come on, lz. >> i think he was ill prepared to get beat up.ed to answer the questions in a sensible manner, perhaps he would perform a lot better. but i don't think he was expecting to get beat up, especially by someone he considers a friend during a confirmation hearing. he already knew there would be controversy. but no one expects to get blindsided like that. and i think that's what happened to him. >> ana, was this about hagel's views or was this just bad blood with mccain? >> it definitely is not bad blood with mccain. they've never had a fight. anybody who has seen john mccain or many of the other senators who were on that panel do questioning before, i remember john mccain grilling don rumsfeld in hearings. i remember john mccain grilling secretary baker in hearings. it's their job. they are there to advise and consent. somebody needs to put these candidates through a scrutiny. the questions need to get asked. >> what about the relevance of the questions they asked, that they were old questions. >> oh, don, look. a lot of it goes to --

joining us lz granderson.on johnson, rounding things out nicely, republican strategist rich galen. welcome to all of. you. >> morning. >> thank you, carol. >> on to question one, why the historic filibustering of chuck hagel? history of the u.s. senate. not the lincoln and the 13th amendment history but the partisan kind. republicans have successfully blocked the nomination of chuck hagel in part because of hagel's controversial remarks on gays and jews and terrible remarks. and five months ago because terrorists attacked the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. >> we will continue pushing and asking questions about benghazi, not because it's personal. not because we're republicans and he's a democrat. but because america needs to learn what happened. and we need to learn from our mistakes. >> this, despite, testimony about benghazi from general petraeus, hillary clinton, admiral mike mullen, defense secretary leon panetta and general mark dempsey, nevertheless, they want more answers from the president, even th

lz is back for another round and terrence moore right here in atlanta.gree that maybe the redskins should be ashamed of their past. this is what you write. you said it may not be illegal to use a dehumanizing slur like redskins, which is why attempts to force a name change may have always fallen short, but it is a moral rall to continue to brand a team with this racially incensensitive relic. why do you say it's wrong to use this nickname? >> you know, i really targeted that column because of the back peddling done by the mayor. he's the one that initially talked about it in january that we would like to meet with the team and talk about possibly changing the name and then come february, he starts back peddling. that's what really sparked me to write this piece. he was initially write in january. having that conversation is the right thing to do and to bow down because constituents or fans of the team are upset or bothered by this is not what we want our elected officialed to do. we want them to stand up and do the right thing, so i took time to write ab

he blew out the kanld lz on his cake and wished for another cake.thought -- i don't know if this is one of the best ones, i think it is topical given what went on yesterday. a billion dollars will be spent on potato chips for super bowl sunday and that's just at governor christie's house. >> i have to love governor christie. >> timing, very important in comedy. >> very important. now yesterday we talked about our favorite super bowl ad that i was extremely disappointed we didn't get to the godaddy ad. john you toer in the control room found me a better ad. it never actually aired during the game. now you remember these will farrell old milwaukee beer ads? some aired in small nebraska markets. this year he filmed another ad for the beer company. you only get to see it if you live in texas, oklahoma, and montana. take a look. ♪ >> there is no dialogue, no script, just a man and his mustache. low production value. doesn't matter, it works. >> it's good. >> we were talking about the godaddy ad. jon stewart has a different take on ad. let's take a look a

lz, do you think this is too much?> well, you know, what he needs to do is remind people that he doesn't dictate what the headlines say. he doesn't even get to choose the photos they use on the cover. besides giving the interview, he has nothing to do with the image. i think he did a good job in terms of responding to that saying i have one savior, jesus christ. turning the focus back to what's important to him and then going about his business. >> we have seen him go out on a limb on the immigration issue. so i think he's doing things already. i don't like the expectations that are being built. i think he doesn't like them. you know, i think the use of the word savior or golden boy are not useful and i don't think they're done to try to help him. i think they're done to try to cause controversy. when people hear marco and hear his story he has a most compelling story to tell. >> 10:00 eastern democratic congressman of rhode island will join us to give us his thoughts on tuesday's state of the union and his effort to g

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l lz national guard here and especially you guys.ng, take time out and get up early for us we appreciate it lt. colonel, am i correct? >> colonel. >> colonel. you are the lt. colonel. i apologize. colonel, first off, how concerned are you about what's happening in washington, about how it effects you guys. they are talking about sequester, cutbacks. how does that effect families like yours? >> we are all worried about it because there is a potential cut in flying hours, which is training for us. we always want to make sure we are getting enough air time underneath us so we are safe in the air. also looking at potential cut backs for employees and other things that could effect very real effect on the families of our men and women in the national guard. >> you guys actually fly security flights over super bowls, correct? >> that's correct. we have done three of the last four super bowls, miami, dallas and tampa. just hanging up there and making sure everybody comes close to the game and where everybody is hanging out is say. nobody we