this is known all over kentucky. this is what i did.77, 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. >>

politics, his kentucky sports very well. the history of mitch mcconnell, this is how he rolls. he's a tough as nails politician. he runs tough campaigns. he's never been enormously popular in the state of kentucky. even in his biggest victories. they've always just come where he slightly underperformed where a generic republican in kentucky should perform. so in many ways i think this is the way they determine what's their best shot at winning. >> yeah, jim bunning was an s.o.b. this guy isn't a very nice fellow here. let's take a look at the top of the audiotape. we're allowed to show it. where senator mitch mcconnell sets the tone, explains any opposition coming from anywhere will be stomped by his crowd quickly. >> this is the whac-a-mole period of the campaign when anybody sticks their head up, do them out. >> then a person identified in the "mother jones" transcript as the presenter describes the load, opposition research they've got on ashley judd. >> presenter, the first person we'll focus on, ashley judd. basically r

a member of the democratic party of jefferson county, kentucky where mr.'s headquarters are located in louisville, just spoke to us live on the air, telling us that members of a liberal activist group, a pact, bragged to him that they had recorded senator mcconnell and others on the topics in question. here is some of that telephone interview we just conducted. >> megyn: what did they tell you about this recording? >> well, they happen to be friends of mine, or were friends of mine, i guess. but they mentioned that they were there, just like i told wftl locally, they were there, i don't know why they were at the grand opening of his campaign office, but they were thereafter the event had ended and were in the hallway and, you know, they overheard the conversation going on, which, you know, i mean i know it doesn't -- to me, it was an extremely tacky conversation, a tasteless thing, the mcconnell campaign did, but it was a private conversation nonetheless, and when i guess they heard all the tasteless and offensive and tacky things that mcconnell campaign w

in my home state of kentucky, this war on coal has been devastating to my fellow citizens of kentucky. in 2012, direct employment in kentucky's coal industry decreased by over 4,000 workers. mr. speaker, this has a real impact on real lives. it's easy to sit in washington and issue regulations when you don't have to confront the human costs. i want to yield time to some of my fellow colleagues in the house. before i do, i want to tell a brief story that i think tells the story of the war on coal and why it matters to people all around this country. it's a story of a young coal miner that i met in my home state of kentucky whose name is chris woods. and chris commutes over an hour each way, both ways to work and back home every day. t took me in the coal mine and wanted to show me his work. and haste heroic work what these coal miners do and he took me underground and showed me what he did and as we were coming out of the mine and as i recognized what he was doing was providing low cost reliable electricity to the american people, he looked at me and said, andy, i don't know much about

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>> caller: eastern kentucky and western kentucky aren't going to vote for her because of her stance on -- >> you have to understand local issues. the only way to do that is to live there. >> on a senatorial level -- >> stephanie: there have been a couple of excellent carpet baggers senators. >> in terms of eastern kentucky and the coal mining aspect of things, mountain top removal coal mining which has been protected by the uppers in the -- especially the republican party but in the general kentucky government for five decades now is all about the decimation of what makes kentucky special as far as i'm concerned. literally flattening of the hills of kentucky. and the sloth from that, the coal dust, the rem ant dirt and all of that -- the remnant dirt destroys farm land, wipes out the health of communities creates generational disease and at a certain point the idea of having a low-paying job that gives you a debilitating illness is not a reason to continue that practice. in my way of thinking and at some point eastern kentucky is going to have to come up with another reason for being.

oaks. >> simon: rosie says her biggest success was at last year's kentucky oaks, which is the kentucky fillies. >> they're side by side. >> simon: she was the only woman in the race. the odds against her were 13 to one. >> rosie napravnik, the first female rider to win the kentucky oaks! >> simon: so, when she crossed the finish line almost a length ahead of number two, her friends and fans had not only made a buck, they had stuck it to the skeptics. and to make the occasion even more joyous, her horse was named "believe you can." >> rosie: the moment when i knew i had the race won was like, you know, it was just that fulfilling satisfaction feeling, you know, the greatest moment of my career. >> simon: but it wasn't an easy ride getting there. horse racing had been stamped "men only" for more than a century. when you started out, did the jockeys... male jockeys say, "how great. welcome to the club?" >> rosie: not always. they gave me a pretty hard time. >> simon: how did they give you a hard time? >> rosie: they would try to intimidate me in the races, put me in a tight spot up agains

he joins us from owensboro, kentucky. i can't see you but i hope you can see me. >> i can see you and hear your accent all the way from here. you won the 2010 congressional race, and tell us what lesson you took from that. >> that is a great question, it was more what the democrats in general learned. we didn't get any support nationally, but what we wanted to do was run a truthful campaign that was back to the grassroots where we would reenergize the volunteers the people that come out and help get these officials elected. i have ran campaigns before when wr -- where i helped out. and i watched how the democrats were adopting the republican play book and it was all about how much money you can raise. and i felt like they took the ownership away from those who helped get them elected. and we went out and actually talked and listened to the people. so what i learned from it is a couple of things. number 1 is that people are eager for a democrat in kentucky to run as a democrat not act like a republican. the second thing is

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the head of kentucky's education called it academic genocide. john hopkins researchers call these schools dropout factories. i defy anyone to watch "waiting for superman" and argue against school choice. it has been called the civil rights issue of our day. i think that is right. threw school choice a student was able to attend a school here in d.c. and he learned he has a gift for composing music. he wasn't reading before that. ronald went to go to barry niversity. there are countless examples of school choice. talk to the parents of these ids. look at the kids who were interviewed in the movie. maybe it is about time that we rereassess the programs that are failing our children. every background deserves a class that will help students succeed. you will make it and do great things. in every neighborhood, there are kids who are not succeeding because they made mistakes or may messed up. they had kids before they were married or old enough to support them or they got hooked on drugs or they left school. republicans are miscast of uncarrying or c

the fbi is talking to the director of the liberal super pac progress kentucky.named sean riley, he's seen here at last year's democratic national convention where he appears he's a delegates. his lawyer says he's cooperating as a quote, witness, but not a suspect in the investigation. the fbi not commenting on that. and yesterday, on this show, a kentucky democrat told us about an encounter he had in which he claimed that mr. riley brags to him, along with another man, about leaking this recording. about taping this recording outside of the offices, unbeknownst to the colleagues. on the tapes leaked to mother jones magazine, conversations are heard and focusing on ashley judd, who was at the time a potential senate challenger to mr. mcconnell. she has since then she she will not run. james rosen has the story for us live. >> the attorney for sean riley confirms that there's a witness to the events and not a target. and another key individual in this case who is cooperating with federal agents. fbi sources tell fox news this probe is in preliminary nations and fo

a 36% approval rating in kentucky.hat -- what these -- the liberals are giving mitch mcconnell is a place to talk about issues that he doesn't want to talk about, because he knows he's vulnerable. let's focus on the issues and how he is not very well liked in kentucky. how what he is really afraid of is somebody challenging him from the right. from the tea party. the tea party hates him in kentucky. again, another vulnerability for him. >> well, i'm sure will this will continue in the days and weeks to come. maria cardona, jason johnson. many thanks. >> nearly four months after the tragic shooting at sandy hook elementary, "glee" airs an episode about a school shooting. newtown residents are not happy. we'll talk about that. [ male announcer ] when gloria and her financial advisor made a retirement plan, they considered all her assets, even those held elsewhere, giving her the confidence to pursue all her goals. when you want a financial advisor who sees the whole picture, turn to us. wells fargo advisors. >>> 40 minut

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it shows what a dirty rates it's going to be in kentucky. >> yeah. >> the survey i showed from kentuckyll's 36%. >> there were concerns he could face the challenge from the right now you will see him moving more toward the right to try to avoid that such as joining the filibuster on the gun control legislation. >> the right-wing of the party on the filibuster. >> do you think it's possible his campaign set this whole thing up? >> i am not going to go that far, but i have no idea what's going on. maybe when the f.b.i. investigates, they will find that out. >> my review is this was one stamp who was there who taped this whole thing. they weren't happy with the fact they were going to use the blow-the-belt attack. they talked about that she wasn't a good christian, wasn't pro-family. they were not going against her on the policy issues. they were looking at this personal stuff. a woman? just send this to mother jones and see what happens. >> it's a two-hour meeting. we have gotten 11 minutes out of those two hours. i wonder what was in the rest of that meeting. >> i would love to here the

guilty of wiretapping somebody, probably not a great idea by progressive kentucky. on both of them. cenk: to be fair, they were literally standing right outside the door. i'm not sure they had the consent of the people on the other side of the door. joe, is that a problem. >> do you report on what you overhear standing in the adjacent stall of a bathroom or standing next door? it's legal information lawfully obtained from the reporter standard. politically, it seems almost anything goes. to me, i don't think they need permission, because it's not legal technically. the substance of what they were talking about seems to be making more of headlines than the method in which it was obtained. >> lee would you have done it? >> done what? >> if you heard them, would you have done research against ashley judd. no. if you were outside the door and heard mitch mcconnell and his team talking about that, would you have recorded it and put it out in the press. >> i wouldn't have, but i can't comment on the story without knowing the full details. i just saw on twitter that the f.

i think that pretty well sums up the way the political left is operating in kentucky.k: well, when mother jones was confronted with these bugging charges, they said: cenk: all right now we are bringing in two guests, our epic political host, michael shure is back and kevin robolard is a reporter for politico. take things one thing at a time. first whether all this planning against ashley judd was fair game. i want to show you one more clip about that relating to her mental health which they apparently wanted to question. cenk: kemp, is that fair game? >> that's really difficult to say, whether or not that is fair game. clearly, it's definitely questionable. it's not something you typically bring up at a political campaign is the opponent's mental health. in the past, it has been used, 1972 thomas eagle to know, george mcgovern's running mate had to leave the ticket. whether or not they would have actually used that against ashley judd is something of a question. they pretty much threw everything that they had at her even before she actually declared she was rung and be

so i don't think that pretty well sums up the way the political left is operating in kentucky. >> at the time, he had no evidence. now it turns out he was right. left leaning watchdog group asked the fbi and the senate ethics committee on thursday to investigate whether mcconnell's staff members, senate staff members, violated the law by using senate resources for doing campaign research. now, mcconnell aides have said the work was done on weekends, it was not done in the office. the research take place on february 2nd, a saturday. progress kentucky's treasurer confirmed to nbc thursday that he had resigned from the group after the publication of the audio, but he would not comment on his motivation for quitting. >>> all right. if it's friday, then it's time for our road to 16, 2016 roundup, if you will. in the past 24 months, we've tested the personal popularity of seven potential presidential candidates and we'll look at them with key voting groups. the group of seven includes marco rubio, paul rand, chris christie, ryan should be the nominal front-runner, and that's how he starts

he's the republican leader from kentucky.get out of the sway harry reid was for back ground checks. he had to change his vote because of procedural issues that will allow him technically potentially to bring up background checks, bring up the bill later if they are ever to get 06 votes for it. i think harry reid is worth mentioning in this discussion because harry reid has evolved quickly on tisch uf guns. reid comes from, i'm going to say it right, nevada. nevada, you know, traditionally gun state. he cultivated support from the nra in 2010. they stayed neutral as soured him on the nra a bit. he expected more help than he got. other issue with harry reid, he is the leader of the democrats in the senate. this is a priority for the party. on top of that, harry reid is in his 70s and up for re-election in 2016. there is an open question of will he try to stay for six more years or is he at the point he is like i'm going finish out my term and not going to have worry as much for running for re-election of nevada. with mitch mcco

. >> as you know, last month, my wife's ethnicity was attacked by a left-wing group in kentucky, then apparently they also bugged my headquarters. [ male announcer ] this is george. the day building a play set begins with a surprise twinge of back pain... and a choice. take up to 4 advil in a day or 2 aleve for all day relief. [ male announcer ] that's handy. ♪ [ babies crying ] surprise -- your house was built on an ancient burial ground. [ ghosts moaning ] surprise -- your car needs a new transmission. [ coyote howls ] how about no more surprises? now you can get all the online trading tools you need without any surprise fees. ♪ it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >>> it's been a somewhat 24 hours in the re-election efforts of senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. first he decided the president's moving speech on gun control to the sandy hook community monday was the perfect moment to announce his support for a gun control filibuster. then today moments after majority leader harry reid spoke movingly about gun control and his own father's suicide

he got rid of a fellow republican senator in kentucky because they didn't get along. now we have he rand paul. >> michael: that was jim bunning we're talking about. he reminds me of harry reid. occasionally very frustrating. they said they were bugged. mother jones says they were not part of bugging of the campaign. what kind of security do campaign offices have. >> let's make a point between an u.s. official office and a campaign office. this was a campaign office. the responsibility for security and repercussions for funny business is lower. the campaign is responsible for the security. they may be a volunteer. remember mitt romney's 47% tape? that was a bus boy. >> michael: a bar tender. >> he might have just been a volunteer who was in the room. you notice he was very careful the senator was very careful not to say that they absolutely have evidence that somebody bugged their telephone. right? i think that again deflect and attack. they're sort of making stuff up so they don't have to answer this question why do you think senator mcconnell is favor game to attack

kentucky is a one party consent state. obviously it's illegal, completely illegal, if you are not a party to the conversation to begin with. so there needs to be a lot of vetting done to this. but the senator's office is asking the fbi now to get involved. how serious are these allegations? >> oh, extremely serious. as far as the legality, welcome to 2012 where nothing is off limits anymore. >> or 2013, even better. >> i missed a whole year. must have been asleep. >> that's okay. haven't seen you for awhile. >> but welcome to the new millenium, where we are, you know, everything we say is subject to being displayed for the public's discernment. this is where we are right now. while it may be illegal, the bottom line is out there now and mitch mcconnell can't do the smoke screen thing and say we're going to prosecute and going to go after these people. he's going to have to deal with what was said on those tapes, because we know what was said on those tapes because we're all going to mother jones after this and listen to th

he is not particularly popular in the state of kentucky. some right wing activists calling for a more conservative candidate to run against him because there is some displeasure over the negotiations he put forward over the fiscal cliff deal. mitch mcconnell has been very much trying to get the word out there that his campaign was attacked by a left wing activist who are using the tactics. even to go as far as to say they were using guess tapo tactics. some very forceful words. almost this idea that mcconnell is putting out there, look, the enemy of your enemy is your friend in this sense. so come with me even if you don't like everything that i've done, they're coming after me because they know how powerful i am. it is certainly something that is probably ending up helping mitch mcconnell toward the end of the week. sort of really doubling down on his conservative base in the state of kentucky. probably not what those folks wanted to do when they did that leak to mother jones. >> all right. luke russert. thank you. >> get a little relaxati

. >> a source of pride for louisville, kentucky has been the revitalization of downtown. marked by new high rises, residential and retail centers. but it also has been a busy time for another downtown landmark. the louis metro department of corrections jail books about 45 thousand men and women each year, and many of them have been through the process several times before. >> so is the life of a criminal. since the time i was 18 i've been in prison for all my life. it's all i know. >> terry says his history at louisville metro is base odd a near life-long struggle with drug use. he's been arrested 27 times and has been convicted of charges including trafficking, possession, robbery and assault. now he's been arrested after failing to appear in court on his latest drug possession charge and must begin the familiar process of booking. >> i come in here and this is what we call the grill, this is where we do our pad searches. we have the inmate stand here with his back to the wall and that officer basically tell them take everything out of their pockets. any jewelry, watches

one of their first purchases was some kentucky land. in the risky florida real estate market, on a second home they hope might be a good investment. kelly and annie certainly know what it's like to be in the red. >> i had overdraft notice in my mailbox the day we won the lottery. >> annie worked in a greenhouse earning $8 an hour, while kelly worked in the shipping department at a quaker oats plant. >> the day that we won was like the most surreal day that i felt in my life. >> kelly and 19 other quaker employees shared a power ball jackpot for 241 million. after taxes and splitting it, they ended up with 5.6 million. >> my life in the last three years has changed so dramatically that i wouldn't even recognize myself. >> annie has had a view very tough years, and now she wants to help other whose are struggling. >> i think we're pretty grounded people. and we're not going to just blow it. and it's going to bring a lot of good to those we know and those we don't know. >> but the lottery world is littered with people who lost it all by sa

>> kentucky. >> of course. everyone in the state of kentucky because kentucky was here yesterday.d tennessee are all here. let's get to the boards. there's one or two things going on this morning we want to show you. we'll start with a live shot out of atlanta, georgia. just to get another state in the mix here, this is what it looks like, strong storms rolling through the south today. most are a little south of there. atlanta, you'll be in the storm line as this thing gets off the coastline and starts working up. i would say washington, d.c. gets some rain by later on tonight. then by midnight this rain probably cruises the coastline kissing new york state area right along the coast, as well and then kind of moving on out of the way so that's the idea with that storm. in the west, it is nice and warm and i got to love vegas at about 84 degrees. salt lake city at about 74 right now. we could take some denver at 74. we'd take that, wouldn't we? we'd take it. >> we are live in times square. hey, parker, where are we going now? >> we're going inside to lara. >> wow. what a great crow

the kentucky derby is a week from saturday.n here on nbc. >>> and the tampa bay rays had two penguins from the florida aquarium walking around their clubhouse. the manager was trying to get his players to chill out. it seemed to works the rays beat the yankees. >>> a broken water pipe might be to blame for this landslide. that undercut part of a deck stretching back about 15 feet under the home itself. the grand terrace, california, home has been deemed unsafe and owners can't return until engineers decide what to do next. we'll be back in a moment. you're watching "early today." >>> it's a rain-free forecast in the west. we will have some clouds to deal with just like yesterday. a little storm system spinning off the coast giving southern california plenty of clouds and cooler temperatures there. much warmer from central california and portland and medford. this weather patterns holds. then as we get towards the weekend, that's where we're going to watch a little moisture. cold front comes down. it's not going to pour this wee

tons of documentaries have been done to talk about west virginia, ohio, kentucky, the link to broward county and the painkiller clinics. one of the issues that may exist is the person was being used by someone, and this sheriff was targeted but this seems to be a different situation. lou: go ahead. >> i used to be a broward county prosecutor, i practice criminal defense in broward county, she is absolutely correct. the pain till problem has been a crisis in my home jurisdiction has been the epicenter of that problem. i heard from the father he spoke to some news reporters was his son had a serious mental health problem so i suggest maybe his competency, maybe schizophrenia or other serious mental problem might be the ultimate culprit cause whatever caused him to commit that horrible crime. >> he filed a lawsuit against an employer, so he had to be confident. >> crazy people abuse the judicial system all the time. if i had a nickel every time somebody with a questionable mental state called my office with some new wacky lawsuit, i would be a multimillionaire. it doesn't tell us anythin

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he's basically had an iron grip on the kentucky republican party for most of 30 years, which rand paul broke in 2010. >> he's basically hugo chavez here. >> he's holding together his party. >> by the way, three of us together, i'm convinced, could figure out the world some day. probably a park bench somewhere. >> as long as the facts don't intervene, okay. >> you don't have to do that. confidence, howard fineman, david corn. by the way, congratulations again. i do want to know who this guy was. was it a male? we'll be right back after this. let's get a recap, merv. [ merv ] thanks, other merv. mr. clean magic eraser extra power was three times faster on permanent marker. elsewhere against dirt, it was a sweep, with scuffed sports equipment... had it coming. grungy phones... oh! super dirty! and grimy car rims... wow! that really works! ...all taking losses. it looks like mr. clean has won everything. the cleaning games are finished? and so are we. okay, but i just took a mortgage out on the cabinet. [ male announcer ] clean more, work less, with the mr. clean magic eraser extra power.

number one seed connecticut roded two seed kentucky. the huskies advance to final four on sunday for at that record six straight times. >>> now baseball, dodgers pitcher clayton kershaw hit his first career home run against san francisco. and the former cy young winner also pitched a 4-0 shutout. the 2012 rookie the year bryce harper of the washington nationals hit home runs in his first two at-bats against miami. and the nats beat the marlins, 2-0 there. >>> before the nationals game, opening-day ceremonies included a giant flag in the outfield and a special sandy hook tribute. moments of silence were also held in other major league ballparks for those affected by the shootings in newtown, connecticut. >>> in moscow, students showed off their riding tricks. their secret? specially bred horses trained to run at 25 miles per hour. boy, that just hurts the back had you see them do that. >>> tom hanks brings down the house. heidi klum comes to the rescue and a hugely embarrassing moment for the dancing judd. you're watching "early today."

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. >> reporter: ashley judd toyed with challenging mitch mcconnell for the kentucky senate seat he has held for a generation. >> as long as the republicans keep doing really dumb things about women's reproductive health that should help energize girls and women in this country. >> reporter: it was a challenge mcconnell and his campaign team took very seriously. after opening his campaign headquarters in louisville in february, mcconnell and his inner circle privately discussed their so-called oppo research on how to attack judd using the kind of blunt language political operatives use all the time but rarely in public. >> the first person we'll focus on is ashley judd. >> reporter: what they didn't know is it all would be caught on tape. >> basically i refer to her as sort of the oppo research situation. >> reporter: they screened this tv clip of her from the 2012 democratic convention. >> the most diverse delegation in tennessee's history, 90 votes for barack obama. >> reporter: that's tennessee not kentucky. the core of what could be a ready-made tv attack ad questioning judd's loyal

a road in kentucky. a beach in new jersey. >> and then all the sand just came right down and just sucked me in. i mean, i couldn't move. >> reporter: earlier this year in florida a sinkhole swallowed a man in his bedroom. this is new video showing the damage. since then we've heard similar horror stories. a golfer barely survives when the course opened up beneath him in illinois. more than 300 people in louisiana evacuated after the earth crumbled there. so are there more sinkholes or just more headlines about them? >> it may be that you're having a rash of sinkholes in florida in particular as a result of the drought that's been going on. >> reporter: the state's unique limestone bedrock is prone to collapse due to a shift in deep underground rivers. either too much rainfall can help dissolve more of the limestone and create some of the pockets that allow for sinkholes, but too little rainfall depreciouses causing sinkholes as well. >> reporter: while sinkhole insurance doesn't exist in most states, in

i think he's good for kentucky. >> how do you view him? is he a mentor? is he somebody you're learning from? or is he somebody you're not quite on the same page with? >> you know, thoreau is a mentor, you know? i think -- [laughter] when we call people a men to have, i think that overstates -- mentor. i mean, we're colleagues, and i do respect him. he's been here a long time, he has a lot of knowledge of the senate, and we work together on a lot of things. we were just down in kentucky working on freedom to fish, keeping the federal government out of our fishing rights next to the dam. so we interact on a lot of things. and really, to tell you the truth, i think what i would say about senator mcconnell is i don't think he ever personally disliked me, you know? people work against each oh in campaigns, and particularly people who have been involved in politics if or a long time -- for a long time don't take it personally. so the one thing he did which was a very, i think, significant thing for me and for the party was he called us all up flee months before

. >>> the kentucky republican's campaign tweeted this picture of a senator at a bar with a beer sitting next to an empty stool with with a glass of red wine. no word if the president plans to take him up on that drink. that's your morning's dish of scrambled politics >>> parts of eastern iowa are dealing with severe weather, hail ranging from pea size to two inches fell in waterloo causing millions of dollars of damage to cars. that hail left covering that in some places looked more like snow. speaking of snow, this is bill karins with the weather. >>> you know what's coming. >> it is almost may. give me a break. >> it was so nice in some areas of the country. it wasn't very nice from d.c. to southern new england. we are looking at a warm end of april in the middle of the country and then it is going to come to a screeching halt. it was 80 in denver, 80. remember that. you are going to be shoveling snow in two days in denver. it was 80 degrees yesterday. it was 102 in phoenix. here is the story. it is still very warm in the middle of the country. it is pretty mild in the east. the cold

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under federal law and under kentucky law, which would control here.is illegal to tape somebody unless one party to the conversation has consented. if you are and kentucky. i'm taping you you dent know it but i do it's okay. if somebody else is taping us, it's not okay. >> bill: if some weasel trader is sitting in on mcconnell's office. i turned on the guy i used to like him i don't like him anymore. that's okay. e sneakylegal. guy. >> the law puts the burden on you to how surrender yourself with around assume the risk of conversation and trust. >> there are some states who have two party consent only about a dozen. where you can bug anybody at any time. no privacy anymore. if the government really cared about privacy, which they don't, they would have a two party system because that's the fair thing to do. now, there is some kind of law though being buzzed around in the federal level, right? to reign in some of these abuses? >> no, at the federal level right now at which time it's just one party consent law and that's all that you have to abide by. >>

followed by kentucky senator rand paul's remark at howard university in washington, d.c. >> i would like to think it is an important book in a sense, it tells you how the court works. there are so few good books out there to explain the process, what are they saying to one another? we see this court that splits the -- see the cases that splittings the court 5-4. it is a book about how the court operates. >> when you dig into the notes and the library of congress, the memorandum, the notes back and forth between justices that are available and a lot of stuff is available. you -- i'm not a lawyer. but i was fascinated by the human side of it. in many cases, justices have -- you can see that justices have

. >> reporter: ashley judd toyed with challenging mitch mcconnell for the kentucky senate seat he held for a generation. >> as long as the republicans keep doing really dumb things about women's reproductive health, that should help energize girls and women in this country. >> it is a challenge that his campaign team took very seriously. after opening the campaign headquarters in louisville in february, mcconnell and his political inner circle privately discussed their so-called research on how to attack judd using the language political operatives use all the time but rarely in public. >> the first person will focus on ashley judd. >> what they didn't know is that it would all be caught on tape. >> basically, i refer to her as the oppo research situation where there is -- >> they screened this tv clip from the 2012 democratic convention. >> the most diverse delegation in tennessee's history. 90 votes for barack obama. >> that is tennessee, not kentucky. the core of what could be a ready made tv attack ad questioning judd's loyalty to the bluegrass state. they showed a potential willin

çó >>> a strange story of campaign politics out of kentucky. judd decided not to unseat mitch mcconnell next year. but before she filed out, mcconnell's staff was plotting their defeat and the plan was not pretty. we know that because the secret strategy session was caught on tape. and now the fbi is involved. here's cnn's national political correspondent jim acosta. >> reporter: even though he's not up for reelection for more than a year, mitch mcconnell has been gearing up for a muddy kentucky horse race. and an audio recording obtained by "mother jones," mcconnell can be heard in what's considered a typical strategy session. discussing with his campaign advisers back in february. >> later on, one strategist runs through the campaign's opposition research on actress ashley judd who at the time was considering a run for mcconnell's seat. judd has since announced she's out of the race. >> about she suffered and was hospitalized for 42 days and had a mental breakdown in the '90s. >> the staffers contacted the fbi which is now looking into the ma