we see rnc chief of staff ken mckay is out.ther he was asked to leave or whether he resigned. it looks like steele is trying to straighten things out. >> i hope he is. i think he should not be held to different standard than any other chairman. whether or not a chairman, and i don't know the answer to that, sees everything that is filed with the federal elections commission or not, i don't know. if they don't and if in the past there's been gaffes then they need to treat him the same way. if they have then they need to treat him the same way. i think that's what we're not hearing. i don't know if a chairman sees every expenditure. >> your thoughts an limbaugh claiming that the president is now involved in character assassination in trying to get him off his game. >> in terms of getting who off what game? i think that the problem that limbaugh and them is having is what is the game that they're trying to be on? i think the problem is a lot of what has been perpetrated and attempted to be sold to the public has just blown up in t

is daughter mckay.n. i know you want this for your mother. tell us why. >> well, she absolutely loves the "today" show and has wanted this makeover together. i left her when i was young, so i think it's her turn to have something that's for her. >> such a good daughter. i know your other daughter had an interesting first word. >> "today show." >> are you ready to look hot? >> i am. way, way ready. >> well, we saw the magical results with the younger version. let's take one last look at mckay best, and bring out mommy dearest. >> wow! >> oh, my gosh! >> all right. now, you two will get a look at each other for the first time. >> hold on. mckay, turn around. >> you look so pretty. >> now you can look at yourself. >> oh! it's like, i'm done with that mckay. >> go over and stand together. >> you look so great. >> what did you do with the hair? >> they come from florida. she was what she called a florida blonde, and jennifer cut off about four inches, and added all this fullness. the big tip, as many women a

mckay has resigned and will be replaced by leavitt, a former campaign aide to the embattled chairman michael steele. the wealthy veteran fund-raiser sam fox, unhappy with the negative publicity has also resigned as the top volunteer for the major donor fund-raising program. also, this morning, "the baltimore sun" has the story -- rivals gop group to compete for cash. michael steele is already under attack for his handling of party finances and lackluster fund- raising. he is facing a new threat to his leadership. it is an independent gop group spearheaded by some party luminaries that will compete for campaign dollars. back to the phones. we're talking about the obama administration and its nuclear arms policy. nebraska, brian, good morning. caller: good morning. host: what is on your mind this morning? caller: i do not know. i think president obama should turn iran into a sheet of glass. host: why is that? caller: because it is either them or us. host: indiana, frances. caller: oh, president obama, i am so proud of you, but what i want to tell you is that i heard a senator say on th

the chief of staff ken mckay has resigned after that scandal involving a risky nightclub trip. his departure makes him the highest ranking official to leave the rnc since the scandal first broke. ryan grim is with the huffington post. he joins us now. someone stepping down, this time a big name. the natural question to follow is what does this mean for michael steele? >> michael steele is probably going to be fine. it takes -- it takes two-thirds of a vote of the rnc to kick him off. and he was put up there with such fanfare a year and a half or whatever it was ago that it would be a real -- it would look -- it would be a pr nightmare for them to be ousting michael steele at this point. they're only a few months away from the mid-term elections. maybe if that doesn't go very well, at that point they could revisit it. but he's going to be fine for the short term, at least. >> i want to play what newt gingrich had to say today on the "today" show. kind of similar, actually, to what you're saying. and we don't have it. anyway, he said, u think it's toolish for republicans to focus

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his name is ken mckay.f of the rnc will be the man who ran michael steele's unsuccessful senate campaign in maryland in 2006. if that is supposed to inspire confidence, consider that after that campaign was over, and mr. steele lost mi by more than ten points, his campaign finance chairman said the campaign gave $37,000 in campaign funds to a company that was run by michael steele's sister. the steele campaign finance chairman said that to the feds right before he was sentenced to nine years in federal prison for a multi million dollar fraud unrelated to the campaign. but wait, there's more. in addition to elevating his old campaign chairman, michael steele has also brought on board at the rnc a special assistant for finance, is the title. a special assistant for finance. at a time when it might really behoove the rnc to be hiring people with spotless reputations, as fiscally responsible stewards of its money, who does the rnc pick for its special assistant for finance? they picked a man who was recently fi

hawaii as well as another four of them who are rnc officials, including former chief of staff ken mckayteele, treasurer randy poland and the koe chairwoman, janua larimer. they were all out there. it was a pretty hefty expense. >> jon shrum, this is pretty lavish. what happens when democrats and republicans go back to the big donors, to the fat cats, if you will, and say anteup, and they say wait a second, i'm not going to pay to send michael steele to hawaii. >> first, some of this money is spent on the big donors. secondly, i do think it was stupid if not idiotic for the republican national committee to do this in hawaii. the reporters who went out there to cover it were sort of happy about it. they also knew they had a big story. now these numbers come out and they're embarrassing to steele. look, steele's only -- this spending of money is not steele's only problem. he has a whole set of other problems. we're going to see more accountability in the future on the part of these committees because of the stories we've now read. i also think we have to be a little bit careful. because so

on the heels of his arrival comes the resignation of two players, ron mckay and sam fox.epublican source telling politico mr. fox had lost confidence in mr. steele and was deeply troubled by the pattern of self-inflicted wounds and missteps. joining me now, melissa harris-lacewell, professor at princeton university. good evening. >> thanks. good to be here. >> in a weird way, has michael steele become good for the republican party because the more time its critics spend talking about him the less time they're talking about the more substantive problems with the gop? >> i mean, sure. sex is easier to talk about, liquor and drugs and whatever else are always easier than policy and substance and that whole lawmaking part. you know, there's actually an interesting parallel here to another moment for the gop in its battle against barack obama. and that is the choice of sarah palin as the vice presidential candidate. you know, i often will give public lectures and people will say to me, wasn't that a terrible choice, sarah palin for vice president? hasn't it been a terrible thi

first mckay and then the timekeeper. there's no time limit. we have a couple of people who have just joined coming from omb and has an illustrious career on mandatory spending. she has worked at the gao and cbo as well as the omb and then mark for responsible federal budget is also a mandatory spending expert. and numbers which is and i should say we are fortunate that the members of congress on the commission have some of the most extraordinary talented people in the field and we will be taking phone advantage of that fact going forward. we are determined to build a nonpartisan bipartisan staff has no majority, minority and we look forward to working with you to carry out the ideas and tackle problems we've heard about from the meeting yesterday >> we have a grand total of three. >> if you did america is bear bones this commission is in their bones. this is about eight. and that is what makes it a conflict we have some hearings around the united states. i tell you we don't have a scratch as the old guy says to do it. >> if you will give us so

. >>> politico is reporting at this hour republican national committee chief of staff ken mckay has resignedr panel later on tonight. >>> first, this is the story that's gotten me fired up. the president gets it. he finally told america that right-wing talkers and the network across the street, well, they're a problem. i've been telling you for weeks that conservative media is doing real damage to this country. harry smith asked the president about it. >> are you aware of the level that crosses the airwaves and that people have made part of their daily conversation about you? >> well, i mean, i think that when you listen to rush limbaugh or glenn beck -- >> it's beyond that. >> it's pretty apparent. and it's troublesome. >> well, you know, the president didn't have to answer that, but i'm glad he did. this was an honest answer. he could have said, you know, i don't pay attention to that stuff, don't listen to those guys, but he knows millions of americans do. rush didn't like getting called out. he e-mailed this to politico over the weekend. "i know a majority of americans are angry at the r

>should the collateral mckay difference?>> yes, the collateral should make a difference. >> why doesn't he get an answer back that it does not make a difference. >> because it goes in the context of what the criteria is including. if you're looking of the overall performance of the industry and how far it is deviating, what they are reporting back to is that they do not think an outside adjustment or a change to the assumptions is a program at that time. >> this is not assumptions. this has to do with the deal. he said he had a goldman sachs deal with remote collateral. they say pre what is not performing well. there are all kinds of problems with fremont. if fremont does not get a higher credit risk, i am trying to figure out who does. how can you just simply say it does not make a difference? something which says you folks are supposed to be assessing credit risks here and it does not make any difference that their collateral is not performing? that is what this e-mail says. they say they do not treat their collateral any

first mckay and then the timekeeper. there's no time limit.a couple of people who have just joined coming from omb and has an illustrious career on mandatory spending. she has worked at the gao and cbo as well as the omb and then mark for responsible federal budget is also a mandatory spending expert. and numbers which is and i should say we are fortunate that the members of congress on the commission have some of the most extraordinary talented people in the field and we will be taking phone advantage of that fact going forward. we are determined to build a nonpartisan bipartisan staff has no majority, minority and we look forward to working with you to carry out the ideas and tackle problems we've heard about from the meeting yesterday >> we have a grand total of three. >> if you did america is bear bones this commission is in their bones. this is about eight. and that is what makes it a conflict we have some hearings around the united states. i tell you we don't have a scratch as the old guy says to do it. >> if you will give us some opport

>should the collateral mckay difference?>> yes, the collateral should make a difference. >> why doesn't he get an answer back that it does not make a difference. >> because it goes in the context of what the criteria is including. if you're looking of the overall performance of the industry and how far it is deviating, what they are reporting back to is that they do not think an outside adjustment or a change to the assumptions is a program at that time. >> this is not assumptions. this has to do with the deal. he said he had a goldman sachs deal with remote collateral. they say pre what is not performing well. there are all kinds of problems with fremont. if fremont does not get a higher credit risk, i am trying to figure out who does. how can you just simply say it does not make a difference? something which says you folks are supposed to be assessing credit risks here and it does not make any difference that their collateral is not performing? that is what this e-mail says. they say they do not treat their collateral any

how can we pass legislation that says if there are mckay births have been in a hospital bed hospital should not sabotage breast feeding should support breast-feeding and you might say how this is sabotage breast-feeding? pbr given formula bottles right at birth. mothers get separated from their babies. it's not that people want to be me and it's just the policy. it's like an archaic policy that needs to be changed and there are hospitals now that have embraced policies, outcomes are different, oregon has a very wonderful hospital. northern california does. throughout the country we have some very good models. i would love us to have more of them throughout the country. what about marketing formula? you might say -- my time is almost up. mothers get very confused with marketing messages. they come to wic and say can i have that breast milk in a can? there's no such thing? it's because they get free formula when they leave the hospital, degette formula, coupons and free formula at the doorstep. this has to stop. we are spinning our wheels in the wic program, mothers are suffering and b