congressman joe walsh sidestepping controversy after a town hall meeting comments the cough live with details >> joe walsh recent town hall meeting latest what has become a string of noteworthy happenings november screamed at constituent earlier this month allowed another to say president obama supported socialism communism and nazism and now for joe walsh again race to the forefront less than flattering way >> so many people depending on government >> watching you to video town hall meeting schaumburg a library this past saturday. congressman west joe walsh side advertised event lively certainly was >> democratic party promises groups of people's everything hispanics just like african- americans dependent on government that is their game in >> talking about race nothing new recent weeks said president obama elected because he was black elected him and made voters feel good about themselves september media would work to be elected same reality joe walsh running in the newly redrawn district dupage county drawn by democratic state legislature more minorities within the boundaries here

i don't think so 37. >> joe walsh, there's about 7,000 documents that haven't been handed over yet to chairman issa and the committee. and also i want to ask you now, as you may have heard this afternoon, the nra, the national rifle association has made this contempt vote one of their key votes. democrats are going to walk away. is this going to pass tomorrow or thursday? is it a sure thing in your judgment in. >> well, i hope it's not a sure thing that will even have the vote. i hope that eric holder provides the documents that we were looking for. look, we forget this fact. brian terry, a border control agent was killed 18 months ago. his family and the country still don't have answers as to what happened, who knew what at justice and eric holder has not cooperated in this session at all. that's all we're trying to -- >> so you're saying -- let me just get this right, just the end here. you're saying it's still possible in the next 24 hours or so that the contempt citation will be unnecessary, and that the executive privilege would be unnecessary because a deal could be made and hol

. >>> next who is the real joe walsh? is it this guy? the illinois republican congressman who blamed this outburst at constituents in november on a caffeine overload. >> all the marketplace does is respond to what the government does! the government sets the rules! don't blame banks and don't blame the marketplace for the mess we are in right now! i am tired of hearing that crap! you know what, it pisses me off! too many people don't listen. you wanted more reform, more regulation. that's what you got. is that what you want? do you want dodd frank? is that what you want? i need more coffee. >> well if you ask walsh's challenger, it is the other joe walsh we should listen to. set to perform at a fund-raiser for duckworth this summer and quote, i'm the real joe walsh and proud to back a real american success story, tammy duckworth. as for the other joe walsh, my question. are you sure you're irish? finally, some people can't get enough of this. call me maybe mash-up. it went viral last week featuring president obama. ♪ hey ♪ i just met you

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sort of looking for the modern version of joe walsh. welsh or walsh? >> walsh. >> joe walsh who was the chief counsel i think of that inquiry, who was thought of as above reproach. who was a person of honor. so that became our, our talking point. in other words, we wrote down whack we were looking for. it was that model. and we would like the idea if the person would be republican. in other words that would be even the best that could you get a republican chief counsel and the congressman made that point me a number of times. that that would be the best of all worlds, to show sort of a non-partisan. okay. so that was a criteria. so what we did is, we said, let's -- let's start with -- we had this book. we didn't use anything. so my thinking, my brother's thinking, was, we'd call -- let's call law deans, we said. you know. law deans know people. and we'll call maybe -- you call ten and i'll call ten. and we'll get them on the phone, and we'll lay out this criteria. tell them what we're doing, and we thought for sure they'll come up -- they'll be a name.

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one of those believers is congressman joe walsh. we have so many people now dependent upon government. so many people want handouts. the democratic party promises groups of people everything. they want the hispanic vote. they want hispanics to be dependent on government. just like they got african-americans dependent upon government. that's their game. jesse jackson would be out of work if they weren't dependent upon government. there would be no work for him. congressman joins us now from chicago. so some might say that you are over generalizing about hispanics and blacks, and you would say? >> well, the answer was the democrat party, bill, wants everybody dependent upon government. they are the party of government. i mean, it makes sense. if you are dependent upon government, more and more for your livelihood and your benefits, you'll citizen to vote for that party of government. >> bill: and this is a question i just asked the two ladies before you. >> yeah. >> do you think that the democratic leadership and that includes preside

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duck duckworth saying i am the read joe walsh.wspaper reminds us the rocker walsh september letters to the politician for features his play in a campaign video. >> i just hope that tammy duckworth wins. >> that's one of the raciste -- race i see i feel great about. >> george h.w. bush sell about what timed his 88th birthday by announcing he is not a fan of justin beiber. he was interviewed by his daughter jenna bush hager on nbc where she asked him about beiber. >> i bet that was must-watched television. >> she sang. >> i didn't see the interview. she broke down crying. >> that runs in the family. >> yeah. she sang part of one of beiber's sons to which bush responded? that was his song. they are known for wearing korfful and expressive socks. >> he had a colorful pair on at the unveiling last week. >> henry hill who will helped with martin's scorescorsece's. in the 1980s, he we want into the witness protection but was killed out -- kicked out after several drug arrests. >> really? henry hill had one goal in life. >> as far back as

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i want to play some sound of joe walsh just about an hour ago on msnbc talking, responding to elijahr what he had to say. >> the bush administration cooperated with the mexican government. they let the mexican government know what they were doing. they traced the guns. fast and furious, our government under this administration purposely turned the other way and stopped tracing thousands of firearms so this is a much bigger, a much more serious breach of justice. >> glenn, is this -- where do you land? is this much ado about nothing? is this all part of an effort to undermine eric holder, his position in the administration? is this a legitimate concern? the talk of conspiracy theories, the talk of this administration trying to use this whole thing as a pawn to have greater gun control. what do you make of it? >> i think the only answer to this is the appointment of several special counsel with unlimited subpoena power. [ speaking simultaneously ] >> that could feed your show for years. >> i think chairman issa would be more than willing to have that accommodation. look, what are we, i

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joe walsh is an msnbc political analyst and editor-at-large of salon. read the tea leaves.ng vetted. he had to say that. i have no inside information on whether it is true or not. but it would be devastating to any latino voters that may possibly have some prayer of maybe taking a look at his candidacy. i mean, michael, you know that the president put mitt romney in a box on with what he did on immigration last week. romney has not responded. he has not said whether he would repeal that decision. it has been a terrible week for mitt romney on immigration and so to have that come out and have the reaction that we had yesterday and to let it stand, i think would be saying that i don't care about latino, hispanic vote. >> and conservatives. he worked so hard in primary season. and has thus far not tapped back towards the center. manuel, i'm enjoying your book very, very much. the i request for you -- you know the subject so well -- could marco rubio withstand the vetting that would come? >> well, you would see a flood of stories immediately. and what the romney camp would have

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joining me is a member of the house oversight and government reform committee, congressman joe walsh. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. >> thank you so much for getting up bright and early. you hear the attorney general say this was all a political witch hunt. what's your response back? >> he ought to be ashamed of himself. i mean, think about this. here's the chief law enforcement officer in this country who is telling the american people he's above the law. gretchen, if you and i were subpoenaed, we'd have to turn over documents or we'd be thrown into jail. we have a -- we have a dead border control agent named brian terry. we have over 200 dead mexicans because of something our government did and 18 months later, we still don't have answers. >> so where does it go from here, congressman? because now you have this overwhelming vote for contempt of congress but what does that mean? >> well, we have two votes for contempt yesterday. one criminal, one civil. i think the hope is that a u.s. attorney in d.c. will pick up this case but the fear is that he may not and if that's

republican congressman joe walsh asked if that was on the tsa's radar, he says it's not because of theed on 9/11. going forward their focus remains staying ahead of bad guys he says. >> what we're looking for is to have our folks focus on what can cause cat graphic failure to the aircraft, and the greatest threat now is the nonmetallic improvised explosive devices. >> reporter: they will start looking at that restricted prohibited list of eye tefplts he says the last thing the tsa wants to do is hastily change their policy and have a terrorist take advantage of a new vulnerability. gregg: peter doocy thank you very much. martha: we are awaiting the president. there is a look at the white house briefing room. we expect him to come out any minute now to deliver a statement and take questions from the press. he is expected to urge congress to pass bi-partisan legislation to get the jobs market moving in this economy. he may very well get questions about the intel leak story which has grabbed so many headlines in recent days. we'll take you there live, as soon as that begins. we'll be righ