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you will hear from the bill's sponsor, charles schumer, and a panel of journalists and lawyers. this is part of a conference focusing on government and the media. >> i will talk to senator schumer for little at about his free flow ofs the information act, and he will make his escape and we will have a panel of journalists who will pick apart everything he has to say. i assure you all of them will be here live and in the flesh. as you know, almost every state has your shield law or the traditional equivalent of it, but the exception being wyoming is the one state that does not. are we going to get a federal shield law? >> i think we are. it is i think the odds of getting a shield law passed certainly by the senate and maybe buy a house are very large. it is very likely the senate will pass the bill this year. just about every democrat is for the bill. that is from my own personal lobbying as well as the publishers and all the other groups and a journalism lobbying them. we have five publicans on record being for it. three are cosponsors. committee, pleasantly enough, grassley and

oh, yes, charles schumer $1,000. told us a few seconds ago that the koch brothers are wreaking havoc on our political system. you can criticize all you want but you better check your books before you make those accusations. >> a very long list. >> seems to be growing. >> ashley webster live with us this morning. good to see you. >>> coming up talk about the friendly skies. she was supposed to keep people safe but this flight attendant giving passengers a little something extra. >> you want to avoid the bickering with your spouse? i hope your answer is yes. what's already in your kitchen that is medically proven to keep the peace. >> now let's check in with brian kilmeade to see what's coming up. >> i can't relate to the spouse arguing. we haven't had an argument yet. it's tax day. we will answer your questions. we have a certified public accountant. we will sign off on your tax form and sign off for it. william shatner is here unrelated to the tax story. we are not giving away the internet. that's good news. martha m

or perhaps george soros is decides whether to bank sanders, charles schumer has declareed decision tocertain campaign contributions a another step on road to ruination. a 5-4 decision, voting with the dark side. chief justice roberts compareed political contribution with

democrats, including david axelrod who was then as an atdz viesor to the president, dick durbin, charles schumerd a fellow named carl levin, the senator from michigan who just happens to be your brother. you really don't think that that pressure from all the top democrats on the democratic irs and under the democratic administration had anything to do with this? >> the inspector general said, in essence, no. let me point out very clearly the 501c4 -- >> if they would just simply do an audit. they haven't completed their investigation. >> 501c4's are for entities that are involved until social welfare. not politics. as i said in 2012 -- >> wait a minute. priorities, usa, or at least as involved as crossroads gps. i mean, the irs did nothing to look at those liberal groups, but they went after groups. i mean, we have a point at which two liberal campaign finance groups went to lois lerner and said you really ought to go after gps, crossroads gps, the karl rove group, and she immediately orders an examination and audit of them. >> some of the 501c4 groups are liberal groups. there were liberal grou

. >> democratic senator charles schumer, had this to say, and i'm quoting. this in itself is a small step but another step on the road to unionation. it could lead to interpretations of the law that would result in the end of any fairness in the political system as we know it. so two very different assessments of this u.s. supreme court decision. joining us now, our political correspond taters kevin read and maria cardona and chief political analyst, gloria borger. politically, this is a very, very significant rule. >> yeah. it's very significant in the sense that it allows a wealthy donor to kind of spread the wealth and to say, okay, if i like these ten candidates, i can give the maximum amount to an unlimited number of candidates. i also think, quite frankly, that it helps political parties, because you can give more money to political parties and may take some of the emphasis away from the super pacs. we heard so much during the campaign. so if it's issues you care about like obamacare, maybe you'll give your money to a super pac who wants to stop obamac

democrats are going to make sure that changes, and new york democratic senator charles schumer said on "morning joe" -- >> they're the ones running these ads almost single-handedly. they've done i lot of batted things in the state. if it's our only strategy, we'll lose. we must have a positive agenda. that's what our fair shot agenda is, but we also have to have a shield that protects us from these ads, and i think the koch brother thing will work. >> here we every with me now to discuss this is eric bowler, and msnbc contributor and washington post opinion writer jonathan kapart. i want to start with you, jonathan, because you did write the piece in the washington post that essentially this is a smart strategy for democrats. flesh that out for us. >> you talked a little bit about it in your setup in talking about how when mitt romney was running for president all the attacks on bain capital and showing how sort of dark ask sinister bain capital was worked in nicking at some of the support that mitt romney could get. when i saw finally realized what harry reid was doing, thanks to mich

you will hear from the bill's sponsor, new york senator charles schumer and palestine lawyers. focusing onanel conflict between the government and media. >> i will talk to senator schumer for little at about his bill, which is the free flow of information act, and he will make his escape and we will have a panel of journalists who will pick apart everything he has to say. i assure you all of them will be here live and in the flesh. as you know, almost every state has your shield law or the traditional equivalent of it, but the exception being wyoming is the one state that does not. are we going to get a federal shield law? >> i think we are. it is i think the odds of getting a shield law passed certainly by the senate and maybe buy a house are very large. it is very likely the senate will pass the bill this year. just about every democrat is for the bill. that is from my own personal lobbying as well as the publishers and all the other groups and a journalism lobbying them. we have five publicans on record being for it. three are cosponsors. then in committee, pleasantly enough

charles schumer paints the effort as an assembly of the electorate.ncoming push on student loans is and at 49 million people -- 40 million people either in higher education or struggling with student debt. what the white house and democrats are trying to do. the washington times this morning in their story reports this. in a study last year by the american enterprise institute found that male white house staffers earning median salary of -- while female employees earn $65,000. the ministrations explanation for the discrepancy is that lower paid positions may be filled by more women than men. but those who hold the same jobs are paid equally regardless of their sex. women are paid on average $.77 for every dollar a man earns. critics say that measure fails to take into account government figures showing that men are almost twice as likely as women to work more than 40 hours a week, are much less likely to interrupt their work history to have or raise children and have other differences in labor market participation, including concentration in higher-pa

including david axel rod who has been an adviser to the president, dick durbin, charles shum eastern a fellow named carl schumer. you really don't believe that pressure from the top democrats on the democratic irs and democratic administration had anything to do with this? >> the inspector general said in essence, no. let me point out very clearly the 501-c-4 -- force. >> they just completed an audit. >> let me finish. 501-c-4 are those involved in social welfare, not politics. >> congressman, there were liberals groups that were involved in politics as well like priorities usa. the irs did nothing to look at those liberal groups but they went after groups. i mean we have a point at which two liberal campaign finance groups went to lois learner and said you really to go after gps to, the karl rove group and she immediately orders an examination, an audit of that. >> look, some of the 501-c-4 groups were liberal groups. there were liberal groups that investigated. the names are in the document that's are supposed to be secret. half of the money in 2012 reported to the sec came from two groups that are related to