senate for 18 years from the great state of wisconsin. -- wes feingold. -- russ feingold. he is out now with a timely new book called "while america sleeps: a wake-up call for the post-9/11 era." senator, an honor to have you on this program. >> you were in wisconsin at the end of the election. we kind of froze ourselves there for the farm aid. tavis: we had a good time. is it to have you in l.a. the, we're it is a little bit warmer. let me go back to the text, where you say "while america sleeps." what are we missing? >> thank you. it is my sense that after 9/11, we think how did this happen to us. i think we have pulled back and stopped looking at the signals. al qaeda is not done. we got osama bin laden, but look at what is happening in yemen right now. there is still a lot of activity. you go over this straight, and you have got al schwab -- as shabab. and then there is a group of nigerians that are doing similar things. you go down to nigeria, and there is a group that looks to be using similar tactics to al qaeda. maybe they are affiliated. maybe they are not. but th

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. >> i don't anybody doubts that bernie sanders and russ feingold have strong feelings about that. we're democrats and we're used to disagreeing with each other from time to time. whether or not we have to play by the rules or set up a different set of standard for democrats. but at the end of the day you know, we don't have a choice about what the rules are right now. the supreme court made it's decision. mitt romney made it crystal clear how important super pacs are to him. conventional wisdom is all wrong. people think that santorum and guinn's campaigns would not have survived out super pac. the truth is mitt romney would not still be in this race out a super pac. if votes have gone another way in michigan and ohio, rick santorum would be the presumptive nominee right now. and santorum should have had the sense to put more money into ohio and get the 12,000 votes he needed to win that state. but instead because of the campaign he has been running he hasn't been able to beat mitt romney. at the end of the day we know what campaign reform would look like under romney. he likes th

and someone who knows a lot about this is again, russ feingold.t can we do about this avalanche of money and how much do you think it corrupts? >> i think it clearly corrupts. if you look at 2006, and 2008, mccain feingold was in effect. and that meant you couldn't have politicians raising that kind of money. what the supreme court did in this terrible citizens united decision is say we're going to overturn calls from 1907 to 1997 and let them run ads from their treasury. that means that money can be used immediately for a candidate that you don't believe in. you better believe it's corrupting. we always say there's no such thing as a free lunch. there's also no such thing of a free $10 million contribution. you have corporate democrats voting because of soft money. you saw the consolidation of the media, cutting out the independent voices in radio, and the repeal of glass/segal. this is the result of this kind of a system, and it does corrupt. >> so, you know, on the rest of television, they have the politicians on back and forth, talking about i

. >> russ feingold is the former senator from wisconsin best known for his bipartisan efforts to establish campaign finance reform. >> this week he spoke to 7 live's brian copeland about the continued threat of terrorism and the supreme court's decision that spawned the growth of super packs. >> we were taken by surprise by 9/11. who saw that coming? we said we better stay in touch with what is going on in the rest of the world. not just terrorist threats but other things going on. i think we did it for awhile. then we got distracted on iraq an were stuck on afghanistan. i don't think we were paying attention to a lot of places where al-qaeda is operating. but we are not talking about foreign policy much in this country anymore. who is really thinking about those things? if you look at that presidenti is race it is understandably because of the economy it is part of the reason we are not doing it. but we have to walk and chew gum at the same time. we are not going to be safe if we go, boy i am glad osama bin laden is gone. that's not the whole ballgame. we will get surprised again if we ar

tomorrow senator russ feingold, don't miss it. also don't miss "countdown," which is next. >>> which of these stories will you be talking about? >> getting into issues of controversy. i'm not going there. >> of course i support the blunt amenityment. >> what has it got to do with the price of gas? >> your detector is pretty sharp. you know that we can't just drill our way to lower gas prices. >> newt gingrich is not from new hampshire and pulling that elitist subway riders card againy. >> the american people drive cars and trucks. i know this is a shock to the present. it doesn't fit what they taught him. >> nice try sparky. worst yet he is speaking about the key stone x l pipeline. >> i think we should embrace it and develop a stake holder driven system of high standards for doing the work. >> wrong! more on murdochs. the brit yaich parlimentary conduct. shear holders to jaim, get out. >> arizona simple showbiz sheriff goes from dressing prisoners in pink to selling birtherism. >> we believe probable cause exists indicating forge

. >> mike, what do you hear, if anything, about russ feingold the former senator getting in or senator herb cole may be going after the position? >> there has been talk about both those men. obviously, great public servants, both very -- remain very popular even though russ lost in 2010, remains very popular. i have spoken with both of them, i'm sure john talked to russ and others as well. it's just herb cole is retiring, he's 77 years old, looking to spending time watching more bucks games back home. >> what about the money, there will be money to support walker, how will the democrats fare in that regard? >> here is one of the things, ed, i think this will be one of those rare situations where the candidate with the most money doesn't necessarily win. scott walker has outspent progressives 12 to 1 since we started collecting petitions in november. his numbers stayed the same or gotten worse. so i think this may be a problem that scott walker can't buy his way out of with oul the koch brother money in the world. >> john nichols, this is an unprecedented recall effort in american histo

i'm just hoping russ feingold runs for governor.pplause] [inaudible] >> the question is -- i think what has happened in madison, wisconsin has spread across the country and revitalizing the grassroots force in progressive causes around the country. people see that you can really make a difference. but, chris christie was going this direction. john kasich and they were all, by the way, coordinating and working together. thank you. and what happened to scott walker put the fear of god until the rest of them. absolutely. it was a tremendous turnout in madison. very exciting. >> let's think about eichin influence on american politics. american legislative -- >> i'm sorry. the american legislative exchange council i believe is what it stands for. it is one of the coat others organization that she probably never heard about. most people haven't. what they do is write model legislation for state legislatures and there are many, many cases where the legislatures, for example, at another proper word to call this, ugly legislation passed in v

polling in the state if the election were held today, he would lose to kathleen falk, tom barrett or russ feingoldative talk show on radio and tv across america. but walker has a ray of hope. today, the wisconsin government accountability board announced they would ask a dane county judge for an extension of the march 19th deadline to certify the recount petitions, if the judge grants the extension, walker will have more time to rake in unlimited out of state funds before the democrats could even pick a candidate. wisconsinites, they can't take your soul, faith and determination and vote. stay focused, stay on task. >>> next, franklin graham backs down and apologizes for questioning president obama's religion. dr. james peterson tells us if it's enough, next. [ female announcer ] with swiffer wetjet, cleaning better, doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. i'm going to... drink this... on the porch! ♪ give me just a little more time ♪ [ female announcer ] mops can be a hassle, but swiffer wetjet's spray cleaner and absorbent pads can clean better in half the time so you don't miss a thing. swiffer.

gave them a million dollars, and liberals go on his show all the time, jennifer g ravment mholm, russ feingold was on his show, you have the liberals saying rush limbaugh has to be taken off the air for saying something like this, it doesn't make sense that somebody like bill maher is not only able to stay on but have the top democrats and top liberals coming on like it's no problem. megyn: you saw him the grand poopah of media mass on thisny and the examples are epic. he called sarah palin a dumb t, blank, t, he called her the c word. >> yes. megyn: he called sarah palin and congresswoman bachmann and two bim bos, and on and on it goes and i thought it was interesting because you point out how none other than gloria steinham goes on his show and doesn't confront him about it but who. >> ann coulter, the big feminist, ann coulter. so i think the thing is that it's hard to even repeat the things that he says on television because they're so outrageous and what's been particularly upsetting to me, megyn, has been the response i've gotten to this article, when is oh, it's so different, it's okay

bill: you stunned the country beating russ feingold two years ago. >> it was pretty simple election back then. we're bankrupting this nation. obamacare so unpopular, people inherently understand that the federal government simply has no capability of taking over 1/6 of our economy. people also realize that mandating purchasing something like this, runs counter to their belief what this country is all about. bill: you also say we as a country collectively suffer from the stockholm syndrome like hostages . what do you mean? >> the stockholm syndrome you're just thankful when captive that your kidnappers show you any sled of mercy. we're begging the supreme court to give us this remaining shred of freedom and we'll be grateful for it. i think we collectively suffer from the stockholm syndrome. bill: senator, thank you. individual mandate starts in 40 minutes when the arguments continue. >> i'll be there. bill: you bet. ron johnson, republican from wisconsin. martha. martha: another big story today. one of the biggest threats facing u.s. national security t could devastate the major aspects