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we want to thank you donald trump, rand paul and sarah palin. that's what we're all about here, fighting for free market capitalism. our gang will be back next week and remember, keep the tweets coming. your voice is needed and will be heard. have a great weekend, everybody. h. >>> tensions heating up as folks rally to fight a nevada rancher. it's a range showdown that rippinging across the west. individual and states rights versus the feds. is the government going too far? a live report coming up. >> across the country, republicans have let up to pass laws making ilt harder, not easier, for people to vote. >> president obama said he doesn't believe there's much evidence to charges of voter fraud in some states. instead, he says the gop is the real problem. we'll tell you why and the republican response to that claim coming up

donald trump at the podium. that was a manifestation of an almost existential question for republicans. does the conservative base of the party want to nominate someone for president? closer to donald trump or jeb bush? steve schmidt, one of the most plugged in gop operatives out there will join me next to discuss. >>> my gosh, i'm beginning to think there's more freedom in north korea sometimes than there is in the united states. when i go to the airport i have to get in the surrender position. people put hands all over me. i have to provide photo i.d. and a couple of form es and prove i am really not going to terrorize the airplane. but if i want to go vote, i don't need a thing. >> this weekend mike huckabee, rand paul, ted cruz and other potential 2016 presidential candidates gathered at the new hampshire freedom summit, an event organized by citizens united and americans for prosperity. that offered the 2016 contenders to tell the conservative base what it wants to hear in an early primary year. and that of

donald trump? the birther king doesn't believe the health care enrollment numbers? i've got bad news for the donald. president obama is still laughing about his last conspiracy theory. >> and just to be clear, i know where my birth certificate is, but a lot of people don't. a lot of people don't. i think it's still up on a website somewhere. do you remember that? that was crazy. >> it was crazy stuff. and denying the affordable care act is not working? that's pretty crazy, too. joining me now, thank you both for being here. congressman, let me go to you, first. republicans are accusing the white house of cooking the books on health care. if you were a doctor, how would you diagnose this condition? >> well, i think it's a sickness and clearly there is a need for treatment. my great concern is that when you hear people making these outlandish accusations, you know, their mistake is greater than the mistake we made at the rollout. there's nogs opened more by mistake in congress than mouths. that's what we experienced here. if any of those people have any evidence, any i

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>> i would say to donald trump -- i did a thing on donald trump about three years ago on the daily show. seriously, i can or member when it was, but it wasn't nice to stop it was funny. that's what i would say to you is next. about having him here. i got a call from his secretary and says donald trump wants to talk to you after i did this thing, the next day. i was really busy and my parents were coming to town. i was like -- i got my assistant to call his assistant and say i'm a busy man. and i'm thinking -- then he called the next day. and i say are you shitting me? i'm a comic and have too much to do. you're an entrepreneur, how can you have time? so i say don't call me again. is he coming here -- is he going to speak? no. i don't think -- he has had his time. once he got through -- when he kept with the birther thing, its self advertising. you are allowing self advertising. i did not bring my cds here today. [applause] >> should the redskins change their name? >> yes. i think they should. [applause] i was born and raised -- how sad applause was that? everybody also still on the fenc

there seem to be easier ways to accomplish that purpose. >> donald trump is just -- donald trump is gettinghat he wants, which is getting people to talk about donald trump. i will say i do think it is telling that when he mentioned the act of love comment, there were some boos from the crowd. i think jeb bush's position on immigration, forget donald trump. just throw him out. that would be great for all of us, wouldn't it? jeb bush's position on immigration would put him to the center left of where we saw the republican party in 2012. remember mitt romney infamously -- >> self-deportation. >> i do think jeb bush is aware of this but his immigration stance is different than -- i don't want to say majority of the base but a significant chunk of the republican base. that would be an issue in 2016 in the republican presidential primary forum. >> i would suggest to you, chris and to ruth, that jeb bush is not going to change his immigration position in order to win republican primaries, he's going to be consistent. he will not pull a mitt romney. >> i don't think flip flopping is going to be the

there's no legal route, donald trump, do you understand that? president obama made the correct decision in delaying the pipeline decision. he can't circumvent law. so what are we dealing with here? it's interesting how the conservatives and the republicans and fox news, they've been banging away at president obama saying he's a dictator. he's signing all of these executive orders. he's a dictator. in fact, we've never had a president like this. yet, what they want him do is inject himself in a state premium court decision that's coming up in in nebraska. and circumvent the legal process that's out there right now. and isn't it very interesting that we're not talking about california and new york. a couple of good lefty states. we're talking about nebraska, red state. we're talking about south dakota, red state. seems to me, karl rove, you've got to go throughout and get those people on board with your agenda instead of calling the president stupid on this. the president -- this is so like president obama. he is going to let all the legal avenues

that's what donald trump was talking about.onomics of air bnb and donald trump's suggestion that people cross the border for sex, the director of the earth institute at columbia university, professor jeffrey sacks. and also associate editor for "the washington post" david ignatius. also in washington, nbc chief foreign affairs correspondent and host andrea mitchell. thanks for being with us. let's go straight to ukraine. ukraine's president is launching an effort to retake buildings in the country's east. both sides are claimi ining casualties. meanwhile groups loyal to ukraine are scuffling in the streets with pro-russian groups. the state department is confronting with moscow with a list of talking points accusing the kremlin of direct responsibility. these certainly don't seem to be locals that are taking over some of these ukrainian institutions. the u.s. is claiming armed russian operatives have been arrested in ukraine and are trying to fuel the unrest. last night at russia's request, it was mostly filled with finger poin

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we're going to have donald trump on this very shortly to talk about the implications of this and why he says a lot of folks in washington should be fired for this. the bottom line is that this ad is coming back to haunt people. take a look. or not. david williams is the president of the taxpayer alliance. that is the famous ad that had the chinese chuckling at our expense that they're on the verge of eating our economic lunch. steve, what do we make of this. it is an unusual number. >> the severe weather patterns we had in the northeast and midwest but even if you account for that it's a lousy number t. problem is we have been stuck now for five years in this 2% or less growth path and that just isn't enough to put americans back to work or to allow them to get a pay raise and this is the reason, you know, if you look at the latest fox news poll, half of americans think we're still in a recession and that's because for half of americans we still are in a recession. >> it's only a matter of time, david, before -- even though the chinese has five or six years ago we're growing at half

donald trump says he is seriously considering buying the buffalo bills. skeptics accused him of making a platplay for publicity. the billionaire real estate mogul says if he does purchased a franchisee wants to keep the team in buffalo. and show debuts this weekend. >> something that people are going to be talking about for sure. already has been plenty of talk about this new program. it is called salem. a look back at the famous which is and which trials. a very edgy span. a year ago this area 45 minutes outside of thtrees. louisiana. posing as sale of massachusetts in the 17th century. this is the sad for the first original program on our national cable channel. >> in the show premieres this sunday on wgn. fear and suspicion is mixed with magic and the supernatural. the help of shock. a pretty big departure. up until now it has been best known for chicago in his and sports. plenty of television reruns. the executive producer told me and set up and take notice.sit up and take notice. >> i would be lying. hopefully it fits within the story. >> it is prett

minutes the bundy family will be here to respond but first, reaction to this and much, much more, donald trump, how are you? >> hi. >> i am on this season's apprentice. >> that's right. i understand you're helping a good friend of yours. >> gerardo -- >> he's doing well. you would be proud of him. >> if you say he's fired, it's not because of money because he's working it hard. >> he is working it hard. >> you know, over the years, we've been friends, i have followed cases you've been involved in, land disputes, government bureaucracies, you got to deal with bald eagles. you got to deal with, in this case a desert tortoise. >> right. >> i don't like heavy-handed government. 200 agents, snipers surrounding a ranch. seems a little over the top to me. >> it's over the top, very strong. i like him but you also have to say and i watched you last night with the little debate you had going and she did a very good job. >> tamera. >> because you do have certain law. i mean, you have it all throughout the united states and they pay their fees and all sorts of grazing fees and things i'm not accustomed t

big gathering of kind of republican want to be presidential nominees up in new hampshire, and donald trump, managed who mentioned jeb bush and brought boos from the crowd, you know, he talked about how bush had talked about how immigrants who come to this country, they are not committing a felony, it is an act of love, they are trying to come and help their families. do you think at this point that jeb bush is the leading contender for the presidential republican presidential nomination? >> it is fair to say. i was down at the station when jeb bush spoke and he made those comments and he seems much more interested today than he did, say, three months ago. >> that is my sense of it. >> and all the people around him seemed to be moving moving in that direction but what he said is i want to get in only if i can avoid the vortex. >> donald trump showed him what the vortex could be right. >> if i run i am going to going to do it on my own terms, i care about immigration that don't sell well in a republican primary he may find that is not something that will work well for him. >> one thing for s

when it comes to policy. >> how about donald trump? >> i mean, i don't think anybody thinks donald trump is running for president. but he has received great. he is candid. he gives the great sound bites. you knee, but is he not runing . >> it is sort of interesting who wasn't there. you named some of them. but, the more moderate why wasn't governor christie there. >> governor christie specifically was not invited. >> that may be why he wasn't there. okay, he has a good excuse. he has a great excuse. >> jeb bush was invited but did not respond. >> why not? >> i think jeb bush would know this was not his crowd trump mentioned. he went into detail about illegal immigration, act of love statement there were boos in the crowd. this was not going to be jeb bush's crowd in any way. one person that i thought was interesting about changing the republican party who did show up was mike lee who is, i'm not saying is he running but senator from utah has really taken the lead in trying to come up with new sort of policies and new direction for repu

whatever you think of donald trump, he spoke and the crowd reacted yesterday. it was a broad base of people at the summit yesterday. when you mention jeb bush's name, it was like a wisdom tooth extraction. okay, there were groans from the audience. >> but you got all of these big-money republicans saying we need jeb. >> right, with the collapse of chris christie they have to go somewhere. the two other people are scott walker, governor of wisconsin, because he has access -- and my dark horse candidate is rick perry, first of all, the kentucky derby is coming up, he's been around the course once, he knows what the track is like, secondly, he can raise a bucket load of money. he's governor of texas. third, unlike scott walker, he got a compelling economic story to tell. someone from the bush/scott walker, i think rick perry would be my dark horse. >> i was at this rodeo before. rick perry was the leading candidate in 2012. >> i didn't say leading i said dark horse. >> very dark horse. >> i want to go back to this point about the last name. i think, frankly, lot o

>> i would say to donald trump, oh, god. i did the thing on donald trump about three years ago on the daily show. i seriouslyof a -- can't remember what it was, but it was nice. it wasn't -- it was mean, it was funny. -- that's what i would -- aboutu, is next having him here. i got a call from his secretary. she called and said donald trump wants to talk to you after did this thing. i was really busy and my parents are coming to town. i got my assistant to call his assistant and just say [laughter][laughter] , i'm a busy man. and then he called next day. i am a comic and i have too much to do to have a conversation with you. you are an entrepreneur, how can you have time? [laughter] so i said, don't call me again. [laughter] is he coming here to speak? >> right here. , i, no. he has had his time. zip it. when he kept with the birther it is it was like -- no, self advertising. you are allowing self advertising. i didn't bring my cds here today. [laughter] [applause] >> should the redskins change the name? .> yeah i think they

understand what he is saying, but, you know, it's out there. >> noel, a, the branding of having donald trumpr and to the republican party, and, b, did you hear the booing about jeb bush when he is talking about immigration? is that helpful to your party? >> well, no. i mean, i wrote a book called "branding america" and one of the things that i desperately said is the gop needs to change its brand, and donald trump saying these things, it was assanine the things that he said, and it's not the way that we need to reach out and rebrand our party. i mean, once again, it's another dividing wall. we all know what jeb bush was talking about. however, i any it was kind of silly the way jeb bush made his words, but i do get his point, and we do need to get right. the gop needs to get right on immigration. we need to get right on reaching out to minorities. we're not doing a good job, and part of the problem is, joy, you know, is anybody at the rnc welcoming minorities and groups to come and do outreach programs? who is doing the outreach programs? >> yeah. you know, noelle, sounds so reasonable and s

and heard donald trump junior. because the donald trump empire is built largely on real estate.e people with the prices of $6000 per square foot, the average person, it's probably not so much of an issue neil: i know the argument is for the big chinese villagers replace them. >> i think it's horrible for retail and new construction. it is a big component of that. as far as existing retail goes, not sure that these guys are going anywhere. and so it may be a little bit more problematic are the coming months. but i don't think this is the end-all be-all or they're never coming back to new york again. >> and it has grown up and i think it happened more during the boom and the bus. new york wasn't hit that hard and i think that it is because there's not wealth that people are saying my 4 million-dollar apartment may only be worth $2 million per that i will sit there and suck up until the market comes back. so it never really came together like you did in some other areas >> and i see that is a bigger problem than perhaps others. people are really hitting this looking at places like

also, donald trump and former arkansas governor mike out of the. the day kicked off with a speech by senator and tea party caucus member mike lee of utah. e new hampshire freedom summit. thank you very much. washington yesterday. i have to say it is good to be back in america. [laughter] >> great job. >> it is a pleasure for me to honor my friends. if you but after we got there, was in town. we are the only two senators in the room when bono who came by u2u actually listened to yo in junior high. i was the youngest senator. i was 39 at the time i was elected into office. i was reading at the level of a 40 year old which i told was very impressive. 42 now but read at the level of a 43-year-old. i try to stay ahead of the curve. my wife sharon is here somewhere. when i got there, it was interesting. apparently to some people in washington i did not look like a senator. to some of them i looked like a staff member by comparison. from time to time when i got to the door of the senate in order to vote, there were these very heavily armed gentleman who w

also donald trump and i can't be. but first. the day kicked off quite a speech with mike lee of utah. >> thank you very much good to be back in america it is a pleasure for me to honor my friend. a few weeks after we got there the lead singer for u2 -- a good moment -- i was the youngest senator. i was 39 at the time i was elected into office. i was reading at the level of a 40 year old which i told was very impressive. 42 now but read at the level of a 43-year-old. i try to stay ahead of the curve. my wife sharon is here somewhere. when i got there, it was interesting. apparently to some people in washington i did not look like a senator. to some of them i looked like a staff member by comparison. from time to time when i got to the door of the senate in order to vote, there were these very heavily armed gentleman who would stop me. oh just tying to get into vote and do my job. as a nondrinking kid from utah i was not used to getting carded. they do not want to see my driver's license. i will show you what they wanted to see. e

only donald trump can say something like that. he also goes to the dirty part of the mind. casey said that rand paul had the most enthusiastic response with the crowd up there. part of his message was about the need to expand the appeal of the party. smart enough. he called for ending corporate welfare. this took some stones to talk like that in this crowd. let's watch. >> rich companies don't need your money. and it's an assault for those among us who say we don't have enough money for these other program, but we got enough money for our rich friends. if you want to be consistent, if you want to grow the movement, we cannot be the party of fat cats, rich people and wall street. >> and there was americans for prosperity, paid for by the koch brothers right behind him. and here's what senator paul said about reaching out to the african-american community. here he is. >> parts of our message has to reach out to people who we haven't been hitting, who haven't been listening. the door is not going to open up to the african-american community or the hispanic community until we h

the one, the only, the donald. >> all right mr. trump, the freedom summit. re having a little freedom summit of our own. to get america back on track, what do we need? what does donald

. >> also attending the summit, ted cruz, and donald trump. >>> a severe storm threat is in the station's midsection and finally a slice of spring here in the northeast. dylan dreyer is here. >> enjoy the weather today because we have snow to talk about in some areas for tomorrow. temperatures, though, really mild this morning in the 50s and 60s, and we should warm into the 70s across a good portion of the country today. there are some scattered showers, lighter rain up through minneapolis and that will move into chicago and spotty showers in the northeast, and it's going to turn into one of those days where we could see stronger storms develop later on this afternoon, from milwaukee and wisconsin, and back into kansas. not so much tornados but we have threat for hail and straight-line wind gusts. look in the rockies as we go into tonight and tomorrow. temperatures will tumble. we could end up with six to 12 inches of snow in denver. actually, denver tends to get more snow in april than in january. we should top out at 80 in dallas and 70 in atlanta, and low 70s in the northeast, and then

i got it. [ laughter ] >> jon: when did the guy who makes donald trump's hair look natural get veto powerver every word republicans say about israel? >> not just israel, jon. he wants unions called thug collectives, offshore tax havens are now money resorts and he does not use a motorized scooter he practices extreme sitting sox rad, i know. >> jon: i'll give you that the man is a champion sitter. listen. how can anyone claim to be a leader if they are bending over backwards to please an 80-year-old gambling mogul. >> sorry he prefers 40-year-old jackpot facilitator. if you don't mind. >> jon: i can't believe they are so willing to change their behavior for money. >> really, jon. how do you feel about taco bell one of "the daily show"'s major sponsors? hmmmm. >> jon: i think it's it's a place that thinks outside the bun to provide america's families with a wholesome and nutritious dining experience. [ applause ] taco bell -- [laughter] [cheers and applause] >> yeah. yeah, you know what? i thought you might say that and that is why i sent some over for you. >> jon: you don't have to did th

and there were boos when donald trump in particular mentioned jeb bush and the immigration comment specifically. and so i think it was more of a reaction to the actual policy, and not necessarily to the potential of a jeb bush candidacy. i think it would have welcomed hearing from him. but i do think there was very clear opposition to some of the things they think he stands for. ch. >> and we're always talking about this. basically my whole lifetime we've been talking about this upcoming presidential election. whether it's going to be 1996 or 2000. whatever. this is going to be the year the conservative base finally says we don't want the establishment candidate. this is whether they go with the true believer. and yet, this is the party that nominates bob dole and john mccain and mitt romney. so we're hearing it again in the runup to 2016. it was going to be chris christie. maybe not jeb bush. this is a year they're going to nominate a guy like rand paul. and you thought rand paul got the best response. when you look at this. in a state like iowa, which has heavy evangelicals on the republican

ted cruz, rand paul, mike leigh, louie gohmert, mike huckabee, donald trump. let's not forget marsha blackburn. just think for a moment, folks, could you imagine any of these people being the president of the united states? nah. they wasted no time attacking the real president of the united states and the affordable care act. first up, canadian senator ted cruz from texas. cruz wants every single word -- don't leave anything out. every single word of obamacare wiped off the books. >> today, obamacare is at its lowest approval rating it's ever been since the day it was signed into law. the result of millions of american and women standing up and saying obamacare is a disaster, it is not working, it is hurting millions of americans. i am convinced we are going to repeal every single word of obamacare. [ applause ] >> false, false, and even more false. cruz is flat-out wrong on all levels there. first, support for obamacare is up nine points since november. seven and a half million people now have health insurance. so what is cruz going to do with 7.5 million peo

well, donald trump who has been saying he's going to run for years and told me he's serious about it again this time took jeb bush to task. listen. >> i heard jeb bush the other day and he was talking about people that come into this country illegally, they do it for love. and i said, say it again. i didn't get -- that's one i've never heard of before. i've heard money, i've heard this, i've heard sex, i've heard everything. the one thing i never heard of was love. i understand what he's saying. but, you know -- it's out there. >> donald trump says he's serious about running for president again in 2016. taking a shot at jeb bush who said he'll make a decision sometime by the end of this year. there's a lot of positioning already under way between these republican potential contenders for the nomination for the white house. rand paul yesterday said he does not support paul ryan's budget, the house republican budget committee chairman, paul ryan, it passed the house, going to the senate where it's probably not coming up because democrats are against it. rand paul says he opposes it bec

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she singles out donald trump for being particularly mean. she said the remarks threw her into a tail spin. she admits she's had cosmetic injections and took a pill to relax that night and fasted for days prior to the oscars. >>> we put a new graphic on our website tonight that shows how food insecurity varies from state to state in this country. it's defined as a lack of access to adequate food, in some cases, the people who really don't know where their next meal will come from. the darkest shading along the mississippi river where states like new hampshire have none at all. >>> the white house has a red fox. we don't know yet if it's a michael j. or a megan, but it's been spotted by a lot of people including the president who looked out and saw him running between the residence and the west wing. the fox is currently in the dog house for eating portions of the first lady's garden. he tripped motion detectors at night, eluded efforts to humanely capture him because he's wiley. we asked you for them and you delivered on the museum exhibit of

during the oscars, donald trump tweeted that novak should sue her plastic surgeon. >>> and james franco went off on a critic who did not care for his broadway rendition of steinbeck's "of mice and men." he wrote that the critic is an idiot, should be writing for gawker and is a little something that rhymes with witch. >> wow. >> yes. social media, it is anonymous, free, people can get on there to see whatever they want. good for him -- >> for firing back? you think it is going to be good. >> probably not. >> it probably won't turn out well for him. >> i'm craig melvin. this is "early today." we hope it is just your first stop of the day here on nbc. >>> leading the news in the new york times, cost of treatment may influence doctors. some of the most influential medical groups in this country are recommending that doctors weigh the costs of treatment and not just the effects as they make decisions about patient care. >>> in the washington post this morning, lawyer who defended california gay marriage ban plans daughter's gay wedding. charles cooper, former top official in the reagan just

[laughter] in new it liquid gold hampshire and i just cut a deal with donald trump in the back room tothat liquid gold at trump tower. [applause] as honorary chairman of the americans for prosperity, i want to thank and welcome everyone for coming today. in which wevent will exercise today our constitutional rights under the first amendment, for those of you visiting in our state and including the press, i want to remind you that new hampshire is a state that has neither sale or income tax. when you get done today, we want you to spend some extra time and do some shopping before you leave our state. i want to thank cory and greg and all of the others for putting on this great event. i was asked to say a few words about taxes, because april 15 is just around the corner. i did not know where to begin or where to and. -- end. i decided to share with you a few words from a speech that was written by my father 42 years ago. governor served this great state from 1973 to 1979. he first ran for governor on 1968 on a platform of, axe the tax. really interesting to see this gentleman, my father,

. >> another one of my favorites, donald trump. yours as well. >> indeed. >> this is just classic. he says, "you have to be confident as you face the world each day, but you can't be too cocky. anyone who thinks is he going to win them all is going to wind up a huge loser." i just love that. >> thrice bankrupt race-baiting baffoon. >> bhoe. >> he is a bad guy. he is a definitively a bad person, just -- he is not in the -- >> is that the most hypocritical quote in this book? >> what's great is that came from his book survive telling top, which was published -- he got the deal for it right at the peak of his career, and then it came out right when his entire empire in the hurl 1990s was imploding under the weight of way too much debt. he kind of wrote this book about how to survive at the top, and one reviewer at the time, when it was published because it was so ironic, the timing said it's like a marie antionette did a book about keeping my head. the timing was so bad for him. >> is there anybody who is mad at being in the book, may

senators rand paul, ted cruz, donald trump and newt gingrich. just some of the people at the inaugural freedom summit to give us a look at the contenders in the 2016 presidential election. carl cameron live at the summit. carl, you are in manchester, new hampshire. >> this summit is the first of its kind. there's never been a cattle call of presidential candidates getting together for the midterms two years before the election. yet here we are in new hampshire, home of the nation's primary. it's like a sprinter. the first one to get a good jump out of the block could be the winner at the end when you get to the tape. this was not the whole field by any stretch of the imagination. 20 candidates could be running on the republican side in 2016. rand paul who's been leading the polls all over the country particularly in the early voting states, very strong success with appealing to younger voters, minorities, lgbt voters and try to expand the party base and start winning elections. that's not been received well by some of the conservatives in the re

why do you think women sleep with donald trump? ( laughter ) seriously, does anyone know why?a dare like the cinnamon challenge or something? ( laughter ) ( applause ) it would explain his skin color. now, the danger-- the danger schlafly warns is that if we eliminate the pay gap, romance will die, simple arithmetic suggests half of women would be unable to find what they regard as a suitable mate. if a higher earning man is not available, many women are more likely not to marry at all. so enjoy your equal pay, ladies. you can spend it on friskies for your hundreds of cats because you're dying alone. women, come on. women, be honest. be honest, women. do not be ashamed to admit it-- you like a guy to earn more than you. same way you like them to open doors or give up their seat on the bus you're riding because you can't afford a car. ( laughter ) meanwhile, schlafly's article touched off the predictable media firestorm from the liberal has been ladies. but come on, if these female journalists really thought they should get paid more, why did they go into journalism? and these