she's a huge -- >> went to university of kentucky. >> university of kentucky basketball fan.ws how to touch the cultural milestones. the cultural touch points. mitch mcconnell is from louisville. mitch mcconnell has never been well liked out in the state. i can tell you having spent five years in kentucky that ashley judd, for all of her hollywood ties, could out-country and out-kentucky mitch mcconnell in that state. at least that's what she could try to do. >> this is a little bit psychobabble but this is what we like to. alex wagner, imagine you're mitch mcconnell. he is a pro. he's very smart politically, very cagy, if you will. he's thinking right now, would he rather run against a no face boring guy from the locality, worked his way up as a local lawyer, whatever the typical candidate, or this wildcard? >> i think he'd rather run against the no face boring guy as you say, chris. if only because, as you pointed out, she's going to inject a ton of excitement. she has the eyeballs. there's going to be enthusiasm. she's going to have access to the ground game if the obama c

mcconnell: i thank my friend from kentucky. mr. paul: madam president, i'd like to yield for a question from the senator from pennsylvania. mr. toomey: madam president, i -- i would like to spend a couple of moments here revisiting the context in which this discussion occurred. i want to commend the senator from kentucky for raising what i think is an extremely important, extremely important issue and forcing the attention of this body to this issue at a -- at an appropriate time, which he has done. and i might add, at great personal inconvenience to himself. this really arose from a letter that the senator from kentucky sent to mr. brennan, the nominee for director of central intelligence, and the response that he got. and i want to -- these are short letters and i want to review this so that it's very clear exactly what was posed and what the response was and where we are at the moment in this debate. the letter from the senator from kentucky begins, "dear mr. brennan: in consideration of your nomination to be the director of cen

this is known all over kentucky. this is what i did., february the 18th, i was sent here to this prison because the other prison system couldn't control me. >> another inmate with a notorious past is fleece johnson. released after 31 years at ksp, he returned in 2003 on parole violations. >> they had a lot of gangs in here. there was random stabbings and killings, and there was violence in here unheard of. but that was right up my alley, you know. >> fleece johnson held probably the reputation of being the most violent inmate in the state. he has been known to tear sinks off the wall, toilets from the floor. you name it, he's probably torn it up. >> the prison locks up inmates like fleece johnson in solitary confinement, known as the segregation cell or the hole. >> i stayed in segregation, solitary confinement, for 12 years. and a lot of the officers that i fought, some of them quit. i assaulted one of the officers one day. i put him in the hospital for 30 days in serious condition. almost killed him. they gave me 15 years for it. >> h

in kentucky, obama is not very popular obviously.it won't be like people are driven to the polls to vote against the president. >> obama is going to be on the ticket. >> not in 2014. >> they go as a referendum on obama saying do we want to send more people to washington who can sign onto obama or block his, you know, last two years. i think he is going to be on the ballot in many ways. >> you know who we need on this subject on this show? >> ashley judd. >> in addition to ashley judd who has an open invitation obviously, we need the last word's unofficial senior kentucky political analyst, george clooney, who is from kentucky and knows a little about what ashley judd has been doing for a living lately. so george, any time you want to enlighten us. >> we're not good enough, lawrence? >> no, sam, all i would do is add george to this panel, he would be one of three. he would have to fight his way in with you. >> george and i usually don't do panels together. i could make an exception. >> i will fly up especially to sit with george. >> a

in fact, kentucky is the fourth most medicated state in the nation. and it has the sixth highest rate of overdose deaths. in one county alone -- >> half of the kids have no parent in the home whatsoever. so now we're seeing many raised by great grandparents, because we've lost an entire generation of young people. and, you know, the kids are really the ones paying the biggest price. >> we were just sick and tired of going to funerals. we were sick and tired of having kids come in and not being able to sit through physics class because they were worried about mom who had overdosed or dad had been arrested. >> nancy hale worked in the

senator from the state of kentucky. that means she'll have the tough task of unseating one of the most powerful republicans in the country. more now from abc's devin dwyer. >> reporter: she's a hollywood star, no stranger to the spotlight or sticky situations. >> somebody help me. >> reporter: now, actress ashley judd has her sights set on capitol hill. and the sfat senate seat of republican mitch mcconnell. >> she's seriously considering a race for the united states senate. >> reporter: sources tell abc news judd, a loyal obama supporter and international humanitarian, is eager to take her activism to a new level, challenging one of the country's most powerful senators. in the reliably red state of kentucky. >> i actually can wear the t-shirt that says, i do my own stunts. >> reporter: stunt or not, republicans say they'll take a judd candidacy in stride. >> the left is fully engaged down here in kentucky. they would love to take down the republican leader of the senate. we'll be ready for them. >> reporter: if she doe

the senator from kentucky is recognized. the senator from kentucky is -- mr. reid: everyone should plan on coming tomorrow. we're through for the night. a senator: i'm not sure, mr. president, exactly -- the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. paul: mr. president, at this time, without yielding the floor, i'd like to entertain a question from the senator from pennsylvania. the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. toomey: thank you, mr. president. i want to thank the senator from kentucky for raising i think a very, very important issue, and i would just like to kind of walk through a little bit of clarification so that i understand clearly exactly what's transpired here and the exact question to which the senator from kentucky would like a response. my perception, my understanding is this seems like a very simple and basic request, and so i'm surprised that we don't have a simple and straightforward answer. so i wonder if the senator from kentucky would just -- just summarize briefly for me so that i understand clearly the

, the political ties, to kentucky.as a lot of biographical ties to kentucky. she went to uk, grew up there, all that. she doesn't really have the on the ground knowledge of the state that somebody like grimes does. >> bill clinton, saw the ear marks of bill clinton, the fingerprints. he likes this candidate grimes, secretary of state, because he liked her father, who helped him. this is so clinton. makes perfect sense. >> first of all, bill clinton regards kentucky as a sub jurisdiction of political power. he won that state twice, last democrat to do so, he feels very much at home there. when i went to that dinner in kentucky that led to my story about judd, clinton was in charge. jerry lundigrin, father of allison grimes, supported hillary clinton heavily. gave to the clinton library, gives to all of hillary's things. when bill clinton came to that dinner, he privately met with allison and jerry, her father. allison is like the daughter of a mini establishment in the state. the further complicating factor is that, tho

perry, you're a kentucky resident or former kentucky. >> i used to be. >> former kentucky residents.ing about the ashley judd candidacy it's got a life of its own. nobody in d.c. is recruiting her, nobody outside the congressman from louisville is recruiting her. there's a weird panic among some panic going, uh-oh, she could define the class, define democrats in kentucky as too liberal. this is something that's got some democrats nervous. >> it does. i can tell you i've had a call from democrats in kentucky who told me i'm not sure she's the right candidate. she may be too liberal for the state. the counterargument is she can be an elizabeth warren-style figure, raises a lot of money, has a big profile. kentucky is not massachusetts and she's just too liberal for the state. >> the thing, david, with mitch mcconnell, while ashley judd can raise a ton of money, she can double the amount of money mitch mcconnell can raise. he can now count on raising 60. >> i'm not convinced that ashley judd isn't a mitch mcconnell plant. look, the problem is that ashley judd is a hollywood tennessee li

i met soldiers from kentucky. we're both from states with significant commitment to our military as people over the centuries have continued to fight and defend our freedoms. but today in afghanistan we have soldiers from my home state and your home state doing what they do to keep us free, defending the bill of rights, defending the constitution. and when we talk about the bill of rights, let's think about what ronald reagan said. the bill of rights wasn't established, it was not established to protect the government from the people. it was established to protect the people from the government. search and seizure, freedom of press, freedom of speech, freedom of religion. second amendment rights to own and bear arms. those are the constitutional rights, individual rights that people are fighting for every day in afghanistan. and they want to know when they get home what sort of freedoms are there going to be in this country. where does the role of liberty and freedom in our society? and that's why there is no bett

basing that on several sources from kentucky.ican marcia blackburn saying that judd will be a serious candidate if she decides to run. >> can she win? >> now, it shows that people who have differences of opinions, if she runs, she will run hard and knowing that family they are very tenacious and spirited. >> there are reports that president obama is set to name thomas perez as his new labor secretary. perez is currently head of the civil rights division at the justice department. he would replace hilda solis and new york city's kristine quinn has finally made it official. in a video on her website she launched her bid to become new york's first female mayor. she's currently speaker of the city council, also a close ally of mayor michael bloomberg as well. >>> president obama is set to meet with democrats and republicans on capitol hill later this week. last week the president and congressional republicans had dinner together, but the charm offensive may not be enough to win gop support on the budget. republicans could still go af

the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. paul: the questions and points the senator from texas have made are -- are very good points and it also shows you that we're really not that far apart on trying to finds an answer to this because really there is no ultimate ability of me to stop this nomination. i am already getting tired and i don't know how long i'll be able to do this so i can't ultimately stop the nomination. but what i can do is try to draw attention to this and try to get an answer. that would be something if we could get an answer from the president, and i think we'd all sleep better and feel more comfortable if he would say explicitly that noncombatants in america won't be killed with drones. the reason it has to be answered is because our foreign drone strike program does kill noncombatants. they may argue that they're conspiring or they may someday be combatants, but if that's the same sander we're going to use in the united states, -- same standard we're going to use in the united states, it's a far differe

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issue. >> absolutely he is. >> sean: in kentucky?ause coal mining employment-- >> have you been back in colorado? what are you smoking? >> do you want to talk about that. >> sean: not really. >> because it's legal in colorado and i came from there. >> boy. but the point is that the republican party is out of touch and ashley judd, she's been to rehab and going through a divorce, she's done things that-- >> and rehab, that's a great resume' builder. >> what's wrong with somebody who understands the plight of addiction and certain problems. >> sean: stop for a second. we've got to stop. the comment about obama and the flowers and bragging that she's from tennessee and the fact that she lived abroad for a long period of time and lived elsewhere. and how is she going to run and claim she's a big kentucky person. let me educate you that's not going to fly. >> out of touch, it's going to paint her as out of touch. >> and she's-- >> wait a minute those quotes, jedidiah, your quotes are priceless, run ashley, run. >> not only that, but she's

kentucky is really a conservative state.ct statewide democrats but the question is whether she can be married, her obvious liberal views can be married to a state that is so culturally and politically conservative. that's what she's weighing a he what democrats are saying more publicly about. >> why is she running? who is encouraging her to run in kentucky? >> well, she is, first of all. she's very ambitious politically and has been for many years, since she went to harvard to get her graduate degree, she's seventh, eight generation kentuckyian. number two, i think democrats in kentucky are for her and there's a lot of money there. barack obama raised a tlot of money. based in louisville, part of the big -- >> okay. i know you're a were roer but here's a little speculation. mitch mcconnell gets up and hears that someone ran the democratic primary, who does he want to hear won it? >> i guess at this point they would say ashley judd because she doesn't have the ties to -- the political ties to kentucky. she has a lot of biogra

it's not an easy way to talk about guns in kentucky.'s talk about it the way that dianne feinstein did. is it impossible the way she said to fight the nra? >> it's not impossible to fight the nra. the senate made a mistake in bringing the assault weapons ban to the floor first. that's not only the hardest thing of all the ways we can--the proposals we're proposing or talking about for gun safety. it's not only the most difficult to past but it's the one that makes the least difference. first we're talking about background checks and then high capacity magazines and then trafficking weapons. i wish they wouldn't have brought this first because it's the easiest one to defeat. i think we'll still make progress on gun safety legislation but we can take on the nra. michael bloomberg has proven that a number of times just in recent history. you'll see example after example of people who are up front who do it unabashedly and are able to either win or retain our office because of it. >> michael: tell us who follow politics a little bit how thi

of course, the obama campaign didn't campaign in kentucky but kentucky is a pretty tough state for democratswe know any more scoop behind her decision? that sounds like a thoughtful message that she put out. but any more? was she worried that she wouldn't have support from big name democrats? >> she would have plenty of support. plenty of money. and it would have been the most watched senate contest for 2014. you and i had she gotten into this race would be talking about that kentucky senate race from the summer of 2014 to the fall. it would have had a tremendous am of publicity. perhaps one thing might have been having the stomach to have that kind of fight. but also, the chances of victory. it is one thing for al franken to win in minnesota as we saw. also, elizabeth warren to win in massachusetts in 2012. it would be very difficult for ashley judd to have won in kentucky, particularly in an offyear election like 2014. >> it wasn't very long ago, bill clinton was in town and he was asked who he would endorse. and he said it was too early to say. he was specifically asked about ashley judd.

in fact, kentucky is the fourth most medicated state in the nation, and it has the sixth highest ratene -- >> half of the kids have no parent in the home whatsoever so now we're seeing many raised by great grandparents because we've lost an entire generation of young people, and, you know, the kids are really the ones paying the biggest price. >> we were just sick and tired of going to funerals. we were sick and tired of having kids come in and not being able to sit through physics class because they were worried about mom who had overdosed or dad had been arrested. >> nancy hale worked in the rockcastle county school system for 30 years. >> we were like, what can we do? how can we help these families? >> so hale and other teachers decided to start a club at the school where kids could learn and teach others about drug prevention. >> it really helps a lot of kids that are going through those problems to know that they're not alone. >> but sean says the pain of growing up alone never goes away. >> it's tough, you know? you go to somebody else's house and they have a loving mom and dad

the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: i yield now to the vice chairman of the house armed services committee, the gentleman from texas, mr. thornberry, three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. thornberry: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate the chairman yielding. mr. speaker, i've got to observe that i wish that all of the members on both sides of the aisle who decry sequestration today had voted with those of us who wanted to target cuts rather than having this across the board approach. this bill, like sequestration, is not what any of us would like if it were up to -- would like. if it were up to me, i would replace the money it takes out of defense and rea the domestic spending as well. imperfect as this measure is, i believe it is absolutely essential that we pass it today and i want to focus for just a second on defense. even if you spend the money on a continuing resolution, it make an enormous difference what vehicle one uses. in a regular appropriations b

she's talking to folks in washington and in kentucky about it.cting like a candidate in waiting. >> reporter: no question that she's tough, as i found last year. >> i can wear the t-shirt that says, i do my own stunts. >> reporter: nice. do you thing you have learned enough about fighting now that you could mess somebody up for real if you had to. >> i know i could. >> reporter: she showed me how to throw a hollywood punch. so you hit me, for the record. >> i did. i did. >> reporter: so why would judd throw herself into what would surely be a knock-down, drag-out political fight? she largely walked away from acting in the last decade after being treated for severe depression. after a turbulent childhood after being abused by family member and deeply lonely. >> i said i'm so tired of holding in all this pain. >> reporter: after treatment, she threw herself into charity work around the world, got an advanced degree at harvard, dipped her toe back into acting, starring in the abc drama "missing." >> i am not cia, i am a mother, looking for her son.

and it just clicked -- >> kentucky. >> reporter: could she win?cconnell is deeply unpopular. but judd's past statements in support of obama and against coal, a major employer in kentucky, will certainly haunt her. >> going into it, you have to consider her an underdog, as any democrat would be against mitch mcconnell, especially with the record of public statements she has. it is going to be hard to overcome. >> judd does have major advantages. she'll be able to raise a ton of money. she has incredible name recognition. if she gets into the race, political analysts say, it will be epic. mitch mcconnell is a very powerful man. >> as we learned, she'll be able to handle all of the mud-slinging, doing her own stunts. >> she's tough. she's tough. >>> a lot of other news overnight. once again, ron claiborne. >>> in the new, the taliban is claiming responsibility for a suicide bombing in afghanistan this morning that killed nine civilians. the group says the attack was a message to u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel who is there on his first official vi

the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: mr.peaker, i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gentlelady from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i'm very pleased to yield two minutes to mr. bishop, the distinguished chair -- ranking member of the milcon subcommittee of appropriations. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman fr georgia is recognized for two minutes. mr. bishop: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. mr. speaker, today this body is voting on two updated bills that reflect the needs of f.y. 2013 and 10 outdated plans with outdated spending levels that were enacted over a year ago. we need to complete the proce on all the bills not just two. governing by continuing resolution is not governing. furthermore, the legislation before us today does nothing to address sequestration. the failure to address sequestration will be devastating on military construction. for example, the modernization efforts will be delayed. the navy sequestration will affect 10,000 navy owned and t

. >>> now to the hollywood actress shaking up politics in kentucky.shley judd is getting ready to announce a bid for the senate, from the state where she grew up. taking on one of the most powerful republicans in america. is it a stunt, and if not, what are her chances? abc's david kerley has the story from washington. >> ashley! >> ashley! >> right over here! >> reporter: she is a movie star, who knows her way around a red carpet, after a string of successful movies. "double jeopardy." "kiss the girls." >> somebody help me. >> reporter: but ashley judd's new role may be a real-live politician from kentucky. >> she's seriously considering a race for the united states senate. >> reporter: judd, who does her own fighting stunts in the movies and tv, is preparing to take on the most powerful republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell, who when asked about judd, talks only generally about liberals. >> they love to take out the republican leader of the senate. we expect a spirited race. >> reporter: maybe, but republicans are already attacking judd. >> an o

so again, she is a very widely popular figure in kentucky.hese labels of hollywood liberal just aren't going to stick. >> and real quickly, before i let you go, i want to get your take on what happened earlier today in the senate. this feisty exchange between senators ted cruz and dianne feinstein. just before the senate judiciary committee passed feinstein's assault weapons ban. take a listen. >> it seems to me that all of us should begin as our foundational document, with the constitution. and the second amendment in the bill of rights provides that the right of the people to keep an bear arms shall not be infringed. >> i'm not a sixth grader. senator, i've been on this committee for 20 years. and i thank you for the lecture. incidental incidentally, this does not prohibit you use the word "prohibit" it exempts 2,271 weapons. isn't that enough? >> sir, as we know the prospects in the full senate are bright for this do you think it's ever going to make it over to you in the house? >> the assault weapons ban? i think it's highly unlikely. i'v

. >>> anyway, up next, can the democrats take down mitch mcconnell in kentucky?his is going to be fun. he's the guy the dems, of course, want to beat more than anyone else. we'll see if they can, if the smart moves are coming their way. anyway, "hardball," the place for politics, back after this. more than two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. and every day since, we've worked hard to keep it. today, the beaches and gulf are open for everyone to enjoy. we've shared what we've learned, so we can all produce energy more safely. bp's also committed to america. we support nearly two-hundred-fifty thousand jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. i got your campbell's chunky soup. mom? who's mom? i'm the giants mascot. the giants don't have a mascot! ohhh! eat up! new jammin jerk chicken soup has tasty pieces of chicken with rice and beans. hmmm. for giant hunger! thanks mom! see ya! whoaa...oops! mom? i'm ok. grandma? hi sweetie! she operates t

lee: would the senator from kentucky yield for a question? mr. paul: i yield -- i will not yield the floor but i will allow you to make comments. mr. lee: if you will yield for a question, i would just ask whether you are aware of an exchange that some members of the senate judiciary committee had with attorney general holder this morning on this subject? mr. paul: yes. mr. lee: and were you aware of the fact that somef us asked attorney general holder for a more robust analysis, that provided in a series of memoranda authored by the office of legal counsel, the u.s. department of justice's chief advisory body, and the fact that so far the department of jtice has declined to make those availae to members of the judiciary committee. mr. paul: yes, i'm aware of that. in fact, i think we have the transcript of some of the conversation from this morning. mr. lee: if i can supplement that question just by describing what i encountered in connection with that, i expressed frustration to the attorney general over the fact that members the senate judicia

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being a liberal in kentucky is not a good thing.ng against coal mining in kentucky, again, not a good thing. so while she has a high name i.d. because she is, in fact, a celebrity she has a lot to overcome. not to say mitchell mcconnell in any great shape. >> that is true. the director of the campaign committee said they are not settled on ashley judd. would be it good to go with a more seasoned candidate? >> no. you need some star power and firing of the imagination. you can't judd a book by its cover. she has deep roots in hollywood. perhaps more than in kentucky's local municipalities. but she brings that kind of star power. she is able to leverage that enormous fame of hers to the advantage of people who are there. you got a democratic governor and that bodes well perhaps for the possibility that she can join him in, you know, bringing to kentucky so much much needed resource but in this case political capital that could be expended. she will take care of the mining people and she has to talk about the environment. >> people who

. >>> anyway, up next, can the democrats take down mitch mcconnell in kentucky?ng to be fun. he's the guy the dems, of course, want to beat more than anyone else. we'll see if they can, if the smart moves are coming their way. anyway, "hardball," the place for politics, back after this. >>> now back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." wouldn't just be a pickup for democrats, it would be a huge symbolic victory, unseating republican leader mitch mcconnell last year in the kentucky senate race. republicans faced a similarly juicy prospect in 2010 when trying to defeat democratic leader harry reid. the result, tea partyer sharron angle became a memory of a candidate talking about second amendment -- sharia law, went down in bad defeat. watch democrats move heaven and earth to unseat the senator they see now as their chief obstructionist. let's talk about it. we have two smart guys here. former democratic governor of pennsylvania, the great ed rendell, republican consultant, john feehery. governor rendell, what do you make of this decision -- you know the

the state of kentucky? >> well, the ohio river is pretty tough to draw -- >> jimmy: you don't have to draw top graphically, just the outline of the state. >> i can get the gist. >> jimmy: okay, get the gist. okay, jordan now. earrings. you don't expect that from kentucky. i don't know why. seems kind of like an l.a. thing to me. jordan is drawing kentucky. either that or -- okay. i'll be honest, i don't know what kentucky looks like. oh, that's not bad at all. that's pretty good. [ applause ] >> welcome to the prize globe. take something. >> jimmy: put your hand in the globe and take out a prize. what kind of prize do you got there, jordan? >> oh, man. fantastic. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: nicely done. do we have another pedestrian there? all right. what is your name? >> hello. i'm mary mitchell. >> jimmy: where are you from? >> i'm from brooklyn, new york, where you're from. >> jimmy: oh, very nice. now, mary, do you think you could draw the state of new york? >> uh -- i don't know, i'll try. >> jim

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i'm knee to knee with the most dangerous man in the state of kentucky.stions, everything i prepared for the interview, went completely out of my head. >> victor, tell me what, originally what your crime was that brought you to kentucky state penitentiary, how long that sentence is, and then how long of that sentence you have served? >> i'm in for murder. life sentence. convicted in 2001. >> are you proud of that notoriety? i mean, we've heard you are one of the most dangerous guys here. how does that -- >> that's what i hear. i'm actually one of the most laid-back guys here. >> as all officers, i've received threats from different inmates for bodily harm. he's the only one that's actually ever tried to follow through with it. >> come on in! i'll show you what a redneck can do! >> hiatt's refusal to cooperate with officers has resulted in numerous violent cell extractions. >> they tell you to back up to the door. and if you back up, you're a bitch. if you make them come in and get you, you get a little bit more respect. i've never backed up yet. >> take h

but until then i lived in kentucky.tate of kentucky. how are you, sir? >> i'm doing well. how are you? >> hal: i'm doing good. kentucky has a complicated place in my heart. the byphrenia of how the state operates and the people themselves, and then the rand paul and yourself and mitch mcconnell and possibly ashley judd replacing -- it's an odd place to be right now. it's a hot bed politically. what do you see is the trend there these days? >> well, you know, i think what we are seeing in kentucky is a lot of the disconnect that we seay cross the country that when you ask people how they feel about a particular issue like -- >> hal: obamacare? >> yeah, if they want to -- i can talk about obamacare in a minute but if you want to touch social security, medicare or medicaid, or defund education, they'll say we don't want to cut the entitlement programs, we want education paid for and so forth and so on and then they vote for the people who want to do the opposite. >> hal: yeah or in the case of rand paul eliminate the depar

a fellow kentucky in. fellow kappa kappa gamma. >> no way. >> i am finishing up my mpa in global health. i felt inspired, which made me want to pursue public health. just seeing the health disparity that plagues our health. i wanted to ask, in a lot of the gender classes i am in right now, we talk about the best way to address gender inequality overseas. is it top down? do you start with government? i just wanted to know what your thought is. >> it is both. >> thank you for that question. >> i am elizabeth. i was fortunate to travel to india this summer. we were there for two weeks. i was struck the whole time by the amount of garbage. i would wake up in the morning, go to bed at night, and i would not get over it. my question is, how do we get anyone to care about their health when the first thing they need to care about is the dump of trash that just got put in front of their house where they do not have running water? that seems like the base. if we cannot get that, we cannot expect women to care about

you are all over the ashley judd story in kentucky. you used to cover kentucky.hink the story at this point is national democrats have decided, she is unelectable. they do not want her to run. do you think they're going to get their way and keep her out of that race? >> they have to get somebody else. i was in kentucky last week at the big democratic dinner of the establishment. they don't have a candidate to stop her. if they want to stop her from getting in or from winning the democratic nomination in the kentucky senate primary a year from this may, they need to coalesce around an alternative. they don't have one now. most likely as the secretary of state, allison grimes. if they can get her in, fine. if she gets in, if she clears the field, we'll see. i know the obama people don't want judd. the kentucky establishment don't want judd but nobody else wants to run. all the establishment democrats want to wait for the governor's race in 2015. >> kentucky has become such a red state. it is so hard to unseat. >> but democrats still win the governorship. they have

american cross roads attack ad directed at ashley judd. >> in a just clicked, kentucky is home. >> kentuckynows what is going g for us. >> obama care has done so much for us right here in tennessee. >> someone who shares our values. >> i got radical. progressively and delightfully radical. >> someone who understands us. >> i don't know about hill billies who golf. hill billies. >> her own grandmother that she is a hollywood liberal. isn't that what we need? ashley judd, an obama-following -- >> that is a portion of the ad there. our own steve kornacki writes about this race. he said, he make the point in the last seven rounds of senate elections, a total of 24 incouple bentz have run and been defeated. that's it. he makes the same point you made. that mitch mcconnell is not the most beloved person in ken wetu. with that said, why do you believe the groups are seemingly worried about her enough that they would put that ad together and she's made no announcement? >> there are two theories. they're trying to coax her into running because they think she would be an easy candidate to beat. there

kentucky isn't even in the tournament this year.later today >> the dominican republic dominated the world baseball classic beating puerto rico. reyes, ramirez. and canoe took home mvp honors. big time the u.s. did not do well. at the top of the hour, "morning joe", president obama set to touchdown in israel in a few minutes. jane harman joins the crew to break down the significance of this visit and what it means for u.s. foreign policy moving forward. when we come back, the water cooler watching democracy at its finest. another political brawl in the ukrainian parliament. we have diving and fighting in the parliament. more details when "way too early" comes back. max and penny kept our bookstore exciting and would always come to my rescue. but as time passed, i started to notice max just wasn't himself. and i knew he'd feel better if he lost a little weight. so i switched to purina cat chow healthy weight formula. i just fed the recommended amount... and they both loved the taste. after a few months max's "special powers" returned.

do not mess with bingo in kentucky. an 18-year-old named austin holy walked into a bingo hall south of cincinnati in northern kentucky last month and yelled bingo! apparently bingo games can get rough. an off-duty police officer was working security and the officer promptly arrested waily for disorderly conduct. he had his day in court last week. the judge could have sentenced him to 90 days in jail and $250 fine but let him go with six months probation and ordered him not to say the word bingo during that time. kentucky, the only thing shaking them more is the loss to george mason in the nit last night. wildcats nation was bounced quickly. last night as a one seed they played 8 seed george mason. robert morris, not george mason. they fell like a sack of potatoes. kentucky is shaking and waiting for determiney time. i'm shep, that's it. the dow' up, we're happy about it. but there's trouble, trouble, trouble. as you've been filling out your march madness brackets, quietly, without a bunch of fanfare, wait until you hear

mitch works his heart out because mitch loves kentucky. we love kentucky. personal attacks can never change that. >>steve: joining us now, the woman from that ad, elaine chao. she is a member of the parent company of fox news. good morning to you, secretary. >> good morning. >>steve: when i read that tweet and that could be the first time a lot of people have actually seen it, that's racist. >> this is the most recent example of this kind of behavior. we've seen it in the past over the years. and there's ao pattern to this kind of attack. basically mitch's opponents, his left-wing opponents can't compete him on policy issues and so they resort to racial slurs and championing his patriotism because he's married to me. we've seen, for example, the daughter of the sitting governor of kentucky -- the sitting democrat governor of kentucky, the same thing a few years back. and another time a former democrat governor of kentucky said the same thing. so once again, you know, mitch does a great job representing the people of kentucky, indeed, against some of the ver

running as a democrat to challenge senator mitch mcconnell for his kentucky senate seat.eportedly telling key advisers and political figures that she's planning to announce her candidacy for the u.s. senate this spring. if miss judd does come to washington, she'll follow the footsteps of other actors turned politicians like senator al franken who came from "saturday night live". >> i'm going to do a terrific show and i'm going to help people because i'm good enough, smart enough, and doggone it, people like me. >> and, of course, ronald reagan, also a former actor, made it all the way to the white house. but will ashley judd's star power be enough to oust mitch mcconnell from the seat that he's held for nearly 30 years? call the paparazzi. this one will be fun to watch. joining me now is lauren ashburn and dana milbank from "the washington post." thank you both for being here tonight. >> hi, reverend. >> lauren, let me go to you first. we've seen this hollywood obsession with washington grow. why is there such a strong connection? >> there is such a strong connection beca

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