals changed and developing into a gay adult somehow i will be significantly different, act significantly different than i did as a gay youth. it's confusing and ridiculous. >> reporter: former scout leader jeff mcgrath is confused. he grew up in scouting and earned the honour of eagle scout. after talking about his sexuality to a tv reporter the openly gay leader says he received a phone call from the boy scouts of america. >> the question was are you an open and avowed homosexual? and i said that is a rude question and i won't answer it. but if you're asking if i'm gay, the own is yes. he said, "based on that information"

i would go to the university, and i saw this big statue, poster of this guy who became my hero bill bradley. he was a rock star in my opinion. the epitome of what a student athlete should be. nba hall of famer, u.s. senator, and a rhodes scholar. the first time i heard those two words, rhodes scholar used in the same sentence. once i fijsed high school in princeton, i had 83 scholarship offers to go anywhere i wanted to, and i was rated the number one high school prospect in the country. i decided to go to florida state. the first thing i did was going to the office of national fellowships and told them i wanted to be a rhodes scholar like my hero, bill bradley. if he did it, i wanted to do it as well. three years later, i was fortunate to earn that scholarship. then i want to see my teachers and mentors and told you i want to increase my capital so one day i can be a pediatric nurse lie ben carson. now hopefully i'll be able to do that in the future. lastly, i went to my strength coaches and my trainers, and i told them i wanted them to equip my body and get me ready for a career as a nati

would go to the university, and i saw this big statue, poster of this guy who became my hero, bill bradley. he was a rock star in my opinion. the epitome of what a student athlete should be. nba hall of famer, u.s. senator, and a rhodes scholar. the first time i heard those two words, rhodes scholar used in the same sentence. once i fijsed high school in princeton, i had 83 scholarship offers to go anywhere i wanted to, and i was rated the number one high school prospect in the country. i decided to go to florida state. the first thing i did was going to the office of national fellowships and told them i wanted to be a rhodes scholar like my hero, bill bradley. if he did it, i wanted to do it as well. three years later, i was fortunate to earn that scholarship. then i want to see my teachers and mentors and told you i want to increase my capital so one day i can be a pediatric nurse lie ben carson. now hopefully i'll be able to do that in the future. lastly, i went to my strength coaches and my trainers, and i told them i wanted them to equip my body and get me ready for a career as a nati

it was led by a republican, ronald reagan, and a democrat here in the senate, bill bradley, in the house, dan rostenkowski, tip o'neill. this was a bipartisan support effort. it should be again. no reason it shouldn't be bipartisan. the president has talked about it as a big problem right now in our economy that our tax code is so inefficient and ant indicate kuwaited. he's talked about lowering the rate, broadening the base. i agree with him. let's do it. unfortunately, we haven't seen a proposal from the administration, we had a hearing on this recently and i asked the administration, where's the proposal? they said, well, we're interested in working with you. great, i am, too. all of us are. some republicans, including dave camp put out very specific proposals in the house ways and means committee. we've got to move forward on this and we've done this before. we can do hard things. it's our job to do hard things. we did welfare reform a year before an election, actually months before an election day with president clinton. working with republicans, including newt gingrich. this seems

bill bradley, you had cooperation. >> what i was asked, what do you think about the kemp ross bill? pay it. that was before i got involved. >> on now to jpmorgan and the ceo jamie dimo who told shareholders he's been diagnosed with throat cancer saying the condition is curable and proknow sis is excellent. he plans to run the company as normal as possible during treatment. that being said, no small things, of course, to fight throat cancer, to go through chemotherapy and radiation. i want to offer my best to him and hope it passes as easily as possible as we have hoped for anybody suffering from that. all that said, it points to, well, what is the plan for succession? you always think about that. i'm not sure what it is these days. you know, i would know departure of mike cavanaugh months back was a big deal at the time and looms larger now. i think the expectation proves correct, no doubt, dimon, comes back to work and -- >> and even through this. >> it's not easy. >> what's distinguished between those executives with a form of cancer that's incurable and those who came out and sai

this name was bill bradley. he was a rock star. college basketball, all-american, best player at a school like princeton. nba, hall of famer and a rod. scholar. i had 82 offers to go play football and i decided to go to florida state. the first thing i did when i got there was tell them i want to be a rhode scholar like my buddy and three years later i earned that. then i went to my advisors and said i want to a pediatric nurse and now i am a second year medical student hopefully able to do that. i went to strength coachers, athletic trainers and football coaches and said equip my body and get me played for the national football league and i played for two teams. it might sound like my story is ideal. but i will say it is quite rare and unique and some people call it an anomaly because outside of cory booker the last football player to earn a rhode scholar was in 1970. there are few student athletes that have the same infrastructure, family support, foresight, not come from a broken school system in high school or family and was ab

. >> reporter: his name was bill bradley. he was just a rockstar, in my opinion. the epitome of what a student athlete out to be, best player in college. at a school like princeton, nba. hall of famer, u.s. senator and a road scholar. that's the first time i heard those roads in the same sentence. once i finished high school in princeton, i had 83 scholarship offers to go anywhere and play football. i watt rated the number one prospect in the country by espn. when i got to campus the first thing i did was go to the office of national fellowships and tell them i want to be a scholar. three years later, i was fortunate to earn that! then i went to meet my teach ertz and tell them i want you to increase my educational capital, so i can be a pediatric furs him now i'm a seccier medical student hopefully able do that in the future. lastly, i went to my athletic coaches and football coaches and told them i want them to equippy body and get pe ready for a career as a national football player around fortunately i was able to be democrated by the tie tans and play for the

former senator bill bradley once said taking money out of politics is like taking jumping out of basketball need a hefty bank account, even to lose a race these days. all that was evident this week with a report showing some 114 super pacs have already poured nearly $80 million into races this year and it's still pry mar season. the super pacs can spend an unlimited amount in unlimited campaigns. it comes from private individuals, corporations and unions. critics say they make it easier for the wealthy and big business to buy elections. and one man has now formed what he has called the super pac to end all super pacs. let me introduce that man, and also leteia gold, and professor, you are going to end super pacs by using the very system that you're criticizing. how does that make sense? >> well, it makes sense, because you've got use whatever tools are available to bring about the system that you think is more just. so this is the set of tools that we've been given to use. and what we've done over the last six weeks, is we've real estate raised about $6 million now from people just pledging

. >> bradley i think blows up and today's the day to show his stripes. chris, billu can't hear me, enjoy the game. a special one. that's going to it for "andrea mitchell reports." follow the show on facebook and twitter and follow me. "ronan farrow daily" is next. creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs. advanced safety systems & technology. shipping and manufacturing. across the united states, bp supports more than a quarter million jobs. when we set up operation in one part of the country, xxxx people in other parts go to work. that's not a coincidence. it's one more part of our commitment to america. sfx: car unlock beep. vo: david's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. da(???? i just saved 15% on cari'm insurance in 15 minutes. don't live in beatrice's world. live in the modern world where 7 and a half minutes could save

bill indicated. >> absolutely. he talked about belgium is an underperforming team. ic i think we would say the u.s. is an underperforming team. they haven't played on their best level. everyone talking about michael bradley playing at his best level. he's doing a lot of other thing. if he has a great game today the u.s. has a better than 50/50 chance. i think the weather is going hold up. how does the particular world cup compare to previous world cups? >> well, it's the best world cup i've experienced. better than the one in the united states in 1994. part is the excitement around the u.s. team. all the players play in the u.s. doing so well. we're seeing so many goals. we're seeing new stars kyle beckham or rodriguez for kl columbia. >> i'm watching in my office with people wearing spandex and stars and stripes. i don't know where they got it. they brought me a pair. i'm not going to put them on. >> i'm glad you didn't show up wearing red and white spandex. >>> coming up. mrs. obama for the win. how the first lady quickly cleared up a presidential faux pas that could have easily gone viral. walking down the street, sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering just you know walking, sfx: sounds of ma