you know what, newt gingrich was not the only one. in 1998, in the middle of the whole clinton impeachment mishegoss, there was a midterm election, the '98 midterm, and the president's party, historically speaking, always does poorly during midterm elections, and so, historically speaking, you would normally expect the democratic party to get clobbered in that election. it was the second midterm of president clinton's two terms in office. but this impeachment thing that the republicans had dreamed up over president clinton's extramarital affair, however exciting the whole impeachment process it was to them, it was basically disgusting to the rest of the country. and the democrats not only didn't get clobbered in those midterm elections, they did great in those midterm elections. they actually picked up seats in the house, which historically speaking is unheard of. in '98, the democrats did way better than expected. it was in the middle of the impeachment thing and newt gingrich, who had been the speaker of the house, leading the house

he ascended to power after newt gingrich resigned under pressure. the sexually explicit messages sent to congressional pages. obviously you served with dennis hastert. >> i did. >> today's news is upsetting and sad. your response to it? >> well one, i was totally surprised. i know there was this tendency for people to say i knew that. i don't think anybody knew that. look being openly gay, serving in the u.s. house, if there was any scuttlebutt about that i would have heard about it. if there were any rumors. so this comes as a total surprise. the most important point that i want to stress is once again the hypocrisy of it. obviously there's an age question. >> misconduct is alleged. i just want to make sure i can say that. >> you can say that. the fact is i don't know how old the allegee was but there's a hypocrisy issue. dennis hastert was a member of the house to voted for the defense of marriage act. he subsequently as speaker twice put before the u.s. house of representatives a constitutional amendment that would have cancelled retroactively al

speaker newt gingrich was forced to step aside. his heir apparent confessed he had committed adultery. frantic republicans turned to a former high school teacher and wrestling coach from illinois. >> a good coach knows when to step back and let others shine in the spotlight. >> hastert's poor handling of the mark foley scandal in 2006 almost brought him down. congressman foley resigned after allegations regarding his sexually explicit messages to congressional pages. when democrats gained control of the house in 2006, he chose not to run for minority leader. in 2007 he resigned from congress and has been working as a lobbyist since. andy shaw, former award-winning political reporter in chicago and full disclosure, my father-in-law, andy, you know denny hastert well, have covered him for a long time. your reaction to this news which seemed pretty shocking on its face. >> well, you know, chris, normally these sorts of things dribble out long before indictments, and you have scuttlebutt that so and so is under investigation for such a

interesting thing about newt gingrich one of the ways he stayed in was the debate in south carolina,i am from i was in the hall that night when he took control of the debate at the beginning of the did debate. stood out, won the primary some few days later and was able to sustain his entire campaign for months i don't understand because of that. whereas mid romney had an opportunity to score a knockout punch that night and close that primary down pretty early he didn't do it. i can at the ended the primary and showed showed us what kind of candidate he would end up being. >> as a practical matter can you tell people they can't be on the stage. you heard the names bruce just mentioned can you tell carli fee rinne she's not in the debate. or ben carson? >> sure, depends on what the rules are and whether you win the lawsuit that immediately follows it. the other opportunity is to have a lazy susan where everybody perform in the round. that's not that's not right. but one of the things the debates do they are part of the winnowing process. tim said they would do something to romney and t

interesting compliment from gingrich at the time.the nomination fight happened at the time is often seen as the beginning of what is today's hyperpartisan in washington. wright was seen as a tough, but effective speaker. among his biggest achievements, a peace deal between rival factions in nicaragua. jim wright was 92. my advice for healthy looking radiant skin. a good night's sleep... and aveeno®. [ female announcer ] only aveeno® positively radiant has an active naturals® total soy formula. it helps reduce the look of brown spots in just four weeks. aveeno®. naturally beautiful results™. why weigh yourself down? try new aveeno® sheer hydration. its active naturals® oat formula... ...goes on feather light absorbs in seconds... ...keeps skin healthy looking... and soft. aveeno®. naturally beautiful results. >>> welcome back. it's mother's day today. we are going to talk to a group of working mothers about how american moms are doing. let's start with how things changed from the days of "leave it to beaver" to the modern family. in 1

bob livingston, newt gingrich. dick armey bill paxon, steve largent, saxby chambliss, john sununu, lindsey graham, tom coburn, susan molinari, john kasich, bill zellef, and i know i`ve missed some. >> guest: right. c-span: almost -- other than tom delay and a couple of others, the team that you started out with are gone. >> guest: well, you know, that happens in congress today. people used to say, well, you know, you go to congress, those people are there forever. the term limit -- you know, the term limit issue and all those things that we talked about -- you know, the average -- i don`t know what exactly the average term of a congressman, but it used to be for a long time. today, it`s probably eight years or ten years is the average time that a person stays here. and they cycle off and do something else. a lot of those folks that you mentioned are either in the senate or headed for the senate so i mean, they step up and do other things. saxby chambliss and lindsey graham, and coburn`s running for the senate, and

interesting compliment from gingrich at the time.n fight happened at the time is often seen as the beginning of what is today's hyperpartisan in washington. wright was seen as a tough, but effective speaker. among his biggest achievements, a peace deal between rival factions in nicaragua. jim wright was 92. sweet mother of softness... charmin!!! take a closer look at charmin ultra soft and you'll love what you see. not only can you use less, but you can actually see the softness in our comfort cushions. we all go. why not enjoy the go with charmin ultra soft? introducing new downy fresh protect, it's like deodorant for your clothes. just toss it in with detergent and like deodorant, it neutralizes odors on the spot so your clothes smell great all day. new downy fresh protect, wash in the wow >>> welcome back. it's mother's day today. we are going to talk to a group of working mothers about how american moms are doing. let's start with how things changed from the days of "leave it to beaver" to the modern family. in 1960, 74% of women

. >> on the right newt gingrich. >> newt gingrich signed a contract with cnn. >> take back the white house. >> howard dean went on to become the head of the democratic national committee. his speaking fees topped $20,000. certain candidates don't stand a chance to become president, ton other side, candidates hold out hope. >> you're the center of attention and you've got ideas and you are telling people how you want to make their lives better and for a lot of people that can be its own reward. >> long shot presidential contenders can keep their campaigns going on someone else's dime. >> these candidates have ideas they have policy positions and voters are supporting those position he and want to fight for those causes. so it's not necessarily only about winning. sometimes it's about keeping an issue in the national spotlight. >> reporter: and with the issues come the candidates who stand to gain financially or politically. >> mary snow joins us now. we're expecting to hear from mike huckabee tomorrow. >> he has an announcement in hope, arkansas. it is expected that he will join the r

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new self-approved leader of america's liberals wants to follow the example of of all people, newt gingrich. right yao, president obama is speaking live in portland, oregon, where he will probably be arguing against senator elizabeth warren. >> hillary clinton is in the middle of a three-day swing through california. >> she's beginning to fashion a agenda. >> fill de blasio wants to be an elizabeth warren-like figure. >> we'll offer a straight, clear forward progressive agenda. >> who knows what he would like to par lay that into. >> chris christie and his dimming white house hopes, first swing through new hampshire after those indictments. >> i said in january of 2014 has turned out to be exactly what happened. >> i knew shutting down that bridge was retribution. >> i have no misgivings about it. >> christie 2016. >> that so-called deflategate report. >> i haven't had much time to digest it. >> more probable than not brady was generally aware. >> but when i do i'll be sure to let you know about it. >> i just hope this doesn't change bill belichick's happy go lucky attitude towards the pres

moment. >> that's the thing, you can see from newt gingrich, the potential. if you can get in the debate if you can have a moment like that you can zip up from 10% in the polls to winning south carolina. you can have that sort of incredible game. but let me ask you this. from the flip side so a name out there, you always say in the media, should we take him seriously, donald trump? i wonder if this criteria has been put forward for being in a debate, you have to file as a candidate, do the necessary work polling at x percent. do you think this could flush trump out, force his hand earlier than he wanted to show it? >> i've spoken with mr. trump several times over the last few weeks and he assures me that he's very close to getting in. but if trump does formally get in he could self-finance. he says he may have an announcement at trump tower in new york city. if he gets in that makes it very difficult for somebody like jeb bush. some of you have a personality that is more low key and you're up there with ben carson donald trump, carly fiorina, even if you're f

. >> on the right newt gingrich. >> and newt gingrich sign add deal with c.n.n.er his white house run in 2012. >> he went on to become the head of the democratic national committee his speaking fees top $20,000. observers say even when it is clear to the outside world that a candidate doesn't stand a chance of becoming president, from the inside, candidates see a different picture and hang on to hope there's gus tours people coming out to see you and yo have ideas and telling people how you want to make their lives better and for a lot of people that can be it's own reward. >> keep their campaigns going on someone else's dime. >> these candidates have ideas, they have policy positions and voters want to fight for those causes. so it's not necessarily only about winning sometimes it is about keeping an issue in the national spotlight. >> and with the issues come the candidates who stand to gain financially or politically mary snow, al jazeera. greets and taxes. why the country is in desperate financial straits because residents won't pay up. >> greece's government

newt gingrich. >> reporter: and newt gingrich signed a deal with cnn after his unsuccessful white house in 2012. >> and then we're going to take back the white house. >> reporter: howard dean's scream may have helped end his bid to go to the white house in 2004 but he went on to become the head of the democratic national committee. his speaking fees top $20,000. even when it is clear to the outside world that a candidate doesn't have a chance of becoming president, there is still benefits. >> you are the center of attention, and you have ideas, and you are telling people how you want to make their lives better. >> reporter: long-shot presidential contenders can keep their campaigns going on someone else's dime. >> they have ideas, poll situation positions, and voters are supporting those positions and want to fight for those causes. so it's not always just about winning, sometimes it's about keeping an issue in the national spotlight. >> reporter: and with the issues come the candidates who stand to gain financially or politically. >>> president obama today is set to nominate marine gen

. >> he came in at the beginning of sort of the gingrich era. >> he did. >> gingrich went after him withengeance, a lot of people on the house floor was shock that had somebody was doing that and of course it turned around and followed gingrich the rest of his career. >> it was one of -- could you make a case that one of the seeds of the deep polarization that now affects washington and especially the congress was the origins of jim wright's demise led by newt gingrich. >> they immediately had a gingrich secretary he became speaker. so lesson to be learned. >>> up next, the must read opinion pages plus chris mad dog russo joining us with his thoughts on deflategate. we'll be right back. i'm the protector of my patio. killing weeds where they grow. a barrier forms so weeds can't appear - serious weed prevention up to a year. [chorus singing:] ♪ roundup max control 365 ♪ with no more weeds it's your year. ♪ ♪ when you're living with diabetes steady is exciting. only glucerna has carbsteady clinically proven to help minimize blood sugar spikes. i'm a bull rider make it part of your daily di

you know newt gingrich in 2008 he was a front-runner for a time. his third wife aka the woman he left his second wife for. >> yeah, i mean-- exactly jon. and you know when a marriage gets weird you just got to get out andçó get a new one you n÷ju? (laughter) >> jon: is that-- is that a sheep there? is that -- >> well technically it's a ram. there there big fella it will allçó be over soon. >> jon: what about the republican himself reagan called his wife mommy. >> what's weird about that. it's just a husband saying mommy, i have con plated you with the woman whose vagina i came out of. >> oh, it's coming here we go here we go. oh oh! there it is. >> jon: oh wow.çó a bouquet what are you doing? >> you know jon just regular people stuff. >> jon: okay. jessica williams everybody. we'll be right back. when kevin jorgeson needs light, he trusts only duracell quantum because it lasts longer in 99% of devices. okay guys, we've got two cars here. we're going to start watching a movie in the chevy malibu. ♪ (kids laughing) he's flying ok guys, pause the movi

out and tried to clean up their mess but the first guy they picked to replace newt gingrich was laid low by the publisher of "hustler" magazine. and when bob liskvingston had to go, they picked dennis hastert instead. now today, all those years later, another shoe dropped that frankly nobody was waiting for until it dropped. but now we know who and what brought to light the denny hastert scandal that didn't end his political career but has resulted in a federal criminal un indictment of denny hastert. last night we found out he was being charged with structuring large amounts of cash withdrawals from his bank accounts and he was charged about lying to the fbi about what those cash withdrawals were for. the indictment spells out in detail the prosecutor's view about what denny hastert was using that for $1.4 million so far, less than half of what he apparently agreed to pay. what he was doing with all that cash was alleged lively paying it to someone to compensate and conceal his own misconduct toward this unnamed person in years past. as of last anyway we didn't know what the lajd mi

he supported newt gingrich mostly out of personal loyalty from a relationship that goes back 20 yearsdate that can win. he wants a candidate who is not going to concentrate on social issues. mentioned earlier he ises soly liberal. he is pro-choice. he wants the republican candidate to talk about immigration. he is worried about the republican candidate losing on that issue. he wants a winner this time. >> it's amazing on social issues and immigration, if any candidate had those views, they would be laughed out right now in the primary prospect. does that make it harder for these guys to take his money? doesn't look it. >> i don't think anyone will turn down his money. as you talked about with the adelson primary, i've been to both in the last couple of years. it is a panderfest. sheldon adelson will wait for two or three debates, see which candidate looks better to him. i think he likes marco rubio and scott walker, but he is not going to make a decision right now. there are reports he will load up on rubio. that is just not going to happen until he sees how these candidates perform.

four years ago, newt gingrich said everything that billionaire sheldon adelson wanted to hear so the gingrich candidacy was able to have its moment of surging in the polls before vendoring the nomination to mitt romney.but the gingrich candidacy would have flamed out much, much longer and would have always been irrelevant were it not for that one billionaire. if you're thinking a billionaire would have to be crazy to back george pataki, i wish i could tell you that none of our billionaires are crazy. there are now eight officially republican candidates for president. there they are. joining us now is jeffrey sachs, professor of economics and director of the earth institute of columbia university. david corn is the washington bureau chief of mother jones, msnbc political analyst and katrina vanden heuvel, editor, publisher for "the nation." i go to an economist to try to put this whole ugly picture around the world together from bribery in the world cup which i feel is surprising no one to this gigantic money mess that we are seeing in our politics now. >> well, i think there are two

i obviously disagree with newt gingrich on many things, but in 1994 he put forward a contract with america. it was a clear, sharp set of ideas about how to change america. in my view in the wrong direction. but as an organizational tool, it was very effective. on tuesday, may 12th, we'll offer a straightforward clear, sharp, progressive agenda for addressing income inequality. >> joining us now in washington, greg peters, he's an msnbc political analyst. david corn, msnbc political analyst and annie carney, with politico covering hillary clinton. the description of fair dread that bill de blasio and elizabeth warren are going for is exactly what president obama will say is in the deal that he's making. >> this probably goes back to nafta, when bill clinton promoted nafta. we're going to take labor rights, environmental rights and other issues into account when we do this deal. and i think by and large, a lot of the unions and a lot of the, you know, economic critics on the left to that deal, even some on the right, remember pat buchanan and ross perot were against it feel like at the end o

. >> former house speaker newt gingrich and democratic strategist stephanie cutter will be here to add perspective. all that and deflate-gate, what did tom brady know? and when did he know it? because this is "face the nation". captioning sponsored by cbs >> and good morning and happy mother's day. we will have more on the weird weather if developments warrant but we begin with the newest entry in the republican primary field, former arkansas governor mike huckabee. he is in destine florida this morning, good morning, governor. the fbi director warned everyone of the increasing danger of homegrown terrorists this week. you had some very tough words on terrorism. you said, you know that we will no longer merely try to contain jihadism. we will conquer it. but you didn't say how. what do we need to do that we are not doing here? >> well, locally, and here in our own country, we need to have some control of our borders and instead of spending a gazillion dollars looking at everybody's metadata of phone records and e-mail what you really need to be concentrating on those people who have be

>> they did have other options, rick pareerry -- >> they're saying that newt gingrich imploded perry >> there's a reason rick santorum didn't implode. he served four years nftin the house and 12 years in the senate. he's the only one that's running for president that reformed a program like welfare where rick santorum went in there and changed the entire program and was considered one of the most successful pieces of legislation. so did bill clinton. when did those two ever agree. rick santorum has a strong history on fighting all the terrorist activities that have gone on. he's the only one that served on armed services for eight years and has written significant foreign policy against iran and syria. the reason he didn't implode like the others there is actually there, there. there is a vision for america. that's why he'll do well again this time. >> we are blessed with having a former national committee chairman on the set. the whole idea on the debate dilemma was the rnc wanted to take control rkts limit the number of debates, these are the rules what would -- >> okay. so if i we

. >> on the right newt gingrich. >> reporter: and newt gingrich signed a deal with cnn after his unsuccessfulhite house run in 2012. >> reporter: howard dean's scream may have helped end his hopes of going to the white house, but he went on to become the head of the democratic national committee, his speaking fees top $20,000. observers say even when it's clear to the outside world that a candidate doesn't stand a chance of becoming president, on the inside candidates see a different picture and hang on to hope. >> you have gone on the bus tours, there are people coming out to see you, and you have ideas, and you are telling people how you want to make their lives better. >> reporter: and long-shot presidential contenders can keep their campaign going on someone else's dime. >> these candidates have ideas, poll situation positions, and voters are supporting those positions that they want to fight for those causes, so it's not necessarily about keeping necessarily about keeping [ technical difficulties ] >> in dire need nepal's remote villages cut off from relief by landslides. >>> hi everyone

, and then the man who was going the replace gingrich, and had his own sex scandal, and then they turnedis hastert because they felt he was clean as a whistle. and then now, of course, dennis hastert is his own scandal. and the longest serving speaker of the house in american history, and it is safe to say that his legacy is forever tarnished. >> the information coming out last night and today, and thank you, chuck todd, moderator of "meet the prez" and thank you for joining us and make sure you watch "meet the press" this sunday morning at 10:00. >> and now we get the first alert weather with our chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> it is going to be a hot month, and a hot weekend out there. and we have late weekend thunderstorms. most of the weekend should be dry from let's say philadelphia southward, and some places may stay drier the entire weekend, but everybody is going to be seeing the drought relief at some point early next week i think. we have a lot of sunshine out there right now, and it is 86 degrees, and the humidity is down a little bit from yesterday, and the

newt gingrich is running at 10%. he had that debate moment with john king.ked him about extra-marital affair, he explodes on john king, he goes from 10 to 41% in the span of 3 or 4 days on the strength of the debate performance. if you talk about the people around chris christie. his entire strategy rests on getting in the debate and getting one of those moments. they think he's capable of that personality. the youtube moments he's had the last few years. all these candidates, you can look at them and make fun of them now, because they're sitting at half a perfect and why are they running, they look at the debate with the same opportunity. if newt gingrich could jump 30 points in three days, so can i. >> they have a polling this remember hold they need to hit. >> they have to get included in those polls first. >> they have to start lobbying the pollsters. >> right. >> if you know a pollster, get them to delist their phone number. thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> much more ahead, including the shockingly liberal thing that legislators just did in a very

- haas ert became the speaker of the house in the wake of a sex scandal, in the wake of the newt gingrich lose of seats. republicans lost the majority and he was embroiled in a scandal involving mark foley, a republican of florida who had improper communications with young underage house pages. corey washington on it heels. haas ert has resigned posts, including maiming junior firms. and could be -- major firms, and could be reported this >>> f.i.f.a.'s embattled president wins another election. despite calls for him to be stood down sepp blatter won an extra term. yesterday we spoke about whether he would stay. >> for a moment we thought there would be a second raup but it col -- second round but it collapsed. sepp blatter, he is well into extra time. the question is will he be sent off before his own personal game is over. >> it's business as usual at f.i.f.a. >> thank you, thank you that you accepted me that for the next four years i will be in command of this thing called f.i.f.a. >> days after arrests and a bombshell, sepp blatter is back for australian press dented fifth term at the

, newt gingrich hand will elled the lewinsky scandal, the next guy in line to be speaker had his own sex scandal. hastert was supposed to be clean one. his time in congress, not even a whiff of controversy around this man. >> now he's a lobbyist. >> yes. >> what kind of ripple effect is this going to have? >> i think, look, it does put the stain on congress, you know. you talk to people outside of washington and they say, they're all crooks and creeps. i try to tell them most of them aren't. they're there's just a few bad apples. i had a former colleague say to me if hastert turns out to be a crook and creep maybe we all are. maybe it's more emblem attic than we realize. it's that kind of gut-punch that some, particularly former members feel about the stain that the institution is feeling. because again, deny's hastert. if it was -- you know you haute to say it, there are other people who you say, you could have seen that coming. not dennis hastert. >> it sort of came out of nowhere. >> absolutely. >> martin o'malley is supposed to be former governor of maryland -- tomorrow. >> what,

but he was an accidental speaker because he became speaker after newt gingrich resigned. and the man republicans chose to replace gingrich had to then admit that he had had an adulterous affair. so the next person house republicans chose was denny hastert because they considered him a good guy, and so he kind of sort of fell into that job. and then when he had that job house republicans were plagued by scandal. there was the jack abram influence peddling scandal. if you remember back in 2006 there was the page scandal in the house where congressman mark foley had made inappropriate comments to teenage male pages and ended up having to resign. and then hastert lost control of the house. >> you know, and paul what's interesting about that point that gloria's raising, at the time a conservative newspaper, the washington times called for the resignation of dennis hastert because he wasn't doing a good job of investigating. george w. bush came to his defense at that time. saying he's a good guy. >> yeah, this is a great irony if it turns out that these lines lead back to what

he plans to unveil a 13-point progressive agenda modeled on newt gingrich.his advisors say more than 60 big names have signed on including celebrity activists. >> i disagree with newt gingrich on many things. in 1994, he put forth a contract with america. it had a crystallizing effect for his party and conservatives. it was a clear party way to help change america. as an organizational tool, it was very effective. >> what is bill de blasio up to? >> joining me katrina vanden. what's going on here? >> mayor de blasio believes that economic inequality is the crisis of our times. running as an economic populous, a democrat with a spine, speaking in bold ways, he showed that that is winning politics and you can win campaigns. he became a national as soon as he was elected. my joke is on the reporter keys you have elizabeth warren, bill de blasio. we are in a populous moment. he understands that. he has become the central place where -- i've said to the mayor one thing i think he could do that is very important. you have this agenda that is going to be unveiled.

john: newt gingrich brought him down.s you say, it was the beginning of the age of polarization that we now live in. mark: great record of service in the military, and crafty politics. john: we talked about the scandal in new england. after the break, hold england. -- old england. ♪ mark: our guest is new to our company. we plan to go easy on him. the former editor in chief of the economist, thank you for coming on the show. it is a huge week across the pond and a lot of names are getting thrown around. let's talk about them. elizabeth diana, just kidding. let's talk about the elections tomorrow. we want to talk about the personality of those possible leaders. let's start with david cameron someone you got to know well. tell us about what he is like. john: cameron is very calm very good under pressure. after the last election, there was a moment where nobody had a majority. he was good at dealing with that. sometimes, that's like management can go into complacency. one of his problems is that he is surrounded by lots of p

newt gingrich didn't win until south carolina.kind of came out of nowhere and rick santorum went dark basically until after iowa. he came back in some of the caucus states. with this new system in miss, you can make your candidacy last longer and i think a lot of these days and women have been ceos or governors or states or senators for a long time and believe they should be the next president -- >> that it not going to quilt but you don't see that happening. >> i think that in general the fact we are even having this debate showcases the diversity of candidates in our party itch couldn't agree more with sean. a caliber to this generation of candidates we haven't seen in a long time. if we get to the convention and not one person has enough delegates we'll decide it there. i think overall that's a good thing that we'll have dish. >> -1/2 note do happen. the candidates will release their-do. >> double bacon cheeseburger, young lady, extra bacon. we shall see. that's what i think. >>> i want you to look at what happened to south l.a