heather mcgee, maria returning to the show, co-host of "need to know" on pbs and glenn greenwald former and civil rights litigator and author of "with liberty and justice for some." in a 5-4 ruling this week, the united states supreme court crushed montana's attempt to preserve its century old corrupt practices act which ban

luke russert will be joined by ben smith, heather mcgee and jonathan capehart.n, find us on facebook.com/nowwithalex. "andrea mitchell reports" is next. good afternoon to you, andrea. >>> have a great break, alex. coming up here, as mitt romney is about to leave for not quite a break but his first foreign tour as a candidate, we will have your first look at our new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll comparing the candidates' qualifications for commander in chief. we will hear from both campaigns. >>> and more of my exclusive interview with elton john on politics, princess diana and being a father. >>> many locations will be dealing with thunderstorms on and off today, including minneapolis and chicago. some of the worst spots early today. this afternoon, washington, d.c., back through areas of virginia, north carolina and even chicago could deal with numerous strong thunderstorms. on the west coast, even our friends in phoenix could deal with a few strong storms. ♪ ♪ i want to go ♪ i want to win [ breathes deeply ] ♪ this is where the dream begins ♪ ♪ i want to

heather mcgee, maria returning to the show, co-host of "need to know" on pbs and glenn greenwald former constitutional and civil rights litigator and author of "with liberty and justice for some." in a 5-4 ruling this week, the united states supreme court crushed montana's attempt to preserve its century old corrupt practices act which ban corporate contributions to parties and upholding the law earlier this year, montana supreme court chief justice mike mcgrath wrote "with the infusion of corporate money and in support of an opposition to targeted candidate, the candidate would be unevil to compete and montana citizens who for over 100 years made their modest election contributions meaningfully count but be shutout of the process." the u.s. supreme court rejected montana's claim that their history gave the state "unique and compelling interests in eliminating corporate influence on elections." justice briar wrote, "that nment expenditures do not corrupt or appear to do so." not only will the court not reconsider, the citizens united ruling, but not abide states acting independently to