. >> tim laird will figure it out. >> a sign of the times. >> get out here.ps keep your laundry pacs safe and your child safer. align, press and unzip. ♪ ♪ >> as millions gather to watch the kentucky derby and the fine thoroughbreds at churchill downs, of course, many gathering to enjoy the fine cocktails and snacks that go with the event. america's chief entertaining officer, tim laird, here to show us how to bring race day excitement to our own home and party. >> make it easy to entertain. if you are having a derby party. mint julep. official cocktail. easy way, don't muddle, get sugar in there. start making mint simple syrup. one part water. one part sugar. one part mint. in a saucepan. bringing sugar and water to a bill. take it off the heat. put the mint in. stir it around. ly t let it steep like 20 minutes. like a tea. mint simple syrup. >> mint flavor without muddling the mint. >> to make the mint julep. 2 ounces woodforde reserve, official bourbon, and one ounce mint simple syrup. make alcohol free use i use iced tea instead of simple syrup. and cheer

. >> sharon's dates last night were sons laird 11, and roan, 16, and just about dating age himself. >d you ever give them dating advice. >> i will never let her. >> do i good advice? >> sometimes. >> the best advice sharon got came from her mother. >> put a dime in my shoe because i never know when i might need to make a phone call. that was the best advice she ever gave me. >> sharon, last night in an emerald green mini dress, recently celebrated her 59th birthday. and she celebrates a birthday in her new film as well -- a romantic comedy with "scandal's" tony goldwyn. ♪ >> in this beach scene, shot in malibu, sharon had a little fun with tony, her victim. >> it was incredibly cold and i was wet. and sharon was taking her time about getting ready to go. i think good fun at my expense. >> in real life, sharon is still single but looking. >> well, i'm funny and i'm hoping that romance will one day -- it would be funny if romance came into my life. yeah. >> speaking of romance, she told us that her best and worth birthdays wither the very same day because she got dumped by a boyfriend b

sacramento had never seen one before my colleague john laird and i were elected in 2002.openly gay man elected to the state senate. so i am confident that there -- my sexual orientation won't be an issue here in san francisco. i know there may be some ugliness outside of town. of course we're a global village right now so because of on-line communications and social media, who knows what pops up. but of course in the gay community it has a special added importance, you are right about that. >> mark leno announcing today he is in the mayoral race for san francisco. a lot of other names out there including supervisor mark farrell and assemblyman david chiu. it looks like it might become a crowded race, mark len no, but we will continue to follow it. thanks for joining us. >>> in the east bay four albany high school students disciplined for their connection to racist images posted on a social media site have filed a lawsuit against the school district. allie rasmus explains why the students' attorney say the students' actions were an exercise of their first amendment right.

personal work, and that will sort of make the shift from these welcoming ceremonies which had been laird from the arrival at the airport where the u.s. national anthem was played to the tour of the palace, an opportunity for conversation. the close-up pool -- we talk about the pool often in our conversations on msnbc, the group of journalists who are sort of at the elbow of the president during these visits while we're at a location where we or able to broadcast to you, they were able to observe and hear a bit of the conversation between president trump and king salman. there was some discussion at one point about syria whereas is reported to us, the king was speaking about there was a time when syria was a great partner and ally for saudi arabia and brought a lot of the intellectual community from syria to the kingdom. he expressed frustration at the demise of syria with the violence and the destruction that has happened there. so that's an interesting part of, when they're together in a personal way, how they can have conversations that deal withish ice that are in the region but also

one more shoutout to pirates laird in isleton. 800 people there. they watch us.ay good morning. we go from the delta now over towards the ocean where the coast is clear, temperature wise into the 50s, get a good look at that blue sky because that's what you will see today. temperature from 70 at rockaway beach to nearly 80 around san francisco including the mission district. mid-80s peninsula, look at all of those 80s and 90s. santa rosa 90s for the first time this year. repeat performance tuesday, wednesday, bring it back 10 degrees down on thursday and another cooling on friday. >> i need to sneeze. >> do it. that's the way to say goodbye. >> have a wonderful day. house.it's mondait. welcowelcome tp welcome wef 1600 pennsylvania avenue. we'll take you through the executive mansion where history has been made for more than 200 years. >> john dickerson spends the day in the white house and on the road with president trump. we'll talk to white house ders including chief of ce priebus. press secretary sean spicer. and chief economic adviser gary cohn. >> take a loo

he sent his secretary of defense to figure out bunker, abrams, and colby sit laird down to talk about this. he goes back to our ports nixon and nixon says great, we're getting out. and then they broker a deal that we will leave. the whole nixon administration is saying, why don't we stay one day longer? who wants to be the last american to die in vietnam? that becomes that. if i can get back to eisenhower, it is overlooked by a lot of scholars and strategists that when kennedy was talking with eisenhower before they went to the inauguration, eisenhower only raised one issue with the incoming president. and that was laos. he said the key to southeast asia was laos. communist forces were on the move inside laos. kennedy then meets in early 1961, my dad was involved in all this, to figure out what to do about laos. the joint chiefs say we cannot go into laos. the only option they put on the table for kennedy is two u.s. divisions. the joint chief says, from the north side, there are no roads and there, no airports. you cannot supply two u.s. divisions three meals a day and weapons. kenne

he sends laird out to figure out -- he was his secretary of defense to figure out bunker abe -- show him this whole thing. nixon says great, we are getting out. and bunker brokers the deal between them that we are going to leave. so the whole nixon administration is why are we staying one day longer. who wants to be the last american to die in vietnam. but if i can get back to eisenhower, it is overlooked by a lot of scholars and strategist that when kennedy was talking with eisenhower before they went to the inauguration, eisenhower only raised one issue with the incoming president and that was laos. and kennedy then meets in early '61 to figure out what to do about laos. and the only option they put on the table for kennedy is like two u.s. divisions. and the joint team says laos on the north side of the macon and you can't supply, so kennedy basically says we can't go in. we have to cut a deal. so we have to cut a deal. we quote-unquote neutralize laos. which the north vietnamese don't honor. we need a counter to the north vietnamese presence in laos. we can't send americans. what

see you when there is an election western marc laird?he recess is happening, i go around on the doorstep to meet people. i guess people see more politicians when there is an election on, but we have just had local elections, last year we had the referendum campaign, people were out for that. i don't think that is fair. people notice politicians more when there is a general election. harry blakely, representing ukip, are they going to stand in this constituency? no, we are supporting people that supported brexit. george supported vote leave. the comment he has not seen around here is not true, he really works ha rd here is not true, he really works hard and that is why ukip is supporting him. are you happy to be endorsed by a party that wants to ban the burqa and introduce mandatory fgm examinations for young girls? i am standing at a conservative... and i am asking if you are happy that they are endorsing you? it is for each party to decide if they want to stand, they are going to stand in some seats and not others. are you happy they ar

. >> tim laird is here, chief entertainment officer. why should people tune in? [horse whinnying] >> basketball game. the maturity level of that. that was after the bill was passed on the house for, goodbye, a lot of people wonder where is that coming from? some assumed it was the democrats saying goodbye to your 2018 prospect in the midterm elections but some democrats got it wrong out the gate including a state senator from california who assumed how dare those republicans chant that way, take a listen. >> i find it morally repugnant that gop members of congress started singing on the congressional floor of the house of representatives after the vote. they started singing goodbye to this issue to obamacare. that is an american. that is not who we are. >> wrong party. >> when he find that it was his own party. >> got that completely wrong. >> some will get him on the record with the question, do you feel it is un-american? >> it was fabulous. it was immediate. >> pretty ridiculous on sanctuary cities two weeks ago getting out there. >> i didn't know who said it