john: i'm john heilman. we have been doing this for so long that we don't need to be in the same room. mark: happy national cheesecake day. first hillary's reading list. undisclosed donations speaking fees, tax return errors, and much more. the news regarding the u.s. hostages took over the news sphere. >> this book has been full of discredited pieces. >> this all went to things like reducing malaria. >> this is not what the voters are looking for in this campaign. >> you, like so many other clinton defenders, are going to be able to tell us what is wrong with the new york times story before you even have red the story and we can consume it. john: the clinton campaign has put more meat on the bones of the rebuttal. whether this storyline is dying down or blowing up? mark: at 6:00 a.m., it was blowing up the new york times. it's a long story. brian fallon put out a document in the middle of the day with some strong rebuttal points. that does not defuse the thing but if they can reply substantively they can pu

john: i'm john heilman. emily: i mark halperin. with all the respect to nicky hilton the only hilton that , matters is in washington. on the show tonight case it gets a shot and boehner calls the shot. washington reporters do jell-o shots and body shots. but first we will be at the hilton hotel here in washington along with president obama and several thousand of our closest friends for the annual white house correspondents association dinner. if you are thinking about running for president in 2016 chances are you won't be there. , white house wannabes will be busy doing their own thing. there is the iowa faith and freedom summit where 10 or so presidential candidates are speaking. the latest days of the sheldon adelson primary is happening in las vegas. and jeb bush is holding a donor retreat in miami. what is the cosmic significance of these three big events? john: the religious right still matter in iowa. money still matters. and jeb bush cares more about his donors than about the national press corps. mark: it is the first time

>> i'm john heilman. >> i'm mark halperin. this is a motorcade. ♪ in our lineup tonight, just bush's monopoly, ted cruz's community chat, and rahm emanuel passes go. do not collect $200. go directly to jail. mark and i wrote that one of rand paul's liabilities was in his thin skin. yesterday, he published up one making a campaign announcement. he moved on step two. doing an interview with sean hannity and declare that the things he had set in the past should be in the past, which is to say off-limits. this morning, he appeared on the today show, who asked him about some things he said in the past. >> you have had use in the past on foreign policy that are under docs, but you seem to change. you one set iran was not a threat. now you say it is. you once proposed ending foreign aid to israel. you now supported. you once offered -- >> before we -- >> i just wonder if you have mellowed out. >> wattage you let me explain instead -- why don't you let me explain instead of talking over me. what if you asked me a question? >> have you

. ♪ john: i'm john heilman. emily: i mark halperin.ith all the respect to nicky hilton the only hilton that , matters is in washington. on the show tonight case it gets a shot and boehner calls the shot. washington reporters do jell-o shots and body shots. but first we will be at the hilton hotel here in washington along with president obama and several thousand of our closest friends for the annual white house correspondents association dinner. if you are thinking about running for president in 2016 chances are you won't be there. , white house wannabes will be busy doing their own thing. there is the iowa faith and

. ♪ >> i'm john heilman. >> i'm mark halperin.ll their respective president obama -- with all due respect to president obama, this is a motorcade. ♪ >> in our lineup tonight, jeb bush's monopoly, ted cruz's community chat, and rahm emanuel passes go. first, rahm emanuel goes direct to jail. do not collect $200. mark and i wrote that one of rand paul's liabilities was in

. ♪ >> i'm john heilman. >> i'm mark halperin.♪ in our lineup tonight, just bush's monopoly, ted cruz's community chat, and rahm emanuel passes go. do not collect $200. go directly to jail. mark and i wrote that one of rand paul's

john: i'm john heilman.s for so long that we don't need to be in the same room. mark: happy national cheesecake day. first hillary's reading list. undisclosed donations speaking fees, tax return errors, and much more. the