i mean, it's not like cochran -- sorry, just one more point on cochran.it's not like he's an arlen specter who's constantly against us. i don't really like the big spenders either, but by and large, cochran has been a solid conservative vote and has great relationship with blacks in this mississippi. he does get a lot of blacks to vote for him. it isn't true that this is a new thing. >> next question. over here. >> hi. katherine telford, i'm from norb virginia. i was going to -- northern virginia. i was going to jump back and talk about immigration, and i've heard you mention it before that if amnesty passes, then that's kind of it for the republican party. like that, game over to. but, you know, what if amnesty doesn't pass? i know the demographics have already changed -- >> right. >> -- so much. kind of what do you think where we already are means for the future of the republican party and, i guess, for that matter the democratic party as well. >> i'm glad you asked me that because i also say amnesty to also include continuing our current immigration po

and then there's phil cochran who was charming.e was also the real life character for if you remember the strip terry and the pirates. colonel flip corkin, that's phil cochran. there he is. johnny allison was a little pined-sized guy. he was a daring fighter ace. he had seven victories over japanese planes flying with the 14th air force. he was considered a natural pilot. there were some others. there was a movie star turned glider pilot. his name was flight officer jackie coogan. starred with charlie chaplain in the kid and a whole lot of others. there were another one of these pilots named dick cole. i don't know what i just did. we're going to go back. we're going to go back. i think i pushed the wrong button. no, i'm going backwards, i'm pretty sure. there it is. there it is. okay. so that's dick. see if i can do it right this time. there. okay. yeah, he's here tonight.kvpg? >> he is? >> i think i just went too far. and this guy, this handsome young man right there is here tonight. that's patt meara. looks like he's got a prett

>> parro went on to tell us that in order to survive in cochran, he had to understand cochran. >> you know, at the beginning when i was facing the 41 months, i thought how in the hell am i going to make it? i didn't see myself as being a part of this community. it is a community no matter how dysfunctional it is, no matter how bizarre and assinine and ridiculous and stupid. it is very stupid. there's a lot of rules here that are enforced by inmates. >> many of those inmate enforced rules revolve around racial politics. >> a lot of the people here have affiliation to gangs. but they asked me who i run with. well, you know, i run with teachers and librarians usually. and when i find them, then i'll run with them. but sort of haven't found too many of them yet. >> parro must also deal with racial politics in his prison job as a housing clerk. >> i got a message that you had called over here. >> usually i come in the morning i see who is paroled, if there have been roll-ups, there are beds open. >> i've got 109 up, 242 up. those are open since yesterday. >> i kind of look at those and see

mitch mcconnell, lindsey graham, thad cochran and they have failed. whether pat roberts deserves a third term, rung against milton wolf, the president's third cousin. if republicans pick wolf, they'll lose the seat in the fal fall. >> quite frankly, i think my opponent cannot be elected in the general election and so a vote for wolf basically would be a vote for to send democrat to congress in the senate and back harry reid and back obama. >> he wasn't really living in the home he owns in dodge city but was renting a $300-a-month-room to maintain the state. i have full access to the recliner. unsurprisi unsurprisingly, that recliner has shown up in wolf ads. >> he moved to washington 47 years ago. here in kansas he rents a lazyboy recliner at a donor's house on a golf course. roberts only visits -- >> every time i get an opponent. >> that last sound bite is from roberts, who slipped up in a radio interview saying this, every time i get an opponent -- every time i get a chance, i come home. >> he addressed the residency issue again yesterday calling th

cochran was certified as the winner by over 6,000 votes. but according to mcdaniel says there's invalid bat lots. they are believed to be from african-americans who turned out to vote for senator cochran in the run-off. >> they asked us to put up or shut up. here we are. here with the evidence. the integrity of the elections process of the state of mississippi matters. matters. but likewise the integrity of the republican party and its primary system and a party and a system that we love so much, it matters as well. >> senator cochran's campaign defends the results and in a statement said in part we're dedicated to the defense of the votes of those mississippins who voted on june 24 for thad cochran as their united states senator, an election which has been thorough reviewed and examined as any in modern mississippi history. >> washington and the rest of the nation remembering, former white house press secretary james brady on monday. he was left paralyzed after the assassination attempt on president reagan. only 69 days after ronald reagan

ever on earth. >> ♪ and i fall to pieces >> it's important historically that people know who hank cochrannd what he did, and he always wanted to be the hemingway of country music, and i think he did it. >> it's stunning when you look at the body of work that he was able to accomplish and stay relevant for so long. that's way out of the ordinary. >> ♪ i've got everything ♪ everything but you >> they will be recording hank cochran songs way down the line and probably not even know who he was. >> i think it's really important for people to understand where country music came from and the era of the '50s and '60s, which is hank cochran, harlan howard, willie nelson, roger miller. these guys set the standard for writing songs. >> ♪ don't you ever get tired ♪ of hurting me ♪ he was responsible, really, for me going to nashville and getting a job writing for pamper music. hank had a lot to do with me getting started. >> i met hank. he reached out his hand and had a cd that already had my name on it. i kind of gathered that this wasn't by chance. >> shortly after he first met him, hank was diagno

cochran did vote against cloture to end debate. so only this audience would even understand what i just said. he voted against not only mighto rubio's amnesty bill, this is the clincher, cochran voted against ronald reagan's 1986 amnesty bill. that's pretty impressive. you vote that way, i don't care how much bacon you bring back to the state. but republicans have got to stop this in-fighting. i mean, it's not like -- sorry, just one more point on cochran. it's not like he's an arlen specter who's constantly against us. i don't really like the big spenders either, but by and large, cochran has been a solid conservative vote and has great relationship with blacks in mississippi. he does get a lot of blacks to vote for him. it isn't true that this is a new thing. >> next question over here. >> hi. katherine from northern virginia. i was going to jump back to your talk about immigration, and you kind of touched on this right at the end, and i've heard you mention it before that if amnesty passes, then that's kind of it for the republi

it's not like, one more point on cochran. it's not like he's arlen specter who's constantly against us. by and large cochran has been a solid conservative vote and has a great relationship with blacks. he does get a lot of blacks to vote for him. >> next question, over here. >> hi. i'm from northern virginia. to jump back to talk about immigration and a touchdown this at the hands and i think you mentioned it before that if amnesty passes that's it for the republican party. that's game over. what if fantasy doesn't pass and the demographics have changed so much? what do you think for the future of the republican party and for that matter the democratic party as well? >> i'm glad you asked me that because i was a amnesty also to include our current immigration policies. that is amnesty on the installment plan. what we need is an immigration moratorium. 100% right now. wages are rock bottom. we can't pick up "the new york times" without hearing about income inequality. if you want to hear income inequality stop jump -- dumping

cochran did vote against cloture to end the debate. only this audience understands what i said. he voted against marco rubio's amnesty bill and voted against reagan's 1986 amnesty bill. that is impressive. you vote that way, i don't care how much bacon you bring back to the state. it accept like he is a specter who is constantly against us. he is a solid, conservative vote and has great relationships with the blacks in mississippi. >> next question over here. >> hi, catherine from northern virginia. i wanted to jump back to the talk about immigration and you it touched on this at the end an mention it before that if amnesty passes that is it for the republican party and game-over. what if amnesty doesn't pass? i know the demographics have changed and what do you think where we already where and what it means for the future of the republican party for that matter the democratic party. >> i always say ammesty to includude continuing the curren immigration policy. that is amnesty on the installment plan. we need an immigration moratorium. wages are at rock bottom. if you want to en

meanwhile in mississippi, chris mcdaniel challenged the results of his gop runoff loss to thad cochran. mcdaniel claims thousands of ineligible voters cast ballots. he wants state party officials to declare him the winner. >>> big day tomorrow for army sergeant bowe bergdahl. he'll be questioned about his experience in afghanistan. many of bergdahl's fellow soldiers claimed he deserted his post before the taliban captured him in 2009. bergdahl you'll recall was freed in may for a prison swap for high-ranking taliban members. >>> the u.s. is digging into sub prime car lending beginning with

the african-american community new cochrane -- knew cochran. african-americans overwhelmingly vote democratic. you have some instances in some states where they might like their republican congressman or their republican senator. it is not unusual in a state race or a senate race to have a republican that has african-american voters. african-americans are not a monolith. you mentioned hispanics are fiscally liberal and socially conservative. african-americans could almost be seen in the same light, which also has appeal for the republican party. if you look at the legislative history, remember that african-americans voted for george wallace in his later days. african-americans voted for strom thurmond in his later days. it happens. this was different. it was unusual, but not unique. >> we are also seeing some similar tactics being used in other races, for example, the republican candidate in illinois is targeting african-americans a way cochrane did in mississippi, and also tim scott is targeting latinos in florida in an attempt to reach the go

mcconnell, the senate minority leader held off a challenge from matt bevin and in mississippi thad cochran lasted against his challenger. >> one other take away, the republican party divided both pat roberts and lamar alexander less than 50% of the vote. issues like immigration were

and it's exactly what alexander cochrane, who is in charge of the entire fleet, agreed to do. on august 19, of 1814, the army lands in benedict, which is about halfway up the river from the bay towards washington. meanwhile, you have the other squadron underneath captain james gordon, sailing up the

cochran is going to be chief appropriator. he's going to be the head of appropriations. now, if you're the chief lobbyist who owns a state, the most corrupt state in the country, it helps to have the head appropriator in your corner. so that's kind of the why do this kind of thing. now, what happened? what happened, and i posted all the documentation. i have all mississippi wired, all this mississippi housewives. like, i will say, hey, go get this document for me, and somebody will drive four and a half hours and get it for me. people are so angry at what happened here. what happened is a whole number of democrats crossed over and voted. i know you're probably going to say, oh, this is politics, politics is an ugly business, you know, this is terrible, but, you know, how likely is widespread voter fraud? well, there are ab awful lot of -- an awful lot of people who have come out with allegations that are substantive, who have a lot of documentation supporting these statements, who -- there's a lot more that will come out. thro

cochran narrowly defeated mcdaniel in a runoff.iel claimed cochran won based on ineligible voters but judge found mcdaniel waited too long to file the lawsuit. if the ruling stands, cochran is xpakted to have an easy path to victory in the fall general election. >>> as gulf coast marks nine years since hurricane katrina, there are new signs of progress in new orleans but not all aspects of the recovery are creating equal. mitch landrieu joins me next. >> first, julia boorstin has the cnbc market wrap. >> going into the long weekend, markets up across the board. s&p rising 7 points and that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. (son) oh no... can you fix it, dad? yeah, i can fix that. (dad) i wanted a car that could handle anything. i fixed it! (dad) that's why i got a subaru legacy. (vo) symmetrical all-wheel drive plus 36 mpg. i gotta break more toys. (vo) introducing the all-new subaru legacy. it's not just a sedan. it's a subaru. this is bill. his doubleheader day at the park starts with back pain... and a choice. take 4

i intend to go after corrupt republicans as they have with thad cochran.i'm not interested in being part of a political tribe. my christian views are such that you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free. i am not interested in being, i believe in principles over parties and over people. i think registering to vote in being part of the republican machine is fun for a lot of people and i understand people get psychic rewards for it. i don't even leave the house to get food. i'm working all the time from 6:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m.. my wife literally has to pull me away so we can go on a day. this is the cause of my life and i'm happy to work as long as necessary. i don't want to sully the aggressive go after the truth message that i am bringing by being a part of any campaign. that might change. if certain people were to run for president who endorsed my book i would certainly consider getting involved with their campaign. i might even do research for their super pac. that might be interesting in the future. as for the rest of it i've been invol

mcdaniel's legal team argues the votes that put the six-term republican senator cochran over the edgeh runoff were illegal or questionable because they contend many of the predominantly black democratic voters that the cochran campaign turned out on june 4 24th had previously according to the mcdaniel team had previously voted in the june 3rd democratic primary. state law says that you cannot vote in one party's primary and then turn around and vote in the other party's runoff. mcdaniel's team is pushing that argument hard, although they have yet to prove that anywhere near enough illegal votes were cast to potentially effect the outcome of the runoff. but it is a remind eer that thi summer of strange primary elections still isn't over. the next one to keep an eye on is happening tomorrow in kansas, where pat roberts is generally expected to win his party's nomination for a fourth term, but his team party challenger may have him sweating aly l b i bit on the eve of the primary. >> you told kansans, you've given your word you'll give a debate. you said it multiple times in multiple pla

thad cochran's people got desperate. they realized they could win in the republican primary so they decided the only way they could win was to cheat. so what did they do? they went to the dim craddock community and went to urban areas and they literally begged them to vote republican for the first time in their entire life in the republican primary even though most of them had already voted a month prior to the democratic primary and it is against the law to vote in both primaries in mississippi. they said don't worry, no one will know. no one is watching. you've got to vote for thad cochran who's been in office for 36 years against this wayne root alone. this tea party gy chris mcdaniel. why? because he wants to cut spending. what thad cochran promises to keep the welfare checks coming, keep the footsteps coming, keep the unplumbed checks coming and to keep all the bacon coming from washington, d.c. for every employer in the area. and the election was won by democratic votes in a republican primary. there's no hope for

cochran did vote against cloture to end the debate. only this audience understands what i said. he voted against marco rubio's amnesty bill and voted against reagan's 1986 amnesty bill. that is impressive. you vote that way, i don't care how much bacon you bring back to the state. it accept like he is a specter who is constantly against us. he is a solid, conservative vote and has great relationships with the blacks in mississippi. >> next question over here. >> hi, catherine from northern virginia. i wanted to jump back to the talk about immigration and you it touched on this at the end and i heard you mention it before that if amnesty passes that is it for the republican party and game-over. what if amnesty doesn't pass? i know the demographics have changed and what do you think where we already where and what it means for the future of the republican party for that matter the democratic party. >> i always say ammesty to include continuing the current immigration policy. that is amnesty on the installment plan. we need an immigration moratorium. wages are at rock bottom. if yo

witnesses testify on behalf of the postal service include chief information officer james cochrane and inspector general david williams. of the witnesses include executives from outbox, stamps.com, m-pack systems and newgistics. this portion is just under 90 minutes. >> good morning. the committee will come to order. as is traditional within the oversight committee i like to start by reading our mission statement or we exist to secure to fundamental principles. first americans have a right to know that the money washington takes for them is well spent and second, americans deserve an efficient and effective government that works for them. our duty on the oversight government reform committee is to protect these rights. our solemn responsibility is to hold the government accountable to taxpayers because taxpayers have a right to know what they get from their government. we will work with citizens watchdogs to deliver the facts to the american people and bring genuine reform to the federal bureaucracy. this is a mission of the oversight and government reform committee. at this point i'd

. >> reporter: chris mcdaniel announced a challenge to thad cochran's june victory. >> they asked uso put up or shut up. here we are. >> reporter: mcdaniel's lawyers said they found more than enough questionable votes to question trees but up to the state republican party to decide and they already declared cochran a winner. it could be a rallying cry for tea parties when lamar alexander face as tea party challenge from joe carr and tomorrow in kansas when three term u.s. senator pat roberts squares off dr. milton wolf a radioologyist opposed to obamacare. he's the president's second cousin once removed. he pounds roberts as a washed up d.c. insider. >> pat roberts has been in washington for 47 years and nobody should be in washington for 47 years. god expected moses to get things sorted out in 40. >> reporter: wolf and tea party aligned p.a.c. is hammering roberts most his time in d.c. >> every time i get an opponent -- i mean every time i get a chance i'm home. >> pat roberts liberal in washington rarely insas. >> reporter: roberts has been rattled by the charges. >> people elect i

welcome. >> chairman k-9, senator cochran, hon.embers of the committee, i am honored to be with you here today to address what i believe to be a topic of fundamental importance to all of us, the health and well-being of america's children. as we all know, the cafeteria lines there are only young americans who we are all privileged to serve. i am grateful to the chairwoman and the ranking member for the collaborative and constructive tone of this committee's deliberations on this important issue. the issue. the trials and tribulationsin in that district with declining enrollment and multiple facility closures i have a great pleasure of supervising the division of high quality meals to approximately 50,000 children.0e children. most eager breakfast and lunch with us and also eat supper within our facilities. our work makes it a critical positive difference in their lives in the community. we were the first school district in the country to make this available supported by several studies have demonstrated a direct correlation to. we

cochran was declared the winner by more than 7500 votes. he is now demanding they declare him the winner. >> emergency shelters on three military basis. the big question, where will they all go now? peter doocy is live from washington. why are they closing the shelters? >> because the obama administration claims kids aren't coming across the southern border as rapidly as they were. three shelters in oklahoma and california are going to close their doors but one member of congress from oklahoma doesn't think this is a good idea. >> the children are being released and being released to sponsors who are in the country themselves illegally. it is difficult to understand who we are releasing the children to. it is impossible to do criminal background checks on people who are in this country legally. >> lawmakers failed to come together and reform the immigration before recess. they will eep using executive orders wherever possible. >> if congress is not going to take steps to try to address these problems he is going to consider whatever steps h

our staff was there and i know senator cochran and wine it sounds like you had a great convention. and i understand there were over 400 vendors have participated. congratulations on that. and they all demonstrated products that were compliant in order to participate all 400 have to demonstrate those that were compliant with breakfast, and jammed competitive food requirements. and is that -- is that correct? .. >> >> how that money might not go into the trash can and but nutrition education which is very important for children to change their eating habits. >> i understand it is a good step forward to get 400 vendors that have already adjusted production capabilities to meet winter% will graham rich fruits and vegetables is a good first up as we continue to work with you i thought that was very impressive as the first up about now let's turn to senator cochran. >> madam chair thank you for your leadership and scheduling this hearing we appreciate the participation of our panel of witnesses. i want to ask that the director of office of healthy schools a and child nutrition at the dep

cochran has it locked up and he is fine. but he engaged voters that were eligible to run in the run off and this is a good example of when you engage a community you can get them active. democrats in mississippi know they are not likely to win the seat but their voice can be heard. all elections should be open. it is dishonest to say i am a member of that party but that person is going to represent you in the end so your voice should be heard. >> host: this is a tweet from where does your money go and follows up with who ends up with the majority of the money? >> guest: tv stations. joe and i mentioned gross rating points or cost per point. think about it. pol political campains are competing on reserving airtime. so is isn't consultants that keep the money. the majority is tv stations. there is some advertising space online, there is printers that have to print paper and postage you have to pay for to post, but the majority is tv stations. >> host: the debate season is underway for the midterm elections and next wednesday i

cochran did vote against cloture to end the debate. only this audience understands what i said. he voted against marco rubio's amnesty bill and voted against reagan's 1986 amnesty bill. that is impressive. you vote that way, i don't care how much bacon you bring back to the state. it accept like he is a specter who is constantly against us. he is a solid, conservative vote and has great relationships with the blacks in mississippi. >> next question over here. >> hi, catherine from northern virginia. i wanted to jump back to the talk about immigration and you it touched on this at the end and i heard you mention it before that if amnesty passes that is it for the republican party and game-over. what if amnesty doesn't pass? i know the demographics have changed and what do you think where we already where and what it means for the future of the republican party for that matter the democratic party. >> i always say ammesty to include continuing the current immigration policy. that is amnesty on the installment plan. we need an immigration moratorium. wages are at rock bottom. if yo

easilyer one pretty actually after senator cochran had a tougher time. why do you think those efforts failed to beat them in a primary? >> we weren't involved. to be a monday morning quarterback. i think the view that we would have even though we weren't involved in any of those is that if you think about what is the most important thing having a more. the value proposition will be greater. arepe that the republicans not having so much into movement warfare. i say that looking analytically. we are not practicing. portion choose to use a to direct advocacy. we are not doing it this year. if you look at the value proposition, it seems that having a different composition in the senate will be more advantageous. again inou do that 2016? this.have not made it is one that we don't want to do. we have only done this once. without the policies were so bad. we did not advocate for mitt romney. important distinction. we were hitting these. >> hillary clinton is the nominee? >> this will take care of itself. it is not the same. >> you expect a big big players. you

it's been six weeks since he lost the election to thad cochran. now he's challenging the results of the election and demanding to be declared the winner. >>> republican senator rand paul was in iowa yesterday as part of a three-day swing through the state and wasted no time throwing jabs at hillary clinton on benghazi. >> i asked her did you read the cables from ambassador stephens? oh, i was kind of busy traveling and it was someone else who should have read these cables. you know what, by not reading the cables, by not providing security, i think you precluded yourself as ever being considered commander in chief. >> the former secretary of state is keeping mum about her intentions but here's one possible contender who is ready. check out martin o'malley's response when he was asked if he would back hillary clinton a second time in 2016. >> i am -- i am seriously considering running in 2016, but the most important politics of all is to govern well and to govern truthfully, and certainly i cherish my working relationship with hillary clinton and b

cochrane does not get along mr.icago, here is paul krugman, professor of the evil empire as far as conservatives are concerned. there is not a shred of evidence that cutting tax or it's on the wealthy boosts the economy, but there is no mystery while republicans like paul ryan keep claiming that lower taxes on the rich are the secrets to growth versus dovetails. the interview with mr. ryan earlier this week on bloomberg television, adam, this is the anddebate between cochrane krugman. >> that is right. on the one in your to be an activist, and on the other, polar opposite, john cochrane says no, do nothing other than raise the rate on reserve. >> whatever your politics, paul krugman's column, it brings up a lot of the debate. >> it will get people's blood boiling. a lot of people. >> it will come extremely well done whether you disagree or agree with the professor. , however thets u.s. at surrogates itself out of quantitative easing, however that -- u.s.b hormats, however the gets itself out of quantitative easing.

thad cochran was caught sleeping. a lot of them caught sleeping.> washington is remembering former white house press secretary james brady. he passed away yesterday. he was, of course, left partially paralyzed after being shot during the assassination attempt of ronald reagan in 1981. brady became a tireless fighter for stricter gun control laws and andrea mitchell who, of course, covered the reagan white house and knew the bradys looks back on his life. >> 69 days after ronald reagan took office -- >> shots were fired at president reagan in washington. >> -- six shots were fired, the first meant for the president explode in the head of the white house press secretary james brady. brady had always been known as the bear, big, irreverent, when candidate reagan said trees caused pollution, he joked about killer trees. after being fought, brady fought for his life, struggled to speak and to walk. the reagans insisted he keep the title of press secretary and rename the briefing room in his honor. nancy reagan even joked about reports she opposed giving

staff was there and senator cochran's and mine. sounds like you had a great convention and there were 400 vendors that participated. congratulations on that and they demonstrate products that were compliant and in order to participate oil 400 had to demonstrate products that were complying with breakfast, lunch and competitive food requirements. is that correct? >> yes. we were fortunate to have many of our industry supporters there to provide a variety of product. industry stepped up to the plate, products that meet the fat requirements that are lower in sodium and whole grain rich and very thankful for is that. in my business with reporters on the show floor i went to produce rolled, the many new products that produce vendors are offering. our members support the increased quantities of fruits and vegetables, the wide varieties of fruits and vegetables that many districts are struggling with the challenge of procuring, areas serviced by mr. muir are very fortunate but we are also concerned about what is going in the trash can and

. >> reporter: elizabeth cochran is one of those working on the new system at usgs. >> we have about sensors throughout the state which are contributing data and that number continues to grow as we install new sensors or upgrade sensors. >> reporter: the sensors send back data in realtime to the servers on campus which use sophisticated algorithms to analyze the information in less than a second and send out alerts. those alerts which range from a few seconds to a minute or more depending on the distance from the epicenter will go out over cell phones, radios, tv and other communications. communications. earthquakes send out two downtown seismic waves. p waves or primary waves come first. they travel faster but are generally small and harder to feel. s waves are secondary and slower but cause more damage. that lag time is important, says cochran. >> we can actually measure the p waves which aren't very damaging and predict how big the earthquake is going to be and homefully get the warning out before the s waves come in. >> reporter: she showed us how the warning system would work du

the no republican out there other than maybe thad cochran and the only reason he did it was he one of the liberal democrats to come in and vote for him. every other one is running as a limited constitutional conservative. not one of them is running on the record. the republicans in congress are acting more conservative than they have in years. the reason we don't have a lot of liberal legislation right now is because of the influence of the conservatives, tea party types but also with few exceptions, very few exceptions tea partiers victories conservative victories in recent years afcom with open seats in open races. it's exceedingly difficult to beat an incumbent. where these high-profile races or incumbents are beating big tea party candidates, they candidates, there are outspending them 10 to one, 20 to one. so we are making a difference out there. i would urge you to think and realize we are winning and we in my opinion continue to focus on the primaries, taking over the republican party at the grassroots level. phyllis says the most important political position in the world is be

alexander won pretty easily actually after senator cochran had a tougher time. why do you think those efforts failed to beat them in a primary? >> we weren't involved. i'm not going to be a monday morning quarterback. i think the view that we would have even though we weren't involved in any of those is that if you think about what is the most important thing having a more pure 45th republican or is the most important thing next leftnot having a hard majority? probably the value proposition would be greater on the latter than the former. i hope that the republicans are not having so much into movement -- interparty, into movement warfare. i say that looking analytically. we are not practicing. we could choose to use a portion for direct advocacy. we are not doing it this year. if you look at the value proposition, it seems that having a different composition in the senate will be more advantageous. >> will you do that again in 2016? >> we have not made a decision. it is one that we don't want to do. we've only done at one time. we thought president obama's polic

the mississippi state senator filed a lawsuit alleging that thousands of votes cast for thad cochranillegal. >>> secretary of state john kerry got a taste what it's like to travel by commercial plane these day. according to an anonymous source, he was forced to take a united airlines flight back to washington from hawaii because of an electrical problem with his air force jet. >>> who knew it could be seen as partisan. it seems lying everything is partisan. the new app lets you scan a bar code and learn how the company's board of directors, political action committees, and even employees spend on political parties. >>> it's a changing of the guard at nbc news. the network's political director and chief white house correspondent and host of the daily run down chuck todd has been named the new moderator of meet the press. he replaces david gregory who announced he's leaving yesterday. it's the morning dish of scrambled politics. i'm joined by the hill. good morning to you. >> happy friday to you. >> the 2016 presidential poll. why have republicans like christie been able to close the g

not just mcdaniels as a candidate, and the controversy where supporters of mcdaniels photographed cochran'sife in her nursing home, just bizarre incidents that happened. even when politics to be very dirty, that really takes the cake. but not excepting his loss has now dominated the headlines in mississippi over the last few weeks. once they clear that went into a runoff, that cochran was able to go back and spend more time in mississippi than he had probably spent leading up to the actual primary. he really put in the effort, and of course, the party put in the money to make sure that he stays put. i think the republican party would like to see mcdaniels go away. they would not like to see this drag out any further. ways, as, at least some testament to the fact that he party challengers have not fared as well this year. if you are going to compare it with 2010, certainly, we started to have some losses in 2012. that continued in 2014. host: all eyes will be watching to see if the tea party can get a win in kansas. he is facing a tea party backs challenger, martin wolf. looking like maybe t

a lot of african-americans did turn out and vote in a gop primary for thad cochran. the question we were not able to answer yet is did those voters come out to vote republican or do they cannot just to vote for thad cochran? but we did see a high increase number of african-american voters in the mississippi primary. >> host: in case you're just turning into listening o on c-sn radio, artest's jesse holland. he covers race, ethnicity and demographic issues for "the associated press." the question we're asking this morning, can

i don't like big spenders either but cochrane has a great relationship it is a true this is new. >> next question over here. >> hi ember northern virginia you touched on this before if amnesty passes it is game over. but what if it doesn't pass? for what they are? >> that it would include continuing the policy correctly and it is on the installment plan winter percent right now wages are rock-bottom who cannot pick up "the new york times" about hearing income inequality then stop dumping 1 million low-wage workers of that country. you claim you care about the pork? no, no, no. they care about the ethnic lobby their lost the voters in wall street but the republican is hard-working middle-class americans. in the railways have been with african americans from that affirmation to the democrats so that gets us to the same place although more slowly. >> i am from sid diego california your hope is the republican party wins over the hispanic vote but i wonder where you take it will take for the ngo p not the hispanic vote but also the asian vote? >> the main saying it will take his time. there i

the question we were not able to answer, do they come out to vote republican or for thad cochran? indid see a high increase the number of african-american voters in the primary. host: in case you are just turning in, -- tuning in, our guest is jesse holland. are asking this morning -- can the gop who african-american voters and candidates? let me share this with you. this is from a democrat who were for president bill clinton as a speechwriter. "republicans pushing to restrict voting rights nationwide on heading on inattention by the american people, emboldened by the recent supreme court case limiting the reach of the voting rights act, they have worked weekly to cut early voting and same-day registration. that a paradox? often african-american voters are the ones who cast ballots early. >> that is definitely a paradox. you would think that someone trying to recruit voters would want to make it as easy as possible for those people to vote. now, a lot of republican operatives will tell you that even african-americans are concerned about voter fraud. that is one of the big issues t

i want to show an ad that senator thad cochran ran in an african-american newspaper days before thiselection in mississippi. it says he brought home more than $18 million in federal funds to historically black colleges and universities. it mentions his support for the farm bill and food stamps. cochran hung up in that primary and ultimately won his runoff, largely thanks to support from african-american voters. dana, what's the difference between free stuff and bacon? >> there's a difference between where the person is running for office. the problem with mo brooks and a large number of house republicans is they only care about white voters because the only threat to them is in the primary where there are white voters. not black, brown, yellow or red. they don't need to worry about the nation as a whole. so if you're taking a perspective now -- thad cochran is looking at his state and saying, okay, because we have this open primary, i can bring democratic voters over to help me through. that was a one-off case. if you're looking at a nationwide election, you can't just appeal to whit

the question we were not able to answer, do they come out to vote republican or for thad cochran? indid see a high increase the number of african-american voters in the primary. host: in case you are just turning in, -- tuning in, our guest is jesse holland. are asking this morning -- can the gop who african-american voters and candidates? let me share this with you. this is from a democrat who were for president bill clinton as a speechwriter. "republicans pushing to restrict voting rights nationwide on heading on inattention by the american people, emboldened by the recent supreme court case limiting the reach of the voting rights act, they have worked weekly to cut early voting and same-day registration. that a paradox? often african-american voters are the ones who cast ballots early. >> that is definitely a paradox. you would think that someone trying to recruit voters would want to make it as easy as possible for those people to vote. now, a lot of republican operatives will tell you that even african-americans are concerned about voter fraud. that is one of the big issues t