says rand paul.re the ones who ought to be telling the white house congress, which has the congressional authority only congress to declare war. congress should be telling the white house when they can use drones and when they can't. >> we shouldn't be asking him for drone memos. we should be giving him drone memos. we shouldn't be asking him how he's going to run the drone program. we should be telling him how he's to run the drone program. that is our authority. he -- >> bill: he is so right about that. i gotta tell you rand paul, double win yesterday for the american people and for the constitution of the united states. and for the united states senate. he conducts a real filibuster and a real filibuster on an issue where we should be up in arms over this expanded use of drones without knowing what the legal authority, what the moral authority regarding its use and without having any idea of there any limits on the use of drones. good for rand paul. what do you think? 1-866-55-press. i'm not going

senator rand paul, i guess you could say he's having his moment in the spotlight. an't do enough interviews right now. paul's 13-hour talking filibuster is earning him praise from republicans and just has the country talking. rand paul, think about this, has been running his mouth. his buddies in the senate were quietly blocking confirmation of kaitlin haligan, president obama's nominee to the u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit. it was a silent filibuster. we've heard of them, haven't we? all senate republicans had to do was withhold votes to block haligan's nomination. for the second time in two years. we've been down this road before. unlike rand paul, they never had to face the american people on the floor and explain why they didn't want this to happen. and know who's to blame for all of that? harry reid. but time out. here's what harry reid said on the senate floor today. >> we should all reflect on what happened yesterday as we proceed with other nominations including a lot of judicial nominations. this can be a senate where ideas are debated in full p

rand paul admitted yesterday that he is seriously -- >> bill: they will never nominate rand paul. >> ight bill. and kathleen says i'm sorry, but if you listen close, loony rand was talking bs. he was just seeking at attention. >> bill: when rand paul -- i met grassley's chief of staff and he pointed out we should not be asking for memos from the white house about when they can use drones. we should be sending them memos. steve calling from hollywood, hi, steve. >> caller: hi, there bill. i think i can speak on behalf of all of the fans of your program, when i say that -- you know, your agreement with rand paul on this, what a great credible and logical observer of the public scene and commentator you are, and gives you even more credibility than you always have had. and he is right about this. the guy is one of the crown prince's of the republican party, but rand paul is right babb this, and he was smart to do what he did. but by you agreeing with him it shows what a credible commentator you are. >> bill: i must tell you i was a little nervous because i kept waiting for the but. i lik

so when rand paul goes on about liberty and privacy he's not just talking about your right not to be drones he's talking about businesses right to exploit workers and libertarians like senator webb senator rand what rand paul waxed poetic about the evils of government it's tempting for us of the left to agree with them on their government does a lot of screwed up things whether it's overthrowing democratically elected leaders or bailing out banks there's the federal government has a tainted record when it comes to protecting democracy but it's important to remember that while the rand pauls america we would have a drone war we also wouldn't have a middle class if rand paul and his buddies had their way we'd be back in the gilded age working eighty hours a week for pennies. here to talk more about rand paul in the real libertarianism is mike papen tonio attorney and host of ring of fire radio welcome back might. and ring of fire t.v.'s well let's talk about the locker case why would libertarians like rand paul want to turn back the clock. well they want to turn it back because they act

so when rand paul goes on about liberty and privacy he's not just talking about your right not to be drones he's talking about businesses right to exploit workers and libertarians like senator webb senator rand what rand paul waxed poetic about the evils of government it's tempting for us of the left to agree with them on government does a lot of screwed up things whether it's overthrowing democratically elected leaders or bailing out banks toure's the federal government has a tainted record when it comes to protecting democracy but it's important to remember that while the rand pauls america we would have a drone war we also wouldn't have a middle class if rand paul and his buddies had their way we'd be back in the gilded age working eighty hours a week for pennies. here to talk more about rand paul in the real libertarianism is mike papen tony attorney and host of ring of fire radio welcome back. and ring of fire t.v.'s well let's talk about the locker case why would libertarians like rand paul want to turn back the clock. well they want to turn it back because they actually want a

of all people, rand paul stands up.y now have been doing a filibuster led by rand paul as you see there for eight hours joined by eight different senators to help them along by asking questions of. of those eight senators only one is a democrat, and he deserves a lot of credit. there he is. where are the other senators? where are the other democrats? where are the so-called progressives? where are the so-called liberals of the senate. where is elizabeth warren, where is burnie sanders. i'll talk to you in a second about what he thinks about this. there he is live, rand paul still going. i disagree with rand paul in a hundred different ways but god bless him for standing up on this. >> it's equivalent to making war on the country than the johnson and nixon administrations should have bombed every elite college in america in the early 1960s. >> cenk: now, look he mentioned nixon there. do you remember what nixon famously said and got in a world of trouble for basically if the president does it then it is legal. eric holde

rand paul or john mccain? ♪ who are you, who, who, who >> if you're sitting in a cafe and somebody thinks you e-mailed your cousin in the middle east -- >> to say we would hit them in a cafe with a hell fire missile. president obama started this. president obama is expanding this. >> as much as i disagree with president obama, i think you have been responsible in the use of the drone program. >> no one will ever forget jane fonda. >> the use of jane fonda's name does evoke certain memories with me. >> that's one thing if you want to try her for treason, but are you going to just drop a drone hell fire missile on jane fonda. >> to somehow allege or infer that the president of the united states is going to kill somebody like jane fonda is, frankly, ridiculous. >> there are some limits to filibustering, and i'm going to have to go take care of one of those in a few minutes here. ♪ i really want to know ♪ who are you, who, who, who ♪ who are you, who, who, who >> it is a very busy day in washington. john brennan,

they don't root for anybody now. >> they don't root for rand paul, pat buchanan and-- >> rand paul andhey must love ted cruz, come on. >> sean: as a citizen, the guy went to school, wow, impressive. he never broke a law, did everything right, raised a wonderful family, good husband, good father. my god, he didn't even get a speeding ticket. does chris know in his own book the guy admits to being a the gang and smoking pot and blow, and that wasn't legal at the time was it? >> chris mathews is in joe biden land somewhere. if you use chris mathews' logic, they're supportive of ted cruz and ted cruz is responsible. let me tell you, chris donner, the man who killed the cop in california, who was one of his heroes? chris mathews, who he wrote about and said he admired his work. should we told chris mathews responsible? by chris mathews' own logic, chris mathews should be blamed for that murder, which is insanity. >> sean: we don't go that, you don't take political opponents constantly calling everybody a racist, he's lost his mind. good to see you, brent. appreciate it. all right, so many p

i give rand paul credit for this. there always has been isolationist wing of the republican party that i think has been right. they are reluctant to commit american forces overseas. the neokahns are willing to go and commit troops overseas. you are seeing the emergence of once again, i don't mean isolation in a bad way. i think it's a good reason. >> eric: the problem mitch mcconnell the other senator didn't show up to the senate floor until 11:17 p.m. which is 11-1/2 hours in to rand paul's filibuster. where was he? ted cruz was there helping out. marco rubio was there helping out. wouldn't you think the others, the senior senator from the same state would show up to help the fellow senator out? >> kimberly: team spirit? >> greg: he was at my place. >> eric: that explains it. >> kimberly: different kind of holdup. >> greg: a big story here is about the media. the fact that if you are a liberal president, popular president you can do almost anything because the media generally shares your assumptions. it took somebody

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caller: i was surprised that rand paul won the straw poll.feel it heard the same old --toric this time around like we heard the same old rhetoric this time around. but a different tone, as if they noticed that the party is in trouble. i'm scared that ted cruz said he wants to cut the department of education, but i thought his speech was great. that's all i have. host: elizabeth will be our last call, from oregon, on the republican's line. caller: this has given me a new hope to take back our country, america. i am tired of being told to sit shut up and sit down, we're going to take your big gulp away from you. i'm excited about the fact that we are going to start conversing with each other, conservatives, on the social media basis. this is what is going to take. i love america. i've been depressed. this is given me a new hope for america. a young generation is coming up, and a wonderful conservative state of mind to run our country. i am very blessed for all of these people who have taken this into consideration, and thank god for rand paul.

rand paul is doing that now. they brought action to a assault over an issue that needs more scrutiny. can the government use drones to kill potentially an american citizen on american soil. something that as you point out is hypothetical and what disturbed rand paul and others is that the attorney general sort of left wiggle room. not absolutely ruleing it out and sort of setting up a scenario where there might be in fact a battlefield on american soil. that's something that rand paul said is not a part of what the constitution provides. not part of what the oath of the president or the attorney general provides. he wants to shine a light on that. he said he expect that is the president will speak to this more for the american public and senator who is have these concerns to get an idea of what the policy is. it has been controversial all along and thought to have been very effective by being able to kill terrorists that were suspected outside the u.s. and even some who might have been american citizens who had g

that was, of course, rand paul.is epic filibuster in 12 hours and 50 minutes later there he is something of a hero. here he is ending it. >> i would go for another 12 hours to try to break strom thurmond's record but i've discovered there are some limits to filibustering and i'm going to have to go take care of one of those in a few minutes here. thank you very much for the forbearance and i yield the floor. >> i don't know why he referenced hitler, now he's reference strom thurmond. anyway, senator paul's filibuster was old school, the kind of performance people imagine when they hear filibuster and think of jimmy smith and mr. stewart goes to washington. without having to utter a peep, senate republicans are able to block president obama's nominee to the u.s. court of appeals kaitlyn halligan. the practice has been vilified by democrats and republicans. when you're a minority, it's a potent tool. senator tom udall pushed to end the silent filibuster at the end of this congress and is committed to fill bust he refo

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and rand paul is fearless.mike lee of utah, like some of these other younger republican senators, ted cruz now, they're not afraid of older senators. they're willing to kind of break some china and mccain and lindsey graham are coming right back at them. as you said, in support of a democratic president. >> john, what did you see yesterday? >> well, i think it's interesting. "time" says in its headline, the drone debate scrambles both left and right. there are a set of issues, and particularly issues that resolve around civil iberties that standard partisan categories don't work very well. it's not only that there's fractures, fissures, you have pat leahy, totally respectable democratic senator who voted no on the brennan confirmation. you have ron wyden, the senator from oregon, who's very much on rand paul's side on this issue of drones. so you have these civil libertarian questions. you have the libertarian impulse that lives on the left and the right. you see suddenly the even weirder bedfellows and the not

there is a huge difference between ron widen and rand paul. rand paul is stark raving mad. perfectly reasonable to give a standing ovation to ron widen and to sit on your hands when the crazy man speaks. stand up for rand. stand with rand. perfectly reasonable not to stand with rand and to give a standing ovation with him. >> but then again, if ron widen isn't standing to his credit he was on the floor. one second the guy talked for 13 hours. do you think there is more than 14 minutes of actual contact in that that psychopath said on the senate floor. if you want to stand with rand, do you want to stand with all of the vile spewing madness that came out of that crazy person's mouth or do you want to stand with 15 minutes of it. that is your choice. so it is -- if you want to choose the 15 minutes that is fine. you are standing with a crazy person. >> the other choice would have been with ron widen to have taken the floor. >> why 12 or 13 hours. >> we are talking about it. >> that is what it accomplished. >> the vote passed with 63 votes. and look what it did. it brought a l

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i like rand paul. he's a very intelligent guy. he made some good points. but he does look -- i hate to say, he can look a little nutty. and anytime anybody talks for 12 hours you're going to look nutty. and it's the old guard who have been ineffective. they've lost the white house.

>> i'm proud of rand paul. i'm proud of him for standing up for the rights of the americans and the constitution and i'm proud of him for pushing the senate and actually having a genuine filibuster, which is the right of a senator. and i'm proud of him for getting all of us, as you are tonight, to pay some attention. this is a serious question. we have evolved into a world where the president of the united states basically signs off on killing people, on a remarkable frequency, and the question is whether or not that can, a, ever be applied domestically and b, whether to americans unless they're enemy combatants. it's worthy of a law with that kind after decision. we don't want to give anybody power to kill an american citizen without due process of law. >> greta: are you surprised that the senators have rallied up to help him out. senator rubio, senator barrasso, senator widen, a democrat, and a body of a hundred senators. >> well, i think more will come in and i think courage ultimately attracts others, and i

the wall street journal slamming rand paul, fight! fight! fight!id the clarification, but it's obviously what i assume he meant, engage a combatant not just -- >> yeah, the president is going to sen a drone to someone sitting in a cafe or jane fonda hypothetically protesting a government policy. >> but i don't know if we would have gotten that clarification without this stunt. so i'ming kind of glad he did it. >> stephanie: fight! fight! fight! [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: center filibuster on cia nominee divides the gop. >> good. >> stephanie: they were so cohesive before this. tea and then a he. over rand paul's old school filibuster. mitch mcconnell, mitch mclipless. [ mumbling ] >> what? >> stephanie: i think he has -- [ mumbling ] >> mitch mcconnell and a filibuster just wouldn't be a good thing. >> stephanie: how long does it take them to figure out if he said yay or nay. yay or nay senator. >> what? >> grrrrrr, let me think about this for a while. i've got all the time in the wooooorld. noo -- >> stephanie: and he has a whi

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 not terribly popular right now. not good news for democrats in this seat. >> they have to play defense. republicans haven't done well in presidential contests or senate contests in quite a while a while in michigan, but a retirement does create an open seat. some of the names on the democrat side, democrats seem to like congressman gary peters, and then on the republican side one name that's popped up is congressman mike rogers. >> as well as dave camp. he only has two more years as chairman of the ways and means committee. still ahead, we'll get the obama administration's take on the

>> well, i will say this about ron paul and i think rand paul is a more realistic version of ron paul draw very enthusiastic crowds, very diverse crowds and young crowds, and i think a rand paul will be able to tap into some of that. i do think there is this deep distrust of the government that borders on conspiracy theories, but in a lot of ways i think there's this deep distrust and misgivings around a lot of the big institutions that people think have failed them. and in many ways i think that rand paul will be able to tap into that successfully. moderate republicans are a little afraid of rand paul because they feel like -- >> who, who? moderate republicans? who are -- i'm sorry, who are they? i'm not sure -- who are they? do they exist? i didn't know they existed. >> nia-malika henderson and toure, obviously one hour is not enough for toure. coming up, russell simmons says the nra can keep their yankee hat wearing spokesman and their african-american campaigns for themselves. stay with us. >> any male catholic can be elected pope. >> any male catholic, huh? i already know a male

senator rand paul won with 25%. marco rubio was a close second at 23 and former presidential candidate rick santorum a disthird at 8%. the cpac meeting highlighted the disagreement over the best way for the party to broaden its base. matt kibbe. gentlemen, back to fox news sunday. congressman latourette you talked about the 40 to 50 chuckle heads your phrase in the house who are blocking senator or rather speaker boehner from making a budget deal with the president. what is it about the tea party freshmen that make them chuckleheads? >> i don't think i would say that it is all the tea party freshmen. 40 or 50 in the 112th congress that seemed more interested in voting no going home than governing and that comment was made after plan b chris and plan b was to just raise taxes on people making over a million dollars. >> and it was the opening gap but and would have given the speaker the opportunity to go to the white house and over to the senate and say here i have a package and now let's continue our negotiations. wh

rand paul can be pretty wacky. he's talking about the united states government hitting somebody in a cafe. i imagine a cafe on some street corner sipping their -- not grand marnier, sipping their coffee, and all of a sudden a drone comes in because they said the wrong thing politically. i don't think that's going to happen in this country of ours. do you think it's something we should be debating whether it should happen? >> well -- >> are you asking me? >> go ahead, cynthia. >> rand paul used a very extreme example to call attention to this issue of targeted killings, and i think the question we should be asking is not whether a drone is going to descend, bring hell fire on some american sitting having coffee just because of something they said, but rather what is it that brings an american citizen, or for that matter a foreign national, onto this list? how do you get on the president's targeted killings list? who makes those decisions? what's the rationale? unfortunately, this whole policy is so shrouded in secre

yes, i, too, am troubled with rand paul. i don't know that i find myself in agreement with him often but on a stopping clock occasionally he's right. >> did you watch last night because i said a broken clock is right twice a day. >> i didn't see that. >> let me go to cynthia. my question is this. rand paul can be pretty wacky, and he's talking about sitting in some cafe on the corner sipping their coffee and all of a sudden a drone comes in because they said the wrong thing politically. i don't thing that's going to happen in this country of ours. is this something we should be debating whether it should happen? >> are you asking me? >> rand paul used a very extreme example to call attention to this issue of targeted killings, and i think the question we should be asking is not whether a drone is going to descend -- bring hellfire on some american sitting having coffee because of something they said but rather what it is that bring answer american citizen or for that matter a foreign national onto this list. how do you get o

rand paul has a broad appeal. just from being a reporter here at cpac i think he has a strong chance of winning the straw poll. john mccain has just apologized for that comment. i think mccain realizes that the party is moving in a different direction. the appeal of a nonintervention of foreign policy is picking up speed within the party and rand paul stopped by national review earlier this week. he's a charismatic figure and that matters in politics. this is a guy who resonates with a lot of people and i think he has a bright future in republican politics. >> did john mccain revised his remark? i did not know that. >> he apologized. >> good for him. he was jealous that someone could stand up for 12 hours without urinating. >> rand paul had help with other folks. i agree with the fact that we ought to be putting pressure on the justice department and the administration to come forward with a lot of clearances. what was your take on it? situation he's in, many conservatives -- his father rand walk into a room and i

and rand paul has them even more backwards than paul ryan does.ut, you know, there's no, you know, it's like talking to a brick wall. there's nothing that can be done and there's no negotiation that can be made with such people. >> i wonder, heather, how much of a liability this is going to be in 2014. you now have mitch mcconnell and john cornyn and ted cruz on record supporting turning the social -- basically tearing the social safety net asunder. and the question is, are they going to be held accountable for those positions? >> here's the question, you have the base of the republican party completely still supporting a balanced approach to the budget mess. actually raising taxes on millionaires and billionaires. adamantly opposed to raising the social security age. so, actually, the sort of rank and file republican members, even in these districts and states we're talking about, are actually really in step with the president's approach. so, it depends. it depends on how much the sort of progressive movement really gets behind making sure that t

>>chris: republican senators john mccain and rand paul trading some pretty tough shots about paul's recentibuster over the president's drone policy. it is time now for our sunday group. bill you have an editorial in the latest issue of the weekly standard and you say that rand paul is wrong on national security as a matter of policy and politics. why, especially is he wrong on the matter of politics? >> the republican party to the degree that it is successful and important part and contributed to the american well-being the last 50 or 60 years has been the party of strong national security. republicans were not, you can say it is stale or moss covered but some of us are proud to come to washington, dc, to work for ronald reagan, and some of us are proud to support the bush administration after 9/11 and fighting our enemies and the problem with the obama administration is not that it is too assertive in the war but the problem is we are retreating around the world and emboldening our enemies. if rand paul wants to be to the left of the obama administration, he can try. maybe there is some s

and, yes, i, too, am troubled by rand paul. i don't find myself in agreement with him often, but a stopped clock occasionally he's right. and on the use of drones -- >> did you watch last night? because i said a broken clock is right twice a day. >> i didn't see that. great minds think alike. >> let me go to cynthia. my question is this. rand paul can be pretty whacky and he's talking about the government hitting somebody seeing in a cafe, some street corner somewhere sipping their coffee, and all of a sudden a drone comes in because they said the wrong thing politically. i don't think that's going to happen in this country of ours. do you think it's something we should be debating whether it should happen? >> rand paul used a very extreme example to call attention to this issue of targeted killings. we should be asking not whether a drone will bring hell fire on some american sitting having coffee just because of something they said, but, rather, what is it that brings an american citizen or for that matter a foreign national

meantime, on the senate floor today, senators mccain and graham both gave shall i say a thumb down to rand paul's 13-hour filibuster on drones. >> mr. paul wants to be taken seriously, he needs to do more than pull political stunts this fire up impressionable kids in their college dorms. he needs to know what he's talking about. to somehow allege or infer that the president of the united states is going to kill somebody like jane fonda or someone who disagrees with the policies is a stretch of imagination which is, frankly, ridiculous. >> to my republican colleagues, i don't remember any of you coming down here suggesting that president bush was going to kill anybody with a drone. you know? i don't even remember the harshest critics of the -- of president bush on the democratic side. they had a drone program back then. >> and as the latest drama unfolds now from one end of pennsylvania avenue to the other, i'm joined live by correspondent kristen welker and nbc news senior political editor mark murray. we are awaiting the president to sign the expanded violence against women act and joined by joe

let's talk about rand paul and what this means to his rising star, as they were talking about it on foxi thought it was a brilliant political play by paul? >> it was genius. look. i would call it a stunt, except for the fact that he was entirely sincere, and he was entirely right. >> entirely right. you know, in that politico interview as well. rand paul was asked about his run for 2016, potential run. perry he said i think our party needs something new, fresh and different. is rand paul something new, fresh and different that can be thrown into the 2016 run with the chris crist yix or jeb bushs? >> he really is. there's been an emerging rift. remember early 2000 you had two wars where pretty much every republican was in support, and now a small group of republicans led by rand paul that's very skeptical of wars in general. very isolationist. so there is room in the republican party. i think most republicans are where lindsey graham and john mccain are, but rand paul will be a new leader in this part of the party, doesn't like a lot of intervention, and i think he's going to be someone

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joining us senator rand paul.t now and i want to start, on the topic of using drones here on american soil, it's never happened and no one is threatening to do it. in fact, they're saying it's entirely hypothetical and would be extremely unusual that the scenario would even come up. so why make an issue out of it? >> well, you know, the oath of office for the president says i will protect and defend the constitution. it doesn't say i intend to, when it's convenient, and this administration has talked about selective application of the fifth amendment. drone strikes overseas are often done to people in noncombat situations, in restaurants, walking on the street, in cars and in their house while they sleep. that's not the kind of standard we can have in our country. if you're sitting in a cafe, i don't care who you're e-mailing or what you're talking about, if they think you were associated with terrorism, you need to be arrested and you need to get your day in court. this is a fundamental american freeman and that'

>> that's rand paul. i should note since we just play rand paul.n-air realtime correction. i said that he voted for john brennan. he did vote against john brennan. initially he announced that he would. i regret the error. we'll be back after this. up to . now...guaranteed. duracell with duralock. trusted everywhere. duracell with duralock. is it when you've when left work behind,ise? and only the waves remain? is it when stress is replaced by serenity? there's no one answer. but when the moment arrives... ...everything will be perfectly clear. behold...the islands of the bahamas. big time taste should fit in a little time cup. new single serve cafe collections from maxwell house now available for use in the keurig k-cup brewer. always good to the last drop. now available for use in the keurig k-cup brewer. if youthen this willbrids arbe a nice surprise. meet the 5-passenger ford c-max hybrid. c-max come. c-max go. c-max give a ride to everyone it knows. c max has more passenger volume than competitor prius v and we haven't even mentioned... c-max a

the ron paul revolution, the rand paul revolution.tion was getting those folks in place like chris just said. that would be wild. especially to have the rnc wants to sort of move away from caucuses and more towards primaries, right, charlie? >> i think the potential for rand paul to eclipse his father by multiple times over is really great. because his father was a niche candidate. rand paul has some potential crossover appeal. enough to win a general election? i seriously doubt. and that's what you know, i think a lot of republican leaders really fear. is that he could you know, win the republican nomination and take him down to a 64 level loss. but his, his ability to reach far beyond the ron paul constituency -- >> he has more charisma than his dad did. chris i want to get to another story in d.c. that's what the democrats have to do in the 2014 mid-terms to keep the u.s. senate. do they perhaps have a better chance of losing the senate than they do of winning the house? some tough defense, mark begich, land roh, hagen, pryor, bauc

i think rand paul would have done it if a republican were in the white house.s is a very narrow issue about how drones might be used, could they be used in the u.s., could they be used against an american citizen? not at a time on imminent threat, not on a 9/11 days, but on a day you would spot a terrorist going about his or her life. that's the scenario. that's why democrats supported what rand paul did in principle, not that they necessarily wanted to join him, but the idea that this is a policy that needs definition. so they have asked the white house and the attorney general to be more specific. the attorney general did give an answer, saying the white house has no intense to use drones in that way, and the senator and some of his supporters believe that is not definitive enough. >> one thing, angela, you asked what did this prove? it proved bipartisan ship still exists, saying it does exist in d.c., thanks to ron wyden, heading to the floor to speak, the only one democratically elected, to come to the floor yesterday and continue the filibuster. >> el agre

rand paul could have filibustered just by raising his hand and saying filibuster, but rand paul was smartugh to say filibuster, and oh by the way, i'm going to talk to get some attention. >> michael: thanks to david shuster of current tv always the smartest guy in the room. now to the issue that is really a life-threatening national disaster, that's guns. the 82 days since gnutown, 2,496 people have died from gun violence. that's the equivalent of more than one newtown tragedy every single day sense the tragic event. today, gabby giffords called at attention to the issue, and urged congress to act. >> be bold. be courageous. please support background checks. >> michael: the tragic thing is, this issue is being completely overshadowed by all of the other madup washington storms. late this afternoon, background check talks ended in a stalemate. and background checks with the proposal that had looked most likely to pass. democrats might now press on on their own. the east coast storm didn't turn out to be as bad as predicted, but that didn't stop the house committee to cancel the hearing on

had a speech on immigration that even marco rubio praised. >> rand paul is, to me, representing what republicans ought to be doing, and not what priebus is talking about. paul called the harvard university business school and asked for an opportunity to talk to the students about the future of the republican party and the african-american community on april 10. he is not waiting to get the nomination and then put together the outreach programs. he is doing it now. he is doing this on a number of fronts. this is what the republican party has to do. not just worry about the mechanicof the campan. >> i am all for idealizing, idolizing rand paul. this is a fella who has re- created himself. this is the new rand paul. when he ran for senate three years ago, what did he run on? he ran on an electrical wire across the southern border, helicopters and the repeal of birthright citizenship. now is a born-again, he has opened it up. god bless him, and welcome to the cause, but let's not say it is a changing, evolving man. >> charles? >> where do you start? i have 18 items left and eight sec

america, then we will find a place for you. >> after the associated press based on advanced copy of rand paul's speech reported that he endorsed a path to citizenship, senator paul ran away from that as fast as he could. >> i'm not offering a new pathway to citizenship. i am simply saying you can get a work visa and you can get in the normal line. i am not creating a new line for citizenship. >> rand paul's wobbling on immigration left some republicans very confused. >> rand paul is being more conservative than maybe a rubio, and now forget it. he has a lot of people scratching their head, me included. >> today rush limbaugh continued to scratch his head and continued his crusade against the republican national committee's effort to rebrand the party. >> the republicans brand, whatever, image problem, and what they're going to have to do is change the way they are talked about. they don't have to change who they are. these rebranding efforts never work. they never fool anybody. >> nia, it is hard for a republican trying to figure out immigration reform, what should i say today about it. seems t