scott fistler has legally changed his name to cesar chavez. >> stephen: adios, scott fistler. hola, cesar chavez. you know what they say, if you can't beat 'em, pretend you joined 'em. now, if cesar chavez strikes a cord with my hispanic viewer, it's because it is also the name of the founder of the united farm workers who popularized the slogan, "si se pueda," which means "yes, we, can," but if he were alive today, chavez might be saying, "oh,, no he didn't." but this isn't merely political pandering, folks, this change was a long time coming. as the politician formally known as fistler explained, he experienced many hardships because of his name. i don't see why. i mean, fistler, that's a great name for a leader. it sounds like he's the hitler of fisting. [cheering and applause] heil fistler. [laughter] so fistler just wanted to change it to something that would be a popular name with voters. so i think it showed great restraint that he didn't just go with cherry garcia. [laughter] but cesar chavez's campaign isn't just about a confusing name. it's also about a confusing web

scott fistler ran as a republican twice and lost, twice now he legally changed his name to run in phoenix and switched party afillations, he's now a democrat. >> homeland security, fema, hhs. coming up issues so important, the president calling on three cabinets to solve it the story, next >> defying odds a student with no home, no car, and now getting a full ride to college. >> i started jumping up and down, streaming. >> the generation known for selfies is adding another dubis distinction >> why the phrase an apple a day is taking on new meaning. stay with us. idlock. teacher layoffs. and a 60 billion dollar budget deficit. that's what john perez faced when he be speaker of the california assembly. so he partnered with governor brown to pass three balanced budgets, on time. for the first time in thirty years. today, the deficits are gone and we've invested an additional 2 billion dollars in education. now john perez is running for controller, to keep fighting for balanced budgets. democrat john perez for controller. >>> the epa unveiled what is calling an historic effort to fight climat

scott fistler lost his bid for congress in 2012.ow he's switched parties to run for the same seat as a democrat. but that's not all. he's legally changed his name to cesar chavez, taking the full name of the famous mexican civil rights act. fistler now, chavez, mr. chavez is unlikely to do well against his democratic rivals, one of whom has already described his candidacy as an affront to the community. finally, karl rove's super pac is getting ready against mark pryor in arkansas. it's a parody of the school spelling bee that's more cutting than cute. >> your next word is pryor. >> may i have the definition, please? >> pryor, a washington liberal out of touch with arkansas, voted for the obama agenda. >> pryor, o-b-a-m-a. >> close enough. >> what a joke. up next, polls in mississippi close at the top of this hour. could a tea party victory tonight actually give the democrats something of a chance even in mississippi? if i told you that a free ten-second test could mean less waiting for things like security backups and file download

>>> and finally, you've heard the story of scott fistler in our side show, he's the former republicanformer scott fister in arizona who switched parties and legally changed his name to cesar chavez to win hispanic votes in his second congressional bid, but now a relative of the real-life labor icon cesar chavez wants the candidate thrown off the democratic ballot. alejandro chavez filed a lawsuit saying fister is attempting to confuse the voters and corrupt the electoral progress, but he, himself, embraces his strategy, saying, "it's almost as simple as saying elvis presley is running for president. you wouldn't forget it, would you? if you went out there running for office and your name was bernie madoff, you'd probably be screwed." this guy sound like a balloon head. >>> up next, what does eric cantor defeat mean for the the establishment types in 2016 like jeb bush, chris christie, beware? we'll see. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. >>> president obama spoke to graduating seniors in massachusetts. he told students the skills they acquired at school will help make

i told you about scott fistler in arizona who to win hispanic votes switched parties and legally changedhavez. well, the real cesar chavez was a famous latino labor leader. however, steve colbert thought fi fi fistler's idea was so good he devised a similar plan for republicans running in 2016. >> folks, senior chavez's strategy shows how the republicans can win the white house in 2016. just field a slate of minority candidates. there's lots of choices. poncho villa, martin luther king, gandhi, harriet tubman, sitting bull. >> sitting bull has a real chance, well, unless hillary clinton decides to run. >> next up, the cia got a lot of attention friday when it officially joined twitter. a decision they announced by saying, quote, we can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet. well, what if every government agency followed their lead and tried to be funny on twitter. here's what that might look like courtesy of jimmy fallon. >> several other agencies recently joined twitter as well. and their tweets are even jo jokeier. sorry to bug you. hash not sorry #we see everything. >>

scott fistler changed his name in 2013 because of, quote, many hardships and that is according to theect a movie about the nsa whistle-blower edward snowden, and stone said, this is one tof the greatest stories of our times. and it has been announced that the producers of james bond was going to bring glennn greenwald's book to the silver screen, so there you have it, two snowden movies going ahead and it should be interesting. that is going to wrap up this hour of "jansing & company," and "newsnation" with tamron hall is up next with one of the stars of the hit series "breaking bad" juan carlos esposito. i will see you back here tomorrow. 40,000 sets of eyes, or a million sleepless nights. whether it's building the world's most advanced satellite, the space station, or the next leap in unmanned systems. at boeing, one thing never changes. our passion to make it real. ♪ this is mike. his long race day starts with back pain... ...and a choice. take 4 advil in a day which is 2 aleve... ...for all day relief. "start your engines" but add brand new belongings from nationwide insurance...