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with karen finney." welcome to you both. >> hey, ari. >> thanks, ari. >> richard, where do you want to begin? let's start with the fact that as i mentioned, this is too much of an anti-hillary conspiracy for fox news. >> look, i'm not questioning karl rove's judgment in any way, shape, or form. i'm just wondering if he's lost all his clients and needs to defend his reputation given that his last client took the country into a disastrous war. but that's not saying anything about his political judgment right now. at all. i just want to make that clear. >> karen, dr. finney, what do you think? >> well, remember, he was -- we thought he was bush's brain? so you know, now it seems like he's a little scrambled. but this is -- what rove did, it was very intentional. he knew exactly what he was doing. he essentially has done this throughout his career. so we shouldn't be surprised. you know, he mainstreamed this piece of gossip-x then you kind of try to say i didn't say -- i think i loved the first answer, which

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join meg now my msnbc colleague karen finney, host of "disrupt."o former press secretary to then first lady hillary rodham clinton and msnbc contributor josh barro co-host of the upshot for the "new york times." and karen, i've just been amaze at the invective level at michelle obama. it seems there were some people who said what can we do that's going to be good for the world that's correct good policy, that i can make my own and isn't going to be super controversial. and they picked this. and oh no, no, no, we're going to make it controversial. >> but i think the sort of thing where the gop in particular sort of waits to see what's she going to do, what's she going to do, is this incoming first lady going to -- since hillary, right? because she took such a big policy role. there's always this question of are they going to try to step into policy. and each woman really figures out her own way in what's appropriate for her. whether it's reading which is laura bush or nancy reagan with just say no, whether or not you loved that. the point being each

i'm karen finney coming to you live in washington, d.c.n cycle is always running on high gear. we have a lot to get to this hour. >>> long time between now and 200016 and anything could happen. >> hillary clinton has a lot going for her as a candidate. she has experience, she's a natural leader. >> very hard for hit to -- >> and as our first female president, we could pay her 30% less. >> i think america is a place that believes in second chances. >> is jeb bush running? >> yes. >> i h

>> what's interesting, if charlie crist doesn't get a backlash, that will be interesting to me karen finney watch every week end right here on msnbc. it is on weekends at 4:00 p.m. eastern right here on this very channel. thank you so much, karen. >>> all right. put another one in the win column for the gop establishment. candidate tom tillis delivered the victory in the north carolina primary. he picked up 46% of the vote for the gop nomination for senate. he'll face incumbent senator kay hagan in november. it's a nail-biter for moraler "american idol" star clay aiken. he leads the race in the north carolina second congressional district by a mere 369 votes. >>> coming up, whether or not you agree with the death penalty. the botched execution in oklahoma has raised questions about how it's administered. a scathing new report sheds light on drug cocktails just like the ones used in that case. when it comes to good nutrition...i'm no expert. that would be my daughter -- hi dad. she's a dietitian. and back when i wasn't eating right, she got me drinking boost. it's got a great taste, and it h

joining me now is karen finney.hate the health care law but somehow they want to cover young adults, people with pre-existing conditions. think they support sunshine and kittens, too? >> probably they do. and puppies and rainbows, of course. it's a very interesting strategy, rev. i think it's part of what we started to see last week as we saw when republican members were home in their districts having to try to explain to their constituents why they don't deserve health care under the affordable health care act. and as you know, many of the provisions are very popular. while they continue to demonize obama care, they're trying to cherry pick the things they know people like and say well, of course i'm for those things. >> house republicans aren't the only ones trying to pull this. listen to scott brown who first ran for office, railing against the health care law. >> i always felt that people should get some type of health care options or pay for it with a nice competitive feed. that's all great. i believe it in my

i'm karen finney. the gop has lost their minds, again.ake scandals instead of increasing the minimum wage. and donald sterling speaks. >> let me start with the good news. >> it's been a great day for the president of the united states. >> the jobs numbers are in and they are really good. >> the obama economy, it's

i'm karen finney.her called out a politician and the nra with new questions on the signs that might have been missed and the disturbing rants of a shooter raised the voices of, yes, all women. >> new details emerging about the deadly rampage near a california college. >> you don't think it will happen to your child until it does. >> roger had three semi-automatic handguns. they were all in his own name and they were purchased legally. >> the suspect had over 400 remaining rounds of ammunition. >> when will enough people say stop this madness! we don't have to live like

right now, though, "disrupt with karen finney." karen, what do you have on tap? >> hey, chris.ks on the latest on that mass shooting overnight in california and then we'll pivot and talk about some of the biggest political stories from the week, including, we think this tea party is still going strong, no matter what anybody says. and a trifecta of moves this week proves that the war is not even close to being over. "disrupt" will be right back after this. new car! hey! [squeals] ♪ [ewh!] [baby crying] the great thing about a subaru is you don't have to put up with that new car smell for long. the versatile, 2015 subaru forester. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. that little guy cleans, brightens and fights stains. so now i can focus on more pressing matters. wow! isn't it beautiful? your sweet peppers aren't next to your hot peppers. [ gasps ] [ sarah ] that's my tide. what's yours? still running in the morning? yeah. getting your vegetables every day? when i can. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. two full servings of vegetables for only 50 delicious calori

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joining me now is karen finney.s for joining me on the show tonight. >> hey, rev. >> so this is just one part of a larger children's food program, but why exclude urban poor kids at all? especially when we were aulgs together in this same particular program? >> if i'm not mistaken, this program was at $87 million, and now they're talking about going down to $27 million. you know, pitting poor kids from appalachia against poor kids from the inner cities is really -- that's political craven ess at its hilt. as you pointed out in your opening, time and again, we've heard some very disturbing comments from republicans when it comes to the idea of just -- we're talking about feeding our children. and i can tell you, i used to work in the new york city public school system. for some of these children, if this program goes away, they won't eat this summer. that's it. >> and that's exactly the point. one out of five kids struggle with hunger in america. this is a problem that affects kids across the united states. rural and

i'm karen finney.au bergdahl has been released by the taliban after nearly five years in captivity. he's just arrived for medical treatment. we're told he's in good health and able to walk having been recovered by u.s. special forests in eastern afghanistan along the border in exchange for four detainees. a defense official

i'm karen finney.in america sealed with a kiss. >>> and the gop continues to raise money offer of the death of four americans and a crisis overseas continues to escalate. >> the st. louis rams select michael sam, defensive end, missouri. >> this is going to drag the nfl into the 21st century. >> this is the moment where michael sam got the news that he was going to be a member of the st. louis rams. >> a lot of cheers and a kiss from his boyfriend? >> in he

i'm karen finney. we have breaking news this hour. 28-year-old sergeant beau bergdahl has been released by the taliban after nearly five years in captivity. he's just arrived for medical treatment. we're told he's in good health and able to walk having been recovered by u.s. special forests in eastern afghanistan along the border in exchange for four detainees. a defense official says he wrote, sf? to ask if he was among u.s. special forces troops. the operators replied to him, yes, we have been looking for you for a long time. at which point the young man broke down in tears. president obama announced the release this afternoon following the call to his parents saying in a statement sergeant bergdahl's recovery is a reminder of a commitment to leave no man or woman in uniform behind on the battlefield. both president obama and secretary of defense hagel praised qatar for aassisting in the release. kristen welker joins me now. we're starting to get some details about the nature of the negotiations, whi

i'm karen finney. the gop has lost their minds, again.y are focusing on fake scandals instead of increasing the minimum wage. and donald sterling speaks. >> let me start with the good news. >> it's been a great day for the president of the united states. >> the jobs numbers are in and they are really good. >> the obama economy, it's booming. >> there's plenty more that congress should be doing from raising the minimum wage to creating good construction jobs and rebuilding america. >> what was the republican reply? to rain on the parade. >> benghazi. >> benghazi. >> diversion. benghazi. >> the people in the white house have lied about this. >> benghazi, benghazi, benghazi. >> the details about benghazi. >> they don't want to talk about jobs, growth, immigration reform, voting rights, you name it. >> they won't raise wages for millions of working families. >> i don't think there should be a national minimum wage. >> studies show if you raise it, you get more unemployment. >> it's not the government's business to be raising the minimum wage.

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i'm karen finney. what's a political party to do when attacking obamacare isn't working?. skbr the forecast for this weekend is benghazi. make sure you bring a straight jacket. >> christmas came early for the seven lucky republicans picked to be on the select committee on benghazi. >> republicans have seven seats shs the democrats will have five seats and essentially no power. >> to say, look, elect republicans so we can have these kinds of investigations is appropriate. >> the autopsy of ambassador stevens should be released to the public. >> should we say we're not participating in this sham? >> this is a high risk operation. >> you would think obama had written a memo of traffic problems for benghazi? >> can you imagine if they put this kind of effort of into a jobs bill?

i'm karen finney coming to you live in washington, d.c. where the election cycle is always running on high gear. we have a lot to get to this hour. >>> long time between now and 200016 and anything could happen. >> hillary clinton has a lot going for her as a candidate. she has experience, she's a natural leader. >> very hard for hit to -- >> and as our first female president, we could pay her 30% less. >> i think america is a place that believes in second chances. >> is jeb bush running? >> yes. >> i hope jeb runs. i think he would be a great president. >> of course now that it's 2014, washington is obsessed on the mid-terms. >> the republican establishment now thinks it is on the verge of an almost total rout of the tea party. >> these days in the house republicans actually give john boehner a harder time than they give me. >> the republican congress is so fractured. >> which means orange really is the new black. >>> in your sunday forecast today, the mid-term elections. it's may 4th, exactly six months away from the critical 2014 mid-te

karen finney, you can catch her show "disrupt" at 4:00 p.m. weekends on msnbc. josh barro from the "new york times." that is all. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, chris. thanks, man. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. this is one way, famously, that political ads can be really, truly terrible. this is iconic classic of a terrible, almost evil ad. >> you needed that job. and you were the best qualified. but they had to give it to a minority because of a racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gantt says it is. your vote on this issue next tuesday. for racial quotas, harvey gann. against racial quotas, jesse helms. >> the white hands ad. that was an ad conservative republican senator jesse helms ran in his 1990 senate re-election bid against harvey gantt. and that is very famously one way that political ads can be terrible. that is the classic racist variety of offensive political ad. it's sort of a variant on the same kind of terrible that was this ad against multiple amputee vietnam war veteran

joining me is karen finney, host of "disrupt" here on msnbc and robert trayhnum, michelle obama is getting blow back from this and they released a statement that was quite strong. what's the rationale behind the waiver against providing these healthier more expensive foods? >> well, ronan, i think you hit the nail on the head. it's a temporary waiver for school districts out there who have said we are having some financial difficulty here and b we cannot comply right now from a financial standpoint with the first ladies and laws initiatives. they are asking for a temporary waiver to have a little bit of reprieve here. i find it slightly offensive, i'm not a parent but for the first lady or anyone to say that the congress is not looking out for children, that suggests that members of congress are not parents themselves and also to suggest that congress does not have the right to hold the administration accountable. to go back to your question, it's a temporary waiver and thus -- >> to blunt the financial impact. >> that's correct. >> if making sure kids have good nutrition is a priority and

i'm karen finney. where our schools stand 60 years after brown v. board of education. >>> and rove against the clinton machine. >> pagie ining dr. rove. >> 30 days in the hospital? when she reappears she's wearing glasses that are only for people who have traumatic brain injury. >> this was not accidental. >> he was one of the most prepared and deliberate speakers. >> e she later exhibited strange behavior in her benghazi testimony. she had a mastery of the facts and an unshakable facts all while wearing those stupid glasses. >> first they said she faked her concussion. now they say she's auditioning for a part on "the walking dead." >> i didn't say she had brain damage. >> you can't be upset about it. it's just the beginning. they will get better and better at it. >> this is just the beginning of the aak ta ks. >> i am running, around the park. [ laughter ] >>> that was my former boss hillary clinton making a surprise visit to honor barbara walters' last day on the view. i thought she looked good and sounded like the hillary that i know. she did no

joining me are robert trayhnum and karen finney, former communicator for dnc.e you both here. i'll start with you, robert, do you buy this politico story about hillary clinton's team calling the shots? >> well, it seems to probably be a little truth to the story that they are a little concerned because they want to protect their boss and make sure there's a democratic voice on the republican committee. i think it's great. i think it's great for transparency sake and let's remind everyone here, you know this better than anyone else, four americans died. and we still don't know all of the specific answers here. what we do know is those quote -- unquote talking points -- >> karen is making faces at you. >> karen? >> we know exactly what happened. we know all of the facts. even, what we have now is people leading this effort saying we don't know what we don't know but we're going to go find it as if to say we're going to go on the witch hunt no matter what you say. >> this is ultimately a good thing, whether there is any intimation on what should be on the committe

i'm karen finney. in this hour, a grieving father called out a politician and the nra with new questions on the signs that might have been missed and the disturbing rants of a shooter raised the voices of, yes, all women. >> new details emerging about the deadly rampage near a california college. >> you don't think it will happen to your child until it does. >> roger had three semi-automatic handguns. they were all in his own name and they were purchased legally. >> the suspect had over 400 remaining rounds of ammunition. >> when will enough people say stop this madness! we don't have to live like this! >> questions are being asked about whether authorities could have headed off this horrible tragedy. >> the family of the suspect says they warned police before the shooting. >> he did not meet the criteria for an involuntary mental health hold. >> law enforcement are being asked to be law enforcers and psychiatric social workers. >> we should say to ourselves not one more! >>> victims families, law enfo

i'm karen finney. and this hour, a historic moment in america sealed with a kiss. >>> and the gop continues to raise money offer of the death of four americans and a crisis overseas continues to escalate. >> the st. louis rams select michael sam, defensive end, missouri. >> this is going to drag the nfl into the 21st century. >> this is the moment where michael sam got the news that he was going to be a member of the st. louis rams. >> a lot of cheers and a kiss from his boyfriend? >> in he had not been drafted, can you imagine the questions? >> you're going to rock it. next season and all the years to come we'll be rocking in st. louis. >> this is a serious investigation. don't want theater, i don't want a side show. >> we should be talking about what have we done since benghazi? what have we done to make americans safer? >> i have more questions than answers. >> this cannot be politicized. >> it is appearing to be a smoke scene so they can raise campaign funds. there it is a tall order to try to keep

i'm karen finney. >>> political opportunity may be opening. >>> karl rove just can't help himself. still talking about brain injuries. >> being a front-runner is being on a perch that everyone else is going to try to knock you off of. >> people say she's it, it's a done deal. i'm not so certain. >> i actually doubt very much whether she actually will run. >> concussion is by definition a traumatic brain injury. >> i think karl rove's effort is pathetic. >> about as inappropriate a thing you can say. >> i'm not the person who said brain damage. >> karl rove is struggling to be relevant. >> i'm not questioning her health. >> i think that health and age is fair game. >> it demonstrates how utterly afraid they are of her. >> my brain says she's running. my gut says, you know what? -- >> we don't know what kind of shape your brain is in. >>> your forecast on this sunday afternoon. karl rove is still, and will likely continue, talking about hillary clinton's health. so how is that going to play out as she gears up for a book tour while the rest of the world continues to fixate on 2016? t