david corn, krystal ball, thank you for your time. >> thanks, rev. >> thank you. >> catch krystal on "the cycle" weekdays at 3:00 p.m. right here on msnbc. >>> ahead, we are a step closer to justice for our children today. there might be a plan for those political cowards who want to stop a vote on gun safety. >>> and look out! falling poll numbers ahead. i know it's shocking. but if you do unpopular things, you'll become unpopular. >>> and why marco rubio and the right wingers are ginning up a fake scandal about beyonce and jay-z's trip to cuba. it's not about cuba. it's not about the cuban people. it's about smearing the president. stay with us. >>> have you joined the "politics nation" conversation on facebook yet? we hope you will. our facebook family had tough words for mitch mcconnell and his gop colleagues threatening to filibuster the gun control bill. hagatha says blind obstructionism has done nothing but harm debate and discussion. they're at the heart of our government. nan says all this filibustering is a waste of time and money. vote yes or no. stand by your convictions.

joining me now, krystal ball and joan walsh. chris krystal, are you surprised just eight days after the bombing you're hearing stuff like this from a top republican like lindsey graham. >> the only thing you need to know about lindsey gram right now is that he's running for re-election. even though he knows better, even though he knows that dzhokhar, for example, is not going to be tried as an enemy combatant, even though he knows his allegations against the president are ridiculous, it's a way of him scoring political points. i'll say, you know, i don't think there's anything wrong as you were pointing out asking questions about, okay, did the fbi follow the right course here? >> the investigation. >> absolutely. but when you go for this nakedly political point instead, you actually undermine those sorts of honest investigations. because it turns it into political football rather than a real inquiry into what happened and if there was anything we could do or anything we could learn. >> i think, joan, there is a legitimate quest

joining me now, krystal ball and abbie huntsman.ou both for being on the show. >> thanks for having us, reverend. >> krystal, there's a serious point here. this split is part of the civil war going on in the gop right now. do you agree? >> i absolutely agree. i think o'reilly and limbaugh are interesting proxies for the debate at large going on with the republican party. and for limbaugh it's no surprise that he's sort of trying to hold on to those old positions. not only does he, as he always does, see his market opportunity, this is his niche, this is who he needs to play to, but in large part when the republican party is talking about a rebranding, they are talking about rebranding themselves away from thinkers like rush limbaugh. i mean, he has been mentioned specifically in some instances, particularly the kind of offensive language that he's used towards women. so, of course, he is not on board with any sort of republican party rebranding. because that erodes his power that he's held for decades now. >> abby, you know this cro

joining me now, krystal ball and david corn. thank you both for being here. >> thanks for having us. >> my pleasure. >> krystal, let me ask you, can the president apply enough shame and political pressure on the republicans to force them to act on these budget cuts? >> i'm hopeful. i'm an optimistic person, and i'm hopeful. but i think it's going to take a lot more of what he did today. frankly, the republican position on the sequester has been dizzying. at first they hated it. it was a sledge ma'hammer. it was going to be devastate ing. then they decided they liked it. now they decided these parts of it they don't like and they're going to blame the president for that piece. i think he really has to keep highlighting what the sequester means not just to air travel, but to a whole gamut of really important as much ass. as you pointed out in the lead, i think this is so important. you know, the people who are depending on meals on wheels, the people who are depending on head start, they don't have expensive lobbyists as you said,

that's krystal ball's personal favorite.he national journal summed up all the redesigned action as just get buzz feed. >> can i pose a question? >> go ahead. >>> how do we say this? >> say what? >> g-i-f. >> we took this to buzz feed today. >> we took it to them and apparently he pronounces it with a hard g but the official pronunciation, gif. >> while we're asking the hard questions here -- >> the hard g questions. >> what is a gif? >> it is like a little animation that moves. >> that's right. in case anyone at home is not a buzz feed fan. let's make sure we design our terms. a little animation. >> we nailed it. we are two for two on the questions. to the politics, this is is a real thing that the congressional committee for the republicans are doing. you can go and look at i. they are spending -- >> you can go and look at it. >> it is on the internet. but they are spending their money and time trying to develop a whole web portal that is more fun, more cool, young republican sticky is what they call this online meaning you

are we seeing ronald reagan and his policies. >> i sure hope to, krystal.k and what i say in the national gr nation national geographic, is we are telling ourselves the same story we did the '80s. and i think the epic struggles right now in our politics are effectively a struggle between a lot of folks who are saying '80s are outdated. and a lot of other folks who sat to continue with what we started in the 1980s. for instance, reaganomics. >> interestingly if the presidential election were held today, david, 58% say they'd vote for reagan over obama. i'm not sure we all don't want the '80s to stick around. but we forgot to put krystal's picture up, i'm noticing. >> note the jelly shoes. >> it is that good. >> look at the floor. >> got it all. >> who's that? >> there's me! that's s.e. >> i would also like to point out krystal and i are dressed in yellow. that's as far as that goes. you either got it or you don't. let's talk about the pop culture, though, david. my moment from the '80s was sitting in a classroom watching "the challenger" happen. not understa

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krystal, let me play you something else paul ryan said.king about crisis pregnancy centers funded by anti-choice factions. just take a listen to this. >> these centers serve about 2 million people a year. they offer adoption services. testing and treatment for stds. ultrasounds. parenting classes. counseling. you're not just protecting the innocents, you're helping the needy. >> isn't that, krystal, exactly what planned parenthood centers provide often to low-income women, but of course, he opposes planned parenthood? >> yes, absolutely. he only oppose -- he only supports the ones that have the ideological agenda he agrees with and the centers he's talking about frequently use very misleading marketing. they don't say what they're really about. and then their whole goal is to counsel a woman out of making a particular choice. great example, in texas, planned parenthood, the abortion services are completely separating from the education and the std testing services. totally separate. yet texas has gone after planned parenthood in total defu

and my colleague, chris krystal ball, co-host of the "the cycle." >> i'm keen to hear your assessmentese sound like the crumbling thoughts of an individual who finds the modern world absolutely too much to bear. >> absolutely right. what's interesting, he strapped in the paradox of nostalgia. it's a paradox because you're never present. you're looking toward a golden age that never existed. and you're looking forward to a future that can replicate that past and you're missing what's going on today. things were pretty rough for a lot of people. not just african-american people. ask women. ask the gender question. if women were on equal footing to men. when father knew best. when robert montgomery walked into the room, women were subordinate to men. think about it this way. mr. o'reilly did acknowledge african-american people and other minorities didn't have it as good. of course, they didn't. lassie had a show. mr. ed had a show. rin tin tin had a show. nat king cole couldn't get a show. >> even though he could play the piano better than anybody else and had the voice of an angel. whic

first of all, tell me about krystal campbell. what was she like? >> krystal campbell was definitely one of my favorite restaurant managers. i've been working in restaurants over five years and i've never met a manager who worked harder than krystal and kept such a beautiful face. she had a smile everywhere she went. any time you needed to talk to her, she would talk to you. >> that's one of the things her mom said. she smiled. >> that smile. very special. i mean -- we had a lot of memories together, working on the harbor islands, and i mean, working on those islands is tough. we had to do so much hard work. and she was the one person who put together and made sure everything got done the right way. >> i know you went to her wake to pay your respects. it must have been nice to see the outpouring of people. the line stretched down the block. so many people who loved her. >> it was very hard. i mean, i hadn't left my house until that day. i've been home. i haven't been able to really think or much -- do anything, really. it's hard to think something l

another victim is 29-year-old krystal campbell of medford, massachusetts.he worked as an assistant manager at a restaurant and an infectious smile. 8-year-old martin richard was also killed. neighbors said he loved to run, climb and play sports. we're also learning more about the bombs that were used. fbi investigators found pieces of a pressure cooker near the blast site, believing that the attacker filled it with ball bearings, nails and shards of metal. a backpack was also found that the bombs may have been hidden inside. >>> one of the young victims in the boston attack is here from the bay area. 11-year-old aaron hernandez of martinez. >> he will undergo a second surgery today as he was hit by shrapnel, watching that marathon. family and friends here in martinez are pulling for him. we are also hearing from his father, whose updating his condition for us. he is appearing on the "today" show a little bit later

lillian's granddaughter, krystal campbell, was one of the victims. lillian says the nightmare will never be over. >> a grandmother is not supposed to bury their young children. >> krystal campbell's family says she worked long hours as a restaurant manager. they say the 29-year-old often went to watch the runners cross the finish line and was standing with her friends when the blast occurred. >>> the city began its healing today with baseball. the boston red sox played the game postponed by last night's manhunt. the players wore special uniforms for the occasion. >> this jersey that we wear today, it doesn't say red sox. it says boston! >> cbs reporter elaine, on the emotional game that was about more than baseball. >> reporter: the pregame ceremony was moving. public announcer henry set the tone. >> we are boston. we are strong. we are boston strong! >> reporter: there was a moment of silence for the injured and those still hospitalized. and then cheers as the boston marathon volunteers marched onto the field. four people were honored, saying they r

. >> krystal ball, sounds simple when he talks about it. we are trying to find a balance. there's a right to bear arms, a right to life. >> that's right, 90% of americans think it would be reasonable to have at least a background check before you exercise your right to bear arms. one thing that was clear to me in this speech, has been clear to us all along, has not been clear to everyone, that the president's engagement on gun control is not some political tactic, some chess move. this is an issue that he cares deeply about and is willing to use his political capital, as much as he possibly can, to get something done. now, will we actually get something done? it's not looking great in terms of universal background checks, but i have to say on an issue where 90%, 9 out of 10 americans support universal background checks, if republicans block this at this moment, they may be able to do that in the short term, but if there's no long term price to be paid for that, we don't have a democracy in this country. >> ari, the right to life, which republicans like to talk about in ter

krystal, you yourself are a former division 1 athlete. you're a swimmer.laces in the world where that kind of conduct would be allowed. so why did the rutgers athletic director think it was okay in december when he first learned about it? >> it's unbelievable. i mean, i think if he knew initially that the video would be made public, he would have made a very different decision. and that's really the standard that you have to hold yourself to. if the parents of these kids knew that this was what was going on, if the public knew that this was what was going on, how would they expect you and want you to behave? of course, it's obvious that someone using this sort of language and this sort of abusive techniques to try to apparently get the best out of his players, which i also think -- >> physical violence, too. >> -- is absurd, physical violence with this kind of out of control anger which he showed on the court, by the way, as well. it wasn't a huge surprise. it was obvious this man needed to be fired. >> the new jersey star ledger says that there's a discre

for now, a new one of non-pregnant krystal after june -- i certainly don't want to remain pregnant krystalto settle this. ari takes a picture. there it is. we photoshop it in. >> very kremlin. >> you are really into what toure is saying. >> it's like you were there. >> when they staged that picture, they told me, just pretend it's not toure there. >> and one of our viewers also had an idea. he said, just put ari's head on kornacki's body. but we decided to do the full ari. so, welcome. we are very glad to have you. >> thank you. >> i'm so-so. >> s.e. is on the fence. >> give me time. >> in the spirit of the famous question posed to bill clinton, boxers or briefs, we figured we would give you a few this or that questions -- >> i don't want to know the answer to that. >> i didn't know we were doing this. >> he doesn't know the questions. my questions are lame and political. theirs are probably funny. immigration or gun control? >> immigration. >> okay. >> i didn't know either/or -- >> because i don't understand the question -- >> i have more -- >> yes to both. >> i have more simple questions

. >> krystal ball, fun to watch him live. he got that quick so fast.ook at the polling about hillary and joe biden. hillary clinton polling 64%, joe biden at 18% if you matched them as candidates. elizabeth warren 5, andrew cuomo, 3. everyone not named hillary clinton on the poll has a lot to think about here. >> yeah. i mean, if hillary runs, and i think she will run, she's certainly setting herself up. >> she's running, she's already running. >> i'm glad we're there. >> we don't fall for the masquerade. >> i don't think most of those individuals decide to run even if she's in the race, or if they do, it is a way to get their name out there for a future contest. joe biden, i can't imagine biden and hillary, head to head, he would step back when she does run. in terms of her inevitability for the primary, i think she's there. we thought that in 2008 and it didn't work out, but this time i really do think she's inevitable. she's going to be out of politics the next four years, she's going to be speaking in front of adoring crowds like this. she can wade

i want to start if i might, chr krystal, by showing you this article. george w.im of a rush to judgment. he has a book out in the same name. have we judged him too soon? eight years in the presidency. we knew about his whole life when his father was in power. >> we've had a while to get to know the gentleman and to think about him. in fact, i think some of the bump in the polls that he's experienced recently is a combination of two things. number one, i think his presidency, it's a bit like childbirth. you know, it's awful while you're having it. a while later you kind of forget just how awful it was. >> and you have another child. >> i don't know about that. let's not go that far. >> that's what my wife told me. we have three. what can i tell you. >> i do think we've forgotten a bit. part of that is because we don't feel quite as frightened. we aren't so in the midst of the financial crisis anymore. so it's easier to look back and say, oh, maybe it wasn't so bad. i think the other thing that he benefits from right now is the comparison to a republican party that

what i was going to say, thank you, krystal ball.was going to say another interesting case was that the supreme court ruled really across a different kind of coalition that this week you cannot have the blood test or search through a blood test by police of someone accused of drunk driving without a warrant. before this, you could. or it was at least debated. it was a huge, interesting breakthrough. at the same time we're hearing people like mayor bloomberg talk about how we need more government powers and a big part of it that was striking that did not get enough attention. you had justice scalia a. the fail back ground checks, i'm very upset with heidi heitkamp. she could have stood up and said i am for this. she said she wanted to be the 60th vote. max baucus could have supported this and he did not. and if you're against discrimination, you can't say it is a private organization so they can do whatever they want. >> you can do away with the first amendment. that's a good idea. >> in other news from last week mark sanford, disgrac

barney walters and krystal walters were unable to speak understandably. the eight-year-old died from shock and blood loss from multiple stab wounds. the murder weapon is not found and no sketch is released. yesterday during the manhunt they interviewed and searched sex offenders and paroleees in the area. authorities say they will not rest until they fine the person responsible for her death. >> we received phone calls today from the attorney general and the california department of justice and they infollowed us they would not only expedite the case but the case would be the priority case they would work on in the state of california. >> yesterday at the elementary where she was in 3rd grade they wrote cards and hung ribbons. counselors were on hand to help with the grief felt not only for her but the entire family including her where who found her. a memorial fund has been set up for her with a vigil tonight at 7:00 at jenny lind elementary school. >> this morning at 10:30 san jose police will reveal new details of the arrest of a woman seen putting tai

. >> krystal ball.ated by all that goes on, so he's watching about the discussion that's going to happen here. what was your reaction to jeb bush's attempt to clarify his position today on immigration? >> well, it's good that he's come back to being in the right place, apparently. i think he really has done himself a disservice when he initially wrote this book about immigration, prior to that, he really was a leader in the republican party on this issue. he was a thought leader. he was out in front in terms of what they should do. then he came out with this book that not only took a step back, but also felt very politically calculated, which is never a good thing. he sort of muddled his own message and messed things up. he no longer holds that plank and he also hasn't appeased the right wing if that was what he was trying to do with the book. >> jeb bush speaks to the world affairs council nonprofit, no word on whether he was paid or not. hillary clinton speaks to the national multihousing council's bo

two other victims have been identified as 8-year-old martin richard of boston and 29-year-old krystal campbell of medford, massachusetts. >>> a young blast victim from the bay area today is undergoing surgery. 11-year-old aaron hern from martinez is still in intensive care in a boston hospital. he was just six feet away from the blast, waiting for his mother to cross the finish line when the explosions went off. take a live look at martinez junior high. that's where his classmates have actually started a collection to help the family pay for medical expenses. about an hour ago, aaron hern's father spoke to nbc news about his son's ordeal. christie smith will bring you that story in about ten minutes. >> a follow-up on a story we have been covering since yesterday morning. at&t now says all cell phone service and internet service has been row stored in the morgan hill and gilroy areas. crews have been working throughout the night to try to repair a fiber optic cable after somebody cut that line early yesterday morning. investigators say the vandal then fired a rifle at a pg&e substatio

her parents, barney and krystal walters may speak today. they were behind the authorities where they were too distraught to talk. the 8-year-old died from shock and blood loss from being stabbed so many times. yesterday, the community was on lockdown during a manhunt for the killer. investigators interviewed and searched sex offenders and paroleees in the area. the state department of justice says they will not rest until this case is clod. >> i can say this: it is a sad time in calaveras county. i wanted to share with the citizens of the county and the valley springs area we are doing everything possible to apprehend the person responsible for the murder of this 8-year-old girl. >> yesterday, jenny lind elementary students made cards and hung purple and pink ribbons in memory of the girl known for her bright smile. counselors and therapy dogs were this to help the grief especially her family and her 12-year-old brother who found her stabbed to death. the vigil for leyla is at 7:00 tonight at gin -- jenny lind elementary school. >> we have

i know some of the women like krystal are laughing. oh, look, a man saying what are emotions?hysically in term of the gray matter, what are emotions? how are they processed? what is intelligence? why is that it two people who have the same information come at them going to the same college, taking same classes, but learn to process the information differently and come out one a little more intelligent than the other? if we could understand that, we would learn a lot more. how does the future simulator in the brain work? a lot of time we enter a situation. we can see things, see an environment that we recognize. i'm pretty sure i know what will happen. how does that brain do that? and of course, why do we dream? what is the purpose for the brain in giving us dreams? i think we can learn some things, some important things about what it means to be human. that would help us not only when the brain makes mistakes for people with alzheimer's, these sorts of things. for people well functioning. >> well, in our daily nod to steve kornacki, i recall once discussing with you guys, how

karen was carried krystal's i.d.'s very easy for a rumor to spread around thinking somebody's a certain name when they're not. on tuesday krystal's mother spoke to reporters about the loss. >> i can't believe this happened. she was such a hard worker at everything she did. this doesn't make any sense. >> reporter: she moved to arlington, massachusetts, two years ago to take care of her ailing grandmother. she worked as a restaurant manager. on her facebook face she listed herself as a fan of the tv show "true blood" and her favorite team the boston red sox. her 30thth birthday. her friend had surgeried on her legs and suffered damage to her ear drums. charlie, norah? >> thank you. the attack happened in a city known for its love of sports. >> fastball up and in and ramires is going toward roger and now the benches have cleared. >> reporter: for over 100 years the yankees and the red sox have shared one of the mosts bier and diet-seated rivalries in all of sports. but after monday's tragedy in boston the message pouri

for some like krystal, it is about opening day. for jokers like amp ri, it is about april fools' day. and for top political operatives, it is about the one-month anniversary of the washington made mess that is the sequester. on the baseball front, there is wide ranging pessimism about my team, the yankees this year. for democrats, there is pessimism about the sequester which has not worked out quite like they said it would. >> i don't think we can maintain the same level of security at all places around the country with sequester as without sequester. >> i'm not here to scare people. i'm here to inform. >> these cuts are wrong. they're not smart. they're not fair. >> the longer these cuts remain in place, the greatter damage to our economy. the slow grind that will intensify with each passing day. >> there will be families in communities that are hurting. this will slow our growth. it will mean lower employment. >> that does not seem to be the message the american public has gotten. a month in, no federal workers have been furlough

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. >> joining me, krystal ball. the dinner, there were a lot of chuck else. it was revealed by the cracker jack white house team, president obama had a hand in writing all of the jokes. >> i believe it. >> script writers, as well, inherent sense of humor. what struck me the most about the evening, how willing he was to be the butt of his own jokes. we have a little montage. let's play it. >> said i should start with some jokes as my own expense. just take myself down a peg. i was like guys, after four and a half years, how many pegs are there left? these days i look in the mirror and i have to admit i'm not the strapping young muslim socialist i used to be. i know republicans are still sorting out what happened in 2012, but one thing they all agree on is they need to do a better job reaching out to minorities. and call me self centered, i can think of one minority they can start with. hello! >> president obama can laugh at himself. >> he is great at that. that is one of my favorite moments, he was laughing at himsel

. >> i'm krystal ball. dramatic new fallout. the athletic director has been forced to throw in the towel. is there president the next to go? >> i'm jonathan capehart in for ari melburn. he is the host for one day and he already gets the day off? >> you're the best temp in the world. in this workplace, no one will run you over with a lawn mower as might happen on madmen which is back on sunday and the best show on tv besides, of course, "the cycle." >> it's time for let's make a deal! >> sadly, there are no costumes in the capital but president obama is doing his best to conjure the great monty hall. with less than a week before he unveil his budget plan, he has selected what is behind the curtain. according to the nbc political team behind the curtain is an additional $1.8 trillion in deficit reduction over ten years. and a reduction of cost of living payments for social security recipients. not exactly a brand new car but it does sound a lot like a hat tip to republican priorities. is this the first step to making a deal? how i

>> well, krystal, just a couple of key points worth emphasizing. this letter sent to president obama was intercepted at an of a site facility as you just mentioned. it was identified yesterday. it went through preliminary tests. it went through a number of test to identify what that suspicious substance was. ever since september 11th, this has been the protocol that letters are sent to off site facilities before they come anywhere close to the white house, as you mentioned. there were also letters sent to capitol hill to senators there that contained a suspicious substance as well. senator wicker as well as senators levin and flake. the white house has been on heightened alert ever since the bombing on monday. i can tell you pennsylvania avenue has been closed off to pedestrians. the secret service working in concert with the fbi and capitol police as they investigate the suspicious letters. it is also important to point out that at this point in time investigators do not believe there is a link between the letters an bombing on monday. so that is

responders lined the entrance of a church today in medford, massachusetts, for the funeral of 29-year-old krystal campbell. campbell worked as a restaurant manager. her family said she was at the marathon to cheer on her friend's husband. they said she loved going to the marathon and went every year. >>> the oakland a's were in boston to play the red sox. but a few players stopped by the hospital to visit a boy from martinez, injured in the bombings. a family friend shared this picture of josh reddick, brandon moss and batting coach ty, special trip to visit 11- year-old aaron hern today. he suffered a serious injury to his thigh. >>> and our coverage of the boston bomb being continues on ktvu.com. you can read the federal charges filed today against the accused bomber, still recovering in the hospital. you'll find it right there on our home page under hot topics. >>> san francisco emergency officials want to har harness the -- harness the power of social media during the next big -- disaster. >> reporter: officials are always reminding people to be prepared for the big one. the way they plan to

in nearby medford, family and friends of 29-year-old krystal campbell gathered for her funeral. we're learning more the 19-year-old accused in the bombings. dzhokhar tsarnaev remains in serious condition at this boston hospital. a federal magistrate judge read tsarnaev his rights at his hospital bedside. because of a gunshot wound to his neck, he cannot speak. he nodded his head for yes, but spoke the word for no when asked if he could afford a lawyer. he is being charged with using a weapon of mass destruction. he was also told he could get the death penalty if convicted. president obama called both the fbi and boston police to praise their coordination. live in boston, adriana diaz. back to you, juliette. >>> and there was a big smile on aaron hern's face today. ty brandon moss and right fi der reddstopped by to see how he was doing. aaron's classmates wanted to make sure he knows they've got his back. they sent him this get well video on youtube. the teacher took the camera room to room, with kids offering signs of encouragement. >>> it's no secret. san francisco has long str

it was actually krystal who was dead. >> we have broken at the death of our daughter krystal marie.as a wonderful person. everybody who knew her, loved her. she was always smiling. you couldn't ask for a better daughter. we can't believe this has happened. she has so happy in everything she did. this doesn't make any sense. >> the third victim was a boston university graduate student from china watching the end of the race with two friends not far from the school's campus. why don't we bring in nbc national security analyst and former director of the national counterterrorism center, michael leiter. in light of what we just talked about, michael, the victims, the reasons they were there, their families and the pain so many people are going through, it's so frustrating to hear there is so little known right now about who did this and why and accountability. >> it's, obviously, so tragic, mika. i'm going to maybe disagree a little bit about progress and i know people are impatient. it's impossible not to hear these stories and want to know why, how, who did this. the fact is we are no

. >> reporter: her granddaughter, krystal campbell, was killed in the marathon bombings.he lived here for two years, s,king care of her 79-year-old grandmother who is on a respirator. >> thank you. k> reporter: family members have come from far and wide for her l.neral. >> a grandmother is not supposed to bury their young children. i shouldn't be going to her wake. she should be coming to mine. >> reporter: the youngest victim was eight-year-old martin richard, remembered by members of his soccer team as cheerful and fun-loving. >> i used to play football with ndm, and he used to always bring the funniness to the game. >> reporter: his alleged killer now in custody, richard's father released a statement: and law enforcement lost one of its own. 26-year-old sean collier, an m.i.t. police officer, was shot to death thursday night as the suspects made a run for it. somerville deputy police chief paul upton was his former boss. >> it's not how these officers died that made them heroes; it's how they lived. sean lived to be a good police officer. that was his goal in life, yha

from martin's family and krystal's family and lindsay's fam dispam the officer. 180 who suffered. as i said for his own sake. >> remember the uncle called his nephews loserce and angrily demanded that the younger son turn himself in. he claim that would his older nephew was set against him. the young man called him in 2009 to say he chose god's business over school or work. that the last time they ever spoke to each other. the f.b.i. reports that they investigated his report to groups and eventually released him. the f.b.i. releasing a strong statement. >> in 2011, the russian government asked the f.b.i. to investigate the brother because he was a follower of radical islam and a strong believer and changed to leave to the united states to join unspecified under ground groups. the f.b.i. found no evidence of terrorist activity. that is creating unease at the bureau. >> there is a lot of pal paitations in the f.b.i. about what they saw when they looked at this and what did they miss. that will be scutinized. >> tonight fox news is told that the f.b.i. is working th

the growth is not expensive in outyears in krystal clear balance sheets. still the lemmings hate to see the profit taken away. so they will follow others blindly off the cliff. how about at&t, holy cow! no real revenue growth, tapering off of the monster buybacks. not enough new cellphone subscribers, when you consider the competition verizon and a real nasty wire line growth, for which a lack of small business is cited as the culprit, of course, hmm, leaves me to question did the small businesses of verizon territory simply have a more robust time of things? maybe the weather was better. so because of at&t's week, did they downgrade the stock? now, here's some real lemming behavior, when verizon reported that big bangup number, it was clear being business is coming out to a high, nobody but my colleague catch get they use it as an excuse to sell -- verizon! no winners in that group today. it's kind of funky when you think about it. it's traik take a step back, should i say at&t did post-pay examiners? sorry, sorry, oh, do you mind if some century link lem

let's face it, who is better than balancing than a group of women, am i right, krystal?> hot in here. >> groan. no, i like the opportunity for, you know, women to come in and fix the country and everything is going to be a whole lot more civil and softer and easier and friendlier. actually, amy clubachar, had this to say. >> playing a role to get people here to avoid some of the things we are seeing right now with sequestration and to bring our debt down in a balanced way. >> wow, she is giving us a lot of credit as women. we will fix everything. it silly and a narrow view of politics and to suggest this dinner with 20 women senators will solve all theseout. that the problem with washington is too much penis, essentially. there's just too much penis in washington and not enough uterus. i think that's really silly. frankly, also -- >> i want that bumper sticker. too much penis. not enough uterus. >> i'll make you one. it also reflects the fact women are just as capable of being ruthless, of making bad decisions. this is women. i can show you how women are. that's women. w

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. >> i'm krystal ball. we are getting details on budge straight from the source. >> i'm toure. about immigration, and few better are better informed than we are. he is we have details and victoria in the guest box. >>> ari melber refused to focus on the future. so we are living the po'80s tod on "the cycle."

. >> i'm krystal ball. we are all glued to our tvs. >> w is back and at the library?. i'm s. e. cupp. it is laid night at the white house. all 20 women on the senate. on the menu, halibut, peach pie and maybe a side of civility. >> and speaking of food, that's what we call a segue.

krystal ball, you would think it doesn't have a place, except for this crazy congressman. >> you shake your head and think i can't believe this person was elected to start with and has been reelected time after time. when you take a step back, it illustrates a couple things. number one, illustrates the problem that the leadership of the party has, just getting the flock in line to not use offensive language. they had to have intervention sessions to talk about how to speak about women and minorities, obviously it didn't totally break through. that's one of the things. the other thing it illustrates is the problem that republicans are nervous about for 2014 because this is the type of person who can emerge from a republican primary, where the far right, where the tea party still holds a lot of sway. when we get details about immigration reform, they are not going to be satisfactory to a significant part of the republican base. they're afraid more don youngs will come out of the wood work in primary, some of the more reasonable members of the republican caucus. >> and boehner knows how m

among them, 29-year-old krystal campbell, whose mother spoke tearfully about her in front of their medfordome. >> she was always smiling. you couldn't ask for a better daughter. >> reporter: continuing processing the 12-block crime scene, one calling the most complex boston police have ever seen. fbi showing the first pictures of the devices used in monday's attack, pressure cookers packed with gun powder, nails and ball bearings, likely carried in black nylon bags. urging the public to come forward with pictures, videos and tips. >> we're asking anyone who may have heard someone speak about the marathon or the date of april 15g9 in any way that indicated that he or she may target the event to call us. someone knows who did this. >> reporter: the investigation moving on, as more than 70 recover in local hospitals from physical wounds and a city and nation recover from their emotional scars. and we're learning more about the third victim in this bombing, a student from china. a student at boston university. she was in her 20s. she had gone to the finish line to watch the end of the race wit

krystal ball, people are wondering what is it that's coming, is it a stunt for the media.i think we saw the kind of import they have. >> that's absolutely right. could you have more powerful spokespeople, and these are not politicians, these are not activists, these are people whose lives have been changed and who think that they can take that and use it to make a change in the country for the better. i don't know how you cannot be impacted by that. when you look at the full array of forces that are pushing for change, you have gabrielle giffords and mark kelly, joe biden that speaks to that personally, and the president himself, not just paying lip service but really getting into the debate, giving it everything he has, and now the first lady as well. it's quite an array of powerful forces there. >> richard wolf, joe manchin, as conservative a democrat as we have in the senate, from a state where talking anything about gun legislation is very politically dangerous, there he is going out there, trying to find a compromise. >> let's remember, this is a guy in the last elect

. >>> thanks so much, krystal. good afternoon, it's thursday april the 4th. those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. >> it's clear the american people want change. just one problem, republicans don't. >> you've been hearing that somehow somebody's taking away your guns, get the facts. >> in connecticut the statehouse followed the senate in passing what is being called the nation's toughest gun laws. >> we're not proprosing a gun legislation system. we're proposing background checks for criminals. >> looks like the senate is going to vote on that coming up maybe this week. >> this is what americans want. yet republicans refuse to compromise. >> think about it. how often do 90% of americans afr agree on anything? >> parties that ignore what 90% of the american public think lose elections. >> we're losing! >> it's going to be "morning joe" versus "colbert report." >> oh. oh. it is on. ♪ you don't understand my point of view ♪ ♪ i suppose there's nothing i can do ♪ >>> it is a very busy thursday and we're following developing stories on multipl

. >> i'm krystal ball. we get a lot of tweets here.d us rearranging the guest spin.