the director mike lee. the actor. he had did i murphy. >> reporter: if mockery is the sincerest form of flattery, marion berry should be honored. eddie murphy slated to play him. >> who could play his honor, we still call him that. >> reporter: marion berry is the gift that keeping on giving. >> reporter: co-author of the 1994 book about berry's rise and fall is consulting on the yet to be named hbo film directed by spike lee. >> spike lee takes on very difficult subjects. >> further up lifts the myth. >> reporter: colleagues anyone who has been in dc long enough know the historic rise and crashing fall of this political giant a former civil rights leader who became the second mayor empowering a black community impressed under congressional control. >> reporter: marion berry say goodman. then the video of the mayor made for movie drama. >> the blank set me up. >> he has an uncanny ability to land on his feet. love him or hate him. it is says subpoena and greek and way larger than washington, d.c. >>> what does marion

of all, the fec ruled today, in case you don't know this, unanimously, by the way, that senator mike lee super pac within a pac. so that's good news. the bad news is, he can open a super pac outside of that and it can still do what all the rest of the super pacs do, which is funnel unlimited money and go out and spend it like crazy and we can't trace the money. so my question to mr. page is, and first of all, i'm honored to be able to talk to mr. page. the theory that money isn't speech, that's something dylan and i have been working on for almost a year now. how would you -- is your concern that it would get in the way of free speech, ie, from the press, and then the second follow-up question to that is, what's the difference between the "chicago tribune" and a blogger sitting in his or her basement, pumping out information about candidates? what is the difference between that in today's -- in a modern day america, and would that be your concern? >> well, certainly, i'mç concerned about all free speech issues. they're equating money with speech. i agree that money, that's what you use

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brought a written down because i would be wanted to make sure i got this one right this is senator mike lee republican from utah and he said i feel it is my duty to oppose this confirmation as part of my opposition to the creation of the board itself now no let's be clear what so it's so it's not cordray that they're objecting to it's the entire idea of protecting consumers yes. literally literally yeah i mean this is the this is the age see what this does is it protect us against credit cards that overreach of protections against mortgage companies that overreach it has the power to eliminate some very abusive practices and then called for star betray ssion where corporations say you're not allowed to go to real courts you can only sue them in fake courts that are run by other corporations it has all of these powers that are just about making sure that consumers aren't powerless against big financial corporations and you know you have a number of republican senators who i think been very clear saying our problem is we don't want that to exist so we don't want anyone in there this is this p

few have senator mike lee and viter, no squishs. they voted for this. marco rubio, i believe. this is a big cluster. >> juan, if the house is expected tonight, moves this and passes it over to the senate, then they are holding this extension. but doesn't the onus go to senate? >> part of this is inside baseball for the moment. the inside baseball part you describe it as you discussed with majority leader cantor is that, you know, mcconnell had fully informed speaker boehner and boehner agreed he would support this deal if it was worked out in the senate. clearly, he doesn't have the rank and file support. what i am hearing from rank and file we're not up against the deadline. why is the senate on vacation? they should work on this for a year long package. the problem i think is that the president has the political advantage. this goes for two months and then they will have another discussion about it. the hang up is the refusal of the house republicans to allow for surcharge on millionaires. >> bret: however, there is another wrinkle, the neutral nation

mike lee, republican of utah joins us.enator, this is not the kind of issue i thought republicans would be arguing over. what's going on? >> normally not but we have to remember this is an election cycle, a campaign. both candidates are trying to draw a contrast. it's one of the more unpleasant parts of the process but it is what it is and they'll ferret it out. >> neil: do you think it's damaging, whoever gets nominated, these yes -- gentlemen or the ones who have a shot that all of a sudden they sound more like democrats demoaning wealth? >> yeah, well they shouldn't be bemoaning the free enterprise system. i don't think that's their intent. i think their intent is to show they're the more committed candidate to the free enterprise system. i commend them for that and hope we can find a candidate we can get behind and beat president obama next november. >> neil: all right, so you could get behind either of these gentleman? >> i'll get behind our republican nominee. >> neil: so you would get behind ron paul. >> absolutely.

or that mike lee would defeat sitting senator bob bennett in the utah gop statewide convention. that marco rubio would beat out carlie crist down in florida. what was so shocking about all of these upsets was that in each case an insurgent, more radical candidate was able to defeat a more establishment-connected and almost certainly more electable front-runner. and they were able to do it in a republican party that has a long history of giving great deference to its establishment figures. in fact, if you look just at presidential nominating battles, the history of the republican party over the last two decades is the history of establishment candidates coming out on top. in 1988 was george h.w. bush, the sitting vice president. in 1992 it was bush 41 again running as the incumbent president. in 1996 it was bob dole, who no one had much enthusiasm for but he was certainly the establishment guy. he was the next in line. in 2000 it was george w. bush, probably the most establishment guy possible. after all, this was the son of the previous republican president. 2004 it was the incu

. >> i would like to have seen jim demint run, he seems to have some sense, or maybe mike lee. they're very young but seem to have conservative ideas. >> okay. thank you for that. by the way, where are you at, mr. grimm? from staten island and bay ridge, who are you for? >> governor mitt romney. >> we know where you stand. >> he's got what it takes, he has the experience, and he's the only one that's electable. >> okay. i think rubio might be a good candidate in a few years. i agree with you on that one, demint, forget it. anyway, congressman michael grimm, phillip dennis, thank you. >>> up next, who turned down a run for president, but is opening the door for a vp? i love this thing, if it happens, just for sheer sport. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. >>> back to "hardball." and now the "side show." first up, will he or won't he? one more time. did you think the chris christie 2012 speculation would end when it was confirmed he would not be making a white house run? well, you're forgetting that the republican nominee needs a running mate. and surprise, it's not a yes

. >> i would like to have seen jim demint run or maybe mike lee.rubio, they're very young but seem to have conservative ideas. >> okay. thank you for that. by the way, where are you at, mr. grimm? who are you for? >> governor mitt romney. he's got what it takes, he has the experience, and he's the only one that's electable. >> okay. i think rubio might be a good candidate in a few years. i agree with you on that one, demint, forget it. michael grimm, phillip dennis, thank you. >>> up next, i love this thing if it happens just for sheer sport. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. cuban ca jun raw seafood pizza parlor french fondue tex-mex fro-yo tapas puck chinese takeout taco truck free range chicken pancake stack baked alaska 5% cash back. right now, get 5% cash back at restaurants. it pays to discover. [ man ] we've been in the business over the course of four centuries. [ woman ] it was a family business back then, and it still feels like a family business now. the only people who knew about us were those in new england, that moment that we

. >> yesterday or the day before, i can't remember which morning, you all had senator mike lee on. i thought mika asked a pointed telling question. she asked the senator, give me an example of when you've come to meet with democrats to fi answers. it's funny, as we listen to -- the primaries happen and everyone sees this, primary voters reward a kind of loyalty and fidelity to a certain kind of philosophy. democrats do it, republicans do it. at the end of the day, independent voters are asking that bipartisanship and people find ways to work together. the question is whether or not -- the other question for republicans -- >> hold on a second. i have no idea what that has to do with what that has to do with what i'm saying. bring this in for a landing. i've got to tell you, somebody that sounds like paul krugman in the republican primary would be the equivalent of somebody talking about jack kempf in the democratic primary. it doesn't make sense. >> i think voters in primaries voters have to make a decision about electability, have to making a decision about conservative philosophy,

mike lee, the author of the new book why a balanced budged amendment is essential to government.rning. >> good morning. >> it's mandated and you have to vote on it. there's two competing versions. one you say is perfect and the other that's being offered up is not. >> correct. the bill that's being offered up by the republicans, the balanced budget proposal would require congress that it balance its budget each year and would restrict spending to a fixed percentage of the economy. and it can't be circumvented without a super majority vote and the other one, not the same. it doesn't do that. and so congress can get around it by a simple majority vote. that's no good. it's a trojan horse. >> you just touched on some of the stuff. the four things that you say must be in the balanced budget amendment must apply to all spending as you can see right there. must cap spending in a certain percentage of gdp and would need super majorities in the house and senate to raise tax limits as well. you just touched a momenting on on a trojan horse. you said the other bill being offered up by the

senator bennet in utah was overthrown in a statewide convention in favor of mike lee, who now serves cassel, a moderate republican who everyone thought would coast to victory was upset in the primary by christine o'donnell. the question -- or is that same dynamic in play two years later? if the republican base trusts newt gingrich or mitt romney to continue to lead the party. we saw this in the debate thursday night on fox. here is bachmann, i think, very effectively pressing the case against newt gingrich. essentially making the case that like tea party insurgents made against senator bennet and senator cassel, he's imbedded in the corrupt culture of washington they want to dismantle. >> we know that he cashed paychecks from freddie mac. that's the best evidence that you can have. over $1.6 million. frankly, i am shocked listening to the former speaker of the house because he's defending the continuing practice of freddie mac and fannie mae. >> the easy answer is, that's just not true. what she said is factually not true. i never lobbied under any circumstance. i think sometimes peo

american citizens and though he has not spoken yet i know in advance of my colleague from utah, senator mike lee with whom i worked closely in drafting s.j. res. 10 will deliver powerful remarks in support of his amendment -- or this 578d, excuse me, and about the importance of restoring meaningful limits on the power of the federal government. mr. president, today we are engaged in an historic debate. you might not know it from the amount of time dedicated to the subject, but i am confident when the history of our country is written today will be marked as a turning point. today was the day every republican in the senate stood up for a strong balanced budget amendment that will begin to restore this nation's fiscal integrity. and it is the day that conservatives stood up and supported a constitutional amendment that would reset the limit on the size and power of the federal government that has grown far too large. it is the day the people of this country stood up for serious constitutional limits on congress and the president which has spent with impunity for far too long. we're having this deb

lee. office of congressman mike honda. thank you for coming. the juvenile probation department. thank you for coming here this evening. thank you for coming. ok. we are now going to begin tonight's program. first we'll hear from one of the nation's leading legal scholars on the long-term economic impact of immigrant rights policy and reform. we will hear from a panel. after h

lee. office of congressman mike honda. thank you for coming. the juvenile probation department. thank you for coming here this evening. thank you for coming. ok. we are now going to begin tonight's program. first we'll hear from one of the

without further ado, i'm happy to welcome up to the mike our mayor, mayor ed lee. [applause] >> thank you, ed. morning, everyone! welcome here to city hall in san francisco. delighted to join this wonderful opportunity here and council general, thank you very much for bringing a wonderful team from netherlands to help engage us even better and to excite not only us who work here at city hall but our traffic engineers, our bicycle coalition, our educators and all of the bay area guests. we have guests from even san rafael council here as well to share in this experience. as ed mentioned, i am a very big enthusiast but i want to be more than just a cheerleader for this. leah knows this as well. i know that there will be times where we have to challenge ourselveses to go a little further because there are great secrets that we don't know today that will be unleashed. and one of them is going to be our own economy. that there are some great secrets to unleash when we have alternatives to how we use our roads and how we can open them up to even more diverse use, safe us

lee. office of congressman mike honda. thank you for coming. the juvenile probation department. thank you for coming here this evening. thank you for coming. ok. we are now going to begin tonight's program. first we'll hear from one of the nation's leading legal scholars on the long-term economic impact of immigrant rights policy and reform. we will hear from a panel. after the panel discussion, we will have time to hear from the local elected officials. then we will open the meeting for public comments. if you would like to speak during the public comment section, please fill out a yellow card and return that to a member of our staff. i would like to introduce adrian, who has done amazing work for this commission. she's the executive director of the office of immigrant affairs would you introduce the speakers and panelists. thank you very much. >> thank you, chair mccarthy. it's truly a pleasure to introduce tonight's keynote speaker. the professor is a highly respected legal scholar. he is an sbure, he is an author and an expert on immigration law. among his many leadership ro