if jason carter is elected in the fall, he would be the first carter since jimmy to successfully winffice. his father, jack, ran an unsuccessful campaign in 2006 against john enson. jason carter has made it clear he doesn't share all of his grandfather's view. but a sign that the president's role in the campaign is growing a bit, he and rosaline are holding a june weekend for donors in georgia. >> jason is a very smart young man. he's very aware of the problems all over georgia and i think he's going to be a very good campaigner. his only potential handicap is the ability of republicans to raise enormous sums of money fro from the koch brothers and so forth that will be poured into georgia to shape the election. if he can overcome that difficulty, i don't think there's any doubt he'll be the next governor. >> let's hear from him. senator carter, good morning to you, sir. >> good morning. >> we know the obvious benefits of having this sort of political dynasty that you're a part of and potentially you and michelle nunn leading this ticket in november and the potential positives that c

>> this governor has a primary, jason carter has a primary. we did not suspect that either would be highly xcompetitive. but we do and this issue plays into that. governor diehl is running to the right of all of his opponents in the race to solidify his base of support and that includes the nra. that includes the gun owners of america here in georgia, but ironically enough, jason carter, the leading democratic candidate for governor in this state also signed on to this legislation and really wanted to make it a highly localized issue, and so you've got to wonder, if jason carter makes a call like that, when can democrats in the south or any other red state across this country begin to count on more progressive leaning candidates to vote in favor of curtailing the pervasiveness of guns in this country and still become viable candidates in a state like georgia. >> goldie taylor, thank you so much. we appreciate your insights this morning or this afternoon really. >> thank you. >>> an update on the crisis in ukraine. tentative truce negotiated th

jason carter is running a very strong race against governor deal who has faced some ethics charges onblican who will not expand medicaid. and if jason carter wins this race, the georgia legislature has already said even if you win, we're not going to let you expand medicaid. >> which changes the rules, richard. a new poll from public policy shows that support for medicaid expansion is there in georgia. 54% want medicaid expansion. in kansas, 52% support it. and 59% of pennsylvania residents are in favor. so most people in georgia and kansas want medicaid expansion. but the legislators are doubling down on blocking it. it can't last. >> i'm confused. i've been hearing for years now how people hate affordable care act. here we have polls that have 20, 30-point advantage for the democratic position. that's what they call in high paid political consul ttancy, ao brainer. yeah, these state legislatures may be out of touch. maybe they don't care. but if you're running staid wide and you need to go to the middle, those numbers point in the right direction. . >> in arkansas, a red state, near

jason carter, the grandson of jimmy carter, was on with chuck todd on "the daily rundown" yesterday. he's a democratic hopeful, running against this republican governor. chuck tried to pin him down on this very law. >> we worked across the aisle to try to make the bill better than it was when it first started. i think we succeeded in that. but ultimately, you're talking about people who have a license to carry in a state where the second amendment is incredibly important. >> do you think that teachers should be armed in schools? do you think that would help with potential -- dealing with a potential mass school shooter? >> i think we've done is allowed communities to make those decisions for themselves. there's not an issue that i know of that's more geographically polarizing than guns. >> now, you've got jason carter, a democrat, who is refusing to criticize this bill. in fact, supporting it, and saying it fits with the second amendment rights which are very, very important in georgia. what traction can you gain against that kind of opposition, even from the democratic party? >> wel

jason carter, grandson of jimmy carter and the democrat running to unseat georgia's governor voted for the gun bill. he told chuck on money that he supports allowing guns in schools. >> there is not an issue that i know of that is more geographically polarizing than guns. there are some communities that will feel safer if their school districts will make those decisions and other communities where they won't. and 240es xlthose communities w to decide for themselves. >> gabe guttierez joins us from govern where the governor will sign the bill today. seems to be some support for this law. >> reporter: definitely seems to be support at least here in georgia. not so much nationwide. if you look at both sides, nra is calling it a historic victory for the second amendment while several groups including americans for responsible solutions are calling this the most extreme gun bill in america. as you mentioned, georgia's governor is set on sign the bill here right behind me. this is the home district of georgia's house speaker. and georgia legislators passed this bill on march 20th, last day o

but talking to folks locally, they think that jason carter, president carter's grandson who is runningovernor may have as good or perhaps better shot to win than michelle nun, probably because it's easier to win a governor's race than a senate race. her prospects depend so much on the primary. and if one of the candidates emerges, it's going to be harder for her to win. >> it's a great point. >> i can break the news here on easter that jonathan martin has traded in his blackberry for an iphone. but that's not why i'm here today. marco rubio and ted cruz, two 2016 republicans quietly decamp to naples, florida, for the leadership retreat. this is one of those sort of quiet, under the radar, invisible republican events. to be on stage the moment kathleen sebelius resigned. when he broke the news to the crowd, it went over very well and a heritage member made a joke at the expense of chris christie's weight that went over well in the room. >> contrary to popular opinion, immigration reform may not be dead after all. john boehner is telling people, including donors at his events, he's hell

i keep saying jason carter is going to be the governor in georgia and i believe it's going to be in -- so south carolina georgia kansas. governor brown is not a popular governor. we have a great candidate in kansas city. he is out raising him paul davis in many cases. and arizona. we understand and we are hopeful in texas but we will be candid about the fact that we all understand democrats have not won texas in a long time and this we hope will be our year. >> we now have the highest number of red states and blue states in decades, states like california and new york and vermont word democrats control of state government and states like texas and arizona and georgia where republicans control everything. it's never been this divided. is this a problem for the country does it create laboratorlaborator ies of democracy where each party can try on its accolades? >> i think it's a problem for america when any extreme becomes the controlling influence in any political party. in my lifetime i had seen it. happen to democrats and we have been punished at the polls for it but we have clearly

south carolina, georgia, that might surprise some but jason carter is an extraordinary candidate. i keep saying jason carter is going to be governor of georgia and i believe it's going to be in this year. kansas. candidate in kansas. and arizona. we understand that we're hopeful in texas but we'll be candid about the fact that we all understand that democrats haven't won texas in a long time. we hope this will be our year. >> we now have the highest number of red states and blue states in deck cadse. states like california, new york, and verm where democrats control all of state government. and states like texas and arizona and georgia where republicans control everything. it's never been this divided. is this a problem for the country or do you think it creates laboratories of democracy where each party can try out its ideas? i think it's a problem for erica when any extreme becomes the controlling influence in any political party. in my lifetime i've seen it happen to democrats and we've been punished at the polls for it. but we've clearly seen it in a way that my memory doesn't

. >> i also asked about his grandson, georgia state senator, jason carter, who's running for governorgeorgia. let's talk about your grandson. i met him briefly when he came on. you had a book to talk about when he was in the peace corps. he served very much where i did, but 30 or some years later. you must be very proud of him. he is running neck and neck, in fact, a little bit ahead in the race for governor of your state, the position you held before you were president. how does it look for you? >> to me it looks very good. jason is a very smarter young man, he worked for several years for the carter senator and went into the peace corps and served in south africa and went to law school and is in the state senate now. he's very aware of the problems all over georgia and i think he's going to be a very good campaigner. his only potential handicap is the ability of republicans to raise enormous sums of money from the koch brothers and so forth that will be poured into georgia to try to shape the outcome of the election. but if he can overcome that difficulty, i don't think there's any

. >> i saw interviews that i did and chuck did with jason carter, is not willing to back off as well.> you have to see within the public party the divide we see on the issues of immigration. national folks know they need to deal with this issue. in individual districts it becomes more problematic. gun issues, you know if you're a democrat in a red state, this is a key issue for you to be on the side of your voters. and if you're not, you're not going to win there. >> chris, let's go west to nevada, day two. he was given a chance to back off his comments. he has doubled down. this is bundy on cnn this morning. >> sure. >> i talked about this quite a bit. >> please. >> and i thought about what the reverend martin luther king said. i thought about rosa parks taking her seattle at the front of the bus. reverend martin luther king did not want her to take her seat in the front of the bus. that isn't what he was talking about. he did not say go to the front of the bus and that's where your seat was. what reverend king wanted was she could sit anywhere in the bus and nobody would say anythin

you've got michelle nun in georgia, jason carter in georgia. they've been a little wobbly on the affordable care act. the politics are generally turning around, but they're really turning around when it comes to medicaid. >> there's so much chaos in the gop when it comes to health care, mitch mcconnell has a new ad out talking about the law. listen to this. >> mitch mcconnell, he's not a show horse. mitch is a genuine kentucky workhorse. last year he saved 99% of kentuckyians from an income tax increase. and he's leading the fight against obama care. >> now, he's leading the fight against the law. but just last week, mcconnell said insurance for everyone would be a great thing in principle and we're going to figure out a way to get this fixed. i mean, which is it, joan? has he figured out a way to improve the law or is he leading the fight against the law? which is it? >> right now with the tea party challenger. he's got to say he wants to get rid of obama care. he was speaking to a group, i think, of health care professionals when he said we'r

in georgia alone, you have state senator jason carter, grandson of the former president, who is running. and michelle nun trying to reclaim a senate seat held for 24 years by her father. is this because they have nothing to lose or does the party actually think that they're viable candidates? >> those are good names in that state. respectable families. they're going to run credible campaigns. they've got one problem. the president's numbers are upside down in georgia. that's part of a lot of these things that are going on right now. the base is being motivated. the president is out there. he's going to lose the united states senate. a lot of it is going to be on the weight of his shoulders. he's going to have to do a tremendous amount to get that base vote to move, the same one that moves and re-elected him president. those are good names. the n urk nn name is a powerful name in georgia. the carter name also. i don't think either one will be successful, but it's been very competitive. >> a southern democrat doesn't always drive with the national democratic party exactly. last month, jas

and so, most of them have kin who are running or thinking of running, whether it is jason carter, jebcinating to watch the entire legacy rebuilding as we are watching right now at the lbj library. >> well, it is fascinating, chuck, and nothing new in american history as you well know, but it does strike me a little bit on the presidential level, i wonder if at some point this year or the next year with all of the talk of jeb bush and hillary clinton if some fairly prominent folks in the republican party at least don't start wondering out loud, at what point is this too much? at what point do we -- >> i thought that barbara bush was that person. >> well, she apparently did not get through to the well healed gop donors who are pining for jeb bush. but when somebody say enough is enough, and when it is time to sort of give other families a shot, and yes, barbara bush did that, but i am talking about more of a high profile figure in current politics. >> i don't disagree with you there, and todd, we are talking about rewriting the legacies, and talking about lbj, and my colleague mark murr

governor's strongest democratic challenger that could face him this fall, and you know, a state senator jason carter voted in favor of the bill. and so you have to wonder as democrats, are we going to have in states across the south, including here in georgia, democrats who can take a strong stand on the progressive issues like curtailing some of the proliferation of the guns in the streets, and are we going to be able to have that and viable candidate who can win an election in the south. >> you are talking about the candidates, and let's talk about the candidates across the country, and take a step become and before that, i want to get the numbers for you. since the sandy hook tragedy when we look at the gun laws 109 gun bills became law last and 39 laws tightening them, and 70 loosening. and this year, we have had gun restrictions tightened in ten states and for gun restrictions only eight states. so what do you believe is the trend, more or less georgias? >> well, you would believe what happened in sandy hook, and aurora and kansas city, and here in georgia, you would think that we would be look

what the republicans have done in georgia, you're going to get people thinking about voting for jason carterunn instead of whoever the right winger is and the incoming governor. >> it's an important shift in how policy affects americans because for too long, you can speak to this better than i can, heather, we focused on the middle class. here's a great test for the narratives. people who have insurance have gotten kicked off of it, have to get new insurance tend to be wealthier, the people who are not qualifying for medicaid or hospitals are closing tend to be poor people. most disenfranchised in society. >> i think more and more americans are identifying, self-identifying as working class. you do feel that. people don't feel like the playing field is even. so this idea you're a hard working person and therefore you deserve something different, it's people are finding that actually the notion of poor is expanding to people who are working really hard to get a fair shot. and people like the koch brothers are really making it very clear that unfortunately right now our democracy's run by bill

i think it's fascinating, and jason carter. these are two races that larry is looking at.ly not a slam dunk into ruby red states. these should be easy peasy lemon squeezy to quote michael. >> things are changing. when you look at moral mondays and some 6 the movements going on in the southern states, something is afoot. i think what's important for democrats to do is tap into these grass roots movements that are springing up all over the south. and they represent people to push back on the part of progress i was, because of some of these really extreme laws that have been passed at the local level. they created a lot of anger, a lot of dissent. i think a lot of people have realized what a mistake it was not to come out in these off-year elections. i think it's important for the democratic party to really tap into this movement, and this momentum that's rising up from the grass roots. because that's where you're going to get your support and that's where the support is needed. >> jimmy, on the other side of that, "the new york times" talking about white southerners, their l

i've got jason carter, jimmy carter's grandson. >> very cool. tell him we say hi. >> there you go.>> thank you, chuck. >> thanks. i appreciate it. >>> the search for flight 370 has been narrowed to a 6.2 mile area of the indian ocean. is this the last chance to find the missing plane? and then another win puts liverpool one step close tore a championship-winning season. roger bennett is here with the latest on the football frenzy. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. ♪ (dad) just feather it out. that's right. (son) ok. feather it out. (dad) all right. that's ok. (dad) put it in second, put it in second. (dad) slow it down. put the clutch in, break it, break it. (dad) just like i showed you. dad, you didn't show me, you showed him. dad, he's gonna wreck the car! (dad) he's not gonna wreck the car. (dad) no fighting in the road, please. (dad) put your blinker on. (son) you didn't even give me a chance! (dad) ok. (mom vo) we got the new subaru because nothing could break our old one. (dad) ok. (son) what the heck? let go of my seat! (mom vo) i hope the same goes for my

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