john testor.s a really tough race for them to hold. >> it really is. because you've got the at large congressman there, a republican veteran who is going to be well funded running against senator tester in a presidential year. when testor won in 2006, there was no white house campaign. there is going to be tougher for testor. you've got to figure that whoever the gop nominee is will probably carry montana comfortably. that's one of those states where there's going to be in both parties serious intervention to help out the two candidates. >> jonathan martin from politico, thank you very much. chief political writer. up next, inside north korea with rare access to this month's controversial launch site. plus, hopes for a cease-fire evaporating in syria. send me your thoughts on facebook and twitter. this is andr"andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. mail. now washington, they're looking at shutting down post offices coast to coast. closing plants is not the answer. they want to cut 100,000 jobs. i

the dean of natural resources paid a second visit to the lot where pro testors set up their tents.he group planted over 15,000 seedlings on land used for the research. the protestors say the university has not given them an ultimatum to leave. >> this is a goodwill visit. they said we'd like to identify who is appropriate to come to the table. and how we're going to have this discussion. >> there is a spokesperson says cal hopes to reach a peaceful resolution to the prot test. -- protest. >> cal kmail be called a golden state but according to a report it's now home to the home mol yuted cities in the united states. bakersfield holds the distinction of number one on the list of most-polluted cities. hanford number two, follow bid los angeles named worst city for ozone pollution, fanta faye, new mexico named cleanest city in the united states. >> coming up, nasa found a piece of the meteor streaking across california and nevada this weekend. next at 4:00 how scientists are helping for -- asking for the public's help to learn more about it and michael finney is taking your questions n

and one pro testor used this video.er team served a search warrant on offices of the oakland cannibis buyer's cooperative. another property rent bid lee. lee, who has been involved in a decade long battle to legalize marijuana did not show up today and those those were rebecca kaplan. >> we need law enforcement resources to be focusing on gun crime and working to stop violence. >> there is a spokeswoman confirming a number of properties were served with warrants ask all information about those warrants is sealed. and prot testors blocked traffic and laid down in the streets in front of dea trucks. and one pulled her wheelchair in front of a truck. >> we need to stop them. peoples' lives depend on this. >> one woman refused to move and police were able to move others out of the way without incident and without arresting anyone else. and there is no word on when we might see arrests in this investigation. in oakland abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> and michael finney is next with that. >>> no major damage being reported follo

an important testor the former senator who lost his 2006 re-election bid in the state by 18 points backsenator santorum couldn't blame his opponents for financial advantage. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friend more than $40 million was raised in the pennsylvania 2006 senate race and santorum outspent bob casey by roughly $8 million and lost. it was the largest margin of defeat for an incumbent senator since 1980. >>> enough of the real news. let's huddle up around the water cooler. yesterday was april fools' day. mitt romney's campaign staff pulled off a good one on him ocstraighting an elaborate plot before his morning event in milwaukee. romney was in for a surprise when he was led into a room he thought was packed full of supporters. his campaign staff warned him not to expect a big crowd. when he took the stage, the room was completely empty. >> ron johnson and governor mitt romney, the next president of the united states. >> april fools. >> this really is a small crowd. you guys are really bad. >> even got paul ryan in on the act. romney eventually made his way to th