i'm from virginia and i have to say bob donald is quite conservative. you might remember the transvaginal probes and all of that last year. even that is not conservative enough for cpac. i want to start with al who is the chairman of the american conservative union and how the slate of speakers was supposen. he said c spak is like the all-star game for profoegzal athletes. you have been invited when you have an outstanding year. hopefully he will have another all-star year in the future at which time we will be happy to extend an invitation. the all stars are sarah palin, the donald? i don't know. for bob donald and chris christie, it's no loss. it elevates both of them in a way. this is not the year to be associated with cpac or with the national conservative movement if that's what it represents. cpac seems to be doing everything it can to make it seem like an out of touch relic of the past. the only thing is they both committed two cardinal sins against conservatism. kristi by embracing the president and donald by funning infrastructure in the states

o'reilly in a moment, but let's start with the latest manifestation of civil war in the gop and donald trump. obama m bobstie snubbed. is donald trump for the rebranding? >> mitt romney, sarah palin, alan west. >> the only one missing yet to receive an invite, herman cain. >> it is. that's unfortunate. i think he could hold the way forward for the republican party. i'm from virginia as you know. bob mcdonnell is no -- he's a conservative guy. i mean, you recall the whole transvaginal ultrasound situation. >> who could forget that? >> right. but he committed a sin against conservatism which was raising taxes for the infrastructure. the state has some of the worst traffic in the country. chris christie km itted the sin of embracing the president and saying nice things about him. apparently this is unforgivable in their world. you have to be happy not to go to this conference which seems like a clown car like the gop primary. >> interestingly the only road accident i've had in this country was in martinsville, virginia. because of the condition of the roads. john, the washington examiner is a cosponsor of n

[laughter] this is a group that decided to end by donald trump and not chris christie and bob mcdonnell, both of whom apparently believe that government should do something. the cpac poll, which they kick at the feet of the meetin -- take at the end of the meeting, president steve forbes won, president jack kemp won three times -- >> ron paul. >> president george allen, who went on to lose two senate races in virginia. >> if the republicans want to become the permanent minority, they will listen to cpac. [laughter] i rise in defense of this libel the group is mostly young people, very enthusiastic, which is why rand probably has a bill, and i suspect it is more libertarian than the old fuddy-duddies. but the question of isolationism, what rand paul is advocating is different from what mccain and others and even rubio would advocate. but it has appeal and will be interesting to see if the foreign issues paul can carry the day. lois, three of us, mark, action,w ron paul in and who were his biggest fans? young people. >> no question. years, thest 12 republican edge on foreign muscular,this

towards the next generation do you have a pile of papers and say yes, sarah palin, yes donald trump, no chris christie, no bob> yes, mitt romney, who they didn't even like last go round. i just wrote down some names of people who i thought for sure would be invited to cpac. governor susannah metro nez of new mexico. mia love, governor scott walker, wisconsin, paul ryan, the vice presidential nominee. that to me is next generation. not retreads who have been in one way or another embarrassed the party, embarrassed national discourse, and quite frankly, embarrassed themselves. >> it's not, you know -- forget the headliners for a second because you can invite whoever you want as speaker. i think the real problem here is not inviting pro gay rights conservative groups that is a message of bigotry, lack of inclusion, that don't think serbs the party very well, and i know is deeply offensive to a lot of people in the conservative movement and shouldn't be taken lightly. >> josh, it would almost seem independent of not sag taking the party two steps forward, it would seem to be almost taking the party two steps back

glad trump was there i wish chris christie was there, bob mcdone and go proud, the gay republican group. but the fact that donald we want to throw nip out of our party? >> all right. we will leave it there thanks very much to three of you. please go online and check out the speech. >>> people have been buzzing this week about a facebook study that showed people who liked curly fries on the site have higher iqs. we brought you this story on tuesday with the lament i'm obviously not smart, when i'm at arby's, i go with the potato cakes instead of the curly fries. the people at arby's saw our segment, bob kraut, the senior vice president of brand marketing and advertising sent me a letter which read, "enclose ready a few coupons to enjoy some potato cakes on us, as well as some curly fry coupeness for any friends or colleagues in need of some mental stimulation." now, bob, thank you. i'm serious. it was really nice of you. but what's the deal with these coupons? win looked at them, i saw you sent five coupons for curly fries but only three for potato cakes. i see what you're doing. but i'm not ready to give in. bec

media bus surrounded the fact that governors chris christie, and bob mcdonald as well as gay rights organization go proud got dissed. donald trump, issarah palin wil be here. >> this c-pac convention is the "star wars" bar scene of the conservative movement. all that's missing is a couple of wookys. >> yes and yoda. let's get to this morning's speakers. first up, former florida congressman, alen west. >> real peace comes from the marine corps, not the peace corps. when more americans prefer freebie does freedom. these great united states will be become a fertile ground for tyranny. i'm speaking from experience when i tell you there's nothing on this green earth that a liberal progressive fears more than a black american who wants a better life and a smaller government. >> how in the world did he ever lose his job? meanwhile senator pat toomey gave attendees a revisionist history lesson as to who was responsible for the economic recession. >> the fact is the policies that got us into this mess were the policies of a big government, liberal policies of failed monetary policy and encouraging lending to people who couldn't pay

donald trump, down the list, they all get knocked out. >> kimberly: joe the plumber. >> bob: who?e plumber. >> bob: carson may be engaged guy but in end he won't stand up to rigors of presidential politics. presidential politics is the toughest business you can go through. as tough as -- >> kimberly: not good under pressure. >> dana: i agree with bob. i don't think the left is worried at all. they have something in hillary clinton and in the buildup of the clinton machine and then the obama machine. when those two things come together in 2016, the republicans have a really tough job. there is a reason that there has been nobody from the complete outside come in and run for president for either party. you to have a network and an organization. one of the best things i think that dr. ben carson can do, if he is seriously considering this, is to enjoy a little bit of spotlight now. not every tv show right now. find some people that can advise you and go out to the cabin in the woods for three months and think. get four stages deep in the question. the problem with the republicans is

made a decision that they are not going to invite certain people like bob mctkorpblg mcdonnell and chris christie. they've invited donald, excluded gay conservatives from attending and it's been a distraction. all of these picking and choosing. my preference -frbgs it's not my conference so it's not for me to say. my preference would be to have a big, huge discussion, include all different saoeupbdz of conservatives and let them have it out. these what this signed of event i think would be for. and the irony i think is further under scored that the guy who is running cpac, the american conservative union head, alcardenas was once the guy who recruited marco rubio, pushed him to run for senate. when charlie crist jumped in jumped to tkhar lee crist and urged marco rubio to get out. conservatives would do a lot better if there was less finger pointing and morro bus discussion of the issues. jon: steven hayes i know you'll be watching today and we will as well. >> thank you, jon. jenna: a local station goes from reporting the news to actually being a big part of it. what this man did that put a tv station in the middle of

bob mcdonnell who aren't invited. you have sarah palin. there you're taking her seriously and donald trump.llen west was giving a big speech talking about he believes in peace that come from the marine corps. not the peace corps. what kind of craziness is this? if this is the future of the republican party, they're going ba backwards to the 1950s. >> what does that say about the movement? what does that say also about chris christie right now? >> the problem is that this stuff worked in the 1950s and 1960s because it was a different america then. and they looked at that. they said wow, that really worked. we had a bunch of presidents. why do we have to say anything new? marco rubio said today, we don't need new ideas. and they really believe that. they haven't -- >> when you say they believe that. you mean the folks at cpac. not republicans in general. >> well, a lot of republicans in general do believe that. because they live in this echo chamber. for 40 years they've been doing the same thing and it has worked out well for them. and they look, okay, we've been told by our pollsters about

bob mcdonald because they aren't there. who is there? paranoid birther disguised as real estate mogul donaldmp. >> if mitt made one mistake -- >> hold on, if? and to clarify, one mistake? >> i think if mitt made one mistake, and i like mitt romney a lot, if he made one mistake, he didn't talk enough about his success because honestly people really want success. they want a leader who's successful. >> trump went on to liken our entire country, all 50 united states to a country club. >> just recently i bought a country club, 800 acres in miami. i am going to fix it, make it incredible. i am going to make that place incredible. that's what we have to do with this country. we have to fix it. we've got to make it incredible. >> there it is, republicans. just fix america. fix a nation of 314 million people, like you would fix a country club. make america incredible, like a country club. the analogy didn't stop there. earlier in his speech, trump said something reminiscent of country clubs, really old ones, possibly in the south, before the civil rights movement. trump suggested to the cpac crowd t

notably, the donald has an audience, sarah palin has an audience there. chris christie does not. governor mcdonald, bobonald, hardly a raging liberal from virginia is not invited. how do they make these decisions? >> well -- >> why are they so relevant? >> and this is the question, which is what cpac was and what it is. now certainly it's a place where they get a lot of attention. certainly from the press. so it's a good place to try out your stump speech if you're an aspiring politician. especially if you're looking to go into make the next tier of office. but we also know that time after time, the straw poll winners at cpac are people like ron paul, these aren't exactly the kinds of folks who show up as the participants. aren't the kinds of people who are necessarily the establishment of the republican party. but i think the more important thing is you have a party right now that is really divided between a party that wants to go forward, talk about the fact that they have a demographic problem. and then parts of cpac which say, we need to be back to where ronald reagan was in 1980. in 1980, ronald r

news not only for who's coming, that's mitt romney, donald trump, sarah palin, but also for who's not coming. popular gop governor, chris christie and bob mcdonnell, he's from virginia. in other words, invite the noise makers, snub the people who might actually lead the party out of the wilderness. my view, of course. al is chairman of the american conservative union, the group that puts on cpac, and former national chairman of the republican party, michael steele, an msnbc analyst. it's great to have you on. i want to ask you something very positive and nice to warm you up before we get started here. how happy are you we have a hispanic pope? >> oh, boy, i'm glad you asked. as a practicing catholic, i got on my knees yesterday and i was so happy. i think the world will love this pope. america will love this pope. other than cardinal o'malley. i think he'll make a big difference. 500 million catholics in latin america, chris. i think he can be a great voice. >> we can agree on something. now to the issue of donald trump. boosted your ticket sales. could it be overshadowed by his birther talk? let's take a listen to trumpy. >> i would li

bob mcdonnell. but you do have sarah palin and donald trump.ust, you know, with all due respect to al card nas and his mother and all of my friends at the event, it seems like you'd want to strike a balance. you've got conservatives have to win in 2016. we cannot afford to lose another presidential race. and i can understand if chris christie had been governing as a moderate for four years or bob mcdonnell had been governing as a moderate for four years, but they're just talking about one transportation bill out of four years that bob mcdonnell supported, and suddenly that one bill disqualifies him. let's talk about ronald reagan's record. not only over eight years in washington, but also in california. supporting more spending. supporting, you know, signing an abortion bill. william f. buckley had to go out to california and defend the right-wing zealots against ronald reagan. there's got to be a bit more nuance here if we're going to win again in 2016. when i say "we," i don't mean the republicans, i mean we the conservatives. >> joe, i think

i mean, this is a group that invited donald trump to speak this time, but did not invite chris christie or bobia, two very prominent and popular republicans in their own states. so, this is clearly the conservative base of the republican party saying, we lost that election because we didn't have a great candidate, not because we didn't reach out enough. not because we need to rethink some things. but because our messenger was b bad. and this is one part of the republican party that you are seeing. now, there are lots of other republicans like peter king who say, one of the reasons we lost is that we have done little to tell the middle class that we care about them. that we have to reach out on all sorts of levels and inviting donald trump and not inviting chris christie, i would argue, is not a formula for success. >> gloria borger in washington. thank you very much. >> sure. >>> want to remind you thinking of washington, landscape changing just a bit on cnn. jake tapper has a new show called "the lead with jake tapper." it starts right after me. 4:00 eastern monday through friday watch for ja

bob mcdonald. both very, very important governors, right now. on the political landscape. >> do you have any time for dond trump though, man? >> i got that and donald trump had his time, 15 minutes, wonderful, but in a three-day conference in a three-day conference, if you really want to frame the future of the republican party, it rests not necessarily with the folks that you saw parade through today, but more importantly with the folks who were not invited. and i think that that to me is the most stunning tale coming out of this cpac. >> jeb bush's name is not one of the 23 on the cpac's straw poll list. michael steele, i knew it was a somber sort of tone over there in conservative circles, because you're wearing a black shirt with a gray tie and a dark black suit. it's almost funeral. i was hoping today might have been one of those bright red ho ho hey red numbers, but no such luck. >> this is this is my ho ho no! >> thank you as always to chairman michael steele. >> all right. >> after the break, the history books have yet to be written but the conventional wisdom already says that the pivotal moment in the 2012 race was mitt romney's 47% video

you have disinvited chris christie, bob macdonald, governor of virginia, popular in the state of virginia not invited. donald christie not. jeb bush said you know what? don't put me on that straw poll. i'm not interested in going up against all these fellows because it's a little bit too worldly. if the republican party wants to learn the lesson of the last election listening to ronald reagan and expanding the tent my be a good idea. >> in our next hour we'll speak with eric cantor the house majority leader. he has a lot of strong views on the whole charm offensive the president has. thanks very much. congratulations tonight candy. we're all going to a wonderful dinner here in washington. you will be receiving the first amendment award from the radio, tv, digital correspondents association as we like to call it. congratulations. >> thank you. >> news directors association. >> right. thanks. >> did i say it right? >> you got it. just use the letters. it's washington. do the acronym. >> rtdns. >> there you go. >> a lovely dinner. black tie optional. >> you don't have to wear a black tie. just come. >> i will.

sarah palin, donald trump, nfrp ra wayne la pierre, all set to appear. some people who will not appear? chris christie and bobd caught up with a corruption scandal at a veteran's charity. jennifer carroll stepped down days after answering investig e investigatinvestigat investigator's questions. carroll not among the 57 people charged with racketeering and money laundering. allegations of physical abuse at this california preschool. a form every teacheer teacher at taping a girl's ankles and wrists. >> that's insane. >> the teacher apparently took a picture of this and showed it to coworkers. one of them was the child's mother. who contacted authorities. also in california, a daycare teacher is being accused of drugging toddlers with over the counter sleep aides. a coworker saw her put pills in little white cups. apparents were outraged when they up found out. >> i would never imagine anybody doing anything to this to a kid. >> what do you think about somebody doing this to a kid? >> sickening. sick to my stomach. i work for a daycare too. it's hard. >> wow. the teacher caught before any of the one or two yea

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donald froms michigan city, indiana. coming up on the program we are the cpachear convention this week. we will talk with al cardenas as we talk about what has come a cpac. later on, bob edgar. he will talk about the campaign money machines ramping up on both sides of the aisle. he will talk about how specifically in new group this to advance the president's agenda. we want to show you a local content vehicle. they have been visiting areas not only to highlight things c-span2 over the weekend. we focused on alexandria, virginia. at a going to take a look number of topics. five young african american men were arrested as they attempted to get their library cards. want to find ar large group of young men and women who were willing to volunteer to be arrested. it was a fairly large number initially. august 21, 1939, the richest five young men who were available. they got dressed up in their best clothing. , they asked for library cards, were denied, and tucker had one of the of the brothers of one of these men waiting outside. he came over with a photographer who took the one shot that we have of the policemen and the men coming out of the building. tucker had instructed