. >> ron paul had, what three runs for presidency. >> his father was the second-largest fund raiser last time around. so i think right now he'll be able to tap into that without blinking an eye. in new york city he turned out thousands of younger people. you saw the excitement in the audience today. i think the red meat he through them, they are going to grab run, and grab their checks. >> i think you'll see his dad play a quiet role but there is an entire network that ron paul has established that is out there. >> hilary has got to answer for bill clinton and president obama. it reminds me about the region comment about age. >> we'll have to stop it there for now. thank you very much for joining us brian murray and my good friend and colleague, david shuster. we'll pick up on this later. the news continues next live from london. remember for the latest headlines go to aljazeera.com. ♪ >> >>> the u.s. frees up weapons supplies to the anti-coalition in yemen. the u.s. warns of catastrophic attacks in aden. more than 500 have been killed in two weeks of fighting in yemen. hello, you're wat

both his father ron paul had far out opinions swells president obama on foreign policy. >> but ron paul was there today but didn't speak which i think was telling. he vblegd had ron paul griewsing him. he was on the back part of the stalings stage not the main part of the event. >> panel, thank you. it's going to be fun watching 2016 and we are just getting started. haven't heard from the democrats. just two republicans. >> thank you. >> senator rand paul is talking only to sean hannity. >> i think so often we get people who are elected and they spend decade after decade up there. they lose touch with the people. and then nothing changes. we elect republicans that say we want republicans to balance the budget and then republicans do the same thing the democrats do. i ran for office originally as part of this tea party movement because we were upset with republicans who doubled the debt. we were upset with republicans that bailed out the banks. and i still think that now republicans are are in charge of congress we need to stand for something. >> and karl rove joins us. nice to see you k

>> interesting what congressman issa said, and ron paul had his voice and libertarian voice and dr. and maybe ron paul was a little before his time. rand paul is not ron, but he is more republican than libertarian, when it comes to his father. he made all the populist messages that you want in a speech like this. the devil is in the details. i think the country has shifted and a lot of republicans are part libertarian, and i think that is something that ron did not experience but rand paul is experiencing. stuart: i was impressed with the way he phrased all of the different areas on policy on culture, he wants a culture of opportunity. who could disagree with that. on economic policy, tax cuts to bring the money back policy of economic liberty. who could disagree with that? foreign policy the enemy is radical islam. you can't get around it. can we roll that sound bite real fast. that stood out a mile. roll, it please. >> the enemy is radical islam you can't get around it. [ cheers and applause ] and not only will i name the enemy, i will do whatever it takes to defend america from th

there are challenges that go along with that, given that ron paul had some fairly unique idiosyncratic views on certain foreign policy issues that make some people nervous and there are some who automatically assume that rand paul shares those views, even where he down express them, even where he is has expressed sentiments that depart markedly from those of his father. so i think that's challenge that he will have to overcome. but that he is being would hard to address -- working hard to address. just to embrace and identify a foreign policy of his own. i thought it was interesting and unfortunate that he was hit with these attack ads the day of his announcement. and that he was attacked. it was interesting i launched my book our lost constitution, on the same day that rand nouned his presidency, so it ended up becoming a consistent theme in media interviews i did all day long about this. i told rand at the end of the day, i became quite conversant in rand through that process. but i thought it was really unfortunate and unfair he was hit by these people who were saying rand paul is t

got to show he can break beyond the niche libertarian grassroots financial base that his dad, ron paul had lot of connections to big business and business donors at the moment. and finally, he's got to overcome the skepticism of republican foreign policy hawks who are already out attacking him as a noninterventionist, too dovish in an ad on iran policy this morning. >> rand paul supports obama's negotiations with iran. he doesn't understand the threat. >> you know, it's ridiculous to think that there they're a threat to our national security. >> rand paul is wrong, and dangerous. tell him to stop siding with obama because even one iranian bomb would be a disaster. >> reporter: now, of course the fact that scott walker the wisconsin governor, is in a public scrap with president obama, the last 24 hours, underscores rand paul's challenge on foreign policy. and ted cruz is drawing a contrast between rand paul who he's competing with for the tea party vote, over the balance between intelligence gathering and national security, sara. >> john i was going to ask you whether you think based on wha

the flip side though as you know is that rand paul's father, ron, had some fringe ideas particularly on foreign policy. he was very much viewed as an isolationist and that is already hurting rand paul and he's trying and has been for the past year to move away from his father's ideology on that. went from opposing or supporting cuts in the military to more recently increasing cuts in the military as he tried to change and the republican electorate is more hawkish. >> what role ron paul will play in this campaign is a big question. we'll talk more about that later in the hour. dana is on the ground waiting for that big announcement happening soon. dana, thank you so much. republican field getting crowded. a little more crowded. it will get more crowded before we're done. >>> turning our attention to this. the chaos and fighting in yemen is growing worse by the day. a country that's a key u.s. ally in the fight against terrorism. saudi arabia, which is leading an air campaign there, is now asking pakistan for support. aircraft, warships, and maybe most noteworthy, soldiers. possibly sig

ron paul. and he actually had a face-to-face meeting with senator sorenson and his wife at a restaurant here in in which this guy, kasari, gave a $25,000 check to kent sorenson's wife. the check was written on kasari's wife's jewelry business, not the ron paul campaign, but it was part of this effort to woo sorenson over to the paul campaign. so we know for certain that connection. jesse benton, obviously, was running the ron paul campaign, was regularly in iowa, a part of that iowa campaign leading up to the caucuses. >> jason, obviously, with rand paul now starting his own presidential campaign, tapping jesse benton to have this key role in running his campaign, running his super pac, which in some ways is even more important than the way you run the campaign these days, obviously, everyone is wondering if this investigation is going to follow him into his own presidential election efforts, whether jesse benton may end up getting named if the investigation does result in further indictments or anything like that. in the meantime, while we wait for that and we can speculate on that, there is a

>> it's kind of a catch 22 ron paul obviously had a very limited base of support when he ran for president also had a very passionate base of support, people that rand paul would certainly like to have a campaign to build on. these are people who did very well especially in caucus states and very active. they were at all of the events and did well in the straw polls, of course. he wants to get these people out but also knows he can't be the same candidate his dad is. i think that we saw a little bit today, he's really emphasizing the defense aspect. he's staying a noninterventionist but saying he wants to build a big strong national defense, which is where he departs from his father, the biggest area he departs from his father. i expect he's not going to shove his father aside necessarily but going to emphasize that we're all sons of our fathers but not exactly our father either. >> he made a point about national defense but not being a country that is inveflted in nation building. so that dichotomy of where money should be spent, what's coming in, how we're spending it instead of borrowin

people are knowingly, and with consent entering into the agreement, last time, you had pimping for paul, you endorsed ronlinton is the polar opposite of ron paul. >> absolutely, we have numerous reasons. >> one of reasons, i'll vote for hillary clinton, healthcare preform, if health care is not important to you it should be. with the affordable health care act it made it easier for legal working girls to purchase healthinsurance that is important with republican, in office you know they will try to repeal that. >> kennedy, a prostitute could not get insurance, even she had a legal, and a six figure income she could not get insured but now she can. kennedy: there were sev pratt problem with our -- several problem with our health care system before obamacare that would not be m be -- primary co, i know, that dennis, i want to know you have been somewhat politically motivated, you would have to be to fight the fight as you have in nevada. do you endorse candidates with money, and are their candidates who accept donations from you? >> yes, there are. and you know we like to get involved in politics, control

matt: ron paul didn't seem to want it. leo: we had message candidates. these are 12 able people. i find annoying is the fixation on the money. i have been in iowa every four years since puberty. you don't need hundreds of millions of dollars now. you need about $15 million, up to $30 million to know whether you will be alive in the fall. rand paul and the other 11 can easily raise the money necessary to prove they are bona fide using iowa, in after, south carolina is the process goes forward. we fixate too much on the megamoney. ken can jeb had the millions of dollars? i don't really care. rand paul is an able candidate. he is articulate and well schooled. you give him $50 million and you will find out if his party wants him to be the nominee. matt: you're not saying it is not important though right? leo: john conolly raised hundreds of millions of dollars and got one delegate vote. the election isn't in november of 2016.it is in january and february of 2016. it started in april. you better be alive in april as senator paul is suggesting. you have to be alive and able to be alive

paul is an eye doctor and son of former texas congressman ron paul who ran for president three times. his father hadassionate following among libertarians but he never gained enough support within the republican party to make a serious run that is a mistake when paul hopes to avoid. >> reporter: called joins fellow senator ted crews as the only major republican candidate to formally announce their campaigns a recent cnn poll showed paul near the top of the gop pack with 12 percent of the vote. in 2013 paul held a 13 hour filibuster on the senate floor protesting that an essay collection of phone records in what will likely be a crowded republican field poll holds his unique voice stands out >> catherine heenan: citywide power outages hit what washington d.c. today. that outage affected about 2000 customers a was caused by a small explosion and fire at a power station in maryland. the white house was one of the many buildings the did not have power for a while. and officials would homeless securities says that there is no indication that was in the militias activity and the power was backed up by 2:0

bill in boyertown, pennsylvania, a republican who had ported ron paul -- supported ron paul for presidentthe past. give us your thoughts. good morning. caller: good morning, greta. of course i support rand paul. ron paul laid the groundwork for the mobilization in place. i think they can get on all the ballots. it's very interesting. there are people in the republican party, lindsey graham, coming out and trying to diss rand paul. let's face it, if you are for more, they go out and get one of these republican run of the will -- if you are for war then go out and get one of these republican run-of-the-mill. more war more bailouts. if you want a guy that takes a we collect in taxes, spend it here, takes less money from people, then that is what rand paul is standing for. he's not for this big international empire, which is what his father talked about all the time. you know, the one thing i would say is if you are a democrat and you are fed up with both republicans and the democrats, then rand paul is the guy you want to look for. if you go with a rubio ticket or something like that, the la

ron paul did very well in the so-called money bonds where he had the grassroots libertarians and theyou know, run through hot coal for him and gave him a lot of money online. he raised a ton of money in the 2012 gain. rand paul may not be doing's well in that group but theoretically he can expand to the tea party groups and the establishment. when where i have a problem seeing his ability to run as a consensus candidate the hawkish wing of the establishment will ever forgive him given what his past has been. >> and marco rubio is dropping hints all over. >> next week. >> he will announce next week. the other person everybody is waiting for is hillary clinton. and we super-heard that she is going to make an announcement by way of social media. is that the latest version of this? >> think about what candidates need to do. ted cruz needed to get people to notice him. he needed to get attention and gather some names and e-mail addresses to use for fundraising and other purposes. hillary clinton has nothing but attention and millimeters of names. what she needs is in a way to reintroduce h

ron paul who ran for president three times. >> momentum has been continuing. steve: his father had a small but passionate following among libertarians but he never gained enough support within the republican party to make a serious run. that's a mistake rand paul hopes to avoid. >> this message of liberty is for all americans. americans from all walks of life. the message of liberty, opportunity and justice is for all americans. steve: paul joins fellow senator ted cruz as the only major republican candidate to formally announce their campaigns. a recent cnn/org poll showed paul near the top of the g.o.p. pack with 12% of the vote. >> it should have been an easy answer. steve: in 2013 paul held a 13-hour filibuster on the senate floor protesting the n.s.a.'s collection of phone records in what will likely be a crowded republican field paul hopes his unique voice stands out. in northeast, i'm steve manis abc 7 news. leon: jeb bush isn't officially a presidential candidate but the former governor says it's just a matter of time. this morning, he ate breakfast with a group of veterans

had limits. for rand paul to win the white house nomination now, he's been moving toward mainstream gop position. no doubt why here ron paul was seen but not heard. and while some rhetoric mirrored anti-interventional views of his dad like opposing foreign aid -- >> i say it must end. i say not one penny more to these haters of america! >> reporter: -- much of his foreign policy talk was aimed at proving to gop hawks he's no isolationist. >> the enemy is radical islam. you can't get around it. the i will do whatever it takes to defend america from these haters of mankind. >> reporter: but even before he announced, the man who made infamous ads against john kerry released one against paul for his stance on iran. >> rand paul is standing with him. >> reporter: in an unusual move for an announcement speech, paul got into the we'd weeds to explain his iran position, saying he opposes any deal that doesn't end iran's nuclear position. but -- >> trust but verify is in any know goegs negotiation. but the goal is peace, not war. >> reporter: and, jake part of his announcement tour is going to include a stop in south carolina,

. >> it will take place, i just think it would have been much more robust had he run on a more sort of ron paule he was a year ago. but the times have changed. he's adapting to the changing world events. the question is does he lose some of his standing because of that another world event that could become an issue in this campaign and will become a big issue in the country and around the world. the president is going to a regional summit in panama we know that raoul castro will be there. remember we have to go back to the eisenhower administration a long time they didn't have this thing called cable television back then. >> no twitter. >> the question is how much of an interaction, how much of a dialogue between an american president and a cuban leader? a big question for the president is do you take cuba off the list of countries that are state sponsors of terrorism? listen to what the president told npr about it he said he's waiting for a state department recommendation but he is looking to turn the page. >> i don't expect an immediate transformation to cuban/american relationship overnight.

paul. >> jim avila, we thank you. >>> time to check the morning's other headlines. we get it over to ron. you're leading with breaking news on an escaped killer. >> actually we just changed and hadted story overnight is a casino brawl right here in queens. a massive brawl inside of a packed casino here in new york city, the dramatic scene inside the resorts world casino in queen, it happened late friday night captured on cell phone video. two dozen were involved in the melee. chairs were flying in parts of the 4-year-old casino trashed. so far people have been arrested in connection with that fight. no word on how many were injured and now to that story that you're referring to there, dan. new details breaking overnight. a convicted killer at the center of a dramatic prison escape has brian williams captured. kamron taylor, you see him there in possession of a gun and arrested friday. surveillance pictures wednesday from the corrects facility show the 23-year-old wearing the uniform of an officer that he was accused of overpowering and allegedly stealing his keys before making his getaway. >>> a somali militant gro promised more blood bloody attacks. this morning a survivor of t

ron paul? nbc's anthony terrell is here. he has been back out on the road again following everything happening with rand paul. anthony, welcome. thank you for joining us. >> i had that really annoys him is when you start asking him about his father. he doesn't want to be asking about his father at all. >> right. he said he's his own man. he ran in 2010. he has a record to run on. however, he's really leaning on his father's campaign in the early states right now. and a lot of the folks joining rand paul's current campaign are from the ron paul organization. you saw he went on an early state tour in many of those states, they were former ron paul campaign apparatus there. and so what he's trying to do he's separating himself a little built to become more mainstream. but keep the loyalty of his followers. now, at the events i were at, there were no chants of "in the fed." there was no abolish the irs. return to the gold standard. there was no legalize all drugs or end the war on drugs, but it was more sentencing reform. he's trying to become a more mainstream candidate to become more palpable for the mainstream republicans. the coalition he'll need to build on th

. >> i had an experience with him just like that back in the last campaign when he was helping his father ron paul. after the debates in new hampshire the surrogates come into the spin room and ask questions. he was doing that for hid dad. i asked a question about some news letters that come come out under his dad's name who had racist comments and stories. he literally turned his back on me. it's like i can't see you. the next day i try today get at another venue. he did the same them. i don't think it hurts him with voters within the republican base. to her point t shows me what time of guy is he and can he do the campaigning without getting too frustrated. >> it helps him with republican voters. this is the sort of thing they enjoy. >> well megan kelly -- >> let's get you -- >> i want to play this. this is his exchange with megan kelly. she was pressing him on this point about are you too thin skinned in this campaign. let's play that. >> i do lose my cool. i lost -- i do lose my temper sometimes. i should be better at that. but the thing is you don't get any visual clues. it's much harder to h

two parties are--if you read that ron paul got x% and romney got y%, then they each get a certain number of delegates. that's proportional representation, and we've had that in elections in the united states, too, but we got rid of it. the europeans have it. so in germany when the die linke party got 12% of the vote, they get 12% of the seats in the parliament. so 12% of the people who are in the parliament are members of a party that believes that germany can do better than capitalism. highly successful, capitalist economy produces a criticism, and if you get more than 5%, not only do you get your seats--and that's true in the laender, in the state legislatures, too--but you get something else. you get money from the government because the democratic idea in germany is if you get more than 5% of the people interested in what you have to say, then it is important that you have a platform in which to explain to people what your positions are, what your proposals are so that the population can make an informed vote, and so the government allocates money, which is given to the party for educational purposes to bring its view of what's going on to the po

had a segment and began this program on an analysis of rand paul. where is he on rand paul changing his views on foreign policy. he's not ron paul.flip-flopped on a couple of things. so there's a base of voters in the republican party that are looking for true conservative unwavering, uncompromising ideology. >> and that's it. >> and that's what he is attracting. but there is a ceiling with with that. >> here's the interesting thing, though. look at the ted cruz strategy here. politico did a story looking inside what exactly ted cruz is trying to -- where he sees his path to victory. they identified evangelical christians. you look at that ad blessing that he's running. there's the article right there. look at what the numbers are that ted cruz is seeing that encourages this. take a look at this. this is from 2012. these are the exit poll numbers from the early republican primary and caucus days in 2012. the question is what percentage of the republican electorate is evangelical born-again christian. look at that in iowa nearly 60%. in south carolina, basically two out of every three primary voters there. florida basically half.

ron paul rallies where it's a little fringy. they're rabid, but you have a lot of the defense signs. none of that yesterday. yesterday you hadoutside signs, which is the kind of decoration you usually get at a national political convention, only there signs with their approved slogans. some are handwritten. so we want to look ahead. >> i'm sorry, who is running this campaign? >> so at the top of his campaign, are people have been around him for a long time and these are not, he does not have a washington crowd. he wants to make that clear. also, wants to show that he's ready for prime time with the six states in five days whereas ted cruz just did one day, they're making a big point about that. >> right. >> conducthuck todd, i asked about his campaign. it was impressive more impressive than most candidates on their first day out. >> well he's got some pretty impressive people helping him run the consultant. a veteran strategist out of virginia did a lot of work with the nrc. he's a guy that some believe saved pat roberts in 2014. so he's got some folks that he has expanded his circle. most of his campaign is being run by the