i grew up castrating hogs on an iowa farm. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: stop. stop. stop.>> jimmy: stop. [ laughter ] you want to do one more take? let's just do one more take. you sure? >> steve: try it again. >> jimmy: i don't know what she's running for, but will you just give her the job? can we see that one more time? >> i'm joni ernst -- >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah. >> i grew up castrating hogs on an iowa farm. >> jimmy: oh, all right. "hi, i'm joni ernst, i grew up throwing battery acid in people's faces." [ laughter ] what did you say? i saw anthony weiner is back in the news. >> steve: oh -- [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: apparently he's agreed to start writing a new monthly column for the website, business insider. and then weiner was like, "wait, did you say business insider or did you say business inside -- [ laughter ] he said it. i didn't -- don't get mad at me. i didn't say it. [ laughter ] >> steve: oh yeah. ♪ >> jimmy: he's not even trying. he's not even trying. and finally, this is pretty weird. customs officials in europe recently seized a shipment of

. >> i grew up castrating hogs on an iowa farm.n i'll know how to cut pork. >> oh my. >>> on nbc new york.com man leaves prison, robs same new jersey shoe store 15 years later. police say after being released from prison, christopher miller took a bus to that same shoe store he robbed in 1999 and robbed it again. we don't make this stuff up. >>> also in the news, a four of crew men that base jumped off the world tower pleaded not guilty. they face charges of burglary and reckless endangerment. the crew could face up to seven years in jail. >> new video from the chicago subway train derailment video. you can see it approaching the station when it does not stop and runs up on that escalator. 32 were injured in the accident. the head of the union says the operator may have dozed off. that's frightening. >>> may be too. is it a bird, plane? it's a mug shot of super man in utah. the guy's name is actually christopher reeves like the late actor that played super man. this super man in the mug shot was arrestsed for dui and possession of

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i grew up castrating hogs on an iowa farm, so when i get to washington i'll know how to cut pork. >>st is one of five republicans running for the g.o.p. nomination in the race to replace outgoing tom harkin. that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> joining us from our nation's capitol is the washington post ken o'kieffe to talk about politics today. proo good morning. >> i want to talk about the president yesterday. he really cut to the chase in a news conference saying while russia's actions in ukraine -- they won't -- he is more concerned with the prospect of a weapon going off in maent may not. that's chilling for those feeling secure since did it 3. >> it is, but that was the whole point of his conversation with world leaders at the hague yesterday. they actually sat through some drills of what would happen if a dirty bomb went off in a major city to try to illustrate what exactly the response would look like and to remind these leaders that the world does have to work on making sure that the weapons are secure. that was the point of yesterday's meeting. today, of cou

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. >> i grew up castrating hogs on an iowa farm. when i get to washington, i will know how to cut pork. >> mother, soldier, conservative. >> my parents taught us to live within our means. it is time to force washington to do the same. to cut wasteful spending, repeal obamacare and balance the budget. i am joan knee ernst and i approve this meetings because -- this message because washington is full of big spenders. let's make them squeal. >> that's amazing work. joni is one of five republicans hoping to win back the senate seat for the gop. the other four are -- who cares? meanwhile, you know who else is going after crosses? this puppy. >> be careful. >> that is very painful. not that i would know. i used to walk like that a lot when i was a child. >> and that puppy costumes cost me a lot. >> you have to find a really big kid. >> first time on the show and this is your first "red eye" question. this is your first campaign ad ever. this is kind of awesome. i think this could be something big. >> i don't have a scrotum and it made me

. >> i grew up castrating hogs on an iowa farm, so when i get to washington, i'll know how to cut porkearnest, mother, soldier, conservative. >> my parents taught us to live one our means. it's time to force washington to do the same. cut wasteful spending, repeal obamacare, and balance the budget. i approve this message because washington is full of big spenders. let's make them squeal. >> there you go. dana -- >> ew, bob. >> i thought she was going to say that washington is full of you know what, but i love the ad. i had not heard of her before. i think it's admirable that people want to run for office, anyway, but when they can get out there and shine, and i thought she was fantastic. i hope she gets to congress. >> she's among six candidates running for the nomination of a party, the republicans. i'm wondering because i'm not a farmer, why would you castrate a hog if you wanted more hogs. if you didn't have to run to town for more hogs -- >> they're going to go to slaughter. >> don't you want it to have more hogs before you slaughter him? >> you can't have -- >> not all hogs will b

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. >> i grew up castrating hogs on an iowa farm, so when i get to washington i'll know how to cut pork. >> my parents taught us to live within our means. it is time for force washington to do the same. to cut wasteful spending, repeal obamacare, and balance the budget. i'm joany ernst, and i approve this message because washington is full of big spenders, let's make them squealing. >> it is very hard to rhyme castration, it is hard to overcome it. i learned so much, i said to myself, i don't think it was a good idea to castrate more hogs if you want more, the fat hogs are so depressed they can't have sex, they just eat, they make better pork. i'm glad i saved this for you, brian -- >> i'm not sure what this is, this is a problem. but she is looking to stand out, replace tom harkin in the senate, and actually serves our country. she served in iraq and is still active. she has a lot of positive qualities and we know she is resourceful. >> every expert now believes in this consensus, this will be a referendum on obama, and especially obamacare, 41% approval rating, 59% disapproval rating,

i grew up castrating hogs on an iowa farm. >> anyway, last night she received a ringing endorsement fromone other than stephen colbert. >> so, joni, joni, you had me at castration. folks, it does not matter what else she stands for. i am polling for her whole hog, or whatever is left of the hog when she is done with it. america needs more senators who are farm tough. i mean, while the other little girls were reading "charlotte's web," joni was out back with tin snips making a soprano out of wilbur. >> next up 2014 campaign ad that caught my attention, this one is from republican with will brook. he is running alabama's sixth district. he use as 40 glock pistol, a cooper rifle and an ar-15 to destroy a copy of, guess what, the affordable care act. >> this is will brook. we're down here to have a little fun today and talk about two serious subjects, the second amendment and see how much damage we can do to this copy of obamacare. ♪ >> we'll have to resort to more extreme measures to get rid of obamacare and replace it with a market-based solution. >> well, actually, six million people have

. >> i grew up castrating hogs on an iowa farm, so when i get to washington, i'll know how to cut pork soldier, conservative. >> washington's full of big spenders. let's make 'em squeal. >> how scared did that pig look? >> mitt romney has endorsed her. that's the one thing we thought you should know. that does it for this show. i am tamron hall. in just a few minutes, i'll be answering your questions live in a google plus hangout. this is the second one. join the conversation on our website, newsnation.msnbc.com. you'll see me answering the questions so you know it's me, not a stunt double. up next, "andrea mitchell reports." we will carry president obama's centerpiece address of his trip to europe live. that's not much, you think except it's 2 percent every year. does that make a difference? search "cost of financial advisors" ouch! over time it really adds up. then go to e*trade and find out how much our advice costs. spoiler alert. it's low. really? yes, really. e*trade offers investment advice and guidance from dedicated professional financial consultants. it's guidance on your ter

. >> i'm joni ernst, i grew up castrating hogs on an iowa farm, so when i get to washington, i'll knowow to cut pork. >> wonderful to meet you. >> i was grateful to have the opportunity to speak with him about the responsibilities that we all share. >> and joining me now, live nbc news senior political editor mark murray. mark, that number slashed up and not your face because that is the headline coming out, the president saying 6 million people, 6 million americans, have enrolled. what's been the reaction to that revelation? >> it's a breakdown between what we do know and what we don't know. we don't know how many of the 6 million has paid so far to their health insurance companies. we also don't know the mix between healthy and sick people that insures are really good risk pool when calculating premiums going forward. what we do know is there's been exponential growth in the health care enrollment, going from 100,000 back in october. now to 6 million. if you go to march 31st, which is the deadline, and, of course, that's been extended for some people. wouldn't be surprised if we see

i grew up castrating hogs on an iowa farm. so when i get to washington, i'll know how to cut pork. >> joni ernst, mother, sold soldier. >> i'm joni ernst, and i approve this message. because washington is full of big spenders. let's make them squeal. >> wow, the hog castrater. >>> up next, president obama's nomination for surgeon general, speaking of which is being held up by all things the national rifle association. never mind that the post has been vacant since last july. he is for gun safety. sheer jon stewart on that one last night. >> so what were dr. murphy's comments about guns? >> in your tweets of october 16, 2012, tired of politicians who are scared of the nra. those are some of the words. and i would hope you would know that americans have a first amendment right to advocate the second amendment. >> yes. americans have the first amendment right to advocate for the second amendment. and apparently you don't have a first amendment right to have a different opinion from that. everyone knows the first amendment only ap

we have farms and we love them, but it's not quite the same as iowa. farming is the cornerstone of iowa's economy and disruption of agricultural productivity is one of the great climate risks in iowa. the recent national climate assessment draft finds this -- quote -- "in the long term, combined stresses associated with climate change are expected to decrease agricultural productivity, especially without significant advances in genetic anding a row phenomenonnic technology. but we don't have to wait for the long term. iowans are already being hit by extreme weather. in 2013, just last year, 155 science faculty and research staff from 36 iowa colleges and universities, home state iowa teachers from their colleges and universities, 155 of them, signed the iowa climate statement. concerning the losses that farmers across the state are already experiencing due to climate change. and, madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the iowa climate statement follow my remarks in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: iowa has had 20 pre

i grew up castrating hogs on an iowa farm. when i get to washington, i'll know how to cut pork. make them squeal. >> that's iowa republican senate candidate joanie ernst, finding a unique way to show her financial credentials. it's called squeal. the ad has gotten her a the lot of free play this week both on television and on the internet. as the kids say, it's gone viral. other ads we nominate for the viral campaign hall of fame, you might have dale peterson flaupting his rifle for alabama agriculture commissioner back in 2010. i don't think he won that race. more recently who can forget carl swartino who won votes when he came out to his father about being a liberal. what it didn't win was the election. you can expect to see more and more of these clever political ads as they rely on the varl nature of the internet, exposure that is free and more likely to be seen as more and more americans fast forward through commercials on their dvrs. dvr users skip 50% of commercials. in this world viewers are more and more numb to television commercials where they've seen so many generic p

i grew up castrating hogs on an iowa farm so when i get to washington, i'll know how to cut pork. my mother taught to us live within our means. it's time to force washington to do the same, to cut wasteful spending, repeal obamacare and balance the budget. washington is full of big spenders. let's make 'em squeal. >> that's chatham, by the way. >> whoa, look at chatham, by the way. >> joanie ernst one of five republicans running for senate in iowa. >> give it to her now. she'll make washington better, if you are know what i mean. >> she would. >> ow. >> with us on set we've got mike, harold ford, jr., senior political editor for "the washington post" sam stein -- >> i'm going to give it back to you. >> oh, dear lord! stop! what are you doing? >> but you need to get her spayed. >> where did that come from? >> did you just pull a cat out of your bag? >> you just pulled that poor cat out. >> she's good. i've been working her, joe. you have to work to handle her better because she's very well behaved. >> keep her in a bag? has this been cat in a bag for a week? >> no, i've been workin

gashesst was going to help the soviets develop modern farms of their own at one of the largest farms in iowa that may have helped to melt tensions. >> i'm sure mr. stevenson is constantly thinking as i am of how our nations can be best live in peace without war. >> mrs. khrushchev practiced some detente of her own. >> i got into a scuffle with another young kid who was here that day and mrs. khrushchev strolled by, caught us fighting. ripped us apart by our collars and got her fingers right in our face. see little brothers and sisters, must not fight. >> all these years later both nikita and roswell are gone but that cold wind of suspicion between the united states and what is now simply russia is back. here in coo n rapids they wonder if we're rewinding to that scarier time. >> 60 years later we certainly ought to have learned something. 1959, we were all fearful that you know, a nuclear war would end the world as we knew it. 60 years later, we haven't really improved that much. >> at the coo n rapids enterprise, more than 130 years of history is bound and stored and today dusted off. that

iowa. usher reports. >> reporter: for climberses a seconding the face of a frigid glacier can be the ultimate rush. but this is not the swiss alps, it's a farmde of seeder falls, iowa. >> it has to be the first word that anybody has come into their mind when they see something like this. that's so awesome. >> reporter: it is the brain child of an avid rock claimer and extreme sportsman. the idea came to him 13 years ago while driving the wide open flatlands of iowa. >> a lot of them are not being used anymore. and these were used to feed cattle. so we're putting some pretty good used to it, we think. >> reporter: the plan was to scale the silo much like rock climbing, but the frigid temperatur temperatures make climbing to the extreme. temperatures of 26 degrees or lower will generate the ice, the result is 80 feet of frozen slick surface, perfect for climbing. >> set it, test it. >> reporter: briggs has been teaching students the proper techniques for ice climbing. it's the perfect training ground for budding mountaineers who might want to graduate to ice covered cliffs. >> this last week we had a couple of people that went into canada, and

iowa. there is not a lot to do other than farm, wrestle and hunt. it was kind of i wouldn't say necessarily a destiny as opposed to picking one of the few things to do in iowa but i got involved in bird dogs early on. a lot of my friends had them. we had a black lab growing up named bud, kind of my buddy and the gateway into the dog world as it were. at a very early age i recognized and appreciated the different genetic traits all these dogs possess in terms of their ability to use their nose, their steadfastness in terms of what they were willing to go through from an environmental standpoint, rushing quote through, bursting through thickets of brush and so on, tough dogs that were motivated to do the type of work we were asking them to do. i noticed even as a young child, the dog's ability to use their nose. they would instinctual use the wind to their advantage and find things that for me was very surprising that they were able to do it. it was foreshadowing in terms of what we do now and where it led me ultimately and the fascination for their ab

he 50 american archetype of middle income farming family that moved to iowa when the civil war began. shortly before construction started he went west of colorado and then up to montana territory. he was mining gold and eventually became involved in merchandising. he was a merchant delivering the mail and selling eggs and pick axes to minors. lending money at two to 5% per month. and he became the owner of some minds in montana. even though he had a wife and young children, he went back to columbia university to study geology and he learned a great deal and he got wealthy with silver and zinc and gold. eventually his biggest earning was in arizona. it was the most lucrative copper mine in the world in early 1900. he own it outright with more than 99% of the shares traded and he got into railroads are to build a railroad connecting los angeles to salt lake city and on to the east. opening the port of los angeles. he is a visionary in that regard. along the way he needed a watering stop for his railroad to store water and pick up supplies and that became las vegas, which he auctioned of

as it relates to the working dogs i grew up in northern iowa and there isn't a lot to do. there's farming and hunting. so it was kind of a i wouldn't say a destiny as picking one of the things there are to do so i got involved with bird dogs. we had a black lab growing up that i talked about in the book and kind of the gateway into the dog world. but at a very early age i recognized and appreciated the traits that all of them possessed in terms of their ability to use their nose into their steadfastness in terms of what they were willing to go through from an environmental standpoint bursting through brush and thorns and they were just motivated to do the type of work that we were asking the i noticed even as a young child just the dogs' ability to use their nose. they would instinctually use the wind to their advantage, and would find things that, for me, was very surprising they were able to do it. it was kind of a foreshadowing in terms of what i do now and where it led me ultimately, and that fascination for their ability to use their name is something that, you know, frankly, is why

any project that comes to me that has a reasonable payout, whether it's wind farms in iowa, whateverve building more freight cars, whatever it may be. zero interest rate pushes me. if interest rates were 15%, i would be sitting there with a 15% alternative and it would be much tougher for capital projects to catch my eye. i would argue the reverse. >> let me ask you one more on the political front. stan writes in, he says how do you compare of the president of the united states' performance with brian moynihan's performance over the last five years? obviously you own a big stake in the bank of america. >> they both had very, very tough jobs and both settled down to do them. you do things one thing at a time. brian moynihan took something that was a big, big mess, which he inherited, and the size was almost overwhelming. they just methodically worked on one problem after another. but he did not have to get the united states congress to agree with him. >> we'll continue this conversation, again, warren buffett is with us for the remainder of the show. joe, right know, we send it back o

. >> iowa senate hopeful joni you just watch it.o the -- well, >> i am joni ernst, i grew up castrattng hogs on a farm will know how to cut pork. >> chris: see? has that smile like that bitchy pass stiff

farm is in england. and buzz feed, what do you think, should we take the minimum wage? they post this photo, not in iowan america, that gentleman is in mexico. this is -- politics 101 is how to do something, what would we number the book on how not to do something? >> really, a thousand and one, this is really an epic mess, looks incredibly unprepared. as you say it is different running statewide. i don't understand them thinking it was not going to get recorded in the fundraiser. look, it is a brutal tactic but as molly said, very effective. there are groups on both sides of the aisle that do this. america rising had a big catch sn. >> and the question is, can republicans take advantage, they have a crowded primary. sarah palin endorsed a candidate this week, she already had mitt romney's endorsement. those are not are getting endorsements for her from the late night comedians, brace yourself, it is it. >> i'm joni ernst, i grew up on a farm in washington, cutting hogs, so when i get to washington let's make them squeal. >> she needs to stop right now, you do the ad once, and try to redeem yourself. >>

i want to read something that iowa congressman steve king said about the effort some governors are trying to protect. as we know, food stamps were cut in the farm a number of governors trying to do all kinds of different things to protect those resources. here's what good old steve kick says. he says, we can't have the governors of these states gaming the system and thumbing their noses at the united states congress. this begs for block grants to the states for food stamps, then they have some skin in the game. then they'll have a different attitude. whether or not we get this fixed in the short term, if we don't, it's more likely we'll fix it real good in the long term. it's my understanding they intend to hold hearings, their focus when they come back with a full plate, is to figure out how to take away food stamps from people who need it. >> right. and whatever happened to governors know best and governors -- >> leave it up to the states. >> we have these governors. they happen, i believe, to be all democrats. they happen to see the conditions in their states. they happen to believe that hunger is a problem and they're not going to make thes

seat of retiring in iowa senator tom harkin wants everyone to know that she won't take any nonsense from the hacks and wash it after all she cut her chops castrating pigs on a farmo look at her new campaign and. i'm joni ernst i grew up castrating hogs on an iowa on arm so when i go. to washington all know how to come for. earth's mother soldier conservative my parents taught us to live within our means it's time to force washington to do the same to cut wasteful spending repeal obamacare and balance the budget i'm joni ernst and i approve this message because washington's full of big spenders let's make them squeal. while one thing's for sure though even if ernst doesn't get a life to chill doesn't make some inroads with the deliverance wing of the republican party. didn't feel. we. didn't. have it. to get out. going up is a game over for planet earth and we passed the climate threshold some think we have i think there's hope there's still time we have to act now i'll tell you how we can save our planet we call home and rides dilutive. dramas the trying to be ignored to. stories others refuse to notice. the faces changing the world lights never. to picture of t

iowa. >> a lot of silos not used any more and used to feed cattle and no cattle on the farm and have an siloe for it and we are putting it to use i think. >> reporter: much like rock climbing but the frigid temperatures are a perfect opportunity to add slippery walls and grab some clamp ons to take climbing to the extreme. it takes 58,000 gallons of water sprayed on the silo with hoses and temperatures of 26 degrees or lower to generate the ice, the result is 80 feet of slick, frozen surface, perfect for climbing. >> set it, relax, test it and keep your arms straight. >> reporter: the last 8 years, brigs at professor at northern iowa have been teaching students the proper technique for ice climbing. it's the perfect training grounds for mountaineers who might want to go to cliff, slabs or frozen water falls. >> last week we had a couple of people who went to canada and said nothing compares to the silo. this is going to prepare you for any difficult climb that there is. >> reporter: on the scaling system known as the water fall ice grading the silo has a designation of w 15, a 7 is the most

game with even credibler candidates like io iowa's joni ernst who is running on a platform everybody can get rined. >> i'm joni ernst and i grew up on a farmoni, you had me at castration! >> she had me there too. i would like to book her. can we book her? she could bring some pigs. welcome to "morning joe." enough here. >>> joining from us chicago is former senior adviser to president obama and director of the university of chicago's -- david axelrod. thank you for being with us. we were talking earlier. i think a lot of americans talk, if you about, will a guy who is a political adviser for some time, i think a lot of americans are like me whether they are republicans or democrats and they see the president telling europe to start carrying their fair share on the defense burden and then they go, i remember something barney frank and i agreed with in the house of representatives. how much longer are we going to have the world's policemen what adolf hitler and the emperor did in the '30s and '40s? i'm sick and tired of europe getting a free ride to build their industries while we are building war equipment and the first time something goes

iowa's open senate seat. sheep h she think she has an edge. it's entitled "squeal." >> i'm joanie ernst. i group you castrating hogs on a farm.eans. it's time to force washington to do the same. to cut wasteful spending, repeal obamacare and balance the budget. i'm joanie ernst and i approve this message because washington's full of big spenders. let's make them squeal. >> let's clip 'em. >> with a twinkle in the eye. >> she knows who her constituency is and is obviously playing to that. >> i was just going to say, someone who grew up on a farm, good for her. and akin to cutting off the pork in washington. >> and the pigs in the film didn't look happy with the whole thing. they were like really? >> we don't know that any pigs were harmed. >> no, but they looked like they were very afraid. >> they were all backed in the corn corner going woo! >> come on, it looks like an snl skit, let's be honest. >> i'm sure snl will -- >> there's a little tongue in cheek in her delivery. there's a little twinkle in her eye. she doesn't expect us to be here saying that was a very thought provoking ad. >> she's an authentic farmer and she's go