michael steele this is a pretty untenable position to be in. because you want to say the right things and convey your message properly. how tough is this? >> it is a little tricky. and you can see just from the rick santorum comment how given the gravity of the situation people feel well that is not this. and so you have to walk that tight rope a little bit carefully. but i will say this. i think this affords the candidates an opportunity to show the american people who they really are. how they think and feel. and out of the safety box of political correctness or campaign structure and speak honestly as hillary clinton sort of laid out there and other candidates have laid out there and said we need to have this national dialogue. rand paul and others are trying to move in that direction. so while there is dangerous, there is real opportunity i think as well. >> opportunity, that is an interesting word mr. steele uses. president obama, the day after at the white house gave his statement and talked about gun violence in this country. hillary cli

reagan supported roosevelt. >> michael steele, speaking of, like big campaign events. i am all for wearing the media hair shirt and saying this is hugely our problem. but the sort of campaign jiu-jitsu that's being practiced on both sides of the aisle. let's talk about the announcement itself. hillary clinton has been running for president for like a year now. she's anoupsnounced but having the big announcement against the roosevelt backdrop. jeb bush has not actually announced his candidacy. i do want to say if we're going to be responsible media people, it is farcical, the rules governing whether or not you're actually running for president and the campaign finance laws that undergurd this theatre. >> i agree. we place more attention on people who haven't announced and still done have a guarantee that they're going to announce for president, than we do on the people that are actually in the race. that's announce number one. the other side of the coin is when you look at what's happened to hillary clinton, i would agree that the media has played a role in that narrati

let's ask michael steel. at do you think of this latest edition to the republican field, michael. >> >> all i can say is i have my popcorn and lounge chair and i'm ready. this is going to be one of those rides that i think joe and both casey touched on those aspects that are going to matter to the gop. there is real concern within rank and file establishment leaders that this becomes a circus this becomes more about the cult of personality than actually running for the presidency of the united states. donald trump's speech yesterday if, that is the approach that he's going to take, it will lend itself to that personality. >> following up on what casey said, he is popular among some rank and file and gop and to follow up on mike's question, yeah we gave him five minutes. he is in new hampshire. he is near the top of the polls. he beats a lot of people that are more established politically and play by the political rules in washington. i just don't know. i think there may be a big protest this year that might ac

michael steele is currently the leader with 500 points.u first, michael. >> hey. >> i genuinely think this is a problem for the republican party and for reince priebus, the trump factor. he is a magnet for attention. he is an expert troll. he is saying things that are genuinely offensive. at a certain point, like, what do you do about this if you're reince priebus? i'm serious. >> nothing, nothing. there's nothing you can do. presidential campaign is separate and apart from the republican national committee, as all campaigns are. you can sit down and said as he said on friday, it's not helpful, but by and large, this candidates will run their campaign the way they want to. they will say, as we saw in 2012, as we have seen in other presidential races, they seem to take on a life of their own, and the party is largely helpless to deal with it. the only thing you really do is have to answer for it because when these statements are made, microphones are placed in front of every presidential candidate, every party official, to respond to it. so

. >>> michael steele, former chairman of the rnc. i mean, it's probably out of order right now to show too much sympathy for this guy. >> yeah. >> because if he did abuse those kids it was not reprehensible, it was evil. you look at the situation so many years later. it's like a war criminal being hauled back years after the incidents. >> part of the problem is that's not what he's being charged with. you got what he did with the cash that he was paying this individual or other individuals and then you have the separate piece which deals with his personal behavior. that, of course, is the most damaging part about this. i think the problem that denny hastert has is further revelations, if there are other students who come forward. apparently there are those that are waiting in the wings, as some have reported. so this story is going to be, at first, about the trial for miss appropriation of funds, et cetera, but the bigger story and the bigger narrative is going to be the sexual abuse portion of this and that history there and given t

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thank you, eugene robinson and michael steele. you were great yesterday, by the way. >>> contributed campaign dollars to four of the guys running for president. what is it about the republican party that this guy likes so much? >>> plus the big vote by the senate to back president obama and deliver a signature achievement of his presidency, the pacific trade deal. >>> it's clown car tuesday. in the driver's seat, donald trump. he's got all the seats. >>> let me finish why eleanor roosevelt deserves to be on u.s. currency. thanks for calling angie's list. how may i help you? i heard i could call angie's list if i needed work done around my house at a fair price. you heard right, just tell us what you need done and we'll find a top rated provider to take care of it. so i could get a faulty light switch fixed? yup! or have a guy refinish my floors? absolutely! or send someone out to groom my pookie? pookie's what you call your? my dog. yes, we can do that. real help from real people. come see what the new angie's list can do for you.

michael steele, the former chair of the republican national committee, joan walsh, both are msnbc political analysts. let's watch him do it. >> these are the best and the finest. when mexico sends us people, they're not sending their best. they're not sending you, they're not sending you. they're sending people that have lots of problems and they're bringing those problems with us. they're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists and some, i assume are good people. >> that was nice, wasn't it, joan, there are some. where is this operation chief somewhere in hq, mexico, guadalajara is sending people off in droves in different complements of troops, it's all organized by some capital and some province in mexico. even if the notion that he talks in seems fictitious. >> it's crazy. >> is that too strong a word? >> no, not too strong a word. we can say racist. this is like half the size of cantaloupes except it's not as funny. it's really dangerous for the republican party. i felt like what we were seeing was kind of a bizarro world version of jeb bush's speech the day before. jeb

and michael steele. ari, jeb bush talking about the president not looking for a bipartisan solution to the crisis. there was one and it was sheppard shepherded through the senate and died in the house. i feel like every time you brick it up it reminds everybody that republicans killed it. >> there is a point here. this is very interesting for people to hear from jeb bush. if someone is spinning you on something you likely know to be false, what does that person think of you and your ability to assess the claim with oh the president doesn't want to fix this with the reality in both parties. you have heard about these things the president has done at the apex or maximum of his authority or beyond his authority to fix this. i don't think it's credible. i will say jeb bush has a better or interesting record on trying to do something. the question is what is he emphasizing? the comprehensive solution or some fantastic land about the idea that this president who doesn't have anymore elections is doing somethin

. >> msnbc political analyst, former republican national committee chair michael steele joining me nowey land or disney world before they win the super bowl. they may not get there. >> that glass slipper may be broken before they get to put it on. this is cattle call time. whether going out for primary or coke round up or going here to florida for governor chris, the field is getting tight. they're bunching up to go do elbow room and shop their wears with big end donors. that room is filled with some of the elite donors from florida and probably elsewhere around the country. there has a purpose for them. they'll take advantage of it. >> who is in the money game? playing well in the money game? i was talking to a strong supporter of marco rubio who said they had a good experience with nevada contributors. florida is obviously now going to be divided between jeb and rubio. now you've got rubio stuck in washington because of nsa surveillance votes. >> they're trying to do a video link and all that. clear jeb is the bigger fish in the money game given the network into the money. guys like

michael steel, sensible former rnc chair said we are going to leave it to fox news.ou see this interesting collaboration, unprecedented i think for the two major political parties and theoretically independent network. i think at this point i have some sympathy with some of the republican candidates. what this does is show the absolute selfishness and desire for self advancement. there are people running who everyone knows have no serious chance. for them to insist on -- obviously from a democratic standpoint, a debate of 15, 16 people will be something atypical and they should say we will do some restriction and i think what you see and people ought to start to talk about some of these candidates, who have no serious chance whatsoever and i'm delight ed to see them messing up their own party's procedures. >> what about other sponsors jumping in and offering debate forums as i have done. they can all come whenever they want. >> i'm sure ted cruz will take you up on that, lawrence. in all seriousness, what you are seeing is two things, a weakening of the national part

michael steele what about jeb bush's launch?t we found in, you know just chatting with some of the people as they began to arrive is there wasn't a whole passion for him here, it's early. he's just starting. what would you say about the way he got through yesterday? >> i think he did very well. i thought it was a solid effort by jeb. you know i appreciate the exclamation point behind the name, sort of signature way he wants to approach this campaign self identified, not with his dad or his brother, but with his time as the governor of the state of florida. and i think that jeb is trying to carve out that space. the only thing i would ask is let's give him the room to do that. let's see how he presents his vision for america based on his experience as a governor based on his experience as, you know with family members in the latino community. i thought his handling of that question, you were spot on was very well done in the midst of a very important speech to be distracted that way, to not misa beat, to pick up the message and n

joining us catty kay, michael steele is with us.president obama made news overseas for taking an apparent jab at the supreme court as a decision looms for the latest challenge to obamacare. he said justices were wrong to hear the case which centers on whether it's little to provide subsidies to consumers who buy insurance through the federal marketplace. >> this should be an easy case. frankly, it probably shouldn't have even been taken up and, you know, sense we're going to get a ruling pretty quick, i think it's important for us to go ahead and assume that the supreme court is going to do what most legal scholars who have looked at this would expect them to do. i should mention that if it didn't, congress could fix this whole thing with a one sentence provision. so, but i'm not going to go into a long speculation anticipating disaster. >> but senator john borasso, the number three republican said that fix whether not take place adding instead of bullying the supreme court the president should spend his time preparing for the reali

michael steele was rnc chair back when it was a normal organization. and stephanie cutter was campaign management for president obama and heather with "the wall street journal." the only reason christie can get this this thing is to be christie. i don't think he gets in there as a wilting frail flower a wallflower and acts well mannered and doesn't cut up anybody. do you agree with that that he has to get out there and slug it out? >> yeah we definitely saw that today here at livington heights school where he formally announced and entered the race. the speech he gave some policy details but mostly all about his personality. the straight talker i'm going to tell it like it is governor was on display here. he's down in the polls. he's not where he was in 2012 really the shear force of his personality they're banging on at this point. >> in livingston new jersey christie jumped into the race with, yes, a promise to make us cringe. that was his word. >> people say aren't you shy in a crowd. i said you should see the family i married into. you're going to

thank you, eugene robinson and michael steele. you were great yesterday, by the way. >>> contributed campaign dollars to four of the guys running for president. what is it about the republican party that this guy likes so much? >>> plus the big vote by the senate to back president obama and deliver a signature achievement of his presidency, the pacific trade deal. >>> it's clown car tuesday. in the driver's seat donald trump. he's got all the seats. >>> let me finish why eleanor roosevelt deserves to be on u.s. currency. two million, four hundred thirty-four thousand three hundred eleven people in this city. and only one me. ♪ i'll take those odds. ♪ be unstoppable. the all-new 2015 ford edge. these two oil rigs look the same. can you tell what makes them so different? did you hear that sound? of course you didn't. you're not using ge software like the rig on the right. it's listening and learning how to prevent equipment failures, predict maintenance needs, and avoid problems before they happen. you don't even need a cerebral cor

thank you, chairman michael steele. >>> let's turn to the top international story, nuclear negotiations over in vienna and over their question of nuclear arms in iran. andrea mitchell is there with us from vienna. andrea, take over. >> i know, chris, that the president is about to come out. this is a news conference jointly with brazil's president, but he well might be asked about this because what's happened here today as you though, chris, was the deadline deadline for these talks to conclude. we knew they were going to blow right past it. the important thing today is that iran's foreign minister zarif and several top colleagues came back from tehran they came back presumably with some guidance. and when asked about that they -- whether they came back with a mandate to reach a deal zarif, the foreign minister said, i always had a mandate to reach a deal. now they have just extended these talks, at least extended the preliminary agreement that guided iran's behavior on nuclear research since november of 2014 and also given iran some relief from sanctions along the way. interim agreemen

michael steele, as always we get used to the good guys here. coming up, so far bernie sanders and martin momly, don't call him matter, are the only two democrats challenging hillary clinton for the nomination, but here's the big one coming up. former senator jim webb of virginia may soon be the third candidate. he's coming to sit right here in a moment. stay for him. he's a former u.s. combat veteran from vietnam. he wants to talk about us and what's going on. we're also going to talk about the former u.s. marine being held in iran right now. congress is pushing to get him released and montell williams and hechtis sister are coming here to make the case and since when did the republican party get so the politically correct? you are looking at two airplane fuel gauges. can you spot the difference? no? you can't see that? alright, let's take a look. the one on the right just used 1% less fuel than the one on the left. now, to an airline a 1% difference could save enough fuel to power hundreds of flights around the world. hey, look at that. pyrami

i'm joined now by former rnc chairman, msnbc contributor, michael steele. hunt alluded to it just a few moments ago on our air that we are about to start what has become a very familiar conversation in this country when there is a shooting like this. what do we do? how do we respond? how do we keep guns out of the hands of folks who have problems? is there any reason to believe, michael, that this time the conversation is going to be any different than it has been in years past? >> first, let me give my heartfelt condolences to the pinckney family and all the families of south carolina and the people of south carolina. we all feel this pain on this one. and i think, to your question that remains to be seen to be giving an honest answer. i don't believe that our political leadership in this country is really ready to do the heavy lift and sometimes difficult work of resolving our issues around gun control, gun safety, gun laws in this country. you referenced earlier and kasie put it exactly right. we've been through this pain andrea what and reflection of 90

the ntsb says michael steele told air traffic control he was having trouble with the controls. he then said he would trying to circle to figure out the problem. a witness reported hearing the engine cut out and the plane nosedive. it then slammed into the ground near the airport and started a grass fire. >>> well, developing news. new york prison worker has been arrested on charges of helping two convicted killers escape. that news as authorities appear to be closing in on those men, who may be hiding out on a 50- acre piece of property. police think that david sweat and richard matt did not go far. just a few miles south of the prison in dannemora. authorities say dogs have tracked their scent and they have found footprints. >> i have no reason to believe that if they get into a situation that they feel, you know, will harm their escape, that they will take whatever action they need to take to get away from that situation. >> this news, joyce mitchell is the prison employee who is now in jail for allegedly giving the men contraband. but the items apparently did not include the

. >> trump is a factor says former party chair michael steele. >> he will probably be on the first debate stage and he will have something to say that resonates with voters out there. >> for sure. trump dismissed politicians today as losers. for that first debate in august only the top ten republicans in the poles are sure to be invited. donald trump would make that cut right now. news 4. >>> next at 6:00, we will show you how folks right here along king street and leesburg are uniting to help families forced out of their homes by a devastating fire. >> a former ncaap leader firing back against critics. >> i definitely am not white. there is nothing about being white describes who i am. >> we will tell you what she says about allegations that she lied about her race and we will report the outrage that it's caused all over the country. >> we are hearing chilling new details today about the death of a university of washington student and we are hearing from >>> a controversial former ncaap leader speaking out for the first time about her racial identity. >> this is not putting on black face

michael steele, msnbc contributor and former chairman of the republican national committee and e.j. dee ham with "the washington post" and senior fellow at brookings. welcome, guys. we're not going to be on roosevelt island but we can have the best view it is. >> i hope you swim across when we're done. >> you're all coming with me doing doggie paddle. >> joan, let me start with you, a couple hours away we live in this age of we have announcements, announcements of announcements, soft rollouts hard rollouts. she's been a candidate for two months. it is different today because this is being billed as the grand purpose speech for hillary clinton. >> i think we all had a lot of questions when she came out with her soft launch. it was a lovely video. really what does this mean and what is she going to run on? she's filled that in a lot. i think we've learned a lot in the last couple months. we're been surprised by her bold stance on mass incarceration, immigration action as well as voting rights. these are amazing things. i think, when i found out where she was going to be what she was d

and michael steele is still with us. michael, that is a big move to see this happen. correctly, from when i was in south carolina they made the obstacle or the bar so high from when they took it off the capitol dome and moved it over to this other site where it appears now in front that i think they need two-thirds or more to be able to remove it from the grounds. is that -- are they going to be able to do that? are they going to be able to meet that benchmark and is this just something -- an act in name only because of the reaction right now and the wound that so many feel out of what we witnessed in south carolina? >> i think it is a high bar that they have to meet. but i really believe, particularly given that you've got republican and democrat legislators who are working together on this thing you've got the governor now presumably behind it, that the momentum will be there to meet it. that they will meet that bar. yes, there will be some folks who for whatever principle reason they come up with will not support it but i think they hit whatever the legislative req

. >> joining me now michael steel and senior political writer. that to me was most interesting moment in the speech for this reason. the first thing a lot of people did when the remarks were e-mailed was look through and were surprised to find not a mention of immigration. they interrupt the speech and they get a mention of immigration out of him in response to that. >> they do. and it's not surprising in the sense that he responded to it. it is a little bit curious that he didn't at least include some reference either in the bigraphical part where he is talking about his wife and his family even when he was speaking spanish. i think there may be more tactic involved than just trying to avoid the issue. i think he wanted to send a different kind of message at the beginning not based around a substantive policy issue like immigration but talk about the differences that he wants to move into in this campaign but not specifically with respect to policy. >> i think that's true. he largely avoided policy. it was particularly in contrast to hillary cli

routinely is not any of those there not a real woman or a real african american or they are traitors michael steele has stories how oreos were thrown at him by liberals. blackguard and the house side and white on the inside but it is a silencing technique to the african-american conservative watching this you are paying attention to you want to be ostracized that way? very few people went to that kind of feedback for treatment. it is very effective when you treat people that way and liberals always talk about how horrible it is to be racist but then always calling the people that disagree with them resisted homophobic but have no problem to turn around to do this all in the name of justice or something. >> host: in the but you talk about a book that most americans probably never have heard of the yen did is a certain amount of influence from those key people to give that impression called media matters' said is a left wing organization but they have a lot of propaganda and you say in the book and the first launch you were supportive to find their research helpful but it's apparent that it was a vic

former house chairman michael steele. great to see you.ot of republicans sound like lindsey graham on national security. they attack the president. now they are out there to attack hillary clinton. rand paul also attacks other republicans. that's really been the interesting thing that's going on inside the gop with the honest city he seems to doll out. what effect is that happening? >> the key is honesty. everyone needs to be honest how we got to where we are and how we intend to move forward. that has to be worked out internally and presented to the nation. >> with lindsey graham getting into this race he's made it no secret a big motivator for him is to be counter to rand paul. how do you have conversation with the company in one spot on this question of isis and national security and privacy and you're way across the field some place else? how do you close that gap? rand paul has a way to initiate the discussion. it can't be from those like senator lindsey graham and marco rubio and others that this is a great threat. we've got the thre

some leaders in the republican party, mitt romney, jeb bush, michael steele made positions clear up front. others have taken time to share politics. whatever is going on, the decision on who to lead this country, is in this country getting serious this june. the fact jeb bush is coming up, the fact hillary clinton is riding high says the same about democrats. we'll learn on both sides and enjoy them but both sides are headed to the business not of politics louisiana style as entertainment as a dazzling dance through a summer, but the business of picking leaders that can make us a better country by grabbing the reigns and doing it like nikki haley did. flanked by a bipartisan group of politicians including senators, governor nikki haley said it's time to remove the confed red flag from the property of the state house. let's watch. >> for those who wish to show respect for the flag on their private property, no one will stand in your way. but the state house is different and the events of this past week call upon us to look at this in a different way. my hope is removing a symbol that devia

that gives another 100 points to michael steele in our 2016 fantasy candidate draft. steele is still the leader. and yet there's another governor whose sagging popularity at home is not dissuading him. chris christie will declare as early as next week. now a development out of upstate new york as two he is came convicts continues. a second prison worker at the clinton facility has been arrested in connection with the escape of david sweat and richard matt. jean palmer was working in the cell block where the two inmates escaped from. only the he's been arrested and charges are currently penaltying. the two convicts remain at large after 19 days on the run. we'll be right back. ♪ take me in, into your darkest hour ♪ ♪ and i'll never desert you ♪ ♪ i'll stand by you ♪ yeah! yeah. so, that's our loyalty program. you're automatically enrolled. and the longer you stay, the more rewards you get. great. oh! ♪ i'll stand by you ♪ ♪ won't let nobody hurt you ♪ isn't there a simpler way to explain the loyalty program? yes. standing by you from day one. now, that's progressive. >

. >> those keeping score at home michael steele is leading in our "all in" fantasy draft. a long way to go. a lot of candidates on the board. check out our facebook page where we have our draft updates. martin o'malley joins a democratic presidential field who has hillary clinton and bernie sanders, the latter of whom has been drawing massive crowds, larger than many expected including an estimated 4,000 people at a minneapolis town hall yesterday. with lindsey graham entry into the race today, now a full 5% of the senate is running for president. the battles are playing out on the senate floor where cameras caught graham hilariously rolling his eyes at rhetoric from rand paul. we'll bring you the back story on what prompted that next. clinically proven neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair with the fastest retinol formula available, it works on fine lines and even deep wrinkles. you'll see younger looking skin in just one week. stop hoping for results, and start seeing them. rapid wrinkle repair... ...and for dark spots rapid tone repair. from neutrogena®. >>> last year the se

they're not a real latino or a real african-american or they are self hating, their traders, michael steele when he tells stories of how he had oreos thrown at him by liberals, black on the outside, white on the inside. the idea is to send a message and the reason this is a silencing technique is when you're an african-american conservative and you're watching this, you're paying attention. do you want to be that person, do you want to be ostracized that way? a lot of people don't. there's don't. there's very few people that want to have that kind of feedback and treatment. it's very effective when you treat people like that and of course they're always talking about how horrible it is to be racist and on the other hand always calling people who disagree with them racist and sexist and homophobic, but homophobic, but then they have no problem turning around and doing this all in the name of i i don't know, justice or something. >> you talk about in the book an interesting case, a group most americans probably have never heard of and have not crossed paths with them at all and yet it has a c

. >> reporter: trump is a factor says michael steele. >> he's going to probably be on that first debate stage, and he's going to have something to say that resonates with voters out there. >> reporter: for sure trump dismissed politicians today as losers. i'm steve handelsman, nbc 10 news. >> more on donald trump's decision to run for president. be sure to watch "nbc nightly news" right here on nbc 10 at 6:30. >>> the army veteran who caused quite a stir when he jumped a white house fence last fall was sentenced now to 17 months in prison. with time already served that means omar gonzalez will be out as early as december. gonzalez was armed with a folding knife when he scaled the fence. gonzalez is an iraq war veteran who told police he suffers from poet traumatic stress disorder. >>> new information tonight about that massive airbag recall. honda has added more than one million of its accords and civics to the growing recall list. prompted by u.s. safety regulators, honda is expanding its previous recalls from high humidity states to the entire nation. the recall includes civics from t

michael steele, i love that word. jess, and sam, thank you all. that is "all in" for this evening. "rachel maddow show" starts. >> the old man in the mountain fell down in new hampshire. there's a job opening there. i'm just saying. >> really? >> yeah, they had to -- they put him back together with aggregate and glue for a long time. now the old man in the mountain is kind of gone. very awkward. anyway, thank you. >> thanks to you at home for staying with us. happy monday. lots going on. you thought the supreme court made huge news on thursday? then even huger news on friday. well, they continued to make fairly huge news today. and then after they made their fairly huge news this morning, and everybody thought they were done for the day, they made even more huge news this afternoon. so there's a lot going on in the news today. in states all over the country, in part, due to the role that the united states supreme court has been on over the past few days into this morning and this afternoon. we're going to get to all of that tonight. a big show tonight. but first things first. becau

michael steele is an msnbc political analyst and former rnc chairman jonathan allen is chief political for vox. it's great to see you here in person, especially in washington, d.c. we're going to talk a little hillary clinton, too. i just got some advance jeb bush excerpts from the speech that's coming up. first, michael, let's look at this new poll that came out and it showed gop registered voter, dr. ben carson still in the lead with only 11% though and it's close after that. scott walker coming in at 10%. jeb bush there at 9%. so he rampgs in the top three. one of the more interesting ex excerpt excerpts, we will take washington, the static capital of this dynamic country out of the business of causing problems. so this dynamic country and that capital has been led by his father and his brother. so how does he advance the narrative to say, i'm my own man and i can -- >> i doing to do it different. i'm going too layout starting today and probably over the next couple months leading to the first debate how he's going to do it different. i think so many folks right now, particularly in

. >> those keeping score at home mike michael steele is leading in our "all in" fantasy draft. a long way to go. a lot of candidates on the board. check out our facebook page where we have our draft updates. martin o'malley joins a democratic presidential field who has hillary clinton and bernie sanders, the latter of whom has been drawing massive crowds, larger than many expected including an estimated 4,000 people at a minneapolis town hall yesterday. with lindsey graham entry into the race today, now a full 5% of the senate is running for president. the battles are play inging out on the senate floor where cameras caught graham hilariously rolling his eyes at rhetoric from rand paul. we'll bring you the back story on what prompted that next. he needed help all day so i adopted him. when my back pain flared up, i thought i'd have to give him away. i tried tylenol but it was 6 pills a day. with aleve it's just 2 pills, all day. now i'm back! aleve. all day strong. audible safety beeping audible safety beeping audible safety beeping the nissan rogue with safety shield technolog

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michael steele was the president of the republican national committee, and also served as lieutenant governor as maryland. governor, this is a ripe conversation, front page of "the new york times." my question, it's a biggy, has it changed? everybody knows that incomes have been stagnant for the middle class now for 25, 30 years now, at least. but now is there a new attitude, not only are we getting hurt, we're getting screwed, but the rich are doing really well, in the billions, and this has got to stop. >> i think this goes back to the great recession of 2008, when wall street did some really unethical things that were easy to understand. when you create a vehicle that you know is going lose money so john paulson could make money shorting it, people get that. they don't know what carried interest is, but they get that. >> who's john paulson? >> a big hedge fund guy. a very big hedge fund guy, who just gave $400 million to harvard yesterday. >> and neither one of them needed it. >> that's right. >> so i think -- and i find -- i think you're going to find this in the republican worki

michael steele, as always, we get used to the good guys here. coming up, so far bernie sanders and martin o'malley, don't call him matter, are the only two democrats challenging hillary clinton for the nomination, but here's the big one coming up. former senator jim webb of virginia may soon be the third candidate. he's coming to sit right here in a moment. stay for him. he's a former u.s. combat veteran from vietnam. he wants to talk about us and what's going on. we're also going to talk about the former u.s. marine being held in iran right now. congress is pushing to get him released and montel williams and his sister are coming here to make the case and since when did the republican party get so the politically correct? always discreet underwear for sensitive bladders. it makes me feel secure, confident. i feel protected. i mean i feel comfortable to move in them they move with me. i love always discreet underwear because of the fit. the fabric is very soft. i can wear whatever i want to wear. always discreet has made me a very happy woman. j

michael steele tells stories of how he had oreos thrown at him by liberals, black on the outside, white on the inside. and to also send a message of the reason this is a silencing technique is because if you are in african-american conservative and you are watching this you are paying attention. you want to be the person ostracized that way? a lot of people don't. it's very effective when you treat people that way and of course they are always talking about how horrible it is to be racist. and then on the other hand always calling people who disagree with them. but then they have no problem turning around and doing this all in the name of a don't know justice or something. >> host: you talk about in the book an interesting case group most americans probably have never heard of and have no -- they don't cross paths with it at all and get it has a certain amount of influence among people to give the impression that i think it has more influence. it's called media matters. it's a left-wing etiologic or tonight is that they put out a lot of propaganda sometimes as i think you've discovered

msnbc political correspondent kasie hunt and in new jersey political analyst and former rnc chair michael steele and msnbc political analyst ed rendell, former pennsylvania governor. let me ask you now, kasie, gave us a sense, who are those people in that gym?

that gives another 100 points to michael steele in our 2016 fantasy candidate draft. the leader. and yet there's another governor whose sagging popularity at home is not dissuading him. chris christie will declare as early as next week. now a development out of upstate new york as two he is came convicts continues. a second prison worker at the clinton facility has been arrested in connection with the escape of david sweat and richard matt. jean palmer was working in the cell block where the two inmates escaped from. only the he's been arrested and charges are currently penaltying. the two convicts remain at large after 19 days on the run. we'll be right back.g strength o f aleve. be a morning person again, with aleve pm. americans. we're living longer than ever. as we age, certain nutrients... ...become especially important. from the makers of one a day fifty-plus. new one a day proactive sixty-five plus. with high potency vitamin b12... ...and more vitamin d. ♪ mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys ♪ ♪ don't let'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks