dr. joel stein. i asked liz, where does this fit in with the series of election law cases we have recently heard by the supreme court? in what direction might the court be leaning? >> this is a very important issue for folks to understand. it is also somewhat complicated, or can be. the important thing to remember is the supreme court has never struck down a federal contribution mandate. the establishment of our current campaign-finance jurisprudence, the foundational case was where the court decided that spending limits put too much of a burden on core political speech and therefore spending limits, actual caps on how much anyone can spend in the election of their own money on their own independent speech, they said that could not be cap. it was the decision in citizens united, saying that where justice kennedy found independent spending was not corrupting. which is something we can come back to. however, they have never passed -- casting doubt on the importance of contribution limits guarding the f

mccutcheon case i'm joined in studio here by liz kennedy counsel for the most and from massachusetts by dr jill stein the two thousand and twelve green party presidential candidate dr side i'll get with you in just a moment talk about kind of the political implications here liz but i want to start with you and talk about this court case where does it fit in and kind of the series of election law court cases we've recently heard by the supreme court and what direction might the court be leaning here sure sampai well this is a very. poor an issue for folks to understand but it is also somewhat complicated or can be the important thing to remember is that the supreme court has never struck down a federal contribution limit in fact the establishment of our current campaign finance jurisprudence the foundational case was buckley the last where in the court decided that spending limits put too much of a burden on core political speech and therefore spending limits and actual limit on an actual cap on how much anyone can spend in an election of their own money on their own independent speech they said that

from the green party who just last year ran for president obama's job and i asked dr stein what her take is on what's going on on capitol hill right now. you know this is like the run up to the fiscal cliff which created this you know incredible crisis and this sense of doom and gloom so that when congress and the president. settled that crisis by making the bush tax cuts permanent. and getting rid of the estate tax for example doing a whole lot of favors to the one percent you know it didn't look so bad because it looked like oh gee at least we didn't go over that cliff in a sense you know this is one can't help but suspect the suspect that that's what's going on now as well that this is the creation of a crisis atmosphere wall street and you know the one percent or corporate sponsors all of them they're not going to allow the meltdown of the international economy and the stock market and all the rest the financial infrastructure of the economy and their profits it's highly unlikely that they would allow that to take place in the same way they would not allow you know the the i

going forward i'm joined now by two thousand and twelve green party presidential candidate jill stein dr saying thank you so much first of all for being with me thank you and when you ran for president last year you campaigned on a platform that would have allowed for an alternative to the political political gridlock we so often see in washington if this was the campaign year with the election you know just a week or so away do you think your message would have resonated differently with the american people. i think the message resonated in two thousand and twelve and it's resonating all the more now in fact i think history continues to shall we say validate what we were talking about that we need a politics of integrity a politics that of by and for the people because people are getting creamed right now if you look at one out of every two americans according to the census bureau is in poverty or low income and heading towards property thirty nine million students are indentured servants they're in debt students and recent graduates who don't have jobs that can repay their college loan

dr. keith ablow around. >> i loved you as franken stein. very cute. good look for you. >> i've got news to bring you now.s are blocking access to witnesses of the benghazi terror attack. in a letter to republican senator lindsey graham, they say because of a year-old f.b.i. investigation and a future criminal prosecution, there are, quote, significant risks and serious concerns about having the survivors submit to congressional interviews. according to graham, that doesn't pass the smell test. >> you can't hide behind a criminal investigation. is that's not a good reason to deny the congress witness statements 48 hours after the attack. >> democrats believe making the witnesses available to congress would create inconsistencies and complicate a trial. >>> the u.s. export-import bank is meeting today to talk about providing more than $1 billion in taxpayer-funded loans for the purchase of six boeing aircraft. the buyer? it would be beomon bangladeshi airlines. that is an airline with a pretty bad record. this is not the first time loans were given like that. loans of that size were expanded by the bank la

dr. nancy will be joining us to give us details on that. also just a tip, especially for you halperin. definitely harold ford jr., and sam steinure, if you're giving an interview on background or getting one, don't do that on the acela. perhaps not even in the quiet car. >> what could possibly go wrong. >> what's that? >> you can't do that in the quiet car. i've been kicked out of the quiet car a time or two. one former national official, intelligence official had a little problem with that. that along with the angela merkel story. it is just unbelievable. we'll begin in washington, though, where that was pretty unbelievable as well. both parties are calling for someone to be held accountable for the flawed roll out of healthercare.gov and for republicans that person is hhs secretary kathleen sebelius. she defended herself yesterday saying in part quote, the majority of people calling for me to resign, i would say, are people i don't work for and who do not want this program to work in the first place. does they have a point? >> she does. she's a savvy political player. she has to be more forthcoming when she goes before congr