but first, hillary's superpac loses david brock. the soldier in clinton's inner circle has removed himself from the board of priorities u.s.a. action and his resignation letter obtained by "politico" alleges a priorities plot against two of his own political groups, american bridge and media matters. infighting in the clinton world is as reliable as the sun rising in the east. but my question to you about this is whether this is kind of a sign of bad stuff to come? >> well, it's leading the "drudge report." i'm getting 1990's nostalgia. chaos in clintonland. it's going to be all over the right wing. david brock went from being on the right to a real clinton insider. this points to a problem that hillary clinton's going to have. which is, there are things like this, overreaction to stories and reaction to stories, in every presidential campaign. when it happens to her, watch out. >> also you've got it's just so huge. it already has this atmosphere of gigantism. 200 policy advisors advising her on economic policy. i was talking to som

david brock went from being on the right to a real clinton insider. this points to a problem that hillary clinton's going to have. which is, there are things like this, overreaction to stories and reaction to stories, in every presidential campaign. when it happens to her watch out. >> also you've got --s just so huge. it already has this atmosphere of jy beganities much. 200 policy advisors advising her on economic policy. i was talking to someone very close to them just a few days ago who said that his concern was that the whole thing was going to collapse under its own weight because there's so many people all trying to get in on the action and that creates so many opportunities for infighting and that. >> david brock is an op ratic figure. there are so many people. again, every time something like this happens, unlike with anyone else running for president, it will be a huge deal. hillary clinton can can be alarmed and try to fix this thing from happening. >> when david barack sation the priority -- brock says the priority is out to get his other

and you have the david brock information and used to be a hillary attacker and now a hillary supporter pac and now considering rejoining it. what does this -- is this kerfuffle about say about a potential hillary campaign? >> i think all of these campaigns have in-fighting moments and certainly the hillary 2008 campaign had too many of them. i think the fact that this has happened early on now and they seem to be putting it back together and sent out a press release tomorrow with a joint statement between barrock and they were resolving issues and he would come back and if that is true then they are on the right course which is to settle stuff and get it over with before she has declared for candidacy. but it is hard to say. we'll see what develops over time. but right now, it looks like on a course to void the problems they had last time. >> is it too much of a reflex to try to find the dramatic moments. >> this started with a story in "the new york times" that i thought was a one-sided story that david brock and the others have undertaken and the question that wasn't addressed in the

was that a hit job planted by david brock's political enemies? >> absolutely not.tually arose out of complaints i heard from donors. i cover fund-raising a lot for "the new york times." i heard over and over again from donors on the right and the left about the issue of the donor advisers and fund-raising consultants. you can imagine if you're a donor writing a seven-figure check for a group and find out a for-profit consultant has been handed a 12.5% cut or 5% or 10% cut, you're outraged. people were really angry about this. some of the donors i spoke to for that story had no idea, or had even been lied to by the fund-raising consultants who were setting up meetings between the donors and groups that needed their money. >> nick of "the new york times," continues to be the must-read reporter on the money and politics beat. thank you so much. >> thank you, chris. took over the desk of "the daily show," the faux newscast was described as precocious and empty. how jon stewart turned the show around and became the most trusted man, not just in fake news, but real news,

david brock, a former right wing hitman. >> is he having a change of heart? >> that's old news.epped down from the board of priorities usa. that's one of the big super pacs that's funding the hillary clinton campaign. he has another group. it's a squabble really about the leaks and fund-raising percentages and how much the folks who actually go out and raise the money, how much of it they get to keep. it's more about money than politics. but the last thing hillary wants is the children fighting. >> absolutely. >> get along now. >> so what are you hearing about her? is this thing steam rolling ahead? are there bumps and bruises along the way? >> she has huge advantages. tons of money, high poll numbers. but go listen carefully to voters out there. i think some democrats in iowa and other places are saying maybe we have a race here. we don't want to call it done so early. where's elizabeth warren? where is jim webb? who else is out there? >> a lot of people are calling on elizabeth warren to step into the game if you will. >> a lot of progressives. saying hillary's already. but sh

david brock who is at the center of this who resigned from the board of priorities usa which was thema super pac in 2012 and is shaping up to be the clinton super pack in 2016. the clintons are groveling to him. he's on board to come back. >> peace in our time, john. >> i think i would call it datante at best. i'll close with this. mike lee put the party on the map when he defeated robert bennett. now the establishment is trying to get revenge. you might say trying to return the favor. as yet, no serious lead challenger has emerged for 2016. the senator has been working to quiet some of his business and establishment critics. i'm told several business leaders in the state, that's utah, making a push to convince john huntsman to return. he bombed as a gop presidential candidate in 2012. he's in washington most of the time and is host of a radio show for the bipartisan group no labels. he was a popular governor. i'm told some national establishment players now about to join their utah allies and try to push governor huntsman to get back home. i'm skeptical. that's it for "inside politi

but first, hillary's superpac loses david brock.inner circle has removed himself from the board of priorities u.s.a. action and his resignation letter obtained by "politico" alleges a priorities plot against two of his own political groups, american bridge and media matters.

at the sdmr of it, david brock, the self-described right-wing hit man who's reporting initially paulaes to file a sexual harassment claim against president clinton. he's the leader of prominent liberal independent groups, the super pac american bridge, the watchdog media group, media matters, including correct the record which defends clinton against her critics. on monday, brock abruptly resigned from the board of another powerful group, the super pac priorities action, accusing priorities officials of planting a political hit job against the groups that brock leads. the alleged hit job appears to be this piece in "the new york times." the shadowy world of political fund-raisers, which other pro-clinton groups paid a clinton group more than $6 million to help them cultivate wealthy donors and raise money. the story was driven by current and former priorities officials. said it could severely damage funding while enhancing priority's own funding. both brock and priorities usa action signaled to knock it out. they take brock's concerns seriously. brock saying he's returning to the prio

roundtable, we talked about the down side of dominance following a conflict between jim messina and david brock out into the open. here it is. >> part of the problem is, these operatives and strategists don't have anywhere else to go. so they're all fighting over a large pie, but it's only one pie. >> john podesta has to get control of the clinton operation. >> and he's pretty good at that. >> john podesta is expected to become chairman of the clinton operation. he has deep roots with the clinton and more recently president obama. in a profile today, "the new york times" described his role this we. it will fall to him to impose discipline on the sprawling and fractious clinton universe, including the candidate and her famously undisciplined husband. that's one tall order. i'm joined now by the roundtable, sam stein, ruth marcus and charles elson. i want to start with sam. i don't care how vintage he is, how does john podesta make sure bill clinton doesn't do anything embarrassing and help to keep together the fractious amazing watchdogs, that really tough crowd that know how to kill the enemy,

david brock resigned from the board of super pacs.r of the pro-clinton groups american bridge and media matters. brock accused priority officials of planning an orchestrated political hit job against his own groups. a serious breach of trust between organizations that are supposed to work together as created an untenable situation that leaves me no choice but to resign my position. he accused them of planting of a damaging "new york times" story that questioned funding. it was looking like a grim clinton rerun until last night statements were released. brock said after speaking to several leads of priorities usa, he was open to returning to the board and finding a way to move forward. former michigan governor jennifer granholm said the group is working to address brock's concerns. she wrote, we all have the same shared goals. there's no doubt about that but it doesn't sound like everybody's on the same page. joining me tonight jonathan alter, also with us bob schrum. bob, you first. what do you make of this infighting? >> it shows you

now you've got already david brock, a watchdog for her and then the messina operation.like a drug war is going on. that's my turf, no, that's your turf and it's all out in public on "the new york times." >> that's right. i think part of the problem is they -- these operatives and strategists and donors don't have anywhere else to go so they are all fighting over a very large pie but it's only one pie. >> and some people are raising a lot of money making this money. 15%. >> millions of dollars. >> isn't that a lot of money? >> i want that kind of job. >> let's go over to you with the bad guy from new jersey. what is wrong with him? >> flipping people off may be charming in jail but not in -- he's finally discovered that. but he is who he is and so the question is whether he's -- he comes across as authentic when he's bridling his authentic self. >> none of your business, emily, when he asked about where his kids were going to school because it did seem to be a private matter but in every occasion before, his selling piece is pretty obnoxious. >> right. it's a big part of

. >> for the democrats, one of hillary clinton's top allies david brock resided from a pro-hillary pac citing a serious breach of trust. no one is making too much of this, but staff infighting is one of the reasons clinton lost the primaries in 2008. that's where we are, just 3 of636 days to goo until the finish line. there's word today of an early presidential endorsement. former secretary of state henry kissinger is said to be throwing his support behind jeb bush. >>> in national news charles manson is reportedly calling off his wedding to the woman who wants to make money off his dead body. all couples argue about this sort of thing, right? according to a reporter who spoke to the "new york post," aston alean burton who goes by "star" was just waiting until charles manson died. she wanted to put the 80-year-old's corpse on display in los angeles. apparently manson got wind of it and called off the wedding. that may explain why there was no wedding before their marriage license xmriered last week. star does not exactly have your typical day jobs. she spends her days maintaining manso

david brock was reportedly upset over tactics used against other pacs. brock resigned from priorities usa action and politico. >> remarkable hair by the way. >> yes, he does. politico obtained a letter -- >> i'm jealous. >> he blamed what he called a, quote, orchestrated political hit job on other pro-clinton groups which he supports. last week "the new york times" pulled back the curtain on those groups practices among the findings that fund-raiser mary pat bonner received a commission as much as 12 1/2% of the money she brought in. brock implied priorities usa supplied the information for the piece but now brock has written another letter saying this one saying he's open to returning to priorities usa and that there's been an effort to smooth things over. it brings back echos of 2008 when the clinton machine was expected to be a cash juggernaut but infighting among clicks sometimes got in the way. >> let's bring in political writer for the "new york times," nick, so david brock is pretty major political character through the years with the clintons. >>

it has to do with david brock. >> he's an interest. ing figure. he's a former right wing journalist who spent the '90s looking for dirt on the clintons and is now one of their top defenders. he was also on the board of another key super pac. he resigned abruptly accusing him of orchestrating a political hit job against his own organizations. that was yesterday, but within 12 hours of that story coming out, they were already heading towards a quick reconciliation. but for people who lived during the 2008 hillary clinton campaign, this is a concern about a return to the bad old days. >> jeb bush proving e-mails never die, but neither do tweets. from his tech adviser who had offensive tweets in the past. he says the governor believes the comments were inappropriate. he's a great talent in the tech world and we're excited to have him on board to rise. what happened here? >> well this is the nature of presidential politics. there's a high standards for everything right now. that means even hires who aren't in. the public eye are scrutinized. it's all h