next, nation, i've told you about the republican party's rad new effort to totally connect with us young-americans. well, they've done it again. >> the national republican congressional committee made the move to redesign their website. enter buzzfeed. an all encompassing site that mixes politics, pop culture and weird news from all over the world. >> this is the new site. essentially it's the n.r.c.c.'s attempt to take everything that made buzzfeed work and feed it through a partisan political prism >> colbert: yes the n.r.c.c. is is taking inspiration from poll culture list-making site buzzfeed which itself takes inspiration from a.d.h.d. of course, buzzfeed has become famous for highly clickable news items like 18 reasons glass doors are the worse, 9 things squirrels are up to these days, and the 13 most important water color narwhals on etsy. that's why i'm giving a tip of my hat to g.o.p. internet meme. they're a great way to promote core republican values like self-reliance because wouldn't this meme be so much more inspirational if that cat can haz earnd "cheese burger? ( cheers and applause ) well, folks, i've been inter-surfing the new buzzfeed-inspired n.r.c.c. site,

on wednesday the head of the national republican congressional committee said the president's proposed changes to social security by chaining cost of living increases to the consumer price index are unfair. yesterday, speaker john boehner was forced to react. >> his budget really lays out a shocking attack on seniors if you will. i think he's going to have a lot of pushback from some of the major senior organizations on this and republicans as well. i don't see this budget as either on time, adding up, balancing and, further, i think it really does go right at seniors in a way they're going to be shocked coming out of this administration. >> i made it clear that i disagree with what chairman walden said. he and i have had a conversation about it. this is the least we must do to begin to solve the problems in social security. >> white house press secretary jay carney pointed out the call for chain cpi came specifically from republican leaders as a necessary way to lower spending. >>> one estimate found chaining cpi would save $121 billion over ten years. but the proposal has also drawn

joining us now is great walden from oregon who chairs the national republican congressional committeeis great to have you with us. are you ready for your mind to be blown? >> i am afraid it will be my wallet that will be blown. real be filled with the same gimmicks. i don't have a lot of faith than the budget that is 65 days late. he had time to do brackets for march magness and play golf with tiger woods and go back out to sanford's is go now we have a budget it is hard to take seriously at this point*. lou: you are not saying he is and working do you say he prefers that to working? >> i am letting a the fact speak for itself the dead to it -- deadline was february february 4th if you showed up tomorrow do you think they make question mark you have been? you have to go back to 92 years to find a president has been this party. you would be in detention. lou: you are trying to get me fired or put in detention >> but you shine -- show up for work every day. >> millions of americans do. but 23 other million americans don't either because he is in working on creating jobs but i don't unde

amazingly here's a response from the chairman of the national republican congressional committee to this proposal this is greg walden and he's attacking the president's chained c.p.i. proposal take a look. congressman what do you think of the president's remarks well i thought it's very intriguing in that it has a budget really lays out kind of a shocking attack on seniors if you will when we haven't seen all the detail yet simple look at it but i'll tell you when when you're going after seniors the way he's already done on obamacare taken seven hundred billion out of medicare to put into obamacare and now coming back at seniors again i think you're crossing that line very quickly here so this is coming from the party that tried to privatized social security you know just about ten years ago and where if they would have succeeded seniors would have had their entire retirement savings wiped out of the crash is the party that's been open about raising the retirement age so look i'm all about republicans going out against this i'm against this it republicans lie. up against it could be defe

host: these are the democratic congressional campaign committee, national republican congressional committee for the house, and the senate has -- guest: >> the exact same groups. the democratic senatorial campaign committee. the national republican senatorial committee. those four groups, the institutional arm of the political parties. when people talk about the permanent campaign, that's what it is. by now this is the time of year where voters are not paying a lot of attention to politics or who's running for congress, but this is the peak recruiting season for these recruiters. so they are going out trying to make the cell to people. steve israel, the house democrats oppose the campaign arm, he walked off the floor after the speech, whipped out his iphone and start typing out an e-mail to all the people he wants to run for congress and said, did you watched the president's speech? because if you did, indeed of years you will be watching from my seat here in the chamber. host: what is the biggest concern from candidates when he's trying to recruit them? why don't they want to run? guest: ov

host: these are the democratic congressional campaign committee, national republican congressional committee the house, and the senate has -- guest: >> the exact same groups. the democratic senatorial campaign committee. the national republican senatorial committee. those four groups, the institutional arm of the political parties. when people talk about the permanent campaign, that's what it is. by now this is the time of year where voters are not paying a lot of attention to politics or who's running for congress, but this is the peak recruiting season for these recruiters. so they are going out trying to make the cell to people. , the housel democrats oppose the campaign arm, he walked off the floor after the speech, whipped out his iphone and start typing out an e-mail to all the people he wants to run for congress and said, did you watched the president's speech? because if you did, indeed of years you will be watching from my seat here in the chamber. host: what is the biggest concern from candidates when he's trying to recruit them? why don't they want to run? guest: over and over whe

and now the national republican congressional committee will not be engaged in this special election. not enough ad space in the world for sanford to explain this one. joining me now is dick harputlian, chairman of the south carolina democratic party. thanks for being here, dick. >> thank you, al. >> how are people in south carolina reacting to this ad? >> you know, mark sanford has humiliated, embarrassed the state for most of his political career. we thought we were done with him. then just like freddy krueger, he's back. this is a national humiliation for the state. i think, though, the state's going to prove that it is smarter than mark sanford and many of the republicans think we are. they're going to send him back home to wherever that is. argentina, charleston, who knows. and elect elizabeth colbert busch to the united states congress. >> let's get back to this ad. sanford says he was at his ex-wife's house to watch the super bowl with his son. and he tried to tell jenny sanford before -- before he went. but he also compares his campaign to the alamo. he says, i'd ask you to cr

the national republican congressional committee has decided for now not to provide any money to formerovernor mark sanford for his run for congress. that's after court document ace ledge he trespassed at his ex-wife's home. he's facing elizabeth colbert bush on may 7. meantime some students at st. john's university in new york are rejecting republican peter king as commencement speaker. they're upset over the controversial hearings he held in 2011 on, quote, muz lichl radicalization. king was invited because of his efforts to secure aid for sandy hook victims. those are just some things we thought you should know. welcnew york state, where cutting taxes for families and businesses is our business. we've reduced taxes and lowered costs to save businesses more than two billion dollars to grow jobs, cut middle class income taxes to the lowest rate in sixty years, and we're creating tax free zones for business startups. the new new york is working creating tens of thousands of new businesses, and we're just getting started. to grow or start your business from capital one... boris earns unl

. >> john: while on the right national republican congressional committee chairman congressman greg walden of oregon said wednesday his budget really lace out a kind of a shock attack on seniors. but so far, speaker of the house john boehner was concerned this attack wasn't nearly big enough. >> i made it clear that i disagree with what chairman walden said. this is the least we must do to begin to solve the problems in social security. >> john: which is in no way threatened by medicare. for more on today's vote, i'm pleased to be joined by representative mike thompson democrat of california and chair of the congressional gun violence prevention task force. congressman, good evening. what a pleasure to have you with us. >> john, it is good to be with you. >> john: thank you. as chair of the gun prevention task force, what do you think of the senate's bill? can this have a real impact on gun violence in america? >> i think it can. it is doing something that we've all wanted to do for a long time and that's expand background checks to cover those who aren't already covered. it is estimated t

the national republican congressional committee recently compiled a list detailing more than $42 billion worth of wasteful spending and costly regulations. some highlights? how about taxpayer money funding the development of a dancing iphone with robots. snail sex research. and puppet shows for kids. what great idea. you can't make this stuff up, folks. that waste is enough to fund 45,000 years worth of white house tours. one of the first government functions that shut down during the sequester debate as you remember it joining me now to react from atlanta, republican stat gist loretta la poor and from los angeles, democrat and fox news contributor leslie marshall. welcome, ladies. i want to start with you, leslie. >> good evening. >> good evening to both of you. the president and leaders on both sides the senate and the house going to get the wasteful spending under control and not provide items like this to us as most americans kind of shake their heads because if you take that $42 million -- billion, i'm sorry, that they are talking about, that's one half of the sequester amount that

the national republican congressional committee also released a statement saying it would not be backing. in a new poll from public policy polling, democrat elizabeth colbert busch leads mark sanford by nine points, 50-41. the green party candidate is getting three points. at the end of march, colbert busch was leading by two points, 47-45%. joining me now, karen finney. karen, it is kind of amazing what a trespassing accusation can do to a congressional campaign. who knew that would be a factor. >> well, mark sanford had a tough week last week, lawrence. mark felt like he had to explain to the people what was going on. but can we just go back and remember that this whole thing started when he was in the app latch and trail. his father said he didn't think his son should have to watch the super bowl alone. now, trying to sound like a good father, maybe should have thought about that a few years ago, not to mention his kids, he did not introduce his children to the love of his life. they met on the stage on the night of the primary. we're talking about parenting, trying to make things rig

and then there was the head of the national republican congressional committee, greg walden. the man tasked with electing republicans to the house in 2014, who ordered the dessert, who begged for the dessert and then accused his host of trying to make him fat by giving him precisely what he had been asking for. >> i thought it very intriguing in that his budget lays out a shocking attack on seniors, if will. when you're going after seniors on the way he's done on obama care, taking out $700 million out of obama care and put in medicare and now come back at seniors again, i think you're crossing that line very quickly in terms of denying aek ses to seniors in term of health care. >> even club for growth director found the behavior outrageous and was forced to remind that mr. walden found cuts to programs very delicious indeed. saying the last thing the republicans should attack the democrats for is for making the most minor reforms to our entitlement programs, he ought to think about clarifying his remarks on chained cpi and clarify soon. which begs the question, if republicans

. >> the national republican congressional committee is heeding that call.ade the move to redesign their website and it's raising some eyebrows. in case you missed it here's the old site as of last week. it wasn't drawing people in. so the party wanted to try something new at least new for them. enter buzz feed. an all encompassing site that mixes politics, pop culture, and weird news from all over the world. it's interactive, customizable, and addicting. everything the web masters over at the gop would like their website to be. nrcc spokesman garret lansing told the national journal, quote, buzz feed is eating everyone's lunch. they're maybing people want to read and be cognizant of politics in a different way. in a recent article buzz feed encourages the gop to be more positive, embrace young people, and lighten up. they took the advice to heart and decided to do away with the typical features of a political website. this is the new site. it is their attempt to take everything buzz feed said and feed it through the prism. headlines about the most insane we

right away he lost his f backing from the national republican congressional committee., in today's episode, sanford is trying to get a hold of this story with a long explanation. mark sanford is acknowledging it was a rough week after a tough couple years. >> i've been unfaithful to my wife. >> reporter: nearly four years of his admission of the extra marital affair which destroyed his political career now sanford's private life has again gone public. and he's airing things out. with a full page ad in the charleston post and courier. it's been a rough week. i would really appreciate you reading this. >> there's no way to spin this ad as a good thing. >> reporter: in the 1,200 word ad sanford explains why didn't tell his -wife he would watch the super bowl with one their sons. tell as to whether i made the right call in that instance as a father. this comes just two weeks before his showdown at the polls with democratic rival elizabeth bush sister of comedian stephen colbert. in spite of the fall from grace he's worked to overcome his former mistress is now his fiance an

. >> reporter: the national republicans congressional committee's decision to drop sanford comes justre about to decide whether to elect him or his opponent. >> the public has a capacity for forgiveness of their politicians but there is a point when the personal baggage will pile up to the point of distraction. >> reporter: in a statement sanford suggested that these documents were leaked to ruin his chances of winning that congressional seat. his next court appearance is next month, two days after that special election. >> could be a close one. thanks very much. let's get the weather from sam. >> we're going to show you pictures this morning of heavy rain over the middle of the country. we're going to start in missouri but we're going to talk all the way through illinois this morning. in roanoke people are evacuated from their homes due to rising waters. up to three inches of rain fell in this area. we're getting reports of a lot of flooding in northern illinois this morning. here's the rain in that system. this is a soaking system. in these red zones all the way into central michiga

during an interview on cnn, national republican congressional committee chair greg walden, republican of oregon, said obama was trying to balance this budget on the backs of seniors with the plan, which could change the way social security cost-of-living adjustments are calculated. >> guest: i am convinced, i think, most lawmakers in washington know we can save social security once and for all this afternoon. everyone knows that we have to both overtime raise the eligibility age to 70 over the next three decades and make sure that the benefits are calculated on a true cost of living rather than wages. we do those two things, we essentially save that program. the bigger challenges on medicare, and that's why the republican budget focuses more on the medicare side of things because of some of the biggest drivers long-term. so you support the so-called change cpni? >> guest: i think there's a smarter way of tying the future benefits with future workers and changed cpi but let's at least have the discussion on what it takes to save the program. let's not talk it to the higher tax increase

he's the head of the national republican congressional committee, who on wednesday said that the president'sost of living increases to the consumer price index, were unfair. >> his budget really lays out kind of a shocking attack on seniors, if you will. i think he's going to have a lot of pushback from some of the major senior organizations on this and republicans as well. but i don't see this budget as either on time, adding up, balancing, and, further, i think it really does go right at seniors in a way they're going to be shocked coming out of this administration plp. >> we, obviously -- well, i'll just say i, i, obviously, was very upset yesterday morning, that we've been asking the president of the united states to show some responsibility on social security, medicare, medicaid, and he did it, and then one of our republican leaders went out and attacked him, makes us look absolutely terrible. and if more republicans follow, that would be better for future generations of americans. well, yesterday, others jumped in to the debate. house speaker john boehner also reacted and said this. >>

it is so bad in fact, that the national republicans, the congressional campaign committee for them hasthe plug on any kind of money that they're giving to the sanford campaign in south carolina. >> bill: yeah. pretty bad when your own party pulls the rug out from under you. throws you under the bus as we say. >> he was already underperforming. they thought he was -- that a republican could do better in that district and he's not doing very well and this, they think might be the nail in the coffin. >> bill: i hate tonight defender of mark sanford but i do have to point out, the facts are this was super bowl day his wife was not at home. his son was home watching the game by himself and mark sanford went to his former home and watched the super bowl game with his son. i think, in this case, the lady is out of bounds and the lady is just getting revenge on her husband. it may work. >> it might work. >> bill: but in this case, i have to side with mark sanford and not with jenny sanford. i think that mark sanford, i would suggest that he go public with a news conference and let me see. i'm

there was no leadership and there has been no leadership from the national republican party, from the congressional campaign committeen. the fact that sanford created what are arguably violations of his divorce agreement in terms of the custody part during the campaign speaks volumes about how this is a totally out of control situation. >> he was already in trouble before the revelation of breaking in and dress passing at his wife's house. what will happen may 8 is the democrat party will say, if we can win charleston, we can win anywhere. they are energized and trying to take texas. this is a big deal. the republican party keeps losing and retreating, you have to win somewhere and you better win. >> the republicans should have tried to persuade sanford's ex-wife to run. >> there was talk about it. >> the one thing that -- this thing on may 7, if they win they will, the democrats, will announce an attempt to turn texas into a blue state. greg domino affect? >> they will try to do that. >> where are the republicans trying to turn a blue state red? i never hear about that. >> i have an answer: you have chris christie i

remember, wolf, you'll recall the republican national campaign committee, the congressional committeeneleding from the sanford campaign because he was seen as tainted and tarnished. but look. mark sanford's core argument is don't judge me by my scandals. judge me on my policies. he can say with some credibility he has been a consistent fighter for fiscal conservativism even before it was cool. going back to the republican revolution in 1994. that's the policies that rand paul is associating himself with and nikky haley to some level. this congressional district leads largely republican. >> there have been conflicting images on the polls. thanks very much. >> thanks, wolf. >>> we heard it all throughout his campaign. the president vowing to shut down the prison at guantanamo bay in cuba. coming up, why the prisoners' hunger strike might actually make that promise a reality. what's going on? new information coming in. and it's one of the most brazen robberies at gun point you'll ever see. it's not the robber who's dangerously bold. dangerously bold. it's the would-be victim. groun, onio

republican national committee spring meeting in los angeles, the official national republican party meeting. this year is aimed specifically at the challenge of, quote, broadening the republican party's appeal with voters. so congressional called in dick cheney for advice on foreign policy matters, and the national republican party turned to dick cheney for advice on broadening the party's appeal. because when you think broad appeal to the electorate, do you think dick cheney? now to be fair, the rnc didn't just turn to dick cheney on this matter. they decided to bring in other experts as well. again, the stated aim of the republican party's national meeting right now in los angeles is to reach out to new voters, specifically asian americans, blacks, hispanics, and young people. so to do that, to make that outreach, the party decided to bring in the aforementioned dick cheney, and decided to bring in one of the people that runs breitbart website, the conservative website that fixated on attacking acorn and van jones and eric holder and shirley sherrod where she's a racist against white people and they totally made up the tape that made it seem like that, to broaden the appeal to asian americans, blacks, hispanics, and y

from the congressional budget office that question to the budget committee, nationally what did that do for us, those recovery dollars, and they estimate, not the democrat, not the republicans, not anyone else, but our official agency, up to 3.3 million jobs were saved or created because of those recovery dollars. the president has $50 billion in infrastructure to make sure that people are working again and getting them back out while we need to keep the economy moving. he has focus on advanced manufacturing, some innovative ideas that we can create these hubs where people can create new jobs and have jobs come back to america from overseas. and he also provides tax credits for small business owners who will hire new workers, that we can again continue to have the private sector as well as what we can provide through infrastructure to help get the economy to grow and to create the jobs we need to. these are great provisions that the president has. he's working $1.8 trillion in deficit reduction which on top of the previous $2.5 trillion takes us exactly at the target people have been talking about of the $4 trillion deficit we need to address in the immediate amount of time