. >> i am jim moran, and the los angeles court is in session. >> it was something that you had to watch. you have a football hero. you have a beautiful blond ex-wife, you have a good-looking young man who is killed. if you wrote this drama, nobody would believe it. >> a real-life murder mystery that preemted tv soaps. the bearded judge, lance eto. >> you couldn't cast this trial any better. >> i heard a thumping noise. >> kato, the slacker house guest with that hair we could never for get was the trial's breakout star. >> you ask me to check id, and i would say "the inquirer." >> park was hounded by the press and fled l.a. after the verdict. >> i never ever was going to let this change my life. not who i was or who i was going to be. he left the limo business, and now is a train conductor in sacramento california. all the players became instant celebrities. >> he seeks to protest his innocence and not allow anybody to ask her questions. >> we wondered who was she? >> she became a tabloid fixture when the country became obsessed with her hair and makeup. >> we saw her makeover on televis

i am particularly pleased that my colleague jim moran is here today. [applause] stand up, jim. we are very proud of you. [applause] it has been a particular honor and privilege for me to serve with you. he has been a role model for any and all. i also want to welcome and recognize so many of my dear friends and former members of my staff who are here today. i ask that all of you who ever worked on behalf of the people of southeast michigan are with me on the energy and commerce committee, will you please stand and be recognized. [applause] >> there is a strange thing about my association with my staff. i picked the most extraordinary able and the finest and loyal people who ever drew a breath. i am proud of you and grateful you would be here today and grateful you would be my friends. it is true i have served in the house for nearly 60 years and i have seen many things good, bad and much change. and i have had the privilege of watching washington change from a little town in the woods to an institution rather to a major city of international proportions and i have had the privi

. >> i want to bring in congressman jim moran, a democrat from virginia. he is a veteran of virginia politics. and congressman, what's your reaction? you shaking your head tonight? >> well, you could knock me over with a feather. i'm obviously shocked as all of us are. we did not see this coming. it is going to mean a real shake-up in the republican party. i don't think that in the short-term it's in the country's interests. in the long-term, it's probably going to help the democrats. but unless paul ryan steps in to the leadership race, and i would think jeb hensarling would make the move. and that will push the republican caucus further to the right. hensarling is far more hard-core than eric is. eric got bitten because there are certain times when as majority leader you have to show some statesmanship. and he did that. and that's why these folks defeated him. i don't think that, you know, in a normal election, he would have lost. but they do say there were about 60,000 people voting in that primary. in our district 8 primary it was half that. >> this wa

thatparticularly pleased my colleague jim moran is here today. [applause] stand up, jim. we are very proud of you. [applause] it has been a particular honor and privilege for me to serve with you. model for anyrole and all. andso want to welcome recognize so many of my dear friends and former members of my staff who are here today. i ask that all of you who ever worked on behalf of the people of southeast michigan are with me on the energy and commerce committee, will you please stand and be recognized. [applause] there is a strange thing about my association with my staff. i picked not only the most extraordinary people, but also some of the finest and most loyal people who ever drew a breath. i am proud of you all, and i'm grateful that you would be here today, and grateful that you would be my friends. i have served in the house for nearly 60 years. i have seen many things, good and bad, and much change. i have had the privilege of watching washington change from to atle town in the woods major city of international proportions. i have had the privilege of serving with

. >> i'm jim moran in los angeles. >> reporter: jim moret covered the phenomenon for cnn. >> the o.j.on murder case was the first true reality show for the country. >> reporter: in a rarcially charged courtroom lined with tv cameras, a cast of characters surfaced as a real time soap opera unfolded. >> if it doesn't fit, you must acquit. >> reporter: so where are some of these unforgettable characters now? >> no one knows where he is. >> reporter: gil garcetti who was in front of the camera as the d.a., is now behind the camera. >> my iron worker series. my focus is on photography and other things not related to the law. i made that career decision when i left after the voters told me to leave. this book is called "water is key." >> reporter: garcetti is a globe trotting photographer with critically acclaimed exhibits and pictures published in six books to raise money for social causes like clean water. but garcetti hasn't strayed too far from the law or politics. >> there is kyra over here, essential wick. >> reporter: he became a script consultant for "the closer" and "major crimes"

my former staff here, most of you news men and women and my good friend jim moran can testify to the difficulty of the process of compromise, of getting legislation with good will. one of the interesting things about congress is the change. it has become in too many instances a nut case. it has become in too many instances an instance where it is the goal of members to have the name of a committee on their letter head which attracts attention and support politically. it is unfortunate indeed that this is so because the congress is an important national trust. it is something where we have a duty to the people to do what is necessary in the broad public interest. and it is the case that we do not see that occurring on many instances in the congress. the committees are too large and should be shrunk. the subcommittees' too large. i served on one committee, or served on one committee, the number of members in the subcommittee's exceeded the number of members on the full committee when i went out there. it could go on and on as to how it has gotten so big as to be incapable of carrying o

ballots cast, compared to 38,000 ballots cast in a competitive democratic primary up north to replace jim moran. relatively high turnout for this year for a primary. immigration is a very, very red hot energizing issue as the right, on the right, i think chuck is right to point out also the timing of the news and how that all came together. the other issue that i'm interested in here too, is eric cantor, you are pointing out, ari, outspent dave brat by a massive amount. spending close to $5 million on the air. dave brat was not of course on the air at all. i wonder if that was a mistake. raising the profile of the race in a way that if he had just ignored brat, he may have actually had a better chance here. >> right. and turning up the volume, chuck, as crystal is pointing out. at a time when people are so unhappy with washington. i just want to play, a little sound from, one of brat's ad that talked incumbency in the 5,000-plus days that eric cantor, had been in office. take a listen to that. >> 5,110 days. that's how long eric cantor has been representing us in washington, d.c. 14 years. and

congressman jim moran of virginia. and david corn, washington bureau chief of mother jones and msnbc's analyst. i want to start with congressman moran. you've been a critic of this enterprise of going in there. 186,000 people have died in that war with iraq, and here it looks to me like back to the future. the sunnis want power again. there was an ad today tragically in "the washington post," full-page ad for humvees, lockheed martin. they're selling that humvee right there. and then we're getting a tweet today of a humvee in the control of the insurgents. there it is. we paid for the humvee, we gave it to that government over there. now it's in the hands of the insurgents because all the guys took off their uniforms, turned over the keys to the cars and ran. because i don't know why -- maybe they don't know why they were in uniform to begin with, except the weekly pay. there's talk of us somehow losing a war in iraq, which we should have never been in. >> well, first of all, the iraqi security forces are primarily shi

>> there are two primaries, one outside your door, jim moran retiring from a democratic district. heavily favored to win. an eight-way race. it's tantamount to election because there is a republican candidate for the general. he's not expected to get much traction. down interstate 95 to the richmond area, the 7th district. this is the district of eric cantor, the house republican majority leader. eric cantor has represented the 7th since 2000. number two in the house and clearly interested in the speakership. it's that ambition that has gotten eric cantor in trouble in the 7th primarily with tea partiers and libertarians. there aren't a lot of votes but there is a good deal of anger and frustration with washington. >> who is cantor's challenger? >> david brat, an economics professor at randolph macon college, a small liberal arts college in ashland, virginia. he's been an adviser to legislators as well. it was his situation with the democratic governor tim kane that cantor has seized on for purposes of television advertising. cantor is attacking brat as a liberal college professor

ballots cast, compared to 38,000 ballots cast in a competitive democratic primary up north to replace jim moran. relatively high turnout for this year for a primary. immigration is a very, very red hot energizing issue as the right, on the right, i think chuck is right to point out also the timing of the news and how that all came together. the other issue that i'm interested in here too, is eric cantor, you are pointing out, ari, outspent dave brat by a massive amount. spending close to $5 million on the air. dave brat was not of course on the air at all. i wonder if that was a mistake. raising the profile of the race in a way that if he had just ignored brat, he may have actually had a better chance here. >> right. and turning up the volume, chuck, as crystal is pointing out. at a time when people are so unhappy with washington. i just want to play, a little sound from, one of brat's ad that talked incumbency in the 5,000-plus days that eric cantor, had been in office. take a listen to that. >> 5,110 days. that's how long eric cantor has been representing us in washington, d.c. 14 years. and

democrats are trying to replace jim moran and are running as fast as they can to the left.is race, progressive didn't a dirty word, it's part of the campaign's slogan for the top candidate, don beyer. >> he'll fight for common sense gun laws to keep our communities safe. proven, principled, progressive, don beyer, democrat for congress. >> another candidate, mark levine, bills himself as the aggressive progressive, and state senator adam evan encourages voters to call him a liberal. he even has signs that says, liberal is not a dirty word. and whoever wins the primary is of course going to win the district. that's because virginia's eighth has only become a deeper blue district over the years. located in virginia's northeast corner in the d.c. suburb, the district went to al gore by 15 points in 2000. in 2012, obama doubled that margin, winning the district by 37 points. there's a 50-point difference between the seventh and the eighth in this state. these two districts are practically neighbors, and yet they will collect two completely different candidates, at least on ideo

one in the eighth district, jim moran is retiring from a democratic district.n buyer, former lieutenant governor. the ambassador to switzerland and lecture list to win.ed that primary is tantamount to election because of the construction in the district. candidate republican but he is not expected to get much traction. down interstate 95 to the richmond area in the seventh district, this is the district of eric cantor, the republican majority leader bostock eric cantor has represented the -- the seventh since 2000. he is clearly interested in the speakership. it is that ambition that has clearly gotten eric cantor and the seventh district, primarily with two partiers and libertarians, whose numbers are abundant in the rural expanse of the seventh district. where there are not a lot of votes but there is a good deal of anger and frustration with washington. host: who is eric cantor's challenger? , ast: david brat professor at rent of making college in -- a professor at randolph macon college in ashland, virginia. his association with tim kaine is what eric canto

. >> two primaries, in the eighthd district, jim moran, a long-ti e democrat, don buyer, president's ambassador to switzerland. heavily favored to win in an eight-way race.electi that primary is tanamount to ert elections. there is a candidate for the general not expected to get much traction. down interstate 95 to the ri richmondric richmond, this is the direct of eric cantor. he is a member of the leadership, number two in the house, and clearly interested io thett speakership. and it's that ambition that has clearly gotten cantor in trouble in the seventh with tea partiers and libertarians who numbers are abundant in the rule expanse of the seventh district where theri is not a lot of votes, but a good deal of anger and us fr frustrati frustration. >> who is his challenger?in >> david brat, works at a smalln liberal college. he has been an advisor to a democratic cover and legislatures as well. it was his association with that democratic governor, tim kane, s that he has seized on.ted to cantor is attacking brad as a liberal college professor that is consented to proposals for hig