msnbc used to work for david axelrod.ughter] the history channel is not here. i guess they were embarrassed about the whole obama is a devil thing. [laughter] of course, that never cap fox news -- kept fox news from showing up. they actually thought the comparison was not fair to satan. [laughter] the problem is is that the media landscape is changing so rapidly. you cannot keep up with it. i remember when was -- when buzzfeed was just something i did in college around 2:00 a.m. host: here are some tweets coming into us. we are asking you about the relationship between media and dc insiders. what do you think? jim writes in -- dana milbank writes about this in his column today in the "washington post." what do you think? peggy, tampa, florida, democrats line. thatr: i just want to say it is good at times that we have this sort of thing going on for the simple reason that we've got to have a simple sense of humor to keep the american spirit. going to go around criticizing each other and hating each other, that is no good.

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which is a nice change of pace since msnbc used to work for david axelrod.tory channel is not here. i guess they were embarrassed about the whole obama is a devil thing. of course, that never kept fox news from showing up. they actually thought the comparison was not fair -- to satan. but the problem is, is that the media landscape is changing so rapidly. you can't keep up with it. i mean i remember when buzz feed was just something i did in college around 2:00 a.m. it's true. recently, though, i found a new favorite source for political news. these guys are great. i think everybody here should check it out. they tell it like it is. it's called whitehouse.gov. i cannot get enough of it. fact is, i really do respect the press. i recognize that the press and i have different jobs to do. my job is to be president, your job is to keep me humble. frankly i think i'm doing my job better. part of the problem is, everybody is so cynical. i mean, we're constantly feeding cynicism, suspicion, conspiracies. you remember a few months ago my administration put out a phot

for david axelrod. >>> the history channel is not here.hey were embarrassed about the whole obama is the devil thing. of course, that never kept fox news fromwing up. they actually thought the comparison was not fair -- to satan. >>> the problem is the media landscape is changing. i remember when buzzfeed was something i did in college around 2:00 a.m. it's true. recently, though, i found a new favorite source for political news. these guys are great. i think everybody here should check it out. they tell it like it is. it's called whitehouse.gov. i cannot get enough of it. the fact is i really do respect the press. i recognize that the press and i have different jobs to do. my job is to be president, your job is to keep me humble. frankly i think i'm doing my job better. but part of the problem is everybody is so cynical. i mean, we're constantly feeding cynicism, suspicion, conspiracies. you remember a few months ago my administration put out a photograph of me going skeet shooting at camp david? do you remember that? and quite a number o

former white house adviser, david axelrod will be played by higm from magnum pi.ntative paul ryan will be played by mr. bean. senator chuck schumer will be played by grandpa munster. senator harry reid will be played by the old man from the american gothic painting. fox news aoger will be played by, speaker of the house john boehner will be played by tan mom. janet napolitano will be played by paul. former white house chief of staff and chicago mayor rahm emanuel will be play ed by "family guy." secretary of state john kerry will be played by an easter island head. i cannot tell those two apart. chief justice john roberts will be played by buzz lightyear. senator mitch mcconnell will be played by dame edna. cnn anchor wolf blitzer will be played by a furby. wayne lapierre will be played by raiders of the lost ark. jay carney will be played by ralphy from "a christmas story." ladies and gentlemen, this is a huge honor. thank you very much. >> one of the best, conan o'brien. i will see you back here at the top of the hour at 8:00 eastern. "dr. sanjay gupta md" will

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joining us now is a man who probably knows, david axelrod, former adviser to president obama, professore university of chicago and a senior political analyst for msnbc and nbc news. >> good to be here. good to be here. >> when you hear the criticism of president obama's budget from somebody like elizabeth warren, somebody so closely aligned with, does that, as somebody so close to the president, does that sting or does that sound like good cover for him winning over some people in the middle and on the right? >> look, i think that we ought to back up and look at this for what, as i think he looks at it. really, we have a choice in this country. we have a republican vision about how we move forward that would not only turn medicare into a voucher system, but would decimate investments in the future in education, in research, in social spending generally that would leave standing all the tax preferences that benefit oil companies and other special interests, allow millionaires to avoid paying a proportionate share of their income, versus a vision that the president offered, and i think hi

this time around you split a charred dog with david axelrod at the wiener circle. i have a question. and i think some of you also have this question. it's been several months since you were re-elected, sir. so i'm curious, why are you still sending everyone five e-mails a day asking for more money? you won. do you have a gambling problem we don't know about? did you put it all on gonzaga? you did, didn't you? he did. president obama has already made a lot of changes in his second term. sir, ug you recently appointed john kerry and chuck hagel. very smart move. you appointed the only two people in the united states who look even more tired than you. it's a great strategy. mr. president, you're going to leave office as a very young man. and yet the presidency has taken its toll. i don't want to alarm you, sir, but you're starting to look like a judge on "law and order." [ laughter ] >> just say you're on thin ice, counselor. you could have that part right away. seriously, mr. president, your hair is so white it could be a member of your cabinet. he can handle it. he

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for example, david axelrod now works for msnbc. which is a nice change of pace since msnbc used to work for david axelrod. the history channel is not here. i guess they were embarrassed about is the whole obama is a devil thing. of course, that never kept fox news from showing up. they thought the comparison was not fair to satan. but the problem is that the media landscape is changing so rapidly. you can't keep up with it. i remember when buzz feed was just something i did in college around 2:00 a.m. it's true. recently, though, i found a new favorite source for political news. these guys are great. i think everybody here should check it out. they tell it like it is. it's called whitehouse.gov. i cannot get enough of it. the fact is, i really do respect the press. i recognize that the press and i have different jobs to do. my job is to be president. your job is to keep me humble. frankly, i think i'm doing my job better. but part of the problem is everybody is so cynical. we're constantly feeding cynicism, conspiracies. you rememb

david axelrod will be on campus tonight. >> more than six dc consillcons members will endorse bonds today. s she is running for an at large seat. bonds has been serving as an interim council member. >> 4:31 time for weather and traffic on the 1's. little drizzle out there tom. >> yeah, you will need an umbrella out there. we have scattered showers. not a lot of rain across virginia and the eastern shore. closer look here showing scattered showers here. montgomery arlington and fairfax. j just enough to make the pavement wet. temperatures in the low and mid 50s and in the mountains closer to washington in the mid and upper 50s. we are going to hold steady here in the 50s. here is your hour by hour forecast. we will be holding steady in the 50s. light rain and drizzle perhaps and then by noon time cloudy and temperatures should be into the mid 60s. look at the rest of the day the a afternoon and evening. that is coming up in ten minutes. let's look at traffic. g good morning. >> good morning, tom. good morning everyone. good mor%ing everyone. traveling the beltway both the inner and outer l

which is a mace change of pace since msnbc used to work for david axelrod. >> bill: also tonight, the factor's excellent journey to washington over the weekend with the national media remains enthralled with the president. >> rush limbaugh warned you about the second term, baby. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. the excellent venture to washington, d.c. that's the subject of tonight's talking points memo. we have a lot to tell you tonight. it's all over the place i apologize in advance. every year they the white house holds a dinner for kids who don't have very much money so they can attend journalism school. this year fox news white house correspondent ed henry, a good guy, was in charge. henry did a very nice job raising about $300,000 for the students as part of the event, president obama gets to make fun of everybody, including himself. >> these days i look in the mirror and i have to admit i'm not the strapping young muslim socialist that i used to be. [ laughter

for david axelrod. >> cenk: that would hurt.s so true. the truest thing said all weekend. that was pretty harsh and pretty accurate. and then conan who was headlining. the president was so good at telling jokes. he up stages the comedians but here is conan about the media as well. >> it's an absolute joy to be mere. tom brokaw criticized this event for being too many ah list celebrities. when i told him i would be here this year, he said that's more like it. that shouldn't be funny to you. >> cenk: what tom brokaw said is very important and what i want to talk about. here comes the panel brian unger, chris moody and lauren brown jarvis, who is at nation builder which is a surprise to me. let's read the tom brokaw at the same time of 2012 2012: >> cenk: brian thoughts. >> my thoughts are no one really gives a crap what my opinion is on this, and i don't care what they do, hollywood or washington, but as i travel the country for the history channel for so many years now i got to say the one thing i heard the most from every averag

this time around you split a charred dog with david axelrod at the wiener circle.the way, i have a question. and i think some of you also have this question. it's been several months since you were re-elected, sir. so i'm curious, why are you still sending everyone five e-mails a day asking for more money? you won do you have a gambling problem we don't know about? did you pull it on on gonzaga? you didders didn't you? he did. president obama has already made a lot of changes in his second term. sir you recently appointed john kerry and chuck hagel. very smart move. you appointed the only two people in the united states who look even more tired than you. it's a great strategy. mr. president, you're going to leave office as a very young man. and yet the presidency has taken its toll. i don't want to alarm you, sir, but you're starting to look like a judge on "law and order." [ laughter ] >> just say you're on thin ice, counselor. you could have that part right away. seriously, mr. president, your hair is so white it could be a member of your cabinet. [ crowd oohs ]

for example, david axelrod now works for msnbc.which is a nice change of pace since msnbc used to work for david axelrod. the history channel is not here. i guess they were embarrassed about the whole obama is a devil thing. of course, that never kept fox news from showing up. >> let's bring back our panel michael medved. you're a film critic. what does this look like to the rest of the country? >> looks like a bunch of insiders talking inside baseball. the number of ordinary americans who immediately pick up the reference to the fact that there was some people who thought that the guy who played satan on the history channel theme on "the bible" looked like obama. this is not what the president needs right now. he's at his best when he has the feeling that i can connect with ordinary people. that's why he won the election. >> all right -- >> and the idea of at this moment hobnobbing with a lot of insiders in tuxedos. it doesn't help the president. >> i want to focus on the press corps. sarah palin tweeted this yesterday. i have to

this is so easy, david axelrod.so courageous. i never stop to tell them it's a 90% proposition. this is also about winning. >> apparently, we have to get to 95 before people feel comfortable, joe. look. the bottom line is the fundamental instincts of politicians of survival in a lot of these states and rural districts, they believe that there is greater risk in defining the nra than there is in d as steve said the will of the majority because they don't think it's a voting issue for those 90%. until people start losing their seats because they voted against common sense gun safety laws, they will continue to vote against -- they don't think there is a penalty to be paid for this. you know, we are talking about terrorists and so on. i watched that mom, that heart broken mom. but i see those scenes on television all the time in chicago. >> every night in chicago. >> all the time. and most of the time, those guns are illegally purchased from straw buyers in tandem with trafficking laws would make a big difference and s

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i do understand, if i were david axelrod. if i put myself in david axelrod's shoes and we sat in the oval office and talked about politics. i would say, about all of the thousand battles you have to fight, let's just not fight this one. an amoral perspective. this could be explosive because of the nexus of this extremely provocative example. >> it is scary when you have a member of the president's cabinet that oversees the agency that is supposed to be following rules and regulations of drugs. we want to trust the fda in all decisiones. what does it mean we can't trust in decision of reproductive health. it is just important that agencies do not get involved in politics and can make these kind of healthcare decisions on the merit. >> that's an important point. there is a legal process here, which is the basis of the decision. >> i want young women to have control over their bodies because then they can control their destiny. >> yes. >> that's the core of the issue. i want you to have control over it from 11 to 87. i want you

also david axelrod, valerie jarrett and reverend al sharpton. >>> but first, bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill? >> it was a tease yesterday, april fool's day. the warm air arrived in the northeast for one day, that's it. the cold air is back, but not for long, good things coming your way next week. let's show you what's happening out there this morning, though. a cold morning, windchills in the teens and 20s and we've got some snow out there. coming off of lake erie and lake ontario. especially from syracuse through upstate new york right around albany. could even be a little bit of accumulating snows. now, as far as the other areas of concern out there, not so much airports, we should be okay today, yesterday it was near 60 in new york city, today, 48, cooler in d.c., around 50, but at least a lot of sunshine around. now, over the next couple of days, heavy rain is going to spread from oklahoma to texas. if there's going to be airport trouble late today, the dallas airports and also san antonio, possibly oklahoma city, and then all that rain will shift through the deep s

>> david axelrod is a senior political analyst for msnbc and formerly the senior adviser to presidentwhite house and during both of his campaigns. david, good to see you. we were enjoying the humor on saturday night. the president and conan both in rare form. the president did seem to me to be liberated, if you will, by his re-election. because he touched on a number of subjects that might not have been that comfortable in the past. >> well i think he, there's no doubt that winning re-election has a liberating effect. but you know he's always been, the art of these things is self--effacing humor. he's always done that very, very well. you know, he a few jabs here and there that maybe were a bit more pointed than they would have been in the past. but you know, the whole exercise i think is a bit of a catharsis for a president, a chance to have a little fun at his own expense and other people's expense. as i said, he's done this now, he's becoming a veteran of these. and he, he does it well. >> he does it well indeed. his timing, his comedic timing. a number of the pros, amy poehler and

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[laughter] former white house adviser david axelrod will be played by higgins from magnum pi.his was also produced by steven spielberg, by the way. the present of paul ryan will be played by mr. bean. [laughter] senator chuck schumer will be played by grandpa munster. [laughter] senator harry reid will be played by the old man from the american gothic painting. fox news ceo roger ailes will be played by -- speaker boehner will be played by tan mom. secretary of homeland security janet napolitano will be played by paul giamatti. [laughter] former white house chief of staff and chicago mayor rahm emanuel will be played by stewie from "family guy." secretary of state john kerry will be played by any easter island head. i cannot tell those two apart. [laughter] supreme court chief justice john roberts will be played by buzz light year. senator mitch mcconnell will be played by dame edna. cnn anchor wolf blitzer will be played by a furby. lockyear will be played by the facemelt guy from "raiders of the lost ark." and white house press secretary jay carney will be played by ralphie

. >> david axelrod says mr.ma may have avoided using the word terror monday, because the fact that it was tax day suggest that a homegrown attack. arizona republican senator john mccain feels the president is generally too reluctant to use the word terrorism. >> i always thought it was just utter foolishness not to use the word terrorist when we are talking about attacks that killed innocent civilians. >> by not immediately calling it terror, mr. obama recalled the two week long dispute after the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi whether it grew out protest of anti-islam film or planned as terrorist attack from the start. and his reference to terrorism less than a day after the boston attack may suggest a lesson learned like benghazi some of the president's aid referred to the boston attack as terrorism before he did. a senior administration official privately called it an act of terror shortly --er mr. obama smoke on spoke on monday. chuck hagel had no doubts. >> any event with multiple explosive

president joe biden is going to be played by bob barker [ laughter ] >> former white house adviser david axelrod will be played by higgins from "magnum p.i." [ laughter ] >> there was also produced by steven spielberg, by the way. representative paul ryan will be played by mr. beane [ laughter ] >> senator chuck schumer will be played by grandpa munster. [ laughter ] >> senator harry reid will be played by the old man from the american gothic painting. [ laughter ] >> fox news ceo roger ales will be played by boss hogg. we've signed the deal. speaker of the house john boehner will be played by tan mom [ laughter ] >> secretary of homeland security janet napolitano will be played by paul giamatti. [ laughter ] >> former white house chief of staff and chicago mayor rahm emanuel will be played by suey from "family guy." [ laughter ] >> secretary of state john kerry will be played by an easter island head. [ laughter ] >> i cannot tell those two apart. [ laughter ] >> supreme court chief justice john roberts will be played by buzz lightyear. [ laughter ] >> senator mitch mcconnell will be played by

president joe biden is going to be played by bob barker. [ laughter ] >> former white house adviser, david axelrod will be played by higgins from magnum p.i. this was also produced by steven spielberg, by the way. representative paul ryan will be played by mr. bean. senator chuck schumer will be played by grandpa munster. senator harry reid will be played by the old man from the american gothic painting. fox news ceo roger als will be played by boss hogg. we signed the deal. speaker of the house john boehner will be played by tan mom. secretary of homeland secretary, janet napolitano will be played by paul giamatti. former white house chief of staff and chicago mayor rahm emanuel will be played by sooey from family guy. secretary of state john kerry will be played by an easter island head. i cannot tell those two apart. supreme court chief justice john roberts will be played by buzz light year. senator mitch mcconnell will be played by dame edna. cnn anchor wolf blitzer will be played by a furby. nra executive vice president wayne la pierre will be played by the face melt guy from raiders of the l

joining me, michelle goldberg, betsy woodrough, political reporter for national review online and david axelrod, nbc senior political analyst. great to have you here. >> all right, so, you have been reporting on this race, betsy. i want to play how mark sanford responded to the obvious question that one would be asked under these conditions at a debate when asked about his affair. >> how do you reconcile redemption with the mistrust in your personal decision, which could or may have compromised the state and the party? >> what i would say is the events of 2009 absolutely represent a failure on my part for which there were and always will be at some level, consequences, but that does not mean because you've had a failure in your personal life, that you can not step back into life again. people kept calling, kept calling and they said, mark, you need to do this. because here's a chance for you to learn not only from your experience in congress and governorship, but more significantly, from what you learned on the way up and on the way down and apply it to what is arguably one of the great problem

david axel rod now works for msnbc which is a nice change of pace since msnbc used to work for david axelrode history channel is not here. i guess they were embarrassed about the whole obama is a devil thing. of course, that never kept fox news from showing up. they actually thought the comparison was not fair to satan. but the problem is that the media landscape is changing so rapidly. you can't keep up with it. may i remember when buzz feed was just something i did in college around 2:00 a.m. it's true. recently, though, i found a new favorite source for political news. these guys are great. i think everybody here should check it out. they tell it like it is. it's called white house.gov. i cannot get enough of it. fact is, i really do respect the press. i recognize that the press and i have different jobs to do. my job is to be president. your job is to keep me humble. frankly, i think i'm doing my jobber. job better. punishment part obut part of ts everybody is so cynical. feeding conspiracies, suspicion. remember a few months ago my administration put out a paragraph of me going skeet sh

. >> david axelrod says mr.ay have avoided using the word terror monday, because the fact that it was tax day suggest that a homegrown attack. arizona republican senator john mccain feels the president is generally too reluctant to use the word terrorism. >> i always thought it was just utter foolishness not to use the word terrorist when we are talking about attacks that killed innocent civilians. >> by not immediately calling it terror, mr. obama recalled the two week long dispute after the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi whether it grew out protest of anti-islam film or planned as terrorist attack from the start. and his reference to terrorism less than a day after the boston attack may suggest a lesson learned like benghazi some of the president's aid referred to the boston attack as terrorism before he did. a senior administration official privately called it an act of terror shortly --er mr. obama smoke on spoke on monday. chuck hagel had no doubts. >> any event with multiple explosive devi

david axelrod saying the president was focused on tax day. surely you have to find equal problem with that as well. >> well, i couldn't know if i find equal problem with it. i will say, i can't take any credit or blame for what david wrote or what michael moore said. i think david's bottom line is also my bottom line. the reason your mind might go there is because if it is a white american, whites are not pro filed the way other groups are. we have one of our many privileges is we are just individuals. those are crazy nuts over there. we don't have it answer for them. when it is not a white person, if it were an african-american or latino or in this case they are muslim. so some people decide that's not white. then you do crazy thanks. then you have people saying, we shouldn't allow muslims to immigrate here at all. then there is profiling and prejudice -- >> but with the paranoia and prejudice is also on the left by folks like david sirota. >> i don't see it that way. maybe it would be a different conversation if this person was a white righ

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joining me right now, david axelrod, former obama senior adviser. msnb political analyst and republican strategist john feehery. somehow i have a different attitude towards the republicans and the democrats who voted on this thing. i don't know why it is because i'm not always partisan. but i really do have a problem with mitch mcconnell. i would like to see him get stung hard on this one. why do i think like that? because he tends to be an s.o.b. generally? does anybody like that guy? >> you don't like mr. mcconnell but i like him. >> you like mr. mcconnell. >> i don't think this is going to hurt him. >> you're in the minority. >> nobody likes him. >> he's the least popular incumbent running for re-election right now. >> yeah. >> i will say this, chris. his concern right now is not about a general election. it's about a primary. until the primary -- we'll see what happens after. but until primary filing is done, he's looking over his right shoulder. and he doesn't really care about these ads. now, i applaud what they're doing because i think until

here is david axelrod this weekend on "meet the press." >> i understand their paranoia, a terribly difficult issue for him, wasn'ts this accomplishment, a legacy item for him no doubt in mind he wants to pass comprehensive immigration reform. >> i would say no april fool's jokes and try and tell me there's no soundbite. victoria, what do you think about that? is this truly based on the idea of paranoia but also the hard fact reality that we are leaving 11 million people in this country hanging in the wind? >> well, there's a practical issue of all of these people who are living in the shadows, but i also think that this is a legacy issue as we have said. marco rubio is being thouflt and coy. he wants people to keep attention, immigration spotlight on him. yes, marco rubio is important to the negotiations of immigration reform but i think immigration reform is more important to marco rubio because he knows he wasn't was to a shot at going forward in 2016, he is going to have to be able to point to something big. >> great to see both sides of the aisle are willing to take up this conversation

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