the thing about paul ryan that democrats should never stop saying is paul ryan was the one who startedat e privatized social security in bush's ear. and when they have the unmitigated sense to sit there and talk about either moving things to the states or the democrats are henot helping, wh they have cut medicaid and snap and all this stuff, it's going to hurt and then on top of it have the states pick up the tab and the slack? what are they smoking? >> neither i don't think are from washington or colorado. >> we looked at the polls in new hampshire. whooil rand paul did get 12%, undecided got 14%. so what does that say to you in terms of also chris christie at 11.5% and jeb bush at 9%. what does that say about the potential strength of who is going to be able to, i think for a long time it was chris christie everybody seemed it he would be the front runner. is rand paul making the sale in new hampshire? >> new hampshire is new hampshire. the voters here expect every one of these candidates to come up and shake their hands. we have to be a little careful away all of these early polls.

that is the paul ryan we know. he's back. >> we're going to the majority of takers versus makers in america. we risk hitting a tipping point in our society, where we have more takers than makers with society. >> we have become a nation of majority of takers and minority of makers. >> we don't are want to have a majority of takers we want a majority of makers. >> joining me is the ranking member of the house budget committee, chris van hollen. congressman van hollen, hard to shock me and harder to shock you, in terms of republican fiscal antics but this budget sort of shocked me. what was your reaction to it? >> alex, the same thing. i've seen three very reckless republican tea party budgets but this is even worse than all of the other ones combined. as you indicate, it doubles down on this idea of rigging the rules in favor of the very wealthy and in favor of special interest. people like the koch brothers they will love this republican budget but it absolutely decimates our investments in kids' education, in scien

i know the democrat talking points are trying to demonize paul ryan, paul ryan is one of the nicest,t, most genuine and knowledgeable folks you will meet. he was obviously able to work across the aisle. it was not perfect but it was a bipartisan budget in a divided town. that is a big deal. he did that last year. but it does respect that. i am going to stay out of that fight for now. at least one other fend -- france -- i do not want to speak out of turn, but i think it was subcommittee chairman brady who indicated an interest in it. i think that is right. that is something that will happen later on. i and not running for reelection i am running for lieutenant governor in arkansas. i will not be a part of that on the committee. it has been the honor of a lifetime to serve in congress. and to serve on the house ways and means committee with dave camp. hopefully, we will get to say a few words about them before i get out of here. >> npr has the story since you're running for lieutenant governor. to raise the minimum wage in that state, the state has one of the lowest minimum wages in t

this very hour, congressman paul ryan is in a closed door meeting with the congressional black caucustheir goal? to clear the air following ryan's controversial comments on a radio show last month. here's a reminder of what he said. >> 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. so there's a real culture problem here that has to be dealt with. >> ryan faced a barrage of criticism. he later said in part that he was inarticulate, not, in fact, implicating the tculture of any one community. members of the congressional black caucus say ryan has some pointed questions to answer. >> we see it as an opportunity to have a serious discussion with him about poverty and about ways to alleviate the lack of job and job opportunities with african-americans. we want to really challenge his assumptions about the laziness, as it were, of inner city men. >> if you don't know and speak about that which you don't know, you're going to end up in a mouth

paul ryan has very deep-set views on those issues. oing to become for obamacare in this meeting, is my guess. rand paul's ideas about felonies -- people committed of felonies to let them vote again. people in charge of drug sentencings, change those things. that's where it may be useful to talk about them. if he and rand paul were on the same page and other republicans on those issues that might help sort of change that conversation on criminal justice issues. there is a place of progress and possible compromise. i don't think there is much room on the fiscal issues for compromise. >>> gwen moore gwen moocongress thank you so much. >> thank you for having me, too. i think your panel is just spot-on. because right before this meeting with the cbc paul ryan is having yet another hearing on poverty, he's having two very distinguished black conservatives, bob woodward and wish shholloway. i hope he really wants to converse with us and not just cya. >> i hope you're right. >>> the panel stays with me. >>> still ahead, closing the confidence

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coming up, paul ryan is touting his vision for america. but here comes elizabeth warren. rs voted to extend unemployment benefits for 2 million americans. will speaker boehner do the right thing? good job! still running in the morning? yeah. getting your vegetables every day? when i can. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. two full servings of vegetables for only 50 delicious calories. >> paul ryan is out pushing his ruthless budget. it distrois the safety net and attacks the poor. 69% of his budget cuts come from low income programs. but senator elizabeth warren is ready for a fight. sne speaking at a recent dinner in minnesota, she blasted ryan's budget, took on his inner city culture belief and his view of the unemployed. >> paul ryan looks around, sees three unemployed workers for every job opening in america and blames the people who can't find a job. in 2008, this economy crashed, wiping out millions of jobs. paul ryan says don't blame wall street. the guys who make billions of dollars cheating american families. don't blame decades of deregulation that too

and since mitt romney and paul ryan did not win the 2012 elections, and therefore paul ryan kept hisin congress on the house budget committee, he is still, now, year over year, introducing new versions of what democrats have long reveled in calling some version of a meanwich. among other things, like it always does, mr. ryan's budget would cut taxes for millionaires, it would cut food stamps by over $100 billion over the next decade. that's why democrats look forward to paul ryan's budget every year. it's not just that they dislike it, as policy. they think it is a political nightmare for republicans. that it makes republicans who vote for it look very bad. and that's why democrats enjoy it when he enrolls it out every year. but here's thing, though. the overall point of the stink burger and meanwich speech, that president obama gave last week in michigan, it was not just to make fun of the paul ryan budget and to try to make republicans embarrassed to vote for it. the overall point of that speech was to make the case for raising the minimum wage. that minimum wage speech in michigan

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paul ryan wouldn't want you to be identified as his surrogate tonight. you'll be discussing his budget, anyway. the politics of this are this thing is clearly not going to be enacted into law any time soon. there's an open question of whether it's going to get a vote in the house. let's talk about the philosophy behind it. when you look at the programs that deal with the poor, medicaid, he talks about block grants, repealing the affordable care act. treating the medicaid portion as a block grant. food stamps, block grant, he says. welfare, block grant programs. the basic philosophy behind that is, look, if you try to one-size-fits-all approach out of washington, it's going to get bungled. better to leave it to the states, local governments. they can figure it out, they can fit it better. what's your take on the basic philosophy? >> the states have such an incredibly good record that five don't have a minimum wage and the states where we have the biggest poverty problems find ways to help all sorts of rich people with big welfare grants to billionaire own

they call paul ryan a numbers guy. he gets them wrong as often as not. the budget deficit is a shared gdp of 10% in 20099, last year it was 4% headed down to 3%. that's the larnlest four-year decline in the budget deficit since the mid 1950s. and almost 80% of those cuts have come from the spending side, not the revenue side. >> but karen, when you look at the other side of it, under president obama, the deficit has fallen year after year. i mean, new projections this year have shown it's falling again in 2014 to less than half of what it was justless than l two years ago. >> that's exactly right. it's what the president has been talking about in ferm terms of a balanced approach. let's make an investment, but we can be mindful of our deficits and mindful of spending. but the republicans were just not interested in that. they have this fairy tale that they like to tell, and it's particularly offensive when you consider that paul ryan himself benefited from social security as a young man and now wants to, you know, cut that kind of program for young peopl

in the last hour, republican congressman paul ryan braped up a meeting with members of the congressionallack caucus. ryan had a lot of explaining to do after he appeared on bill bennett's radio show last month and said this. >> we have got this tail spin of culture in our inner cities in particular of men not working and generations of men not even thinking about working or learning the value and the culture of work. there's a real culture problem here that has to be dealt with. >> uh-huh. the tape doesn't lie. it caused an uproar. ryan later said he had been inarticula inarticulate. who knew charles murray, the guy that wrote the bell curve was offensive to anybody. here's what was said after today's meeting wrapped up. >> we appreciate chairman ryan coming to our meeting. didn't get a whole lot accomplished but we do agree on a number of things, one is that we are both concerned about the poverty in this country. we just disagree on how we address the problem. >> what is good out of this, we need to talk about better ideas on getting at the root cause of poverty to try and break the cy

we are asking the question, would paul ryan make a good president. you can share your comments and opinions during this remark tonight. a couple of remarks we have gotten, amy says based on the budget he is trying to pass, i'm going to say no. cody writes paul ryan is an intelligent man and he would be an ok president. share your opinions and comments at facebook.com. as things get underway, and as can -- and as things continue throughout the night. [no audio] >> what's your name? scott. >> where you from? >> cedar falls. >> what's your name? >> day. likes nice to meet you. >> another one? >> it didn't take. >> did you get it? you bet. >> what's your name? >> christie. >> did you get it? great. >> what's your name? >> jess. like steve mind if we take a picture? -- >> d-take a picture? >> paul ryan, nice to meet you. >> i saw paul. >> i was on the budget committee. he told me a lot about the budget. >> we would love to take you to delaware county. >> i will probably come through here. >> we are going to have a dinner. >> we have a lot of congressional

feel very good about the future of our company. ♪ >>> sarah palin is blasting fellow republican paul ryan's 2015 budget plan calling it a, quote, joke. palin wrote on her facebook page, the latest ryan budget is not an april fool's joke, but it is a joke, because it's still not seeing the problem. it still is not proposing reining in wasteful government spending. tea party also criticizing the plan as a, quote, work of april fool's day fiction. they too doubt future spending cuts will ever really materialize. ryan's budget plan will cut spending by $5.1 trillion over ten years and balance the budget by then. it also overhauls medicare and medicaid and reforms social security. it will repeal the president's health care law. a new york times editorial asks does the republican party really want to coalesce around a budget this destructive to the country's future? mark, as you know, in its reaction to it, the white house said this essentially stacks the decks against the middle class and threatens the economy and recovery here. so, paul ryan managed to make everyone unhappy. >> i think the proo

paul ryan for congress. tweeting out pictures of a paul ryan for congress sign stuck into some wisconsin lawn literally right next to a paul ryan for vice president sign. of course you can only hold one of those offices at one time. but in wisconsin they had an lbj law, so he was allowed to run for both at once. so wisconsin has an lbj law. and joe -- and paul ryan benefited from it there. just like joe lieberman benefited from connecticut having an lbj law. just like joe biden and his black cadillac benefited from delaware having an lbj law. lots of states have lbj laws that allow people to run for a national office while they're also running to hold on to the existing office just in case. lots of states have lbj laws. but not all the states have them. the state of kentucky, for example, doesn't have one. in the state of kentucky it's illegal for a person's name to be on the ballot in the same election for two different offices. you cannot simultaneously run for two different things in kentucky. and yes, ke

>>> paul ryan is trying to make nice.e house budget committee chair and conservative golden boy held a meeting with members of the congressional black caucus just hours after chairing a hearing to discuss the war on poverty. >> poverty affects everybody. poverty affects everybody in america and when we leave people behind in america, our country's not hitting its potential. >> why is the right-wing budget chair, the guy best known for slashing medicare and food stamps, why is he suddenly on a crusade to prove just how much he cares about the poor and to prove that fact in front of a group of democratic lawmakers? remember this? >> 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. >> congressman ryan's critique of men not even thinking about working in the inner cities didn't exactly go over well. but anyone

she went on facebook, the latest paul ryan budget is not an april fools joke. it really is a joke because it is still not seeing the problem. >> ryan would cut medicaid $700 billion. cut a trillion in food stamps and hike taxes on the working poor. >> in what way is that a joke? >> paul ryan reads sarah palin for her budget busting. >> the tea party and sarah palin saying it's not doing enough. >> we have to start reining in the spending. >> this cut mrs. than any other budget i've written. she should look at the details. >> fum. >> probably pretty pleased. >> joining us tonight, wisconsin congressman, good to have you with us. >> thanks. glad to be here. >> sarah palin being critical of paul ryan. paul ryan saying she ought to try some reading. we've heard that before. what is this budget all about? it's the most radical thing we've seen come about, is it not? >> it's a budget i can't wait to talk about what it does. if the republicans keep the house, get the majority in the senate and somehow take the presidency, this is their wish list, a really scary list.

who worked on his campaign pleaded guilty to criminal charges. >>> the aarp is fighting back at paul ryan'sget. it will cut spending by $5 trillion over the next ten years. >>> the executive vice president saying, chairman ryan's proposed budget fails to address the high cost of health care and said shifts costs on to seniors and future retires. >>> rahm emanuel could face a tough re-election in 2015. he could be in trouble. fellow democrat is leading at the new illinois observer poll. >>> and the small town of deer, colorado votes against the community to hunt against drone. they warned it is a crime to shoot at drones. the measure was, you know, tongue in cheek. it was a challenge to surveillance program. >>> did you hear about the presidential council? the one on beards? the president pulled together a hairy team related to beard growth, health, and style. press secretary jay cka carney zach galifianakis. it was a april foolt's joke. they released a special version of "catching up with the cure rater." five presidents had beard. lincoln, grant, hayes, garfield, and harrison. that's the m

. >>> coming up, the blueprint that paul ryan put out this week. dick durbin put it best. thank you, thank you, paul ryan for reminding us what republicans would do if they had control. >>> plus truthers. they're the republicans that loved the enrollment figures when they were low. now that they're up, they're saying they are cooked. it's all a conspiracy. listen. >> everyone in the press, you rat bastards. every single one of you know what he is saying isn't true. >> hmm. >>> also, the dog whistle that always gets conservatives barking and howling, benghazi! don't believe me? check out the show trial they put on yesterday. >>> and i'm going to finish tonight on a national story, but close to home. yesterday kathleen led our family in interring our world war ii father-in-law at arlington national cemetery. it's my father-in-law, her father bob cunningham. a glorious honor. here she is receiving the flag from one of the impressive young marines. let's say you pay your guy around 2 percent to manage your money. that's not much, you think except it's 2 percent every year. go

they've been cutting it. >> and ryan, you know, when you look at the breakdown of cuts in paul ryan's budget, again, this bringing the public sector into play, where they have been the ones that have obstructed. the breakdown of cuts in ryan's new budget, $2.7 trillion in medicaid and health subsidies. $137 billion in food stamps or s.n.a.p. $125 billion pell grants or low income college students. $250 billion school lunch, child nutrition, et cetera. but he adds, ryan, $483 billion in defense spending. now, all these cuts are actually worse than in prior years. the ryan budgets are actually getting worse, not better. >> there is a missing step in the ryan plan. he thinks that if you take benefits away from people, you take help away from people, that will kind of force them into the job market. but the step he is missing is that there aren't enough jobs. >> right. >> there are already millions more people looking for jobs than we have jobs. and as melissa said, you know, there are 100,000 fewer public jobs today than there were a year ago. and hundreds of thousands fewer than there w

basically they were saying the same thing, paul ryan is a guy who speaks to poverty all the time andeople out of poverty. he is pointing to something that may be true, no matter background. >> michelle obama is pointing it out. >> they both were saying the same thing. >> if we care about kids, how did we get to a point you cannot tell the truth, and this is what i think both michelle obama and paul ryan are saying, and the idea is to say it in the hopes that we can make life better for them. >> that is what paul ryan was doing, and unfortunately the race card is always used. it is unbelievable, you can't even say what he said without someone calling you a racist and then playing the tape and people agreeing. on bill mamer's panel. >> i don't care who said it. if john wayne gacy said murder is wrong, it is wrong. they get into the context. >> we get into this game it is not racist if somebody is saying it -- >> i'm not a big fan of bill mama maher's, i always stood up for his right to free speech, everybody wants to fire colbert, fire your husband, i'm sick of it. we have to be able t

paul ryan's budget hurts. their actions hurt, and they are emboldened by conversations that we have been exposed to over the weekend by people who are the power brokers. let's see. the ryan budget, very clear who he wants to hurt. repealing obamacare. how many times have they voted to do that? how about stopping unemployment. they want to do that? they certainly don't want to give any extensions to help folks out, and of course public school vouchers, they're attacking unions, workers, teachers, and they want to privatize everything. want to go after food stamp cuts and of course increased voting rights restrictions. those aren't coming from the democrats. you see radical talk in this country leads to radical policies like this. i do believe that the conservatives in this country continue to few racism by their policies that attack minorities in this country, and try to keep the works folk down. it emboldens people who are in power to say what they say with absolutely no response whatsoever. kids are watching.

paul ryan admits he splits americans up into two categories. the makers and the takers. ryan's budget the basically punishes the so-called takers. when i was in lore raain, ohio, man didn't appreciate being called a taker. >> some politicians, one in particular, paul ryan, that would call a guy like you a taker. >> do you know what i've taken in my life? i've taken a lot of [ bleep ]. i've been pushed around at jobs, i've been the lower seniority person so the lower seniority people get the worst jobs. it's the way it works. but i've never taken anything that i didn't deserve. and if they say that i'm a taker for collecting unemployment because my job is not there at this moment for me to work, in the state of ohio, i have to put in two applications a week to try to find a job. i just had to -- i just paid money out of my pocket which my funds are already tight to rebuild my computer today so that i can pull my resume out so i can accepted my resume to places. i'm not a taker. i just don't want to be taken advantage of. and that's pretty much how i feel about that. >> how

this is really paul ryan's and republicans plan.s is their campaign platform from 2014 and paul ryan's platform from 2016. so don't take it seriously as a budget. but it is crucial and unusual and ought to be barred to the constitution. >> those are strong words. tell us how you really feel. i want to drill down on that in a second. interesting point that it is primarily political signaling. let's go to ed. how do you think the budget as extreme as you just heard it is in secretary reich's terms, how is it it different from previous budgets? paul ryan has come out with splashy announcements. >> i don't think it's that much different. it's a philosophical issue whether we're going to increase spending from a high level of 22% of gdp or bring it back in line withes s es i historical l. what sacrifices and compromises would we have to make. i think it's unfair to say that the budget is bad for the middle class. i do think the budget is perhaps bad for the poor. it certainly targets cuts at poverty more than it targets cuts at the middl

let me tell you, that may be paul ryan's vision of how america works. but that's not our vision of this great country. >> so we all know that vice president joe biden has a way with his words. and yesterday was a prime exam a spell of that. his wife, dr. jill biden, was discussing her role as a community college educator during a convention in washington and that's when the veep offered his own take on what it's like being married to a teacher. >> i thank you for what you do and i mean that sincerely. jill is probably right, i think i have the same attitude did i not sleep with a cutie college professor every night. the same one. the same one. >> good recovery there. so we want to shift to our twitter question. we want to find out if this will freak you out a bit. check out human barbie doll. gq interviewed the 20 something ukranian model who looks just like the fashion doll. and we simply want your reaction to seeing her. she's getting quite a response on soerl media. so tweet us your most creative answers using the #way too early. no, i'm not trying t

who knew it was going to be paul ryan giving them an tonight to flip the script. >> send him a thank note. he's mobilizing the democratic base because he's going to say we want to cut all of these programs and these are programs that affect people's lives tanningab tangiblely. and i think he's going to demobilize some of those republicans. i'm looking for a two-fer here. >> governor palin was upset it wasn't evil enough. i call this the boo radly budget because it's never going to leave the house. this isn't a budget plan, it's erotica fiction he's written for the koch brothers. it's about he wants to be president, he's auditions for tea party idol and you're going to iowa, dog, that's all this is about. after eight years of the bush unlimited credit card presidency, this president says the bill is here, kids and it's in your mailbox. >> the thing i do respect, he's being honest. we got to give him that, right? >> okay. >> particularly last night in his interview, he talked about the most popular, things people like the most, coverage for preexisting conditions different rates for pe

republican congressman paul ryan and obamacare. does ryan think it is a done deal? to washington to talk with al hunt. ♪ >> paul ryan is already one of the most important members of the republican party. you can expect even more from him next year when he's expected to come to -- to become the writer in the house. here's what he has to say about the affordable care act. chris the problem with obamacare, as we are watching the slow rolling fiasco is that rates are going to be really high. you're going to kick a lot of people on endurance, you're putting people on a broken system like medicaid, and oh by the way, providers get hit with massive provider cuts which means according to the actuaries at cms, providers are going to start to go out of business. this is not going to work. al hunt is with us this morning. even after the administration met its 7 million person enrollment goal, clearly republicans like paul ryan are not letting up. i know you and ryan talked about what republicans will do if they win both legislatures in the upcoming midterms. what did he say? >

tonight's question: are you happy paul ryan never became vice president? text a for yes, b for no to 6722. you can go to our blog always as msnbc.com. i'm not responsible for that text question tonight. but i thought it was a good one. it's fun when you win. you got to smile when you win. i am so happy that there are people with cancer across america that won't be denied. don't you think they could bring themselves to saying that? for more, let me bring in minnesota congressman keith ellisson. your thoughts on paul ryan's budget that repeals obamacare and offers no replacement? >> well, i'm not surprised at all. all along the way they have had the opportunity to talk about what they would do to improve healthcare for americans. they have failed utterly in every single step. now that paul ryan unvails his budget, which by the way cuts about 3 million jobs by 2017, we're not surprised. i mean, at the end of the day i think americans are beginning to see that the republican program of cutting things that they need, of cutting jobs, of not prioritizing america

budget, i understand that your caucus is meeting with paul ryan tomorrow.k you about that. first let's have a reminder of his comments that got him into trouble with people who critiqued him with being potentially racist. take a look. >> 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 val tour of work. there's a real culture problem that has to be dealt with. >> it's important to note that paul ryan did say it is clear that i was inarticulate about the point i was trying to make. i was not implicating the culture of one community but society as a whole. but clearly there's it meeting happening which is viewed as partly response to that. first of all, what do you think of those comments? and second of all, what do you hope will come of your conversations with congressman ryan? >> those definitely were comments that weren't based on facts or evidence. were really rooted in this narrative that has been designed to explain away differe

on the day when we hear that millions of americans have signed up, paul ryan says they should all be but besides that, i have to admit, my expectations were high for this budget. after all, over the past few months, congressman ryan has become the anti-poverty crusader for the gop. >> concern for the poor, it is not some policy niche. this goes to the very, very heart of the american experiment itself. we want to make sure that our poverty fighting programs are meant to get at the root cause of poverty, to break the cycle of poverty, get people out of poverty. >> this is why i am focused on poverty these days. >> hear that? he is focused on poverty these days. and his focus on poverty means a budget. that makes a budget that is -- makes a special effort. but what does he do? he makes an effort to gut medicaid, that ruins medicare as we know it, and then destroys the current food stamp program. but he is not done will. he also wants to cut pell grants for low income college students, cut pensions for federal workers. even get rid of money for public broadcasting. yes, taking a page fro

we're waiting for the unveiling, as we said, of paul ryan's budget. we'll see you shortly. >>> meantime, let's check the news feed this morning. the governor of washington asking president obama to declare a major disaster in his state so victims of that deadly mudslide can get quick access to federal relief funds. the death toll is now 24, with 22 still listed as missing, that down from 30. so members of the seattle seahawks stopped by yesterday to sign autographs and help serve dinner, a welcome distraction from families still going through so much. >>> the u.s. is considering the release of convicted spy jonathan pollard to try to salvage peace talks. pollard was arrested in 1985, after passing secret documents to israel. he could be payrolled in the -- paroled in the middle of the month. john kerry met with benjamin netanyahu to try to mediate a dispute between the release of palestinian prisoners. >>> the west is closely watching russian troop movements along the ukrainian border. russia said yesterday it was pulling back some of its troops, alth

so no, i'm not on board with paul ryan. >> what about you?not what we want or what we can get, but i watched "house of cards" for two seasons, and i don't trust anything coming out of the white hou house. >> and i don't believe you will see a cameo role, but now he has moved on to immigration reform, and he is hitting the gang of eight for amnesty, and he is just apparently on the way to the chair of the way s as and t means, and the power at the top. >> yes, the most powerful republican. from what i understand of the blueprint, there are serious stab at the entitlement reform, and removing the government c control of fannie and freddie and so on, but to sarah palin's point, he does not address the here and now. >> i love that plug. >> well, i have a special part in my heart for paul ryan, but sarah palin is correct to the point that it is not dealing with the here and now, and not the current deficit, but it is dealing with the future congress or president will deal with the numbers, and there is no assurance of that. >> right. and pollard t

. >>> turn to paul ryan has taken plenty of criticism in the budget. fallon might think he has another motive. >> paul ryan released the budget proposal for 2015. saying it would balance federal spending in ten years. it's a detailed plan he lays out month by month. take a look, in january of 2015, he wants to have obamacare repealed. in february he wants to begin enacting $5 trillion in cuts. march, increase defense spending. did you see april? let see may. i think i know what's going on here. he's trying to sell us the 2015 calendar. budget hunks in 2015. >>> paul ryan looks like don n dondo donny duetch there. >>> you brought us important news gun show out of russia. putin's divorce is final. he's back on the market with pictures like this. how could the late night resist his charm. >> pew st-- putin is officially divorced from his wife. you know, they look so happy. that's what smiling looks like in russia. this, by the way, bring other picture up. this is the woman putin is supposedly dating now. i think she's giving birth to herself. >>> coming i

but despite this, paul ryan and his fellow republicans are looking to destroy programs for these very people. the house gop voted almost unanimously for a budget where 69% of the cuts target low income americans. cutting lifelines like the food stamp program, like medicaid. even abolishing the affordable care act. why? because we need to get serious. >> so if washington is serious about helping working families or getting names out of work back to back, then it needs to get serious about our national debt. how do we do it? first, we stop spending money we don't have. >> it literally takes from the poor to give to the rich. that's wrong. and democrats are exposing this failed vision. elizabeth warren writes, we can't pretend if big government disappear, so will society's toughest problems. that's just magical thinking and is also dangeroustying. it is dangerous, and she's not going to let ryan and the republicans get away with it. >> paul ryan looks around, sees three unemployed workers for every job opening in america and blames the people who can't find a job. paul ryan says keep the

paul ryan has done a very serious job. and he's asked folks on the other side of the aisle to come with him. just witness what he did last year with senator -- a couple months ago with senator murray. paul is a serious guy that understands that growth and getting tax rates right is the most important thing to grow the pie so that we can do the things that are important for the country. and unfortunately there is not enough engagement on the other side for paul ryan -- >> but even on his side, jimmy, paul ryan has not found a lot of republicans to agree with him to go out on a limb to say we have the entitlement problem. and what he's proposed is hardly draconian, but even that limited effort, and i do not say thatgl congressman. it gets him in a whole heap of trouble and all the character that rises is a monster. you know? >> you're right. when we talk about a whole leap of trouble, it's ridiculous that that is a whole heap of trouble. politicians should care first about their country before they care about whether or not

paul ryan is not going anywhere. he is the budget committee chair now.is going to be either the ranking member or the chair of ways and means committee. he is a leader. we want to put these ideas on the table, and the congressional black caucus like barbara lee, and our chair marcia fudge, we v have worked very, very hard on putting together a responsible budget that looks at deficit reduction and lifting the people out of poverty and helping the economy grow, and something that we don't believe that the ryan budget does at all. >> and let me get a couple of quick comments on a up kofl things in the news this morning. and big news out of wisconsin, the federal judge striking down your state's voter i.d. law, and shortly after you tweeted victory for voting rights and a judge ruled that it violates the constitutional rights of minority and low income voters and how important is this ruling? >>> it is extremely important, because it invokes section 2 of the voting right act. you know, in the previous decisions, the argument has always been that the sbinteg

and paul ryan's gift to the democrats. nearly all congressmen right now, all men, running in the senate against democrats voted for the ryan budget which cuts medicare. you can bet democrats will make something of that. finally, another senate candidate in iowa may well have run an ad about castrating hogs. she's tough. this is "hardball." ♪ [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwater fans that are powered by the moon. ♪ she can print amazing things, right from her computer. [ whirring ] [ train whistle blows ] she makes trains that are friends with trees. ♪ my mom works at ge. ♪ >>> a leading conservative voice says it's time for the republicans to give up their obsession with benghazi. here's the great charles krauthammer on fox news. >> politically speaking, the administration has won. they ran out the clock. if we had a select committee from the beginning, really had coherent hearing unlike what we've had, which were disjointed hearings, we really would have been somewhere. we would have gotten to the bottom of this. but as

. -- >> later, paul ryan will be talking.on facebook, we are asking the question would paul ryan make a good president? you can go online to share your comments. he said based on the budget keeps trying to pass, i will say no. said he is an intelligent man i think will actually be an ok president. tomorrow, live coverage from the freedom summit hosted by citizens united. they are meeting in manchester, new hampshire with remarks by rand paul and ted cruz and former arkansas governor mike huckabee and a donald trump. you can share your comments on facebook.com and via twitter. panchat.#cs a.m.arts tomorrow at 10:00 on c-span. >> during this month, c-span is pleased to show our winning entries. studentcam is the annual competition that encourages middle and high school students to think critically about issues. students were asked to create their documentary answering the question, what is the most important issue the u.s. congress should consider in 2014? second prize winner benjamin -- is ann a greater eighth grader. he is co

so congressman paul ryan's house gop federal plan to cut spending by $5.1 trillion by 2024 by cutting essential programs came really not exactly as a surprise this week but the key numbers this week that could change the game for those in the 99% is 5 and 4. that is, 5 to 4 because that was how the supreme court voted in mrk c mccutchen versus the fec. but hold up. if you think that the 1% will be the ones benefitting from this ruling, i hate to break it to you, because it's actually the .1%. and even the .01% who are leaving all the rest of us in the dust. while the .1% has had its ups and downs with the u.s. wealth share in the last century, one thing is for sure, things are looking pretty good for them lately. and when we look at this next chart in terms of distribution of wealth by class, the potential effects of mccutchen versus fec decision with regards to the political process become devastatingly clear. the washington post produced the following graphic which shows how much the campaign finance flood gates have been opened. before the mccutchen decision a single donor could co