been clashes in dresden germany where hundreds of far right national democratic party activists gathered calling for the deportation of foreigners who commit crimes in the country the trouble started posing the left wing group reached the protesters and police used tear gas to disperse the crowd. britain's home secretary has lost the latest bid to deport abu qatada the alleged al qaeda leader cleric wanted in jordan over terrorism charges the court of appeal rejected the attempted deportation citing human rights saying he wouldn't get a fair trial and the u.k. has been trying to deport the radical preacher earlier described as osama bin laden's right man the right hand man now for five years he remains in the u.k. prison for an alleged breach of bail conditions could soon walk free if no charges are brought up. north korea has cut off a key military hotline with its southern neighbors claiming war may break out at any moment and this was the last form of communication between the two states military drills conducted by washington and seoul as well as u.n. sanctions after north korea's la

making headlines across the globe clashes broke out in dresden germany where hundreds of national democratic partyactivists gathered calling for the deportation of foreigners who commit crimes in the country's troubles started as an opposing left wing group reached the protesters police used tear gas to disperse the location of the rally significant it was next to a spot where a german man was attacked by a foreigner last week. hundreds of people marched through the streets of chicago protesting the closure of more than fifty schools because of budget cuts or in the protest was organized by the chicago teachers union more than one hundred demonstrators were given fines after a sit in on one of the city's main streets local authorities say they'll save more than a billion dollars over ten years but the move forces more than thirty thousand students to find new school. britain's home secretary has lost his latest bid to deport abu qatada the alleged al qaeda link cleric wanted in jordan over terrorists are get a court of appeal rejected the attempted deportation citing human rights saying he would g

at some other international stories clashes broke out dresden germany where hundreds of national democratic party activists gathered calling for the deportation of foreigners who commit crimes in the country trouble started as an opposing left wing group reached the protesters police used tear gas to disperse the crowd the location of the rally being symbolic next to a spot where a german man was attacked by a foreigner last week. britain's home secretary has lost the latest bid to deport abu qatada the alleged al qaeda linked cleric wanted to jordan over territory the court of appeal reject. time to deport him citing human rights saying he wouldn't get a fair trial in jordan the u.k. has been trying to deport the radical preacher earlier described as osama bin laden's right hand man for five years he remains in the u.k. prison for an alleged breach of bell conditions but could soon walk free if no charges are filed. a little bit less than a day before the soyuz spacecraft embarks on a record breaking mission it'll be the first ever six hour flight taking the new american russian team to the inte

with the clashes that have broken out in dresden in germany where hundreds of far right national democratic party activists gathered there calling for foreigners who commit crimes to be forced to leave the country the trouble started as an opposing left wing group reached the protesters and police used tear gas to end up dispersing the crowd. before a south african president nelson mandela is back in hospital for the third time in four months and ninety four year old was admitted with a reoccurring a lung infection just before midnight on wednesday this according to a government statement here struggled with respiratory problems since he contract in tuberculosis while he served time in jail almost thirty years ago for fighting against apartheid. it is just twelve hours and counting before the soyuz spacecraft fires up its thrusters and blasts off on a record breaking mission to russians on an american who will be on board what's planned to be the fastest ever flight to the international space station. and you farmer looks at what the cosmonauts have been doing to prepare for the big trip and just

international headlines this hour clashes of broke out in dresden germany where hundreds of national democratic party activists gathered calling for the deportation of foreigners who commit crimes in the country trouble started as an opposing left wing group reached the protesters police used tear gas to disperse the crowds the location of the rally symbolic next to a spot where german man was attacked by a non german then last. hundreds of people have marched through the streets of chicago protesting the closure of more than fifty schools because of budget cuts protests organized by the chicago teachers union more than one hundred demonstrators were given fines after staging a sit in in one of the city's main streets local authorities claim they'll save more than a billion dollars over ten years but the move forces more than thirty thousand students to find new schools. u.k. home secretary who has lost the latest bid to depart to abu qatada a radical cleric who wanted it wanted in jordan over terrorists are just since the late ninety's the court of appeal rejected the attempt citing human rights oh

that with dresden germany where clashes have broken out did so where hundreds of far right national democratic party activists gathered calling for the deportation of foreigners who commit crimes in the country the trouble started as an opposing left wing group reached the protesters who were ultimately dispersed with tear gas i. returned home secretary has lost the latest bid to deport. the alleged al qaeda linked cleric wanted in jordan over terrorism charges of a court of appeal rejected the attempted deportation citing human rights saying he wouldn't get a fair trial and the u.k. has been trying to deport the radical preacher earlier described as osama bin laden's right hand man for five years. well it is a less than a day before the soyuz spacecraft embarks on a record breaking mission it'll be the first ever six hour flight taking the new russian american team straight to the international space station artes and you farmer looks at the ups and downs of the latest developments rolling out what will be an historic mission the iconic soyuz rocket will set another record from baikonur this week t

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democratic party. >> well, yeah. they are. but they are no more in bed with the democratic party in colorado than the "new york times" is in bed with the national democratic party. listen, i don't know if there was actually collusion between mr. hubbard and the colorado democratic party. but i do know. this the two articles make the same points about you. they both call you the same kind of names. >> bill: that's right. maybe it's just a coincidence, bernie. >> yeah, right. i know. >> bill: maybe they think the same. >> they came out four days apart. >> bill: right. >> so it makes you wonder. but it's certainly possible that the editor of the editorial page editor of the paper read the letter and said hey, yeah, i agree with that changed of a few words and then wrote the column. >> bill: column on wednesday when he comes. >> in ask him directly, bill did you have any conversations at all with members of the state democratic party before you wrote that column? >> bill: all right. i'm not supposed to ask anything about gays, right? just stay away from that? >> i think you were wrong. >> bill: okay. all right, bernie, that's why -- >> -- i say tha

i think he's completely politicized that office and running it like an extension of the national democratic partytension of obama's reelection campaign and i'm very concerned about that. >> greta: what makes you say that? >> because they've sued louisiana and it's off base. >> greta: they've won. >> no, they haven't. >> greta: i thought they won in-- >> it's an ongoing litigation. >> greta: in january, didn't the judge have the trial in october and rule in january? >> no. >> greta: that the state of louisiana violated the federal law failing to offer an opportunity to vote for all applicants, that's wrong. >> it's ongoing, that part is under appeal, but it's a major, major effort to really intimidate louisiana, its offices to get personal information, personal voter i.d. information which is supposed to be confidential under state and federal law. louisiana ranks fourth in terms of percentage of registered voters, 84% of all folks who could register are registered in louisiana. we voted about 69% in the last election, 9 points, almost 10 points above the national average. so this suit is really a

democratic party. at this point to be a major national democratic party candidate, you can't not support marriage equalitye problem for the republicans on the social issues is the reality of the country is, people are changing. they're trying to pretend that it hasn't changed, and yet, they're saying they want to be inclusive. that's not political reality. it doesn't make political sense. which in addition to the moral values of saying, we should all be equal or we should be able to marry the person we love. to continue these things, underscore the challenges within the party. they don't yet know how to be a big tent party. >> rick, it's always been sort of a fraught relationship between social conservatives and fiscal conservatives. i will point out from the "new yorker," a venerable magazine. an interesting feature about a year and a half ago about the republican party's position on birth control and uses that to go into the larger discussion of how republicans came to be the party of social conservatives. and evangelicals and she writes, abortion wasn't a partisan issue until republicans made it one. i

decision that he is going to go against what he spent his life working for, the united unified national democratic party. he would run the third party campaign with his son john. he runs on the free soil, free liberty ticket. it is a very interesting party. a forerunner of the republican party. and they basically believed in free soil, free labor and free men. >> is there any evidence that angelica and/or her husband and various other brothers were involved in the president's future ambitions? >> no, not really. john was involved because john stayed political, but certainly the others weren't. abraham went to west point with jefferson davis and robert e. lee. he had frepsd on other sides of this issue -- friends on other sides of this issue. >> before she was widowed, she spent the last part of her life in new york city. again that, cosmopolitan yearning. >> let's take a call from courtney in naples, florida. >> good evening. grew up in the 1930's and 1940's. my recollection of lindenwald is the following. abandon e, it was an home. it was in disrepair. wild ounds were totally and any evidence of a farm

those areas were easier to deliver for the national democratic party. the areas that are going to get these under the new formula are cairo, a lot of seats in the delta. as this analysis has shown, it does well in the delta territory. there are a lot of trendlines that played well of the favor of non-islamist. >> thank you, jeff. we will broaden the discussion. what i would like to do first is turn to you for reactions. starting with this whole analysis that jeff is presenting about the balance of power in the losing influence or declining influence of the islamists, the fracturing within, and so forth. to what extent do you agree with this analysis? maybe also the question as to what extent these elections play a role compared to other factors in the transition. because they are not isolated. i want to make sure we think of the broader context here. >> sure. i need to command jeff and his co-author for the report. it is a very interesting report. it is a very good report. what we should immediately take away is the fact that now, when elections actuall

decision that he is going to go against what he spent his life working for, the united unified national democratic party. he would run the third party campaign with his son john. he runs on the free soil, free liberty ticket. it is a very interesting party. a forerunner of the republican party. and they basically believed in free soil, free labor and free men. >> is there any evidence that angelica and/or her husband and various other brothers were involved in the president's future ambitions? >> no, not really. john was involved because john stayed political, but certainly the others were. abraham went to west point with jefferson davis and robert e. lee. he had friends on other sides of this issue. >> before she was widowed, she spent the last part of her life in new york city. again that cosmopolitan yearning. fromt's take a call courtney in naples, florida. >> good evening. i grew up in the 1930's and 1940's. my recollection of lindenwald is the following. number one, it was an abandoned home. it was in disrepair. the grounds were totally wild and any evidence of a farm was totally absent, and i gue

he earned recognition as a conservative democrat who broke ranks with his party on national security issues. he was an early supporter of president obama's 2008 present -- presidential bid. he served as cochair for barack obama's campaign. congressman artur davis. give him a round of applause. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. thank you, i think. good morning, cpac. ,omething kept occurring to me as i saw some of the unpleasant commentary about this conference and this movement. isn't it interesting that the same establishment media that claims so piously that it wants more civility and tolerance in our politics has no problem degrading and demonizing americans who just happened to be conservative? [applause] they want desperately to put this cause and some graveyard. i have heard it at the president's inaugural speech, the working title, the country i would build, the path of america would just disappear. they tried so hard to paint the belief in this room as some brand of ignorance. this needs to be said. 43 million of us who answer to the name conservative. we don't own any holl

the democratic party won the election but did not win control of both houses. the central right party wants to go into a sort of national coalition government with the democrats, and they do not want to do that because they see mr. berlusconi as corrupted. >> they are a critical player at this point, the five-star movement of beppe grillo. could he changes into- establishment position at some point? >> since the election last month, he has insulted bersani practically every day, and he continues to do that today. >> it requires on the road to damascus for him to change his mind. >> where does italy go from here? could we see new elections? >> nobody wants to see new elections. i think what will happen now is president of peloton a will do something similar to what we did in november 2011 when he appointed the current prime minister, mario monti, the former european commissioner. he may try to do something like that. he may look to people like the former premier, the current interior minister, or the former european commissioner to try to take -- put together a short- term government whose major responsibility will be to

the democratic party won the election but did not win control of both houses. the central right party wants to go into a sort of national coalition government with the democrats, and they do not want to do that because they see mr. berlusconi as corrupted. >> they are a critical player at this point, the five-star movement of beppe grillo. could he changes into- establishment position at some point? >> since the election last month, he has insulted bersani practically every day, and he continues to do that today. >> it requires on the road to damascus for him to change his mind. >> where does italy go from here? could we see new elections? >> nobody wants to see new elections. i think what will happen now is president of peloton a will do something similar to what we did in november 2011 when he appointed the current prime minister, mario monti, the former european commissioner. he may try to do something like that. he may look to people like the former premier, the current interior minister, or the former european commissioner to try to take -- put together a short- term government whose major responsibility will be to

make sense to me what i don't get is why they haven't gone more viral or more national with with the the big democratic party the rest the rest of your colleagues what's and if thoughts on that well you know we take responsibility for that we feel it's our job to get the word out i want to thank you for having me on but we're going to have members of the progressive caucus you know talking to the american people through the media between now and and till well after the budgets battles happen in the votes happen next week we are making a real launch on that and you know what the truth is that you know we're going to take no matter whose fault it is we're going to take responsibility for curing the problem by talking to anyone and everyone who wants to talk about the real budgetary challenges facing the american people because if you look you know i mean the reason the american middle class has had stagnant wages for so long is because of deliberate decisions made in government and deliberate decisions to just let certain things drift and not to take care of them budgets are a place to fix that our budget is a

party. we have to change. you must follow me. it requires leadership. i'm just not convinced it will happen. >> karen, you worked within the democratic national committee, within the party offices where i don't think i have ever been. >> i am sure they would love to have you. >> it is a different experience, isn't it? this is not a thing i understand. isn't this a constant frustration in party headquarters when looking out there at your party. >> yeah. >> that people are saying you're supposed to be able to control and in the modern world, how do you do that? they all raise their own money or they can if they want to. they don't really need to. >> you know, the best thing you can do is have a strong apparatus underneath that can help candidates get elected. party of the goal of the 50 state strategy. >> what's included in that effort? >> what that would mean, you go to the chairman of a state party like ohio where you need to win, say we're going to hire you, do an analysis what it would take to win in ohio. you need this kind of tech person, these field organizers, we're going to pay for that. they're going to report to you, but we're paying for it. th

democratic party. at least in among national democrats, probably even among democrats here in the south, however many we's just a decided issue now. it's done. and anybody who runs for president, as a democrat is going to have this position. and the republicans are now officially uncomfortable with the whole thing. they don't want to talk about it. and that's just the way it is. it's been i think everybody on the panel agrees this thing has moved faster than anybody would have anticipated. but moving, it is. >> moving, it is indeed. james carville, a joy, a pleasure and a delight to have you on the show. thanks for joining us. james' book is "it's the middle class, stupid" is out now. more than 30,000 u.s. troops have returned home from iraq with serious combat wounds, but much of the long-term damage is not visible. we'll discuss the toll on veterans when the "huffington post's" dave woods joins us next. max and penny kept our bookstore exciting and would always come to my rescue. but as time passed, i started to notice max just wasn't himself. and i knew he'd feel better if he lost a little weight. so

, the regime felt like those areas were easier to deliver for the then-ruling party, the national democratic party. the areas that are going to get seats under the new formula are cairo, which is going to get a lot of seats, and the delta. and as this analysis has shown, cairo is, in fact, an area where nonislamists do well, and the delta is contested territory. so i think there are a lot of trend lines that play in favor of the nonislamists. >> thank you. thank you, jeff. and what i think what we'll do is we'll broaden, open up the discussion. i'm going to start with some questions for our panelists, and then we'll open it up to the room for questions from you all in a few minutes. what i'd like to do first is turn to summer and michelle to get some reactions to jeff's report and then we can broaden in terms of broader trend lines. and starting with this analysis that jeff is presenting about the balance of power and the losing influence or declining influence of the islamists, the fracturing within and so forth, um, to what extent, summer, maybe you can start, do you agree with these, this analy

the democratic party in the south was, it was the home of every white voter in the south. when you had civil rights in the national party embraced it and it was the voting right, they began joining the democratic party. there was this outflow of whites so now in a state like mississippi, it is 90% of white people will vote republican. the theory being offered here is that actually the less white the country gets, maybe the more republican white voters will get so that 59% could climb into the 60s or something. and republicans may not have the huge demographic nightmare. it is interesting. >> a huge extrapolation. >> by no means definitive. >>> straight ahead, turn that frown upside down. the economist is out with a report on our economy's saying that our economy is in better shape than you think. we're back with that in a moment. first, i want to give a shout out to my grandmother mabel. she convinced her nursing home to switch cable providers just to see the cycle every day. go, mabel! [ jackie ] it's just so frustrating... ♪ the middle of this special moment and i need to run off to the bathroom. ♪ i'm fed up wi

next week i will attend both the democratic and republican party meetings in the capital to continue those discussions. the fact is, america is a nation of different beliefs and different points of view. that is part of what makes a strong erie it makes our democratic debates sometimes messy and a lot of the times -- that is what makes us strong. it makes our democratic debates sometimes messy and a lot of the time stressed rating stuff but what binds us together will always be more harmful than what drives us apart. as democrats and republicans, we may disagree on the best way to achieve our goals, that i'm confident we can agree on what those goals should be -- a strong and vibrant middle class, an economy that allows businesses to grow, and education system that gives more americans the skills they need to compete for the jobs of the future, and immigration system that works for families and businesses, stronger communities, safer streets for our children. making progress on these issues will not be easy. there will be more debate and honest disagreement between people who want what is best for this country. i still believe comprom

democratic party. the republican national committee comes in the way of political conference where republican leaders met to discuss the future of their party. report contained an endorsement of comprehensive immigration reform and extensive discussion of social issues. the gop has struggled to define itself since the loss in the 2012 presidential election. joining me to help me understand this from washington al lent fr boomberg view andark halperin from "time" magazine. i'm pleased to have both of them back on this program. i begin with this al. as you know i've been in rome watching the new pope be selected. so i've been there getting religion and i've sort of lost sight what's going on in washington. give me an update of what i have missed. >> there's no white smoke coming out of the rnc building yet charlie i will tell you that. >> rose: what about the whitehouse. >> or the whitehouse. there's a great deal of ferment going on in the republican party right now which i think by and rge is healthy. there's a cole caveats now but the previous report on immigration i think a lot of things are happening.

party. i want to give your thoughts about the national committee going forward. >> i cannot help you because i do not think up out democrats and republicans. we focus on the parties too much and not the individual. whether if they are going to think long-term or short-term, the parties have heard of in tohington because we tend think about the short term until the next election instead of what we should be doing for the country. i do not hate any attention. pay any attention. i have never been to a republican national convention in my life. i never will. there are great people who have a run for public office, who are not in line with ideology but common sense and fixing the problem that is in front of us. >> you are one of the most conservative members. let us look at it and ideology. conservatives seem to have a problem in this country right now. people do not believe that conservatives are empathetic. do you think it is a problem for the movement you are a part of? >> i do not think so. i do not agree with the label "conservative." let me give you a question. if we fix problems today, we will secure the safety nets for

national forefront. he really helped recharge the democratic party. you know, the republican party is out to lunch. i watched cpac, karl. karl was a former friend. >> i thought i was a current friend? >> you're always a friend, you owe me some chili. >> some fried chicken. >> i saved your life from malaria. >> i did. we go back a long way. here's the thing, the republican party is out to lunch. it's not just mechanics. it's not just communications. it's the party that continues to reject the majority of the american people and they feel it they don't want to be associated with a party that talks down to them, that attacks their rights and then call them victims. i think they're out to lunch. as far as i'm concerned, i will give them a bus ticket to continue to stay off the national radar. >> when i was covering the white house and karl was in it with george w. bush, it was a republican party that was looking to that tomorrow and reaching out, winning 40% of the hispanic vote. i remember, there was an event in the east room where president george w. bush, said, on thomas jefferson's birthday, i'm ha

at our national legislative summit, we heard from leaders as andous from democratic republican parties from nancy pelosi to senator rand paul, as they shared their vision for comprehensive immigration reform. what i have learned from numerous conversations from national business and political leaders is that it is not known lager -- it is no longer a question of if immigration reform will pass, but when and how. the united states hispanic chamber of commerce is committed to helping pass comprehensive immigration reform. given the entrepreneurial impact of immigrant-owned businesses, one cannot claim to support small businesses without supporting immigrant-owned businesses. america tracks the best and brightest minds from around the world. year after year, our shores received waves of new investors, entrepreneurs, students, and workers of every stripe syriafor over two centuries -- from every stripe. immigrants bring with them a new energy, new ideas, and a strong work ethic and a desire to succeed. we have seen immigration reforms come to the forefront of our national dialogue. like ma

national issue and it was a dead issue for 20 years. even many democrats were ignoring it, the national party certainly had backed away from it. wasn't a point of emphasis. it is now. democrats think it's a winning issue. republicans have not changed on it very much unless you're from a suburban district with a high percentage of obama voters. >> after virginia tech i was able to get passed in the senate and house and signed by president bush national instant background check system we improved it. something that could work. unfortunately it's been starved by not having the funding that it needs. but you can do things that can save lives. and we had a unanimous consent on the house floor. mainly because a lot of republicans didn't want to vote for it. i understand that. and democrats too. we have certainly our democrats. but to say nothing can to be done, you know, that's something that nobody -- >> but politics did substantially change after 1994 on this issue and for a lengthy period of time. >> my sense is there has been some -- i would disagree with jim a little in that i do believe republicans are looking at this differen

now, former republican and democratic national committee chairman discuss the future of the political parties. participants included haley barbour and others. it was held in washington, d.c., and it was moderated by a correspondent. this is about 45 minutes. [applause] >> good morning. we are so glad to have you with us with this set of panelists who have not been on the sidelines. what i like about this is we're with people who have been in the room when decisions are made, they have been on the forefront when the sunshine of politics and the heat of politics has been bearing down on them. they know what it is like and can give us a road map of where things might be headed. we will have some fun, and because my day job lets me ask lots of questions, i want to make sure i ask the audience to think about things they want to hear from you directly. we hope our audience will think of questions. we will get to those in a little bit. let me start with you, governor. there was a much focus on what is the identity of the republican party, where will it go, and have the defeats in the presidential ra

next week, i will attend both the democratic and republican party meetings in the capital to continue those discussions. the fact is, america is a nation of different beliefs and different points of ru. that is part of what makes us strong and frankly makes our democratic debates sometimes messy and a lot of sometimes frustrating. but ultimately, what makes us special is when we summon the ability to see past the differences and come together around the belief that what binds us together will be more powerful than drives us apart. as democrats and republicans, we may disagree on the best way to achieve the goal, but i am confident we condition afree on what the goals should be. the strong and vibrant middle class, an economy that allows businesses to gre and thrive, and education system that gives more americans the skills they need to compete for the jobs of the future. immigration system that actually works for families and businesses, and stronger communities and safer streets for our children. making progress on these issues won't be easy. in the months ahead, there will be more contentious debate and honest disagreement between pe

mccain and lindsey graham, who said this isn't the type of position on national security our party should be taking. >> on the democratic side, we saw joe biden's schedule. seems to touch on all the groups you would need to touch on to come through a democratic primary. but this far out, we're in march of 2013, it seems to me that it's hillary, and that decision, and that's it. from the aides i've talked to, if she wants it, it's hers. no one can challenge her at this point. there's no barack obama coming around. >> that's why we'll probably not get an answer from her for a couple of years, which is why all the activity that we're seeing is happening on the republican side. not only was rand paul making waves, jeb bush. we saw marco rubio taking center stage giving his state of the union response to president obama. all these republicans seem to be doing little different things to at least dip their toes in the 2016 waters to prepare themself for something still three years away. >> the pressure on hillary is unbelievable. lastly, carl levin retiring. this adds the senate's retirement hearten, mike joha s johanns. he's

most economists agree that a nation owing $17 trillion is in trouble but the president and democratic partynot believe that. >> the debt not endangering us a bit, not at all. our economists say we're in debt, but it's not endangering anything. as a matter of fact there are economists is a that say some debt is not a bad idea at all. >> bill: some debt, some debt congressman conyers? if you don't think owing $17 trillion is a problem you need to retire. how many times have you heard the national press speak passionately about the debt, that means many americans don't have a include kloo about the issue. this is what happens when the press acts in concert with a political party. wanted another example. let's go out to colorado. there the democratic party will not put jessica's law up for vote. even though 44 other states have passed harsh mandatory penalties for child rapists but the press in colorado is covering for the democrats. >> no one in law enforcement in colorado. >> no one? >> supported it 2007, 2009 or this year. it's only brought up when republicans are in minority not when they h

most economists believe that a nation owing 17 trillion dollars is in trouble. with the president and the democratic party do not believe that. >> the debt is not endangering us a bit, not at all. our economists say we're in debt, but it's not endangering everything. as a matter of fact, there are economists that say some debt is not a bad idea at all. >> bill: some debt, some debt, congressman conyers? hey, if you don't think owing 17 trillion is a problem, you need to retire. how many times have you heard the national press speak passionately about the debt? besides fox news and the wall street journal, few others do. that means that many americans have no blanking clue about this troubling issue. this is what happens when the press acts in concert with a political party. want another example? let's go out to colorado. there are the democratic party will not put jessica's law up for a vote even though 44 other states have passed harsh mandatory penalties for child rapists, but the press in colorado is covering for the democrats. >> no one in law enforcement in colorado. >> no one? >> supported it in 200

i'm joined by the chairman of the democratic party in broward county, florida and member of the executive board of the democratic national committee. also with us tonight jonathan altar msnbc political analyst and bloomberg view columnist and jim moore director of the progress texas pac and author of "bush's brain." jim you first tonight. you know the bush family well. is jeb definitely positioning himself to do, make a run in 2016 and become a strong voice of the republican party to resurface as maybe a leader that they're desperately looking for? >> if so, ed, he has made a big mistake. i think this whole thing with immigration has been misguided. he's trying to parce the issue and make the people on the far right happy but also suggest to latinos and hispanics that this is not something that is negative from me. the problem is he is suggesting if you give legal status to undocumenteds all they're interested in is a paycheck. all they want from america is money. they don't care about our future, history, dreams, principles. they came to america and he is suggesting in fact once they get the money they want they'll go h

national security was at the heart and soul of the republican party at least for about a generation and a half and democratsional security issue for years. republican his to rely on general in order to gain credibility on foreign policy issues in the 50s. it took the vietnam war and then the iran hostage situation for democrats to lose that. republicans and bush and iraq lost that and it hurt the party and still hasn't recovered ever since. lots of people lost lives. the political impact is something that history should not ignore in this country. mr. russert, back to you. i will see you live tomorrow. >> thank you, chuck. this friday catch the msnbc documentary hubris: selling the iraq war, with our own rachel maddow. friday at 9:00 p.m. here on msnbc. we asked who was the first sitting president to visit jordan? the answer is nixon. he traveled and met with king hussein and congratulations to today's winner conor cahill. we'll be right back. go beyond basic cleansing? olay ultra moisture body wash can with more moisturizers than seven bottles of the leading body wash. with ultra moisture your body wash is