creates a new normal where politics is only for the tough and callused. >>> former missouri senator jack danforth today speaking in front of the governor of the state, the state's u.s. senators, the rest of the political great and good in the state of missouri. but he was not speaking in front of the chairman of the state's republican party who senator danforth basically called out as a antisemitic bigot. john hancock did not show up for the funeral today. remarkable days in that state right now. it seems like there will probably be more news to come. the fallout from this cannot be over yet. 100% real milk just without the lactose. so you can drink all you want... ...with no discomfort? exactly. here, try some... mmm, it is real milk. see? delicious. hoof bump! oh. right here girl, boom! lactaid®. 100% real milk. no discomfort. and for a tasty snack that's 100% real dairy try lactaid® cottage cheese. i bring the gift of the name your price tool to help you find a price that fits your budget. uh-oh. the name your price tool. she's not to be trusted. kill her. flo: it will save you money! the name

funeral for tom schweich which attracted a thousand people and the man who tom schweich worked for, jack danforth he delivered the euology today and it scorched the political earth of that state. >> i spoke with tom this past tuesday afternoon and he was in indignant indignant. he was upset about a radio social and a whisper campaign he said was running against him. he said the commercial made fun of his physical appearance and wondered if he should respond with his own ad. while the commercial hurt his feelings, the biggest complaint was about a whispering campaign that he was jewish. and that took up about 90% of a long phone call. this was more than an expression of personal hurt from the radio ad. this was righteous indignation as what he saw as a terrible wrong. and what he saw was wrong was anti-semtism. the only reason for going around saying someone is jewish is to form religious bigotry. someone said there is no difference that someone is a press another religion. when is the last time someone whispered in your ear such and such a person is a presbatyrian. after learning of tom's death,

the point jack danforth was getting across. >> sad to think we could end up having a lot of people not to run for office good people because they don't want to face that scrutiny. >> it's such a mean business. >> and here we are in the middle of it. thank you. >>> for more from mark and the rest of the nbc news political team check out first read on nbcnews.com. >>> new this morning a new poll says a majority are in favor of tougher immunization laws. a quinn new poll 23% oppose the idea coming after the cdc confirmed at least 170 measles cases this year. most of those cases are connected to the disneyland outbreak. at least 14 states including west virginia have introduced bills to toughen up immunization requirements. >>> smartphone makers are scrambling now to fix a problem that could allow hackers to get your information. >>> plus important information for parents. >>> breaking news. jesse matthew, the man accused and charged about abducting and killing uva student hannah graham in court. his defense team grant add continuous. his lawyer wanted the delay to give time to find a dna

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at his funeral this week, former senator jack danforth spoke about the state of political discourse in. >> the campaign that led to the death of tom schweich was the low point of politics. and now it is time to turn this around. so let's make tom's death a turning point here in our state. >> this isn't just about politics. at the same time we learned a former major league pitcher curt schilling who took to his blog over the weekend to call out people who wrote vile things about his daughter after he had simply posted a congratulating message for getting a softball scholarship to college. most of the vitriol online and in politics goes unchallenged. to talk about it we have curt schilling with us and senator claire mccaskill of missouri, joining us from montgomery alabama, she participated in yesterday's selma anniversary. senator mccaskill, your home state of missouri, you were at the funeral for tom schweich, do you believe it was the politics of personal destruction that basically pushed schweich to this point of taking his own life? >> well, it was certainly a contributing factor. t

when jack danforth tells you should leave office. in missouri it yufzed to mean something. it means less now and i think spence jackson was frustrated with that. >> thank you for being here dave. appreciate it. >>> dave just mentioned a consultant who produced a radio ad that had been critical of tom schweich killed himself. another issue he was concerned about in the whispering campaign, the negative radio ad against him. the consul thant appears to have created that ad has not had his political career hurt by this at all. he is the chief political strategist for the ted cruz campaign for president. he has moved to texas. we'll be right back. creet underwear for sensitive bladders. it makes me feel secure, confident. i feel protected. i mean i feel comfortable to move in them, they move with me. i love always discreet underwear because of the fit. the fabric is very soft. i can wear whatever i want to wear. always discreet has made me a very happy woman. join over 500,000 women who've discovered always discreet underwear. for more stories and your free sample go to alwaysd

bill bradley, george mitchell, pat moynihan, jack danforth, john chafee, malcolm wallace and i said would you be willing to meet in my office starting next tuesday at 8:30 to see if we can work out a bill that would be satisfactory to us, and the president? every one of them said yes. and now passed starting that tuesday the most extraordinary experience in my life in politics. we met from tuesday to tuesday, the bill was at -- every morning at 8:30 i'd meet with staff at 7:30, this core group, a cabal as i called it at 8:30 we'd work out what we thought should be in the bill. we had one or two open committee meetings but basically the committee was just marking time waiting for us to finish. and you could tell although the meetings were behind closed doors there's no secrets in this town. and the board was getting out. we were having the meetings but no one exactly knew what it is we were doing. but on the thursday between these two tuesdays, came a phone call that became very important in this whole process, and i will read it to you, because it's from the diary. back again to tax refor

bill bradley, george mitchell, pat moynihan, jack danforth, john chafee, malcolm wallop and i said would you be willing to meet in my office starting next tuesday at 8:30 to see if we can work out a bill that would be satisfactory to us and the president? every one of them said yes. and now passed starting that tuesday the most extraordinary experience in my life in politics. we met from tuesday to tuesday, the bill was at -- every morning at 8:30 i'd meet with staff at 7:30, this core group, a cabal as i called it at 8:30 we'd work out what we thought should be in the bill. we had one or two open committee meetings but basically the committee was just marking time waiting for us to finish. and you could tell although the meetings were behind closed doors there's no secrets in this town. and the word was getting out. we were having the meetings but no one exactly knew what it is we were doing. but on the thursday between these two tuesdays, came a phone call that became very important in this whole process, and i will read it to you, because it's from the diary. back again to tax reform

senator danforth was asked if he too believed that john hancock should resign. jack said no. he should not be allowed to resign. he should be fired. he said explicitly he wanted the head of the party forced out of office. does our party stand for what happened to tom schweich. don't allow him to quit, fire him because it will say more about us. for awhile, it really seemed like he was going to have to go. the whole state republican party sort of went quiet after tom killed himself, after the funeral. governor suspended her campaign for awhile. but apparently by friday, this past friday, his soul had been searched and he decided to keep his job. so just check out this very brief timeline. thursdays, this past thursday was the one-month anniversary. tom killing himself. one day after that john hancock said he was not going to resign or talk about this any more. he said he is sick and tire of even talking about it. i'm tired of talking about the controversy. i'm ready to move on beyond it. that same day, katherine hanoway started her candidacy back up again. spence jackson took