listen to what democratic senator claire mccaskill said when asked if she would invite president obama to campaign with her? >> probably not. i mean, this is, you know, i mean, i try to be really candid and honest on this show. you know, the president's numbers are not strong, in my state or in arkansas or in louisiana or north carolina he did not win those states when he ran for election in 2012. >> "fortune magazine" senior editor neon i can't easton and susan fer riccio and rick klein, how fast can some of those democrats run? will it be an olympic pace? >> extremely fast. claire mccaskill gets bonus points for honesty. >> she said she was going to be candid and honest this time. bragging about it. >> what she is saying is what a lot of democrats are saying privately. they can say it publicly at this stage. president obama he is unpopular in a lot of places in this country. it is disproportionate in some of the red states. she doesn't have to worry about it this year. she has colleagues in states like north carolina and arkansas states like alaska, louisiana. those are places that y

the other is from claire mccaskill.oining me now from washington is missouri's democratic senator claire mccaskill. thank you so much for joining us. i know it's been a very, very busy day, a very busy week up there on the hill. let me quickly get your thoughts on what just transpired on the debt limit vote. you tweeted that it is sad that it is this hard to get five republican votes to avoid the default of america on its obligations. what was your reaction to this process? >> it's interesting to me that this is hard. we are the strongest nation on the planet. the dollar is used as the worldwide currency. we are an economic super power. the worst thing we could do is send a message to the world that we're bankrupt, that we're not going to pay our bills. this debt ceiling bill doesn't allow any additional spending. it is not a spending bill. it is just a mechanism that allows us to pay the bills that we have already incurred. the notion that people are playing around with this is hard for me to get around. now, we did ev

. >>> coming up on "morning joe," senator claire mccaskill will be here. >> oh, claire!todd is going to be here. "the new york times" indicate surnnike will also be here. >> first, bill karins. >>> first, here is bill karins with a check on the forecast. >> bill, i don't like you. >> we will work it out. >> we are having trouble with the new run. >>> national weather service in atlanta called this historic and catastrophic what they describe is occurring from atlanta to augusta and freezing rain and power outages. people were grabbing everything offer the grocery store shelves. a little bit rain and snow. mostly from birmingham north wards. atlanta will get sleet but it's a wednesday event for you really. here is how the whole storm plays out. wednesday p.m. the wintry mix then the storm up the coast. i-95 to the coast, snow and sleet but then once you get west of i-95, we are talking about a snowstorm. as far as the ice storm goes, major power outages expected up to three-quarters of an inch of ice. the snow side of the storm, the heaviest snow over virginia and mountai

senator claire mccaskill and how much she is disliked by the clinton camp. why is that? >> guest: to this day actually. she is one of the people who has come out early to endorse hillary clinton should she run in 2016 but it dates back to 2006. the clintons had campaigned for her and fund-raiser for her. she was on "meet the press" and she was asked about president clinton. she said something to the effect of he has been a great leader but i wouldn't want my daughter near him. that really angered a lot of clintonites and so following that she said she made a point to a friend where she said i wouldn't want to be stuck in an elevator with her which was an interesting moment. >> guest: senator mccaskill not only endorsed senator, then senator obama but there's a fresh endorsement every day on television. people were basically cursing their tv sets when they saw her on morning joe or "washington journal" whichever show she would be on. now you are seeing this go full circle where claire mccaskill is back in clinton's good graces and hillary clinton herself and

senator claire mccaskill had a hearing on it the other day. these are not things many branches of the military like to expose. they tend to come out drip, drim, drip, sometimes with reporters, sometimes with congress, and it takes a while to figure out the scope of them. >> ifill: that's what freedom of information acts are all about. is this something the top brass or the civilian brass is eroding public confidence in the military? >> it is, and it was pretty striking today to hear the pentagon secretary come out and say defense secretary chuck hagel is worried about the moral character of the force. those are very powerful force but especially in the military where honor and integrity are really the core of when they do. the public holds these commanders and enlisted people in very high esteem for what they do. when the top man in the pentagon says he's concerned about the moral courage, moral character of the force, and how big of a problem it is, that's pretty soors. >> ifill: is this something which multiple deployments can exacerbate? >>

i think that's why you saw senator claire mccaskill come out very early for her. she was a seven on the hit list. i don't think she was worried. she knew the hatred from the clintons still exists. so i think she tried to get out early and say i am supporting you guys. >> it's interesting when eg we talk about, you talking about this book in terms of the rebirth but also state secrets. in other words the job of secretary of state is so crucial to a potential 2016 run. you write in the book about her approach to the job, and this will be instructive when you debate whether she's a hawk or a dove but also the issues like benghazi. here's what you write about a bias for action. hillary also harbors a related trait that one source calls a bias for action which influences her decision making process. it can be seen in her approach to going after bin laden, her building of a coalition to 0 intervene in libya and she encourages her aides to innovate and improvise. she also felt in benghazi, the state department had to be there whatever the risks. that's going to be real f

and you heard claire mccaskill very clear, no, i don't necessarily want the president there. >> i thinkt running, wherever they are running, the secret is going to be to communicate personally to voters, to make sure voters understand their story, and also know and make sure voters know that the candidate understands them, that the candidate really cares about what voters are going through, and that's something that democrats in purple states, red states, blue states, have a very clear advantage over republicans on. republicans favorability as a party is just been sinking. it's lower than democrats' popularity. republicans in congress and the republican-led congress have record-low approval ratings, so i think democrats are going to have a lot of strength just in the image to both parties. >> is the president kryptonite to some of these candidates? >> i don't think the president is kryptonite. a lot of these candidates have had and will continue to have points of differentiation between themselves and the president and that's typical in these more republican-leaning or purple states, an

. >> senator claire mccaskill, leading the hearing, call this is one of the biggest fraud cases in the a deal that would give officers their first raises in six years. an arbitrator working with the city and union announced the terms of the deal. they would get a 4% raise retroactive to the middle of last year, receiving no raise this year and a 3% raise after that. the union says that doesn't keep up with the cost of living or make up for the past six years. >>> bob and maureen mcdonald will have to watch what they say around friends and family. a judge has ordered virginia's former governor and his wife not to discuss the corruption case against them. they've been orred not to have any contact with witnesses. they wanted some restrictions lifted so they would only be banned about talking about this secd round of winter than that. weather is crossing the country now. this morning, many people are digging out of the snow, while stranded passengers are just trying to get home. nbc's ron mott reports, many people have already had enough of winter. >> reporter: from kentucky to pennsylvan

those names you might be familiar with larry like ted kennedy for instance john kerry there were claire mccaskill their list goes on and on but.

those names you might be familiar with larry like ted kennedy for instance john kerry there were claire mccaskill their list goes on and on but there were some people who there who were seen as enemy combatants and people and they're not likely to forget these people any time soon john that is vaguely familiar to.

the names you might be familiar with larry like ted kennedy for instance john kerry there are claire mccaskill there are politicos on and on but there were some people who were there who were theme as enemy combatants and people and they're not likely to forget these people any time soon john that is vaguely familiar richard nixon. vaguely familiar to richard nixon of course the next anatomies list i think went beyond the idea of just knocking people out of public office you know what the clintons have done with this list is decide who they're going to campaign for who they're going to get the help to and who they're going to hurt on the campaign trail but that is in particular bill clinton in two thousand and ten and two thousand and twelve went after some democratic members of congress by supporting their primary opponents when those democratic members of congress had been seen as treacherous or disloyal to hillary clinton of course nixon and these lists was a little farther than that in terms of actually going after people's careers looking at firing people from their jobs so certainly a di

the senth - ted kennedy, john cary, clair mccaskill among others.you buy the line that this was misinterpreted? >> well, they are saying that they don't rely on it or circulate it. i think it serves as a reminder that they keep a track of friends and enemies. the clinton s are looking forward but looking back to this. people ask - how does it pertain to today. it does, if she's running in 2016 it plies to that. bill clinton is on revenge cycles in 2010 and 2012, where he took out people that didn't support his wife. it comes forward in times. >> both of you are convinced there's no question that she has not stopped running for president and will run in 2016. >> sure, the train is rolling and gaining steam for sure. all the outside groups formed around her. she is fundraising. ready for hill larry. all she needs to do is tied that she's running and the landscape is there for her. >> one thing that the book gives her credit for, talking about diplomacy is destroying the image of america around the world after the bush years. certainly you bring up the

john kerry, jay rockefeller, claire mccaskill, ted kennedy, patrick leahy.now that all politicians do this to a certain extent but do the clinton aides do this more than your average politician's aide? john? >> well, you know, they are much more clinical about it. they are keeping microsoft excel spreadsheets because they have come into contact with so many people over so many years that you couldn't keep it all in your head. one of the things we do in the book is go through -- that excerpt doesn't talk about it but we go through the people that bill clinton went after on the campaign trail in 2010, 2012. my favorite part of the book is howard berman who supported assume. bill clinton gave an endorsement statement and then there was a campaign to get bill clinton to stop, not do a fund-raiser for sherman and even went to hillary clinton and said he thinks it's ironic that hillary clinton is asking for his vote while bill clinton is out there campaigning against him and hillary clinton just laughed and told him that she was out of politics and as it turns out

number seven you had ted kennedy, claire mccaskill among others. do you buy the line from the clinton camp that this was misinterpreted? >> well, they are saying that they don't rely on it or circulate it. it serves as a reminder to people that they keep track of friends and enemies. they are constantly looking forward and back. so there's people asking how does it pertain to today. clearly if she's running in 2016, it will apply to that. point went on revenge cycles where he took out people that didn't support his wife. it all comes forward in time. >> both of you are convinced there's no question that she hasn't stopped running for president. >> this train is rolling and gaining steam. all the outside groups formed around her. she is fundraising, ready for hilary. all she needs to do is decide she's running and the landscape is there for her. >> one thing that the book gives her credit for, after the bush years, and you bring up positive things with bob gates and general david petraeus had to say, given everything that happened since you wrote th

now, i suppose -- am i surprised they take john kerry or claire mccaskill, given that they were effectively opposition to them? >> it's pretty common for politicians to have these kinds of lists. the thing about the clintons is that they have the power to reward and punish, more than any other politician in modern history, i think that's most important about them. i think we tell the story about how they do look forward with this list, it's not just -- this list was done in 2008 but it can be applied in 2016, it was applied in 2010, 2012. they look forward, but they look back con stan thely as part of their narrative. >> there's one congressman in particular. we tell the story of how he had been seen betraying hillary clinton's task force, he wouldn't give her his endorsement, it infuriated the clintons, bill clinton in particular, saw him at a fund-raiser and staired him down, a year later, saw him at a funeral and stared him down. he talked to jason altmire saying, if you don't have loyalty in politics, what do you have? ultimately in 2012, jason altmire had a democratic primary, he was s

listen to claire mccaskill who is a supporter of the president on another network this morning say, you know what, i can't blame democrats for not wanting to be seen with him. >> if you were running for re-election in arkansas, louisiana, or north carolina, would you invite the president in and campaign side-by-side with him? >> probably not. i mean, this is -- you know, i try to be really candid and honest on this show. ia know, the president's numbers are not strong in my state or in arkansas or louisiana, or north carolina. >> i'm guessing there's going to be a lot of scheduling conflicts. the senators on one side of the state and the president's on the other, we just can't seem to come together. >> they have nothing to offer to go out there. they understand the reality of this. they lost virtually every state, obama did, a really tough election. >> thank you, greg gutfeld for answering. >> if the candidates choose not to run with obama, how is that not racist? remember anyone who disagreed with his liberal agenda was smeared as racist? the naacp call out all these cowardly white dem

. >> claire mccaskill says if she were campaigning she would not campaign with obama, how effective wouldning be, and do you think senators, and if you like your plan you can keep your plan how effective do you think it will be? >> i think it is the most important issue and can't see anything changing that. obviously, the obama-friendly media will try to change the subject to anything else. but it is going to be hard with people who are getting their premium notices in the mail. and oh, great, now they put it off, the requirement for the smaller employees. unconstitutionally i might add. but there is now a caveat to the constitution. you can't impeach a president if he is our first black president. but this idea that obama can just switch the implementation of the law in order to avoid the mid-term election, i still think enough people are being hurt. you know, i have talked about on fox news and twitter a friend of mine whose sister was thrown off her insurance plan because of obama care, she got a fever and put off going to the hospital because the new obamacare had not kicked in. and s

she would be on every morning so now we have seen this -- claire mccaskill is trying to get back and bill clinton's good graces. when you talk to their aides they still hate her. that is not going to change anytime soon. >> back to her decisionmaking process, this is one part from your book. she had something more driving herds in power. she has a strong moral compass. this is a quote from one of her a long time friends she leans into. she doesn't wear religion on her sleeve but if you had any links of conversation with her as a methodist and talk to her about her faith she would be very insightful. what do you make of the role of faith? >> something she has talked about at times, but generally reticent about, clearly is important to her, one of the things we found out is she is on the e-mail chain with a small set of old friends palmer her faith adviser in 2008, more, a longtime clinton aide who was with jesse jackson, discussing religious teachings and quote, something where sheet doesn't go to church in public, disturbing other people's ability to worship because of the fanfare, a

probably -- i think that's fair to say to say in this -- is fellow democratic woman senator claire mccaskillmissouri. she disagrees with you, has competing legislation. she says, "it hasn't worked where it's been tried. supporters of this alternative cite a number of american allies that have moved to similar systems but not one of these countries has seen the increase in reporting that proponents promise." why is she wrong? >> i support senator mccaskill's additional reforms. they'll continue to help vick testimony who is report. the reason she's wrong is our allies didn't have a problem with military sexual assault and lack of reporting. they changed their systems for civil liberties reasons to say the scales of justice have to be blind. you can't tip it for victims or perpetrators. when the uk changed their system it was because of a murder trial. someone said i can't get a fair trial because my commanders have already decided the case. israel made chair change in 1955 so obviously it wasn't military sexual assault. but their militaries didn't full fall apart the day they removed the deci

claire mccaskill said i'm all right, i don't want to campaign with president obama.re pushing away. >> you would, too. >> they're telling you loud and clear, they want no part of being attached to obamacare. what does that mean going into the election? give it to them, offer it to them. paste it across their chest. obamacare, this guy, this gal. >> bob, you're the indufatig indufatiguable defender of obamacare. because maybe you don't care. you continue to defend it at all costs, but do you think -- the fact that democrats don't want to be tagged with it, do you think that's going to make things worse for trying to get it implemented. >> first of all, if i could just remind you that you are the one who said, bob, if i were you, i would stick to your universal health care position, which i did. >> because you -- right, the single payer. >> i agree with greg that that was a republican ad that appear peeled to the heart, and finally republicans found a heart. look, i agree with kirsten, and i agree generally with people who have to get on the air and defend this. it is

. >> if bill clinton is going to be the first gentleman, and you have claire mccaskill saying a whilegoing to let her daughter in the same room with him, why is that not relevant? >> i mean, they have gone all michelle bachmann's husband, it is rapproval ratings were 73%. so if the republicans want to go against bill clinton on this issue, they're welcome to. >> remember, it was a different time in the country, the clintons presided over a booming economy. >> they may love hillary clinton. >> well, that is true. the problem is, you pointed out the double standard. hillary clinton like bill clinton, barack obama, they enjoy a certain amount of immunity. barack obama, because he is the first viable black president, hillary clinton, because she is the first viable woman. and they are leftist democrats. >> you think we shouldn't discuss this, if it had not been for the war on women -- >> of course we would have, because she is running for president. >> in 2008 -- >> listen, people were busy beating up on her, she had the toughest time with it. people loved barack obama in the media. let's

were up against fierce opposition and chairman of the armed services committee, carl levin and claire mccaskillo follow your lead on taking the prosecution from military prosecutors. what are your best arguments on this as you try to marshall votes? >> we have more than half of the senate in agreement that this is a reform that's needed. if you listen to the victims and survivors, they will tell you the reason why only one of ten crimes are even reported because they don't trust the chain of command. that breach of trust has been broken and even head of the marines has said the reason why a female won't report, they don't trust us, don't trust the chain of command will do anything. we should reform the system in a way that creates accountability and makes sure justice is possible. that's how we see more prosecutions and more convictions and change the culture within the military. >> tell me about the victims survivors who are going to be testifying at your hearing tomorrow? >> tomorrow's hearing is unfortunately about a serious issue of suicide. the suicide rate among sexual assault survivors i

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claire mccaskill, colleague of yours who says "this has unfortunately been characterized as victims versusgon. that does the victims a real disservice." you are the pentagon fighting you. what's the opposition grounded in? >> you'll hear the department of defense say you can't possibly do this because it will undermine good order and discipli discipline. first, 26,000 cases of rape and sexual assault is not good order and discipline. second, you're not taking commanders off their hook. you're not making them less responsible. in fact, so few commanders have this role today. less than 20%. so most commanders have to train their troops, take them to war and never have this ability to make this decision. third, our allies have already done this. our allies, uk, austria, germany, netherlands, all of them have taken this decision out of chain of command for civil liberties reasons. they agreed you can nnot have a system of justice that allows someone who's biased and untrained to make the only decision about whether it goes to trial. >> the farm bill passed. democratic votes. the president took

. >> reporter: missouri senator claire mccaskill said official recruiters not eligible for the finder's fee would get another member of the guard to officially take credit of the recruitment in exchange for the kickback. the scam was uncovered by an army audit in 2011 that said 1,200 recruiters and more than 2,000. >> there's an estimate that the fraud might be as high as $30 million. >> reporter: one guardsman alone alleg allegedly had $200,000. and now there are 500 criminal investigations taking place across the country. including in colorado where christopher thomas clark is accused of receiving $30,000 to recruit individuals he never met. luke peelgran made $55,0$55,000 >> when somebody has an opportunity to commit crimes, especially those individuals working for the federal government. >> the program was shut down in 2012 but not before it spawned in the army and army reserves. 19 guard members have pled guilty so far in this growing scandal. norah and charlie? >> thanks, nancy. >>> cruise ship tragedy is under investigation this morning off the coast of north carolina. two young

that, senator claire mccaskill has told lawmakers has invited fraud. >> when you pay people per personhave been accused of signing people up multiple times. signing up those who don't qualify. and in some cases even creating bogus customers. >> that will come to the address -- >> reporter: this video shows a carrier called icon. which only operated in oklahoma signing people up. the fcc gave icon $53 million over two years. that mean in 2013 alone, icon would have had to sign up more than 75% of the state's population to lifeline. last summer oklahoma officials filed this complaint, questioning icon's customer information. it included 32,000 violations of the program's rules and regulations. in november icon abruptly closed. and one of the nation's largest lifeline carrier, terracom is being investigated by the state of indiana. >> you got paid for this subscriber despite the fact that the signature here is ill levelable, is that correct? >> reporter: for requires 30,000 customers there in just a few months. in some applications vacant homes were listed as addresses and signatures didn

and then you have this one from senator claire mccaskill who was a huge supporter of president obamaime around, probably not. the president's numbers are not strong in my state or in arkansas or louisiana or north carolina. he did not win those states when he won for re-election in 2012, so she's saying thanks, but no thanks to help from the president. >> are yeah. they want obamacare -- they want us to ignore the failures of obamacare. new york times just the other today wrote a story about danielle. she has cancer, signed up for obamacare. because in california 70% of doctors are not accepting obamacare patients, she couldn't see her oncologist. now, julie, you know the whole pitch of obamacare was to increase access, and now we're seeing access is even worse for millions of americans under obamacare. this is nothing to champion here. >> i will tell you, i mean, as of today there's a new report out that 3.3 million people now have health care thanks to obamacare. >> and like 10% of those were uninsured previously. >> let me, let me -- [inaudible conversations] let me finish my thou

senator clair mccaskill is not in support of that bill and has been the leading opponent.o make light of it, this issue of sexual assault from the military and whether or not these cases should be removed from the chain of command so that female and male soldiers who are victimized are more likely to come forward and the perpetrators are more likely to be prosecuted. netflix's house of cards. take a listen. >> civilian oversight is not the answer. >> my husband is a civilian who oversees the military. are you suggesting that civilians can offer no guidance in marries like this? >> i didn't mean to suggest that at all. >> maybe you can suggest it to the civilian sitting across from you. >> of course this is just a show, but i wonder, this was one of the last questions and i wonder whether an issue like this being voiced on a fictional show helps the cause or threatens to diminish it in any way. here's what she had to say. >> even though a popular series has taken this, it's another vehicle for victims's stories to be heard. what we are talking about is many women have been

and claire m mccaskill said only three republicans joined to save this nation, we know it was averted but not without a lot of drama on capitol hill. >> also in washington president obama is doing his part to help boost the wages of some workers. increasing the minimum hourly wage for federal contractors from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour. it will b effect 250,000 worker, and the president announced the plan in his state of the union dress just last month. >> former new orleans mayor ray nagin convicted of accepting bribes. we have been following this story from new orleans, ben, first of all, any reaction from the former mayor for his defense team? >> reporter: they just walked out 20 minutes ago. they didn't have much reaction. the mayor very statistic, very stone-faced as he has been as he has been at trial. it's been 11 days of trial. the jury took just six hours to deliberate this case over two straight days. ray nagin walked out of federal court the first former mayor of new orleans ever to be convicted. he was accused of 21 counts of corruption, and the jury found him guilty of 20 of

. >> claire mccaskill announced she supports hillary clinton. she's onboard.irm that every democratic woman in the u.s. senate has signed on to a letter delivered earlier this year encouraging hillary clinton to run for president in 2016. >> run, hillary. run! if you run, you'll win and we'll all win. >> chuck schumer, always subtle there. the millions it continue to flow into the ready for hillary super pac, some have argued hillary clinton with her close relationshipses is vulnerable. elizabeth warren voices a progressive economic vision. she will not be running in 2016. those arguments came from the voice familiar to our audience here at msnbc. >> i don't want hillary clinton to run for president in 2016. they have enabled them to raep all the profit. someone who sat on the anti-union board of walmart for six years the right person to restore workers rights? in a time we're still reeling from a global financial disaster brought on by foolhardy bank deregulation, someone who recently took $400,000 to give two speeches at goldman sachs, the person we named to

host: that made news, but there was one part in here where you talk about claire mccaskill, the senator, and how much she is disliked by the clinton camp. why is that? guest: to this day. it is interesting. she has come out early to endorse hillary clinton. it dates back to 2006. the clintons had campaigned and fun raised for her and she was on "meet the press," and she was asked about president clinton, and she said something to the effect of, i think he has been a great leader but i would not want my daughter near him. that angered a lot of clintonites and following that, she made a quip to a friend saying, she would not want to be stuck in an elevator with her, which we found to be interesting. guest: in 2008, she not only endorsed senator obama, but the issue of a fresh endorsement every day on television, they had -- the headquarters, people were cursing their tv sets every time they saw her on whichever show she would be on. they got very upset or you now see it come full circle where she is trying to get back into clinton posses good graces. hillary clinton herself and bill clint

one would have probably beaten the democratic incumbent, claire mccaskill, pretty easily. one probably would've beaten her but then there was one that was exotic. so democrats went in and ran tv ads during the republican akin ofaccusing todd being too conservative for missouri. in a republican primary, throw me in that writer pat. --briar patch. they stared the republican nomination to the one guy who was capable of seizing defeat from the jaws of victory and successfully did so. you will see some of that going on this time as well. mitch mcconnell, if you did a poll today, it would probably be 46%, it's a close race. it's not because he got 53% of the vote last time. in many states in 2008, obama was doing really well and john mccain was really hurting. that affected the performance of republican candidates but not so much in kentucky. obama was not -- kentucky was not on obama state. macconnell got 53% of the vote last time. if mitch mcconnell loses this race this year, i think it is not because they will be getting more democrats in the state then there were six years a

sell be sitting down with claire mccaskill and saxby chambliss talking about the armed services committeeow time. the president expected to speak on the situation in ukraine at about 4:45 p.m. eastern time. we're going to take a quick break. keep it right here. plenty more ahead. make it happen with fidelity active trader pro. it's one more innovative reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. call or click to open your fidelity account today. iwe don't back down. we only know one direction: up so we're up early. up late. thinking up game-changing ideas, like this: dozens of tax free zones across new york state. move here. expand here. or start a new business here... and pay no taxes for 10 years. with new jobs, new opportunities and a new tax free plan. there's only one way for your business to go. up. find out if your business can qualify at start-upny.com >>> welcome back. we saw markets selling off on this news as we were heading into the close on concerns i should say on ukraine. they rebounded but now we're learning president obama is about to speak on the tensions in ukraine a

claire mccaskill and the rest were on there. they put together a list of the good and the bad.u could, you got a 1. if you didn't support her, you got a 7. >> so they actually put a numerical vote out? >> oh, yeah. >> this is serious stuff. >> notable lawmakers on the hit list. that is rough! >> chris van hollen didn't know why he was on there! >> who has time to make hit list and rate your enemy? >> a person who loses the primary. >> it was her staff? >> yes, it was her staff. the staff of the losing candidate. >> and chris christie's staff that shut down the george washington bridge. it starts at the top. >> the reason that matters you saw bill clinton the last two election cycles go after these people and knock them out of congress. congressman from pennsylvania and pat murphy, he ran for state attorney general. bill clinton helped his opponent. howard berman, i think you know him, mika, foreign affairs committee chairman. >> i think i'm okay on that one, mika. i think you may be in trouble. >> we should say they were really great about access and so maybe we are not on thei

. >> by the way, mike, i had promised both claire mccaskill and bill wolfe that for all of our talkingo that. >> john and i were talking about cardinals fans earlier. >> yeah, die hard. i grew up -- stan musial, those guys. >> second greatest fans in the world. >> second greatest. >> they know baseball, and they respect the other players. there's not a lot of booing going on. they enjoy the game. they're really into it. >> just like yankee fans. >> yeah, just exactly like -- >> i love your story. can i tell your story? >> tell his story. >> which one did i -- which one do you have? >> it's a really good one. your father was postal worker. >> yes. >> your mother waited tables at the local barbecue. went to missouri state on a football scholarship. >> that's not true. >> no? >> no, but that's -- >> okay. can you do us a favor? >> lean back? >> it's like clooney -- >> no, like talking to his son, ash, don't interrupt, you're getting in the way of the story. >> did you play football? >> i played high school football. we won one game in four years. i was injured moat ed most of year. >> per

. >> reporter: missouri senator claire mccaskill said official recruiters not eligible for the finder'see could get another member of the guard to officially take credit for the recruitment in exchange for a kickback. the scam was discovered from an army audit that determined 1200 recruiters and 2,000 additional guards members had received potentially fraudulent payments. >> we're talk about tens of millions of dollars. in fact, an estimate that the fraud might be as high as $30 million. >> reporter: one guardsman alone allegedly amassed $275,000. and now there are more than 500 criminal investigations taking place across the country. including in colorado where christopher thomas clark is accused of receiving nearly $30,000 to recruit individuals he never met. luke peelgran made $25,000. and jeremy jerome wilson, $43,000. >> i think any taxpayer would be concerned with that. where our tax dollars go to crimes and someone has an opportunity to commit crimes, especially individuals who work for the federal government. >> the program was shut down in 2012. but not before it spawned simila