jim gilmore.thursday the former virginia governor filed his paperwork with the federal elections commission officially launching his campaign for president. take a look at the reaction to the uh thansment from around the country -- the announcement from around the country. >> amazing. >> despite the obvious enthusiasm it is unclear where the 17th gop hopeful would be allowed to join in the fox news candidate forum at 5:00 p.m. on august 6th. what do you think? i mean the public dit class is going crazy for gilmore. >> they are going so crazy. this race has now become a version of the commercial for the new york state lottery. the slogan is, hey you never know. basically jim gilmore has as mop chance of becoming -- as much chance of becoming president as i do. a rock can fall on 16 people simultaneously between now and june. he is the last guy standing. he gets the nomination. he will still get 48, 47% of the vote. >> why so dark about his chances? he was the governor of virginia was it? >> you rem

jim gilmore intelligence? turning away from the world of intelligence, donald trump, now,. >> who continues to remain steady at the top of the polls. all right. so what's the latest crazy? >> sadly because president obama has done such a poor job as president you won't see another black president for generations. what did you mean by that? >> yeah what did you mean by that? >> well, i think he has been a very poor president. i think he has done a very poor job as president. >> larry: uh-huh. uh-huh. so what you are saying is every black person gets penalized for one black person's actions? do i really have to explain prejudice 101 to you? >> by your logic i should stop going to the dentist because they all kill lions. instead of the real reason why i stopped, which is because they all have a conspiracy to inject black people with government killing juice. hashtag gkj, look it up. >> for the sake of argument let's assume obama has done a poor job, you are telling me obama's poor presidency disqualifies an entir

jim gilmore is a very dynamic and handsome man. but 11 minutes, it was not the most scintillating start to a national campaign. but he got in last week and it was exciting to complete our chart that we started all those months ago. just a nice sense of completion to nail down the decisions and the fate of all of these candidates. so first thing we were able to do is poof out four guys. good buy rick snyder, mike pence, peter king, john bolton. they're all gone. start at the top, everybody else stays in. mike huckabee, in, ted cruz, rand paul, marco rubio, jeb push, chris christie, rick santorum, bobby jindal, ben carson, lindsey graham, donald trump, jim pataki -- hold on a second, we forgot one. who is that again? who is that? i totally forgot about that guy. the guy in the bottom, that is bob ehrlich. he's the only one of our original 22 as of this weekend that had not made up his mind whether or not he was going to run. but yesterday he told "the boston globe," poof he. he did not say "poof me" to "the boston globe," but he said

>> larry: tonightly, jim gilmore is running for president. and here's where i read your minds because you all just thought, who the (bleep) is jim gilmore? joe biden butz out his feelers for a presidential run. it's the first time in years his feelers have actually been used appropriately. and the boy scouts of america finally ends its ban on gay scout leaders. great. so it's a big year for gays who like to tie knots. >> time for the nightly show. let's do this!

gilmore served as virginia governor from 1998 to 2002.erved as chairman of the republican national committee and chairman of the congressional panel to assess america's capabilities to respond to a terrorist attack. this is a panel known as the gilmore commission and he is a u.s. army veteran. he's here to talk about this. thank you for being with me. there's a forflum new hampshireum in new hampshire. you won't be there, mike huckabee why not? >> i think we got into the race so late they could not make the preparations. but i've been to new hampshire eight times, i visited every county in new hampshire, i've been there multiple days on each trip and continue to go back because new hampshire is important. >> you ran briefly in 2008 you struggled with fund-raising you're back at it again. i wonder what lessons you learned and what do you think you bring to a crowded field that other candidates don't? >> i think it's the entire package, brianna. i am a governor and governors are considered legitimate for this debate in this presidential cam

and here's where i read your minds because you all just thought, who the (bleep) is jim gilmore?s for a presidential run. it's the first time in years his feelers have actually been used appropriately. and the boy scouts of america finally ends its ban on gay scout leaders. great. so it's a big year for gays who like to tie knots. >> time for the nightly show. let's do this! captioning sponsored by comedy central [ cheers and applause ] >> larry: oh man. welcome to the nightly show. such a good audience. i am larry wilmore and man i am so excited you guys. i am so excited. you know what i am talking about. we are a couple of days away from the first gop debate which means it's time to check in on what is happening with the unblackening. >> okay. let's take a look at the newest candidate who is trying to denegrofy the white house. >> former virginia governor jim gilmore is the newest contender in the republican presidential sweepstakes. >> sweep sweepstakes is right. jim gilmore has a bigger chance of winning the hunger games than winning the presidential election. right? [cheers

jim gilmore has a bigger chance of winning the hunger games than winning the presidential election. right? [cheers and applause] >> larry: now, if you wondering who jim gilmore is, you are not alone. >> i would not want to sugarcoat it. we asked people for their questions today. and a lot of them were, why? some of them were, who? >> larry: but most of them were, wuuuuuuuut? >> wuuuuuuuut? >> larry: okay. so you were a governor, blah, blah, blah, you think you are the one who can save the country, whatever, whatever, just give me something else i haven't heard from those other 16 candidates, anything. >> i am a united states army intelligence veteran. >> larry: oh. intelligence veteran. so the thing you have to offer that's different from the rest of the republican candidates is intelligence. hmm. [ applause ] >> larry: you are separating yourself from the pack. well, this is awesome, man, gilmore is the first 007 presidential candidate and bio07 i mean he has only .007 percentage in the poll. [ applause ] >> larry: oh, speaking of espionage, louisiana governor and top secret bobby

do we need more gilmore? >> i didn't get enough. i wanted to explore foreign policy. >> farrah is your guy now? >> who? >> farrah. haven't heard of him. >> lisa, does the gop need more candidates? enough? >> i don't libeling odd numbers so we should make it even. tom is running. he told me. >> tom is running? okay. >> just to make it even. >> i was going to ask you what you thought but then i realized i don't care. >> emotional support animals. i take an emotional support animal with me every time i fly. it is called xanax. >> tom farrah said she would rather sit next to a pig than a baby and he said this is a problem if you have to evacuate. pigs aren't trained. but babies are? >> yeah. a mom can carry a baby out. these people are so emotional fragile they can't fly without the pig so i continue trust them to evacuate the plane properly. >> probably they shouldn't be on the plane in the first place. >> stay home. enough. >> you said it cost $95 to bring it on a plane but these people are getting notes saying they are for emotional

joining us now is former virginia governor jim gilmore.nor, thank you for joining us for joining us tonight. >> thank you, lawrence. >> i want to get your reaction to what donald trump is saying tonight. he seems to have a reading of the 14th amendment that i can't find anyone else of reasonable mind shares. >> no. i think he's been out in the sun at the iowa state fair too long, lawrence. there's no lawyer anywhere in america that misunderstands the 14th amendment f. you are born in the united states, you are a natural born citizen. what's stunning is that donald trump and governor walker have agreed that should be changed. that we should be eliminating birthright citizenship in the united states. i could not more emphatically disagree with that. it is dangerous to tinker with who gets to be a citizen and who doesn't get to be a citizen and a dreadful message to be sent to young people right now who have citizenship and will feel they are not wanted. this is wrong. it is pandering. it's awful type statement and should be rejected. and the

to governor gilmore.residential candidates have not said they would have a litmus test for justices nominated to the supreme court. recently hillary clinton broke that precedent. she said she would apply that on the case of citizens united, which deals with campaign finance laws in america today. is it time for conservatives to impose a litmus test on abortion? >> well, as you know, i'm a former elected prosecutor, a former elected attorney general, trained at the university of virginia in constitutional law. and i don't believe it litmus tests except this. i believe we should be appointing supreme court justices who will follow the law and not try to make the law. now, the challenge we're seeing today the supreme court is being convert need some type of political body. they have to have some legal basis and precedence for being able to follow the law instead of making the law up. and my goal is in appointing supreme court justices would be to appoint justices who would follow the law. bill, i want to say

and here's where i read your minds because you all just thought, who the (bleep) is jim gilmore?elers for a presidential run. it's the first time in years his feelers have actually been used appropriately. and the boy scouts of america finally ends its ban on gay scout leaders. great. so it's a big year for gays who like to tie knots. >> time for the nightly show. let's do

chris christie and former governors martin o'malley and jim gilmore have announced their candidacies but haven't release books. .. >> >> with her dad and siblings. and many people who have gone through war have suffered trauma, she had a dream that her and her sister share this data entry for years to be hunted down and i inherited this dreamliner and i take one of the curious things as a writer is why i have this second part of the trina not just the first. >> host: y eight did you discover you had the second dream? >> guest: i discovered it five years ago when i first learned, i come from a blended family my father who died ted years ago was an eastern european jew and my mother is a lithuanian catholic and five years ago i have a conversation with my mom and i learned that dead grandfather the lithuanian grandfather actually lois security police of the gestapo during world war ii. and instantly i felt a very vivid range of emotions to figure out what that meant but certainly with that you wish population to be exterminated. the moment i learned he had this position during the war

gilmore. appears he will not make the cut for the first gop debate we'll talk to him about that and what he thinks about the rest of the republican field. that's coming up in our next hour here on "msnbc live." >>> wups againonce again, our big pulse question is about the upcoming debate. should all 17 republican candidates be included in the first debate? the pulse is live. weigh in by logging on pulse.msnbc.com and cast your vote now. your opinion changes you can cast it again and change. we'll have a look at our votes later this hour. >>> developing right now, extreme weather hitting several parts of this country. in fact, 14 million people are at risk of severe weather today. but at least three areas are really feeling the brunt of it all. in new hampshire a father and daughter were killed when a circus tent collapsed in lancaster. 32 people were taken to the hospital. this morning officials face questions of how the show was allowed to continue in such bad weather. >> it's really the resp

ahead, to hear from the former virginia governor jim gilmore on his strategy to drum up support.e says the big field of candidates will actually help him. >>> and a huge blow in the effort to train syrian rebels to fight isis. this time not from the islamic state but from another sworn enemy of america. lieutenant general richard newton is with us as the confusion in the region gets louder. >>> let the lobbying begin. congressmen breaking for recess. we will talk with former undersecretary of state for political affairs and ambassador to nato ambassador nick byrnes ahead as we look forward on "sunday morning futures" this morning. >>> the gop field grows to 17 after former virginia governor jim gilmore tosses his hat into the ring. the republican defying critics by answering his announcement why after 14 years out of office he is now deciding to take a shot at the white house. he joins us right now. good to have you on the program. welcome. >> thank you, maria. >> so we know it's a crowded field. you have the debate this upcoming week. why would you run for president now? >> beca

a former governor of virginia-- jim gilmore-- became the 17th republican to enter the race for presidentxplained why he's running in such a crowded field in a video released on youtube. >> i've been looking for someone to enter the race committed to my belief that america's economic and national security is increasingly at risk. but i haven't seen a response from anyone that makes me certain about their knowledge or solutions to the threats facing our nation. i do not seek the presidency because i want to be something. i seek it because i want to do something for america. >> woodruff: gilmore served as virginia's governor from 1998 to 2002, and he launched a brief presidential bid in 2008. wall street posted small losses today. the dow jones industrial average lost 56 points to close at 17,689. the nasdaq fell less than a point. the s&p 500 dropped more than four points. for the week: the dow and nasdaq each gained nearly one percent and the s&p added 1.2%. despite its lack of natural snow, china's capital city won the right to host the winter 2022 olympics today. the announcement came d

career in politics, and finally new jersey chris christie and former governors martin o'malley and jim gilmore have announced their candidacies but haven't released books. >> booktv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they're reading this summer. >> well, right now i'm finishing frank by barney frank his autobiography. it's a really interesting book because it gives you not only a little look at his career, but you know, congress back when it worked -- [laughter] a little better than maybe now. and just some of the, you know, highlights of some of the major legislation he worked on and some of the experiences he went through. especially relevant for someone who always looked up to barney as someone who's probably the smartest and wittiest, you know, member of congress i remember watching. and it's a really fascinating read. so i'm just finishing that one up. i just started one called factory man which is about the bassett furniture company or group, i forget what it is, but it's, essentially, a company that builds furniture here in the united states and despite all th

one candidate that's in that situation is former virginia governor jim gilmore. to enter the field, and he joins me now from richmond virginia. governor thanks for being here. >> thank you, brian. >> you just entered the race a couple days ago. will you be at the afternoon debate this thursday? do you know how this is going to work? >> well if i am invited by fox, then i will probably go to cleveland and participate to the extent that i am permitted. but the fact is that this limitation by the rnc is improper. rnc should never have put themselves in that kind of position. that's not their job and not their role. they shouldn't be doing that. the decision about who is going to be president of the united states doesn't belong with a washington establishment or the news media and certainly not with the rnc. it belongs with the people of the united states and every candidate ought to have a chance to give their views to the people of this country. >> you used to be a chairman of the rnc, so you have personal feelings about this. you're saying it's improper. but what

>> jim gilmore. he is not going to be in the cnn debate. he wasn't invited. he doesn't make the lowest cry criterion. i can't see him staying in. >> i think rick perry because i think he actually was running for president again and thought was going to make it i think a lot of the others like gilmore are looking for their next chapter but didn't actually think they were going to become our next president. >> i also say rick perry, his comment this week my campaign is not dead says it all. >> that is it for the panel but stay tuned for your friday feedback. >>> finally tonight your friday feedback. your story on donald trump position and stories he has changed on do they really matter? david griffin has said he says where he is now on the issues that's what really matters. it should but nothing seems to damage him. there is anger at the gop. and ed henry's report on questions about hillary clinton's top aide, we asked if uma abidine will be a scapegoat bossy patriot treats -- tweets. i wouldn't put it past clinton to throw her under the bus. she is that ambiti

you and jim gilmore is the 17th to announce he will join me here to tell us why he is number one. "risk and reward" starts now. deirdre: cars and government data and corporate e-mail now chinese hackers may have hit the big university of connecticut exposing thousands of students will security and credit card details. former white house staffer is with me now. why the university of connecticut? >> here is the thing. backers have realized where is the next treasure trove it is a little easier to break into the in some of the other industries and colleges and universities. everything about a student's not just their major but if they apply for financial aid, their parents information, students information it sounds like they were there almost two years as well so food knows how much information and the bad guys got away with. >> happening in in september 2013 so it intruders had a lot of opportunities for the data that they stole. why did it take so long to pinpoint? >> backers have changed tactics they are not is not easy when they break-in they don't try to run out the door at the

i want to bring in jim gilmore, he is with me a former governor of virginia.g the gop contenders running for president. he is also on the nra's board of directors. thank you for being with me, governor. >> thank you, poppy. >> the father of alison parker, you just heard him there. one of the victims of wednesday's shooting. he says he's for the second amendment, but he spoke specifically to you and other policymakers saying we need politicians to be braver and something needs to change. do you agree with him that something needs to change? >> well, i think standing up for the constitution is an act of bravery, poppy. first of all, i want to express sympathy to this father, to this boyfriend. i think it's a terrible tragedy, but it does need to be remembered that we in virginia have background checks. this fellow, this criminal, went through a background check. so nibbling away at the second amendment rights of all americans is not the solution to this problem at all. we have to stand for the rights of the constitution. >> well, he didn't say take away their se

gary mark gilmore is dead. >> tonight, our topic will be murder. as a growth industry.he national homicide figures. for the past ten years, every year has set a new high for murder in america. >> the statistics were stupendous. violent crime was soaring. the spectacles that people were seeing was unlike anything they had to absorb before. >> a small grocery store has been robbed. the owner of the store has been shot and killed. >> what happened? >> as i understand, the man came into the store and had a gun and asked for the money. my grandfather reached for a gun he had and he grabbed for the man's gun and it went off and my grandfather fell to the floor. >> why did he feel he needed a gun? >> because there were so many robberies in this area. >> today, ordinary citizens who would not otherwise dream of having a gun, are buying one because they're scared out of their skits. >> william rubiak has been robbed four times in two years. now he bought a gun and says next time he will use it. >> i will shoot and i will shoot to kill. [ gunfire ] >> fear is the biggest seller o

jim gilmore plays the clarinet. >> really? >> yeah. school made it to the all county, all regional and all student usa band. >> really? >> very big moment for the gilmore family. >> do you think that's going to -- do you think that's going to play a role in his candidacy? could that bring him back? >> i think that it could. because it could be a viral video if he gave a speech and started playing a clarinet instead. people would think that's real wacky. >> who doesn't like wacky. speaking of wacky, liberal panel, are you worried about your chosen candidate? it was supposed to be a coronation. now it's an annihilation. thank you. that almost rhymed. >> no, greg. and i'm shocked and offended you would malign our greatest secretary of state of all time in this way. if there's one thing we know about the clintons, they do not like evidence. i think her jokes are hilarious. if i were a brick wall i would want her to stand in front of me. >> carly fiorina crushed it in the smaller of the two fox republican debates and her latest poll numbers

jim gilmore did not file in time. the other chanceshad a chance. then carson said that he will be known by a lot more people. -- ben carson said that he will be known by a lot more people. thank you. c-span is the best. thank you for taking part. host: thank you for moderating. we will see you in the months to come with the new hampshire primary. jack: for sure. host: we will take calls for six more minutes and get your reaction. we will replay the forum. if you saw part of it, you may want to alert others in the country. you can watch it and make clips to share those with friends and colleagues. next, it is ben. you are on. ben: i enjoyed the forum. and i thought it was great to hear everyone and get their take. i was impressed by paul, fiorina, and carson. i think they touch on a lot of the issues that we want to hear. whether it is the patriot act, planned parenthood, prison reform grassroots candidates and other millennial's side talk to are tired of establishment -- other millennials i talked to are tired of the establishment candidates. fiori

gary mark gilmore is dead. >> tonight our topic will be murder as a growth industry.se are the national homicide figures. for the past ten years, every year has set a new high for murder in america. >> the statistics were stupendous. i mean, violent crime of all kinds were soaring. the spectacles that people were seeing on their tv screens were unlike anything they'd had to absorb before. >> a small grocery store has been robbed. the owner of the grocery store, nathan hurt, has been shot and killed. >> what happened today? >> as i understand, a man came into the store and had a gun and asked for the money. then my grandfather reached for a gun he had and grabbed at the man's gun, and it went off. or he shot him twice, and my grandfather fell to the floor. >> why did he feel he had to have a gun? >> because there were so many robberies in the area, and he thought he needed it for protection. >> today ordinary citizens who would not otherwise dream of having a gun are buying one because they are scared out of their wits. >> william rubiak is a ukrainian immigrant who ow

>> jim gilmore. he is not going to be in the cnn debate. he wasn't invited. he doesn't make the lowest cry criterion. i can't see him staying in. >> i think rick perry because i think he actually was running for president again and thought was going to make it i think a lot of the others like gilmore are looking for their next chapter but didn't actually think they were going to become our next president. >> i also say rick perry, his comment this week my campaign is not dead says it all. >> that is it for the panel but stay tuned for your friday feedback. >>> finally tonight your friday feedback. your story on donald trump position and stories he has changed on do they really matter? david griffin has said he says where he is now on the issues that's what really matters. it should but nothing seems to damage him. there is anger at the gop. and ed henry's report on questions about hillary clinton's top aide, we asked if uma abidine will be a scapegoat bossy patriot treats -- tweets. i wouldn't put it past clinton to throw her under the bus. she is that ambiti

bobby jindal no way, carly fiorina, lindsey graham, george pataki and jim gilmore also out of the game. i'm joined by michael steele, joan walsh and "the washington post" robert costa. thank you all. joan, i'll start with you because you're smiling so much. kasich really timed it right. he's the one candidate who i think is the most appealing if you're center-left or center. but the fact that he squeezed in, that rick perry is out and that trump has got the catbird seat. he's the tent pole. as we said in catholic school, the may queen. >> i remember that. >> everyone will be dancing around him. >> i love that. >> megyn kelly and everyone will be gunning for the big guy. >> this is terrible news for rick perry who ran a better campaign, a more coherent campaign this time around. it is good news for john kasich. it's a huge opportunity for kasich who has wanted to set himself up as a more compassionate conservative, as somebody who has governed more from the center, who has done good things around medicaid, who has done good things around drug treatment and really could be the person. i

republican hopeful mica could be an jim gilmore entered stage right and exited stage left over and over as they answered questions. one thing we noticed republicans read maureen dowd. >> i am a new freshfaced as opposed to the past. >> we have to have a nominee on our side who is going to throw every punch. john: when the candidates are not on stage they do funny things and those things are even funnier when we set them to music. ♪ john: one final thing we notice. jeb bush had trouble putting sentences together even on what should be easy topics like his dad. jeb bush: i differ from my sister greatly on politics. you have a brother who is pretty well known. do you feel you have two different year -- differentiate yourself? jeb bush: people get this by your point. around the kitchen table, your sister does not agree with you on things so i have a different view than my brother. my dad is probably the most perfect man alive so it is hard for me to be critical of him. i got a t-shirt that says i am -- my dad is the greatest man alive, if you do not like it i will take you outside. john: th

made up. [ laughter ] and jim gilmore might as well be. now, it's going to be a fun debate no matter what. but there is currently one candidate who is on the bubble and if he was in the debate it would make it so much more fun. which brings us to a segment we call, "free rick perry." how can you not have rick perry at your debate? need i remind you he provided an all-time debate highlight in 2011 when he couldn't name a third federal agency and then saved it with this now-classic line. >> i can't. the third one, i can't. sorry. oops. [ laughter ] >> seth: you don't want him at your debate? [ laughter ] he's the comic relief. would you have liked "family matters" more if it didn't have urkel? "i thought urkel distracted from the more interesting family dynamics of the winslows." and "oops" wasn't just a one-time thing. rick perry has been making gaffes for years. listen to what he said to a reporter in 2005. >> adios, mofo. [ laughter ] >> seth: you don't want the "adios, mofo" guy in the debate? you should, especially since the debate is i

one of them joins me now, the former virginia governor jim gilmore. thanks for being with me. the new cnn poll has you at the back of the pack with less than 1% support. i know it's early. donald trump by far, the front-runner here. what does that tell you about the electorate right now? >> not all the polls are showing me in last place. there are a number of polls including some in some states that are showing me as high as in twelfth place. i think we are making progress. what is going on now with donald trump in the first place, in my view, is that he's channeling a resentment and anger in the community particularly towards one ethnic group. i think that's not appropriate. this is not a country that should be dividing people. it should be uniting people. we have seen this politics of division ever since president obama has been in office. we are the party of ronald reagan. ronald reagan believed in adding people together. he believed in adding people to the party and adding people to the community, and that's not the voice we are hearing out of donald trump. we are hearing

what happens in "happy gilmore," he starts winning. the establishment takes him but they realize the tv ratings are way up, they realize he's bringing this whole new crowd in to watch golf and eventually the leader of the tour starts imitating happy gilmore's stroke. i think there's a little bit of that with jeb bush. he realizes that. and the ontario candidates, they realize donald trump has patched into this sort of disgruntled nature, anti-establishment feeling that's pretty prevalent in the republican party. jeb bush, a pretty mild mannered guy is starting to emulate trump a little bit. >> you say mild mannered. we heard trump say low energy. that the people with him right now are sleeping. do you think those bauschinrbs starting to work? >> trump is one of the greatest insulters of our time. for jeb bush to start counteracting him and go after him it's almost like a rap battle between james taylor and eminem. >> you're just full of them. i love it. >> basically they feel ultimately the air will run out of this. are the pundits wro

we've also read that jim gilmore will not be. rand paul as well. do republicans in iowa see that as a snub if the candidates don't give them the 20 minutes back and forth? >> only if the candidates have a prior history of not talking to them. you know, jim gilmore, you know, he hasn't been here very often. he's going to have to come here and introduce himself to iowans. he wants to compete. rand paul has been here plenty. he'll be here again. hillary clinton on the other hand has been running a race where she is staying behind closed doors and not being open with the press so iowans might hold it against her. >> all right. let's listen to what donald trump said about jeb bush and talk about his campaign there in iowa. listen. >> but jeb bush has $114 million. what's he going to do with it? he'll start hitting me with ads i guess, you know, at some point he has to because he's going down the tubes. the guy's going down the tubes. there's no energy. so when jeb and hillary and all of these other candidates start spending money, remember this, that mo

jay michael gilmore, the pentagon's direct earl of operational test and evaluation. that's the d.o.t.n.e. his report detail sos many problems one defense industry publication called the f-35 a hot mess. >> let's look at why this airline is so dangerous to the pilot. >> okay. the report doesn't make for easy reading. sol we asked pierre to take us through it. an engineer who once evaluated planes for the pentagon, he was part of the team that designed the f-16. he's since lift the defense department. he's spoken with pilots. he says chief among their concerns is the plane's safety. >> live fire test and evaluation confirmed the expected vulnerabilitities of the fuel tank structure. what does that mean? >> they implemented tests where they took pieces of the plane and shot at them with ammunition. they found it's bad. >> they catch fire, burn and explode. >> there is too much flammable stuff located in very poor locations. think of this engine as a blow torch surrounded by fuel. that's what it really is. >> the plane's propensity to catch fire when shot at, perhaps the

there they are. [ laughter ] jim gilmore. feel the excitement. disney -- this is very exciting.y announced this week it is making a prequel to the classic animated film "aladdin." it's just two hours of a lamp sitting on a shelf. [ laughter ] right at the end, it takes off. [ laughter ] a bear -- a bear in colorado this week broke into a bakery and ate 38 pies, several bags of cocoa, and one bag of sugar. that story again. someone in colorado got a bear stoned. [ laughter and applause ] come out, bear. [ grunting ] [ light laughter ] i met with my acting coach for an hour today working out paranoid bear putting back cookies. [ grunting ] apologies for bringing this next story to your attention. a los angeles-based fitness instructor claims that lifting items with her vagina has improved her sex life. [ light laughter ] though more than once it's gotten her kicked out of walmart. [ laughter ] "ma'am, what are you doing?" "nothing. why, what's the problem?" "we told you to stop doing that." "i'm not -- i don't have anything." "where's the toaster you just had?" "i don't know." [ l

jim gilmore may not make the cut.t been invited because of low polling numbers. >>> george h.w. bush and george bush met with wounded warriors and got to experience a special moment as jeffries got to propose to his girlfriend. congrats to them. >>> todd courser is apparently the course of his own smear campaign. jimmy fallon tried to explain the situation last night. >> a michigan state representative name todd courser is claiming he intentionally leaked a fake news story act himself hiring a male prostitute to expose people blackmailing him over a real affair he was having with a woman. then his wife was like got it, so we're still getting like super divorced. that was your idea? good plan. >> that is your morning dish of "scrambled politics." >>> 21 minutes past the hour, i'm joined by jonathan allen, chief political correspondent for vox. what was he thinking? can't help but talk about that. did he really think that was a good idea? >> i mean, i guess. who knows what actually happened. this guy ought to run for co

what i'm see the barbs they toss over the fence to the folks who appear later to gilmore or governor pa tack i didn't what challenges they leave for the candidates later on. >> they have a chance to have a debate with more substance in it. as chris wallace said earlier on "special report" you don't want it to be the donald trump show but it is. this will be a debate without trump, without all the personality drama, without all of the stuff that he said in the past. i think he could actually have a more substantive debate in the earlier debate without presence of trump. >> well, we are going to talk a lot about that earlier debate at 7:00 because it precedes us on thursday night. we have a lot of fun on it. but, this is going to be absolutely fascinating. both at the 5:00 and the later one. and no one wants to miss that. and i will be sort of interested to see whether or not anyone dares to take a slap at donald trump. >> there is certainly room to, right? you just saw from the exchange there with o'reilly. and, yeah, we will see. >> nuked? >> he always sits back and hits back harder

the jim gilmore reference of the day. they also took part in a voter forum in new hampshire last night, john berman. >> they talked about immigration and government spending to national security, though it did seem one of their favorite subjects, hillary clinton. >> we talk a lot at election time, but somehow we never solve these festering problems. >> protecting the homeland is the first duty of the president of the united states. >> i'm a new fresh face versus a name from the past. >> when folks approached me i was really honored but i said i'm not ready. >> i don't support the legalization of marijuana. >> people have to balance their budgets, so should the government. >> i'm fluent in clinton speak. when he says, bill says, i didn't have sex with that woman, he did. when she says i'll tell you about building the pipeline when i get to be president means she won't. >> we'll talk about that a little bit coming up. i want to bring in margaret hoover and mike shields, now president of the congressional leadership fund. ma

governor gilmore start. >> it's not a matter of what the first executive order would be, bill. the matter is what order exists now that shouldn't exist. the president has done an executive order with respect to illegal immigration that is illegal. illegal. it creates a contempt for the law, for the rule of law. if i was the president of the united states, i'd go look at every executive order that exists right now and determine which ones want to be voided because the president shouldn't be legislating. not through that vehicle or any other. we should be relying upon the leadership of the congress to pass the laws. >> senator graham? >> change the mexico city policy organizations overseas and restore the nsa that's been gutted. we're going dark whether it comes it detecting the next attack. we have gutted our ability to detect the next attack. i would not stand for that as president of the united states. i'd take the fight to these guys, whatever it took as long as it took. >> governor jindal, your first executive order would be what? >> repeal these unconstitutional legal order