i was at the a big midwestern city. the employers there were very rich they cannot find decent workers at the hotel i was at to get people to clean the rooms or carry up the bags. they have to go to nepal to get people to do their work for them. there is a great shortage of workers, not a great shortage of jobs. we have a serious, serious problem of workers who won't work. that's the real problem, not lack of demand. >> adam ben makes a good point and so does charles here. my point on this is that all the democrats have to say if hillary clinton is the noment know and she's trying to compare where we were with democrats eight years ago is that unemployment is way down. the market is way up and whether it's a cover or not they'll argue it's a hell of a lot better than it was and will that be enough to get her over the top? what do you think? >> it will be enough to get her over people already inclined to vote democratic. >> that's not what i said over the top meaning the presidential election. >> oh to win? no i mean i u

there were special trains from many of the midwestern cities that came into springfield and the people would stay on those trains for sleeping purposes and remarkably, it was the first time a pullman train had been used and it was a sleeping car. because of that use during the lincoln funeral, it gained acceptance by the railroads as another aspect of the passenger train. that was one of the things that came out of the lincoln funeral. >> we're looking at live pictures rum springfield illinois. a reenactment today of the funeral of abraham lincoln. we see some of the folks dressed up, the reenactors in costume. are these local reenactors or do people come from all over the country to participate in this event marks -- in this event? >> that's a wonderful question. i was out here two days ago and a couple from orlando, florida were here. they were dressed in. costumes that were absolutely spectacular. -- they were dressed in. costumes -- i offered to take their pictures together. that's how i got to have this conversation with them and they had come for this event from orlando florida.

there were special trains from many of the midwestern cities that came into springfield and the people would stay on those trains for sleeping purposes and remarkably, it was the first time a pullman train had been used and it was a sleeping car. because of that use during the lincoln funeral, it gained acceptance by the railroads as another aspect of the passenger train. that was one of the things that came out of the lincoln funeral. >> we're looking at live pictures rum springfield illinois. a reenactment today of the funeral of abraham lincoln. we see some of the folks dressed up, the reenactors in costume. are these local reenactors or do people come from all over the country to participate in this event marks -- in this event? >> that's a wonderful question. i was out here two days ago and a couple from orlando, florida were here. they were dressed in. costumes that were absolutely spectacular. -- they were dressed in. costumes -- i offered to take their pictures together. that's how i got to have this conversation with them and they had come for this event from orlando florida.

city guy. >> midwestern guys, carson from norfolk, nebraska and letterman from indiana, and i think what waso cool about dave was that he was the first guy to really open up that door of saying i'm a regular guy who is going to take the shine off of all of this hollywood bull hockey and real call people out and he did it in kind of an aw shucks way with a little bit of snark that let celebrities laugh at themselves a little bit, and as that developed you really saw so much self-deprecation from people, you know, that oftentimes we would revere them and now letterman took the shine off of it, and i love that about him and it's always fun when somebody who you add mire and respect is the voice -- is your voice as the viewer. >> lizz, how about him telling jane pauley this sunday morning that we'll never see him again, like he's not going to write op-ed pieces and won't show up as a cameo in tv shows and won't be doing guest hosting and stuff, that he's made enough money, i guess, and he's just going home. that's unique. >> johnny did that, too. >> yeah, he did. he went home. >> and i think tha

one of the reasons i moved to new york city was because he was the midwestern small town guy who wenty and surrounded by crazy people. for a lot of kids that was sort of inspiring and made new york seem like a fun madhouse as opposed to a crazy violent place. >> what do you think steven colbert is feeling? >> i think he is set up well. i think letterman was gracious towards him. i think he is the perfect guy to take this show into the next generation as they say. >> pleasure to see you. >> pleasure is mine. thanks for having me. >>> we have breaking news on nfl player ray rice. we are going to tell you about that plus at the top of the hour key vote on president obama's fast track trade bill. we take you live to capitol hill on the latest and washington d.c. gripped by a murder mystery and police say they have identified a suspect in the deaths of a couple, their son and the house keeper. we will tell you about a manhunt next on msnbc. i have type 2 diabetes. i started with pills. and now i take a long-acting insulin at night. i take mine in the morning. i was trying to eat right, sta

city is how does she to her food? kennedy: we play a game called professional or midwestern?f she is a lady of the evening or visiting from the middle of the country -- country. >> or we played poker or cobbett -- hooper or how it. >> but i love what they said. it is a stern warning. >> but they reimburse them it was not like they charged off but they actually was reimbursed but they did not want their wife to find out they put that on their personal card. >> if you charge a hooker to your company credit card? [laughter] i think they use a weapon and not even mass destruction but you know, . >> it is stupidity it is a weapon of mass consumption. >> they spent 200,000 the other 100,000 they blew. [laughter] >> they had something to show for it? jewelery? what does that take? >> everything will change if you are a libertarian. >> politicians say it is the road then you have to go for it -- from there. >> to have us set level from the hookers. kennedy: that could put a strain on the health care system. to bring home some microbes that our difficult to treat. >> it's so sad. >> t

midwestern u.s. have been under severe weather warnings for hours. the emergency officials are looking into more than 40 reports of tornados. there is damage outside oklahoma city official there says 13 people were injured when a tornado destroyed a mobile home park. three of those people were in a critical condition. >>> french investigators say german wings copilot andreas lubitz practiced the settings which would be used to crash a flight in march. he set the altitude to 100 feet during a previous flight. he is accused of sending a sgerman flight hurdling into the french alps giving 150 people. >>> the polls open in the uk in about half an hour. surveys have consistently shown prime minister david cameron dead even with edward miliband. max foster has a look back at the past five weeks of campaigning. >> david cameron set the tone of the campaign from day one. >> you face a stark choice. the next prime minister walking through that door will be me or ed miliband. >> it was a title the opposition labor leader quickly embraced. >> if i'm prime minister. if i'm prime minister. if i'm prime minister. with me as prime minister. >> he'll be stabbed in the back, th