we're calling it babies in nerdland. you can e-mail it or #nerdland, or vi oh our facebook page.lenge, congratulations, you are now an official nerdland skoler. from countries around the world, people who completed the intersection of motherhood and politics. that is our show for today. i'll see you next saturday at 10:00 a.m. >> what are you going to be wearing for east esunday? >> i know. >> i'll have the baby dressed up like a bunny. >> of course, as always. thank you so much. >>> good sunday, everyone. exit interview, outgoing secretary health and human services sits down with andrea mitchell. >> people are asking, did you jump or were you pushed? >>> climate reports just released today offering perhaps a final road map to avoiding disaster. >>> hollywood heavy weights launch their own global warming. the new james cameron series premiering tonight. >>> the popular hot sauce that has one community hot and bothered. don't go anywhere, i'll be right back. i think she tried to kill us. [ sighs ] are you kidding me? no, it's only 15 calories. [ male announcer ] with reddi wip, fr

we're calling it babes in nerdland. you can tweet us pictures. or #nerdland.ir them together. that i my little baby bunny right there, a.j., hey. that's our show for today. thanks to you at home for watching. i'll see you tomorrow morning. now it's type fime for a previeh alex wit. >> baby doll, literally. thank you so much, melissa. >>> the death toll rises as the search for those missing continues after a devastating avalanche on the world's tallest mountain. >>> surveillance games. edward snowden now suddenly defending himself and the question he asked russian president putin this week. >>> overreaction. condoleezza rice confronted with protests and online boycotts this week. >>> and the literal buzz surrounding this weekend. don't go anywhere. the day we rescued riley was a truly amazing day. he was a matted mess in a small cage. so that was our first task, was getting him to wellness. without angie's list, i don't know if we could have found all the services we needed for our riley. from contractors and doctors to dog sitters and landscapers, you can find

we have spent a lot of time in nerdland on it. david, nobody thinks this is going to become law. >> no. >> why does it matter? why so much coverage and why even -- this is a serious document, right? ryan's a smart guy. >> i don't think it's a serious document. one-sided math. this part of the problem is we have this intense coverage because there are people advocating for it for what amounts to let's cut programs to the poor, let's reduce access, let's stop investing in people so that they can get to a better place in life and very little discussion about all these programs i read about that take from the many very subtly and redistribute upward through regulatory policies and rules that almost nobody knows about and there are no statistics on that i've dug out of the public record. mark knows that the regulatory system is full of this. it is quashing competition, which is bad for consumers, and it is reinforcing existing wealth. the real agenda of paul ryan and his program is to protect the existing wealthy, not to create new wea

but first, there is a great debate taking place, and we're bringing it to nerdland. >>> good morning. i'm melissa harris-perry. over the past few weeks, an important public debate has been taking place online about race, culture, and poverty. now, the principles are two very smart people, who write for two well-regarded magazines. this is jonathan chase, a writer for "new york" magazine, a self-professed liberal who writes about politics and media. this is tan hassy coates, national correspondent for the atlantic. i should disclose, he once described me as america's foremost intellectual, which was not only an overstatement, but a description of the prolific coates as well. those are the interlocketters. and here's what sparked the debate. here's congressman paul ryan on march 12th. >> we have got this tailspin of culture in our inner cities in particular of men not working and just generations of men not even thinking about working or learning the value and the culture of work. and so there's a real culture problem here that has to be dealt with. >> the backlash to ryan's comments wa

nerdland, the votes are in.

but first, there is a great debate taking place, and we're bringing it to nerdland. >>> good morning.r the past few weeks, an important public debate has been taking place online about race, culture, and poverty. now,

and the nerd land guest, #nerdland twitter followers love to yell at. former assistant to president george w. bush. and karen finney. so nice to have you all here. >> pleasure. so this is maybe a little bit unfair, karen. but we were kind of, you can tell i've been looking for houses. so i've been thinking about counter tops and wiring a lot, and crown molding. so here you really do have a massive piece of legislation. i mean both the size, but also the reach, the impact into the american public. and yet, you don't seem to have democrats taking hold and saying this is what we're running on. >> i'm going to push back a little bit. i think the fact that the president did that this week. >> i mean, he needed to show swagger and leadership and confidence in the affordable care act. then democrats will follow. there have been a few times when it gets out there and then pulls back. . the other thing that was positive is you saw in a number of places when republicans went home and had to face their constituents and said you don't deserve heck and i'm going to

come on, you know what is next, nerdland, yes, we can. right?t the president assures us of the ability of the american people to change ourselves, our nation, our world, as we bend that arc of history toward justice, and here it is. >> those of us who have had the singular privilege to hold the office of the presidency know well that progress in this country can be hard and it can be slow. frustrating, and sometimes you're stymied. the office humbles you. >> wait a minute, what? this is the yes, we can part, mr. president. your giving me slow and frustrating and stymied and humbling? okay, okay, maybe it's up next. >> you're reminded daily that in this great democracy, you are but a relay swimmer in the currents of history. bound by decisions made by those who came before, reliant on the efforts of those who will follow to fully vindicate your vision. >> a relay swimmer? okay, i'm going to need to hit pause here because our president has changed the ending on us in a very interesting way. facing the last midterm election of his presidency with n

nerdland, the votes are in. 76 northwestern university football players were eligible to cast a secret ballot in one of the more publicized union votes in recent history. and that vote was held early friday morning. we don't know the results yet and we won't be getting any exit polling. not only were reporters not allowed anywhere near the vote, literally kept a certain distance away from the campus building where the players voted, but as the "chicago tribune" reported, we may not know for months what the players decided. why not? northwestern, the university, not the football team, filed an appeal with the national labor relations board on april 9th to overturn the march decision by a regional director that made scholarship athletes on the team employees in the eyes of the law. on thursday, the nlrb agreed to hear out the university's concerns and the balance will be impounded until the nlrb rules on the appeal. that's why regardless of how the players voted, we're not calling it, for a good long while, likely. still, the university held a presser yesterday after the vote to say this