and brett ehrlich is talking about george w. bush's library. >> it's official.ril 25th the current and former presidents of the united states will reunite for the opening of the george w. bush presidential library in dallas, texas. this calls for a joke dump. ♪ >> this group of five is referred to as the president's club, which many consider the most exclusive club in the world. that is of course behind fatty steakhouses news busters. the event will be attended by all former presidents all living former presidents that is. so sorry, martin van buren, you can't come. the building would have opened sooner but there was a delay after the plan to get w himself design the sign on the front of the building. the event will be not be attended by nancy reagan. so what is the point? one branch will be dedicated to the literary classics that inspired w this branch will be known as the empty branch. >> michael: thanks for joining us here in "the war room" tonight. have a great night. cenk uygur and ben mankiewicz are hosting "the young turks" next. ♪ young turks is that we'

so just calm down brett ehrlich is talking. >> mark sanford, statesman, candidate, hiker of appalachianssional opponent in the polls, and when you are trailing someone in the polls, you have two options. one, challenge them to a face-to-face debate and tear and scratch until you have lowered them to your level. or two hire aliens to invade the earth. well mark sanford doesn't know any aliens but elizabeth colbert-busch did not want to debate him. so he tweeted this. a photo of him next to a poster of nancy pelosi. if you are going to debate a cardboard cutout at least have the decency to cut it out and prop it up as opposed to have your staffer stand behind it. there's a new worst job in politics, so you are of the hook, john boehner's spray tan guy. also use a bad picture of your opponent. not as one as smoking hot as nancy pelosi in this tantalizing pant suit. call me. and finally, and perhaps most importantly, how much can you win a debate like this? because no matter what you say, you are still the guy who shelled out 50 bucks at kinko's for something that is really not that funny w

. >> michael: up next we'll come back with our own brett ehrlich. >> what a way to start the day.hanie miller" >> this is big for me. only on current tv. fruit just got cooler. fruit on one side, cool on the other. ice breakers duo a fruity cool way to break the ice. ♪ >> michael: don't call it a comeback. mark sanford is one step away from returning to public office, tiger woods is number one in the world again, and the newest comeback kid could be anthony weiner. the congressman who resigned after sending the infamous underwear twitter pick around the world. for more we have our own brett ehrlich in the studio. brett this is big news. >> this is huge news. i'm very excited. business insider ran a photo of a bunch of photographers waiting outside of anthony weiner's apartment to get a photo of him. and my question is don't we have enough photos of anthony weiner and do you think the one you are going to get waiting outside of his apartment is going to be any better than the one we already have. you should be waiting by your computer waiting for him to second another photo. >> mic

and don't worry if we were being too serious about earth day, because our own brett ehrlich isn't.m down, brett is talking now. >> hey, everybody, it's earth day! woo-hoo! earth! it's your day. you are looking so good i could miss kiss you. in fact i'm going to. oh, wow, morning breath. google shows a delightful earth that is flat. well done google. this earth day i'm going to celebrate by tipping my hat to people on this planet who clearly aren't from it. the aliens among us. first up chuck grassley. here is how he reacted today. >> i say that particular those that are pointing to what happened, the terrible tragedy in boston as i would say an excuse for not doing a bill or delaying it many months or years. >> i never said that! >> wow, the alien doth protest too much. then tom foreman, he thought the best use of the news apparatus is to drop backpack. >> if you look at the outline of the backpack this is a fairly substantial pack here. that's a fairly substantial backpack. >> yeah tom, we on earth call those backpacks, and that's what they are shaped like. now do you want to say

. >> michael: brett ehrlich is next. that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest.estion whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> michael: it has, indeed been a rough week. senate republicans threw up a roadblock against stiffer gun background checks. a few minutes later fox news threw president obama off the air. it's all outrageous, but calm down because brett is finally talking now. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> so the senate filibuster background checks for people who buy guns online and at gun shows. in response the president gave a stirring speech that was seen on both major networks live on its entirety and fox for 17 glorious ends. >> i think we have him right here. >> obama: a few months ago in response to too many tragedies including the shooting of an united states congresswoman gabby giffords, who is here today, and the murder of 20 innocent school children and their teachers, this country-- >> all right, is that what we're doing? all right, guys. >> they can get th