now i can give to the house committee, the senatorial committee, and the republican national committeet once. but in a practical way, what's going to happen is that the committees are going to sort of ban together, and they already do have something called joint fundraising committees. and the danger here from the perspective of those who endorse political money limits is that john boehner or a nancy pelosi can have one of those joint fundraising committees and be the one in the room to solicit and receive a very large check from a sheldon adelson or progressive environmentalist spending millions on elections as well. and that that effectively takes us back to the days when we didn't have a soft money ban. the mccain feingold law in 2000 banned the unrestricted donations to the political parties, and the fear is that this will become a way to sidestep that ban, and effectively bring it back. >> so essentially we will shift money away from perhaps the dark money and give directly to the parties and buy them outright. i think that's not that good news, but i guess in a sense it is good n

the senatorial says -- good riddance, it is time that the government has gotten rid of these turbulentllies. he was not a big fan of the green party. he likened them to the apostles of negative growth. it is good that francois hollande will no longer be bothered by these voices of discord in the government. >> how is conservative opposition relating to this -- reacting to this? >> they are watching this as a show and really enjoying the show. the vice president of the u.n. says that they are going to burn -- that he is going to burn his wings and now that he is in charge, everyone will see how big of a fake valls is. a lot of people tend to compare valls to the former president, nicolas sarkozy. it's take a look at the front page of this magazine. this is going to come out tomorrow. you can see sarkozy, there is no doubt about this. sarkozy and valls are similar with the same character, hyperactive and ambitious and controversially curious -- and there are other similarities. in fact, there is a list of seven similarities. kind of a reverse game of spot the difference. think about thei

you'll hear from republican senatorial committee jerry mo ran. and the backlash continuing over donald sterling's alleged racist remarks now causing big concerns in the nba. it's even getting reaction from many big names including the president. >> when ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't have to do anything. we just let them talk. and that's what happened here. >> we're going to explore the fallout with sportscaster and fox news -- live from the nation's capital starts right now. >>> but first we begin this hour with the big celebration. it's being called the day of four popes. close to 1 million people filling st. peter's square and spilling over into the streets of rome to witness a historic first in the roman catholic church. just a few hours ago pope francis presiding over a ceremony elevating pope john paul ii and pope paul xxiii to sainthood. we bring you up-to-date on the special chapter in the church's history. amy. >> reporter: yes, uma, four popes because two popes were n canonized in one ceremony. and pope fran

in georgia, the national republican senatorial committee created a joint fund-raising committee, whos that primary will get the cash. they're trying to make amends with even the most conservative members, but also try to help them out so when they come out of the primary, they'll actually have unity behind them and money to run on as well. >> republican will most likely run against sam nunn's daughter. >> i talked to a key member of the rnc committee looking at where their convention will be in 2016. i was told it's not just the fact the cities have to have money, they have to have early money. obviously vegas will have that. if there are call s at the rnc, one of the cities to watch is kansas city. why? you have two states that can provide money. there's no nba team, so the arena will be free in june. they want to have it in june. in jefferson city earlier this week, a state senate committee put $5 million in next year's budget in missouri, public dollars to help fund a possible convention in k.c. >> interesting. back to jeb bush, a lot of people supportive of the idea of him runnin

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this stands in contrast to the example of two republican senatorial candidates in 2012. they were abandoned by many wings of the conservative movement as well as the republican party. question is, are they case is different because of the statements each made? maybe. but it is also possible that the main difference, the conservative unity was that the candidate -- one was a candidate for office and the other was not . wings of the conservative movement did not like murdoch. they fought hard against him and the primary. so when the opportunity a rose these other wings quickly came out against these candid it's in hopes of replacing them with other candidates who would represent their particular ideology better. as we all know too well, many of the worst public divisions in the movement, the results of conservative wings fighting each other and primaries and the political arena. the truth is, for conservatives to win the right to govern three core groups of the conservative movement's, policy conservatives, social conservatives, the economic conservatives will have to work

claim that this political agenda that they announced last week in conjunction with the democratic senatorial campaign committee is all about giving americans a fair shot. yet the majority leader is refusing to give them a fair shot at find ago full-time job, and he's refusing to give my constituents in texas -- 26 million of them -- an opportunity to get some of their ideas heard and voted on the senate floor. as i said once -- i'll say it again -- there are more than 70 different amendments that have been filed to this underlying regulation that would actually provide a solution rather than a political stunt and do nothing to solve the underlying problem. wcialtion the purpose owell, the amendments is to help people who remain unemployed or underemployed you includin, inc8 million americans who have been unemployed for more than six months. this legislation does nothing to help them other than perhaps to help pay them for a period of time that they are continuing not to be able to find work. but there are also 7.2 million americans who are working part-time who would like to work full-time.

reporter: suspended state senatorially landee, are among the 29 defendants in the grand jury indictmentt includes 50 counts ranging from money laundering, arms dealing to ryan bribery and much of the prosecution's case relies on undercover fbi agents. >> they are going to be powerful in their testimony, they are employees of the federal government and much less subject to impeachment than say a niche. reporter: former u.s. attorney kevin ryan says with so many defendants the case will be complicated for the prosecution. >> the problem when you have a case like this, it can be so complicated that the jurors get lost. reporter: ryan anticipated some of the 29 defendants will make deals and testify for the government. while others possibly senator yee will ask to have his case separated from the other defendants. >> it's always to be easier in a position one on one than being part of a large group that is being charged and tried by the government. reporter: conspiracy to deal and import arms as well as bribery. specifically the indictment says yee and consultant keith jackson took part in

who went after harvey gant with one of the most racist ads in the history of of senatorial politics.g to. the fact that a lot of young voters, new voters. they were just kids. they don't remember this history. that's why we have to keep talking about it. a politician once told me, read with a third eye and listen with a third ear. when you hear about yankee aggression, that's civil war talk. i mean, that's what folks talk about during the civil war. maybe the best thing for these folks to do, just let them keep talking pbt but politico really showed folks what -- who pays for all of this -- these talk radios. glenn beck, sean hannity, these folks wouldn't exist without tea party financing. >> i see you shaking your head anxiously there, bill. >> joe is absolutely right. it was revealed by politico that glenn beck and sean hannity and laura ingraham and these guys are getting paid millions of dollars of advertising going to these talk shows to have these yahoos on their show. and it's the koch brothers from freedom works and americans for prosperity who are paying these talk show host

i think after the primary season, you've got several republican tea party challengers in these senatoriales and else y, they're going to look around after they get blown out and say what the heck happened? and kentucky is a good example. you can have a genuine grassroots movement or you can have big party machinery. you can't imitate and create a sort of fake grassroots movement. >> thanks for the great piece. >>> when we return, let me finish with what i learned on my ten-day trip to china. if i told you that a free ten-second test could mean less waiting for things like security backups and file downloads you'd take that test, right? well, what are you waiting for? you could literally be done with the test by now. now you could have done it twice. this is awkward. check your speed. see how fast your internet can be. switch now and add voice and tv for $34.90. comcast business built for business. >>> let me finish tonight with my trip to china. here in new york what we proudly call the big apple there are 8 million people. in china there are eight cities as big as new york. a city i neve

senatorial mayor and mississippi immigrationk about policy. after that, a form on how u.s. policy in asia is affected by russian annexation of crimea. >> whether an award for good journalism, as a politician i declare in making a judgment on that. serviceward for public for possibly the greatest betrayal of our national secrets of all times, it strikes me as quite bizarre. i think there's a real danger of the media world. passing itself on the back without understanding the consequences for the dangers that we face in a very dangerous world. i think there's a dangers disconnected there. newspaper,"guardian if i am an individual gave the danes of operatives outside the jurisdiction, that would be breach of the terrorism and and the united kingdom and would apply to me as an and official, why did not apply to newspapers? >> the san antonio mayor, julio >> liam fox. , the senatorial book festival including authors and panels on the stories that shape san antonio. the nsa, big brother on saturday starting at 1:00 p.m. on c-span two. history tv, toward the nsa's cryptologic muse

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. >> running in the primary to represent the republican party in the senatorial race. republicans running and she is number two. >> mccallum is from new jersey and i'm from new york. we heard cutting the pigs and we got a little. >> and jody does look nice. but, i wouldn't want to be around her if e has a knife. >> run for your life. >> if she has a knife. >> martha maccallum, everyone. and we'll have our mad as hell segment usually seen in this spot tomorrow. also tomorrow, the results of our bill o'reilly.com poll. you may remember bernard mcguirk did a satire in the press coverage of the missing airliner. can you see that on bill o'reilly.com if you dare. then we want you to vote. was mcguirk's segment great or awful? tomorrow mcguirk will be here. we will give him the results of the poll. come right back and the stock is the stock market rigged? and your retirement at risk. maria bartiromo on that. and miller roaming up. don't miss it. we'll be right back. if you've got copd like me... ...hey breathing's hard. know the feeling? copd includes emphysema and chronic b

go republican innocent last election, but there are a lot of missteps by some of the republican senatorial see this as an electoral problem? >> it's bad. it's wrong. he needs to answer and be held accountable. >> so, you want him to resign or don't want him to resign? >> i have not talked to him. i have only seen the video. but we should be held to a higher standard than what i've seen in that video. >> and quickly, and i have something for you, congressman, as well, but there are reports out that 40 to 50 of your members have already signed on to -- saying they will vote against john boehner. they want him not to run. >> i have not seen anything about that >> part of your caucus is not happy with him. >> no one works harder to maintain and grow the majority than speaker boehner has the toughest job in washington walls when y -- washington, d.c. when you think about it. he has done a good job and i think he will get re-elected. >> congressman, one of the things i think poisons politics a lot is the idea of ascribing intent to someone else's vote or to someone else's words and seems to me t

the national republican senatorial committee and the national republican congressional committee.ther fund-raising group the 2013 settlement which is not actually a golf tournament that allows donors to give one check to 19 candidates at once. and where the old limit was just under $49,000 donors can now give up to $2.4 million to all the candidates in their party. add in party committees and that number jumps to $3.6 million. that is a lot of money but we probably won't know the real effect of the court's decision until after the 2014 midterms. new polling from the "the new york times" and the kaiser family foundation shows that in the senate races most likely to determine the outcome of the next election there is some pretty good news for democrats. in arkansas mark pryor leads challenger tom cotton by ten points. and in two other races where republicans are thought to have the advantage, polls are neck and neck. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell leads allison lundgren grimes by 1%. whole within the 4% margin of error. and north carolina, only two points separate kay hagan

and 48-45% in a poll released by the democratic senatorial campaign committee. both polls are within the margin of error. a sign that congressman cotton may be just a little bit nervous -- he did what most defensive candidates do. he called for a debate. >> what are you saying, senator pryor, you, me, alone. five times. all around arkansas. no moderator. speaking directly to each other. and to the voters. >> and in louisiana, incumbent democratic senator mary landreau is proving you cannot count her out just yet in the race against republican front-runner, bill cassidy. in the latest poll conducted by republican leaning, magellan strategies senator landreau has a distinct lead over all possible republican challengers. she gets 39%. cassidy trails her by 13 points with just 26% support. joining me now, former governor of vermont, howard dean. former head of the democratic national committee. and patrick murphy, an msnbc contributor and former congressman. governor dean, let me start bwih you. you know small dollar donations. the grimes camp reports that this, thi

think after the primary season here, you've got several republican tea party challengers in these senatorialsewhere. they're going to look around after they get blown out and say what the heck happened? kentucky is a good example. what i put this down to, chris, you can have a genuine grassroots movement or you can have big party machinery. you can't imitate and create a fake grassroots movement. and that's the way it feels right now. >> thank you, matea, for that great piece. howard fineman, thank you as always. >>> when we return, let me finish with what i learned on my ten-day trip to china. and that's epic, bro, we've forgotten just how good good is. good is setting a personal best before going for a world record. good is swinging to get on base before swinging for a home run. [ crowd cheering ] good is choosing not to overshoot the moon, but to land right on it and do some experiments. ♪ so start your day off good with a coffee that's good cup after cup. maxwell house. ♪ good to the last drop thank you. thank you. i got this. oh, no, i'll get it! let me get it. uh-uh-uh. i don't want yo

and weekly standard editor who called the poll there i mentioned bogus, the national republican senatorialmmittee went after the messenger saying the data is unreliable and misleading. democrats responded saying, d.c. conventional wisdom is wrong. there is mounting evidence of mark pryor's strength. let's get into it with howard dean, ran the dnc, and senior political analyst, david axelrod. welcome, gentlemen. let's start and stay when you are on a campaign in the thick of it. of course you want to read things and read the polls as positively as possible you. have done this, you have been in a lot of the races. but you got to step beyond that when you go out in public, right? >> well i think also you have to look at the preponderance of data. there have been a series of polls showing pryor moving too the lead. a reason for it. hitting tom cotton on positions on medicare and social security. and the people of arkansas dent -- don't like what they're hearing. there is an explanation. i think the guys look silly. making the polls the issue. don't think voters care about polls, candidates, po

pretty candid about it, this was an agenda that they dreamed up in conjunction with the democratic senatorial campaign committee. the majority leader said as much in his announcement. in other words, this is a political plan by the political arm of the democratic senator's campaign committee. so this isn't about finding solutions or else the majority leader would be -- would welcome these suggestions that we've offered. i would say to the majority leader don't allow votes on these amendments simply to placate me and others of my political party. don't do do it for us. do it for the 3.8 million people who have been unemployed for more than six months. do it for them. do it for the untold numbers of people who have simply given up looking for work. our labor participation rate, the percentage of americans actually in the work force is at a 40-year low. so it's not only the tragedy of the unemployment numbers that we see reported, it's people who are not reflected in those unemployment numbers because those statistics don't count people who have given up. and that's what the low labor participat

i forget the number in justice kagan's example -- said we're going to give to congressional and senatorial candidates who want to cut down on governmental spending. and we know there's only about four people that are like that. >> well -- [laughter] i mean, at that point, i think, you know, that -- that when you have a pac that's not saying to any certainty what they're going to do, then you don't -- it's not clear you have something to target there, because the pac might be spending money in different ways that are not operating as a conduit to -for circumvention. so, you know, i think that gets again to why this doesn't have the kind of coordination you need. >> can i give another one? there are 150 house candidates with completely safe seats, all right? and there are maybe, you know, 30 or 40 or something like that in their party who don't have safe seats. so the 150 gets together and they say we're going to run a joint fundraiser. and anybody can contribute $2600 to each of these candidates, 150 of them, right? so that makes about $400,000. and then these 150 candidates with completely

her shortly as part of a larger messaging package created in collaboration with the democratic senatorialmpaign committee. so that is not me talking. that is the admission by the leadership on the other side of the aisle. this is not about actually solving the problem. this is about political theater, courtesy of majority leader reid the real tragedy is that millions of americans don't have any time or any patients for this sort of political theater and partisan gamesmanship because the numbers are very troubling. the obama recovery is five years old and yet 10.5 million people are still unemployed including 3.7 million people who have been unemployed for more than six months. with an additional 7.4 million people working part-time because they can't find full-time work or because of obamacare that their employers have taken full-time work and put them on part-time work in order to avoid the employer penalties. so it's true, the hard-working american family needs some help but the truth is this remedy that is being offered today, this medicine to try to supposedly solve the problem will j

do you know how many phonecalls you have to make at $1000 apiece to get enough money to run a senatorial campaign? now it went up and we have indexed it and now it's 2500. so you don't spend quite as much time on the phone but the example of eugene mccarthy who probably took out lyndon johnson in 1968 election, eugene mccarthy .25 people and raise $100,000 for each one of them fully disclose who they were. .. >> pardon me? >> the public financing, he is saying. do you want to respond? >> well, no, -- >> well, -- >> the amount of money, but the dow is growing exponentially. people developed -- you know, found a loophole in existing campaign laws at the time. at think what bob is referring to is not allowing political parties to accept soft money. so he has leveraged these other groups. so i think that the sphere of influence went to these outside organizations as opposed to the political parties who could not, you know, get leverage with candid it's running for political office. that is something maybe we have to look at again in terms of whether or not you want political parties to, you

soft the position, but not over press with senatorial sanctions, but to be consistent with pressing.nd the demanding of this agreement. pretends he has nothing to do with these provocations, etc. but everybody knows. that is already evidence the secret service is working there. that is recorded. european union already provided that. that is the case. say, comenot, i would to a harsh manner, those so-called green men with the guns who are not russians. he said, yes, our special armed forces were standing just behind those defenders in crimea, in particular. i think this is absolutely clear, consistency is the only recipe. >> let me turn to your situation in russia more directly. obviously, we've been seeing reports of putin's own popularity increasing in the wake of what happened in crimea. a consolidation of his authority at home and popularity at home. how do you help this audience understand what is happening inside russia, the russian people's reaction to rally around president putin in the midst of this crisis, and what does that mean for actors such as yourself? your ability to

i forget the number in justice kagan's example -- said we're going to give to congressional and senatorial candidates who want to cut down on governmental spending. and we know there's only about four people that are like that. >> well -- [laughter] >> i mean, at that point, i think, you know, that -- that when you have a pac that's not saying to any certainty what they're going to do, then you don't -- it's not clear you have something to target there, because the pac might be spending money in different ways that are not operating as a conduit to -for circumvention. so, you know, i think that gets again to why this doesn't have the kind of coordination you need. >> can i give another one? there are 150 house candidates with completely safe seats, all right? and there are maybe, you know, 30 or 40 or something like that in their party who don't have safe seats. so the 150 gets together and they say we're going to run a joint fundraiser. and anybody can contribute $2600 to each of these candidates, 150 of them, right? so that makes about $400,000. and then these 150 candidates with complet

madam president, rather than engaging in political games driven by polling done by the democratic senatorial committee on this minimum wage bill that if passed would only hurt low-income african-american and hispanic teenagers, instead we ought to come together with bipartisan unanimity to say we will stand with the american people to bring millions of jobs, we will stand with the american people to raise median income. we will stand with the american people to make it easier for people who are struggling to achieve the american dream. therefore, madam president, i have proposed an amendment to replace the text of s. 2223, the minimum wage act, with the text of the american energy renaissance act i've introduced, s. 2170. we should all come together and vote on removing the government barriers, opening up new federal lands and resources to developing high-paying, promising jobs that expand opportunity. madam president, in conclusion, let me say this debate comes down to two numbers. it's not a complicated debate. this debate comes down to two numbers. on my left, the real obama minimum wage,

candid admission in a press conference that the whole agenda was basically crafted in democratic senatorial campaign committee. and getting the outcome was a st of aero vent. it was mainly about scoring political points for the fall election on the floor of the senate. so if that is the urgent item, the majority leader has in mind that it would somehow be prevented, if we had a vote on this judge on the monday after the recess is perplexing to reach the conclusion that this is a matter of great urgency for the people that there is no infrastructure whatsoever in getting the outcome. >> majority leader? >> i have hurt my republican friends come to the floor and so why don't we work on finding? madam president, most people work on fridays. i want to make sure that i was right, that there hasn't been a single republican conference or a single word about the nominees of the ninth circuit positive or negative. not a single word. so, a lot of words are being thrown about here. somebody that was long-term unemployed to work a long time and there was a profile somebody that's 55-years-old was laid

the average voter, you may have one congressional person who represents the average person or 2 senatorialresentatives that represent the state. host: lois, thanks for the call. we are short on time but i appreciate you making a point and we will get a response from new york, reed abelson. guest: thank you. i understand your concern here, but i will say one thing that is important to realize. datahis -- what this allows you to do is benchmark specialties. i completely understand your concern that is it really fair to look at an ophthalmologist and oncologist in the same breath as an internal medicine doctor if those doctors have so much more expensive equipment or are buying more sense of drugs. but i think what this allows you to do is say, wow, look at the oncologists and see the payments for the same number of patients, or see how the practice varies. this dr. postsurgery on almost every patient -- this doctor does a surgery on a most every patient may be multiple times. this doctor doesn't. i completely understand your concern that this is raw data, that a commitments interpreted, but

. >> enough to drop the old senatorial privilege, if you're back in the club near supposed to treat youen muhammmcc that. the personal hurt he felt after 2008 and found common ground with the obama administration in a number of areas. it's the national security in a long running critique of the obama administration for the weakness that he perceives that you really see him chase at not being the commander in chief, the man in the arena where he clearly feels he could do it so much better and so much differently. >> take an interesting snapshot. remember, mike huckabee, former governor of arkansas won iowa in 2008 and presidential campaign fizzled out. back in iowa trying to decide whether to run in 2016. one ft issues they have faced and the country is facing is should we evolve when it comes to laws about same-sex marriage? listen to mike huckabee defe defending his position no. >> i'm not a hater. i'm not homophobic. i honestly don't wear what people doll personally. their individual lives. but i tell you the reason when people say why don't you just kind of get on the right soid of h

. >> the national republican senatorial committee is looking to expand their political map.me surprising places. in colorado, congressman cory gardner's entry is shaking up the rocky mountain senate race. according to a quinnipiac poll he is trailing mark udall by only one point. in a recent u.s. chamber of commerce poll gives gardner a two-point lead amongst likely voters n iowa, president obama's disapproval ratings are weighing down democratic congressman bruce braley's bid. his negative comments on farmers have hurt his cause. >> you might have a farmer from iowa who never went to law school serving as the next chair of the senate judiciary committee. >> with polling continuing to show him garnering less than 40% against his gop rivals. and in my home state of oregon, the gop appears to be pinning its hopes on unseating jeff merkley with dr. monica webbe. she is being praised for her fund-raising prowess and a new ad may play well where the obamacare rollout has been a disaster. >> dr. webby was the first person that gave us hope. she was the first person that said, cong

kennedy of massachusetts said last night that he intends to seek the democratic nomination for the 12 senatorialict. the 52-year-old health care lawyer lives in bradford and has long been an advocate for the disabled, this after losing a leg to cancer as a child. there are no other declared candidates in the connecticut race but republicans are vowing to vigorously contest the seat. in nearby and -- massachusetts, vice president joe biden will attend a memorial service next week in boston to mark the anniversary of the boston marathon bombing. april 13 -- april 15 marks the one-year mark when the two bombs exploded killing three people and wounding hundreds. president obama traveled to boston shortly after the bombing in 2013 to offer condolences to victims and others. and today, the president will be comforting other families at fort hood, texas. this after last week's shooting where a soldier opened fire on fellow soldiers, killing three people and wounding 16 others before killing himself. it will be president obama's second visit to fort hood to mourn a tragedy. in 20 -- 2009, an army psychi

candid admission at a press conference that the whole agenda was basically crafted by the democratic senatorial campaign committee and that getting an outcome was sort of irrelevant. it was mainly about scoring political points for the fall election here on the floor of the senate. so if that's the urgent items the majority leader has in mind that would somehow be prevented if we had a vote on this judge on the monday after the recess, it is perplexing to reach the conclusion that this is a matter of great urgency for the american people if there is no interest whatsoever in getting an outcome. mr. reid: madam president? mr. mcconnell: i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i have heard my friend, the republican leader, come to the floor often and say why don't we work on fridays? madam president, most people work on fridays. now, i have -- i want to make sure i was right, but there has not been a single republican conference saying a single word about the ninth circuit, positive or negative. they haven't said a single word. now, a lot of words are being thrown