now, i am joined by ari melber, joan walsh and jonathan alter. >> do republicans believe that they canun out the clock on the 2014 election, focus on white house scandals and conversely, is the white house worried that's exactly what they are going to do? >> that is the state of play now. the only language they understand are election results and pressure from constituents. the election results, for instance, are why there is less gridlock on immigration reform. they are moving toward some kind of deal. this is a story that i try to tell. there was 71% of latinos that voted for obama. the republican party understands why they can't succeed in the future if they can't cut that margin. that's why there is progress on that. on jobs, they didn't get the message. the president needs new strategies for putting it to them. >> come to an infrastructure conference if you want anything built in your district. he needs to go over their heads and say to the people in their states and districts, do you not want your roads and bridges fixed and go and visit them and put pressure on them the way he i

let's bring back our real talk panel, lizz winstead, and joan walsh.e world. i absolutely surrender. >> we are, ed. >> we are taking over. >> i love that all the women in that graphic were hot. >> all these hot women are working. >> well, i think one of the things is that we've seen the decline of unions, and that's really a huge factor in the decline of male wages. it is tough for men. it's tough for men without a college degree. the other thing, though, we need to encourage men to think about so-called women's work. our gendered ideas of men's and women's work are now -- they've always worked against women. now they're working against men. >> right. >> it's so interesting. when my father passed away a couple of years ago, and when he was in hospice care, he wished that he had a man as a nurse and an attendant. i could not encourage more that men should go into these fields that are also traditionally constantly fighting for an equal wage that services what is good. these traditional jobs, teaching, nurses, have always never been paid to what they're

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we are bringing in molly ball of "atlantic magazine," joan walsh of swan.com and harry bacon jr. at thegrio.com. the thing that jumped out at me first was the margin. a 7-1 decision by the supreme court. when we look at the liberals who joined with scalia, joined with roberts, thomas, it did surprise me to see this was 7-1. >> it felt like liberals were relieved that they were going to support a decision that didn't strike it down, but sent it back to the appeals court. we have this 10% program. and the other 25%, we'll set race as part of a lot of factors. this is a pretty narrow affirmative action program and the court would not say we agree with it. people say it was a punt this week. it really wasn't a punt, but the court starting this gradual slow way eroding every possible way a university uses affirmative action. >> the top 10 percent of programs, anyone from any high school in texas that finishes in the top 10% gets admission to texas. it has done good things for diversity. what justices were saying this is an example of sort of race-neutral policies at their best. what g

joan walsh is msnbc political analyst and editor at large for "salon." nira, is president for center of american progress. i want to start with you then to joan. it seems to me this president is always, i don't want to say behind me, because i'm always excited. maybe i'm excitable. and he's one of these cool characters that slowly gets to where you want him to be like beating hillary back in 2008. i thought he gave her a 20-point lead was enough of a lead. >> i'm just getting over my -- >> so now he's getting -- he does tend to come through on the clutch, like lose the first debate to make it interesting like the nba playoffs but win the seventh game. okay? he's doing something now. i'm not sure it's more than tactics, though. he put in three people, two women. three people, who are probably progressives, as judges, i assume. he said in your face, buddies. i have three vacancies, you can call it court packing. that's my job. the d.c. circuit. then he picks two -- i think he's hard to read until she gets the job. the real person of susan rice, beliefs will

american families, but for those extreme right-wingers who don't want to see government work. >> joan walshrew both for your time this evening. >> thank you. >> thanks, reverend. >>> ahead, the debate over security and transparency is one thing, but some on the right are going overboard. and we have an update on nelson mandela's hospitalization. stay with us. [ male announcer ] ah... retirement. sit back, relax, pull out the paper and what? another article that says investors could lose tens of thousands of dollars in hidden fees on their 401(k)s?! seriously? seriously. you don't believe it? search it. "401(k) hidden fees." then go to e-trade and roll over your old 401(k)s to a new e-trade retirement account. we have every type of retirement account. none of them charge annual fees and all of them offer low cost investments. why? because we're not your typical wall street firm that's why. so you keep more of your money. e-trade. less for us. more for you. >>> former south african president nelson mandela is in serious but stable condition. with a lung infection. the 94-year-old mandela has

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joan walsh is editor at large for "salon" and jonathan capehart for the "washington post," both msnbc contributors. it seems they can't avoid the one word, rape. it's an odd word to talk about in general conversation, even. >> right. >> we don't usually chat about it. and there they are bringing it up. >> well, yeah, chris, and it's because it's what they believe in. you know? during the romney campaign, paul ryan was asked about akin's comments and said the means of conception shouldn't change the law. they feel strongly there should be no exception to the law even in cases of rape. they don't have a problem talking about it. we see with scott walker in wisconsin. it's their agenda. it's not just when they're talking about rape when they're in trouble. scott walker said i feel just fine about ultrasounds, i think everybody feels fine about ultrasounds like you're talking about a medically necessary ultrasound which we all are fine with. you know, the potential of a transvaginal ultrasound, people cringe. they're not fine with it. this is what plays to the republican base. this is wha

michael o'hanlon at the brookings institution and the author of "healing wounded giant," and joan walsh editor-at-large at salon.com whose new book is titled? what's the matter with white people?" ? >> michael, there you have it. the administration is convinced that the assad regime has used chemical weapons. i have to ask you, was it the 100 to 150 deaths from chemical weapons that an compelled the white house or was it the united nations finding that 93,000 syrians have been killed and assad's forces are basically gaining the upper hand? >> hi, martin. strategically i think you're right to suggest it's maybe the latter considerations just as much. in fact, maybe they should be seen as more important. i do think the chemical weapons issue puts added pressure on the president and obviously, it puts had his own credibility on the line. i don't believe we should go to war on presidential credibility as a rule. it adds up to what appears to have been a compelling case for this white house. we'll see how far that goes and you've raised all the right issues as did senator mccain and others w

joining me today, benjamin wallace-wells, editor for salon.com and an msnbc political analyst, joan walsh. "washington post" columnist and an msnbc contributor, jonathan capehart. and josh sparrow is the new politics editor at "business insider." and as such, josh, i will go to you first on this. i think it is fairly outrageous as the long script probably indicated, that republicans are accusing the president of court packing when he's trying to just fill empty seats. >> sure and they've had to wait so long for the nominations to get through. but the person the president ought to be angry at is harry reid. the reason is the democrats have a majority in the senate. they ought to be able to confirm these nominees in a timely manner without input from the republicans. they can't do that because senate democrats decided they did not want to change the rules that govern the senate. they wanted to make tan the 60-throat threshold that gives republicans a veto power over everything, including judicial nominations. i'm honestly in general a little more sympathetic to obstruction on judicial nomin

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i want on bring in joan walsh. amanda turkel from the huffington post.think that -- if -- if everybody out there has not already read this "washington post," i recommend going back and looking at it p it explains and captures what's going within the ranks of the republicans in the house. and one thing he has in there i think is -- i didn't fully realize is that if you remember back in january, when you have the customary vote for new speaker at the start of every new congress and we note republicans have the majority and assume john boehner will win and might a few protest votes or something, according to paul cain's reporting, john boehner came very, very close to not having the votes in that first balance scott got passed by four in the end but could have been a lot worse and he gets an interview, i guess, with steve sutherland, republican congressman from florida, conservative who was elected in 2010 who waysically said he was ready and which colleagues ready to vote against boehner and he read an old testament package the night before about seoul and

dana, congratulations on winning an slept award last night, you and your producer, deidre walsh, winning the joanward at the correspondents association. >> it was great to share it with you, wolf. >> i just sat around and watched you get that award. and tony also getting an excellent award. big night for cnn here in washington. thanks to you. thanks to deidre. congratulations to tony as well. >> thank you. >>> tropical storm andrea has just made landfall. chad myers is tracking the storm for us. where it is right now, chad? >> it is right near steen hatche, florida, in an unpopulated area, compared to the rest of florida. right here, moving up to the west of jacksonville. you know, of all the beaches down here, clearwater beach, panama city and destin, and this horseshoe area right here, including st. marks and a couple of little towns, lake city, it's moving on up to the northeast about 15 miles per hour. it will continue all night. so landfall is no more problem. but we still have the potential for tornadoes. they could still be a problem. these are not the f-4 and f-5 tornadoes i was tracking

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