. >>> the last group of parolees pardoned by hailey barbour could leave prison today. they have upheld the pardons. it rejected a challenge by mississippi's general. >> i feel for them having had a first cousin murdered in 1976, having gone to a trial. i think they have been victimized twice. the criminal justice system let them down. >> actor michael madison is in trouble with the law. the star of the movie, "kill bill" was arrested after a scuffle with his teenage son. he's held on $100,000 bail. >>> the next battleground in the republican race for the white house, kansas. 40 delegates are at stake as the state holds their caucuses today. paul steinhauser is in kansas with more. paul? >> good morning, randy. caucuses in kansas kick off l e later this morning. at stake, 40 delegates. only registered republicans can take part. rick santorum made two swings through kansas. he could do well with the state's conservative republican voters. ron paul is there today. the second straight day he's campaigned in kansas. neither romney or gingrich stumped in the state. they are

and then in mississippi, you have this furor over the hailey barbour pardons, when you add these togethergives you a picture of other republican party that have had a hard time beating out where to go from here. host: let's get some historical perspective. i want to assure you it photograph from president lyndon b. johnson 1964 signing the historic voting rights act with the martin luther king behind him. i also want to take a look at the electoral map dating back to 1956 when dwight eisenhower won tomorrow marks zandy gus is the rising profits. and missy ryan lives in the cost of operating the u.s. embassy in baghdad. "washington journal"

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and then in mississippi, you have this furor over the hailey barbour pardons, when you add these togethere of other republican party that have had a hard time beating out where to go from here. host: let's get some historical perspective. i want to assure you it photograph from president lyndon b. johnson 1964 signing the historic voting rights act with the martin luther king behind him. i also want to take a look at the electoral map dating back to 1956 when dwight eisenhower won easily but the south remains solid for adelaide stevenson. this is back in 1956. then you can see how it changed. in 1964 when lyndon johnson said they lost this out, he indeed did lose the key southern states of louisiana, mississippi, alabama, georgia, south carolina, despite the fact he won everywhere else. in the 1980's, this is what jimmy carter look like winning, but of course he was from georgia. du can see the south remaining pretty solid for ronald reagan. what does this tell you? guest: what was happening while all of that progress was going on for republicans was that things were moving very glacially

and then in mississippi, you have this furor over the hailey barbour pardons, when you add these together in gives you a picture of other republican party that have had a hard time beating out where to go from here. host: let's get some historical perspective. i want to assure you it photograph from president lyndon b. johnson 1964 signing the historic voting rights act with the martin luther king behind him. i also want to take a look at the electoral map dating back to 1956 when dwight eisenhower won easily but the south remains solid for adelaide stevenson. this is back in 1956. then you can see how it changed. in 1964 when lyndon johnson said they lost this out, he indeed did lose the key southern states of louisiana, mississippi, alabama, georgia, south carolina, despite the fact he won everywhere else. whate 1980's, this is jimmy carter look like winning, but of course he was from georgia. du can see the south remaining pretty solid for ronald reagan. what does this tell you? guest: what was happening while all of that progress was going on for republicans was that things were movin

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>> at this point we have a lot of senior republicans, hailey barbour said the only way mitt romney doesn'tthat's the sense among republicans, is he's going to get the nomination. the campaign is starting to look beyond the contests in april. that's a challenge for them, every time they've done it in the past, it's blown up in their face. but wisconsin is the next big battleground on april 3rd. it's a good state for santorum demographically, a lot of blue collar voters and evangelicals. so if romney can win in wisconsin, that's going to be the beginning of the end. >> politico's james hellman, good to see you. you can watch the entire interview with white house voyeur adviser, david plouffe at the top of the hour. president obama got a closer look at north korea today than he has ever had. mr. obama went to the demilitarized zone that's separated the north from the south since the end of the korean war and met with south korea's president. nbc's kristen welker is in seoul south korea with more. >> good day to you, alex. soem and south korean president, lee myung-bak sent a strong message to

and then in mississippi, you have this furor over the hailey barbour pardons, when you add these together in gives you a picture of other republican party that have had a hard time beating out where to go from here. host: let's get some historical perspective. i want to assure you it photograph from president lyndon b. johnson 1964 signing the historic voting rights act with the martin luther king behind him. i also want to take a look at the electoral map dating back to 1956 when dwight eisenhower won easily but the south remains solid for adelaide stevenson. this is back in 1956. then you can see how it changed. in 1964 when lyndon johnson said they lost this out, he indeed did lose the key southern states of louisiana, mississippi, alabama, georgia, south carolina, despite the fact he won everywhere else. in the 1980's, this is what jimmy carter look like winning, but of course he was from georgia. du can see the south remaining pretty solid for ronald reagan. what does this tell you? guest: what was happening while all of that progress was going on for republicans was that things were